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Saturday, September 07, 2002
Posted 11:55 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81301284:
So now I have a nice set of fourth drafts for all the HBS essays except for #4. I've been thinking about that one, day and night, for two days now, and think I'll set it aside for the next couple of days to 1) give my brain a rest and 2) start on the next draft of Wharton essays. I'll come back to it later in the week, and (hopefully) by next weekend I'll have a nice set of drafts of both HBS and Wharton from which I can write the final versions.
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Posted 11:53 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81301226:
HBS #6: It looks so damn good I want to lick the computer screen! 373 words, too!
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Posted 11:16 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81300067:
HBS #5, 452 words.
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Posted 10:31 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81298651:
HBS #3 done, spot-on. 432 words, so only a little editing is needed. I'm on a roll, so I'll work on #5 and #6 too...
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Posted 9:58 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81297614:
HBS #2 done, pitch-perfect. I got a little closer to the (600 max) word limit this time, weighing in at 652...
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Posted 8:41 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81295564:
HBS #1 done (I'm working from detailed outlines, and can type pretty fast), and it's good. At 470 words, though, it will need some editing...
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Posted 8:09 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81294648:
Finally: Hair cut-done. Food shopping-done. Shopping-done. More shopping-done.
Ready for essays...
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Posted 3:54 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81287477:
I want to thank all of you who've e-mailed encouragements about HBS essay #4. I appreciate your kind words.
From the suggestions, I've combed out two leads to follow:
1) A situation where I knew some secret, and had to decide between an obligation not to tell and an obligation to tell.
2) A situation where my goals and the organization/team's goals were in conflict
I'm sure one of these must have happened to me at some point in the past five years...
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Posted 6:50 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81274197:
Last night, I was plagued by three strange nightmares. In the first, I was walking down a street in my town when I noticed that there were a half dozen gray monkeys in one of the trees. They were large--almost human size--and very threatening looking, and the leader was staring at me.
In the second, I was in some sort of interview for HBS. There were three interviewers, all very fat men, one of them dressed as a woman(?!?) I was extremely sleepy, so sleepy that when they asked me the first question, my brain just couldn't engage (if you're curious, the question was something like, "Suppose the President was deciding what to do about the homeless problem. What one person would you recommend the President to talk to for advice on this issue?"
In the third, there was a young blonde woman robbing my house. When I went downstairs to confront her, she attacked me with kung fu.
I don't think I'm getting enough sleep lately...
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Posted 4:47 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81272677:
Plus, I have just written the best opening paragraph ever, for Stanford essay A. It absolutely grabs the readers by the balls; once read, they are hooked, and will be drooling to read the rest. I've got them hook, line, and sinker.
My approach? Using a dramatic, novel-like tone, I describe a small, seeming innocuous (sp?) event that ended up changing the course of my life forever.
I wish I could post the paragraph here, because (frankly) it is so good I want to show off, but in the off chance that a Stanford AdComm reads this (I do know that some AdComm members are readers--they've e-mailed me) I'll refrain from doing so. I promise, however, that once all this concludes--say by April or May--I'll post it.
How does this knockout paragraph work for the rest of the essay? Well, I transition from it into a more traditional "introductory" paragraph 2. The transition is like, "This experience reflects my [1 of my qualities], which is one of the qualities which matters most to me..."
PS - Still stuck with HBS #4 (ethical dilemma)...
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Posted 10:19 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81261993:
Kept Wharton essay #1; Chose new project experience for Wharton essay topice #2, focusing more on leadership; Kept Wharton essay #3; Replaced Wharton essay #4.
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Posted 5:30 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81252872:
Hmmm...The Kellogg AdComm hasn't posted any replies on the Business Week Forum's Kellogg thread since Thursday morning...Hard at work on the online app, are we?
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Posted 3:56 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81249236:
Great Advice of the Week
One of my recommender's asked me about Stanford recommendation question #6: "Please discuss the candidate's citizenship, as defined by commitment to the life of the organization and her or his community". At first glance, I too was stumped by this, especially the "life of the organization." Then I tapped the keg of knowledge--the Business Week Forum--and, mere minutes later, was rewarded with a nice, icy cold draft of premium wisdom:
"What type of commitment did you have to the organization? Did you volunteer to come in on weekends to fix something so that people's work would not be interrupted on Monday? Did you train other people to improve the quality of the organization? Did you initiate any teambuilding exercises - eg. Happy hours :-) etc. Did you stay in touch with your replacement after leaving the job to make sure he/ she had a smooth transition? Hope that helps."
(Posted by "UCGSB (PKANAKA)")
Thank you anonymous stranger! Yours is the Great Advice of the Week!
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Posted 3:18 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81247787:
Friday Deadline Countdown
>> 41 days left until the HBS Round I deadline
>> 48 days left until the Wharton Round I deadline
>> 54 days left until the Stanford GSB Round I deadline
>> 61 days left until the MIT Sloan Round I deadline
>> 63 days left until the Kellogg and Chicago Round I deadlines
My status:
GMAT - Done
Transcripts - All collected
Recommendations - 1 HBS done; 1 Wharton done; Rest in progress
Essays - All HBS second drafts done; All Wharton first drafts done and edited; All Kellogg first drafts done; All Stanford first drafts done; Chicago, MIT first drafts in progress
Data Forms - All on-line forms are 90% complete (hello, Kellogg?!? Heeellloooooo?)
Goals for the weekend:
>> Figure out #*@$ing HBS essay #4 (ethical dilemma)
>> Fourth draft of all HBS essays
>> Review Wharton essays; Revise, do third drafts
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Posted 4:52 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81228681:
My second choice for HBS #4 (ethical dilemma) is to discuss a time where I worked in a foreign country. While there, I tried very hard to fit into the local culture, which was non-Western. However, there were times when I was uncomfortable with how women were treated (they were second class citizens). The "dilemma" was between trying to fit in and trying to act according to my beliefs.
I think this is a good approach, but the problem (if it is one) is that maybe I chose the wrong approach--i.e. I really tried more to fit in. After all, there's really little that one single foreigner could do to change the culture. Of course, I personally treated women at my respect level--hmmm, maybe that's how I "managed" the dilemma?
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Posted 4:43 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81228515:
If anyone has comments about this, give me a holler:
My idea for HBS #4 (ethical dilemma) goes as follows. For a long time, I was the "owner" of a specific part of our project. Our manager decided it was time to replace that part with a new version, but picked a lackey/friend to work on the new version instead of me. The ethical dilemna was: If I help the lackey/friend, I was helping the team but diminishing my own usefulness to it (since what I knew would be replaced); If I don't help him, there's a chance I could keep my power but it's a bit unethical.
Is this a good ethical dilemma? Or would the HBS AdComm look at it and say, "What, this guy finds it tough to decide between helping or sabotaging his teammates?"...
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Posted 4:38 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81228408:
Using the themes I developed Wednesday night after skim-reading Montauk's book, I revised my HBS essays again. For #1, I kept the same experience, but played with the structure of the paragraphs a bit. For #2, I dropped one of my three accomplishments in favor of a personal accomplishment, because I thought my essays as a whole were being heavily weighted towards workplace experiences. For #3, I used the idea that came to me yesterday morning. I'm still mulling #4...
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Posted 9:30 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81214657:
MBA Application Humor
What would happen if you started your essays like this...
HBS 4. Discuss an ethical dilemma that you experienced firsthand. How did you manage and resolve the situation? (400 - word limit)
It was June 12, 1998, when a decision regarding life and death was thrust upon my shoulders: Right in the middle of a stickup, one of my hostages goes into labor. Do I take the money and run, or pull a GS (good samaritan) and deliver the baby? I had little time decide, because right then I heard sirens in the distance...
HBS 5. Provide a candid assessment of your strengths and weaknesses. (400 - word limit)
Let me start with my weaknesses, because there are so many of them...
Wharton 1. Describe how your experiences, both professional and personal, have led to your decision to pursue an MBA at the Wharton School this year. How does this decision relate to your career goals for the future? (1,000
Wait, I thought this was the Harvard Law School app?!? Just kidding! Ha, ha, ha. I really do want an MBA from Wharton, because...
Stanford ESSAY A: What matters most to you, and why?
Five years ago I would have said "challenge", "honesty", and "respect". A year ago I would have said "money". Now, all that matters to me is getting my next fix...
MIT 1. Please give an example of when you exhibited creativity in a personal or professional setting. Please describe your thoughts and actions. (500-800 words)
Few people know how to make a really good shiv...
MIT 3. Please give us an example of a difficult interaction you had with someone. Please describe the situation, what was difficult about it, and how you resolved it. (500-800 words)
I hear these...voices...in my head, and sometimes they argue with me. I've learned many important lessons from these dialogues...no, shut up...not now!...that will help me in my post-MBA career...
Kellogg 2. Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your background, values and non-work-related activities will enhance the experiences of other Kellogg students. (one to two pages double-spaced)
First, I really must mention that I'm probably the only student who knows how to drink tequila shots...through his nose!...
Kellogg 4. Complete three of the following six questions or statements. (two to three paragraphs each)
D. People may be surprised when they learn that I...
...ate my last admissions officer with some fava beans and a nice chianti...
Chicago 8b.You have been selected to lead a team of three people to develop a new idea.What would the members of your team have in common?How would they be different? How will you motivate the team to succeed?(750 words)
I believe that motivation begins and ends with a six foot whip made out of barbwire. I call her "Bessie"...
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Posted 4:44 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81203753:
Embark straightened out
The problems with my Stanford app have mysteriously disappeared. All seems to be well now.
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Posted 1:12 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81195440:
Apparently I'm not the only one with Embark problems.
Actually, I think we should take this as an important lesson: These online systems could go down at any time, due to internet problems, being too busy, or a problem on your desktop. If you wait until the last second before the deadline, you are taking a tremendous risk. Right now I'm mildly irritate that I can't go to my Stanford app. If it was less than 24 hours until the due date, I'd be flipping out at this point.
I'm aiming to submit my apps about two weeks before the deadlines, just to avoid any last second "internet surprises."
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Posted 11:58 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81192552:
Here is the text of an e-mail I just sent to Embark support:
To: email@example.com
Subject: Stanford 2003 app no longer works
I started the Stanford 2003 application on Embark.com several weeks ago. Since Embark.com came back up this morning, the Stanford 2003 application has no longer loaded properly. Whenever I try to open it the page starts to appear, but then slows down and ends up stuck, half-loaded.
Here is the page I'm trying to reach:
Please advise.
Is anyone else seeing these problems?
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Posted 9:33 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81186889:
Wow, Hotmail seems to be down!
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Posted 9:02 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81185930:
Embark.com is back up...
...but it now seems to be called PrincetonReview.com. They did a bad job of posting that news on their web site; I clicked on the Kellogg "Online Application" link and was taken to a page that didn't look anything like Embark, and didn't have any note saying informing me it was the old Embark. On a whim I tried my Embark password, and it worked.
Note: The 2003 Kellogg app is still not up in the new Embark/PrincetoneReview.
Also, not all of the functionality seems to be working perfectly. I can't seem to access my Stanford online recommenders section--the browser actually seems to freeze up! They better not have f@$#ed up my app...
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Posted 6:17 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81182226:
Okay, I think I've finally figured out my topics for the dreaded HBS essays 3 and 4. For #3 (describe a project in which you failed and what you learned), I'm going to use a project I worked on in a summer job. It's good because I really did feel like I failed at it, but: 1) I learned some important lessons; 2) It was long ago; 3) It was a unique job that broadens my experience.
For #4 (describe an ethical dilemma), I can use a situation from my current job in which my usefulness/position on the project conflicted with a new development someone else was appointed to. The dilemma was should I help him, and thereby hurt my own position, or hold back my experience hoping he failed and thereby keeping my powerbase. It's the closest to an ethical dilemma I can come; it's innocuous, true, and bland.
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Posted 4:56 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81180963:
After writing out my themes (I got 3 good ones), I reviewed my [now 2nd/3rd drafts of] HBS and Wharton essays against them. The results?
Essay 1 - Nicely addresses themes I
Essay 2 - Nicely addresses themes I and II
Essay 3 - I'm going to redo this one, because I think I chose a poor "failure" to highlight (i.e. problems with my manager)
Essay 4 - I'm going to redo this one; Need to think of an ethical dilemma. Montauk suggests that it doesn't have to be a huge one...
Essay 5 - Nicely addresses themes I, II and III. Need to restructure slightly
Essay 6 - Piece of cake
Essay 1 - Piece of cake
Essay 2 - Strongly addresses theme II, some of theme I
Essay 3 - Strongly addresses theme II; I need to beef up the emphasis on theme I
Essay 4 - I'm conflicted now on this one. I would like to emphasize theme III here, but also feel that theme I (the more important of the 2) needs more addressing in my essays. What to do?
One option would be to switch topics for essay 2, going with a different experience which is much more heavily on my theme I. Then I would be freed up to use essay 4 for theme III.
Wait...I just realized that all of you must be reading this and thinking I'm a madman...
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Posted 3:29 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81179427:
Montauk cram session
Overall, I found Richard Montauk's How to Get into the Top MBA Programs to be a nice resource which would have been much more valuable a couple months ago. Though most of what he said seemed common sense, the book does serve as a good reference and answered some questions I had. Below are a few new items that I learned from it:
Chapter 1 - Why Get an MBA? - skipped
Chapter 2 - Types of MBA Programs - skipped
Chapter 3 - How to chooose the right school for you - skipped
Chapter 4 - How to use the rankings - skipped
Chapter 5 - Admissions process - skimmed
Chapter 6 - Application time table - "the sooner the better"
Chapter 7 - Making the Most of Credentials
>> I didn't realize that the schools could/do sometimes read the GMAT AWA essays.
>> I think I should emphasize past salary increases and promotions more
Chapter 8 - Marketing Yourself: General Principles
>> Page 153 has a great chart showing what schools' expectations are for different categories of applicants (i.e. accountants strengths are expected to be quantitative; weaknesses are dullnes, aggressiveness), which I will definitely use to better structure my essays.
>> This chapter has a good discussion of themes in essays
Chapter 9 - Understanding the Key Essay Topics
>> This chapter lists 20+ common essay topics and the best approaches to them
>> I found that in my Kellogg "What will you contribute to the student body" essay, I'll need to talk a little bit more about how I fit into their profile.
>> He states that on "analyze your own application" essays, it's best to use it as a chance to address weaknesses
Good stuff. I'm definitely going to sit down and try to create a "position" for my application, i.e. what three or four strengths am I going to push, and what [expected] weaknesses am I going to try to allay. I'll then re-evaluate the HBS and Wharton essays based on that. I think they will pretty much conform to this, as I had been taking this approach informally, but there wil be some changes.
I think I'll also be changing my HBS "ethical dilemna" and "describe a failure" essays.
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Posted 1:04 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81175570:
I did a Montauk cram session; Will post my notes tomorrow morning...
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Posted 9:57 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81167895:
Wharton online app is up
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Posted 2:41 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81150418:
To parse Alex's statement a bit more, "yep, we are planning to launch the online app. later today, so the interface you see is for us to test it." (emphasis mine).
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Posted 2:16 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81149391:
Breaking: Wharton to release the online app later today...
See this post on Business Week.
Will keep everyone updated...
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Posted 1:28 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81147475:
Wharton must be getting close...
...because when I go to their online app page, https://admissions.wharton.upenn.edu/admissions/, it gives me a login popup (unfortunately, it asks for domain, which I don't know...). Before it gave you that "The application will be out soon" page.
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Posted 1:23 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81147270:
I think the Wharton online app is coming. The evidence is that Alex Brown has started a new thread on the Wharton S2S forum entitled "Online Application Questions / Feedback"...
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Posted 12:41 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81145594:
I broke down and finally got a copy of Richard Montauk's How to Get into the Top MBA Programs. Everyone seems to recommend it, and though I feel like I'm on schedule right now, I want to make sure I don't get tripped by something easy.
I'll review it as I go along...
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Posted 12:27 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81145077:
Hot off the Presses: Kellogg 2002 stats
The highlights:
1) "The GMAT is just one of many factors we consider in rendering admissions decisions. Of the 3,500 applicants who scored 700 or greater, 18% were offered admission; more than 13% of applicants who scored between 650-690 were also admitted."
2) Average GPA: 3.45 (80% were between 3.1 and 3.9).
Thanks to Ted for the tip!
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Posted 11:33 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81142922:
Reminder: Embark is down this afternoon
"Due to scheduled maintenance Apply Online will be down from Wednesday, September 4th at 2:00pm EDT until Thursday, September 5th at 9:00am EDT."
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Posted 9:43 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81138561:
If you are interested in attending an HBS open house, you probably should hurry up and register. I see that the September 12th open house in Washington, DC is already full!
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Posted 8:04 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81135700:
I've (again) rethought my approach to Stanford essay A ("What matters most to you?"). My old approach was going to be taking a few "themes" (for lack of a better word), and back them up with interests and examples. My new approach is going to be list some of my interests, and, using the appropriate examples, try to draw out broad themes.
The reason I changed my approach is I saw a posting on one of the message boards (I don't remember which one, and can't find the posting) in which the applicant was using the exact same topic as me, "challenge". I realized that, using broad themes in this question has two disadvantages:
1) Broad themes, almost by definition, are going to be less memorable to the Stanford AdComm. Which sticks in your memory better: An applicant who cites "Challenge" or one who cites "Exploration of internet technologies" (to use a hypothetical example). Furthermore...
2) With broad themes, there is a much greater chance of overlap with other applicants, i.e. your app doesn't stand out. After all, I'm sure that 90% of the Stanford applicants love challenge; Why else would they be applying there? But how many care about music, or geopolitics, or studying foreign languages, etc.
I'm going to let it all hang out, and run with a list of four or five things that matter to me, straight from the gut. I'm betting that my honesty, specificity, and directness help my app stand out from the pack of "Challenge", "Responsibility", and "Leadership".
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Posted 7:43 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81135217:
Wow, these are really Tuck's essay topics, I'm impressed!
Everything I've read about Tuck is positive. For me, the big reason I'm not applying there is a) I already have 7 schools I'm applying to and b) it's not in a major city (translation: it's in the middle of nowhere--no offense, I like nature too, but...).
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Posted 5:06 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81132621:
A few thoughts on how I went about getting recommendations.
I contacted my first recommender back in late June, because I knew the recommender was taking a lot of vacations in August/September. This person was a former and current manager (two separrate projects), and we get along great. This person was kind enough to agree to do one recommendation per school, i.e. 7 total. I contacted my other two recommenders--one former manager, one colleague--in early August (right about when the apps were being published), to get them started.
Honestly, I didn't contact them so early expecting them to finish the recs early. By human nature, I knew they wouldn't work on them for a while. But by giving it to them early, I have leverage over them to get it done in a reasonable amount of time. i.e. if it's two weeks left until the deadline, I can lay a guilt-trip on them saying, "I gave it to you a couple months ago" and they'll be thinking, "Geeze, he's right..."
Two other points:
1) I have so far resisted giving them any outline/notes on what to write. I did give them a fleshed out copy of my career history, as well as a description of why I'm applying to B-School. But I truly believe that the only value a recommendation has is for the new perspective it provides the AdComm. If the recomm just has what I think is important, it's close to worthless. (Yes, this requires trusting the recommender completely).
2) In all cases I waived my right to review the recommendation, and turned down their offers to check it. Two reasons: I wanted to demonstrate to them that I trusted them completely, and I didn't want to bias my essays with their thoughts.
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Posted 9:52 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81118689:
By the end of the day, this site will have had over 300 separate visits over the past 24 hours and close to 500 page views. I am overwhelmed by this response; It's great to know that some people are enjoying my travails (and hopefully some of you are getting something out of it too).
I've seen visitors from domains like house.gov, jpmorgan.com, emory.edu, and, my favoriate, jellydonut.org, among others. Cool! And don't be shy about dropping me a line; I try to reply to all e-mails.
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Posted 8:30 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81115291:
Part of the danger of blogging on the fly is sticking your foot in your mouth. In the post right below, I think I did that.
Going to Chicago's "Apply" page, I see that, in the upper right-hand corner, there is a link entitled "Portal" (look in the dark blue tab bar), which does point you towards the login for their online app.
In my defense, however, the text of the "Apply" page still says, "An electronic application that can be submitted online will be available soon."
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Posted 4:59 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81106749:
Reading the MBA Admissions Wire gives you the edge!
Notice that the main Chicago GSB web site doesn't even have a link up to their on-line app yet. Advantage: MBA Admission Wire!
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Posted 4:48 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81106306:
First impressions of the Chicago app (fast-breaking):
1) It doesn't seem to be related to either the Embark app system or their other web pages, in that my login for Embark didn't work. I had also signed up on some other Chicago page to receive e-mail news about their program, but it didn't seem to recognize that login either. So I created a new account (no problem, three minutes).
2) It does not have on-line recommendations.
3) They do not have facilities for uploading completed essay documents (which I tend to prefer); It's cut and paste textboxes only.
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Posted 4:30 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81105491:
University of Chicago on-line app is up!
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Posted 4:03 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81104342:
I wrote up the new version of Wharton essay #4 based on the outline I wrote Sunday, and boy does it suck. I've managed to take an engaging and interesting topic and create a short, stilted blob. Get me rewrite!
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Posted 2:33 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81100436:
*** 2002 Essay Awards (Part 5) ***
Award for Most Difficult Essay Topic of 2002 goes to...
Stanford, Essay A!
"What matters most to you, and why?" This topic just messes with your mind, man. Do they want only one thing? Multiple things? What do they want to hear? Can't they tell getting into business school matters most to me at this moment...arghhhhhh (sound of head exploding).
To compound its difficulty is the fact that Stanford's only other essay question is the typical, "What are your career goals, how will a Stanford MBA help you achieve them" form question. So essay A is all you have to knock their socks off.
After ruminating on this one for a long time, I decided on the following pointers:
1) I needed to discuss more than one thing. I don't think that the Stanford AdComm will be really upset if several things matter to me most, as long as they are enlightening, worthwhile, etc. It would be very difficult for me to find a single topic to write about which could fill up 5 or 6 pages while keeping their attention and showing off my many facets.
2) Choose general things that matter, and use them to describe the specifics. Originally I was thinking of doing a trifecta like: The quality that matters to me most is X; The person who matters to me most is Y; The hobby that matters to me most is Z. I ditched this idea, because it's a bit corny, and the first topic completely outweighed the other two. Now I am going with three general qualities/idea/concepts that matter to me most, and use them to tie into specific achievements/experiences I've had.
3) Keep it honest. The Business Week forum has a few jokes about what really matters to us applicants (money). If that is really what matters to you the most, I feel sorry for you. I am able to make money in my current career, and am confident of success at whatever I try. The reason I'm going for an MBA is that I no longer enjoy what I'm doing, and am aiming to change my career path. So it's expressly not about money.
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Posted 1:17 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81097168:
Another cool blog:
This is not directly related to the admissions process, but I found a couple of Weblogs ("blogs" from now on) by Kellogg Professor Jim McGee. His courses are all related to the use of technology in organizations (and look pretty cool to boot). He apparently has two blogs: One is his personal musings, one a list of "pointers mentioned during" his TEC911 course ("Leveraging Information Technology in the Network Economy").
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Posted 12:29 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81095257:
My top school?
Actually, I honestly don't have one. Sure, I'm only human, sometimes I start to think about it. I honestly, in my heart-of-hearts, am confident that I am an excellent candidate and should be accepted by most, if not all, of the schools. But I am trying very hard not to rank the schools ahead of time.
Why? First, it's a waste of time. I think it's easy to get sucked into spending large amounts of time saying, "If I get into A, B, and C, but not D, I'd go to B, but only if..." Since I'm applying to seven schools, there are a ton of possible combinations for them. Second, I won't lie, financial aid could come into play in the decision. If I get into schools X and Y, both of which I like a lot, and X offers me a great scholarship, I'll definitely take it into consideration. Third, I have not had a chance to visit all of the schools yet, and those visits could play a role. If I get accepted to R and S and can't decide between them, the class visit might be the deciding factor. So I am trying my hardest to stay unbiased, to focus on the application process, and do my best on each and every app.
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Posted 7:42 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81085159:
You're an admissions director. You have 100 applications, which means 400 essays, sitting on your desk, and you have to read all of them in two days. You plan to choose only 10 of the applications.
Luckily for you, 90% of the applicants spent most of their time trying to guess what you wanted to hear. It is not surprising, then, that these essays form a bland, gray blob of "I enjoy giving back to the community" and "to me, strong leadership is critical" and other meaningless slogans. The applicants think they are being clever by doing this, but all they are doing is adding their spoonful to the flavorless oatmeal called "rejections".
The essays that stand out are the ones where the applicants tell you about themselves. How they think, why they did things. These applicants have great stories--the time they saved a project; the student who worked in China for a year; why someone likes skydiving--and are confident enough in themselves to express these stories. These are the leaders of tomorrow--those that believe in themselves and can express why you should believe in them too.
I wrote this little vignette because it seems like so many applicants have a sense that they need to find some way to trick the AdComms into letting them in. What do they want to hear? What activities should I highlight?
I think these applicants are making a grave mistake, for the reasons I outlined above. If you really don't think you have enough qualities, interesting experiences, skills, etc. to get into HBS, I doubt that trying to pull the wool over the AdComms' eyes is going to work, now is it (this is also a reason not to be hyperventilating about GPA/GMAT--680 vs 690 vs 700 is not going to make or break you!)?
Believe in yourself. You are interesting. You are accomplished. You are valuable. HBS, Wharton, Stanford; they need you, not the other way around. That's how you get accepted.
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Posted 4:46 AM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81081744:
Being that it's a work day, I'm only going to have time to finish off one essay in the morning hours. I'll probably work on Wharton #4 or Stanford A, which I outlined on Sunday.
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Posted 6:45 PM EST by Tad Holbie, Post #81060570:
Here's a point I made in the Business Week B-School forum, and would just like to re-iterate:
I am not applying to HBS, Wharton, Stanford, etc., because I think that they are the key to my future. I will not be a failure if I don't attend those schools. I do not think that the lectures I'll receive there are a huge amount better than the lectures at any of the top 20 schools.
The reason I'm applying to the best schools is, first, why not? I think I am worth it, to get into the best. Second, and more important, I believe I'll enjoy attending those schools. It is a thrill to be around smart, competitive, agressive young men and women in an intense learning environment.
I won't lie, I think it is "cool" to have HBS or Wharton on my resume. But that's a pretty temporary sense of satisfaction (lasting, oh, about until you get your first post-MBA job and that MBA is forgotten). The greater satisfaction will be the enjoyment, the challenge, and the comraderie of the educational experience.
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HBS essays 1, 2, 3, and 5 done (the third draft, anyway). Much better than before.
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BTW, some of you want to know how much it costs me to put out the MBA Admissions Wire. The answer? Zero.
The publishing mechanism is Blogger; The server space is free on Blogspot; Even the page views monitor is free from SiteMeter. So all it takes is time, a little (very little) amount of HTML knowledge, and the urge to share your views with the world, baby, yeah!
Just taking a quick glance at the tracking for the past five days, I see that I'm getting some visits from Russia, Costa Rica, and Singapore; that people from harvard.edu and dartmouth.edu like me; and that most of you are coming from the Wharton or Business Week message boards. Cool!
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*** 2002 Essay Awards (Part 4) ***
Award for My Favorite Set of Essay Topics in 2002 goes to...
I like the Kellogg essay topics because they just make sense; You understand why they're asking what they're asking. They start out with the usual, career progress to-date, goals, plans. They ask how you will contribute to the other Kellogg students. They ask you to review your file as a member of the AdComm. And they they have a few short, whimsical topics to pick and choose from. There are no curveballs, just smart questions with reasonable word limits.
Wharton is similar in this manner, and is a close runner-up...
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Now we're cooking...
I banged out the new outlines for HBS essays 1, 2, 3, and 5, putting a lot more emphasis on work experiences and the resulting leadership issues. I feel much better about this approach, and hope I'll be able to turn them into equally good essays.
I also decided to toss my Wharton essay #4, replacing a discussion of one of my extracurricular activities with another. The second activity is a little more...interesting and professional (if one can use that word to discuss a hobby).
I finally came up with a good idea for Sloan essay #1 (an example of creativity in a personal or professional setting) and filled in the blanks for #4 (write your own recommendation--beautiful). I'm still struggling a lot with #3 (an example of a difficult "interaction" with someone); Do they mean a difficult relationship? Or a single interaction?
I made some major changes to my Stanford essay A ("What matters to you most, and why?"), moving away from a more literal answer to more general themes.
All in all, not bad for a couple of hours!
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After reviewing all my HBS essays for a third time, I've decided to scrap my answers for 1, 2, 3, and 5. I found that, when reading all my essays in one sitting, I had 1) used way too many examples from my school days and too few work experiences and 2) had not addressed leadership issues very much. I've brainstormed a bit, and decided to use many more work examples in the essays, and feel more positive than ever on them. Hopefully I can crank out these new essays (which will be the 3rd drafts) by the end of the holiday weekend.
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Someone posted the new WSJ rankings in a PDF document on the Business Week B-School forum. The link is here.
For those of you without Acrobat, here's the top 10:
1 Tuck
2 U. Michigan
3. Carnegia Melon
4 Kellogg
5 Wharton
6 Chicago
7 U. of Texas at Austin
8 Yale
9 Harvard
10 Columbia
Others of interest:
17 Emory
20 Darden
25 Duke
30 MIT Sloan
39 Stanford
So it looks to be little changed from last year.
Analysis: There seems to be little change from last year. Before people start hyperventilating about the ratings, remember that all the WSJ is ranking is a broad group of recruiters's opinions of how they did at the school. This would bias the rankings against the [truly] top schools, since (for example) an HBS student might not give 9 out of 10 recuiters the time of day. It is not, by any means, a ranking of the quality of education or graduates job prospects.
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My approach to the essays
I started working on the essay topics about a month ago, starting with HBS, Wharton, and Stanford (the schools with the earliest Round 1 deadlines). My aproach was straight-forward: Read the essay topic, highligh exactly what it was asking, brainstorm some ideas, and write an outline. After I had outline dones for most of my schools', I started the first drafts.
I'd say it took anywhere between and hour to two hours to write an essay, depending (of course) on the word limit and the topic. I tried to do one essay a day, so over the past two or three weeks I was able to complete 16 or 17. Initially I'd planned to write all of a school's essays, then edit and re-write them. But I found it better to just keep going from school-to-school, completing as many first drafts as possible. Why? Quite honestly, my first set of essays were crap stylistically. I think that if you haven't been in the habit of writing essays for a while, it'll take a good five or six [different] essays to "loosen up" your writing style.
So my HBS first drafts were crap, my Wharton first drafts were somewhere between crap and human, and by the time I was into the Stanford and Kellogg essays, I'd reached a human state. The second drafts I did of HBS pulled them to the human level; same with Wharton; and I think the Kellogg essays are getting closer towards "good".
My plans going forward are to get the HBS, Wharton, Stanford, and Kellogg essays to the "good" state and then re-examine their content. I think I might ditch one or two essay answers, trying to fine tune the overall message of the essays. I expect that, when all is said and done, I'll have gone through four or five drafts for these schools.
Here are two important lessonsI'd like to share about essay writing:
1) Write early and often
2) When you sit down to review your essays, read them all in one sitting. Since I wrote one essay a day, I found that, when read together, there were spots where I repeated myself or made the same point over. The AdComs will be reading them in one sitting, so you need to work hard to create a nice overall impression.
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*** 2002 Essay Awards (Part 3) ***
Award for Oddest Essay Topic in 2002 goes to...
Columbia, 4b: "If you were given a free day and could spend it anywhere, in any way you choose, what would you do?"
In addition to just being weird, this is a tricky question too. You really need to find the happy equilibrium between what you're really thinking ("I'm in Sweden, with a pair of twin supermodels, champagne, and...") and what you think the AdCom wants to hear ("I'd spend the day feeding the homeless while teaching a self-empowerment course...").
Next up: My favorate set of essay topics...
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*** 2002 Essay Awards (Part 2) ****
Award for Easiest Set of Essay Topics in 2002 goes to...
University of Chicago!
8a and 8c, the usual "Why are you applying here and what are your plans?" and a fun jaunt through "If speaking to the class of 2013, to what would you attribute your success", respectively, are walks in the park. I think the former is a critical question that any applicant should be able to answer; It basically requires hitting the following five points:
1) Describe your successes so far?
2) Why do you want an MBA?
3) Why do you want an MBA from our school?
4) What will you do post-MBA?
5) What are your long term plans?
About 8c, since I like public speaking, this question is a walk in the park because I'd love to be giving commencement addresses by 2013.
Chicago's 8b is a bit tougher, asking how you'd put together and motivate a team to develop a new product. Yet it seems open-ended enough, and the word limit is high, to not pose a significant threat.
Next up (still): Oddest question...
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|The Moccasins proved to be to close for comfort for Bama in their 1953 meeting in Tuscaloosa. The Tide scored first on a 5 yard touchdown run by Corky Tharp late in the first. Chattanooga came right back with their own 80 yard touchdown drive on their next possession. On Bama's next possession, Albert Elmore then would score a touchdown on a 54 yard run. Chattanooga would score again to make the score 14-14 at the half. Corky Tharp would score the game-winning touchdown on a 19 yard run in the second half. The 1953 squad would finish the season with a record of 6-3-3, as SEC champions, and with an appearance in the Cotton Bowl for Coach Red Drew.


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Thanksgiving isn't just a marathon day of eating at my house—it's also a marathon day of drinking. My family always celebrates the holiday with plenty of beer, wine, and especially cocktails. We're always mixing up what we drink—one year someone is really excited about individually mixed drinks, the next year we make it easier on ourselves with make-ahead punches, and every year we try to keep around some lower-alcohol drinks to make Friday less painful. Whatever kind of cocktail you and your family are looking for this Thanksgiving, we've got plenty of festive recipes to choose from—popcorn-flavored spiked cider, woodsy gin punch, a wintery French 75 variation, and more.
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Thanksgiving just isn't right without a mug of spiked cider, and this recipe makes the classic even better. Rather than using plain old bourbon, we first infuse the whiskey with sweet, nutty caramel popcorn. In a nod to hot buttered rum, we float a pat of butter on top of the drink for a rich finish.
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Turkey and Sage Cocktail
The name alone makes Wild Turkey 101 an appropriate Thanksgiving spirit, but that's not the only reason we use it in this cocktail—an overproof bourbon stands up best to the intense sage, and Wild Turkey's caramel and vanilla notes perfectly complement the pumpkin. Store-bought pumpkin butter varies in sweetness, so make sure to taste it first (or go homemade).
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Sparkling Bourbon Pear Cocktail
Pre-made mixers are a godsend on Thanksgiving—you can do most of the heavy lifting early in the day and minimize the amount of work you have to do when it's time to drink. Here we make the mixer with clove-scented roasted pears, bourbon, and maple syrup, then top with sparkling wine to serve.
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Charred Lemon Gin Sparkler
The mixer for this cocktail combines gin with rosemary, sugar, and charred lemon juice—searing lemons in a skillet mellows them out and gives them a remarkably rich and complex flavor. Like our previous recipe, all you have to do to serve is top the mixer with sparkling wine (a sprig of fresh rosemary is a nice finishing touch).
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5-Spice Bourbon Punch
I'm celebrating Thanksgiving in Los Angeles this year, and given how fall is going it's probably going to be a warm one. This bourbon punch is refreshing enough for an LA November—we pair the whiskey with lemon juice and five-spice syrup and top with club soda. Forget about the powdered mixes at the store and make the syrup with whole spices.
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9 Ladies Dancing Punch
If you live somewhere with more seasonally appropriate Thanksgiving temperatures, this punch might be just what you want. It's packed with intense flavors perfect for a cold day: smoky blended Scotch, aromatic chai tea, nutty sherry, and spicy Angostura bitters. To sweeten the punch we turn to a woodsy vanilla-cinnamon syrup.
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Smoky Sage Punch
We stick with the tea here, mixing lapsang souchong with gin, orange curaçao, oleo-saccharum, and sage syrup. The sage syrup can be made up to a week ahead of time and the oleo-saccharum can be made the night before, meaning that the prep you need to do on Thanksgiving itself is minimal.
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Old Fashioned Cocktails (for a Crowd)
Making an individual Old Fashioned only takes a minute or two, but when you're juggling a million other tasks on Thanksgiving, it's convenient to have a big batch ready ahead of time. Along with the whiskey, simple syrup, and bitters, add in a few ounces of water to make up for the fact that you aren't diluting the cocktail by stirring it with ice. For something even more fun, check out this bottled peanut-flavored variation.
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Old Timber (Rye Cocktail With Fernet)
Another drink for fans of strong whiskey cocktails, this one pairs rye with fernet and triple sec. Your first instinct is probably to reach for a bottle of Fernet-Branca, but its minty, medicinal flavor doesn't work here—instead, go for something with a warmer, more cinnamon-forward flavor like Jelínek Czech-style fernet.
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Drunk Uncle (Scotch and Cynar Cocktail)
A savory twist on the Boulevardier, this cocktail uses peaty Islay Scotch in place of the bourbon or rye and swaps out the Campari for vegetal Cynar. For the vermouth we opt for Martini & Rossi Bianco, which has a citrusy, herbal flavor reminiscent of Lillet Blanc.
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Tangy Cranberry-Black Pepper Shrub Cocktail
Believe me, I know from experience that it's good to have some Thanksgiving cocktails in your back pocket that are lighter on the booze. This one gets all of its alcohol from sparkling wine, which we flavor with orange bitters and a cranberry-black pepper shrub. The shrub will last a month, so make it now if you really want to get a head start on the Turkey Day prep.
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A Minnesota Good-Bye (Cranberry French 75)
This twist on the French 75 gets its cranberry flavor from a cordial made by simmering the fruit in a simple syrup with cinnamon sticks, star anise, cardamom, cloves, and orange peel. To make the drink, just mix equal parts cordial and pink grapefruit juice with gin and top with sparkling wine.
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Sparkling Apple Sherry Cocktail
This sparkling cocktail combines nutty oloroso sherry with apples in two forms: muddled fresh apple and Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy. We sweeten the cocktail with Mandarine Napoléon liqueur—it might be hard to find, so feel free to use Grand Marnier or good dry orange curacao instead.
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Shagbark's Sangaree (Madeira and Lemon Cocktail)
The hardest part of making this easy-drinking sipper is finding the right Madeira—you want to find one labeled "Malmsey" for the right sweet, nutty flavor. Beyond that there's nothing more to the cocktail than simple syrup, lemon juice, and a dusting of nutmeg.
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Billionaire Donald Trump hit his third win in a row in Nevada on Tuesday evening—a big win, as the election results were called the minute caucuses closed.
Trump's big win in Nevada comes on the heels of victories in New Hampshire's and South Carolina's GOP primaries—and after a strong second place finish in the Iowa caucuses. Trump's win puts him in prime position heading into the CNN debate in Houston on Thursday and Super Tuesday a week from today.
Time in running out for the Washington establishment to push Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) into a competitive position to fight with Trump from that side of the party. Meanwhile, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is running into roadblocks as time also runs out for his challenge to Trump. Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Dr. Ben Carson are hanging in there.
Trump's win comes as entrance polls show an enraged electorate in Nevada that is furious with failures of the federal government—and overwhelming majorities seeking a political outsider as their next president.
Trump's win also proves he can win not just in primaries but also in caucuses, making his momentum even more formidable as the 2016 GOP presidential nominating process moves forward.
The only candidate who has beat Trump so far is Cruz, in Iowa's caucuses, and it's unclear if any of the other remaining candidates–Rubio, Kasich, and Carson–could beat Trump anywhere.


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Aaron Dames writes for Divided Core:
Perhaps only his sense of humor and of irony can save him when he hears the most powerful nation of the world speaking of aggression as it drops thousands of bombs on a poor, weak nation more than eight thousand miles away from its shores.
-Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking in reference to Ho Chi Minh, Beyond Vietnam, 1967
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
-George Orwell, Politics and the English Language
On Thursday, in a stupendous feat of mental gymnastics, Secretary of State John Kerry said that ISIS was responsible for carrying out genocide and crimes against humanity in Iraq. While this true, it is equally true that the United States bears full responsibly for instigating the insanity and violence currently raging across Iraq and much of the Middle East, and that ISIS would have never emerged as a radical resistance force had it not been for the United States invasion and occupation of Iraq – an invasion that was based on lies and an occupation that has seen American forces commit acts of torture and indiscriminate killing tantamount to that of ISIS.
U.S forces have raped and tortured Iraqi citizens to death in the prison cells of the erstwhile Saddam Hussein regime; the arsenal of destructive weapons denoted by our military has created a living hell on Earth for millions of Iraqis that had nothing to do with the September 11th attacks and must now subsist amongst the rubble of their homes stained with the blood of their family, their lives dismembered by million-dollar Tomahawk missiles launched by Navy ships in the Red Sea. Like the Republicans who have declared Donald Trump a national security threat due to his pro-torture and unilateral militaristic positions while they themselves have supported torture and preemptive war, Kerry, who as Senator of Massachusetts voted for the Iraq War, doesn't have leg to stand on as he applies a twisted and hypocritical logic in his assessment of ISIS, citing their genocidal tendencies as the reason why Iraq and Syria are now in ruins.
The truth (unspoken by the State Department and their loyal mainstream media allies that dutifully disseminate any announcement from the government as though it were truth) is that the underlying causes of the violence plaguing the Middle East are a direct result of the United States government and military whom — at the behest of Wall Street, the Military-Industrial-Complex, and death-defying Cold War-era centenarian government officials like Henry Kissinger (a war criminal with close ties to Hillary Clinton), Dick Cheney, Zbigniew Berezniki (President Obama's former foreign policy advisor), and Donald Rumsfeld — have illegally invaded and occupied Iraq for the sake of profit and imperialism. After a quarter century of sanctions and weekly bombing raids, and after 13 years of military occupation, not only has America in effect created ISIS, but we have slaughtered far more innocent people in that region than ISIS has or ever will. While the actions of our government may not be labeled as genocide, this means little to the family members of the hundreds of thousands of civilians (of whose deaths the military does not keep track) that have been killed by our weapons, and countless others (perhaps as many as four million) that have died as a result of the tangential instability caused by the invasion and occupation (not to mention a quarter-century of sanctions).
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SALT Performing Arts presents Back to Broadway: Heroes, Villains and Dreamers, February 10 at 7:00 PM featuring Broadway veteran Bart Shatto (Les Mis, War Paint, Cats).
Join veteran Broadway actor/singer (Les Miserables, War Paint, Cats) and vocalist for Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Bart Shatto for a madcap and emotional musical journey down Broadway lane as this versatile actor/singer transforms into dozens of memorable characters from Broadway's greatest musicals. From Broadway heroes such as the iconic Jean Valjean (Les Miserables) to delicious villains Dr. Edward Hyde (Jekyll and Hyde) and classic dreamers like Don Quixote (Man of La Mancha) experience what the New York Times says: "The actor is so skillful." Highlights include "Bring Him Home", "Music of the Night", "Impossible Dream" and many more.
Back To Broadway: Heroes, Villains and Dreamers has wowed audiences all around the country garnering standing ovations and praise from Broadway World saying "Bart Shatto is a star. He seems to have the unique ability to straddle the line between leading man and character actor." With powerful vocals and a soaring tenor voice that can reach the back of the house, this incredible vocalist sings some the biggest blockbuster songs in Broadway history all in one show! Undeniably, this is a show for Broadway lovers and enthusiasts.
Accompanied by the extraordinary Brigitte Rottman (Bart's resident musical director) and special guests from the SALT community will join forces with Bart for an evening of not only great Broadway belting and memorable characters but plenty of comedy, spoofs and parodies. An unforgettable and unpredictable evening is in store for everyone.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at stagelightpa.ticketleap.com/bart-shatto/ Show starts at 7:00 pm and runs about two hours.
"We are absolutely thrilled to host and have Broadway and TV legend Bart Shatto perform right here in Chester Springs" comments Lauren McComas, SALT Artistic Director and President, "Bart was a guest judge at our fall youth singing contest SALT Got Talent and made a huge impression with both the audience and the contestants. Because of his plethora of experience, his insight and feedback to our rising stars was invaluable! Back to Broadway will be unlike any other theatre entertainment you will find in the Philadelphia suburbs."
The mission of SALT Performing Arts is to provide live community theatre productions, summer/year long theatre camps for kids, dinner theatre and more. With excellence as the standard, SALT, a non-profit organization, believes that the "community" is paramount in community theatre and strives to foster an all-inclusive atmosphere that promotes a positive, uplifting experience to each individual. SALT involves people of all ages from all walks of life. If you are interested in learning more about SALT Performing Arts,making a donation, or being a sponsor please email us at email@example.com.
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A 19-year-old man was shot dead this morning and another man wounded at a house party on the West Side, officials said.
Timothy McCampbell, of the 3200 block of West Douglas Boulevard, was pronounced dead at 1:46 a.m. at Mt. Sinai Hospital, according to a spokesman for the cook County medical examiner's office.
About 1 a.m., police responded to shots fired in the 4000 block of West Wilcox Street and found McCampbell unresponsive, said Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez. McCampbell had suffered a gunshot wound to the right shoulder and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.


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The holidays have wrapped up, a new year is underway and it's time to start tackling those recently acquired bills.
For some homeowners, there's a new one in the pile: an increase in HOA dues, courtesy of a metallic green insect called the emerald ash borer.
As the beetle infestation spreads through neighborhoods across the country, homeowners associations are being forced to decide whether to treat their trees or remove and replace them.
In communities brimming with ash trees — and we're talking oodles of them in the metro area — the costs can be daunting.
"Some HOAs have certainly had to raise their dues to deal with those issues," said Dennis Patton, a horticulture agent with Johnson County Kansas State University Research and Extension.
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Some experts say that the United States has an estimated 8 billion ash trees and that the emerald ash borer infestation has already destroyed between 150 million and 200 million. Kansas City parks officials estimate the area has 4.6 million ash trees. And a substantial number are in HOAs.
"For a lot of the subdivisions built in southern Johnson County in the '90s, that was the tree of flavor," Patton said. "So every house pretty much got an ash tree."
In many subdivisions, homeowners are responsible for the trees in their yards and also those along the streets in front of their property. But what many don't realize is that in HOAs, they're also responsible for the trees in common areas, such as the green space around the entrances, swimming pools, tennis courts and clubhouses.
And while many HOAs have reserve funds for special or unexpected expenses, some are finding that those aren't enough to cover the costs of dealing with the emerald ash borer.
Last year, the Waterford Homeowners Association in Leawood increased its annual assessment from $770 to $870, earmarking the extra $100 for the long-term treatment of the ash trees along the subdivision's streets and in parking and common areas. Of those more than 300 trees, nearly four dozen were in fair to poor condition, a tree inventory found.
At a meeting last summer of the Wilshire Homes Association in Leawood, board members said insect damage eventually could result in "a reforestation" of the subdivision. One homeowner in an adjoining subdivision, they said, had recently spent $3,000 to remove two trees invaded by ash borers.
A tree management company counted more than 200 ash trees in the common areas and along the streets in the Wilshire subdivision. All were rated in good or fair condition. Some were marked as having limb failure and trunk decay, and a few were noted to have significant canopy failure.
In December, the Wilshire HOA increased its annual dues by 4.5 percent, to $810, to help with increased expenses and contribute to its reserve fund.
Officials with cities in the metro area have been conducting educational programs for HOAs to discuss the issue. Leawood's Park and Recreation Department has held several meetings for HOAs since late 2015.
"This is a significant issue to a lot of home associations," said Brian Anderson, superintendent of parks for Leawood. "There are some streets in our town where every street tree is an ash tree."
Indeed, the city says ash trees make up nearly 25 percent of the trees in Leawood, with about 9,100 ash trees in the city's right of way alone. The city estimates that its long-term investment in those trees is $13.6 million.
Anderson said he's heard of some cases of ash borer infestation in the older part of the city and one in a neighborhood near 135th Street and Mission Road.
"The numbers are going to keep growing, because they're here," he said.
As in Leawood, ash trees represent about a quarter of the urban forest in Lenexa, that city's website says.
"Heavy infestations of emerald borer have been found in multiple Lenexa locations," it says.
Many HOAs are keeping residents informed through their websites and newsletters. In a June 2016 message on its website, the Oak Hill Homes Association in Lenexa said that it was working with a company to treat trees and that the company was providing services to homeowners at a "greatly reduced rate."
Patton said the emerald ash borer is now well established throughout the metropolitan area.
"EAB is continuing to spread, and the number of trees we're finding with it is continuing to grow, just as expected," he said. "On the Missouri side, they've pretty much said every county has EAB. In Kansas, it's in Johnson, Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Douglas, Jefferson and Atchison counties."
In southern Johnson County, Patton said, it's still difficult to see the signs of infestation unless you know what you're looking for.
"In KCK and KCMO, where it was widespread faster, we're seeing more and more devastation from it," he said.
Patton, a former HOA president himself, said he gave presentations on the emerald ash borer to about half a dozen homeowners associations last year.
"I'm starting to hear from more now," he said.
Sometimes, the way HOAs handle the issue can create animosity, Patton said.
"I've seen HOAs get in conflict where someone says, you chose to treat my neighbor's tree but not my tree," he said.
Some HOAs have been proactive in tackling the issue.
In a message in the fall 2013 Leawood Homes Association newsletter, president Michael Zanders said an increase in annual dues was necessary because of the emerald ash borer.
"As an association, we must take every reasonable measure to protect the hundreds of ash trees that line our streets from disease," Zanders wrote. "In that vein, we are working on a plan beginning in the spring to treat all the ash trees in our association that line the streets."
To fund the treatment, he said, the board was proposing an increase in annual dues from $220 to $250.
"The homes association has not had to raise dues for many years, but because we want to protect our precious trees, the time has come for everyone to pitch in," Zanders said. "We ask for your support and patience as we move forward on the treatment of these trees in the coming months and years."
Not all HOAs are raising their dues to cover the costs of dealing with the problem.
In 2014, the Verona Gardens Homes Association in Leawood commissioned an assessment of its street trees by a certified arborist, then came up with a plan to remove and replace the 114 ash trees within the public right of way over a five-year period. According to the Verona Gardens Street Tree Maintenance Plan, the cost of removing the ash trees from 2014 through 2020 is about $39,000 and replacement of ash and other trees is estimated at about $44,750.
HOA dues and reserve funds will cover the expenses, according to the plan.
"No special assessments or dues increases are anticipated to finance the implementation of the plan," it said.
Judy L. Thomas: 816-234-4334, @judylthomas


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TS Inter 2nd year Results 2018 Manabadi TS Sr Inter Results 2018 at bie.telangana.gov.in
TS Inter 2nd year Results 2018 Manabadi : TSBIE has to release Manabadi TS Senior Inter Results 2018 with Name wise, Telangana Inter 2nd year Results 2018 subject wise Marks download and college wise grades available. Schools9 TS Intermediate 2nd year Results 2018 topper list or merit list & pass percentage with district wise are released at official website bie.telangana.gov.in. The students can check their Telangana BIE Inter 2nd year Results 2018 Date, TS Inter second year Results 2018 online at www.manabadi.com, www.schools9.com, Eenadu Prathibha and also Sakshi education.
TS Senior Inter Results 2018 Schools9
Board of Intermediate Education of Telangana State (TSBIE) was providing various examination centers for both 1st & 2nd year inter students all over the Telangana State. The students of intermediate are preparing very well for the annual examinations the year of 2018. Manabadi, Schools9 Inter Results will be released in the month of May 2018. The updates of intermediate education you can check the official website of Telangana intermediate board bie.telangana.gov.in. It can update Inter 2nd year Results 2018 Telangana. Both Telangana Sr.Inter students follow the official website of Intermediate Board bie.telangana.gov.in for latest updates.
Inter 2nd year Results 2018 TS
Manabadi is the good web portal to take latest education news to all Senior inter students of TS. Schools9 website also providing the same. So the students of TS Inter 2nd year Results 2018 can check their results on the official website bie.telangana.gov.in and as well as www.manabadi.com and www.schools9.com. For checking their results all of Inter 2nd year students should follow these simple steps given below. They can check the results name wise, hall ticket number wise, percentage wise and ranks wise in the website of www.manabadi.com and www.schools9.com.
Name of Board : Board of Intermediate Education of Telangana State (TSBIE)
Exam Name : Inter 2nd year Exams
Exam Date : March 2018
Category : Results with Marks
Results Date : May 2018
How to Check Manabadi TS Inter 2nd year Results 2018 Name wise
Students firstly Go to visit official website bie.telangana.gov.in
Click the link "Manabadi TS Sr.Inter Results 2018"
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With great pay and a looming shortage of workers in the U.S., the career of a doctor offers many opportunities and many rewards. However, medical training is long and grueling, and only 50 percent of all applicants are accepted to medical school. When choosing between biology and biochemistry as a pre-med major, choose a major that will benefit you on multiple levels.
MD Coursework
If you simply want to pursue a major that will prepare you as much as possible for the MCAT and the coursework of medical school, a major in general biology is the way to go. Human physiology, an advanced biology course, has a heavy presence on the MCAT, and the academic core of medical school covers the principal areas of human biology: gross anatomy, which will be your most demanding course; pathology, which has a basis in microbiology; histology, which is based on molecular biology; and also biochemistry. However, understanding microbiology and molecular biology requires familiarity with biochemistry. Because biochemistry is often considered to be the most rigorous course except for gross anatomy, a major in biology and minor in biochemistry would cover the widest range of courses.
By the Numbers
Nationwide, 43 percent of all biochemistry majors are admitted to medical school, the greatest percentage for any group of science student applicants, while only 35 percent of biology majors are admitted. However, nearly half of all medical students hold biology degrees, while only a fraction hold biochemistry degrees. Biochemistry is generally considered to be a more rigorous discipline due to the math involved.
By the Specialty
When determining a pre-med major, it helps to determine exactly what kind of doctor you want to be. For example, if you want to be a surgeon or podiatrist, the heavy focus on dissection and physiological systems in biology might be more helpful to you. On the other hand, if you plan to be a primary care physician or a psychiatrist, understanding the biochemistry of different drugs and medical treatments will likely be more helpful.
Having Options
When you make the decision to choose a major, your non-medical career options should be considered as well. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that demand for biochemists, who work in laboratories developing drugs, foods and biomedical products, will grow 31 percent, or "much faster than average" by 2020. On the other hand, demand for biological lab technicians and environmental biologists is expected to grow only 14 to 19 percent, or about as fast as average, while demand for wildlife biologists and zoologists will grow only 6 percent. In terms of career options available, biochemistry may be the safest choice for a major.
- The New York Times: Economic Scene - Work-Life Balance
- The New York Times: Doctor Shortage Likely to Worsen With Health Law
- The Student Doctor: Medical School 101: What Medical School Is Really Like
- University of Kansas: What Is Microbiology?
- News Medical: What Is Molecular Biology?
- Biochemical Society: What Is Biochemistry?
- University of Iowa General Catalog: Biology
- Georgetown College Course Catalog
- Georgetown College: Pre-Med - A Four-Year Plan
- Northwestern University Academic Advising Center: Pre-Med Coursework
- Association of American Medical Colleges: I Am Interested in Both Biology and Biochemistry
- Medical School Headquarters: Best Premed Major to Get into Medical School
- American Association of Medical Colleges: Table 18: MCAT and GPAs for Applicants and Matriculants to U.S. Medical Schools by Primary Undergraduate Major, 2011
- American Medical Student Association: Major Anxiety
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Biochemists and Biophysicists
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Microbiologists
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Biological Technicians
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
- John Hopkins University: Medical School Statistics and Trends
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Spring into Savings!
With all this talk lately about daylight savings and what are we really saving and who's benefitting, I've starting thinking more about what I can do to save. Because as much as I love to shop and spend, I also love to not spend money on utilities! And if you're reading this blog post, you can probably relate. So while the politicians talk about saving daylight, let's talk about saving money!
First up, LED lighting. Just do it! They cost a lot more up front, no doubt about that, but in the long run they are worth it. These bulbs are going to last longer than most of us will live in our houses. Not only are you going to save on the cost of replacing light bulbs, you're going to save up to 90% of the cost of electricity while using the bulbs. And if you live in Alberta, wait a few weeks and the provincial government will be handing out free LED bulbs anyway, so no up front cost! Not that it'll do me any good as I've already switched all my bulbs, but it's a something to take advantage of if you haven't made the switch yet.
Next up, your fridge. Why? Because in the case of your fridge, disorganization is costing you money. I know you really want to keep that quiche from last month, because, hey, it was tasty and maybe you'll finish it right? First, its quiche-toss it. Second, the more stuff you have in your fridge, the harder your fridge has to work to keep everything cold. More items means less air flow; less air flow means your compressor has to work harder. Same thing for your freezer. So if you have to move a whole bunch of leftovers around to see what's in the bottom or back, then it's time to clean that fridge out and starting saving some money.
And finally, power bars…buy some. Sometimes you just have to spend money to save money. In our culture, most homes can easily have a couple dozen electronic devices – double that if you have teenagers (maybe that's an exaggeration, but go with it). Most of those devices, such as computers and printers, are using phantom power even when they're not in use. Plug a bunch of them into a power bar and flip the switch to off.
3 small steps that may seem small, but we often nickel and dime our finances into a mess, so let's nickel and dime them back into good health, starting with our power consumption.
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Kevan was polite, thorough, knowledgeable and respectful...we enthusiasticaly endorse his services. Should we ever be contemplating a move we'll be calling Kevan!Kevin K. Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Kevan, thank you very much for your great job! Your very detailed report plus your explanation and advice helped us a lot in making a decision on our house.Franjo G. Edmonton, AB


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Must be able to lay shingles, and tear off roof. This is a full time job, we are looking to hire multiple people. Must have reliable transportation and be to work on time !
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