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The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at
the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded and
empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented representatives
from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise.

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About BIGresearch

BIGresearch is a market intelligence firm providing analysis of consumer
behavior in the areas of retail, politics and media.bigresearch.

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The appointments are: Richard J. LeBlanc , Jr.
The Principal Investigators awarded grants and their projects are:

Peter Berger , Boston University: Spiritual Capital in Developing Societies

Wendy Cadge, Bowdoin College: Comparing Spiritual and Other Forms of
Social Capital: Lessons from the Immigrant Experience

Robert Dowd, University of Notre Dame: Religiosity and Political Culture:
Christians, Muslims and Spiritual Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa

Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame: Religious Capital and Public
Policy in the 20th Century

Sriya Iyer, University of Cambridge: Innovation and the Resilience of
Religion

Michael Kremer, Harvard University: The Impact of the Hajj

John Levi Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Structures of Social
and Spiritual Capital in Religious and Nonreligious Groups

Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine: A Pious and Profitable
Mystery: Guilds, Purgatory, Reformation, the Multiplication of Religious
Denominations , and the Evolution of Industrial Society in Late-Medieval and
Early Modern England

David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame: The Dynamics of Spiritual Capital
in US Congregations

Fenggang Yang, Purdue University: Faith and Trust in the Emerging Market
Economy in China

These funded projects were launched in January 2006 and are up to 24
months in duration. All 13 grantees will meet annually in 2006 and 2007 to discuss
their projects and begin building the network for this new field of study.net.

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Ten Grants of $150 000 Each Awarded for Research on 'Spiritual Capital' By Metanexus Institute

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Following a call for proposals, 43 finalists were chosen to submit full
proposals from a pool of more than 560 applicants, representing many of the
top research institutions in the United States and abroad.2%
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8. "Their valuable expertise and exemplary track
record in the college community will make significant contributions as
we approach the opening of Southern Catholic College this Fall and to
its future success.southerncatholic.org

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Earlier , he served more than 21 years as
executive director of three American Red Cross chapters in Virginia
and Florida.

Southern Catholic College is a private, co-educational liberal
arts college dedicated to preparing moral and ethical leaders. Located
in Dawsonville, Ga.

The survey was the first survey of Chinese consumer groups by BIGresearch
and some of the key findings show a strong sense of China first when it
comes to choosing products.

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"We are excited to welcome four of the finest professionals in the
academic community to our college," said Jeremiah Ashcroft, president
of Southern Catholic. At Barry,
Mr. The aim of the program is
to catalyze the development of this interdisciplinary research field, which
may become a vital new field in the social sciences . Just 100 years ago Max
Weber published his provocative work "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism.

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Earlier, she
served as comptroller at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. For additional
information, call 706-216-8860, or visit www.
In "The Wealth of Nations," Adam Smith raised key questions for the
economic analysis of religion and looked at the effects of competition among
religions and the dangers of government of religion.org

BIGresearch's methodology provides the most accurate consumer information
in the industry with a margin of error of +/- 1 percent.

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"It is essential in today's world that scholars take seriously the broader
significance of spiritual capital," says Sargeant. A membership
organization , Metanexus hosts an online magazine and discussion forum with
over 180,000 monthly page views and 8000 regular subscribers in 57 different
countries.
http://www.5%
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findings are available at www.

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LeBlanc holds a doctorate
and master's degree in Computer Sciences from the University of
Wisconsin and a bachelor's in Physics from Louisiana State University.
Mr . Most recently, he was vice president for
Institutional Advancement at Barry University in Miami , FL. Fenton completed a $100 million capital campaign, exceeding their
goal by $20 million. 24.

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, vice president of
Academic Affairs; William E. Previously, he was associate professor of Sacred
Theology at St. Mary's College of Ave Maria University in Michigan. The ten new
Spiritual Capital grantees, representing disciplines such as economics,
history, political science, and sociology , were selected from these finalists
following a rigorous peer review process.2%

Music - Men 18-34
Chinese 75.2% - when watching TV;
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Roy joins Southern Catholic after a 25 year career in Finance
with colleges in the southeast.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050324/PHTH031LOGO )
These grants from the Metanexus Institute are supported by generous
funding from the John Templeton Foundation to help develop a new
interdisciplinary field of "Spiritual Capital" research . Only in recent years have leading scholars, including
Nobel laureate economists Gary Becker and Robert Fogel and political
scientists John DiIulio and Robert Putnam, called renewed attention to the
effects of spiritual and religious practices, beliefs and institutions on
economics, politics and societies.
When it comes to which brands do 18-34 year
old Chinese men prefer, there's no doubt who's number 1, Chinese brands are
the top choice, with American brands second, and European third, followed
by Japanese, according to a just released survey of 1,620 18-34 year old
Chinese men by BIGresearch. Soon to be released are findings on Chinese women
consumers.

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Beverages - Men 18-34
Chinese 56.9 %
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Southern Catholic College Makes Key Executive Appointments as it Prepares for September Opening; Southern Catholic Completes Purchase of New Facilities for Daw

Business Editors

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. The site features nine buildings
that are ready to be used as residence halls and a conference center
which is being converted to an educational center with classrooms,
administrative offices, library, fitness center and a dining hall,
until the next phase in its expansion. Most recently , she was associate vice
president for Finance at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta. Roy
holds a MBA from Rollins College and a bachelor's from Grove City
College in western Pennsylvania. "Although the social
sciences have often minimized the importance of religion, there is now a
growing openness among scholars to consider how trust, behavioral norms and
religion can profoundly shape economic , political and social developments. Metanexus leads and
facilitates over 300 projects in 36 countries .0%
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Percentage who reported simultaneous media usage when using the following
media:

-- 85.4% - when listening to the radio;
-- 68.

Complimentary Findings

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http://whencustomerstalk.

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Fenton, Jr.newscom. "The newly funded studies will
go a long way towards illuminating these dynamics and providing insights to
the benefit of humanity.5% said they preferred American brands while 9.7%

Other interesting finds from the survey indicate that the 18-34 year old
Chinese male is just as difficult to market products to as their American
counterpart due to the high amount of media multi-tasking they engage in.com.

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College , a regional private Catholic college in formation, today
announced four key executive appointments and the completion of its
purchase of a 100 acre site in Gold Creek Resort in Dawsonville, GA,
as it prepares for its opening on Sept.
Southern Catholic College also closed on a 100 acre site located
at Gold Creek Resort in Dawsonville. The college plans to open in the Fall 2005.net/spiritual_capital .0%
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Sargeant, the director of the Spiritual Capital Research
Program based at the Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science. The Spiritual Capital Research Program is designed to
fund innovative research that could lead to new understandings of religion's
role in economic , social and political life.metanexus.5%
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PHILADELPHIA, Ten grants of $150,000 each for
high-level research in the emerging field of "Spiritual Capital" have been
announced by Kimon H. The Principal Investigators heading these teams and their
projects are:

Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University: Creating an "Ecology" for
the Study of Religion, Economics, and Spiritual Capital

Timur Kuran, University of Southern California: The Role of Religion in
the Economic Performance of Civilizations

Robert Woodberry, University of Texas at Austin: Project on Religion and
Economic Change

Each of these three projects began in March 2005 and is 30 months in
duration.S.1% - when reading the newspaper;
-- 78.3% - when reading magazines;
-- 82.

This is the first in the series of Consumer Intentions and Actions surveys
for China by BIGresearch.

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We are very thankful for all the support we have
received in bringing the opening of our college to reality.
There, he worked as associate dean of the College of Computing , acting
associate director of the School of Information and Computer Science,
and a member of the Computing faculty. He holds a master's degree in Education from Stanford
University and a bachelor 's degree in Sociology from the University of
Notre Dame., Southern Catholic will offer small classes and a
learning environment grounded in values and the Catholic intellectual
tradition. Metanexus sponsors dialogue groups, lectures,
workshops, research, courses, grants, and publications.

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Prospective students can tour the campus and meet the faculty and
staff at Southern Catholic College during its next scheduled open
house on Feb. Thomas
Aquinas in Rome, Italy, a master's degree in Theology from Franciscan
University of Steubenville in Ohio and is licensed in Sacred Theology
from the Dominican House of Studies and John Paul II Institute in
Washington D.
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"The mutual interaction of religion and economics is an important, but
neglected area for research and public policy," says William Grassie,
executive director of the Metanexus Institute. As with the Spiritual Capital Research Program's initial
grants, awarded in 2005, the results of this new research will be disseminated
through scholarly and lay publications, conferences, speaking engagements and
websites . For further information, please
contact Christopher Stawski at 215-789-2200 or spiritualcapital@metanexus .templeton.0%
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LeBlanc joins Southern
Catholic after serving more than 27 years in a variety of faculty and
executive positions at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Bowring will be responsible for
the spiritual outreach program and the Theology program at Southern
Catholic College . However, American made products hold a definite
edge over Japanese for this group of consumers

For example, when shopping for consumer electronics such as TV's,
computers, PDA's, digital cameras , brand name was the #1 influence on
purchase decision and 18.7%
European 24.9% - when using the internet;
-- 69.

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, vice president of
Institutional Advancement; Kelly Bowring, dean of Spiritual Mission;
and Karen Roy, vice president of Fiscal Affairs. We are
especially proud that all of our campus residence halls and buildings
will soon be ready for incoming students in eight months ."
As vice president of Academic Affairs, Mr. Although religion and
spirituality are rich sources of personal meaning, they also have profound
public significance.
Project summaries may be found online at
http://www.metanexus."
Since then, social scientists have vigorously debated the concept of
social capital, but spiritual capital - a sub-set of the field - remains
relatively understudied.

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27. Fenton's responsibilities as vice president of Institutional
Advancement will include the capital fund campaign and annual fund
campaign for the college.
In spring 2005, three scholars each received founding grants of $500,000
to lead teams of researchers in the first projects of the Spiritual Capital
Research Program. Metanexus is
a leader in a growing network of individuals and groups exploring the dynamic
interface between cosmos, nature, and culture in communities and on campuses
throughout the world. Projects include the Local
Societies Initiative, the Templeton Research Lectures, and topical
interdisciplinary research projects such as the Spiritual Transformation
Scientific Research Program, Spiritual Capital Research Program, and the
Templeton Advanced Research Program as well as other endeavors.S.3%
Japanese 5. The syndicated
Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey (CIA) monitors the pulse of more
than 7,000 consumers each month to identify opportunities in a fragmented
and changing marketplace.

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As dean of Spiritual Mission, Mr.

The Spiritual Capital Research Program is interested in supporting high-
level, impartial scholarship on the contribution of religion - both for good
and for ill - to economic and social developments.

The Metanexus Institute advances scientific research, education and
outreach on the constructive engagement of science and religion.

PRESS RELEASE 18-34 Year Old Chinese Men Prefer American Brands Over Japanese According to New BIGresearch Survey

Other areas of brand preferences by country of origin
are:

Clothing Brands - Men 18-34
Chinese 77.S. 33.9% - when using a cell phone.