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May 12, 2014
Head women's basketball coach Tracey Dorow announced the hiring of Justin Rees to the Valparaiso University women's program Monday. Rees arrives in Valpo after serving as head coach of the Missouri Valley College Lady Vikings during the 2013-2014 campaign.
April 22, 2014
Valparaiso assistant women's basketball coach Katie Loosvelt was among the participants in the infamous 2013 Boston Marathon. On the anniversary of its running, she talked about the surreal experience - and how a late jolt of determination may have literally saved her life.
March 24, 2014
Valparaiso women's basketball will hold a pair of individual camps: one from June 16th-19th, the other June 19th-20th before hosting a team camp on June 27th at the Athletics-Recreation Center. Prizes and awards will be given out daily and each camper will receive a free t-shirt. Register today to reserve your spot!
March 12, 2014
A career night from Jessica Carr was not enough for the Crusaders as they bowed out of the Horizon League Tournament following a 72-55 loss to Green Bay Wednesday night at the Kress Events Center.
March 11, 2014
For the third straight season, the Horizon League Conference Tournament takes Valpo to Green Bay, Wisconsin for a postseason tilt with the Phoenix. The Crusaders have their work cut out from them as the Phoenix have lost just once in 19 HL Tournament quarterfinal games.
March 10, 2014
Senior recorded a career-high 25 points as her 9-of-16 shooting staved off a second-half, Senee Shearer-led comeback attempt. Crusaders advance to the quarterfinal round of the HL Tournament where they'll meet the #1-seeded Green Bay Phoenix (20-8, 13-3) Wednesday night at 7:00 pm at the Kress Events Center in Green Bay, Wis.
March 09, 2014
Valparaiso heads to Detroit for the second time in twelve days to open the Horizon League Conference Tournament. The winner will advance to face the defending champion Green Bay Phoenix in Wisconsin Wednesday night.
March 08, 2014
Sharon Karungi's 90% (9-for-10 FG) shooting percentage was just one of a handful of offensive watermarks met or set in Valpo's 101-80 loss to Wright State Saturday in Dayton. As a team, the Crusaders shot 59.6%, the seventh-highest percentage in program history.
March 07, 2014
Valparaiso wraps up the regular season slate with a Saturday matinee against the Raiders in Dayton. A win and a Detroit loss Saturday would mean Valpo hosts the Titans Monday night at the ARC. For the Crusaders to hold up their end of the bargain, they'll have to win inside the Nutter Center for the first time since January 27th, 1994.
March 05, 2014
Charae Richardson dropped in a career-high 24 points in what was potentially her final game at the ARC Wednesday night in Valpo's 94-80 shootout win over Milwaukee. Karungi added 23 of her own on 11-of-14 shooting from the floor.
March 04, 2014
Valparaiso plays its final home game of the season Wednesday evening when the Milwaukee Panthers come to town for a 7:05 pm tip. The Crusaders are currently a game back of Detroit and two behind Milwaukee in the standings. Paul Oren and Renee Turpa will have the call on WVUR 95.1 FM.
March 01, 2014
Valpo held a lead against the Phoenix as late as the 3:00 mark of the second half, but Green Bay closed with six of the game's final eight points in a nailbiter at the Athletics-Recreation Center. Sharon Karungi tallied her third straight double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
February 28, 2014
Valparaiso will open the month of March with Green Bay in a 7:05 pm tipoff on Saturday. Elizabeth Hamlet, Charae Richardson, and Liz Horton will each be recognized before the game in a special Senior Day ceremony.
February 26, 2014
Valpo extended its first-half lead to as many as 17 points before the Titans stormed back to tie the game with a minute and a half to play. Tayelor McCalister's jumper with four seconds remaining was the game-winner for Detroit in an 81-79 contest. Jessica Carr set a career high in points (21) for the second straight game.
February 25, 2014
Fresh off an 84-70 win over the Oakland Golden Grizzlies on Saturday, Valpo takes aim at Detroit Wednesday night inside Calihan Hall. The Crusaders won an 85-44 affair a month ago versus the Titans in Valparaiso.
February 24, 2014
Karungi turned in a dominant 22-point, 16-rebound game Saturday in Valpo's 84-70 win over Oakland. On Monday, College Sports Madness named the junior as the Horizon League Women's Basketball Player of the Week.
February 22, 2014
Junior scored 22, pulled down 16 boards in Crusaders' 84-70 victory over the Golden Grizzlies. Jessica Carr tossed in a career-high 16 points while Charae Richardson and Jessi Wiedemann each contributed 17.
February 21, 2014
In addition to Saturday serving as the Father-Daughter Game, cancer survivors will be honored prior to tipoff of the 7:05 pm tilt versus Oakland. Sharon Karungi has finished in double figures in three straight games for the Crusaders as Valpo aims for its first win over the Golden Grizzlies since 2006.
February 15, 2014
Charae Richardson had her best offensive output since Dec. 1st, but Youngstown State drained a season-high 13 three-pointers in an 84-56 win over the Crusaders at Beeghly Center in Ohio.
February 14, 2014
Valpo's trip through northeast Ohio comes to a close with a Saturday matinee versus the Penguins of Youngstown State. The Crusaders aim for their first win inside the Beeghly Center since January 14th, 2010. The Penguins have dropped three in a row since opening the Horizon League portion of the schedule 6-0.
February 13, 2014
Karungi befuddled the Viking defense en route to a career night, but Cleveland State knocked down 17 three-pointers in a 82-74 win over Valpo at the Wolstein Center in Ohio.
February 12, 2014
Valpo and Cleveland State clash Thursday afternoon at 4:30pm CT at the Wolstein Center. The Crusaders, who are 9-3 all-time versus the Vikings away from the ARC, seek to split the season series after dropping a 76-66 contest to the Vikes Jan. 27th in Valpo.
February 10, 2014
Valpo shot 28-for-56 (50%) from the floor Monday night versus UIC, but the Flames accumulated 24 second-chance points in an 82-73 defeat of the Crusaders at the ARC.
February 08, 2014
Valpo and UIC met just 20 days ago in Chicago when the Flames overcame a halftime deficit to claim a 69-51 win over the Brown and Gold. The Crusaders seek to improve upon their 13-5 record versus the Flames at the ARC Monday night at a 7:05 pm jump ball.
February 07, 2014
The Valparaiso men's basketball home game against Youngstown State on Saturday, February 22 has been selected as the wildcard broadcast for Horizon League Network Regional TV, moving the game time to 3 p.m. Due to the game time change, the women's basketball home game that day against Oakland will now be a 7:05 p.m. tip.
February 03, 2014
Valpo led Green Bay 26-24 at the break, but the Crusaders were held scoreless until the 11:19 mark of the second half as Phoenix pulled away in a 70-42 win over the Brown and Gold.
February 02, 2014
Valpo squares off against the defending Horizon League champion Green Bay Phoenix Monday evening at 7 pm. The Phoenix have claimed the last 15 HL regular season titles.
February 01, 2014
Horton, Richardson, Wiedemann, Dean, and Carr all finish in double figures, but Milwaukee's Avyanna Young posts an HL-high 36 points in an 85-80 defeat of Valpo at the Klotsche Center in Milwaukee.
January 30, 2014
The Crusaders invade Wisconsin this weekend as they visit Milwaukee (6-13, 2-4 HL) Saturday afternoon. The Brown and Gold will be faced with the task of containing one of the best all-around players in the league in Angela Rodriguez (17.5 PPG, 6.1 APG).
January 27, 2014
Jessi Wiedemann scored a career-high 21 points, but the Crusaders allowed a season-most 15 treys as Cleveland State clinched its third conference road win of the season.
January 26, 2014
Last season, Valpo captured a signature win over Cleveland State in overtime. The Crusaders seek to improve upon their 14-10 record against the Vikings in a 7:05 pm tipoff.
January 23, 2014
Valpo dominates Detroit for its first home win of 2013-14; Abby Dean pours in a career-high 20 points and six steals as Crusaders shoot 51.7 percent in their most lopsided victory in nearly three years.
January 22, 2014
The Crusaders will look to shake off the shooting slump that plagued them in the final nine minutes of their contest against UIC when they welcome Detroit to town Thursday evening for a 7:05 pm tip.
January 21, 2014
Jessi Wiedemann's jumper at the 9:08 mark of the second half was the last field goal the Crusaders made in a 69-51 loss to UIC Tuesday night. Eleven of the Flames' final 13 points came from the foul line as they closed the contest on a 19-1 run.
January 20, 2014
Valpo and UIC tipoff for the 40th time in school history Tuesday night in Chicago. The Crusaders ended UIC's season with a 67-57 opening round win in the Horizon League Conference Tournament last March. Meanwhile, the Flames seek their fourth consecutive victory over the Brown and Gold at the UIC Pavilion.
January 18, 2014
Kim Demmings, the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year, registered 31 points as Wright State held on for a 79-65 win over Valpo at the ARC Saturday afternoon. Sharon Karungi shot 8-of-10 from the floor en route to a 19-point game.
January 17, 2014
Kim Demmings, the Horizon League's Preseason Player of the Year, visits the ARC this weekend as Wright State takes on Valpo Saturday at 4 pm. The two teams went to overtime in last season's tilt in Valparaiso.
January 15, 2014
Elizabeth Hamlet tossed in a dozen points in her return to Oakland, but 12 first-half treys by the Golden Grizzlies helped the home team to an 88-55 win over Valpo Wednesday night.
January 13, 2014
Valpo and Oakland met four straight times in the Mid-Con Conference Tournament from 2000-2003. The two teams square off this time as Horizon League enemies in the first meeting in over 2,500 days at the O'Rena in Rochester, Michigan on Wednesday night.
January 09, 2014
Sharon Karungi led all scorers with 21 points, but a scoring drought spanning nearly nine minutes cost the Brown and Gold as Youngstown State defeated Valpo Thursday night at the ARC.
January 07, 2014
Heidi Schlegel and the Youngstown State Penguins (4-9) come to town Thursday evening in the HL opener. Schlegel is currently third in the league in scoring, averaging 19.7 points per game. Valpo is aiming for its first victory at the ARC this season.
January 04, 2014
Liz Horton was 5-for-5 from downtown in the second half, but the Golden Hurricane scored 51 points after the break as they handed Valpo a 84-70 loss Saturday in Tulsa.
January 02, 2014
Valpo has been winners of three of its last non-conference finales. The Crusaders will put that streak on the line Saturday against the Golden Hurricane. The meeting is the first ever between the two teams.
December 31, 2013
Both teams shot 50% or better in the opening half, but South Dakota knocked down 16 of 26 shot attempts in the final twenty minutes en route to an 11-point win at the ARC. Carr, Richardson, Dean, Wiedemann all finished in double digits for Valpo.
December 30, 2013
The first ever meeting between Valpo and South Dakota will be the last event inside the ARC in 2013 when the Crusaders take on the Coyotes Tuesday afternoon at 1:35 pm CT. The Brown and Gold are in search of their first home win of the season.
December 29, 2013
Western Michigan used a 21-2 run to open the second half as the Broncos defeated Valpo 72-50 at the ARC Sunday afternoon. Junior point guard Jessica Carr made her first appearance since a September automobile accident.
December 27, 2013
The Crusaders will end a 16-day break Sunday afternoon when the Broncos visit the ARC for a 1:35 pm tip. Valpo aims for revenge after dropping a 70-69 heartbreaker last December in Kalamazoo.
December 13, 2013
Valpo outshot Butler in the latter 20 minutes, but an 18-point halftime deficit was too much for the Brown and Gold to overcome as the Bulldogs claimed a 65-50 victory Friday night at the ARC.
December 12, 2013
After spending the majority of the first month of the season away from the ARC, Crusaders will play their next three games at home. The Brown and Gold aim for their third consecutive win as they host the Butler Bulldogs at a 7:05 pm tipoff.
December 10, 2013
Valparaiso men's basketball freshman Alec Peters (Washington, Ill./Washington) and women's basketball junior Sharon Karungi (Kampala, Uganda/ [Northern Oklahoma College]) have been named the Valparaiso athletic department's Athletes of the Month for the month of November.
December 09, 2013
Junior recorded double-doubles in both Valpo wins this past weekend at the Toledo Invite. Karungi is currently averaging 11.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game.
December 07, 2013
A Sharon Karungi putback in the lane with three seconds to go boosted Valpo to a 63-61 victory over Toledo. Karungi was named Toledo Invite MVP; Jessi Wiedemann voted to All-Tournament Team.
December 06, 2013
All nine Crusaders scored in a 74-50 victory over the Cougars Friday. Karungi, Wiedemann, Horton and Dean all finished in double digits as the Brown and Gold registered their first win of 2013-14.
December 04, 2013
Women's basketball will battle Chicago State for the 41st time in Toledo on Friday afternoon. The Crusaders have played the Cougars more than any other team in program history. 24 hours later, Valpo will face the host Rockets for the first time ever.
December 01, 2013
Charae Richardson scored a career-high 23 points Sunday, but a buzzer-beater at the end of regulation gave Montana State new life in overtime. The Bobcats eventually prevailed 96-85. Lexi Miller was named to the All-Tournament Team.
November 30, 2013
Crusaders and Bobcats will tipoff Sunday at 1 pm ET/noon CT in the consolation final of the FIU Thanksgiving Classic in Miami.
November 29, 2013
Sharon Karungi tossed in 17 points and gathered 14 rebounds Friday evening, but Florida International defeated the Crusaders 65-47 in the opening game of the FIU Thanksgiving Classic.
November 27, 2013
Valpo and Florida International meet for the first time in nearly 20 years Friday in Miami. FIU guard Jerica Coley is ranked 9th in the nation in scoring with 25.5 PPG. The Crusaders seek to contain her and claim their first victory at the U.S. Century Bank Arena at 6 pm ET/5 pm CT.
November 24, 2013
Valpo led Tennessee Tech 78-74 with two minutes to play, but a game-closing 10-0 run by the Golden Eagles proved decisive Sunday in Cookeville. Lexi Miller, Abby Dean, and Jessi Wiedemann all recorded career-highs in points in an 84-78 defeat.
November 22, 2013
Valparaiso and Tennessee Tech meet for the first time on the basketball court Sunday at 2 p.m. CT in Cookeville. At 1-2, all three of the Golden Eagles' games have been decided by 45 points or more.
November 21, 2013
IUPUI received 56 points from its bench as the Jaguars defeated the Brown and Gold 84-51 to spoil Valpo's home opener.
November 20, 2013
Women's basketball holds its home opener Thursday night as IUPUI comes to town. A home game versus the Jaguars could be just what the doctor ordered as the Crusaders are 13-1 all-time at the ARC versus their instate foes.
November 18, 2013
Georgi Donchetz, Danielle Franklin, Anne Hamilton, and Jasmyn Walker all signed their National Letters of Intent (NLI) to play at Valparaiso beginning in 2014-15.
November 16, 2013
Liz Horton led the Crusaders in scoring with 11 points, but Notre Dame shot 41-of-76 from the floor en route to a 96-46 win over the Brown and Gold at Purcell Pavilion Saturday.
November 15, 2013
The Crusaders look for their first win of the 2013-14 season at #6 Notre Dame. Valpo is also in search of its first ever victory over the Fighting Irish, who will induct Skylar Diggins into their Ring of Honor prior to the game.
November 12, 2013
A victim of foul trouble Sunday, junior responds Tuesday with 15 points, 12 boards against Illinois. Fighting Illini's press coaxed 27 Crusader turnovers in the loss at State Farm Center.
November 11, 2013
Valparaiso continues a three-game road swing to open the 2013-14 season Tuesday evening as the Crusaders take on Illinois at State Farm Center at a 7:00 p.m. tip.
November 10, 2013
Lexi Miller and Charae Richardson both scored 15 points Sunday, but early foul trouble limited the pair in addition to Karungi. Billikens beat Valpo 74-51 at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis.
November 09, 2013
The Valpo women's team will begin its season on the banks of the Mississippi as the Crusaders draw the St. Louis Billikens Sunday afternoon at 1 pm from the Chaifetz Arena.
November 05, 2013
Sharon Karungi recorded a double-double in her Valpo debut; four Crusaders finished in double digits as the Brown and Gold boast an 89-62 victory Tuesday night in the exhibition opener at the ARC.
November 04, 2013
The Crusaders tip-off Tuesday evening in their first - and only - exhibition game of 2013-14. In her second year at the helm, Tracey Dorow will guide the Brown and Gold against Saint Joseph's (7:05 pm) at the ARC. Read about this year's Crusaders and what to expect from them.
October 28, 2013
A poll of the league's head coaches, sports information directors, and various media members has the Valparaiso women's basketball team finishing in ninth-place in the Horizon League. The Crusaders ended last season in a four-way tie for sixth.
October 18, 2013
The Valparaiso men's and women's basketball programs provided season ticket holders and students a sneak peek into what to expect from their teams in the upcoming season at a pair of events held over the past week at the ARC.
September 12, 2013
Valparaiso women's basketball coach Tracey Dorow announced her team's schedule for the upcoming season Thursday morning. Road tilts at St. Louis, Illinois, and Notre Dame await Crusaders before home opener versus IUPUI on Nov. 21st.
July 25, 2013
Valparaiso women's basketball head coach Tracey Dorow announced today that Kurt Westendorp has been promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach, while Paige Mesalam has joined the Crusader staff as director of basketball operations.
July 18, 2013
Valparaiso women's basketball head coach Tracey Dorow announced today that sisters Elizabeth Hamlet and Annemarie Hamlet, as well as Haylee Thompson, have transferred into the Crusader basketball program. Elizabeth Hamlet will be a fifth-year senior in 2013-14 with immediate eligibility, while Annemarie Hamlet and Thompson will both have to sit out the 2013-14 season and will each have three years of eligibility remaining. In addition, Faith Miller has joined the Crusader program as an incoming freshman for the 2013-14 campaign.


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I've come across several instances in manga where the simple question of "で?" is used. What could it mean? I'm guessing it means something like "Is that so?," but I'm not sure.
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It's basically a shortening of それで何?, meaning something along the lines of 'and so...?' or 'then what?' It asks for either a continuation of the thought (especially in a story or something else temporally organised) or a conclusion (as in 'what you just said is setting something up, what is it?').
An abbreviation of 'それで何?'('Then what?' or 'So what?'). This phrase can be used to express both indifference or interest, in a conversation typically between close friends.
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It's basically a shortening of それで何?, meaning something along the lines of 'and so...?' or 'then what?' It asks for either a continuation of the thought (especially in a story or something else temporally organised) or a conclusion (as in 'what you just said is setting something up, what is it?').
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Via TPM, which destroyed him, the man who said that a single American president's prerogative can render the Geneva Conventions "quaint" muses:
"…for some reason, I am portrayed as the one who is evil in formulating policies that people disagree with. I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror."
Well, not the one, just one of the ones. This is former White House counsel and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' first substantial post-resignation interview, given to the Wall Street Journal, and aside from his tantrums of self-pity, he maintains that he "didn't play a central role" in the administration's program of torture, indefinite detention and warrantless surveillance. It's hardly necessary to point out how this position is contrary to all the available evidence, and we've seen Gonzales lie and prevaricate throughout his time in the administration, most notably in his fateful July 2007 Senate Judiciary Committee testimony. Instead, here's the judgment of history, delivered by Harold Hongju Koh of Yale Law School, speaking in January 2005 against Gonzales' nomination to be attorney general:
Having worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations, and for more than two years as an attorney in the Office of Legal Counsel itself, I am familiar with how legal opinions like this are sought and drafted. I further sympathize with the tremendous pressures of time and crisis that government lawyers face while drafting such opinions.
Nevertheless, in my professional opinion, the August 1, 2002 OLC Memorandum [on torture, requested by Gonzales and, according to Bart Gellman, inclusive of his input] is perhaps the most clearly erroneous legal opinion I have ever read.
Perhaps this is Gonzales' attempt at pushing the blame onto David Addington, John Yoo and Jay Bybee. If so, Attackerlady observes that at least Addington has convictions. Stand him up at the gates of hell, where he belongs, and he won't back down. Nothing about Addington is worthy of respect, except arguably for that. Gonzales doesn't even have backbone in his favor. Instead, this — about the infamous Ashcroft hospital visit — is how Gonzales operates:
…he gave the impression that he and Mr. Card were attempting to take advantage of Mr. Ashcroft. "I found Ashcroft as lucid as I've seen him at meetings in the White House," he said.
Jack Goldsmith has said he really feared that Ashcroft was going to die after mustering the strength to refuse Gonzales' attempt at strongarming him into overruling Jim Comey and reauthorizing a surveillance program that the acting attorney general deemed illegal. What an appalling thing for Gonzales to say about Ashcroft.
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For the first time in two decades, residents in Merrill can have a frightening good experience leading up to Halloween.
The Merrill Boy Scout Troop 599 has spent the last year planning for its first ever Haunted Sawmill on the corners of 8th and Hendricks Streets.
The "spooktacular" show opens from Friday night from 6:30 - 11 p.m., runs through the weekend and starts back up next Thursday, Oct. 27 through Halloween night. For more information, contact Gerald Hersil, the Haunted Sawmill Chair at (715) 218-3214.
Tickets cost $6 the door or $5 with a donation of a non-perishable food item. T-Shirts will be availabe for sale to those who are able to survive the experience.
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Integrative Business: Executive Bill George on Reestablishing Trust with the 99 Percent
What does restoring trust between the financial industry and the U.S. culture look like? A former corporate CEO and board member of Goldman Sachs on the ethical line of business and the incumbency of financial leaders to rebuild what has been lost after the financial meltdown of 2008.
Trust. Fairness. Relationship. Ethics.
Oftentimes these words are brandished like weapons when we discuss the financial meltdown of 2008. And, to some degree, former Medtronic CEO Bill George says, people are right to be suspicious. In his conversation with our host Krista Tippett, he says that it's incumbent upon leaders of finance and business to restore that trust:
"We can spend 10, 20, 30 years building a trust with our customers. And we can lose it all in 30 minutes. That's what happened in 2008. That trust, like the balloon, the air went out of the balloon. And that trust was lost. And we've got another 10 years to build it. But it's gotta start now."
But how do these titans of industry do so in a world in which the bottom line is rewarded so richly with compensation and promotion? Mr. George argues that it's rooted in leadership, in the daily rigor of reminding one's executives and employees that success is achieved when the customer that the business serves (not the stockholder or the employee) becomes successful:
The real ethic of a financial institution is to put your customers' needs first, and that's where all ethics and values start from. And there's not been enough dialogue about that inside. In some institutions, it's starting, but it needs to be reinforced all the time, every day. And if we can do that, then the culture will gradually change. It will not change overnight because there's still a lot of money in the culture, and a lot of complexity. But I think it can change, steadily, and that's where the trust is gonna have to come from the financial institutions out to customers. Not from the reverse. We can't expect the customers to establish trust unless it comes from the institutions.
In many ways, Mr. George's ideas seem like basic business practices. But why does it seem so difficult? Take a listen to this exchange and offer your thoughts. I'd be really interested to know how you, as a employee or a business person, find ways to carry this out in your daily work life and relationships with customers.
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Indeed. Excellent points. I
Indeed. Excellent points. I ask, why hasn't anything been done? Greed trumps human beings , our brothers and sisters. Incredubility at the lack of knowledge and aspirations in human nature--we can take care of one another. Thank you for your post. Love and respect towards ourselves and one another shall go along way to change our culture.
Thanks for this interesting
Thanks for this interesting insight on business. It's clear that today business as an institution is the most effective way to generate personal wealth for the people of the world. Mr. George makes this point while also representing the responsibility of business to serve others. As a culture we have confused the end with the means, making personal wealth the end while service to others has sadly become a second thought in too many board rooms and corner offices.
I once worked in a large
I once worked in a large (global) high tech corporation where these values toward customers were the norm. Occasionally we were allowed to transcend the grueling path toward profit-or-else and work toward customer success. Indeed, it was also a different era on Wall St. We actually had real relationships with the analysts on the Street. It has changed dramatically and it now surprises me that the former CEO of Medtronic is espousing similar ethics and values in the 21st century -- because I also know a lot about Medtronic and its global reach across the health care sector. For example their medical devices, which truly make LIFE with type-1 diabetes possible, are generally only available to those with extraordinary means to pay in this terribly depressed economy. To work around this, the customer/patient must jump high hurdles and, essentially, beg for a sort of "charitable" gesture from Medtronic and/or many similar corporations. In the world of health care, and its suppliers such as Medtronic, "success of the customer" should be modified to "success of the customer with a lot of money." For those who really have a need to survive with products that Medtronic offers, the door is closed unless the patient has money. The former CEO of Medtronic would know all this since the corporation is a very big player in the health care sector. CEO's make it their business to understand the full landscape within which they market their products, including: who has money, who does not, and the type of political presence to have in D.C. to influence legislation. So while it is of course refreshing to read about Mr. George's values and ethics, as someone on the front lines of healthcare delivery and healthcare policy, his message does not match my everyday experience in the gritty world of the marginalized.
As a former small business
As a former small business owner and former manager in one of the companies Mr. George helped lead, I fear big business in general, and the finance industry in particular, is irretrievably broken. This is not on a commentary on his past leadership, which I think did exemplify the business ethics he talks about.
It was once my job to craft messages like the ones he espouses here, and I could do it as long as I thought they were true. But some time in the past couple decades they stopped being the reality across America.
Love of money, not customers, drives business growth at the top today, which is more about buying up/driving out competition and fiercely reducing costs than it is about delighting customers with superior products and great value.
To hope the culture change will come from the financial industry or from large public companies is laughable, and not in a funny way, I'm afraid.
I have known some Medtronic
I have known some Medtronic execs, and Mr. George's influence is seen in their sense of mission in what they do. I like his willingness to straddle the worlds of bare-fisted commerce and society-building. The more people willing to stand in both worlds, the better off we will be.


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State of Texas Statistics
Definitions below were adapted from Buffalo State College, Violence Intervention and Victim Advocacy (VIVA) Program.
Rape - Forced sexual intercourse without consent. Force can be physical; stated or implied threats that cause fear of immediate death or physical injury to self or others; or immediate fear of being kidnapped.
Stranger Rape - Forced or coerced sexual activities by a person or persons unknown to the victim.
Non-Stranger Rape - (formerly known as the subtypes below):
Acquaintance Rape - Is often incorrectly viewed as a consensual sexual encounter gone awry, rather than an act of violence. However, by definition, acquaintance rape is forced, unwanted sexual activity with a person the victim knows or recognizes.
Date Rape - This is another term used to describe acquaintance rape. It is a violation of body and trust. It is an act of violence by someone a survivor has dated or has just met.
Partner Rape - Forced or coerced sexual activities with a dating or live-in relationship.
Marital Rape - Forced or coerced sexual activities within a marriage.
Gang Rape - Forced or coerced sexual activities by two or more persons, known or unknown to the victim.
Child Sexual Abuse - Any contact or non-contact sexual act imposed upon a child, which can result in emotional, physical or sexual trauma
Source: Black, M.C., Basile, K.C., Breiding, M.J., Smith, S.G., Walters, M.L., Merrick, M.T., Chen, J., & Stevens, M.R. (2011). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 Summary Report. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The breakdown for our surrounding counties is as follows:
Fort Bend County 269
Harris County 2,441
Liberty County 48
Montgomery County 296
San Jacinto 25
Walker County 64
Waller County 28
Source: Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime in Texas 2012
Adapted from the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA) Strategies for Avoiding Sexual Assault brochure:
Strategies for Avoiding Sexual Assault
Even if you are cautious, you cannot be vigilant 24 hours a day. Although there is no perfect way to completely protect yourself against rape, the following ideas may help.
Assertive Behavior:
Reducing your risk on dates:
Reducing your risk at home:
Reducing your risk at parties:
Reducing your risk in the car:
Reducing your risk on the street:
Sexual assault occurs most frequently in the following places:
34% in the victims home or yard
20% in the perpetrators home or yard
12% in someone elses home or yard
7% in the victim and perpetrators home or yard
7% in rural area, woods, park, or campground
5% in a car
Source: Kilpatrick, D.G., Edmunds, C.M. & Seymour, A. (1992). Rape in America: A report to the nation. National Victim Center and Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center.


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Topic Index Facts About the Spine, Shoulder, and Pelvis Physicians and Specialists Chronic Pain Common Disorders of the Spine, Shoulder, and Pelvis Glossary The skeletal trunk, that part of the body made up of the spine (back and neck), shoulders, and pelvis, acts as the major support system for the rest of the body. Sometimes called the trunk or the torso, this area of the body is home to weight-bearing bones and joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerve centers that make movement and flexibility ...
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Neck Pain and Problems What is neck pain? The neck is located between the head and the shoulders. Because of its location and range-of-motion, it is often left unprotected and subject to injury. What causes neck pain? Neck pain can result from many different causes - from injury to inflammatory disease. Causes of neck pain and problems may include the following: Injury (damage to the muscles, tendons, and/or ligaments) Herniated cervical disk Arthritis (i.e., osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis) Cervic...
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Waiting for the president to arrive at McCormick Place on election night, supporter Ignacio Ayala of Plainfield said he hoped the night would bring some of the same excitement as the rally in Grant Park in 2008.
"I hope it's the same," said Ayala. "That was big."
More than 10,000 people are expected to rally around President Barack Obama as he and his campaign members await election results tonight. Like Ayala, other Obama supporters said they, too, were hopeful that the election results would bring cause for celebration.
Elvin and Nicole Knox, from Homewood, said they had been checking predictions on CNN and Politico all day. Nicole said she had voted for Bush in 2004, and her husband said he had voted for Bush or had not voted at all. Both consider themselves independent.
"Obama, to me, genuinely cares about what it means to govern people," she said.
Many said they believed four years was not enough for the president to accomplish what he set out to do in 2008.
"There's so much more to do, but it feels like progress," said Charles Sucholl, also from Plainfield. "He's really kind of taken the country on the path out of this mess."
Several volunteers from the south suburban Hazel Crest field office said they had been spending the last several weeks campaigning heavily, sending buses to Iowa and phone-banking for hours.
"We have prayed every day," said Joyce Hutchinson. "We know he's going to win."
Hutchinson said she believed the president was not in the office to "line his pockets" or for power, but for the good of the country.
"We need more people like that in office," she said.
Waiting in the lobby of McCormick place, Obama volunteer Ashley Owen, from Chicago, was just hoping she would be able to get credentials to get in. She had a friend with an extra pass and was waiting for him to show up.
Owen was sick on election night in 2008 and was not able to attend the rally in Grant Park.
"This is my chance to try that again," she said.
Jen Fisher reporting for Patch from McCormick Place.


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