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Like millions of other Americans, I was caught up in the Masters Golf Tournament, played every April in beautiful Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. I watched with great interest as 14 year-old Tianlang Guan of China became the youngest golfer to ever play at The Masters, and I was excited to see if Tiger Woods would be able to grab his 15th major golf victory. What I wasn't expecting was controversy from both of these players.
First, Guan was given a one-stroke penalty for slow play on hole No. 17 during his second round. Yes, the penalty was warranted because he had already been warned about the 40-second clock (yes, basketball and football aren't the only sports with play clocks). But this was the first slow play penalty assessed in a major since 2004, and you just feel sorry for the young man.
Incidentally, he made the cut and was crowned the low amateur at the end of the Masters telecast. And if you watched any of his interviews, he is a well spoken, polite young man who accepted the penalty with grace.
Then there is Tiger and his now legendary two-shot penalty. For those who missed it, on Friday he hit a great shot that hit the 15th pin and bounced back into the water hazard. Woods had three legal options, but he dropped his ball two yards behind the original shot – a fourth option that was illegal by golf rules. He didn't catch the mistake and neither did rules officials. But an eagle eyed home viewer did – and this is where I have a problem.
1. How can a major sport allow viewers at home to call in and report an error by a participant? The PGA admits it listens to fans and takes phone calls. For one, this is not fair to the elite players because they get almost every shot broadcast on national television while other players do not.
Second, fans have no business officiating a professional sporting event. Can you imagine what would happen if Roger Goodell fielded phone calls during NFL games – and then acted upon them? It would be chaos and simply not fair to those playing the game.
2. How can a ruling be made and then reversed the next day based on a post-game interview by a participant? The PGA said they reviewed the drop by Woods and deemed it acceptable. So how in the world can they change their minds the next day? Apparently, they listened to Woods' post-round interview and didn't like what he said. They summoned him to the office the next morning and, after talking to him, assessed the penalty.
Can you imagine what would happen in baseball if, during the locker room interviews, someone said, "I was really safe, he missed the tag" and the commissioner of baseball reversed the call the next day? Or a player admitted missing first base on a game-winning double, something no one caught until the commissioner reviewed the tape and overturned the call? Again, chaos could ensue. And even worse, professional golfers may decide to stop talking to the media after a round of tournament golf in fear of saying something to incriminate themselves.
3. Is it time for the PGA to include referees to make judgment calls on the spot? I fully understand that golf is a gentlemen's game and played with integrity. But have you looked at the Rules of Golf? It is almost impossible to know all of these rules, but professional golfers are expected to have the book memorized. Why not have officials walk with each pairing and make rules determinations on the spot?
Like almost any other sport, golf should adopt a rule that states once a player leaves the course and signs his scorecard, the score is official. There should never be a change to a score the next day. Baseball set precedent when it did not overturn the blown call at first base by umpire Jim Joyce that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game in 2010. Commissioner Bud Selig could have easily reversed the call the next day, but he understood that mistakes are part of the game. The same should be said in golf.
And there should never, ever be a review of a play IN ANY SPORT based on a phone call from a fan sitting at home drinking a beer. C'mon golf world, you are better than that.
Until next time, remember to keep the man and ship in sports – and I'll see you at the game.
Dean Hockney is the owner/publisher of the Sports Journal of Central Indiana, sports editor of the Kokomo Herald and public address voice of IU Kokomo athletics. His column can be found each week on the last page of the Sports Journal. You can follow Hockney on Twitter (@Sports_Journal) to stay up-to-date on sports happenings in Howard County and around Indiana.


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Board-CEO Power Dynamics Explained
New study links CEO tenure to reduction in board independence.
BY Caroline Cakebread | March 23, 2017
Want to figure out how independent corporate boards are? Just look at how long the CEO has been in place.
According to a team of academics from Duke and Cornell universities, the independence of corporate boards decreases with every year a CEO holds power according to a new study.
Boards are likely at their most independent during the first year a CEO is in place however, underscoring the fact that, during the early days of a new CEO's tenure, their bargaining power is on the low side. The study, called "CEO Power and Board Dynamics", also shows that long-tenure CEOs become more powerful every year they're in the job – and they tend to be more successful at becoming board chair and earning more money.
The power dynamic can shift however — a CEO's hold over the board can decline during specific circumstances that create uncertainty. Recessions for example, or the arrival of activist investors.
By contrast, strong performance or a general decline in uncertainty about a CEO's ability to perform can weaken a board's incentives to monitor her or him.
The paper also looks at specific scenarios of CEO turnover events finding that boards become less independent when an external CEO is hired and that boards are likely to fire a powerful CEO based on poor performance.
The authors add that while regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley have succeeded in boosting board independence in some areas, they have not prevented other outcomes such as a CEO being appointed board chair.

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After my amazing epicurean adventure at Neighborhood Services a few weeks ago, I promised all
one million five of you who actually read my blog that I was on a mission to review the entire NS family.
Seeing as I got a special birthday surprise of pneumonia I wanted to lay semi-low but, naturally, still wanted a delicious meal. I decided to check out Neighborhood Services Tavern as I had heard it was "like, totally different and laid back," perfect for my state of dead woman walking.
The tavern is what you would expect, complete with dart board, booths and high tables. It is a completely different feel than "the original" and I was somewhere between depressed and relieved to see that the servers weren't prancing around in cable knit sweaters again. White polos? Not exactly what I would call tavern wear but this is Dallas after-all so I'll take it.
I vowed not to drink but of course was overly enticed by the cocktail menu. Pimms cup? Ok, fine. Basic Instinct? I'll take two. It's just really hot outside!
Being the vultures we are, my table started off with the "Double Deviled Eggs." Now, I've said it once, and I'll say it again, I don't eat anything that had the face of Babe at one point so the deviled eggs scared me with their bacon chutney piled high on top. I'll admit, I scraped that shit off while singing "la, la, la" in my head but finally got to dig into this glorious egg after inspecting it one more time for good measure. Delish! I can't say that they beat out R+D Kitchen's but I can undoubtedly give them the silver medal. As far as presentation goes, they get the gold by a long shot.
We also decided on the "My Standard Dips" to start off with since Neighborhood Services Tavern doesn't seem to think it's necessary to sell the onion rings that the original does. Those little shits are good enough to sell my soul to the devil (as if I haven't already). The chips were standard and the salsa just like these Texans seem to enjoy, seemingly on the verge of pureed tomatoes to me but tasty nonetheless. The crab dip had a crispy bubbling crust with huge chunks of crab meat mixed in, although it was served a little cold.
For my main I chose the "Chicken Fried Chicken & Buttermilk Waffles." Comfort food always makes life better, right? This plate is not for the faint of heart, as the batter as well as the sauce that drizzles the plate is spicy. Personally I thought it was great, but just fair warning as the menu doesn't allude to it being spicy whatsoever. The chicken fried chicken had been pounded down to be delicately thin, making it extra crunchy for every bite-the way FRIED chicken should be. The waffles were great too and managed to not get the least bit soggy. Magic? What topped this dish off was the cup of fresh diced peaches on the side. The sweet tender peaches balanced out the spicy chicken and smooth waffles perfectly.
The "Low Country Shrimp & Grits" also made it's big debut at our table. This dish was absolutely fantastic and one that I will definitely order
tomorrow the next time I visit Neighborhood Services Tavern. The grits weren't too, for lack of a better word, gritty (badum bpshhh) at all and had an almost velvety texture. The shrimp was perfectly cooked and the seasoning had managed to make it's way through the entirety of the meat and not just stay surface level, a feat for pesky bottom feeders! My guest declared the shrimp "the best" she had ever had after taking just one bite. The "Low Country Shrimp & Grits" is such a cock tease with it's delicious drool-all-over-yourself taste but surprisingly small portion size.
We also got "Willy's Call Fish & Chips," however on this particular day we were lucky enough to have the fish actually be soft shell crab. My heart immediately started fluttering when this plate came out and no, it was the palpitations of an early-warning heart attack. There is something about a whole being…fried, that gets me all riled up. As for the taste? Succulent. The crab was melt in your mouth tender and it was accompanied with the signature BBQ sliced fries that never seem to disappoint.
The other dish that graced our table was the daily special..well two of them actually that we had combined so we could try more. Closet fat kid? Maybe. Genius? Absolutely. One half of the special plate was a BBQ grilled piece of mahi mahi which was, again, cooked perfectly and flaked off without any resistance. Not too much to say about this as it was probably the least favored item that we ordered (although, by NO means bad). The other special on our plate was the fried chicken taco. Wrapped in a fresh tortilla and topped with bacon, it left two of my table mates (clearly, myself not included – please refer to the above comment about Babe) speechless. The taco was categorized as a "top 5" my friend has ever tasted Now, this speaks volumes seeing as he is the only person I know who actually ventures to those roach-infested, bars on the windows kinda Mexican restaurants in search of the perfect taco.
For dessert, it was my birthday after all, we enjoyed the homemade rice crispy treats stuffed with chocolate ice cream. That is my version of the perfect sandwich and it left me questioning why the fuck I had wasted my time with crustless pb&j's my whole childhood.
One thing I must say about the Neighborhood Services family is they have exceptional service. From tastes of wine to make sure that we enjoyed it prior to ordering an entire glass, to an extra piece of dessert so our entire party could have their own, the extra things go a long way. I enjoy a great meal as much as anyone but give me great service and I'll be eating dog shit out of the palm of your hand, I can only assume the grill will be the same and I can't wait to go.
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The United States is, happily, becoming more tolerant of gay and lesbian rights. But the battle is far from won. This week, debate about the legality of the "don't ask, don't tell" rule in the military continues. Carl Paladino, a Republican election candidate, argued recently that he feared his children risked being "brainwashed" into thinking that homosexuality was "an equally valid and successful option – it isn't". Which only makes the bravery of a city councillor in Fort Worth, Texas, all the more impressive. Joel Burns spoke beautifully and movingly at a recent council session about the suicides of young men who had been bullied because they were gay. His speech – which became a hit on YouTube – told teenagers not to lose hope. "It gets better," he said, using the slogan of what has become a remarkable American campaign against homophobic bullying, supported by online videos from leaders including Hillary Clinton. Burns told his own story of being bullied as a 13-year old, and contemplating suicide. "They said that I was a faggot, and that I should die and go to hell where I belonged," he said. Burns described how his father eventually came to terms with his son's homosexuality and concluded "things will get easier. Please stick around to make those happy moments for yourself." He read out his personal phone number, offering to give advice. Councillors in Fort Worth applauded; people around the world have watched the speech. Politicians do, sometimes, make a difference.
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Pioneer Federal Credit Union / Mountain Home, ID
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BA has several clients however they really work with us to ensure our marketing is tailored to our needs. Through our time working with BA we have come to think of them as our marketing department. It is wonderful to work with a partner who cares as much about our credit union as we do. We are looking forward to a long and successful partnership with BA."
Alan Cortum, President & CEO
Valley Oak Credit Union / Three Rivers, CA
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The level of work produced and way of thinking about a project/goal is like no one else out there. The BA Group is a true strategic planning partner who helps me think outside my day-to-day tasks at the CU. Working with The BA Group is not only a sanity-keeper, it's like working with your closest friends!"
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Tucson Old Pueblo Credit Union / Tucson, AZ
BA Services/Projects (2008-2014)
"Amy and The BA Group team rock! Not only have they been my sanity keepers, but they are also very good at what they do. If you are looking at developing a campaign for any of your products and services, they are your answer. The team is creative and organized where deadlines are their priority and handling multiple tasks/requests is the norm. I absolutely love working with Amy and her team. I highly recommend them to any credit union trying to stand out from the competition."
Keri Rupp, Former VP of Marketing
Coors Credit Union / Golden, CO
"The BA Group immerses themselves into the culture of your organization and truly becomes a part of your marketing team. They are very different than any other marketing firm I have worked with, they are always accessible whether it is late at night or the middle of the day. I have had situations where I have called them at 8:00 at night with a radio spot that needed to be done and they were able to get the script written, approved and produced by noon the next day.
They really go the extra mile to make your business succeed by always meeting the deadlines set forth! Working with The BA Group has truly been a breath of fresh air because they are able to take on any task or project we throw their way with enthusiasm and the ability to execute brilliantly!"
Jeanne Pickens, VP of Marketing
Rogue Credit Union / Medford, OR
BA Services/Projects (2007-2009)
"The BA Group helped us reach a somewhat lofty mortgage goal in a tight amount of time, and did so with a level of understanding, expertise and innovative, strategic-thought. The fact that my Marketing Coordinator and I could call any one of them up, make a request and have it not only completed, but reexamined and taken to a different level made us realize we weren't just working with any agency.
We had a partner that took the time to get to know us, asked the questions we didn't think of, and took each project to a new level — allowing us not only to be successful, but more knowledgeable along the way. And, they're pretty fun to work with too! They can relate to the stresses a credit union (and specifically a credit union marketing department) feels and can be that expert you look for to help you, the partner you need to bounce things off of, and the friendly, understanding ear to just listen and make you smile."
Donna Meyerhoff, Former Director of Marketing
Woodstone Credit Union / Federal Way, WA
BA Services/Projects (2007-2010)
"The BA Group are dynamos! Whether it is speaking engagements, media buying or marketing consulting, BA is top choice. Their diverse background and high-energy approach brings a fresh perspective to the work that they do. Their unique style will take your plans to the next level. They have just the right mix of creative passion and logical, result-driven implementation skills. They'll make you laugh and make you think."
Shari Storm, Former VP of Marketing & Business Development
Verity Credit Union / Seattle, WA
BA Services/Projects (2005-2009)
"I met Amy while working with the CUVashon group to talk about establishing a Credit Union on Vashon Island. One of the things I first noticed about Amy was her passion for Credit Unions and the community. Throughout the process of meetings, negotiations and the eventual decision to open a branch office of PSCCU on Vashon her commitment to the project was unwavering. Even a move half way across the county didn't lessen her enthusiasm or commitment to seeing this through.
Since then we've had the opportunity to work with Amy and The BA Group quite a bit and whether it's strategic planning, brand development or a press release they treat all projects with the same importance they know you put on them. We certainly couldn't have accomplished all that we did in the short amount of time we did it without Amy and The BA Group – all I can say is thanks!"
Shannon Ellis-Brock, Chief Operating Officer
PSCCU / Bellevue, WA
"We had a fantastic experience with The BA Group. Amy Herbig and her group are incredible. Our credit union took on the challenge of redesigning our website into a Responsive Website and Amy and her group helped us organize and rewrite our new website.
They stay on track and work extremely well with our Web Host: SmartSource Solutions. They connected with us from the beginning, provided wonderful ideas on how to move forward when trying to decide between two options and are very knowledgeable. Amy and her group helped make this project flow as smoothly as possible. Anytime there were questions or concerns, they were ready and willing to discuss. I would recommend them (and have) to any credit union looking to update their website."
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AAFES Federal Credit Union / Dallas, TX
"We would be lost without The BA Group! They are so energetic, creative and wonderful to work with. They are a crucial part of our credit union. They know the ins and outs of the industry and handle every aspect of our marketing and website. We have seen an increase in our loan volume due to their eye catching and creative marketing ideas. We would definitely recommend The BA Group to any credit union that is looking the gain that competitive edge over the competition. Thank you BA Group for everything you do for us!"
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ClearChoice Federal Credit Union / Wyomissing, PA
"The BA Group is such a pleasure to work with. As a "one-man" marketing shop they've helped me in so many ways. We started using them for media needs and shortly thereafter to ongoing outsourced marketing support. They understand each level of Credit Union marketing from the big picture strategy down to the little details of creating a look, feel, and voice for your brand. Each person I've connected with from the CEO and President down to their talented staff, they've got a team that works hard and cares about their clients. I thoroughly enjoy interacting and working with each person at The BA Group."
Angie Avers, AVP/Marketing
AERO Federal Credit Union / Phoenix, AZ
"The BA Group helped us tremendously throughout our rebranding process, making it as easy as possible. They went above and beyond to meet our short deadlines. Shout out to Amy, Denise and Kelly for great team work.
The BA Group also handles our marketing support. Their team is easy to work with and really care about our credit union. They work hard to ensure things are done in a timely manner even with projects with shorter deadlines. The BA Group is a valuable partner to ICCU. Thank you BA Group!"
Lordhits McNamara, Marketing Director
Illinois Community Credit Union / Sycamore, IL
"The BA Group has been instrumental to our rebranding process, including our new website development. They have literally spoon-fed us through anomalies along the way. If you are looking for a strategic marketing partner, the BA Group is the way to go! They are experts at what they do. Amy has been an extreme asset with her personal experience in the credit union industry and Denise is, without a doubt, the most responsive and accommodating designer that I have worked with. If you are considering evaluating your brand and bringing new meaning and purpose to it, make sure to take advantage of the "Good Ole Fashion Planning" session that they offer. It birthed new life to our brand and opened the eyes of our executive team to just how vital a brand is. In short, the BA Group comes with high recommendations from Houston Police Credit Union!"
LeDetri Jenkins, Assistant Vice President
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Houston Police Credit Union / Houston, TX
The BA Group helped us tremendously throughout our rebranding process, making it as easy as possible.
Illinois Community Credit Union / Sycamore, IL
Embarking on a rebrand is challenging. When it came time to do this, there was no other company than The BA Group I would consider working with. They are driven, passionate and understand the strategic side of marketing.
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This is a new painting by Brenda Beerhorst, see more work here.
Brenda was in a painting class at Aquinas College when we began dating in the Spring of 1985. As long as I have known her desire to paint has been full of inner conflict that seemed impossible to resolve. For many years rug hooking has been her creative outlet that remained accessible to her perhaps because of its humble craft rung it occupied on the ladder that keeps the "fine arts" up towards the top in most of our minds.
About three months ago Brenda began painting again. She created a morning ritual for herself that has her up in her upstairs studio from 10AM 'till noon painting. She has a pile of prepared 9"x11" wood panels just waiting for her to bring them to life with color, shape and pattern. It has been very inspiring to see this part of her life open up with a freedom I have never seen in her before.
Even though our culture has seen the women's suffrage movement of the late 1800s and the feminist movement through the late sixties and 70s in many ways we still live in a world made by men for men. Sometimes it just seems extra difficult for women to find their personal creative path between all the laundry, child raising, and propping up of their men they seem compelled to do on a daily basis. I want to see Brenda continue to flourish in what ever pursuits that God has tucked into her heart from before her first steps were taken. Perhaps I unconsciously have begun this campaign because I know that I can't truely become my potential unless she does as well.


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Arbitration clauses are coming to the forefront more and more these days. As start-ups go from being small businesses to large, valuable companies that employ thousands, it's important to keep labor policies in mind. Like many bigger corporations, start-ups are widely instituting arbitration policies to protect themselves when they summarily fire employees based on arbitrary or unfair decision making. Arbitration may sound like "open collaboration" in solving problems, as the chief culture officer of WeWork stated in this article, but in reality, arbitration is severely tilted in the company's favor. It prevents employees from banding together to complain, and prevents anything from really getting into court, where there's a better chance that companies will actually be made to change their behavior. The perception of start-ups is that they're run by young, hip entrepreneurs who care about their employees – why else would so many of these businesses be giving workers free beer, ping-pong tables and other perks? However, underneath the flashy incentives, we're beginning to see a real return to exploitative business practices built to use employees. If you want to learn more about arbitration, start-up culture and a few specific cases where employees were treated unfairly by this system, check out the full article in The New York Times.
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I printed off footage of reptiles for the kids to look at to help them decide which, and how, to attract a reptile of their choice. I've discovered that using excessive vitality music in my classes along with using the fast-shifting karate drills I present in Martial Arts Drills at all times assist my college students perform at a high vitality level while serving to them to enhance their endurance and focus. The purpose of the Save the Arts campaign is to encourage individuals to signal a petition which shall be sent to the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. I love Christmas and all of the actions concerned with it. Family get-togethers, decorated houses and businesses, Christmas trees, items-what's not to love about it. Kids love to make decorations for their classrooms and items for mom and pop.
I was luck that a fellow instructor advisable I look into the Martial Arts Drills system. Fun Halloween actions and simple Halloween crafts for toddlers that can encourage them to develop expertise needed for kindergarten. Like every other combat sport equivalent to match Judo, Kickboxing, or Olympic TKD, it is only a small portion of martial arts. If you are a developer or an architect, you must start with our Standard XML Schemas and the ARTS Data Models These are great assets that will help you find out about retail and to save lots of useful growth time. I'm positive children will love and quite a lot of adults might assume they were awesome too.
Any effectively educated martial artist with integrity from a respected fashion of martial arts can achieve good things. Go to show kids ART to seek out out what supplies are wanted and the directions for making this cross. Since starting this drill I discovered at Martial Arts Drills in my classes, I'm finding that my students aren't only getting stronger, but the need to compete towards each other keeps classes enjoyable.
Adults can lack in self-discipline and traditional martial arts can help to build or reintroduce this to a person's life. But, since this is an article about crafts using newspapers, just think about the vase made with newspaper. I additionally purchased plain white baggage for the kids to embellish with stickers and markers once they first arrived. Dunbar Spring, house to various our community arts programs, is described as one of many safest and civicly engaged neighborhoods in Tucson. The finest martial artist in the conventional arts will never have the ability to know what God's true will is for his martial arts except he learns God's wisdom of the usage of it. So, in Christian martial arts, the trainer must point the scholars to the origin of highest knowledge, Jesus Christ.


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Today, October 5, 2009, is the five-year anniversary of my quitting running due to leg pain. For a long time, I didn't have a date to pin it to. I remembered the moment, that final foot-strike when I thought to myself that I simply could not take the pain anymore. It was as if someone had replaced my shinbones with blades, and I'd been running on those blades for a few weeks before I finally quit. I missed cross-country practice that day, so I set out to do a five-miler in my own neighborhood. I only went one mile.
I've known that it was Tuesday of fall break of my sophomore year of high school, but the date itself was elusive. Woodford always used to put their fall breaks on the first full week of October, however, and Sunday I checked a 2004 calendar to see what the date itself was. October 5, 2004. The beginning of it all.
Part of me wishes I could sum it all up—talk about the struggles and the tears and the lessons and then end with some great epiphany. The meaning of it all, finally realized five years later.
But it's so much bigger than that. It's messy and beyond my comprehension. I can talk about some of what I've learned, some of what I've wondered, some of what I've hoped for and dealt with and experienced, but it would take a whole book and several more years and great emotional capacity to put it all into words and make it all pretty and neat.
I remember when I went to the first doctor. The first of, at this point, eleven. He gave me only a vague diagnosis: overuse injury. Take off four to six weeks, stretch and ice, and return to running after that. I remember that I started crying as I walked out of the doctor's office. I asked my mom how in the world I was supposed to go four to six weeks without running. That's like telling me to go four to six weeks without sleeping, I said. I have to run. I can't function without running.
And somehow, somehow, four to six weeks has turned into five to who-knows-how-many years. I was 15 when it happened, and now I'm 20. I feel like a completely different person. I'm most definitely at a different stage in my life. But I'm still battling the pain—physical and emotional—and my own inability to do that which I love most.
I knew I wanted to write about it today, but I didn't know what to say, and I didn't think I had time. I've been so busy lately with classes and work that my brain is always constantly shifting from one task to the next. I have to plan out all my work a couple of weeks in advance just to make sure I get it all done on time.
But I was on the phone with my mom this morning, and I was telling her about a short story I'm writing for fiction class. I've been frustrated with it lately because I felt like I had a great beginning to the story but absolutely no clue how to end it. The story is about a woman who had a miscarriage, so I hesitated to ask my mom about her own because I thought it would bring back such sad memories.
When I did ask her about it, however, and expressed my concern that my asking might make her sad, she said, "I wouldn't say that the miscarriage was a gift. I would never say that, but, oh, honey, looking back on it now, I see that I have the three most wonderful children on the planet."
And I don't really think it's any coincidence that I had this conversation with her this morning. I got to hear about the good that came out of one of the lowest points of her life on the anniversary of the beginning of the most painful thing I've ever dealt with. And lately I've begun to see that even though I would never ever consider this a gift, and most days I just want to cry and scream at my legs to get better, that a lot of good has come out of it. That is undeniable.
So here it is, just two of the good things that have come out of it, as neatly packaged as I can manage. I know I'm just brushing the surface of the lessons I've learned, but that's all I can do for now.
1. I'm able to empathize with others who suffer.
Dealing with my own pain and the emotional struggle of desperately wanting something unattainable has made me aware of just how many other people are dealing with pain in their own lives. There's the pain that comes, like mine, from a physical injury. It has the tendency to drain every bit of energy and hope and optimism out of you. It's just a weight that you carry around, a constant concern.
Then there's the pain that comes from having your hopes dashed. You know that song from Les Mis? I'm not sure anybody's ever put it better than that:
"I dreamed a dream in time gone by / When hope was high / And life worth living … But there are dreams that cannot be / And there are storms we cannot weather / I had a dream my life would be / So different from this hell I'm living / So different now from what it seemed / Now life has killed the dream I dreamed."
I think that, in many ways, living with great disappointment can be more difficult than living with physical pain.
Then there's the pain that comes from being misunderstood. When I initially got hurt, I felt like nobody took me seriously. Six months passed between the time of injury and the time that I finally got a wheelchair. Part of that length was due to the fact that I did keep expecting to get better, but much of it was simply the fear that everyone would give me a hard time because no one believed me. Why would they? I look completely fine. My legs look totally normal. I've looked back on journal entries from those days and remembered that even my closest friends gave me a hard time about its being "all in your head, Kate." I now know that the worst thing you can do for a hurting person is cause them the added pain of feeling misunderstood.
But many people's struggles don't revolve around physical pain or dashed hopes or being misunderstood. Many people are struggling because of something else completely, be it trouble in the family or the loss of a loved one or financial difficulties or whatever. Even though this is so different from my own experience, I am now better able to empathize with people in situations like these simply because I have suffered myself. I don't think we can ever understand the suffering of another until we have suffered ourselves.
2. I've learned more about the character of God.
Of course this is the most important thing of all. The reason it all happened, perhaps? I wouldn't say God caused this to happen, but I know that he has used it. It seems counterintuitive. I plead with him all the time to take it away, and even though he doesn't, the more I ask him for healing, the more he shows me how much he loves me in return.
I'm reading this book I borrowed from Lola called The Lazarus Life. I just saw it sitting on her dresser one day, and asked if I could borrow it when I saw the title. John 11—the story of Lazarus—is my favorite chapter in the whole Bible because it says so much to me about my legs. The book had this to say:
"The transforming moment in Christian conversion comes when we realize that even God has left us. We then discover it was not God, but our image of God, that abandoned us. This frees us to discover more of the mystery of God than we knew. Only then is change possible."
I feel like that's what God has done in my own life throughout all this pain. He's taken away my image of him and given me back a picture of who he really is. There's no way I can touch on every way he's shown me himself, but I'll mention one.
As I was leaving the state cross-country meet of my senior year of high school, I literally fell to my knees in tears. I was doubled over, so upset about the fact that high school cross-country was over. I would never be healed in time to run for the team again. It was all I had wanted for so long. And God could have fixed it! I kept thinking that as I walked around on painful legs and watched everybody run that day. He could have healed me if he had wanted to!
When I got in bed that night, I was still so upset. I opened up my Bible, and my reading for that day was John 11. These were the first words that caught my attention:
"So the sisters sent word to Jesus, 'Lord, the one you love is sick.' … Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days."
Jesus did that. To the one he loved. Jesus waited and let. him. die.
I'm not sure any words in the Bible have ever evoked such an emotional reaction in me. I want to say, how dare you! You could have saved him! It would have been so easy for you! You save people all the time! Why abandon the one you love when he needs you most?
But I, like Mary and Martha, didn't see that Jesus had a much better plan. When Jesus finally does show up, Martha and Mary both say to him what I wanted to say, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." Lord, if you had been here my legs wouldn't hurt. I would be able to run. I wouldn't have to deal with all this.
I was in tears at this point in the story. So was Mary, and "When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 'Where have you laid him?' he asked. 'Come and see, Lord,' they replied." Jesus wept.
He wept despite the fact that he knew he was about to perform his greatest miracle yet. He would raise Lazarus from the dead. And he wept with me that night even though he knows the final outcome. Tim Keller says that's what makes him fully God and fully human.
He's able to know what happens next. But he's also able to weep with us because he understands the pain that comes from not knowing.
Here comes the happiest part of the story.
"Then Jesus said, 'Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?'"
And Jesus raises him from the dead.
God's timing is so confusing sometimes. I desperately want healing. I want to run again. I want this all to be over and behind me, but I'm thankful that the one who controls the timing of it all is the only one who never gets the timing wrong. When Mary and Martha think he's two days late, he's actually right on time. When I think he's five years late, he's still right on time.
I don't know if this blog is coherent. I don't really have time to read over it and make all the corrections I'm sure I will want to make. I don't have the space to include all the other ways God has shown me his character through my suffering.
What I do have, however, is reason to focus on the good that has come out of the pain and reason to keep hoping that God will heal me. So that's what I'll be doing today, five years later.


text: On this episode I had the chance to talk to a twitter friend and very special guest, Ben Wise. Ben is a Brand Consultant at a company called Level5 and was able to share some fascinating insights into our topic of the night ... Facebook. Ben and I discussed various aspects of Facebook including: Like-walls, sponsored stories, brand tagging and more. Ben's insight combined with his experience on the platform helped make this conversation one of the most interesting on the show yet. We hope you enjoy it! For full show notes please visit www.shamindaattygalle.com (Runtime: 40:46)


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friday's confession: I'm up to something...
AH! Happy Friday my friends!
Here we go with our first friday of 2012 and my confessions are back. {Raise your hand if you're excited!}
One of my plans for the new year is to become a blogging MACHINE. I have a new plan and a new system and I am feeling stoked and ready to jump in.
Here's my confession for today: I'm up to something. I have something up my sleeve. It's coming, just you wait...
{Could I BE any more elusive?} (10 points to the first person to name this reference!)
*le sigh*
What I can tell you is this: I have set out on a new creative project, one that centers around one of my most favorite things. It's not about giraffes or the Avett Brothers...any guesses what it would be?
My plan is to unveil this early next week. My fingers are crossed that this happens! I CANNOT WAIT to share it with you!
Until then, I hope you all have happy and safe and sparkly weekends.
PS. Do me a favor y'all: next time I get the urge to do a project that involves a whole new website, tell me that's crazy, ok? Thanks!


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Ritiesh Deshmukh is elated!
Ritiesh Deshmukh is elated. And that comes with a good reason. His HEYY BABYY has been declared as a universal success and the film continues to be the top choice of cine-goers in spite of three films releasing on the Friday gone by.
"HEYY BABYY has seen the biggest opening week collections in my last 5 years at Bollywood", says Ritiesh who has hits like 'Masti', 'Kya Kool Hain Hum', 'Bluffmaster', 'Malamaal Weekly' and 'Apna Sapna Money Money' to his credit.
"I won't lie that we were not confident about the film working very well at the box office", says Ritiesh, "But a success of this kind has made me believe yet again that good cinema always works. Also a subject like this was always meant to get family audiences in hordes. Sajid Khan, the director, wanted to make a film that caters to all segments of audience, whether mass or class", he adds.
What was the team's vision while working on the film? "We didn't want to focus on just a particular age group or gender. It had to have a universal appeal. I am happy to see a film that has worked at single screens as well as multiplexes with children as well as senior citizens patronizing the film," he discloses.
Though pre-release interviews did indicate that he was the official care taker of the baby on sets, it seemed quite apparent in the film too as he had some of the best scenes with the baby Johana. That's a surprise since in real life he hasn't been in a situation where he has been this close to a toddler.
"It was a first hand experience and that too an enriching one. When I look back, it all seems so good. The film's success has only made us recollect all the pleasant moments that we shared during the filming", he says fondly.
Does the success of HEYY BABYY make him crave for a solo lead film now? "I still continue to look out for good scripts and banner. I do not have a mindset of not opting for multi starrers or only looking for solo leads at the moment. I am happy with the way my career is progressing and would continue to be seen in good projects", he says as a matter of fact.
Talking about his forthcoming projects, what does he have in the pipeline? "I should be wrapping up the shooting for E Niwas' DE TAALI soon. After that there is Sujoy Ghosh's ALADIN and THE MYSTERY OF THE LAMPS. Beyond this I am still reading scripts and looking for the best that comes my way," signs off Ritiesh.
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Absence, in speech, of rhythm and the normal variations in pitch and stress.
[G. a- priv. + prosōdia, voice modulation]
Etymology: Gk, a + prosodia, not modulated voice
a speech disorder characterized by the absence of the normal variations in pitch, loudness, intonation, and rhythm of word formation.
a·pros·o·dy, aprosodia (ā-pros'ŏ-dē, ā-prō-sō'dē-ă)
Complete loss of speech intonation patterns, usually due to a neurologic disorder.
See also: dysprosody
See also: dysprosody
[G. a- priv. + prosōdia, voice modulation]
aprosody(ā″pros′ŏ-dē) [ ¹an- + prosody]
Absence of normal variations of pitch, rhythm, and stress in the speech.


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Dailey, Mark
Mark Dailey was a television journalist and announcer. He was the host of City News newscasts in Toronto.
Frum, Barbara
Date of birth: September 8, 1937
Date of death: March 26, 1992
Claim to fame: Newscaster, journalist and TV Host.
Hyndman, Christopher
Chris Hyndman (March 3, 1966 – August 3, 2015) was a Canadian interior designer and television personality, who was co-host of the afternoon talk show Steven and Chris on CBC Television until his death in August 2015.
Jacobs, Jane
Jane Jacobs OC OOnt (born Jane Butzner; May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist best known for her influence on urban studies. Her influential book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) argued that urban renewal did not respect the needs of most city-dwellers. The book also introduced sociology concepts such as "eyes on the street" and "social capital".
Jacobs was well known for organizing grassroots efforts to protect existing neighborhoods from "slum clearance" – and particularly for her opposition to Robert Moses in his plans to overhaul her neighborhood, Greenwich Village. She was instrumental in the eventual cancellation of the Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have passed directly through SoHo and Little Italy, and was arrested in 1968 for inciting a crowd at a public hearing on the project. After moving to Canada in 1968, she joined the opposition to the Spadina Expressway and the associated network of expressways in Toronto planned and under construction.
As a mother and a female writer who criticized experts in the male-dominated field of urban planning, Jacobs endured scorn from established figures, who called her a "housewife" and a "crazy dame." She did not have a college degree in urban planning, and was also criticized for being unscholarly and imprecise. She was accused of inattention to racial inequality, and her concept of "unslumming" has been compared with gentrification. (Wikipedia)
McLuhan, Herbert Marshall
Marshall McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He is popularly known for the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village". Marshall McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He is popularly known for the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village". From Wikipedia: Life and careerMcLuhan was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to Methodist parents Elsie Naomi (née Hall) and Herbert Ernest McLuhan. His brother, Maurice, was born two years later. "Marshall" was a family name: his maternal grandmother's surname. Both of his parents were born in Canada. His mother was a Baptist schoolteacher who later became an actress. His father had a real estate business in Edmonton. When war broke out, the business failed, and McLuhan's father enlisted in the Canadian army. After a year of service he contracted influenza and remained in Canada, away from the front. After Herbert's discharge from the army in 1915, the McLuhan family moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where Marshall grew up and went to school, attending Kelvin Technical High School before enrolling in the University of Manitoba in 1928.McLuhan earned a BA (1933)—winning a University Gold Medal in Arts and Sciences—and MA (1934) in English from the University of Manitoba, after a one year stint as an engineering major. He had long desired to pursue graduate studies in England and, having failed to secure a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford, McLuhan was accepted for enrollment at the University of Cambridge. Although he already had earned BA and MA degrees at Manitoba, Cambridge required him to enroll as an undergraduate "affiliated" student, with one year's credit toward a three-year Cambridge Bachelor's degree, before any doctoral studies. He entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge in the Fall of 1934, where he studied under I. A. Richards and F. R. Leavis, and was influenced by New Criticism. Upon reflection years after, he credited the faculty there with influencing the direction of his later work because of their emphasis on the training of perception and such concepts as Richards' notion of feedforward. These studies formed an important precursor to his later ideas on technological forms. He received his bachelor's degree from Cambridge in 1936 and began graduate work. Later, he returned from England to take a job as a teaching assistant at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which he held for the 1936–37 academic year, unable to find a suitable job in Canada.While studying the trivium at Cambridge he took the first steps toward his eventual conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1937,[10] founded on his reading of G. K. Chesterton. At the end of March 1937, McLuhan completed what was a slow but total conversion process when he was formally received into the Roman Catholic Church. After consulting with a minister, his father accepted the decision to convert; his mother, however, felt that his conversion would hurt his career and was inconsolable. McLuhan was devout throughout his life, but his religion remained a private matter. He had a lifelong interest in the number three—the trivium, the Trinity—and sometimes said that the Virgin Mary provided intellectual guidance for him. For the rest of his career he taught in Roman Catholic institutions of higher education. From 1937 to 1944 he taught English at Saint Louis University (with an interruption from 1939 to 1940 when he returned to Cambridge). At Saint Louis he tutored and befriended Walter J. Ong, S.J. (1912–2003), who would go on to write his Ph.D. dissertation on a topic McLuhan had called to his attention, and who would himself also later become a well-known authority on communication and technology.While in St. Louis, he also met his future wife. On August 4, 1939, McLuhan married teacher and aspiring actress Corinne Lewis (1912–2008) of Fort Worth, Texas, and they spent 1939–40 in Cambridge, where he completed his master's degree (awarded in January 1940[8]) and began to work on his doctoral dissertation on Thomas Nashe and the verbal arts. War had broken out in Europe while the McLuhans were in England, and he obtained permission to complete and submit his dissertation from the United States, without having to return to Cambridge for an oral defense. The McLuhans returned to Saint Louis University in 1940 where he continued teaching and they started a family. He was awarded a Ph.D. in December 1943. Returning to Canada, from 1944 to 1946 McLuhan taught at Assumption College in Windsor, Ontario. Moving to Toronto in 1946, McLuhan joined the faculty of St. Michael's College, a Catholic college of the University of Toronto. Hugh Kenner was one of his students and Canadian economist and communications scholar Harold Innis was a university colleague who had a strong influence on McLuhan's work.In the early 1950s, McLuhan began the Communication and Culture seminars, funded by the Ford Foundation, at the University of Toronto. As his reputation grew, he received a growing number of offers from other universities and, to keep him, the university created the Centre for Culture and Technology in 1963.[7] He published his first major work during this period: The Mechanical Bride (1951) was an examination of the effect of advertising on society and culture. He also produced an important journal, Explorations, with Edmund Carpenter, throughout the 1950s. Together with Harold Innis, Eric A. Havelock, and Northrop Frye, McLuhan and Carpenter have been characterized as the Toronto School of communication theory. McLuhan remained at the University of Toronto through 1979, spending much of this time as head of his Centre for Culture and Technology.McLuhan was named to the Albert Schweitzer Chair in Humanities at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, for one year (1967–68). While at Fordham, McLuhan was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor; it was treated successfully. He returned to Toronto where for the rest of his life, he worked at the University of Toronto and lived in Wychwood Park, a bucolic enclave on a hill overlooking the downtown where Anatol Rapoport was his neighbour. In 1970, McLuhan was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1975 the University of Dallas hosted him from April to May, appointing him the McDermott Chair.Marshall and Corinne McLuhan had six children: Eric, twins Mary and Teresa, Stephanie, Elizabeth and Michael. The associated costs of a large family eventually drove McLuhan to advertising work and accepting frequent consulting and speaking engagements for large corporations, IBM and AT&T among them. In September 1979 he suffered a stroke, which affected his ability to speak. The University of Toronto's School of Graduate Studies tried to close his research center shortly thereafter, but was deterred by substantial protests, most notably by Woody Allen, in whose Oscar-winning motion picture Annie Hall McLuhan had a cameo role; Allen had McLuhan saying to someone "You don't understand my work at all." This was one of McLuhan's most frequently expressed statements to and about those who would disagree with him.He never fully recovered from the stroke and died in his sleep on December 31, 1980.
Rogers, Edward "Ted"
Ted Rogers was the President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., and the fifth-richest person in Canada in terms of net worth.
Thomson, Ken
Ken Thomson, was a Canadian businessman and art collector who, at the time of his death, was the richest person in Canada, and the ninth richest person in the world, according to Forbes.com, with assets of approximately US $17.9 billion.


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My work focuses on Gandhi's ideology of nation building for creating moral and peaceful societies, relevant for 21st century, connecting past with the present.
My work as an artist is centered on historical iconographic elements within the cultural context of Indian history. I explore and construct the hermeneutics of period histories, its contemporary representation of socio-political inquiry within my art practice.
With my academic background in English literature, formal training in fashion designing and clothing technology, my artworks interconnect art, design and critical theories. I collaborate with the 9th or 10th generation of Ajrakh artisans who migrated from Sindh and Balluchistan in 1600 CE but still carry on with ancient textile traditions of printing and dyeing in Bhuj, Gujarat. Traditionally they work with Indigo and other natural colors. Invoking such traditions, I bring together khadi as a fabric , Ajrakh textile traditions and skill of the craftspeople giving my own interpretation in a visual form.Working with various media and excavating from history, my art celebrates the subaltern.
Image details: Site specific Installation,
Indigo Narratives 2009-2014
30 feet high, 300 Ajrakh printed buttons, 8 inches diameter
Installation shot at Chicago Cultural Centre IL, USA, 2013
As an artist, designer and a poet, to be creative is a contemplative act that distils an essence about my own total reality. In various phases of my life, I have been inspired by different subjects. My first love began for kids wear garments for the retail domestic market led me to train myself as a fashion designer in early 90s, creating and retailing the haute couture hi-fashion women wear collections under my own label. I gradually moved to visual art medium in 1999.
My select visual artwork projects were influenced by Abstract expressionism under of Lyrical Abstraction 2007 series. Beyond Mithila series 2008 were influenced by 7th and 8th century art forms of India, it contemporary interpretations and appropriations. Indigo Narratives series were inspired by India's history, narratives of immigration and transnational economic interchanges in collaboration with an American artist friend on a show title INDIGO. These works/show have travelled across continents on different venues like New Delhi, Mumbai, Baroda in India, Seattle and Miami, Chicago Cultural Centre IL, Gandhi Memorial Centre, Washington DC, USA from 2009-14 supported by Embassy of India and Indian Council of Cultural Relation New Delhi .
Salt: The Great March 2013 was my solo exhibition as a visual artist exploring the possibilities of establishing alternative societies where by re-introducing Gandhian ideals of swadharma and sarvodaya can bring critical changes as a correctional force in the societies.This new complimentary body of works are continuation of my earlier series, 'Indigo Narratives'. These works have traveled and been exhibited at Indira Gandhi National Centre(2013), New Delhi, India International Centre,(2014) New Delhi, Dakshinachitra Museum,(2014) Chennai, Azad Bhavan Gallery(2015) by Indian Council of Cultural Relations. They are schedule to travel internationally by 2016 onwards.
My recent curatorial project in collaboration with Indian Council of Cultural Relations project titled 'Vastram: Splendid world of Indian Textiles' is a travelling exhibition to ASEAN countries which includes 37 painted, printed, woven, non woven, embroidered and embellished textiles of India . I authored the published catalog (ICCR 2012) for the same.
I am invited to read papers for international conferences in Mysore and Chennai on titles Salt and Indigo : A visual Translation of Colonial India and Lincoln Gandhi and Obama: A visual dialogue in miniature style of paintings. The new academic works were created in miniature painting style and are installed as permanent exhibits at International Lincoln Centre, Shreveport, USA
The upcoming projects for 2015-16 are travelling with 'Salt March series' internationally. Presently, I am working on new body of work titled Swaraj and khadi: Traversing human lives and humanity (working title) 2016
A Profile interview with ART RADAR(A magazine for Asian contemporary art)
'Threads of resistance : India's Shelly Jyoti' By Lisa Pollman


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Young Men of Color
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Archive for August 2008
…as we know it.
Georgia leaving CIS, Russia's "Mission Accomplished" moment
From Russia Today;
Saakashvili made the announcment during a rally in the capital Tbilisi. In his speech he called on other countries in the union to leave the organisation:
"We have decided that Georgia will leave the CIS. We urge Ukraine and other countries to also leave the Commonwealth of Independent States, which is dominated by Russia".
The CIS includes all the former Soviet republics apart from the Baltic states.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered an end to the military operation in Georgia. He said the objective – "to compel Georgia to peace" – has been achieved.


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An article recently published in the British Journal of Cancer by Dr. Ignacio Casal´s group at Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC) describes the properties of a synthetic peptide as a blocking agent for interleukin-13 pro-metastatic activities. The peptide was able to reduce the metastatic spread of colorectal cancer and the growth of glioblastoma, a lethal brain tumor.
The peptide contains a sequence derived from IL13Rα2, an interleukin-13 receptor overexpressed in several cancer types, especially in colorectal cancer and glioblastoma multiforme. This receptor has a key relevance for metastasis and invasive growth in those cancers. The peptide was designed to mimic the region of IL13Rα2 which binds to interleukin-13; thus, sequestering this ligand and effectively turning inactive the IL13Rα2 receptor.
In fact, peptide treatment inhibited cell activation, migration, invasion and proliferation in metastatic colorectal and glioblastoma cancer cells. An enantiomer version of the peptide (named D-D1) showed a remarkable efficiency when administered in mice inoculated with cancer cells. Peptide administration inhibited liver metastasis of colon cancer cells and produced the arrest and shrinking of glioblastoma tumors.
In summary, this peptide is a promising therapeutic agent able to inhibit metastatic progression in colorectal cancer and, likely, other solid tumors as glioblastoma. A patent application has been filed to protect the peptide clinical applications.
Reference: An IL13Rα2 peptide exhibits therapeutic activity against metastatic colorectal cancer. Bartolomé RA, Jaén M, Casal JI (2018) Br J Cancer 119, 940-949.
doi: 10.1038/s41416-018-0259-7.
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