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A Fool's Utopia 12.13.12: Fourth and Fifteen
Posted by
Ron Martin
on 12.13.2012
This week in one man's utopia, we take a look at the new proposed kickoff rule in the NFL and how it may mean the beginning of the end for football as we know it. Also on the agenda we'll talk
Parks and Recreation, Charle Brown's Christmas Tales, Silent Night
and I'll tell a Christmas tale from my youth.
I'm going off the grid here. I know I'm writing in the Movies/TV section and this concerns TV – sort of. It concerns TV ratings. Combine that with the fact that 411mania no longer has a Sports section and somebody's got to speak up for the little guy – right? Basically, I'm going to go on a tirade about the proposed elimination of the kickoff in the NFL.
First off, let me be one of the many who have already said this isn't happening. Owners have already swatted it away for the most part. In case you haven't heard, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has proposed eliminating the kickoff in favor of a punt. However, to keep excitement at the end of games (ala the onside kick), coaches will have the option after scoring a touchdown of punting to the other team or taking a 4th and 15 from their own 30 yard line. This will not happen --- this year.
The fact that it will not get voted into rule is almost irrelevant. The fact that it was even suggested is the relevant part. Welcome to the beginning of the end. There are now cracks in the shield the NFL tries so hard to protect. Kickoffs will go away and probably sooner rather than later. It's just a matter of finding the right replacement. Punts are fine, but then you have to deal with the 4th quarter team trailing by three who just scored a touchdown with 45 seconds to go. Kickoffs are both the most exciting play in football and the most dangerous. In the NFL's need to show the courts that they are trying their best to protect their players (they are getting sued by about a bajillion ex-players who have issues later in life due to injuries suffered while playing football), the kickoff will be the sacrifice. We all know that's coming, but the question is what happens after that?
The NFL is enjoying a massive sports popularity the like of which has never been seen before in America. Only Disney churns money like the NFL. With the evidence of brain damage mounting against the sport and pressuring it into rule and procedural changes, it really is only a matter of time until it falls out of favor. I never believed that when sports pundits have been claiming it for the last couple of years. I always thought that people would watch football no matter what. This suggestion of the 4th and 15 rule made me a believer. It starts with that.
When the rules get so convoluted that each season ticket holder will be mailed a 300 page booklet to explain all the new rules, people will eventually stop watching. I know my opinion of the American fanbase in general is pretty low. It's been created by watching shows like
Arrested Development
get cancelled and
struggle while
Two and a Half Men
soar and
Everybody Loves Raymond
was once a ratings powerhouse. If things get too complicated, the American viewer will turn away. The general audience wants you to do the thinking for them.
Add to that the fact that with all the new evidence suggesting brain damage, depression, etc. to football players and more and more parents aren't going to let their kids play football. That athletic talent will be siphoned to basketball, baseball and even, dare I say, soccer.
It will take time, but the first rock has put a chink in the armor of the NFL. What was once thought impossible, I can now see happening – and in my lifetime. There will be a time when the NFL isn't the biggest dog in the yard and biographers will look to this time period to see the beginning of the end.
1. I don't do TV recaps anymore, but I have to give credit where it's due. We all know that I've been slurping
Parks and Recreation
since Season Two, but the Christmas episode, "Ron and Diane" was the best episode of the season. I was a little disheartened to read a bunch of reviews that were wishy washy on the Jerry storyline. I loved it. Of course Jerry, the kind hearted office joke is married to Christie Brinkley (a lot of plastic surgery, but I'd hit it) and has three gorgeous blonde daughters and a spectacular home life. Of course everyone who makes fun of him constantly would be jealous and locked out of the party because the "Jerry filter" on their emails filtered out their invitations to the party. Of course April is secretly insanely weak. Chris and Ben back together for an episode? What is not to love about that storyline?
Of course that storyline got outshined by a storyline involving Ron Swanson and Megan Mullally flashing her crotch everywhere. That's because Ron Swanson is the best character on TV right now. It's been awhile since I laughed as hard as I did when Ron got all giggly at the woodshopping awards. I can't wait for this show to come back in January – especially since I know they filmed some scenes with YOUR Indianapolis Colts. Ron Swanson and Andrew Luck on the same field? It happened. I saw pictures.
2. I've been getting caught up on my
Pawn Stars
viewing and the gang finally completed the "Corey wants to become an owner" storyline. Yes, a reality series about a pawn shop has storylines. When the four main guys go into "acting" mode it's completely terrible. It's so terrible, however, that it becomes entertaining. Did anyone who watches this show actually think Corey was taking a job with another pawn shop or that there was even another pawn shop in play? If Corey actually had a job interview, you don't think the cameras would have followed him to said job interview and at least show him walking through the door of a competing pawn shop?
At this point, I don't even know if the pawn shop can get rid of someone. It might be in their contracts that they have to keep the main four – and maybe even Olivia, who was cast more than she was hired. These four guys can't even work in the pawn shop anymore. They only hit the floor when the filming is taking place for a number of days here and there. Otherwise, they are a distraction and the store fills up with fans instead of customers. It'll be interesting to see what the producers come up with as an overarching "storyline" next. They've been go-carting and mini-golfing. I guess the only place left to take them is on a rollercoaster.
3. On the latest episode of
The Zombie Reckoning
Podcast, we put a film called
Silent, Night, Zombie Night
against the cult classic
Silent Night, Deadly Night
. It was mostly because this was our last show before Christmas, but it also turned out to be really good timing a (very loose) remake of
Silent Night, Deadly Night
was released on DVD December 4 starring Malcolm McDowell, Jaime King and Donal Logue. The movie is titled simply
Silent Night
. We thought we had an interview with the director of the film, Steven C Miller, but that fell through when Miller got caught up in meetings. Regardless, I purchased the film ($10 – Walmart) and I enjoyed much more than the original
Silent Night, Deadly Night
I know that I've made a writing career the last six years bashing remakes, but like I said this is a "loose" remake. Loose meaning, it's pretty much a different movie with some homage scenes to the original. That's not to say the movie didn't have issues, because it did and some of them were directoral – but overall, it was a fun slasher horror movie. I especially dug the opening sequence and storylines involving other Santas who were not the killer. If you're a horror movie fan, I'd recommend buying it. I'd have to break it down, but just upon initial viewing, I'd give this movie a 5.5 or 6 out of 10. Seeing as I think anything above 4 is watchable, that's a respectable rating. I think Steven C. Miller is an up and coming director and is going to have a great career in the genre.
a. The Colts have to be in the playoffs at this point, right? Even I, the most pessimistic person in the history of the universe have to admit that. They are two games up on Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Pitt and Cincy play each other, so the Colts are three games up on one the loser of that game with three to go. I'm guessing the only reason they haven't "clinched" yet is that they would lose tiebreakers to both the Jets and Bengals should the Colts lose out. With two games against Houston (one of which is Week 17 when Houston may not be playing for anything) and a game with Kansas City left, I think it's unlikely they will lose out. A playoff berth for a team that I thought would have 3 or 4 wins this year? Unthinkable. I can almost be talked into the Colts having a shot at Baltimore should they meet them in the first round of the playoffs. Almost.
b. As far as fantasy goes, it wasn't a bad week. Four leagues, two playoff appearances. It would have been three as I was sitting in third place in a 16 team league last week. Even though I scored the second highest score of the week, I got beat and two teams below me won to sneak into the playoffs. That's alright because that's the only league I was playing in that wasn't worth money.
The better story happened in a league with ten teams where I was sitting fifth, but the team in third lost, so a win by me gets me into the playoffs. Going into Monday Night Football, I'm down 32 points with only Tom Brady left to play. I hate the Patriots, but I'm not stupid. I draft Tom Brady every year because if they're going to win so many games, I'm at least going to benefit from it. If Tom Brady sucks then at least the Patriots suck and that makes me happy. When you have the luck that I do, you have to even out your odds like that. However unlikely, Brady scores me 35 points and I snatch the last playoff spot and keep my hopes of taking two hondos to my bank alive!
In my other big money league, I snuck into the playoffs as the #8 seed (out of 16) and took out the #1 seed thanks to solid play from almost everyone on my team. The problem is that I have to win in the semifinals to be in any sort of money situation. The guy I have next has every single hot player in the league. I need a Tom Brady like miracle.
c. Though I think the proposed 4th and 15 instead of a kickoff rule is insane, there is a certain part of me that wants to see a coach like Bill Belichik elect the 4th and 15 option every single time they score a touchdown. Is it really out of the realms of possibility to see the Patriots beat a team like the Jets 100-0 and the Jets get three offensive plays for the entire game? Imagine the havoc that would cause in the fantasy football world – a world worth over a billion dollars annually.
5. It's the Christmas season, boys and girls. During Black Friday, I picked up
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales
for $4. What's
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales
, you ask? Over the years, there has been much messing around with
A Charlie Brown Christmas
in order to get more commercials in. The networks who aired it even started editing parts of the special out in order to keep it at a half hour run time. That didn't go over well. The networks then decided to make
A Charlie Brown Christmas
a full hour presentation. Seeing as the actual special ran 35 minutes, the networks needed about 18 more minutes of Charlie Brown. At first, they filled the time with a retrospective on the special by Whoopi Goldberg. They then replaced Whoopi with
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales
Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales
is about what you would expect from a Charlie Brown Christmas special made in 2002 with little input from Charles Schultz. That's to say, it's pretty terrible. There are a number of "segments" highlighting each character. That made it a lot easier to take out segments if they were pressed for time. Snoopy, Linus, Sally, Lucy and Charlie Brown all have segments. None are worth writing home about. This is on par with the Mayflower Voyage special. If you love Charlie Brown characters who sound completely different than they should and superficial storylines that make no sense, then this might be the special for you!
The DVD also has the
Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown
special from 1983 that deals with Linus and Lucy moving away from the gang. That's an episode for a
in another column.
What, now extinct, Disney World attraction did Tim Curry do voice work for?
ANSWER: Alien Encounter (now Stitch's Great Escape). He played SIR.
Big ups to RON420 (again, this could be me in my 20s time travelling to the future, but I don't remember this – then again, I don't remember a lot about my 20s) for the correct answer!
A Charlie Brown Christmas
is the second longest running TV special in the United States. What is the first?
The video above has nothing to do with
this week. It's just a Christmas music video from the 80s. The story I am going to tell today is also from the 80s, but there is no video evidence. In fact there is no picture evidence. It has been handed down from generations to generations. This is an oral history. This is also the first time I've ever told it, so that crap about it being handed down from generations to generations was all a lie. Yeah, I sometimes lie.
The year was – eh, I don't really remember the year. I was very young. I also did a lot of drugs in my 20s so my memory is pretty shoddy. I use this excuse a lot to cover up my own screw ups. I was somewhere between six to nine years old, so the times frame would be 1983-1985. It was about a week before Christmas. I want to say I was with my mom at K-mart. For those of you under thirty years old, K-Mart and Zayres were the big stores at the time. Wal-Mart either was non-existant or hadn't made its mark nationally yet.
I'm standing with my mom in the checkout line and an old guy approaches me. Thinking I'm going to be abducted, I try to hide behind my mom, but the guy is persistent. And old. I'm talking he probably is no longer living old. The store was way more decked out for Christmas than stores are today. Either that's true or the nostalgia factor has kicked up the Christmas ambience quite a bit. The guy asks me "You know why Santa only has seven reindeer to pull his sleigh this Christmas?"
I think about this because I want to surprise this guy with the right answer. Is one of the reindeer sick? Were we counting Rudolph? If so, did that mean two of the reindeer were married and expecting? Perhaps one forgot how to fly. I didn't get a chance to try out any of these answers because before I could attempt to spit something out, the guy says, "Because Comet has to stay home and clean the sink!" I swear he did a "Ho Ho Ho!" afterwards, but again, that may just be my memory adding things that didn't happen for the purposes of a better story.
It was weird. It might have been the worst joke ever told. Before the punchline reached my ears from his lips, he disappeared never to be seen again – if he was there at all. Say what you want about the guy and his cheesy reindeer joke, but I've never forgotten it. Here it is almost thirty years later and I'm passing the joke on to the rest of you. For many years I thought that guy was a weird creeper, but now I realize he was a guy who was in the Christmas groove. I don't think I would do that, but honestly, I've done lots of weird things under the guise of "at least I gave someone a story to tell for the day." Any similar Christmas stories out there?
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The who's who of the Vermont legal community packed a Burlington courtroom Wednesday. There were no defendants and the judges left their robes behind. It was all about celebrating the honorable Geoffrey Crawford, Vermont's newest member of the Supreme Court.
"You've been a great judge, everybody here know that. You will be a great justice and you're joining a great court," said Jerry O'Neill, a former law partner.
Colleagues and friends took turns highlighting Crawford's wit, intellect, out-of-the-box ideas and practical decision-making.
"We're all looking forward to seeing how these traits manifest themselves as he takes on the responsibilities of a justice, which include the improvement of the administration of justice," Vt. Superior Court Judge Amy Davenport said.
Crawford replaces Justice Brian Burgess who retired earlier this year. Since 2002, Crawford served as a Superior Court judge, presiding over high-profile cases including the trial of Christopher Williams, a man he sentenced to three consecutive life terms for the deadly Essex Elementary School shooting.
Prior to that, Crawford handled civil cases as a partner in the Burlington firm O'Neill Crawford & Green.
Wednesday, Gov. Peter Shumlin swore him in as Vermont's newest justice, a position he will hold for the next six years.
"I would argue the best thing about Judge Crawford is that he has faced extraordinary adversity and come through it with extraordinary compassion and caring," said Shumlin, D-Vermont.
We also learned more about the man behind the gavel and the signature bow tie. He is a husband, a father, a grandfather, an avid cyclist and a talented cook. His friends affectionately refer to him as the King of Paella.
A man who observed his first court proceedings at the age of 14; it was a process that mesmerized him.
"I thought this was like going to church without the burden of faith. I have been interested in this world ever since," Crawford said.
Crawford used his time in front of his captive audience to talk about how the legal system could improve. He said the courts need to move more quickly toward case resolution, invest in drug treatment, avoid what he calls oversentencing the state's criminals and pay more attention to the court staff members, who oftentimes take the lead in guiding defendants through the court process.
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Rated 1 out of 5 by lexingtonX Band too broad At 5 ft 4 in,125 lbs and of athletic build, I wear MEDIUM with almost all brands and I previously ran only in Nike skorts. However, I can no longer find my favorite style. This style is too loose at the hips?/waist? and after 2 washes the band started to buckle. The SMALL was too tight at the thighs. Almost all clothing now appears to be "low-rise": bad news for running apparel. I have demoted this pair of skorts to the elliptical trainer. The one positive note: the outer skirt is truly beautiful. August 31, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Elise13 Confident and stylish Love this skirt! Covers in just the right places. Very comfortable and washes well. July 25, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Southern Bella Good but not great... I used to really love these Nike skirts but since discovering Athleta I'm no longer so impressed. After wearing skirts (and other apparel) from both brands I'm no longer impressed by Nike's quality. Athleta has them beat hands down in both Quality and Value. I do like this Nike Running Skirt and it does a good job wicking moisture and drying quickly when wet. I also like that it's light so it doesn't weigh me down and isn't cumbersome. It's very comfy to wear and easy to move around in. I can do just about anything in one of these skirts--running, yoga, walking the dogs or even gardening. I'll continue to wear them as staple in my wardrobe but unless I find these on sale (or have a coupon) I'll be buying my next Running Skirts from Athleta. *I DO NOT WORK FOR ATHELTA or any affiliate. I'm just an unemployed housewife unless "housewife" counts as a job! June 1, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by KK I want several of these!!! The most comfortable thing I've ever ran in!! I currently have the black skirt, but I intend to buy a few more. It is short, but very stylish and keeps me cool! I truly love this skirt!! May 15, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Conniiefitness1 Very cute and comfortable skirt. The running skirt is comfortable. However I found it to be a little too short. April 18, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by bethg0131 I wore this when I ran a 10k recently. Very stylish, very comfortable, Loved the running skirt. A little more expensive than I like to pay, but since it's Nike, that is to be expected. March 26, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Lillally Too sheer! This skirt is very sheer! Can see right through it, light weight for a runner but as a trainer I would not want anyone to be able to see through! March 19, 2013
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The federal government's growing reliance on online communications is presenting challenges in agencies' records keeping. It's the National Archives and Records Administration's to set out the governmentwide framework to address these challenges.
This week, President Obama issued a memo that recognized the importance of improving archives of emails, tweets and other electronic communications.
NARA has been archiving electronic records since the 1960s, but now the scope of electronic communications is greater than ever before.
"The challenge is the volumes of records being generated at agencies is increasing enormously and the number of formats agencies are using is increasing exponentially," said Paul Wester, chief records officer at NARA, in an interview with Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris.
The President's memo directed agencies to appoint a senior official in a month and for the official to review the agency's records within the next three months. These officials will work with the Archives to identify the specific challenges in archiving e-records, Wester said.
NARA is also working with the Office of Management and Budget to develop the steps for records keeping. One challenge is to identify "harvesting technologies" to archive e-records like tweets, Wester said.
Wester pointed out that agencies must only archive "permanently valuable content — not every tweet that every federal employee generates."
The Archives' goal now is to meet with agencies and other interest groups to develop best practices, Wester said.
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The Education Department has summarized its conceptual framework with the following theme:
"Effective Leaders in the Jesuit Tradition"
Creighton University, as a Jesuit institution, promotes excellence and the pursuit of truth. There is an intent to educate the whole person and to promote justice. In addition, Creighton describes it's purposes as contributing to the betterment of society and providing ethical perspectives for dealing with issues in an increasingly complex world. It is the unit's belief that these ideals direct the development of leadership as a means of advocating for and changing communities. Teachers, as leaders first in their classrooms, must be advocates and change agents. Achievement of this endeavor depends upon the acquisition of appropriate knowledge, skills, dispositions, and charisms, reflective decision-making, service to diverse local and global communities. Effective, authentic assessment activities ensure that these are achieved.
The unit's conceptual framework, first conceived in 1995, articulates the professional education curriculum, design, delivery, and assessment that occurs at Creighton University. The unit?s review and revision of the conceptual framework has continued since that time. In 2000, the unit?s members renewed efforts to integrate charisms, technology, and authentic assessment practices across all programs.
The philosophy underlying the conceptual framework is constructivist, for unit members believe that the learning process is dynamic, rather than passive. Each learner must actively be engaged and build or "construct" meaning based on prior knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Following a constructivist philosophy, unit members share the view that education should be designed to create a sense of self-awareness, since self-awareness is the first step toward becoming a reflective practitioner. This reflective process places the candidate in a position of observing, reflecting, and making critical, reflective decisions (Eby, 1997) in order to solve problems. This would then imply that training programs, in order to be appropriately designed, must be developmental in nature and sequenced in a manner that will allow candidates to acquire knowledge, skills, dispositions (Morrison, 2000) and charisms. In addition, these experiences should be fostered through campus classroom and P-12 experiences. True to this premise, the unit has had partnerships with several metropolitan schools since 1997: Sacred Heart Grade School, St. Cecilia?s Grade School, All Saints Grade School, Lothrop Academy, Jackson Academy, and South High School.
Constructivism also offers an alternative to a behaviorist?s approach to student learning. The philosophy recognizes the social setting of classrooms and schools where a student's thoughts, actions, and construction of knowledge is influenced by other learners and social activity of the setting. Students become actively engaged in the learning process and develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills within their learning community - the classroom. Of course, this means that teacher education candidates must be observant and resourceful in utilizing the community developed in the classroom.
Essential to effective leaders are knowledge and skills in pedagogy, diversity, and technology. Working from a framework that emphasizes reflective decision making, candidates learn pedagogical strategies and best practices in the methods classes of respective programs. The unit's commitment to prepare candidates to serve diverse local and global communities began with the recognition that the population is changing and candidates often do not resemble the students in their classrooms (Sadker & Sadker, 2003; Ryan & Cooper, 2000; Morrison, 2000). This has culminated in the belief that an understanding of multicultural education and its importance to national unity should be advocated (Banks & Banks, 2000; Gollnick & Chinn, 1986). True to this belief is the endeavor that field experiences should provide opportunities for candidates to work with diverse students (ethnic, socioeconomic, religious, etc.) in diverse settings (urban, suburban, public, and private).
With rapid changes in technology for teaching, learning, and general cultural survival, it is vital that candidates have knowledge and skills for its use as well as valuing the place of technology in schooling and society. Candidates should understand technology?s impact on student learning; its use as a cognitive or communication tool, as a means of facilitating instruction, and as a way of assisting special needs students (Morrison, 2000). The role of the teacher is that of a facilitator and guide. Several issues that concern the unit, although not different from society in general, are suitable infrastructure, rising maintenance costs, technology education of supervising on-site teachers, and equity.
Although difficult to delineate into discrete components, the conceptual framework is comprised of three interconnected circles: Knowledge, Skills, Dispositions, and Charisms; Reflective Decision Making; and Service to Diverse Local and Global Communities. Assessment lies at the center of the model to indicate the unit's commitment to ongoing evaluation of candidate growth, student learning, and program effectiveness.
Knowledge, Skills, Dispositions, Charisms
The programs within the Education Department are based upon constructivist philosophy in which effective leaders "construct" learning and understanding from previous knowledge, skills, dispositions, charisms and experiences. These effective leaders acquire knowledge and skills in content and pedagogy (including professional orientation) while facilitating learning for all students. This accomplishment illustrates their attainment of professional dispositions and Ignatian charisms: cura personalis, magis, men and women for and with others, and contemplation in action. Cura personalis refers to personal care of the whole individual - caring relationships. Magis means "the more" - striving toward excellence. Men and women for and with others specifies service - building community and all-inclusive classrooms. Contemplation in action indicates a faith-based process of reflection and prayerful moral and ethical decision-making that moves one to action. Teacher education candidates complete this process developmentally by participating first in foundational courses, then methods courses integrated with technology, and finally, application and specialization courses.
Initial preparation programs within the unit have identified and aligned dispositions associated with INTASC standards. Advanced preparation programs have reviewed their respective professional standards and those identified by the state and institution for inclusion within their programs. All preparation programs within the Education Department have adopted four "charisms" as foundational to the set of dispositions identified within our conceptual framework.
Charisms, drawn from Ignatian core values, are defined as special gifts of the Holy Spirit, or God-given graces, which characterize a person or group and are used to contribute to the common good and glorify God in the Church and world. There are several ways to envision charisms. They can be viewed as faith-based core values; individual or group gifts freely given by God to be used for the good of others, not for personal good; found in the Church and the secular world; and used as a means to glorify God. The charisms adopted by the Education Department are based on an Ignatian vision and Jesuit Educational Tradition. The charisms selected for inclusion within the curriculum and educational experiences are: Cura Personalis, Magis, Men and Women for and with Others, and Contemplation in Action.
CURA PERSONALIS refers to personal concern for the individual. Education takes place within the context of caring relationships - relationships between students and teachers, teachers and parents, families and professional school communities. Students are instilled with an "Ethic of Care" which promotes human dignity, individual differences, and personal relationships. Personal concern for the individual can be related to the desire to educate the whole person - intellectually, socially, emotionally, physically, and spiritually/ethically/morally. In the public school setting, this may be referred to as character education (for which the state of Nebraska has just adopted curricular guidelines) or in the Catholic or private school setting as spiritual formation. In addition, education of the whole person focuses on finding God or the sacred in all things. As St. Irenaeus stated, "The glory of God is the human person fully alive."
MAGIS is the term that St. Ignatius and the Jesuit Order uses for seeking "the more" or the greater good. Magis can be demonstrated in many ways: striving toward excellence, developing high expectations and standards, fulfilling one's potential by developing gifts and talents, focusing on continuous school improvement and professional development. The purpose behind this striving would be to serve God and do all things - Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam - for the "greater glory of God."
MEN AND WOMEN FOR AND WITH OTHERS offers a means by which one can share his/her gifts for the benefits of others. It promotes the building of inclusive classroom and school communities where equality, equity, human rights and responsibilities, and human dignity are fostered. Men and women for and with others also leads to service-learning activities and the promotion of social justice within education and society.
CONTEMPLATION IN ACTION promotes reflection and ethical decision making. It fosters the process of examining one's life - personal and professional - and advocates mindfulness as opposed to mindlessness. Discernment - a faith-based process of decision making that is prayerful and includes the moral and ethical dimension - leads to an action orientation advocated by the Creighton University Education Department in building Effective Leaders in the Jesuit Tradition.
Reflective Decision Making
The reflective decision-making process of the effective leader is initially developed through strengthening of critical thinking and problem solving skills. Effective leaders realize that this is a dynamic, continual process that draws upon research and practical application within the educational setting. Of value to this process are the identification, diagnosis, and interpretation of P-12 student strengths, weaknesses, and educational needs. The effective leader utilizes reflective decision making to evaluate his/her own teaching, actions and consequences, and develops his/her own plan for improvement.
Service to Diverse Local and Global Communities
The effective leader in the Jesuit tradition demonstrates a commitment to service. It is within field experiences that these effective leaders are exposed to classroom settings in which they come to appreciate diversity and inclusion. The programs within the unit strongly encourage and make accommodations for these opportunities, so that teacher education candidates recognize the plurality of society, interact within that pluralistic society, and become nurturing, effective leaders within those settings.
Teacher education candidates are exposed to workshops and seminars on issues of diversity. The unit's participation in the Nebraska Partnership for Quality Teacher Education Grant (NPQTE) provided opportunities for candidates to review materials that demonstrated inclusion and brought candidates together with diverse students in service-learning activities. These experiences combined with the many opportunities for service on campus and within the unit prepare candidates to become "Leaders in the Jesuit Tradition."
Banks, J.A., & Banks, C.A.M. (Eds.). (1997). Multicultural education: Issues and perspectives (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Eby, J.W. (1997). Reflective planning, teaching, and evaluation for the elementary school (2nd ed.). Columbus, OH: Merrill.
Gollnick, D.M., & Chinn, P.C. (1986). Multicultural education in a pluralistic society (2nd ed.). Columbus, OH: Merrill.
Morrison, G.S. (2000). Teaching in America (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Ryan, K., & Cooper, J.M. (2000). Those who can, teach (9th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Sadker, M.P., & Sadker, D.M. (2003). Teachers, schools, and society (6th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.


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The advisory goes into effect at 1 a.m. Monday and lasts until 5 p.m. Monday.
Winds will be out of the west at 30-40 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
Spotty wind gusts of 50 mph will be possible between midnight and 6 a.m. in the Palouse and Pomeroy area.
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Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed. Friday Dec 2 @ 08:58pm
the killers and the cops give us special advice like cross your legs and act fucking nice while they kill us off old and fucking young for breathing, relieving, and having fun. I Wanna Know What Love Is, Julie Ruin (Kathleen Hanna) Friday Oct 14 @ 12:00pm
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Sometimes while I ride the subway I try to look at each person and imagine what they look like to someone who is totally in love with them. I think everyone has had someone look at them that way, whether it was a lover, or a parent, or a friend, whether they know it or not. It's a wonderful thing, to look at someone to whom I would never be attracted and think about what looking at them feels like to someone who is devouring every part of their image, who has invisible strings that are connected to this person tied to every part of their body. I think this fun pastime is a way of cultivating compassion. It feels good to think about people that way, and to use that part of my mind that I think is traditionally reserved for a tiny portion of people I'll meet in my life to appreciate the general public. I wish I thought about people like this more often. I think it's the opposite of what our culture teaches us to do. We prefer to pick people apart to find their flaws. Cultivating these feelings of love or appreciation for random people, and even for people I don't like, makes me a more forgiving and appreciative person toward myself and people I love. Also, it's just a really excellent pastime. Dean Spade (via sadpeach) Friday Sep 23 @ 10:00am
Being born a woman is an awful tragedy… Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, bar room regulars - to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording - all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation to intimacy. Yet, God, I want to talk to everybody I can as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night… Sylvia Plath, on rape culture, etc (via fourmarys) Sunday Sep 11 @ 08:50pm
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- Interviewer: So why do you write these strong female characters?
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