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RYAN VREDE, writing in SA Rugby magazine, says the Bledisloe Cup provides a very different spectator experience to that of a Tri-Nations match involving the Springboks.
The All Blacks' animated celebrations at the end of their come-from-behind victory against Australia in Sydney in September was telling. Certainly it cemented their position as the pre-eminent team in world rugby at present. It also spoke of the character of the collective, an utter refusal to be beaten, which is a quality that was missing in 2009 and one that amplifies their threat. But mostly it said that there is no such thing as a meaningless Bledisloe Cup Test.
It was a Thursday afternoon before the Test in a swanky bar on Circular Quay in the Sydney city centre. Legendary Wallabies scrumhalf Nick Farr-Jones was rampant in his efforts to school me in the significance of the Test and indeed the cup, which New Zealand had already secured.
'As Australians we appreciate that the Springboks have a massive rivalry with the All Blacks,' he said. 'But there's something special about a Bledisloe Cup Test that that rivalry will never have. It's more than a battle for bragging rights in this region. I can't define what it is. It's special.'
I can't accept his view. As South Africans we're conditioned to consider Tests against New Zealand as the pinnacle of sporting contests. There is no greater foe, and after an informal chat on the topic with New Zealand's 1987 World Cup-winning captain David Kirk, it becomes apparent that that sentiment is shared by most New Zealanders and certainly the All Blacks. 'There's nothing the boys love more than to down a Saffa,' Kirk offered bluntly.
The appeal, I gather from discussions with Kirk and other Kiwi journalists, is rooted in perceptions of the Springboks. Where the Wallabies play nice, the Boks are the playground bullies – hateful, unsophisticated creatures who are despised for their stubborn reluctance to follow the script of what a rugby game should be: a celebration of athleticism, intelligence and skill over brawn. Victories are therefore celebrated with more gusto, while defeats wrench to the very soul.
No more starkly is the folly in Farr-Jones' assertion exposed than at the collisions at the ANZ Stadium on game day. If the depth of desire can be measured in the ferocity of a tackle, then he and those who share his view are deluded if they think a Bledisloe Cup Test can be compared to one involving the Springboks and All Blacks.
However, that alone would be a sterile measurement of the rivalry. South Africans would struggle to comprehend the relatively low intensity levels of the crowd in Sydney. It's as if they've come to watch a Cirque du Soleil production, whereas in Tests involving South Africa and New Zealand there is the undeniable sense that you're in a colosseum watching gladiators duel to the death.
It's in this context that one must understand and appreciate a clash between the trans-Tasman rivals. It's a spectacle, where pizzazz and panache usually take precedence over blood and thunder. There are no decapitations, brutal lobotomies or severed limbs. Nobody brings nail-studded bludgeons to this battle, and neither are they expected to. The rapier is the weapon of choice, and the quality of the match is measured by the combatants' dexterity with that weapon.
And there are few better settings for a stand-off of this nature than the ANZ Stadium. Magnificent in its scale and breathtaking in structure, it was first used to host the track and field events during the Olympics in 2000.
Matches of any code at the venue tend to reflect the pacey and entertaining nature of the city, and the Test didn't disappoint in that regard, with both teams displaying a willingness to 'play' and a healthy disregard for the conservative conventions of the game.
Sydney is by no means a rugby union heartland. It is the domain of those in tight pants and vests, the Australian rules mob, and is also the stomping ground of rugby league's superstars. The NRL's Sydney Roosters and AFL's Sydney Swans bossed coverage in the media in the lead-up to their respective semi-finals, with the Bledisloe Cup tie routinely relegated to the fifth page of the sports section, after news about soccer's Sydney FC. It is the men from these codes who command the most attention at the bars and nightclubs around the city in the post-match revelry, with the union lads suffering from relative anonymity or pure indifference.
But the locals are deeply in love with sport, and are determined to see as much of it as humanly possible. This was evident when a 3pm kick-off was purposefully scheduled for the NRL semi-final between the Roosters and West Tigers, in order to give fans an opportunity to make the trip across the city for the 8pm Test kick-off. That it attracted 70 000 was a notable achievement considering the Swans' play-off had commenced at the same time.
Most of those had made their way to the stadium carried by a slick train service, arriving well before kick-off to enjoy the numerous beer gardens and entertainment options around the Olympic village.
Like in South Africa, the demographic mix is not representative of the city's population, with whites dominating the numbers, although, understandably given South Africa's history, this is not nearly as contentious an issue in Australia.
To hear Piri Weepu's call to war and the response of his team-mates during the haka was an exhilarating experience that South African crowds have robbed themselves of thanks to their idiotic insistence on jeering. The home crowd cheered the rendition, something that is unheard of in South Africa due to portions of the attendees wearing their boorishness like a badge of honour.
But not at any stage did the atmosphere reach a level of intensity that can rival that of a Springbok Test, especially one involving the All Blacks, not even when the Aussies burnt white-hot out of the gates and looked like snapping a nine-match losing streak against their neighbours.
Perhaps that has much to do with the low expectations of this Wallabies unit, given their distinct mediocrity over the past two-and-a-half years. Perhaps it is that the crowd is nowhere near as emotionally invested in the outcome, as would be the case in South Africa or New Zealand.
The Australians seem to have a sense of perspective that most in the rugby fraternities of these two nations just don't have. Victory is certainly the hoped-for outcome, but defeat, which the Wallabies suffered when they capitulated spectacularly under pressure, isn't met with scorn or castigation. There is no vitriol in the press either. It is a climate condusive to complacency and excellence in equal measure.
In reflecting on Farr-Jones' assertion about the magnitude and meaning of a Bledisloe Cup Test, I tend to think that he may be blinded by nationalism. Perhaps in his career the magic and mystique he speaks of was more prevalent. It was, of course, a time when the Springboks were just re-entering international competition and their rivalry with the All Blacks, eroded through years of isolation, had not yet been rekindled. But it certainly has been now, and while a Bledisloe Test provides a bout of escapism, it will never capture the imagination in the manner a Springboks–All Blacks Test does.
– This article first appeared in the October issue of SA Rugby magazine.


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12 assists. And of course as the 80M man he took the majority of the shots. They won though so it's all good.
Harden with 37 and 15 (Assist) in his first game 4 steals 6 rebounds. Wow.
"I don't know if people know I dislocated my pinkie finger. And [Tyreke] told me, 'You wanna go home or you wanna be here?' I want to be here. And he said, 'All right, then go tape it up and let's play. Let's go. We not stoppin' at no stores. Straight gas. That's what we do, just keep going.'"
12 assists. And of course as the 80M man he took the majority of the shots. They won though so it's all good.
I thought Harden couldn't be a go-to scorer.
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"I'm not going to allow my putative owner to answer that question, this is an NBA related press conference. Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell have collectively sung their praises of Tom and if uh ESPN has a problem with that tell Mr. Skipper to call me at my office."
I said he was better than Gordon awhile ago, but this was one game. If he does it for a large portion of games that'll be my aha moment Lp
1 game against the Pistons on a team where he can take as many shots he wants. Relax folks.
I didn't watch the game so I'm going to review the game tape and formulate my own opinion.
Lillard has to work on not turning the ball over before he starts reaching Lin territory. He'll likely get better at it though.
What in the world happened to Nash?
PG's are still killing the Lakers.
Nash hurt his knee earlier in the game.
Thanks guys.
In other news, Hornets have Utah on Friday. Utah rolled on the Mavs tonight the way the Mavs rolled on the Lakers last night.
Just went back and watched the Rockets opener. I gotta admit, Harden was amazing. He looked like a superstar. He was dominate. Without all the ISO the Thunders tend to run, Harden is shining without all the chucking and discombobulated style of play.
Really it was a dumb trade for the Thunder. The team is a championship contender and they basically traded away a huge piece to look towards the future and costing them a chance to win a title this season. Harden was the glue guy between Durant and Westbrook and now with him gone, Westbrook will be a disaster most games with his shot selection, turnovers, and poor defensive awareness. Mentally, Westbrook is a horrible decision maker. Westbrook was pretty bad in the Finals as well.
45 points 7 rebounds 2 assist tonight. Told you this boy was no joke.
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- Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks.
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How Far Are You Traveling For the Holidays?
Kilometers... (Score:5, Insightful)by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17, 2012 @12:01PM (#42314425)
...you insensitive clod.
Re:Which holiday? (Score:4, Insightful)Err...the next approaching mainstream holiday coming up THIS month
Familiar with Christmas?
Overthinking things much?
What ranges are these? (Score:4, Insightful)by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17, 2012 @12:08PM (#42314489)
This has terrible ranges... First of all, wouldn't "less than 10 miles" be considered "staying in town?"
I mean, 100 miles is only about an hour and a half of driving in the US... that's barely even considered "travelling" but rather driving to a neighboring town.
100 miles? (Score:4, Insightful)by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17, 2012 @12:17PM (#42314587)
That is a low threshold for the more than option. Should have the 1000 miles plus and maybe a km option. My vote is 100 plus but its over a thousand.
What is christmas? In our church of the invisible pink unicorn, the holy scriptures do not mention anything like this christmas you mention.
Frankly, I've never thought of Christmas as a particularly religious holiday. To me, since growing up, it was about Santa Claus, Rudolph, the Grinch...giving presents, family, food, fun...etc.
Just the way I was raised, but I still have always loved Xmas and the good feelings it generally promotes.
Geez, just because you have issues with religion, doesn't mean you have to act and ass and deride a holiday. Hell, if nothing else...it is still an official US holiday, grounded in law. Why not enjoy the season?
Poll Suggestion (Score:5, Insightful)After looking at the replies so far to the poll, I think we need a poll like the following:
My preferred way to respond to slashdot polls is to:
a) Flaunt my superior intellect by finding some insignificant inconsistency in the poll that is only apparent to high functioning autistics such as myself
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c) Have my voice heard as a disenfranchised victim/minority who slashdot has completely ignored by not including as a poll option
d) Go with the CowboyNeal option
e) All of the Above
Note: "Answer the poll like a rational adult" purposefully left out due to option C.
Not to North American scale (Score:2, Insightful)by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 17, 2012 @01:44PM (#42315383)
I don't think there's any major city that's less than 100 miles of each other.
and of course, I'm in city A while everyone i get along with is in city B.
So, 100+ miles for me!
Texas, nothing. This is true of pretty much anywhere in the US or Canada (except for New England) though in many cases "the next city over" might well be in the next state (province) over as well.
by Archangel Michael (180766) on Monday December 17, 2012 @07:49PM (#42319797) Journal
Christmas is not mentioned in the Christian Bible, but Hannukah is. Hannukah is not mentioned in the Jewish TaNaK, but it is in the Christian New Testament (John 10:22-23).
Guess which one Christians don't keep? Guess which one they do?
Christians are keeping the pagan holy day (Sol Invictus, Saturnalia, winter solstice) contrary to what their scripture says (Jer 10). And if you tell them this, many already know, just don't care to stop keeping their traditions. Again violating their own "Master".
Mar 7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
They have no excuse.
Re:Which holiday? (Score:2, Insightful)by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @06:35AM (#42323739)
Are you for real? Obviously the Jewish holiday is not mentioned in the Old Testament, just as the Christian holiday is not mentioned in the New Testament. Does that mean Jews should not celebrate Hannukah? Obviously not.
Mark 7:9 doesn't refer to any holiday tradition - read Mark 7:1 to 7:8 to get some context there.
Jeremiah is in the Old Testament. Jesus said to forget about the Old Testament and focus exclusively on loving thy neighbour. Christians do not have to follow Jewish scripture. And Jeremiah doesn't say don't have a Christmas tree anyway; it just says it won't do you any good if you do.
They have no excuse.
You follow your invented God, let the Christians follow theirs.
I'm not celebrating the holidays, and I'm quite sure there are tons of people like me. Some for religious reasons (muslims, buddhists, orthodox christians (who celebrate in January) or atheists), some because they hate the commercialism, some because they don't have a family or whatever else.
For me, it's a mix of being an atheist so that kills the religious part of it, and hating the forced be-merry-today part (I'm merry when I feel like it, not because the calendar says so, thank you very much) and disliking the commercial gift-giving part (I give gifts when I want to, not because the calendar... you get it).
Now I don't mind anyone else celebrating. Before you post any bullshit, no I'm not trying to take your xmas away from you. Celebrate all you like, all I'm asking for is one thing: Respect that not everyone does the same. Don't get on my nerves with it, don't treat me like an alien just because I don't celebrate, don't try to convince me otherwise, just accept it and move on.
And that, strangely enough, seems to be a very hard thing to do for many people.
Re:Which holiday? (Score:3, Insightful)by Tsingi (870990) <graham.rick@g m a i l . c om> on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @09:17AM (#42324459)A. God doesn't exist.
B. There isn't conclusive evidence that Jesus existed.
C. Christmas, Yule, Saturnalia, Solstice, everyone can find a reason to celebrate. Which holiday = troll question.
No conclusive evidence Caesar Augustus existed?? Money with his picture on it. Many, Many writers of his day recorded his existence. Buildings in Rome and the across the Roman empire have the fact of his reign carved into their walls. There is a tomb in Rome -- The Mausoleum of Augustus. And on and on and on. I mean really, he is mentioned in your bible: Luke 2:1 "In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree". There is in fact conclusive evidence Caesar Augustus existed.
Jesus of Nazareth on the other hand is recorded only by ardent believers almost 100 years after his "death". I'm not saying he did or didn't exist, but trying to say that there is more evidence for Jesus than Augustus is only hurting you buy making you look uninformed or willfully ignorant.


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The General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service recently completed for the first time a survey of its vendors. It always had done an agency customer survey, but never one asking contractors what they thought of FAS.
Steve Kempf, the commissioner of FAS, said his organization wanted to gain insight into specific questions from vendors.
"What were [industry's] perceptions about what we were good at in terms of being a partner and what we were not so good at," Kempf said. "Then we will take the data, and we are looking across all our programs, not just schedules, and see what kinds of relationships do we have with industry across our many different business lines and which ones are better? Some of the things we are actually looking at are how we actually interact with industry and what kind of results flow from that. What parts of our organization have really good relationships with industry where there is good communication back and forth, good levels of trust back and forth, and good results coming from that? How do we, across our own organization, understand the way we act differently with our industry and which ones are most effective?"
Steve Kempf, Federal Acquisition Service commissioner (Photo:GSA)
The FAS survey is an example of a growing recognition by agencies they need to improve the way they manage their vendors.
The departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs and Commerce are among the agencies taking a more disciplined approach to managing their supply chains.
More and more agencies are turning to supply chain management techniques as they face the prospect of tighter budgets, fewer acquisition professionals and pressure from the White House and Congress to do more with less.
Raj Sharma, CEO of the Censeo Consulting Group and the president of the Federal Acquisition Innovation & Reform (FAIR) Institute, said as part of Federal News Radio's week-long multimedia series Inside the World's Biggest Buyer that supply chain management helps organizations understand what their mission goals are through the products and services they buy.
"What role do you want your suppliers to play in helping you achieve your outcomes," he said. "That's very, very important beyond meeting a specific requirement. Ultimately, how does the supply chain help support a set of mission- critical outcomes or whatever specific needs there might be?"
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Sharma said once the organization has a clear understanding of how the supply chain meets their mission, than they can go one level further down.
"You can start to really define what are the set of capabilities required," he said. "How should you organize as a department? What kinds of people and kinds of skills sets do you need, and what processes do you need in place?"
Raj Sharma, CEO of Censeo Consulting Group and president of FAIR Institute (Photo:Censeo)
He said a common example is if your organization is buying technical products and services, your acquisition people should understand engineering in order to have educated conversations with suppliers.
For many agencies or organizations just starting out, supply chain management comes down to the basics of understanding the difference between cost and price.
Sharma said a simple example is a printer. The cost of the machine is minor compared to the spending a company does on maintenance, toner and paper over the life of the machine. If an agency doesn't consider the entire lifecycle costs, they may end paying a lot more than initially planned.
"If we really work with our supply chain partners to understand total cost, so many times suppliers have the best knowledge of the requirements we may be imposing that drive up total cost, so the more we are communicating with them — whether it's through structured disciplined practices like supplier relationship management or in process of doing acquisition — we are likely to uncover areas where we can reduce costs," he said.
And it's that issue agencies, such as Commerce, have focused on.
Commerce consolidated contracts for IT hardware. It performed an asset management assessment and a review of historical spending to figure out how to save 50 million dollars on technology products. Commerce also has required bureaus to use a common set of standards for computers to help reduce overall costs.
Sharma says it's not only about total cost.
"One of things I would highlight is a critical need for government agencies to take step back and look at organization structure as well as business processes," he said. "So one thing we can approach these initiatives one-by-one, but to really drive long-term change, we also need to start looking at organizations. Are we organized correctly? Are the business processes streamlined in terms of how we are doing acquisition and managing our supply chains?"
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The management of those processes and the supply chain is where GSA FAS is heading with its survey.
Kempf said the survey provided good and bad news for FAS.
"The higher scoring areas, interesting and maybe not so interesting, is the contractors' long-term commitment to GSA and FAS in particular," he said. "That is where we scored the highest. I think that is really good because one of the things you really want is a commitment from the people you are doing business with. I think they value their relationship with GSA. We also scored really good with our integrity."
Some of the areas where vendors said GSA needs to work better is how they share risk and how easily GSA makes it for contractors to work with them.
The idea of presenting one face to industry is something GSA is trying to address. Kempf said the Office of Acquisition Management's Emile Monett is leading that effort.
But he said FAS currently has multiple business lines that all treat and interact with industry differently. This is part of the reason why their score is low.
"We are looking at some sort of action planning around some of the information we are finding out, sharing across the organization with best practices and concentrating on perhaps a few of these we decide to pick to really concentrate on and improve because we think that will drive more value into that relationship and perhaps we will get better at allowing industry to bring innovation to our services faster," he said.
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Kempf said the survey also will influence GSA's work on its next generation of schedules initiative.
He said the updates to the schedules program will focus on greater transparency in agency spending habits, help for vendors to market their products and services and simplifying the acquisition process.
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In the next six months, FAS will have more details on the plan to move to the next generation of schedules.
Improving supply chain management also could mean cost savings. Sharma said he's seen double-digit reductions in price for products and services at some clients.
"We see anywhere from 10-to-20 percent, but then there are also things you can do without having to do an acquisition," he said. "There is an area called demand management where you can look internally to say, Do we have excess capacity? Are we potentially gold-plating requirements where we don't need certain things but they add cost?' So things you can start to reduce yourself," Sharma said. "What we are seeing in those, by themselves without having to go through the pain of an acquisition, you can actually reduce 10-to-20 percent [of your costs] there. On average, what we've seen is there is easily 10-to-15 percent on the whole and in some instances we've seen 20-30, even 40-percent in savings."
Kempf added improving supply chain discipline is a major change for FAS. But, he said, it's all about more effectively managing the relationship between the agency or GSA and vendors, and that makes the change worthwhile.
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2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index
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Areas that will define Australia's manufacturing competitiveness over the next five years will include innovation, skills, the economic, trade and finance environment, the approach to clean energy and digital technologies, according to Deloitte Manufacturing Partner, Damon Cantwell.
A recent benchmarking Index from Deloitte and the U.S Council on Competitiveness, 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, highlights that Australia ranked at number 16 in terms of current competitiveness and is expected to rank 17th against other national economies in five years.
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For students, Tulalip Tribes' native language a connection to the past
Genna Martin / The Herald
From left, Katie Hots, 4; Calista Weiser, 5; KC Hots, 7; Irwin Weiser, 8; Kane Hots, 5; and Aloisius Williams, 2, play Monopoly as Natasha Gobin and her spouse, Thomas Williams, make dinner at their home in Tulalip. Gobin, who teaches Lushootseed language classes, asks her children, KC, Kane, Katie and Aloisius, to count in Lushootseed as they play the game.
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Two-year-old Aloisius Williams sings and plays a drum for friend Clarissa Young-Weiser (left) and his father, Thomas Williams, (right) before dinner on Wednesday. Aloisius' mother, Natosha Gobin, teaches Lushootseed language classes and frequently uses the language at home. Young-Weiser and her two children attend the Lushootseed classes.
Natosha Gobin holds up pictures labeled with words in Lushootseed during a class earlier this month at the Hibulb Cultural Center in Tulalip.
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Katie Hots, 4, holds a sign that reads "sweet dreams" in Lushootseed on Wednesday night at her home in Tulalip. Katie's mother, Natosha Gobin, hangs frames with Lushootseed vocabulary words around her house to help her four children learn the language.
She was all alone.
The tree asked why she was crying.
I am very sad, she said. I have no friends.
The cedar tree decided to distract the girl, and told her to pick up some of his roots.
You are going to make a basket, the tree said.
I don't know how, the young girl said.
I will show you how, said the cedar tree.
In a classroom at the Hibulb Cultural Center at Tulalip, a group of mothers practice the pronunciation of a language that almost disappeared.
Generations ago, at government boarding schools on the Tulalip reservation, caretakers beat the young people who dared to speak their native language, called Lushootseed.
The women in the classroom say the words, taking great care. The sounds are foreign, with back-of-the-throat glottal stops, tongue clicks and exhalations from the sides of their mouths.
Lushootseed was the language of the Coast Salish people living along the inland waters of what would become Washington state. Included were the Snohomish, Skykomish and Snoqualmie, who now are part of the confederated Tulalip Tribes.
Throughout Western Washington, various tribes are working hard to keep the language alive, especially as the elders die, taking with them a firsthand knowledge of Lushootseed.
The women who make up the Tulalip Tribes' Lushootseed Language Department are some of the few who speak it.
Natosha Gobin, 32, has been with the department since she was a Marysville Pilchuck High School student volunteering at the tribes' annual summer language camp. She started her seventh annual language class for families in February; the eight-week class ended on Tuesday.
The women start this final class by practicing in Lushootseed some commands such as "wait," "hurry up," "get ready" and other motherly things they plan to say at home.
"Pronunciation is crucial," Gobin says. "You don't want to ask your daughter to brush her hair and then have it sound like you want her to brush her squirrel."
Using Lushootseed is not a female-only avocation. Some dads attend class when they can, but it's primarily mothers in their 30s who have the passion for it.
Their children, who soak up the Lushootseed they are taught in their Montessori preschool on the reservation, color pictures of animals and birds in an adjacent classroom and practice the Lushootseed words for them. Occasionally a child runs into the adult classroom to exchange a picture for a kiss.
"When I think about traditional upbringing of children, the women took the kids along when they dug roots and went clam digging, while the men hunted and fished," Gobin said. "Educating the children was a mother's job, and that still carries through in many ways. It's the nurturing and mothering bone in our bodies."
So the young girl gathered up some cedar tree roots to make a basket.
When she was done weaving as the tree had instructed, she showed off her basket.
Go to the river, the cedar said to the girl. Dip the basket in and gather up some water. Then bring it back.
But the water was dripping from the basket and by the time she got back to the tree it was almost empty.
The cedar tree told the young girl to weave the basket again. This time, the tree said, it must be tighter.
The girl was upset, but she did not give up.
Before the settlers, Lushootseed was spoken from south Puget Sound near Olympia north to the Skagit River watershed, and from Hood Canal east to the Cascade Range.
It was not a written language.
Northern Lushootseed was used by the Skagit, Samish, Swinomish, Stillaguamish, Sauk-Suiattle and others. Southern Lushootseed was the language of the Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Nisqually, Skokomish, Suquamish, Snoqualmie and others. The Snohomish people spoke a mix of northern and southern dialects.
In the 1960s, a few elders in the region could still tell the ancient stories of the Coast Salish people.
That's when Vi Hilbert, a member of the Upper Skagit tribe, began to help University of Washington linguist Thom Hess and music teacher Leon Metcalf record the language. Hess devised the system for written Lushootseed, with a symbol for each sound. Hilbert, who died in 2008, went on to become a revered teacher of the language and the author of numerous books.
In a video recording of Hilbert made a few decades ago, she talks about believing that the Creator had wrapped around her the work of keeping Lushootseed alive.
Natosha Gobin shares the feeling.
"This is what I was meant to do," Gobin said. "When I was a kid, I could say dog, cat, owl, goodbye and a cuss word. Now I dream in Lushootseed. My colleagues and I have attained a level of fluency. And we are better now than we were five years ago."
The language department also includes Toby Langen, who learned Lushootseed from the Moses family and worked with Hess at the University of Washington; Michele Balagot, who teaches in the preschool, runs the summer language camp and has a master's degree in education; and Michelle Myles, who teaches children and college students and has a bachelor's degree. Four others are in training to be teachers who may soon help teach Lushootseed in the elementary schools and at Heritage High School.
Gobin, who earned an associate degree in Native American studies, has worked for the department for nearly 13 years.
A great-grandmother on her father's side was one of those beaten for speaking Lushootseed.
"She didn't want the family to be harmed, so she stopped speaking our language," Gobin said. Along with banning the language among children, government officials tried to stop the practice of potlatches and other cultural traditions among the tribes.
"On my mother's side, my great-grandmother Elsie spoke our language at home, as some people still do, with friends and family. My grandmother Della would sit underneath the kitchen table and listen to them joke and giggle together. That same great-grandmother also tried to keep the language going by teaching classes in the community. That's where I get my passion for it."
Not everyone shares that passion or can take the time to learn the language, Gobin said.
"We live in a fast-paced world and I understand that," she said. "But we will keep trying to reach out to share it. That's what my grandfather, Bernie Gobin, would have wanted me to do."
The second time the young girl came back from the river, only about half the water had leaked out of the basket.
She tried a third time, but the basket was still not woven tight enough and a few drops leaked out.
On the fourth try, she did her best work.
She returned to the cedar tree with the basket full of water.
Your basket is very nice, the tree said. You did such good work and you did not give up.
The first hour of the family language class is spent eating supper, usually pizza and salad. It's a time to relax and share the news of the day. After the children are dismissed to their activities, the parents get to work.
This year, the class curriculum focused on words and phrases that could be used in everyday conversation at home. The goal is to keep the children speaking what they have learned already, Gobin said.
The moms ask Gobin for resources, such as flash cards, translations of family songs, framed phrases to hang up around the house and a phonetic pronunciation guide.
The word in Lushootseed for sibling is very similar to the term for cousin. Since many of the women in the class are related, there is a familial atmosphere.
"The women here are comfortable with each other. We want the same thing," said Udora Andrade, 31, a mother of two. "We want our kids to understand the ancestors and claim the cultural habits."
Clarissa Young-Weiser, 30, is Tulalip and Shoshone-Bannock. She and her children, Erwin, 8, and Calista, 5, often practice Lushootseed or listen to recordings of the language in their van on the way to school or the store.
With the kids confined in the car, it is a good time for them to help her refine her pronunciation.
Young-Weiser plans to take Gobin's class every year and each summer to put her children in the language camp. It is important because she grew up without a focus on American Indian culture, Young-Weiser said.
"At one point, I thought about learning another language, like French, but later it clicked for me that I really didn't want a foreign language, I wanted my language," she said. "I want my kids to be able to speak to each other in Lushootseed. I want them to know who they are. I want them perhaps to have the honor of being asked someday to offer up prayers for the community in their tribe's language."
Norene Warbus, 32, married into the tribe. She and her husband, Shane, teach their children at home, where they work on Lushootseed together.
"I want my children to be able to tell the tribe's stories in their language," she said.
Her friend Zee Jimicum says her own focus on the language is not about studying the past, but looking to the future.
"I wasn't raised at Tulalip, so I missed out on traditional storytelling," Jimicum said. "So for me, it's about revitalizing the language and the culture. Besides, when I use one-word Lushootseed commands on my kids, they say 'Ooh-kaay.'"
Brianne DiStefano, 33, is taking college courses in Lushootseed, as well as the family class with her children.
"It's an enlightening process, getting to know more about one's own people and the way they thought," DiStefano said. "It's not surprising that the class is mostly women. The Idle No More movement, which is sort of the American Indian Movement of today, was organized by native women in Canada. As mothers, we care about tribal sovereignty, the environment and natural resources. We're not just thinking of ourselves, but of everyone who lives in America."
Now, take your basket and give it to the oldest woman in the village, the cedar tree told the young girl.
The girl was upset about having to give away her first basket, but she loved the elders.
Back in the village, there was a gathering. The speaker granted the girl permission to present her basket.
The oldest woman in the village was happy and excited to receive the young girl's first basket.
The woman knew how difficult it had been for the girl, but she was pleased that the skill had been handed down.
-- "Her First Basket," a traditional Coast Salish story
At American Indian naming ceremonies, funerals, potlatches and other gatherings that require witnesses, traditional items are given to those witnesses. Children of the Tulalip Tribes learn to respect the speakers at these events and to listen intently. They also learn that when they first make a craft, it must be set aside to be given away at a gathering.
The grandparents at Tulalip are always pleased about young children learning traditional ways, Gobin said.
"I yell at my kids, but I want them to learn all the teachings. I want them to be seen and not heard," she said. "It is not for my benefit. It is so they learn to be good people."
Gobin has four children: KC, 7, Kane, 6, Katie, 4, and 2-year-old Aloisius.
They understand her commands in Lushootseed, and most of the time they comply. The language is part of the routine at home.
"In a world where they will be labeled, often negatively, I hope my children will know who they are," she said. "The words of our language have depth and are empowering. It feels spiritual to speak it and to understand it. It teaches our values, such as respect for one another and the world around us. Sometimes we forget what is important and what life is really all about, but the language connects us with our ancestors."
When Gobin was pregnant with her oldest child, she had the idea that she would raise a first speaker of Lushootseed and not immediately speak English with him.
"The hard part was that I wasn't as fluent back then and I was really the only one around him speaking Lushootseed," Gobin said. "When KC got to preschool, he came home and said, 'My teacher, Miss Virginia, knows how to talk like you, Mom.' I told him, 'It's our language, son.' Then I realized my kids were thinking their mom was a nut case. They thought what I was saying wasn't real. I told KC, 'It's real, son. It's real.' "
At the last class on Tuesday, Gobin thanked her students and presented Tulalip language department T-shirts to all.
"Without you," she said, "I am just that crazy lady talking to myself. You make my job worthwhile, because it's not about me, but about a language that belongs to a whole region of people."
Gobin said she will never stop teaching or speaking Lushootseed.
"I'm a lifer. I will not give up. I will be one of those elders who talks to the kids and continues to tell our stories."
Listen and learn
Learn more about Vi Hilbert and hear her tell stories in Lushootseed and English at www.music.washington.edu/ethno/hilbert/.
Learn more about the Tulalip Tribes' Lushootseed Language Department and its classes, and check out audio and video clips at www.tulaliplushootseed.com.
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Late Free Throws Help Virginia-Lynchburg Stun Men's Basketball 79-72 in Season-Opening Highway 52 Shootout
November 10, 2012
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Despite shooting just 18-of-31 from the free throw line, Virginia University of Lynchburg would drain their final eight attempts over the final 50 seconds to stun Pfeiffer University 79-72 in the second game of the Best Western of Albemarle Highway 52 Shootout inside the Merner Gym. Saturday night marked the 2012-2013 season openers for both teams.
A layup by freshman Joe Ledbetter (Stone Mountain, GA) got the Falcons to within one at 71-70 with just 56 seconds left in regulation. Lakuan McPhaul (Lynchburg, VA) would connect of two of the Dragons eight free throws six seconds later before Egor Shakhmetov (Moscow, RUSSIA) drained two more after a missed three-ball attempt by the Falcons. After a Montez Singleton (Charlotte, NC) layup with 31 seconds left, McPhaul and Dennis Gravely (Martinsville, VA) would hit the final charity stripe shots to ice the Dragons seven-point win.
Earlier in the first half, the Falcons would erase a 12-point deficit with 7:49 before the half to carry a three-point, 35-32 lead into the locker room. Silvere Aluko (Manchester, NH) would make a pair of baskets while triples from Cade Isley (Greensboro, NC) and Josh Humphrey (Matthews, NC) put the hosts their three at the break.
Both teams went back-and-forth early on in the second until an 11-1 run by the Dragons put them up 54-45 with 11:53 to play. Pfeiffer would keep chipping away midway through the period to eventual grab a 61-59 lead on another Humphrey triple. After another go-ahead bucket by the Falcons Tayron Gibson (Dumfries, VA), a three-ball by McPhaul would allow enough breathing room for the Dragons to hit those late free throws and hold on at the end.
Virginia-Lynchburg was led by Gravelys 30 points shooting 11-of-20 from the floor with nine rebounds. McPhaul followed with 20 as Shakhmetov and Tony Talavae (Sydney, AUSTRALIA) each finished with 14 and 10. The Dragons would shoot 42.6% from the floor while blocking eight shots on defense and picking up 14 steals.
Humphrey led the Falcons with 21 points and 13 rebounds while Gibson and Ledbetter each concluded with 10. Pfeiffer would struggle from behind the arc connected on just five triples during the contest.
Pfeiffer will now take on Catawba, who was thumped by Livingstone 75-51 in the first contest, during the consolation game at 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Virginia-Lynchburg and Livingstone will meet in the championship game at 5:00 p.m.


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