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Last week I had the chance to attend the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) annual conference. For those who don't know, National Board Certification is an advanced teaching credential, achieved through successful completion of a voluntary assessment program designed to recognize effective and accomplished teachers who meet the high standards set by the National Board. The program appears to do a good job of recognizing talent (though of course there are a large number of amazing teachers who have not undergone this certification process) - as Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pointed out to the group, while "National Board Certified teachers [NBCTs] are only 3% of the teaching force, you account for fully 20% of the 2011 Teachers of the Year."
But especially given that the conference was a gathering of some of America's best teachers, I was dismayed about some of the frustrations that they expressed.
For example, in the Q & A following Duncan's speech, one NBCT pointed out that her school had been selected for a merit pay program funded by Race to the Top. Aside from the fact that the day before Dan Pink had reviewed research on motivation that suggested the underlying theory of action for such programs is flawed, this particular teacher - and her colleagues, according to her - found the process by which it was adopted quite demoralizing. It seemed to them like outsiders coming in to fix things, without considering the expertise that existed in the school.
Her experience was part of a theme I heard in other sessions: Policymakers often preface comments against teachers with, "We're not talking about the good teachers." The mood at the conference: "You're not talking with us, either." In a session called "Meet the Press" (which included a great panel featuring the Washington Post's Valerie Strauss, EdWeek's Stephen Sawchuk, NPR's Claudio Sanchez and CNN's Sally Holland), the word "infantilized" was used to describe teachers. While not all agreed it was accurate, the fact that it was worthy of discussion is telling of the climate surrounding educators.
In that session and the two others I attended (one on how teachers can find a voice in policymaking, highlighting the work of the Accomplished California Teachers network and one on the education blogosphere, which included a panel of premiere teacher bloggers, including some who have written for our blog in the past – Nancy Flanagan, Anthony Cody, David Cohen and Daniela Robles, with an appearance by Renee Moore), a theme that came up a number of times was fear.
Teachers (and principals) are afraid to talk to the press. They are afraid to talk to policymakers and to take a stand against policies that they think are unfair, because they are afraid of losing their jobs and of other backlash. They are afraid to blog, again fearing retribution from either their district or colleagues. These are some of America's premiere teachers – and this is the climate they describe. It is not a climate that a professional should face.
Yet despite the rhetoric, I felt a great sense of hope. The sessions I attended – which NBPTS was smart enough to include, in addition to the usual sessions at gatherings of teachers on integrating technology and such – were dedicated to teachers finding their voice. And the NBCTs appreciated it: I overheard two attendees talking about how different this was from what they normally heard – and how necessary.
These teachers (and I am assuming others) are mad about the way they are being treated by policymakers and portrayed in the press. In multiple contexts I heard about the need for action – collective action, since there is safety in numbers. The Save Our Schools March, whose organizers included some of these teachers and which was attended by many others, was one way in which they were able to vocalize their discontent. And I am hopeful that it was the beginning of a larger effort by teachers themselves to demand they be included in making the decisions that impact their lives, as professionals should be.
And one of the primary ways that teachers can unify and have a voice, their associations and unions, are being attacked and demonized as well.
Great piece--the idea that teachers need to find their advocacy voice in the fight to save robust public education is increasingly resonant. This is our profession, after all, that's being taken down in the quest to capture the public-good market of education.
One small error--the fourth blogger on the panel was Daniela Robles. She blogs for AZK12, where Kathy Wiebke is director.
Thanks for catching that, Nancy!
For those who missed, I initially listed AZK12 director Kathy Wiebke as a participant in the education blogger panel. As Nancy noted, the blogger from AZK12 who should have been listed (and now is!) is Daniela Robles.
These teachers are providing important data on the culture of fear for school leaders at the district and state levels, as well as policy-makers.
A key principle for designing high performance organizations, including schools, is Edward Deming's that one of the leader's roles is to "drive out fear" in their organizations. The goal is to create a culture where speaking up, telling the truth and encouraging problem-definition and problem solving are powerful keys to improving learning.
Thanks for your powerful comment and response. I'm copying as I want to share it with others.
Let teachers run the schools. Professional knowledge workers need autonomy, self-direction and the opportunity to develop mastery. This idea flies in the face of the central command and control mentaility that dominates state and district governance structures. Great teachers are as much victims of this ridiculous system as students are..both are being wounded.
Teachers need permission to step outside the system and if districts and states really care about the students and the people that have chosen as their calling the responsibilty to "empower each individual with the knowledge and skills to use his or her unique voice, effectively and with integrity, in co-creating our common public world." they would give teachers the freedom to teach and students the freedom to learn.
We need more of this http://www.educationevolving.org/teacherpartnerships
First, as a member of the NBPTS Board of directors, thank you for this thoughtful and highly accurate analysis of the NBPTS Conference. It is always wonderful to gather with our colleagues, but you're right there was a very somber tone to this year's gathering.
Second, I really enjoyed dropping in on my fellow bloggers workshop, but I too noticed the real reticence and fear among teachers about speaking out publicly on what is happening in education or within our own districts and schools. This ought not to be, but is in fact the climate that has been created in too many places. Teachers not being permitted or encouraged to act as competent professionals; then being penalized for it.
There is hope, however, as we continue to press for the influence and voice that we should have as a profession. Always good to see the examples highlighted here at LFA of those who are moving against the tide, but it will be so much better when doing the right thing for our children doesn't have to be done in spite of policy.
Anonymous - Another theme that I heard at the conference involved teacher voice. Who speaks for teachers? In the session featuring ACT (the Accomplished California Teachers), one point that came up was that unions are often demonized by both the press and policymakers. Their group is another way that those outside the education world get the voice of teachers, without getting the politics of the union involved (note that at least some of these teachers are active in their union).
Just as a side observation...While critics would have you believe that unions DON'T speak for teachers, at this event - not in any way (to my knowledge) associated with the union - I was truly surprised at the number of positive references to unions. To me, these teachers (at least the vocal ones) really validated the claim that unions speak for teachers.*
Nancy, absolutely!
John, also absolutely! I think that one of the frustrations in education is that even when a principal is able to create that kind of culture in his/her school, it doesn't necessarily translate to a better climate in the district or community. But if at a higher-level (the federal or state level, perhaps), speaking out was encouraged, and what was said was actually used in policymaking, more teachers and principals might be willing to speak out and it could result in a more systemic culture change.
*Of course, I recognize - and it was acknowledged at the conference - that there is a wide range of opinion in the educator community, and that each teacher doesn't agree with each position taken by his/her union.
Very well written, and speaks about what is affecting most all teachers across the country, the fear of retribution. There is also a fear to speak out at local board meetings for the same reasons, even though policy is being made by people who have never been inside a classroom.
I was at this conference too. My son who is going into education came with me. He called many of the talks a "downer".
During the "meet the press" session, someone asked about how teachers can get the word out about the good things we do. To my disappointment the reporter from NPR replied that teachers who work hard and get results aren't news. They are just doing their jobs. When asked if they feel responsible for the climate of the nation and the teacher bashing they seemed surprised. Although they only choose to cover conflict and bad news they feel no responsibility, the exact words they used were "don't shoot the messenger".
Teachers do need to find their voice. I had to return home and couldn't attend the March in DC on Saturday. I watched the news and saw nothing on the march. The only place I saw or read about it was on facebook and TMZ. We can't get coverage by protesting or by doing a good job. What do we do?
Thanks for a wonderful post. You provide an accurate portrait of the conference, and has left me, like the many other commenters, thinking about next steps with regard to our profession and my work as a teacher.
I appreciate the post and the comments that have followed. I'm sorry I'm a bit late to the conversation (having been "offline" for a week in the interim). While I heard all of the same potentially demoralizing talks and comments in sessions at the NBPTS Conference, I also heard a consistent recognition that we do have the expertise and the commitment to bring about change. I'm hopeful that the pendulum is swinging back already, and that teachers are moving past anger to action.
On the topic of unions speaking for teachers, I'm also hopeful. While they haven't handled the transition in quite the way or at the pace I'd like, I do sense a shift towards unions playing a greater role in advocating for the profession and for student learning. I hope they're recognizing that higher quality work and better results are the ideal ways to build up the profession, keep the associations relevant, and turn around the P.R. to boot. The Priority Schools campaign by NEA is a good example, along with the CTA-sponsored Quality Education Investment Act support for low-performing schools here in California. There's still a ways to go, and I think groups like ours (Accomplished California Teachers) can provide a healthy addition to the policy arena. We won't compete with CTA in terms of scope or influence, but on select issues we can be more focused, more nimble, and inject teacher voice of another sort to push the conversation forward.
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Life has come full circle for longtime football coach David Dowd, now an assistant coach at West Ashley High School.
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Sumter at Stratford
Hilton Head at West Ashley
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Back in 1991, Dowd was hired as the first head football coach at Charleston Southern University and spent the next decade laying the groundwork for the rising program.
Dowd's last season at CSU was 2002, just as the team was starting to take shape in the newly formed Big South Conference. Three years later, Charleston Southern won its only Big South Conference title and last season the Buccaneers set a school record with 10 victories.
Wins were hard to come by during Dowd's tenure; he left with just 34. But far more important to him was the foundation laid by his players. And, the impact he had on his players.
"I think we have about 30 former players coaching just in the Charleston area and maybe 70 or so around the state," said Dowd. "It's a great feeling to see so many young men making a positive impact in their communities.
"Those kids, in those first 10 years or so, they paid the price. They loved football. Some of them could have played at other schools but chose to be a part of something at CSU. Now, they can go back and see how far the program has come."
Since leaving Charleston Southern, Dowd has spent most of the last 11 years coaching on the high school level. He worked for eight years as a teacher and coach at Sumter High School.
This summer, his wife Sarah took a job in the financial aid department at Trident Tech. Dowd, now 60 years old, hoped that he could continue teaching and coaching. As fate would have it, West Ashley head football coach Bobby Marion was looking for a quarterbacks coach.
"You're talking about a guy with 32 years of experience working with quarterbacks, heck yeah I wanted him," Marion said. "He was a huge hire for us. He's been around football all of his life, and his knowledge and experience is something I could not pass up. I was very lucky to get him, and his impact on our program has already been very positive."
Several years ago, Dowd considered getting back into college coaching at Brevard College, but chose to stay involved with high school athletics. He not only enjoys his role as a coach, but also as a teacher in the classroom. Dowd teaches a leadership class to freshmen at West Ashley.
"It didn't take me long to realize that I could make more of an impact as a high school coach," Dowd said. "I feel like I can really impact them and help them grow at a time where I can really make a difference. We lose so many kids from middle school to high school, and the freshman year is so important for these kids. A lot of them make decisions on which fork in the road they are going to take in life. I can help in that area.
"High school coaches don't get enough credit for the work they do. There are a lot of successful people in communities all over this state that will tell you the foundation for their future successes came from playing high school athletics. Their coaches were instrumental in shaping them and I want to be a part of that."
In recent years, Dowd has had knee and hip replacements as well as back surgery. He cannot run around the practice fields at the same speed he once could. But body pain has never dampened his love and desire to coach.
Dowd takes a measure of personal satisfaction in seeing the football program at Charleston Southern do well. He plans to be in attendance on Saturday when the Bucs host Newberry College under the lights. Newberry's head coach, Todd Knight, was the defensive coordinator at CSU under Dowd for the last few seasons of his tenure.
Speaking of lights, Dowd admits he never thought night games on campus would be a reality, but he is happy the school made the decision.
"Oh gosh, it gets so hot in that stadium," Dowd said, laughing. "I remember our first home game ever, back in 1991. We were playing Mars Hill and the heat index was 108.
"Mars Hill players were dropping like flies and I think three trainers passed out from running on the field so often to help the players. Lights are going to make it a much more comfortable setting for the players and the fans."
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^^ That's the point, they have seemingly sacrificed intricacy and sophisticated choreography just to do an axel that they rarely hit? And the guys are getting up there in age..hmmm....
^^ That's the point, they have seemingly sacrificed intricacy and sophisticated choreography just to do an axel that they rarely hit? And the guys are getting up there in age..hmmm....
I am surprised to see P/T in the lead, for me their Lady Caliph does not compare favourably to B/S, still they deserved to be in the lead they were the best. I was disappointed with S/S, I don't see this programme challenging V/T in Sochi or anywhere else, I found the programme to be slow. I was pleasantly surprised with P/Z, much better than I expected, she has improved a lot in the last number of months.
I couldn't understand M/R low mark but when I watched it I see they messed up the combination spin. I think they were undermarked in PCS, they were ranked 7 of the 8th couples, a bit harsh I think.
PAIRS SHORT PROGRAM - RESULT & VIDEOS (Updated)
1. Qing PANG / Jian TONG (CHN) - 70.38 Short Program, 2nd Copy
2. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY (GER) - 69.07 Short Program, 2nd Copy
3. Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG (CHN) - 64.24 Short Program, 2nd Copy
4. Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM (USA) - 57.99 Short Program
5. Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG (CHN) - 57.16 Short Program
6. Anastasia MARTIUSHEVA / Alexei ROGONOV (RUS) - 53.02 Short Program
7. Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT (FRA) - 51.82
8. Felicia ZHANG / Nathan BARTHOLOMAY (USA) - 50.33
Is it just me or has time been quite kind to Pang/Tong. He doesn't look nearly as scary anymore to me and she doesn't look so emaciated. It could just be that I have gotten used to their look, but I think age has helped them.
I love P/T's SP, very nicely done and skated. Like the dress too. She looks stunning.
S/S is about their average right now. The 3A th setup was really long and distracting, why don't they put it earlier so that they can do it better? There is no bonus for doing it late any way.
P/Z make big progress comparing with last year but I hate their costumes, so bizarre looking and color combination.
Thank you Mao88 again!
S/S are not going to be happy with a silver and doing a flip is just that - aiming at silver. They're going for gold. Even if their chances are 1%, they're still gonna try. They are fighters and silver is just a pretty package for defeat for them. I guess they would rather fall to bronze or even off the podium while trying to win the gold than simply give up the hopes of gold even before stepping on the ice.
I for one respect that. I would love for other teams to be so competitive and ambitious. And if they're seriously thinking of landing those axels in Sochi, they have to try them every chance they get. Even if it means losing some GP events before it clicks.
I still believe it will click and they will hit it.
Also, I wouldn't judge by what the jump looked like here. She just had a massive fall on that a couple days ago. She's probably still bruised, mentally too.
Wow, first time seeing the new Chinese pair W/W, surprisingly good! I can't see why the American pair S/K ahead of them. S/K 's SP feels longer than a LP to me.
S/S has a beautiful piece of music, but the choreograph needs to be more dramatic & emotional. He should really change his "bootleg" pants.


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ODI debut: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 10, 2001
T20 debut: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
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I'm a math professor by trade, and (unsurprisingly) my designs are informed by mathematical concepts. I co-edited the books Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten Projects and Crafting by Concepts: Fiber Arts and Mathematics with my colleague and friend Carolyn Yackel. You can find out more than you ever wanted to know about me and my way-too-many interests (including my ex-cat, socially responsible investing, dance, feminist philosophy of science,...) at my website.Read More » View all patterns by designer (19) »
This cowl is actually a mathematical object, and both addictive and quick to knit. (The test knitters said so!). It is a particular generalization of a Mobius band, made by extruding a Y to a sort of three-finned thing, then rotating one end by 1/3 and gluing it to the other end. The schematic at left, fourth image, gives a hint of this shape. (Mathematical details are given in an optional section of the pattern.) There is no other cowl, or for that matter, no other knitted anything, that is like this cowl!
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My favorite thing in theater is a brand-new show. There's something exciting about being a part of the first few who get to witness new material. "Lesser Ahi," created by Derek Nakagawa and Francis Tau'a, is the brainchild of director David Johnson. He had seen ProArts' "Greater Tuna" last year, came up with the title and asked Nakagawa and Tau'a to write the tale with a local flavor. "Tuna" and "Ahi" both take place in a small community where two actors play all the characters, but that is where the similarities end. I sat down last week with Johnston, "the cast" and crew of "Ahi," who shared their process with me.
"While looking for a format my brother's wedding came up. We used that for the setting and to create the characters," said Nakagawa.
I asked if his family was aware of this.
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Folks in "Lesser Ahi" bear a strong family resemblance since they're all played by Derek Nakagawa and Francis Tau'a
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Amelia Nelson (Captain Hook), Erika Jernaill (Smee), LeiHina Gibson (Michael), Kelsey Greenway (Peter Pan), Adam Bartlett (John), Hanna Claerbout (Wendy), Camille Erdman (Tinkerbell) and Tatiana Camit (Tiger Lily) star in the Alexander Academy's "Peter Pan."
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"Surprise!" offered Nakagawa.
"It's written as an island spoof," said stage manager Tina Kailiponi. "We know these people. They're based on people we witness in our lives. Uncle Chin (a character from the show) is a custodian I saw at an elementary school. Last night we saw the entire family walking in the mall."
The fictional "Ahi" centers around a pair of fraternal twin brothers and the events leading up to a wedding. Brothers Andrew and Anden have not spoken in years; the family has been advised not to meddle because it is between the bothers. The conflict is that the entire family is secretly meddling.
I asked if they had a favorite character from the family. Tau'a jumped in: "Tutu, she's the mouthpiece of reason. She doesn't mince words."
"She's too old to waste time, " added Nakagawa. Tau'a and Nakagawa wrote the piece independently but when the scenes were put together they fit perfectly. "You couldn't tell who wrote what, " said Kailiponi.
I asked Johnston about the process of constructing a show from scratch.
"It's been a blast. They (Nakagawa and Tau'a) play off each other so well and it's so well written. The fun thing is we can add to it and change things because it is an original show. When I direct comedy, I seldom laugh during rehearsal, but with this one I can't stop!"
"It's exhausting," added Tau'a. "I'm exhausted every night but it's from laughing." "They (the characters) are fun to watch every night, I forget it's Francis. I really think it's Tutu there, almost like puppetry. There are so many levels to these characters. It's a rich stew, and even if the audience doesn't like it we've had so much fun being with them. "
* The world premiere of "Lesser Ahi," created by Francis Tau'a and Derek Nakagawa, directed by David C. Johnston, happens Friday, April 20. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through May 5 at Steppingstone Playhouse in Queen Ka'ahumanu Center. Tickets are $16 adults, $14 seniors and $12 students. For reservations or more information, call 244-8760 or visit mauiacademy.org.
"Once Upon A Time" opens the ProArts production of "Cinderella," transporting last weekend's crowd of gleeful children via their glowing magic wands to fairy tale land. I'm not much of a "happily ever after" person. A season of my favorite plays would probably drive most regional theater companies into bankruptcy. I do, however, love watching children watch "happily ever after" and that's exactly what's happening at "Cinderella."
Casey Murphy is perfectly cast in the title role and she delights as always. A keiki mob surrounded her following the show as moms and dads took phone photos. Sarah Loney as the Fairy Godmother is also a kid favorite as she instructs them when to wave their magic wands. The dozens of glowing wands waving passionately are the real magical moments in "Cinderella."
Vinnie Linares reprises his role of Percival the Page extremely well and his energy keeps the production on track in between songs and special effects. Linares also gets some of the best punch lines, my favorite being his reference to the Baroness (Rose Roselinsky), Gauntine (Dale Button) and Pudgina (Kristi Scott) as "a bevy of beasties."
Jonathan Lehman's fractured fairy tales have quickly become a Maui children's theater tradition, serving an important need at an affordable price. Perhaps 10 or 20 years from now, future theater lovers can say they got started with "happily ever after" at the ProArts Playhouse, even if they grow up to be slightly cynical "Long Days Journey Into Night" people.
* "Cinderella" continues at the ProArts Playhouse through April 22. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 4 p.m. matinees Saturdays, and matinees at 1 and 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $15 for reserved seating or $10 for the keiki floor seating. For reservations or more information, call 463-6550 or visit proartspacific.com.
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The Alexander Academy of Performing Arts presents "Peter Pan: A Dance Production," choreographed by Hallie Hunt-Armato, Amelia Nelson, Danelle Watson and Ashiya Corder. A cast of 160 dancers from beginners to advanced and ranging from age 3 to adult takes the stage this weekend in Lahaina. Kelsey Greenway plays the title role with Camille Erdman as Tinkerbell and Amelia Nelson as Captain Hook.
* Performances are 6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Maui Theatre in Lahaina. Tickets are $30 and $25 for adults and $15 and $10 children. For reservations or more information call 878-8970 or visit alexan deracademy.vpweb.com.
Don't miss George Lopez's April 20 appearance in Castle Theater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Lopez is one of the most popular comics in America with a career that encompasses television, films and stand-up comedy. His last Maui stand-up performance was a huge, sold-out success inspiring this return engagement featuring all new material. The performance is intended for adults and contains mature content.
* Tickets are $43.50 and $58.50, plus applicable fees. To purchase tickets visit the MACC box office, call 242-7469 or order online at mauiarts.org.
Maui OnStage presents "On Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson at the Historic Iao Theater April 20 through May 6. The Tony- and Oscar-winning story is the heartwarming tale of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who spend each summer at their lakeshore home on Golden Pond.
* Performances are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $40, $22, and $15. Dinner packages are available with Caf O'Lei and Bistro Casanova. For reservations or more information, call 242-6969 or visit mauionstage.com.
Seabury Hall Performing Arts presents its 23rd annual recital, "Dance Showcase 2012," in the Performing Arts Studio the weekends of April 20 and 27. This year's showcase includes "Velvet Voices: The American Song Book" with pieces from every level of the dance and ballet classes. Dance teachers David Ward, Andre Morissette and Vanessa Cerrito have choreographed to music that will feature the lush voices of Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, The Manhattan Transfer, Ella Fitzgerald and Etta James.
* Performances are at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays with a 3 p.m. Sunday matinee April 29. Tickets are $11 adults, $9 senior citizens and $5 for students. For more information and reservations, call 573-1257.
The Performing Arts Learning Center and Baldwin High School Thespian Troupe present "Play On!" by Rick Abbott, directed by Linda Carnevale, April 20 through 29. This special production is open to only the Baldwin students honored with being Thespians.
"Play On!" is the story of a theater group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of Murphy's Law. Actors, technicians, and the director are all caught up in this madcap comedy.
* Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays; 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday April 28; and 5 p.m. Sundays at the Baldwin High School Loudon Mini-Theatre. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors and $7 age 17 and younger.
The box office opens one hour before showtime. The Thespians Troupe will be hosting a Gala Fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. April 28 prior to that evening's performance that includes pre-show entertainment, desserts and beverages. Gala ticket prices are $17 adults, $15 seniors, $13 students ages 11 to 17, and $10 children age 10 and younger. All Proceeds will go toward this year's Thespian Troupe scholarships and next year's student New York trip.


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Ottolenghi: The Cookbook is actually Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi's first cookbook, originally published in England in 2008. It's the last to be published in the United States, after the insane popularity of 2011's Plenty and 2012's Jerusalem. I've no idea why the reverse order of the books's appearances, only that they've captured the American imagination on a startling scale.
For those struggling to obtain American healthcare, or absorbed by the former Hannah Montana's poor performance choices, meet Ottolenghi and his business partner, Tamimi. The men have much in common: both are professional chefs, born in Jerusalem, now living in London. Both are homosexual (they bring this up as partial reason for leaving the Middle East for England, where they met). But Ottolenghi is Jewish, born of an Italian father and German/Israeli mother. Tamimi is Palestinian.


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by Sherwood Ross
Unless President Obama breathes life into a massive New Deal-type jobs and reconstruction effort, now, and not in some vague Tomorrow, his chances for re-election, will shrivel. (Not that I care: I plan to vote Green.) That's because this presidential campaign early on gives every appearance of one that will be fought out largely on domestic issues as the candidates appeal to voter self-interest. In all the Republican debates and Democratic oratory until now, it's been rare to catch a word about USA's engulfing the Middle East and Africa in wars to steal their energy resources.
Thus, the campaign talk is all-about rebuilding American infrastructure—not about restoring Iraq's infrastructure that we destroyed in an illegal war. The talk is about finding jobs for long-term unemployed Americans—-not about the Depression-level unemployment we created in Iraq. Americans seem indifferent to the fate of those we are destroying overseas with our brilliant killing machines. And maybe that's not surprising as the six wars we are waging get so little media play. We think we can commit crimes against humanity and walk away from them—and so we do.
Last night's commentators on MSNBC television waxed eloquent about Mr. Obama's "tough talk" on creating jobs. It is as though they forgot this is the same man who talked like a liberal during his initial run for the White House but largely acted like any reactionary once elected. His pledge to get out of Iraq is visibly undercut by U.S. construction of a gigantic embassy-fortress in Baghdad. The U.S. has subjugated Iraq and intends to rule it until the last drop of oil has been squeezed from its soil.
It must be remembered that President Obama is a creature of the Central Intelligence Agency, the foremost international criminal organization in the world today; that his college loans were paid for by the CIA and that he got his first job after college from the CIA. And the CIA has long aligned itself closely with grasping oil firms out solely to plunder and profit—and who are reaping sensational war-time profits at this hour—the world's motorists and homeowners be damned. It needs to be understood those 900 bases the Pentagon has built are not for defense, but for offense, to control every region of the planet, as the latest deals with Colombia and Australia reveal.
So Mr. Obama is hardly a president deserving of re-election. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is right when he urges Democrats to challenge Obama in the upcoming primaries. Since Obama's foreign policy is identical to that of his Republican critics and his domestic policies have flopped, there is no better time to consider Green Party or libertarian alternatives.
Under Mr. Obama's tyrranical stewardship, the U.S. empire is expanding abroad as its policies are pauperizing Americans at home. Only yesterday, the New York Times reported more than one in three young families with children, 37 percent, are living in poverty. True unemployment is closer to 20 percent than 10 percent and there are four or five job-seekers for each available opening while more than 40 million people are living in poverty and like numbers are living on food stamps and nearly 100 million have housing problems. With a Congress made up primarily of the well-to-do, if not the millionaire class, and who are willing handmaidens of the corporate elite, USA is no longer a government of, by and for the people. The people wrote in 100 to one against a bailout and Congress ignored them.
In his Inaugural Address of 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt said, "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed," a condition that seems likely to repeat itself. "I see millions denied education, recreation, and the opportunity to better their lot and the lot of their children," FDR added, and those words resonate again as school teachers are laid off by the tens of thousands, as libraries are shut down for lack of funds, as State and municipal services are abandoned in favor of feeding the Pentagon's military machine. And so ends the American dream—not with a whimper but with a bang.
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Speaking strickly as a Native American, a prisoner of war of the USA I see the USA is finally beginning to 'receive' everything they have worked for at least since 1836—and the more they worship mediocrity the more medicore they become. The fact that when the USA finally turns upon itself, the other criminal nations—most assuredly Israel, will finally receive their just rewards—the memory of history's negative examples.
But then, in my tribe we have a proverb:"If ya know what NOT to do, ya got half of it down–so learn from it"
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"No question, we would've lost that game last year," Roy Williams says to WDFN-AM Detroit. "Once it got 21-20, we probably would've lost that game, 36-20."
This year, though, Williams - the Lions' resident fantasy league guru - is so confident in the Lions' ability, says he would never start anyone playing against Detroit that particular week.
"Oh, you obviously bench'em. If I would've hade the Raiders' defense, they definitely would've been on the bench, for me. Anytime we play someone, I think they should go on the bench.
As far as Calvin Johnson - or "Megatron," as Williams calls him - is concerned, "He'll be part of that 100-touchdown club one of these days."


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This Policy is intended to insure a safe environment for children and vulnerable adults at Saint Vincent Seminary and to promote the moral values, teachings and attitudes of the Catholic Church among all who live, work and study in this Community.
This Policy is adopted to affirm the obligation of all clergy, administrators, faculty, staff, employees, volunteers and seminary students of Saint Vincent Seminary to assist in identifying and preventing suspected child abuse, sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation of children and vulnerable adults; and to establish the procedures for reporting such improper behavior in compliance with the Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law (Pa. C.S. ss 6301, May 8, 2009).
It is also the purpose of this Policy to institute guidelines to be complied with when an allegation/report is made against any member of the Saint Vincent Seminary Community who has allegedly engaged in improper sexual misconduct or abuse involving a child or a vulnerable adult.
Seminarians enrolled in Saint Vincent Seminary are subject to the policies and procedures of the program outlined in this document during the academic year and while participating in programs and assignments required and supervised at and away from Saint Vincent Seminary. The implementation and enforcement of this Policy in regard to Seminary Students is the responsibility of the Saint Vincent Seminary Rector, who will work in collaboration with the Director of the Office of Human Resources of Saint Vincent College, the Office of Legal Counsel, and the Office of the Delegate for Child Protection. Seminary students who are members of the Benedictine Order of Saint Vincent Archabbey are also subject to the procedures and guidelines set forth in the Saint Vincent Archabbey Policy: "Creating a Safe Environment for the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults."
|It is the policy of Saint Vincent Seminary that sexual misconduct, sexual abuse or exploitation of any type involving a child or a vulnerable adult by any member of the Saint Vincent Seminary Community shall not be tolerated under any circumstances. The Seminary will respond promptly to all allegations/reports of abuse, will reach out to offer spiritual comfort and pastoral care to victims and their families, will cooperate fully with the appropriate civil authorities, will educate the Seminary community, and will ensure the accountability of the guidelines and procedures established and set forth in this policy to address all allegations of abuse.
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Seminary Community: All clergy, administrators, faculty, staff, employees, volunteers and seminary students (seminarians) living or working at Saint Vincent Seminary.
Seminary Student (Seminarian): All students, priesthood candidates, candidates for the permanent diaconate and lay persons enrolled in a course of study from pre-theology through fourth theology or the ecclesial ministry program or courses of continuing education at Saint Vincent Seminary.
Minor Child: Anyone under the age of eighteen (18).
Vulnerable Adult: Any person, over the age of eighteen (18), who, by reason of some mental infirmity, has such diminished reasoning or cognitive capabilities that they may be considered the equivalent of a minor child.
Allegation: A first person accusation of sexual misconduct, sexual abuse or exploitation of a minor brought against any Member of the Seminary Community which is reported to the Saint Vincent Seminary through any form of communication, including any that are anonymous.
Report: A third party accusation.
Sexual Abuse or Exploitation: (Legal Definition, Pa. C.S.ss 6303) The employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement or coercion of any child to engage in or assist any other person to engage in any sexually explicit conduct, or any simulation of any sexually explicit conduct, for the purpose of producing any visual depiction, including photographing, videotaping, computer depicting or filming, of any sexually explicit conduct or the rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, molestation, incest, indecent exposure, prostitution, statutory sexual assault, or other forms of sexual exploitation of children.
Child abuse: (Legal Definition, Pa. C.S. ss 6303) The term "Child Abuse" shall mean any of the following:
Child Pornography: Any written, printed, electronic, photographic or other depiction or description of a minor in a sexually explicit context or any material of any kind that is produced, created or displayed for the purpose of sexual gratification of adults through the exploitation of minors.
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The following listed standards and guidelines are provided to assist Saint Vincent Seminary students in making decisions involving interactions with children and/or vulnerable adults:
Prohibited Behaviors:
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Criminal Background Checks and Safe Environment Training:
In compliance with the admission requirements, all seminary students are required to obtain and submit a current criminal history background record check, from the state(s) where they have resided, for the previous five years to their application. (FBI fingerprint record check is acceptable) A Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance is required for all seminary students. Safe Environment Training and Child Abuse Awareness Training (Virtus) are offered and attendance is required for all pre-theology or first year seminary students, unless they have previously attended Virtus training. The Seminary Academic Dean and or Vice Rector may waive this training requirement upon receipt of a VIRTUS training certificate from the requesting student. Documentation relating to the criminal history background record checks and Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearances along with attendance records for child abuse awareness training will be maintained in the seminary student's academic file.
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Allegations/reports of sexual misconduct or abuse may come from a variety of sources, including alleged victims or their family members, diocesan officials, members of the community, a colleague in the work or school community, or from an alleged perpetrator. In a specific case where a seminary student of Saint Vincent Seminary is accused of child abuse, sexual abuse or exploitation or any form of abusive behavior toward a minor child or a vulnerable adult, the Rector will exercise the following responsibilities:
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|Saint Vincent Seminary Community: Duty to Report
Members of the Saint Vincent Seminary Community:
The Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) in Pennsylvania specifically grants legal immunity to any individual who, in good faith, makes a report of suspected child abuse. ("Good faith" means that the individual acted in an honest belief that an act of child abuse occurred or is ongoing. An individual can act in good faith even though it ultimately turns out they were wrong in their belief). CPSL also specifies potential criminal penalties for those persons who fail to promptly and properly report instances of child abuse.
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The appropriate spiritual guidance and pastoral response for any victim of sexual abuse by a Member of the Saint Vincent Seminary Community will be coordinated by the Rector or his designee. The intention of the pastoral response is to provide appropriate spiritual and psychological help to anyone affected by the alleged misconduct.
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As previously outlined in this Policy, all allegations/reports of sexual misconduct or abuse committed by a Saint Vincent Seminary Community Member shall be reported in a timely manner to the proper civil authorities in the jurisdiction in which the alleged incident occurred. Saint Vincent Seminary will comply with the reporting requirements of Pennsylvania Law (Title 23, Pa.C.S. ss 6301, Child Protective Services Law) and recognizes the right of an individual to report to civil authorities any allegation/report of sexual misconduct unlawful according to State and Federal Law. Saint Vincent Seminary Community Members are advised that in addition to notifying the Rector of Saint Vincent Seminary, neither this Policy nor the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prohibit them from also directly contacting either the Pennsylvania State Police or the Department of Public Welfare to report instances of sexual misconduct or abuse.


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A recent TV news broadcast stated that Phil Mickelson, the professional golfer, might move his residence from California to Texas because of the high taxes.
He is paying 63 percent of his income in taxes. The taxes in Texas are much lower. This has been going on in New Jersey for a long time.
Retired public employees, school teachers and politicians leave New Jersey because of the lower tax rates in states such as Delaware, Maryland, Louisiana and Texas.
I discussed this situation with some of these retirees and their response was usually the same — that New Jersey taxes are too high. This is a situation that they created with their unreasonable wage and benefit demands.
I encourage taxpayers to move from New Jersey to states with a more reasonable tax structure. There are those who may not be in a position to do this because of family ties or other considerations, but they can encourage their children to seek careers outside New Jersey to avoid being trapped in an impossible tax burden.
Vincent N. Grosso


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Greetings readers from a very snowy/slushy Manhattan! As a survivor of this year's Washington "snowpocalypse", the storm that stuck our city today – while not an unmitigated disaster – was not the biggest I've ever experienced, but it was certainly a whopper – and enough to keep most of us wisely at home and in doors. While we are safely ensconced inside during this first full week of Lent, perhaps we can take advantage of the time indoors by contemplating Pope Benedict XVI's message to the world for Lent 2010. The Pope's theme this Lent is "The Justice of God Has Been Manifested Through Faith in Jesus Christ", and his message – very fitting for a blog concerned for things of Earth as well as Heaven – is a fascinating reflection on the requirements of "justice" incumbent upon us a People of God. The Pope's discussion of justice is not a rehash of philosophical requirements of justice that we remember from our college reading of the works of Aristotle, Locke, Hobbes and John Stewart Mill on what we are each "due"; instead the Pope's message on justice calls us to create a "justice" that is more than that which can be guaranteed by law. To live life fully, something more intimate is necessary: the Pope's prescription calls us to exit our illusion of self-sufficiency and to accept our own need: our need for others and God, for forgiveness, friendship and love. It's a timely message for these troubled times, and should be read by everyone. The full text of the Pope's message can be found here, and further resources to help us reflect on and live out God's Justice this Lent can be found at the United State's Bishop's website.
So, while the weather keeps you inside this weekend, why not take a moment and read the Pope's reflections on Justice, and help to prepare yourself for the glorious feast of Easter, when by the mystery of his sacrifice Jesus fulfilled every cry for justice, now and for all time.
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I just finished reading poet / rock 'n' roll icon Patti Smith's memoir, "Just Kids," a reminiscence of her years in New York City in the 1970s. It's a story of being new in town, broke, and trying to scrounge together a life out of music, art and friends. It's a genuinely touching book, about gaining experience and losing friends, but never losing that wide-eyed awe of discovery of that first day in the big city, even after you've made it big.
Biographies are funny, in that they always start out just like anyone else's story, and until that whole become-a-rock-star-overnight part, it's all very relatable. But then they're playing Scrabble with Lou Reed and Andy Warhol, and then it kinda goes out of your range of experience. But that's why we love hearing those stories - to read about the adventures and decadence and reckless abandon that famous people are able to exercise. Us Regular Joes get a vicarious thrill out of reading about the money and fame and big exciting cities. However, the closest most people get to being a rock star is those four-and-a-half minutes onstage at karaoke. But hey, when I'm up there, I'm a god.
In retrospect, they probably don't realize that their lives will someday be held to the scrutiny of rock journalists who pore over every story of drunken nights and wild parties and rubbing shoulders with It People, until even the days spent in a grungy apartment eating Spam are made to seem epic in scope. It seems that when you get famous, your friends, your town, and even your old T-shirts become the stuff of legend. I remember reading a magazine article discussing the bands on T-shirts that Kurt Cobain wore before he got famous - I'm sure he never realized that his holey old clothing would be analyzed to that extent.
Who's to say that the decadence and abandon and hedonism of my misspent youth is any different? Oh, because me and my friends aren't, like, rock legends. But still.
Sure, Youngstown isn't swingin' 60s London, or 70s New York City, 80s L.A., or even 90s Seattle. But I had some pretty crazy adventures, and some pretty awesome and talented friends (some of whom are actually kinda famous, in their own right).
I know that the story about taking a bunch of Swedish guys to Taco Bell after their show in Youngstown one night and trying to explain what a burrito is on the roof of a friend's apartment isn't that exciting. Neither is the time we invented Bottle Rocket Frisbee. That party I had in 2006 was hardly a night at Studio 54, and our front-porch concert series thrown by my neighbors and I was hardly Woodstock. But if Iggy Pop or Mick Jagger did the same things, they would make a movie about it (probably starring James Franco).
That stuff might not be as epic as Jim Morrison's taste in pants, but it was pretty epic to me. Our youth was just as significant as any rock star's. And who knows, maybe Youngstown will become the next Seattle, and suddenly rock journalists will descend upon us like locusts, wanting to hear stories about every hole in the wall and every local legend. They'll sit me down in a canvas chair with some bottled water and I'll say "Yeah, the rest of the world never thought that so-and-so would be a star, but we always knew." And I'll spill the litany of our sordid people, places and things in such detail that you'd think it was the Renaissance.
So, former teachers, childhood friends, lovable bartenders, neighbors and exes, get prepared; you never know when VH1's "Behind the Music" is going to call you up to ask about my old T-shirts.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Realistically, the Springfield Falcons weren't going to go undefeated for the entire AHL season.
After winning a franchise-record five consecutive games to begin a season, the Falcons finally lost – 4-3 in a shootout Friday night to the Providence Bruins.
Providence's Ryan Spooner scored in the first round but Springfield tied it in the fourth on a goal by Jonathon Marchessault. When neither team scored in the fifth round, Providence finally won it in the sixth when David Warsofsky slid a backhander under Jeremy Smith's pads.
Just like when Springfield and Providence last clashed on October 18, the Bruins out-shot the Falcons in the first period, this time by an 11-8 margin.
But unlike last week's game that period ended with a zero under each team's name on the scoreboard as opposed a 2-0 lead for the Falcons.
Providence caught the game's first break when Springfield's Andrew Joudrey was whistled off the ice for hooking a mere 15 seconds after the opening faceoff. But the Falcons penalty kill held the P-Bruins to one shot on goal.
The Falcons went on the power play at 8:21 when Carter Camper was called for slashing. But the Falcons came up empty as they managed only two shots on goal.
Providence came within inches of scoring maybe a second before the period ended when, while on another power play, Craig Cunningham snapped off a wrist shot from the bottom of the left circle only to be robbed by Smith (32 saves).
Smith wasn't as fortunate early in the second period after the Falcons killed off that aforementioned power play.
Zach Trotman unloaded a slap shot from just inside the blue line and Nick Johnson deflected the puck past a screened Smith at 4:29.
Springfield's Sean Collins picked a fortuitous time to score his first goal of the season, at 8:10, when he buried the rebound of his own shot on a play that was started by Jake Hansen. But it took about three minutes before the goal became official because referee Jamie Koharski skated to the replay booth before indicating the goal counted.
The Falcons, who began the game ranked 21st on the power play, scored a rare goal with a man advantage at 10:23 when Frederic St. Denis blasted a slap shot from the top of the left circle past Niklas Svedberg (36 saves).
While the Falcons "won" the second period both on the scoreboard and in the shots column (19-8) they did incur one "loss."
That came at 16:30 when Providence's Bobby Robins and Springfield's Jean-Francois Jacques dropped the gloves and Robins scored a knockout by twice pummeling Jacques to the ice.
The Falcons protected their 2-1 lead until late in the third period when the P-Bruins tied it at 15:56.
Robins passed to Justin Florek who skated in front of the net and slid the puck under Smith.
Collins scored what appeared to be the game-winner at 17:34 when he slid the puck between Svedberg's pads. But that 3-2 lead lasted only until 18:27 when Johnson also scored his second goal of the game.


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Todd was amazing tonight against Edmonton. That second goal was an unbelievable move and shot.
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Re-sign him for next year please. Guy nets us probably an extra 5-10 points a year with his shootout moves.
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"I think Bert really likes it here," general manager Ken Holland said. "We traded for him in '07, signed him again in '09. He's become a big part of our team. He's really bought into our system. All the time he's been in Detroit, there's been nothing but positives about him."
The Wings are a team that keeps seeing potential in players deemed damaged by other clubs -- players like Bertuzzi -- and then sees them thrive in Detroit.
Fearsome forward Todd Bertuzzi revives career as defense-minded Red Wing. Ken Holland, general manager of the Red Wings, remembers scouting Todd Bertuzzi as a teenager and thinking he wasn't right for them.
Consequently, the Wings passed on Bertuzzi in the 1993 NHL entry draft, watching him go to the New York Islanders one pick after they'd selected someone else. So it goes.
Two decades after missing the chance to have him start his career in Detroit, the Wings are pleased to have Bertuzzi finish his career here. Talks to extend his contract past this year already are under way, and given how both sides feel about one another, it's only a matter of time before a deal is announced.
The Wings have spun several success stories over the past few years, gambling on guys rejected by other teams, like Danny Cleary and Drew Miller. None bigger, though, than Bertuzzi, who went from revered to reviled last decade and didn't emerge as relevant again until he found a home in Detroit.
Once the NHL's premier power forward, Bertuzzi is now a guy who talks defense first. "I've actually caught myself a few times talking about winning 1-0," he said, "and making sure we take care of our own zone, which is a complete 180 from my usual pregame chatter."
Bertuzzi has backed that up with a plus-22 rating after 52 games, the best of his career, and a mark that isn't inflated by massive offensive production, as his ratings were in the early 2000s.
"The way he plays today, that wasn't there even five years ago," Cleary said. "I think he's realized that in order to play on this team in an important role, you've got to be good at both ends. I think he loves it, actually. I think he loves the fact that he can be counted on defensively and still produce offensively in key situations. A lot of people say the true test of a player is, you know, what situations can he play in the game? Right now, he can play them all."
Bertuzzi, 37, began this season relegated to the third line next to Darren Helm and Justin Abdelkader. Bertuzzi was told to be physical and not expect any power-play time. Weeks passed. The Wings weren't doing well, weren't scoring much. Bertuzzi missed six games because of an infection, and when he was able to return, coach Mike Babcock put him with Pavel Datsyuk and Johan Franzen.
The three gelled instantly, with Franzen and Datsyuk benefitting from opponents having a third guy to cover offensively and cower from defensively.
"Bert's got a big body and goes on the forecheck and gets the puck, and if you're a D-man for the other team, and you get hit by him, I don't think you want to go in there first," Franzen said. "That makes a huge difference for the line, when he comes up with the puck all the time. And he's got the skill set -- he's probably the guy on this team that has scored the most goals in a season."
Bertuzzi has a dozen goals among 29 points, and another four goals, which don't count as personal stats, in shoot-outs, where he has emerged as the team's clutch closer at 66.7%. He often approaches goaltenders at so leisurely a pace in shoot-outs it's like he has slowed time, then suddenly there is his 6-foot-3, 200-plus-pound body deking or spinning around, and the puck is in.
"He's shifty, that's for sure," Franzen said. "Goalies are used to players coming down at a certain speed, so that gets their timing off. It's fun to watch."
The front office and the coaching staff take their satisfaction from watching Bertuzzi play in his own zone. "Bert's become a real good two-way player," Holland said. "He's not putting up points like his heyday in Vancouver, but you know what, what he does now, it wins games."
It's ironic: When Holland was a scout with the Wings in the early 1990s, Bertuzzi was a point-a-game player in juniors, yet the Wings selected defenseman Anders Eriksson with the 22nd pick in '93.
Bertuzzi went from New York to Vancouver, where he became the game's most fearsome forward. He had 85 points in 2001-02, 97 in '02-03. In January 2004, fans voted him to the starting lineup of the All-Star Game.
A month later came the Steve Moore Incident: Bertuzzi punched the Colorado forward in retaliation for a check to the head of Bertuzzi's linemate, Markus Naslund. Moore suffered career-ending injuries. Bertuzzi was suspended by the NHL, and he plead guilty to an assault charge leveled by the British Columbia Ministry of the Attorney General. He still faces a civil lawsuit scheduled to be heard this autumn, which prevents Bertuzzi from discussing the incident.
Bertuzzi returned to play a full season for the Canucks in '05-06, then was traded in the off-season to Florida. In the fall of '06, he was diagnosed with a herniated disk and underwent back surgery. Neither the baggage from the Moore incident nor the bad back deterred the Wings from believing he could help them, and they traded for him at the deadline in '07.
"What happened in Vancouver had no impact on my decision, no bearing," Holland said. "I don't believe that represents the player he ever was. He's a guy that plays the game hard, he plays the game within the rules. I think that incident was out of character."
The Wings wanted to keep Bertuzzi, but Anaheim offered nearly double the money. Two years later, Bertuzzi was a free agent again, and he signed with the Wings for one season. This time, he was able to get ingrained into the system.
"I remember his first training camp with us. Babs was on him a lot about playing the way we play," defenseman Brad Stuart said. "He's really bought into playing here. I didn't know him before he got here. All I knew was kind of what you read in the media and all that, but Bert is a great guy. He's portrayed a little different, but everybody in here likes him. He's done a great job finding his role."
In the summer of 2010, Bertuzzi re-signed for two years, having no desire to play elsewhere or uproot his family. Both of his children play forward for local hockey programs.
"It's kind of like home here," Bertuzzi said. "My kids are established at school here. My son plays for Little Caesars. My daughter plays for Belle Tire. They're my focus. I'm just fortunate that I get to play in an unbelievable situation, too, being here in Detroit. Even when practices are tough, you have fun doing it, and you like to show up and play.
"My whole thing is just trying to win the Stanley Cup. The points aren't always going to be there. But as long as you can still contribute in some ways -- whether it's creating space or being big in front of the net -- and the team is being successful, that means you're doing something right."
There's also the fighting. When Bertuzzi traded punches with Rostislav Klesla during the opening game of Detroit's first playoff round against Phoenix in April, fans at Joe Louis Arena erupted into "Todd Ber-tuzzi" chants. Bertuzzi, used to being booed in many arenas after the Moore incident, noted afterward how nice it was to hear his name chanted "not in a bad way."
Helm, who sat next to Bertuzzi last season in the locker room and dressed like him for the team's Halloween party, smiled when he heard it. "I loved the chant. It was great. It got me laughing pretty good. Me and Bert are good friends. We go for dinner, grab lunch if we have a day off. We like our guacamole and chips."
Come Thursday, the first 7,500 fans who arrive at the Joe to watch the Wings play the Canucks get a Bertuzzi bobblehead. Helm couldn't wait that long, getting three a week early.
"I put in an early order," he said, smiling. "No way I was missing out on a Todd Bertuzzi bobblehead. I know they usually do the head a little bit bigger on these things, but for him, with his big head, there's probably extra support. Instead of that little spring they usually put in there, there's probably a couple."
The bobblehead idea came about last summer, when the Wings held fan polls to determine which three players would join club selections Nicklas Lidstrom, Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg in polymer immortality. Cleary went viral with a video wherein he cautioned, "Don't vote for Bertuzzi. His head's way too big, won't even fit on a bobblehead," and went on to claim the second fan selection. Bertuzzi amassed nearly 500,000 votes in the third poll, delighting Cleary, who describes Bertuzzi as hilarious and misunderstood.
"He comes across like he has a rough exterior," Cleary said. "But he doesn't. He's a big teddy bear. That's what he is.
"Me and Bert are really good friends. We sit on the plane together and talk. Listen, this guy is a fantastic guy. He's caring. He's certainly not the person he's been portrayed in the media in years past. You couldn't find one guy in here to say a bad thing about him on this team, that's for sure."
Bertuzzi came to Detroit five years ago, his career stalled. To the Wings, he has become one of their best scrap-heap-to-success stories.
"You heard things about him when he was with other teams," Holland said, "but since we've had him here, he's come in and he's done what the coach has asked him. He's taken some of the kids under his wing. He's come to the rink and been positive. He's taken a real leadership role with our team, on and off the ice. He's embraced everything we're about."
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Bert has earned another 1 year deal.
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JACKSON, MI – A $130,000 project renovating Austin Blair Memorial Park in Jackson could start soon and be complete "before the snow flies," according to city officials.
Jackson City Councilman Andrew Frounfelker, 5th Ward, is spearheading the project, which will take the park located at 600 S. Jackson St. and include landscaping, sidewalks, parking, fencing, picnic tables a playground and more.
Frounfelker held a neighborhood meeting Tuesday to talk about the plan.
"We need to spruce up a lot of areas in the city, but this is an entranceway into the community," the councilman said. "It's an area prime for renovation."
Jackson City Manager Patrick Burtch said $100,000 for the project will be federal Community Development Block Grant funds. The additional $30,000 will come from city coffers, with the majority coming from the city's public improvement fund.
"It's important that we light this area up and create a congregation point," Burtch said. "The park is essentially an acre of land with a couple trees."
Jackson Parks and Recreation Director Kelli Hoover said upgrading the park will bring it in line with the park's namesake, Austin Blair.
Blair was Michigan governor during the Civil War from 1861-1865. He was a resident of Jackson and died in 1894.
"The current park is underutilized," Hoover said, adding there are no city-owned parks with playgrounds in Jackson's 5th Ward.
"I'm pretty proud of it already," Jackson resident Nancy James said. James attended the neighborhood meeting Tuesday.
James said she had concerns about traffic surrounding the park, but city officials said traffic counts around Austin Blair Park are in line with other parks within the city.
"Austin Blair Park has about 6,300 vehicles pass it per day," Frounfelker said. "Other parks within the city have about the same amount while some have more than 10,000 vehicles per day, like Ganson Street Park."
Mason Street resident Stacy Harrison said she liked the idea and the plan. She added she hoped that a basketball court or other projects such as the one discussed could be included within her ward.
"I love the idea," she said. "I just want you guys to do more."
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"Some guys, they can look and see, 'OK, he's doing things the right way, he's leading by example," said Packers defensive lineman Mike Daniels. "Other guys, they might need that kick in the tail, they might need that fire."
The Green Bay defense, in need of improvement as they eye another Super Bowl run, has two emerging leaders to lean on. Daniels provides "that fire," a palpable passion on the practice field and in front of cameras. A newly signed teammate provides an icy cool example of professionalism.
"I'm not a big rah-rah guy," said Packers outside linebacker and defensive lineman Julius Peppers. "I'm not going to be loud and vocal; I will be when it's necessary but for the most part I just want to show you how it's done."
A year ago, neither Daniels (coming off an injury-slowed rookie year) nor Peppers (on the Chicago Bears) were looked to as leaders on the Packers defense. As training camp rolls on this year, teammates see both as leaders in a room that already has established veteran presences like cornerback Tramon Williams and linebackers Clay Matthews and AJ Hawk.
"I'm a pretty quiet cat by nature."
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"It's a perfect mixture, I think," said Hawk. "You have a guy like Mike Daniels, you have a guy like Julius [Peppers]. You have 11 guys on the field at the same time, there's a lot of different personalities out there."
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Julius Peppers surprised everyone signing in Green Bay. Only he, his agent and the Packers front office knew of his courtship by the Packers.
"I'm a pretty quiet cat by nature," said Peppers. "I wasn't going to tell anybody."
After 12 NFL seasons and 8 Pro Bowls, Peppers found himself in his third locker room, and felt "a little anxiety" meeting the guys he'd soon call teammates. The transition, he said, has been easy; even as teammates already look to Peppers as a leader even as he finds his way around a new city.
"It's kind of something that you have to be ready to take on when you come in," said Peppers. "My style is to basically do it, show you a good example. When it's necessary, say something, that's just my thing."
Mike McCarthy has lauded Peppers for his willingness to give advice to his teammates, noticing second-year tackle David Bakhtiari picking the brain of the guy he tangled with twice as a rookie. The quiet nature of Peppers is somewhat similar to another veteran free agent addition who helped Green Bay to their last Super Bowl.
"I think at the end of the day in an NFL locker room what you do on the field is what really speaks volumes," said McCarthy. "It's great to have a vocal leader and so forth, but the performance is the key. When you have someone who performs like Charles Woodson performs, that carries immediate respect and credibility, and that's the same thing with Julius."
The Fire Within
Mike Daniels admits that, as a rookie and even early into his second year, he had to bite his tongue at times; which isn't easy for a guy who has always liked to speak his mind.
"That's part of the rite of passage," said Daniels. "You have to earn the right to speak, in my opinion."
"Other guys, they might need that kick in the tail, they might need that fire."
—Mike Daniels, Packers Defensive Lineman
Daniels found his voice about halfway through last season, speaking up and sharing his desire to see a meaner defense in sometimes colorful ways. Daniels says it's his passion shining through. During this year's training camp it's common to hear Daniels' booming voice exhorting his teammates and occasionally jabbing members of the offense.
"I'm a loving person, nice to everybody," said Daniels. "On the field, you can't be like that, you have to be different. It's about giving it your all. Sometimes you have to cross the line, within the rules. I'm just very passionate about football."
Members of the defense see Daniels as a leader, but so does the longest-tenured Packer.
"I think Mike has definitely separated himself as one of the leaders if not the leader of that defense," said Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. "He has the respect of those guys, and he has the respect of the offensive players. This is a big year for him. I think the sky's the limit for him as a player, but maybe more importantly, as a leader."
Like Rodgers, Daniels draws the chip on his shoulder he plays with from doubters in his life. Big and strong now, he vividly remembers a time when people saw him differently.
"I used to get picked on a lot when I was younger," said Daniels "That the reason I started listing weights a lot in high school because I didn't want to get messed with in high school. I figured if I was big, people weren't messing with me."
Daniels only had one scholarship offer to play college football, from his alma mater Iowa.
"I'm not the most talented, I've never been the most talented, and that's just how it is, but I refuse to let anybody outwork me," said Daniels.
"A Lot of Different Characters"
The Packers weren't hurting for leaders, but few teams would turn down neither the veteran presence of a Julius Peppers nor the emerging passion of a Mike Daniels.
"You need [more vocal] guys on the team," said Peppers "You need guys like myself; you need a lot of different characters on the team for this thing to work right."
Neither Daniels nor Peppers is trying to step on toes. Both are happy to lean on established Packers defenders like Matthews, Hawk and Williams, and point to Rodgers as one of the premiere players in the league. Both, however, see their leadership roles as a way to help the Packers defense continue to reach new heights.
"As long as they're all doing things the right way and with the right purpose, I think that's perfect," said Daniels.


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This is not a movie for mothers of young children or for couples with pretty, live-in nannies. It's not for people with a low threshold for silliness, for those who expect a thriller to pack at least one wallop or for those who can suspend disbelief for only so long.
Does that cover everyone? The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, though it positions itself as chilling suspense, is not even mildly scary; it's just offensive. This "natal attraction" centers on Peyton Flanders (De Mornay), a beautiful young woman who poses as a nanny to exact revenge on Claire Bartel (Sciorra), a woman she blames (for reasons too involved to explain here) for the suicide of her husband and for her own resulting miscarriage and hysterectomy. She moves into the lovely, tranquil Seattle home where Claire lives with her husband, Michael, her adolescent daughter, Emma, and new-born son, Joe, and quickly takes over, seemingly a combination of Mary Poppins, Julia Child and Heloise.
In fact she's an Iago in tight skirts who turns young Emma (charmingly played by Madeline Zima) against her mother, tries to seduce Michael (Matt McCoy), tries to frame him for adultery and successfully frames the Bartels' retarded black handyman for child molestation.
And, folks, she is just warming up. Not that audiences will be surprised by a single plot turn; the screenplay signifies its intentions with the subtlety of a blowtorch. Worse, it unleashes every stereotype about black men, gynecologists, the easy susceptibility of long-married men whose wives have just given birth, and female competitiveness.
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, which bears a rather striking resemblance to The Baby Sitter, a 1980 TV movie, does offer one welcome innovation: When a principal character is killed, she stays down for the count, rather than springing back to life like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction and Patrick Bergin in Sleeping with the Enemy. You decide if that's worth seven bucks. (R)
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With High Heels, Spanish bad-boy filmmaker Pedro (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) Almodóvar again reveals his unique gift for making films so twisted and yet so funny that you're almost too busy laughing to be shocked.
This time he's written and directed a scabrously amusing tale of mother love gone wrong. Becky Del Paramo (Paredes), a singing movie star who dresses only in Armani, returns home to Spain after a 15-year absence to discover that her daughter, Rebecca (Abril), a Chanel-clad TV newscaster, has married one of Del Paramo's ex-lovers. Mom and hubby quickly get back to making the earth move, while Rebecca seeks solace with a female impersonator (Miguel Bosé) who specializes in lip-synching Rebecca's mother's hits. When the husband turns up dead, both women are accused of murdering him. Clearly, we are not in Kansas anymore.
Sure, this is melodrama—but carried out at warp speed, and in a wickedly warped way. Almodóvar's films may not be for everyone, but those in step with his camp humor and sophisticated satire will want to sign up for this latest fun-house ride. (R)
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Ivan Sanshin (Hulce), a film projectionist in Russia in 1939, is a happy innocent who considers himself rich beyond measure when he gets a room in a basement apartment. "It's a first-rate basement," he boasts, "warm and dry." This room of his own is a reward for his services to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin (Alexandre Zbruev), for whom Ivan screens movies ranging from footage of new tractors coming off assembly lines to Hollywood westerns.
Stalin is a regular Joe as far as loyal Ivan is concerned. "There's probably no one kinder in the whole world," he says. Based on a true story, this film uses Ivan to show how the willfully naive, quick to obey as long as their meager needs are filled, allow tyrants to rule. It does so with much charm and humor, affecting performances by Hulce and by Davidovich as his wife, and with an emotional wallop at the end. For Ivan, in loving Stalin, loses the love of his wife, who, unlike her husband, can see the duplicity and brutality of Stalin and his inner circle.
Shot on location within the Kremlin by Russian émigré director Andrei (Tango & Cash) Konchalovsky, The Inner Circle is a moving lesson in not-so-distant Soviet history. (PG-13)
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Seems fair to me. At best it was a reckless play. He was in no position to really be able to grab the puck.
To me it looked like he was initially reaching for the puck, but then took the opportunity to give Hossa a shot. It's hard to tell for sure because there's not a great camera angle of it that I've seen.
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But I expect that it's not necessary to write code to do that simple conversion in BD79, so can anyone help me?
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Try would probably help you out. Very nicely explained
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It's a very interesting blog, I already know how to do the first part of the blog but maybe someday I didn't know how to use a user exit.
In my scenario I need to create a more simple rule, but I don't know how to use transaction BD79. But I think with "Try and Error" I will get my expected result.
I've done it with "Convert sender fields".