Bindra has opened a new chapter: Dhanraj Pillay
19 Aug 2008, 1245 hrs IST, Preeti Hoon,TOI Sports
In an exclusive interview, Dhanraj Pillay, who played in four Olympics for India talks about Bindra's historical feat and how much he misses Indian hockey team at the Beijing Olympics.

Abhinav Bindra did India proud by winning the first individual gold at Olympics. How do you feel as an Indian? What do you have to say on Bindra's historical feat?

Let me congratulate Abhinav Bindra first, his parents and all his friends who supported him to take up this sport, who encouraged Abhinav to become Olympic gold medallist. I would like to add one thing that he has created history for the country. He is the only Indian who won an individual gold medal in 112 years. Only Hockey team won it eight times.

In Audio: Pillay applauds Abhinav's achievement

Do you think Bindra's achievement will help Indian sportspersons to push themselves further?

Definitely Bindra's gold medal will help people to take up other sports also. Because in this country there's only one sport which is being followed religiously by parents, young generation and that is cricket. Every young boy wants to become good cricketer like Sachin Tendulkar. It has got everything name, fame, money, advertisements, endorsements and they make crores of rupees out of it. Whether they are playing for the country or not they have endorsements behind them. Everybody loves cricket but I think Abhinav Bindra has opened a new chapter in Indian sports and now, parents would support their children to opt for other sports like shooting, hockey, football, badminton, tennis, swimming and athletics.

Are you missing Indian hockey team at the Beijing Olympics 2008? How hard it was to accept that India is not travelling to China?

Definitely (with a deep breathe). When I was watching the match, I felt so sad that we lost to Argentina and we could not qualify for the Beijing Olympics. But let me tell you the truth that I was not 100 per cent sure that my team would qualify because some of the good players like Sandeep Singh, Arjun Allapa, Vikram Pillay, Virendra Sinha, Deepak Thakur, Hari Prasad were left out. There were likes and dislikes in the team. I was shocked to hear the names selected for the team which went for the qualifiers because in world hockey, every country sends its best team to qualify for Olympics. Ultimately it is every sportsperson's dream to represent his country in Olympics. It's not that they didn't play wholeheartedly but our team was weaker than that of Argentina, that's why we lost.

You are a member of ad-hoc committee now, what changes would you want to bring in Indian hockey?

Around 15 days back we had a very healthy meeting with Indian Olympic Association president and ad-hoc committee chairman, Mr. Suresh Kalmadi, and also with Raja Ranvir Singh. Lots of Olympians were present too and we chalked out a calendar for hockey and discussed what we can do best for the sport. We also talked about strategies to bring back hockey at international arena. Both the gentlemen were quite positive about it and said they are ready to do whatever senior players, Olympians and coaches suggest about keeping the rapport with sponsors and maintaining relations between players and coach. My suggestion was that hockey players should be given match fees for which they agreed. After the Olympics, everything will be chalked out again and we will have a final meeting to conduct a national championship which was missing all these years.

Do you think Indian Hockey Federation should have been dissolved earlier? Are we so called 'independent' from politics and corruption in the sport?

(Smiles) This was going on from long time, I was shouting and telling the Indian government and everyone that something should be done for hockey players. They should be treated well and should be given match allowances and fees. But nobody paid heed to my concerns. Now, slowly and gradually everyone has started listening to my words. And what we saw was that a very sad part of Indian hockey. Now we should forget everything and think about what we can do best for future. I am happy now because earlier there was just a 2-man show going on with KPS Gill and Jyothikumaran. Now, Mr. Kalmadi and Mr. Singh are ready to listen to former Olympians. I won't say I'm satisfied but the way meeting went with Mr. Kalmadi, he sounded positive and wants to do something great for Indian hockey.

What measures can be taken to attract sponsorships and make hockey as popular as cricket or may be tennis for that matter?

No I don't think you can compare cricket with any other sport. Cricket has become a religion in India. Every sport has its own functioning body but yes, if any sponsor comes forward to help, we have to keep them very happy. They are the ones who pour money and if they are not happy sponsorship might be pulled out. We have to keep them informed and tell them day-to-day happenings in Indian hockey, this will attract other sponsors as well. In cricket there are thousands of sponsors but in other sports you have to beg for sponsorships. I remember how I begged for sponsorship from Mr. Subroto Roy of Sahara to please come and sponsor our hockey team. Whenever I used to see him, I always used to beg and ask him to do something for us. And I think God listened to me and for last seven years he's sponsoring Indian hockey. When I was playing Sahara Parivar used to give Rs 25,000 per month to all the players who represented India then and now to those who are currently playing.

Hockey is our national sport but how much do you think that status is given its due regards in a cricket crazy nation like ours?

The way media supports cricket the others sports have never been given that privilege. I blame it to electronic and print media. Every person plays for the country with the same passion the way cricketers play. I will not blame cricketers also because if you put one rupee in cricket you get thousand rupees as a return and that's the reason why main sponsors like Kingfisher, Reliance, Sahara are putting in their money in cricket. Now Bollywood stars have also joined cricket. I just can't tell you what it has become I think you cannot compare it with any sport. And nobody should dream to touch cricketers. People should now pour money towards sportspersons like Abhinav Bindra. If cricketers can get money on milestones for wickets, runs than why not Abhinav?

Has arrival of Indian Premier League snatched away the left over popularity of hockey in India?

The popularity of a sport depends on the way it is marketed. And the way BCCI has done it, it has been splendid. They invited and welcomed Bollywood stars, politicians, industrialists like Mukesh Ambani and Vijay Mallya. You just can't compare it with hockey.

Personally, how are you promoting hockey?

Dhanraj Pillay hockey academy and my team organized one of the best tournaments in Mumbai. Commander K Singh is now the secretary of the Mumbai Hockey Association and he's wholeheartedly supporting my academy and he has given the ground to stay. We are moving in the right direction. There's a tournament organized by Mumbai Hockey Association lined up from August 20-29 in which 25 teams are participating in it, including my team. I give my boys the best equipments same as what Indian hockey players are provided with.

You are often been described as a volatile hockey player. How do you take that?

(Takes a long pause) I don't know how to describe this but as a hockey player whatever comes in my life I take it very happily. If anything goes wrong I take it very personally and ponder over it. If I do something great I feel proud that people appreciate and bravo us.

You have struggled in your initial years of playing hockey. Did you take up hockey as your profession because of your brother?

In my family everybody played hockey. My parents, uncle and brothers, all were hockey players. So you can say that hockey is in my blood. No doubt, I take hockey seriously because of my elder brothers. One of my brothers played for India and who gave me the opportunity to come to Mumbai and show my talent to Mumbai Hockey Association. That's how I was selected to play for Rashtriya chemicals and fertilizers (a company in Mumbai) and from there I went on to represent Mahindra Mahindra. Eventually, I played for India and my brother used to coach me. I used to dream one day I want to play with great players. Passion to play for the country went high along with my dreams.

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July 21, Norrköpings Tidingar (roughly translated): Jonathan takes place in Detroit's star team Ice Hockey, Norrköping
Jonathan Ericsson has impressed the NHL champions, the Detroit Red Wings.
A new three-year contract worth 16.5 million [Swedish Kronor] is proof of that.
"I am hugely satisfied," says Norrköpings-native.
During the past season the Detroit Red Wings were hit with injury concerns on the blueline. It meant that the former Vita Hästen player Jonathan Ericsson was called in from farm team Grand Rapids.
He debuted on February 22 in 0-1 loss to Calgary in an away game. Thus, he became the first player from Norrköping in the NHL.
[He played] for another seven games in the red and white master sweater before the season was over. It was enough for the NHL club would choose to bet on the 24-year-old.
Over the weekend Ericsson received an announcement from his agent that an agreement was decided upon with the Red Wings.
16.5 million Swedish Kronor
"I would rather not wake up now and find out that everything is just a dream! I'm incredibly happy and may not have really taken this yet, "says Ericsson.
The contract is a so-called direct contract which gives him the same pay regardless of whether he will play games in the NHL or in the farm league.
However, with the signature Jonathan Ericsson is a wealthy young man. Over the next three years, [his contract] gives him a salary equivalent to 16.5 million Swedish Kronor.
"I am hugely satisfied and have thanked my agent for this, it was well done. I have not had the chance to earn really big money before. This gives [me] completely different security."
Jonathan Ericsson thrived very well in Detroit's organization and they are very pleased [with his] stay in the club. Ericsson says he has received a good response from the club's manager Ken Holland.
"He believes in me"
"He has said he believes in me and that I have a future with the club. It feels good and I am grateful."
Jonathan Ericsson is currently in Norrköping and is preparing for the next season.
Has he drives two passes a day and hopes to go on ice with the players at his old club Vita Hästen.
Tough competition
The goal for next season is to find a place in the star-packed team and play as many games as possible.
"Competition is tough. I will not push Lidström, Rafalski, Kronwall and Stuart but then it is open on the other [places]. I expect to play many games, both in the NHL and the AHL. It is important to get well prepared and [have] a good training camp in mid-september.
On 31 July, the Stanley Cup trophy comes to Norrköping. It is customary that each player on the winning team may show off the trophy in his hometown.
"It will be cool. It will be landing in Stockholm in the morning and come to Norrköping in the afternoon with its two bodyguards," said Ericsson.

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I am a woman in a mans world and many perceive me as just a mother who plays hockey.

I only started playing hockey at age 46. Now at 55 I am a USA Hockey certified at level 5. There are many drivers behind my energy. For one, I am a single mother to 5 hockey players, 1 girl, 4 boys so I am try to be as involved with my kids as I can and I push myself into roles that fathers traditionally play. I never dreamed Id have boys and I never played sports as a kid, nor did I play in high school or college. I was a cheerleader in high school! So once I decided I wanted to help coach, I got resistance and hoops to jump through. Then, before I could get too discouraged, I got breast cancer. Im not sure which fight fueled me more. Perhaps synergistically they worked to make me incredibly determined to survive and succeed in this most unlikely avocation.

So here I am, coaching and coaching coordinator in a youth hockey program. I also run my own clinics from mites to midgets (www.icoachhockey.com). It is really quite fun to see me run a practice with 20 high school boys on the ice.

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[UPDATE] To be fair to Going Five Hole, I want to clarify the fact that his feeling that Ovechkin deserved the 2008 ESPY award for NHL Player of the Year is shared by the majority of hockey fans out there regardless of where his / her loyalty lies (Empty Netters posts: "Sidney Crosby won ESPN's hockey player of the year award at the ESPY's. We'd complain about Alex Ovechkin not winning it but complaining about ESPN's coverage of hockey would be like complaining about the Food Network's coverage of hockey").

As GFH later pointed out, Ovechkin is deserving of the title THIS YEAR due to the fact that Crosby was sidelined in January with a high-ankle sprain. As long as he remains healthy, Crosby will undoubtedly be the better player for years to come! Geez - did I just start another debate?! ; )

As you can read for yourself, Going Five Hole (a loyal commentor of TSCSF which I appreciate) posted a comment on my ESPY Award entry - "Was there really any question?!" as to whether or not Sidney Crosby was the NHL's Player of the Year to which he questioned "what was ESPN thinking?" and brought up Alexander Ovechkin being more derserving of the title than Crosby; however, I believe that these awards were voted on by fans so, obviously, Crosby is the fan-favorite since he was chosen over Ovechkin.

Which brings me to my point that there will FOREVER be a debate as to who is the better hockey player because that honestly comes down to a matter of opinion and hockey fans will NEVER have the same opinion whether we root for the same team or not (such as in the case of TSCSF and Going Five Hole!). So this will continue until these two players retire just as the classic debate between Lemieux and Gretzky did. Honestly, I automatically side with a Penguin player because that's where my true loyalty lies as a die-hard fan. I could actually list the differences between Crosby and Ovechkin and why I feel Sidney is the better player, but I won't because that will take up too much of this blog and it's my opinion which is something that I really don't want to force on anyone (although this is my blog and I'm able to post comments based on my opinion anytime I feel the need to "Piss Moan" as one commentor put it). I have my beliefs just like the rest of you do and you are entitled to them just as I am, SO -

I will always be open to your comments and always invite readers to post their thoughts, comments, opinions, etc. And I would like to thank Going Five Hole for expressing his opinion because that's what makes this blog a success and why I started it in the first place -- to discuss the Penguins with other fans and to get their take on it even if it is different from mine!

Enough said (KEEP THE COMMENTS COMING)!.

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I'm getting complaints that I don't update my blog enough..LOL. Life is so busy right now. I got a new transcription account that keeps me so busy that I don't have time to do anything fun to even write about (except for babysitting my cute nephews..which was a nice break). I'm determined to get to Disneyland one day this weekend. I'm also missing scrapbooking. I do have a concert coming up the end of the month too! :)

Brendan is camping at a lake all week and will be home on Friday. I really miss him but he's having fun. He has been riding a sea-doo alot and excited he is old enough to actually drive it himself. They go on the boat every day all-day-long, wakeboarding, etc.. He's been a good boy and called his paranoid mom in the morning and evening, as I requested. Gary was teasing me that my umbilical cord didn't reach that far...I'm for sure out of my comfort zone! He's my baby. He's funny because he is having fun but he's missing his normal life here...playing Halo 2 on X-box live with our neighbor every single night until midnight, he missed a hockey game so he had me look up the game and see who won and go into the details of who did what, there's no Internet there.., etc. He sold his Guitar Hero II to someone, since he conquered it, and he was saving to by Wii but now Em got into it with her friends so she went and bought it again while Brendan was gone so we told him and now he's itching to play that again. I think he'll be ready to come home tomorrow.

Emily is getting ready for Steven to come home tomorrow from Alaska. He will be home for two weeks and then goes back to Alaska but will more than likely be sent to Afghanistan in November. Pretty scary. I'm excited for her though. She really misses him. They have a lot of fun stuff planned, Sea World, skydiving, Disneyland, etc. She is going to LAX tomorrow by herself to pick him up....she doesn't want anyone to go with her......should be an experience.

Along with my crazy work schedule, we are dealing with the caretakers for my Dad and trying to figure out whether or not to put him in a home or try to work something out with the caretakers. I knew this day would come for him but it's heartbreaking. It's so hard to see him going through this. He tries so hard to tell us things but we can't understand him and that's what makes me so sad. I hate that he can't talk to us. I remember when my Mom died I kept thinking I wish I could hear her voice again. Such a sad disease. He pretty much is 100% care with needing to be fed, help walking, can't drink by himself, etc. so it takes a whole different turn when we are looking for places or caretakers. We are also having medication issues and that's a whole other story that gives Laurie and I both a headache!

Well, there's my life right now. I'm actually not hating my heavy work schedule, which is nice. I've learned over the years I guess. In the past I've taken accounts and wondered what I've gotten myself into but so far I'm OK. I have a good network of help when needed too, which I will use. Can't pass up the good money!

I decided that I won't like it when my kids get old enough and move out. Em has been busy this week and with Brendan gone too I miss my kids. One night she did stay home with me and we got salads from her work (B.Js) and brought them home and hung out together, which was nice. It's nice to have some alone time but after too much I want them back home real quick.

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In moves indicative of the compassionate side of a warrior minded sport, the Tampa Bay Lightning drafted a player in the seventh round, and the University of Denver honored an agreement with the same player. This despite the fact that he has little hope of ever playing competitive hockey again, let alone in the NHL.

David Carle, from Anchorage, Alaska was expected to be a second to third round pick in the recent entry draft. However, at the combine in Toronto, it was discovered that he has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition that leads to sudden cardiac arrest.

Carle just graduated from hockey super school Shattuck-Saint Marys in Faribault, Minnesota. This is the same high school that has produced countless NHL players, most recently none other than Sidney Crosby.

The other classy move came from the University of Denver. The school informed Carle that they would honor his four year scholarship, in full, despite the fact that he will never play a game for them.

The moves have made the rounds on the blogosphere, and are now finding their way into the main stream media. The questions that then come form those outside the hockey world, are Why is this news? Why is this important? Why would a team a draft pick on someone they know full well will never play.

The answers of course go without saying to those of us who know and love the game. For those outside our universe, I will attempt to explain.

Imagine if the University of Michigan signed a talented recruit to be the next starting quarterback, only to have him find out he can no longer throw a football. I am willing to bet my next years worth of pay that the scholarship would be pulled, and given to whomever filled his spot.

Imagine if the Boston Celtics drafted a kid who, say, is paralyzed from the waist down. Imagine if the Yankees signed someone with one arm.

Media and fans alike would think the athletic directors or general managers had lost their collective marbles. Fans of the greatest game in the world, however, know that there is a community in hockey.

For those of you reading this who will doubt the accuracy of the examples given due to the fact that a quarter back is an important position, or because football is a critical sport at the University of Michigan, keep in mind that hockey is life blood at the University of Denver. Honoring this scholarship is a major sacrifice for the program. While the loss of a seventh round pick may seem insignificant, there are players out there that would kill for the chance being any pick brings with it.

In another recent example of this spirit, Fans in Minnesota reached out to bitter rivals north of the border. Canucks fans hate Wild fans, and vise versa. However, when Defenseman Luc Bourdon was killed in a motorcycle accident, all bets were off. Letters of support were sent from Saint Paul. The news led fans to post condolences on the Canucks and Wild message boards, usually places to trash talk and taunt the opposing side.

There are examples of this same compassion in other sports, but they are few and far between. A quick internet search yields no other examples of a major university honoring a scholarship for an incoming recruit after that recruit informed them they could not hold up their end of the bargain. Again, this could only happen in hockey.

Tampa Bay and the University of Denver are to be commended for the class they have shown. The main stream media has simply picked up on a small taste of what the rest of us already knew. In the hockey world, we are family.

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today
sk lost to stc 2-0
sn won nss 4-0

now nss and sk out.
stc currently have 3 goals, 6 points.
sn has 4goals, 5 points.

sn must win next match against stc to play against 2nd team of Group B.
will be to our advantage.

today they said 11july got pitch trg.
cant go eh, got midnight cycling with church :D

match ended, tired ah.
me and yvonne didnt bring gk jersey, teacher said what disgraceful?
wth. made me angry. never bring never bring lah.
"say until like that.
never bring jersey umpire can dont let you play cause not in proper attire"

anyway the jersey got no protection at all lor please.
not like pri school got a bit of protection for arms.

anyway must rmb to bring.
played 2nd half.
redza was shouting. heard him.
yvonne was standing behind, and ltr told me after the match, that the northland ppl behind at the specs stand were saying, i never move, unlike their gk move here move there. then ltr when they see me kick the ball, they like wow. even yvonne was angry at me.

pls lor move what move. move until out of angle iszit.
its my own choice. your not even goalkeepers.
ha and your gk move cause have to block the ball right.
lame.

so that 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, northalnd northland go go go guy is a sec 4.
he's so childish.
valerie called him AH GUA.
serve him right.

ruth told me he wanna play cards with valerie they all, valerie said, "we dont play with ah guas".
he say, "wah fierce eh?"

then blah blah. will ask valerie tmr.
big joke lah he.
ahgua -.-

tired now.
tmr got physics i think...
tired tired.
needa slp early.
aw and ytd missed prision break..

come on st nicks we need to win.
show that woman, we can be champs okay.
last year even though we won champs, she called the seniors HEADLESS CHICKENS RUNNING AROUND.
hey come on man, you dont know a thing about hockey.

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so me and my boyfriend were going to go home to do some gardening but he had designs on getting a Purdys chocolate ice cream bar so we took a big detour, then we had to take another detour to get him a new hockey stick. he was spending a lot of time picking one out which was annoying me because the hockey store is not even remotely interesting and i dont really see the issue in picking out the perfect stick. its just a game for fun any way. why get the expensive one? so anyway then we went to the garden store but it was already closed. so we just had to go to the hockey game. i dont enjoy watching them for a few reasons but this time was better than usual because i brought a new knitting project. the wool i mentioned earlier to make a new nautilus. i started some. the black and white and grey stripe is a crochet afghan my mom made for my boyfriend while undergoing chemo. it is special i love it.

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In over 10 years of training young hockey players, I have NEVER met a player who didn't have tight hip flexors.

In the last month alone, I have worked with over 500 aspiring female players, and shown them a hockey-specific stretching routine.

500 out of 500 players had tight hip flexors.

Since the hip flexors are the main muscles you use to drive your knees forward while skating, they get tighter with every stride you take. Couple this with the fact that players spend the majority of their day sitting in school, in the car or in front of the computer and you can see why these muscles stay in a shortened position.

Why should you worry about hip flexor tightness?

Because they are the #1 cause of low back pain in young hockey players.

The hip flexor muscles attach on the front of the upper leg, but they originate from the lower back. So as the hip flexors become progressively more tight, they pull more and more on the lower back. This constant tension leads to irritation in the muscles and joints of the lower back and ultimately leads to back pain.

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BOSTON - An investigation has been launched into an apparent teenage "pregnancy pact" that has at least 17 high-school girls expecting babies, four times more than last year, including many aged 16 or younger.
A high school health clinic in the city of Gloucester, Mass., became suspicious after seeing a surge in girls seeking pregnancy tests. Local officials said Thursday nearly half of those who became pregnant appear to have entered into a pact to have their babies together over the year.
"Some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," Gloucester High School principal Joseph Sullivan told Time magazine, which broke news of the pact on its Web site. Some of the girls reacted to the news they were pregnant with high fives and plans for baby showers, Sullivan said. One of the fathers "is a 24-year-old homeless guy," Sullivan told the magazine. Others were boys in the school.
Statutory rape charges?Superintendent Christopher Farmer confirmed the deal to WBZ-TV, saying the girls had "an agreement to get pregnant." He said the mothers-to-be are generally "girls who lack self-esteem and have a lack of love in their life." Carolyn Kirk, mayor of the port city 30 miles northeast of Boston, said that many factors could be involved in the recent surge in teen pregnancies in the community, but she doubts a dozen girls would conspire to get pregnant. Gloucester is a fishing town and has been going through an economic decline in recent years. Thats led to cuts in teachers, services and some health classes at local schools.
Still, Kirk told Reuters that authorities are looking at whether to pursue statutory rape charges. "We're at the very early stages of wrestling with the complexities of this problem," she said.
"But we also have to think about the boys. Some of these boys could have their lives changed. They could be in serious, serious trouble even if it was consensual because of their age not from what the city could do but from what the girls' families could do," she told Reuters.
Under Massachusetts law, it is a crime to have sex with anyone under the age of 16.
The -Jamie Lynn effect?"At the very least these men should be held responsible for financial support, if not put in jail for statutory rape as the mayor has suggested," Greg Verga, chairman of the Gloucester School Committee, told Reuters in a telephone interview.
Nationwide, teen pregnancies are showing signs of rising after steadily declining from 1991 to 2005. This trend was highlighted Thursday when Britney Spears' 17-year-old sister Jamie Lynn, star of Nickelodeon's popular TV show "Zoey 101," gave birth to a baby girl, according to People magazine.
"The data seem to be indicating that the declines that we had seen through the 1990s are coming to a close," said David Landry, a researcher at the Guttmacher Institute, a New York-based nonprofit group focusing on reproductive issues.
Birth rates for teenagers aged 15 to 17 rose by 3 percent in 2006, the first increase since 1991, according to preliminary data released in December by the National Center for Health Statistics. Landry cautioned against attributing the trend to Hollywood following the recent hit movie "Juno," in which a teenager gets pregnant and decides to have the baby, and "Knocked Up," a comedy about a one-night stand.
"The trend emerged before those movies," he said.
In Gloucester, the 1,200-student school administered 150 pregnancy tests to students in the past academic year. The school forbids the distribution of condoms and other contraception without parental consent a rule that prompted the school's doctor and nurse to resign in protest in May.
"But even if we had contraceptives, that pact shows that if they wanted to get pregnant, they will get pregnant. Whether we distribute contraceptives is irrelevant," said Verga.


Dear 17 Young Girls,

I am sick to my stomach.

I am furious. WHAT the hell were you thinking?

I am praying that you will become wonderful birthmothers instead of young girls under the age of 16 who think raising a baby is all about dressing up a doll baby.

BUT.

I have a great power point presentation just in case any of you want to know the price of a baby. That's including the physical, mental, and emotional price.

AND

I know some great people looking to adopt!

Please! Make the right decision.

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Boston Daily Globe March 12, 1922


Boston's Perfect Schoolgirl

Ruth Vogel Wins First Prize in Competition for Poise -- Just a Normal Girl, Her Parents Say, Except That She Likes to Wash Dishes


With the exception of adoring to wash dishes and disliking fish, also oysters, Ruth Vogel has in all her 15 years of life been just a normal healthy girl.

This must be said in the first breath because Prof and Mrs Frank Vogel want so much to have it understood that their little girl is simple and natural. Ruth is a student at the Girls' Latin School and has two more years to go.

Ruth won the first prize in the first competition for poise in Boston schools last week.

Twenty-four girls took part in the competition as representatives of 16 High Schools, each girl being chosen from every 500 pupils in the school. The final stunts included walking, standing, marching, sitting and getting up, running, climbing stairs and severe physical tests.

Judges, the best in the physical culture world, eliminated entries until Ruth stood unexcelled, Ruth, the best-poised of Boston school girls.

Way Any Child Should be Brought Up

How?

Why?

That's what so many have been wondering. But Prof and Mrs Vogel treasure the normalcy of childhood so much they declined to assist in making a to-do about the award and firmly refused interviews. (Making the Globe feel rather exclusive with this, the only one.)

Tuesday morning, the day of the competition, Ruth mentioned carelessly that there was going to be "some kind of a thing going on" at school in the afternoon. That's all any one at her home, 95 Robinwood av, Jamaica Plain, knew about it.

When she returned she brought the posture winner's certificate with her, and according to her mother "was so extraordinarily overwhelmed that she began jumping up and down the minute she got inside the door."

Ruth knew she was going to take part in a competition drill, but as for winning - the idea had never entered her head.

Ruth has never consciously done anything to get perfect poise, her father says.

They what about her home life? Ruth's mother insists it is quite ordinary and certainly nothing more than the way any child should be brought up.

Things That Have Helped

Mrs Vogel, mother, said that, yes, when Ruth was a baby she rubbed the little back every night before putting her to bed. She did it with all the children.

"Is it more than every mother does?" she asked. Perhaps it isn't, but it is one thing that gives a key to the theme of the story - "a military regime with Mrs Vogel as commander-in-chief, always," quoting Prof Vogel.

Is it every family who sleeps right outdoors Winter and Summer, snowdrifts, below zero or sleet?

Or who has informal gymnastics now and then.

Or who takes breathing exercises night and morning, "common breathing exercises," said Prof Vogel, illustrating, as much to say, "Why, what every one does, don't you know?"

Ruth has been brought up like that. Is it every family who is "all in bed" at 10 o'clock at night? Ruth's bedtime begins at 9:15.

The family does not drink tea or coffee, either. Ruth doesn't know what they taste like. Frank junior, who is a chemistry student at Tech, where his father is a professor, is beginning to drink coffee, however. He is quite a modern young man, anyway.

No rules have been laid down to Ruth about posture. But there are a number of things which might count as "influences."

Inherited Poise

First, Ruth's ancestry was pretty fine. Her father's father, George, was in the Regular Army from 1852 to '57. He took to chasing Indians and then went into the Civil war for two years. He is the author of a book of his experiences in the land beyond the Mississipppi before any railway had got there. He had traveled every State and territory on horseback.

"Ruth is probably the exact opposite of her father," said her father. "I've liked to bend too much over books, I like to slump in my chair." (Don't be really deceived. Mr Vogel is a tall and splendid looking man). He continued: sits straight up. I've never seen her lean back.

"There's Ruth's mother. Her back is as straight as a ramrod... Isn't your back straight as a broomstick?" asked Prof Vogel, when his wife came in later. And Mrs Vogel fluttered her hands and look discomfited and demure, just like the dear commanderette-in-chief she undoubtedly is.

About this time it was settled that Ruth's grandparents gave Ruth an inheritance of poise.

"Yes, Ruth's straight as an Indian," commented Ruth's father.

"But she isn't an Indian," commented Ruth's mother and there seemed to be a kindly electric message waving through the air. So we asked if Ruth liked sewing.

Leader in Girl Scouts

That's when we learned Ruth liked washing dishes.

Something else strikes us as interesting. Ruth will ofter get up before the rest of the family are awake so she may creep downstairs and prepare breakfast, time about 6 o'clock. Ruth likes all kinds of housework. She likes darning stockings!

Her outdoor activities take up two hours every day and in the Summer time she's outdoors all the time, running, playing, rowing a boat, tramping or swimming. She took to the water when she was 2 and 3 years old and she spends a great deal of time in it during the months when she is with the family on vacation at a camp or farm.

One of Ruth's Winter sports is shovelling snow. She and her brother take turns at it.

Ever since she was old enough she has been active in the Girl Scouts and is now a leader of a troop at her school.

So with her musical talent, which has been trained from childhood by her mother. When she was a baby her mother says she would sway and dance and balance spontaneously to a tune. The rhythm and the grace seemed right in her and her interpretations were charming. Now she plays the piano, sings well and can also play the violin.

Watched Brother at Drill

Healthy as a day of sunshine, Ruth has never had even the string of child diseases. With her health has grown up an exuberance and enjoyment of life. She has initiative, an admirable capacity for concentration and a will power.

"She does whatever she sets out to do," her father says, "and I suppose she has always wanted to stand straight."

One little thing was almost skipped over. Frank Jr was practicing for drill when he was 14 years old and going to the Boys' Latin School. His little sister - Bertha, now in her last year at the Girls' Latin School, and Ruth - watched him practice the drill at home and child-like wanted to drill also. He showed them how, and they practiced together.

Frank was awarded first prize in the individual drill that year What sort of impression do you suppose that made on a little girl named Ruth?

Was it an inspiration for a young lady's 5 feet 8 of perfect balance.

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Yes field hockey will be here for my senior year i am so happy.
Field Hockey is one of the best sports a round and i love it. I decided this year that i was going to work real hard by getting into shape,and devoting my time to workon my field hckey skills. I hope to be in better shape than i am in right now. I believe that this years field hockey team will be different from the others because most of us get along and if we dont we usually leave the problems at school. I hope also that this year if we start to have problems with each other that we will be able to sit down and talk about it instead of talking behind each others back.
Any way field hockey is going to be so great because all of us girls playing on the team rock-hard-core! So eat it soccer cuz FIELD HOCKEY IS BACK AND IS READY TO ROCK!!!.

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The Stanley Cup Finals are about to start. My Dallas Stars are not there having narrowly missed out, but hockey goes on without them. I know the toughness of hockey players - get a few stitches and come right back out to play, lose a few teeth and come right back out to play. My wife is as tough as a hockey player.
Today at work, my wife paged me. She rarely pages me unless its something urgent, so I finished my Table Tennis match (not Ping Pong, mind you) and called her back. I only play Table Tennis on breaks, so is relative when you only have 15 minutes. I called her back right after I whipped my poor opponent, and she informed me she had cut her foot pretty badly. There was blood all over the floor and she may need stitches. She was trying to bring a trundle bed down the stairs by herself. She lost her grip and the bed sliced her foot open as it careened down the stairs. After scolding her for making a poor decision, I tore out for home.
When I got home, her running buddy Susan was here. I was already hacked off that I didnt get to give my Titan engine a full workout on the way home, but being 2nd responder made it worse. My pickup goes fast, but I didnt really have a chance to test it. Why are there so many slow pokes when its an emergency and youre trying to see what all your V8 can do?! Anyway, with perturbedness (yes thats a Southern word), I hurriedly entered the house. Blood was dripping from the ceiling. My dog was howling. The proverbial grave was opening. Then I saw Terre and Susan sitting at the kitchen bar talking about running!
What do you think? Susan asked me. Do I need stitches? Terre inquired as she removed the blood-soaked washcloth covering the wound. Looks like a bandaid will probably do, I responded with all the care a good husband could muster. But look, you can see my first metatarsal bone, Terre exclaimed as she pulled back the skin. After I came toand scolded her for messing up the floor, we decided it would be good to go to the nearby doctors office. Because Terre had already put the trundle bed in its proper place, I didnt have to do that.
Okay, maybe the last three paragraphs are a little exaggeration, but not by much. There wasnt much blood because our dog had licked most of it up (yes, hes a sick puppy - pun intended). It was a wound definitely in need of a little Singer thread.
The rest of the story is without hyperbole.
Yones (Terre) had already bandaged the wound pretty well, so she could walk on it. When we got to the doctors office, we walked up and filled out the normal paper work. I went to sit down while Terre completed the mundane task. Do yall do stitches? Yones asked the front desk assistant. Is your husband injured?!?! the assistant queried excitedly while I calmly perused the year old Outside magazine. No, I cut my foot, Terre replied. As it was pretty slow for a Friday lunch time, Yones was wisked back quickly.
The nurse and doctor were very pleasant while they stitched by beloved wife up. Yones had had the doctors children in some of the classes she substitute teaches for. They had a lively, rollicking school-related conversation as the stitching was done. I again calmly read another old issue of Outside magazine. After just a few minutes, we were all done and it was time to go.
Yones didnt want any special lunch, so we came home and she treated me to Taco Bell leftovers. I didnt feel too guilty that she fixed me lunch because her foot was numb and didnt hurt. I then headed on off to work, finished another Table Tennis match (and work), took care of some chores for my lovely wife, picked up kids from school, then got home. Because I had some yard work to do that would require being on your feet, I let Yones go to the year-end Band Banquet for Seth (my oldest), but only after she gave him a haircut. Heck, he was looking like a hippy and she had signed up for the banquet, so again, the guilt was minimal.
When she got home, Yones foot was really hurting, so I helped her change bandages. While she was sitting on our bathroom floor, she discovered that Hydrogen Peroxide cleans the floor really well. So as I was getting her something to drink, she proceeds to clean the bathroom floor with the stuff! Honey, that will discolor your skirt! I exclaimed as she was scooting around the floor scrubbing with unused gauze and washcloths. She didnt care - the floor was dirty and she had found a new cleaner.
That gal just keeps on going. Get five stitches along your metatarsal, and it aint no thang. Just keep going. One day, shell probably be featured in one of those outdoor magazines I calmly reador perhaps on NHL.com. My wife - tough as a hockey player.

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Adrian Pabst wrote the following article in the International Herald
Tribune about a dialogue between Islam and Christianity (what about
Judaism? Does the Pope have little hope of a dialogue between
Christianity and Judaism?). The problem I see in this article is that
Pabst, who is a Catholic, minimizes the texts of the religions, namely
the Bible and the Koran, as if somehow they are not relevant to the
discussion or dialogue between these two religions.I suspect the reason he needs to minize subjective textual
interpretationis because the Bible and the Koran are diametrically
opposed to each other, even though both attest to a Montheistic God.
One can find common ground between these religions only by ignoring
the fundamental doctrines of the Bible (yes, I used that word
fundamental). How is it possible to reconcile the Saviour of
Christianity with one of the prophets of Islam, both called Jesus?
Only an objective, rational mind would agree that it is impossible to
reconcile these beliefs.A subjective position, as argued by Pabst here, would find common
ground only by ignoring these fundamental points. Many more Christian
doctrines could be used to show this, such as the fundamental role of
the Jews in salvation, the necessity of a belief in the promises to
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the return of Jesus to the Earth to
establish his Kingdom, the fact that in the name of Jesus is salvation
is possible, and on and on we could go. What Adrian Pabst is writing
his is pure rubbish, but somehow good enough for the International
Herald Tribune.It is true, a real debate is needed, and a dialogue is needed, but
only on this point, that only the Bible is the inspired word of God,
that Jesus is the only means of salvation, that belief in the things
concerning the Kingdom of God and the Name of Jesus Christ is the only
means of reconciliation with God. Everything else is not worth talking
about. Call it what you wish, but the path Adrain Pabst is arguing for
in this article is a fantasy. Even hypocritical as it is really hard
to imagine the Pope or any Christian leader worth his title is willing
to compromise their fundamental doctrines to allow a unity of mind
with Islam. They wont and any discussion will eventually lead to
nowwhere.Worst of all, this article suggests that the Trinity, which is a
dubious doctrine anyway, leads to an egalitarianism (somehow three
gods unity as a single god means egalitarianism), while the Islamic
monotheism, which is equally dubious, leads to an exclusivism. The
Jews also believe in a monotheistic God. It is surely stretching
doctrinal arguements to suggest the nature of God somehow leads to
Egalitarianism or otherwise. In fact, a belief in a monotheisitic God
and a belief in Jesus as Son of God, not God the Son, can also lead to
egalitarianism as to follow Jesus means to live as he did, which was
most certainly egalitarian.It is my position that Pabst neither understands the doctrines of the
Bible, nor the inherint complete incompatibility of the Bible with the
Koran. The Bible is after all a Jewish book and has its roots in the
monotheism of the Old Testament but accepts Jesus as the Messiah and
both those facts preclude any reconciliation between Islam and
Christianity.The following is the article in question, for your convenience. We need a real debate, not more dialogueBy Adrian PabstUpdated:
Nov. 15, 2007 12:00 pm (Paris
Last month, 138 Muslim scholars addressed an open letter to Pope
Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders in which they call for a new
dialogue between Christianity and Islam based on sacred texts.Entitled A Common Word Between Us and You, the document claims that
the shared Muslim and Christian principles of love of the One God and
love of the neighbor provide the sort of common ground between the two
faiths that is necessary for respect, tolerance and mutual
understanding.The publication of this letter coincided with the anniversary of a
previous open letter in response to the popes controversial
Regensburg address on Sept. 12, 2006, when he appeared to link
violence in religion to the absolute transcendence of God in Islam.
His point was that according to Muslim teaching, Gods will is utterly
inscrutable and therefore unknowable to human reason - with the
implication that divine injunctions cannot be fully understood and
must be blindly obeyed.Against this background, the latest initiative by Muslim scholars
marks an attempt to move interfaith dialogue away from debates about
reason and revelation towards scriptural reading. Christian-Muslim
relations, so their argument goes, are best served by engaging in
textual interpretations that highlight shared commandments and common
beliefs.But to suggest, as the authors of A Common Word do, that Muslims and
Christians are united by the same two commandments which are most
essential to their respective faith and practice - love of God and
love of the neighbor - is theologically dubious and politically
dangerous.Theologically, this glosses over elementary differences between the
Christian God and the Muslim God. The Christian God is a relational
and incarnate God. Moreover, the New Testament and early Christian
writings speak of God as a single Godhead with three equally divine
persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.This is not merely a doctrinal point, but one that has significant
political and social implications. The equality of the three divine
persons is the basis for equality among mankind - each and everyone is
created in the image and likeness of the triune God.As a result, Christianity calls for a radically egalitarian society
beyond any divisions of race or class. The promise of universal
equality and justice that is encapsulated in this conception of God
thus provides Christians with a way to question and transform not only
the norms of the prevailing political order but also the (frequently
perverted) social practices of the Church.By contrast, the Muslim God is disembodied and absolutely one: there
is no god but God, He has no associate. This God is revealed
exclusively to Muhammed, the messenger (or prophet), via the archangel
Gabriel. As such, the Koran is the literal word of God and the final
divine revelation first announced to the Hebrews and later to the
Christians.Again, this account of God has important consequences for politics and
social relations. Islam does not simply posit absolute divisions
between those who submit to its central creed and those who deny it;
it also contains divine injunctions against apostates and unbelievers
(though protecting the Jewish and Christian faithful).Moreover, Islams radical monotheism tends to fuse the religious and
the political sphere: It privileges absolute unitary authority over
intermediary institutions and also puts a premium on territorial
conquest and control, under the direct rule of God.These (and other) differences imply that Christians and Muslims do not
worship or believe in the same God; in consequence, across the two
faiths, love of God and love of the neighbor invariably differ.By ignoring these fundamental divergences, the authors of the open
letter perpetuate myths about Christians and Muslims praying
differently to the same God. Worse, they exhibit a simplistic theology
of absolute, unmediated monotheism.In this way, they unwittingly play into the hands of religious
extremists on both sides who claim to have immediate, total and
conclusive knowledge of divine will by faith alone.The problem with all textual interpretations is that they are, by
definition, particular and partly subjective. Without universal
concepts and objective standards such as rationality, scholars differ
from extremists merely in terms of their honorable intentions.So the political danger of focusing Christian-Muslim dialogue on
textual reading is that it neglects each faiths theological
specificities and the social implications; as such, this approach
undermines the mutual understanding which it purports to offer but
fails to deliver.Christian and Muslims can no longer eschew the fundamental differences
that distinguish their religions. The best hope for genuine peace and
tolerance between Christianity and Islam is to have a proper
theological engagement about the essence of God and the nature of
peace and justice.Otherwise, interfaith dialogue will amount to little more than the
polite platitudes of politicians and diplomats. In the name of the
shared commitment to truth and wisdom, Christians and Muslims should
have robust debates that are theologically informed and politically
frank.Of course, this does not preclude pragmatic cooperation between the
faiths on issues of common concern such as aggressive secularism,
militant atheism and, most importantly, violence in religion.But the fundamentalists on both sides will only be intellectually
defeated and politically marginalized by reasoned belief and rational
argument - not by subjective textual interpretation.Adrian Pabst teaches religion and politics at the University of
Nottingham and is a research fellow at the Luxembourg Institute for
European and International Studies.Copyright (c) 2007 The International Herald Tribune. All rights reserved.

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The NCAA released their Academic Progress Rate scores for the 2006-2007 year. Men's hockey continued it's trend of being among the best sports in the NCAA in keeping its players on track to graduate. No NCAA teams will be subject to penalties or scholarship reductions due to their APR scores.

Alaska-Anchorage did fall below the minimum score of 925 with a 917 total, but isn't subject to penalties because "the team is performing better than the institution's general student body, or based on institutional, athletics, and student resources".

You can check each individual school here. I'm sure someone will put together a list of all the Division I programs, and when they do, I'll post it here. Brad Schlossman has the WCHA's totals.

Generally, I think the APR has been a great thing for NCAA hockey. It provides a strong incentive for teams to keep players on track to graduate, and these numbers show that hockey teams do an exceptional job of making sure their players get an education while they are in school.

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