<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546</id><updated>2012-02-16T11:16:56.266-08:00</updated><title type='text'>LINDY in the NEWS &amp; More</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-3620354769239016697</id><published>2011-04-06T10:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-11T21:45:48.911-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Making The Difference</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i6saIo9CRKs/TZ3QjotmAlI/AAAAAAAAC-k/CltBgy9g8pA/s1600/AOL%253AHuff%2BPost%2B-LPC%2BMSword%2Blogo%2Bedit%2B-1c.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 515px; height: 58px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i6saIo9CRKs/TZ3QjotmAlI/AAAAAAAAC-k/CltBgy9g8pA/s400/AOL%253AHuff%2BPost%2B-LPC%2BMSword%2Blogo%2Bedit%2B-1c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592855622906675794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tWLnYQX3VKU/TZ22lC71FMI/AAAAAAAAC-E/42TV2zO6ujQ/s1600/patch%2Blogo-thumb-208x100-4179-thumb-200x96-4180.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 50px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tWLnYQX3VKU/TZ22lC71FMI/AAAAAAAAC-E/42TV2zO6ujQ/s400/patch%2Blogo-thumb-208x100-4179-thumb-200x96-4180.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592827059823252674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="Subtitle1" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;Kids Called to Make a Difference&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Subtitle1" style="text-align:center" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="Heading1" style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;Library Hosts Anti-Bullying Discussion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Heading1" style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Heading1" style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KvwVEH_aDPo/TZ3Una1o5aI/AAAAAAAAC-s/dkBAfY5DRfQ/s1600/iPhoto2a%2BLarge%2BLibrary%2BNews%2BPhoto%2B%2B72c9e6f53ba8cc47e472c675c4300128_2_2_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KvwVEH_aDPo/TZ3Una1o5aI/AAAAAAAAC-s/dkBAfY5DRfQ/s400/iPhoto2a%2BLarge%2BLibrary%2BNews%2BPhoto%2B%2B72c9e6f53ba8cc47e472c675c4300128_2_2_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592860085948310946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="Caption1"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="Subheading1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:10.0pt;"  &gt;Program coordinators feel students hold key to reducing alarming bullying rates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Subheading1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="Caption1"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="Caption1" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;font-size:85%;"  &gt;By DW. DUNPHY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Caption1" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="Caption1" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;                  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;The  headlines are worrisome. Reports of students being targeted by other  students brought to the point of suicide and murder. Names like Tyler  Clementi and Phoebe Prince have become symbols of a system that has  neither connected to those at risk, nor those liable to take part in  such actions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;New  York-based educators from Peace Dynamics Consultants, George S. Anthony  and Lindy P. Crescitelli brought their presentation entitled "Stand Up  and Lead" to the Middletown Township Public Library on Monday night.  Their goal was not to offer feel-good, anti-bullying rallies, but rather  to offer a more substantive alternative.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;“Children are not just the leaders of tomorrow, they’re the leaders of today,” said Anthony.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Crescitelli  then used the example of the child in the mall who is acting out. It is  a scenario he feels everyone has seen and can relate to since that  child not only affects their parents, but others within the viewing and  listening perimeter as well.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Anthony  and Crescitelli then ask if that same persistence could be used in  positive ways, which is the foundation of their Stand Up and Lead  concept.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It's a matter of channeling.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;They  profess them as leaders in a mindset wherein their actions and  communication can have a positive, rather than negative influence on  their external situations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;For  Anthony the impetus for change came not from recent events but from a  notorious one in 1989. “I had majored in psychology and history and was  already a teacher but that was the year of the murder of Yusuf Hawkins  (in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn),” he said.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Stirred  not only by the horror of the original act, but also by the racial  tension and violence that followed in the days afterward, Anthony said  he answered a powerful calling to find ways that would make a difference  before violence occurs.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Anthony’s  partner in Peace Dynamics Consultants is Lindy Crescitelli, whose  formative years found him as a member of Students Concerned About Rape  Education (S.C.A.R.ED.) during the organizations first year and serving  as its' President the next at Syracuse University, New York.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;Crescitelli  offered a shocking piece of data to reinforce why change is necessary.  “Between 2003 and 2004, the rates of suicide (among students) went up 18  percent in one year," he said. "There are also increased incidents of  eating disorders, low self-esteem, and emotional shutdown.” Crescitelli  added that the ease of such negative behavior has spurred on such an  increase. “It’s a culture of casual cruelty,” he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;The  tools of bullying are more sophisticated, even if the intent is not, he  went on to explain that with the advent of the home computer and  personal web pages, the incidents of slander and harassment have been on  the rise.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The broadcast of  personal information and misrepresentation played a role in the suicides  of both Clementi and Prince, with more abuse being heaped upon Prince’s  Facebook page after her death.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;Both  Anthony’s and Crescitelli’s direction in such a case is to react as is  expected with any emotional situation. It is a reflexive response and  not necessarily something that can always be controlled, but how the  reaction occurs can be channelled productively.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“Don’t  overreact,” said Crescitelli. “Feel what you feel, record it and then  delete it," Crescitelli said, of things posted on the Internet.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“You  may need that information if you’re called upon to make a case, you  need that evidence. Take a screenshot, record what is there and then  have it taken down.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;Another  topic was the alarming, increasing rates of dating violence. Again, the  cornerstone of the team’s approach is to assert more effective  communication. Citing the most prominent recent incident, being the  beating of pop star Rihanna by former boyfriend and famous musician  Chris Brown, Crescitelli asks why the cultural reaction in many circles  was, “Well, what did Rihanna do (to provoke being beat up)?”.  Crescitelli said there are no justifiable reasons to inflict abuse in a  relationship.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;To  that, Anthony challenged the younger members of the audience asking if  they can think of people they know who are dating others that may not be  good for them, and their relationship might be held together by fear or  incidents of violence. The reason for the question was to reinforce the  team’s original intention, that young people have the power to make  change now. By speaking up, and speaking to the vulnerable, they have  the ability to avert violence and offense.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;Earlier  when discussing the underlying causes of bias incidents Crescitelli  asserted that there are no justifiable or “good” stereotypes.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“Little  actions, like just saying hello to the kid (who might seem unpopular),  can lift them up. It can make them not feel so alone,” Anthony added.  “It’s about standing up and leading, and that’s how you make a  difference.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;A member of the  audience, Rob Lantos, was a former student of Anthony’s and showed up for the presentation in support of  his former teacher and mentor.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“(Mr.  Anthony) got me to join his program, which taught me how to stop fights  instead of starting them,” he said. Lantos is now a personal trainer  and credits Anthony’s instruction for positively intervening in a  crucial period of his life that could have just as easily turned  negative.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="HeaderFooter"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;Both  Anthony and Crescitelli believe that the solutions to the problems they  address lay in part with the empowerment of the student to lead  responsibly and to use effective communication to achieve positive  results. They are not always impressed by just one-day rallies and easy  but ineffective responses to critical issues.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;“This is not something you can just wrap up in a rally by shouting 'Stop the bullying, end the bullying!'," Crescitelli&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;said.  "You have to offer the tools that go with (the participants) and not  just give them something to shout that they forget the moment they leave  the auditorium.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;" class="Body1"&gt;                  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="Body1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Helvetica;" &gt;Crescitelli  pointed to the response their presentation has had, even at the United  Nations, “We’ve actually made this presentation worldwide. Of course, it  is tailored sometimes to the area where we give the presentation, from  the suburbs to cities and different countries but the positive results  are often the same.”&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Crescitelli  is convinced that the duo's goals can be reached, and the means are  reasonable and effective. “We've both been educators working closely  with real students so we’re presenting the information and the  techniques that we know work,” he concluded. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;             &lt;style&gt; &lt;!--  /* Font Definitions */ @font-face  {font-family:"ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3";  mso-font-charset:78;  mso-generic-font-family:auto;  mso-font-pitch:variable;  mso-font-signature:-536870145 2059927551 18 0 131085 0;}  /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal  {mso-style-unhide:no;  mso-style-qformat:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  margin:0in;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 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float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkpMmtvlFpI/AAAAAAAAAMk/BRcvWmzhXh4/s400/cover2007_04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064944958929442450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;Getting Along&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;Going Along&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" class="subHead"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Resolving Board Conflicts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;        By Liz Len&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes being on the board of a co-op or condo is   like being a politician. Fellow residents look to you to solve problems.   They can vote for you, or they can choose not to vote for you if you do   something they dislike. You feel like you're always in the spotlight   and sometimes you feel that even your best may not be enough.  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;  In short, it's a job with a lot of pressure—and that's  why, when you put six, nine or a dozen board   members in a room together, tensions may rise and conflicts may erupt.   It's just the nature of the beast; different personalities, different   experiences with even a little dose of stress can turn the most friendly   colleagues into squabbling combatants. A warring board is a troubled board   —so here are a few ideas that may help your board get through the   tough times and avoid major conflicts among members.  &lt;/p&gt;Sometimes, simply recognizing that disagreements will   occur amounts to half the battle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"People don't always have to   agree, but they do have to try to understand where people are coming   from," says George Anthony of the conflict resolution consulting firm   Peace Dynamics Consultants. "If people get   locked into a win-lose environment, they're setting themselves up to   fail."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;  "It helps to have a strong leader to encourage   people to think outside the box," Anthony adds. People in   disagreement with one another "should explore options, because   oftentimes, those options are solutions. And sometimes those solutions are   born out of conflict. You can look at it as an opportunity."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ugliest fights can start out seemingly   insignificant in nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"A lot of the time what develops into   animosity [among board members] starts out as a simple policy disagreement   and builds from there," says Lindy Crescitelli, also of Peace   Dynamics.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;  Before Things Get Ugly  &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;As with any argument or conflict, taking a moment or   two to really listen can go a long way toward solving the problem and   helping one side understand what the other is really saying.&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Problems happen because someone states a belief that is interpreted   as a position," Crescitelli says. "A position implies,   'This is where I'm at and everyone else is wrong."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;  Trouble also arises from simple misstatements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Sometimes something just isn't clear to someone," he   adds. "What '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Person A&lt;/span&gt;' thought it was about, was not at all what '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Person   B&lt;/span&gt;' intended. This is where third parties can help."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;  Let a Pro Sort it Out  &lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;  If conflicts have gotten so contentious that they have   impaired the ability of the board to conduct business, then it is most   definitely time to bring in some outside help. Conflict resolution   specialists can help individuals open up the lines of communication and   work out the issues at hand. And those lines of communication should be   direct between the two parties involved.  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;  "Things that start small and should stay small   can get big when people go to other people to talk about it and don't   go to the people they need to be talking to," Crescitelli says. In   other words, board members have to remember not to go the junior high   route; talking behind someone's back or trying to work through   another board member to get their message across.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;  Specialists also can help people broach difficult   subjects at the right time and in the right mental place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Don't try to solve anything when the situation is   heated," Crescitelli says. "Once the emotion is under control,   then go to the other person to talk about things." It's   important in this initial conversation to think about how each word can be   perceived. "People should not use accusatory language.   'You' is accusatory. Use 'I.' For example, say,   'I'm not understanding this correctly,'" rather   than barking, "You're not making any sense!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;  Trying to see the other side of the story is key to   resolving difficulties. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"We all see the world differently depending   on how we were raised," Anthony says. "We're all living   in the same building or environment, but we have to acknowledge that we   have differences. It's an opportunity to learn from each other,   especially if we can acknowledge early on that we have these different   views."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;  Just as most buildings have lawyers or accountants on   staff, it also might be wise to have the number of a good counselor on hand   in the event that problems do arise. It's always better to solve   things before they get ugly.  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ultimately, avoiding difficulties means building and   maintaining a sound structure for communication, keeping the dialogue   going, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;knowing one's role on a board and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;remembering that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span&gt;everyone is   in this together. Each and every board member is making a sacrifice of time   and effort to serve their fellow residents. &lt;/span&gt;It's important to   remember that, as Crescitelli says, "People don't usually join boards   just with the intention to make themselves or others miserable."&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Basic kindness and common sense can make life easier   for everyone and help things function smoothly and efficiently. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Liz Lent is a freelance writer and   frequent contributor to The Cooperator.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;(re-edited slightly for space &amp;amp; context/link to full article below).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://cooperator.com/articles/1423/1/Getting-Along-and-Going-Along/Page1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;CLICK THIS FOR A LINK TO THE FULL ORIGINAL ARTICLE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://cooperator.com/articles/1423/1/Getting-Along-and-Going-Along/Page1.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;IN THE COOPERATOR MAGAZINE.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-4326199854420536795?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/4326199854420536795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=4326199854420536795' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/4326199854420536795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/4326199854420536795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2007/05/sometimes-being-on-board-of-co-op-or_15.html' title='Resolving Board Conflicts'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkokLNvlFmI/AAAAAAAAAMM/sYlLIGxGSOw/s72-c/Snapshot+2007-COOPERATOR.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-6500298334654631946</id><published>2007-05-18T05:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-08T17:49:11.372-07:00</updated><title type='text'>News At Eleven</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="349" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V7Yp2ygSGvM?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V7Yp2ygSGvM?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="349" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IlkqsdnNITY/TZ-rPP97xYI/AAAAAAAAC_0/CNluZv_Z3m0/s1600/180435_1806347639248_1256626562_2056802_4306298_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; 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width: 390px; height: 96px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqQwoDEjoI/AAAAAAAAAN0/e4cPhS3LX-U/s400/Asbury+park+Press+-web+page+title-closer-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065019895989964418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Program teaches students&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;constructive ways past conflicts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;BY TERRY GAUTHIER &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;MUESSIG&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;STAFF WRITER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/TOwqbUFiYCI/AAAAAAAAC8w/5V65eWrPjmw/s1600/LPC%2B%2526%2BGA%2BAsbury%2BPark%2BPress-LPCin%2BNEws%2Bsite2_n-2a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 602px; height: 351px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/TOwqbUFiYCI/AAAAAAAAC8w/5V65eWrPjmw/s400/LPC%2B%2526%2BGA%2BAsbury%2BPark%2BPress-LPCin%2BNEws%2Bsite2_n-2a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542851890123005986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Students at &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Fairview&lt;/span&gt; Elementary School in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Middletown&lt;/span&gt; learned that putting the word "I" in a sentence instead of "you" makes all the difference in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;"Oh, not you again," George Anthony said. "You're a loser."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;While teaching students at the school the difference between you and I, Anthony called his friend Lindy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; a loser, and by the time the lesson was over, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; confronted Anthony by saying, "Can I talk to you? I don't want to fight. I got into a lot of trouble the last time we fought."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;George Anthony and Lindy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt;, educators and consultants for their business Peace Dynamics of Red Bank and of New York City, visited the school Oct. 25 for an all-day program to teach students new leadership skills by addressing bullying situations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;"Bullying can happen in any school, at any age," said Matt Kirkpatrick, the principal of the kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school. "Bullying is always a major issue."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;The 40-minute sessions were conducted in the school's all-purpose room for the first-through-fifth-grade students.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;In teaching the students their options when confronted with a bullying situation, Anthony of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Middletown&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; of New York City told the students they had three choices: walk away from the problem, stay to fight it out, or try to communicate with each other to resolve the conflict.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;Anthony and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; acted out each choice for the students. The basis for each skit was for Anthony to be getting a basketball team together. Each time, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; jumped up saying he wanted to play.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;However, when &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; stood in front of Anthony, Anthony called him a loser, pushed him and made fun of him when &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; ran out of the room.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;In this incident, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; did not stand up to Anthony. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; pretended to cry, ran for the door and left the room.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;"What's wrong with this choice?" &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; asked, when he came back into the room. He sat near some students and pretended to be mad. He also screamed, "What are you looking at?" when students turned to look at him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;The first choice showed the students that nothing got resolved, the problem still existed, and the victim was very angry and yelled at other people for no reason. Another outcome of this scenario could lead the victim to disassociation with others, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;"He could hurt himself," said Justin &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Lippert&lt;/span&gt;, 10.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;"The problem is still there," said Julia &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Terronova&lt;/span&gt;, 10.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;The second choice drew some laughs from the fifth-graders, when the two men started calling each other names. Then it &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;escalated&lt;/span&gt; and they started physically fighting, so the end result was effectively demonstrating another negative approach to resolving a conflict.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;In this scene, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; stuck up for himself. He told Anthony he was "not a loser" and that Anthony was "a big loser." The two men pretended to be in a fist fight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;"You don't have control when you start fighting," &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said. "Someone could be seriously injured."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;The second choice proved to be the wrong choice. The two people involved in the fight most likely would be in trouble with their parents, the principal and could cause them to lose friends over the conflict, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;Prior to demonstrating the third choice, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said he wanted the students to listen to the dialogue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;In this skit, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; asked Anthony if he could talk to him, after Anthony said he could not play on the basketball team.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;"I would like to talk to you," he said. "I don't want to fight. I got into a lot of trouble the last time we had a fight."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;"You're in trouble; I got in trouble, too," Anthony said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;After a few minutes of the "I" dialogue in the skit, the students found out that Anthony and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; were friends. But, a few months ago, Anthony got hit in the head with a basketball and he thought &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; was laughing at him instead of asking him if he was hurt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;In this skit, the conflict was resolved between the two actors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"  &gt;Although this particular conflict was resolved, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said, if a student could not manage to get his or her partner to talk it out, the person trying to resolve the issue should continue his or her quest to get the other person to talk it out. He suggested asking a peer to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"&gt;intervine&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;"Just say, could you tell (Anthony) I want to talk to him," &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said, adding if that fails, "ask an adult for help in resolving the situation."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-2915920952685355009?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/2915920952685355009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=2915920952685355009' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/2915920952685355009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/2915920952685355009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2007/05/program-teaches-students-constructive.html' title='Teaching Constructive Ways Past Conflicts'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqQwoDEjoI/AAAAAAAAAN0/e4cPhS3LX-U/s72-c/Asbury+park+Press+-web+page+title-closer-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-1598411467875149575</id><published>2007-05-01T06:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-08T03:44:00.552-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAM SHINES</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAIdnyf8pxY/TmrAPI_SaBI/AAAAAAAADBc/dVZKv5PsQ3M/s1600/SI%2BADVANCE%2BConflict%2BRes%2BProgram%2BShines-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 88px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAIdnyf8pxY/TmrAPI_SaBI/AAAAAAAADBc/dVZKv5PsQ3M/s400/SI%2BADVANCE%2BConflict%2BRes%2BProgram%2BShines-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650540048833210386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Students in the Conflict Resolution Program led by George Anthony and Lindy Crescitelli are preparing to be presenters at The United Nations on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The impetus to start this clearly successful program perhaps began in 1993 when a concern about race relations led the New York City's Board of Education to take advantage of Columbia University's training in conflict resolution and mediation strategies.  Having a background in psychology, Anthony was sent in 1993 to participate in the first training.  He felt like his life's work found him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"We expect kids to make the right decisions to cope with conflict, but kids need to learn the choices they have," said Anthony.  The program he designed with fellow teacher Lindy Crescitelli combines a powerful mix of being able to speak up for yourself to clarify a situation, learning about the choices you have when confronted with conflict, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;including seeking walking away as an option that does not make you any less strong.  Hot-button issues like &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rumors, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;homophobia, and name-calling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; are addressed.  Ultimately the students are trained to help others find peaceful solutions too.  They learn in the most effective way -- by doing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Their belief in choosing nonviolence comes from the conviction of having experienced its power.  "I used to be temperamental; got into fights, had a rap sheet, knew all the deans," said Jerlisa Jacobs.  "Now I still know them, but in a different way.  This program gives you responsibility; leads you to know you have three choices when you are confronted with a conflict; isolation, confrontation, or resolution.  Conflict Resolution lets you vent and solve your problem."&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Being treated poorly because of someone's prejudice frustrates everyone.  It can be an eye-opening experience when it comes to people with whom you might assume you have nothing in common.  "When people look at me they see a little white girl, cheerleader.  They don;t see that I am also Puerto Rican and Jewish.  It's harder to make assumptions when you get to know someone," said Danielle Stern.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"We all have problems, not just fights, relationships, family.  This program teaches us how to cope.  It opens your eyes to how bias can lead to hatred and name-calling.  It has helped me think about the consequences before I act," said Jubin George.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Everyone loves a skill that works," said Crescitelli.  "Dr. King said that we get peace through understanding and the foundation is love.  But we need tools that allow us to practice communicating that love through understanding."  One of those tools is listening, he said.  "A lot of the time each side feels the other is not listening.  If you want another person to believe you are listening, sometimes you have to say back to them what you understood them to say."  Then you can come to some agreement about what each needs. "When young people experience understanding through listening, they grow in their confidence and ability to make a difference."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-1598411467875149575?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/1598411467875149575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=1598411467875149575' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/1598411467875149575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/1598411467875149575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2011/09/students-in-conflict-resolution-program.html' title='CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAM SHINES'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAIdnyf8pxY/TmrAPI_SaBI/AAAAAAAADBc/dVZKv5PsQ3M/s72-c/SI%2BADVANCE%2BConflict%2BRes%2BProgram%2BShines-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-7562540817887142998</id><published>2007-03-31T06:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-14T08:51:33.479-07:00</updated><title type='text'>EDUCATING Against Violence</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;One of the best and most important ways&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;to prevent VIOLENCE is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awareness &amp;amp; Prevention EDUCATION.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span&gt;Mr. Lindy&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; P. &lt;/span&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; featured &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;on National TV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;as a guest on a syndicated Special/investigative report about an anti-rape/anti-violence issue, -focusing on athletes &amp;amp; rape and other VIOLENCE Awareness &amp;amp; Prevention EDUCATION.  Here is a brief (just over two minutes only) video of some short clips from that National TV program's Special episode:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5NqkWSGhuS4"&gt;  &lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5NqkWSGhuS4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;  &lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-7562540817887142998?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/7562540817887142998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=7562540817887142998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/7562540817887142998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/7562540817887142998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2007/03/educating-against-violence.html' title='EDUCATING Against Violence'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-5469649267077590851</id><published>2007-03-30T06:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-23T13:05:55.749-08:00</updated><title type='text'>LIVE THE DREAM</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/ReAy49bJwiI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/K5GToynGdF4/s1600-h/013_20.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/ReAy49bJwiI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/K5GToynGdF4/s400/013_20.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035080337542726178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mr. Lindy P. Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mr. Martin Luther King III&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;son of the late&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,&lt;br /&gt;in the old Ebenezer Baptist Church basement hall,&lt;br /&gt;where his father used to be in Atlanta, GA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/ReA0BdbJwjI/AAAAAAAAAHY/BEGkUNrs6rE/s1600-h/012_19.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/ReA0BdbJwjI/AAAAAAAAAHY/BEGkUNrs6rE/s400/012_19.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035081583083242034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-5469649267077590851?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/5469649267077590851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=5469649267077590851' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/5469649267077590851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/5469649267077590851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2007/03/live-dream.html' title='LIVE THE DREAM'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/ReAy49bJwiI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/K5GToynGdF4/s72-c/013_20.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-3367071165071537321</id><published>2007-03-29T06:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-10T10:07:26.802-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"The workshop was awesome with skilled facilitators George Anthony and  Lindy Crescitelli from Peace Dynamics Consultants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Students learned in a  fun way how to promote understanding, respect, tolerance and accept  diversity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parents learned how to talk with their children and resolve  conflicts at home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Students understood what it means to be a leader in  their community and ways they could improve their leadership skills."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Sheila Gilstein&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;, Chairperson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holmdel Drug and Alcohol Alliance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RnPRv8BM-4I/AAAAAAAAAYA/84KIlgjBcXE/s1600-h/scan_Homdale+Happenings_1+copy+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RnPRv8BM-4I/AAAAAAAAAYA/84KIlgjBcXE/s400/scan_Homdale+Happenings_1+copy+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076631826471910274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RnPR2cBM-5I/AAAAAAAAAYI/qz3_Apr8FRg/s1600-h/scan_Homdale+Happenings_2+copy+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RnPR2cBM-5I/AAAAAAAAAYI/qz3_Apr8FRg/s400/scan_Homdale+Happenings_2+copy+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076631938141059986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Pictured: George Anthony (right) and Lindy Crescitelli (left) role-play resolving conflicts&lt;br /&gt;at a Holmdel Drug and Alcohol Alliance's sponsored workshop "Stand Up &amp;amp; Lead."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RnPS6MBM-6I/AAAAAAAAAYQ/VKAy42vqrbw/s1600-h/scan_Homdale+Happenings_1+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RnPS6MBM-6I/AAAAAAAAAYQ/VKAy42vqrbw/s400/scan_Homdale+Happenings_1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076633102077197218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-3367071165071537321?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/3367071165071537321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=3367071165071537321' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/3367071165071537321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/3367071165071537321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2011/09/workshop-was-awesome-with-skilled.html' title='WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEADER'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RnPRv8BM-4I/AAAAAAAAAYA/84KIlgjBcXE/s72-c/scan_Homdale+Happenings_1+copy+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-8755237469261646574</id><published>2007-03-28T00:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T14:45:00.481-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NEWSWEEK</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqdRYDEjsI/AAAAAAAAAOU/6dl19QqqZxE/s1600-h/scan_Newsweek-Heading-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqdRYDEjsI/AAAAAAAAAOU/6dl19QqqZxE/s400/scan_Newsweek-Heading-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065033652770213570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqdZYDEjtI/AAAAAAAAAOc/hD5pU4XfQ9M/s1600-h/scan_Newsweek+-National-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqdZYDEjtI/AAAAAAAAAOc/hD5pU4XfQ9M/s400/scan_Newsweek+-National-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065033790209167058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqdkoDEjuI/AAAAAAAAAOk/4wdFvdpZ-4o/s1600-h/scan_Newsweek+Photo-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqdkoDEjuI/AAAAAAAAAOk/4wdFvdpZ-4o/s400/scan_Newsweek+Photo-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065033983482695394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;LINDY &amp;amp; THE ANTI-VIOLENCE RALLY HE ORGANIZED&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; APPEAR IN NATIONAL MAGAZINE (NEWSWEEK)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/Rkqd3IDEjvI/AAAAAAAAAOs/cvMvtUKb3vM/s1600-h/scan_Newsweek+Photo+%28closer%29-1+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/Rkqd3IDEjvI/AAAAAAAAAOs/cvMvtUKb3vM/s400/scan_Newsweek+Photo+%28closer%29-1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065034301310275314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-8755237469261646574?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/8755237469261646574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=8755237469261646574' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/8755237469261646574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/8755237469261646574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/1991/05/newsweek.html' title='NEWSWEEK'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqdRYDEjsI/AAAAAAAAAOU/6dl19QqqZxE/s72-c/scan_Newsweek-Heading-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-6812925870441893620</id><published>2007-03-25T06:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-10T10:07:59.575-07:00</updated><title type='text'>LEADERSHIP TAUGHT AS A WAY TO STOP BULLYING</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JFwddj3eXec/TmkumIETXtI/AAAAAAAADBM/-AnUia3BUC8/s1600/Independent%2Bmasthead.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 472px; height: 57px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JFwddj3eXec/TmkumIETXtI/AAAAAAAADBM/-AnUia3BUC8/s400/Independent%2Bmasthead.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650098440048434898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8LP_SaLKcz8/TmkxFPe2BzI/AAAAAAAADBU/N7aEvdzt7Oc/s1600/LPC%2B%2526%2BGA%2Bpic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 471px; height: 90px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8LP_SaLKcz8/TmkxFPe2BzI/AAAAAAAADBU/N7aEvdzt7Oc/s400/LPC%2B%2526%2BGA%2Bpic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650101173638006578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;LEADERSHIP TAUGHT AS A WAY TO STOP BULLYING&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Dan Newman, Staff Writer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For so many young people, being bullied and taunted has almost become commonplace in school, as the way a person dresses or speaks can become fodder              for others who want to feel superior.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;On  Oct. 25, students at Fairview Elementary School got a lesson in how to  do just the opposite - how to be a leader and how to potentially resolve  a conflict.&lt;style&gt; &lt;!--  /* Font Definitions */ @font-face  {font-family:Times;  panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;  mso-font-charset:0;  mso-generic-font-family:auto;  mso-font-pitch:variable;  mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face  {font-family:Times;  panose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;  mso-font-charset:0;  mso-generic-font-family:auto;  mso-font-pitch:variable;  mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face  {font-family:"Lucida Grande";  panose-1:2 11 6 0 4 5 2 2 2 4;  mso-font-charset:0;  mso-generic-font-family:auto;  mso-font-pitch:variable;  mso-font-signature:-520090897 1342218751 0 0 447 0;}  /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal  {mso-style-unhide:no;  mso-style-qformat:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  margin:0in;  margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:12.0pt;  mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; 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The duo has presented their program in districts throughout the state.  Crescitelli said no matter where they go, whether it's an urban or bucolic environment, kids can learn these skills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Our main purpose every place we go is to give kids the necessary skills that they can utilize in an everyday situation," Crescitelli said.  "Every kid can be a bully or a victim.  The key to our whole program is reinforcement and letting them know what to do, and how to do the right things."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anthony, in his sixth year of doing the program, explained that while the program is designed for all kids ranging from kindergarten through 12th grade, there are certain facets that are tailor-made for each age level.  The pair also wanted kids to learn simple life lessons they may not have thought about prior to watching the program.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 700;font-family:'LucidaGrande';font-size:13.000000pt;"  &gt;Anthony  told the assembled group, "Everyone in this room can be a leader. And  if you do walk away from a fight, you're still left with a problem. We  want you to know what to do and how to solve the problem."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="  font-weight: 700;font-family:'LucidaGrande';font-size:13.000000pt;"  &gt;Crescitelli  and Anthony explained that talking things out is always the best way.  "Using the word 'I' instead of 'you' is a smart move," Anthony  explained. "Instead of blaming the other person, you take on the  responsibility yourself." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                  &lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;              &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;School Principal Matthew Kirkpatrick was appreciative that the program  made its way to his school.  "One kid really can make a difference and I  think that these presenters definitely got through to the kids,"  Kirkpatrick said.  "I think the kids can get a lot out of what went on  today.&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:'LucidaGrande';font-size:11.000000pt;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;              &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 700;font-family:'LucidaGrande';font-size:13.000000pt;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Lucida Grande&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-family:&amp;quot;;font-size:10.0pt;color:black;"   &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-6812925870441893620?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/6812925870441893620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=6812925870441893620' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/6812925870441893620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/6812925870441893620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2011/09/leadership-taught-as-way-to-stop.html' title='LEADERSHIP TAUGHT AS A WAY TO STOP BULLYING'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JFwddj3eXec/TmkumIETXtI/AAAAAAAADBM/-AnUia3BUC8/s72-c/Independent%2Bmasthead.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-3342386636594454441</id><published>2007-03-20T06:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T22:23:25.147-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Environmental Conservation &amp; Preservation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make Every Day, Earth Day!&lt;br /&gt;It is good to remember that we must all&lt;br /&gt;do our part to protect our environment,&lt;br /&gt;including some land preservation and that&lt;br /&gt;sometimes we do in the long run win victories&lt;br /&gt;for environmental conservation &amp;amp; preservation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VFNT6pRjApY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VFNT6pRjApY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-3342386636594454441?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/3342386636594454441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=3342386636594454441' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/3342386636594454441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/3342386636594454441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2010/03/environmental-conservation-preservation.html' title='Environmental Conservation &amp; Preservation'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-910777244786613029</id><published>2007-03-15T06:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-10T10:07:02.225-07:00</updated><title type='text'>VICTIM NO MORE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img style="width: 389px; height: 31px; font-weight: bold;" src="http://www.silive.com/images/advance/siadvance.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sunday, February 16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" class="RedBold16" &gt;Karate kid a victim no more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fourth-grader gets free karate lessons,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="BlackBold14"  style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as martial artists cater to bullied school kids&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;By JODI LEE REIFER&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;                         &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;                         &lt;/div&gt;                         &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;In Tiger Shulmann's Karate studio,                           Jordan Torres shuffles around the floor, swiftly kicking                           and punching a red foam cushion just like every other                           kid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;                         &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;                          The fourth-grader, who recently protested outside PS                           22 with his mother over beatings at the hands of school-bus                           punks, is no anomaly, warn Staten Island karate practitioners.  In response, martial arts schools here have increasingly                           tailored their classes to kids who have been repeatedly                           picked on by bullies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;                         &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;"Self-defense is generally a last resort. We                           teach them a style of karate to empower them with a                           level of self-confidence," said                           Ralph Taliento III, an instructor at Tiger Shulmann's                           in New Dorp.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;                         &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;While mental health professionals acknowledge                           karate often raises children's confidence, they also                           say martial                           arts is far from a panacea. First, victims need to                           know how to speak up for themselves, say experts. They                           warn                           that in some cases, martial arts may compound difficulties                         if the child learning self-defense uses it unnecessarily.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                         &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"The                           solutions are more complex than taking a karate class                           or walking away," said Lindy P. Crescitelli, a                           conflict resolution teacher. "When                           you're a young person and you don't know the way to                           talk it out, feeling confident physically isn't going                           to solve                         that."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                         &lt;p  style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;" class="BlackBold12"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STANDING UP FOR LONERS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                         &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;He and fellow teacher George                           Anthony run a conflict resolution                           program, training students                           every                         year to acknowledge and stick up for loners.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                         &lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"If kids are taught to stand up for those who                           stand alone, that gives them a sense of ownership.                           What schools really                         need to do is provide a forum," said Anthony.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                                                  &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dr.                           Israel (Izzy) Kalman reported that even children who                         excel in karate classes may freeze in real-life situations. Most                           martial arts instructors teach kids to control their                           anger, which has nothing to do with strength                           and fighting                         ability, noted Kalman. "So should you take up martial arts? Certainly," wrote                           Kalman. "But do it as a physical fitness activity,                         not as a solution to daily teasing and bullying."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;*(re-edited slightly for space &amp;amp; context/link to full article at bottom of post below:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tsk.com/media_pr/print/pressreleases/story.php?id=26"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;CLICK THIS FOR A LINK TO THE FULL ARTICLE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tsk.com/media_pr/print/pressreleases/story.php?id=26"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-910777244786613029?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/910777244786613029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=910777244786613029' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/910777244786613029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/910777244786613029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2003/02/victim-no-more.html' title='VICTIM NO MORE'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-8940068528307748376</id><published>2007-02-26T20:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-23T13:18:55.173-08:00</updated><title type='text'>LINDY to appear LIVE ON ABC (NATIONAL NETWORK TELEVISION)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Video from T.V. 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Your presentation was just what the group needed regarding the important role they have in supporting students who are bullied by their peers.  You have helped them to understand the damaging effects of bullying which often go unnoticed.  Additionally, you discussed strategies that Social Workers and Guidance Counselors can use to help students while having a positive impact on school culture.  Feedback from the participants was extremely positive and they felt inspired by the examples that you used from your own experiences working with students... Several of the Guidance Counselors and Social Workers expressed an interest in utilizing the skills that you described."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;                                                                                                             -Ruth Greenfield&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                                                                           &lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;Clinical Supervisor of Social Workers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;                                                                                                              New York City Department of Education&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; 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LEAD:  Whole School-Community Approach</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cPXErCjzggU?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cPXErCjzggU?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="350" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FoeT_o702-4/TZ9kE5jEgSI/AAAAAAAAC_U/lJ-kk1mNVFY/s1600/NY%2B1%2Bwebsite%2Bheading%2B-1a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; 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I think it's pretty cool," said parent Lorraine Liquori.  "It was fun meeting some new people on the stage and you can really learn here about not being a bully," said student Nicholas Rago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F25IufJctSg/TZj30t679mI/AAAAAAAAC9U/Fki0GWYZAeA/s1600/LPC%2BNY%2521%2Bcrop%2Bfrom%2BFB%2Bto%2Bwebsite%2B-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F25IufJctSg/TZj30t679mI/AAAAAAAAC9U/Fki0GWYZAeA/s400/LPC%2BNY%2521%2Bcrop%2Bfrom%2BFB%2Bto%2Bwebsite%2B-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591491422432523874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-4455160192207759848?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/4455160192207759848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=4455160192207759848' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/4455160192207759848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/4455160192207759848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2011/04/youtube-video-player.html' title='STAND UP &amp; LEAD:  Whole School-Community Approach'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FoeT_o702-4/TZ9kE5jEgSI/AAAAAAAAC_U/lJ-kk1mNVFY/s72-c/NY%2B1%2Bwebsite%2Bheading%2B-1a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-4897338150252181283</id><published>2007-02-18T22:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T22:31:30.531-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peace Dynamics Consultants</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t2dBjqrAbLw/TZ-t6qjAYDI/AAAAAAAAC_8/Hs51S4_w2vM/s1600/PD%2B4%253A4%253A11%2B-MTL%2Bweb%2Bannouncement%2B-1_2_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; 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font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span&gt;group's co-leader says at rally&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"  &gt;by Matthew J. Palm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;"  &gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-5473838753013976197?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/5473838753013976197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=5473838753013976197' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/5473838753013976197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/5473838753013976197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html' title='EDUCATING To End Violence'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqJLIDEjlI/AAAAAAAAANc/O8WUQRcHR9A/s72-c/scan_DO-HEADING-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-6535200187241583444</id><published>2007-02-17T23:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-08T17:58:47.164-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Last year a freshman was raped during the first week of school.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;This year an anti-rape rally was held on the quad on the second day of classes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Lindy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt;, co-president of S.C.A.R.ED. (Students Concerned About Rape &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;EDucation&lt;/span&gt;), hopes it makes a difference.  "Statistics show that most campus rapes occur from the first day of classes to Thanksgiving, " &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said.  "We want to let the entire nation know we effectively promote rape awareness."  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"The act itself transcends ethnicity, skin color, and sexual orientation," he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said he was also encouraged by the reaction he received. "A lot of people said they felt a part of the organization and that's what we wanted, " he said.&lt;/span&gt; Educating freshman was a primary aim of the rally because they were not on campus last year to remember the situation then: six reported being raped int he first five weeks of classes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"We want them to get the facts and get education."  But keeping the issue alive for upperclassmen is also &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;important&lt;/span&gt; for the group, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said, so they don't forget.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"I don't fear students forgetting because we're around," he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;During the summer, members of S.C.A.R.ED.'s executive board met with many administration members to form a coalition to promote rape awareness. Several administration members also spoke at Thursday's rally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said the coalition of administrators and students met for more than two hours and will be meeting again. The coalition will provide a way for students to give input into the administration's rape policy, he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;S.C.A.R.ED. - which one four awards from the Student Advisory Board last year including Best New Group and Best Campus Advocacy Group - will remain active, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Crescitelli&lt;/span&gt; said.  "We're around, we're more active than ever and we're going to do more programming than ever," he said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;*(re-edited slightly for space &amp;amp; context/full article appears at bottom of post below:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkoMzNvlFjI/AAAAAAAAAL0/ezK2D3gnSo0/s1600-h/scan_611313810_1_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkoMzNvlFjI/AAAAAAAAAL0/ezK2D3gnSo0/s400/scan_611313810_1_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064874804933629490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-6535200187241583444?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/6535200187241583444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=6535200187241583444' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/6535200187241583444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/6535200187241583444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2007/01/last-year-freshman-was-raped-during.html' title=''/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkoMzNvlFjI/AAAAAAAAAL0/ezK2D3gnSo0/s72-c/scan_611313810_1_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-8951271998674800988</id><published>2007-02-17T06:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-24T08:09:17.412-08:00</updated><title type='text'>PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Sometimes we must also take a stand to protect our environment from attempts to have excessive pollutions concentrated in the same area.&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;  Below is an example of this, as covered by three different news organizations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part of the caption from the photo which appeared in the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;North Shore Star&lt;/span&gt; says,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The meetings and community outrage have paid off&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;... &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SHevQ06Ei0I/AAAAAAAABKg/Qx6lDE5ln7s/s1600-h/scan_8711124435_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SHevQ06Ei0I/AAAAAAAABKg/Qx6lDE5ln7s/s400/scan_8711124435_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221834996574358338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SHevDuoqLoI/AAAAAAAABKY/two37iL021c/s1600-h/scan_871112653_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SHevDuoqLoI/AAAAAAAABKY/two37iL021c/s400/scan_871112653_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221834771552415362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SHeuiVjd4eI/AAAAAAAABKQ/szYrulFnHW0/s1600-h/scan_871112653_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SHeuiVjd4eI/AAAAAAAABKQ/szYrulFnHW0/s400/scan_871112653_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221834197884068322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"  &gt;(Standing up with the  crowd at far right in photo above is Mr. Lindy P. Crescitelli, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Executive Board Member  &amp;amp; past President&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"  &gt; of  the New Brighton Citizens' Committees, Inc.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SHmM3a-Z6iI/AAAAAAAABKw/Nw3ahaEDxJA/s1600-h/scan_871303911_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SHmM3a-Z6iI/AAAAAAAABKw/Nw3ahaEDxJA/s400/scan_871303911_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222360126674561570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SITeSvmNPqI/AAAAAAAABMk/tOtmWhuZces/s1600-h/Snapshot+2008-07-21+15-04-51.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SITeSvmNPqI/AAAAAAAABMk/tOtmWhuZces/s400/Snapshot+2008-07-21+15-04-51.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225545881252347554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SITettnQ8TI/AAAAAAAABMs/dOjj41HgJFs/s1600-h/scan_8721144054_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SITettnQ8TI/AAAAAAAABMs/dOjj41HgJFs/s400/scan_8721144054_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225546344576381234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 85%;"&gt;(Standing up with the  community near center right in photo above is Mr. Lindy P. Crescitelli.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-8951271998674800988?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/8951271998674800988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=8951271998674800988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/8951271998674800988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/8951271998674800988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/2007/02/sometimes-we-must-also-take-stand-to.html' title='PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/SHevQ06Ei0I/AAAAAAAABKg/Qx6lDE5ln7s/s72-c/scan_8711124435_1+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy+copy.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-7965244030063880532</id><published>2007-02-16T21:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-05-16T15:14:19.765-07:00</updated><title type='text'>STANDING UP FOR JUSTICE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;LINDY ON JUSTICE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;(Extensive Interview/Profile)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqKMoDEjmI/AAAAAAAAANk/sBPGRLRac7Y/s1600-h/scan_Profile-copy-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqKMoDEjmI/AAAAAAAAANk/sBPGRLRac7Y/s400/scan_Profile-copy-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065012680444907106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqI_4DEjkI/AAAAAAAAANU/xXMeUhwvIvw/s1600-h/scan_8:31:90-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3368371508877321546-7965244030063880532?l=lindynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/feeds/7965244030063880532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3368371508877321546&amp;postID=7965244030063880532' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/7965244030063880532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3368371508877321546/posts/default/7965244030063880532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lindynews.blogspot.com/1991/05/on-justice.html' title='STANDING UP FOR JUSTICE'/><author><name>LPC</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14055050264202391866</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_vTUQO3OUeWk/RkqKMoDEjmI/AAAAAAAAANk/sBPGRLRac7Y/s72-c/scan_Profile-copy-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3368371508877321546.post-1581968624574198178</id><published>2007-02-01T16:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-08T16:48:40.328-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Peace Dynamics Poster</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MsiTKaneg8U/TZ-d1focBmI/AAAAAAAAC_c/-ceUXVU8Vto/s1600/Large%2Bpeace%2Bdynamics%2Bposter%2B04-04-11_2_2_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; 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