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Nursing Informatics with a Systems Flavor
Judith A. Effken, PhD, RN firstname.lastname@example.com
University of Arizona College of Nursing
At the University of Arizona College of Nursing (http://www.nursing.arizona.edu), we chose to build our informatics program on an already existing Nursing Systems program (http://www.nursing.arizona.edu/systems.htm). There were several pragmatic reasons for doing so:
· The nursing systems program prepares nurses for some of the most challenging roles in today's rapidly changing health care environment by helping students develop the conceptual and technical skills needed to assess and analyze clinical situations and health care organizations, conduct program evaluations, and use research findings and technology to help formulate decisions about delivery systems, information management, quality improvement, organizational redesign and outcomes of care. Clearly, these are skills needed by nursing informatics specialists as well.
· The nursing systems program included courses that were immediately applicable for nursing informatics (e.g., data management and a theory of systems management course in which theory of information systems was included as one of three modules).
· We had a core group of faculty with nationally recognized expertise in nursing systems research, qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, and instrumentation.
· Other programs on campus could supplement our core courses. The Management Information Systems program at the University of Arizona College of Business and Policy is probably the top-rated program of its kind in the country. In addition, Information Resources and Library Science offers several excellent informatics courses (Human Factors, System Analysis, Knowledge Structures, and Health & Medical Informatics).
There was also a strong theoretical motivation for developing our program in the context of systems management. To be successful in healthcare informatics requires understanding how the health care system works and how to work successfully within that system. Systems theories provide an invaluable framework for designing, implementing, and evaluating health care information systems. Theory provides the nursing informatics specialist with prescriptions, or at least guidelines, that can be used as the basis for design, implementation, evaluation, and research. Interestingly, at the 1999 AMIA Spring Congress focused on informatics education, several informatics leaders placed "knowledge of how health care systems work" at the top of their list of "things I didn't learn in school and had to discover for myself."
We view "systems theory" in its broadest sense, that is, as a variety of theories and theoretical frameworks that can be used to guide the practitioner who deals with health care systems. Many of these theories or theoretical frameworks have evolved from Bertalanffy's (1986) General System Theory. Some of the more contemporary theories and frameworks we find useful include those of Peter Senge, Peter Drucker, and Gareth Morgan.
Systems theories also encompass change management theories and models, from Lewin (1952) and Rogers (1983) to Robbins and Finley (1996). These theories and models help informatics specialists analyze organizations and apply theoretically motivated strategies to manage change effectively. Managing change may be the most challenging aspect of informatics projects—and something we don't always teach students.
Theory gives our program a strong foundation for research or practice. All Masters' students take a nursing theory course. Systems students (including those in informatics) also take the Theory of Systems Management course. Doctoral students take additional midrange theory and metatheory courses, and, in a seminar, inquire more deeply into the theoretical foundations of their practice. For example, this semester, a small group of students and faculty are working collaboratively to define what it means to conduct systems (including informatics) research and determine to what degree our current systems research is founded on theory.
Our systems focus gives our informatics program a unique flavor. Because evaluation research is a faculty strength, we have chosen to capitalize on that strength in our program. As a result, in addition to having a strong foundation in core informatics competencies, our students are exceptionally well prepared to evaluate health care systems in general, and information systems in particular. Not surprisingly, several of our graduates now have positions that involve systems evaluation or outcomes research.
Informatics at the
Baccalaureate, Masters, and Doctoral Levels
Level Informatics
Most students come into the program with some computer skills (word processing and online literature searches, for example). Other baccalaureate informatics competencies (e.g., use of educational and clinical applications) are incorporated throughout the program. One informatics elective, Information Technology for Health Professionals, is offered (http://www.courses.nursing.arizona.edu). In this course, which is taught collaboratively by faculty from the Arizona Health Sciences Center Library and the College of Nursing, students are exposed to ways to find, organize, evaluate, use and create electronic information resources.
Graduate Program in Informatics
Masters' Program. Students enter the program with a broad mix of experience. Most have had extensive clinical experience and some have informatics backgrounds. In the future, we anticipate that we will be admitting a limited number of students directly from the baccalaureate program who are second degree students or as part of our AD to MS program. Because we are not a clinically focused informatics program, we assume that our students are competent in the clinical arena before they enter the program. Because case management students are finding that informatics knowledge is essential for their practice, we recently approved a dual case-management/systems program that will allow them to have the best of both worlds. We expect that as the role of nurse practitioner takes on more case management characteristics, we will be asked to provide core informatics content for that group as well.
Providing core informatics competencies. Graduate students take four required courses and two electives in informatics (http://www.courses.nursing.arizona.edu):
· Theory of Health Care Systems includes three modules: theory of organizational systems, theory of information systems, and project management. In three related papers, students first analyze a health care system and the information system in that organization, then propose a change project and a plan to manage the change.
· Introduction to Healthcare Informatics provides students with a broad overview of nursing informatics, including history of health care computing, and anatomy and physiology of computers and information systems. In this survey course, students explore the current status of computer applications for healthcare administration, practice, education and research. Site visits let students see and critique the newest and most creative applications in Southern Arizona. For example, we routinely tour the Human Body Simulator used by the College of Medicine to teach anesthesia students, as well as for a research environment. We also routinely visit the Arizona Telemedicine Program (http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/atp/), which is at the cutting edge of that technology. We have also been fortunate to have practitioners come to talk to students about applications, as well as issues and their approaches to solutions. In their final project, students identify an information problem, then use Gassert's (1996) model to analyze the problem, develop an intervention--including hardware and software components, describe their change management model, and conduct a cost-benefit analysis. Ethical, ergonomic, and organizational aspects of the project are also analyzed. Because of the quality of these projects, several have been implemented in agencies.
· Data Management teaches students to access and analyze large national healthcare data sets. Students learn to use EXCEL spread sheets for managing and analyzing flat databases and ACCESS for creating and managing relational databases. As their final project, students conduct a data-mining or theory-driven analysis of a data set that they select. For some students, this initial analysis has generated hypotheses that they went on to test in their theses.
· Nursing Informatics Application is an internship in which students undertake a precepted informatics project. Seminar time is used to discuss the role of the informatics nurse, as well as to share challenges and discoveries from the internship. We combine our systems manager and informatics students in the same seminars since issues are often common to both groups. Some of the internships students have undertaken include:
· pre and post implementation evaluation of a nursing documentation program,
· analysis of how data from inpatient and outpatient clinics can be merged into a common database, and
· evaluating the transferability of a cardiac screening program currently utilized in emergency departments to a preoperative screening clinic.
As our program grows, we are looking forward to having a cadre of masters or doctorally prepared informatics nurses in Arizona who can precept our future students.
The remaining two courses are electives, selected on the basis of the student's interest. We are fortunate to have excellent collaborating faculty in other departments who welcome our students and provide them with additional breadth and depth of informatics knowledge.
Depending on their interests, it is possible for students to build a very focused or very diverse portfolio during their time in the program. Course projects are easily integrated into a portfolio, as are papers that result from student-faculty research. All students take at least two research courses and an advanced practice role development course. All students do a thesis. The thesis offers students an additional opportunity for immersion into a particular aspect of informatics research and over time will certainly contribute to the knowledge base of nursing informatics. Projects such as designing or evaluating an information system easily meet the thesis requirements.
Post Masters' Certificate. Our Post Masters' Certificate in informatics, which includes the six basic informatics courses, is quite popular. Students have come into that program from diverse backgrounds. Some are nurse practitioners or case managers who see the need for additional informatics skills—or want to make a change in their career trajectory. Others are employed in informatics roles, but want to add a more theoretically based knowledge component to their practice.
Doctoral Program. As we developed the Masters' informatics content, it became clear that we could also extend that content to be part of our Doctoral programs in Systems management. Now students can take informatics as a major or minor. We currently have one student in each program.
Resources and additional learning experiences. In 1999, we christened our new computer classroom, which has made teaching hands-on applications much easier for students and faculty alike. The classroom is equipped with 20 networked computers and an instructor workstation with projector capabilities. In addition, we have a data lab for student and faculty research, and excellent library facilities, which are increasingly online. Doctoral students provide statistical consultation in the data lab. Our technical support staff helps teach classes on database and web page design, hardware and network management, in addition to managing the various computer networks at the College.
Several of our students also have research assistantships at the College in which they are working on research or evaluation projects that allow them to develop their research and database management skills. Information management skills are so much in demand that as our students finish a course, particularly the database management course, they are finding new positions.
Reactions to the Program
Our students have
turned out to be our strongest proponents.
To help readers understand our program through the eyes of our students,
I invited current students and recent graduates to talk about what the program
meant to them. Here is a sample of
their responses:
do Students say about the Informatics Option?
"The informatics classes
have opened my eyes to the future of nursing.
Through these classes I have learned to take a different look at data
so it would have more meaning to the nursing profession."
"I liked interacting with students from other disciplines. . . .
we tend to be rather insular and hearing the issues of others re: data
management was helpful."
"The practical, hands-on approach is very helpful.
Having to create an Access database was better for me than just
learning about the use of various database tools for handling data."
"When I first enrolled in the database class, I had only an interest
in computers with very little experience or knowledge.
This class was not only eye opening regarding the specialty of
informatics, but also regarding whether I thought I wanted to go to graduate
school again. Initially, I
intended to prepare for a role as an informatics specialist but now a research
career related to informatics is most appealing."
informatics program has moved me from being a nurse with superficial computer
skills to a hybrid of nursing professional able to implement modern technology
in the fast- paced world of Healthcare. I
am now able to interface with the technicians in a language that combines
nursing needs with computer implementation.
I am still trying to understand what will make nurses, not only more
comfortable, but more motivated to learn."
"I would never in a million years have gone after a large data
base from the government for my thesis had I not gotten
"comfortable" with the data management techniques acquired (excel
and access), not to mention feeling like I could learn a new software (STATA)
without dying. The outcome was a successful study on the risks of Low Birth
Weight in the military population. Because I had acquired the skills and had
the backing from faculty, I was able to jump head first into a much more
complicated and data rich source."
"I initially wanted to
learn informatics as an addition to the systems focus that I had.
I now have been challenged by the world of systems in nursing that uses
computer technology. My thesis
has taken me down the road of how nurses learn using computers.
Talk about a change!!"
"I became a nurse known for expertise in quality patient care, who could also use computers for extracting and understanding data, and for learning the state of the art in the delivery of patient care. This led to the Project Manager of Corporate Medical Services recruiting me for my current position as Clinical Analyst."
"Because I have the data management background, I am unique and
have increased my 'value' to the Air Force.
I can mix the clinical piece with the technology piece - something that
is often in scarce supply."
the Future
Because Arizona is a large state and Tucson is located near the southern border, we need to provide more distance education options. A T-3 network exists between the three Arizona universities through the Arizona Telemedicine program (http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/atp/), which also has education as part of their mission. Their network also extends to a number of the smaller communities and Indian reservations in the state. This gives us the potential for using video to transmit courses to multiple sites. Because we frequently get inquiries about our program from nurses in other parts of the country who can't easily make a move to the Southwest, we are also preparing to offer some of our courses fully or partly online.
As the need for usable health care information continues to increase, the demand for students with informatics competencies can be expected to grow, both in health care organizations and in industry. Because of our systems framework, our students are particularly well prepared to analyze and evaluate health care systems and to acquire, analyze, and manage databases. As a result, their opportunities for employment extend beyond these more traditional informatics roles to include quality improvement, outcomes research, and organizational redesign.


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Champions League Opta Stats September 27-28
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Bayern Munich - Manchester City
- Only one English club has managed to beat Bayern Munich on their own patch: Norwich City won 2-1 at the Olympic stadium in the UEFA Cup back in October 1993.
- Manchester City's only victory in Germany against a German club was back in November 2008 (2-0 v Schalke in the UEFA Cup).
- City' record against German clubs is perfectly balanced with three wins, three defeats and a draw.
- Bayern Munich have won seven of their last eight Champions League games at the Allianz Arena.
- Bayern Munich have scored in each of their last eight home games in the Champions League - the last team that stopped them from scoring at the Allianz Arena were Bordeaux in November 2009.
- Only Barcelona (705) completed more passes than Manchester City (541) on matchday one.
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.
Napoli - Villarreal
- Napoli and Villarreal met in the last 16 of the Europa league last season - the game ended 0-0 in the San Paolo but Villarreal won the return leg 2-1 at the Madrigal courtesy of goals from Nilmar and Giuseppe Rossi.
- No Spanish side has ever won at the San Paolo.
- Napoli's only defeat in seven European Cup/Champions League games came against Real Madrid, back in September 1987 (2-0 at the Bernabeu).
- Villarreal have never won in Italy (qualifiers included), losing four of their seven away games and drawing three.
- The Yellow Submarines have also never scored more than one goal in their seven away trips against Italians sides.
- Three of the last four games in European competition at the San Paolo have ended 0-0.
- Napoli haven't conceded a single goal at home in their last five games in European competition.
- Edinson Cavani has scored eight goals in 11 games in European competition with Napoli (seven in Europa League, one in Champions League).
Group B
CSKA Moscow - Inter Milan
- CSKA Moscow have lost all four of their competitive encounters with Inter Milan - they met in the group stages of the Champions League in 2007/08 and in the quarter-finals in 2009/10 when Inter went on to win the trophy.
- Inter Milan have lost six of their last eight Champions League games.
- CSKA Moscow have not kept a clean sheet in their last 19 Champions League games.
- The last time Inter Milan kept a clean sheet away from home in the Champions League was against CSKA Moscow in April 2010.
- CSKA have only won two of their last nine Champions League home games.
- Seydou Doumbia has scored nine goals in eight games in European competition with CSKA Moscow (seven goals in the Europa League, two in the Champions League).
- Javier Zanetti was the oldest player to appear on matchday one this season, at the age of 38 years and one month.
Trabzonspor - Lille
- Trabzonspor have played French teams on four occasions, winning three times and losing once.
- The only French side to beat Trabzonspor are Toulouse in the Europa League play-offs back in August 2009.
- Lille's only encounter with a Turkish side came in the last 16 of the Europa League in February 2010 when they met Fenerbahce. The French side won 2-1 at home before drawing 1-1 in Istanbul.
- Only Chelsea (12) had more shots on target than Lille (11) on matchday one of the Champions League.
- Trabzonspor only had one shot on target on matchday one against Inter Milan and converted it.
- Lille were caught offside seven times on matchday one against CSKA Moscow, only Real Madrid were caught offside as many times.
- Only one of Moussa Sow's five shots on matchday one was on target - his goal.
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.
Group C
Manchester Utd - Basel
- Manchester Utd met Basel in the second group stage of the 2002/03 Champions League - United won 3-1 in Switzerland before drawing 1-1 at Old Trafford.
- Manchester Utd have only lost one of their last 32 Champions League games at Old Trafford, that was against Besiktas in November 2009.
- Basel have never won in England in seven games in European competition. However, both of their Champions League away games in England have ended in a 1-1 draw (against Liverpool and Manchester Utd).
- Only two Swiss sides have ever managed to win in England in European competition: Grasshoppers Zürich at West Brom in the 1981/82 UEFA Cup and Lucerne at Tottenham Hotspur in the 1995 Intertoto Cup.
- Manchester Utd only attempted four shots on matchday one against Benfica, no side attempted fewer.
- Ryan Giggs has been directly involved in seven of Manchester Utd's last 12 Champions League goals, scoring twice and delivering five assists.
- Wayne Rooney has failed to score in his last five Champions League games at Old Trafford.
Otelul Galati - Benfica
- Romanian sides have only won eight of 55 Champions League games (since 1992/93).
- Benfica have won only two of their 21 away games in the Champions League (against Liverpool and Shakhtar Donetsk).
- Nevertheless, Benfica are unbeaten in Romania in European competition (two wins, three draws).
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.
- Oscar Cardozo has scored 12 goals in his last 20 starts in European competition for Benfica.
- The only member of the Otelul Galati squad to have played Champions League football before this season was Sorin Frunză - he made five appearances for fellow Romanian side Unirea Urziceni in the 2009/10 group stages.
Group D
Lyon - Dinamo Zagre
- Lyon have won none of their last six Champions League games (three draws, three defeats) - it equals their longest drought in the competition (from November 2006 to October 2007).
- Dinamo Zagreb are the last Croatian club to beat a French opponent - it was against Auxerre in the Cup Winners Cup back in 1994. Since then, French teams are unbeaten in six competitive games against Croatian counterparts.
- Lyon have only lost two of their last 17 home games in the Champions League - both defeats were against Bayern Munich.
- Dinamo Zagreb's last away game in the Champions League group stages was also in France, back in November 1999 - they drew 2-2 in Marseille.
- No goalkeeper made more saves than Zagreb's Ivan Kelava on matchday one (10).
- Zagreb midfielder Mateo Kovacic was the youngest player to appear on matchday one this season, at the age of 17 years and four months.
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.
Real Madrid - Ajax Amsterdam
- Real Madrid have only failed to score once in their last 14 Champions League games.
- Real Madrid have won their last four games at home in the group stages without conceding a single goal.
- Real Madrid and Ajax have played each other eight times previously, with Ajax winning four games and Real three.
- Both sides met in the Champions League group stages last season, with Real Madrid winning both games and scoring six goals to Ajax's none on aggregate.
- Real Madrid had 56 shots in their two games against Ajax last season (including 35 at the Bernabeu) to the Dutch side's 18.
- Ajax have lost all of their last four competitive encounters against Spanish sides, conceding 11 goals in the process.
- Ajax were the only side who didn't pick up a booking on matchday one.
- Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen was one of only two players to complete more than 100 passes on matchday one: he completed 117 while Barcelona's Xavi completed 134.
Group E
Valencia - Chelsea
- Chelsea are unbeaten in their four encounters with Valencia (two wins, two draws). They met Valencia in the Champions League quarter-finals in April 2007 and in the group stages in 2007/08.
- Chelsea have won both of their trips to the Mestalla, each time thanks to a 2-1 scoreline.
- Chelsea have lost none of their last six Champions League away games in Spain (two wins, four draws).
- Valencia have won only two of their last nine Champions League games at the Mestalla.
- They've lost all of their last three home Champions League games against English opposition (twice against Chelsea, once against Man Utd).
- Chelsea had the most shots on target on matchday one: 12 against Bayer Leverkusen.
- Fernando Torres already leads the assists chart: he set up both Chelsea goals against Leverkusen on matchday one.
- Unai Emery (39 years old) and Andre Villas-Boas (33) are part of a group of three managers who are under 40 in this season's Champions League, alongside BATE Borisov's Viktor Gontcharenko (34).
Bayer Leverkusen - Genk
- Genk haven't won a single game in the Champions League to date: five draws and two defeats.
- Bayer Leverkusen have lost 11 of their last 16 Champions League games.
- Leverkusen are unbeaten in their three encounters with Belgian sides (two wins, one draw).
- Qualifiers excluded, Genk have won none of their last 11 games in European competition (five defeats, six draws).
- Genk completed only 158 passes on matchday one, the lowest total of all 32 sides in the competition.
- No goalkeeper made more saves than Leverkusen's Bernd Leno on matchday one (10).
- Bayer Leverkusen had the most players from one nationality in their starting line-up on matchday one: 10 Germans.
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.
Group F
Arsenal - Olympiakos
- Arsenal haven't lost at home in the Champions League to a non-English side since September 2003 (0-3 v Inter Milan).
- Arsenal have won 19 of their last 23 home games in the group stages of the Champions League - their last defeat being that 3-0 reverse against Inter.
- Arsenal and Olympiakos met in the group stages of the Champions League two seasons ago, with the Gunners winning 2-0 at the Emirates but losing 1-0 away.
- Olympiakos have lost all five of their away trips to England in the Champions League, conceding 15 goals and scoring only one in the process.
- In fact, in 32 trips to England by Greek clubs, only one has managed to come back with a win: AEK Athens against Derby County in the 1976/77 UEFA Cup.
- Alex Song made more tackles than any other player on matchday one (12).
- Robin van Persie has scored eight goals in his last 10 Champions League games at the Emirates Stadium.
Marseille - Borussia Dortmund
- Marseille have kept clean sheets in six of their last seven Champions League games.
- Marseille have won their last five Champions League group stage games.
- Marseille have won three of their four encounters at home against German clubs in European competition. The only German club to beat Marseille on their own patch are Carl Zeiss Jena back in the 1975/76 UEFA Cup.
- Marseille last faced German opposition in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup when they played Werder Bremen. They won 4-3 on aggregate.
- Borussia Dortmund have won none of their last five encounters with French clubs in European competition (two defeats, three draws).
- Dortmund's only victory in France came back in the 1996/97 Champions League campaign when they won 1-0 at Auxerre in the quarter finals.
- Borussia Dortmund have kept only one clean sheet in their last 13 away games in the Champions League.
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.
Group G
Zenit St Petersburg - Porto
- Porto are unbeaten against Russian opposition, winning six of their eight encounters in European competition.
- Zenit have only won one of their seven games in the Champions League group stages, a 2-0 win away at BATE Borisov in November 2008.
- Zenit have met Portuguese opposition on three occasions, beating Guimaraes 2-1 in the UEFA Cup in October 2005. They also met Nacional in the 2009/10 Europa League play-offs, losing 4-3 in Portugal and drawing 1-1 at home.
- Since last season, Porto have won 13 of their 16 games in European competition.
- Porto had 29 shots on matchday one against Shakhtar, more than any other side. However, 17 of those were off target (including three off the woodwork).
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.
Shakhtar Donetsk - APOEL Nicosia
- APOEL's win against Zenit St Petersburg on matchday one was their first in the Champions League. It was also only their second win in the last 34 games in European competition (qualifiers excluded).
- Shakhtar have won their last four home games in the Champions League group stages.
- Shakhtar have only failed to score once in their last 13 Champions League outings, that was against Barcelona in the quarter-finals last season.
- APOEL's only competitive meeting with a Ukrainian side dates back to the 1973/74 European Cup. The were knocked out 3-0 on aggregate in the first round by Zorya Luhansk (then part of the Soviet Union).
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.
Group H
BATE Borisov - Barcelona
- If Barcelona find the nets in Belarus, they will establish a new record of scoring in 23 consecutive games in the Champions League. They are currently level with Bayern Munich, who netted in 22 straight games from November 1998 to March 2000.
- BATE have failed to win any of their seven Champions League games, drawing four and losing three, whilst failing to score in four of those games.
- BATE have lost all four of their competitive encounters with Spanish opposition, conceding nine goals and scoring only one in the process.
- Since 2009, Barcelona have won only four of their 15 away games in the Champions League.
- Barcelona's last two defeats in the Champions League group stages have been against sides from the former Soviet Union (Shakhtar Donetsk and Rubin Kazan).
- Since last season, Lionel Messi has been directly involved in 16 goals in 14 Champions League games, that's 12 goals and four assists.
- Xavi only missed four of his 138 passes against AC Milan on matchday one.
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.
AC Milan - Viktoria Plzeň
- AC Milan have won only two of their last 14 Champions League games, both against Auxerre.
- Ac Milan have lost five of their last nine home games in the Champions League and have only kept one clean sheet in those nine games.
- AC Milan have won their four home games in European competition against Czech sides (three against Sparta Prague, one against Slovan Liberec).
- The only Czech side to beat AC Milan were Slovan Liberec back in the 2002/03 Champions League play-offs.
- Czech sides have conceded 11 goals in four trips to Italy in the Champions League.
- Alessandro Nesta completed all 28 of his passes on matchday one against Barcelona.
- Alexandre Pato scored the first goal of this season's competition, netting after 24 seconds against Barcelona, the fifth fastest goal in the history of the Champions League (since 1992/93).
- Among players in this season's Champions League, Clarence Seedorf is the most decorated in the competition, having won it four times.
- This will be the first competitive encounter between these two sides.


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A young entrepreneur, now working on the third edition of a youth magazine he set up last year, has scooped a prestigious honour.
Ashley Allen was whisked off to London for three days earlier this year to be given the Youth Media of The Month accolade and interviewed by the Youth Media Agency.
The coveted prize is usually handed out to much bigger publications than Avenue Magazine, which the 24-year-old creates from his Cotmanhay bedroom.
"It was amazing," he said.
"The fact that they're giving the magazine the same award that bigger publications have won is just great exposure for Avenue Mag."
He explained that the previous month's winner had been LIFE Magazine, which is one of the biggest youth publications in the UK, selling 50,000 copies a month.
Ashley is hoping to sell just 1,000 copies from outlets around Ilkeston, Derby and Nottingham.
The magazine has also been listed on lifestyle magazine Vice's website under a list of publications and blogs it recommends.
Ashley, who still holds down a full-time job at a Cotmanhay engineering firm, is hoping to branch out and secure an office in town to work from.
He also has ambitions of offering work experience to students and budding journalists from Ilkeston and the wider area.


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BOSTON (WWLP) – Gun Owner's Action League (GOAL) plans to hold a rally and lobby day at the State House at 11:00 a.m.
The organization is opposed to most of house speak Robert DeLeo's gun violence reduction proposal, arguing that it unfairly burdens legal gun owners.
22News State House Reporter Tiffany Chan is covering this story and will have the latest on 22News at 5 p.m.
Bill H.4121 188th (Current)
An Act relative to the reduction of gun violence
By Mr. DeLeo of Winthrop, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Robert A. DeLeo and others relative to the reduction of gun violence. Public Safety and Homeland Security.
SECTION 1. Section 167A of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph:-
(h) Notwithstanding any general or special law or court order, including an order of impoundment, to the contrary, the department shall transmit to the attorney general of the United States any information in its control required or permitted under federal law to be included in the National Instant Background Check System or any successor system maintained for the purpose of conducting background checks for firearms sales or licensing. No more information than is necessary for the purposes stated above shall be transmitted, and such information shall not be considered a public record under section 7 of chapter 4.


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Recently I was talking to my daughter about her summer plans. "It's hard, Mom," she said. "I have to make a commitment before I have all the information."
"Welcome to adulthood," I replied. I felt for her. We try to amass as much information as possible before making commitments, but in the end, many adult choices involve best guesses, hopes, and a great deal of faith. Jobs, marriages, and children are among the obvious examples of commitments made without full information, but there are others, perhaps less weighty but still important, in daily academic life.
Two years ago, my university made a big curricular change [2], voting to replace a year-long Core course for first-year students with a pair of first-year seminars. A year ago, I helped implement the first faculty development programs [3] for faculty planning to teach first-year sminars. When we voted in the curriculum, we had several other changes still hanging fire—would we completely revamp the general education curriculum? (As it happens, no.) Would there be further changes that the first-year seminars would have to accommodate? That's still not clear. How soon could we implement the program? That was the big question, and we answered it this year: with one year to plan and develop new courses, we were able to offer the new program this fall, offering over 100 seminars over the course of two semesters.
Last spring and summer over 80 faculty members participated in our first-year seminar institutes, as we called them, preparing to teach their courses. We talked about writing across the curriculum, the pedagogy of engagement, critical thinking, and information literacy. We learned about critical first-year issues (I hadn't known before that most students who transfer start making that decision within the first six weeks). We complained, we shared ideas, we compared notes.
We did not, crucially, have all the information we would have liked to have when we decided to put the program in place. We agreed to implement faculty development programs without quite knowing what they would look like. We did have a good history: our previous curriculum had been well-supported with a faculty seminar and lots of shared resources, so we knew we could do something similar. Still, we'd never tried anything like this before, and we had no idea how it would turn out.
Now as I begin our second summer of faculty development I have more information than I did last year. I can tell incoming faculty of my experiences and the experiences of our other faculty. I can talk about what we did right, and what we might want to change. Of course, things will be different next year than they were this year — the students will be different, we have a new dean coming in, we are starting a few new programs and, again, incorporating many new faculty members. But the decision we made two years ago has borne fruit; the decision we made two years ago has, it seems, been validated. I can only reassure my daughter that whatever decision she makes, she'll get the rest of the information as she needs it, and one way or another, her summer will work out. After all, mine did.
(I wrote this post without even thinking about the two biggest news items of the last week, from the frivolous—though not for the people involved—to the serious: the royal wedding and the death of Osama bin Laden. It does occur to me that these are two more cases where decisions had to be made long before all the information was available, but to say more would be to risk trivializing, so I'll stop here.)


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I am a nooby at Scala coming from Java and am currently confused about the best practice considering Options.
I feel like using Option.map is just more functional and beautiful, but this is not a good argument to convince other people. Sometimes, isEmpty check feels more straight forward thus more readable. Is there any objective advantages, or is it just personal preference?
Variation 1:
someOption.map{ value =>
//some lines of code
} orElse(foo)
} else{
val value = someOption.get
//some lines of code
using pattern matching for a simple isEmpty check is an abuse of pattern matching IMHO
If you do just want an
isEmpty check,
isDefined is perfectly fine. But in your case you also want to get the value. And using pattern matching for this is not abuse; it's precisely the basic use-case. Using
get allows to very easily make errors like forgetting to check
isDefined or making the wrong check:
val value = someOption.get
//some lines of code
} else{
//some other lines
Hopefully testing would catch it, but there's no reason to settle for "hopefully".
Combinators (
map and friends) are better than
get for the same reason pattern matching is: they don't allow you to make this kind of mistake. Choosing between pattern matching and combinators is a different question. Generally combinators are preferred because they are more composable (as Yuval's answer explains). If you want to do something covered by a single combinator, I'd generally choose them; if you need a combination like
map ... getOrElse, or a
fold with multi-line branches, it depends on the specific case.


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1. Q. What is the purpose of this study?
A. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has been conducting a study to look at the transportation needs in the I-55 River Des Peres communities of Lemay, Affton and south St. Louis City. Basically, the purpose for this study is to look at how transportation improvements can help make these communities a better place to live, work, and do business.
2. Q. What is the study area?
A. The study area consists of the communities of Lemay, portions of Affton, Wilbur Park and Bella Villa, in unincorporated St. Louis County; and the area of St. Louis City just northeast of the River Des Peres. The outer boundaries or limits of the study area are Loughborough Avenue to the north, Reavis Barracks Road to the south, the Mississippi River to the east and Gravois Road to the west. In addition to Interstate 55, there are several other state-owned highways, within the study area, that MoDOT is responsible for maintaining. They include Hwy. 30 (Gravois Rd.), Hwy. 267 (Lemay Ferry Rd.) and Hwy. 231 (South Broadway).
3. Q. Who have you met with?
A. In order to develop an effective plan that will benefit these communities, MoDOT has maintained continuous dialog with the communities, agencies, and elected leadership involved. Our efforts have included over 30 meetings with local leaders and organizations such as the East-West Gateway Council of governments, Metro, St. Louis County, the City of St. Louis, Trailnet, Great Rivers Greenway, MSD, St. Louis Port Authority, St. Louis Development Corporation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and National Parks Service as well as local, state, and federal political leaders; local community stabilization groups; local business owners; and prospective developers. We have also reached out directly to the residents in the study area through public meetings including a "Needs Assessment Workshop" in May 2003 at the Bayless Intermediate School and an "Alternatives Development Workshop", in July 2003 at the Hancock Elementary School.
4. Q. What is the current status of the study?
A. The study is complete, and the final recommendations will be presented at our final public meeting on February 11, 2004. These recommendations include interchange modifications to enhance access to I-55 at Loughborough Avenue, Germania Street, Carondelet Boulevard, and Weber Road; extending Carondelet Boulevard/Weber Road to Broadway; enhancing the streetscapes of Lemay Ferry Road and South Broadway; and creating a local transit circulator route similar to the Clayton Shuttle Bee.
5. Q. How was this study funded?
A. This study was made possible with federal funds secured by Congressman Gephardt.
6. Q. Will the federal funds secured by Congressman Gephardt also cover construction of the recommended projects?
A. Although this plan enjoys the support of several agencies and elected officials, there is currently no funding for design, right of way acquisition, or construction for any projects. As such, projects will likely be phased over time with their scheduling being dependant on the availability of funding and future development in the area, as well as the cooperation of the public, elected officials, local businesses, community groups, and involved agencies. Your continued support, interest, and interaction with the partnered agencies and stakeholders will be important to the successful implementation of the plan. In order to facilitate this process, we have made recommendations for not only the improvements that are required, but also for funding options and mechanisms that agencies could employ cooperatively. For more information regarding the process of "how an idea becomes a road" see:
7. Q. Is the I-55 River Des Peres Communities Transportation Investment Plan related to the announced casino proposals for South St Louis County?
A. Our study recommendations are not linked in any way to the recently announced selection by St. Louis County of a casino developer for South County.
8. Q. How can I learn more about projects going on around the region and state?
A. Check out MoDOT's web site at www.modot.org or call MoDOT Customer Service at 1-888-ASK-MODOT.
Updated Jan. 2, 2007


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The epic post-apocalyptic series continues...
In the aftermath of the brutal attack on his family compound, Alex Fletcher embraces his rapidly expanding role within the New England Regional Recovery Zone (RRZ).
Fueled by a limitless drive to protect his family and a rekindled sense of duty, he enlists the reluctant aid of a local militia commander - to ease the public's fears of a federal government takeover.
As Captain Fletcher digs deeper into the government's plans, he starts to question the federal government's intentions - and ability to stabilize the situation in New England. With the region's critical infrastructure destroyed and the nation's electrical grid crippled by a suspected EMP attack, he foresees a human cataclysm, with several hundred thousand desperate refugees marching further north through Maine.
The bad news doesn't end there.
Alex discovers that Eli Russell has rebuilt his militia - with the intention of hastening the Regional Recovery Zone's downfall. Obsessed with stopping the deranged psychopath that attacked his family, Alex scours the back roads and rural towns of southern Maine to find him - unaware that Eli's plans are far more personal.
Alex will face his most difficult decisions ever, as the world unravels in the aftermath of the "event".
©2014 Steven Konkoly (P)2014 Steven Konkoly
"I think I'm becoming paranoid"
Well written with a great blend of plot development and action, the third book in the "The Perseid Collapse" series offers a glimpse into how the US might try and recover after a significant collapse in infrastructure. Mr. Konkoly does a great job of painting an all too realistic possibility of high amounts of government oversight combined with the lawlessness of a post-apocalyptic world. The story wraps up the series nicely but also leaves room for the author to come back and rejoin the fletchers as some point in the future.
The narrator does a great job bringing all the characters to life and does well with the New England Accent.
"How did Book 3 go so wrong?"
I enjoyed the first two books of the series. The story and events were believable and the books flowed well. In Book 3 we have another disaster that nearly wipes out the infrastructure of the East Coast. Rather than a continuation of the struggles that Alex and his family would face, we are presented with the implausible tale of how the Federal government would seek to use small, under trained, ill-equipped local militias to secure the population. It just did not ring true at all. Why bypass the State, County, and local Police organizations let alone the many fire departments, Red Cross and other first responders.
It seemed the author wants to weave a story of how substantial the militias are rather than construct how a real disaster would play out. The constant hints that Homeland Security was out to rob Americans of thier Open Carry Righrs became boring. Yet the author saw no contradication with the militias denying fellow Americans the freedom of assembly and movement. Of course in a emergency that leaves millions without power, food or water, security forces would be expected to disarm people carrying and bruising weapons in their vincity. But the author sees that as some conspiracy to deny Americans of their essential rights while ignoring the millions who face disease and starvation and denies them the freedom to move to safer ground.
Good book if you believe paranoid militia members are there to save us when disaster strikes. It would have been so much better if the story was cast in the more believable light of a Federal response that worked with already in place law enforcement and disaster relief organizations. It seems the author had an agenda to push and the story suffered because of it. But if see black helicopters around every corner than you may like Book 3.
Disappointing compared to the 2 great books leading up to it.
No movie for this...others yes.
"Entertaining! Steven provides an intriguing tale!"
Steven takes a good swipe at a hypothetical World War 3 scenario. His knowledge of technology and today's military appears exceptional and makes the story hard to put down.
"Drawn out and red tape montage"
Wow very drawn out and limited in what made the other books interesting. Misses action and focuses on red tape of reestablishing government post event. Was painful to listen
"They should have stopped with book 2"
I like the first couple of books in the series. But the plot has gotten thinner and the story less believable.I wouldn't say it was a waste of time, but I wouldn't recommend reading this one.
"Konkoly Books"
The books are a great story concept, but contain far too much technical jargon. I have to listen to sections more than once to get the story line. However, I am so caught up in the characters I continue to slog thru it. And I want to listen to the next series, just dread the technical aspects.
"One of best post apocalypse stories I have read!"
Certainly. The story is believable and well written and very well performed.
I enjoyed the entire series and look forward to hearing more about Alex Fletcher and his family.
He seamlessly transitions between characters.
I love you, more!
One of the best written post apocalypse stories I have read to date (and I have read a lot of them). It was realistic. I enjoyed the characters. People get hurt.
The survivors are always thinking and working on their survival.
"Disappointed and bored"
This one was definitely not up to expectations, could have skipped it and nothing would have been lost. I'm sure the prologue of number 4 will summarize this entire book. Just didn't have the excitement of the others in this series, did not hold my interest. I'm fine with the military strategies and maneuvers as an integral part of the story but not when it's 90-95% of the book. Maybe I missed something along the way, but very little time was spent on what was happening to the families, neighbors and friends, what about their thoughts and feelings, etc? Couldn't wait for the end so I could scratch it off my list and move on to another novel. Taking a short break from starting on the final book in this series, I certainly hope it's better than this one.
"Skip part 1 and move directly to part 2..."
The author begins with different perspectives and storylines that have nothing to do with current the series... it was a risk, and didn't pan out as expected. I've been a HUGE fan of this entire series until this book; listening to stories that have nothing to do with the original plot is completely pointless, boring and a waste of time. Once you get to the second part it's very worth while... continues/completes the journey of Alex, along with his family and friends. It's worth the listen if you can get past part 1 !!
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The man foamed at the mouth. His eyes were evil, lost, afraid… all at the same time. The demons had taken over a long time ago. From within his battered body, his trapped spirit had long lost the strength to cry out for help. He cut himself day and night, and not even chains could bind him anymore.
A scene from a horror movie. That's what we find as we flip the pages of our Bibles to the gospel of Mark, chapter 5.
The man possessed by Legion. Not one demon, but an entire legion of them, tormented this man's body and soul day and night.
I became curious and decided to do a little research on Roman Legions.
The two Latin words that form "Roman Legion" are Legio Romana –which literally means "the chosen from Rome." In reference to the early Roman Kingdom (as opposed to the Roman Empire), Legion meant the entire Roman army. The size of the legions varied subsequently, and at the time of Jesus they were typically composed of around five thousand soldiers. Legions formed the Roman army's elite heavy infantry, recruited exclusively from Roman citizens.
As the French say: "La crème dela crème."
The elite. The strongest. The best trained, educated and knowledgeable in war tactics.
That's Legion.
And that's the army of demons that possessed that poor man when Jesus chose to take a detour to the country of the Gadarenes and pay this place a visit.
Legion knew that Messiah had landed on their shore. Their territory. And they rushed the man's body to Jesus, prostrated at His feet, and worshipped Him.
"When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. And he cried out with a loud voice and said, 'What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me.'" V. 6
It's a puzzling scene, isn't it?
Why would this man have to be possessed by so many demons, all at the same time?
Why did the demons bargain with Jesus, asking Him to cast them into 2,000 pigs, apparently begging Him to allow them to stay around?
Was this just another demon-casting miracle?
I thought so.
But as I dug a little deeper into the passage, God opened my eyes to the reason behind the devil's plan to torment and kill this man:
The devil was not after him personally. No, sire.
He deployed his strongest demons, an army of his best equipped spirits to torment him, not because of whom he was. Legion's deployment was not focused on one individual.
It was focused on that man's territory of influence.
On his family… his city… his calling.
It was focused on bringing him down, so that he could not influence others for God.
How do we know that?
Because later in the passage, we have a glimpse of this man's heart and the consequences of his testimony:
"And when He (Jesus) got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, "Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you." And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled"
Vs. 18-20 (emphasis mine).
The Bible does not tell us of the scope of the impact that this man's life had for the kingdom of God. For all we know, he may have gained his entire city for Christ. He might have started the first church there. We may even meet hundreds of people in Heaven who have been redeemed because of this man's testimony. We don't know. But we know this much – this man's potential for God's kingdom was so big, so awesome, that the devil had to organize an army of his strongest demons to prevent him from flourishing.
Is it just me, or does this make you look at spiritual battle in a completely different light?
The Real Battle
You know that child, who seems to be going away from God; departing from everything you have taught him or her? You have a strong sense that the devil is luring him… that your baby is under strong spiritual attack?
You are right.
But the battle is not for your child.
It's for his or her territory… his or her sphere of influence for Jesus.
You know that trial that lingers… and the oppression that does not let out? You feel like the devil is storming against your soul, trying to destroy you from every angle?
You are right. But the battle is not for you.
It's for your territory… your sphere of influence for Jesus… for the mighty things He plans to do through you.
The devil hates you because of your influence in the territory God has given you: Your family, school, workplace. He fights you so you'll give up your territory… Let it slip and fall into the devil's hands.
It's true, my friend. The war is not against you.
It's much bigger than that. And the devil would leave you alone, if what he saw in you were not a threat to his plans.
So, in the Name of Jesus – change your focus and ask God to reveal to you the scope of your territory. That's the true object of the battle you're facing.
The good news is – the Savior is on the shore, right where you are, walking on your direction to set you free.
And even Legion cannot resist His Name.


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Mayling C. Blanco is a partner with Blank Rome LLP. Immediately prior, Mayling worked for Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP in Morristown, New Jersey. She devoted the majority of her practice to litigation defense. She represented public entities in all matters ranging from civil rights violations to employment disputes in both state and federal court, in addition, she represented commercial entities in contractual disputes. Ms. Blanco also has significant state appellate experience and is honored to be amongst the first attorney volunteers for the Appellate Division Pro Bono Civil Pilot Program. In addition to her time on the Alumni Council, she also serves on the Dean's Diversity Council.
Prior to joiningEdwards, Wildman Palmer LLP, Ms. Blanco was an associate with Lite, DePalma, Greenberg LLC. She also served as law clerk to the Honorable Mathias E. Rodriguez, J.S.C., in the Middlesex County Superior Court, Civil Division.
While in law school, Ms. Blanco was a member of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal and served as a Board member of the Latin American Law Students Association and liaison to the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey.
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text: Dear Netters, Do any of you know of a company which does N15 analysis in Israel or abroad? Thanks, Yair M. Heimer. Prof. Yair M. Heimer, Deputy Director, The J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research Ben Gurion University of The Negev, Sede Boker Campus 84993 Israel Tel: 972-7-6596740 Fax: 972-7-6596742 Email: heimer at bgumail.bgu.ac.il


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Those who lost their lives in Korea will forever remain our heroes
- Published in Letters
To The Daily Sun,
Although we salute the "Marine Corps Birthday Event" story in the October 24 issue, the reference to the Korean War as the "Forgotten War" belittles the sacred number of U.S. Armed forces personnel loss during this 3-year war. Department of Defense figures report that 33,629 U.S. service personnel were killed and 103,284 were wounded as we eventually chased the North Korean forces and saved the South Korean country.
Our troops, air and naval forces also, for the the first time, defeated international communist forces. Maybe it will never be a total victory, but the memories of those who courageously served and those who lost their lives will forever remain our heroes.
Bob Desmond of Nashua, a member of the New Hampshire Veterans Association and the National KWVA council reports that a major campaign is underway to raise funds for a world-class museum in New York City honoring Korean War Veterans.
More information is available at www.kwnm.org.
Hugh Baird


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Liverpool v Man City 1.37pm, SS1 Crunch meeting of the two teams in control of their destiny. Liverpool have won their last nine in the league, scoring 32 goals.
Swansea v Chelsea 4.07pm, SS1 Chelsea must guard against a Champions League hangover. Injury rules out Eden Hazard from return to the scene of that ballboy incident.
Man City v Sunderland 7.45pm The first of City's two games in hand is against a team fighting for survival. City cruised to a 3-1 win in the Capital One Cup final.
Saturday 19 April
Chelsea v Sunderland 5.30pm, SS1 Three days before the first leg against Atlético Madrid, Chelsea face the strugglers they beat 4-3 in December.
Sunday 20 April
Norwich v Liverpool 12pm, SS1 Reds banker? They have won the last four meetings 3-0, 5-2, 5-0, 5-1. Luis Suárez has scored hat-tricks in both his Norwich visits.
Monday 21 April
Man City v West Brom 8pm, SS1 City play last in the Easter bank holiday weekend, against a bottom-half side they have beaten at home in their past four meetings.
Sunday 27 April
Liverpool v Chelsea 2.05pm, SS1 Could it be the title decider? Chelsea haven't won at Anfield since 2010 but they beat Rogers' side 2-1 at Christmas.
Crystal Palace v Man City 4.10pm, SS1 City kick off shortly after their rivals slug it out. Chelsea tripped up at Palace and Tony Pulis's side are no walkover.
Saturday 3 May
Everton v Man City 5.30pm, SS1 Everton are pursuing fourth with only one home defeat this season – but could a win here help Liverpool win a first title in 24 years?
Sunday 4 May
Chelsea v Norwich 4pm, SS1 Chelsea have 4-0, 4-0, 3-1 and 4-1 home wins over Norwich since 2002 and need to inflate their goal difference in case it's decisive.
Monday 5 May
Crystal Palace v Liverpool 8pm, SS1 Liverpool visit Palace, where they have not won in four matches. They did, though, ease to a 3-1 home win in October.
Wednesday 7 May
Man City v Aston Villa 7.45pm At last, City's final game in hand – but against one of the four teams to have beaten them in the league this season (3-2 in September).
Sunday 11 May
Cardiff v Chelsea 3pm The final games all kick off at the same time. Chelsea have a final chance to boost their goal difference at lowly Cardiff.
Liverpool v Newcastle 3pm The toughest final-day assignment. The teams drew 2-2 in October, with Daniel Sturridge equalising late on.
Man City v West Ham 3pm In three meetings this season City lead West Ham 12-1. Looks promising.


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Police completed, Monday, the complex process of identifying the woman who was killed with a man from Kafr Kanna and a boy in the collision of a jeep with a backhoe, Sunday evening, on the Sargel Highway (Route 65) at the entrance to Meggido, in northern Israel. Details of her identity were not revealed at the request of the woman's family.
Police continue to work on trying to identify the boy, about the age of five, and a baby, about the age of one, who survived the crash. Nobody has come to Rambam Hospital to inquire after the infant.


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It's been a little harder than usual to be hopeful for me this year. The ugly presidential campaign, between two of the most unpopular candidates in history has cast a pall across our nation. It has set a tone and seems to align with news about things I care for being in rough shape. The stand-off at Standing Rock, the racial divide and police killings, run away climate change, the ever growing surveillance state, never ending war, income inequality, access to health care, the unchecked power and influence of banks, multi-national corporations and the global oligarchy, disappearing habitat and loss of biodiversity, friends and family are struggling in many ways, geez the list goes on and on.
Perhaps it's the non-stop news cycle, focused almost exclusively on negative stories. Maybe it's related to being older, being a grandparent and wondering what kind of planet will be left for future generations and why I didn't do all I thought I could when I was young and more of life was ahead of me instead of behind me. Elders I looked to for wisdom and perspective are gone. I'm having to squint a little harder to find the light.
Then it hits me – it's up to me to change the way I'm looking at things. To find hope I have to be hopeful, to see the light I have to turn my own up. When a child smiles, when a song rocks, when the next generation of activists make their voice heard, when the brilliance of what humans are capable of reveals itself in art, dance, scientific innovation or inspired revolution hope grows. When loving displays of compassion are revealed in the middle of disaster my own resolve is renewed. I simply have no choice, I have to believe we can make it better.
Now more than ever, it's time to be in touch with the creative mind, the moral imagination, the source of the light. Time to come together and feel our power. That's what the Clan Dyken Revive the Beauty Way Tour has been all about for 25 years. In our small way we connect in community and bring that collective good will in the form of food, supplies, firewood, labor and witness in a spirit of solidarity to true Earth Protectors and Wisdom Keepers of the Dineh Nation in the Black Mesa region of the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. Remembering how we act every day, how we treat each other, how we use our energy and where we direct it is far more important than who we vote for in Washington.
Like the Land and Water Protectors at Standing Rock, the people who live between the Four Sacred Mountains stand up to and resist fossil fuel extraction by a government backed multi-national corporation. Peabody Coal has been mining here since the 1960's and sending tons of coal to generating stations to produce dirty energy for the southwest at the expense of the original people for decades. Since 1974 the people have been resisting forced relocation and dealing with the health effects of living next to one of the world's largest strip mines. Sacred sites, including the Sundance grounds have been bull dozed and desecrated. They have been torn from their homes, seen the earth ripped open and plundered, had the water, land and air fouled by greed and a lust for dirty energy. I've seen them confronted by militarized police, spied on, lied to and disregarded as human beings. The fight is the same as the one in Standing Rock, but it's been going on for over 40 years in this part of the country.
We started this years' Beauty Way Tour in Jamestown at the Refuge. It was a wonderful kick off to the journey and we were happy to send half the proceeds to Standing Rock. We sent it to Curly and Donna Eagle Hawk, who have set a prayer camp between the Red Warrior and Sacred Stone camps, on tribal land. It's a place for rest and respite, free from arrest or violence. Our contribution, funneled through local activist Jenny Fuqua bought a generator, lumber and propane.
We've decided to stand with Standing Rock for the rest of the tour, spreading the concept of Thanks Giving a little farther. Our goal is to send at least $1000 per show to Standing Rock. Be a part of the celebration in solidarity with Earth Defenders around the world.
There are opportunities for you to join us in kindling hope or even to make the journey to the reservation. We will be joined by light bearers, amazing artists and other members of the tribe at the following shows. I can't wait to see you and make magic!
4 – Oakland – The Place For Sustainable Living 7 PM with Heather Normandale and Desirae Harp
5 – Grass Valley – The Banner Grange 4 PM- with Boca Do Rio, Fast Rattler and Kimberly Bass. There will be a screening of Broken Rainbow, the award winning film about the struggle in Black Mesa
11- Sebastopol (tentative) – A house party, we'll update you when it's all set.
12 – Arcata- Bayside Grange 7 PM
17 – Mount Shasta City – The Temple of Intention 7 PM with Djin Aquarian
18 – Williams, OR – Williams Grange 5:30 PM With the Community Corn Dance
19 – Junction City – The North Fork Grange 7 PM with RXR, Stealhead and the Trinity Tribal Drum
20 – 27 – Out to the reservation and back.


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peoples, like their neighbors the Kota, the Lumbo, and the Punu, keep reliquaries of important ancestors in shrines protected by ancestor guardian figures. These figures are placed on top of a basket containing bones. Sometimes bundled relics are attached directly to the figures. Each of these peoples has a different way of representing anthropomorphic guardian figures, ranging from idealized naturalism to abstraction.
Among the Tsogho, both women and men of the Bwiti society have sanctuaries. The side-columns at the entrance are decorated with male and female figures which derive from Tsogho mythology.
The Lumbo and Punu peoples use mourning masks to invoke female spirits. These masks express an ideal of female beauty. They intervene in the villages on important occasions such as deaths and epidemics in order to bring harmony and well-being.


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Stanford LB Wire Hopes to Pound OSU
Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, October 11, 2000
Coy Wire spends his late nights wolfing down fast food, hoping to use those otherwise disgusting calories to pack on a few pounds.
Switched from running back to strong safety in the offseason and then moved from strong safety a week before the first game to play inside linebacker in Stanford's nickel defense, Wire has become a full- fledged starting inside linebacker in the Cardinal's base defense.
Now, Wire wants to look the part. Although he has put on six pounds since the start of the season, Wire, at 218 pounds, does not fit the stereotype of the hulking inside backer. So he's added another weight-lifting session each week and is eating as much as he can.
"I'm trying to fit the mold more, but I'm having trouble gaining weight. Maybe it's my Asian blood," said Wire, whose mother is of Japanese descent.
It is Wire's speed that makes him so valuable at linebacker. He's part of the reason Stanford's defense has improved so much from last year, especially against the pass. He is just the kind of backer the Cardinal need against Saturday's opponent, Oregon State, which uses a spread offense but depends on the inside running of Ken Simonton.
Wire was put into the nickel package initially, because Stanford desperately needed more speed in a pass defense that was weak in 1999. But after playing so well in his base- defense action against Arizona, defensive coordinator Kent Baer decided to make Wire the regular inside linebacker against all offenses. He essentially played the entire game against Notre Dame, which is more of a power team.
"He's too good a football player to just play in certain situations," Baer said.
Wire is second on the team in sacks (four) and tackles for loss (six).
"Some things he may not even be familiar with he can recover with his speed and make the play," coach Tyrone Willingham said.
Oregon State has feasted on teams with slow defenders, spreading out defenses with its three- and four-wideout sets and then using its speed at running back to burst through the gaps. In most cases, the running back is Simonton, a 5-foot-7, 190-pounder with quickness, strength and durability. He is fourth nationally in rushing and already has carried the ball 148 times, often between the tackles.
"They've changed so much from last year," Baer said.
OSU coach Dennis Erickson is known for his wide-open passing game, and last year, in his first season at OSU, the Beavers had nearly twice as many yards passing (3,429) as rushing (1,783). But this season, OSU has more rushing yards than passing yards and has attempted nearly 100 more runs than passes.
They are now a spread-out running team, a situation that begs for a quick inside linebacker.
Willingham did not rule out the possibility that quarterback Randy Fasani could return for Saturday's game at Corvallis, although he stopped well short of declaring that Fasani would play.
"I just don't know," Willingham said, "and I probably should not even make that statement. His recovery so far has been tremendous. I won't put any limits on when (he could return) or when not."
Fasani suffered a strained knee in the Sept. 16 game against Texas and he had arthroscopic surgery on Sept. 29. At the time of the operation, doctors suggested Fasani would be out three to six weeks.