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Putting learning at the forefront of knowledge management; reflections from the global health knowledge management share fair; changing the culture of knowledge exchange; Knowledge Management in Low and Middle Income Countries course at Johns Hopkins; and more: Staff and guest voices on the K4Health Blog.
POPLINE has more than 350,000 abstracts on population, family planning, and reproductive health in its database. But did you know POPLINE provides free full-text copies of most of those documents to users in low- and middle-income countries and development-supportive agencies?
K4Health is helping to promote USAID's High Impact Practices (HIPs) in Family Planning initiative–gathering data and sharing approaches for family planning programs that make the biggest difference.
This new guide from USAID presents key resources for Family Planning (FP) programming and advocacy at the country level.
Family Planning 101 is one of the most popular eLearning courses housed at the Global Health eLearning Center, with over 65,419 learners subscribed thus far!
Modinat Bamidele, a family planning client, attends a counseling session with a service provider at Orolodo primary health centre in Omuaran township in Nigeria's central state of Kwara.
© 2012 Akintunde Akinleye/NURHI, Courtesy of Photoshare
As an immigrant from Kenya, I have seen the negative effects that lack of family planning (FP) can have on women and their families. I have lost nieces and nephews due to ill-timed births and close friends as a result of early childbearing. If these individuals had access to information on family planning services, I believe that they would be alive today.
Being indelibly affected by these unwarranted deaths, I decided to channel my inner fury into something actionable and decided to pursue public health in graduate school. I have since taken a number of family planning online courses, but to date, none has had more real-life examples based on behavior change communication theories than the Family Planning 101 eLearning Course. This course provides relevant and up-to-date information on voluntary FP programs and services. It is very well designed and would be a good tool for individuals to gain the knowledge needed to conduct basic family planning education. Topics included in the course are:
Hot on the heels of a partnership agreement to reduce the price of the long-acting, contraceptive implant Jadelle by half (see my blog of February 22), comes an announcement by Merck (MSD) and partners to reduce the cost of IMPLANON® and its next generation IMPLANON NXT® by 50% for the next six years in 70 of the poorest countries around the world.Implanon® is the only single-rod, long-acting reversible contraceptive implant (Jadelle has two rods). It offers three years of pregnancy protection through a one-time single insertion by a trained health care worker. "Notably, IMPLANON and its next generation IMPLANON NXT® are pre-packaged and fully sterilized, making them easy and convenient to insert, including in settings with limited health care infrastructure," according to the announcement. (Learn more about Implanon and two other hormonal implants, Jadelle and Sino-implant (II), at K4Health's Implants Toolkit.)
A family planning client in Kampong Thom, Cambodia, displays her contraceptive implant insertion site.
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MSD and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are direct parties to the agreement. Other facilitating parties include the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the governments of Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Sweden, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
According to a USAID press release about the earlier Jadelle price reductions, about 600 million women in the developing world use some form of contraception, but only 1% to 2% of them are using long-acting, contraceptive implants. Surveys show that as many as 20% would prefer them, if they were available. An article published in the Global Health: Science and Practice Journal (co-published by USAID and the K4Health Project) explains that if 1 of 5 women in sub-Saharan Africa who were currently using pills or injectables switched to the more effective contraceptive implants, more than 1.8 million unintended pregnancies would be averted in 5 years, resulting in 10,000 fewer maternal deaths and almost 600,000 fewer abortions.
Now with the cost of all three implants on par at about US$8 per set, there is a tremendous opportunity to provide modern contraceptives at low cost to the 222 million women—73% of whom live in developing countries—who want, but don't have access to, them.
2013 has already brought many exciting changes for the reproductive health community, including the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University (IRH). But this year also means the close of our six-year USAID-funded project focused on Fertility Awareness-based Methods (FAM).
Georgetown University's Institute for Reproductive Health's new website
It was in the spirit of continued scale-up that we asked ourselves what we could do to better preserve our projects' legacies and encourage partners to carry on the work of expanding family planning options globally, including FAM. Re-evaluating the impact of our most globally-accessible housing place for this legacy—our website—was one solution.
Today, we value websites as a place to share messages related to our mission and what we're doing in the world. We like inviting people to engage with our work and implement our strategies, curriculum, best practices, etc. by visiting our website to learn more. Having this portal for downloadable resources and materials has been amazing for our global health community. It has taken collaboration and information-sharing to the next level of "instant communication."
Editor's Note: The deadline to sign up for Knowledge Management for Public Health in Low and Middle Income Countries has been extended to Monday, May 20. Sign up now!
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Health, Behavior and Society 2013 Summer Institute is offering Knowledge Management for Public Health in Low and Middle Income Countries June 19-21. Taught by Tara Sullivan, Deputy Director of the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs, and Piers Bocock, Director of Knowledge Management and Communication with the CGIAR Consortium, the course is geared primarily toward health professionals who design and/or manage health programs in low to middle income country settings, to help them maximize the impact of their programs.
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The registration deadline for the 2013 Health, Behavior and Society Summer Institute is May 13, 2013.
Knowledge has the power to transform health and development programs worldwide. Using knowledge management (KM) as a systematic public health approach ensures that the latest knowledge is accessible and applied to public health practice in ways that strengthen public health systems and improve health and development outcomes.
Although much progress has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, we still have more work and learning to do.
We have learned over the last decade that HIV prevention efforts must be targeted. Even in countries where there is a general epidemic, interventions for key populations are critical and could have a significant impact on the epidemic as a whole.[1]
For this reason, it's important to learn more about programming best practices for key populations as well as develop robust systems to effectively monitor and evaluate these programs.
If you are interested in learning more, check out two new eLearning courses on key populations: Designing HIV Prevention Programs for Key Populations and M&E Guidelines for Sex Workers, Men Who Have Sex With Men, & Transgender Populations-National Level.
The Designing HIV Prevention Programs for Key Populations course on the Global Health eLearning Center
The Designing HIV Prevention Programs for Key Populations course provides field staff and country implementing partners with best practices in designing and implementing a comprehensive package of HIV services that meet the specific needs and circumstances of different population sub-groups.
Key populations are distinct sub-groups within the general population who are at higher risk of exposure to HIV, who engage in highly stigmatized behaviors and who are often marginalized in their own societies and thus have reduced access to health care and other public services.
Imagine an urban slum in Kenya where trash is so abundant that children are prevented from playing. This is where Diana Mong'are, the 2012 Anzisha Prize winner, grew up – a community where the norm was to throw your trash wherever you saw fit. Upon graduating from high school, she saw this as a large problem and came up with a solution. At 18 years old, Mong'are started small with her own community and 10,000 Kenya Shillings (≈$120 USD) raised from her family and friends. Her solution, Planet Green, was threefold:
A small boy rummages through trash in Kibera, Africa's largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya, where most people live below one dollar per day. Youths depend on collecting debris from the Nairobi River (a flowing sewer in this slum area), such as bottles and bags, which they then hope to sell. Most of the homes are shacks, and schools are built on the flowing, murky river. Residents have no access to clean water and hence depend on the polluted river for survival.
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On May 1, 2013, the Woodrow Wilson Center's Africa Program hosted a program on African Women and Youth as Agents of Change Through Technology and Innovation. Diana Mong'are was part of the first panel focused on problem solving through innovative solutions for sustainable development. What struck me about Mong'are's project was that while extremely innovative, it did not utilize any form of technology as we are used to seeing with innovation. In the age of technology that we all live in, I think innovation without technology is still extremely valuable and often not recognized. Mong'are's presentation was inspiring and truly showed the ability for one individual to impact social problems. Since the start of her small project she has expanded from 20 families to 80 and continues to expand with more employees and into more areas of Kenya.
Bringing about real change in the area of global health is a hard task and requires a great deal of resources. Often bringing for-profit entities to the table can open a plethora of assets that might not have been available otherwise. My recent post, originally appearing on the Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Regional Exchange (SHARE) Blog, talks about how a public and private partnership is hoping to get real results in the HIV prevention world.
Announced this month, the collaboration between the world's largest youth-focused HIV and AIDS awareness and prevention campaign, MTV Staying Alive Foundation (MTV SAF) and the world's largest condom brand, Durex. This comes at a pivotal time in HIV prevention; with more funding being allocated towards biomedical interventions, prevention has been pushed to the back burner. However the emphasis on HIV prevention is still an intricate part of moving towards a HIV-free generation. MTV SAF and Durex are giving the power of creating HIV prevention and creative sexual education programs into the hands of those it affects the most; youth.
MTV and Durex Are in a Relationship
MTV SAF's mission is to produce ground-breaking, original content that delivers vital HIV prevention messaging to a young global audience. Along with producing global, free to use and distribute service announcements, videos and documentaries, MTV SAF funds grantees to do HIV prevention work worldwide. These grantees are young people running grassroots prevention programs in their communities, they receive funding, training and mentoring to have a sustainable program to prevent HIV.
Originally appearing on the Global Health Knowledge Collaborative (GHKC) Blog, this post by Basil Safi describes a pilot eHealth program in Bangladesh that equips community health workers with Netbooks loaded with behavior change communication materials rigorously vetted by the Bangladesh Knowledge Management Initiative (BKMI) and the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOFW). Basil discussed the pilot project at the Global Health Knowledge Management Share Fair last month, and it was recently highlighted on USAID's Impact Blog in a post by Monica Bautista and Peggy D'Adamo.
BKMI will help providers access the latest resources to better counsel their clients on family planning (FP), maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and nutrition.
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Under the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project, the Bangladesh Knowledge Management Initiativeworks to build the capacity of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) in Bangladesh to improve knowledge management and coordinate behavior change communication (BCC) in the country. BKMI collaborated with MOHFW to establish the gold standard of BCC for health, population and nutrition and make the best tools and resources available in an offline, digital format to health workers in the field. BKMI is using a rigorous monitoring and evaluation plan to assess the impact of this pilot project.
During the Global Health Knowledge Collaborative's Knowledge Management Share Fair on April 16th in Washington, DC, I explained that as part of the initiative, 300 community-level health workers in the Sylhet and Chittagong districts will receive netbooks pre-loaded with HPN BCC eToolkits and eight eLearning courses to use when counseling clients about family planning (FP), maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and nutrition. The digital resources will also be made available on computers in 42 health complexes, 12 clinics and two Agriculture Information Communication Centers. By the end of the pilot, a robust evaluation will look for changes in field workers' knowledge and BCC skills, as well as their clients' intention to adopt healthier behaviors around FP, MNCH and nutrition.
At the Global Health Knowledge Management Share Fair, Stacey Young from USAID's Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning discussed the importance of local knowledge, and how the curated knowledge base needs be be accessible to practitioners in the field.
This post originally appeared on the Global Health Knowledge Collaborative (GHKC) Blog. Basil Safi presented the Strategies Against Flu Emergence (SAFE) program at last month's Global Health Knowledge Management Share Fair, and how it's not always necessary to create a new tool to manage knowledge. Using Indonesia as an example, he illustrated how galvanizing a local team to optimize an existing tool can make life-saving knowledge accessible to those who need it most.
Stacey Young, Senior Learning Advisor at USAID's Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning, remarked that the knowledge base needs to be more than accessible to local partners, it needs to be created at the field level.
Strategies Against Flu Emergence (SAFE) is a program created to support USAID/Indonesia's Avian and Pandemic Influenza (API) Program and the Government of Indonesia's National Strategy for Avian Influenza (AI) Control and Preparedness for Human Pandemic Influenza. In addition to a range of prevention activities at the local level, the program uses state of the art KM and social media tools to promote public-private partnerships, good poultry farming practices, improved biosecurity and hygiene behaviors at farms and markets, and improved care-seeking behavior for AI.
During the Global Health Knowledge Collaborative's Knowledge Management Share Fair on April 16th in Washington, DC, I discussed that a key objective of the SAFE program was to facilitate coordination among partners by sharing important health information that is targeted for program managers and other decision-makers. In order to achieve this, SAFE taps into the potential of digital technology and create an online platform as a tool to share knowledge and communicate experiences for AI and Pandemic Influenza Programs in Indonesia.
Since it launched, this collection of Avian & Pandemic Influenza resources has been one of K4Health's most popular online toolkits.
In its process, SAFE did not wish to create a new tool, but rather to optimize the already existing online platform under the USAID-funded Knowledge for Health (K4Health) project led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs. In this endeavor, Indonesia has become a pioneer in which documents on Avian Influenza and Pandemic Influenza are carefully selected, stored, and shared among users. No less than 160 documents have populated the sites from different organizations in both Bahasa and English, and as SAFE is entering its final months, it is ensuring the continuation of the process by formally handing over the eToolkit to a KM technical advisory group made up of government and local NGO members. Representatives of these institutions will be granted special access to upload their own resources as they become available, so that the toolkit remains a living and dynamic platform through which all stakeholders can share the latest and most important information. In February 2013, this eToolkit was the 8thmost visited toolkit within all the K4Health online toolkit resources and continues to receive a high degree of traffic each month, with the average visitor reading 3.4 resources per visit.
K4Health's Bangladesh Knowledge Management Initiative (BKMI) has rolled out an eHealth pilot in April in two low-performing districts. The pilot is aiming to normalize the use of digitized resources on netbook computers by community-based fieldworkers for the purpose aiding their client-based counseling and supplementing their own knowledge in three key technical areas: MNCH, family planning, and nutrition. USAID's Monica Bautista and Peggy D'Adamo visited Bangladesh in early April where they observed the launch of the pilot in Chittagong District. In this recent post on USAID's Impact Blog, they reflect on the value of including fieldworkers in the vision of a Digital Bangladesh.
With a population of 150 million, Bangladesh is a bustling country filled with vibrant people. On a recent trip to Dhaka and Chittagong we experienced first-hand the kindness and welcoming spirit of the country. The goal of our trip was to meet with various USAID implementing partners, and several units within theMinistry of Family Health and Welfareto find out more about their behavior change communication work. Developing high quality, evidence-based communication campaigns that promote healthy behaviors is quite a challenge for Bangladesh with their large population, numerous rural communities, and with so many health issues that need to be addressed. These health areas range from improved antenatal and postnatal care, family planning, nutrition, and child health. USAID implementing partners and the Ministry of Family Health and Welfare are now streamlining their health communications work, making sure their messages are in agreement, effective, and accessible to a range of people of all ages and educational backgrounds.
Community health workers receive training on the new netbooks.
Photo credit: Bangladesh Knowledge Management Initiative
A key part in this new effort was the launch of a three-month eHealth pilot program, developed by Johns Hopkins University – Center for Communication Programs in partner with Eminence, the Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs, and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with funding from USAID. The pilot will take place in Sylhet and Chittagong where 300 community health workers have received a netbook computer loaded with several eToolkits that contain a digital library of communication materials in maternal and child health, family planning and nutrition, and eight eLearning courses. The eToolkit includes 116 materials and tools which were selected by a team after a detailed assessment and review. The eToolkit will improve the quality and effectiveness of counseling visits that the community health workers have with their clients, while replacing the heavy materials they previously carried from house to house. The eight eLearning courses on the netbooks are meant to supplement the training that community health workers currently receive. Each course also includes an assessment designed to measure changes in the knowledge and skills of community health workers.
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Although preservation knowledge is in no short supply, unfortunately, it is not always possible to administer optimal care to all of the millions of items that a museum houses. According to Lindsay Palaima, the Registrar at the Sam Noble Museum, museums often cannot show their most valued items as they are too fragile without extensive preservation efforts.
"It's so hard working in museums because you show only three to five percent of what you have," Palaima said.
The largest obstacle in artifact preservation is a lack of public awareness, which is why organizations have founded programs like the Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust. The program consists of a 2-year initiative funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Service that strives to generate publicity for the preservation needs of Oklahoma artifacts.
The Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust established the Top Ten Most Endangered Artifacts Campaign to do just that. Museums, libraries, and archives from across the state submitted their artifacts for selection, and between May 1 and June 1, the public will vote for their ten favorite artifacts.
On May 1, the Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust announced the Sam Noble Museum's Spiro lace as a final contestant at a ceremony held at the Oklahoma State Capitol building. The museum received the Cultural Heritage Stewardship Award for their campaign progress thus far, but the museum will fight diligently for a spot in the top ten.
The twenty-five finalists at the OK State Capitol.
The Spiro lace, from 1400 AD, was discovered by a University of Oklahoma excavation team in the late 1930's. It was buried beneath Craig Mound at the historic Native American Spiro Mounds location in eastern Oklahoma, which is known as one of the most significant ceremonial sites in North America. The site was actively used from 800 to 1450 AD.
The Spiro Mounds in eastern OK.
Archeologists discovered many artifacts beneath the mounds, and the lace survived in part because of its probable proximity to copper plates, whose metallic properties served as a preservation tool.
A close-up of the Spiro lace.
"It looks like they had many clothing and elaborate costumes we know nothing about," said Dr. Elsbeth Dowd, the collection manager in the Sam Noble archaeology department. To read a more in-depth article about the lace, you can visit the museum's archaeology blog.
According to Dr. Dowd, this fragment of lace survives as Oklahoma's oldest textile and offers previously unknown information about the way Native Americans lived centuries ago. Unfortunately, to prevent further deterioration and tearing, the founders glued the textile to a yellow matboard.
Current preservation efforts are geared at finding out if there is a way to safely remove the lace from the matboard, as the acidic properties of the board will gradually inflict damage. Additionally, with the lace removed, archaeologists like Dr. Dowd would be able to conduct a more informative analysis of the lace using methods such as fiber analysis and 3D scanning.
"Being able to conserve this to give people access to the lace would really be great for research," confirms Dr. Dowd.
Dr. Dowd and Palaima at the OK State Capitol.
Dr. Dowd, Palaima, and Dr. Marc Levine, the Sam Noble's Archaeology Curator, are working as Spiro lace advocates to save Oklahoma history. Now, you can too.
By voting online for the Spiro lace, you are propelling the museum one step closer to a place in the top ten. To vote, click here.
There is no limit to how often you can vote, so remember to vote and vote often. Oklahoma has a unique and rich heritage, and it's our job as Oklahomans to be responsible stewards of the great land we've inherited. So cast your vote, and stay tuned for the results June 1!
Last Friday, May 3, recent University of Oklahoma graduate and noted photographer Thomas Shahan visited the Sam Noble Museum for a Gallery Talk, a chance to discuss photography techniques, Oklahoma spiders, and everything in between. Shahan also spoke about his work on display in the museum's exhibit, Beautiful Beasts: The Unseen Life of Oklahoma Spiders and Insects.
Shahan discussing his work.
All eyes and ears were on Shahan as he walked through his process of shooting his captivating, insect models. Many guests were astonished to hear that all of Shahan's work features local spiders and insects, many of which he discovered biking through Norman, Oklahoma.
Shahan and his glamorously furry model.
This was no ordinary lecture, however. Shahan's animated personality lit up the room as he actively engaged his audience. Shahan structured the Gallery Talk as more of a two-way discussion rather than a straightforward lecture, which many of his visitors appreciated. By engaging guests in his discussion, Shahan engaged them in his art.
Shahan interacts with some young fans during the Gallery Talk.
After the Gallery Talk concluded, guests stuck around for a chance to socialize with Shahan during the reception. Over some complimentary hor d'ouevres, visitors chatted with Shahan one-on-one as they caught a rare glimpse of the man behind the camera.
What a spread!
Guests chatting with Shahan after the Gallery Talk.
A red shiner minnow.
Now you see them; now you don't. After years of being the most common fish in local creeks, the red shiner seemingly disappeared from several streams in southern Oklahoma.
Dr. Edie Marsh-Matthews, an ichthyologist at the Sam Noble Museum, and her colleagues have been studying the fish community of Brier Creek in southern Oklahoma for many years. In 2005, they noticed that red shiner minnows had disappeared from many creeks where they had once been very common, including Brier Creek. All of the creeks from which red shiners disappeared are direct tributaries of Lake Texoma, a manmade impoundment of the Red River and Washita River in southern Oklahoma.
The loss of the red shiner was very puzzling because it is very common and tolerant of extreme conditions, such as high temperature and low oxygen in the water. To explain the loss of this hardy fish, Dr. Marsh-Matthews and her colleagues suggested that the creeks might have been altered over time due to the reservoir in a way that increased habitats for predators on red shiners. Then, in 2007, there was a major flood during which lake waters backed up many miles into the creeks, and red shiners reappeared in some of the creeks. The scientists expected that the red shiners would once more become common in Brier Creek, but surprisingly, they were not.
Dr. Marsh-Matthews and her student at Brier Creek.
To try and understand the reasons that red shiners could not become re-established in Brier Creek, Dr. Marsh-Matthews and her colleagues designed a series of experiments using the artificial streams located at the University of Oklahoma's Aquatic Research Facility.
Artificial streams are used to replicate natural environments.
A peek inside the observation window.
By producing artificial environments similar to those of Brier Creek, Dr. Marsh-Matthews could control variables while closely monitoring changes in the red shiner population. After conducting several rounds of experiments, she and her colleagues found a possible explanation why red shiners may not be able to re-establish in Brier Creek. In their experiments, sunfish predators lowered survival and reproduction of red shiners. Scientists had discovered that the number of sunfish has increased in Brier Creek over time.
"So, we think that these predators are not only involved in the initial loss of red shiners but also as they became more abundant in these altered streams, but maybe they're not letting them come back," Dr. Marsh-Matthews said.
Dr. Marsh-Matthews introducing red shiners to the artificial stream.
These studies on the red shiner disappearance and failure to re-establish in Brier Creek can have importance for many stream ecosystems. Although the red shiner is a native species in Oklahoma, what we learn about its ability to re-invade its native habitat will contribute to invasion biology, the study of factors that affect the establishment of species outside their native range.
It takes many helping hands from generous volunteers to run the Sam Noble Museum, and this week, April 22-26, is national Volunteer Appreciation Week. During this time, the museum honors volunteers for their invaluable contributions. This year, Mary LeBlanc has been selected to receive the 2013 Tom Siegenthaler Volunteer of the Year Award. Mary has been a volunteer at the museum for 18 years and is the longest-serving active volunteer in the Vertebrate Paleontology Department.
In 1994, Mary saw a newspaper article describing a fossil preparation class at the museum. Having a degree in History and minors in Anthropology and Art History, Mary knew this was an opportunity she did not want to pass up. "I signed up since it met at night, and I could do it while still working full-time at the University."
Mary enjoyed her time at the Sam Noble so much she would work at the University of Oklahoma in the day and volunteer for the museum in the evening. Since she volunteered before the museum moved into its present facility, Mary actually had a hand in preparing some of the displays in the Hall of Ancient Life. "It's very exciting to be able to walk around the Hall of Ancient Life and see the various specimens we worked on. When I take relatives to the museum, I can show them the different specimens I helped create."
After retiring from OU last year, Mary started volunteering full-time. She has been an asset with administrative and computer projects in several offices, tirelessly worked almost every special event, and takes advantage of a wide variety of professional development opportunities.
When asked about why Mary was chosen for this prestigious award, Volunteer Coordinator Terry Allen complimented Mary on her work ethic. "She's eager to help in any way that will further the mission of the museum, and because of that, she's a perfect example of a top-notch Sam Noble Museum volunteer."
The Tom Siegenthaler Volunteer of the Year Award will be presented to Mary on Thursday evening, April 25, during the Museum's annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner.
Native American languages are often associated with a bygone era of history, but many people fail to realize that Native American culture thrives today just as it did centuries ago through families dedicated to keeping their heritage alive. Now, more than ever, the emphasis on cultural preservation is being placed in the hands of Native American youth.
One way these students promote the continuation of their heritage is through the Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair, held annually in early April. Since 2003, children and teens from all across the state of Oklahoma and elsewhere have traveled to compete in their knowledge of Native American languages through music, drama and dance. This year, the fair received a record-breaking 921 students.
A group performance at the 2013 ONAYLF.
"I wanted to compete in the language fair because I wanted to push myself to try and learn more language and tradition," Chyna Chupco said, a Muskogee-speaker and past ONAYLF participant.
Although students come to the fair to gain language experience, they often take away even more. Kiowa-speaker Kristin Allen said that the fair has helped her overcome a personal struggle.
"I decided to come back [to the fair] because it's fun, and it helps me with my shyness," she said.
Native American languages are not outdated, as some may believe. They have developed over time like any other language by adding words for new concepts, even Facebook. By constantly adapting to changes in society, Native American languages retain their relevancy for younger generations.
In this way, Native American culture can also go hand in hand with pop culture. To hear a clip of previous ONAYLF winner Niigan Sunray singing Adele's popular song "Someone Like You" in Kiowa, simply click here.
Niigan, and her siblings, Tdohasan, Kowi and Onde, are all first language Native-American-language speakers. They are currently involved with the KIOWA KIDS language program, which recently assisted Kiowa elder Modina Waters in publishing a children's book through through Native American Languages at the Sam Noble Museum. The book, titled Saynday Kiowa Indian Children's Stories, tells traditional Kiowa fables in both Kiowa and English. Through their involvement with the children's book, the Sunray children have learned at an early age the importance of cherishing and preserving their culture.
KIOWA KIDS language program attendees.
"We can teach our children to keep the language going on," Niigan said, the eldest child. "Not many people know it anymore."
Every night the Sunray children sing a traditional Kiowa hymn together, called A-HO Dawkee (Thank You, God). To hear them sing A-HO Dawkee, click here.
Many previous ONAYLF participants consider their role in cultural revitalization an honor as opposed to a burden as they stated a strong interest in passing down their language to future generations of their own. Katy Shackelford, a 16-year-old Chickasaw-speaker, expressed difficultly in imagining a future without Chickasaw.
"We speak Chickasaw words every day, even if it's not necessarily whole conversations," she said. "You can't really get rid of who you are. A lot of things that we do we do with the tribe, with our culture."
Katy and Dale Shackelford at their first fair (2004) and the 2013 ONAYLF.
Katy and her brother, Dale, also emphasized a commitment to sharing their culture with those who may hold outdated ideas about Native Americans.
"We do inform people about Native American culture, even if it's not specifically Chickasaw," Katy said.
"Even in Oklahoma, there are lot of misconceptions about Native Americans," Dale added.
Through outlets like the ONAYLF, Native American youth like these are given the tools and support necessary to preserving their heritage. Participants in the ONAYLF give reason to believe that the future of Native American culture is bright indeed.
You can read more about this year's ONAYLF on the KFOR website.
What is citizen science?
When you hear the phrase "scientific research" you may call to mind images of scientists in lab coats, but have you ever pictured yourself as a research tool? Now you can, thanks to the merging of technology and research.
Katrina Menard, head of the insect department at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, has been tracking Velvet Ants in Oklahoma with student Jacob Mitchell as part of a research project with the University of Oklahoma Honors Research Assistantship Program. The program allows students to work alongside professionals for hands-on experience.
How does it work?
First, participants download the free iNaturalist app at the App Store or Android Market on their cell phone. Then, they simply snap a picture of the Velvet Ant and upload it to the app, which will record the user's location. Menard then collects the results and archives them as part of her research. Contributors even have the chance to get credit for photos published in scientific journals.
Note: the photo above is of a scientific specimen. No Velvet Ants should be harmed in this project.
To watch Menard's brief tutorial on how to submit a photo to iNaturalist, simply click below.
Menard's project, called "Mutillidae of Oklahoma," has only been active on iNaturalist for about two weeks and is still considered to be in a trial stage. If successful, Menard said that citizen science tools like iNaturalist could be used in a greater educational context in the future.
Why citizen science?
"Citizen science allows us to integrate everyone's natural ability to observe, make hypotheses and contribute information about their experiences of the world around us," said Menard. "This allows us to gather more information and observations than we can do alone as dedicated professional scientists."
In addition to her work with iNaturalist, Menard will also be participating this April in Entoblitz, another citizen science project hosted by the Texas A&M Entomology Graduate Student Association. Entoblitz is open to anyone interested in entomology and will give participants the opportunity to hunt for bugs in the name of science.
So whether you're an amateur entomologist, a stay-at-home mom or a middle school student, you can become part of the scientific process. By simply using your smartphone, you can lend a helping hand to the scientific community. So what are you waiting for? Science wants you!
Orphaned collections are a growing concern for natural history institutions worldwide. An endangered or orphaned collection is any considerable body of material, which is or soon may be no longer regarded as of value in its present ownership. According to the American Association of Museums, every year more institutions, agencies, corporations, and individuals divest themselves of their collections. When this occurs, "orphaned" collections need to be "adopted" by an existing natural history collection.
In November of 2011, Eugene Young, a professor in the Agriculture and Life Sciences department at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Okla. contacted the Sam Noble Museum about the possibility of adopting an orphaned collection from the A.D. Buck Museum.
Originally called the Yellow Bull Museum, the A.D. Buck Museum's science exhibits included mounted specimens of birds and mammals. Sam Noble Museum curator Gary Schnell and collection managers Marcia Revelez and Tamaki Yuri traveled to the A.D. Buck Museum to view the specimens. Upon further inspection, the team found many specimens that had been on loan from the Sam Noble Museum.
A total of 14 specimens were loaned to A. D. Buck in 1961, including an adult grizzly bear, all still in good condition. Most of the collection's Oklahoma birds and mammals were found in the early 1900s, such as the marsh hawk, in 1910, and a Pintail, in 1913.
Many of the specimens in the A. D. Buck collection are significant to Oklahoma's history, such as the Spotted Skunk found in 1934 in Kay County, an area that had no previous record of having that species before the 1990s. After evaluation, a crew returned in December to pack up the collection of birds and mammals and bring them to their new home at the Sam Noble Museum.
The A. D. Buck specimens are not the first collection the museum has adopted. Recently, the museum's Department of Mammalogy adopted approximately 26,000 mammal species from the University of Memphis Mammal Collection.
"It's an ongoing goal for the museum to aid orphaned collections," Revelez said.
Natural history collections play a vital role in understanding cultures, habitats, biodiversity and more. They safeguard specimens, inspire, educate, and tirelessly continue the research and study of various sciences. We welcome back our mammals and birds that have been on loan for so many decades and will always strive to maintain and preserve Oklahoma's rich natural history.
It's National Volunteer Appreciation Week and the prefect time to talk about those people in the museum that make such an impact on staff, visitors and the community: our volunteers.
Every year, the museum dedicates this week to honoring volunteers for the hours they dedicate to natural history, to servicing the community and providing personal knowledge, assistance and experience to our visitors and staff.
In 2011, 161 volunteers dedicated 16,291 hours to the museum through their work as docents, with children in the Discovery Room or with staff behind the scenes.
I'd like to share a link with you to a new web page created for identifying Oklahoma fossils, www.CommonFossilsOfOklahoma.snomnh.ou.edu.
Working at a natural history museum is quite a rewarding experience. My enthusiasm is partially from being one of the most recent hires at the museum. I began in September and have enjoyed working with Dan Swan, curator of ethnology, and his team planning our upcoming exhibit, Warrior Spirits: Indigenous Arts from New Guinea. Nearly 100 pieces from the collections of the Sam Noble Museum and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art will be displayed beginning Feb. 4.
The collections include a variety of cultural objects, including masks, drums and ceremonial garments, many of which were collected during surveys in the 1970s assessing petroleum and mineral resources. U.S. soldiers also contributed items collected while Allied Forces manned listening stations in New Guinea during World War II.
Here is a sneak peek at the people and culture surrounding our upcoming exhibit:
The people of Papua New Guinea are mostly descendants of Melanesians, closely related to the islanders of Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu. The island was one of the first landmasses to become populated by modern humans, about 50,000 years ago.
Hundreds of cultures live on the island of New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. These groups reside in small, remote rural villages- more than a third of them in the rugged highlands- and make their living by fishing, farming, hunting, and gathering. As a result of the villages' isolation, many different languages are spoken on the island. With nearly one thousand distinct dialects spoken there, New Guinea possesses the greatest concentration of languages in the world.
The traditional Melanesian cultures are kept alive in elaborate rituals that accompany deaths, feasts, marriages, compensation ceremonies and initiation rites. Many of the artifacts in our collections reflect the diversity of the region, highlighting such ceremonial traditions as the dramatic fire dances practiced in the Highlands of West Papua and the ritualized veneration of ancestors among the Sepik River groups of New Guinea.
Art in New Guinea is as varied as its people. Carving, twining and weaving, produces many different types of art. Carved wooden sculptures, masks, canoes, and storyboards from New Guinea are valued around the globe in private collections, museums, and art markets.
The objects in Warrior Spirits, which include daggers carved from the bones of cassowary birds – a large flightless bird native to New Guinea and prized for its aggressive territorial nature—along with carved shields, war-clubs, spears and bows and arrows, were created and used by the indigenous peoples of present-day Papua New Guinea and West Papua, Indonesia.
Warrior Spirits: Indigenous Arts from New Guinea will be on display from Feb. 4 through May 13. Augmented with maps, graphics, and audio and video elements, this exhibit allows visitors a glimpse into the fascinating world of New Guinea. For more information, visit our website: www.snomnh.ou.edu.


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In the early 50's the frame was heavily modified to get the 1929 Roadster PU cab low, reinforced cab with 2 inch pipe, fully chromed front a rear suspension from '39-'40 Ford (nice patina now), juice brakes all around, drilled backing plates, 1950 331 Cadillac V8 overhead valve motor, Edelbrock 3×2 Intake w/Stromberg Carbs., 1937 LaSalle 3 speed transmission, chrome steering box and column, Edelbrock finned aluminum valve covers, custom lake headers, cut down original '32 grill shell, 1932 passenger car dash and reversed 16 inch rims on back for clearance.
In 1999 I had the motor rebuilt (same Cadillac motor), added Headlights and a shortened Model T bed, found a 6×2 Edelbrock Intake w/6 Strombeg Carbs. (only running two center carbs.), 11 Gallon Aluminum Gas Tank, Stewart Warner Gauges, 2 inch chopped down windshield and stanchions, Schroeder Race Wheel, big and little whitewall tires from Coker, removable roll bar, wiring and she was on the road. Cab was never removed from the chassis during rebuild.
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Older pics show the car at Paso Robles in the early 2000's, Bonneville and West Capitol Circle Track Reunion in the mid-to-Late 2000's. Haven't had it out much lately, so it's time for somebody else to enjoy. It's a blast to drive and will get plenty of attention when you show it! Run's and Drives now, but will need some fine tuning by the new Owner. Send me an ebay message with your e-mail address and I can send more pics.
What You Get Now: all of the items described above except the chopped windshield and stanchions (comes with stock ones). A 1932 Truck Dash instead of the 1932 passenger dash (I'm in the process of setting up the gauge panel). E&J headlights are gone, so you get the BLC headlights on the car now. Don't miss your chance to own a piece of California Hot Rod History. Low Reserve for this "one-of-a-kind" Hot Rod. You will not be disappointed to own this unique car.
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Some of the UK's most exciting dancers bring some of the oldest forms of dance bang up to date as they collide with some of the newest in an exciting new dance show ?The Lock In' sees a group of street dancers arrive at an apparently deserted pub. The word on the street is that The Fighting Cocks is the place to be ?after hours' but as the regulars arrive a clash of cultures turns into a dance floor stand-off. The skill, speed and athleticism of the dancers on both sides soon wins the others over as the old and new are brought together in an exciting and dynamic dance-off. Sword dances are performed with snooker-cues, pub bouncers dance the Morris and B-boys flirt with clog girls. Meanwhile house band The Demon Barbers take English Folk music on a new journey with friends Hip Hop, House, Funk and Ska and even says hello to Burlesque and Drum & Bass along the way. The Lock In does for English folk dance what Riverdance did for Irish dance and Diversity did for street dance, bringing some lesser-known forms of dance into the mainstream. Fast-paced and innovative, the show brings together some of the UK's top clog, sword and Morris dancers with their counterparts from the worlds of B-boying, popping & krump.
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New Zealand prevailed over the Pumas with a solid 54-15 victory. Now we rate the All Blacks at Estadio �nico Ciudad de La Plata.
15 Israel Dagg: The full-back wasn't at his best on Saturday. He passed the ball more often than he ran. 6/10
14 Cory Jane: Was on fire in scoring a hat-trick. His highlight was when he stole a Hernandez pass and carried the ball for around 50 metres for his third five pointer. 8/10
13 Conrad Smith: Secure in defence. He distributed well, giving his team-mates the chance to attack with width. 7/10
12 Ma'a Nonu: One try and an assist that saw Aaron Smith flying between the posts. Nonu was pure power. 8/10
11 Julian Savea: Did exactly what he had to do...score tries. 7/10
10 Dan Carter: Efficient as usual kicking for posts. He knew the key was playing a very open and fast game against Argentina. He was the music director of the All Black orchestra. 8/10
9 Aaron Smith: His five points were crucial. From that moment on, the ABs took total control of the Test. Smith created quick ball. 7/10
8 Kieran Read: What a game. The loose forward was the first tackler and the first support player in the offence. Simply brilliant. 9/10
7 Richie McCaw: He did the dirty silent job for his squad. He clearly prevailed over Argentina's back-row 8/10
6 Liam Messam: Like McCaw, he didn't show himself much when the Kiwis attacked but was a superb defender. 7/10
5 Sam Whitelock: Was secure in the air and confident around the field. 7/10
4 Luke Romano: A blood injury took him out of the game two times until he got permanently replaced by Retallick. 5/10
3 Owen Franks: Great performance. Even though he wore the number 3 jersey, he looked like a flank as he tackled regularly and was an option when the All Blacks did their bit offensively. 8/10
2 Andrew Hore: Precise line-out thrower but struggled elsewhere. 5/10
1 Tony Woodcock: He did his job well up front. Was as proficient as the rest of the team when trying to get the ball back. 6/10
16 Keven Mealamu: Didn't have a major role in the All Black win but did guarantee his team safe throwing in the line-out. 6/10
17 Charlie Faumuina: Didn't play long enough to warrant a rating.
18 Brodie Retallick: The lock played very well, especially in defence. 7/10
19 Sam Cane: Didn't play long enough to warrant a rating.
20 Piri Weepu: Didn't play long enough to warrant a rating.
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In the image of the winemaker's calendar, there are a few simple but judicious rules for enjoying Beaujolais wines to make the very most of their aromas and flavours.
Beaujolais Nouveau and Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau are best enjoyed at 12°C, the optimal temperature for a perfect tasting.
Beaujolais and Beaujolais-Villages should be served, after nouveau wines, at 13/14°C, a degree that pays tribute to the aromatic wealth of the Gamay grape.
The Beaujolais Crus are suited to serving at an average of 16°C, this may be lowered slightly, to around 15°C, for a one or two year old Cru, or conversely served slightly higher for a wine that is three to five years old (17°C is perfectly acceptable).
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Vanessa Dorion has come to rely on the South Boston Head Start program, where her 4-year-old son, Brody, has thrived since he started coming in September. But there's a word that has unnerved her and most of the other parents who have children in the program — sequestration.
Action For Boston Community Development officials say sequestration would slash by 15 percent the $24 million in federal funds the agency receives for Head Start programs across Boston. That would mean cutting 250 slots for children and potential pay cuts for staff. And it could force the closure of one or more of the 38 Head Start centers serving about 2,500 children in the city.
If the program is beneficial I am sure state and local funds can be used to supplement the gap. It's time to take back control from malfunctioning Washington
I don't know how the Republicans live with themselves. This lack of childhood education will just cost us more money down the road, when these children grow up having difficulty getting jobs, paying taxes, and perhaps turning to crime. Taking care of our youngest children is an investment that pays for itself multiple times over.
Mba73: If state and local governmenet wanted to fund pre-school they would already have done it, but they have not. Head Start is pre-school for poor kids, which gives those kids a shot at staying up with your kids when they start first grade, and allows the teacher not to have to teach basic skills (that your kids learn through having had the advantages of say, parents who read to them, or who take them to the Childrens museum.)
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Some people just dont get it. Republicans want to justify their arrogance by saying you got your tax increase now we won't negotiate any more. Well yes their was a an increase to the top 2%, but it is historically still the lowest rate for that group in 100 years. So lets throw the kids and the seniors under the bus, Cut programs like head start and programs like meals on wheels and then say see we told you we were done with tax increases. its just plain stupid. Do not try to justify this with claims of waste in other areas. Grow up republicans. You are not children in the sand box anymore and you cant take your ball and go home.
The House passed a bill that would allow the Obama administation flexibility on what to cut so it doesn't adversly effect many people. The Senate decided not to act on this and Obama would have vetoe'd the bill anyway becasue the Dems want this to happen so they can make the cuts much more drastic to grab headlines and label the blame on the GOP. That is the Dem's formula. Denograte the GOP so they can blame them in 2014, have full majortiy in all three branches and them become Massachusetts (one party system).
dewitt buddy, I know you collect from the government somehow but I took a 20 dollar a week hit in my pay (takehome pay actually) for your subsidized living standard, AND I DON'T LIKE IT! Maybe you and auntie Z like it BUT I DON'T. BTW, I'm nowhere NEAR the top 2% of wage earners in this "country" and I actually WORK for a living. It's ending bro, get used to it.
Head Start doesn't work. A recently released report from a respected institution says no benefit. It's just a free meal and baby sitting that has cost taxpayers 180 billion since its inception.
Please cite the study and your source, because all of the research that I know about has shown Head Start to have a positive lasting impact.
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. This is a shabby trick. When local politicians are trying to bludgeon the voters into a Prop. 2 1/2 override it's always "We'll have to close the dump on weekends, eliminate the high school football team, and lay off half the teachers." It's never eliminating art therapy programs for transgendered homeless. For the President of the United States to resort to the same sort of lies is pathetic. Our kids went to preschool too. We paid for it. Ourselves. We've had the Headstart program since 1964 and I don't see the kids getting any smarter.
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Taken together, these effect estimates suggest that
Head Start—as it operated in the 1960s through
1980s—generated benefits in excess of program costs,
with a benefit–cost ratio that could be as large as the
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Taken from: http://home.uchicago.edu/~ludwigj/papers/NYAS-LudwigPhillips-HeadStart-2008.pdf
Isnt this where all those people who claim they don't pay enough in taxes can start donating? The get to accomplish two things- feel superior to those who don't feel govt is the answer and second use their own money for a change.


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The Henrico County office of the Virginia Cooperative Extension has launched its fall sale of apples, peanuts, honey and cookbooks with proceeds to benefit the 4-H Youth Development program. The annual sale features Virginia-grown produce and, for the first time, four different cookbooks, each with more than 140 recipes. The items and their prices are: • Winesap and York apples, $18.50 per half bushel, which equates to about 88 cents per pound; • Raw peanuts, with recipes, $9 per two-pound sack; • Salted and unsalted deluxe cocktail peanuts, $12 per two-pound sack; • Honey, $7 per one-pound jar; and • Cookbooks, $6.50 apiece. The titles are "5 Ingredients or Less," "Kids in the Kitchen," "Busy Mom's Cookbook" and "Better Health." Each spiral-bound cookbook measures 5.5 by 4.25 inches, with a soft cover and 150 pages. Order forms are available at http://www.co.henrico.va.us/extension; the Extension Office in the Human Services Building, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive; any Henrico library; and by calling 501-5160 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Because supplies are limited, orders received after Friday, Oct. 26 will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Orders will be available for pickup from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14 and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at the loading dock of the Human Services Building. For details, call 501-5160. |
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Wright State 50, Cleveland State 41: Sluggish Vikings fall to 13-16
A forgettable season for the Cleveland State University men's basketball team inched closer to its conclusion Thursday with a 50-41 loss to Wright State at the Wolstein Center.
The Vikings slipped to 13-16 overall and 5-10 in the Horizon League while posting their lowest point total of the season.
The previous low-water mark was 47 points in a 30-point loss at Michigan in November.
Whatever slim hopes the Vikings had of hosting a first-round game in the Horizon League tournament went out the window with Wednesday's embarrassing performance in the regular-season home finale.
The Vikings were consistent in their futility, shooting 25.7 percent from the field in the first half and 26.9 percent in the second half for a full-game aggregate of 26.2 percent.
"We defended well but just didn't make enough shots," CSU coach Gary Waters said.
Sophomore guard Charlie Lee scored 12 points for the Vikings. True to CSU's poor form, he had to launch 15 shots to make four.
"We just couldn't get anything going," Lee said.
For long stretches of both halves, the Vikings couldn't throw it in the ocean from the waterline. Over the last 16 minutes of the second half, the Vikings managed three baskets and 13 points.
Freshman guard Bryn Forbes, a bright light through most of the season, went 2-for-12 from the field and scored six points. Continued...
The victorious Raiders (18-9, 9-5 Horizon) made only 16 baskets, too, but they made life miserable for the Vikings by playing tough, physical defense and milking the shot clock on offense.
"You can take them out of their style of play, but you have to make shots to do that," Waters said.
Matt Vest finished with 10 points to pace Wright State.
CSU swings back into action Saturday at Western Illinois in a BracketBusters game. Tipoff is 8 p.m.
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I got off the plane a few hours ago and am home - hurray!!
Today is my last day of eating "travel food" - but still all raw. I drank a TON of water on the plane, but was really really hungry anyway so I feel like I ate a ton. Oh well. Tomorrow I am looking forward to eating at home. I'm going to sign up for Renee's brownie class - looks super delicious!
B: Strawberry smoothie with wheat grass & matcha
Kombucha (2) - I had to drink them before I got on the plane
S: 1/8 c. Almonds
Two bags of kale chips (yes two)
L: Amazing Grass brand Green Superfood Raw Bar
2 small flax crackers
1/4 c. walnuts & pecans
S: 1/2 c. almonds
I am all off from traveling so I'm not even hungry for dinner or anything. I'm so glad to be home and am ready to back to normal eating! I do love the kale chips I bought, though. They don't carry that brand near me. Normally I only like the ones I make, but these were super yummy. May have to look online .... =)


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Stayin' Alive: North tops Greenville, keeps playoff hopes intact
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GREENVILLE – When push came to shove, the McKinney North Bulldogs shoved back.
North needed a win to keep its playoffs chances alive and the Bulldogs got it Friday night in a 31-6 showing on the road against district rival Greenville from T.A. Cotton Ford Stadium.
"I told them after the game this is what we had to do tonight, we had to keep ourselves in it," said Mike Fecci, North head coach."We got to win out and we took the first step towards that tonight."
Fecci was pleased by what he saw as a complete team effort.
"We played pretty well," he said. "We forced a lot of turnovers and ran the ball very effectively and threw the ball pretty well as well."
Ronald Jones led North with two touchdowns on eight touches for 121 yards.Justin Jones also passed the century rushing mark with 107 yards on 15 carries with one touchdown.
As for their air attack, Bulldogs quarterback Ben Dutze finished 12-of-16 with 75 yards with one interception.
"Both of our backs, Justin Jones and Ronald Jones, had big nights for us," Fecci said. "And Dutze threw the ball real well tonight. He had an interception, but it was on a deflection, a ball we should have caught."
The Bulldogs defense also shined, holding their opponent to only six points, which didn't come until the fourth quarter.
"Our defensive line played real well," Fecci said. "Especially our defensive ends, they did a great job."
Fecci was not only impressed by his starters, but also be the strong effort from his backups, whom he gave extended playing time to in the fourth quarter.
"The character they showed tonight was big," Fecci said. "The whole team showed it. We put some backup kids in and defensively they refused to let them score and even forced an interception. Our kids played with great character and great class. I was proud of them for that."
As the Bulldogs prepare for next week's game at Wylie East, Fecci was thoroughly encouraged by what he saw from his squad Friday night.
"We had a really good week of practice, great mental and physical preparation for this game and we were able to come out and have a positive outcome this Friday," he said. "And hopefully we'll come out and do it again next week and give ourselves a chance."
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Scott Lewis is a Jennings, La., native who started in radio while in high school in 1995. A graduate of the Jennings High class of 1997, he attended UL-Lafayette, where he got his bachelor's degree in broadcasting in 2002 – which would have been a brilliant career move if this was 1972. Still, he's been employed in such exotic locales as Jennings, Crowley, Lafayette and now Lake Charles, so it all worked out. He's worked under a variety of different radio names in the last 15 years, probably because he's also secretly a spy. He once met Laura Bush and took a picture of her hot-pink toenails – true story. He's pretty much a big ol' geek, (or is it a spaz?), and he's kinda funny lookin'.


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But for the parents of that teenager, even the most trusting among them, anxiety is often the emotion that clouds all others.
Warnings are plastered in plain view from fliers on school bulletin boards to public service announcements on TV urging new drivers to make the best decisions regarding their safety on the road.
Parents and members of the Rome and Floyd County community are encouraged to attend a free presentation on safe teen driving at Darlington School on Jan. 22.
Lauren Winborne, founder of the nonprofit organization SteerSmart, will speak to students in grades 8-12 about the topic of teen driving at 2 p.m. in the Huffman Athletic Center.
"Because teen driving fatalities are usually caused by inexperience and unsafe driving habits, SteerSmart seeks to educate parents as well as teens. We hope those parents who are able to will join us for this presentation," said Jill Pate, director of personal counseling. "Car crashes are the number one cause of fatality among teenage drivers, and this program walks through and dissects the anatomy of specific crashes that resulted in fatalities or severely injured youth."
Pate said the program will depict examples of severe crashes that happened as a result of speeding, texting, driving with too many passengers, alcohol and drugs, driving without wearing seatbelts, intersection awareness, over correcting, weather related problems and more. The program will offer safe driving tips and solutions for teens who are ready to take on the road.
Winborne, a mother of six, founded SteerSmart to encourage schools, associations and communities to help prevent wrecks that take lives and leave survivors impaired for life. The programs she developed arose out of research and interviews with parents who had lost their children to wrecks.
According to the organization's website, presentations focus on decisions and consequences of decisions made by young drivers.
Whether a youth is a driver or a passenger, he or she will learn that there are ramifications for every decision made behind the wheel. Students learn from their peers in the program who have been killed by making just one fatal decision. They also learn from victims who survived crashes but are wheelchair bound because of decisions made just before their crashes.
"The program emphasizes that all students start their day virtually in the same way," Winborne said. "No one begins their day by thinking, 'I could die this afternoon.' The myth that all kids who get killed or injured in these crashes are wasted kids at 1 a.m. is also dispelled.
"The program shows victims from all walks of life, types of towns, socioeconomic statuses, public and private schools as well as married, divorced and troubled homes," she continued. "We talk about athletes, musicians, artists, actors and scholars, encompassing the eclectic background of those affected by crashes. Car crashes do not discriminate."
The SteerSmart program has been delivered in all types of venues to all kinds of audiences. For more information about the program, visit www.steersmart.org. For information about the driving expo, contact Tannika Wester at email@example.com.