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This tutorial is part of a series illustrating basic concepts and techniques for machine learning in R. We will try to build a classifier of relapse in breast cancer. The analysis plan will follow the general pattern (simplified) of a recent paper.
The first step is to prepare the data sets. We will use GSE2034 as a training data set and GSE2990 as a test data set. These are both data sets making use of the Affymetrix U133A platform (GPL96). First, let's download and pre-process the training data. Note: The gcrma step may require you to have as much as ~8gb of ram. I ran this tutorial on a Mac Pro (Snow Leopard) with R 3.0.2 installed. It should also work on linux or windows but package installation might differ slightly.
Set some data directories.
Install the necessary bioconductor packages (if not already installed).
We will use custom CDF packages rather than the standard CDFs. Note, if the packages below do not install successfully with the biocLite method current source files can be installed manually. Go to the latest version, choose the link to ENTREZG for the appropriate version of R, find the HGU133A row and download three source packages ('C', 'P' and 'A'). In a terminal, run R CMD INSTALL pckgfilename where pckgfilename is the name of the package file you downloaded.
Then, load all necessary libraries
library(hgu133ahsentrezgcdf) #cdfname="HGU133A_HS_ENTREZG"
Set a data directory, download a GEO dataset, unpack and gunzip, and create a list of files for processing.
setwd(paste(tempdir,"GSE2034", sep=""))
untar("GSE2034_RAW.tar", exdir="data")
cels = list.files("data/", pattern = "CEL")
sapply(paste("data", cels, sep="/"), gunzip)
cels = list.files("data/", pattern = "CEL")
Create an AffyBatch object and perform GCRMA normalization.
setwd(paste(tempdir,"GSE2034/data", sep=""))
raw.data=ReadAffy(verbose=TRUE, filenames=cels, cdfname="HGU133A_HS_ENTREZG")
Extract expression values. Then, remove Affy control probes. In this custom CDF (Version 17.1.0, ENTREZG), these are found in rows 12031 to 12098. You can check for yourself and look for probe names starting with "AFFX" using 'rownames(gcrma)'. Alternatively you could use a regex to grab just those rows that don't contain "AFFX"
gcrma=gcrma[which(!grepl("AFFX", rownames(gcrma))),]
Map probe set identifiers to Entrez gene symbols and IDs and then combine with raw data.
symbol = unlist(mget(probes, hgu133ahsentrezgSYMBOL))
ID = unlist(mget(probes, hgu133ahsentrezgENTREZID))
Write GCRMA-normalized and mapped data to file.
write.table(gcrma, file = "trainset_gcrma.txt", quote = FALSE, sep = "\t", row.names = FALSE, col.names = TRUE)
Get the clinical details for this dataset.
write.table(GSE2034_clindata, "trainset_clindetails.txt", quote = FALSE, sep = "\t", row.names = FALSE)
After running all of the above commands you should have a data file (trainset_gcrma.txt) with expression estimates for 12,030 genes and 286 breast cancer samples and a second file with clinical details (trainset_clindetails.txt). To avoid copy-pasting you can download the processAffyTrainData.R script.
IMPORTANT: Obtaining the test data set follows a very similar procedure and can be achieved by downloading and running the processAffyTestData.R script. If successful, the latter will give you a second expression data file (testset_gcrma.txt) with 189 additional breast cancer samples and another clinical details file (testset_clindetails.txt). You will need both the trainset___ and testset___ data files to successfully complete subsequent tutorials.
The next tutorial will show you how to train a randomForest model for classification of relapse versus non-relapse. See Machine learning for cancer classification - part 2 - Building a Random Forest Classifier. NOTE: this tutorial overlaps substantially with this tutorial but was modified here to produce the exact files we will need for subsequent parts of the series.
Are these two gene expression data sets truly independent or do they share some samples?
I believe they are independent (non-overlapping) but you are smart to ask this question. See Figure 1 of my paper for a depiction of this problem.
Thanks for the tutorial. For the CDF file it should be HGU133a instead of HGU95A. Am I right?
Yes. Thanks for spotting that typo. Corrected.
Just a note: If biocLite("hgu133ahsentrezgcdf") fails (I got an error about R 3.0 version) After manually downloading the 3 files the command: R CMD INSTALL has to be used from command line not within R
To install within R, I downloaded the win32 version of the 3 files and then used: install.packages("~/path/hgu133ahsentrezgprobe_17.1.0.zip", repos = NULL)
I didn't know I have use repos=NULL and spent some time to figure it out. Hope it helps other like.
Yes. Thank you for these tips. There are all kinds of issues with installing these packages, specific to linux, windows, mac and depending on version of R and bioconductor. Probably worth a tutorial in itself.
The Dataset (GSE2034) mentioned above contains 22,283 probe Id's, which consists of multiple probes for a single gene or multiple genes for a single probe. After running all the above commands, you got expression estimates for 12,030 genes, that means it contains single expression value (probe) for each 12,030 genes. My questions is how the single expression value for each gene is obtained from the multiples sets of probe/genes. Through the commands I could not understand the process of how the numbers got reduced, and is there any other way to eliminate such multiples and get the single expression value for each gene ?
I am using the custom CDF (from here, see instructions above). The group who produced them has remapped all probes to new probe sets based on Entrez Genes.
Tank you for your nice tutorial, but I want to ask you is it possible to apply this tutorial for an eSet,that I have reached from different platform?
Thank you so much for the tutorial.
I get this error when I run the step to extract clinical details:
909 GSM36894 negative 109 0 ER+ 0 913 GSM36911 negative 80 1 ER+ 0 </internal-data> </data-table> </series>
</miniml> :3: parser error : xmlSAX2StartDocument <miniml ^="" error="" in="" usemethod("xpathapply")="" :="" no="" applicable="" method="" for="" 'xpathapply'="" applied="" to="" an="" object="" of="" class="" "null"="" in="" addition:="" warning="" message:="" in="" xmlroot.xmlinternaldocument(xmlparsedoc(txt))="" :="" empty="" xml="" document<="" p="">
Could you please help.
Thanks Sharvari
Hi Obi,
I try to retrieve the clinical data using the command
I get the following error:
Error in UseMethod("xmlRoot") :
no applicable method for 'xmlRoot' applied to an object of class "NULL"
What I have already tried is to use the new function getGSEDataTables() from github. By doing that, I can retrieve the data, but I still get the following error:
883 GSM37032 negative 86 0 ER+ 0
887 GSM37033 negative 161 0 ER+ 0
890 GSM37043 negative 161 0 ER- 0
891 GSM37044 negative 112 0 ER+ 0
894 GSM37045 negative 123 0 ER- 0
899 GSM37046 negative 86 0 ER+ 0
900 GSM36887 negative 108 0 ER+ 0
901 GSM36889 negative 108 0 ER+ 0
903 GSM36892 negative 110 0 ER+ 0
909 GSM36894 negative 109 0 ER+ 0
913 GSM36911 negative 80 1 ER+ 0
:3: parser error : xmlSAX2StartDocument
Error in UseMethod("xpathApply") :
no applicable method for 'xpathApply' applied to an object of class "NULL"
In addition: Warning message:
In xmlRoot.XMLInternalDocument(xmlParseDoc(txt)) : empty XML document
Hi Obi,
Thank you for nice tutorial. I am also suffering from similar error with debitboro.
No encoding supplied: defaulting to UTF-8. Error in UseMethod("xpathApply") : no applicable method for 'xpathApply' applied to an object of class "NULL" In addition: Warning message: In xmlRoot.XMLInternalDocument(xmlParseDoc(txt)) : empty XML document
Would you please help?
Many thanks


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Rumple, or Rumplestiltskin as he his referred to out of earshot of copyright enforcers, is an international clown. He's worked solo performing streets and street theatre festivals and arts festivals and all number of events, Glastonbury among others and recently enjoyed employ with cirque du soleil and is now not surprisingly, a free artist once more.
Oh how we laughed, we being clowns and street performers with more than a couple of decades experience both in this precarious form of business we've chosen and of Rumple himself, to hear that Cirque had grabbed his talent.
We laughed for the simple fact that Rumple cannot be tamed, never has been, never will and for Cirque to have the audacity [which is one of their qualities] to presume they could direct Rumple in the exacting way his two year contract implied automatically was to presume that some unlucky Cirque arts administrator, if lucky just one and if unlucky a handful, would suffer an aneurism.
I am not a religious man however if ever there was an argument for some spiritual hand that directs from within, giving birth to dreams and impulses that drive an individual brave enough to trust in them that argument would be personified in Rumple.
He is in his own motley way a sacred fool.
He speaks on and off stage in a falsetto. It used to be a cruel game among some to ply him with alcohol, the rumor being if you got him drunk enough he'd drop an octave. I have it on good authority that this is so. He was an innocent and innocents gets taken advantage of. I saw him once at Glastonbury coming in to pick up his check, supported by a person under each arm, unconscious with exhaustion, to sign for a check and have others change his flight to some east European festival and get him on the plane because those were the things he needed doing. Rumble would sit on somebodies floor and exclaim in his high little voice as his eyes roved in wonder.
"Blimey! You've got a nice house/caravan/big tent. I slept in a ditch last night."
and it of course would be true because to my knowledge Rumple has never lied, his character shuns that level of sophistication.
However Rumple could go where others could not [in, I believe so many ways]. Before the Berlin wall fell Eastern Europe was steadfastly closed for visitors yet Rumple, in the jesters suit and false nose he wore far, far more often than not, would simply walk through checkpoints under armed guard explaining that he'd heard of this castle or that and wanted to go there because he liked castles and burly men would step aside and let him past to walk on towards wherever and I like to think they did it because on some level they recognised he was holy in that pure sense of childish purpose that radiates from him. [Believe me when I tell you I could think of many more cynical reasons and motivations but I choose not to. ]
Originally Australian, Rumple first arrived in Europe into London on a Qantas jet. It was a laughably short visit. He had worn his costume and false nose the entire 20+ hour trip. The wall between performance and backstage was to Rumple a sliding scale with a clown at each end.
Disembarking, he tottered through to Customs. British customs officers being, quite fittingly, the most dour people on the planet, the spectacle of some falsetto-ed Aussie with bells hanging from his jesters hat and long false nose served not to entertain them but further amplify their disgust with the human condition life had subjected them to.
Rumple no doubt would have been smiling and probably said something as uncomplicated as
"Hello there."
The passport changed hands, an ordinary passport considering, most likely an ordinary photo.
They didn't care. They asked the important questions.
"Do you have any money?"
Rumple's eyes would have sparkled I suspect as he bent down and rustled in his carry-on before standing with a water polo sized bag made from strong cloth tied in a bundle all circular and bulging before exclaiming delightedly.
Then plonking down his package which inspection revealed contained multiples of hundreds of dollars in Australian coins. Useless, unexchangable coins that had no value whatsoever in Europe. Banks at the time, and probably still, only change notes.
The customs officers would have looked at him blankly [ while laughing uproariously inside their heads which is what I imagine the most spectacularly dour people do] before sending him to some small bare room with his luggage and within hours he was on his 20+ hour return trip to Australia.
Rumple contains no daunt, he cannot be daunted because like many things he simply refuses to conceive of daunts existence.
Close to 50 hours later Rumple, still with his coins and again a rich man returns to Sydney.
Within two weeks of circulating and telling his story he has paper money and a new airticket and had been persuaded to forgo his costume for the trip. Rumple's not stupid, he learns from experience like anyone else. It's simply that his larger picture is unique. So within short order he had gained entry into Europe and was headed in his fantastically impulsive meanderingly steadfast way towards castles he'd once seen pictures of, behind the iron curtain.
His dauntlessness is legendary among those relative few who know of him. He has, at multiple day festivals with multiple stages, performed shows that have lasted up to 26 hours. He has improvised non stop for more than a day. He would pick up a juggling ball and state.
"I am now going to throw this ball up into the air and catch it 317 times!"
and count each one along with the audience until he dropped one then start again. That's an easy 30 minutes right there but Rumple on many occasions would be given or grab or make a stage at a festival and go until he dropped.
His props were a unicycle, juggling stuff and various very obscure found objects or things he'd made.
He would do his show and people would pay him afterwards and in that way he was like us. [in that he was like anybody]
But he had almost complete disregard for the form he was using, it was more like a vehicle he jumped on and off of in pursuit of his character. There's a now stock piece. I first saw Peter Post use it, where you fail to balance an inflated ball on your finger and after repeated attempts enraged you throw or hit it away over the heads of your audience. The joke comes when invariably at some point shortly afterwards it gets thrown back into the circle and further humor is milked by taking out a knife and stabbing the ball and then throwing it again from the circle. Very very often the tattered ball is again returned, thrown back into the circle and the characters comic humiliation is complete.
I saw Rumple use this on a cobbled courtyard in Villach, Austria , he tried and tried to spin the ball on his finger then threw it away in mock anger and got a laugh and moved onto his next 'trick' for a good couple of minutes by which time his audience had quite forgotten about the ball but he hadn't when he stopped and in his falsetto shouted,
"Where's my ball?"
The audience looked behind itself to see but the ball had vanished, some kid had probably run off with it.
Rumple asked again,
"Where's my ball?"
The audience didn't know so Rumple discarded them, he just walked through them and away, leaving his props scattered in what used to be his stage surrounded with what used to be his audience as he wandered round the very old Town through courtyards and walled pathways asking anyone he met, mostly Austrians,
"Where's my ball?"
He gave up after a couple of hours but he never found his ball and others cleared and stashed his props where he had left them. We were all at the same hotel, it was no trouble.
Rumple put his hand to writing for a year or thereabouts. On performers.net, he would write long stream of consciousness screes. Genius begs comparison and Rumple is beyond that so no-one will ever be able to judge whether Rumples writing is profound. It will take some sort of singularity to finally make sense of him.
I do suspect he himself is profound although that could be seen as an article of faith on my part and as I've said I'm not a religious man.
[Like madness and white noise, patterns form]
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Excellent writing Martin.
If I may, I will paste here my Rumple Interviews.
They took place almost a decade ago now, and are composed of many of my favorite writings from the Rumpster, cut-and pasted into an interview format.
I read much of what Rumpel wrote on Pnet, which was a lot. He is a genius.
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Rumpel's books "Fool's Gold" etc should be mentioned. Loaded with little line drawings and funny philosophy. In fact, they should be bought, read and passed on.
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Farmer Wants A Wife – Will Is On To Sam's Motivation To Go Onto The Show
Farmer Will is not thick as it appears he has cottoned onto Sam's (the lady in red) motivation for going on Farmer Wants A Wife. See previous blog post here about her being a part time glamour model.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Farmer Will asks her about her motivations for going on the show. She of course says it is to find love. Yeah right.
The article states:
'FARMER Wants a Wife' contestant Samantha Adams is left red-faced after Farmer Will tells her he thinks she is only on the reality show to further her modelling career.
In a tense elimination tonight on Nine, the saucy Gold Coast nurse – who was exposed as a part-time lads mag glamour model by Confidential last week, is confronted by the gentle giant farmer just an hour before he is due to send one girl packing.
Will tells Sam he finds her attractive, but doesn't think she is cut out for life on the farm.
Sam tries to convince Will to let her stay, telling him she is "looking for love and a lifetime partner".
But Will's other girl Eliza was a hit with his mum and sisters on last week's show, while he coyly admitted his third choice Kathy has "a lovely smile and is a pretty girl".
The tears and tantrums weren't only reserved for Will's farm though.
Victorian Farmer Tim drives 70km to comfort South Australian pal Farmer Trent who is struggling to pick which potential partner to send home, while one contestant is left having a complete breakdown after being told she has to leave.
Anyway it looks like an entertaining episode. Farmer Wants A Wife on Monday nights at 7.30pm on Channel Nine.
The TV Week also say that a lot of the farmers have taken a financial hit by being on the show. It takes about a month to film and Farmer Trent reckons he has lost $60,000 – $80,000.
Farmer Tim said he has lost $10,000 in lost wages, however Farmer Kev reckons he hasn't lost money he just has not made any.
Also Farmer John says he is a natural romantic and did not require any prompting from the producers. This guy is definitely keen to get back on the horse, the dating one that is.
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- 1 Culinary Boner { 09.05.11 at 2:08 pm }
If she were smarter she would have said that she is '…on this show to fill the gap in my life with something I truly love' – that wouldn't be a lie.
Boo hoo about the farmers reckoning they have lost money. Boo effing hoo. $80,000 could buy a whole lotta love. Hey Trent, just click on that spam email we've all got from Svetlana, mate. Beneath the peroxide and make-up picture facade there's bound to be a hard-working peasant girl lurking who'll gladly break her back ploughing yer fields, cooking ya borsch nightly and birthing troves of moon-faced kids. If a Russian mail order bride was good enough for real celebrtity like Alan Partridge*, then a spare 60G should see you sorted as well.
- 2 Jaime { 09.05.11 at 2:58 pm }
I live on a sheep & wheat farm and the shit they do for the show is a bit of a joke. It's not much like life on a real farm so i'm guessing they dont get much actual work done… Also sucked in Farmers for choosing the model looking types that last 2 minutes because they need to live closer to a beauty salon…
- 3 Culinary Boner { 09.05.11 at 3:21 pm }
Yep, that's what happens when ya let ya dick do the choosin'
- 4 seepi { 09.05.11 at 4:38 pm }
If she were smarter she wouldn't be trying to get into Zoo mag.
I'm still stunned that a photo in Zoo Magazine is seen a career step for these women – surely it is a dead end really? Stars on the wane might grab at Zoo mag with desperation, but surely noone has started with Zoo and gone on to great things?
- 5 Known { 09.07.11 at 12:01 am }
I actually know sam.. Can confirm she is a model never done nursing and was paid as an actress to go on the show as she was and still is engaged. Not looking for love at all!
- 6 Hp { 09.21.11 at 5:24 pm }
Poor will, did he know?


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Seth Meyers' liberal bias came through loud and clear during his Saturday Night Live days. In case anyone had any doubts, the comedian revealed it himself during a particularly transparent interview.
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What are the capabilites of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI)? AI-powered word recognition and suggestions are virtually on any smartphone today. What happens if you let it compose complete sentences for you? Will the output be non-sense? Or will emerge a philosophical discourse from it?
Smartphone Wisdom is an experiment of creating text just by using one of the three auto-suggested words on the keyboard of my smartphone. The database for the AI auto-completion gets additional input from my email account and it has access to my note-taking app, catching up all my intimate records. The AI also learns from the input I make on my keyboard, including all my Google search quiries and communication. Therefore, it has full access to the mindless pornographic lowlands of my soul.
And what came out of it? Total bullshit! Hollow phrases in which you can interpret everything into. Actually, it's the same shit your aunts/uncles and old school mates post every day on Facebook: pseudo-Buddhist wisdom which makes you feel even sillier than before.
I put all phrases into a small zine. You can grab a copy in the Trash Shop. I hope that it will take you to a higher conscience level.
If not, at least you can reuse the phrases as meaningless statements on your next hipster t-shirt.
Smartphone Wisdom is a self-produced zine, printed in the copy shop around the corner and bound at home. It has the same aspect ratio and size (16:9, 14.8 x 8.4 cm) as the screen of my smartphone.


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Hello everyone, I'm Tesh. I recently revived a meetup group for cosplayers in the Boston area on meetup.com. Here's the url: http://www.meetup.com/bostoncosplay. Feel free to join if you are interested. :3 The first meeting has been scheduled for after the new year.
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She'll be coming round the mountain…in white.Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
My lovely cousin Caryn will be getting married this summer in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I designed a postcard style Save the Date with the beautiful setting as their theme, which will be incorporated throughout her wedding invitation suite.
I don't like to send actual invitation postcards because they tend to get destroyed enroute, so we made it look like a postcard, with a faux stamp and signature, and enclosed in an envelope. This card is too cute to get messed up in the mail!


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Root Vegetable Gratin
Prep and cook time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Serves 2-4
Made up of butternut squash, potatoes, and parsnips and topped with Gruyere and Pecorino cheeses this comforting side is sure to be a hit.
Vegetarian, Gluten-Free
Recipe adapted from Food 52.
•1 1/2 cups whole milk
•2 cloves garlic
•pinch freshly grated nutmeg
•2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
•3/4 lb butternut squash
•3/4 lb white potatoes
•1/2 lb parsnips
•salt and pepper
•1/4 tsp chopped fresh thyme leaves
•1/4 tsp finely chopped fresh rosemary
•1 cup grated Gruyere
•1 cup grated Pecorino
•Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Pour milk into a saucepan and peel and smash one garlic clove. Add to the milk and then heat over low heat until just bubbling around edges. Remove from heat, stir in nutmeg and let sit.
•Peel second garlic clove, cut in and rub around the inside of a 6-cup baking dish no more than 2" deep. Rub 1 tbsp of oil over entire inside of dish.
•Peel the vegetables and cut them into very thin slices (1/8" thick), using a mandolin slicer.
•Create the first layer of vegetables by layering a third of your slices overlapping. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, a third of cheese and third of the chopped herbs. Repeat with two more layers.
•Remove garlic clove from hot milk and pour over vegetables. Drizzle remaining olive oil over the top and bake for 50 minutes, until top is brown and bubbly and you can easily pierce vegetables. Cool for 5 minutes before serving.


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Scientists have successfully captured the thoughts of a rat in Brazil and electronically transmitted them through the Internet to the brain of a rat in the US. The Brazilian rat had been energetically running around in a lab. When the American rat received the brain waves of its South American counterpart, it immediately began to mimic the behavior – despite the thousands of miles between them.
"The same team of DARPA-funded researchers have also been able to send rats brain signals that caused them to press a lever a the sight of a red light, distinguish narrow openings from wide ones, and poke water a water port with their nose."
Government mind control may not be as farfetched as it sounds
The $26 million study of brain-machine interfaces was funded by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which ultimately hopes to have this technology available to humans.
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The big questions are why do this type of study? What are they developing, a weapon or a defense against one, or both? Who are they planning on using it on and is it for a beneficial purpose? Is it even moral to use this tech for any purpose?


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Consider the following scenarios: A student with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has a behavior meltdown, in the school hall way. He begins to scream and hit other students. An adult is able to redirect the student and thus eliminate the behavior. Afterward, the team mets to discuss behavioral approaches for the future and to try to find out what led to this behavioral incident. As the team discusses potential reasons for the behavior, they discover that the student has been the victim of intense bullying and teasing. In response, the team questions what they can do in the future to eliminate behavioral dificulties. The issue of dealing with the bullies is never discussed .
Another student has a history of behavioral challenges that were minimal during elementary school, but have intensified in middle school. The team realizes that middle school presents special challenges because of changing classes and working with multiple staff. Accommodations are discussed that may assist the student in making numerous transitions throughout the school day. Despite these efforts, behavior incidents continue to occur. The behaviors are most likely to occur in the cafeteria or in hallways, which are incredibly noisy. It is suggested that in the future, in-school suspension be considered when there is a behavioral challenge. This is the approach used with other students, and the school has a strong zero-tolerance policy. The student is warned repeatedly. Despite these warnings, behaviors continue and actually escalate, resulting in removal from the educational setting.
Responding to Problematic Behavior
When a child with ASD engages in problematic behavior, a typical response includes trying to identify what is going on within the child that leads to this behavior crisis. Questions are asked, such as, "Why is he exhibiting this behavior?," "Why is she hitting others?," or "What will stop this behavior?" All too often, this last question keeps us focused on consequence procedures that are student specific. However, simply focusing on the student as the sole source of the behavior provides limited insight into potential solutions and problems. In these situations, there are multiple issues to consider.
First, the federal law guiding special education services, the 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), requires special procedures and safeguards to be used when considering discipline for students with disabilities. These IDEIA provisions regarding discipline were designed to ensure that children with disabilities maintain their ability to receive an appropriate education, even though the symptoms of their disability may include behaviors that require interventions. These provisions consider the amount of time a student may be removed from class or school due to behavior, and require the school team to analyze whether the behavior is related to the student's disability. This process is called manifestation determination. If the behavior is determined to be due to the disability, the law requires that a functional behavior assessment be conducted that results in an individually designed behavior support plan. This plan should use positive behavioral interventions, strategies and supports to address the behavior and teach alternative ways of responding.
When conducting a functional behavior assessment, professionals and family members examine setting events or triggers that may increase the probability of these behaviors. These setting events may not be readily apparent. For example, a student with ASD is ill, has had a difficult morning ride on the bus or has not slept. These conditions will increase the likelihood that a behavior incident will occur. For most of us, stresses in life, changes in morning routines or skipping our morning coffee may set us up to be moody and agitated. These are setting events. Setting events that we often do not consider are related to the culture of the school. Schools that struggle with bullying, high rates of suspension or expulsion, or even high staff turnover may be settings that promote problematic behaviors. If this is the case, then schools should take a systematic approach in creating a school culture that is responsive to students and staff.
Using Positive Behavior Supports
Through the work of positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS), we have learned that schools that fully implement schoolwide positive behavior supports (SWPBS) have fewer discipline problems (e.g., office discipline referral and suspensions and expulsions) than those who do not (Horner et al., 2005). There is early research that indicates students with significant needs, including students with ASD, benefit from participating in SWPBS (e.g., Freeman et al., 2006; Turnball et al., 2002). Positive behavior supports at the schoolwide level involve three levels of support: universal (schoolwide), secondary (group) and tertiary (individual).
Universal Support
Universal supports include proactive skills taught to all students in the school that act to reduce or eliminate many of the problem behaviors from occurring for most students. Appropriate behavior is specifically taught to all students, staff is actively involved in regularly "catching" students performing appropriate behavior and reinforcements are provided. An example of a universal support is: (1) posting three to five school rules that are operationally defined; (2) holding assemblies and providing class instruction about expected behavior based on these rules; and (3) having staff give tickets to students who are observed demonstrating one of the expected behaviors. These tickets are then entered into a daily drawing for a special acknowledgement or reward. Most students respond to this level of positive intervention and do not engage in problem behaviors.
Schools that take a school-wide discipline approach often use data to identify those times of the day, months, areas of the schools, teachers and activities in which problematic behavior is more likely to occur. For example, if it is found that bullying is more likely to occur in the lunch room, then more staff would be placed in the cafeteria to monitor the situation. Likewise, overall programming to minimize bullying would be used in these schools. Instead of focusing on "fixing" the student who is being bullied, the focus would be on trying to ameliorate the underlying problem.
Secondary (Group) Support
Secondary or group support is provided to a smaller number of students who, despite universal supports, continue to exhibit problem behaviors. Typically, these supports increase the intensity of teaching rules, and may provide smaller group instruction, more examples, and continual checking by staff, group or peers to ensure understanding.
Students with ASD can benefit from participation in these two less-intensive levels of support and, as a result, become part of the overall school community and culture. Some modification and tailoring of the presentation of the school rules may be needed to address the unique communication and learning styles of the student with ASD while ensuring understanding of expectations and incentives. Using the PBIS framework, we can address many behavior concerns of students with ASD and, through universal and secondary levels of support, reduce or eliminate some of the problem behaviors as well as the amount of more intensive, individualized, tertiary support needs. This also results in an increased availability of staff and resources to address the more intense behaviors.
Tertiary (Individual) Support
Even as the student with ASD is involved in schoolwide and group support, there may be the continued need for additional and individualized support to address a smaller number of behaviors or a specific behavior across settings. In these cases, a functional behavior assessment is conducted, beginning with defining the behavior of concern, identifying its function, teaching alternative behaviors and skills, and developing a plan to support the new behaviors. All too often these behavior plans focus on punitive consequences. Students on the spectrum who are threatened with expulsion and suspension may become anxious anticipating these consequences. This heightened anxiety may actually result in increased behavioral incidents.
Individualized supports needed for students with ASD to learn and integrate newly learned behaviors should include strategies in environmental organization, visual support, sensory support, communication/social support and curricular support. It is critical that the needs of each student be individually assessed to determine how to address that person's unique understanding and communication. Individual supports may include, but are not limited to: (1) individually designed classroom and workspace according to the student's needs; (2) an accessible, individual daily schedule understood by the student; (3) changes in the student's schedule that are planned for ahead of time; (4) activity schedules or task organizers used throughout the day to assist in understanding; (5) individually designed instruction modifications and supports; (6) sensory programming and individually designed breaks, as needed; (7) a positive and direct reinforcement system understood and used by the student, peers and staff; (8) a communication system that is readily available, understood and used by peers and staff at all times; (9) social coaching and skill building embedded throughout the day; (10) strategies to assist with transitions and movement throughout the day; and (11) family members who are involved in planning, evaluation and support.
Benefits of Positive Behavior Supports
The use of a three-tiered PBS approach that includes students with ASD has multiple potential benefits. Including students with ASD at the universal (schoolwide) and secondary (group) levels of support may decrease many problem behaviors. Fewer students and problems would then need to be addressed at a higher and more intensive level of support. While the IDEIA offers additional requirements for the discipline of children with disabilities, research indicates that if teachers and other school personnel have the knowledge and expertise to provide appropriate positive behavioral supports and interventions at all levels in the school, behavior problems can be greatly diminished for all students, including those with ASD.
In Illinois, we are learning through the State Accountability for All Students (SAAS) data that students who are provided more individual accommodations spend a greater amount of their day in general education classes and have fewer behavior problems. Students who are in the classroom more and who have lower office discipline referral and suspension/expulsion rates make greater academic progress (SAAS Issue Brief: Discipline and Students with Disabilities, May 2004). Additional benefits include more involvement in overall school activity, an increased number of staff and peers who understand the social and communication styles of the student with ASD, and increased positive interactions between students with ASD and others in their school community. Schools that are more effective in teaching positive behaviors and addressing behavioral issues, such as bullying, in a more systematic manner are going to be more supportive settings for students on the spectrum. When a student on the spectrum acts out, we must look beyond the student and examine what is happening overall in the school. Schools that are more effective for all students are going to be more successful for students with ASD.
About the Authors
Kathy Gould is director of the Illinois Autism Training and Technical Assistance Program.
Cathy Pratt, Ph.D., is director of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism and board chair of the Autism Society of America.
Freeman, R., Eber, L., Anderson, C., Irvin, L., Horner, R., Bounds, M., & Dunlap, G. (2006). Building inclusive school culture using school-wide positive behavior support: Designing effective individual support systems for students with significant disabilities. Research and Practices for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 31 (1), 4-17.
Horner, R.H., Sugai, G., Todd, A.W., & Lewis-Palmer, T. (2005). Schoolwide positive behavior support. In L.M. Bambrara & L. Kern (Eds.), Individualized supports for students with problem behaviors (pp. 359-390). New York: Guilford Press. Turnbull A., Edmundson, H., Griggs, P., Wickman, D., Sailor, W., Freeman, R., Guess, D., Lassen, S., McCart, A., Park, J., Riffel, L.,
Turnbull, R., & Warren, J. (2002). A blueprint for schoolwide positive behavior support: Implementation of three components. Exceptional Children, 68, 377-402.
Reprinted with the permission of the Autism Society.


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Back in 2008, The Shack took the publishing world by storm. This novel by William Paul Young tells the story of Mack Phillips, a man struggling to come to terms with the tragic loss of his youngest daughter. He eventually spends a weekend in the shack where his daughter was murdered. And there he talks to … God.
Now this story that sold more than 10 million copies has come to the big screen. (You can check out Plugged In's review of the film, which includes both praises and concerns, here.) I recently had a chance to talk with actor Sam Worthington (Avatar, Hacksaw Ridge, Everest) about his starring role as Mack Phillips in the film.
[Editor's note: This conversation has been lightly edited for clarity.]
Adam Holz: Thanks for taking some time to talk with Plugged In, Sam. Let me start with a two-part question: How did you get involved with the production of The Shack, and what drew you to want to be involved in the movie adaptation of this story?
Sam Worthington: Well, I read the script, and that led me to the book. I had a very visceral reaction to the script. I couldn't really tell you exactly why I took the job. I just know that I felt emotionally connected to it. There was something in this story that just affected me off the page, and I thought it would be great to go on this journey and make the film and see where it takes us.
Holz: Sam, you're a father of two, is that correct?
Worthington: Yes.
Holz: How do you think being a father yourself informed or influenced the way that you played Mack Phillips in The Shack?
Worthington: Well, I'd had my first son three months before we started shooting, so everything was still new. It's hard to describe the feeling that having a child opens up, and you don't set out to use your child in your work. But I know that it raised certain emotions in me. When I did certain scenes, obviously those emotions were on the surface. So it kind of helped to connect to certain beats of the script, more so than if I hadn't had a child.
Holz: I felt that watching the film. The emotions you were expressing felt really genuine to me.
Worthington: Yeah, this idea of learning to forgive was something that I am still on the journey of discovering. We all build "shacks." It's true. If the shack is a parable for the anger and guilt and the burden of life and grief that we hold on to in resentment, and then we live in them, the job is to let that go, to learn how to do that with these lessons of forgiveness. That's what I was kind of looking into as I was filming, learning those lessons of what is to forgive yourself and forgive others. Just by nature of being involved in the scene, it's helping you explore yourself.
Holz: That leads into my next question. Obviously, the film is about one grieving man's encounter with God in the midst of an unthinkable loss. How would you say that the film has challenged you to think about God maybe differently you did before?
Worthington: I don't come from a religious background. I wasn't raised by a Christian family. But, yeah, at 19 someone gave me a Bible and said, "Maybe read this and calm down a bit." But I think that over the last 20 year since then, I've been on this journey of discovering what my faith is, and how faith can actually help you become a better person and what this relationship to God is. And I think part of doing the movie was also part of that journey that I was on. It made me not be afraid to talk about it anymore, to say, "Yeah, I'm still discovering God and understanding this relationship," and to be open to discussing it—more so than say I was, say, before I did the movie. Yes, it's still personal. But it's nothing to be ashamed of or shy of. It's OK. So I think that it allowed me to kind of just to talk about it more openly with people.
Holz: Is there a particular scene in the film that you would say has the most emotional resonance for you personally?
Worthington: My favorite scene is the scene at the end with Mack's daughter that's still alive. He says, "Look, I don't really know what I'm doing, but I know I can't do it alone, and maybe we can do it together if you want." That's the message of the movie. We're all going to hold on to these things. And we're all going to get through it by forgiveness. And forgiveness is going to take time. It's not something that happens overnight, like when he says, "I forgive you" to the man who killed his daughter, and he says to God, "I don't feel any different," and God says, "Maybe not with the first time you say it, but if you keep saying it and saying it, it will get better and easier." So Mack learns these lessons. Then he says to his daughter at the end, "I can't do it alone." We do this journey and learn these lessons together. And I think that's a beautiful thing, this connective tissue, you know? We think we're connecting on our iPhones, but in truth, that's not really connecting. That to me was a scene that couldn't ring more true with me and how I feel about the world.
Holz: I'm a fan of actress Octavia Spencer, who plays the God character known as Papa in the film. What was it like working with her?
Worthington: She's a very generous and open actress, And, you know, here's a woman that had to play God. So I think that she was a bit daunted by that. Where do you even begin? God presents Himself to Mack in the movie in the least confrontational form. And if you come as the dad because of the experience that the character had with his dad, it would be too much. Mack would have closed down. So she came at it as this grounded, motherly, open figure. That's kind of what Octavia's warmth is like, that's where she is best. So when you're doing those scenes together, it's actually like two friends talking rather than the reverential God/man scene, you know?
Holz: It seemed like you two had just tremendous chemistry. It felt authentic, and I know that's an overused word, but …
Worthington: But, no, you're right. It stops it from going into a "man meeting God." Mack is still discovering who he is, and to him it's like, "I'm in this weird place. I'm gonna get the answers. I don't care whether you're God. I don't care whether you're Jesus. I'm just gonna ask you, straight out." I think if you look at people's relationships with God when they pray, it's not necessarily praying to a higher being, they're praying to a friend to help them and give them wisdom and comfort.
Holz: Sam, what would you hope that viewers take away from The Shack?
Worthington: No matter how emotionally wrenching it can be and how heartbreaking this man's journey is, at the end it's a hopeful film. No matter what, little by little you can get through something. And even if you feel completely and utterly alone, God's there. There with you, and there to help you get through. That's a great message.


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Saturday, May 7, 2011
Natural Art at Wellspring Community School
This week the E 2's (second through fourth grade) went to the meadow to make art using only materials and tools that they find in nature. Their art was inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy who is a british artist. The children had access to a book of images of Goldsworthy's work to review before setting out on their own.
It was a beautiful warm day and everyone quickly became engaged in individual or team projects. Rocks, petals, leaves, sticks and a stream were all components of their artwork. The children chose this location since it was a "secret spot" they had visited over the years.
Due to the fragility and impermanence of these creations, the children took the above photos of their work. Enjoy!
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text: I've been working on some card designs lately around here and I was also sprinkling in some Valentine's Day cards for co-workers. I love me some Valentine's Day, and I don't think you need a special one person to celebrate! Give and spread love all around to the people that make your days better! Here are some of the cards I've been working on. I can't decide if the non-Valentine's cards should each be made individually or if I should scan the originals and have them reproduced…hmmm….what do you think?


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The One Year® Chronological Bible, NKJV (Tyndale, 2013), May 12
"God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, that Your way may be know on earth, Your salvation among all nations" (Ps. 67:1-2).
Adam and Eve's rebellion alienates their descendants from God. Every person is born with a sin nature and needs to be born again, spiritually. God promises the first couple redemption through a coming Seed of a woman, who will crush the serpent's head. He also provides a picture of that redemption when he slays an innocent animal to cover the couple's nakedness. The following generation receives the promise of redemption and the picture of redemption. Abel's sacrifice demonstrates his faith in God, while Cain's offering demonstrates his rebellion. Cain refuses to come to God God's way, even after God confronts him and gives him another opportunity. Instead, he kills his brother. Noah's obedience to God and his building an altar to the LORD after the flood reveal his understanding of redemption.
Twenty generations later God promises Abraham that his descendants will bless all the families of the earth, "In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" (Gen. 12:3). Abraham's obedience to God and his practice of meeting God at an altar reveal his theology.
Many generations later Abraham's descendants multiply greatly while living in Egypt. God chooses Moses to lead them out of Egypt. He gives His people the annual Passover and the sacrificial system to show the way of redemption—the shedding of the blood of the innocent on behalf of the guilty sinner.
David understands that God has chosen to reveal Himself to the world through the nation of Israel; therefore, he views his leadership as a trust, as a partial fulfillment of that promise. He recognizes God's blessing upon His people as God's missional activity for the entire world. God's blessing remains upon His people as long as they reflect Him to the nations.
Sadly, the kingdom divides under the reign of David's grandson, with ten tribes embracing idolatry and two tribes remaining faithful to the LORD, until they too embrace idolatry. Northern Israel is taken captive by the Assyrians after 209 years as a nation, and Judah is taken into captivity by the Babylonians after 345 years as a nation. After 70 years God brings Judah back to the land promised to Abraham. Throughout this time God sends prophets to preach repentance and to proclaim the coming of the Seed.
Nearly 500 years later the Seed of a woman dies on a cross for man's sin and is raised from the dead to give them new life.
Had not God chosen Israel to represent Him to the world, the world would be lost. God's people forfeit God's blessing when they no longer reflect His ways to the nations.
Questions from today's chronological Bible reading (Psalms 61, 62, 64-67):
David prays about his enemies frequently. How do those prayers impact the way that David navigates life and interacts with those who oppose him?


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Many people in Columbus and Phenix City are raising concerns about the safety of the Chattahoochee River after five apparent drownings in one month.
The most recent was a few days ago, when the body of a 56-year-old man was pulled from the Phenix City side of the river.
There are signs posted along the riverfront warning people that the river is dangerous for swimmers, and these tragic deaths are a reminder of just how true that is.
We know the Hooch is scenic and beautiful and can be inviting on a hot summer day, but it is also extremely unpredictable. Frequent water releases from the dam make swimming downstream hazardous.
These recent deaths come as the completion of the white water rafting project is expected next fall, putting more people in and on the river. There will be safety training for rafters, and they'll be required to wear safety gear like helmets and life vests before hitting the water.
We all love the Hooch and appreciate what it means to the region, but what we don't need are more deaths, so we are urging folks to please heed the warnings and stay out of the river.
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Paul Graham Examines Universal Values through Double Rainbows, Pawn Shops, and Peaceful Sleep
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The set of 20 color photographs included in British photographer Paul Graham's fall 2014 exhibition organized by Pace and Pace/MacGill Gallery, "Does Yellow Run Forever?," captures startling visions of the everyday—rainbows over bucolic fields, the colorful facades of pawnshops, or a woman asleep in different vivid bedroom settings. A departure from his documentary style of photography, this series of photographs highlights the phenomenal detail of the vibrant bedding while capturing this private moment of a woman (Graham's long-term partner) sleeping.
Image rights: © Paul Graham, courtesy Pace Gallery and Pace/MacGill Gallery. Photograph courtesy Pace Gallery and Pace/MacGill Gallery.
For much of his oeuvre, Paul Graham has aimed his documentary-style photography at the conditions of the working class in Britain and elsewhere, producing photographs that were critical of politics implemented by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Inspired by William Eggleston's itinerant eye, Graham's collections have taken him to Japan, the U.S., and around Europe, where he has photographed the mundane details that constitute the quotidian in different cultures. For his series, "New Europe" (1988-93), Graham found subjects in people and objects that evince the tension between the inescapable shadow of history and the triviality of modern day consumption-led culture.
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Construction Climate Challenge
Speakers at Construction Climate Challenge seminar, Reducing Carbon in Infrastructure Construction, call for coordinated industry value chain analysis to deliver step change in sustainable performance.
In Las Vegas was the venue for the latest gathering of the Construction Climate Challenge. Tackling issues such as calculating the whole life impact of building materials, the potential for cutting emissions in construction equipment and the environmental opportunities of delivering California's high speed rail system, leading speakers discussed the climate challenges of reducing Carbon in Infrastructure Construction from their own diverse perspectives.
The Construction Climate Challenge is an initiative hosted by Volvo Construction Equipment, whose aim is to promote environmental awareness, enhance collaboration and share best practices throughout the construction industry value chain. The Las Vegas seminar was moderated by Dr. Bryan Staley, president and CEO of the Environmental Research and Education Foundation.
Dr. Staley also discussed the consequences and complexities of calculating the lifetime environmental impact of building material choices. He discussed how manufacturing processes, construction quality, transportation and material longevity all affect the whole life environmental impact calculation, adding to the difficulty of accurately determining the optimal building material choices. "Even using recycled materials, while intrinsically beneficial, doesn't always lead to reduced emissions. Thankfully, models used to estimate emissions are becoming more sophisticated, leading to greater accuracy and the ability to accommodate site-specific optimization of emissions and cost," commented Dr. Staley.


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Simply Perfect
December 18, 2013 Hundred's inaugural Old Fashioned Christmas, held Friday evening, was nothing short of wonderful. more »»
Thankful Readers
November 27, 2013 Bad news is not something we can escape here, even at a small town paper. We know at times the content of our front page can seem negative, but it's our job to report the new. more »»
Food For Thought
November 20, 2013 We think the New Martinsville Ministerial Association has presented a great idea to the Wetzel County Board of Education. Rev. D. more »»
Thank You, Veterans
November 13, 2013 We are proud to be Americans and proud to be West Virginians—the state with the highest percentage of military involvemen. more »»
Honoring Veterans
November 6, 2013 As our nations observes Veterans Day this coming Monday, we felt it appropriate to share this poem from an unknown autho. more »»
Interpreting Results
October 30, 2013 A story on West Virginia's Department of Education new ranking system for public schools has been on our "to do" list here at the Chronicle for a whil. more »»
Thanks For Bearing With Us
October 23, 2013 As you may well know by now, Faithful Readers, we are experiencing some technical difficulties that have necessitated a change in our press time, and any adjustment is bound to have some rough... more »»
Needed: Information
September 11, 2013 A newspaper is only as good as the information it contains. We strive very hard every week to bring you the best possible product that we can. We work hard to cover news and sporting events. more »»
A Tight Spot
September 4, 2013 The saying goes that a person can get caught between a rock and a hard place. Well in New Martinsville, some Brooklyn area residents are often caught between a train and a closed bridge. more »»
Choices, Not Circumstances
August 28, 2013 Helping to foster healthier kids—and adults—in West Virginia is certainly a noble caus. more »»
A Proud Moment
August 21, 2013 We were so excited when we found out New Martinsville was not only featured, but on the cover of the new WV?LIVING?Magazine. more »»
A Center Of Hope
August 14, 2013 We were so pleased to hear the news Tuesday that a drug day report center will be opening in New Martinsville this fall. The center will serve both Wetzel and Tyler counties. more »»
The Big Picture
August 7, 2013 To think our readers read every word in each edition of the Wetzel Chronicle is fairly ludicrous. We know you probably have your favorite sections to read. more »»
Hard To Understand
July 31, 2013 For most of us, today's drug problems are just plain hard to understand. We guess that is because we have never been caught in the throes of such a powerful addiction. more »»
Democracy At Work
July 24, 2013 Hundred finally elected its next mayor Tuesday. As the story on page 1A explains, the original race in June ended in a tie, so their charter required a run-off election. more »»
Stay Cool, Safe
July 17, 2013 With the hot and hazy days of summer fully upon us, it's important to always refresh one's memory on general, simple ways to avoid heat-related illness. more »»
Independence Day
July 3, 2013 We were disturbed to see a news report stating that the city of Weirton has decided to change the name of their Fourth of July Parade to the Summer Holiday Parade -- or some such fluffy moniker. more »»
Be Aware Of Scams
June 26, 2013 Unfortunately, these days there always seems to be a new scam taking place in the area. Just this week we became aware of an individual in the area doing a "survey" for cleaning items. more »»
My West Virginia
June 19, 2013 (Editor's note: When we asked for submissions of your version of "My West Virginia", former Wetzel Chronicle Editor Barbara Minor submitted the following. more »»
My West Virginia
June 12, 2013 It's always exciting to head out-of-state for summer vacation. Last year, I had the wonderfully exciting opportunity to head to Bristol, Tenn., with my boyfriend and friends for a NASCAR race. more »»