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THERE'S AN ARCHIVIST FOR THAT! INTERVIEW WITH MATHEW BROCK, LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS MANAGER, MAZAMA LIBRARY
April 21, 2020 January 17, 2020
Mathew Brock, Mazama Library & Historical Collections Manager
This is the newest post in our There's an Archivist for That! series, which features examples of archivists working in places you might not expect. COPA member Anna Trammell brings you an interview with Mathew Brock, Library and Historical Collections Manager for the Mazama Library.
AT: How did you get your job?
MB: When the position was posted I was volunteering at the Oregon Historical Society in the research library. The then assistant director called me into her office and said, "You NEED to get this job!" At the time I was just out of library school having graduated in the spring of 2014 from the University of Washington's iSchool. The application deadline was still a few weeks away, so with the help of my wife, I worked and reworked the application questions and did several mock interviews to practice my answers. I submitted my application and held my breath. A few days later I was called for an interview. The first interview was with a member of the staff and a few longtime library volunteers. I was called back later that day for a follow-up interview with the Executive Director. That interview went very well and the next day they offered me the position. In February of 2015, I was hired, part-time, as the first Mazama Library and Historical Collections Manager. I've since moved up to a full-time salaried position.
Vault room containing archives, photographs, and rare book collections
AT: Tell us about your organization.
MB: Founded on the summit of Mount Hood in 1894, the Mazamas is a non-profit mountaineering organization with a legacy of promoting the Northwest culture of exploration and stewardship of its mountain environments. The Mazamas leads over 700 hikes, and 350 climbs annually. It offers a variety of classes and activities for every skill and fitness level, all of which are open to both members and non-members.
Mazama patches exhibit
Capturing the history of this mountaineering legacy and providing a variety of contemporary resources for Mazamas members and the public is the aim of the Mazama Library and Historical Collections (LHC). In addition to a circulating library, established in 1915, the LHC contains a collection of climbing artifacts and an archival collection. It serves to make available a wide range of records that chronicle the history of the Mazamas and the organization's place in Pacific Northwest outdoor recreation. Additionally, the LHC serves to document and preserve the actions and activities of the Mazamas committees, and past and current members.
Mazama Annuals
AT: Describe your collections.
The Mazama Library, one-third of the Mazama Library and Historical Collections is one of the few standalone mountaineering libraries operating in the United States today. Early photographs of the Mazama Clubrooms, as they were known then, reveal a small glass-fronted bookcase that showcased the first books in the Mazama Library. Over the next 105 years, the library acquired guidebooks, technical how-to titles, and rare books on mountaineering. Today, the library is significantly more extensive and strives to meet the varied needs of members, researchers, and the interested public.
Currently, the circulating collection contains over 7,500 volumes on mountaineering, climbing, bouldering, hiking, canyoneering, trekking, and other outdoor activities. Also, the library's reference collection maintains full runs of all the major alpine journals and periodicals including the (British) Alpine Journal, the American Alpine Journal, Rock and Ice, Outside, and Backpacker, to name just a few. The library's extensive biography section holds works by many prominent mountaineers including Sir Edmond Hillary, Lynn Hill, and Reinhold Messner. Rounding out the circulating collection is a small DVD library of mountaineering and climbing films, and a selection of oversized works highlighting climbs, climbers, and mountains from around the world. The collection development policy strives to add books that respond to three questions: How to do it? (technical guides), Where to do it? (guidebooks), and Who did it? (histories, biographies, and expedition accounts). To a lesser extent, the library strives to collect fiction and poetry works related to mountaineering and climbing. The Mazama Library's non-circulating Special Collection contains rare mountaineering titles from around the world. Several notable books in the collection include a unique, turn-of-the-century copy of Scenes from the Snowfield by Edmund T. Coleman, a first edition of Search for the Apex of America by Anna Smith Peck, and To the Top of the Continent by Dr. Frederick Cook.
Scrapbook #7, William G. Steel Scrapbook Collections, showing articles from 1894 reporting on the founding of the Mazamas atop Mt Hood.
The archives contain not only Mazamas institutional records, but also preserved manuscripts, photographs, and other documents related to the Pacific Northwest's history of mountaineering and climbing. A few of the more historically-important photograph collections include those of Mazamas founder William Gladstone Steel, early member Rodney L. Glisan, and the photographer Edward Curtis. William Steel, in addition to founding the Mazamas, was also the driving force behind the creation of Crater Lake National Park. His twenty-volume scrapbook collection, compiled from the late 1880s through the 1920s, details early mountaineering history of the Pacific Northwest, as well as his role in establishing first the Oregon Alpine Club and, after its demise, the Mazamas.
Small objects collection
The Glisan Photographs Collection spans the 1910s through the late 1930s and documents a wide range of outdoor activities such as skiing, snowshoeing, and hiking, in addition to alpine mountaineering. Edward Curtis, known for his photographic and ethnographic work among American Indians, was also an early mountaineer and Mazamas member. The Mazamas own nearly fifty original Curtis prints that illustrate the Mazamas annual outings to Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens in 1897 and 1898 respectively. In addition to capturing two early Mazama outings and climbs, the St. Helens collection contains what several specialists consider one of Curtis' earliest photographs of Native Americans. Rounding out the important photograph collections is the C.E. Rusk Lantern Slide collection. Comprised of over four dozen slides, the collection recounts Rusk's trip to Alaska and Mount McKinley to verify the first ascent claim of Dr. Fredrik Cook in 1912.
Wood handled ice axes
The two most used collections in the Mazama archives are the summit register and glacier research collections. For almost eighty years, the Mazamas managed the registers on the summits of all the principal peaks in the Northwest. The logs, many in custom made aluminum boxes designed and manufactured by the Mazamas, record the names of climbers and the date they reached the summit. Also, the registers encompass a wealth of observational data on the climate, geology, and glaciology of the mountains on which they resided. Beginning in 1895, the Mazamas undertook scientific research and observations of glaciers around the Northwest. The Mazamas were early pioneers of using aircraft to document glaciers and their movement. Covering roughly thirty years, this collection offers climate researchers a snapshot in time of the glaciers around the northwest.
Alpenstocks
Begun in the early 1970s, the Mazama realia collection contains historic mountaineering gear from around the Northwest and the world. The collection was started by a longtime Mazama volunteer who noticed that material objects of historical value were being discarded and lost and thus took it upon herself to collect and save them. Over the last four decades, the collection has grown significantly, having amassed more than 8,000 objects.
Since the organization's formation, Mazama members have made hundreds of first ascents on peaks and rock formations regionally and around the world. The realia collections include objects from those first ascents, including early hand-forged pitons, Army surplus carabiners, and the first set of crampons made in Oregon. The collection features not only items used on climbs but also unused gear in pristine condition, such as a Goldline climbing rope and a set of climbing shoes from the 1970s. With a primary focus on Mazama history, the collection contains the 125-year-old alpenstock used by founding member Frank Branch Riley on the Mazamas inaugural climb in 1894 and again during the 100th-anniversary climb in 1994. The collection also holds an ice ax once owned by Argentinian dictator Juan Peron, later given as a gift to Mazama member William Hackett. Objects from the collection are frequently on display at the Mazama Mountaineering Center and loaned out to other institutions for exhibits and shows.
Mountaineering clothing
AT: What are some challenges unique to your collections?
MB: Awareness and accessibility are the two main challenges to our collections. When I was hired back in 2015 I think it was safe to say not many of our members knew about the library and historical collections, to say nothing of the public at large. Through a lot of outreach and awareness building that is slowly changing. More and more researchers, authors, and climbers are finding the collections and making use of the.
Access is another ongoing struggle. Putting the library catalog online in 2017 improved awareness and access to the library's circulating and non-circulating collections. Access to the archives and realia collections is limited by missing or incomplete catalog records with spotty metadata. The largest request is for easy access to our extensive photograph collection, however, less than 10% of the collection has digital access copies.
Mazama Library
AT: What is your favorite part of your job?
MB: Every day I am amazed at the scope and depth of the collections. While not a high alpine mountaineer myself, I enjoy hiking and rock climbing. I am astounded by the deep roots that Mazamas have in the history of Portland and the Pacific Northwest. From William Steel's advocacy for Crater Lake National Park to Henry Pittock's zeal for climbing, the Mazamas profound influence on our regional history is tangible. Each time I wander the stacks helping patrons, I encounter wonderfully obscure titles, many out of print or unique to this collection. I enjoy the opportunities I have to work with some of our earliest photograph collections. The images of women climbing in petticoats and men in suit jackets amaze me in their formality and inspire me to delve deeper to understand their motivations. Mostly, however, I am driven to come to work every day to help tell the story of this fantastic organization, its history, and its inspiring members.
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He was born June 9, 1965, in Bronx, New York, a son of Richard and Cathleen McCabe Ronan.
During his childhood and young adult years he lived in Larchmont, New York and was a current resident of Pelham, NY. He attended Larchmont and Mamaroneck public schools, playing hockey for MHS and competing in sailing regattas on Long Island Sound as a member of the Larchmont Yacht Club. He was a graduate of Colgate University, Class of 1987.
At the time of his first diagnosis, of a primary brain tumor in 1994, Tim was a legal assistant in the corporate department at Proskauer Rose LLP. His illness and subsequent treatments necessitated important life changes. He put aside his plan to pursue an MBA at Columbia and devoted the following 15 years to meeting the challenges of complex disabilities.
He continued to develop his love and talent for photography, generously giving his work to fundraisers and admirers of art photography.
Tim volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and helped coach a hockey team for developmentally disabled children.
Tim turned his enthusiasm for blue water yacht racing to studying yacht design with the Westlawn program and then building small water crafts, including a DN ice boat, a 17′ Wherry rowing boat, and with his brother's father-in-law, a Norwegian tern sailboat. Tim was accepted into the marine carpentry program at The Landing School in Kennebunk, Maine, but this dream was routed by the brain tumor's reappearance.
Tim was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Thomas E. and Susan Driscoll Ronan of Athens, PA and Larchmont; maternal grandparents, Charles and Catherine Conroy McCabe, of Larchmont and his uncle, Thomas M. Ronan of Larchmont.
He is survived by his sister, Jeanne Marie Ronan of Port Chester, NY, Brother, Daniel Ronan and his wife, Karen Oen Ronan of Mamaroneck, NY, Nieces, Allison and Katrina Ronan of Mamaroneck, NY, Nephew, Stephen Ronan, of Mamaroneck, NY, Aunt and Uncle, Charles and Lynn McCabe,of New Rochelle, NY, Aunt and uncle, Bill and Anna McCabe of Greenwich, CT, Six cousins and their families.
A memorial celebration will be held 4 p.m. Saturday May 30th at the Pemaquid Lighthouse in New Harbor, Pemaquid, Maine. Rev. Robert Ives will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Tim's memory to The Carpenter's Boatshop, 440 Old County Road, Pemaquid, ME 04558 or to MSK Brain Tumor Center, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, PO Box 27106, NY, NY 10087.
Arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Home,& Cremation Service, 949 Main St., Waldoboro, ME, 207-832-5541.


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The production stars Moana's Auli'i Cravalho [ow-LEE-ee krah-VAH-lee-oh] as Ariel, Queen Latifah as Ursula, John Stamos as Chef Louis, Shaggy as Sebastian, and Graham Phillips as Prince Eric.
"We get to pay homage to the original animation and then we get to make the live performances of the music," Cravalho says. "[It's] so special!"
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"I can't remember exactly when I got [Ariel's song] 'Part of Your World' stuck in my head," she says, "but it was at a very young age…[I]t definitely integrated itself deep into my childhood."
Queen Latifah says playing Ursula is a blast.
"No one is like Ursula….She has sexiness. She is duplicitous…She's charming when she wants to be," says Latifah. "To really put yourself in the shoes of someone who who is…a 100% villain is gonna be a lot of fun."
John Stamos played Chef Louis in a staged version of the musical at Los Angeles' famed Hollywood Bowl, and he recalled, "[When] I heard it was announced…I was like, 'Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. Who's playing the chef?…Oh, please, let me be part of this!""
Reggae recording artist Shaggy called his crustacean character Sebastian "such a likeable character," adding "you can just fall in love with him!"
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Government & Depression
Philippine Response
Suicide Risks & Important Factors
Download our brochure on depression here (English) or here (Filipino)
Depression is a common mental disorder that is characterized by sadness, loss of interest in pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy and poor concentration. These problems can become chronic or recurrent, substantially impairing an individual's ability to cope with daily life. At its most severe manifestation, depression can lead to suicide. Most cases of depression can be treated with medication or psychotherapy.
In 2004, there were over 4.5 million cases of depression reported in the Philippines. Three per cent of Filipinos are clinically diagnosed as depressed. Of the ninety depressives, only thirty will seek help. The other thirty will suffer the symptoms but will be ashamed to seek help, because of the stigma associated to the illness. These symptomatic would rather keep it to themselves and suffer in pain and in silence. The other thirty will suffer the symptoms not knowing what is wrong with them. Knowing what depression is all about is already a big step in managing the illness. There is an urgent need to empower individuals suffering from the illness with resources, professional help and organizational linkages that can open new doors and bring light in their journey of suffering and pain to that of positive self-discovery and well-being. The families and friends of people suffering from depression are equally important stakeholders who also need to know and understand the illness to enable them to respond and provide constructive support to their love ones during these difficult times.
1. World Health Organization http://who.int/topics/depression/en
2. WHO Regional Strategy for Mental Health 2002
3. World Health Organization Issues and Challenges "Social Determinants of Health, Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
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What the government is doing to address emerging Mental Health Problems
Depression is a significant public health problem, is relatively common and its recurrent nature profoundly disrupts patients' lives. Though estimates from developing countries are not available, depression costs the US economy more than US$ 43 billion annually in medical treatment and lost productivity.
General population surveys conducted in many parts of the world, including some SEAR (Southeast Asian Region) countries, have revealed a high rate of depression with a lifetime risk of 7-12 % for men and 20-25 % for women. These rates of occurrence are unrelated to race, education, income, or civil status. Depressed patients show impairment in all major areas of functioning–personal care, family that is almost equal to or greater than that for patients with other chronic illnesses like hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery diseases, and arthritis. Patients with depression spend more days away from work, become medically ill more often, suffer greater physical disability, and die at a younger age than the general population. Depressive symptoms, but not meeting the medical criteria for depression, are frequently seen in patients with other diseases and cause increased use of medical services as well as increased rates of morbidity and mortality.
Unfortunately, despite the seriousness of depression and all the associated consequences which can be effectively treated at any level of care all over the world, only 30% of cases with these disorders are properly diagnosed or treated. The situation may be worse in SEAR (South East Asian Region) or countries.
A number of factors may be responsible for this state of affairs:
· Psychiatric services are not available in all parts of the Region, and tend to be concentrated in the cities.
· General physicians, who are the primary health care providers, lack sufficient skills to diagnose and treat mental disorders.
· At the primary health care level, depressed patients may present primarily with bodily symptoms rather than emotional complaints. Thus, the diagnosis of depression is not made.
· In spite of recognizing depressive symptoms, many patients may want to overcome them by their "will power".
· The prevalent stigma associated with mental illness may prevent many individuals from approaching a psychiatric facility.
The WHO has called for global action to address the crisis of mental health. The Year 2001 has been dedicated to mental health "in recognition of the burden that mental health pose on people and families affected by them and to highlight the important advances made by researchers and clinicians in reducing suffering and accompanying disability caused by the illness. The WHO have enjoined all sectors and stakeholders to work towards the day when "good health will also mean good mental health"
Given the changing and fast paced lifestyle of people amid a very dynamic socio-economic and political environment, the burden from mental ill health, disorder and disability is expected to increase as declared by the World Health Organization in its various reports on mental health.
Similarly, the Philippines has long been confronted with a volatile socio-economic condition and the drug menace to the population, compounded by natural and man-made disasters, garbage crisis and other environmental crisis that pose potential public health problems.
In a local baseline survey 1964-67 IN Sta. Cruz, Lubao, Pampanga, Manapsal of the DOH Division of Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Disease Control, found that the prevalence of mental disorders was 36 per 1,000 adults, children and adolescents. The WHO Collaborative Studies for Extending Mental Health Care in General Health Care Services (involving seven countries) showed that 17 per cent of adults and 16 per cent of children who consulted in three health centers in Sampaloc, Manila have mental disorders. Depressive reactions in adukts and adaptation reaction in children were found in Sapang Palay, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. The prevalence of adult schizophrenia was 12 cases per 1,000 population in 1988-1989 (Manalang et al).
In Region 6, (Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Antique, Perlas et al study (1993-1994) showed that the prevalence of the following mental illness in the adult population were: Psychosis (4.3%) and panic (5.6%). For the children and adolescents, the top five most prevalent psychiatric conditions were: enuresis (9.3%), speech and language disorder (3.9%), mental subnormality (3.7%), adaptation reaction (2.4%), and neurotic disorder (1.1%).
The Philippine's Response to the Emerging Mental Problem
In response to the call made by the WHO during the fifty-second session of the WHO regional Committee for the Western Pacific held in Brunei Darussalam, in September 2001, the then Secretary of Health, Dr. Manuel M. Dayrit, issued Department Of Health (DOH) Administrative Order No. 8 Series of 2001 or the National Mental Health Policy.
The promotion of mental health which has become imperative and an essential goal for all countries and its people. Local and international data continue to show that about one per cent of population is affected with severe mental and neurological disorders, and another 4-5% suffers from mild to moderate neurological problems, including the abuse of alcohol and drugs.
Attainment of Good State of Mental Health for All Filipinos
A.O. No. 8 prescribes the national policy framework towards the attainment of a good state of mental health for Filipinos.
The National Mental Health Policy applies to all sectors, disciplines and institutions including government, non-government or private entities whose functions and activities contribute to the improvement of the mental health of all Filipinos. The policy is designed for all health systems, programs and services at the national and local levels.
Total Health Care for All
The National Mental Health Policy is a commitment to ensure a community of Filipinos who are mentally healthy, able to contribute to the development of the country to attain better quality of life through access to an integrated, well planned, effectively organized and efficiently delivered health care system that responds not only to the physical health needs but also to the mental health needs of Filipinos. The response to the nation's mental health problems, concerns and efforts must be addressed through the formulation and implementation of a coherent, rational, and unified response through the formulation and implementation of the national mental health programme strategy.
Public Health Impact of Mental Illness
In 2007, then DOH Secretary Dr. Francisco T. Duque issued Administrative Order No.2007-2009 or the Operational Framework for the Sustainable Establishment of a Mental Health Program. The framework was issued to address the public health impact of mental illness, which was identified by WHO as a global priority. At the same time, mental health was the focus subject of the World Health Report for 2001. That year, WHO developed the Regional Strategy for Mental Health which serves as a guideline in the formulation of policies and program designed to respond to the challenges posed by mental health problems.
In the Baseline Survey for the National Objectives for Health showed that the more frequently reported symptoms of an underlying health problem were sadness, confusion, forgetfulness, delusions and uncontrolled use of cigarettes and alcohol. On the other hand, the most recent study on prevalence of mental health problems conducted by the National Epidemiology Center (NEC-DOH) in 2006 showed revealing results though the target population was limited only to government employees from the 20 national agencies in Metro Manila. Among the 327 respondents, 32% were found to have experienced a mental health problem at least once in their lifetime. The three most prevalent diagnoses were specific phobias (15%), alcohol abuse (10%), and depression (6%). The prevalence rate from the survey was much higher by 17% than those previously reported.
Mental health problems were significantly associated with the following respondent characteristics. (The following characteristics refer only to the respondents of the survey and do not apply to the general Philippine population).
1. Ages 20-29 years
2. Those who have big families
3. Those with low educational attainment
4. Males were most likely to have substance related problems than females.
The mental health policy is reaffirmed in the National Objectives for Health, a DOH document that outlines the goals and objectives to be achieved by the health sector towards improving the health status of the country. It also specified strategies for national reform from a shift from an institutional-based mental health system to one that is consumer/patient-focused (community-based approach), with an emphasis on supporting the individual in their community.
AO 2007-2009 provides the guidelines for stakeholders in the government and private sector in the development and implementation of programs and services following the guideline of the National Policy on Mental Health Policy through plans and programs that protect the rights and freedom of persons with mental illness in order to reduce the burden of mental and neurological disorders in the country.
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When a person is pushed to the point of considering suicide, it is because living has become too painful to bear and that person is looking for a way out to eliminate this terrible psychic pain. That person may never really try to commit suicide but may get very close to doing it and might walk out into the traffic aimlessly with no reference to traffic lights or crazily oncoming traffic, almost hoping get run over and killed.
Sometimes depression can cause people to feel like putting themselves in harm's way, or killing themselves. Although the majority of people with depression do not die by suicide, having depression does increase suicide risk compared to people without depression.
To read more about Suicide in the Philippines, you can look at a time trend analysis from 1974-2005 here.
You may also be interested in read more about SUICIDE AND SUICIDE PREVENTION IN ASIA (posted by the WHO) here.
An essential advice to anyone thinking about suicide, is to get help immediately:
• Call a doctor's office.
• Call a 24 hour hotline to be connected to a trained counselor at a crisis center.
• Call for emergency services.
• Go to the emergency room of the nearest hospital.
• Ask a family member or friend to take you to the hospital or call your doctor.
The National Institute of Mental Health, a division of the USA's Centers for Disease Control reports:
Suicide is a major, preventable public health problem. In 2007, it was the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for 34,598 deaths. The overall rate was 11.3 suicide deaths per 100,000 people. An estimated eleven (11) attempted suicides occur per every suicide death.
Suicidal behavior is complex. Some risk factors vary with age, gender, or ethnic group and may occur in combination or change over time.
Research shows that major risk factors for suicide include depression and other mental disorders, or a substance-abuse disorder (often in combination with other mental disorders). More than 90 percent of people who die by suicide have these risk factors.
However, suicide and suicidal behavior are not normal responses to stress; many people have these risk factors, but are not suicidal. Research also shows that the risk for suicide is associated with changes in brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, including serotonin. Decreased levels of serotonin have been found in people with depression, impulsive disorders, and a history of suicide attempts, and in the brains of suicide victims.
Women display a higher risk for suicide. According to the NIMH:
Suicide was the seventh leading cause of death for males and the fifteenth leading cause of death for females in 2007.
Almost four times as many males as females die by suicide.
Firearms, suffocation, and poison are by far the most common methods of suicide, overall.
Statistics on Suicide in the Philippines:
DOH Data on Suicide (2004)
AGE SUICIDE RATIO
20-24 / 334 deaths
10-14 / 74 deaths
WHO (2003) data shows that for every 100,000 Filipinos, there are 93 suicides
According to ASIA PACIFIC Journal of Public Health in the Philippines five (5) die of suicide per day = approximately 150 per month
According to DOH 2007 survey: 15 out or 900 teenagers try to commit suicide
Look for the Warning Signs
What are warning signs and why are they important?
There are a number of suicide warning signs known "suicide risk factors." The risk for suicide increases with an increase in the number of risk factors present, such that when more risk factors are present at any one time the more likely that they indicate an increased risk for suicidal behaviors at that time.
THE FIRST THREE WARNING SIGNS ARE:
• Threatening to hurt or kill self
• Looking for ways to kill self; seeking access to pills, weapons or other means
• Talking or writing about death, dying or suicide
The other warning signs indicate a mental health evaluation needs to be conducted in the near future and that precautions need to be put into place immediately to ensure the safety, stability and security of the individual. These signs are:
1. Hopelessness
2. Rage, anger, seeking revenge
3. Acting reckless or engaging in risky activities, seemingly without thinking
4. Feeling trapped – like there's no way out
5. Increasing alcohol or drug abuse
6. Withdrawing from friends, family or society
7. Anxiety, agitation, unable to sleep or sleeping all the time
8. Dramatic changes in mood
9. No reason for living, no sense of purpose in life
Other behaviors that may be associated with increased short-term risk for suicide are when the patient makes arrangements to divest responsibility for dependent others (children, pets, elders), or making other preparations such as updating wills, making financial arrangements for paying bills, saying goodbye to loved ones, etc.
SPECIFIC FACTORS THAT MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE SUICIDE RISK
Risk and Protective Factors:
Factors that may increase risk or factors that may decrease risk are have been found to be statistically related to the presence or absence of suicidal behaviors and may serve as guidelines to weigh the relative risk of an individual engaging in suicidal behaviors.
No one risk factor, or set of risk factors, necessarily conveys increased suicidal risk. Nor does one protective factor, or set of protective factors, insures protection against engagement in suicidal behaviors.
Ideally, with the elucidation and knowledge of an individual's risk and protective factors as a backdrop, the sensitive Responder will inquire about the individual's reasons for living and reasons for dying to better evaluate current risk for suicide.
Factors that may increase a person's risk for suicide include:
1. Current ideation, intent, plan, access to means
2. Previous suicide attempt or attempts
3. Alcohol / Substance abuse
4. Current or previous history of psychiatric diagnosis
5. Impulsivity and poor self control
6. Hopelessness – presence, duration, severity
7. Recent losses – physical, financial, personal
8. Recent discharge from an inpatient psychiatric unit
9. Family history of suicide
10. History of abuse (physical, sexual or emotional)
11. Co-morbid health problems, especially a newly diagnosed problem or worsening symptoms
12. Age, gender, race (elderly or young adult, unmarried, white, male, living alone)
13. Same- sex sexual orientation
Factors that may decrease the risk for suicide are also called protective factors. These include:
1. Positive social support
2. Spirituality
3. Sense of responsibility to family
4. Children in the home, pregnancy
5. Life satisfaction
6. Reality testing ability
7. Positive coping skills
8. Positive problem-solving skills
9. Positive therapeutic relationship
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE SUICIDE FIRST AID GUIDELINES (from Dr. Dinah Nadera)in Filipino here.
The cause of depression is not fully known. A number of factors may be involved, such as chemical imbalances in the brain or family history. Depression isn't caused by personal weakness, lack of willpower, or a 'bad attitude.'
People with depressive illnesses do not all experience the same symptoms. The severity, frequency, and duration of symptoms vary depending on the individual and his or her particular illness.
Depression, even the most severe cases, can be effectively treated. The earlier that treatment can begin, the more effective it is.


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HACKING HEARING
McCanns: We Felt 'Totally Violated'
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Gerry and Kate McCann, the parents of missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann, testified Wednesday that they wanted a new investigation into how the now-defunct newspaper News of the World had published Kate's diaries. "I felt totally violated," said Kate McCann of the September 2008 cover story titled "Kate's Diary." She said she believed the diary had been taken from her by Portuguese police and later returned, but she alleged that someone photocopied the private diary and given it to the press. Her husband, Gerry, said former News of the World newspaper editor Colin Myler berated the couple in May 2008 after learning they had given an interview with Hello magazine on the first anniversary of their daughter's disappearance. The McCanns are the latest high-profile people testifying in front of Parliament as part of the Leveson inquiry into media ethics.
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I let this domain expire about four years ago and on a whim decided to see if it was still available. It was. So, I purchased it to see if I might give blogging another go. I've got a pretty poor history with blogging including several failed ones (free accounts, mostly), but with a lot of the writing I've been doing, I need an outlet and I wanted to put my money where my mouth is. Mostly.
I'm a pastor and this great post on why pastors should blog has influenced me back in the direction of regular writing and blogging.
If you're a pastor, you probably already know the value writing has for thinking. Through writing, you delve into new ideas and new insights. If you strive to write well, you will at the same time be striving to think well.
Then when you share new ideas and new insights, readers can come along with you wherever your good writing and good thinking bring you.
There is no better way to simply and quickly share your writing than by maintaining a blog. And if you're serious about your blog, it will help you not only in your thinking, but in your discipline as well, as people begin to regularly expect quality insight from you.
So, there you go. I paid, I got my domain back, and I'm going to attempt to write. Again.


Abu Dhabi: Agthia Group on Sunday reported a net profit of Dh211 million for 2018, up 2.1 per cent year on year. The group posted Dh2 billion in revenues.
"The group has once again demonstrated its resilience and achieved strong results in another difficult year. These results highlight our commitment to continued growth even in the face of challenges by transforming them into opportunities that positively impact our shareholders, consumers and partners," Dhafer Ayed Al Ahbabi, chairman of Agthia, said in a statement.
The Abu Dhabi-based firm's flagship Al Ain Water has maintained its number one market share in the UAE on the back of solid 5 per cent volume growth, according to the statement.
Together with Alpin and Al Bayan water brands, Agthia has increased its overall market share by 70 basis points to 30 per cent in the UAE bottled water market.
"We will continue working towards increasing our market share across different categories, and strengthening our regional footprint through geographic expansion," said Tariq Ahmad Al Wahedi, Agthia Group CEO.
The food and beverages company reported Dh0.351 earnings per share for the year 2018.


341 – I can do it!
Oh, I'm sure Jim, Jo, Lana, et al, would be more than a little happy to be of assistance to Sari.
I'm sure Jim, Jo and Lana will help Sari out.
As for Jo at the drag strip. It doesn't look like she is enjoying it.
I can not wait to see how Goldie will invite his prom date, it is a rare sight to see the pup all shy and romantic with his mouse boyfriend. Goldie loves his Mousey, a lot!


Even though the menu is from across Asia, it is the Japanese and the dumpling menu that just needs to be eaten. We tried the 'Shitake Maki' and loved how the Sweet Potato and the Cucumber came together with the shitake. Between the 'Hamachi New York Dragon Sushi Roll' and the 'Edamame California', the sushi game at You MEE is a strong and absolute value for money. We loved the 'BBC' – beans, bokchoy and chestnut, the beetroot and cheese as well as the 'Chicken Poached Dumpling' and by the end of eating just sushi and dumpling were absolutely bursting. We tried the invincible 'Tantan Ramen' and absolutely loved it and then finished our meal with a 'Caramel Super Shake'.
Over-Hyped Experience That Forgets That We're There to Watch a Film!
I do understand why some people enjoy this - they get caught up in the 'oldest cinema in the multi-verse' hype and get over-excited about being waited on, but it just didn't work for me and the friends I went with. the BIG problem is that, for us, the almost constant ebb and flow of people being supplied with food / drink was intrusive and spoilt our viewing of the film itself. It seems that regulars here view it as a bit of a social experience where background chat is 100% acceptable - the noisiest audience I've ever sat in at a cinema. Constant use of mobile phones as well! Then there's the smell - olfactory senses overwhelmed by the acrid whiff of stale alcohol - please clean those carpets more regularly! We won't be back, I'm afraid.
Has plenty of character to the place only visit occasionally due to having an unlimited card but nice to come for some smaller releases and have a change of scenery good selection of food and drink to.
The Electric is the oldest working cinema in the UK and it still retains it's fantastic Art Deco charm. It's a perfect date spot as it has many special screenings of classic and cult movies as well as blockbusters and indies from the present day. You can pay a little extra to hire a sofa and drinks, cakes and alcoholic beverages can be ordered by text to your table.The Electric is a true gem of Birmingham and I'd recommend it to any visitor.
A lovely, civilised cinema experience. Part of the beauty of this cinema is its absence of buckets of sticky popcorn, and its sensible sound level. (When we go to standard cinemas we have taken to using earplugs, especially for the adverts and trailers! ) Although it costs a little more, it's worth trying The Electric if you haven't already.


Several weeks ago at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, I sold one of my Seasonal Leaves Series to a nice man. He bought Seasonal Leaves: Summer. I commissioned me to create another piece, Winter. I finished it yesterday and have it boxed and ready to ship. I've very pleased with the results but even more honored by the commission.
It isn't the only thing I've accomplished this week. It is simply the only thing finished. I've been working on a new series called Freiheit. The preliminary pieces went very well, but they happened over a year ago. How time flies, especially when other commitments get in the way. Plus, I had to order more artist grade, UV filtering epoxy and another gallon of GAC 400 fabric stiffener. I'm hoping that this coming week find more than one new Freiheit piece finished.
In the meantime, I'd like to share one of the exhibition shots sent by the curator at Sheehan Gallery on the Whitman College campus in Walla Walla, Washington. On the right (top) is my Two Hours at the Beach. I'm so pleased to be in this invitational exhibition! It really makes a difference when shows share shots like this ... because obviously I can't always attend.
Yikes! Eleven Days Since My Last Post!
Last November is always a busy time in a custom picture framing shop, even one like mine that was forcibly downsized over a decade ago. So, I've been busy getting other people's artwork into professional presentations but I really haven't neglected my own studio work. I've simply neglected to post over the past eleven days!
During this time, I've finished several new pieces but mostly I'm at work on a new, large piece. It won't be done for at least another week. Why? Well, I ran out of Golden's GAC 200/Fabric Stiffener. I'm also waiting on a new shipment of UV filtering, artist-grade epoxy. Some things just require more time. Fortunately, I have other projects going too ... including a few new image transfers on fabric ... like this one taken in Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma, Arizona. The machine stitching goes really fast, but I'm also quite quick with the hand stitching and beading.
I also finished Saint Anastasia. The image is smaller than the one I a year-and-a-half ago. (CLICK HERE to see the first work using this picture.) While the machine stitching and the seed stitched background went quickly, the dense beading on the halo took several nights. Every bead is individually attached.
I've also made three more pieces that I seriously don't need but couldn't help but to take the time to make! I only have one upcoming solo show for my installation Anonymous Ancestors. There are already more than 225 individual pieces for the walls. Yet, there was something a little creepy about this anonymous, old photo. The woman's smile looked a bit ackward. The man's hand seemed ill placed. I had the antique frame. I couldn't help myself. I had to make this piece.
... and to Goldilocks. In both tales, the women seem selfish, picky, and entitled. The flip side might just be that both really cared a lot! They gave a damn!
I also created this special key as a commission for a friend. It incorporates a few items she donated to my stash.
I had just a small amount of my two-part, UV filtering epoxy left. It wasn't enough for a large piece but I guessed it would be the perfect amount for these four small digital transfers. It was! First however, I put each image on a piece of recycled, black industrial felt and densely seed stitched the backgrounds. After that, I made a slit in the felt and inserted some Polyfill to create a more three-dimensional look to the marble head. This technique is called trapunto and I really enjoy doing it.
I've been using trapunto on digital images transferred to fabric for a couple of years. This includes a series of six nudes of me posing in graveyards. Unfortunately, there aren't many places that I can exhibit these works. They are large and expensive to ship; most quilt opportunities have issues with nudes (especially realistic or provocative ones); and I haven't yet written a good exhibition proposal for them. Yet, one did manage to get accepted into a contemporary photography exhibition called Picturing Purity, curated by Anna Helgeson. The show is currently on view at REVOLVE in Asheville. One of the brief blurb reads: Picturing Purity is a photography/new media exhibition designed to help us rethink misogynistic purity myths within the culture of environmentalism. The seven selected artists present ways we can escape or reshape these myths to move toward a more gender-less, queer and complex relationship with our planet.
Steve and I went for the opening and some of the Photo + Sphere events happening last Friday night. This included a most insightful keynote address by Sharon Harper, a Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University and several amazing short films including one documenting the view to the earth from Apollo 8.
Another blurb about Picturing Purity reads: A photography/new media exhibition designed to engage the public in a nuanced conversation about environmentalism with images that call attention to purity myths in our culture and demonstrate new ways of visualizing our relationship to the planet. From the untouched female virgin, to the uninhabited pristine forest; these myths construct an untouchable in tension with a lustful outsider.
The entire evening was wonderful, including the chance to play with dyes, oil, and water on an over-head transparency projector! But now ... back to the new work using trapunto and epoxy!
After stitching and stuffing, I pinned the four pieces to foam-centered board in order to keep each one as flat and square as possible.
Gently, I brushed on a layer of Golden's GAC 400, a fabric stiffener. Once completely dried, I added a second coat. This application sealed the surface, eliminating the porous nature inherent in textiles.
Once completely dry, I cut away the excess material and tacked the work to four black-painted wooden frames. The frame was cut from inexpensive strips of batten. Each one was cut proportionately larger than the textiles. Using several different styles of upholstery tacks, I hammered them together. Then came the epoxy pour. I'm very pleased with these small works and the fact that they were the perfect size for the epoxy I had left. Of course, I'll be ordering more epoxy soon!
(Above: White Marble II. 8 1/2" x 10 3/4". $100. Digital image transferred to fabric, dense seed stitched background, trapunto (stuffing from the reverse), and epoxy.
This blog post includes 52 groups of wrapped-and-stitched vintage wooden thread spool holiday ornaments. They are also posted on Facebook. Over the summer and fall, I made hundreds. Dozens and dozens were sold at the recent Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Every day, more were made available but not everyone of them actually made it out into the booth for sale. (Limited space!) These are the ones that are left. At the PMA Show, I sold three for $40. I am offering each group of three for $47 including tax and shipping anywhere in the USA. (South Carolina actually charges tax even on out-of-state sales!) To make a purchase, send me a private Facebook message or email at mouse_house@prodigy.net stating which group you'd like.
(Above: Group 51) SOLD !!!


When the cue ball hits any cushion without spin, it ideally travels at a path which is the mirror image of the line extended ahead, on the other side of the table. This was something which I learnt long back.
Now place the cue ball on the pink spot and hit any side rail exactly perpendicular, with either left or right english. You will notice that after hitting the cushion, the CB will turn towards the english put.
A golden rule, which will help you make the cue ball travel multiple rails with ease. With sidespin, the cue ball will turn the most after hitting the rail when it is perpendicular to it, and least when it is almost parallel to it. Check out the path it travels at different angles, speeds, and spins. Also check out the article on running english and reverse english at the following link.
Another thing which you can learn to master the cue ball trajectory along multiple rails is the diamond system. Check it out at the following links.
There is no effect of top or bottom spins when the cue ball hits a cushion.


A tradition of disposable clothing has existed in the fashion industry for many years — clothing that falls apart easily, garments that you wear twice and then give away. However, we rarely consider what effect this impulsive consumption of goods has. Perhaps we know at one level that the fashion industry has quite a lot to do with poverty?
Recently I walked into a 'disposable clothes shop' in Sydney and viewed it through a different lens. As I looked at a beautifully embroidered shirt and a pair of trousers, I started to picture the women who worked to assemble its pieces.
Remembering lines of women in Cambodia walking along Phnom Penh's roads with pink scarves around their heads, long sleeved shirts and simple black pants, my conscience was pricked. These women were on their way to work in garment factories, yet rarely did I remember seeing on the labels of my clothing 'Made in Cambodia'.
While these Cambodian women work in comparatively good conditions, it is impossible for Cambodia to continue on this path as it can no longer compete in the world market. The franchise that China has on the garment industry is preventing countries like Cambodia from working their way out of poverty.
On the other side of the world the situation is similar. The United States subsidises its cotton farmers, which prevents African countries such as Mali from being able to export good quality cotton to a world market. Peru is in a similar situation with its alpaca wool.
This situation was considered in The Dollar a Day Dress, a documentary made by the BBC's Panorama in 2005. The documentary travelled to Peru, Mali, Uganda and Cambodia to source material from people who lived on less than a dollar a day. The dress was then created by London School of Fashion students and paraded during fashion week, 2005. However, despite advocacy efforts like this, two years later, the situation has not improved.
"We will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanising conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion of them are currently subjected. We are committed to making the right to development a reality for everyone and to freeing the entire human race from want."
Australia currently ranks 19th out of 22 OECD countries in its contribution to overseas aid spending. In last week's Budget, whilst the Federal Government increased the aid budget, it failed to increase aid funding from its current level of 0.3 per cent of GNI. The budget did however decrease its governance funding on a percentage basis, and increased infrastructure, health and education spending by $1.6 billion over four years. This is promising, in that less aid dollars are being spent on security operations in places such as the Solomon Islands and Timor Leste, and more is being spent on sustainable development. Nonetheless, our signing of free trade agreements with the United States is the very thing which keeps developing countries from working their way out of poverty.
One answer to these complex problems is for Australia to show some leadership, and start providing more and better aid; to focus its aid dollars on development projects with a mandate of building peace and alleviating poverty, and investing in fair trade initiatives. One of the Millennium Development Goals is to create a global partnership for human development. It is not possible to eradicate extreme poverty without working together. Working together using principles of fair trade is a challenge that governments need to be made aware of. Programs need to be firmly grounded in good development principles, encouraging a mentality of doing with rather than doing for.
Another more personal response is to consider our buying habits. Our awareness of the working and living conditions of garment workers rarely plays out in our own lives. Christian Kemp-Griffin, the Chief Executive Office of Edun Apparel — an ethical clothing company founded by U2's Bono and his wife Ali Hewson — says that socially conscious clothing sells. "The ethical image has value. A company doesn't have to sacrifice its margins to sell its product because it's doing it ethically. It actually adds value for the consumer."
A fundamental shift needs to happen in the minds of Western governments. It takes specific action and focussed aid and development dollars to alleviate poverty, and the need is more urgent than ever.
Excellent article beth. I have been guilty of the impulse purchase too many times myself. We all need to think a little more about how we consume.


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SSFC postpones MEChA 2015-'16 budget decision
By Emily Gerber and Tom Walsh
November 6, 2014 | 10:33pm CST
Due to general budget confusion and a potential violation of total student fee allocation, the Student Services Finance Committee voted Thursday to extend the budget decision deadline for a campus Hispanic advocacy group.
Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán de UW-Madison is a student group that promotes culture and encourages higher education opportunities to the Chican@ community.
MEChA representatives said in their presentation to SSFC members that the group increases its spread and teaching of Chican@ culture through attending national and regional conferences, as well as by bringing in speakers and holding culture-based events.
SSFC Representative Todd Garon questioned the group's total proposed budget number, highlighting the fact that added line items and monetary requests may put the group at risk of being over the limit of allocable money by SSFC.
According to SSFC standing rules, no General Student Services Fund group is to be allocated more than $100,000 for their total operating budget.
While the group's initial proposal was under the $100,000 cap, a previously omitted amendment of an additional $7,500 for supplies would bring the group's budget over the limit.
"I just feel uncomfortable making any decisions on this budget as it currently stands," Secretary Brett DuCharme said, adding it would be beneficial for SSFC to receive a new budget breakdown and narrative in order to make a responsible decision.
Representative Andy Stoiber said allowing the group extended time to reassess and prepare a streamlined budget would be "pragmatic, prudent and respectful" and was one of several members to advocate a decision delay until Nov. 13.
With a majority vote, SSFC agreed to hold off on a budget decision for MEChA until next Thursday, as opposed to the scheduled decision of Monday.
SSFC also approved the 2015-'16 operating budget for the Campus Women's Center.
CWC, who presented their budget to SSFC Monday, is a student-run organization that provides a safe environment on campus for women-identifying individuals who may be facing oppression or have faced oppression of some kind in the past, according to their website.
After increasing salary line items and decreasing the summer weekly hours of employees, SSFC members unanimously approved a total budget of $82,663.
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Peeking around the Closet Door
Today is the International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to show celebration and support for all of our transgender and non-binary friends around the world.
It's not an easy thing to be transgender or gender-fluid these days, there is an active and virulent anti-transgender movement in full swing. Much of it is tied to the ultra-religious right wing of the United States, but it's not just them. Even those in more moderate places on the political spectrum, as well as those on the far left, are generally okay with allowing, and even abetting, trans oppression.
This is where I've never really been able to wrap my head around the persistence of this anti-trans prejudice across the political spectrum. I just don't understand why it's so virulent, why any should carry that much hate in them. Do they fear something? What is motivating them? I just don't get it.
My company is, I think, among the top employers around when it comes to supporting the LGBTQ community including, specifically, the T in the acronym. Despite that, I would still be enormously reluctant to come out in the workplace. There is so much more hidden behind the doors of decision making that I, personally, would feel would ultimately halt my career moving much forward. Could you prove it it was connected? Probably not, but human nature is what it is.
I'm proud, sad, afraid, supportive, concerned, and just a little jealous at all of those in our community that have been able to step out from beyond peeking around the closet door. It takes an enormously rare courage to be able to do that. So, while there are quite a few people in my life, including my partner, that know and support me, there's still a waiting closet for me to tremble in.
Maybe, one day, that will change.
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The cranberry-juice-sipping TikTok skateboarder Nathan Apodaca tested positive for COVID-19
Palmer Haasch
Nathan Apodaca, 37, went viral for a video in which he sings along to Fleetwood Mac while drinking cranberry juice on his longboard.
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Nathan Apodaca, the TikToker best known for his longboarding "Dreams" video, has tested positive for COVID-19, his representatives confirmed to The Los Angeles Times.
Apodaca rose to mainstream fame in September and October after a video of him longboarding on the highway while drinking cranberry juice and lip-syncing to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" went viral.
The creator recently bought a home in Idaho Falls, ID, People reported.
Nathan Apodaca, the TikTok star best known for his viral skateboarding, cranberry juice-drinking video set to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams," has tested positive for COVID-19, his representatives confirmed to The Los Angeles Times.
TMZ reported that Apodaca's fiancée, Estela Chavez, also tested positive for the virus, saying that the pair have been traveling since Apodaca's rise to fame in October. People reported that they, along with their kids, vacationed in Las Vegas, which was where Apodaca proposed to Chavez. According to the LA Times, they also recently spent time in Los Angeles.
Gina Rodriguez, Apodaca's representative, told the LA Times on Tuesday that Apodaca was "at home resting and getting better."
Apodaca recently posted a lip-sync video on TikTok, where he's known as @420doggface208, singing along to "Dazed" by Matt Ox. The video is captioned, "An the show must go on." On Instagram, he posted a video dancing to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive."
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In a reply to a comment on a video posted on Wednesday, he said that he hopes that he's "past the worst of it." He posted what appears to be a screenshot of his positive COVID-19 test result on Instagram on Wednesday.
Apodaca originally rose to mainstream internet fame in October after a September 25 TikTok video showing him lip-syncing to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" while longboarding and drinking cranberry juice went viral. He told Insider in an October interview that he filmed the video while longboarding to work after his car broke down, and that its viral success was helping him get enough money to put in a down payment for a house.
People reported in November that Apodaca had bought a 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom house in Idaho Falls, ID. He now has approximately 6.2 million followers on TikTok and 3.3 million on Instagram.
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Hello. I am a youtuber who plays games like Terraria, Geometry Dash, and I am the owner of Vultarix's Sonic X Season 4&5.
So. I am taking level suggestions for Geometry Dash.
I am taking build suggestions for Terraria.
Also, if you have a good idea for Sonic X Season 5, just tell me in the comments section on an episode.
I also play VVVVVV, and make levels. But I don't have a screen-recorder for PC, so yeah.


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Innovation Snapshots
Perspectives on Bringing Your True Self to Work
'When I can be authentic, I give my all'
This story is part of a series featuring perspectives from Motorola Solutions employees. As part of Pride Month, we asked Jason Tandy, U.K.-based service design and introduction manager for the Global Managed and Lifecycle Services organization: How did you become your most authentic self, and what role has that played in your career?
When I was younger, I led two very different lives – one inside of work, and one outside of work. I felt a huge pressure to keep them separate, and it required a lot of effort. Over time, that caused anxiety that negatively affected my well-being.
When I started my career in the early 1990s at another company, the environment for gay people was more hostile. In fact, my manager at the time said if he had "one of those people" working on the team, he would get rid of him.
I was ambitious and didn't want anything to distract from my ability to do the job, but fostering relations with my peers was difficult because I would withhold details about my personal life. I would actively avoid discussions about my weekends, annual leave and other family plans in case those drew attention to my sexual orientation. I would always take steps to hide the fact that I was gay for fear of being discriminated against or bullied.
In contrast, outside of work, I was actively lobbying for equal rights, equality for all people in terms of respect, legal rights and professional growth.
Since joining Motorola Solutions, I've become more open and transparent with my colleagues, which has led to more trusting relationships and a stronger sense of team. We openly discuss our different perspectives and take a genuine interest in each other's lives and well-being. Asking others to respect my views and opinions does not mean that I expect everyone to agree with me. And I often reflect on whether I consistently show the same level of respect to colleagues on viewpoints that are different than mine.
Being authentic and open has allowed me to focus my efforts on being part of the team, fully contributing to our success and helping support Motorola Solutions' broader momentum to celebrate and honor a culture of inclusion and diversity.
Our diversity champion partner on the Motorola Solutions LGBTA Business Council coined a phrase that casts a good vision for being authentic: "People perform better when they can be themselves."
My own version of this is: "People perform better when we are all authentic, respected and treated equally."
By being authentic, I hope that I can give my all to working as part of a team where the collective value of our diverse viewpoints and experiences produces a far better outcome.
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I am a scientist, which means I spend a lot of my time working in the lab or writing reports at my desk under pressure from tight deadlines. I used to have little interaction with people which took its toll and I developed depression.
I often sat at home and cried on the weekend, without knowing what to do and lacking motivation to do anything. I felt so lonely as I didn't have any real social connections.
Luckily, I joined my local Ramblers group about two years ago. Going on my first walk was frightening as I felt like an outsider, but afterwards I felt fantastic as the group was really friendly.
Walking with other people helped me to feel like myself again. I didn't plan to make friends, but it came naturally. Once you keep going along on walks, you become absorbed into the group.
Being in nature in beautiful surroundings really relaxes me and so I feel able to reach out to other people without any pressure.
It is difficult to open up, but you can start talking about mental health in your own way. I said, "I feel isolated and lonely" and then started to realise that other people feel that way too. Everyone has ups and downs and we all have different things to deal with. I soon understood that I am not alone.
Having people to talk to makes me feel much more comfortable, like I belong to a community and am no longer isolated.
There is still a lot of stigma about mental health. I've opened up about my depression to my close friends and family, but I don't always feel able to talk about it.
I like being able to walk with other people and not always having to talk but being with them makes me feel safe. The walking is not too demanding, and you don't have to be fit to do it.
Since I joined, I have gone on many walks around Cambridge, learning how to communicate with people again. I have also visited different parts of England which I could not have done on my own. We organise weekends away on a regular basis.
I now feel in a much better place and I am actively involved with the group and this motivates me in all aspects of life, not just the social side.
Walking fills your mind with energy and positive thoughts. I would definitely encourage more people who are struggling with their mental health to get out walking and talking. It has the potential to literally save lives.
Gina is a member of the Cambridge Ramblers. You can start walking with a local Ramblers group in your area. Find a walk near you.


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Stephen Joseph Dubner (born August 26, 1963) is an American author, journalist, and podcast and radio host. He is co-author of the popular Freakonomics book series: Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, Think Like a Freak and  When to Rob a Bank. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio.

Early life and education
Born in 1963 in Duanesburg, New York, to Solomon Dubner (also known as Paul) and Florence Greenglass (also known as Florence Winters and Veronica Dubner), Dubner grew up as the youngest of eight children. His father, who died in 1973 when Dubner was 10 years old, worked as a copy editor at The Record in Troy, New York. Dubner grew up in a devout Roman Catholic household, his parents having converted from Judaism to Catholicism before his birth. As an adult, Dubner himself converted back to Judaism, an experience he chronicles in his first book, Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family.

In 1984, Dubner graduated from Appalachian State University in North Carolina, where he studied in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. There, Dubner played in a rock band, The Right Profile, which later signed with Arista Records shortly before he decided against a career in music. In 1990, Dubner earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in writing from Columbia University, where he also taught English.

Career
Dubner's first published work appeared in Highlights for Children, when he was 11 years old. Since then, his journalism has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Time, and has been anthologized in The Best American Sports Writing, The Best American Crime Writing, and elsewhere.

In 1998, Dubner wrote his first full-length book, Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family, for which he was named a finalist for the Koret Jewish Book Award. Dubner has since written Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper, and a children's book, The Boy With Two Belly Buttons.

Books
Dubner met Steven Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, when his editor asked him to write a profile on Levitt for The New York Times Magazine. At the time, Dubner was writing a book on the psychology of money and didn't have much interest in meeting the young economist from Chicago. Likewise, Levitt had little interest in the profile, but agreed to a two-hour interview because his mom liked The New York Times Magazine. Upon meeting Levitt, Dubner extended the two-hour interview to three days.

After publication of Dubner's 2003 Times Magazine article, Dubner and Levitt were asked to co-write a book, which cemented their partnership. In 2005, William Morrow and Company published Freakonomics, a book about cheating teachers, bizarre baby-names, self-dealing realtors, and crack-selling mama's boys. Freakonomics would go on to be translated into 40 languages and sell 5 million copies worldwide.

Dubner and Levitt have co-authored three other books: SuperFreakonomics, Think Like a Freak, and When to Rob a Bank. Throughout their work, Dubner and Levitt use economics to explore real-world phenomena, answer perplexing questions, and offer unconventional analysis.

Dubner has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.

Radio
In 2010, Dubner launched a weekly podcast, Freakonomics Radio, which was getting 15 million global monthly downloads as of 2018. On March 5, 2020, Dubner appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

Dubner also hosts Freakonomics Radio Live! (formerly Tell Me Something I Don't Know), a game-show version of the podcast in which contestants share incredible, little-known facts in front of a live audience.

Other shows include:

 Tell Me Something I Don't Know is a game-show podcast that Dubner created in partnership with The New York Times in 2016 and that is now part of Freakonomics Radio
 Footy for Two is a podcast produced by Stephen Dubner and his son, Solomon Dubner, in which Solomon educates his father on the politics, personalities, and news of international football.
 No Stupid Questions is podcast that is part of Freakonomics Radio, where Dubner and Angela Duckworth ask each other questions about a range of subjects.

A film called Freakonomics: The Movie was released in 2010.

Awards and honors
 Finalist for the Koret Jewish Book Award, for Turbulent Souls
 Quill Award, for Freakonomics
 Short-listed for Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award

Personal life
Dubner currently resides in New York City with his wife, documentary photographer Ellen Binder, their two children, and their dog. In a 2017 New York Times profile, Dubner described his ideal Sunday as one in which he walks his dog in Central Park early in the morning, watches an FC Barcelona game with his son, and spends the afternoon cooking dinner with his daughter.

References

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American bloggers
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American economics writers
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Appalachian State University alumni
Columbia University School of the Arts alumni
Converts to Judaism from Roman Catholicism
People from Duanesburg, New York
Jewish American writers
Living people
21st-century American Jews

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I would like to introduce you to the work of Chen, Dai-Roo 陳代如 - a Taipei based artist who became part of our project. Dai is Master of Fine Arts of the University of Taipei, in her recent art works she is dealing with socio-political relationships within her family´s history focussing related objects and architecture through the media of photography and installation. For W(H)O IS WU? Dai has provided abstract, architectural parts of her quatriptychon series dealing with her grandfather, a former Chinese general and their personal relationship. These photos depict parts of former military housings around Taipei, which nowadays are left abandoned. Dai herself has recently started to work with photo-overpainting, so we are not only having an interesting exchange concerning the content but also the media of overworking photography itself.
Florian Nitsch has started working with their dialogue´s impressions and these photos; through overpainting them a quite intimate and sensitive cooperation is in progress.
Meanwhile we have closed down our temporary open studio at Wolong29. We had an intensive and fruitful working time in that oldest house of National Taipei University of Education (former dormitory of teachers, dating back to Japanese occupation period). Some works are already finished, some artists are continuing to work on their contributions for the exhibition.


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2 days ago Turkish Day of Infamy melih hamza kaya translated firesupport_supplydrop_description to Hedeflenen alana tedarik sandığı düşürmek için uçak çağırır. \n \n Takım arkadaşlarını iyileştirip sandıkta ikmal yaparak yeniden silahlanmasını sağlar.
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CNBC reports Apple is donating 1,000 Apple Watches to a new study designed to track the biological changes faced by people with eating disorders.
The University of North Carolina's medical school will soon be starting a study called BEGIN, which stands for Binge Eating Genetics Initiative, to better understand overeating. People with binge eating disorder often eat large amounts of food uncontrollably in a small period of time. Those who follow with compensatory behavior like purging or excessive exercise are typically diagnosed with bulimia nervosa.
The BEGIN (Binge Eating Genetics Initiative is designed to better understand people with binge eating disorders that often cause them to eat large amounts of food uncontrollably over a short period of time.
The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders says at least 30 million people in the United States suffer from an eating disorder.
1,000 participants, aged 18 years or older, will receive a free Apple Watch from Apple, allowing researchers to monitor their heart rate to observe any possible heart spikes prior to binge eating episodes.
Cynthia Bulik, founding director of the Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders at UNC and one of the researchers behind BEGIN, is hoping to recruit 1,000 participants, ages 18 or older, who have experience with either binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa. Once they're enrolled, they can sign up with a mobile app called Recovery Record, which is designed to help users log their thoughts and feelings in a digital format, and share that information with their doctor ahead of a session. It requires about 10 minutes a day of participation.
Participants will also be subjected to tests to analyze their genetics and bodily bacteria, so that the researchers can better understand the root causes of the disease. The researchers hope the study will aid them in predicting binge eating episodes before they begin, allowing them to someday alert study participants when they are at risk of binge eating.


MDRChangeListener Listener interface that allows repository clients to be notified of any changes in the repository after they occur.
MDRChangeSource Event source interface implemented by all the repository objects and MDRepository.
MDRPreChangeListener Listener interface containing methods that allow clients to keep track of planned changes in the metadata before they are performed.
AssociationEvent MDR Event used for representing association-related events.
AttributeEvent Class represeting MDR events related to changes of repository object (class/instance) attributes.
ExtentEvent MDR event used for representing events related to lifecycle of package extents in a repository (creation and deletion of extents).
InstanceEvent MDR Event used for representing events related to lifecycle of class instances (creation and deletion of instances).
MDRChangeEvent Root abstract class for all MDR events.
TransactionEvent Class representing MDR events related to start, commit and rollback of write transactions.
VetoChangeException Can be thrown from MDRPreChangeListener.plannedChange(org.netbeans.api.mdr.events.MDRChangeEvent) to veto the planned change.