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Trace McSorley Has Had Ice In His Veins Since Freshman Year Of High School
Although he led a second-half team offense all last season, a true game-winning last drive eluded Trace McSorley before Saturday, discounting the one-play overtime drive against Minnesota last season that came entirely on the back of one magical run by Saquon Barkley. Twice, he's thrown fatal interceptions on Penn State's final drive of three-point games.
But on Saturday, he led Penn State 80 yards down the field in 1:30 to a go-ahead touchdown, a seven-yard pass to Juwan Johnson.
Even though it took 18 games for McSorley to lead Penn State to his own walk-off win, the first such drive of his career came seven years ago, in the first high school start of his freshman season at Briar Woods High School. McSorley, who turned 15 five days before, marched his team 90 yards down the field without his top-two running backs during the last two minutes of the game to set up a game-winning field goal that gave the Falcons a 10-8 win over Millbrook.
Post-game highlights show a young McSorley at even more of a physical disadvantage, scrambling around players a foot taller than him before unabashedly heaving a deep throw downfield or intrepidly scampering for a first down. Although his trademark home run touchdown dance and headband aren't as old as his boyish smile, McSorley gave Virginia football fans a preview of what to expect over the course of his high school and college careers.
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"We had a question about how a freshman quarterback could operate under varsity play and the speed of the game, but handle the pressure, he did," Gameday Broadcast Network hosts said in a postgame show. "You talk about ice water running through his veins. All game long, he looked like he had been playing at the varsity level for years.
It's gonna be a fun year to watch Trace McSorley."
A fun year it was for Briar Woods. A year removed from starting for the high school's freshman team as a precocious eighth grader, McSorley guided the Falcons to a 13-2 record. He brought the Falcons to the first of four-straight state championship games, winning three of them. He came to Penn State with a 55-5 record in high school.
As for his college career, you know what's happened (so far).
If McSorley is the Wizard of Camelot, then Briar Woods head coach Charlie Pierce is the Soothsayer.
"He has a great future and is beyond his years. He's a competitor and works hard," he said in a post-game interview. "We knew he'd be special, but we just had to fit him into our offense."
When he was interviewed after the game and asked about his performance, McSorley already sounded like a James Franklin-coached player despite Franklin still being an assistant at Maryland and McSorley being 55 pounds away from a Division I scholarship.
"We showed great heart and that was a great team effort, from the first quarter to the fourth quarter."
Perhaps the biggest similarity between the two performances by McSorley though were the ways both will go down in each team's lore.
"Falcon fans now have their own version of 'The Drive.' Forget John Elway for us older guys," the one host said. "It's all about Trace McSorley."
Saturday might not have been all about Trace McSorley (Saquon Barkley played pretty well, too), but it will hold a special place in Penn State history as an iconic possession up there with his game-tying drive against Minnesota last fall, Allen Robinson's overtime-forcing reception against No. 18 Michigan in 2013, and Todd Blackledge's game-winning drive to upset No. 3 Nebraska in 1982.
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Anthony Colucci is Onward State's managing editor, a preferred walk-on honors student, and a senior majoring in psychology and public relations. Despite being from the make-believe land of Central Jersey, he was never a Rutgers fan. If you ever want to know how good Saquon Barkley's ball security is, ask Anthony what happened when he tried to force a fumble at the Mifflin Streak. If you want to hear the story or are bored and want to share prequel memes, follow @_anthonycolucci on Twitter or email him at [email protected] All other requests and complaints should be directed to Onward State media contact emeritus Steve Connelly.
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Myanmar's mental health crisis needs an inclusive fix
Worryingly high rates of depression have been found in a rare public survey, showing the need to address huge gaps in the provision and public understanding of mental health.
By CHARLIE ARTINGSTOLL | FRONTIER
A recent online survey has found alarmingly high levels of depression in Myanmar, with a quarter of all respondents describing their symptoms as "severe" or "moderately severe", and with higher rates among the young.
The results are perhaps unsurprising, given the twin crises of COVID-19 and the 2021 military coup. The resulting increase in poverty and violence has exacerbated what was already a dire situation for many people. Nevertheless, the survey shows that serious shortfalls in the provision and public understanding of mental health need to be addressed if the country is to heal and thrive beyond the immediate crisis.
Myanmar has only two dedicated mental health hospitals and eight clinically trained psychologists to meet the needs of some 54 million people. Mental health legislation is limited to the 1912 Lunacy Act, written in colonial times and not updated in over 100 years, while social attitudes encourage people to repress their feelings rather than seek help.
The recent survey was conducted by a mental health services provider in Myanmar working on prevention and healing through counselling. It covered 929 participants and covered all states and regions besides Mon State. However, because it was only undertaken in Burmese and the majority of respondents were from urban areas, which have seen less conflict, it likely understates the situation in the country at large.
The survey used the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) method, an internationally accredited depression screening tool that has been translated into over 100 languages and extensively cited since its inception in 2001.
PHQ-9 evaluates the presence over the past two weeks of each of the nine criteria of a depressive episode: depressed mood, anhedonia (reduced ability to experience pleasure), change in weight or appetite, psychomotor agitation or retardation, sleep problems, fatigue or loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness or guilt, having trouble concentrating, and suicidal thoughts or attempts.
The frequency of each is given a score of 0 (not at all), 1 (several days), 2 (more than half the days) and 3 (nearly every day). A score of 0 would therefore mean that the participant experienced none of the nine depressive criteria over the last two weeks, whereas a score of 27 would indicate that they experienced all nine nearly every day. Total scores of 0-4 illustrate minimal depression, 5-9 mild depression, 10-14 moderate depression, 15-19 moderately severe depression and 20-27 severe depression.
The survey results show a mean PHQ score of 10.58 (moderate depression), with one in four people experiencing moderately severe to severe depression (a score of 15-27) and therefore "in need of psychological interventions".
Young people under the age of 25 showed consistently higher levels of depression and had the highest mean PHQ-9 score at 13.04. The mean decreased as age increased, with a score of 4.84 for the group 58 years and above.
Notably there were minimal differences in depression levels based on gender or education level.
While these findings correspond with a situation of obvious hardship, danger and distress for millions of people since the coup, mental health has long been a serious, and largely neglected, problem in Myanmar.
Infrastructure, supplies, human resources and funding devoted to mental health are severely lacking and have been for decades. The treatment gap – the difference between the number of people who need care and those who receive care – in 2012 was 95.8 percent – and that figure ignores those who don't realise they need care.
Demand for services from the public has remained artificially low because mental health is heavily misunderstood and stigmatised, and the need for help is almost always conflated with severe mental illness. A friend of this writer who graduated in psychology from Yangon University was frequently asked why she wanted to work in an ayuu daung (a "crazy person prison", as psychiatric hospitals have traditionally been called in Burmese), as if that were the only role for psychologists in the country. When people admit to mental or emotional problems, they overwhelmingly revert to stoicism, downplaying or disregarding their negative feelings rather than seeking help.
In terms of the supply of mental health professionals, currently there are no graduate-level courses offered in clinical psychology in Myanmar, meaning that the only option is to study abroad. There are only eight Myanmar nationals in the country who qualify as professional mental health counsellors, with masters in counselling or health psychology.
Since 2021, more people have been taking short, often online, courses in mental health, usually of 20-60 hours. However, you wouldn't expect a surgeon to be able to operate after a 30-hour course, and these courses are no real substitute for clinical-psychology and psychotherapy degrees that are often 1,000-1,500 hours, followed by 1,500 hours of supervised work.
Nonetheless, the increased uptake of these courses is a welcome development. Those who take them become more able to deal with minor issues in their communities, but perhaps the biggest benefit is increased public awareness of mental health and the importance of treatment.
A holistic approach for the general public is needed to address both the supply and demand deficiencies, but also and more importantly, we need to introduce mental health and emotional well-being as positive concepts to as many people as possible. Only when people are aware of mental health as a positive concept can they start to improve their own.
One barrier to achieving this is language. Programming only in Burmese is not enough in a country of huge ethnic diversity where more than 100 languages are spoken, and Indigenous minority language speakers make up 34pc of the population. Because expressing one's feelings is a key aspect of mental health, it is best provided in an individual's mother tongue.
According to linguistic database Ethnologue, in 2008, the government estimated that 80pc of the population spoke Burmese, but aside from almost certainly being a politically-motivated overestimation, this figure is deceptive. For a good number of that 80pc, Burmese is a secondary language spoken with various levels of fluency.
Furthermore, for certain ethnic groups, Burmese is the language of the coloniser. Successive governments have waged brutal military campaigns against these groups, but also subjected them to a process called Burmanisation, where education, repressive laws, religious proselytization and economic exploitation are used to wash away ethnic identities. You can't hope to heal people using a language associated with violence and oppression.
Ultimately, the results of the survey should come as little surprise. Nonetheless, studies such as this are not only rare but vital for understanding Myanmar's mental health landscape, and ought to be the cornerstone of any future mental health programming. Only once we normalise discussions and thoughts about mental health can any real progress be made.
Charlie Artingstoll works in mental health in Myanmar. His organisation designed and implemented an awareness raising project, has developed resources in 19 ethnic languages and is developing lesson plans to bring these resources to classrooms across the country.
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Model-Base Estimation of Non-Invasive Ventilation Weaning of Preterm Infants Exposed to Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: A Propensity-Score-Matched Cohort Study
Andrea Gianmaria Tarantino 1 2 ; Luca Vismara 3; Francesca Buffone 1,2,4; Giuliana Bianchi 5; Andrea Bergna 2; Monica Vanoni 1; Claudia Tabbi 1; Ilia Bresesti 5; Massimo Agosti 5
1Division of Paediatric, Manima Non-Profit Organization Social Assistance and Healthcare, 20125 Milan, Italy
2Department of Research, Institute Osteopathy Milan, Istituto Osteopatia Milano (SOMA), 20126 Milan, Italy
3Division of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, 28824 Piancavallo-Verbania, Italy
4 Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health–ECPE, Boston, MA 02115, USA
5 Woman and Child Department, Varese Hospital, Insubria University, Via Ravasi 2, 21100 Varese, Italy
LINK: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/12/2379
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Ventilation weaning is a key intensive care event influencing preterm infants' discharge from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) has been recently introduced in some Italian NICUs. This retrospective cohort study tested if OMT is associated with faster non-invasive ventilation (NIV) weaning. The time to NIV weaning was assessed in very preterm and very low birth weight infants who either received or did not receive OMT. The propensity score model included gender, antenatal steroids, gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW), and Apgar score 5′. Out of 93 infants, 40 were included in the multilevel survival analysis, showing a reduction of time to NIV weaning for GA (HR: 2.58, 95%CI: 3.91 to 1.71, p p = 0.002). Time to independent ventilation (TIV) was modeled with GA and BW as dependent variables and OMT as the factor. A negative linear effect of GA and BW on TIV was shown. OMT exposure studied as the factor of GA had effects on TIV in infants born up to the 32nd gestational week. Preterm infants exposed to OMT were associated with earlier achievement of NIV weaning. This result, together with the demonstrated OMT safety, suggests the conduct of clinical trials in preterm infants younger than 32 weeks of GA.
Very preterm infants often need positive pressure ventilatory support due to the immaturity of their chest wall pulmonary system; the reduced quantity and quality of surfactant; the neurological and thoracoabdominal asynchrony; the weakness of the intercostal muscles; and the relative shape and position of the diaphragm affecting ventilation, causing atelectasis and subsequently the tendency of the lungs to collapse. To prevent respiratory failure, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), preterm infants often require the support of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) [1,2,3,4,5,6,7].
However, even though respiratory support is fundamental during intensive care, recent studies showed that a too-long period—either of invasive ventilation or non-invasive ventilation—is associated with an increased risk of mortality or neurodevelopmental disability, due to the hemodynamic instability and cerebral inflammatory response [8,9]. Therefore, any therapy combined with NIV that can enhance the infants' adaptation and cardiorespiratory function—consequently reducing the time of ventilation—would have a significant impact on morbidity and mortality. Moreover, since the accomplishment of an autonomous and stable cardiorespiratory function is one of the criteria for discharge [10,11], it would also have a positive influence on human costs and expenses of the health system (only for extremely preterm infants is there a mean cost of USD 65,600) [12,13,14,15,16,17].
The osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a non-invasive complementary manual therapy that enhances the functional integrity of the body, improves the physiological function, and supports homeostasis [18,19]; it evaluates and treats the somatic dysfunction (SD), which is defined as "an impaired or altered function of related components of the body framework system: skeletal, arthrodial, and myofascial structures, and their related vascular, lymphatic, and neural elements" [20,21]. Different studies have evaluated its possible contributions in the pediatric field, looking especially at prematurity: for instance, OMT is related to reduced timing to oral feeding, shorter LOS, and improvements in cardiac frequency and oxygen saturation [22,23,24,25,26,27,28]. Moreover, a recent study described the correlation of SD severity assessed with the Variability Model and the vagal tone in preterm infants [29]. In this perspective, the OMT added to the standard therapies may play a fundamental role in the short-term effects during the stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and in the medium- and long-term effects for the prevention of respiratory diseases.
The main aim of this propensity-score-matched retrospective cohort study is to understand if the OMT is associated with faster NIV weaning; as secondary aims, it was assessed if the OMT is also associated with LOS, anthropometric growth, and time to autonomous respiration.
Out of 94 screened infants, 20 infants per group were eligible and were included via the propensity score matching. At baseline, there was homogeneity for the main variables in the two groups, and the propensity score efficacy was tested with the standardized mean difference (SMD). Concerning the diseases, both groups mainly reported RDS, followed by PDA, apneas, and BPD. Instead, the prevalent type of NIV was nasal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHFOV), followed by NCPAP. On average, a TIV difference of 9.85 (−0.93 to 20.62) days was registered between groups combined with a difference of 5.34 (−10.07 to 21.98) days of LOS, which was lower in the exposed group, although non-statistically significant.
osteopathic manipulative treatment; preterm infants; non-invasive ventilation weaning; neonatal intensive care unit
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My hats off to those who are truly remote imaging from a distant site! I have spent probably the last 2 weeks troubleshooting the focuser, the guiding and was having trouble with the usb connection from the mount to the laptop timing out. Lots of things can go wrong! I suppose a lot of these remote areas people use from 2,000 miles away have tech support on site available to do this, but I am happy I am just 50 feet away! Anyway last night I ran the system an entire night unattended for the first time in the new permanent location. We took about 5 hours of luminance, some dark frames, bias frames and dawn flats. Our target this time is NGC7331. This is a bright spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Many believe the structure is similar to our own Milky Way.
This is a 10 minute raw image of NGC 7331. It was actually a better than average night and we captured a lot of excellent data! However you can see the donut shaped light patch surrounding the galaxy. This is artificial and the result of excess ambient light and the way the light bounces around inside of the optical tube with the 2 mirrors there.
And now you can see how nicely this works! By subtracting the flat field image we have eliminated the donut patch and created a pretty uniform image! Unfortunately we have the 3 black spots from the subtraction of the stars. Typically I will go through the flats and throw out the ones with star images in them so this doesn't happen!


As Nix watches his wife struggle with something he doesn't understand, he can't help but feel disconnected to his woman. The Kadence he once knew has drifted into the darkness. In her place is a shadow of the woman she once was, one who is fearful of the impossible . . . failing their daughter.
This Valentine's Day, Nix has one goal-to reclaim the woman who gave him everything.Contains mature themes.


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July 3, 2017 July 3, 2017 crewsproject Writing Gods and Myths
Writing Gods and Myths III: Egypt
Legend has it that it was the Egyptian god Thoth who created writing or, as the Egyptians called it, medu netjer "the words of the gods" (this is what we refer to as hieroglyphics, after the Greek ἱερός "holy" and γλύφω "to carve"). His intention was to give wisdom and a better memory to the Egyptians, but the god Re thought that writing would have the opposite effect, making people rely on written documents for wisdom and memory. However, Thoth still gave writing to a restricted group: the scribes. For this reason, scribes honoured Thoth as their patron.
The god Thoth with writing tools.
Scribes were highly thought of in Egyptian society and they had to pass several years of training until they got enough knowledge and mastered writing. The Houses of Life (per-ankh), normally attached to temples, worked as centres of knowledge and as schools for scribes. In these centres books were copied, all kinds of knowledge were kept in what we would call libraries and people were trained to become scribes, administrators or even healers.
Egyptian wooden figurine of a scribe. © Trustees of the British Museum.
But Thoth was not the only god venerated in the House of Life. So was Seshat, goddess of writing and scribe of the gods. As the goddess of writing she would do all the accounting and record keeping of the gods. She also does measures, is patron of the libraries, librarians and builders and is often depicted as wife or daughter of Thoth, god of wisdom and creator of writing. But most importantly, she would receive a copy of the documents written in the House of Life so that she would keep them eternally in the library of the gods.
Seshat writing. Limestone relief (ca.1919-1875 BC). Brooklyn Museum.
We already saw a goddess of writing in the Mesopotamian tradition. In Egypt too we have a female deity in charge of writing but also of all scribal duties. As we said in the previous post of Writing Gods and Myths, this may suggest that women could also receive a higher education and become literate. In fact, there is evidence that at least in Egypt women could have jobs that required literacy, like physicians or high religious positions. But we also know of members of the royal family who were literate, like Neferu-Ra (daughter of pharaoh Hatshepsut) and queens Nefertiti and Tiye.
Bust of queen Nefertiti. Neues Museum Berlin.
You can find out more about the Egyptian writing and writing deities HERE and on the Ancient History Encyclopedia on Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Thoth and Seshat.
For the next instalment we will be leaving the Mediterranean and heading north – look out for it soon!
~ Natalia Elvira Astoreca (CREWS project PhD student)
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PAUL CHRYSTAL says:
excellent stuff
Wonderful ! Thank you. I have a question. Do you think that Egyptian hieroglyphs are easier to read than the Minoan Linear A and Linear B scripts.? Linear B have ideograms which do help.
crewsproject says:
Good question. For modern readers, I think Linear A and Linear B are easier to follow given that it's relatively straightforward to tell the direction of writing, when sequences are spelled out, which signs are ideograms, etc. I'm not expert in Egyptian, but it strikes me as a writing system that takes some training to approach because those sorts of factors are less clear.
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Thanks for your detailed reply Pippa. Much appreciated.
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Why Use Our Version of the Activity Passport?
For many teachers the governing body is a group of people they rarely have contact with. They probably never think of them at all.
However, every school has a governing body (whatever its actual name) that is responsible for directing policy in the school. The Headteacher agrees all policy with the governors.
Most members of the governing body are keenly interested in education in general and their school in particular. Most will have heard of Activity Passports over the Christmas Holiday and will probably have taken a personal view on whether such things are good or bad. One thing is for sure: governors will want to know what the school policy is on Activity Passports. After all, the Secretary of State for Education has just announced them and provided them free of charge on the DfE website. He did not do this for fun.
Expect "Activity Passports" to be on the agenda of the first governing body meeting of the Spring Term.
For those teachers who are hoping this will go away, it won't. You may not want to have Activity Passports in your school, but they will not just vanish. Someone will be taking a decision on their use quite soon. Make sure your voice is heard.


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De Blasio To March In Parade Honoring Terrorist
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The same guy who just said "Our prayers are with the victims, their families, and the first responders in Manchester" is next going to march with a terrorist.
This is why you can't trust liberals, they are two-faced total hypocrites.
Is De Blasio going to leave his security detail behind?
NY Post: Three cheers for Police Commissioner James O'Neill for standing tall where New York's political leaders have waffled by announcing he won't march in next month's Puerto Rican Day Parade.
The reason: Guest of honor Oscar López Rivera, hailed by organizers as a "national freedom hero," is a "terrorist," the commissioner says. Added O'Neill: "I cannot support a man who is a co-founder of an organization that engaged in over 120 bombings."
Particularly when so many of those attacks by OLR's pro-independence FALN claimed police officers as victims.
That hasn't stopped Mayor de Blasio, who plans on marching, or Gov. Cuomo, who says he's "inclined" to march but is still thinking it over. More
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Much of the literature around storytelling in organisations describes how individuals make sense of events, especially in response to change, and how that then goes on to impact behaviour and an organisation's capacity to change. This is an ongoing, organic process that most people may not be critically aware of.
What Netskills is trying to do is something quite different and there is not much in the literature about this although it is unlikely to be a unique case in practice. Netskills' approach is much more self-conscious than the narrative construction and here-and-now storytelling as identified by Boje (2008) and Gabriel (2000) in particular. Digital storytelling is being used as a vehicle for a more active approach to sensemaking.
Rather than seeing the production of the digital stories as a promotional exercise, they stories can also be viewed at an attempt at sensemaking. But, what sort of sensemaking? As these stories are intended to be outward-facing, portraying a view of Netskills' work to the world they are probably too formal to come under Gabriel's (2000) definition of organisational folklore. They have more in common with the narrative forms that Boje (1998) describes.
Narrative, according to Boje, is an ordering force that tries to draw together meanings in a controlled way. Netskills' digital stories are intended to perform that function, selectively drawing together aspects of its work to give a clearer picture than is possible through the use of the standard short, fact-based news stories that they have traditionally used. Examples of some of the stories produced by Netskills (some from after the research was undertaken) can be found in Appendix 1. It could be argued that they are presented in such a way as to fit Boje's idea of linear narratives as they all have an identifiable form, are self-contained and to some extent have a beginning-middle-end structure.
I would say that they also conform to the idea of a fragmented narrative, being smaller pieces of a jigsaw of artefacts that taken collectively form a larger narrative about the nature of Netskills' people and activities. As I'll discuss, many of the participants saw digital storytelling as a way of establishing a stronger sense of organisational identity. Each individual story, given that they are quite short, would only give a partial view of that but as the collection of stories grows and audience will get a clearer picture of what that identity is.
As Baumeister and Newman (1994) outline, the drivers that lead people to tell stories include a need to be seen as attractive and competent. These organisational stories can be seen as having similar aim.
Likewise, many authors discuss stories can be used as a method for individuals to gain a sense of agency and control during periods of change. To a certain extent I believe that is also going on with Netskills. Stories are a way to demonstrate expertise and value to stakeholders and doing so is an attempt to play an active role in the wider set of changes that are going on.


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We can explore the skills the job market is commonly asking for now as well as other skills to consider (even if not yet realizing it).
Spreadsheets because they are a necessary evil. Live it, learn it and love it once you understand how to make data format and flow properly through the fine art of filtering, sorting, pivot tables, vlookups and using other formulas rather than creating basic, monolithic data entry tables with little purpose and lacking smart automation. Character validation for metadata is also possible here.
Word processing because you can do more than write letters and resumes with it. Explore the awesome world of macros to empower you and text.
Presentation software because you may need to give a few presentations and sometimes even make them for others. If you want your points understood by anyone, think more visual and less bullets. Since presenting is a well-known fear which some considered worse than death, I recommend facing your fear (presentations, not death). Learn from the masters and practice presenting regularly.
Collaborative software tools because it allows people to share information as group, discuss it and make decisions together. You might not be working in proximity with some people now or in the near future (such as people working remotely or even globally), but that does not mean you can not share ideas, discuss topics and decide as a group by referring to other people for their experiences, ideas, insights and perspectives.
Meet with real people (not just friends, co-workers and family). Not just online. Not just at parties or because there are drinks available. When you meet someone new who you want/need to continue the conversation with, connect with them online professionally and follow up on the conversation. This is called networking. Real relationships are a give and take (not just one way). Remove your blinders regularly and meet other people around you who may have different interests and perspectives. You may be surprised what you can continually learn by meeting other people. Relevant communication is key.
You can grow your skills further by learning the full LAMP stack.
Learn to edit so you can do something constructive with what you create. Learn to see how you can improve things by sharing it with others who will give you constructive feedback. Learn what can be done about issues before they are created (and sometimes how to fix them afterward). Improve your skills as you learn to edit various media which you may be managing at some point as DAM professional. You will literally see and hear the results.
Text editing is a very useful skill. Sometimes it is easier to edit someone else's text than your own.
Photo editing is process like any other. You can start with editing and managing your family/friend/sports/pet photography as it grows over time. The key is to learn how to manage your photography for the long term (think years) beyond simply the week the images were captured. This can be the beginning of learning the process of digital asset management using photography assets (which have value to you) along with related metadata (so you can search for them easily) and understanding the efforts involved.
Video editing is another set of skills to learn how to piece multiple types of components together with some continuity in order to tell a story.
Once you have created and edited digital files over time, you will want to search for these. Not just visually search because that does not scale over time. This often requires metadata.
When it comes to managing whether an organization has the licenses and permissions necessary to legally use, reuse and re-purpose any digital asset acquired from external parties, this requires a dive into the field of rights management. While this is often a forgotten liability for many organizations, external vendors are pursuing copyright violations more than ever to recover their lost revenue through image recognition technology among other technologies. Having the skills to understand the rights, communicate the media needs, license media properly for usage and limit liability is a plus for any organization.
Stress does not automagically go away by itself. Learn to deal with stress in a health way. Do not attempt to work all 168 hours per week. The work will still be there if you go home. Avoid procrastination, but take short breaks as needed. Keep in mind that worrying about something does not resolve anything. Do something about it. Focus your energy on either communicating the specific issues with recommended solutions or resolving the issues after weighing the possible solutions.
Learn to manage your time and your tasks wisely by prioritizing. Learn how to prioritize anything. Time management can be applied to all aspects of your work and life, especially if you thrive on accomplishment. Keep in mind that tasks are not successfully completed without the necessary time to accomplish them.
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UPDATED: John Urbahns to succeed Eric Doden as CEO of Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
John Urbahns will be CEO of Greater Fort Wayne Inc. effective Jan. 1. (News-Sentinel.com photo by Kevin Leininger)
Fort Wayne's leading economic development organization will fill its soon-to-be-vacant top job from within.
Greater Fort Wayne Inc. Thursday announced that John Urbahns, its executive vice president of economic development sine 2013, will succeed Eric Doden as CEO. Doden, who has had the job since 2015, announced in May he would step down at the end of the year. Before joining Greater Fort Wayne Inc., Urbahns had worked for the city of Fort Wayne since 1996, the last seven years as director of community development.
"This is not (just) a job for me. It's a passion," Urbahns said. "I want to grow the economy, and teamwork is the key to moving forward. We can get a lot more done together."
Urbahns' experience in both the public and private sectors made him the ideal choice, according to board member and City Councilman John Crawford, who will also be a Republican mayoral candidate next year.
"(Urbahns) is a very good choice," said Crawford, R-at large. "The unique thing is that he has the respect of people in both business and politics, and that's hard to do. He's reliable, honest and a straight shooter, and he'll be independent."
GFW was created in 2013 through the merger of the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance. Under Doden, GFW announced its "Opportunity on the Edge of Greatness" plan in 2016 to promote five projects: Electric Works, riverfront development, redevelopment of the Columbia Street Landing, a new downtown arena and a science and technology park on the so-called "North River" property. The Landing and riverfront are both underway, and Electric Works developers recently secured the $65 million in public funds they say is needed to move the $250 million project forward. The arena idea has been shelved, however, and the "STEAM" park remains just a goal.
A lifelong Hoosier, Urbahns holds a Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental design, both from Ball State University. He also holds an accreditation from the American Institute of Certified Planners and serves on numerous community boards. As GFW Inc.'s CEO, he will lead a staff of 20 and serve more than 1,200 investor companies to retain, expand, and attract jobs to the area.
Since 2014, Urbahns has led an economic development department that has assisted with 132 business expansions and relocations in Allen County, including expansions by General Motors ($1.2 billion investment), Sweetwater Sound ($76 million investment) and Fort Wayne Metals ($51 million investment), and locations by Walmart ($181 million dairy processing facility) and Multimatic ($39 million investment). These 132 deals resulted in a total of more than 7,800 new jobs and about $335 million in new annual payroll.
"I can't think of a better person to lead Greater Fort Wayne Inc. into the future," Chuck Surack, founder and owner of Sweetwater, said in a statement. "John's experience in this region is invaluable, and his focus on partnerships between local and state leaders and other community members will ensure continued success when it comes to economic development."


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Nick Begich III touts fiscal conservatism in U.S. House race
GOP candidate challenges Young's record
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 6:12pm
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Congressional candidate Nick Begich III said he hopes to bring back a fiscal conservatism that's been missing from Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska's nearly five decades in office. In an interview with the Empire Wednesday, Begich said he would bring revitalized energy to Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Begich, 44, who had previously worked for Young's campaign, said when he announced his candidacy his campaign wasn't about Don Young, but about the need for generational change. Still, Begich said, there were some key differences between his and Young's approaches to policy.
"Don Young has rarely seen a spending program that he doesn't like," Begich told the Empire in a phone interview Wednesday. "There's just been no fiscal discipline."
Begich cited the recent $1.3 trillion infrastructure bill, which he said had enormous amounts of wasteful spending that would burden future generations by increasing the national debt. Alaska received benefits from the bill, Begich said, but there was a missed opportunity to make Alaska the leading edge of future energy transition.
"Alaska got less than 1% of the bill," he said. "Alaska got shortchanged in the bill."
Because the infrastructure bill was about building a platform for development, Begich said the state should have received a higher portion due to its size.
"On a per-acre basis we got the least of anyone," Begich said.
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After the bill's passage, Young and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, —one of the bill's key negotiators in the Senate — touted the package's benefits to Alaska. In a statement, Young said the bill "wasn't perfect" but cited its benefits to rural Alaska and the Alaska Marine Highway System among his reasons for an affirmative vote.
Alaska needs new and younger energy, Begich said, commenting that Young doesn't use email or social media —things essential to the 21st century. Similar to Young's previous opponents, Begich cited Young's absence from committee meetings and votes, and questioned whether Young had the energy required for the job.
"Seniority counts only if you show up to do the job," Begich said. "Don Young is saying through his actions that he can't do the job and he's ready for a change."
Begich faulted Alaska's congressional delegation for failing to articulate Alaska's potential for domestic resource production. Alaska should be "on the tip of the tongue" of the international community for resource development, Begich said, instead of nations like Russia and China.
Matt Shuckerow, an adviser to Young's campaign, dismissed Begich's claim the representative was signaling a readiness to exit or that he was less effective as a lawmaker. Young was critical to the passage of the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act allowing large cruise ships to travel to the state despite bans from the Canadian government, Shuckerow said.
"That gets done because Don Young knows the levers to pull and he has the respect of his colleagues," Shuckerow said. "He's running, he's running hard. Don Young has and continues to deliver big."
Young, 88, has been Alaska's representative since 1973, when he took over from Begich's grandfather and namesake who was declared dead after his plane went missing. Young is currently the longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives and in November passed a record set by the former Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, D-Texas, to become the sixth longest-serving representative in the history of that body.
Begich's uncles are both Alaska Democrats. Mark Begich served as Anchorage mayor from 2003-2009 and then as U.S. Senator from 2009-2015. State Sen. Tom Begich, D-Anchorage, is minority leader in the Alaska State Senate.
Begich joins an already crowded field for Young's seat and is one of several Republicans. According to federal and state election filings, Young and Begich are joined in the race by Republican candidates Randy Purham, Gregg Brelsford and Shannon Scott Evans and Libertarian Chris Bye. No Democratic candidates have yet filed.
In 2020, Democrat-backed independent Alyse Galvin tried for the second time to unseat Young but lost by a larger margin than her first attempt.
"We've got to have someone who's relevant to today and who comes to the challenges," Begich said. "I'm excited about being that person for Alaska."
• Contact reporter Peter Segall at psegall@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @SegallJnuEmpire.
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SITLESS was represented by 8 people from the consortium to the 7th Conference of HEPA Europe in Belfast. Queen's University of Belfast was the organiser and host of the conference. Summary and abstracts of the symposium is presented below.
To promote active and healthy ageing, reducing sedentary behaviour (SB) among older adults remains a challenge alongside increasing their levels of physical activity (PA). However, complex behaviour change is required to achieve and maintain benefits gained from specific interventions. SITLESS aims to provide new evidence on how to develop a robust complex intervention combining the effects of a PA intervention with self-management strategies to decrease SB in community-dwelling older adults, and test it using objective and validated measures.
To provide an overview of the SITLESS project, a multicentre clinical trial aimed at reducing SB and increasing PA by enhancing existing exercise referral schemes with self-management strategies.
To present the results of two systematic reviews conducted as a previous step to define the intervention, the feasibility study and the definitive trial.
To discuss methodological challenges of reducing and measuring SB, as well as how to assess the cost effectiveness of this international intervention.
The overall aim of SITLESS is to assess the long-term effects of a complex intervention based on existing exercise referral schemes enhanced by self-management-strategies on SB and PA levels in community-dwelling older adults. Self-management strategies are based on goal setting, self-monitoring, problem-solving, social support and linking with neighborhoods resources, and will enhance a PA intervention that comprises strength training, balance and endurance. The intervention was robustly designed based on the results of two systematic reviews, involving end-users and stakeholders through focus groups and advisory boards. A feasibility study has been conducted with a process evaluation. Lessons learned from the feasibility study and their impact on the definitive trial will be presented.
This review investigated components of interventions focused on reducing SB in older adults and assessed their effectiveness. Six databases were searched. Five relevant studies were identified from 11,568 records. The mode, frequency, intensity and time of delivery were mixed across interventions. Modes of delivery included information booklets (n=3/5); face-to-face consultations (n=3/5); tailored mail-outs (n=2/5); telephone calls (n=1/5); and group exercise training (n=1/5). Behaviour change techniques used across all interventions included goal setting and instruction on how to perform the behaviour. Statistically significant improvements pre- versus post-intervention in one or more SB dimensions were measured in 5/5 studies. The current evidence, although limited, indicates that interventions have the potential to reduce SB in older adults.
Wirth KJ, Klenk J, Brefka S, Faehling K, Roqué M, Tully MA, Rothenbacher D, Denkinger MD, Stubbs B.
We conducted a systematic review to investigate the association between objectively measured SB and various biomarkers in older adults. Two independent authors searched major databases with specific search terms and exclusion criteria. 12,701 abstracts were screened, 275 full text articles retrieved and 26 articles finally included. Most biomarkers were of cardiovascular or metabolic origin. Main markers were: body mass index (n=15), waist circumference (n=15), blood pressure (n=11), triglycerides (n=12) and high density lipoprotein (n=15). Some inflammatory markers were identified such as IL-6, CRP or TNF-a. The few biomarkers studied with SB were related to the cardio-metabolic system including markers of systemic inflammation.
Caserotti P, Oviedo, G, Giné-Garriga M, Tully MA, Denkinger M, Klenk J, Salvà A, Skjødt M.
Accelerometers provide an objective assessment able to capture the whole spectrum of activity/lack of activity and they are therefore suitable for identifying both total volume and daily patterns of SB and PA. Nevertheless, methodological bias resulting in over/under estimation of sedentary time may occur with accelerometers.
The different existing healthcare pathways in the four SITLESS sites is a challenge which may translate into the enrollment of older citizens with various functional profiles and sedentary habits and the risk of misestimating SB with accelerometers.
This session will focus on key challenges and opportunities to assess SB using accelerometry methodology in older adults. Issues like choice of device, anatomic placement, SB definition, pattern evaluation and different level of SB in relation to the specific target groups will be critically addressed.
The focus of this session is to discuss the key methodological issues related to the multi-country economic evaluation of the SITLESS intervention.
Key issues include: (a) cross-country heterogeneity in demographic structure, (b) outcome measurement in the older population, (c) differences in health care systems, (d) unit cost sources and (e) country-specific availability of healthcare services. Full consideration of these issues requires an appropriate methodology for the identification, measurement and valuation of costs and outcomes. Multinational costing needs to account for specific issues, such as currency conversion, purchasing power parity adjustment and methods to value costs. The cost-effectiveness of this complex intervention is also likely to be influenced by cultural differences in relation to valuing exercise and PA.


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RJ Rohini Ramnathan on songs about the Partition from Bollywood
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Bollywood and Partition Songs
I had the good fortune of collaborating with Godrej India Culture Lab for Museum of Memories: Remembering Partition, a three-day event that explored different aspects of the Partition of the Indian subcontinent. My task at the event was to talk about how the Partition has been spoken about through songs in the Hindi Film Industry.
I am a radio presenter with Radio Nasha 91.9 FM - India's first cool retro radio station. As a build up to the event I interviewed Govind Nihalani (Click here to check out the discussion) and Ramesh Sippy who spoke about their work that dealt with the Partition - Tamas and Buniyaad respectively. These interviews gave me great insights into songs depicting Partition in Indian cinema.
If I asked you to name your favourite Partition song, I don't think a single one will come to your mind immediately. Post partition, India focussed on nation building. Bimal Roy, Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt made films on the theme of social regeneration. We're going to look at songs from these movies and a few contemporary ones.
Ramaiyya vasta vaiyya
Shree 420
I love how Raj Kapoor is trying to establish the idea of Indian-ness in Shree 420. Traumatised by Maya, the vampy seductress played by Nadira that represents the West, the hero only finds relief when he goes out to the poor who are singing Ramaiya Vastavaiya (Lord Ram, you will come - translated from Telugu).
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye toh kya hain?
Pyaasa
Although Pyaasa is Guru Dutt's masterpiece, but it is on lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi's poems that the film takes flight. Sahir's words seem to articulate Guru Dutt's own view of the world. You must listen to Rahman's speech in the song to understand how a poem can be translated onto the screen. Guru Dutt wanted a feeling of despair to be echoed in the poet's ill-fated 'memoriam'.
Our next soundtrack is also a Sahir soundtrack - but here, the despair finds itself in the film's narrative, beyond just a song.
Tu Hindu Banega Na Musalman Banega, Insaan Ki Aulaad Hai, Insaan Banega
Dhool Ka Phool
The first film which addresses the Partition directly was released in 1959. Dhool Ka Phool is produced by B. R. Chopra and it was directed by his brother Yash Chopra. This was Yash Chopra's first movie as a director. Steeped in Nehruvian secularism, the story revolves around a Muslim bringing up an 'illegitimate' Hindu child.
Yeh Kish Lahu Hain Kaun Mara
Dharamputra
In Yash Chopra's next film, Dharmputra (1961), Chopra reverses the theme - a Hindu family brings up an illegitimate Muslim child. The raw reconstruction of the Partition riots created riot-like situations at theatres screening the film. The film flopped at the box office. After Dharmputra's debacle, few directors tackled a communal theme in Hindi cinema. Yash Chopra never made a political film again and stuck to love stories instead till many decades later.
Gali Gali Sita Roye
Chhalia
In Manmohan Desai's Chhalia, Shanti (Nutan) is married off to Kewal (Rehman) on the eve of the Partition. But while the two families move away to Delhi from Lahore, she inadvertently is left behind, and is forced to stay with Abdul Rehman (Pran). When she returns to India five years later with her son, she is first welcomed by the husband with open arms but is disowned when the child identifies himself as Anwar, and his father as Abdul Rehman. This idea of purity has been explored many times in Indian cinema, but this was in direct relation to the Partition. In this song, Raj Kapoor makes a plea to Rehman to accept his wife back after the Partition as the women sit in 'unclaimed pits' for their own husbands to come and accept them.
Pinjat Sita dekhe
Pinjar
Pinjar is a 2003 Indian period drama film directed by Chandra Prakash Dwivedi. The movie is about the Hindu-Muslim problems during the Partition of India. The film is based on a Punjabi novel of the same name, written by Amrita Pritam. Urmila Matondkar, Manoj Bajpayee and Sanjay Suri are in the lead roles. Besides critical acclaim, the film also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.
All of the tracks were composed by Uttam Singh, with lyrics by Gulzar. Tracks Charkha Chalati Maa and Waris Shah Nu lyrics by Amrita Pritam.
You might wonder why I left out Gadar - well, because it strangely doesn't have a song that reflects the Partition - except if you look at Ud jaw kale kawe - most songs are either celebrating Punjabiness - or are love songs.
Rut Aa Gayi Re
Based on Bapsi Sidwa's Ice Candy Man, Sidhwa's novel deals with the Partition of India and its aftermath. The songs of the film don't particularly discuss the theme of Partition but it is one of the few good films that have insisted on talking of the aftermath of Partition in India and Pakistan.
A film on the partition that perhaps left the most lasting impact for decades to come was Yash Chopra's Dharamputra. It questioned the Partition and Hindu fundamentalism but was such a box office disaster that it perhaps prevented the oft-superstitious and overly cautious industry from delving into such hard hitting subjects for a long time to come.
The films that did come after that phase were part of the 'parallel' cinema movement like M S Sathyu's Garm Hawa which lacked the musicality of your regular Bollywood films. Further on, even films in the mainstream lacked a soundtrack worth talking about, much less play-able on radio with songs serving as mere movement/mass migration montages (Pinjar) leaving us with very little music specific to partition. There wasn't too much to sing about anyway I guess. One can only hope more cinema and music can help us, as a nation, to deal with perhaps the most defining separation of our own personal, collective history.


What does one write following Easter and the resurrection of Christ? Isn't everything downhill after an exhilarating climb from the grave and the appearance of Christ, first to a few and eventually to more than 500 at once? It might seem so at first, but given just a little thought there is the discovery that there still is so much more. After all, life for the disciples seemed to just begin following the resurrection. "Begin?" did you say? Frankly, their lives (and ours) sometime appear to be more of a roller-coaster ride than a steady climb.
Remember, the disciples heard the promises of Jesus and He managed to birth, within them, an amazing vision of the future. Then came the crucifixion and that vision was destroyed. How could they go on without Jesus to hold it all together? Their deliverer had not only failed to deliver them, but He died in the process. But then there was good news; Jesus was no longer dead. He was raised from the dead and left that tomb just as He had promised. The resurrection brought new hope and helped produce a rebirth of the vision that had been lost. Jesus was still king, just not the type of king they had earlier hoped for. Part of this rebirthing of their vision had it focus in some amazing truths. Among them was "If death could not stop Him and the grave could not hold Him, what possibly could stop them?"
The resurrection was soon followed by the Day of Pentecost and their vision received yet another boost. They received the Holy Spirit and with it new found strength in their spiritual journeys. Surely their futures looked very bright, and they gladly shared the news with others. As strange as all this seems, it is not rare that a positive vision goes through several deaths and rebirths before the vision is actually realized. It was that way for the disciples.
Not long after Pentecost came Saul of Tarsus, the martyrdom of Stephen and the persecution of those called "The Way." The death and persecution spread rapidly, both from the Jews and the Romans, and along with this there could easily have been another death to their vision. But that did not happen. Saul of Tarsus soon became one of them and was then known as the Apostle Paul, so once again their vision had new strength and a renewed hope. Not only had Christ been raised, but so were their hopes.
To be sure, persecution, arrests, ever death continued to be faced on a daily basis, but were these things able to kill their vision? Perhaps we need to turn to the words of Paul to answer that.
So church, where is your vision today. Do you understand the marvelous things God is doing even today, or have the troubles of this world clouded or even killed your vision for tomorrow? Maybe it's rime for a rebirth of your vision. HOW ABOUT IT?