In their Week 3 preseason loss to the New York Giants, quarterback Christian Hackenberg looked like he regressed yet again when given an opportunity to start for the New York Jets. Gang Green fought but ultimately fell to Big Blue to the final tune of 31-32.

Hackenbergthrew for two interceptions and looked confused under center. He was unable to properly read defenses and was roughed up all night long. It must have been quite the shocker since Hackenberg showed promise in Week 1, then got brought back down to reality in Week 2, and now, looks like hes still nowhere near ready to be a starting quarterback.

This shouldnt come as a shock to anyone since even when he was drafted back in 2016, Hackenberg needed to be completely retrained and retooled to be an effective NFL quarterback. He needed a year to at least sit back and learn from the sidelines which the Jets did in his rookie season.

Entering his sophomore season, its clear Hackenberg still needs more time to continue being coached and trained. Luckily, the Jets brought in a veteran quarterback this offseason to help mentor him during times like these.

Veteran quarterback Josh McCown knows he has his work cut out for him as all signs point for him to be the Week 1 regular season starter for the Jets. Considering that Hackenberg is nowhere near ready to start, McCown will undoubtedly go over film with him and again, mentor him through it.

Its not easy when putting up a game like that, let alone having to take a step back and go over things that dont put him in the kind of light he believes he should be in. Courtesy of the Media Relations Department of the Jets, here is what McCown told Hackenberg shortly after the game:

On what he told Christian Hackenberg after tonightObviously, the first half is a bummer. When you go out there and it doesnt go as well as youd like, its tough. But part of playing this position in the league is being able to bounce back from that. Im just really excited about his last drive under those circumstances. To come out after the half goes the way it did, and you come in and you drive down and throw a touchdown, thats huge. Theres always great things to pull out from, so that was the main thing, and hell understand. Well look at the tape and figure out what happened in the first half and were working to get better and were showing the ability to bounce back and thats huge because as both these young guys continue to develop and grow you have to be able to do that. You have to find yourself in a situation where it can go either way, but you look up in the fourth quarter and you know your team needs you and so Im really proud of Hack for taking care of business and driving us down the field.

Ideally, starting McCown wont sit easily with many but with Bryce Pettys injury and Hackenbergs regression, he gives the Jets the best chance to win football games. Not just for being a game manager but again, for his leadership qualities and being there to help the young players around him deal with situations like this. For what its worth, this will absolutely help Hackenberg continue his personal development, which is what he needs for the future.

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PITTSBURGH -- Ryan Shazier will be 25 next month and is viewing the game through a larger prism than as a rookie. He's challenging his own leadership, reading books that were recommended by friends or family. The latest batch of hard covers includes "How to Win Friends and Influence People," "The Mission, The Men and Me: Letters from a Former Delta Force Commander" and a business book, "Good to Great."

That last read seems particularly apt for Shazier, who reminded in Saturday's preseason matchup with the Colts that he's very much a catalyst for a good Pittsburgh Steelers defense trying to be great.

Shazier's leaping interception of Scott Tolzien in zone coverage early in the second quarter was his fifth in his last six games dating back to late last season.

Shazier says his goal is for there to be no weak links among Steelers linebackers in pass coverage. And, yes, Shazier knows he won't maximize his enormous potential until he plays a full 16-game season.

But after a reflective offseason, Shazier's playmaking includes an important subtext.

"You can't ask people to do what you wouldn't do yourself -- I know that's one thing I learned about [in my reading]," he said. "No matter what, you should be there for your guys and try to lift them up even when the situation is not in their favor."

Sure, it's just the preseason, but Shazier's interception came after the Colts scored a touchdown on the opening drive and moved the ball 50 yards downfield on the next one.

Shazier said he wasn't pressing to make a play but is learning that read-and-react coverage is suiting him at crucial times.

"A lot of times when I'm on the field I try to lead by example, like the play today," Shazier said. "Whenever I see something, I just want to talk about it and let guys know everything will run smoothly and everything will be all right. Being a defensive signal-caller, I try to lead when I can."

The Steelers defense making a sizable jump in 2017 requires a handful of first-round picks performing well. And Shazier must gel with new starting inside linebacker Vince Williams, who had eight tackles and 0.5 sacks Saturday.

But so far in a young season, Shazier striving toward "personal development" is equating to splash plays.

"I'm thinking about the locker room and long term," Shazier said.

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Executive Summary

Most of us know there are benefits to getting away from work, that we need time to recharge each day in order to be able to sustain our attention in the office. The hard part is doing it.Even if you do go home at a decent hour, you may find yourself reading one last report or attached to your email. You mightthat even when youre not working, youre always thinking of work. How, then, can you really get away from it? First, focus on what youll do instead of working. Rather than making a negative goal (I shall not work), find a positive one: new activities and commitments that willoccupy your time and mental energy instead. Second, change your environment to support these new behaviors. And lastly, observe what happens when you actually dial back: its very likely it wont be anything bad.

When was the last time you got away from work?

I mean truly got away from it: didnt think about it, didnt worry about it, didnt have a to-do list rattling around in your brain.

Most of us know there are benefits to getting away from work. We know we need time to recharge each day in order to be able to sustain our attention in the office. We know time away from complex problemsallows us to find a fresh perspective. We know if we work too many long days in a rowwell find ourselves doing what I affectionately call fake work sitting at our desks without actually accomplishing anything.

The hard part is that while you may agree with all of these benefits of getting away from your work, you may still have trouble doing it. Even if you do go home at a decent hour in the evening, you may find yourself reading one last report. When you travel for a few days, you may still be attached to your email. When you wake up early in the morning, or lie awake at night, you might find your brain sorting through a long list of work tasks. I have even known people who have had dreams about problems they are facing at work.

When we cant let go of work whilewere out of the office, we dont get to enjoy the benefits of time away. To wean yourself off work and unwanted thoughts of work you can use a combination of new habits and lessons from cognitive behavioral therapy. Heres how.

Focus on what youll do instead. Many people fail to change their behavior because they focus on what they are not going to do rather than on actions they will take instead. Setting the goal not to work (or think about work) when you are away from the office starts with the presumption that you will stop yourself every time you are tempted to do something work-related.

Negative goals like this where you focus on actions you will no longer take tend to fail for two reasons. First, your habit system only learns a new habit when you perform an action, not when you dont. So you cannot create a habit to avoid an action. Second, when you set negative goals, you have to constantly be vigilant about your behavior. Otherwise, you will end up doing the thing you are trying to avoid.

Instead, you need to focus on what you are going to do instead of working. Create a plan for your time away from work whether it is an evening out of the office or time on vacation. You need a specific plan, oryou will return to your habits and re-engage with work when you should be away from it. The plan should focus on the activities you are going to perform instead of working.

For example, you might set up a personal training session for 5:30 PM at a gym near your officea couple of nights a week. Or you might tell your spouse that youll pick up the kids at daycare. Or start volunteering at a local charity on the weekends. You can even do some personal development. Sign up for a class to learn a new language. Take up a musical instrument. Start painting. All of these activities will limit the time you have for work, and replace work with other pursuits.

Sometimes, though, your downtime may still be interrupted by intrusive thoughts about work. In this case, you want to be prepared so that you dont keep ruminating about upcoming work. (Ruminating is a great word, by the way; it comes from the word for cows chewing their cud.)

There are two ways to deal with intrusive thoughts. One is to have a plan to occupy your mind at the ready: Read a novel, do a crossword puzzle, or phone a friend. However, there are times when there is something about work that really is bugging you. In that case, keep a notebook handy. Set a timer for 10 minutes and write down whatever is bothering you. It is often helpful to get the things that are bothering you outside of yourself. This is particularly true when the thoughts you are having about work reflect anxieties rather than simply the tasks you have to perform when you get back.

Change your environment to support your new behavior and discourage the old one.A smoker doesnt try to quit smoking while leaving a large carton of cigarettes in their pantry. Similarly, someone trying to set healthier work-life boundaries doesnt leave their phone and computer on all the time.

Yes, I am suggesting you actually turn your devices off. All the way off! A great way to manage the temptation to work when you are away from the office is to make it hard to do that work. If you have to switch your phone back on to check it, you might think twice before doing it.

You can also use the environment to help you if you often ruminate about work. Set up a space at home that you will never use to work. It could be a room, but it might also be a corner somewhere. Puta chair there (or a mat or a pillow). Use it as a place where you will engage in nonwork activities, like reading or yoga. The more that you associate this spot with things that do not involve work, the easier it will be to use this area to get away from work thoughts.

As part of creating this new, healthier environment, engage other people to help you. Ask your friends and family members to help you stay away from work. Give them permission to remind you to put your phone away (and dont get annoyed with them when they do). Find activities you can do with them that prevent you from working and that distract you from work-related thoughts.

Step away from work and watch disaster notstrike.Even if you do create these plans and an environment conducive to seeing them through, you still need to be willing to disconnect from work for a period of time. That can be anxiety-provoking. After all, you might miss an important email; something could go wrong; important work might be done badly or not done at all.

Thisis where a lesson from cognitive behavioral therapies may help.Studies suggest that a great way to reduce anxiety is to expose yourself to the scary situation, and gradually learn that the situation is not actually threatening.

If your problem is that youre constantly worried about missing an important email, go a night without checking your email and discover that all of the work you need to do is still there in the morning. Then expand the amount of time you leave your email unchecked. Try to get through an entire day of the weekend without checking. Then gasp! an entire weekend. You may find that many people manage to answer their own questions if you dont get back to them right away. On top of that, you will return to work with more energy and better ideas because you took some time off.

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Every new generation of Apple's iOS operating system for iPhone and iPad brings leaps in technology. Version 11 is no different. Set to launch in September 2017, among the new key capabilities that app developers must learn are augmented reality and core machine learning.

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ARKit, according to Apple, is a framework for creating augmented reality experiences for the iPhone and iPad that merges camera sensor data with data from a device's accelerometer, gyroscope and pedometer -- known collectively as Core Motion data.

Core ML, according to Apple, is "a foundational machine learning framework" that runs learning models directly on a mobile device, eliminating the server round trips necessary in the past. Face tracking, face detection, landmarks, text detection, rectangle detection, bar code detection and object tracking will enable developers to build vision-based machine learning into applications.

To understand what app developers need to know about ARKit and Core ML, SearchCloudApplications asked an expert. Mark Price is a veteran mobile app developer, with nearly 60 projects completed. He has taught 16 different courses to more than 130,000 students at Udemy, an online learning academy that offers courses covering an array of topics, from technology to personal development.

Before we get into specifics, is moving from iOS 10 going to cause problems in iOS 11 app development?

Mark Price: The switch from iOS 10 to iOS 11 was very small in regard to breaking features. Even with Swift 3 to Swift 4, nothing really broke. The switch on this version was much better than the last version. The last version introduced APIs that didn't support older devices. It's important to understand what technologies older devices cannot use.

ARKit is brand-new. How does this affect iOS 11 app development?

Price: Apple built this complex framework under the hood that does surface detection. If you have multiple surfaces in your camera view, it does a good job of estimating how far they are off the ground, how far they are from you. Before ARKit, that was incredibly complex. You'd have to get a library -- if it even existed. This is all built in now. You can throw 3D models into your project, and [the app] will maintain its position in space. You had to have code in the past; now, it happens automatically.

What can developers do with this capability?

Price: We don't know what people are going to make with it. With ARKit plus facial recognition, you can literally rebuild Snapchat-style filters in a fraction of the time. Some of my students have used it to place rulers that can measure objects. It opens the door to developers who didn't have these skills to work with these types of complex systems. A Pokemon Go app, for instance, would have been much more complex before. But now, a developer can go in and look at the APIs and build something like that in a fraction of the time.

How can developers use Core ML to provide accessibility for people with, say, a vision disability?

Price: Right out of the gate, using Core ML, you can do image recognition using the built-in libraries. With the prebuilt models that Apple provides, one has thousands of images. In one of our classes, we built an app that will look at an item and use the Siri speech synthesizer to speak the item's name. The app will see a cup and speak the word 'cup.' We built the app in just a few hours.

Facial recognition will be a big component of iOS 11 app development. Do you see that being used in different ways?

If I was looking for a job, I'd totally be mastering the Apple ARKit right now. Mark Priceveteran mobile app developer and teacher

Price: With facial recognition, you could take a picture with your camera and look them up with Facebook APIs to identify them. You can do this now with machine learning and the right technology stack. Apple made it really easy to integrate this.

In the past, you had to pay a lot of money to get models for machine learning and cognitive services, but this is all part of iOS for free now. We could use Core ML to match your own face as a different mode of authentication for your app.

As an expert already building apps in iOS 11, what is your key message to developers?

Price: It's in your best interest to go to the Worldwide Developers Conference 2017 website and learn about all the new features. What you'll be able to do in your job is delight your bosses with new things -- and Apple has added so many. Research all the new APIs to what new things you can incorporate into your apps. I'm not talking about just the technical level, but also at the user experience level.

What advice do have for developers regarding understanding these new technologies in the bigger sense, not just as they pertain to iOS 11 app development?

Price: Invest time learning about machine learning -- not just the framework, but why it is important. You're going to see more jobs that require virtual and augmented reality skills. There's money in it: Become an expert in iOS augmented reality, and it will put you above other people who are applying for jobs. If I was looking for a job, I'd totally be mastering the Apple ARKit right now. We're going to see lots of opportunities there.

Joel Shore is news writer for TechTarget's Business Applications and Architecture Media Group. Write to him atjshore@techtarget.comor follow @JshoreTTon Twitter.

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Girls on the Run

Girls on the Run Greater Boston registration for the fall season is now open inNewburyport for girls from Nock Middle School in grades six through eight. Girls on the Run is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program that inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident. It is a 10-week program that encourages personal development, team building and connection to the community.

This fall, the Newburyport location will be held at Motivate barre-cardio-cycle and will focus on the Girls on the Run Heart & Sole program. The fee for the fall season is $175 and scholarship funding is available to those who qualify. For more information, check out http://motivatebarre.com/heart-and-sole/.

Port Youth Hockey

Newburyport Youth Hockey is accepting player registrations for the upcoming 2017-18 Mite Instructional Hockey program. The goal of the Instructional Program is to teach girls and boys ages 5 to 9 basic hockey skills while creating a fun environment for both the children and their parents. Games and practices take place locally at the Graf Rink from Sept.-Feb. To register online, visit http://www.nyhl.org. For more information, contact Dick Tierney at 978-465-0128 or Rich Curran via email @rcamel18@comcast.net.

Storm tryouts

The New England Storm Jr. Olympic Softball Program, entering its 18th season of club softball, is currently conducting tryouts for the 2017-18 season. The Storm plays in summer weekend softball tournaments in the greater New England area. For details, visit http://www.newenglandstorm.org. Contact the director, John Gambale, at jgambale.nestorm@aol.com with any questions.

Learn to Skate

Merrimack Valley Skating Club is holding its Learn to Skate programs at the Graf Rink in Newburyport. Learn to Skate will take place on Mondays at 5 p.m. throughout the summer.

Classes begin the week of June 26. Visit http://www.grafrink.com for registration forms. Contact Nikki at 978-462-8112 or nikki@grafrink.com.

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2017-18 Greenville County Teacher of the Year Suzanne Billings, fourth-grade teacher at Plain Elementary.

Plain Elementary fourth-grade teacher Suzanne Billings is Greenville Countys Teacher of the Year.

Billings, who has 18 years of teaching experience, will now compete for state Teacher of the Year honors.

First runner-up is Anjosia Ellerbe, business education teacher at Wade Hampton High School. Second runner-up is Erin Rigot, a communications teacher at League Academy. Ashley Jenkins, a 10th grade world history teacher at Woodmont High School, was named third runner-up.

Billings daily mantra is Imagine. Create. Inspire.

Teaching is imagining the purpose of the knowledge, creating an understanding and desire to utilize this information, and then applying and inspiring uses for new learning, she wrote in her Teacher of the Year application. My reward in teaching is observing students who image, create, and inspire for themselves, not just for a teacher or parent.

Billings said seeing her father, a basketball and softball coach, implement mentoring skills in sports and focus on not just improving physical skills but also developing both character and self-confidence led her to become a teacher.

She realized the breadth of his influence when one of her teammates wrote her college essay about Billings father. She said my dad made the most significant impact on her personal development, Billings wrote. I knew I wanted to be like my dad and inspire others to achieve their best and positively impact their personal growth and success.

Billings creates a positive, inclusive classroom community. I ensure each student views him or herself as a speaker, listener, teacher, and supporter, she said. This community team environment instills ownership of learning and allows each students talents and abilities to shine.

Other Greenville County Teacher of the Year finalists were Scott Buhr, physics and earth science, Hillcrest High School; Jeremy Bowen, mathematics, J.L. Mann; David Dejesa, social studies-speech and debate, Riverside High School; Chancey Greco, sixth-grade English Language Arts, Greenville Middle Academy; Lauren Long, eighth-grade English, Hillcrest Middle School; and Thomas McAuliff, third grade, Taylors Elementary School.

In addition to an application and an interview, the 10 finalists were observed in the classroom by the judges.

Katie Inclan, a second-grade teacher at Plain Elementary, was named the elementary-level Emerging Teacher of the Year.

Greenville Middle Academy seventh-grade science teacher Matt Giacalone is secondary-level Emerging Teacher of the Year.

The Emerging Teacher of the Year awards are sponsored by Greenville Federal Credit Union and recognize second- or third-year teachers for outstanding performance. Each receives $500, a crystal award, and $500 for their school.

Issues that will test Greenville County Council in the coming year bubbled to the surface

Greenville County Schools board of trustees held its monthly meeting on Tuesday.

Council discussed a resolution to reject the expenditure of state funds for the U.S. Refugee

Anderson, Pickens and Spartanburg counties stay the same

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NBR Radio has teamed up with Spotify to bring Sunday Business to its podcast platform. You can also listen to the full episode free on SoundCloudhere.

A Stanford University psychology professor, Carol Dweck, is this week'sfeatured guest on NBR Sunday Business with Andrew Patterson.

Her research into what has become known as growth mindset has been something of a revolution in the area of personal development, affecting not only business but also education.

Simply put, individuals who believe their talents can be developed through hard work, good strategies, and input from others have a growth mindset. They tend to achieve more than those who adopt a fixed mindset believing their talents are innate gifts. This is because the former worry less about looking smart and they put more energy into learning.

Professor Dweckdiscusses the impact of her research and the potential to measure the mindset of entire countries in the future.

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England manager Gareth Southgate says he is hopeful Nathaniel Chalobah's "personal development" will benefit from joining Watford.

News of the Hornets' move for the England Under-21 international surprised many given his 13 years at Stamford Bridge, and his growing reputation despite remaining on the fringes of the Blues' squad.

But Southgate was impressed with the 22-year-old's desire to prove himself despite a new contract offer from Antonio Conte, and is hopeful the move will prove fruitful.

Chalobah partnered fellow Watford new-boy Will Hughes during the Under-21s' run to the semi-finals in this year's European Championships, with both already tipped for a senior squad call-up should they enjoy profitable seasons.

Southgate said: "I think that with Nathaniel, its always going to be harder to break into the top six than further down the league because the level of player needed is high and the opportunity to get in the best from around the world is there.

"I think if Nathaniel had stayed at Chelsea this year he might have got more matches and progressed.

"But hes taken the decision to look elsewhere and maybe get a guarantee of more games and, hopefully, for his personal development thatll prove to be the right decision."

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MORE than 50 people came together last week to celebrate the personal achievements made by young people in a Thornbury youth club over the past year.

The Krunch South West summer party, which was held at Turnberries Community Centre, saw the club members come together with their families to enjoy a fun-filled evening, with plenty of games, an inflatable assault course, and barbecue.

Presentations of certificates and other awards were also made to several people in the club, having worked hard towards qualifications and accreditation to show their progress, with some having struggled in the school environment in the past.

I am really proud of these wonderful young people, said Krunch project manager Penny Baker.

We have had a really successful year, with the group taking big steps and accomplishing a lot.

People are often quick to point out the negatives of youth in the town, but they rarely see the positives.

But the work that goes on behind the scenes here is something they do not see.

The party made for a really great evening, and this event was a wonderful way to celebrate those milestones.

Having joined the club for a picture on the inflatables in her full mayoral robes, Cllr Helen Harrison said how delighted she was to present certificates at the party, but that she found it a little nerve-wracking to wait at the bottom of the slide for everyone to join her.

The visit to Krunch was really good, she said. It was lovely to hand out the certificates to young people who have overcome a lot of obstacles and demonstrate some amazing personal development.

It was also a great opportunity to thank Penny and the team at Krunch for the amazing things they do week-in-week-out for the young people at the club.

"They offer a very important service to our community and I am honoured to have been invited to join in with their celebrations.

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