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Motståndskraft mot stress, vad är det och vart kommer det ifrån?
Nature skrev: Confronted with a life-threatening situation, hormones and neurotransmitters prep us for action. Specific stress hormones — cortisol in primates, corticosterone in most rodents — are released, some of which surge across the blood–brain barrier. Stress gets everywhere: all our cells host receptors for the hormone. "Every brain area has something happen to it," says Kaufer. The human brain has two types of receptor for cortisol. One has a six to tenfold higher affinity for the molecule than the other, and so is activated earlier, by smaller amounts of cortisol.
The hippocampus (which is pivotal for memory) and the amygdala (the centre for emotions) contain lots of the high-affinity receptors, and are, therefore, activated by slight rises in the hormone. The frontal lobe, which is involved in executive planning and control, has only the low-affinity receptor, and is activated later, after the tide has risen. And, as Lupien and colleagues found, both memory formation and recall in adults can be influenced by cortisol1.
The existence of two receptor types means that response to stress is not linear. "The relationship between circulating stress hormone and memory is an inverted U-shape function," Lupien explains. "Up to a certain level, stress hormones are good for your memory" — when the cortisol binds only to the high-affinity receptors, the ability to lay down and retrieve memory is enhanced. When the low-affinity receptors are activated, the relationship enters the right-hand side of the U-shape and the response shifts, she adds.
The duration of stress is also important. A transient bout of stress causes a proliferation of neural stem cells and a spike in numbers of new neurons, which take at least two weeks to mature. The brain seems to be preparing itself in case a second stressor comes calling. Chronic stress is not so beneficial. It slashes investment in new neurons, prunes the tree-like shape of existing ones, and suppresses new connections.
If stress hormones remain elevated for months or years, they can stimulate physiological changes: the hippocampus shrinks and the amygdala grows, for example. Eventually, the complex feedback system that suppresses the excess secretion of cortisol is disturbed. Once this happens, the capacity to discriminate between threat levels falls away. Either everything seems threatening (anxiety) or else nothing does (depression or burnout).
Nature skrev: Old ideas that certain individuals have an inherent 'hardiness' or an innate ability to bounce back from severe stress have fallen by the wayside. Instead, resilience and our response to trauma are recognized as being more dynamic, changing throughout life. It's a complicated milieu, but one of the main ways that stress marks the brain is through epigenetics. This does not change genes, but it can change their expression by attaching methyl groups to DNA or associated proteins.
Nature skrev: As with memory, the way that sociability changes with stress is not linear. Kaufer's lab found that rats exposed to moderate stress — in this case, being immobilized in a bag — displayed more positive social behaviour, such as huddling, resource sharing and reduced aggression4. The researchers also saw an increase in the prosocial hormone oxytocin. But if the immobilized rats were exposed to fox odour, the addition of this high-level-stress inducer caused them to lose all pro-social behaviours. Oxytocin plummeted, as did its receptors. "This is really interesting because it can start to explain the social withdrawal that you can see in some psychopathologies like PTSD and depression," Kaufer says.


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Twin Titan Arums to Stink Up Chicago Botanic Garden Any Day Now
By Marielle Bokor on May 26, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )
Alice, seen here was the first corpse flower to fully bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Now we're awaiting twin blooms! Photo by Marielle Shaw
The Chicago Botanic Gardens have many rare and beautiful specimens, from delicate orchids that require careful hand pollination just to bloom to a multitude of beautiful roses and tranquil waters brimming with Lotus and water lilies. They also happen to have quite a few of a rare and malodorous rainforest stinkers known as the amorphophallus titanum, the "corpse flower."
If you've been in the area for the past few years, chances are you know at least a little about this giant. These plants are extremely rare, native only to specific rainforests in places like Java and Sumatra, and because of their great size, take a lot of energy and time to finally flower. 7 to 10 years' time, to be exact. When they finally sprout to full size- which can be a staggering 6 to 8 feet just for the spadix or flower spike and the leaves of the plant can reach 10 to 15 feet. When the blessed event occurs, an unholy odor emanates from these inflorescences, akin to rotting meat garbage on a hot day (or at least that's been my experience these last 3 times). It's something of a floral freak show that happens as rarely as an eclipse, and it draws huge crowds. Corpse flowers, however stinky, are somewhat of a celebrity in the plant world.
The garden's had plenty of experience with handling that kind of attention lately, with the original corpse flower for the garden, Spike, first drawing crowds back in 2015. Spike sadly ended up lacking the energy to fully bloom, but proved incredibly useful to the garden anyway, with its pollen later being used to pollinate the successfully blooming Alice, who then went on to fruit, allowing scientists more chance to study the plant's behavior and providing precious seeds for more botanic institutions to receive, cultivate and study. The garden is home to several of these plants, including Alice, the first one to fully bloom, and Sprout, the most recent stench-creator, which bloomed in April of 2016.
So how do you up the ante when you've already got a rare bloom on display for 2 years running? How about twins?
Yep. This time it's double trouble, as the Botanic Garden announced that two of its specimens were growing rapidly and just about ready to bloom. The "Titan Twins" as they're affectionately being called, have already grown bigger than any past plant, and are raring to put forth their foul odor any day now, including during the already busy holiday weekend. As per usual with events of this nature, if either one of the two, known as Java and Sumatra for their homeland, happen to decide to be a late-bloomer and open up after close, the garden will accommodate, allowing for all who want to see to get in line for a glimpse and a whiff to come see as late as 11 pm on the bloom date.
Also as usual, there's a ton of ways to observe these crazy plants in action, from following the news on twitter using hashtag #CBGTitanTwins to viewing them live on the garden's feed. The Chicago Botanic Garden is located in Glencoe, IL and is accessible via CTA and by car. Entrance is free, with parking available at $25 during normal hours, and a discounted rate of $10 for visitors who arrive after 9 pm on the bloom date (though the line can become incredibly long, so if you get an alert, we recommend acting immediately.)
As routine as it seems, this is still a biological rarity, and this time, it's doubly so. We highly recommend checking out this gnarly duo either before or during its bloom time.
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Amman, Jordan, 24 October 2018.
From 22 to 24 October 2018, UNICRI and the Jordanian Corrections and Rehabilitation Centres Department (CRCD) are holding a Training of Trainers Course for Psychologists and Social Workers on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Violent Extremist Offenders (VEOs) in prison settings.
This capstone course in Amman, organized with the support of Compagnia di San Paolo, aims to provide in-depth knowledge and enhance the capacity of psychologists and social workers to provide treatment to VEO inmates and instruct colleagues on a series of training modules to counter violent extremism and employ effective rehabilitation and reintegration strategies.
The activity follows a series of basic and advanced training courses, which were carried out with select stakeholders in Jordan during 2016 and 2017, and which focused on interviewing techniques for working with VEOs; risk assessment and classification, evaluation of program results, good practices at the national and international level and other related topics.
These capacity building activities are a part of a longstanding cooperation with the Jordanian Authorities to address violent extremism in prison settings. This cooperation has extended to the international sphere, including Jordanian participation in the UNICRI Conference entitled, Bridging the Gaps between Prison and Community based Rehabilitation and Reintegration Programs for Violent Extremist Offenders, held in Turin, Italy, from 14-16 February 2018. Additionally, the Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the UN co-sponsored a Side Event with UNICRI and other partners on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Violent Extremist Offenders, within the framework the High-level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies, convened by the UN Secretary-General in New York on 28-29 June 2018.
As part of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) of the United Nations, UNICRI has been implementing a major international initiative since 2012, to support Member States in designing and establishing rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for VEOs and foreign terrorist fighters.
The initiative is based on the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum (GCTF) Rome Memorandum, which specifically addresses the rehabilitation needs of incarcerated violent extremists. Further information on the initiative can be found here.


to lose weight and get the body you desire. The weight is coming off and you've started seeing results, but you've noticed that as the pounds go, your curves are going along with them. Contrary to popular belief, you can lose weight and KEEP YOUR CURVES naturally without having to resort to surgery. In part three of this series, I'll teach you why preventing stress and getting plenty of sleep is important to reducing belly fat.
Everyone has at least some moments of stress in their life. After all, we're only human. It's how we manage and cope with the stress that makes the biggest difference to our health. When the body feels stress it releases a hormone called cortisol that tends to have negative effects on your eating habits.
Cortisol impacts your appetite and decreases the brain's sensitivity to being full. A big appetite and an insensitivity to fullness is a deadly combo when it comes to controlling your weight. As a result, when people start to feel stress the side effect is overeating without even realizing it! The extra calories from your overeating goes straight to the abdomen where belly fat is stored. In addition to the increased appetite, cortisol also spurs cravings for high carb, sugar and sodium foods – commonly referred to as the pleasure foods. Imagine how hard it is to curve your appetite and eat healthy when your body is constantly craving things like bagels, brownies, or chips.
Think about how much belly fat you have. Does it correlate with the level of stress in your life? We all deal with and manage our stress differently, so find an outlet to reduce your stress and watch the belly fat melt away.
Lack of sleep is another big factor which affects cortisol levels and our hormones. If you are going to sleep late or getting less sleep, your levels of cortisol are higher. High levels of cortisol decrease muscle mass and increases belly fat. Make it a point to try to get 6-8 hours of sleep every night if you want to decrease your chances of gaining belly fat. Your skin, hair, and nails will thank you for it too!
I know sometimes adulthood and parenthood doesn't allow for 8 hours of restful sleep, and I know stress isn't always preventable. However, there are lifestyle changes as well as diet and exercise changes we can make to eliminate our body's instinct to hang onto fat around our belly.


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Violence in health services: an Irish perspective on an international problem
Denis Ryan
PhD RPN RGN
Department of Nursing & Midwifery
Jim Maguire
MSc RPN
Department of Nursing and Health Science
Kevin McKenna
MA RPN
Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Studies
There is certainly growing evidence and international consensus that aggression and violence are real and growing features for those working within health services.(1–3) Aggression and violence are not new phenomena in healthcare environments. Records from as far back as 1889 report on violence and even death among healthcare staff.(4) Despite this, the issue of the exposure of healthcare staff to violence and aggression is one which has not been given adequate attention until relatively recent times. Resistance to acknowledging violence and aggression as problematic features of work settings in healthcare services may be linked with inappropriate concepts of vocation and caring among healthcare professionals.
Understanding aggression and violence directed to healthcare staff
A global view of aggression and violence in healthcare environments is presented in Figure 1. The diagram depicts the multidimensional position of the healthcare practitioner in relation to violence and aggression. He/she is normally cast in the role of healer/helper to those who are in crisis arising from potential or actual violence. This is perhaps the one aspect of the relationship between violence and caring professions that we feel most comfortable with, the caring side of professional life. The other two sides of the triangle are ones that, perhaps, we feel less comfortable with. Historically, healthcare staff have sometimes been perpetrators of violence and aggression. There is ample evidence that systems designed to help individuals through offering places of refuge and asylum sometimes turned into places of violence and oppression. Ireland and many other countries have been rocked in recent years with scandals of institutional abuse that remained hidden for years. This is a topic that needs to be better addressed. Finally, there is the phenomenon of the healthcare professional as a victim of violence and aggression, which will be the subject of this review. Abuse and assaults on staff from service users receives significant attention in professional literature but there is growing evidence that staff-to-patient (vertical)(5) and incidences of staff-to-staff (horizontal) aggression and violence can and do occur.(6)
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The scope of the problem
Of all healthcare staff, it appears that nurses experience the most aggression and violence.(2,7–10) Of those, mental health nurses are consistently reported as being the most at risk.(11,12) It has also been noted that, of the total percentage of violent incidents in one hospital, 31% were directed towards nurses, with only 7% directed towards other members of staff.(13) There is long-established evidence of the dangers assumed to be inherent in mental healthcare. When considered in the context of high-risk occupations, one study reported that psychiatric nurses working in public sector facilities in the USA were assumed to be at greater risk of occupational injury, mainly violence.(14)
There is an assumption that mentally ill people are invariably at greater risk of being violent towards other people.(15) A consequence of this thinking is that violence and aggression are seen as "part of the job" for mental health professionals and that staff within those areas become used to abuse and assault. However, mental health service staff are not the only ones at risk. Findings from international studies indicate that staff in many areas such as accident and emergency departments, renal dialysis units and care of the elderly experience high rates of aggression.(16) Healthcare workers are generally ranked as one of the groups most at risk of assault in the UK.(17)
The close link between mental health or illness and violence is also a factor which is seen to influence both recruitment to and attractiveness of mental health nursing.(18) It is well recognised that work environments characterised by aggression and violence are conducive neither to attracting staff nor to retaining them.(19) There is an increasing urgency to examine and address factors which are related to these issues.
While there has been a conscious movement away from reliance on traditional hospital-based services for mental health problems,(20) the association between the experience of aggression or violence and mental health services has persisted in deinstitutionalised services. In one UK study of mental health nurses, 80% of hospital-based nurses and 50% of community-based nurses reported experiences of violence or threat of violence across their careers.(7) This compares with Sweden, where 85% of respondents in one study reported having been exposed to violence in the course of their careers, with 57% reporting having been victimised in the previous year.(21) Indeed, the incidence or prevalence of aggression and violence has been described as being of epidemic proportions.(22,23)
Employment considerations
There are clear obligations placed on employers to take appropriate measures to ensure the health and safety of all employees where there is a predictable or reasonably foreseeable risk.(24) Clearly, failure to act from a policy perspective may leave employers open to litigation. However, it would be incorrect to suggest that these are the only motivating factors for employers. Employers value their employees and most are presumably interested in developing preventative and management policies to deal with the risk to staff. There are a number of specific factors that need to be considered in relation to the incidence and prevalence of aggression within mental health settings. One interesting summary of some of these factors suggests that the reduction in specialist mental healthcare personnel who have the skills, knowledge and confidence to successfully manage crises or potential crises is an important contributory factor requiring attention.(25) Implicit in this study is a suggestion that consideration to an appropriate skill mix is needed across all care settings.
Contextual factors
While some factors that influence aggression and violence are not unique to mental health settings, there are distinct features within these settings, such as altered cognitions, psychopathology, staff qualities and competencies and environmental cues that need to be considered. In an attempt to capture the complexity of this care setting, some authors(26,27) proposed a model that offers some promise in understanding violence and aggression in mental healthcare. It moves from the conceptualisation of violence as an inevitable symptom or consequence of disorder to a more inclusive understanding.(28) These authors point to the fact that such incidents have complex and differing meanings to the perpetrator and victim.
Definitional issues and reporting
One of the key difficulties persistently identified in the literature has been the precise definition or categorisation of both aggression and violence or what distinguishes them.(10) There is a lack of common understanding among staff as to what constitutes an act of aggression or violence. This may explain consistent under‑reporting and inaccuracies regarding violent and aggressive incidents.(29,30) From a management perspective, underreporting leads to obvious difficulties in terms of making appropriate responses.
The Irish situation
In Ireland, aggression and violence to healthcare staff has been reported as problematic.(17,31) In a study of the experiences of nurses and care assistants in a major general hospital in Dublin, it was found that approximately 50% of both categories of staff experienced physical and verbal assaults and that underreporting was a particular problem.(32)
Contributory factors and categorisations of aggression and violence that present in A&E departments were also identified in an Irish context in another study.(33) The author identified three distinct typologies, namely aggression and violence related to organic causes; psychosocial causes; and environmental factors. In a further study that looked at the experience of aggression and violence in general hospitals it was reported that 15% of respondents had taken time off work at some point because of work-related violence.(34) The same author later identified the extent of the problem of workplace violence in the North Eastern Health Board (NEHB) area.(35) He confirmed a relatively high prevalence of aggression among healthcare personnel, with staff encountering aggression and violence from a range of sources including horizontal aggression and violence, consistent with other national and international studies. This study was extremely important from an Irish perspective as it helped place the issue on the national agenda and identified workplace violence as a problem encountered across a range of employment categories and situations. Additionally, it estimated annual financial costs of up to €304,000 for the former NEHB related to absences directly associated with workplace violence.
There is little doubt that a range of political, social, economic and cultural factors may have influenced the increasing interest in the experience of aggressive and violent incidents among healthcare staff. Despite the increased interest and researcher activity aimed at both understanding and explaining the phenomenon, there appears to be a great diversity of focus and understanding. Much of the literature concentrates on the characteristics of patients that are likely to be violent or aggressive. In that regard, it would appear that the evidence is at the very least inconclusive. While it is undoubtedly important to assess risk and identify individual patient characteristics that are likely to predict violence or aggressive acts, this approach in many ways presumes a sound definitional base of the concepts under consideration. It is not clear that such a presumption may be justifiably made.
It is timely now to concentrate research on:
Defining the many types of aggression and violence experienced by healthcare staff.
Developing, testing and implementing risk assessment instruments that will help predict incidents.
Discovering and addressing factors that inhibit incident reporting to increase reporting accuracy.
Assessing the extent of horizontal violence among staff.
Developing evidence-based, pain-free management methods for violent and aggressive service users. Trans-European organisations such as the European Violence in Psychiatry Research Group (EViPRG) and Horatio (the European Association for Psychiatric Nurses) could do much to standardise definitions and interventions across countries. Health services employers need to develop more of a risk management perspective coupled with a "no blame" culture. Staff need to feel a sense of understanding, empathy and support more than being obliged to avail of structured support systems that may be seen more as a form of organisational protection than genuinely supportive in nature.(35) These issues require collaborative approaches to arrive at shared solutions.
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This was a very good call by the NHL's Department of Player Safety, this is an illegal check to the head. That fact that there wasn't a penalty called on the play is a head scratcher. I didn't think Jesse Winchester would get three game for this bush league hit, but I applaud the decision. Players have got to eventually get the message that cannot make these hits anymore, it's no longer acceptable to do this. There was no reason for Jesse Winchester to hit Chris Kelly in this situation, he's better off to let him go.
NEW YORK -- Florida Panthers forward Jesse Winchester has been suspended for three games, without pay, for elbowing Boston Bruins forward Chris Kelly during NHL Game No. 230 in Boston on Thursday, November 7, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced today.
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and, based on his average annual salary, Winchester will forfeit $9,230.76. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.


A murder mystery in the finest tradition of English detective novels, John le Carré's A Murder of Quality is an ingenious puzzle featuring his best-loved character George Smiley.
Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. Smiley knows that Stella feared her husband would murder her, but as he probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion. In his second George Smiley novel, le Carré moves outside the world of espionage to reveal the secrets at the heart of another particularly English institution. The result is a pitch-perfect murder mystery, with Smiley as master detective.
If you enjoyed A Murder of Quality, you might like le Carré's Call for the Dead, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.


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Q: How can I open a video to a specific point in the video? I have an array of times that correspond to events in a recorded video. These times inflate a list. When a list entry is selected, I want the video to open to the time selected
Right now, the following code only opens the video at the beginning of the video.
                Uri video = Uri.parse(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/recordedMedia/" +eventName+ ".mp4");
                Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
                intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY);
                intent.setDataAndType(video, "video/*");
                startActivity(intent);

Ideally directly at the specified time would be best, although starting at the beginning, then skipping to the specified time, would work too, if it is fairly quick.
I'm working with Android 2.2, API 8

A: Maybe you could use the seekTo() method from the  MediaPlayer object?
I haven't tested this and you'll need to add in exception handling, but you could go for something along these lines:
    MediaPlayer mp = new MediaPlayer();
    mp.setDataSource(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/recordedMedia/" +eventName+ ".mp4");
    mp.prepare();
    mp.seekTo(/*a time*/);

A: I would recommend using the MediaPlayer class in your own code.  The way you've done it will use the default player for the media type or one of the user's choosing.  Even if you could figure out how to make that particular media player start from a certain position, you have no chance of getting it to work with the wide variety of players in use, including some devices where the Android defaults have been replaced with OEM variants.
Create your own activity using a MediaPlayer and use seekTo() to start from your desired position. There are loads of examples on the web.
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Q: Stop Body Rotation in PhysicsJS I'm looking for the best practice approach to stop PhysicsJS bodies from being able to rotate.
I have tried cancelling the body's rotational velocity. Yet this does not seem effective on the step as the body still somehow sneaks in some rotation. Combining this with setting the body's rotation manually seems to work at first:
world.on('step', function(){
    obj.state.angular.pos = 0;
    obj.state.angular.vel = 0;
    world.render();
});

However in the past I have experienced a lot of bugs related to this method. Seemingly to do with the object being allowed to rotate just slightly before the step is called, which causes it to be "rotated" very quickly when its body.state.angular.pos is set back to zero. This results in objects suddenly finding themselves inside the subject, or the subject suddenly finding itself inside walls/other objects. Which as you can imagine is not a desirable situation.
I also feel like setting a body's rotation so forcefully must not be the best approach and yet I can't think of a better way. So I'm wondering if there's some method in PhysicsJS that I haven't discovered yet that basically just states "this object cannot rotate", yet still allows the body to be treated as dynamic in all other ways.
Alternatively what is the "safest" approach to gaining the desired effect, I would be happy even with a generic guide not tailored to physicsJS, just something to give me an idea on what is the general best practice for controlling dynamic body rotations in a simulation.
Thanks in advance for any advice!

A: The key to accomplishing this is to ensure that you put the body to sleep first and then immediately wake it up, afterward setting the angular velocity to zero.
So for example, what I've been doing to prevent bodies that have collided from rotating was:
  world.on('collisions:detected', function(data, e) {
    var bodyA = data.collisions[0].bodyA,
        bodyB = data.collisions[0].bodyB;

    bodyA.sleep(true);
    bodyA.sleep(false);
    bodyA.state.angular.vel = 0;

    bodyB.sleep(true);
    bodyB.sleep(false);
    bodyB.state.angular.vel = 0;
  });

I've also seen this accomplished by increasing the mass of the bodies in question to a ridiculously high number, but this would have possible side effects that you may not desire.


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Loot boxes in games suck, but so does government regulation
Loot boxes are bad; government intervention is worse.
Brendan Lowry
In late April, the Belgian government asked that the developers of Overwatch, FIFA 18, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive remove the loot box systems from their games, or else they would face heavy fines and their titles would be removed from the market. This was because the government concluded loot boxes are a form of gambling, which is illegal in Belgium.
Loot boxes, for those who don't know, are small content packs that can be purchased with real money. Their contents are determined by a random number generator, and depending on the game, can contain anything from powerful weapons and armor to low-tier cosmetic items. With almost every loot box system, players have a very low chance of getting good items.
The previously mentioned event in Belgium has led to a broader discussion about whether or not governments around the world should step in and regulate (or even ban) loot boxes, and if they should be considered gambling. Whether or not you believe they are gambling, though, the government intervening for this issue is both dangerous and unnecessary. Here's why.
Opening the floodgates
Though you wouldn't think so initially, the legal ramifications of loot box regulation can run very deep. Not only will several common game mechanics become subject to scrutiny — the way enemies in paid MMO titles drop items, for example — but there could also potentially be real-world side effects. In most of the U.S., you can't gamble until you're 21. Treating loot boxes as gambling from a legal standpoint makes it possible for people under that age threshold to be denied access to a game. Do we really want that?
These two concerns are just the tip of the iceberg. Whether we like it or not, many of the types of games we've grown to love have systems that are quite similar to loot boxes in structure. Because of this, government regulation is incredibly risky. It would be much better for the gaming industry to self-regulate.
We can force change
Many people tend to forget that we've proven we have the power to make loot boxes disappear already. Star Wars: Battlefront II had an incredibly underwhelming launch last year, and the reason why is because of how much of an uproar there was in regards to its loot boxes. This resulted in the removal of them later on.
This proves that we can make developers change their ways with our wallets and that we have no need for the government to step. We as the consumer should have the choice to buy a game or not, even if it has loot boxes. It's our duty as the audience to examine each title and decide whether or not the systems within are unacceptable. If we decide that a company goes too far with a loot box system, we can simply not buy the game. The best way to convince a businessman to change something is to take away his profit.
Government out, consumers in
While state-mandated regulation would effectively nip loot boxes in the bud, it would also come with several large risks to other parts of the industry. By voting with our wallets, we can send a clear message to developers what is and isn't OK — all while keeping the gaming scene free of government intervention.
What do you think about the discussion surrounding loot boxes? Let me know.
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Some of the dresses will be made-to-order and ready to ship in 7-10 business days, others will be pre-made and ready to ship in 1-2 business days.
My designs so far include princesses, superheros, storybook characters, and nature-inspired. I'll also be adding a holidays collection, starting with Halloween!
In addition to the kids dresses and tutus, I'll be making adult tutus for fun runs, bachelorette parties, costumes, or just for fun!
So what about the Podcast?
Well, because I will be spending most of my time focusing on Looking Glass Tutus, I will be devoting less time to the My Painting Shirt podcast. I will still be posting in the blog and uploading a podcast from time to time, but it will only be when I throw a particularly interesting party and it will no longer be twice a month. Probably a few times a year.
Thank you to everyone who has gone on this journey with me and I hope you continue to stay tuned to upcoming episodes and check out my new tutu dress store!
JPZ~~This is amazing work! Congratulations and Good Luck with all of your work creating your Tutus!!!!!!


OMG!!! What an unexpected treat. Another fantastic, nuanced story from Tracey Garvis Graves.
The Girl He Used To Know' is one of the best books this year. Annika is on the autism spectrum and has been bullied her entire life. She struggles every day with the simplest things that we all take for granted, such as normal human interactions. She warmed my heart with her strength, humor and huge heart.
Annika and Jonathan meet and fall in love in college over their love of chess (yes, chess!) but their love story picks up again ten years later when they meet by chance. Annika is the girl that Jonathan never forgot and Annika still hurts over their breakup. The story alternates between the past and ten years later, and had I paid closer attention to the chapter headings I would have not been so shocked at the conclusion of this book. The story is simply beautiful and unputdownable.
I don't read many love stories that rise to this level, but this book grabbed me from the very first page. Annika's family, her angel of a roommate Janice, and all of the supporting characters were loving, funny and real. They break up but then ten years later, they happen to run into each other in back in Chicago.
They decide to reconnect. They agree to meet up for coffee and try out a new friendship and maybe even a relationship. To Jonathan, Annika was the girl who got away. For Annika, no one will ever understand her the way that Jonathan does. The story alternates back and forth between college and present time (2001). We get to experience their history unfolding as Annika slowly becomes able to face her past. Sadly for Annika and Jonathan, another horrific tragedy just might keep then apart forever.
This is ultimately a triumphant love story with two well-written characters that stole my heart. I wanted to scream at both of them, "YOU BELONG TOGETHER! THERE IS NO ON ELSE FOR YOU!" Pay close attention to the story flashing back to the college meeting and then back to them meeting again 10 years later, and you might figure out what is going to happen. I was totally surprised! Written in a clean and spare prose, this is one of the greatest love stories I've read in a long time.
There are two other relationships central to this book: Janice, Annika's roommate, best friend and social behaviors instructor, and Tina, Annika's therapist, who helps her find her way in the adult world of dating, working and meeting friends.
This is a unique book written with tremendous empathy. For romance lovers, 'The Girl He Used to Know' explores the sweetness of first love, heartbreak, redemption and unconditional love. Annika and Jonathan's romance and friendship should be experienced by everyone! I fell so in love with them during this book, and did not want it to end. Bravo to the author for creating such a compelling and beautiful love story.
OMG!!! What an unexpected treat. Another beautifully nuanced story from Tracey Garvis Graves. The Girl He Used To Know' is one of the best books this year. Annika is on the autism spectrum and has been bullied her entire life. She struggles every day with the simplest things that we all take for granted, such as normal human interactions. She warmed my heart with her strength, humor and huge heart.
Annika and Jonathan meet and fall in love in college over their love of chess (yes, chess!) but their love story picks up again ten years later when they meet by chance. Annika is the girl that Jonathan never forgot and Annika still hurts over their breakup. The story alternates between the past and ten years later, and had I paid attention to the chapter headings I would have not been so shocked at the conclusion of this book! The story is simply beautiful and unputdownable.
I don't read many love stories that rise to this level, but this book grabbed me from the very first page. Annika's family, her angel of a roommate Janice, and all of the supporting characters were loving, funny and real.Annika never had a boyfriend before Jonathan. He makes her feel safe in social situations and falls in love with her and all her quirky habits. Annika is painfully shy but Jonathan brings out the very best in her. He sees what a selfless and loving person she is, and learns to deal with her quirky behavior.They fall deeply in love and make plans to move to New York together after college. A terrible tragedy strikes which tears them apart. Jonathan reluctalntly moves to New York, expecting Annika to follow. Annika tells him it's over and moves on with her life. Jonathan marries. But then ten years later, the happen to run into each other in back in Chicago.
They decide to reconnect. They agree to meet up for coffee and try out a new friendship and maybe even a relationship. They intend to take things slowly and try for a second chance. To Jonathan, Annika was the girl who got away. For Annika, no one will ever understand her the way that Jonathan does. The novel weaves back and forth between their college years, and present time (2001). We get to experience their history unfolding as Annika slowly becomes mentally and emotionally available to face her past. Sadly for Annika and Jonathan, another tragedy just night keep then apart forever.
This is ultimately a triumphant love story with two well-written characters that stole my heart. I wanted to scream at both of them, "YOU BELONG TOGETHER! THERE IS NO ON ELSE FOR YOU!" Pay close attention to the story flashing back to the college meeting and then back to them meeting 10 years later, and you might figure out what is going to happen. I was totally shocked!
Written in clean and spare prose, this is one of the greatest love stories I've read in a long time. Annika is kind-hearted, lost and anxious. But she has a lot of love to give. Jonathan early on just "gets" her and has infinite patience for her many odd behaviors. The story is both poignant and profound.There are two other relationships central to this book: Janice, Annika's roommate, best friend and social behaviors instructor, and Tina, Annika's therapist, who is helping her navigate the adult world of dating, working and meeting friends. This book certainly offers some hope and practical advise to those who might be struggling with living on the spectrum.
This is a truly unique book written with tremendous empathy. For romance lovers, 'The Girl He Used to Know' explores the sweetness of first love, heartbreak, redemption and unconditional love. Annika and Jonathan's romance and friendship should be experienced by everyone. I fell so in love with them during this book, and did not want it to end! Bravo to the author for creating such a compelling and beautiful love story.


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Il monte Consolino (701 m s.l.m.) è un rilievo della Calabria sud-occidentale, appartenente alla catena delle Serre, che si innalza nella vallata dello Stilaro.
Ai suoi piedi si trova il comune di Stilo (nel quale ricade la cima), a valle tra il Consolino e il monte Stella c'è il comune di Pazzano, e infine il comune di Bivongi vicino alla fiumara Stilaro.

Etimologia

Nome di origine incerta, viene però menzionato già nel XIX secolo nell'Itinerario delle Due Sicilie di Gabriele Quattromani del 1827 col nome di "Monte Tramontana", nome ormai rimasto alla parete settentrionale del Consolino che insiste sul territorio comunale di Pazzano e Bivongi.

Descrizione

Confina a settentrione e a est con la fiumara Stilaro, a nord si trovano una serie di terrazzamenti in uno dei quali giace il comune di Pazzano a ridosso anche del monte Stella. Scendendo ulteriormente i terrazzamenti arrivano dopo aver incontrato il comune di Bivongi allo Stilaro. A sud-ovest la montagna degrada più dolcemente e si incontra il comune di Stilo.

Geologia
Nell'Analisi del dissesto in Calabria svolta dall'Autorità di bacino regionale della Calabria del novembre 2007 viene descritto geologicamente il complesso come rocce carbonatiche in contatto tettonico con rocce metamorfiche di basso grado e la descrizione di un fenomeno di tipo "Laterali spread" con associate frane relativamente superficiali  (croli e scorrimenti).

Estrazione mineraria

Il 5 luglio 1920 nasce a Genova la Società Anonima Miniere di Pazzano con a.d. Adolfo Senigallia e Giulio Fiorello e vennero riaperte a Pazzano numerose miniere per l'estrazione di pirite e argento, tra cui la miniera Regina, Noceto e Scolo sul monte Consolino.

Monumenti e luoghi di interesse

Castello normanno e Kastrum bizantino

Sulla vetta si trova l'antico castello normanno fatto costruire da Ruggero II.
Più in basso, su un piccolo pianoro sono presenti i resti dell'antico insediamento fortificato di Stilo che resistette per 6 anni all'invasione araba, il cosiddetto Kastrum bizantino del IX secolo. Il castello e il Kastrum sono raggiungibili da Stilo da due sentieri. Dal 2009 fino al 2016 ha avuto un intervento di restauro.

Laure monastiche
Sul monte Consolino sono presenti 16 laure monastiche bizantine con alcuni affreschi.
La più importante è la grotta di Sant'Angelo. In essa si trova l'affresco rappresentante secondo l'Orsi il Redentore con i santi Cosma e Damiano e per altri studiosi san Pietro e san Paolo abbracciati sotto la benedizione del Cristo.

La laura dei beati Ambrogio e Nicola, maestri di san Giovanni Theristis, recentemente riconsacrata, e la laura della Divina Pastorella o di santa Maria di Tramontana già menzionata nel 1115, e per un periodo chiesa Rupestre.
Le lauree del centro della città, scavate nell'arenaria, al cui interno è tracciata una croce con la scritta in greco: O Aghios Georgeios.
La grande laura: situata nel versante stilese, un sistema di grotte con alcune strutture murarie da studiare.

Attività sportive
Da Stilo si possono intraprendere due brevi percorsi escursionistici che conducono entrambi al castello normanno sulla vetta del monte, uno più ripido, nel quale si svolge anche la Via Crucis, ben segnalato, e un altro con pendenze più dolci percorribile anche da fuoristrada fino a un certo punto.

Nel 2006 in concomitanza con il Calabria Rock 2006 esperti di arrampicata su roccia hanno tracciato vari itinerari e due vie per la scalata del monte.
Il monte è stato suddiviso in 6 settori: Grotta, Pilastrino, Gaia, Torre Staccata, Calabria Esaudita e Città del Sole.

La roccia del monte è calcarea di ottima qualità, l'esposizione delle 48 vie individuate è a Sud-Est, a giugno tutte le pareti vanno completamente in ombra verso le 15:00, la temperatura è piacevole e si riesce ad arrampicare senza la presenza costante del sole. Il settore Gaia è in ombra tutto il giorno.
La difficoltà è: 4a / 7b.

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Voci correlate

 Castello di Stilo
 Grotta di Sant'Angelo
 Vallata dello Stilaro
 Stilo (Italia)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Vallata dello Stilaro
Consolino

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According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are nearly 385,000 sharps-related injuries that occur annually in the US healthcare industry, which is an average of 1,000 per day. A sharps injury is penetrating stab wound from a needle, scalpel, or another sharp object that may result in exposure to blood or body fluids.
More than 20 bloodborne pathogens have been reportedly transmitted from these types of injuries. Some may lead to severe and fatal infections such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In fact, about 2 percent of needlestick injuries are likely to be contaminated with (HIV).
Most sharps-related injuries involve nurses, physicians, laboratory staff, and other healthcare workers. They are typically a result of fatigue, using improper procedures, dangerous equipment, limited staff experience, and stressful work conditions in a fast-paced environment. Injuries can occur when employees dispose of needles, collect materials used in medical procedures, draw blood, or handle trash or dirty linens.
The projected medical and work productivity costs from sharps-related injuries are estimated to be $188.5 million per year in the US. With direct costs ranging from $500 to $5,000 per injury depending on the treatment provided. It's hard to project the actual total costs because nearly 50% of all injuries go unreported. However, sharps injuries clearly have a significant economic impact on the healthcare industry. According to the American Hospital Association, one case of severe infection by bloodborne pathogens can add up to $1 million or more in expenditures for testing, follow-up, lost time and disability payments. The costs that are harder to quantify include stress from injury, emotional cost from fear and anxiety of contracting a communicable disease or infection, lost time from work, expenses from laboratory testing, medical treatment, and the cost of any litigation.
There are standardized guidelines following a sharps injury that healthcare workers should use for post-exposure prevention, including antiviral medications for individuals exposed to HIV and hepatitis B or C virus. Below is a list of steps recommended by the CDC that should be followed after a sharps injury.
Immediately seek medical treatment at the nearest ER or treatment facility.
What can employers and employees do to prevent injury in the workplace?
Implement the use of engineering controls to reduce needlestick injuries.
Avoid the use of needles when there are other safe alternatives.
Implement use of devices with safety features.
Set priorities and strategies for needlestick injury prevention by examining local and national information about risk factors.
Ensure proper training of employees on the safe use and disposal of needles.
Modify work practices that have an increased risk of a needlestick injury.
Promote safety awareness in the work environment.
Establish procedures for and encourage the reporting of all needlestick and other sharps-related injuries.
Evaluate the effectiveness of prevention efforts and provide feedback on performance.
Before beginning any procedure using needles, plan for safe handling and proper disposal.
Help your employer select and evaluate devices with safety features.
Use devices with safety features.
Report all needlestick and other sharps-related injuries.
Dispose of used needles in appropriate sharps disposal containers.
Inform your employer of hazards from needles that you observe at work.
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Austin, Texas, Mayor Steve Adler delivers remarks on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the LBJ Presidential Library.
Texas governor threatens state intervention to solving Austin's homelessness issue
Written by Jason Axelrod
If the Austin, Texas, government cannot adequately address its rampant homelessness issue before Nov. 1, Texas Governor Greg Abbott will marshal state resources to address it.
Abbott sent Austin Mayor Steve Adler a letter on Oct. 2, outlining the ultimatum. Abbott cited the accumulation of used needles and feces, growing encampments beside roads threatening traffic flow and businesses being violently threatened in trying to keep people from sleeping on sidewalks as reasons for the demand, calling them, "health and safety concerns."
"You—as the Mayor of Austin—and your colleagues are charged with maintaining 'the welfare, health, morals, comfort, safety, and convenience' of your residents. That charge demands a robust response to the mounting homelessness crisis in Austin," Abbott wrote, quoting the Austin City Charter.
In the letter, Abbott explains how six state agencies — the Health and Human Services Commission, the Department of State Health Services, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Transportation and the Office of the Attorney General — could act to protect against the public's health and safety.
Abbott demanded that Adler "demonstrate consequential improvement in the Austin homelessness crisis and the danger it poses to the health and safety of the public," and that "meaningful reforms" be implemented by Nov. 1. Otherwise, he promised to direct "every applicable state agency to act" in addressing the issue.
Two days earlier, U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) sent a letter to Adler, criticizing the mayor's July policy allowing homeless people to sleep and camp in public places, according to Roy's official website. Roy posited that the city should be working with the community to provide resources to homeless people, while trying to find them permanent housing and work, and he offered to work with the city council on such measures.
Adler responded by claiming that the city has been trying to tackle homelessness with that approach, according to NBC affiliate KXAN.
"We expect our law enforcement to continue to enforce the laws we have in this state, but if someone's not creating a public safety risk or a public health hazard, we shouldn't be trying to put them in jail," Adler said, per KXAN. "What we should be doing is trying to put them in a home. That's how we solve this challenge. That's how we end homelessness."
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Do what San Francisco does, charter buses and ship them back to SF. NIGP exhibitors and attendees at the Annual Forum in Austin this past August were aghast at the enormous volume of homeless in downtown Austin. It was what everyone was talking about with regard to the host city. The extreme heat didn't help and the panhandlers were especially aggressive, hot and cranky. I won't ever go back to downtown Austin if it were up to me.
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The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Damnoen Saduak and Ubon Ratchathani is 561 km= 349 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Damnoen Saduak to Ubon Ratchathani, It takes 0.62 hours to arrive.
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"In Virtually every spiritual tradition, suffering is understood as the doorway to awakening" (Goleman, 2008, p. 94).
When does suffering begin? Suffering really started at the beginning of life. Our first breath into this world, we were bombarded with new senses. The moment we left our mother's womb, we were confronted with a strange new world. We were no longer cloaked in the warmth of our mother's amniotic sac. The comforting darkness we were so used to was replaced by a strong white light and fuzzy shapes. Our ears could hear new loud noises that they never heard before. I don't remember leaving my mother's womb, but if I did, it would most likely be remembered as a traumatic experience. In infancy, our suffering is based on changes that our bodies are going through to adjust to the conditions of this world. As we grow, there are traumatic experiences that happen to each of us, some more severe than others. I was only two years old, but I still remember a traumatic experience of ants crawling all over my legs and feet. To this day, when I see an ant hill, I walk way around it to avoid being bitten. As we grow further, our suffering may still be external elements attacking us, however, it is the internal processing of these traumas that effect how we continue to grow and change for the rest of our lives. If we cannot accept our suffering as a pathway to peace, we will miss out on the joys that life has to offer. When suffering his internalized, we do damage to ourselves that can take years and years to heal. Those who live with this unresolved grief of suffering adapt to the condition, but something inside of us is slowly dying. The very sad part about this way of living is that it creeps up on us. We don't know why we are sad, lonely, angry, or bitter anymore. Our suffering becomes the gatekeeper of our hearts. No one can break through because our past sufferings will not allow it. I was someone who buried my suffering for many years. Though the world was beautiful around me, I was incapable of noticing it. The earth was a beautiful sadness to me. Almost everything was beautiful, but somehow I barred myself from embracing that beauty. My suffering kept me a prisoner. Then one day, something miraculous happened. I was jolted to an awakened state. My spiritual awakening was so powerful, that it almost seems fantastical. A force mightier than myself pulled me out of the deep waters of my suffering and breathed new life into me. I finally loved myself and had enough compassion to leave a situation that was killing my spirit. Though there were so many people that prayed deep heart-felt prayers for my situation over my many years of suffering, I came to life again only when I felt that compassion for myself. . As Dr. Dossey says in Measuring the Immeasureable, I suddenly realized that ". . . everything was going to be alright. It was; the pain vanished, along with the anxiety and sense of isolation" (Goleman, 2008, p. 48). I realized that somewhere along the way, that strong courageous person I used to be had been replaced by a trembling, scared little girl who was powerless to make any moves, afraid that the landmines I was living in would destroy me. My spiritual journey has led me to believe that suffering is part of God's plan; if there was no suffering, there would be no growth, and without growth, a person's full potential is never realized. I believe that God wants us to love ourselves just as He loves us.
My journey of suffering came from a situation that I never thought it would. I married a man I thought I really knew. He met all of the standards I held so dear. But most of all, he was my best friend. We could talk about anything and everything. He matched me vigor for life and had dreams of his own that I couldn't wait to see come to pass. When we got married, I knew he was the one I would spend the rest of my life with. Even now, I think of his face as I came down the aisle. He looked at me like I was the most beautiful thing he ever saw. It's hard to remember those good times even now, because they were followed by the worst times of my life. As the years passed, I started to realize that my husband was not the man I thought he was. He did things throughout our marriage that still make me cringe. The love he had for me quickly faded and was replaced by coldness, sarcasm and eventually disgust. My heart broke a little more every day I stayed with him. It was evident early on that he regretted marrying me. He would often say that he had "made his bed." I was nothing to him; nothing more than a woman he was burdened to live the rest of his life with. I knew he would never leave me, but he did whatever he could to make me leave. I truly believe that all of his cheating and troubles with the law were attempts at forcing me to leave without him having to make that decision. I felt that I loved him so much, that I could not imagine myself without him. I look back now and cannot believe that I was living such a pitiful existence.
The beginning of the end of that suffering was when I decided to go back to school. For the rest of my life, I will encourage people I know to educate themselves. My path to school really saved my life. A dear friend of mine knew how hopeless I felt and encouraged me to go back to school and do something for myself. We are no longer friends because of something that happened between us, but I will forever be grateful to her for that encouragement because it literally changed my life. In my first semester at Prescott College I began to feel an awakening. What I learned, I valued as priceless gems. I hoarded that learning in the cavern of my heart. I would take it out and look at it sometimes, but I was still so afraid that it would be somehow taken away from me. As time went on, I wanted to share the wealth I had gained from learning. I began passing out knowledge to family and friends. Learning gave me a joy that I had missed for so long. As I write this, I am reminded of Frank McCourt's memoir, Angela's Ashes. His greatest joy as a child came when he was in the infirmary in Ireland as a boy. During that time, he was given Shakespeare to read. He said that reading those lines was like, holding jewels in his mouth (McCourt, 1996). Going to school re-taught me how to think on my own and reminded me that I was a valuable and intelligent person.
I remember the exact day I was awakened to my new life. My husband had not been talking to me for more than a month, the longest he had not spoken to me. His silence was something I was used to, but this one had lasted for more than I was capable of handling. We lived in a very secluded place. Every day as time passed became like a tally mark of suffering. I would plead with him to talk to me, but he would always walk away. I became more and more depressed every day. I would hold it together during the day for my children, but night time was the worst. After everyone went to bed, I was always left alone with my thoughts. They were like demons whispering in my ears. I would sit outside under the stars and gaze up at them, not seeing the beauty, but wishing the darkness would consume me. I wanted it all to end. There was an actual moment that I thought about ending my life, but my children prevented me from doing it. I knew that if I left this world, my suffering would turn into their suffering and the pain would never end. On one of these nights, I couldn't sleep and I left to take our clothes to the laundromat. I took one of my class readings with me, Awareness, by Anthony De Mello. While reading his book, his words hit me square between the eyes. He talked about how so many of us live our lives asleep. He introduced the idea of being aware in all aspects of our being. He talked about suffering being a state of mind. He talked about letting those feelings wash over you and leave. He talked about showing compassion to yourself, and he talked about living a full life. All of a sudden, the unrequited love I was feeling for my husband was of no matter. It was the love for my soul that I found. My heart opened to myself that night. I felt so much love and understanding for my brokenness that I cried the whole ride home. I was awakened to the fact that I had replaced that love for self for the love of another who treated me worse than a dog. This realization hit me so hard and fast that I made a definite decision to leave that unhappy house with my daughters and go find my peace.
My spiritual awakening was one of survival. I could not have survived the life I was living. Such cruelty burns your heart and squelches the soul. However painful it was, my suffering was a key process of my awakening. In Dr. Pert's section of the text entitled, The Science of Emotions and Consciousness, she makes this even clearer. "When this anguish is fully processed, constant bliss is a possibility" (Goleman, 2008, p. 29). It is through suffering that we make peace with this life and learn to appreciate the simplest beauties. Just as a baby changes into a toddler then into a child and further into an adult, the changes we endure make us who we are. My suffering allowed me to be grateful for everything I have now. I live every day seeking out life's joys. That is the beauty of living in such an awakened state. You notice beauty in places that you never realized could be beautiful. You accept the harshness that life brings as a pathway to peace and understanding. You begin to see life as a whole; interconnected with other lives. You begin to help others in ways that you can only do if you yourself are whole inside. I have accepted my suffering as something that was essential to my growth. I don't think I would be as joyful and beautiful today if I had not gone through suffering. My spiritual journey has led me to believe that God had never forsaken me. He knew my suffering would bring about a beautiful work in me. This is the person He always wanted me to be; someone who loves Him, loves others and loves myself. As He told Jeremiah in the Bible, "I know the plans I have for you. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future" (The Holy Bible, 1989, Jeremiah 29:11). What I know now is that God has a design for our lives. This plan always includes loving yourself just as He does. Though we may lose our way from this path, his eternal love will find us and remind us of who we are.
Goleman, D. (2008). Measuring the immeasurable: The scientific case for spirituality. Boulder, Colorado.
McCourt, F. (1996). Angela's ashes: A memoir. New York: Scribner.
Oxford University Press. (1989). The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books : New Revised Standard Version. New York: Oxford University Press.


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West Island Model Railroad Club On The Right Track; Dedicated Locals Painstakingly Recreate Real-Life Railroad Lines In Miniature
August 15, 2018 By Christopher Boyle
by Christopher Boyle,
LONG ISLAND, NY – It's not uncommon for adults to develop a yearning to relive the simple pleasures and pastimes of their youth; but while some take up spending a few bucks here and there to recapture some base nostalgia in the form of a shirt or action figure, there's a group of gentlemen in Hicksville who take it to a whole different level.
In existence since 1947, the West Island Model Railroad Club has given train enthusiasts a place to congregate and indulge their hobby on a grand scale; according to Vic Grappone, Hicksville resident and Club President, he's personally been interested in model trains since…well, forever.
"I'm 57 years old now, and I've been into trains for probably 56 of them," he said. "It started with a Lionel train set that my father bought me, and that got me hooked very early…which is probably the case with a lot of the guys here."
"We ask ourselves that question a lot…why do we like trains?" Grappone continued. "It's just kind of a gut feeling…I like it because I'm an engineer by trade, so I like things that are logical but powerful. But there's also a certain sense of history…the history of the railroads, how they were built."
The Club's model railroad is named the Allegheny & Western, and is over 650 feet in length. Photo Credit: Chris Boyle.
The club, boasting 53 members, currently rents a 5,600 square foot space where they are currently constructing their masterpiece; the club's model railroad, named the Allegheny & Western, recreates actual rail lines ranging from Harrisburg, PA in the west to New York harbor in the east, and as far north as the coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. The club members have constructed a fully-computerized, double track mainline over 650 feet in length (almost eleven scale miles) spread throughout the vast space available to them.
The timeline depicted is the 1950's; this was an era where trains were changing over from steam to diesel, enabling the club to utilize both in their display, along with various scenic depictions of the real-life areas that the railroad line is based on. Houses, bridges, forests, buildings, factories, rivers, cars, train yards, people…the level of detail is astounding, and made to be as accurate as possible based on extensive research, Grappone said, although occasionally some liberties are taken in the name of aesthetics and workability.
"Realistically, it'll probably be at least ten years before we finish the stuff that we really want to finish," he said. "But the point of this hobby isn't to finish anything…the fun is in the process. We're basically overgrown kids here reliving our childhood."
Each member of the West Island Model Railroad Club brings unique skills in the creation of the epic Allegheny & Western railroad; together, their individual efforts successfully contribute very much to the whole, according to Grappone.
The timeline depicted is the 1950's, and features various scenic depictions of the real-life areas that the model railroad line is based on. Photo Credit: Chris Boyle.
East Meadow resident Ken DeNigris, the Superintendent of the club, was an active member for years before taking a hiatus in the 1970's; upon retiring in 2002, he decided that it was finally time to re-join.
"My responsibilities are maintaining the railroad in operating condition, repair any problems, and supervise any new installation or building," he said. "I really love the building…I enjoy putting things together. I like the woodworking, the track work, the wiring…everything but the scenery. I don't have much artistic talent."
Rich Valente of Sea Cliff has been a member of the club for 23 years, and possesses a variety of skills that the others members have come to rely upon a great deal.
"I put together all of the signal bridges, and I do a lot of the lighting in the buildings and the automobiles, and the installation of the decoders in the engines of the trains…things like that," he said. "This gives us a purpose, which is nice, as most of us are 'empty nesters' or retirees, and it gives us some camaraderie and a place to socialize."
Ron Weismann makes the weekly trek all the way from his two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, where previously the only space available to him to work on trains was the kitchen table; upon joining the Railroad Club, he found the sheer space now available for his hobby to be mind-boggling.
"This is like heaven to me," he said. "I do a lot of the drops, which are the electrical connections to the tracks that enable the trains to run, in addition to working on some of the scenery…we're fortunate that, as a club. We have a lot of guys, and each guy brings something important to the table."
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Italian authorities seized the Iuventa, a Dutch-flagged ship operated by German NGO Jugend Rettet, this week after the Trapani prosecutor's office said its investigation into NGOs involved in migrant rescue operations found that traffickers had twice accompanied migrants as they boarded the ship.