Antenna size (with eight or fewer flagellomeres) is reduced.
The maxillary palp (an elongated appendage near the mouth) has two segments or fewer.
The back portions of the larval head capsule extend into the prothorax (the anterior part of the thorax, which bears the first pair of legs).
Two distinct parts make up of the larval mandible (lower jaw).
The epandrium and hypandrium of the genitalia are separated in males.
No premandible is present on the lower surface of the labrum (the roof of the mouth).
The configuration of the CuA2 and A1 wing veins is distinct.
Brachyceran flies can also be distinguished through behavior. Many of the species are predators or scavengers.
The structure of subgroups within the Brachycera is a source of much confusion and controversy; many of the names used historically (e.g. Orthorrhapha) have not been used in decades, but still persist in textbooks, checklists, faunal catalogs, and other sources. Additionally, most recent classifications no longer use the Linnaean ranks for taxa (e.g., the Tree of Life Web Project), and this creates its own set of problems. See discussion for details.


Having been raised in Chicago I knew from the begging of awareness that it may say Justice on the outside of the court house there isn't any on the inside. It all comes down to who you are and who you know.
There recent whitewash of Hillary's outrageous conduct concerning her emails while secretary of State has finally taken the lid off this can of worms for good. We can no longer pretend we are a nation ruled by law. John Adams may have said we are" A government of laws, and not of men." And that may have been the aim of the Founders but it is obvious to all but the willfully blind and Democrats that this is no longer true in America.
It seems, Professor, that the late British PM was right.
And, let's not forget this quote, as well.
So true. Unfortunately, I think it ended years ago.
Yet we continue to labor under the illusion.


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Dopo essersi diplomato al liceo scientifico Taramelli di Pavia, nel 1978 si laureò in Medicina e Chirurgia presso l'Università degli studi di Pavia, discutendo la tesi su "I traumi cranio cerebrali".

Si iscrisse alla scuola di specialità di neurochirurgia e di scienze dell'alimentazione con indirizzo nutrizionistico.

Dopo un periodo di lavoro come assistente in divisione chirurgica e dopo aver frequentato corsi di odontoiatria, esercitò la carica di medico condotto in vari comuni.

Dal 01/12/1980 al 31/12/2017 fu DIRIGENTE MEDICO DI MEDICINA GENERALE è Responsabile delle funzioni di igiene e sanità pubblica nei Comuni di Albaredo Amaboldi, San Cipriano Po e Campospinoso (Titolare della Convenzione con il SSN per la Medicina Generale in aspettativa dal 04/01/2008 – funzione svolta da un sostituto medico).

Dal 01/05/1984 al 31/12/2002 DIREZIONE TECNICA (SANITARIA) presso la struttura di residenza sanitaria della Fondazione Porta Spinola Amaboldi di Campospinoso, con autonomia gestionale e diretta responsabilità delle risorse umane, tecniche e finanziarie.

Ercole intraprese inoltre la carriera politica divenendo, per due mandati, dal 1993 al 1997 e poi dal 1997 al 2001, sindaco di Broni.
In questo periodo si impegnò a sostenere un gemellaggio con la città di Ferrara.

Alle elezioni politiche del 2001 venne eletto deputato della XIV legislatura con la lista Lega Nord.

Divenne capogruppo lega della XII Commissione Affari Sociali in materia sanitaria, capogruppo lega della Commissione Parlamentare per le questioni regionali e RESPONSABILE SANITARIO del Gruppo Parlamentare LEGA NORD.

Fece inserire il comune di Broni tra i siti di interesse nazionale per la bonifica dell'amianto.

Partecipò a numerosi corsi di aggiornamento, seminari, convegni in materia gestionale, tecnica direzionale, clinica ed igienico-sanitaria in tutta Italia e in Inghilterra, Francia, Cina, India, Slovenia.

Membro dell'associazione parlamentari amici del cavallo e dell'ippica a partire dal 2004.

Divenne presidente dell'associazione medica padana a partire dal 2005.

Candidato sindaco della città di Casteggio nelle elezioni comunali.

Dal 2006 al 2008 entrò, nominato dalla Regione Lombardia, nel consiglio di amministrazione del Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia.

Dal 2008 al 2015, DIREZIONE TECNICA (in qualità di DIRETTORE GENERALE) presso l'Azienda Ospedaliera di Treviglio-Caravaggio che inglobava gli ospedali di Treviglio, San Giovanni Bianco, Romano di Lombardia, Calcinate.

Nel 2009 frequentò il corso di formazione managenerale per direttori di aziende sanitarie.

PARTECIPAZIONE a Corsi IREF di approfondimento e aggiornamento per Direttori Generali :
- "valutare le performance in sanità: esercizio astratto di esperti o possibile strumento di programmazione e di governo del sistema"
- "la formazione in sanità"
- "le specifiche applicative in ambito sanitario del nuovo decreto legislativo in materia di ottimizzazione della produttività del lavoro pubblico e di efficienza e trasparenza delle pubbliche amministrazioni"
- " le strategie di risk management in regione lombardia: buone pratiche ed evoluzione del modello" (primo convegno regionale di risk management in sanità)
- "health technology assessment. opportunità per il governo delle aziende sanitarie "

Docente al corso di epidemiologia applicata "regole di sistema, ricovero e cura" presso il presidio ospedaliero di Treviglio.

RELATORE a vari CONVEGNI, compresi specifici Corsi di managerialità sanitaria presso il CERGAS – Università Bocconi Milano.

Autore di numerose pubblicazioni scientifiche fra cui:
• Belotti Masserini A, Colombelli P, Dognini GP, Cagnoni F, Ercole C, Destro M. Switch da originator a biosimilare dell'infliximab (CT-P13) in una paziente affetta da spondilite anchilosante (SA). Accettato, ma non ancora presentato al 52º Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Reumatologia (25-28/11/15).
• Belotti Masserini A, Colombelli P, Dognini GP, Cagnoni F, Ercole C, Destro M. Correlazione tra concentrazione sierica del peptide natriuretico di tipo B (NT-proBNP) e pressione arteriosa polmonare in pazienti affetti da sclerosi sistemica anticentromero positiva. Osservazionedella casistica personale. Reumatismo 2014; Vol.66. (numero speciale 1). P019:232. 2014. Atti del 51º Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Reumatologia.
• Colombelli P, Belotti Masserini A, Galimberti V, Della Mussia F, Corti D, Pezzica E, Ercole C, Destro M. Kikuchi Fujimoto Disease: caso clinico a presentazione cutanea e linfonodale in paziente con tiroidite autoimmune. Reumatismo 2014; Vol.66. (numero speciale 1). P015:176. 2014. Atti del 51º Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Reumatologia.
• GP Dognini, M. Destro, F. Cagnoni, A. Belotti Masserini, P.L. Colombelli, A. Coinu, C. Ercole, S. Barni. "Hypertension due to Antiangiogenetic Cancer Therapy with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor inhibitors: new syndrome or side affect? A local experience". Atti del XVI Congresso Nazionale AIOM, Roma 24-26 Ottobre 2014.
• M. Destro, G.P. Dognini, F. Cagnoni, V. Galimberti, C. Ercole, S. Barni. Ipertensione e antiangiogenetici: la gestione del paziente oncologico in terapia. Ipertensione e prevenzione Cardiovascolare, vol 21 n.3, pag. 139 P15. Atti del XXXI Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana dell'Ipertensione Arteriosa, 2014.

Dall'ottobre 2009, Incarico alla Camera dei Deputati di Consulente della Commissione parlamentare di inchiesta sugli errori in campo sanitario e sulle cause dei disavanzi sanitari regionali (autorizzazione Regione Lombardia 21/12/2009 prot. n. H1.2009.0044587).

Nel novembre del 2013 divenne socio onorario dell'associazione per la prevenzione delle malattie genetiche.

Dall'11 marzo 2015, iscritto all'Albo degli Esperti e dei Collaboratori di Agenas nell'Area Clinico/Organizzativa//Epidemiologica/Sociale.

Candidato sindaco della città di Broni nelle elezioni comunali del 2016.

Consigliere comunale di Broni ad oggi.

Dal 04 gennaio 2017, iscritto all'Albo Regionale dei Direttori Generali di Aziende Pubbliche di Servizi alla Persona;

COMPONENTE DA GEN. 2017 AD OGGI DEL COORDINAMENTO SOCIO SANITARIO LEGA LOMBARDA RESPONSABILE DEI MMG.

Divenne componente del comitato tecnico dell'ASST GARDA presso l'ospedale di Desenzano.

Docente presso la scuola politico-amministrativa "La nostra storia".

Dal 2019, incarico ministeriale di componente della task force MIPAAF di Roma.

Componente del collegio tecnico dell'ATS di Pavia.

Direttore sanitario presso Fondazione Arnaboldi di Campospinoso, Pavia.

Vita privata
Sposato con Pinuccia Verri : ex vicesindaco e consigliere comunale di S.Cipriano, ora segretaria della Lega Nord di Broni, responsabile DSI pavia, componente consulta identità e cultura, componente del consiglio di amministrazione del Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia.

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Collegamenti esterni
Scheda Camera

Politici della Lega Nord

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The Rocket, the independent, student-run newspaper at Slippery Rock University, earned seven CSPA Gold Circle Awards, including one for the News Page Design of the May 4, 2018, Graduation Edition.
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Rocket, the independent, student-run newspaper at Slippery Rock University, has earned seven awards in the 2018 Gold Circle Awards for outstanding collegiate journalism. The Columbia Scholastic Press Association sponsored the competition.
The Rocket awards included a trio of first-place honors.
The CSPA's annual contest attracted 6,514 entries from 720 print news and magazines. Combined with submissions for yearbook and digital media, there were nearly 11,500 entries in 166 categories.
• First place in the News Page Design category for the May 4, 2018, issue.
• First place in the Editorial Page Design category for the Oct. 13, 2017, issue.
• First place in the Single Subject Page Design category for "The Race Issue" (April 20, 2018) by Cody Nespor, a 2018 graduate with a degree in communication; and Paris Malone, a senior computing major from Alexandria, Virginia.
• Second place in the News Page Design category for the "Orientation Special" by Nespor; Daniel DiFabio, a 2018 graduate with a degree in communication; and Lauren Ault, a senior communication major from Butler.
• Third place in the Alternative Story Presentation category for "Starting Five."
• Third place in the Sports News category for "Success with Less" (Nov. 9, 2017) by Justin Kraus, a 2018 graduate with a degree in communication.
• Certificate of Merit in the Double Truck Page Design category for "Coaching Tree" (Nov. 10, 2017) by Nespor.
The Rocket is printed on a monthly basis during the academic semesters and digital content is produced weekly. Visit The Rocket website at: www.theonlinerocket.com.


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Calls for speed limit on busy A637 Huddersfield Road to be cut
Residents and school pupils want the area to be made safer.
David Spereall
Calls for the speed limit on a busy main road to be cut from 60 to 40 miles per hour have intensified.
Residents living around the A637 Huddersfield Road say an agreement to slow vehicles down in the area was agreed by the council two years ago, but has yet to be enforced.
Wakefield Rural councillor Samantha Harvey
Campaigners are concerned by how quickly motorists use the road after leaving the M1 and claim accidents are a regular occurrence. Fatal crashes have also been known in the area.
Further north along the road, outside West Bretton Junior and Infants School, people also want to see a lowering of the 30mph limit to improve safety for children.
Resident David Biltcliffe, who first spoke out about the problem in 2015, said: "Two years ago we had a promise from highways that a 40mph speed limit would be implemented.
"But it's still yet to happen, and no-one knows why. You email council officers to ask for an update and you just get ignored.
It's totally frustrating. 99 per cent of residents wanted this to happen when they were canvassed.
"It is a dangerous road, especially with people able to come off the motorway and go haring up towards Bretton.
"There was a fatal accident a couple of years ago and I frequently see collisions from the bottom of my drive where someone's been bumped."
Last October, the council pressed ahead with plans to replace several 30mph zones with a 20mph limit.
But the area outside the local primary school in West Bretton has not been affected by these changes.
Mr Biltcliffe added: "That corner (where the school is) is in itself another problem.
"It is a dangerous corner and I know many people are concerned about it. We've noticed that often the wall around it is having to be repaired."
Wakefield Rural councillor Samantha Harvey said: "Residents in West Bretton are becoming increasingly frustrated that their concerns about road safety in the village are falling on deaf ears at the council.
"One of the most dangerous spots is right outside our local school and was described by an enforcement officer as being a case of when not if a serious accident happens.
"Surely it should be a priority for the council if children are not able to go to and from school in safety each day without having to run a gauntlet of speeding traffic outside the front gate.
"We've heard enough reassurances - now we want action."
In response, Wakefield Council's service director for highways, Neil Rodgers, said: "We have consulted with a number of local people and organisations about plans to reduce the speed limit on the A637.
"We have reviewed their comments and drawn up plans which will go out to a full public consultation. The aim - subject to any objections – is to introduce a speed limit later this year.
"We are aware of the concerns about West Bretton Primary school and we contacted them, several weeks ago, and offered a meeting. Once this has been arranged it will be open to local residents, community and campaign groups to attend."


Make that Mud Room/Laundry Room Work!
Cabinets – There are some things in a mud/laundry room that just need to be behind a door. Cleaning products, shoe care products, rags, light bulbs etc…are not pretty to look at and belong behind a door where they are out of sight and out of reach for young children.
Open Shelving and Baskets – The best place for hats and mitts, when they are not on your hands and head are in a basket on a shelf, where they won't get lost and the dog won't eat them. There are a number of basket styles and and materials to choose from – cloth, metal, weaved, plastic or wooden – depending on personal preference and style. Shelving and baskets can be placed at heights that are appropriate for the age of your family and the type of stuff you are storing in the baskets.
Hooks for Coats – No matter how many times you tell your (my) kids to hang up their coats, they end up on the floor or thrown over a chair. Coat hangers can be cumbersome for younger kids even if they manage to get their coat onto a hanger – they usually fall off. Open Hooks are easy, functional and practical for kids to use. There are also a number of choices for hooks that look very cool. Even if your child does throw their coat, there is a chance the hook will catch it!
Seating – Without a place to sit and put on/take off boots and shoes, they too usually end up being flung into a corner or the back of a closet…never to be reintroduced to their mate again. With a comfy place to sit, kids won't be tempted to kick their boots/shoes off and will likely be able to get ready quicker!
Drawers – Every mudroom should have drawers (under the seating) for a quick and easy place to put shoes and boots and anything else that you want out of sight, but easily accessed. Drawers are also great tools for teaching responsibility and accountability. You can give each child their own drawer and make them in charge of what goes in and out of it…you may also need a little patience.
By integrating these types of storage solutions into one well planned laundry/mud room, your life will become more organized and your space will function the way you do!


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Select Committee on Work and Pensions Written Evidence
Memorandum submitted by the Royal College of Nursing
— The RCN supports the proposed merger of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive but user participation must continue and key stakeholder/representative organisations outside the TUC, such as the RCN, should be able to input into the new organisation.
— The Health and Safety at Work Act is still relevant but mechanisms to improve "self regulation" in the changing world of work through local partnerships, such as a roving safety representative system, should be implemented.
— The Health and Safety Commission/Executive should value the role of safety representatives and the supporting legislation needs to be promoted amongst duty holders and other agencies involved in the regulation and promotion of quality care and patient safety.
— The Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations 1977 need to be revisited and strengthened.
— Free resources, such as seminars and prescriptive guidance, should be made available to SMEs in health and social care.
— The Health and Safety Executive need to be adequately resourced to deal with and enforce occupational health issues including work related stress.
— The Health and Safety Executive need to be adequately resourced to deal with the potential impact and results of increased actively around healthcare associated infections.
— The Health and Safety Commission/Executive needs to work coherently and consistently with other agencies involved in quality and safety in health and social care and avoid any duplication of work. Duty holders need to be clear on roles and responsibilities of agencies.
— The Health and Safety Executive, in particular EMAS, needs to be adequately resourced to implement policy and practice and give advice on the health and safety implications of an ageing workforce.
2.1 With a membership of over 390,000 registered nurses, midwives, health visitors, nursing students, health care assistants and nurse cadets, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is the voice of nursing across the UK and the largest professional union of nursing staff in the world. RCN members work in a variety of hospital and community settings in the NHS and the independent sector, including the workplace. The RCN promotes patient and nursing interests on a wide range of issues by working closely with the Government, the UK parliaments and other national and European political institutions, trade unions, professional bodies and voluntary organisations.
2.2 The RCN has just under 1,000 safety representatives. RCN safety representatives are trained and supported by the RCN and carry out a vital role in raising workplace health and safety standards.
2.3 The RCN also represents a significant number of occupational health nurses working in both the public and private sector. The RCN has been actively involved in shaping the work led by Dame Carole Black on Health, Work and Wellbeing.
2.4 The RCN welcomes the opportunity to make a written submission to the inquiry of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.
3. THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMISSION AND EXECUTIVE
3.1 The RCN strongly supports the work of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive and acknowledges its impact on the health and safety of employees by reducing the injury and fatality rate within Britain. It needs to continue to have a strong profile, adequate resources to achieve its aims and a structure which maximises efficiency, provides appropriate governance arrangements and allows independence from Government. One of the strengths of the structure is the tripartite approach which has helped ensure that decisions are relevant for the modern working environment.
3.2 The RCN supported the proposed merger between the Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE); however, it is essential that the "user participation" element and tripartism is retained. There is currently good engagement between the TUC and the HSC but major organisations such as the RCN must be able to provide input to any merged body.
4. THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
4.1 The underlying ethos of the Roben's review and the subsequent Health and Safety at Work Act was one of self regulation through workplace partnerships between trade unions and employers. There are sectors where this works well, and in the parts of the NHS where employers truly want to engage with staff, health and safety committees and joint consultative mechanisms can be effective. We have welcomed the recognition by the HSE and HSC on the "trade union effect" but were disappointed that the consultation exercise on worker involvement in 2006 did not result in a revision and strengthening of the safety representatives and safety committee regulations. Due to pressure of work and difficulties in backfilling posts, our safety representatives are finding it increasingly difficult to get time off to take part in activities which have been shown to improve health and safety standards.
4.2 Trade union safety representatives can be a powerful and effective resource. At a time when the Department of Health is striving for improvements in patient safety including reducing healthcare associated infections, RCN safety representatives should be seen as a valuable resource in acting as the conduit between staff and management and communicating the concerns raised by staff. The Healthcare Commission's own report published in Summer 2007 stated that "Trusts were likely to have lower rates of Clostridium difficile-associated disease if they had designated members of staff, working in a number of clinical areas to link management with staff at the frontline and ensure policies are put into practice on the wards".
4.3 The HSC and HSE need to actively promote the role of the safety representative including the legal duties of employers under the safety representative and safety committee regulations and the added value they bring to improving safety culture in the health and social care sector. They also need to promote the role of safety representatives with other regulators and bodies involved in promoting quality of care and patient safety.
4.4 We would ask that the safety representatives and safety regulations are enforced and strengthened and regarded by the HSC and HSE and other regulators as a rudimentary legislation which has a positive impact on safety culture.
4.5 Another concern is the plurality of providers in health and social care, many of which will be small and medium sized enterprises, who may not have established consultation mechanisms and a partnership approach to work. It is questionable whether self regulation will work in these organisations. Due to healthcare reforms we are likely to see an increase in new organisations such as charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises delivering health and social care. Like other small and medium sized enterprises, some may struggle with the requirements of health and safety legislation, including the need to access competent advice, and risk assessment. We would like to see freely available prescriptive, rather than goal setting, guidance available to these organisations. The HSE's excellent guidance on health and safety in care homes is an example of a publication which should be made freely available. Following a recent hearing into a death in a care home the HSE inspector stated that every care home should have access to the aforementioned guidance but at a recent regional seminar delivered by the RCN to managers in the independent sector, less than 50% of attendees were aware of the HSE guidance. We would also support the further development of tools for small and medium enterprises along the lines of the excellent COSHH Essentials work. Free seminars/road shows on relevant health and safety topics are also valuable, though we note that a planned HSE health care event on electric profiling beds is only available for acute and community trusts and large independent care providers. Trade bodies, professional bodies and trade unions can play a role in promoting such guidance and events.
4.6 We would also suggest a change in the regulations to allow RCN safety representatives to access and inspect small and medium sized workplaces where we have members working so that there is an element of self-regulation. A scheme of roving safety representatives similar to that piloted and evaluated by the HSE in the Agricultural sector in Britain is recommended.
4.7 Free advice and guidance and should only be one aspect of HSE's work, once the free advice and support is given this should be accompanied by inspection activity and enforcement action on those who still fail to comply. We are still seeing too much of the carrot and not enough of the stick. The prospect of an inspection by the HSE still has the power to send shockwaves through an organisation be it large or small. It is worth noting that in the 2004 report from the Work and Pensions Select Committee, evidence given by the NHS Employers organisation recognised the impact and ripple effect that enforcement activity, in this case an improvement notice for failing to address work related stress, had on the NHS community.
4.8 In the NHS, there is a danger that patient safety and the health, safety and wellbeing of staff will be dealt with in isolation. A number of recent high profile investigations into failures in the NHS have been linked to failures in overall health and safety management systems. Furthermore, there is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the health and wellbeing of staff has a direct impact on patient outcomes. The HSE and other agencies such as the National Patient Safety Agency and those involved in the regulation and inspection of health and social care must work coherently, send out consistent messages and avoid duplication. For example, we have one system of incident investigation advocated by the National Patient Safety Agency and another generic across industry system developed by the HSE, which has left NHS organisations confused as to which practice they should be following.
5.1 It appears that the HSE are increasingly being drawn into the management of healthcare associated infections, following serious outbreaks related to health and safety management failures. The resource implications of this are significant, especially as the HSE's own research has shown that the public expect them to be addressing this issue. The proposed infection control inspections by the Healthcare Commission on every acute trust in England starting in April 2008 may well have a knock on effect on HSE resources. The HSE must be effectively resourced to deal with investigations and the potential impact of these acute sector inspections. Resources should not be diverted away from work to reduce work related ill health in the sector which is a major cause of sickness absence.
5.2 The RCN was opposed to the termination of the Health and Safety Commission's Health Service Advisory Committee (HSAC). HSAC achieved a number of high quality HSC badged guides and brought together members from the NHS and independent sector and representatives from Wales and Scotland as well as England. The focus was health care (be it in the NHS or independent sector) and members had an opportunity to share best practice across the sectors and countries.
5.3 Whilst there is strong tripartite activity being carried out at governmental level in some parts of Britain, we believe there is still a need for an overall HSC led group for Britain. The Partnership in Occupational Health and Safety in Healthcare, which replaced HSAC focuses on the NHS in England and without a dedicated budget has produced few outcomes. In addition, without Commission input it is questionable whether this group has the same degree of influence as HSAC.
6. INSPECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTIONS
6.1 The Concordat between agencies involved in the regulation of healthcare and healthcare workers, particularly the sharing of intelligence between agencies and its use in targeting is welcomed. We particularly welcome the activity scheduler which brings a degree of transparency to the process and informs safety representatives of pending inspections. The HSE are the experts in regulating health and safety risks. It is essential that they work closely with bodies such as the Healthcare commission (and its successor) that take more of a holistic view and feed into initiatives such as the annual health check and standards for better health.
6.2 We have also welcomed the recent enforcement activity by the HSE where trusts have failed to follow Secretary of State for Health Directions on the prevention of violence and aggression in the NHS in England. We welcome this proactive approach and clear information/intelligence exchanges between healthcare agencies.
6.3 The division between the HSE and local authority inspection roles has the potential to become cloudy due to the changes in the providers and delivery of health and social care. We are aware that there are `flexible' inspection arrangements in place but are concerned as some local authorities give relatively low priority to health and safety regulations as opposed to food safety or environmental protection.
6.4 There is also a need for more innovative penalties following serious breaches of health and safety legislation in the NHS. Financial penalties on NHS organisations following health and safety related prosecutions may indirectly impact on patient care and arguably have a different impact in the public sector than they do in the private sector. The impact of penalties, and the potential to be penalised, needs to grab the attention of senior management and board members so that health and safety is given a high priority.
7. MIGRANT WORKERS
7.1 The RCN has carried out a number of studies on the working conditions of internationally recruited nurses. Our surveys show that these groups of migrant nurses are working longer hours and under more pressure than their UK counterparts. The HSE needs to ensure that employers implement systems to manage work related stress, such as working time, bullying and harassment, which are inclusive of migrant workers and address their particular needs.
8. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION
8.1 The role of the HSE requires examination as to how it will fulfil its role in a "new order" of workplace health provision. There are a number of health and safety regulations in place to protect the health of the working age population and good employers will fulfil their obligation to protect their workers. However, there remain a number of employers who fail to comply with these regulations.
8.2 The HSE and specifically the Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS) play an important role in preventing work related ill health and the RCN is concerned that there has been a lack of investment in these resources which has resulted in a lack of specialist advice and enforcement activities.
8.3 Arguably the biggest work related health problem that employees and employers face is work related stress and nurses working in the healthcare sector are no exception. A 2006 RCN survey found that the psychological wellbeing of nurses is lower than that of the general population. The same survey found that six in 10 nurses who took sick leave in the last three months said that their job was very stressful. By effectively addressing work related stress and the stressors that are prevalent in the healthcare sector, including physical and verbal abuse, bullying and harassment and organisational change, and by being a "good employer" the wellbeing of nurses as a distinct group is likely to improve.
8.4 The RCN welcomes the work that the HSE has carried out over the past four years on work related stress including the development of the stress management standards and online resources. We also welcome the HSE seminars to educate and inform senior managers in the NHS of their duties to address work related stress and the economic case to do so. However, we believe more needs to be done to tackle employers who are currently failing to implement systems to reduce work related stress.
8.5 It is essential that the effects of an ageing workforce are addressed by the HSE without delay. The HSE has undertaken some horizon scanning activity but it appears slow in translating this into policy and practice. In health and social care working environments which are physically and psychologically demanding the effects of and on an ageing workforce could be significant. In spite of a growing body of knowledge surrounding the health of the older workers a large majority of occupational health nurses feel ill prepared to deal with the issues that this group of workers presents. This is an area where the HSE needs to be proactive and a well resourced EMAS could lead and support this work.
8.6 The HSE should concentrate on the prevention of work related ill health, where their expertise lies, rather than the rehabilitation agenda. However, it is essential that the HSE ensure that organisations and their employees have access to competent occupational health advice in order to promote an agenda of prevention and support the rehabilitation programme.
Prepared 21 April 2008


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By Randy Karraker | August 23, 2019
The Cardinals are in first place. Why should I be upset?
We've had an interesting debate over the last week in The Fast Lane about how we feel about the Cardinals. Chris Rongey can't be happy that they simply win games and are in first place, and feels that we should be concerned about what the future holds.
My life philosophy, not just about baseball, is to not be worried about what I can't control. Beyond that, I admire people that can live and revel in the moment. The author Suzanne Woods Fisher wrote "Regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow are twin thieves that rob us of the moment." That's the way I feel. Sure, they were not very good in May and June. And yes, they didn't make a deal for a starting pitcher at the trade deadline.
But that doesn't mean they CAN'T succeed, and if they can bank wins today, I don't care how they do it, I'm going to be happy about it. I get a lot of texts and tweets that every other show host at 101 ESPN disagrees with me. That's fine. If they choose to be negative, I'm not going to look upon them any differently. This is about an approach to life and baseball. I knew going into this season, and every season, that almost every team is going to win sixty games and lose sixty games, and it's what they do with the other 42 that really matter. I'm willing to see how it plays out before being unhappy about it.
Some accuse me of being a Pollyanna, but that's not the case. Dictionary.com defines Pollyanna as someone who is "unreasonably or illogically optimistic." Hey, I realize that this team has flaws. Like you, I wish they'd traded for a starting pitcher at the deadline. I'm aware that starters Jack Flaherty, Dakota Hudson and Miles Mikolas have never pitched through a September division title race, which is the toughest part of the season to play. Could this team collapse? Definitely it could. I'm not saying they're going to keep winning and roll to a division title. I'm simply enjoying their current success. I'm not allowing regret or fear to rob me of that enjoyment of the moment.
The Cardinals have spent the better part of the last few weeks doing a lot of winning and challenging for the top spot in the division. The lack of a starting pitcher may indeed come back to bite them, but why worry about that, right? Because the chance also exists that the Cardinals will do enough winning to grab the N.L. Central title. That starting pitching that causes so much consternation has delivered a 3.38 ERA in 77 1/3 innings in their last fourteen games. Take out Mikolas' starts (15 ER in fifteen innings) and the ERA for the other starters in the remaining eleven games is 2.17.
We all worried about Dexter Fowler during the off-season and spring training, and he's returned to form. Marcell Ozuna has been the player the Cardinals thought they were getting from Miami. Kolten Wong has been pretty darn good offensively. Heck, the one guy we DIDN'T get concerned about was Paul Goldschmidt, who has been a disappointment relative to his previous career norms and the resulting expectations.
Overall, the starting pitching has been inconsistent, but good enough to keep the Cardinals close. And the bullpen has been one of the best in baseball. For the perceived failures of manager Mike Shildt to field a lineup that conforms to the whims of many, only the Mets and the Dodgers have better second half records than the Cardinals' 25-14. While the lineup has struggled at times…as it has for much of the season…the second half ERA of 3.66 is third in the N.L. and the defense has been the best in the league. And how do you win? As that baseball sage Mike Shannon once said; "pitching, pitching and pitching."
The Cardinals are in first place in the National League Central as of August 24th.
I get that we live in a society that's overwhelmingly negative, especially when one spends lots of time in the morass of social media. My choice is happiness and optimism. I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. I'm not worried about what happened yesterday. The Cardinals have won 11-of-14, they have the fourth best record in the National League, and it's almost September. Why shouldn't I be happy right now?
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Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline
Words Laura Francis
Port speaks to acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas, recipient of the Robert Capa Gold Medal, about her long and varied career photographing strippers, Nicaraguan insurrectionists and Kurdish refugees
© Susan Meiselas. Self-portrait, 44 Irving Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971
In 1979 the photographer Susan Meiselas was in Nicaragua, covering the revolution against the Somoza regime, when she captured a guerrilla fighter throwing a molotov cocktail. Although she had been documenting the conflict for over a year, it was this image that would go on to be one of the most widely circulated and reproduced images of the revolution, as well as establishing what has become a long and celebrated career.
Born in Baltimore in 1948, Meiselas attended Sarah Lawrence College and Harvard, taking a photography course one summer with famed American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams. After her first photographic essay, Carnival Strippers, was met with universal acclaim in 1976, Meiselas became a member of Magnum Photos, and has worked as a freelance photographer ever since. Today, alongside the Robert Capa Gold Medal awarded for her work covering the Nicaraguan insurrection, she is also the Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Harvard Arts medal, and is widely regarded as one of the most talented photographers of her generation.
When I speak to Meiselas on the phone she has just returned from opening an exhibition of her photography in Barcelona. I ask her about the atmosphere in the city – the capital of Catalonia and, for the past few weeks, the focus of the world's attention following the independence referendum in October. "I can easily give you a line about opening an exhibition simultaneously with Catalonia hoping to declare itself as a republic," she replies. "But I don't think that's really what you want to write about. It will be past tense." It's a fitting response from the renowned conflict photographer and Magnum Photos inductee, who will turn 70 next year. Meiselas's work often poses questions about memorialisation: how historical events are absorbed into the public and private consciousness, and how such milestones are marked. And it's these concerns that form the backbone of her new retrospective Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline, recently published by Thames & Hudson.
Though primarily known as a photographer of war-zones, Meiselas's work also encompasses more domestic projects. Carnival Strippers, the work which secured her membership with Magnum, documented the the lives of female strippers working the New England country fairs from 1972 to 1975, Meiselas pairing portraits with taped interviews with the women, their boyfriends, their managers, and the punters. She interviewed her subjects on many occasions throughout her career, and often returned to the places she had shot to provide them with a copy of their own portraits, to gauge their reaction.
What is it that particularly interests her about this mutual gaze? "At the beginning, I wouldn't say that it was a strategy yet," she replies. "It was an instinctive response to the act of photographing. I was curious about who the subject was, and how they perceived themselves. It wasn't theoretical." Is there a sense of justice in portraying the subject talking back? "Yes, in some ways, but I don't think it was laden with that worry at the time. I felt the power of a camera over a subject, and I was uncomfortable with that role. I had to try to acknowledge the collaboration as implicit in the act of photographing."
© Susan Meiselas. Sandinistas at the walls of the National Guard headquarters: 'Molotov Man', Estelí, Nicaragua, July 16, 1979
Meiselas was studying at college during the explosive year of 1968. But while conflict and protest were integral parts of her coming-of-age in 1960s America, this was nothing in comparison to the violence she would encounter abroad as a conflict photographer. "There were certainly confrontations, like the march on Washington," she explains, "But they weren't using real bullets."
When Meiselas first went to Nicaragua in 1978, she found herself in the midst of a conflict, and felt drawn to stay. "I saw it as a society in turmoil, trying to resolve tremendous disparities, in power and economics, and in a desire for a different kind of state, and citizen." The situation escalated swiftly; by July 17, 1979, Nicaraguan leader Anastasio Somoza Debayle had fled the country and the popular insurrection led by the FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) assumed power. "It was a very dramatic, transformative experience," Meiselas reflects. "It certainly shaped my path, as well."
A photograph that Meiselas took in Nicaragua on 16th July 1979 – a man captured the moment before he throws a molotov cocktail – is likely the most well-known of her images. Did Meiselas foresee at the time that her image would become iconic? "I'm not sure you intend to make an iconic image," she demurs. "You might have a combination of circumstances lead to what becomes iconic. I could never have known when I captured that moment, that gesture of defiance, that he would become the symbol of the revolution for thirty odd years." The 'Molotov Man' in the photograph, later identified as Pablo 'Bareta' Arauz, is still alive. Recently, a friend of Meiselas's sent her a link to an picture of Arauz on the BBC, holding Meiselas's portrait of him.
The image has been reproduced in street art, flags, monuments and t-shirts. "And he's proud of that, and so am I," Meiselas continues. "But I couldn't have known that would happen when I made that photograph. It was in the middle of a war that seemed as though it wasn't going to end, but that evening, Somoza left the country and the transition of power began. So, it becomes symbolic to anyone who knows that history, it becomes more than just an iconic image."
© Susan Meiselas. Page spread from Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History, showing Qala Diza, 1991 in comparison to Qala Diza, 2007, Northern Iraq, November 2007
In Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History, published originally in 1997 and reprinted in 2008, Meiselas plays more of a curatorial role, collating (mostly) anonymous images dating from 1880 to form over a century of photographs depicting a persecuted people. In the book, she writes: "Every picture tells a story and has another story behind it: Who's photographed? Who made it? Who found it? How did it survive?"
What purpose does she see in asking these questions? "I was trying to contextualise images," Meiselas replies, after a brief pause. "I wanted the image to be what draws you to want to know more. And I think that is true of any of the images I make… I know that the photographs can in themselves be powerful, but they are only sightlines towards knowing more. Whether they live on walls or in magazine pages, they're windows into other worlds that you want to know more about. That is what, for me, matters."
Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline is published by Thames & Hudson


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PUBLISHED: March 20, 2018 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2021 at 3:02 a.m.
On Dec. 9, 1965, an unidentified object fell from the sky, crashing and landing in Kecksburg, Westmoreland County.
Theories and suspicions have been raised as to whether this object was a spy satellite or something bigger: aliens!
In a 2015 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article headlined "Five decades later, the Kecksburg UFO is identified (probably)," Dan Majors wrote that the object "appeared to be guided, changing its path and making a level descent away from residential areas and into the woods of Kecksburg."
Majors recorded what other people saw that night, as well. One witness stated, "It was not a 10- to 12-foot object, it was small, the size of two suitcases."
Shortly after this object dropped from the sky, the military rushed to get the situation under control and calm the bystanders. The object was then taken away by the military, leaving everyone without answers. I interviewed some high schoolers and asked them about their thoughts on what they believed this object might be.
Kendall Kubis, a junior at Lancaster Country Day, said, "I think in this specific instance a lot of the details concerning the UFO were embellished or imagined."
Kendall said she thinks it was just a spy satellite. However, Kendall also said she thinks it would be thoughtless to completely rule out the idea of aliens or life beyond Earth considering the vastness of the universe and how much we have not explored.
Kiara Flowers, a senior who also attends Lancaster Country Day, said, "I think it's very suspicious that the U.S. military was so involved to the point where they held people at gunpoint, but the government claims to not be tracking the UFO nor have they confirmed the actual use of it. The research evidence seemed to support the fact that the U.S. used satellite technology to spy on Russia, yet the government has said little about the UFO's true purpose."
Kiara added, "The fact that the UFO sighting occurred 50 years ago but is still a mystery suggests that the government has something to hide."
Majors quoted UFO researcher Stan Gordon, who said, "It's a mystery and after so many years, it would be great if we could find that conclusive information about what it was that fell from the sky that night in 1965, but it might be one of those things that we may never have the answer for".
We have been left with insufficient information, which leads to many conspiracy theories and different interpretation of the facts. Out of these discrepancies and inconsistencies we are in fact left with two profound questions: Are we being watched? And by whom?
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Eagles News: "I still believe there's a good chance Carson Wentz gets a deal between now and Week 1"
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The Backstory of Ben Roethlisberger's Contract Extension—and How It Impacts Other QB's Deals - MMQB
I still believe there's a good chance Wentz gets a deal between now and Week 1. I don't think Goff will, just because of the Rams' cap situation, and the Titans are playing wait-and-see with Mariota. And therein lies how the further escalation of quarterback contracts could create an issue. The best guys are going to keep getting paid. Wentz will. Patrick Mahomes will. But what happens with guys who are a level down? That's a question that a lot of teams are asking. The Cowboys' negotiation with Dak Prescott hasn't been, and won't be, an easy one. The same, you'd think, might go for Mitchell Trubisky in a couple years, if he doesn't make huge leaps forward.
Doug Pederson on Carson Wentz's status, moving tackles to guard, the Sixers, and more - BGN
Doug Pederson spoke prior to the Philadelphia Eagles' first rookie minicamp practice on Friday morning. He didn't have anything super interesting to say about the rookies themselves (especially since he hadn't even seen them practice yet) but there were a few other topics of note from his press conference.
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John Stolnis and Brandon Lee Gowton rank the top offenses in the NFL, where do the Eagles rank?! PLUS updates on the Eagles roster moves, and a very important conversation about wide receiver jersey numbers!Presented by SB Nation and Bleeding Green Nation.
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The Eagles are having a rookie minicamp this weekend. There are a few non-rookies, but these are still young players. What is going on? A lot of teaching. Players are learning the scheme. They are getting a tutorial in fundamentals. These are non-contact practices and none of them really know the schemes so this is nothing like Training Camp. This is very basic football. College coaches do a terrific job with kids, but they have serious time limits and have to focus on winning games. NFL coaches can teach on a more in-depth level. These coaches are the best of the best and they know every little trick in the book. If you could watch the practices, you would probably find them boring. But they do have value for the young players. These guys need every rep possible.
Eagles hope newcomers spark return to dominance in red zone - ESPN
Think about the red zone package the Eagles could roll out -- Howard in the backfield, a two tight-end set featuring pass-catching dynamos Zach Ertz and Dallas Goedert, and Arcega-Whiteside lined up opposite Jeffery should they prefer his size over DeSean Jackson's speed near the goal line. Couple that grouping with what the team brass expects to be a healthy Wentz and a top-end offensive line, and the Eagles have everything they need and more to be dominant in the red zone in 2019.
JJ Arcega-Whiteside coveted for his contested-catch ability by NFL teams - PFF
JJ Arcega-Whiteside caught 54.05% of his contested-catch opportunities in his last two seasons with Stanford, ranking 15th among FBS wideouts entering the draft with 25 or more contested targets since 2017. None of the 14 wide receivers ahead of him, however, had more than 59 contested-catch opportunities – Arcega-Whiteside had 74. Arcega-Whiteside's size, body control, and contested-catch ability paid dividends in the red zone. He caught 23-of-34 targets for 224 yards, three first downs and 18 touchdowns inside the 20-yard line in 2017 and 2018 combined. He also logged just one drop and caught 11-of-16 (68.8%) of his contested-catch opportunities in the red zone, as well.
Eagles get another bargain with Zach Brown contract - NBCSP
Zach Brown's one-year contract with the Eagles pays him $1.4 million but with a chance to make another million in realistically obtainable incentives. The Eagles signed Brown to a one-year contract last Friday. He was released by the Redskins March 13. Brown's deal, according to a league source familiar with the details, includes a $400,000 signing bonus and $1 million base salary, and those are the only guaranteed components of the contract. It also includes a $100,000 workout bonus and $1 million in playing-time and performance-based incentives that could raise the total value up to $2.5 million if he meets every one.
What you need to know about the Eagles' 11 rookie free agents - The Athletic
Even among the rookie free agents, experience at center is scant. Bates, 6-foot-4 and 306 pounds, started for three seasons at Penn State, playing left tackle, right tackle and left guard before declaring for the draft as a redshirt junior. But he also practiced as a center during his redshirt season, which somehow gives him the most experience at the position among the notable rookies. He tested well at the combine, though that athleticism doesn't necessarily show up in his game tape. Interestingly, his top athletic profile is Isaac Seumalo.
Rookie class gets to work on and off the field - PE.com
The reality for running back Miles Sanders happened when he reached into his locker at the NovaCare Complex, pulled out his midnight green Eagles helmet and put it on his head for his first practice at the team's weekend Rookie Minicamp. "It's a real moment. It didn't really hit me until I got here and got my helmet and I was like, 'Dang, I got drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles," Sanders said on Friday after the first practice of the three-day weekend. "It's pretty surreal and a dream come true. After the draft, when things settled down, I got to work and got in shape for this camp. That's been the focus."
A recent history of the Chicago Bears' kicking debacle - SB Nation
Kicking success and the Chicago Bears just don't go together. The Bears haven't been able to find any consistency at the position since they cut longtime kicker Robbie Gould before the 2016 season. After 11 years with Gould, the Bears shuffled through Connor Barth, Cairo Santos, and Mike Nugent over the next two seasons. None of them were able to fill the void, and the Bears plummeted from 18th in field goal percentage in 2015 to 27th and 29th. To solve the kicking issues that plagued them, they threw a four-year, $15 million contract to Cody Parkey during the 2018 offseason. At the time, that looked like a solid move. Parkey was 26 when he signed the deal and was an 86.4 percent field goal kicker before his time in Chicago.
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Q: Combinations of balls and slots Lets say I have 4 balls (numbered 1, 2, 3, 4) and 15 slots.
Each of the 15 slots can hold minimum 0 balls and maximum 4 balls.
It is not necessary to place all balls in the slots. i.e. We can put only 1 ball, or only 2 balls, or even 0 balls in the 15 slots.
The order in which the balls are placed in the slots does not matter.
For example -
Slot    Combin 1    Combin 2    Combin 3    Combin 4    Combin 5    Combin 6
1       1,2,3,4     1,2,3       0           1,4         1           0
2       0           0           3,1,2       0           2           0
3       0           0           0           0           3           0
4       0           0           0           0           4           0
5       0           0           0           0           0           0
6       0           0           0           2,3         0           0
7       0           0           0           0           0           0
8       0           0           0           0           0           0
9       0           0           0           0           0           0
10      0           0           0           0           0           0
11      0           0           0           0           0           0
12      0           0           0           0           0           0
13      0           0           0           0           0           0
14      0           0           0           0           0           0
15      0           4           0           0           0           0

How many unique combinations are possible? Which formula would be applicable for this scenario?
Thanks!

A: There are $15$ choices of slot for each ball, and these choices are made independently for each ball, so they can be made in $15^4=50,625$ ways. Equivalently, you're just counting the possible $4$-tuples of slot numbers, where $\langle 1,1,1,1\rangle$ represents your first combination, $\langle 1,1,1,15\rangle$ represents your second combination, $\langle 1,6,6,1\rangle$ represents your fourth combination, and so on.

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The first Sunday in February I stood in my same church, with my same friends, in the same pew that we almost always sit in, and yet something was different.
With my hands raised, singing the song that has become my anthem over the last few months, I opened my eyes to see a small sea of people worshiping in front of me.
As that thought resonated in my foggy, sleep deprived brain, I looked around at the community God has blessed me with. These people. The ones I have "wobbled" with at weddings and hit pinatas with at birthday parties. The people who I have laughed and cried with… mourned disease, death, and brokenness with… These people who know my heart and get me… I mean really get me.
The lyrics swirled around me. How could I leave my people?
Okay, Abba. I trust You. If we're going to do this, You're going to work this out. I have full confidence in that.
That was the moment, the moment I knew that I was moving to Alaska.
Yupp. I'll let that sink in for a bit.
I've accepted a position at the Tanalian Leadership Center in Port Alsworth, Alaska for the 2015-2016 school year.
Come September, I'll be boarding a big plane here in Denver, which will take me to a much smaller plane in Anchorage, which will take me to the remote village of 200ish people that I will be calling home for the next nine months.
What will I be doing, you ask? Great question.
I will essentially be the girls' house mom, mentor, and teacher at TLC– an intermediary program and boarding school for at-risk, native Alaskan students who have graduated high school, but don't quite have the skill set to go to college or directly into the work force yet.
For the better part of a year, I'll live in a village accessible only by bush plane, in house full of teenage girls, teaching them how to be adults who live for Jesus. (Ha! Note to self: Figure out how to be an adult sometime before September.) I'll be leading exegetical studies of the Bible, teaching leadership and life skills, and helping prepare kids for the SAT/ACT, and ultimately college.
Every time I think about this opportunity that the Lord literally dropped in my lap out of no where, my adventurous, momma-heart gets insanely giddy.
I'm so excited to embark on this new adventure.
There are new people to love, new stories about the power of Christ yet to be written, and hopefully a ton of four-wheeling, hiking, snowboarding, and fishing to be done.
And as my mind begins to daydream about the beauty of the adventure ahead, I begin to think about all the beautiful relationships and fun adventures that I've been blessed to have in Colorado in the last year– a year that I nearly missed out on because of my own stubbornness and plans to move to Texas.
Climbing a 14-er in a freak summer blizzard (in shorts) with my closest friends.
Roadtripping to and from Missouri in 25 hours for delicious BBQ.
Hurtling across a valley on horseback in the cool mountain rain.
Leaping through meadows of mountain wild flowers with my roommates.
Learning to drive a stick shift on a nearly abandoned Nebraskan highway.
Holding my students up as they in turn held candles at their friends' candle light vigil.
Countless weekends of intense volleyball tournaments at Sloans' lake.
Cliff jumping blindly from 30 feet into Horsetooth Reservoir.
Laughing wildly as I was blindly lead through a death-trap of an ancient amusement park after losing my glasses on a roller coaster.
But inevitably, my memories lead me back to reality where my heart sinks a bit and my eyes well up with tears as I realize what I'm about to do.
I am going on a beautiful, life changing adventure with Jesus… But I'm going without my people by my side everyday and that has been a bittersweet pill to swallow. If I dwell on that for too long, in typical "overwhelmed-Kacy-processing-style", my generally cool, calm, and collected demeanor cracks and before I know it, I'm freaking out a bit.
But in all seriousness, that coffee shop is IT.
There are airplane runways instead of roads, and ATV's instead of cars where I'm heading. There are no stores, no libraries, no nothing.
I'll have to order my groceries to be delivered by plane once a month. And while that is REALLY FREAKING COOL, the thought of navigating an entirely new culture without my people by my side makes me a bit dizzy.
True to the gracious nature of God however, I continue to have one phrase ring in my soul whenever my panic level begins to rise– a phrase that I heard at the very beginning of my journey into missions a few years ago.
You have been blessed to be a blessing.
I have not been blessed with such beautiful, God honoring relationships just to lock them away and hide them (and their fruit) from the rest of the world. No, I have been blessed with and transformed by these beautiful people to in turn learn to hold them loosely and release them to whatever God has next for them; just as they get to learn how to release me to the wilderness for nine months.
It is a unique/ glorious/ stressful opportunity to learn how to hang on loosely– to my precious relationships, to my students and co-teachers during my last few months of this season at the Denver Street School, to my Gospel Community…really to everything here in Denver from my family to my sweet Tiny Dancer and her momma– but I know it is a beautiful blessing none-the-less.
As the note card hanging on my wall reminds me every morning, this life is not my own.
These people are not mine to keep. I have been put on this earth to glorify God, share the Gospel, and to be obedient to His calling… even when that calling takes me 2,500 miles outside of my comfort zone.
Jesus, make my heart believe.