Two sounds that can be heard in many TV shows and movies are the bleep of a hospital heart rate monitor and the quick, damp thud of a heart beating fast with fear. People can understand what these sounds mean even if they are not watching what is going on. That is because heartbeats are […] The post 10 Amazing Facts about Heartbeats That You Will Hardly Believe appeared first on Listverse.

Audri Beugelsdijk had been married for less than 11 weeks when she received a visit from a casualty officer. Her husband has been lost at sea on the USS Kinkaid.  “It’s just the last thing that you could imagine happening and it just turned my world upside down,” Beugelsdijk says. Beugelsdijk and her husband Jason Springer met in the Navy and the two “became very good friends and then it turned into something else, as often happens,” she says. “He loved what he did. He had a bounce in his step and was ready to change the world, and it was a shock to my core when he died.”  Only days after receiving the news of her husband’s death, Beugelsdijk, who was also serving in the Navy, learned about the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, or TAPS, an organization that provides support to the families of fallen service members. “I picked up the phone and I called and that was the first time I connected with another person who looked like me and who was a young widow who understood what I was going through,” she recounts.  TAPS provides peer counseling and practical support resources to family members who have lost loved ones while serving, or after serving in the military.  Years after she received much needed support from the nonprofit, Beugelsdijk is serving other families in the same way as vice president of survivor services for TAPS.  Audri Beugelsdijk, vice president of survivor services for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. (Photo: Courtesy of TAPS) Beugelsdijk joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” on Memorial Day to share her story of loss and grief, and to explain how the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors has, and continues to serve thousands of family members of fallen service members.  Listen to the podcast below: The post Her Husband Paid the Ultimate Sacrifice in Service to America appeared first on The Daily Signal.

An 18-year-old attempted a so-called "gender-affirming" surgery at home on themselves after watching a "how to" video on YouTube. However, the biological female from New Zealand was rushed to the hospital after trying to perform a self-mastectomy at home. The individual named "Patient Z" in the report was allegedly awaiting a female-to-male gender affirmation surgery. However, the individual was reportedly frustrated with the wait times for public referrals for gender-affirming surgery. According to a recent study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal, an 18-year-old biological female attempted to perform a mastectomy on her left breast. The self-surgery was done due to "significant psychological stress of having breasts at an upcoming pool party," according to the journal. The doctors in the study said the individual "demonstrated premeditation by watching a 'how to' video on YouTube, gathering the necessary equipment, marking the incision, and considering pain management and bleeding control."However, Patient Z quickly suffered "concerns" about the "self-attempted left mastectomy" and "sought medical attention several hours" through the "self-attempted left mastectomy due to concerns of damaging a nerve."The "acute mental health team" determined that the woman was "deemed to have capacity to consent" to gender-affirming surgery. Doctors allegedly performed a "completion left mastectomy and symmetrizing right mastectomy."However, the journal also admitted that Patient Z had a "background of gender dysphoria on testosterone treatment." The journal confessed, "Gender dysphoria causes significant distress for transgender people. It is well documented that transgender people experience higher levels of discrimination, bullying, and violence compared to the general public."The journal added, "Additionally, a study reviewed patients prior to gender-affirming surgery and identified a significant proportion of patients with undiagnosed anxiety and depression. While not all transgender people want gender-affirmation surgery, individuals that do should be able to access this service and express their authentic gender."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

I'm not the kind of player who throws his controllers when he gets frustrated, but there have been a few notable games that have brought me close: Dark Souls' battle with Knight Artorias, the ice caverns in Spelunky, and several of the later bosses in The Binding of Isaac have had me momentarily at the brink of hurling my gamepad into some nearby drywall. The Rogue Prince of Persia is the latest entry to this list - it's one of those tough-as-nails roguelike games that starts off feeling impenetrable, but gradually lodges its hooks into you until you are helpless against the call of one more run. Continue reading The Rogue Prince of Persia early access review - Cute and deadly

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