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Public Health Insurance and Prescription Medications for Mental Illness
Maclean Johanna Catherine
(Economics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PV, USA)
Cook Benjamin
Carson Nicholas
(Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)
Pesko Michael F
(Georgia State University Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Atlanta, United States of America)
Johanna Catherine Maclean
Michael F. Pesko
Mental illnesses are prevalent in the United States and globally. Cost is a critical barrier to treatment receipt. We study the effects of the Affordable Care Act's recent expansion of Medicaid, a public insurance system for the poor in the U.S., on psychotropic prescription medications for mental illness. We estimate differences-in-differences models using administrative data on medications for which Medicaid was a third-party payer over the period 2011–2017. Our findings suggest that these expansions increased psychotropic prescriptions by 21.0%. We show that Medicaid, and not patients, financed these prescriptions. For states expanding Medicaid, the total cost of these prescriptions was $28.0 M by the second quarter of 2017. Expansion effects were experienced across most major mental illness categories and across states with different levels of patient need, system capacity, and expansion scope. We find no statistically significant evidence that Medicaid expansion reduced mental illness.
Maclean Johanna Catherine & Cook Benjamin & Carson Nicholas & Pesko Michael F, 2019. "Public Health Insurance and Prescription Medications for Mental Illness," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 19(1), pages 1-25, January.
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The ability to make burritos may sound easy, but when the tickets start flying out of the printer and they all read BURRITO it can become overwhelming for the line cook handling burritos. This month's team member spotlight is on a guy who retains legendary focus, even under intense pressure. Samuel Tunches Perez, or Sam, is not easily shaken.
Sam is a skilled line cook who has mastered all of the stations that plate your food, even though he has only been with us for one year. This is an unusual talent as most line cooks settle into and master one location, not moving from station to station. Whether sautéeing fish or grilling steak, Sam gives his coworkers the fillings they request to complete their order quickly, always looking relaxed and having fun.
Sam's execution of assembling a plate or bowl of food is meticulous. Defined by the way he presents the salads in an artistic and appetizing way, Sam's plating of dishes always has correct and consistent portions.
He has an amazing ability to be as present with the food as he is with his co-workers, with an uncanny flair for clear communication under fire. Paired with a commitment to making sure you get your order in a timely and correct fashion has elevated him to the the trusted expo position where he accurately matches order tickets to the plated food so you receive exactly what you are expecting.
We appreciate the role Sam plays in helping us make sure every guest leaves happy.
One has to do more than just serve memorable food to bring guests back. This month's spotlight shines brightly on one cashier who can make you feel as if this is your home away from home. Rubi Alvarado has been with Picante just 2 years but this is her second time in the spotlight. Making eye contact with each and every member of a large group or family, Rubi puts the guest at ease, always taking time to retrieve samples, discuss menu items and ask probing questions to insure she gets the order and the quantity right for the guest. It's not uncommon, when the order is complete, that she has locked the guest's name into memory for their next visit.
Even during a lull, Rubi is always busy preparing for the next crush of guests so she can keep the line moving. But when it's your turn, she'll make you feel as if you are the only guest in the restaurant. Rubi had a wonderful teacher in her entrepreneurial mother, who has owned a beauty salon for 20 years—called Rubi's—so she knows what it takes to make sure customers always leave happy. If you spot Rubi during her regular evening shift, or on Sunday morning for brunch, introduce yourself and say congratulations!
In the early morning hours, the restaurant sounds like a television show: Picante's Got Talent. With perfect pitch, our team member in the spotlight, Sabrina Gomez, serenades your food while the rest of the staff turns off the usual boom boxes, to listen. Though Sabrina has only worked at Picante for 1-1/2 years, she is already in charge of opening the entire hot-line in the morning which is a complicated, 4-hour task.
As a line cook, she is a master of the salad station, expertly rolls burritos and artfully and accurately plates every item that is on our menu—over 100! Being evenly skilled on the cook line makes her the perfect master trainer— responsible for new team members learning excellent technique at the salad, grill, burrito and sauté areas.
Another invaluable skill Sabrina shares is an awareness of condiment levels. A perfectly timed trip to the walk-in refrigerator for more guacamole keeps the line moving while communicating a pending shortage of salsa to the kitchen manager prevents a catastrophe. We appreciate all she brings to the table and to the guests.
The position of expediter or "expo" at Picante is at the center of all the food served to our guests. The job is pivotal in that the plates of food from the kitchen must be accurately matched with the guest's order check with all dishes on the ticket consolidated before being brought to the guest's table. The expo insures that guests get what they ordered and everyone at your table has their food at the same time.
During her short time as a busser/runner, Erika Calderon trained herself in recognizing what every plate was supposed to look like, learning the 100+ items on our menu. She was quickly promoted to the expo position because of her exhaustive menu knowledge, but her cheerful attitude and remarkable memory of guests names has her in training to become a cashier.
Whether she is interfacing between the kitchen and the guest as an expo, or the guest and the kitchen as a cashier, her communication is always clear and concise, preventing or solving problems as necessary. Erika's professionalism extends to her co-workers, always listening, encouraging and congratulating them. Managers can count on her to speak up on behalf of guests or colleagues to keep Picante running smoothly.
You'll see her soon in her new role as cashier, if not on her break eating pozole. Either way, raise a glass to this month's team member in the spotlight.
Anyone who dines at the bar knows our team member spotlight should shine brightly this month on Nick Romero. Nick shakes up the best margaritas in Berkeley. Always organized with how he sets up his station, he keeps it in perfect order to hand off to any team member taking over the bar.
His position, close to the door, offers him the opportunity to dazzle with his superpower: recognizing guests who have never been to Picante. Recently Nick impressed a new guest with his patience and perseverance. The guest asked for a recommendation. Nick made one and retrieved the guest a sample. The guest did not like what he tasted so Nick continued to suggest and sample until the guest was absolutely delighted.
His customer service as a cashier is also exemplary. A guest arrived whose take-out food was not yet packaged. Nick kept the guest company until the order was in their hands. The guest told the manager on duty how impressed they were with the amazing service experience Nick provided.
Nick is accurate and through in his cash handling skills, always finishing his shift with the correct paper work and cash in his drawer. Along with everything else about his performance his time management, punctuality, and perfect attendance makes him an obvious choice for this month's team member spotlight. Tell him congratulations if you catch him on break with his favorite dish: chile relleno.
Because women tend to possess the food knowledge of their homeland, our prep kitchen is entirely female. A prep cook at Picante requires multiple skills—the most important of which is her ability to make our signature handmade tortillas. The spotlight for October is on Deyanira Campos. Her undistracted zen-like peace of mind when laying a floppy disc of masa on the very hot sheet of steel is amazing to watch. Deyanira's tortillas are perfectly round with a speckle of brownness.
Dicing, cutting and chopping all that is needed for each of our 100+ recipes is a never ending task in our kitchen. Her knife skills are extraordinarily fast and uniform. If we had a speedometer to measure her, she may be the fastest with a knife, but as we emphasize safety over speed, there is no way to tell.
Deyanira is responsible for teaching new staff. Her approach is clear and direct instruction delivered with friendliness and warmth, making new team members feel welcome and confident. Along with everything else about her performance this past year, her punctual and perfect attendance makes her an obvious choice for this month's team member spotlight. If you see her eating her favorite dish, enchiladas verdes, say felicidades!
Relatively new to the Picante team, Mario Lopez's initiative has driven him to master four distinctive job positions in just two years. As a busser/runner he delivers food and clears tables; as an expo he culls all the dishes of an order together and makes sure they are correctly made; as a stocker he stores the vast amount of ingredients and supplies we receive daily; and as a floor conductor he calls out what the needs are in the dining room, at any given time, to his team via radio headsets. This cross-training gives him the ability to cover for co-workers who are unable to make their shift while helping him understand how all the roles work together to create a positive guest experience.
Guests appreciate how polite and knowledgeable Mario is, and staff members rely on his rapid response to their calls for assistance on the radio headsets. Loved at Picante, as well as in his community, Mario's connections have resulted in the recruitment of several qualified candidates to join the Picante team. And because he eats his way around the entire menu he is the perfect person to tell you about any dish you haven't tried. Thanks, Mario, for keeping things running smoothly!
Good buildings have strong foundations, and good restaurants have a solid back of the house. If it weren't for the reliability of our dishwasher and emergency handyman, Patricio De La Torre, our prep cooks couldn't even get started. Aside from the dishes, silverware and glasses made sparkling for the guest, our prep team relies on Patricio to have all the tools they need, sterilized and ready at the crack of dawn. He keeps the back of the house impeccably organized so time is never wasted looking for the right instrument for the job.
The dishwasher position is one made for an athlete, especially on a busy night. One glance at Patricio in action would explain why you might catch him devouring 4 empanadas on break—his job is relentless and fast-paced. Serious and energetic, Patricio loves sharing his abuelita's special lemonade recipe with the staff.
Service would come to a screeching halt without someone like Patricio keeping our back of the house running smoothly. We are grateful he is part of the Picante family!
If anyone at Picante knows what your usual order is, it is Karina Garcia. It's not the first time we've put the team member spotlight on Karina over the 10 years she has been with us, because she is exceptionally good at making sure you have a great experience. For instance, if you are curious about a menu item, Karina never hesitates to march over to the kitchen and get a sample. She is also cautious in getting every order right, repeating the order back to you for clarity. She shows the same attention to detail when working behind the bar—making drinks with confidence and flair.
Serving the guest is only half of what makes Karina stand out. At the start of her shift she is very diligent about getting her team on the same page and being certain they have everything they need to serve their guests during their shift. When there is a lull in the line, she always jumps right onto any side work to be ready for the next wave of guests. And should a fellow employee call be unable to make their shift, Karina is quick to cover for them.
We've had 10 wonderful years of working with Karina, so if you see her on break enjoying her favorite—enchiladas verdes —please tell her congratulations!
At the crack of dawn every day, trucks begin arriving at Picante to deliver hundreds of ingredients to make our food and drinks. And as sure as the sun rises each day you will find our June spotlight team member, Huriel Posadas, who manages everything that arrives at Picante. He performs his job with a wonderful mix of cheerfulness and urgency that is contagious.
Huriel maintains the largest area of Picante: the alley where the goods arrive as well as the rooms and refrigerators in which they are stored. Everything has its place and he keeps it impeccably organized so time is never wasted looking for an ingredient for the kitchen. The cleaning of those areas is so complicated that a map was created to track the frequency needed for each task, making even the least-seen area of Picante as clean as the front of the house.
All of our managers are trained in every aspect of the restaurant—an education which lasts two months—before they assume their managerial role. Huriel is the first stop on this training and his instruction is thorough and clear. He's a great leader in this way.
We asked Huriel to name his favorite dish at Picante, and it was the only challenge he couldn't meet. Frankly, we are perfectly happy watching him eat his way around the menu over and over again!
Like a well-played game of telephone, each order goes through many ears before the food is delivered to the table. Our cashiers parrot back each order, assuring that they heard what the guest wants. Next the order is sent to the kitchen where it is prepared and plated. Finally, our expeditor—or, as we call them, "expo"—culls the order and makes sure it's correct before runners bring it to the table. May's spotlight is on Claudia Rodriguez who has the superpower of interpreting each order and insuring what the guest is expecting is what they receive—sometimes sending plates back to the kitchen for adjustments. Insisting on the correct presentation of each and every plate that she handles is how she has set the bar high for her entire team of expos. Always following procedure, Claudia demonstrates her understanding that any mistake on her part would slow down the restaurant's promise to serve food quickly. Her calm presence in the heat of a rush of customers is appreciated and adopted by her team.
We love working with Claudia because of her direct style of communication, firm manner, and high standards with which she trains our other expos.
Our April Spotlight is on team member Francisco Barragan. He may not be a face you see at your table or at the cash register, but he is surely a part of nearly every meal you have at Picante. One of our most versatile line cooks, he has a particular passion for the customer experience. Despite his position in the "back of the house" he is acutely aware that his performance behind the scenes makes or breaks each guest's visit.
As a cook, Francisco has mastered every station "on the line" and is continually perfecting his culinary techniques and insights. Francisco's care for the food and guests is thorough: the details he brings to his plating; his support of servers in assuring order accuracy; following special instructions; his cool demeanor as rush-hour ramps up, and his focus on delivering excellent quality to every guest.
My journeys south of the border began four decades ago. Everything about Mexico captivated me—the art, the history, and especially the food. But when I returned back home to my native Berkeley I couldn't find the flavors I'd savored while traveling and studying the cuisine from one region of Mexico to the next. So after years of cooking for friends and family, with ingredients I stashed in my suitcase from my many trips south, Picante was born.
Picante is an expression of my love for Mexico. Love is why I grind corn daily for our tortillas, import Mexican herbs, spices & chiles , and why I have local artisans craft cheese capturing the same nuances as fresh Mexican queso. Love explains why I grill only never-ever meats and why our addictive chips come from organic corn tortillas we slice right here—not from a bag.
I would never claim Picante is authentically Mexican—food can only be considered truly authentic if it's made in Mexico. And while the dishes at Picante may not be coming from some grandmother's kitchen in Mexico, the reactions I get tell me it's pretty close.
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Prestigious teaching award for University team
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The E-Learning Unit in the School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics  received the national Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE), which recognises collaborative work that has had a demonstrable impact on teaching and learning.
The successful team is made up of Dr Chris Graham, Christian Lawson-Perfect and Dr George Stagg.
Chris, Director of E-Learning, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics said:
"We are absolutely delighted to receive the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence, recognising our E-Learning Unit's contribution to our School, institution and wider community, in enhancing the teaching and learning of mathematics, with initiatives such as the Numbas e-assessment software.
"The award celebrates our collaborative approach to establishing Numbas as a tool used here at Newcastle by over 3,000 students each year in Schools across all three faculties, and at our Malaysia and London campuses. And recognises our role worldwide, with several key international partnerships, a role in high profile national projects in primary and secondary education, and over 2,000 teachers worldwide using our assessment software.
"We are very grateful to colleagues in Schools across the University who have worked with us, and particularly to everyone that supported us with our CATE nomination. We look forward to building on this success with new projects and collaborations!"
As well as this success, the University's achievements in learning and teaching have also been recognised recently with 3 National Teaching Fellowship Awards and Professor Suzanne Cholerton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Education, said
"It's an extraordinary achievement by all – it's rare to have three successful NTFS nominations in one year, and even more so two in consecutive years, but to be recognised with CATE as well is exceptional and a ringing endorsement of my colleagues who've been recognised, and Newcastle University's long tradition of excellence in teaching and supporting colleagues to develop and demonstrate their expertise in education."
Alison Johns, Advance HE CEO, said:
"I am sure I am joined by the entire sector in congratulating the 2020 NTFS and CATE awardees. All of the winners should be extremely proud of their achievement of what are prestigious, national teaching awards. Their work epitomises the outstanding commitment to teaching in the UK higher education sector, which this year has been more demanding than ever before. Well done to each and every one of them."
This award follows shortly after the University's success in gaining the 'Best Summative Assessment Award' at the International e-Assessment Awards 2020 for its Digital Exams Service, which also recognised the University's achievements in online assessment.
If you want to find out more about Digital Learning and Assessment here at Newcastle University visit the Digital Learning website. You can also find out more about Numbas here.
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Made of recyclable waste paper, the products of VRANCART S.A. Adjud are biodegradable and do not have a negative impact upon the environment, which proves our permanent concern towards protecting the nature and the environment.
- tissue papers in various assortments: half-finished products, rolls obtained following the process of converting the half-finished product, in simple or double plies, made of waste paper, pulp, kitchen towels and professional rolls.
Nowadays, VRANCART S.A. Adjud recycles over 30% of the whole amount of waste paper collected at a national level through its own centres opened in: Bucharest - 3 centres, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Botosani, Brasov, Cluj, Constanta, Focsani, Iasi, Prahova, Sibiu, Timis. In the future, VRANCART S.A. Adjud aims at being the most important recycling entity of pulp wastes and not only, an important depolluting agent of Romania.
"VRANCART" Adjud este o societate pe actiuni cu capital privat, avand ca principal obiect de activitate "fabricarea hartiei pentru carton ondulat, carton ondulat si hartii igienico-sanitare", cu o vechime de peste 35 de ani in acest domeniu. Fabricate din deseuri reciclabile, produsele S.C. VRANCART S.A. Adjud sunt biodegradabile si nu au impact negativ asupra mediului, ceea denota o permanenta preocupare fata de ocrotirea naturii si a mediului inconjurator.


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Q: SMTP connect error using phpmailer I am using this code to send emails using smtp:
require 'phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php';
 $mail = new PHPMailer(); // create a new object
  $mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP
  $mail->SMTPDebug = 1; // debugging: 1 = errors and messages, 2 = messages only
  $mail->SMTPAuth = true; // authentication enabled

  $mail->Host = "sr4.supercp.com";
  $mail->Port = 465; // or 587
  $mail->IsHTML(true);
  $mail->Username = "********";
  $mail->Password = "********";
  $mail->SetFrom("********");
  $mail->Subject = "Test";
  $mail->Body = "hello";
  $mail->AddAddress("****@gmail.com");
   if(!$mail->Send())
      {
      echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
        echo "<pre>";
        echo print_r($mail);
      }
      else
      {
      echo "Message has been sent";
      }

Getting this error:
2014-08-25 18:53:11 CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO grabblaw.com
2014-08-25 18:53:11 SMTP ERROR: EHLO command failed:
2014-08-25 18:53:11 SMTP NOTICE: EOF caught while checking if connected SMTP connect() failed. Mailer Error: SMTP connect() failed.

I have spend entire day, but unable to make this work. Please help.
Please refer this url for more error detailed info: http://grabblaw.com/mail_template.php

A: Similar to this question SMTP error with PHPMailer EHLO not supported
Changing your port to 25 should work:
I tried to telnet:
telnet grabblaw.com 25 //works

telnet grabblaw.com 465 //hangs

telnet grabblaw.com 587 //no response

A: You're setting:
$mail->Port = 465; // or 587

but there's no accompanying:
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; // or 'tls'

So you're trying to send unencrypted data to an encrypted connection, which will not work (it's one of the reasons that SMTP over SSL was deprecated 15 years ago). TLS on 587 is more resistant to this.
Switching to port 25 usually means you're giving up on encryption altogether, which isn't a good solution.

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Painting – Artist Addé – Exhausted Painted Body.
I n Africa, ritual dances often imply all over body paintings, which are carefully applied, and transform the dancers to carry them beyond, into magical spirits. Then, after hours of transe and intense efforts, the paintings get worn out, and there, at that moment, reach their highest sense.
This painting by Addé is connecting to that very special time.
Contemporary Art Gallery, Abstract painting: "Exhausted Painted Body" > "Wispers of the invisible".
Material: Acrylic on linen canvas.
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Thank you for your comment Kutukamus ! You really caught the painting's spirit!
This piece is wonderful. I could stare at it all day.
This touches me strongly, especially as it is a "difficult" painting, thank you very much !


Glimpses of Penang International Food Festival, PIFF. . . . . Penang is called the food capital of Malaysia, and showcasing its food through a food festival is something we have been waiting for. There are main events happening over weekends and mini event happening over weekdays. This picture is taken on 18th April, 2019, the food truck rally at Gertak Sanggul, mini event. There were close to 30 food trucks and music played to treat the people. . . 1) Chicken Bolognese sandwich - best for the night 2) Food Trucks and the crowd 3) Yummy vegetarian Pizza, base was so soft and just melted in the mouth. 4) Coconut ice cream , topped with peanut and corn . . . We are on the way to today's event, anybody joining us ? . . .
Celebrate the long weekend with our bar ritual and enjoy a glass of refreshing cocktail to kick start the night!


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Il Palazzo del Pretorio è uno storico edificio della città di Locarno nel Canton Ticino.

Storia
Il palazzo venne eretto tra il 1908 e il 1910 secondo il progetto dell'architetto Ferdinando Bernasconi su commissione del Cantone Ticino. Negli anni 1930 le due ali dell'edificio vennero prolungate verso est, pur mantenendo la medesima struttura e stile dell'apparato murario preesistente.

Nella grande aula penale all'interno del palazzo si svolsero le trattative diplomatiche e furono parafati gli accordi del Patto di Locarno durante la conferenza di pace svoltasi tra il 5 e il 16 ottobre 1925.

Descrizione
L'edificio si trova nel Quartiere Nuovo di Locarno. Sviluppato su tre livelli, possiede una pianta ad E ed è caratterizzato da un'ampia facciata articolata da un avancorpo centrale con copertura piana e parapetto in muratura.

Note

Altri progetti

Architetture di Locarno

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Race cars like cool air to make power and a sun warmed track to keep the tires sticky. Conditions were nearly perfect to go racing this past weekend for WHRRI's season ender. I stopped by Saturday afternoon to see friends and take a few pictures of the group 1 class race. Hit the jump for Spec Neon, Spec Miata and Spec Focus racing action.


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Hands on Impressions - Destiny (Alpha)
by Gary Alexander Stott
Developers; Bungie
Publisher; Activision
In games development, the 'alpha' build is the first complete build of the game. It's rough, it's unpolished, it's full of glitches, and it has a very long way to go - but for the first time, it's a game. The Destiny Alpha is clearly not based on the alpha build. It's detailed, it's gorgeous, and it stands as one of the finest testing experiences I've ever had the pleasure of playing.
What exactly is the Destiny Alpha, then? To put it simply, it's the first of two stress tests for the game's dedicated servers. The Beta next month will be a considerably larger experience than the one that has just concluded, with players from multiple platforms engaging in Destiny's universe at the same time. The Alpha, on the other hand, dealt only with a handful of Playstation 4 gamers. How did it go? It went like this...
Prior to the Alpha, I wasn't sure what to think of Destiny. Bungie seemed to have spent a ludicrous amount of money building a rich, deep universe which could only be explored through (what looked like) uninspired gameplay. It could go either way, I thought.
Then I played the Alpha.
It began with class choice. Of the three, I opted to play as the Warlock (a sort of warrior-scholar/space-wizard). My other choices were the Hunter (a precision-based, assassin-like character) and the Titan (a heavily armoured grunt, essentially). Before my time with the Alpha was done, I ended up playing as all three, as the test had room for three separate character slots - but for now we'll stick with my experience as a Warlock.
Then it was onto the character creator. This was a fairly simple system based on presets and colour options, but the only time you ever see your character's face is in the third-person social hub, the Tower, so it didn't really matter. I did, however, note the absence of facial hair options, which seemed a strange absence. There were a total of three races offered – Human, Awoken (a blue-skinned race), and Exo (sentient machines), as well as gender choice. Race doesn't seem to affect gameplay in any way, though class plays a big part. After my character was ready, it was straight into the game.
I found myself in a large area known as Old Russia, with a simple mission to complete (it mostly involved shooting things). My character started at level three, and already had a basic armour set. The gameplay might be considered generic if Destiny were a first-person shooter, but that's what's most interesting – Destiny isn't an FPS. It's an MMO with polished FPS combat, and the distinction is important. In many MMOs, combat feels like a chore – a grind necessary to earn XP. In Destiny, however, the combat is consistently fun. Would you expect anything less from the makers of Halo?
Class choice affects combat in a variety of ways. Every class has a unique melee move (such as the Hunter's knife attack), as well as a unique grenade attack (such as the Warlock's damage-over-time grenade – useful for blocking off narrow spaces in the heat of battle). Furthermore, all of the classes have a special attack that needs to be charged up over time. These attacks do huge amounts of damage, and are particularly useful against tougher enemies.
The three classes also jump in slightly different ways. While they all share the same initial hop into the air, each has a distinct secondary jump. The Hunter has a basic double-jump, the Titan has a lift that raises him into the air, and the Warlock has a lengthy glide that can be used in a variety of directions. While these differences sound small, they do have slightly different feels and can make a difference in combat. The Warlock's glide, for instance, can be used to cover long distances, but it leaves him exposed to attack for a period of time.
I actually found this gliding technique particularly useful in the Crucible - the game's competitive multiplayer mode. I don't normally enjoy multiplayer games, but there's an element of role-playing present in Destiny that separates it from something like Call of Duty and makes it more compelling. Rather than feeling like I was following a pointless shoot-kill-die-repeat cycle over and over again, I felt like my character was taking part in a large-scale battle that would have an impact on his reputation. And indeed – combat in the Crucible has a literal effect on character reputation. The player can level up Crucible points as well as Vanguard rank, both of which are done through challenges in the PvP and PvE environments respectively. Certain lush items – far beyond the level eight cap in the Alpha – are actually locked until a certain level is reached in one or more of these ranks. Therefore, there is actually much more to Destiny's character development than just experience.
As for the game's story and lore, things were kept minimal during the Alpha. There were no cut-scenes to give us context, only voice-overs which revealed little to nothing about the game's world. I have to mention Peter Dinklage's voice as the player's 'Ghost' companion. While Dinklage is a fantastic actor, and there is nothing inherently wrong with his performance in the role, he doesn't sound like an AI. This is due to the fact that his voice hasn't been given any kind of audio distortion. Indeed, he just sounds like Peter Dinklage. This is strange seeing as some of the game's promotional videos have featured a more digitized version of Dinklage's voice, though perhaps this is just a problem specific to the Alpha test.
Though the story may have been limited in the Alpha, the environments told a story on their own merits. Bungie has created a world players will want to explore, and the presentation of this universe is fantastic. Whether you're speeding around ruins on a 'Sparrow' bike, gazing at the Traveller from the Tower, or orbiting the moon in your own personal spaceship, the universe feels coherent, full, and interesting.
Aside from the basic story mission, the Alpha also featured an 'Explore' mission which allowed players to roam around Old Russia and take on plenty of small missions (which tended to involve shooting things, scanning things, or scouting things) as well as a 'Strike' mission. The latter was the highlight of the test, being a big, long, difficult raid in which the player is teamed up with at least two others in an effort to defeat a horde of enemies and bosses.
I should also discuss the gear available in the demo. While I discovered a few loot crates over my time with the Alpha, they weren't nearly as abundant as those found in titles such as Borderlands, and most of the loot I discovered actually came from fallen enemies, or as mission rewards. The difference between my starter gear and the gear I had as a level eight player makes me excited to see what will be on offer in the full game. With just a few levels up, my Warlock looked considerably cooler.
Ultimately, I enjoyed my time with the Destiny Alpha, and I'm sad to see it go. I am, however, very much looking forward to next month's big Beta test, and so should you. Believe the hype – Destiny is coming.
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The Domestic Dispute Strikes Back – Part 2, Jonathan vs. the Horn
Playing horn at band camp, 1991
This is Part 2 of a series of three articles. Part 1, The Domestic Dispute Returns, may be found here.
There's nothing quite like the orchestral horn. It is Beethoven's thunder and Tchaikovsky's soul (Symphonies No. 5); Brahms' clarion call (Symphony No.1) and both Strauss' prankster and hero triumphant (Till Eulenspiegel and Ein Heldenleben). It's also hell to play. The reason is simple: like all wind instruments, it's just a tube – a very elegant, photogenic tube – that vibrates along the harmonic series. Unlike most other wind instruments, however, the core of the range lies in the upper half of the harmonic series, meaning the naturally occurring pitches are much closer together than on a trumpet, which has the advantage of playing towards the bottom of the series where the pitches are further apart. The consequence? It's much easier to play wrong notes on a horn. A reason isn't an excuse, however, as my students will ruefully remember: they could have chosen triangle instead.
And so for the next three years, in parallel with my piano studies, I did solitary battle with this most recalcitrant and unforgiving of instruments. At the age of 16 I dispensed with piano, after a passable (literally, and barely at that) music examination in which I "got through" the repertoire, and devoted my attention to horn. I had successfully surmounted the audition barrier first into selective wind ensembles, then into the local youth orchestra. The wind ensemble experience was notable only for the social element, but in orchestra at least I could enjoy the repertoire.
Throughout all this, I still hadn't reached the point where I was convinced I wanted to be a musician. I enjoyed mathematics and physics too, and in high school completed the top-level requirements for entry into engineering at a much respected university, while not bothering with any of the prerequisites for entry into music. As it turned out, I was ultimately steered into music, but it would take another year – more specifically, an unremarkable year in one youth orchestra and a life-altering three weeks as principal horn of another … on an extended tour of Europe.
With Stan Kopac, conductor of Niagara Youth Orchestra, in St. Severin, Paris France.
Until that trip, I had associated youth orchestra performances with inadequately prepared programs presented in half-filled, low-grade venues. And although the beautiful European halls filled to capacity were extremely gratifying, the part of the experience that has stayed with me the longest was the opportunity to engage with the music on a completely different level, to go beyond playing it to a place where I started to understand it, to appreciate its architecture and narrative experientially, even if I lacked the knowledge to deconstruct it theoretically. The difference was no more than frequency and repetition, but music had finally begun to mean something more to me.
I passed the entry audition as a horn player for the Bachelor of Music program and spent the better part of the next decade (with some extraordinary digressions) in various levels of academia, ending up with a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting, working with conductors like Kurt Masur and Marin Alsop in the process. None of that time bears much mention: it wasn't really education, it was simply credentialing for a schooled society. There were two exceptions. The first was my two years at the University of Victoria, where I completed my undergraduate; I discovered I could love rehearsals too, when they were led by a conductor and artist of consummate ability. The second was my eventual return to piano during my Masters degree in conducting, over a decade after abandoning the instrument.
Circumstances were a little unusual. My girlfriend at the time (now wife) was preparing a piano recital which included a Mozart concerto. Out of a desire to win favour (we were still at that stage, or rather, I was) I volunteered to perform the accompaniment during her repertoire class. Maybe it was Mozart, perhaps it was making music with a person who was already consuming the entirety of my affection, but it was the first time I can recall enjoying the experience of playing the instrument. I was sufficiently motivated by the process to ask the head of the piano department, Theodor Lichtmann, if he would consider giving me a semester of lessons. For reasons I cannot fathom, and based solely on that one public performance of an accompaniment, he very readily consented. I was about to come full circle.
The history ends and the domestic dispute is resolved on Friday in Revenge of the Domestic Dispute, Part 3
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I just finished reading your last 2 posts and had to chuckle. They brought back lots of memories including you insisting that you wanted to play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata when Shelagh Scott said your hands were too small but you insisted and you did play it. Can't every remember having to encourage you to practice. I also recall that you willingly gave up going skiing in Lake Louise in order to stay home and practice your horn. You have come a long way and it is all your doing. Dad and I were just the cheerleaders.


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118-67-060 Phase I enhanced 9-1-1 service.
118-67-070 Phase II enhanced 9-1-1 service.
118-67-110 TTY access to 9-1-1 services.
118-67-130 Manufacturers of 9-1-1-only handsets.
This chapter is promulgated pursuant to the authority granted in RCW 38.52.561.
(1) "Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)" shall mean the membership organization that provides the tools necessary for the industry to identify standards, guidelines and operating procedures that make the interoperability of existing and emerging telecommunications products and services possible.
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(3) "Federal Communications Commission (FCC)" shall mean the agency of the federal government established under the Communications Act of 1934, as revised, for the purpose of regulating interstate communication by wire and radio.
(4) "Electronic serial number (ESN)" shall mean the unique 11-digit serial number assigned to the handset by the manufacturer.
(5) "International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI)" shall mean the unique 15-digit serial number assigned to a global system for mobile communication (GSM) handset used on a GSM wireless network.
(6) "National Emergency Number Association (NENA)" shall mean the group established to foster the technological advancement, availability, and implementation of a universal emergency telephone number system.
(7) "Nonservice initialized handsets" shall mean a handset for which there is no valid service contract with an RCSC.
(8) "Phase I enhanced 9-1-1 service" shall mean wireless 9-1-1 service where the RCSC is required to provide the telephone number of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and the location of the cell site or base station receiving a 9-1-1 call from any mobile handset accessing their systems to the designated PSAP through the use of ANI and Pseudo-ANI (see WAC 118-66-030).
(9) "Phase II enhanced 9-1-1 service" shall mean wireless 9-1-1 service where the RCSC is required to provide the telephone number of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and the location by latitude and longitude to the designated PSAP.
(10) "Radio communications service company (RCSC)" shall mean every corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership, and person, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court, and every city or town making available facilities to provide commercial mobile radio communications services, or cellular communications service for hire, sale, and both facilities-based and nonfacilities-based resellers, and does not include radio-paging providers.
(11) "9-1-1 Only Handsets" shall mean a nonservice initialized handset that is manufactured with the capability of dialing 9-1-1 only and that cannot receive incoming calls.
(1) Radio communications service companies (RCSCs) shall comply with the technical and operational standards established by the Federal Communications Commission for the transmission of 9-1-1 calls in section 47 C.F.R. Chapter I, § 20.18 of the FCC Rules.
(2) The authority given to the state enhanced 9-1-1 coordinator by RCW 38.52.561 is limited to setting standards as set forth in that section and does not constitute authority to regulate radio communications service companies.
(b) For handset-based technologies: 50 meters for 67 percent of calls, 150 meters for 95 percent of calls.
(c) For the remaining 5 percent of calls, location attempts must be made and a location estimate for each call must be provided to the appropriate PSAP.
Phase I enhanced 9-1-1 service.
(1) Within six months of a request by the designated public safety answering point as set forth in WAC 118-67-100, RCSCs must provide the telephone number of the originator of a 9-1-1 call and the location of the cell site or base station receiving a 9-1-1 call from any mobile handset accessing their systems to the designated public safety answering point through the use of ANI and pseudo-ANI.
(2) When the directory number of the handset used to originate a 9-1-1 call is not available to the serving carrier, such carrier's obligations under paragraph (1) of this section extend only to delivering 9-1-1 calls and available call party information, including that prescribed in WAC 118-67-120 to the designated public safety answering point.
(3) With respect to 9-1-1 calls accessing their systems through the use of TTYs, RCSCs must comply with the requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this section, as to calls made using a digital wireless system.
Phase II enhanced 9-1-1 service.
RCSCs must provide to the designated public safety answering point, Phase II enhanced 9-1-1 service, i.e., the location of all 9-1-1 calls by longitude and latitude in conformance with Phase II accuracy requirements of WAC 118-67-050.
RCSCs that employ a network-based location technology shall provide Phase II enhanced 9-1-1 service to at least 50 percent of their coverage area or 50 percent of their population beginning within 6 months of a PSAP request, and to 100 percent of their coverage area or 100 percent of their population within 18 months of such a request.
(a) Ensure that 100 percent of all new digital handsets activated are location-capable.
(b) By December 31, 2005, achieve 95 percent penetration of location-capable handsets among its subscribers.
(b) Begin delivering Phase II enhanced 9-1-1 service to the PSAP.
(3) For all 9-1-1 calls from portable or mobile phones that do not contain the hardware and/or software needed to enable the RCSC to provide Phase II enhanced 9-1-1 service, the RCSC shall, after a PSAP request is received, support, in the area served by the PSAP, Phase I location for 9-1-1 calls or other available best practice method of providing the location of the portable or mobile phone to the PSAP.
(4) RCSCs employing handset-based location technologies shall ensure that location-capable portable or mobile phones shall conform to industry interoperability standards designed to enable the location of such phones by multiple RCSCs.
(1) The requirements set forth in WAC 118-67-050, 118-67-060, 118-67-070, 118-67-080, and 118-67-090, shall be applicable only if the administrator of the designated public safety answering point has requested the services required under those paragraphs and is capable of receiving and utilizing the data elements associated with the service, and a mechanism for recovering the public safety answering point's costs of the enhanced 9-1-1 service is in place.
(2) A public safety answering point will be deemed capable of receiving and utilizing the data elements associated with the service requested if it can demonstrate that it has ordered the necessary equipment and has commitments from suppliers to have it installed and operational within the six-month period specified in WAC 118-67-060, 118-67-080, or 118-67-090, as applicable, and can demonstrate that it has made a timely request to the appropriate LEC for the necessary trunking and other facilities.
(3) In the alternative, a public safety answering point will be deemed capable of receiving and utilizing the data elements associated with Phase II service if it is Phase I-capable using an NCAS methodology, and if it can demonstrate that it has made a timely request to the appropriate LEC for the ALI database upgrade necessary to receive the Phase II information.
TTY access to 9-1-1 services.
RCSCs subject to this section must be capable of transmitting 9-1-1 calls from individuals with speech or hearing disabilities through means other than mobile radio handsets, e.g., through the use of text telephone devices (TTY). Operators of digital wireless systems must comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
(3) Institute a public education program to provide the users of such handsets with information regarding the limitations of nonservice initialized handsets.
(3) Institute a public education program to provide the users of such handsets with information regarding the limitations of 9-1-1-only handsets.


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Sci-fi book series about two orphan boys who are adopted and trained by two monster hunters
So a while ago I started a sci-fi book series that I want to either re-read or check to see if there are more books that have been released since.
The story revolves around two orphan boys who are adopted by two monster hunters who are really rich and at least one of them is nobility. One mentor is a brute named Asher who trains the bigger orphan boy. Of the two orphan boys one is more of a main character - in fact, his name has something to do with the names of the books.
The other orphan boy ends up being a half-giant and going to live with the giants for a bit and then later a school that has multiple other races, including trolls. The headmistress of the school is also a troll.
The main orphan is extremely intelligent and learns very quickly under the tutelage of one of the monster hunters, who has a military background. The main character's mentor is also part dragon or something along those lines and has some magical ability.
Also the main character was raised by a grandmother figure who was actually part dragon and really old. He was orphaned when she was killed by a 'red mage'. Red mages are the main antagonists. His 'grandmother' leaves him with a magical trunk with some artifacts inside of it
Edit. Some dragons decided to take human form long before the main story. The mentor not named asher is the one who is part dragon and he is able to turn invisible and is more of a roguish character that pretends not to care about anyone but truly does. I know there is at least 2 books and I read them about two years ago. I'm not sure when they were published but it is definitely post 2000.
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What are monster hunters? Are they monsters who go hunting, or are they hunters who hunt monsters? – user14111 May 9 '17 at 3:01
The series is Heritage of the Blood and the first book is Victor Deus. Great series except its editing needs work.
Every culture has it's legends. Those men and women who's legacies were so great that their stories have been repeated generation to generation. A person of such impact that other cultures long detached from the origins tell stories of these powerful individuals. Such is the story of Victor Deus. Unlike many such legends, there was little need to embellish the deeds he and his allies accomplished. Some remember him as a savior, some as a tyrant. There are whole worlds that worship him like a god, and others that raise him up as a devil. All of these worlds agree upon one thing though, he was fiercely protective of his allies, and swiftly dealt with his enemies.
How does one become such a figure? Loved by so many, yet feared by even more? The story is a long one, and I hope you will bear with me as the story unfolds. One thing you must know about Victor Deus is that he was not given time to be a child, for his formative years were full of training and despair. Therefor, it is there where this story begins, a boy, barely able to hold a sword, thrust into events he cannot control.
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Excellent. Can you provide any further details in your answer as to how it fits, like quoting a summary? And you can accept your own answer in about 46 hours by clicking on the checkmark by the voting buttons. – FuzzyBoots May 9 '17 at 3:13
Could you elaborate? Even though you're the OP and can confirm this, it would be helpful to others who may be having the same problem so that they can confirm if it's what they're looking for as well. Check out How to write a good story-ID answer? for tips on what points to include. – Möoz May 9 '17 at 3:15
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Identify this YA book series about dragons, acid blood, and dangerously cold nights
YA book about two boys, a parallel universe, and a wolf
Book series about an orphan befriending a dragon and traveling between stars
Fantasy novel with two young boys who find a portal and are given a quest. Wolf on the cover
Book series about shape shifters with an old lady and an orphan boy
80s-90s Book (part of a series?) About Teenager Who Fights Greek Monsters
Old anime where a girl comes from a star


Sermons preached at Redemption Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA.
Habakkuk 2:1-4 I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the lookout tower. I will watch to see what He will say to me and what I should reply about my complaint. 2 The LORD answered me: Write down this vision; clearly inscribe it on tablets so one may easily read it. 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late. 4 Look, his ego is inflated; he is without integrity. But the righteous one will live by his faith.
How do you react when you're stressed? Psychologists talk about different reactions to stress that have been observed in people. They call them defense mechanisms – ways in which we process hard times that are happening. One reaction is denial – acting like the troubling thing isn't actually happening. Another is projection – always being focused on what others are doing wrong instead of the ways we've contributed to our problems. A common one is displacement – where we cope with our stress by lashing out at easier targets who aren't responsible for it. Or there's identification – where we associate with other people or organizations who are popular or successful as a way to mask our own insecurities.
The thing about it is that humans are astoundingly acute when diagnosing the various ways that we handle stress – yet we're often no better in actually handling it properly and getting over it. Habakkuk was stressed out. We might say that his defense mechanism for handling that stress was to blame God. In chapter one, Habakkuk lobbed two volatile complaints at God in the form of questions. In chapter two, under our text for consideration – Habakkuk gets his answer.
The same pattern plays out in our lives and in our faith. We question God – sometimes honestly and innocently, sometimes not so much. Our questions are similar to Habakkuk's as we'll see in a moment. They are the common inquisitions of a mortal human's heart. And, much like Habakkuk, God doesn't always give us the answer we want, but nonetheless an answer that satisfies. These questions and this answer, center on three things – fairness, feeling, and faith. May the Holy Spirit who leads through the Word of God bless us through it today.
Habakkuk's first question was: How long, LORD, must I call for help and You do not listen or cry out to You about violence and You do not save? 3 Why do You force me to look at injustice? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Oppression and violence are right in front of me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates. 4 This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted (1:2-4).
Habakkuk questioned God's fairness. Like the rest of the prophets, Habakkuk was called to preach a message to God's people. Like many of the rest of the prophets, the message was hard and the response was not good. In the very first verse Habakkuk calls the message a "burden" which was also a play on words in the Hebrew language. The Hebrew word for a message from God also contains the imagery of something that is carried under extreme pressure. We don't know exactly what that message was, word for word. But, Habakkuk is clear enough that it wasn't heeded. Wickedness had reached such as level that it caused the prophet to doubt whether God cared, or what value the law of God even held. Habakkuk questions the very principle of justice, like it doesn't even exist. And perhaps most telling of all, this first question is extremely personal. Notice the personal emphasis: How long, LORD, must I call for help and You do not listen or cry out to You about violence and You do not save? 3 Why do You force me to look at injustice? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
How often have we faced the same personal conflict? What God tells us is extremely clear. His Word is that lamp to light the way. Yet, no one listens. People do what they please with the Word of God. Evil and wickedness abound in the world. The rich and the greedy continue to prosper. The vile and the disgusting continue to find ways to hurt others. Where is justice? Some, like Habakkuk, have felt this so acutely that they even question whether or not justice really exists. Some have given up trying.
Habakkuk's second question may be less personal but it's certainly more pointed at God, Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. 13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, And cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous than he (1:12-13)?
Habakkuk moves on from his personal feelings to now questioning the very nature of God. This is the next logical step. If God doesn't care about me, but claims to – how can I then trust anything else about Him? Is He eternal? Is He holy? What happens to Habakkuk here is that he allows his feelings to get in the way of God's Word. Feelings are a lot like temptations. They're not necessarily bad, but they're not always controllable. We will feel the way we will feel – no one can change that. Just like we will be tempted – no one can stop that.
The thing is, we don't have to be dominated by those feelings. Sometimes people get upset at God's Word or Christians because they think they're trying to change the way they feel. This gets upsetting to say the least because there is so much to the way we feel that is out of our control. What do you think about Habakkuk's second question? Have you ever felt the same way? Who hasn't wondered about the Lord's eternal nature? Who hasn't contemplated God's righteousness? Who hasn't questioned God's plan? These are natural feelings – meaning that they don't come about by personal choice. Therefore, they also can't be wished away as if they don't exist.
But, this isn't what God's Word is aimed at. Feelings will always be there. God's Word isn't trying to change that. Instead, it gives you a way through those feelings to God. Feelings may come natural but that doesn't mean they won't betray the truth. Have you ever felt that God is asking the impossible of you? Have you ever been fed up with waiting for God's answer? God is telling you right now He's not trying to change you to act like those feelings will never exist. The fact that we see these examples so often in Scripture is a testament to their reality. God is giving you a way through – an answer that fills in your personal need and satisfies your natural struggle with His will. And it is the same answer He gave Habakkuk. The righteous one will live by his faith.
Here is true justice. Here is where divine righteousness is found. It is by faith. The Bible always means the same thing when it speaks of faith. It is trust in God. It is relying on Jesus as the only source of truth and salvation, even over ourselves. This is where we find answers. This is how we receive justice from our adversaries – through Jesus. Habakkuk would later sing, through a song, at the end of this book: Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls-- 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation (3:17-18).
Notice that the stress isn't over. Habakkuk confidently understands, even though evil still exists, even though bad things happen to me, even though I wait on the Lord's plan – I can rejoice in salvation through my God. Joy in the Lord is not the absence of bad things – or the effects of sin in our lives. Rather it is the ability to get through it in the Lord's name, with our faith intact.
Our text puts it another way, For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late. The Lord tells Habakkuk that His answer will seem like it's late, but it will not be late. It is according to His plan. Doesn't that encapsulate the difficulty that we face in matters of fairness and feeling in our lives? It seems like the Lord isn't listening. It feels like He doesn't care, or that He isn't powerful enough. In those thoughts we are tempted to doubt His Word. At those moments there are others who offer more attractive answers – quick answers that I don't have to wait for. At that time Satan brings the full onslaught of temptation – that God's Word is false, that God doesn't care about your complaint, that God has moved on, that there's no point in waiting because it's a pointless exercise. There's no denying the stress – but God openly tells you it's part of the process. His answer will feel like it's late – but it never is.
The righteous shall live by faith. That is our motto as believers because that's the only way through this sinful world. God told Habakkuk that He knew the source of his complaints; Habakkuk's ego was inflated. He was proud in his own thoughts. But, the Lord didn't leave him there – Habakkuk already knew that. The Lord reassured him – you are righteous by faith, that will never be late; that will never change. Write it down, make it clear that others may know it too.
How do you handle stress? What is your go-to defense mechanism? Do you hide from it? Do you try to mask it? Do you take it out on others? Is it always some else's fault? Recognize your questions and God's answer – just as Habakkuk did. You, also, are righteous by faith in Jesus. Tempted to question that? Ever feel like it isn't true? Consider this word from God about His timing – explaining why you can have confidence.
Romans 5:4-8 We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
There's an answer worth knowing. It's okay to witness the evil. It's okay to feel the stress. It's okay to have the feeling of uncertainty. You have a way through – Jesus, the one who died for you. We can glory in those conquered things, because it's glorying in our Savior. We can see and appreciate God's hand at work, because it is. He died and lives for sinners and so I am righteous by faith. Amen.
Pastor Mark S. Tiefel graduated from Immanuel Lutheran College and Seminary in Eau Claire, WI, in May of 2012. He previously served Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was installed at Redemption on April 12, 2015.
Visit the Redemption Website for more information on our church.


Olympus Corporation was established in 1919 by Takeshi Yamashita in Tokyo, Japan. The first Olympus camera, the 'Semi-Olympus I', was introduced in 1936. Originally the company was known as Takachiho Seisakusho, but it has undergone several name changes since. In 1942 it became Takachiho Optical, then in 1949 Olympus Optical, and finally in 2003 Olympus Corporation.


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p0803 BC-BorderEarthquake 5thLd-Writethru 02-11 0340
Magnitude-5.1 quake hits Mexico, triggers school evacuations but no injuries
Eds: UPDATES with quake magnitude revised up to 5.1 from 4.9.
By LUIS PEREZ
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- A moderate earthquake struck northwestern Mexico near the U.S. border Monday, prompting authorities to evacuate schools and resulting in at least one minor gas leak.
No major damage or injuries were reported from the temblor, which an expert said was likely an aftershock from a magnitude-5.4 quake three days ago.
The magnitude-5.1 quake hit around 10:30 a.m. local time (1:30 p.m. EST). It was centered about 20 miles southeast of the border city of Mexicali, and 24 miles southeast of the U.S. border city of Calexico, California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
In Mexicali, an industrial border city of about 750,000, the quake caused the wall of a school to fall and started a gas leak in a second school, prompting authorities to evacuate all of the city's learning centers, said Alfredo Escobedo, civil protection director for the Mexican state of Baja California, which includes Mexicali. Escobedo said no injuries or other damages were reported.
On Friday, Mexicali area was rocked by a magnitude-5.4 quake that shut down factories and left 400,000 people without power. That quake was felt in parts of California and Arizona, the USGS said.
The latest temblor was likely an aftershock, said Julie Martinez, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.
A series of smaller quakes, ranging from magnitudes 2.5 to 2.9, preceded Monday's temblor and there were at least five aftershocks, including one registering a magnitude-3.6, the USGS said.
In 2000, the northern Baja California region near Mexicali was rattled by a cluster of quakes, but they did not cause any apparent damage.
U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov


Hi The above line is in every file and they are for CVS there is no Usage apart from that, is there any way to filter selected final static member of a class from being inspected ?
if it's there how to do it ?
But why then use variables and no comments?
do you mean to say . is missing it that ?
since they are public static fields they are subjected to usage checks and other checks, which these field don't require... is there a way to avoid this ??
or am i getting it wrong ??
All of the "unused variable/method/class" inspections are part of IDEA's built-in inspection suite, not from InspectionGadgets. You'll have to get JetBrains to fix it. I remember a Tracker request for allowing variables like this to be ignored for purposes of the unused variable inspection (keyed off some regex), so you might look it up and vote for it. In the mean-time, you might try creating some test class which does nothing but reference these variables. Ugly, but effective.
This sort of thing can actually be quite handy, as it makes the CVS label show up in the .class file. There it can be viewed with a handy disassembler, if needed. I don't do it myself, although now that you mention it I might suggest it on the work project we've currently got starting.


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LARSON: We Need a Long Term Solution to Help Those in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after voting for the disaster relief supplemental.
"Although I voted for the $36.5 billion disaster supplemental today, I did so with a heavy heart. It has been three weeks since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 83 percent of Puerto Rico still lacks power, only 64 percent have access to clean water, and there's still limited access to adequate food supply, and other basic necessities. Just two days ago, the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services said the devastation he saw was the equivalent to a nuclear detonation and that whatever we do will be insufficient to the demand and need that is there. Although a $4.9 billion loan will help local authorities in the short-term, it is not a sustainable plan for long term recovery considering the scale of the damage. The islands are in dire need for assistance to restore critical infrastructure, which is why it would be much more effective to focus on funding recovery grants and waiving federal matching requirements until both territories become more economically stable. This is further reason that Congress must continue to work on behalf of the more than 3.5 million U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to ensure they have the resources needed for immediate relief and to assist them towards a long term recovery. Additional action from Congress will be required, and I look forward to voting on future legislation to aid Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands," said Larson.
Summary of the Additional Supplemental Appropriation for Disaster Relief Requirements Act of 2017:
$18.67 billion for DHS/FEMA, of which $4.9 billion can be used for Disaster Loan Program Account for Community Disaster Loans to help local governments affected by recent hurricanes;
• $16 billion cancellation of National Flood Insurance Program debt;
$1.2 billion for disaster nutrition assistance in Puerto Rico through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);
• $576.5 million for wildfire efforts;
• No funding for the Small Business Administration (SBA) low interest direct loans to
assist homeowners and small businesses with recovery and rebuilding;
• No funding for Community Development Block Grants (HUD);
No funding for restoration and repair of damage sustained by ports, highways, transit, airports, and air traffic control infrastructure;
No funding for Medicaid and community health centers.
Larson previously sent a letter to President Trump requesting waiving the federal matching requirements.


Don't be so eager to reach for the pesticide spray at the first sight of a bug in your garden. Why? In reality only about 3% of the insect population actually does any kind of harm to our plants. That leaves 97% percent that are actually good bugs or just neutral. Joe gets a first-hand look at how the horticultural community is embracing biological controls.