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Solution-processed thin film solar cells
Ink-based deposition techniques, such as ink-jet printing, spray-, or slot-die coating, have the potential to bring down costs and allow sustainable growth of renewable technologies due to their low capital expenditure, high material utilization, and high throughput, if high device efficiencies and benign reaction mechanisms can be obtained at the same time. Thin film solar cells based on chalcogenide and perovskite absorbers are particularly promising as they have achieved power conversion efficiencies of over 22%, representing the highest value among thin film solar cells – exceeding market-leading multicrystalline Si – and can be fabricated by liquid deposition methods and on a choice of rigid or flexible substrates.
A. R. Uhl, J. K. Katahara, and H. W. Hillhouse, Molecular-ink route to 13.0% efficient low-bandgap CuIn(S,Se)2 and 14.7% efficient Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 solar cells, Energy & Environmental Science, 2016, vol. 9, pp. 130-134. (link)
H. Xin, S. M. Vorpahl, A. D. Collord, I. L. Braly, A. R. Uhl, B. W. Krueger, D. S. Ginger, and H. W. Hillhouse, Lithium-Doping Affects the Nanoscale Electrical Properties of Grains and Grain Boundaries of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, vol. 17, pp. 23859-23866. (link)
A. Chirila, P. Reinhard, F. Pianezzi, P. Bloesch, A. R. Uhl, C. Fella, L. Kranz, D. Keller, C. Gretener, H. Hagendorfer, D. Jaeger, R. Erni, S. Nishiwaki, S. Buecheler, and A. N. Tiwari, Potassium-induced surface modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films for high-efficiency solar cells, Nature Materials, 2013, vol. 12, pp. 1107-1111. (link)
Tandem devices
Both chalcogenide and perovskite absorbers exhibit a wide range of bandgap tunability, which allows for their integration in solution-processed tandem solar cells. By stacking or depositing high bandgap solar cells on top of low bandgap devices the utilization of the solar spectrum can be improved and device efficiencies can be increased by over 40%. The realization of high efficiency, solution-processed tandem devices will dramatically reduce solar electricity prices to approach those of coal or gas.
A. R. Uhl, A. Rajagopal, J. A. Clark, A. Murray, T. Feurer, S. Buecheler, A. K.-Y. Jen, H. W. Hillhouse, Solution-processed Low-Bandgap CuIn(S,Se)2 Absorbers for High Efficiency Single Junction and Monolithic Chalcopyrite-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells, Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 1801254. (link)
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Photoelectrochemical devices for solar fuels
High voltages from tandem devices allow their use in catalysis reactions for solar fuels. The photoelectrochemical (PEC) reduction of CO2 has received growing attention as a potential solution to the intermittency of solar PV while reducing the amount of excess CO2 in the atmosphere. Solar energy harvested by PV is thereby used to convert CO2 into value-added hydrocarbon chemicals for usable, transportable, and storable fuels. Similar to solar PV, low-cost deposition methods and materials for catalysts and PEC devices are needed to guarantee the growth of the technology as well as cost-competitive solar fuels.
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Hello everyone. I have not been around these parts much lately. As I have been working on drafts of posts and going back through all stuff Babu and this blog, I have been feeling myself unwind and feel lighter. I need to get back to writing and here is my push!
The April A-Z Challenge. I have looked forward to this for the last two years and begun the challenge each year. Maybe, in honor of Babu, I will complete it this year.
And that is my theme.
This year's April A-Z Challenge is in honor, and memory, of Babu.
A fun picture. Despite my sadness, this month's challenge should be full of joy!
welcome back! I love this picture.
I totally understand about starting the challenge but not finishing it. I am confident you will finish it this year though. Looking forward to reading your posts.


Grief Weavers, LLC is a grief and bereavement support practice. Our mission is to support and guide those that are grieving a loss. We provide "tools" that help integrate or "weave" one's loss into their lives. Through journaling, written exercises, group opportunities, healing arts and talking, grieving individuals learn that the journey to healing, although painful, is possible.
What is the philosophy of Grief Weavers?
Can I be in therapy and still benefit from your service?
We do not accept health insurance for our services. However, we have a generous sliding scale fee and make every attempt to work with you and your financial situation to get the support you need.
Does my health insurance pay for this service?
Psychotherapy is a process in which a trained professional enters into a relationship with a patient for the purpose of helping the patient with symptoms of mental illness, behavioral problems or personal growth. Psychotherapy involves a diagnosis and treatment plan. Our bereavement support practice involves helping people work through the normal life experience of grief.
Yes. Many clients have their own therapist that they may be seeing on an ongoing basis. Our service is unique and is often complementary to individual therapy.
We do not prescribe medication, but will refer you to a psychopharmacologist or to your primary care provider should we feel that medication may be helpful. Most people grieve normally and do not require medication to cope with their feelings. However some individuals who have struggled with depression or anxiety or who have intense feelings of grief over a long period of time may find that medication allows them to cope with the feelings associated with the grief journey.
How do you determine if a client is seen individually or in a group?
That is actually up to each individual. Most individuals who have never attended a group are often apprehensive about the experience. Those that complete a group are grateful for the peer support and group exercises that are part of each group session. Sometimes a client will start with one on one and then ask to be included in a group.
How are your groups structured?
All of our groups (children and adults) are "closed." This means that the group members stay the same throughout all of the sessions. Group members must commit to the length of the support group. We do not have "drop in" groups which is a model that some use where group members may always change and they do not need to commit to the sessions.
Does the loss have to be recent or can it be from years prior?
Grief is a never ending process. We have had clients that suffered a loss years prior and have benefited from our services. Oftentimes, other losses trigger feelings that resurface and it can be helpful to have support around the feelings.
My daughter's friend died from an illness and my child is profoundly sad, do you have support for children that are not related to the family?
Grief Weavers not only addresses the needs of adults but also those of children and teenagers. Children grieve and need to express their grief, but do so differently from adults. Children use play to express their feelings and concerns. They benefit from an environment in which they feel safe to ask questions and let their feelings show. At Grief Weavers we use puppets, journals, creative arts, and toys to assist children on their grief journey. Some children enjoy one on one sessions while others prefer being in a group of children who are in a similar situation.
Is there a set number of visits that one must commit to?
No, individuals or couples that meet for one-on-one support may feel as though one session is helpful in normalizing their grief and gaining enough tools to help them with their grief journey. Others feel that more than one session is helpful, but that is the decision of the individual or couple to make. Some people schedule an appointment with a staff member at Grief Weavers when they feel as though they need a "check in" or "tune up" but there is no set schedule.
Will I ever get over my grief?
Although the feelings that accompany grief and the mourning process can be painful and at times exhausting, one does not "get over" grief. What we hope to accomplish at Grief Weavers is to assist those who grieve to integrate the loss into their lives so that it becomes a part of them, not what defines them. Grief is a never ending process, but feelings change over time and most people report that, in time, they are able to live life and enjoy life. They learn to live a life that is a "new normal," and accept that there is no going back to the life they lived before their loss.


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SERMON TITLE: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
TEXT: Philippians 4:4 (ESV)
SPEAKER: Josh Hanson
DATE: 12-15/16-18
It's good to be with all of you this weekend at Gateway Church. And one thing I want you to know — and it doesn't matter if it's your first time with us or if you're worshipping at our North Main campus — is that God loves you and I love you too.
SERIES INTRODUCTION
And this Christmas season we're taking a few Christmas carols and letting them be our guide as we head toward Christmas Day. And Christmas can be a season where our lives get super busy and it's easy to miss the beauty of this season — the season of Advent.
So — to help us all slow down and reflect on this important season of our faith — we've created these cards as a free resource to help you walk through the weekly themes of Advent. On the front is a piece of original artwork that corresponds with the sermon being preached that week. And on the back you'll find various resources you can use to help focus on the coming of Jesus this Advent season. We hope this resource will be a blessing to you.
SERMON INTRODUCTION
And the Christmas carol we're using as our guide today is "O Come, O Come Emmanuel." Now — if you know the carol — you know that there's a word repeated again and again — and that word is "rejoice." "Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee O Israel."
Rejoice — have joy — why? Because Emmanuel is coming. "God with us" is coming. The Savior is coming. A reason to rejoice — like nothing else — Jesus is coming. That's what we're going to look at today.
And I love the word joy. It's my wife's middle name. We like the word so much that it's our daughter's middle name as well. And as I've shared before, my life mission statement is to "glorify God by making disciples who find their joy in Jesus." And that's really key — that our joy — for it to have any lasting value — our joy must be in Jesus.
And it seems like everything is against our joy being in Jesus — even as we head towards the Christmas holiday — which is kind of crazy when you think about it. The holiday where we celebrate — when we sing "rejoice, rejoice" — the holiday when we celebrate that our Savior is born — has become the holiday where so many people try to find their joy in anything other than the child born to save them.
But today — and hopefully for the rest of our days — I want us to look to the joy that only Jesus provides. Because He offers all of us everlasting joy — a true reason to rejoice this Christmas — and always.
So let's turn to our passage for today.
ANNOUNCE THE TEXT
If you have your Bible please turn with me to Philippians chapter 4. We'll be looking at one verse — verse 4 — which I know sounds crazy if you're a regular here at Gateway — only one verse — is Josh feeling OK this week? I'm feeling great — so go ahead and find Philippians chapter 4 verse 4 — but know that we'll be taking a look at a few other verses before we get there.
And, if you're a guest with us, something we like to do at Gateway is let you ask questions. So if you have a question during the sermon, you can text it in to the number printed on the bottom of the sermon notes sheet or you can submit it on the Gateway app.
RE-ANNOUNCE AND READ THE TEXT
Here are the words found in Philippians chapter 4 verse 4.
"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice." (Philippians 4:4 ESV)
CAROL BACKGROUND
Since "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" is setting our theme for today — like in previous weeks — I thought it'd be helpful to learn a little about the carol and how it connects to the birth of Jesus and our theme of joy. So — for starters — here's something wild about our carol: We have no idea when it was written or first sung — isn't that crazy? This carol just kind of slow fades into history.
We can tell that the words were being sung by the 9th century — but there are some who think the words in our carol go back as far as the 6th century. So this is an old, old song we sing each Christmas.
The words were originally in Latin and were used by monks. They were originally part of a 7-verse antiphon series used for Advent. "Well don't you sound all fancy, Pastor Josh" — what does that mean? An antiphon was a small verse chanted or sung. So think of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" — as originally being part of a medley of chants — used by monks — and they sang one chant — or one verse — per day during the week leading up to Christmas Eve. (Frank Colquhoun, Hymns That Live: Their Meaning & Message (Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 1981), 17–24; Ian C. Bradley, ed., The Book of Hymns (Woodstock, N.Y: Overlook Press, 1989), 305–7.)
Now each verse centered on a title of Christ that comes from the Old Testament — and there's deep theology in these words — which I really appreciate. Here are the verses of the medley that eventually became the carol we sing today. Each verse starts with an "O" which was meant to convey a longing for Christ to come. (http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/prayers/the-o-antiphons-of-advent.cfm)
Verse 1 — O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: come to teach us the path of knowledge!
Verse 2 — O Adonai — meaning O Leader — of the House of Israel, giver of the Law to Moses on Sinai: come to rescue us with your mighty power!
Verse 3 — O Root of Jesse's stem, sign of God's love for all his people: come to save us without delay!
Verse 4 — O Key of David, open the gates of God's eternal Kingdom: come and free the prisoners of darkness!
Verse 5 — O Radiant Dawn — or O Dayspring — or O Bright and Morning Star — three different translations — O Radiant Dawn, splendor of eternal light, sun of justice: come and shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death.
Verse 6 — O King of all nations and keystone of the Church: come and save man, whom you formed from the dust!
Verse 7 — O Emmanuel, our King and Giver of Law: come to save us, Lord our God!
O Wisdom, O Adonai — a Hebrew name for God — O Root of Jesse, O Key of David, O Radiant Dawn, O King of all Nations, and O Emmanuel.
So — to recap.
The words in our carol were possibly written as early as the 6th century — definitely by the 9th century.
And — sometime around the 12th century — a monk did some editing — rewriting the carol a bit — and narrowed the verses down to five and made it into a hymn.
And though originally Emmanuel was the last verse — after it took on this new form — O Emmanuel found itself at the beginning — and now in the title — of the carol.
The words were translated into English by John Henry Newman in 1836. And the melody we sing was added in 1854. And years later the carol went back to having seven verses just like it originally began.
Now what I love about this carol is how it's filled with all of these great titles for Jesus that are found in the Old Testament. For instance, the title of Emmanuel comes from Isaiah 7:14, "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel."
Now a little trivia fact for you. Why do we see Emmanuel start with the letter "I" sometimes and the letter "E" at other times? Well the spelling that begins with an "I" is based on the Hebrew form of the word and the spelling that begins with an "E" is based on the Greek form of the word. Take that Jeopardy! — now back to more important matters.
O Root of Jesse comes from Isaiah 11:10, "In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples — of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious."
O Dayspring, which means dawn or sunrise, comes from Malachi 4:2, "But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise (so the sun shall rise) with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall."
O Key of David is found in Isaiah 22:22. which says, "And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open." And that verse is quoted in Revelation 3:7. "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens."
And, O Adonai — O Lord of Might — has many connections throughout the Old Testament. For example, it's the name for God found in Exodus 3:15. "God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel: 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations."
And in Philippians we read, "Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Philippians 2:9-11)
Now we don't have time to look at all of the titles — but know — that our carol is full of Old Testament prophecies pointing to who the coming Savior would be — what He would be like — and what He would accomplish. And the New Testament tells us that the promised Savior comes as a baby born to a young virgin — a baby who is both fully God and fully man — which is the reason why we sing "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" every year — for Emmanuel means God with us.
And in response to Jesus coming and fulfilling all of these promises, our carol over and over and over again tells us to rejoice — which is what I hope all of us will do today as we explore the joy that's offered to us in Jesus.
And that's the first word I want us to look at in our verse. Paul writes, "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice." (Philippians 4:4 ESV)
This word — rejoice or joy — is found both in the Old and New Testaments. About the word — when found in the Old Testament — scholars (Gerhard Kittel, Geoffrey William Bromiley, and Gerhard Friedrich, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 1964), 363–69) say that the reasons for being joyful include "God and his saving acts," "concrete demonstrations of salvation," "God's law," "the reward for faithfulness to the Law," events like "weddings," and even the corporate joy of God's people as it relates to the "temple and ritual practices." You can find these descriptions of joy — all of these different reasons to be joyful — in the writings of Moses, in the psalms, and in the prophets.
An example is found in Isaiah 35:10, where we read "And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away." A rescue will take place — God's people will be saved — and those who are rescued will experience an everlasting joy.
Later in Isaiah we read, "Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame...But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness." (Isaiah 65:13, 18 ESV)
The people of God will rejoice forever in the city of God — a city full of joy. Yet the enemies of God will be put to shame — they will find themselves in a place where joy isn't found.
In the New Testament the word we translate as rejoice — or joy — is actually a secular word that the New Testament authors sort of hijacked and turned into a spiritual word. It originally was a common greeting — kind of like something you'd say as you make a toast with your glass before you drink (Colin Brown, ed., The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology, Vol. II (Zondervan, 1981), 356–61.). But it became an important word in the New Testament as this secular word is used 133 times in the New Testament. And the word joy is used a lot in the birth narratives of Jesus.
In Matthew's gospel, the wise men are said to be filled with joy when they saw the sign of the Messiah — the star. When they find Jesus, do you remember what they do? They bow down and worship and give Jesus gifts. They'd traveled a long way to find Jesus and had been anticipating the moment of being in His presence for some time. So — when they finally find Him — what do you think they were filled with? If the star — a sign leading them to the one they're looking for — if the star gave them joy — actually being in the presence of the Messiah would give them nothing less than joy.
In Luke's gospel, joy is mentioned in the stories about the birth of Jesus. Joy's mentioned in the story of John the Baptist's birth. His parents are told that the reason joy would surround their son was not so much due to his miraculous birth — which it was — they were old and had no children when they were promised a son. The joy wasn't going to be based on John's prominence as a prophet — even though he would be a great prophet. No the reason that joy would surround their son is because John would be the one who announces that the promised Messiah had come. John had been marked to prepare the way for the One who would come and be the joy for all people.
And when Jesus was born, Luke tells us that an angel came to a group of shepherds and told them not to be afraid, but to have joy. Why? "The Savior — yes, the Messiah, the Lord — has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!" (Luke 2:10, NLT)
SUMMARY OF POINT 1
The emphasis — in both Matthew and Luke — is that Jesus is the great joy that's come for all people. So the goal of the Christian faith — the purpose of the gospel — in some sense — is to help people find the joy they're searching for — the joy they're frantic to find — is a joy that's only found in Jesus.
IN THE LORD
Which leads us back to our verse because there we're told to...
We're to rejoice — or have joy — in the Lord.
But think of all of the places where we try to find joy. Some try to find joy in temporary things. Their lives revolve around them getting whatever it is they think will give them joy. Could be possessions or money. A certain career or having the ideal family. People try to find joy in whatever they think will give them comfort or security. They try to find joy in temporary things all while being oblivious to the fact that none of these things can give them real and lasting joy.
Some turn to religion to find joy — they think joy is to be found in what they do for God. They think if they pray enough, or read their Bible enough, or if they volunteer enough, or give enough money to the church that God will give them joy. But that's not how joy works either. We don't do things for God so that He owes us something — even to be joyful. Doing things for God — so He owes you joy — is just as frivolous as doing things for God so He owes you anything else — it doesn't work.
But what we see in Paul's words — is that real, lasting — filling that void in your life joy — can be found. And we see where it's to be found in the words "in the Lord."
Now this phrase — in the Lord — can be understood in a few different ways. One author has said that the phrase can mean "in the will, purpose, or power of the Lord," it can mean "because of the Lord," it can mean "because you are in the Lord," or it can mean to have "Christ as [the] object of [your] worship." (Mark J. Keown and H. Wayne House, Philippians, Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2017), 332.)
And here are my thoughts on all of those possibilities — yes! Yes we're to rejoice because of the will of the Lord. God's will is perfect and if you are in Christ — if you believe in Him — God is working out His will perfectly for your eternal good. So rejoice...in the Lord!
We're to rejoice because of the purpose of the Lord. God has made His purposes clear to us in His Word. What is He doing? Why is He doing it? What's His end goal? What's our part to play in God's purpose for all things? These questions are all answered in the Bible and their answers give us a reason to rejoice. So rejoice...in the Lord!
We're to rejoice because of the power of the Lord. God is all-powerful. He has no equal. There's nothing too hard for Him. God can do all things according to His character — right Kidway folks? All reasons to rejoice because this means that the friend or family member who you grieve over because they hate Jesus — or maybe are indifferent to Him — well guess what? They're no match for God's saving power. There is no sinner so powerful that saving them is a task to difficult for God. What a reason to rejoice. So rejoice...in the Lord!
We're to rejoice because of the Lord — because of who Jesus is and all that He's done on our behalf.
We're to rejoice because we're in the Lord. To be in the Lord means to put your faith in Jesus and — in doing so — the Bible says your old, rebellious, "I'm against God" self has died with Christ on the cross and as Christ was raised from the dead you were raised with Him as a new, obedient, "I'm for God" person. And being in Christ, when God looks to you He sees you — but He sees you enveloped in Christ — surrounded by Christ — absorbed in all that Christ is — so that He sees a new, radically transformed you that you don't even yet begin to comprehend or appreciate.
And we're to rejoice because of who we worship. We worship an amazing Savior. We worship a compassionate, patient, unconditionally loving God. We worship an "I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart" kind of Savior.
As George Mueller — the great orphan caretaker of England — would say, "The first, great, and primary business...everyday was to have my soul happy in the Lord." ( Tony Merida et al., Exalting Jesus in Philippians, Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary (Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Reference, 2016), 171.) The guy cared for over 10,000 orphans during his life, yet his primary business — every single day — was to be happy — or joyful — in Jesus.
Or as C.S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity, "If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire. If you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them...They are a great fountain of energy and beauty spurting up at the very center of reality. If you are close to it, the spray will wet you: if you are not, you will remain dry." (C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: A Revised and Amplified Edition, with a New Introduction, of the Three Books, Broadcast Talks, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality, 1st HarperCollins ed. (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001), 176.)
If you want to be showered with joy — get close to the joy giver.
Where does your joy come from — what gives you joy?
Most people think you get joy when you get what you desire. But real joy comes when you realize what you deserve — and that you didn't get it. True joy's found when you realize that you deserve eternal judgment but — instead — have been given the gift of salvation through faith in Christ — that truth should give you great joy.
Joy isn't about getting what you want; it's about all you have in Jesus. ( Merida et al., Exalting Jesus in Philippians, 172.)
And when you look at all that you have in Jesus you will...
Now the meaning here — in the word "always" — is the idea of "rejoicing at all times" not "constantly rejoicing." (Gerald F. Hawthorne, Philippians, Revised., Word Biblical Themes (Waco, TX: Word, 2004), 244.) Meaning the idea isn't "are you rejoicing now? What about now? What about now? Now? What about now? Are you rejoicing right now?" That's not what Paul means.
Paul means can you rejoice in all circumstances? For instance, this letter was likely written from prison. So, Paul's own circumstances sets the tone for what he means by being joyful — or rejoicing — always. It's possible — and necessary — to rejoice in all circumstances. And only if your joy is in Jesus will you be able to rejoice in all circumstances.
Rejoice while in prison? Only if Jesus is where your joy is found.
Rejoice with cancer? Only if your joy is in Jesus and not in being cancer free.
Rejoice when she left me? Only if Jesus is the sole source of your joy.
Rejoice when I didn't get into any of the colleges I applied to? Only if Jesus is your joy.
Biblical joy is so different from everything we're taught to believe about joy. Our culture tells us that we can only have joy when everything is going great. When the world is crumbling — or our wishes and wants are not being fulfilled — then you don't have to be joyful — at least that's what we're told. Culture also tells us that our longings and desires — what we think will give us joy — are beyond our control — they're just natural. What we want is what we want. What we think will give us joy is what we're to go and explore and see if we can find our happiness. We're told that our circumstances are key to our joy.
Now — in a real sense our joy is circumstantial — and we really don't have control over our circumstances. Sometimes the innocent find themselves in prison. No one volunteers for cancer — or for your wife to walk out on you and the kids — or to get a rejection letter from every college you applied to. And there's really not any way to avoid being influenced by your circumstances — life can be brutally shocking — it can suck all of the air out of your lungs in a second with news you never imagined you'd be hearing. And our culture has a good read on our longings and desires — they do come from deep within us. But what our culture is unwilling to admit is that our hearts are deceitful — our hearts are always seeking to control us — and that our hearts are not to be trusted.
Yet here's where the Christian faith gives us comfort not found in what we hear from culture. The Christian faith teaches us that true joy isn't the product of random circumstances. Joy based on our circumstances won't ever be stable — it'll always be shifting — like an unsafe bridge that you're trying to cross — you keep waiting for it to give out and eventually it does — joy based on our ever changing wants and desires is like chasing after the wind — or even worse — you finally get what you've been desiring only to find yourself feeling even more empty than when you were chasing after it.
But if our joy is based — not on a temporary circumstance — but on something that has eternal consequences — then the joy we find because of that circumstance will itself be everlasting. And what the Christian faith teaches is that the only source of joy that will satisfy us forever — is the joy that God offers to us in His Son when we turn to Jesus as our Messiah — as our Savior and Lord.
And when Jesus is your Messiah, your joy doesn't come and go like the waves of the ocean or like a gust of wind — because your joy is no longer based on your wants and desires but is based on Jesus who is a Rock, a Foundation, who is steady and secure in all situations. And your longings and desires — which are deeply ingrained within you — are not so deep that they're outside of the power and Spirit of God. And in turning to Jesus, your longings and desires are changed by the power and Spirit of God as you put your hope and trust in Emmanuel. And you find that your desires are being changed and aligned with God's perfect plan.
And then your longings — and my longings — being empowered by God and influenced by the Holy Spirit — are no longer a source of frustration — but are a source of hope and purpose — as our longings and desires become a reason to rejoice because they're in line with the One who is our joy.
And so Paul concludes by saying, "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice." (Philippians 4:4 ESV)
Jesus has come. The long expected — anticipated — we've been waiting for you — Messiah has come. The King of all nations has come. The Bright and Morning Star has come. The Key of David has come. The Branch of Jesse has come. The Lord of Might has come. The Wisdom from on High has come. Emmanuel has come.
And He will come again — Jesus will return. It's been promised and God doesn't break His promises. And our response to this Good News — like Paul — is to rejoice. We're to rejoice because our Savior has come and is coming again. We rejoice because Jesus' promised return is the circumstance that is determining the trajectory of our eternity. Rejoice because — through faith in Christ — you are in Him — you have hope in Him — you have peace through Him — you are loved by Him — you have found joy in Jesus.
Rejoice in the Lord always — I will say it again — rejoice.
Heavenly Father, help us to be joyful people. May our joy be based on the circumstance of the birth, life, death, resurrection, and promised return of our Messiah — of our Lord and Savior — Jesus Christ. That is a foundation for our joy that is unshakeable. Though the waves of life may come crashing against us, our faith stands secure on the Rock.
Father, for those who are here today looking for joy — give them the joy they've been searching for — but haven't been able find — the joy found in Your Son. May their hearts be given new life, may their spirits be awakened by Your Spirit, may their desires be Your desires, and their purpose in life align with Your purpose for them.
And for all of us — Father, Son, and Spirit — may we trust in Your promises to us. That Emmanuel has come and is coming again. May we fix our eyes on our Savior and King who has promised to return to rescue His people from this dark and broken world — who will return and make all things new — and in returning will give us an all new indescribable joy as we experience His presence forever. O come, O come, Emmanuel. Amen.
May you go rejoicing in the Lord...always. Amen.
God loves you. And I love you too. You are sent.
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Hashimoto's disease is the most common type of thyroid disease in the United States and worldwide.
Researchers believe incidence is at 3.5 per 1,000 in women per year and 0.8 per 1,000 in men per year.
Twin studies have shown Hashimoto's is quite common in twins, as genetics play a central role in the development of this condition.
Hashimoto's comes in two different types—goiter and hypothyroidism.
With a goiter, the thyroid becomes inflamed and enlarged to the point that a person develops a goiter, appearing as a visible bulge in the front of the neck. The goiter may be painful over time and without treatment, it may interfere with swallowing and breathing.
An autoimmune attack on the thyroid can cause a goiter.
Hypothyroidism impairs the thyroid's ability to produce enough thyroid hormone. And without enough thyroid hormone, the body cannot function correctly.
It quite possible for someone to have Hashimoto's for a number of years and not know because they are not experiencing symptoms. But the disease does eventually bring about symptoms and it is important to recognize these in order to get effective treatment for this condition.
Anyone who is experiencing one or more of these symptoms for many weeks should talk to their doctor about getting their thyroid levels checked and/or determine a cause for symptoms.
Autoimmune diseases: Having at least one autoimmune disease, such as Graves' disease, lupus, or type 1 diabetes.
Age: The risk for Hashimoto's increases with age and the highest risk is after age 50.
Ethnicity: Caucasians have the highest risk for developing Hashimoto's over other races.
Gender: Women have a much higher risk for Hashimoto's than do males. Pregnancy and menopause might be to blame.
Medications: Certain medications, especially those containing iodine, may increase a person's risk for Hashimoto's disease.
Smoking: Smoking increases the risk for thyroid diseases, especially Hashimoto's. Certain chemicals in cigarette smoking are harmful to the thyroid.
A doctor may suspect Hashimoto's if a person experiences some of the symptoms associated with the condition. Blood work can check a person's thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. TSH levels are highest when thyroid hormone activity is low because the body is working harder to produce more thyroid hormone.
Additional blood work may help to confirm a diagnosis, including testing for antibodies and other thyroid hormones. If a person does not have antibodies in their blood, an ultrasound can show the size of the thyroid and look for thyroid nodules—small lumps in the thyroid gland.
Most people with Hashimoto's will need medication. However, if a person's thyroid is still functioning normally, a "watch-and-wait" approach is taken.
One of the most common medications prescribed for people whose thyroid isn't producing enough hormone is Levothyroxine. This medication is a synthetic hormone that mimics thyroxine, the missing hormone. Levothyroxine medication has few side effects and most people who take it will need to for their entire lives.
Any side effects of Levothyroxine tend to be mild and usually go away within a few days or a couple of weeks. If side effects are severe or don't go away, it is a good idea to talk to a doctor.
The goal of treatment is to return thyroid hormone levels back to normal, so symptoms disappear. Hormone levels will be monitored with blood work and medications will be adjusted as needed.
It is important to tell your doctor about all the medications and supplements you are taking, as some medications and supplements affect the body's ability to absorb the drug. Moreover, certain foods may affect absorption, so it is important to discuss with a doctor the best ways to incorporate thyroid medications into your diet.
Hashimoto's increases a person's risk for a number of autoimmune diseases. And because of this increased risk, it is a good idea to talk to a doctor about managing risks. Management may include periodic testing to assist with early treatment.
Hashimoto's disease may increase the risk for a type of thyroid cancer called thyroid lymphoma. If found early, it is treatable and curable. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to any thyroid nodules that may develop and have them examined by a doctor.
Hashimoto's disease is a lifelong condition with no cure. And while there is no way to prevent the condition, it is very treatable and the sooner a person is diagnosed, the sooner they can start treatment.
The prognosis for someone with Hashimoto's is usually good with the right treatment. Getting thyroid hormone levels back to normal will reverse symptoms. But without proper treatment, Hashimoto's can worsen and lead to severe illness and organ and tissue damage.
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Office of Women's Health. Hashimoto's Disease. Updated October 18, 2018.
Sawicka-Gutaj N, Gutaj P, Sowiński J, et. al. Influence of cigarette smoking on thyroid gland--an update. Endokrynol Pol. 2014;65(1):54-62. DOI: 10.5603/EP.2014.0008.


The Czech Republic takes over the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union in January, an occurrence that Czech Ambassador Petr Kolar told The Diplomat would have been "unthinkable" when his country was admitted to the EU in May 2004.
But many outside observers find the Czech presidency ironic because the country's own president, Václav Klaus, is a notorious skeptic of the EU and its bureaucrats. But Kolar sought to dispel any notion that the Czech people as a whole are anti-EU.
Nevertheless, Klaus — who has been president since 2003 and was re-elected in 2008 — is often referred to as "euro-skeptic" or "euro-phobic" in the press, but Kolar said the president is simply giving voice to a relatively small segment of the Czech Republic who feel the move toward integration is happening too fast, and at the expense of their national identity.
To prevent that from happening, Klaus is actively campaigning against the document, abandoning the governing Civic Democratic Party of Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek — a party Klaus founded nearly 18 years ago — and supporting a newly formed euro-skeptic party just as the country prepared to take on the mantle of the EU presidency.
In December though, Topolánek won a new mandate to lead the Civic Democratic Party, confirming him as head of the Czech government before it assumed the EU presidency. Topolánek agrees that some of the gripes against the Lisbon Treaty are legitimate — namely that it will reduce individual countries' veto rights while raising the power of big EU states — but he still supports the treaty as a necessary evil to be in the European club.
Klaus clearly doesn't think so, and the controversial and combative president isn't shy about expressing his disapproval. But Kolar — a soft-spoken, amiable envoy who previously served as ambassador to Ireland, as well as deputy minister of foreign affairs for bilateral relations — emphasizes that the criticism should be handled in a constructive way.
That's exactly why Kolar said his country of 10 million is excited about the EU presidency and has committed the time and resources to do the job right, which includes launching an official Web site, www.eu2009.cz. Czech leaders, recognizing a unique platform to showcase their country, also plan to scatter EU meetings across different regions of the republic, instead of restricting them to the political center in Prague.
As president of the EU, the Czech Republic will be responsible for mediating policy discussions among member nations and representing the bloc in talks with international organizations and non-EU states. Kolar said his country has devised a leadership agenda consisting of three interrelated "Es": the economy, energy and external relations. But the Czech leadership wants to spur debate on these issues, not dictate an agenda. "We will try to be the moderator," Kolar said.
One of the thorniest policy discussions will center on climate change and how to implement mandatory carbon emission standards to control it. French President Nicolas Sarkozy pushed hard for a deal during the French presidency that ended in December, but came away largely empty-handed.
But Kolar stressed that many of the objections to EU mandates are largely economic and that his country has nothing against environmental protections.
Those countries include Poland — which relies on high-polluting coal for more than 90 percent of its electricity — along with Italy and other Eastern European nations that have so far blocked a proposed EU climate pact to slash greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by the year 2020.
Kolar said his own country is not a heavy polluter and that the Czech Republic could actually stand to benefit under a cap-and-trade greenhouse gas regulatory system. Cap and trade, also under consideration in the United States, allows countries with heavy emissions to buy the right to pollute in the form of emission credits sold by countries with cleaner air — a concept being discussed for Poland's coal-dependent economy.
Although Kolar described his country's emissions as low, the Czech News service in December reported that the Czech Republic is among the EU's worst polluters, with carbon dioxide emissions of 12 tons per person compared with the EU's average of about nine tons per head.
Kolar said his government is amenable to investing in clean energy research to cut down on the pollution, but he cautioned that any discussion of alternatives such as renewables and biofuels should be grounded in reality. "It's sad to see that so much of our energy is consumed by this dialogue about genetically modified chickens and corn," he said with a chuckle. "We can't ignore that it needs time and money and energy to invent something new. And it is, in fact, my belief that we human beings will discover [an energy source] that today we can't imagine.
To that end, he stressed that traditional fuel production and energy security should not be put on the backburner, especially as energy-rich Russia becomes increasingly erratic in supplying oil and gas to parts of Europe.
Just as the Czechs are wary of too much environmental regulation, they are also skeptical of current efforts in some EU quarters to impose strict regulatory controls on the financial sector, especially hedge funds and credit rating agencies, in response to the current economic crisis.
"We simply believe that a free market with some barriers is the best way for healthy growth," Kolar said. "Of course there should be some regulations. I believe that capitalism without the rule of law won't work. It would be a jungle.
Indeed, the Czech Republic boasts one of the most developed and industrialized economies of all the former communist countries in Eastern and Central Europe. According to the State Department, astute economic management since the Velvet Revolution of 1989 has led to the elimination of 95 percent of all price controls, large inflows of foreign investment, increased domestic consumption and industrial production, and a stable exchange rate.
And although budget deficits have risen in recent years, the country's debt is still low relative to many of its European counterparts. That's not to say the Czech Republic hasn't made its share of financial mistakes. In fact, during the 1990s, the country had many of the same problems now plaguing economies in the United States, Germany and France.
"We had our recession in the late 1990s," Kolar said. "We went through a hard time and we learned some lessons. We were growing dramatically and everything was privatized and GDP was growing and people were all happy," he recalled.
It's a lesson the United States is now learning, although Kolar is optimistic about the prospects for the new administration. "We believe with President Obama there is a great chance to improve many relations with Europeans and the rest of the world," the ambassador said, though he added that he didn't think outgoing President George W. Bush was a bad leader either.


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Q: Is there an equivalent to the "for ... else" Python loop in C++? Python has an interesting for statement which lets you specify an else clause.
In a construct like this one:
for i in foo:
  if bar(i):
    break
else:
  baz()

the else clause is executed after the for, but only if the for terminates normally (not by a break).
I wondered if there was an equivalent in C++? Can I use for ... else?

A: If doesn't mind using goto also can be done in following way. This one saves from extra if check and higher scope variable declaration.
for(int i = 0; i < foo; i++)
     if(bar(i))
         goto m_label;
baz();

m_label:
...

A: I am not aware of an elegant way to accomplish this in C/C++ (not involving a flag variable). The suggested other options are much more horrible than that...
To answer @Kerrek SB about real life usages, I found a few in my code (simplified snippets)
Example 1: typical find/fail
for item in elements:
    if condition(item):
        do_stuff(item)
        break
else: #for else
    raise Exception("No valid item in elements")

Example 2: limited number of attempts
for retrynum in range(max_retries):
    try:
        attempt_operation()
    except SomeException:
        continue
    else:
        break
else: #for else
    raise Exception("Operation failed {} times".format(max_retries))

A: A simpler way to express your actual logic is with std::none_of:
if (std::none_of(std::begin(foo), std::end(foo), bar))
    baz();

If the range proposal for C++17 gets accepted, hopefully this will simplify to:
if (std::none_of(foo, bar)) baz();

A: Something like:
auto it = foo.begin(), end = foo.end();
while ( it != end && ! bar( *it ) ) {
    ++ it;
}
if ( it != foo.end() ) {
    baz();
}

should do the trick, and it avoids the unstructured break.

A: It's not only possible in C++, it's possible in C. I'll stick with C++ to make the code comprehensible though:
for (i=foo.first(); i != NULL || (baz(),0); i = i.next())
{
    if bar(i):
        break;
}

I doubt I'd let that through a code review, but it works and it's efficient. To my mind it's also clearer than some of the other suggestions.

A: This is my rough implementation in C++:
bool other = true;
for (int i = 0; i > foo; i++) {
     if (bar[i] == 7) {
          other = false;
          break;
     }
} if(other)
     baz();

A: Yes you can achieve the same effect by:
auto it = std::begin(foo);
for (; it != std::end(foo); ++it)
     if(bar(*it))
         break;
if(it == std::end(foo))
    baz();

A: You could use a lambda function for this:
[&](){
  for (auto i : foo) {
    if (bar(i)) {
      // early return, to skip the "else:" section.
      return;
    }
  }
  // foo is exhausted, with no item satisfying bar(). i.e., "else:"
  baz();
}();

This should behave exactly like Python's "for..else", and it has some advantages over the other solutions:

*

*It's a true drop-in replacement for "for..else": the "for" section can have side effects (unlike none_of, whose predicate must not modify its argument), and it has access to the outer scope.

*It's more readable than defining a special macro.

*It doesn't require any special flag variables.

But... I'd use the clunky flag variable, myself.

A: There is no such language construct in C++, but, thanks to the "magic" of the preprocessor, you can make one for yourself. For example, something like this (C++11):
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

#define FOR_EACH(e, c, b) auto e = c.begin(); for (; e != c.end(); ++e) {b} if (e == c.end()) {}

int main()
{
    vector<int> v;
    v.push_back(1);
    v.push_back(2);

    FOR_EACH(x, v, {
        if (*x == 2) {
            break;
        }
        cout << "x = " << *x << " ";
    })
    else {
        cout << "else";
    }

    return 0;
}

This should output x = 1 else.
If you change if (*x == 2) { to if (*x == 3) {, the output should be x = 1 x = 2.
If you don't like the fact that a variable is added in the current scope, you can change it slightly:
#define FOR_EACH(e, c, b, otherwise) {auto e = c.begin(); for (; e != c.end(); ++e) {b} if (e == c.end()) {} otherwise }

then use would be:
FOR_EACH(x, v, {
    if (*x == 2) {
        break;
    }
    cout << "x = " << *x << " ";
},
else {
    cout << "else";
})

It's not perfect, of course, but, if used with care, will save you some amount of typing and, if used a lot, would become a part of the project's "vocabulary".

A: There probably isn't a single solution that fits best all problems. In my case a flag variable and a range-based for loop with an auto specifier worked best. Here's an equivalent of the code in question:
bool none = true;
for (auto i : foo) {
  if (bar(i)) {
    none = false;
    break;
  }
}
if (none) baz();

It is less typing than using iterators. Especially, if you use the for loop to initialize a variable, you may use that instead of the boolean flag.
Thanks to auto typing it is better than std::none_of, if you want to inline the condition rather than call bar() (and if you are not using C++14).
I had a situation where both conditions occurred, the code looked something like this:
for (auto l1 : leaves) {
  for (auto x : vertices) {
    int l2 = -1, y;
    for (auto e : support_edges[x]) {
      if (e.first != l1 && e.second != l1 && e.second != x) {
        std::tie(l2, y) = e;
        break;
      }
    }
    if (l2 == -1) continue;

    // Do stuff using vertices l1, l2, x and y
  }
}

No need for iterators here, because v indicates whether break occurred.
Using std::none_of would require specifying the type of support_edges[x] elements explicitly in arguments of a lambda expression.

A: Direct answer: no, you probably can't, or it is compiler-based, at best. BUT here's a hack of a macro that kind of works!
A few notes:
I usually program with Qt, so I'm used to having a foreach loop, and never have to deal with iterators directly.
I tested this with Qt's compiler (v 5.4.2) but it should work. This is gross for several reasons, but generally does what you'd want. I don't condone coding like this, but there's no reason it shouldn't work as long as you're careful with the syntax.
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

#define for_else(x, y) __broke__ = false; for(x){y} if (__broke__) {}
#define __break__ __broke__ = true; break

bool __broke__;  // A global... wah wah.

class Bacon {
  public:
    Bacon(bool eggs);

    inline bool Eggs() {return eggs_;}

  private:
    bool eggs_;
};

Bacon::Bacon(bool eggs) {
  eggs_ = eggs;
}

bool bar(Bacon *bacon) {
  return bacon->Eggs();
}

void baz() {
  std::cout << "called baz\n";
}

int main()
{
  std::vector<Bacon *>bacons;

  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(false));
  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(false));
  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(false));

  for_else (uint i = 0; i < bacons.size(); i++,
      std::cout << bacons.at(i)->Eggs();
      if (bar(bacons.at(i))) {
        __break__;
      }
  ) else {
    baz();
  }

  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(true));
  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(false));

  for_else (uint i = 0; i < bacons.size(); i++,
      std::cout << bacons.at(i)->Eggs();
      if (bar(bacons.at(i))) {
        __break__;
      }
  ) else {
    baz();
  }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

A: You can use for-else almost like in Python by defining two macros:
#define BREAK {CONTINUETOELSE = false; break;}
#define FORWITHELSE(x, y) {bool CONTINUETOELSE = true; x if(!CONTINUETOELSE){} y}

Now you put the for and the else inside the FORWITHELSE macro separated by a comma and use BREAK instead of break. Here is an example:
FORWITHELSE(
    for(int i = 0; i < foo; i++){
        if(bar(i)){
            BREAK;
        }
    },
    else{
        baz();
    }
)

There are two things you need to remember: to put a comma before the else and to use BREAK instead of break.

A: I came here because I had the same question, in C though.
The best thing I came out with is
bool notTerminated = true;
for (int i = 0; i < 50 || (notTerminated = false); i++)
    if (bar(i))
        break;
if (! notTerminated)
    baz();

Explanation: the (notTerminated = false) is an assignment that will always return the false value, it will never affect the condition and will be evaluated iif the condition if true.

A: I would accomplish this with a simple helper variable:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

int main()

{
    bool b;
    printf("Numbers which are multiples of 7:\n");

    for (int i=8; b=(i<12); i++)
    {
        if (i%7==0)
        {
            printf("%d", i);
            break;
        }
    }
    if (!b)
    {
        printf("no numbers found\n");
    }
    return 0;
}

This way, you need to implement the condition (in the above examplei<12) only at one place.

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text:
The Impact of Inequality
How to Make Sick Societies Better
Wilkerson, Richard
Publisher: New Press, New York, USA
Abstract: As a social epidemiologist (an expert in public health) Wilkerson explains how social inequality is harmful to one's heath. He looks at this from two perspectives: socio-economic and phycho-social. In the former he finds that less money, in a society where wellbeing is equated with material gain, results in a poor quality of social relations contributing to higher rates of violence and lower rates of community involvement. In the latter the lack of social status, paucity of social contacts and friendships result in higher stress levels, increased emotional, mental health issues and a weakened immune system. The growing disparity between the rich and poor only reinforces the notion that where you live is what you are. A further point is that social inequality is also socially distancing-we tend to associate with people who are like us and ignore those we don't know. Wilkerson by drawing on the experiences of other communities notably Kerala in India shows how a state of social equality is reflected in longer life expectancy and strong collective relations. He argues that there is a possibility of change by adopting government policies such as a non-market approach to health and education that would improve social life and psychological well-being.
Aboriginal Economic Development
Health Determinants/Social Determinants of Health
Health/Developing Countries
Health Evaluation
Health Information Sciences
Health Research/Developing Countries
Health/Social Justice Issues
Marginalized Populations
Mental Health Data
Mental Health & Social Justice
Poverty & Health
Social Research/Demographics
Socio-Economic Formations
Wellness Models & Research
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Is everything exactly the way they we have been told? Who knows how those events really took place?
Famous characters such as aristocrats, kings, architects, assassins and secretaries will show us the history. All of them introduced by a guide with special powers who use them to reveal the history of Mallorca.
During the tour we will come on a journey through the time: from the 13th Century, where we meet one of the most important mallorcan characters; until the 17th Century, where we finish with one of the most fearsome institutions of all the times. In addition, we talk about conquests, important buildings, even murders and executions. Furthermore, between stops we will explain some curiosities and anecdotes about Palma.
The entire visit will take place in four different scenes; all of them are important places in the old town of Palma from the sunset until the night, creating different and natural landscapes, sceneries and atmospheres, due to we just use the streets, its lights and sounds as scene, without artificial sets, giving way to the improvisation and imagination.
With Stories, illusions and truths about Palma we want to make known and provide the theatrical tours through the old town of Palma as a different way to explain the history: mixing walking tours and theatre on the street. Then, Stories, illusions and truths about Palma would be considerate our presentation to local people, curious visitors and new arrival people from various cities in the world, who want to enjoy, laugh or just maybe amuse with our special way to explain the history.


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Blue KC Partnering with MARC to expand services to Medicare Members
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KANSAS CITY, MO. (December 14, 2020)—Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC), Missouri's largest not-for-profit healthcare insurance provider, announced today that it is working with the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) to offer members in select Medicare Advantage plans expansion and connection to services that are intended to help Members with social determinants of.
"Blue KC is honored to work with MARC, who serves as an important conduit and catalyst to help so many in our community connect to the public services they need that they often can't access on their own," said Lori Rund, Vice President, Government Programs. "We're pleased to be able to leverage MARC's expertise to offer Medicare Advantage members tools they can use in those members' efforts to improve their health. It's critical that those shopping Medicare Advantage plans understand the totality of value this partnership can bring to them and their families."
Starting Jan. 1, 2021, Blue KC members in the Blue Medicare Advantage Spira Care HMO plan can experience holistic care through Spira Care Centers, which offer a unique concierge service that treat the whole person, all in one space.
"The nonprofit community organizations in MARC's Managed Services Network are all trusted local Kansas City service providers," said James Stowe, PhD, Director, Aging & Adult Services and Lead, Managed Services Network "Being able to offer tools that may help members as they address social determinants of health within the Medicare Advantage space is in essence reinventing care for so many in our community in such a unique and positive way, allowing us to reach these members with the helpful resources."
About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, the largest not-for-profit health insurer in Missouri and the only not-for-profit commercial health insurer in Kansas City, has been part of the Kansas City community since 1938. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City provides health coverage services to more than one million residents in the greater Kansas City area, including Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas and 30 counties in Northwest Missouri. Our mission: to provide affordable access to healthcare and to improve the health of our members. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more information on the company, visit its website at BlueKC.com.
About the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)
Mid-America Regional Council serves as the nonprofit association of city and county governments and the metropolitan planning organization for the bistate Kansas City region. Governed by a board of 33 local elected officials, MARC provides a forum for the region to work together to advance social, economic and environmental progress throughout the region.
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They approved surplus of numerous items, including the garbage truck, cans and a single axle trailer that were used for the former Public Worksbased collections that is now being overseen by Waste Industries after they won the bid from the city in October.
New collections began at the start of November, along with a new price for services. Residents are now paying $20 a month for service, and seniors still get a $3 discount but also got a price hike to $17 a month.
Aragon will be advertising the dump truck, single axle trailer and cans and take bids on their disposition through the end of November and into the beginning of December, with the intention of opening sealed offers and the council voting on them during the next monthly session.
They also decided to surplus the city's old police radio antenna, which is causing more damage than good at this point. Out of use for several years since the closure of Aragon's Fire Department, the radio antenna is now causing roof damage from the guide wires which help keep it in place. Mayor Garry Baldwin and Public Works Superintendent Daniel Johnson both said the antenna must be removed before the city can move forward with any repairs made to the structure.
All the money from surplus items minus the radio antenna will go back into the city's Special Assets fund, which in an October financial report showed an account balance of just $94.
City officials said new funds were added back to the account to the tune of $4,000, but the city is already spending some of that money on repairs to the city hall fire alarm system.
The total cost of those repairs are $935 in a lone bid from Secure Source of Rockmart, who did the install of the new system.
Johnson explained that when the city upgraded their security and fire system in past months, they found that five of the smoke detectors installed previously and now connected up were found to be defective and have to be replaced.
It needs to be done before the city enacts a new false alarm ordinance, which was tabled for one more month to allow for City Attorney Zach Burkhalter to make additional adjustments to it's language.
Johnson said the city's fix of fire alarms will be completed before the ordinance will go into effect, which the city would find itself violating with numerous false alarms of their own over the past months with the defective smoke alarms.
Baldwin told council members to be prepared to spend extra funds if the contractor installing the new alarms finds additional defective units during the installation process, at more than $100 each.
City council members also approved a new part time position to take over cleaning services of city hall. They're looking for someone willing to act as janitor on a fourday a week schedule for three hours a day to keep the Brenda Gazaway Municial Complex up.
In the motion, they also approved an hourly wage of $9 an hour for the future employee. Applications for the position are open, and those interested can contact City Clerk Christie Langston at 770-684-6563 for more on how to apply.
Langston told council members during their November work session that their current $11 an hour being paid for just four hours of work to a staffing company to take care of city hall wasn't nearly enough to keep the complex clean. Those also having to clean at city hall for community service requirements also aren't doing enough to keep the building clean.
Even Municipal Court Judge Terry Wheeler added his support to hiring someone part time to do the work.
Also, the council decided what to do with their K-9 vest and equipment used to transport Nero previously purchased in a swap for a vehicle from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
The city were in negotiations to sell the vest to the City of White after their purchase of Nero in the past months, but wanted the vest for less than Aragon council members were willing to part with it for. Instead, the city received an offer from the Sheriff's Office locally to trade their K-9 vehicle for another patrol vehicle in service by deputies currently.
Baldwin proposed and council members agreed that they would contribute the K-9 vest to the Sheriff's Office for one of their two new dogs in service as a way to give back to the Countywide Drug Task Force, since the department wasn't able to lend an officer to the cause.
Johnson added that in the past, the city borrowed a police cruiser from the Sheriff's Office during tough times, and didn't return it for several years after adding many miles to the odometer, and to a point where it was put up for surplus after Aragon's officers used it.
"They really helped us out during a tough time," Johnson said.
Aragon's Downtown Development Authority also got a new definition of their area for promotion after city council members approved of a new territory map.
Baldwin said the Aragon's DDA was previously mostly focused on a small portion of the Highway 101 corridor, which has only one business within the old borders. The new map includes areas of the mill village, Vulcan's quarry, the old mill and a longer stretch of Highway 101.
It and all the other items up for vote other than the first reading of the city's false alarm ordinance passed in 3-0 votes. Council member Candace Seiz wasn't present for either the work or regular session for November.


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Mimiko fumes at Buhari's actions on Xenophobic attacks
By Solomon Odeniyi
A professor of Political Science in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Osun state , Prof Olufemi Mimiko has berated the actions of president Buhari Muhammadu during the heat of the attacks on Nigerians and other nationals in South Africa.
Mimiko said it took the deafening outcries of the citizens of the country before the president could act on the issue.
He also said the president was too eager to take the apology of South Africa, adding that the Nigerian government should have used the opportunity to make a list of demands from the South African government.
Mimiko who spoke while delivering a lecture themed: "Xenophobia As Bogeyman: A Deconstruction Of The Post-Aparthied State In South Africa And The Challenges Of Development And Regional Relevance" at the Obafemi Awolowo faculty of social sciences said Buhari's journey to South Africa was also Ill-timed.
He said, "Nigeria did not act well when the attacks began. It was evident that the citizens of the country that push the government to action through the various outcries especially on social media. The citizens took charge of diplomacy.
"Nigeria was too eager to take the apology of the South African government. If I was one of the president's advisers I would have told him not to travel to South Africa irrespective of the bilateral issues were on the table between the two countries. If we needed to continue to push those issues it should have been taken to a lower level. Buhari should have at least delay the travel for a while. The president should not have been allowed to go at the time he did. A delay or reschedule is a form of pressure. This, in foreign policy is very important.
"Yes it was good they apologized. But he did not send his after our president had sent an envoy to him. We should have used that to negotiate a lot of things which included the compensations for victims and the resignation of the minister that openly supported the attacks in South Africa among other demands.
"With what Buhari did he did not consider other African nationalities who were affected by the attacks . "
Mimiko also said the attacks on Nigerians was a demonstration that the country has lost it respect and goodwill among the comity of nations.
The Don wondered who would respect a nation being described as the headquarters of world poverty, a nation with 13 million out of school children, a country with highest mortality rate, stressing that people on the streets of South Africa were not oblivious of these facts which was why they moved against Nigerians.
Mimiko said despite the attacks on many nationalities ,the South Africans did not attack some nationals of some countries because of the respect they had for these countries.
He added that Nigerians in other countries of the world would continue to witness attacks of this nature if the leaders fails to develop the country.
He also faulted the creation of disporal commission, describing it as" nonsensical ".
He said it was the reason the ministry of foreign affairs could not act timely when the attacks began.
Mimiko said if the disposal commission must exist it must be made to report to the ministry otherwise the kind of confusion witnessed would continue.
Mimiko fumes at Buhari's actions on Xenophobic attacks Reviewed by Solomon on October 14, 2019 Rating: 5


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Startups are changing the world we live in. This was clearly the message of last year's tech media, both the Romanian and the international one. But do we know what these so-called startups we hear about every single day really are? Although there are lots of definitions for a startup, some of them very technical, others rather bohemian, there isn't one that's unanimously accepted. About 2 years ago, Alex Wilhelm made up a "50, 100, 500" rule.
As we are getting ready for the next edition, we thought of introducing the team and of giving you some more reasons to attend the 4th edition of MobOS. MobOS stands for the Mobile Operating Systems Community and the associated annual event, aimed at sharing technical knowledge, at bringing an international perspective and at giving you the chance to network with minds alike. In less than 4 years, MobOS grew steadily, becoming, at the moment, the biggest conference on mobile technologies in Romania. Started in 2013, it now has a team of 4 individuals connected by the passion for technology and mobile. Let us get to know them and see what it's in it for you - the passionate mobile developer curious for more and looking forward to meeting people like yourself.


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The Ravens are trying out veteran defensive tackle Daniel Muir during minicamp.
Muir, a 30-year-old Lanham native, played high school football at Parkdale in Riverdale where he was an all-state selection as a senior, when he recorded 96 tackles and 13 1/2 sacks.
Muir has played for the Oakland Raiders, Indianapolis Colts, St. Louis Rams, New York Jets, Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers.
Muir had 17 tackles and one sack last season for the Raiders in 10 games, including one start. Muir has 128 tackles and 1 1/2 sacks in parts of seven NFL seasons.
He played at Kent State, going undrafted in 2007 after recording 198 tackles, 14 1/2 sacks and 35 tackles for losses in his college career.
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Q: How can I display real-time progress updates from a Spring Boot backend in Android? I have an Android app that communicates with a Spring Boot backend.  The backend is responsible for importing records into a database when the user requests it through the app.  I would like the backend to send the names of the records back to the app while the processing is happening in real time so that the app user knows what is happening on the server.  Currently the backend only returns a status string when the all of the processing has been completed.  How can I get the backend to send status information back to the app as the records are being processed, and how do I handle it in the app?  I've included the relevant code from my backend and from the Android app below.
I've tried searching on-line, but the closest thing I've found is Android real time updates from server.  One user suggests using an AsyncTask, which I'm doing, but doesn't provide an example implementation.
Backend code:
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/myproject")
public class TestController {
    @Autowired
    JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;

    @GetMapping("/import_new_record")
    public @ResponseBody String importNewRecord() throws IOException
    {
        int count = 0;
        // a list of records to be imported; in real life, each item in the list will be one line from a text file
        String[] recordList = {"foo1","bar1","foo2","bar2","foo3","bar3"};
        for (String record: recordList)
        {
            // update the db
            this.jdbcTemplate.update("INSERT INTO mydb.mytable (id, record) VALUES (?, ?)", count, record);

            // send count and record string back to app
            // .....

            // increment ID
            count++;
        }
    return String.valueOf(count);
    }
}

Android app:
public class ImportRecordActivity extends Activity
{
    ProgressBar pb;
    TextView tvNew;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle b) {
        super.onCreate(b);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_import_record);

        pb = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.indeterminateBar);
        pb.setVisibility(ProgressBar.INVISIBLE);

        tvNew = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tvNew);
        tvNew.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v)
            {
                new ImportNewRecords().execute(1);
            }
        });
    }

// AsyncTask to trigger record import on the backend
    private class ImportNewRecords extends AsyncTask<Integer, Integer, String>
    {
        String result;
        String myServerAddress = "localhost";

        protected String doInBackground(Integer... args) {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            try {
                publishProgress(100);
                URL url = new URL("http://"+myServerAddress+":8080/myproject/import_new_record");
                HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
                String s;
                while ((s = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
                    sb.append(s + "\n");
                }
                result = sb.toString();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return result;
        }

        // Display an indeterminate progress bar
        // Presumably the code to display real-time progress should go here
        @Override
        protected void onProgressUpdate(Integer... args) {
            pb.setVisibility(ProgressBar.VISIBLE);
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
            // kill the progress bar
            pb.setVisibility(ProgressBar.INVISIBLE);
            // display the number of records imported in a Toast
            result = StringUtils.trim(result);
            Toast toast = Toast.makeText(ImportRecordActivity.this, result, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
            View view = toast.getView();
            TextView text = view.findViewById(android.R.id.message);
            toast.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL | Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL, 0, 0);
            toast.show();
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPreExecute()
        {
        }
    }
}


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