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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu meets Jordan's King Abdullah II , during a visit to Amman in January, 2014. (Jordanian Royal Court via Getty Images)
Binyamin Netanyahu
Israel, Jordan Publicly Feud After Netanyahu's Jet Barred From Jordanian Airspace
Uri Cohen
Ban is temporary, but canceled trip reveals growing tensions between Middle East neighbors
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's March surprise was put on hold Thursday, after the leader's scheduled summit with his United Arab Emirates counterpart was abruptly canceled amid rising regional intrigues.
In a bizarre turn of events, Netanyahu's planned trip to Abu Dhabi, which was hurriedly announced on Wednesday and was rumored to include a possible side meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, was scrubbed less than 24 hours later.
The visit was postponed "due to difficulties in coordinating [the prime minister's] flight in Jordanian airspace," according to a statement sent to The Media Line from the Prime Minister's Office.
These difficulties apparently stemmed from the cancellation of the Jordanian crown prince's visit to the Temple Mount due to a disagreement over security procedures at the site
While Jordanian authorities later approved the Israeli plane's transit, the delay had already forced Jerusalem to cancel the summit.
"These difficulties apparently stemmed from the cancellation of the Jordanian crown prince's visit to the Temple Mount due to a disagreement over security procedures at the site," the statement from Netanyahu's office said.
On Wednesday, Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah was forced to abort his scheduled tour of Jerusalem's Temple Mount and Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The prince's personal detail refused to abide by Israeli protocol, which limits the number of bodyguards allowed entry into one of the most sensitive sites in the world, and bans carrying weapons in the area.
Jerusalem's official rebuke of its neighbor, accusing Amman of obstructing the Israeli prime minister's plans, suggests the simmering tensions between the two states, barely kept under wraps until now, may be reaching a boiling point.
"On the one hand, there have been three meetings in recent weeks between the two countries' foreign ministers, and there has been some activity and cooperation on a number of issues in recent weeks," Oded Eran, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies and a former ambassador to Jordan, told The Media Line.
"But the relations have definitely suffered, thanks mostly to the total disconnect between the two leaders. The prime minister and [King Abdullah] haven't met or spoken in a very long time. Amman is frustrated that no advancement has been made on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or toward resolving the strategic water dispute between Israel and Jordan," Eran said.
: In 1994, the two nations signed a peace treaty, Israel's first accord with any of its Arab neighbors. They have since experienced noticeable ups and downs, but have maintained full diplomatic relations and cooperate on a series of issues.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday released a statement excoriating his political rival Netanyahu, stressing the importance of mending the two neighbors' troubled relationship.
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"Jordan is a strategic partner of Israel, and our security and diplomatic relations are a cornerstone of Israel's national security," said Gantz, who last month secretly visited Amman and met with King Abdullah. "Unfortunately, Netanyahu's conduct over the years has severely harmed these ties, and has caused Israel to lose significant defense, diplomatic and economic assets."
Eran added that Jordan's unhappiness, which led to the effective grounding of Netanyahu's plane, also stems from last year's "rapid advancement of the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab states, while the Palestinian stalemate continues."
"When there is no dialogue between the top men, it's bound to get worse," he added.
In September, Israel and the UAE signed the Abraham Accords, agreeing to normalize relations. Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan soon followed suit, officially recognizing the Jewish State and establishing formal ties.
The rushed trip to the Emirates, scheduled to last all of two hours, was announced on Wednesday after the cancellation of three similar visits in recent weeks due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus and flight restrictions.
During last year's three consecutive election campaigns, Netanyahu's team made sure to schedule high-profile international engagements with world leaders, such as former United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, mere days before Election Day, and the 2021 cycle seems to be no exception.
As the race enters the home stretch with 12 days to go until Israelis head to the polls, Netanyahu has hammered home his main campaign theme, ridiculing his political rivals for their lack of diplomatic experience and highlighting his stature as a global heavyweight.
When there is no dialogue between the top men, it's bound to get worse
Initial reports on Thursday claimed Netanyahu's meeting with Emirati Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed was scratched because Netanyahu's wife, Sara, was hospitalized for appendicitis.
After being rushed to Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center on Wednesday, Sara Netanyahu is said to be in good condition and will remain under doctors' care for several days.
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I guy is waiting in a hospital for the Doctor to give him an update on his wife. His wife was in a serious car crash and sustained heavy damage.
The Doctor comes out of the operating room and looks at the waiting man.
The man asks the Doctor what the news is.
The Doctor says,"Well, this is going to be rough to hear. Your wife suffered sever trauma to her spinal cord and will be bound to a wheel chair for life. You will have to feed her and support her in the toilet and take care of here every need. She also broke both arms and will require 24 hour assistance. Also, she suffered slight brain damage and has a great deal of memory loss so she might not even recognize you."
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The Doctor says, " No, I'm just f...ing with you, she's dead."
I told you it was dark.
Haha yeah it was dark and funny though.
A man goes into an interview to join the NSA. After going through strenuous background checks and reviewing his considerable resume, the agent conducting the examination tells him that there's just one more test for him to complete. The agent hands the man a pistol.
"This is your final test of loyalty to the agency." The man says, "In the room over there, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. We want you to kill her."
Nodding solemnly, the man proceeds into the room and closes the door. Seconds later the agent hears several gunshots, screaming, smashing, and cursing. Soon after the man walks back out, speckled with blood and wiping sweat from his brow.
"What in the hell just happened?" The agent asked, bewildered.
"Well, you see, the gun you gave me was loaded with blanks, so I had to beat her to death with the chair."
LOL. That is great! This makes a play off of the different types of Imperial troopers.


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Bruno Wolkowitch, właściwie Bruno Jacques Wolkowitch (ur. 10 maja 1961 w Paryżu) – francuski aktor.

Urodził się w polskiej rodzinie pochodzenia żydowskiego Wołkowiczów jako syn kosmetyczki/asystentki dermatologa i księgowego. Dzieciństwo spędził w Champigny-sur-Marne, w regionie Île-de-France, w departamencie Dolina Marny. W wieku ośmiu lat wyraził pragnienie, aby zostać aktorem. Mając jedenaście lat wystąpił w programie dla dzieci, gdzie śpiewał piosenkę "Le Petit Prince". W szkole średniej należał do grupy teatralnej, a następnie w latach 1981-84 uczęszczał do prywatnej szkoły dramatycznej Studio 34, gdzie poznał profesora Mathieu Claude. W 1984 roku uczył się w Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique w Paryżu oraz zadebiutował na scenie w Monachium w przedstawieniu Parking Niebo (Parking du ciel, 1984). W latach 1984-87 uczęszczał do klasy Viviane Theophilides. W międzyczasie wstąpił do Comédie-Française, gdzie zagrał w spektaklach: Balkon (Le Balcon, 1985), Tragedia Makbeta (La Tragédie de Macbeth, 1986), Polyeucte de Corneille (1987)

Pojawił się w wielu filmach telewizyjnych, a największą popularność zdobył jako policjant, kapitan i dowódca Vincent Fournier w serialu Policja sondowa (P.J., 1997-2006).

Ze związku z Fanny Gilles ma córkę Lou (ur. 2006) i syna (ur. 2011).

Filmografia

Filmy kinowe
 2005: Le Frangin d'Amérique jako Alexandre Beaufort
 2004: Wielka rola (Le Grand rôle) jako Dr Guez (głos)
 2003: Życie zaczyna się po czterdziestce (Qu'elle est belle la quarantaine!) jako Marc Blanchet
 2001: Lepiej późno niż wcale (Mieux vaut tard que jamais) jako Martini
 1998: Podwójny sekret (Doppio segreto)
 1996: Zapach perfum (Dans un grand vent de fleurs) jako Guillaume Garlande
 1994: Dziewica Joanna Cz. I, Bitwa (Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles) jako Gilles de Laval
 1994: Dziewica Joanna 2: Więzienie (Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons) jako Gilles de Laval
 1987: Uważaj z prawej (Soigne ta droite)
 1983: Dla tych których kochałem (Au nom de tous les miens) jako Jurek

Seriale TV
 2002: Garonne jako Marc Tursan
 2001: Les Cordier, juge et flic jako Marc Singer
 2001: Méditerranée jako Melvil
 1998: Doppio segreto
 1997-2006: P.J. jako Vincent Fournier
 1996: Dans un grand vent de fleurs jako Guillaume Garlande
 1992: Maigret jako Albert Forlacroix
 1990: Le Vagabond des mers
 1990: Counterstrike jako Rene Verlaine
 1989: Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret jako Vertbois
 1989: Les Cinq dernières minutes jako Julien Delcourt
 1989: Les Jupons de la révolution
 1987: Madame le maire
 1987: Série noire jako Ivan
 1985: Dla tych których kochałem (Au nom de tous les miens) jako Jurek

Linki zewnętrzne

Francuscy aktorzy filmowi
Aktorzy polskiego pochodzenia
Francuscy aktorzy teatralni
Urodzeni w 1961
Ludzie urodzeni w Paryżu

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As if the TV commercials were not annoying enough, now Mr. John Morgan of "Morgan and Morgan" is taking to bold-face bullying. He recently attacked Florida Governor Rick Scott basically threatening Scott's electoral future. Morgan threatened that if Scott does not embrace the smoking of marijuana, according to Morgan's policy designs, then Scott will lose his next election. Scott is currently taking on Bill Nelson for the U.S. Senate seat from Florida.
Morgan has a political track record and public persona that is no secret. He backed medical marijuana in Florida. He backed Hillary Clinton for President. You can read his perspective right here.
Mr. Morgan seems to be a bit foggy on this issue. Here is an article that reveals that traffic accidents, injuries and fatalities are rising again in America. They are specifically rising because of people driving while impaired by the use drugs including marijuana. Real people are suffering real injuries and dying because of the use of marijuana.
How can any responsible citizen or honest lawyer or political aspirant ignore these heartbreaking statistics?


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Wi-Fi (360mb) is installed and activated in the property.
The house comes with a parking space.
The house features a brand new 40 inch 4K smart TV with 50+ channels and 17HD channels!
Good news - pets are allowed in this property.
Tenants can use a private washing machine with drying functions.
The bedroom comes with a comfortable double bed, a desk and a wardrobe.
The garden can be accessed from the bedroom as well as the living room.
The house features 360mb wifi, the fastest in Ireland, and it is included in the bill.
The house is located in the landlord's backyard. To access it, tenants have to cross the garage.
The English speaking landlord lives in the house next to the property and requires 1 month rent as a deposit. Rent can be paid by cash or bank transaction.
Raheny Dart station is just a 5 minute walk away and the closest bus station is located on Watermill Drive, while you can also find several other routes operating on Howth Road.


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Nice to hear from Yoshi but... I was hoping to see the benchmark released or a release date for the beta. Patience is a virtue, or so they say. Too bad I don't have any.
So, what's that, Feb. 10 starts Flying, maybe a 10-14day trip? Would he really do all those cities within 10days? So, we're looking at a first few days of March or the last week of February for the Beta, at the earliest. Not to bad.
Nice. Thanks for this Ten.
The thing about me is that apparently it's very hard to tell when I'm drunk. So I feel like I'm walking sideways on a UFO and everyone else sees me doing the robot like a pro.
i have bathed in the blood of many. my life was spent well.
feral druids do it on all fours.
The One True Prophet of Tonkism.
I am not certain that this is what he means. They stated in the roadmap that they would be releasing the beta around the middle of Feb, so either I think that he may release the beta just before he leaves for the trip, or during the trip itself.
And yet Tanaka is still better overall.
...Why are people having any optimism regarding this? The fact Alpha started a month late and Beta even later (was stated to start Nov by the European Rep) should tell you to just go with the flow and let things happen as they happen.
You'll be less disappointed and have no need for "zen like patience" in the long run.
Personally, I love Yoshi-P's letters. It just feels like he's super motivated and he's always on the move. Looking forward to seeing what all these media outlets have to say after he gets through with them.
Hmmm... I'm going to be in LA from Feb. 12-14. Maybe I can track down Yoshi-P and attempt to give him a tackle-hug before whatever security he has in place removes me from the room .
I've always said that Elezen girls were all supermodels.
I like the fact that he tells us that we will get more info when he goes on his trip.
All regions will be receiving information at the same time, so be sure to keep an eye out!
Rather than letting us guess when new info will become available.
No need for thanks. If i hadn't posted this, someone else would have, but thanks just the same.
Agreed. You get a sense of vibrancy and life from Yoshi-P. The most you'd ever get from Tanaka et crew was a smirk and a snarky-*** comment of "If you believe it in your heart then it's true."
Or an angry tweet about how we don't understand the vision of his game.
Prize is a beta key, which will be e-mailed "Once the Winners are announced [on 18 February, 2013], Prizes will be sent to the email address registered on the Winner's Square Enix Account." So my guess is people will be receiving their beta codes on or before the 18th, and that's around when they'll be starting phase 1. I'm also guessing that they'll release the benchmark around the start of the press tour (10th-12th), nice to have something to show-off and recommend people download.
A competition for the ability to provide free labour to a company. I guess even SE uses interns these days.
Well; considering my wife can't play beta even though we both have legacy (two accounts, one SE account) than that extra key would be nice; I really wish they would let us split them; I'd even settle to start over on her account since I can help her level fast as long as they transferred the legacy status over. But alas, I'm screwed.
2) SE wouldn't do that that.
lol... no contest for me~!
Should we be concerned that they're already joking about how tedious the game is?
The way they've been wording the communication about the beta, it seems like they're going to be e-mailing keys rather than automatically adding the service to your account as they have done in the past. If they do send a key, you may be able to use it on another account.
What's the great deal about having regionized contests on a game with worldwide servers?
Simply put - Individual legal systems have not kept up with the technology of the age, which makes it a legal hell-hole to do any sort of giveaways cross country. It's just easier to do it as separate contests.
I doubt that's the case as this contest is basically for any country that ISN'T the U.S. or Japan. It seems more likely that it's being hosted through SE's EU branch and they just didn't really collaborate with the US or JP branches.
I think Netflix these days have about 250 people (out of 1000 employees in total) that work with rights management only. The Lord of the Rings for example popped up on the Norwegian Netflix and dissappeared the month after. Oh well, at least Gameforge isn't operating the EU version of FFXIV (yet).
This may be a silly question but does Yoshi-P say exactly when and where each of the meetings will be on his trip? He should be in Los Angeles starting today but what time or where is the event/meeting/announcement? Just wondering when we might expect to see some announcements appear online.


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The original smoke effect looked perfect with a solid trail of smoke that builds up and gently disperses in the air.
Helipad lights randomly doesn't produce a glow it used to have in the past. The helipad lights blink with a low light and no glow which makes them useless for spotting. Sometimes the helipads produce a light and glow, but for the most part don't when you start or restart a mission.
Originally the helipad lights always produced a glow and solid lighting effect which was very useful for landing and overall spotting from a distance, especially at night.
Burning Barrel fire and campfire burning lighting is too low. Light source is high above the burning object. Light source must be lowered to the actual object to give off a proper ambient lighting effect.
Originally campfire and burning barrel lighting looked normal and light source or perfectly attached to the object. Producing proper ambient lighting at night.
Helipad Light Glitch : Place multiple helipad lights at night, sometimes they will blink and glow normally, sometimes they blink with no glow, low light. Happens randomly.
Smoke Effect Glitch : Place one or multiple vehicles set to explode, the smoke effect starts off normal but randomly is reduced to a tiny smoke trail unnatural smoke effect.
Campfire & Burning Barrel Glitch : Place a burning barrel or campfire burning at night. The light effect source is either very low or the light effect source is too high above the object. Light source must to be lowered to the actual object to produce ambient light.
The issue is still there on stable.
"randomly doesn't produce a glow it used to have" without a 100% repro there isn't much we can do since it seems it is rare and I was not able to reproduce the issue.
Could you provide an image or video for comparison? If there is indeed a difference we will have a look at it.


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Carolina Panthers' rookie sensation Cam Newton broke another record as he continues to flourish this season. Newton ran in three scores to eclipse the NFL record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback en route to a victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Newton has accumulated 26 total touchdowns this year and is the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year.
Michael Vick has been the face of quarterback versatility with over 5,000 rushing yards in his career including a season where he topped 1,000. Vick's season has been disappointing, mostly due to injury, but he has still managed to amass over 500 rushing yards this season missing the last three games.
After watching Kyle Orton lead the Denver Broncos for the first four and half games from the sidelines, Tim Tebow received his opportunity at starting despite harsh criticism. Analysts may question his passing skills and open Christian views, but Tebow's success has led to a paradigm shift in Denver. Despite completing less than 50% of his throws and only passing for 200-plus yards on one occasion, Tebow has inspired the Denver Broncos to surprisingly win six of their last seven games and grasp first place of the AFC West. Tebow has rushed for 468 yards and averages 5.7 yards per rush, which is only one yard less than his 6.7 yards per pass average.
Don't get ousted in the first round of the playoffs. Take a dive with me as review several key Week 14 matchups.
QB Joe Flacco – Baltimore will defeat Indianapolis this weekend. However, I see this game becoming more of a shootout. Last week, Colts' QB Dan Orlovsky showed potential that he can hurl the ball around better than Curtis Painter with 353 passing yards and two touchdowns. Joe Flacco and Ray Rice should carry the Ravens and both have great games against Indy's weak and fatigued defense. Flacco has been held under 200 yards the last two games, so expect him to air it out this week.
RB Marion Barber – With Matt Forte and Jay Cutler sharing the bench for a few games with injuries, Chicago will turn to veteran running back Marion Barber to carry the offense. Barber has already shined in a limited role with five touchdowns. Don't put too much weight on Barber's 3.7 yards per carry this season since many of his carries have been goal line attempts. Denver's defense is average against the run and should shutdown Chicago's pass offense, but Barber should receive a ton of work and have a productive outing.
WR Malcom Floyd – Finally, Floyd returned to the lineup after missing four weeks and posted 108 receiving yards and a touchdown. The Chargers' receiver has at least 100 receiving yards in three of his last four starts, which shows that he is very productive when healthy. San Diego welcomes the cross-country traveling Buffalo Bills, which have improved against wideouts recently in comparison to the first half of the season. Regardless, I see Philip Rivers continuing where he left on Monday night and will be throwing to V-Jax, Gates, and Floyd.
TE Logan Paulsen– Who? Yes, I am recommending third string tight end Logan Paulsen this weekend if you are completely desperate at the position. With Washington Redskins' Fred Davis being suspended for the remainder of the season, Paulsen is in line for a start against the New England Patriots. Washington's offense is not great, but they do frequently target the tight end. The Pats have only allowed two touchdowns to tights this season, but have surrendered at least five catches in all but four games this year.
SEA DEF– Seattle has improved in the second half of the season and may be a dark horse for a wildcard seed. They have the fourth best defense over the last month scoring with an average of 13 points per game. During this time, they have averaged two INT's per game, which will make it difficult for the Rams this Sunday. With Sam Bradford and A.J. Feeley likely out, third string quarterback Tom Brandstater will struggle against Seattle's punishing defense.
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Box Office Bioethics: judging panel confirmed
We are delighted to announce the panel of judges for the inaugural year of the Council's student film competition, Box Office Bioethics. The panel will include three Council members and three special guest judges.
Dr Rhona Knight Dr Rhona Knight is a General Practitioner in Leicester, and Senior Clinical Educator at the University of Leicester. She has an interest in making bioethical issues accessible and understandable to non-specialist audiences. Rhona is a Member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and is Chair of the Education Advisory Group. Dr Tim Lewens Dr Tim Lewens is a Reader in Philosophy of the Sciences in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, and Fellow of Clare College, at the University of Cambridge. He has been Co-Chair of the Cambridge Bioethics Forum since 2002. His primary research interests are the philosophy of biology, philosophy of science and bioethics. Dr Geoff Watts Dr Geoff Watts spent five years in research before becoming a science and medical writer and broadcaster. He presented BBC Radio 4's Medicine Now and its science programme Leading Edge.
Special guest judges
Professor Andy Miah Professor Andy Miah is an ethicist, journalist, author and presenter. He is Director of the Creative Futures Research Centre at the University of the West of Scotland. Andy has published over 100 articles in journals, magazines, books and national media on subjects including digital media, medicine, technology, human enhancement and sport. http://www.andymiah.net/ Alom Shaha Alom Shaha is a film-maker, writer, and physics teacher. He has written, produced and directed a number of TV programmes on science and worked on BBC series including Horizon, Science Shack and What the Victorians did for Us. http://alomshaha.com Adam Wishart Adam Wishart is a writer and documentary maker. In 2011 his documentaries 'Should I test my genes' and '23 Week babies: the price of life' were broadcast on BBC2. His 2007 documentary, Monkeys, Rats and Me, won the Grierson Award for the best Science Documentary. http://www.adamwishart.info/
Box Office Bioethics is open to students in the UK and Republic of Ireland. We are inviting submissions of short films on medical and scientific issues that matter to young people today. Winners will receive £200 in gift vouchers and their film will be shown at the Council's annual public lecture in London in May 2012.Submissions will be accepted until 24 February 2012.
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Www.digitalplayspace.com - Scrap Mechanic Free Play. 3D Cartoon animation has come up as one among by far the most endorsed systems in today's laptop age. This is the type of graphic imaging which has taken around 2nd or scale model puppets in addition as drawings which were typically generally known as stop motion animation. Over the a long time, there have been an at any time raising interest in cartoon videos likewise given that the use of 3D cartoon animation within the media for endorsement of brand name names which has initiated greater and much more complex imaging software's out there.
Should you have been to check with many of us what their favorite productions ended up without a doubt each would have their unique specific lists. You should be amazed in the variety of animated ones that could be involved. Therefore if who ever said that cartoons are for youths? They're something which touches the hearts of your younger and old for either gender.
This post talks concerning the variation of cartoon and anime, plus the definition of every in various groups. Anime, generally from Japan, demonstrates by itself to get quite a bit further and well thought-out in plot and character growth than all those of cartoons.
Connected to Scrap Mechanic Free Play, Cartoon is rapidly becoming a very popular career choice for all those considering combining their love for art with their love for calculating. With pictures like Monsters Inc. and Cars holding the attention of kids and adults alike, so it's not surprising that animation technicians are becoming popular after.
An animation is defined like a visual shift in a spectacle connected to time. The visual change in the scene is not only linked to the change in the positioning of this thing, but additionally using its contour, color, transparency, structure and texture. An important point about cartoon is that it usually signifies the hand drawn or artificially drawn sequence of images, which contrasts into the pictures where performers performances together with real-world scenes are listed. This really is similar to Scrap Mechanic Free Play.


Adina Gerver dedicates this Dvar Tzedek to the memory of Shira Palmer-Sherman. Like Joseph, Shira was a dreamer of dreams who did not shy away from taking an active role in making the world a better place.
What was so compelling about Joseph's plan? Joseph's proposal earned him the honorific "discerning and wise" because he went beyond promises to alleviate hunger and famine; he managed to prevent it through careful planning, storing, and withholding from the Egyptians portions of their harvests during years of plenty.
Nachmanides parses the phrase "discerning and wise," saying that Joseph was discerning because he possessed the administrative talent of distributing food to Egyptian families based on their individual size and needs during the seven years of bounty; he was wise because he had the technology to store food for long periods of time without it rotting or being eaten by moths or rodents.
Like all of us, Joseph faced a world that had the potential to feed all of its inhabitants, yet uneven food availability challenged its ability to do so. Seven years of plenty followed by seven years of scarcity sounds a lot like our world, where in some countries less than 2.5% of the population suffers from malnutrition and in others over one-third of the population is malnourished. As during the period of Joseph's administrative rule in Egypt, the world today has enough food to feed itself, but unlike Egypt under Joseph's aegis, people starve from lack of thoughtful distribution.
It would be simple enough, in this season of giving, to insert here a plea to donate money to feed the hungry of the world, to double our contributions to the cause of hunger as Joseph doubled agricultural taxes during the seven years of bounty. However, that would be ignoring the lessons of Joseph in Parshat Miketz. All too often, we find ourselves reacting to food shortages long after they wreak havoc on society. Joseph predicted and planned for famine, rather than turning a blind eye and then reacting to it after the fact. We must not only feed the hungry; like Joseph, we must avert starvation and famine, both to prevent tremendous human suffering and because it makes economic sense. According to The Telegraph, it costs only 60 pence a day to prevent a child from developing malnutrition, yet it costs 50 pounds to save the life of a child who is already suffering from starvation.
Malawi provides an example of an even more pro-active approach to avoiding starvation. Having suffered from famine for years, Malawi produced record crops in 2006 and 2007 by providing high-quality seeds and subsidized fertilizers to poor farmers. As a result, the prevalence of child hunger in Malawi has dropped, the country is now exporting crops to neighboring countries, food prices have fallen and farm workers' wages have risen.
When it comes to global hunger, we must all be Josephs—imagining a world unlike the one before us. But dreaming is not enough. We must invest in early warning systems, respond to calls for help before full-fledged famine strikes, and help countries with poor soil find ways to be as self-sufficient as Egypt was during Joseph's day. Like Joseph, we must each take responsibility for seeing how much we need for ourselves during times of plenty, and how much we can give away to help build sustainability for those who face scarcity.
 Genesis 41:39. Nachmanides on Genesis 41:33.
 World Food Programme. WFP Interactive Hunger Map. December 3, 2008. http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/hunger_map/map/hungermap_popup/map_popup.html.
 Cable News Network. As children starve, world struggles for solution. November 18, 2008. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/17/hunger.week/index.html.
 Radak on Genesis 41:34; Chizkuni on Genesis 41:34.
 American Jewish World Service. The Food Crisis of 2008: A "Silent Tsunami." November 18, 2008. http://www.ajws.org/who_we_are/news/archives/features/the_food_crisis_of_2008.html.
 The Telegraph. Call for aid as Niger faces famine. July 21, 2005. [Accessed December 10, 2008.] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/niger/1494529/Call-for-aid-as-Niger-faces-famine.html.
 Climate Hazards Group. FEWS NET History. December 15, 2008. http://chg.geog.ucsb.edu/about/fewsnet_history.html.
 Overseas Development Institute. The Niger Food Crisis. December 10, 2008. http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/odi-publications/opinions/48-edward-clay-niger-food-crisis.pdf.
 The New York Times. Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts. December 2, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/world/africa/02malawi.html.


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Q: Gerrit Reviewers name and email in Jenkins I am trying to integrate Gerrit Code Review with Jenkins and I need to get an email names of all Reviewers that are assigned to a change that triggered Jenkins job.
I have found this fragment of Gerrit Code Review plugin with all environmental variables listed, but there is nothing about reviewers.
My goal: send email notification about job status (in Jenkins job Post-Actions via email-ext plugin) to change owner, reviewers patchset creators and job owner.
My question is: is there any way of obtaining Gerrit Reviewers emails and parsing them into Jenkins as a variable?

A: You can use the REST API, like in the following example:
curl --silent --user USER:PASS --request GET  https://GERRIT-SERVER/a/changes/CHANGE-NUMBER/reviewers | sed 1d | jq --raw-output '.[].email'

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 We all experience disappointments in life. Some disappointments are harder than others to deal with and let go of. It can be even harder to let go of a disappointment when our loved ones don't fully grasp the weight and the metaphorical scar the disappointment has left on us. When we don't get the support we need from others, we can get stuck and keep reliving or ruminating on the disappointment. We can also develop a habit of wearing our disappointments as a badge of honor, that we display to others as means of getting the recognition or affirmation that we survived something so disappointing that left a lasting mark.
We all have the power to choose how we deal with disappointments in the present and future. Sometimes acknowledging that we have the power to choose how we deal with the after effects is enough to help us heal and let it go. Please know that there is support available through friends, family or counselors, and even though they may not fully grasp that gravity of the pain from the disappointment, they are still able and willing to support you with healing and reclaiming your power.


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Road Redemption Mobile pre-registration opens
by mobailee September 20, 2022 52
Three years after the release of the Steam version of Road Redemption, Pixel Dash Studios has just announced theRoad Redemption Mobile pre-registration opens on iOS and Android. Let's discover together what this motorcycle racing game has in store for us, where speed will not be enough to achieve victory.
Motorcycle races where violence is allowed
Before addressing the Road Redemption Mobile pre-registrations, let's quickly come back to the game from which this port comes. Road Redemption is a racing game in which you ride a motorcycle. So far nothing abnormal, except that in this title, pilots are equipped with weapons to spice up the race, such as studded baseball bats, katanas or axes.
Inspired by the license of the 90s Road Rashthe game of Pixel Dash Studios has allowed many nostalgic people to rediscover the same sensations as at the time. Weave through traffic and dodge your opponents' punches during frantic races of Road Redemption is really fun.
Of course, the gameplay is completely different from the games of the time, but we completely find the spirit of freedom and violence, which makes it a excellent stress reliever. Judging by the trailer images, the mobile port will logically be less beautiful and the plots less open, but the gameplay seems to be in all respects similar to the PC and console version.
How do I access Road Redemption Mobile pre-registrations?
To access the Road Redemption Mobile pre-registrations, go to the Google Play Store for Android devices and the App Store for iOS. You will receive a notification when the game is officially released.
The Road Redemption Mobile release date is also planned for the September 28, 2022. The game will be available for free, but will contain one in-app purchase to unlock all the content, the price of which has not yet been revealed.
That's it for the opening of Road Redemption Mobile pre-registrations on Android and iOS. To stay informed of the news of your favorite games, I invite you to visit our page dedicated to mobile news.


This call for proposals for the 2012 Annual CSTA Conference went out to members of the Computer Science Teachers Association this week. One doesn't have to be a member to attend or to present to this conference though. It is, in my opinion, the best professional development event of the year for middle and high school computer science educators. If you have some innovative teaching methods, projects, tools or experiences to share please consider submitting a proposal.
Present a session or a workshop at this year's annual CSTA conference!
The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) invites you to participate in the 13th Annual CSTA Conference. This event will be held July 15-16 2013, in Quincy, MA (just outside Boston).
The CSTA 2013 Program Committee seeks proposal submissions related to the practice of teaching and learning computer science and information technology in K-12. Proposals will be accepted for one-hour presentations or panels or for three-hour workshops.
The deadline for proposals is January 24, 2013. Review of proposals will occur shortly thereafter and notification of decision will be made on or about March 7, 2013. Successful proposers should expect to be asked to submit a reasonably final copy of their presentation by June 20, 2013.
relevance to CS&IT (focus on K-12 computer science or information technology).
Preference will be given to workshop proposals that are largely hands-on activities.
Presenters will have the use of a computer projector and screen. Proposers should describe any unusual infrastructure, A/V equipment, or lab facility needed; it may be possible to accommodate such requests but this cannot be guaranteed.
CSTA 2013 is generously sponsored by the Oracle, Microsoft, and Microsoft Research.


A Character story about stewardship.
"Daddy, Daddy, come quick!" Julie shouted from the back door.
Mr. Jensen jumped up and dashed toward the call. "What is it? What's the matter?"
"I want you to see this hole out here in the back yard," Julie urged, excitedly.
"Is that all? I thought it was some kind of emergency, "Mr. Jensen sighed with relief.
"I think it is, Daddy. It may be a snake hole! Hurry up and see for yourself." She grabbed his hand and started pulling him through the doorway.
"OK, OK, I'm coming," he chuckled. "I should be used to your bubbly nature by now." They both walked unto the back yard and up a small hill.
"Look right here," Julie said, pointing toward a two inch hole in the lawn. "I think it might be a snake hole because, look, there is no dirt around it."
Mr. Jensen knelt down to examine it more closely. "Hmmm. That's very observant of you, Sissy. What do you think happened to the dirt that came out of it?"
Julie thought for a moment. Then her face lit up. "I know! God said that snakes would eat dirt all their lives. I'll bet he ate it!"
Mr. Jensen laughed. "Well, I'm glad you believe the Bible, but I don't think that's quite what it means. Actually, snakes do learn by eating dirt, but I'll tell you about that another time. You can relax though, because I know the rascal that made this hole and he's not a snake. Come into the house and I'll show you his picture." They both went into the living room where Mr. Jensen took a nature book from their shelf. He paged through it for a short time and then stopped.
"Here it is," declared Mr. Jensen, pointing at a colored picture.
"A chipmunk? Are you sure? I mean, how do you know that's a chipmunk hole, Daddy?"
"For one thing, I saw him last Saturday when I was working in the garden. But also, look here, it says that the chipmunk will dig a hole and then carry the dirt away so that his home is not easily spotted."
"Hey, that's pretty clever," Julie admitted. "Does it tell how deep he digs his hole?"
"Well, let's see," said Mr. Jensen as he began to scan the page again. "This says that the tunnel will go five feet deep and will have a bedroom, a bathroom, and three to six food storage rooms."
"Wow!" Julie exclaimed. "That's a lot of rooms! I guess he won't run out of food this winter."
"That's for sure. He sleeps most of the winter but if he gets hungry. he runs to the storeroom and gets a snack and then runs back to the bedroom. He has enough food to last through the Spring, until the crops grow again."
Julie was deep in thought for a moment. "You know, Daddy, Mom and I were chipmunks yesterday. We cut up the green beans from the garden and put them in the freezer. Then we cooked the tomatoes and put those in jars. We were like chipmunks, storing food for the winter, right?"
"Right," Mr. Jensen responded with a grin. "And I was really pleased to hear that you were willing to help and didn't complain when your friends came to play." Mr. Jensen gave his daughter a big squeeze.
Julie smiled. "I want to do my best for Jesus, and do what He asks me to do."
"I'm really glad. The Bible says that a diligent person will store up during the harvest, knowing that the winter is coming. Chipmunks have been known to store a bushel of food in three days. But you know, even if we don't farm, there will be a time for everyone when we won't be able to work any longer. Know when that is?"
"When we get sick?" Julie suggested.
"That's true, but I was thinking of the time when our lives come to an end. It will be so important that we each have our treasures stored in a very secure place then."
"I know where that is," Julie announced. "We're supposed to lay us treasures in Heaven. Jesus said that, didn't He?"
"Yes, in Matthew chapter six. How do you think we can obey that command?"
Julie thought again. "Well, by making sure that we have Jesus as our Saviour first. And then I guess by obeying what He says in the Bible."
"That's exactly right, Sissy. So when you did your best in helping Mother yesterday, you were laying up stores for the family, and you were laying up stores in Heaven. You were double pleasing to the Lord!"


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Home » Mena v. Key Food Stores Cooperative Inc. et al.
Mena v. Key Food Stores Cooperative Inc. et al.
2003 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 231 and New York Law Journal; March 31, 2003
Key Food
In this widely-publicized discrimination suit, plaintiffs alleged that obscenities, foul language, racial slurs and epithets directed at women and African Americans were common parlance at the Key Food offices. Approximately one year before this law suit was instituted, our client, a Key Food employee, sought our advice regarding the legality of taping the defendants' harassing and inappropriate comments.
Subsequently, the explosive and obscene comments captured on the tape recordings were aired on New York's major television stations, and in print media. In an important decision, the New York State Supreme Court (Kings County) upheld both the taping and the publicity, and rejected the defendants' assertions that disciplinary rules were violated.
Key Food Case Articles:
Race Bias Suit Hits Key Food – NY Amsterdam News;June 6, 2002
Lawyers May Instruct on Secret Taping – The National Law Journal; April 28, 2003
Employees Say Tapes Show Racism – NY WABC News, June 5, 2002
Supervisor Fired After Report – NY WABC News, June 6, 2002
More Alleged Racism At Key Food – NY WABC News, June 10, 2002


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Topless bathing given official OK as Barcelona frees the nipple
By MiNDFOOD	| August 12, 2019
Barcelona is famous for its rooftop pools - now it's officially OK to go topless.
Going for a topless dip in Barcelona is nothing unusual, but Spanish authorities had to wade in after complaints that some pools were telling women to cover up.
It's now officially OK for women to bathe topless in the Spanish city of Barcelona.
Authorities had to set the record straight after a report released in June showed some public pools were telling women to cover up.
But women taking a topless afternoon dip is a perfectly common sight in the Catalan capital, whether at one of its many rooftop pools or at the beach.
As well as countless public pools, Barcelona boasts beautiful sandy beaches, where it's commonplace for women to go topless. REUTERS/Albert Gea
That's why Mugrons Lluires, a campaign group that combats gender discrimination, filed a complaint to the city council claiming that some pools were denying women's rights by saying they couldn't go topless.
After an investigation, the council's office against discrimination issued a report to all its pools instructing them to guarantee women's equality and allow topless bathing.
A spokeswoman for Barcelona council told CNN that while there are no written rules about what people can wear at its municipal pools, discrimination based on gender is prohibited.
She emphasised that bathing topless in Barcelona is nothing new and had been common practice for some time.
Mugrons Lluires celebrated the news in a tweet, saying Barcelona is now "egalitarian" and "free".
Barcelona is one of the world's cultural, historical and architectural gems. REUTERS
Barcelona is Spain's second-largest city and one of the world's major tourist destinations thanks to its rich cuisine, architecture, history and culture.
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Our vision is to be the fiercest champion for public charter schools in North Carolina by providing support through programming and vendor relationships; education of the public and legislators by increasing awareness and dispelling myths; and advocacy on the local, state, and federal levels to protect public charter schools' flexibility and autonomy and to increase funding.
The passing of the Charter Schools Act of 1996 (CSA), House Bill 955, marked the beginning of the charter school movement in North Carolina. The bill was sponsored by Senator Wib Gulley (D-Durham) and Representative Steve Wood (R-Guilford). Charter schools were established in an effort to improve the academic chances and performance of those that were at-risk and those that were academically gifted, but all students eligible to attend our state's public schools are eligible to apply to a charter school. CSA allowed any person, group, or non-profit organization to propose a charter school; however, the State Board of Education was given the power to approve or reject proposals. CSA capped the number of state charter schools at 100.
Recognizing an opportunity to bring educational innovation to students, thirty-four charter schools opened in 1997. Eighteen of them continue 24 years later to provide school choice to the families in their areas, also proving that it is possible to meet the fidelity standards established by the NC SBE, CSAB, and OCS while meeting the needs of students.
The Academy of Moore County Eno River Academy Maureen Joy Charter School
Arapahoe Charter School The Exploris School Quality Education Academy
Carter G. Woodson School Francine Delany New School Rocky Mount Preparatory
Chatham Charter Healthy Start Academy Sallie B Howard School
Children's Village Academy The Learning Center Sterling Montessori Academy
CIS Academy Magellan Charter Summit Charter
With the rapidly growing movement, there was a need to have an advocacy group that would facilitate advocacy, support, and education on behalf of charter schools state-wide that faced tremendous opposition. By January of 2010, the first North Carolina charter school organization was formed with 28 member schools. It was known as the NC Alliance for Public Charter
Schools.
In August of 2011, Senate Bill 8 was passed removing the cap on the number of charters that can operate in the state. That was a tremendous milestone as it has enabled the expansion of school choice and the creation of over 200 charter schools in the state.
Prior to 2015, North Carolina had two public charter schools' advocacy organizations: the NC Alliance for Public Charter Schools and the NC Association of Public Charter Schools. Acknowledging that competition between the two groups weakened the movement as a whole, the boards of both organizations met in late 2015 to discuss a merger, agreeing that one voice would be best for the schools. In 2016, the new NC Association for Public Charter Schools was born, consisting of board members Lisa Gordon-Stella (co-chair), Jennifer Lucas (co-chair), Natalie Brozy, Ivonne Reed, Carroll Reed, Rudy Swofford, Simon Johnson, Kirby McCrary, Cynthia McQueen, Steve Hester, and Meredith Flowe.
Shortly after the formation of the new organization, a nationwide search began for an Executive Director. Although the board considered many qualified applicants, one name stood out. Having served on the previous Association's board of directors, Rhonda Dillingham was known to many of the current board members as a former educator, co-founder and former Chief Education Officer of Uwharrie Charter Academy. Her over 20 years of experience in education, combined with the fact that she is not a political insider, made her the best candidate for the job. Dillingham was hired in February of 2017. An important aspect of her leadership comes from the relatability she possesses with school leaders, board members, and teachers. Further, she is a firm believer in school choice as her youngest daughter benefitted from the project-based small learning environment at Uwharrie Charter Academy.
Key Bills that the NCAPCS and their lobbying team have been influential in advocating for the passage of are:
S257 (Session Law 2017-57) – Appropriations Act of 2017
This bill contains provisions that require DOT and municipalities to reimburse schools for required roadway improvements.
H75 (Session Law 2019-222) – School Safety Funds, Programs, and Reports
This bill funds school safety grants and ensures charter schools are eligible in all school grants. School safety grants funded include services for students in crisis, school safety training, and safety equipment.
H57 (Session Law 2019-51) - Create Term for Public Schools & Codify NCVPS
This bill creates a new definition for the term public school unit; in the education chapter of the General Statutes (Chapter 115C). The term would include local school administrative units, charter schools, regional schools, innovative schools, the residential schools for the deaf and blind, laboratory schools, and the residential School of the Arts high school, and the residential School of Science and Mathematics.
H362 (Session Law 2019-154) - 15-Point Scale for School Performance Grades
This bill changes the scale for the determination of school performance grades to a 15- point scale, require the State Board of Education to adopt emergency rules in preparation for permanent rulemaking; and direct the State Board of Education to study the reporting methods used for school accountability purposes on the North Carolina annual school report cards.
H411 (Session Law 2019-142) – Modify School Quality/Student Success Indicator
This bill combines career and college readiness indicators for both school performance grades required under State law as well as for federal reporting purposes under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and requires the State Board of Education to include additional career and college readiness information on annual school report cards.
S113, Education Omnibus
The conference report for this bill includes provisions that allow the Superintendent of Public Instruction to approve bonds to finance or refinance a charter school facility (Section 7) and changes the State Board of Education charter school report date on educational effectiveness from February 15 to June 15 (Section 6).
S681, Agency Policy Directives/2019-2020
This bill includes provisions that broaden certain charter school enrollment priorities (Section 2.3(a)) and expand the Schools that Lead Pilot Program (Section 2.4).
H118 (SL 2020-89) - COVID-19 Liability Safe Harbor
This bill would provide limited liability in claims arising from contraction of COVID-19 to a variety of entities including schools.
H1023 (SL 2020-80) - Coronavirus Relief Fund/Additions & Revisions
This bill includes $75M to DPI for emergency school nutrition services, $7M to DPI to provide personal protective equipment for public schools, and $5M to DPI to hold in reserve and award as grants to provide access to services for exceptional children who have lost critical services as a result of school closures.
H1071 (SL 2020-27) - Funds to DPI for ADM Growth
This bill appropriates funds to DPI for increased Average Daily Membership in public schools.
S476 (SL 2020-7) - School-Based Mental Health
This bill directs K-12 school units to adopt and implement a school-based mental health plan that includes a mental health training program and a suicide risk referral protocol.
Current bills in progress:
H729 - Charter School Omnibus Bill
This bill would allow charter schools to offer virtual instruction, include charter schools in all aspects of teacher Residency Licensure, and would allow counties to fund charter schools' capital projects.
S87 Medicaid Reimbursement/Charter Schools
This bill would allow charter schools to bill Medicaid for reimbursement of all eligible
expenses.
NCAPCS is the largest charter school membership organization in the state that supports, advocates, and educates on behalf of the charter school community. We also maintain the Guidestar Silver Transparency rating.


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Хокејашка репрезентација Јужне Африке је хокејашки тим Јужне Африке и под контролом је Хокејашког савеза Јужне Африке. Репрезентација се међународно такмичи од 1961. године.

У Јужној Африци има укупно 312 регистрованих играча.

Премијерну утакмицу Јужна Африка је одиграла против Југославије, 3. марта 1961. године и изгубила је 12:3. Најтежи пораз Јужна Африка је доживела од Казахстана 1993. године резултатом 32:0. Највећу победу остварили су против Јерменије 2005. године када су победили резултатом 33:1.

Највише наступа имао је Алан Верви, који је одиграо 66 меча за репрезентацију. Најефикаснији играч са укупно 70 поена је Мајкл Едвардс.

Резултати на светским првенствима
 1961. — 19. место (5. место, Група Ц)
 1966. — 19. место (3. место, Група Ц)
 1992. — 28. место (2. место, Група Ц2)
 1993. — 32. место (12. место, Група Ц)
 1994. — 35. место (8. место, Група Ц2)
 1995. — 37. место (8. место, Група Ц2)
 1996. — нису учествовали
 1997. — нису учествовали
 1998. — 37. место (5. место, Група Д)
 1999. — 36. место (5. место, Група Д)
 2000. — 37. место (4. место, Група Д)
 2001. — 36. место (4. место, Дивизија II)
 2002. — 37. место (5. место, Дивизија II)
 2003. — 38. место (5. место, Дивизија II)
 2004. — 39. место (6. место, Дивизија II)
 2005. — 42. место (2. место, Дивизија III)
 2006. — 40. место (6. место, Дивизија II)
 2007. — 44. место (4. место, Дивизија III)
 2008. — 42. место (2. место, Дивизија III)
 2009. — 40. место (6. место, Дивизија II)
 2010. — 46. место (3. место, Дивизија III)
 2011. — 42. место (2. место, Дивизија III)
 2012. — 39. место (6. место, Дивизија II)
 2013. — 41. место (1. место, Дивизија III)
 2014. — 39. место (5. место, Дивизија II)
 2015. — 40. место (6. место, Дивизија II)

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Welcome to our first monthly interim newsletter. The interim is the time between legislative sessions. This interim runs from mid-April to January 8th 2019.
An important part of interim is catching up on our other jobs and spending time with our families, particularly in this first month of interim after a busy short session. I enjoyed the opportunity to celebrate Creighton graduation with our students and to meet their families over Mother's Day weekend. The next weekend I got to play the parent and enjoy graduation celebrations with my older son, Nate, who graduated from Fordham University in New York City. We had a nice family trip together out to New York for the weekend and had a chance to see "Hello Dolly" on Broadway. The following weekend my younger son, Phil, graduated from Bellevue East. We enjoyed several days of graduation parties (including our own) and celebrating the accomplishments of friends and family.
The interim is also a time for collaborative meetings and in-depth study on issues that we do not have time to fully explore during the session. This interim I continue my work with the Economic Development Task Force to develop priorities for economic growth and workforce development in the state. Our office is also sponsoring, and will do much of the heavy lifting on, a study requested by the US Department of Defense to examine our state licensing practices for transitioning service members and military spouses. In previous sessions we have had success passing bills to require that occupational boards consider military experience and provide temporary licensure for military spouses. Our study will examine whether these policies are being implemented effectively. Getting these individuals into the workforce as efficiently as possible is not only good for them and their families, but good for our state given our cross-sector workforce shortages.
On the workforce front, an interim study that I am co-sponsoring with Senator Lou Ann Linehan involves examining improvements that could be made in our Medicaid program. We are exploring options to allow more individuals with disabilities to be able to buy into Medicaid coverage if they can work and earn money that pushes them over the eligibility limit for Medicaid. Many of these individuals want to work more and could contribute to our economy, but they are not able to meet their health needs with traditional forms of health insurance that are available from employers or the private market. A recent study shows that when Kansas allowed individuals to buy into coverage, they not only increased wages for those individuals (and tax revenues) and increased premium support to help pay for Medicaid, but the actual cost of Medicaid for these individuals went down. The ability to work up to their potential and earn more money while keeping their Medicaid to manage their health conditions made them healthier and less expensive. That study can be found here.
One of the other tasks that our office works on over the interim is going over emails that have come to our office with ideas for new bills. During the session we accumulate these emails and letters and take time to return to them during the interim. If you have a bill idea, now is a good time to send it our way so we have some time to research and consider it.
The Bellevue Farmers Market at Washington Park runs every Saturday morning from May 26th to October 13th. This year I will have a booth on two weekends, June 2nd and August 25th, from 8:00 am – 12:00 pm.
I will also be hosting an evening open hours event on July 10th from 4:30 – 6:00 pm at the Bellevue Public Library.
These three events will not have a formal agenda – I will simply be there ready to talk to whoever is interested about bills, answer questions about the legislative session, or just chat! I would be happy to see you all at one or more of those days.
Hanna is a Nebraska native who grew up in Lincoln. Hanna returned to Lincoln last year after living in Colorado for two and a half years, where she obtained her Masters in Social Science with a focus in Social Justice from the University of Colorado Denver. During her time in Colorado, Hanna worked as a Legislative Aide, a community organizer, and a campaign manager. Hanna received her B.S. in Psychology from Nebraska Wesleyan in 2013. Most recently, Hanna worked at the Division of Behavioral Health within the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
Outside the office, Hanna enjoys all things outdoors (especially hiking, biking, and camping), live music, reading, and traveling.
Hanna's responsibilities include conducting research for bills and interim studies and drafting and advising on legislation. She would be happy to talk with you by phone or email. She is always available to answer any questions you may have at (402) 471-2615 or at hmurdoch@leg.ne.gov.
One of my favorite parts of this job is my ability to represent the state of Nebraska at events that mark important occasions. It was an honor to attend the solemn ceremony at the Offutt Base cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday May 28th, at 9:00 in the morning. Col. Manion gave a powerful reflection on our gratitude for those who have been willing to give of their lives in service to others. At 11:00 I joined with many others from Bellevue and Bellevue VFW Post 10785 for a ceremony to honor those who have served from all branches of service. At 2:00 in the afternoon I joined with Governor Pete Ricketts, Congressman Don Bacon, Senator Deb Fischer, Senator Carol Blood, and others to celebrate Memorial Day with the veterans at the Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home (pictured below) and to honor those who have passed away in the last year. This year that included Roland Nieves, the husband of my good friend Marta Nieves.
I would also like to share a music video from one of our Bellevue residents and STRATCOM professionals, Jimmy Weber. Released last week, the video (watch here) pays tribute to all the individuals who have served our country, and the sacrifices that they and their families have made – sometimes including the ultimate sacrifice of their lives.
May is mental health awareness month. On May 12, the Sarpy County public defender's office in collaboration with Lift Up Sarpy sponsored a mental health expo to provide an opportunity for families in Sarpy County to learn about resources available in our community. There was a great mix of speakers and organizations at the event to share information. Many organizations had tables set up to talk to those with questions. The organizers assure me that they plan to offer this event next year, so be watching for an opportunity to attend next May! If you have suggestions or resources that you would like highlighted in this area, contact my office and I will forward them to the organizers of the event.
Suicide takes a life every 13 minutes. Know the signs – Change the stats.
Each year in Nebraska there are just as many suicide deaths as traffic deaths. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for 15-34 year olds in the US. This is a crisis here in Sarpy County as well. Check out the resources available on this website for risk factors, how to help and how to start a conversation with someone who may need help.
The Vet Center offers free readjustment counseling services to veterans and their families.
PACT is an early intervention and prevention program to strengthen and support at risk youth and their families with in-home therapy. Youth who are age 0-19 who are residents of Sarpy, Cass, Dodge, or Douglas County qualify if they meet financial eligibility requirements. Call 402-578-5086 to refer a child or family or to get more information.
May 8th and 9th I joined Col. Michael Manion, the 55th Wing commander, and other leaders from the Sarpy County area for a two-day trip.
The purpose of the tour was to learn more about the 55th Wing's geographically separated units, including the 55th Electronic Combat Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. We discussed the 55th's worldwide mission and got to see some of the aircraft stationed there, tour the base, see an in-flight refueling maneuver up-close, and even take a crack at flying a EC-130H Compass Call aircraft in one of the base simulators.
Most importantly, the trip was an opportunity to meet with some of the outstanding Airmen from both the Offutt and Davis-Monthan bases whose careers are dedicated to serving our country. It was a wonderful trip!
Congratulations to the Air Force Junior ROTC Drill Team at Bellevue West for their exemplary performance at the national championship competition! The team took first place in the unarmed exhibition category and showed a national audience what it means to be both talented and respectful on the competition field. I am so proud to have these young people in our community. The Bellevue Leader has a picture of the whole team here, as well as more details about their competition experience. Congratulations again to these fine young people and their coaches!
The Sarpy County Chamber held a ceremony on May 23rd to celebrate this year's Small Business Hall of Fame inductees. One of the wonderful businesses to be honored this year was our own Stella's Bar & Grill in Bellevue! Stephanie and her family are such an asset to our community, and they have earned every bit of support and congratulations we can give them!
On May 29th the Coalition for a Strong Nebraska hosted a panel discussion about the past legislative session and how we could work with nonprofit leaders in the state to continue to improve equity and opportunities for Nebraskans. The Coalition for a Strong Nebraska includes a diverse array of nonprofit groups from the Women's Fund and The Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska, to the ACLU and Lutheran Family Services. The panel included Senator Matt Hansen, Senator Lou Ann Linehan, Senator Paul Schumacher and me. We had a great conversation about how we could work together. One example of a question was whether we felt that calls or emails were more effective. Our overall answer was it depends, but for all of us but one, the answer was emails as long as they are personal and thoughtful emails.


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West Los Angeles - On Wednesday, August 23, 2000 at approximately 11:15 p.m., a shooting occurred in the 3100 Block of Motor Avenue. The suspect, identified as Sheldon Casillas, a 52 year old male Hispanic, 6'1", 200 lbs., gray hair, apparently shot the victim, Michael Lyons, a 45 year old male Caucasian, with a shotgun. The suspect then fled the location in a red 1988 Chevrolet Camaro.
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All About Copenhagen (With Pictures)
Ernest Hemingway had Paris. I have Copenhagen. If I ever want to retreat somewhere to write, or ponder, or pursue enlightenment, I'll come to Copenhagen. I've never been anywhere like it. I have yet to walk along a road that doesn't have a bike lane on either side. Nor have I paid less than $3 for anything. The whole country works brilliantly, and charges you for the convenience. Danish prices make New York seem thrifty. But hey, I've got the cash, so why not splurge. Copenhagen is beautiful, stunning, and it's the greenest, most well taken care of city that I've ever been to in my life.
Copenhagen is where I'll come one day to write a book, it's not where I want to spend my twenties. It's where I'd like to raise a kid, not celebrate my forthcoming, semi-midlife crisis. There's not enough adrenaline here for me. When I'm in Copenhagen I don't feel the intense energy that enlivens New York. Nor do I smell garbage or hear the honking of one million pissed off taxi drivers. So while it might not be perfect, there are definitely some big advantages of living in this coastal city. Here are a few of the things that I enjoy the most.
The Bike Lanes
The Danes love to ride their bikes. 50% of people in Copenhagen commute to work by bicycle, and that figure includes members of the Danish parliament, and their sharply dressed secretaries. Internet statistics tell me that there are more bikes than people in Copenhagen, which makes sense when you see a picture like this one. Forget about parking lots for oversized Americans to park their oversized SUV's. A small amount of sidewalk can hold a massive number of bicycles, which is a far more efficient use of space.
I've walked 10 or 15 km in the last two days, and I've failed to find a single road of any respectable size that doesn't have a bike lane running along it. Bikers have their own designated lanes, separate from pedestrians and cars. It's brilliant! Why sit in traffic when you can zoom past and get your daily exercise. Which leads us to…
The Incredibly Fit People
Come to downtown Copenhagen and find me three overweight people in less than five minutes. I'll wager $10 you can't do it. If we changed overweight to obese, I would wager $1,000 you can't do it. Go to any American city and I wouldn't wager a dime even if you only had 30 seconds.
The Danish are very fit people. I don't know whether it's the diet or all the bike riding, but it's very rare to see someone who is genuinely out of shape. What a breathe of fresh air. Where I come from having a belly and a cabinet full of blood pressure medicine is the norm. I love seeing that other countries are different. Which reminds me of…
Copenhagen doesn't have parks, it has lush, well maintained gardens of glory. They're beautiful, perfectly manicured, and I love them. When you get lost in a Copenhagen park it's easy to forget that you're downtown in a nation's capital. Leaves soak up the noise, and rows of trimmed hedges promote a feeling of seclusion.
Today I sat in the SMK art museum, staring out of massive glass windows at a beautiful pond surrounded by trees. As Copenhagen grew up incredible care was taken to preserve the natural feel of the area, and that shows through to this day. Central Park in Manhattan is amazing, but it feels forced. A shock transition from steel and concrete to grass and dirt. The parks in Copenhagen blend in with the city and compliment the natural order.
The Upkeep
The Dane's sacrifice about 40% of their salary to taxes, but they get a lot in return. The roads are in great condition, especially compared to the acne-pocked abominations we have the US. The trains are quiet and the WiFi works great. The bike lanes are paved smooth and in excellent repair. The parks are perfectly mowed, the gardens weeded, the bushes and trees, trimmed and pruned. There's rarely an overflowing garbage bin, and trash on the streets is the exception not the rule. Everything obviously receives a lot of love and positive attention. New York is a lot cleaner today than it was 20 years ago, but it has a light-year step to even be in the same ballpark as Copenhagen.
The Open Culture
When people rides scooters (Asia) or bikes (Denmark), it's an open experience. You're not hidden behind tons of metal and glass, encapsulated in a bubble of polyester and talk radio. You're out there for the world to see, and you can see it right back. In Copenhagen I've noticed that it goes even further, as there are many outdoor cafes and even the smallest places usually have one or two tables with two or four chairs directly on the narrow sidewalk. In America nobody would sit there, they would feel to exposed to the eyes of strangers. Here, people take advantage of those seats all the time.
I think this open way of living is an overlooked aspect of what makes Danes so happy. Humans for hundreds of thousands of years lived in a social group where nobody could hide much from anyone else. Now, with the invention of fences and cars, it's possible to block out your neighbor from existence. But just because you can, does that mean that you should?
These are the reasons that one day I'd like to come to Copenhagen, answer no email for a month, and just write. It's a beautiful city to exist in. However, while I'm focused on massive personal growth and pushing the envelope, I know that Copenhagen isn't the best choice. Too tame and restrained. Wonderful for raising a child, but not a 24 year old aspiring success story. So I'll leave Copenhagen tomorrow and I will miss it a lot more than I expected to. But I'll know that this gem will always be waiting for me. Once I've gotten the crazy out of my system I'll be ready to learn more about the culture, and find out exactly why the Danes are considered among the earth's happiest people.
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Pakistan to ban BlackBerry encrypted messaging
By Amitpal Singh
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), a government agency responsible for the establishment and operation of telecommunications in the country, ordered the shutdown of BlackBerry's encrypted communication services for businesses.
Citizen Lab Cyber Stewards Network partner Bytes for All, Pakistan received an internal document from a PTA whistleblower, in which three cellular service providers have been "requested' to shut down BlackBerry encryption services. The notice asks them to provide 90 days notice to customers, in order that the service be allowed to close by November 30, 2015. The document is signed by Amjad Mustafa Malik, director of Wireless Licensing at the PTA. Telecommunication companies such as Mobilink, Ufone, and Telenor are asked to submit a compliance report within 10 days, given "serious concerns by the Security Agency."
The government is especially keen to shutdown the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), which is used by companies to secure employee communications, and allow system administrators to create their own keys for encryption. This means that there is no backdoor for anyone, including the Pakistani security agency, who may want to decrypt communications. The inability for access via backdoor may explain the PTA's motivations in banning the service outright.
Citizen Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Christopher Parsons weighed in on the issue, telling the Globe and Mail that "this move suggests BlackBerry wasn't willing to capitulate to those requests for access." In an interview with VICE Motherboard, Parsons made the broader observation that "this demonstrates, at a policy level, that a very large government is willing to ban communications if they can't gain access to it." He added, "Maybe it's just Pakistan, and nobody else will do it, but it's certainly a strong change to, 'If we can't backdoor it, then we will ban it.'"
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The Battle of Changlun 11th December 1941 AAR
Dean and I started the Malaya campaign that I have been planning since 2007. We started with the Battle of Changlun which was a smaller action in the larger Battle of Jitra, which was a village further south down the main road. The Japanese had already moved through northern Malaya after the beach landings at Kota Bharu on the 8th of December and had engaged the British defenders in several other actions before this one. However, in the Battle of Changlun, a Japanese armour and infantry force faced the 1/14th Punjab battalion supported by two 2lber A/T guns.
The Japanese attackers consisted of a battalion of infantry, with the tanks: 4 x Type 95 (Chi Ha), 4 x Type 97 (Te Ke) and 4 x Type 95 (Ha Go), all supported by two 70mm Infantry guns.
As we only had one battalion each we decided to have a house rule that morale would be taken by company rather than by battalion, so when a company reached 50% casualties they would do a test, with a +1 for being close to the headquarters.
The source book (Sayce, A.M. Japanese World War II Scenarios) I've been using is slightly confusing and it stated that the battle began at 09.00 of the 11th of December, yet later states that the overall battle of Jitra started at 03.00 on the 11th of December, so we took 03.00 as the starting point for Changlun as well as the Japanese would have had to fight their way through these first line defenders before heading south (in this I could be wrong though...). With this in mind, we decided that the British would have to hold the Japanese for eight full turns to win, the first two turns being conducted at night, with the reduced observation and movement which that entails. The source book stated that the battle was over by noon on the 11th so that was our cut off point as well.
I took the British defenders and spread them across the plantations to the south of the board, the two AT guns were placed at the southern end of the road. Dean put his tanks in the centre with the infantry on his left.
The view down the main road, the Japanese tanks were out of observation distance for the moment, but that would soon change.
The darkness slowed the tanks advance to a crawling pace, the heavier Type 97 used the road to get further towards the British positions.
It was harder for Dean to spot my forces in the woods, but as he got closer he moved in automatic observation range for my guns and I opened fire!
But the aim was off, it must have been the dark night and the tanks remained unscathed... This also allowed him to spot my guns and they returned fire.
Dean's fire was more accurate and I lost a gunner to his shelling.
The sun then rose and the Japanese attack quickened pace as the Type 97s barrelled down the road straight at the AT guns, firing as they came. My return fire was completely ineffective, again!
I'd moved my headquarters into the woods to cover the road, this unit had the Boys AT rifle attached and this opened fire at the rear of the Type 97s, but again to no effect!
In the centre of the field the other Japanese tanks began firing at one of my companies holding the plantations.
This fire was very effective and caused five casualties out of the eight men in the unit, causing my first morale test, which thankfully was positive. The only thing that was positive!
Elsewhere, things were looking grim, the Type 97s were causing more casualties on the AT guns and they still couldn't hit a barn door at twenty paces!
The Japanese infantry slowly moved across the left flank, they had yet to contact my infantry, which was frustrating as I had yet to cause a single casualty!
Despite the Type 97s being caught between two AT guns and an AT rifle not a single one had even been lightly damaged, instead, one of the guns was destroyed and the other rendered non-operational by the loss of the crew.
The first company to come under fire was still soaking up shells form the tankettes, their morale was holding but the casualties were mounting.
The central view from above about half way through the battle:
The infantry moved closer to the village of Nangka, still suffering no opposition at all!
Then finally! The headquarters AT rifle scored a hit and a kill on one of the Type 95s! My first kill of the game!
This couldn't help the situation though as I had just lost my second AT gun.
The Type 97 tanks moved to my left flank to start attacking my other infantry company. The remaining tankettes closed in on the headquarters and remaining company in the centre.
The Japanese infantry continued their march towards the village.
Casualties mounted in the headquarters, with the loss of the AT rifle I had lost any chance of damaging the Japanese armour.
Berlin of the East!
I could do nothing but keep trying to move my forces out of sight of the tank guns, but they were able to keep pouring it on.
I was losing more and more men each turn, but the clock was ticking down.
And tick down it did. We reached the eighth move and assessed the situation. I had lost two full companies but the 2" mortar and CO had survived the fire from the tanks.
Three men remained in the third company, so I was still present on the field at the end of the game.
I argued that it was a draw but Dean said it was a victory for me, as I had held his forces up for eight turns. On the other hand, after rereading the source book, the victory conditions held that the Japanese would win if they had an unengaged unit on the southern line of the board. This had occurred when his infantry reached the village, but as it happened at the end of the game we still reckoned it up as a draw.
It was a hard fought game and incredibly frustrating at times when the poor dice scores saw my AT gun's shells bouncing off his tanks. However, it was a delaying action on my part and I knew that the Japanese would break through anyway, it was only a matter of time. Interestingly in the historical encounter the 1/14th Punjabs fell back with only 200 men remaining of the original battalion and I also had about a quarter remaining at the last turn.
In the next engagement the Japanese move south down the road and hit the Gurkha Rifles at Asun!
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Jean-Michel 4 August 2016 at 07:12
Very nice set of aar! It gives me the energy needed to finish my Rapid fire japanese batallion.
What are your Malaisian campaign rules.
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Abwehrschlacht 4 August 2016 at 07:40
Hi John, thanks for that. That's good that I have provided some inspiration! This campaign is proving to be a very interesting one indeed. I have been following the Rapid Fire specific campaign guides written by A Michael Sayce, they are pretty hard to get hold of though...
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