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Q: error of entity does not exist when saving on db by Hibernate I'm again to ask your kindle help to solve a problem with Hibernate, PostgreSQL, SpringBoot.
I'm trying to perform an update on a record but I get the following error:
2021-01-21 11:55:57,549 37032 [scheduling-1] INFO  o.h.e.i.DefaultLoadEventListener - HHH000327: Error performing load command : org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException: could not extract ResultSet
org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException: could not extract ResultSet
at org.hibernate.exception.internal.SQLStateConversionDelegate.convert(SQLStateConversionDelegate.java:103)
at org.hibernate.exception.internal.StandardSQLExceptionConverter.convert(StandardSQLExceptionConverter.java:42)
at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper.convert(SqlExceptionHelper.java:113)
at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper.convert(SqlExceptionHelper.java:99)
at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.ResultSetReturnImpl.extract(ResultSetReturnImpl.java:67)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.getResultSet(Loader.java:2292)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.executeQueryStatement(Loader.java:2050)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.executeQueryStatement(Loader.java:2012)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQuery(Loader.java:953)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQueryAndInitializeNonLazyCollections(Loader.java:354)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQueryAndInitializeNonLazyCollections(Loader.java:324)
at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.loadEntity(Loader.java:2406)
at org.hibernate.loader.entity.AbstractEntityLoader.load(AbstractEntityLoader.java:64)
at org.hibernate.loader.entity.AbstractEntityLoader.load(AbstractEntityLoader.java:54)
at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.load(AbstractEntityPersister.java:4350)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultLoadEventListener.loadFromDatasource(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:569)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultLoadEventListener.doLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:537)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultLoadEventListener.load(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:208)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultLoadEventListener.proxyOrLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:332)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultLoadEventListener.doOnLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:108)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultLoadEventListener.onLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:74)
at org.hibernate.event.service.internal.EventListenerGroupImpl.fireEventOnEachListener(EventListenerGroupImpl.java:118)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.fireLoadNoChecks(SessionImpl.java:1168)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.fireLoad(SessionImpl.java:1157)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.access$2000(SessionImpl.java:197)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl$IdentifierLoadAccessImpl.doLoad(SessionImpl.java:2795)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl$IdentifierLoadAccessImpl.lambda$load$1(SessionImpl.java:2776)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl$IdentifierLoadAccessImpl.perform(SessionImpl.java:2732)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl$IdentifierLoadAccessImpl.load(SessionImpl.java:2776)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.get(SessionImpl.java:970)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultMergeEventListener.entityIsDetached(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:306)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:172)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultMergeEventListener.onMerge(DefaultMergeEventListener.java:70)
at org.hibernate.event.service.internal.EventListenerGroupImpl.fireEventOnEachListener(EventListenerGroupImpl.java:108)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.fireMerge(SessionImpl.java:775)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.merge(SessionImpl.java:762)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.SharedEntityManagerCreator$SharedEntityManagerInvocationHandler.invoke(SharedEntityManagerCreator.java:314)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy66.merge(Unknown Source)
at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.SimpleJpaRepository.save(SimpleJpaRepository.java:557)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition$RepositoryFragments.invoke(RepositoryComposition.java:371)
at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition.invoke(RepositoryComposition.java:204)
at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$ImplementationMethodExecutionInterceptor.invoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:657)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.doInvoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:621)
at org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactorySupport$QueryExecutorMethodInterceptor.invoke(RepositoryFactorySupport.java:605)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
at org.springframework.data.projection.DefaultMethodInvokingMethodInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMethodInvokingMethodInterceptor.java:80)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport.invokeWithinTransaction(TransactionAspectSupport.java:366)
at org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:99)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
at org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.invoke(PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor.java:139)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
at org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor$CrudMethodMetadataPopulatingMethodInterceptor.invoke(CrudMethodMetadataPostProcessor.java:178)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
at org.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:93)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:212)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy90.save(Unknown Source)
at com.mycompany.svecchiamento.services.TEntitaService.updateEntita(TEntitaService.java:19)
at com.mycompany.svecchiamento.MainEngine.updateEntita(MainEngine.java:140)
at com.mycompany.svecchiamento.MainEngine.svecchia(MainEngine.java:49)
at com.mycompany.ScheduledTasks.svecchiaUtenti(ScheduledTasks.java:123)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.springframework.scheduling.support.ScheduledMethodRunnable.run(ScheduledMethodRunnable.java:84)
at org.springframework.scheduling.support.DelegatingErrorHandlingRunnable.run(DelegatingErrorHandlingRunnable.java:54)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:308)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:180)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:294)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: relation "tentita" does not exist
Position: 243
Weird thing is that a couple of lines above the update, I performed a findById on the same relation and it works fine. Then I modified some fields and when try to save I got the error.
This is the Entity class:
package com.mycompany.svecchiamento.entities.mappingdb;

import java.util.Date;

import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Id;

@Entity
public class TEntita {

    @Id
    private Long idEntita;
    private Long idAnagrafica;
    private String flCancEnt;
    private int idUsrVar;
    private Date dtVar;
    private int prVar;
    public Long getIdEntita() {
        return idEntita;
    }
    public void setIdEntita(Long idEntita) {
        this.idEntita = idEntita;
    }
    public Long getIdAnagrafica() {
        return idAnagrafica;
    }
    public void setIdAnagrafica(Long idAnagrafica) {
        this.idAnagrafica = idAnagrafica;
    }
    public String getFlCancEnt() {
        return flCancEnt;
    }
    public void setFlCancEnt(String flCancEnt) {
        this.flCancEnt = flCancEnt;
    }
    public int getIdUsrVar() {
        return idUsrVar;
    }
    public void setIdUsrVar(int idUsrVar) {
        this.idUsrVar = idUsrVar;
    }
    public Date getDtVar() {
        return dtVar;
    }
    public void setDtVar(Date dtVar) {
        this.dtVar = dtVar;
    }
    public int getPrVar() {
        return prVar;
    }
    public void setPrVar(int prVar) {
        this.prVar = prVar;
    }
}

this is the repository class:
package com.mycompany.svecchiamento.repositories;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query;

import com.mycompany.svecchiamento.entities.mappingdb.TEntita;

public interface TEntitaRepository extends JpaRepository<TEntita, Long> {

    @Query(

            value = "SELECT * FROM T_ENTITA WHERE ID_ENTITA = ?1 ",
                    nativeQuery = true)

    List<TEntita> getTentitaById(Long idEntitaUtente);

}

this the service:
package com.mycompany.svecchiamento.services;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import com.mycompany.svecchiamento.entities.mappingdb.TEntita;
import com.mycompany.svecchiamento.repositories.TEntitaRepository;

@Service
public class TEntitaService {

    @Autowired TEntitaRepository repository;

    public TEntita updateEntita(TEntita entity) throws Exception
    {
        entity = repository.save(entity);
        return entity;
    }

    public List<TEntita> getTEntitaById(Long id) {
        return repository.getTentitaById(id);
    }

}

the hibernate config contains
<mapping resource="TEntita.hbm.xml"/>

and this is the TEntita.hbm.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<hibernate-mapping>
    <class name="com.mycompany.svecchiamento.entities.mappingdb.TEntita"
        table="T_ENTITA">
        <id name="idEntita" column="id_entita">
        </id>
        <property name="idAnagrafica" column="id_anagrafica" />
        <property name="flCancEnt" column="fl_canc_ent" />
        <property name="idUsrVar" column="id_usr_var" />
        <property name="dtVar" column="dt_var" />
        <property name="prVar" column="pr_var" />
    </class>
</hibernate-mapping>

Any suggestion? thank you so much, I really appreciate
regards
Stefano

A: why you are using configuration xml + JPA annotations , you must use one of them
Just use JPA Annotation there's no need to use xml configurations, and try add following annotation under @Entity annotation
@Table(name="T_ENTITA")

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De mannetjes bereiken een lichaamslengte tot ongeveer 8 centimeter, de vrouwtjes worden groter tot 9 cm. De lichaamskleur is bruin tot groengrijs, en heeft een sterk variërende donkerbruine vlekkentekening op de rug. Meestal een enkele, grote vlek, maar ook kleinere lichtomrande vlekken komen voor. Typische kenmerken zijn het grote trommelvlies (tympanum) dat vlak bij het eveneens grote oog ligt en bruin is, en de oogstreep die er net boven loopt van neus tot nek. De ogen hebben een horizontale pupil en gele of witte iris, en onder ieder oog loopt een zwarte streep naar de snuitpunt. Ook zijn ze te herkennen aan de rijen wratjes op de onderarmen. Het lichaam is gedrongen, de kop erg stomp en deze soort heeft relatief kleine achterpoten.

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De voortplanting vindt plaats van juni tot oktober; Smilisca baudinii heeft een langere paartijd dan veel andere kikkers. De mannetjes zoeken de waterkant op en beginnen te kwaken en als een vrouwtje zich aandient vindt paring plaats onder water. De paargreep waarmee ze zich aan elkaar vasthouden (de man aan de vrouw) wordt ook wel amplexus genoemd. De vrouwtjes leggen tot 3500 eitjes die onder het wateroppervlak blijven drijven om zo meer zonlicht op te vangen.

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Hylinae
Dier uit het Neotropisch gebied
IUCN-status niet bedreigd


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Polari: How Bona to Vada Your Eek!
August 19, 2015 6:02 pm By Monika Mihelič
After the global media caused uproar at the Sochi Olympics regarding Russia's new legislation condemning non-traditional relationships, almost an echo of the English 1885 Labouchere Amendment, Ireland has become the newest country to vote for the freedom to marry among homosexual couples by a popular vote. Occurring less than a year apart, both events have shown how complex the ongoing debate about the role and the rights of homosexuality is in today's society. In linguistic terms, however, homosexuality seems to be old news. Deemed an 'endangered language' in 2010 by the World Oral Literature Project established between Yale University and the University of Cambridge, Polari is best known as a secretive language that was predominately used in the homosexual and gay communities in Britain, which peaked in the 1950s and slowly started ebbing away towards the end of 1960s.
A purely spoken camp language, Polari was known to an extensive audience, only a short span of decades ago. Ian Hancock suggested in his 'Shelta and Polari' article, published in 1979, that more than 15,000 people in England and Wales, and more than 6,000 in Ireland were predisposed to 'have a corpus of Polari words in their ordinary speech, and who are aware that their use constitutes a secret linguistic register' (1). That number has lowered significantly as this elusive language started dying out, but some words found their way into widespread use. For example, the word camp itself, as an adjective denoting something 'to be excessive or showy' or 'affecting the mannerisms of the opposite sex', is still very much in use. The vestigial language of Polari, which found its way into present-day slang – mostly existing alongside Cockney – holds the traces of what can best be described as an anti-language. The term was coined by the linguist Michael Halliday to capture a language developed within a social group to keep oneself and one's community insulated from the establishment and the law (2). Therefore, it is no surprise that Polari thrived in homosexual and gay communities throughout the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century.
Etymologically speaking, Polari is a Romance-based language, particularly of Italian origin. Outside of Britain, Polari was known under various names, such as Parlyaree, Parliaree, Parlarie and Parlare – all originating from the Italian word parlare, meaning 'to speak'. The strongest link of origin is located in a form of Lingua Franca spoken in the major ports along the Mediterranean coast in the times of the Crusades. It has been established that this language was a pidgin language. In other words, it was not native to anybody, meaning that various versions of the language, which reflected the languages of its surroundings, developed freely (3). The spread of Lingua Franca can be traced back to sailors and other seamen of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, who came home from the sea and were drawn to the road for a living. They could not adapt to the static ways of livelihood, and preferred to join troupes of players, sideshows and hiring-fairs (4).
Modern Polari, however, does not only contain influences of Italian and Lingua Franca, but also words from Cant, the speech of road people and criminals; backslang, where the order of the letters are reversed; and Cockney. In the books, it was previously officially defined and classified as the 'dancer's language' or linked to 'showmen and strolling players' (5), since, as Eric Patridge explained, actors were so despised until the end of the nineteenth century that the usage of Polari words was an act of 'self-protection' (6). Even though its link to gay culture was ignored for a long time, this explanation coincides with Peter Burton's presentation of Polari as 'a secret language [that was] born out of repression' (7). Polari only survived because it was handed down from one generation of 'queens' to another. As Burton continues: 'There was something deeply reassuring about [it] – it gave those of us who used it an additional sense of corporate identity' (8).
Before the Wolfenden Committee in 1957 recommended that consensual homosexual behaviour between men over the age of twenty-one should be decriminalized except in the armed forces, homosexual and gay communities were socially and legally ostracized. The increasing paranoia and fear led men to rely on Polari as a way to recognize a fellow gay man and express an interest. Leslie Cox and Richard Fay therefore justifiably name Polari as one of the predecessors of Gayspeak (9). Polari flourished in the years of Oscar Wilde's trial for public indecency and the decades that followed. Its downfall, however, was partly caused by the gradual decriminalization of homosexuality with the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, and partly due to the public uncovering of Polari words. Polari's primary advantage was its anonymity and once it came out of the closet it became known to the mainstream public. The BBC radio comedy sketch show, Round the Horne, was the first to introduce two regular characters, Julian and Sandy, who spoke a version of Polari. Between 1965 and 1968 people were able to hear the show's avuncular host, Kenneth Horne, visit some new enterprise, which was invariably called Bona something or another: Bona Guest House, Bona Caterers, Bona Ballet. The Bona traders were two flamboyant, out-of-work actors, played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams who were both gay and therefore able to squeeze the most out of every line (10). Millions tuned in each week.
The following example provided by Burton incorporates what Hancock defines as 'the Polari items which seem to be the most widely known' (11):
As feely homies [young men], when we launched ourselves on gay scene, Polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh [fix] our riahs [hair], powder our eeks [faces], climb into our bona [nice] new drag, don our batts [shoes] and troll off [cruise] to some bona bijou [nice, small] bar. In the bar, we would stand around parlyaring [chatting] with our sisters [gay acquaintances], varda [look at] the bona [nice] crates [genitals] on the butch [male] homie [man] ajax [nearby] who, if we fluttered our ogleriahs [eyelashes], might just troll over [wander over] to offer a light (12).
Polari might not serve its original function anymore, but the concept lives on. There are a number of cafes and clubs around Britain that donned the name of Polari; the Round the Horne radio show was reinvented into a stage production called 'Round the Horne Revisited'; the National Museum in Liverpool is currently holding an exhibition on Polari; and Polari Magazine became the leading online arts and culture magazine for a LGBTQ readership. Most importantly, artists Jez Dolan and Joseph Richardson are launching 'Polari Mission' to save the language through a multidisciplinary collaboration between artists and linguists, which aims to produce a series of exhibitions, performances, visual artwork and audience participation.
(1)	Ian Hancock, 'Shelta and Polari', Language in the British Isles, ed. by Peter Trudgill (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984), p. 384.
(2)	Hancock, p. 393.
(5)	Leslie J. Cox and Richard J. Fay, 'Gayspeak, the Linguistic Fringe: Bona Polari, Camp, Queerspeak and Beyond', The Margins of the City ed. by Stephen Whittle (Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1994).
(6)	Eric Patridge, Slang Today and Yesterday (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul), p. 223.
(7)	Peter Burton, 'The Gentle Art o Confounding Naffs: Some Notes on Polari, Gay News cxx (1979), p. 23.
(8)	Ibid.
(9)	Gayspeak understood as 'a distinctive language usage by Gay men' although it is also attributed to lesbians. For more see Cox and Fay, p. 103.
(10)	Colin Richardson, 'What brings you trolling back, then?', The Guardian (2005), last accessed 2 June, 2015 .
(11)	Hancock, p. 397.
(12)	Ibid.
Additional sources:
'Hate Crime, Domestic Violence and Criminal Law: Timeline of Legal Changes', Stonewall, last accessed 2 June, 2015 .
Baker, Paul, 'Polari: The Lost Language of Gay Men', Department of Linguistics and English Language, last accessed 2 June, 2015 .
Norton, Richard, 'A Critique of Social Constructionism and Postmodern Queer Theory', last accessed 2 June 2015 .
Taylor, Heather, 'Polari: A sociohistorical study of the life and decline of a secret language' (unpublished undergraduate dissertation The University of Manchester, 2007), last accessed 2 June, 2015 .
http://www.oralliterature.org
http://polarimission.com


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Texas legislation aimed at protecting monuments of all kinds sparks heated debate over Confederate markers
As Confederate monument supporters said history shouldn't be erased, Democratic state Rep. Jarvis Johnson of Houston asked if markers depicting slaves hanging from trees should be erected.
Tensions from an ongoing statewide debate about whether Confederate monuments should be preserved or taken down boiled over at the state Capitol on Tuesday during discussion of a bill that would expand protections of historical monuments — and even change existing law that singles out Confederate markers for protection.
At one point during the often heated debate on Republican state Rep. James White's House Bill 583, another lawmaker took people testifying in support of the bill to task. State Rep. Jarvis Johnson took issue with arguments that tearing the markers down amounts to erasing history. Johnson said Confederate monuments are particularly harmful to people of color.
"Because you guys want to continue to talk about history, should we erect a statue that demonstrated how slaves were disciplined?" asked Johnson, a Houston Democrat. "We want to teach, so should we erect a statue with slaves hanging from a tree? Should we erect a monument that demonstrates Indians being mutilated and run out of their land?
"No, we're not going to celebrate that. That's vile."
The bill from White of Hillister would allow whichever government has jurisdiction to alter any monuments — if they are less than 20 years old. City or county monuments that have been up between 20 and 40 years could only be altered, relocated or destroyed if voters approve. Changes to state monument that have been up between 20 and 40 years would require a majority vote of the Legislature. And monuments erected more than 40 years ago couldn't be altered, moved, relocated, renamed or destroyed, the lawmaker said.
Several Confederate monuments in the state are more than 40 years old. But before the hearing, White told The Texas Tribune that his bill was simply about "getting some order moving forward."
"It's not just Confederate statues that would be caught up in this," he said. "This could also help out on gentrification. You go into these historical old Hispanic or black communities undergoing transition through gentrification, and they may have plaques or monuments and buildings of yesteryear they want to keep up, so this could possibly help them, too."
Tuesday's debate came months after a state board that oversees the Texas Capitol grounds voted unanimously to remove a controversial Confederate plaque that falsely asserted the Civil War was "not a rebellion, nor was its underlying cause to sustain slavery." It also came on the heels of efforts by a conservative nonprofit known as the Conservative Response Team to press state leaders to move legislation — including White's — protecting Confederate monuments while cities across the state grapple with whether to take such markers down.
The group recently unveiled a half-minute online ad urging viewers to call House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, and another tells them to contact Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
More than a dozen people who came to testify on White's bill did so in favor of the legislation. And while White's bill is not meant to solely apply to Confederate monuments, many who spoke Tuesday did so hoping to protect such landmarks.
Daniel Miller with the Texas Nationalist Movement, which says its mission is to secure and protect the political, cultural and economic independence of the nation of Texas, said that his godmother was a Holocaust survivor and, because of her, he learned how to say in German the phrase, "I will not forget."
"Imagine what would happen if some politician decided they wanted to contextualize the history of World War II and the Holocaust and their solution was to tear down Auschwitz? I can't fathom what the outrage would be," he said. "But somehow, someway, we find folks out there who believe there are parts of our history that are so objectionable that we have to tear down monuments as if somehow forgetting these things is the most important thing."
After Tuesday's hearing, Johnson told the Tribune he took issue with many claims made by the people who testified in favor of White's bill. His most fervent rebuttal, however, came in response to testimony from former Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, who said White's bill "was about more than Confederate monuments" but "a slippery slope that begins with Confederate monuments."
During his testimony, Patterson said, "Everything is in jeopardy in the future." To further his point, the former commissioner questioned whether there would would be backlash to a monument erected for the Buffalo Soldiers, cavalry units composed of African American soldiers after the Civil War, since they "participated against a genocidal war against an entire race of people, the American Plains Indians, and put them on reservations, in effect, as slaves."
"No one is without sin," Patterson said. "No ethnic group is without some black marks in their past."
That and other comments drew ire from Johnson.
"I'm not going to let you guys play this game about eradicating history," Johnson said. "We're not eradicating history. … But we don't need to celebrate certain people who had my ancestors in bondage."
Others opposing White's measure came bearing a similar impassioned tone.
"People have got to stop repeating this idiotic slogan about how these monuments are history," said Bryan Register with the group De-Confederate Austin. "They are not history. … If you honor someone for doing something, you are saying it was good."
After more than an hour of testimony, White's bill was left pending before the committee.
"I don't know what's going to happen to this bill," White said. "A lot of bills die and this one may likely die, but I just hope one day that we can all respect everything that happened in this country and learn from all of it and stop all this national navel gazing."
The Texas-based group's former chief executive made $3.6 million that year.
Six high-ranking employees at a nonprofit organization housing thousands of migrant children for the federal government made at least $1 million for their work in 2017, according to tax filings released Tuesday.
The tax records show that Juan Sanchez, founder of Southwest Key Programs, the Texas-based nonprofit, earned $3.6 million in total compensation that year, which The Washington Post reported last week. They also showed that other prominent employees — including the group's chief financial officer, who earned more than $2.4 million — were earning substantial, seven-figure salaries at the nonprofit.
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski warned that President Donald Trump's attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) were both illegal and racist -- as well as an incitement to violence.
The "Morning Joe" co-hosts were appalled by the crowd's reaction -- chanting "send her back" -- to Trump attacks at a Greensboro, North Carolina, rally.
"Republicans shamed themselves by not calling racism, racism," Scarborough said. "I saw some people actually write columns that used to be respected trying to excuse the president's language and saying it's not racist, but the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency that Donald Trump oversees that enforces laws against discrimination, specifically outlined such language that the president used last night and that his crowd used last night as an example of bias."


I've never really gotten into Draw and Tell stories, partly because the stories that go with them usually aren't very interesting to me. And also because I don't draw very well. But Frank Asch's Monkey Face is perfect, because the story is great and you're not supposed to draw well.
In the book, Monkey draws a simple picture of his mother. As he walks home he meets different animals one after another. Each animal gives him a suggestion to improve it, so Monkey takes out his pen and adds a bit. That part about "he meets different animals one after another" almost always means: Puppets! The "taking out his pen" part is a bit harder, but my Monkey puppet has very workable hands, and after all, the pictures don't have to be that good.
I use a standing white board that I can get behind to do the drawings. Sometimes I have an easel, other times (like in the photos below) I just hold it on my lap and lean it against me while I retrieve puppets. I have Monkey draw the first picture with his pen, then stand back and look at it.
I don't want to move the drawing surface, so the "walking home" part happens from narration: "Monkey walked home with his picture, and on the way he met......Owl!" At this point I reach behind the whiteboard with my left hand and Owl pops out above the board. Owl likes the picture, but makes a suggestion: "You made the eyes too small."
Once he's done, Owl praises the new version ("Fine work!") and Monkey goes on. With each new animal he meets, he "improves" the drawing, with the adjustment always matching a prominent feature of the animal: Alligator = big sharp teeth; Rabbit = long ears; Elephant = long nose; Lion = mane; Giraffe = long neck. So the drawing gets sillier and sillier. You could substitute puppets if needed, as long as the sub has a notable feature that can easily be added on to the drawing. By the time he meets Giraffe, it looks pretty crazy.
Asch always has a nice way with language. In this book each animal always thinks the picture is great ("I love it!"). And after Monkey shows them the new version they add more praise: "Unforgettable!" "Much better!" and the like. I don't always match the book exactly but do try to use interesting vocabulary for each animal.
When Monkey finally gets home he shows it to his Mother. You could use another Monkey puppet for Mother, but I usually skip that and just speak as Mother. When Monkey asks: "Do you like it?" Mother steps back, looks at it, and thinks for a minute. I believe the kids are always thinking that she's going to say something disparaging or at least act surprised, but instead it's the perfect parent answer: "I love it!" "Just the way it is?" says Monkey. "Just the way it is." And she hangs it on the refrigerator. (Which I can't do because the drawing is on a board, but everyone gets the idea).
There are many different ways to tell this one. It works great without puppets, just using a pen and paper. That's where I first learned it, from Bonnie Janssen of Alameda County Library. I've also told it using the Monkey puppet, but with paper on a clipboard instead of a whiteboard. This is kind of fun because you can draw without the kids seeing, then reveal the drawing all at once. But also it's one more thing to handle. Or, you can do it with the Monkey puppets, but without all of the other puppets. The fun there is that kids sort of ponder along with you as they imaging that Owl or Elephant and anticipate what the picture will look like.
Monkey Face is an old (1977) out-of-print book; Asch actually retold it as Bread and Honey in 1981 and it looks that version is being reissued in March 2015! B and H changes the monkey to a bear (I think it's the bear from Happy Birthday Moon) and adds a little more back-story to the beginning and end. The original also uses more interesting vocabulary. When Giraffe sees the now long-necked picture she says "Perfect" in B & H; in Monkey Face her line is: "How elevating!" (Which I enjoy, though the kids probably don't get). So I still think the original is stronger for storytelling. Plus none of my puppet Bears can hold a pen as well as my Monkey.
I've been a children's librarian since 1986 and enjoy storytelling with books, puppets, props, and whatever else works.


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Ryan McNeely has produced tracks for the likes of Rockwell Knuckles, Scripts N Screwz and Tech Supreme, and his dense, layered backing tracks carry faint whiffs of psychedelia and indie rock. But his solo work as Adult Fur shows that it's less correct to think of him as a hip-hop beat maker dabbling in rock & roll, and closer to the truth to say he's a musical pantheist. At eight songs and 24 minutes, ii is a brief but fetching sampler platter of McNeely's hazy shade of pop music. Most of these songs ride on a backbone of thin, clicky drum-machine patter and thick synth bass, and the BPMs are mostly set for a languid slow grind. In this sense McNeely shares a smartly retro-minded palette with St. Louis native (and now New York-based) Phaseone, another producer who unites touches of old-school hip-hop, outmoded synth pads and lush production techniques. But throughout the EP, McNeely showcases his high, dreamy vocals alongside tracks that, in another context, could have backed up a hard-rhyming STL emcee.
McNeely proves an able, if occasionally unremarkable, singer on these tracks — in fact, he treats his voice more like another instrumental layer rather than a megaphone for any kind of lyrical message. He'd rather relish in the skitter of a treated high-hat or let moody guitar patterns set for a while against a wall of blippy arpeggios. Songs like "Blazertone" find Adult Fur at its most conventionally rock-driven, though the following track "Octangler" is lovably campy and new-wavey. McNeely's vocals take a back seat to French vocalist Sacha Bernadson, whose similarly high-reaching pipes help make "I Am Dream" the EP's Euro-trash standout. But sharing the stage is an easy move for McNeely, a natural collaborator with a thumbprint that will hopefully be found on an increasing number of local releases.


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Biden's New Executive Order Could Mean More U.S.-China Competition in Electric Vehicles
By Huan Zhu - August 08, 2021
On August 5, President Biden issued an "Executive Order on Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks," making a push for electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States. While some Chinese firms may see this policy as benefiting Chinese companies who are part of the EV supply chain, the policies that come with this Order may make such benefits harder to achieve. This is part of a continued effort in the United States to create a resilient supply chain that would exclude China, and could further intensify competition between the United States and China in the EV sector.
The August 5 Order outlined a general policy goal of making 50 percent of U.S. auto sales zero-emission by 2030, and set out specific details on regulatory rule-making. Chinese investment bank China International Capital Corporation and securities company Everbright both suggested (link in Chinese) that this policy would enhance overall demand in the EV and upstream raw materials markets and benefit Chinese companies who participate in this supply chain.
But this new U.S. policy, partially motivated by the Biden administration's objective of tackling climate change, is also intended to outcompete China in this sector, where China has become a major player. The White House Fact Sheet noted that the new plan is aimed at "positioning America to drive the electric vehicle future forward, outcompete China, and tackle the climate crisis." The fact sheet highlighted that "China is increasingly cornering the global supply chain for electric vehicles and batteries with its fast-growing electric vehicle market." Therefore, it sets out areas for more government support, including $3 billion of funding from the Department of Commerce for the electric vehicle industry, which would "strengthen U.S. leadership in electric vehicles and batteries."
The administration's investigation into China's role in the global EV supply chain is part of a broader effort on supply chain repatriation. In February, President Biden issued the Executive Order on America's Supply Chains," to kick off a 100-day supply chain review for four high-tech sectors, including high-capacity batteries, such as the ones used in electric vehicles. Other sectors under review were semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging, strategic and critical minerals, and medical supplies.
On June 8, the White House released its final report on the 100-day supply chain review, titled "Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth." The report noted that "China and the European Union (EU) … have developed and deployed ambitious government-led industrial policies that are supporting their success across the battery supply chain," and "China has also moved beyond conventional policy support with practices involving questionable environmental policies, price distortion through state-run enterprises to minimize competition, and large subsidies throughout the battery supply chain." "China has positioned itself as a market leader in the manufacturing supply chain," the report stated.
A fact sheet associated with the June supply chain report was very explicit about the U.S. concerns over China's dominance in supply chains. It noted that "China, using state-led, non-market interventions, captured large portions of value chains in several critical minerals and materials necessary for national and economic security. China accounts for an outsized share of the world's refining capacity, meaning that even if the United States were to diversify our sources of critical minerals or increase domestic extraction, we would still be reliant on China for processing before use in end-product manufacturing."
According to a 2021 USITC report on the supply chain for EV batteries, the United States imported more EV batteries from Japan and South Korea than China in 2019, but nevertheless China's dominance in the EV battery market has long raised concerns in the west.
To address vulnerabilities in this supply chain, the Biden administration announced several measures in June to "secure an end-to-end domestic supply chain of advanced batteries," including a 10-year government plan developed by the Department of Energy (DOE) for a domestic battery supply chain, and a $17 billion loan managed by the DOE's Loan Programs Office to finance key areas. It also highlighted the importance of a "comprehensive trade strategy" with China to support supply chain resilience. More actions from Congress, such as funding and tax incentives, may be coming (see here and here).
The U.S. EV industry has gained some traction with sales this year and has more room to grow. Right now EVs account for 3 percent of all auto sales in the United States. Compared to the EU (31 percent) and China (44 percent), the U.S. market has a small share (17 percent) of the world's 10 million EVs, according to the Pew Research Center. And EV sales in the United States have not risen as fast (17 percent) as in the EU (60 percent) or China (36 percent) over recent years.
Both the EU and China have policies in place to promote EVs. China recently extended (link in Chinese) its EV subsidies through the end of 2022 and issued a Development Plan (link in Chinese) for the EV industry, setting a goal of having approximately 20 percent of new auto sales be EVs in 2025, "significantly enhanced" competitiveness of the EV industry, "major breakthroughs in key technologies such as power batteries, drive motors, and vehicle operating systems," and "comprehensively improved safety level" by 2025. If the Biden administration is serious about competing in this sector, we are likely to see both more EV sales and an intensified area of trade conflict.
"Biden seeks to make half of new U.S. auto fleet electric by 2030," https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/biden-set-target-50-evs-by-2030-industry-backs-goal-2021-08-05/
"There's A Big Push For Electric Cars, With The White House Teaming Up With Automakers," https://www.npr.org/2021/08/05/1024840934/biden-shifts-away-from-trump-rules-with-new-emissions-standards-for-cars
"Biden, in a Push to Phase Out Gas Cars, Tightens Pollution Rules," https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/climate/biden-tailpipe-emissions-electric-vehicles.html
"Biden's Electric-Car Ambitions Face Real-World Roadblocks," https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-electric-car-ambitions-face-real-world-roadblocks-11628427780
"Biden's electric vehicle sales goal won't be too hard to reach by 2030," https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/05/cars/biden-electric-vehicle-sales-goal/index.html
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The aim is to demonstrate how Sustainable Development is becoming a reality in every continent, country and city.
Carbon offsetting is a complex process, and needs effective measuring and verification processes. Investment experts 'The Livelihoods Fund' have first hand experience of how to set up and run projects – this is their story.
Since, 2008, in the Casamance and Sine Saloum regions of Senegal, Livelihoods Fund has been experimenting a new approach to carbon compensation for and by rural communities.
The project is spread across 400-plus villages in the Casamance and Sine Saloum regions of Senegal.
Substantially more than 100 million mangrove plants have been planted to restore mangroves swamps, boost fish supply and generate carbon credits. The project involves planting mangroves of the Rhizophora species in suitable areas.
It is a decentralized project with sites spread across 400-plus villages in the two regions. Livelihoods Fund is working with a local association called Oceanium, which has been active in the area since 1990, in its efforts to preserve the intertidal environment through mangrove restoration.
The sites that were chosen for restoration were degraded mangroves habitats, which were converted by local people for pig farming or rice cultivation. Mangrove restoration, among other things, is providing fishery resources (fish, shellfish, crustacean), fuel wood for local communities and, through improved hydrology, can increase rice yields.
The Livelihoods project has restored 1,780 hectares in 2009 and 4,900 hectares in 2010 and 2011 providing a carbon capture potential of 750,000 tons of CO2 over 20 years time.
The project has restored 1,780 hectares in 2009 and 4,900 hectares in 2010 and 2011 providing a carbon capture potential of 750,000 tons of CO2 over 20 years time. At the same time, it will help over 400 villages to maximise the benefits of their local ecosystem, through improved resources in fish and shellfish and in buffering against the "salinisation" of farming grounds.
The project has now been submitted for final validation to the United Framework Convention on Climate Change-Clean Development Mechanism (UNFCCC-CDM) board. The Senegal Designated National Authority has approved the project which has enabled the Fund to address the issue of ownership of the trees (public, communal or traditional) and the carbon assets.
In addition, Livelihoods Fund has developed a carbon accounting and reporting methodology to account and report net carbon sequestration of large scale Mangroves restoration projects, with field testing on this project. The Methodology was approved by the CDM and entitled as "Afforestation and reforestation of degraded mangroves habitats" AR-AM0014.
The success of the Senegalese mangrove restoration project will potentially benefit other projects in other countries by demonstrating the possibility of up-scaling "small scale" mangrove projects to "high scale" ones, conversion of a localized annual project into a multiyear and multi site project and inclusion of below-ground biomass in a carbon pool to allow accounting of net carbon sequestration through mangrove restoration.
Livelihoods fund is a unique carbon investment fund that provides its investors access to carbon credits encapsulating a commitment to nature-based biodiversity and community development projects. Its fundamental goal is to create social value for rural communities and contribute to their food security through the restoration of their ecosystems. Livelihoods Fund now unites 5 investors: Danone, Credit Agricole, Schneider Electric, French Post and CDC Climat and invests in carbon mitigation projects that in return, generate carbon credits for fund investors to offset their own C02 emissions or sell the credits. Livelihoods is open to partner with other co-founders, for example Voyageurs du Monde in Senegal. Projects under the fund are based in developing countries and are vetted by an Advisory Board, of which IUCN is a member.


Why is Gmail not working in Google Chrome?
We will read some of the preliminary methods of troubleshooting this problem. Clearing Chrome's cache is a great way to deal with the concerned problem. If it doesn't let Gmail loading again, the easiest thing you can do is to open the incognito window. As per the claims are done by some Chrome users, opening Gmail in an incognito is an effective way to deal with this problem. Here we go with the steps.
Disable the browser extensions and then restart your browser. It will help you in the identification of the element preventing Gmail from loading in Chrome. Hence, you will be able to solve the problem, Gmail is not working.
Ways to fix the issue of Gmail not working in Google Chrome?
The users need to restart the computer and then locate Google Chrome.
Then, the user needs to open Google Chrome.
The users need to go to the top right corner of the screen and then click on the Menu icon or three bar icon.
Also, the users may press CTRL, Shift, and N keys on an active Google Chrome browser window.
After doing so, a new window will appear on the screen of the PC.
The users may look for the incognito icon situated at the top corner of the internet browser.
Finally, the users need to make sure that they can access their Gmail account in the Incognito window on Google Chrome. If still, the user is not able to access the Gmail on Chrome, then the users need to apply the next method stated below.
When the users face the problem of Gmail not working how to fix the issue is the most common question that comes in the mind of the users.
The users need to go to the top right corner of the Google Chrome browser and then tap on the Menu option.
Then, the user needs to scroll through the list of options present in the menu until the user finds the More tools option.
Thereafter, the user needs to click on the more tools option and then select the Clear browsing data.
Also, the user needs to use the CTRL, Shift, and Delete key combo to get to this page.
Thereafter, the user needs to click on the Time range dropdown in the popup box, and select All time to delete cache.
While clearing the cache and data, the users need to make sure that the cached images, cookies and other site data options are checked.
Finally, the users need to select clear data option.
Make sure that you are using the latest version of Google Chrome. Gmail won't work if you have not updated the web browser. To do this, you need to click on the GEAR ICON and select ABOUT GOOGLE CHROME. It will upgrade the browser within a minute or two.
A great way to deal with the concerned problem is to open Gmail in a different browser. You may prefer UC browser, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, etc. Has it resolved your problem? If not, use a different account on the same browser, same computer. It is more likely to solve your problem. Make a conversation with the support engineers and ask why Gmail is not working in Google Chrome if none of the listed methods resolved your problem.


These Rompers are made from a very soft and stretchy fabric. The elastic neck provides easy on and off while reinforcing its shape. This style has no buttons or snaps, which makes for convenient diaper changes and potty training. This stretchy material has extra room for your child to grow into; and provides room for cloth diapers.
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Ticonderoga 1388 – 1 Hackwing
Brand: Joseph Dixon
Here we have an original BNP hackwing featuring a Dixon Ticonderoga 1388 No.1 pencil, combined with a modern era Blackwing Volumes 344 ferrule. Ok it was a Christmas time inspiration! This pencil is hand-sharpened with a vintage El Casco sharpener.
What's a hackwing, you ask? Well, for me it's an original artistic expression. It's also an opportunity to freshen up a vintage pencil and by giving it an upgraded erasing experience.
Adjustable tip eraser
Hackwing
About Joseph Dixon
Began as the "Joseph Dixon Crucible Company" (Joseph Dixon: 1799-1869) with its main manufacturing facility in Jersey City, New Jersey. Dixon was an inventor who received patents in 1850 for the use of graphite crucibles in pottery and steel manufacturing. He died in 1869. Dixon's son-in-law, Orestes Cleveland, took over as president of the company in 1858. Cleveland served as both mayor of Jersey City as well as a short stint in the U.S. House of Representatives (1869-1871). In 1873 the company bought the American Graphite Company located in Ticonderoga, New York, and in 1913 began integrating the name into its brand as "Dixon Ticonderoga." In 2005, Dixon Ticonderoga was acquired by Italian-based FILA. Learn more about the company's long history at dixonusa.com.
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K series wheel mobile crushing plant is developed based on years of independent research and manufacturing experience. In combination with user demands, it is optimized and innovated on structural design, equipment configuration and combined application, so as to realize more flexible combinations, greatly widening the application fields and truly realizing the approaching treatment of materials.
K series mobile crushing plant owns 7 series and 72 machine types, and fully covers various production demands for coarse crushing, intermediate fine crushing, fine crushing, shaping, screening and sand washing. Customer can choose independent operation, three-combination, and four-combination, etc.; compared with the other mobile crushing and screening equipment in domestic and foreign markets, this series has more machine types and wider coverage.
Compared with fixed production line, K series mobile crushing plant has a shorter engineering period and rapider transition, which not only reduces the investment risk and opportunity cost of the investors, but also avoids the demolition and construction after the end of project, making it more economical and environmental; in addition, the machine has excellent depreciation hedging capacity, so that the investor can rapidly invest in a new project, or sell the machine to get money, thus reducing the investment cost.
SBM K series mobile crushing plant takes the modularization concept; the general structural layout can realize the direct replacement of main parts without replacing the body, so as to satisfy the crushing and screening demands at different stages; if the user needs to expand the production capacity, replacing the main parts can accomplish the equipment upgrading and save reinvestment cost of the body. In addition, this design can also contribute to solving the road transport problems in remote areas, and greatly reducing the road construction cost in earlier stage.
All actions are controlled by intensified hydraulic system so that the operator can simply and rapidly set the operating actions of the machine; in consideration that the widely used hydraulic control devices will require certain machine maintenance, we adopt centralized lubrication mode, and the operator can rapidly complete the maintenance operation on the road directly. Therefore, the operation and maintenance management will greatly save the labor cost.


Brad Toft joined the YMCA of Greater Toledo as President and CEO in April 2013. Prior to moving to Toledo, Brad served as CEO of the Ozarks Regional YMCA in Springfield, Missouri since 2002. Brad's 27-year Y career began at the Y in Sioux Falls, South Dakota as a Program Director. A year later, he was promoted to Senior Director/Camp Director. In 1995, he accepted the position of Executive Director of the Shiawassee Family YMCA in Owosso, Michigan. From there, his Y career continued as Executive Director of the Mankato Family YMCA in Minnesota. Brad has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota.
Casey Holck joined the YMCA of Greater Toledo as Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer in September 2013. Before coming to Toledo, he had been with the Ozarks Regional YMCA in Springfield, Missouri since 2001, serving as the District Executive Director and interim CEO toward the end of his tenure. Casey also worked for the YMCA of Greater Des Moines beginning in 1996. Casey's experiences in Missouri and Des Moines included aquatics, fitness, and child care. Casey attended University of Northern Iowa, receiving a degree in Community Health Education.
Platz came to the Y from being the Director of Audit and Accounting/Treasurer at Mosley, Pfundt, Platz and Glick, Inc., a Maumee accounting firm. Prior to that, he worked for Tebay Mosley Associates and Ernst and Young LLP. He is a 1991 graduate of the University of Toledo with a degree in accounting, and is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Valuation Analyst. In addition to his professional credentials, Platz has been active as a volunteer in the non-profit sector. He is the Treasurer of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Northwest Ohio, and has held leadership positions at the International Institute of Toledo and St. Pius X.
Mark Brunsman is the Chief Resource Officer for the YMCA of Greater Toledo. He began his YMCA career in 1987 as a Program Director at the West Toledo YMCA. Mark earned his Senior Director status through the YMCA of the USA in 1991. He is a YMCA of the USA trainer for Supervision and Problem Solving/Critical Thinking Management Modules. Mark has a Bachelor of Science degree as well as a Master of Science degree from the University of Toledo.
Glen King is the Chief Development Officer for the YMCA of Greater Toledo. He began his YMCA involvement from 1963-1969 as a summer camper at YMCA Storer Camps. He then returned to camp to hold many staff positions from 1970-1978 including: Summer Camp Counselor, Village Director, Ranch Director, North Barn Equestrian Manager, and Outdoor Environment Education Staff Member. From 1991-1997 he volunteered his time on the Board of Managers for Storer Camps as well as Co-Chair various capital and annual campaigns. Glen studied youth development at Denison University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from The Ohio State University.
Craig joined the YMCA of Greater Toledo in 2003 serving the Fort Meigs, South, Summit and University branches. In June of 2016 he moved from branch operations to assume the role of Vice President of Youth Development and Educational Initiatives. Previous to his service at the YMCA he spent 13 years as the Director of the Onsite Health Division at Harris HealthTrends, Inc. Craig has a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Ohio University.
Becky is a YMCA career professional who started her career at YMCA Storer Camps summer village director and then as an instructor in the Outdoor Education Program in 1981. In 1982 she moved to the Toledo Y where she developed, managed and grew the multi-site early education and afterschool education and care programs until 2008. While in this position, she worked closely with the Y-USA to develop training materials and training modules, was a leader on the Ohio Alliance of YMCA's and worked on funding and quality initiative at the state level. Becky also spent three years with the Central Florida as VP of Child Development and several years as the executive director of Partners in Education. She has experienced a lifetime of participation, commitment, leadership and passion for Storer Camps and how it can change lives. While she wasn't working directly in the camping field, she always stayed involved in training, marketing, and participation at camp. In 2012, she was the volunteer chair for the scholarship campaign. Mrs. Spencer received her Bachelors in Education from Bowling Green State University in 1980. Her accomplishments include in: Child Care Director of the Year, Y-USA; 2012 Girl Scouts of Western Ohio, 100 Women of Influence Award; 2010 Financial "Turn Around" Award, Central Florida YMCA; 2006 Community Partner Award, Lucas County Board of MR/DD.


STUDENTS from Backwell School will soon be able to enjoy brand new facilities including a purpose built dance studio and theatre.
The school has been given £2.6million from North Somerset Council for a new building which will comprise a new social and working area for sixth form students, a dance studio, a lecture and performance theatre with retractable seating for 230 people and extra classrooms on the first floor for its diploma courses.
The building will replace some huts which have been used as classrooms by the school and it will also spread onto some hard surface on the premises.
Despite the exciting new plans for the school, staff were also hit with some bad news this month. As it was rated as a high performing specialist school by Ofsted, Backwell School had been invited to take up a second specialist area.
Staff wanted to specialise in modern languages so they could introduce Mandarin Chinese and Arabic, go into primary schools to start language teaching at an early age and introduce more courses to the community.
The school already teaches French, Spanish and German to A-level, Latin to GCSE level and conversational Mandarin but staff were hoping to be able to offer more to their students and the wider community.
However, due to the latest cuts being introduced by the Government, the school has now been told it will not be able to pursue a second specialism this year.
Headteacher Julian Baldwin said: "We are disappointed. We've been doing Mandarin already and we are going to carry on offering it but if we had been able to proceed with the second specialism we would have had extra funding to support it.
"We are hoping we'll be able to take up the second specialism somewhere down the line. I've written to the secretary of state for education to ask the government to reconsider.
"We were disappointed that the money for the second specialism was taken away but it's not going to stop languages continuing to be a really strong area of the curriculum at the school.
The design for the building has already been drawn up and the plans submitted to North Somerset Council.
If planning permission is granted the new building could be open by September 2011.


On the banks of a river in Brazil's largest state, the warmth of the sun is helping to keep local produce fresh, pump river water to homes and light up a soccer field.
The Solar Ice project, developed by the Mamiraua Institute for Sustainable Development and Sao Paulo University, uses solar power to produce ice on the Parana do Amana river in the northwest state of Amazonas.
The initiative aims to improve access to electricity, previously generated only using diesel, and improve living standards for the Vila Nova do Amana community, located in a Sustainable Development Reserve.
The three solar-powered ice machines produce about 90 kg of ice a day, giving a longer shelf life to fish and fruit. The state, the country's most thinly populated, yields produce from cassava to bananas and sweet potatoes.
View of the Vila Nova do Amana community in the Sustainable Development Reserve.
Solar panels power water pumps that supply river water to the Vila Nova do Amana community.
Francisco da Silva Vale (left), 61, and his son Hercules navigate while fishing.
Silva Vale carries his catch.
Eliakin Pereira Vale, 31 cools fish with ice from solar-powered ice machines.
Silva Vale poses with a block of ice.
Lorena Pereira, 4, takes a bath at her house with water pumped from the river.
Residents play soccer at a field illuminated by solar-powered lights.
A man stands on the deck of his house at Vila Nova do Amana.


Naxos has now brought to four the number of CDs dedicated exclusively to the son of Johann Stamitz, the leader of the Mannheim court orchestra. It was from his father that Carl got a substantial share of his own musical education before working under the tutelage of Franz Xaver Richter and Christian Cannabich. The younger Carl took his place in the orchestra as second violinist before becoming court composer for Duke Louis of Noailles in France, where he stayed for some time before moving on to take his talent on the road with extensive touring throughout Europe.
We have on this release two-thirds of the quartets published as Op. 14, the two not included being specifically written as traditional quartets. Stamitz's Orchestral Quartets were intended as a sort of "convertible" orchestral piece, designed to be played as works for a rather small-sized string orchestra or as a true quartet. These are eminently listenable, with plenty of lovely melodies to enjoy. The two Concertante quartets prominently feature a single violin part and, according to the liner notes, are more ambiguous regarding their "convertible" quartet-or-orchestral status. They seem, in the listening, to be more likely to have been written to be performed as orchestral pieces. I agree with our previous reviewer in choosing the Orchestral Quartet No. 4 as my personal favourite on the disc, but all of the works here hold great pleasure for the listener, including the charming interplay of solo violin parts throughout the Concertante Quartet No. 2 - such as at 1:25 in the opening movement and at 0:45 in the third. The central slow movement of the No. 2 has a wonderful sense of poise and balance, with brief solo and duet moments rising over the placid surface of the backing strings before things tip gracefully into the ending Presto.
The NZSO Chamber Orchestra performs these pieces with a verve and effervescence that is warmly recorded. I've returned to these pieces often over the course of the past rather bleakly overcast and sodden week and they bring with them their own sunshine.


Workplace Wise - BrownWinick Employment Law Blog: STUDENTS UNITE!
In overruling Brown University yesterday, the Board stated bluntly, "We revisit the Brown University decision not only because, in our view, the Board erred as to a matter of statutory interpretation, but also because of the nature and consequences of that error." The Board noted that statutory coverage is "permitted by virtue of an employment relationship; it is not foreclosed by the existence of some other, additional relationship that the Act does not reach." As such, because the student assistants perform work at the direction of the university for which they are compensated, the Board has the authority to treat them as statutory employees under Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act. Simply put, the fact that these people also have an educational relationship with the university does not negate the employment relationship with the university.