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The FLCDC Executive Board, Officers and Staff includes community residents, business owners and professionals with an interest in preserving northwest Fort Lauderdale and assuring that affordable and workforce housing is available to existing and future residents. The FLCDC's mission and strategic objectives are specifically designed to have an immediate and direct impact regarding the current housing conditions in Broward County.
• To sustain and develop affordable housing
• To raise the economic, educational and social levels of the residents of the City of Fort Lauderdale.
• To advocate for and provide access to low-cost housing for the poor, distressed, underprivileged and indigent through rehabilitation of existing substandard buildings and construction of new facilities in the place of blighted structures or vacant site and to combat the deterioration of the community by contributing to its physical development; and blight in the Community Development Block Grant Target Area of the City of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County.
1. What is affordable housing?
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Affordable housing is defined in terms of the income of the people living in the home. The family must be income eligible. Income eligibility is defined in terms of area median income, adjusted for family size.
Low–income is considered 200 percent of the federal poverty level, and poor is defined as 100 percent of the poverty level. For 2013, a family of four making less than $23,624 is considered at the federal poverty level, and $47,248 is considered low income.
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs.
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Barbie Forteza is a famous Filipino television actress, model, and singer. Barbie Forteza played young Jodi in GMA's Stairway To Heaven and appeared in Tween Hearts.
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Her full name is Barbara Ambas Forteza. Barbie Forteza was born in Binan, Philippines, on July 31, 1997. She is 25 years old and has a zodiac sign of Leo.
Her parents are Imelda Forteza and Tony Forteza. Moreover, she has a half-sister named Gabrielle Vierneza. Further, she has not given any information regarding her educational background.
Caption: Barbie Forteza clicking a photo with her family. Source: Instagram
Barbie is in a relationship with Jak Roberto. He is a pop singer and member of the boy band 3LOGY. The duo keeps featuring one another in their social media posts.
And they also often make YouTube videos together. She also dated Kiko Estrada. He was her first boyfriend. But their relationship was short-lived; the actor preferred to focus on his career.
Forteza scandal ensued when her ex-boyfriend, Kiko, became vocal and declared his love for her, but the actress stated that it was too late.
Moreover, she has also dated Andre Paras (2016), Ivan Dorschner (2017), Dennis Trillo, Alden Richards, and Joshua Dionisio.
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Barbie stands at a height of 5 feet 1 inch and weighs around 48 kilos. She has a fine and lean body figure. Therefore, her chest-waist-hip measurements are 31-24-33 inches respectively.
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Her talent was discovered at the tender age of 12 years when she first starred in the film Stairway to Heaven in 2009.
She received international recognition in her career. She has bagged several awards, such as the New Movie Actress of The Year Award in 2010 and the Fantasporto International Best Actress award in 2016.
Barbie is known for her roles. Therefore, the roles such as 'Jodi' in GMA Network's remake of the 2003 South Korean television drama series 'Stairway to Heaven', and Cyndi Gomez in 'First Time'.
She also appeared in several movies such as 'Tween Academy: Class of 2012', 'The Road, and the indie film', and 'Puntod' in which she won New Movie Actress of the Year in the 26th PMPC Star Awards for Movies.
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Forteza was chosen to play one of the lead roles in the television series, The Half Sisters, along with Thea Tolentino in 2014.
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She also has a self-titled YouTube channel. It was created on December 31, 2017. Some of the most popular videos are 'My Boyfriend Does I Make Up Challenge (JakBie)', 'Nara and Kyoto, Japan with the Bida-Bida Sibs & ME!', 'My Very First Full-On Glam Make Up Tutorial Using The Bronze Extended Kyshadow Palette', 'JAPAN VLOG: Dōtonbori Osaka with the Bida-Bida Sibs & ME!', and many more.
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She is active on different social media sites. Barbie has earned over 2.1 million followers on her '@barbaraforteza' Instagram account.
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Forteza is an actress who has soared to great heights of success in her career. She continues to be a star in many movies, which proves that the future is bright for her.
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HOUSE EDUCATION STANDING COMMITTEE
Monday, February 12, 2018 • 2:00 p.m. • 30 House Building
Rep. Val L. Peterson, Chair
Rep. Kim F. Coleman, Vice Chair
Rep. LaVar Christensen
Rep. Bruce R. Cutler
Rep. Eric K. Hutchings
Rep. Bradley G. Last
Rep. Daniel McCay
Rep. Carol Spackman Moss
Rep. Derrin R. Owens
Rep. Marie H. Poulson
Rep. V. Lowry Snow
Rep. Francis D. Gibson
Rep. Michael E. Noel
Staff Present:
Ms. Allyson R. Goldstein, Policy Analyst
Ms. Wendy Hill, Committee Secretary
Note: A copy of related materials and an audio recording of the meeting can be found at www.le.utah.gov.
Chair Peterson called the meeting to order.
MOTION: Rep. Owens moved to approve the minutes. The motion passed with a vote of 6-0-7.
Yeas - 6 Nays-0 Abs-7
Rep. K. Coleman
Rep. B. Cutler
Rep. C. Moss
Rep. D. Owens
Rep. V. Peterson
Rep. M. Poulson
Rep. L. Christensen
Rep. F. Gibson
Rep. E. Hutchings
Rep. B. Last
Rep. D. McCay
Rep. M. Noel
Rep. V. Snow
1. H.B. 270 Teacher Employment Amendments (Peterson, J.)
Rep. Jeremy A. Peterson explained the bill.
Mr. Zac Hancock, educator, spoke in favor of the bill.
Rep. Poulson moved to amend H.B. 270 with Amendment #1.
Amendment 1
H.B. 270
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35 (iii) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
36 (2) { The } Before July 1, 2020, the board shall ensure that a technical limitation of the educator credential
37 database does not prevent an educator from accepting employment at more than one LEA.
Rep. Poulson's motion to amend H.B. 270 with Amendment #1passed with a vote 8-0-5.
MOTION: Rep. Cutler moved to pass H.B. 270 as amended out favorably. The motion passed with a vote of 8-0-5.
MOTION: Rep. Coleman moved to place H.B. 270 as amended on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed with a vote of 8-0-5.
2. H.B. 308 Telehealth Mental Health Pilot Program (Ivory, K.)
Rep. Ken Ivory presented the bill with the assistance of Mr. Michael Anderson, Administrator of Schools, Jordan School District.
Mr. Clint Gearheart, citizen, spoke in favor of the bill.
Ms. Jennifer L. Dailey-Provost, Executive Director, Utah Academy of Family Physicians, spoke in favor of the bill.
Ms. Elizabeth Klc, Assistant Director, Utah Behavioral Health Committee, spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr. Terry Shoemaker, Associate Executive Director, Utah School Boards Association, spoke in favor of the bill.
MOTION: Rep. Owens moved to replace H.B. 308 with 1st Substitute H.B. 308. The motion passed with a vote of 9-0-4.
MOTION: Rep. Owens moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 308 out favorably. The motion passed with a vote of 8-1-4.
3. H.B. 313 Charter School Revisions (McCay, D.)
Rep. Daniel McCay presented the bill with the assistance of Ms. Angie Stallings, Deputy Superintendent, Utah State Board of Education and Mr. Royce Van Tassell, Executive Director, Utah Association of Public Charter Schools.
Ms. Kim Frank, Executive Director, Utah Charter Network, spoke in favor of the bill.
Ms. Jennifer Lambert, Executive Director, Utah State Charter School Board, spoke in favor of the bill.
MOTION: Rep. Hutchings moved to replace H.B. 313 with 1st Substitute H.B. 313. The motion passed with a vote of 9-0-4.
MOTION: Rep. McCay moved to pass 1st Substitute H.B. 313 out favorably. The motion passed with a vote of 6-3-4.
4. H.B. 317 Special Education Amendments (Pulsipher, S.)
Rep. Susan Pulsipher presented the bill with the assistance of Ms. Linda Hansen, Board Member, Utah State Board of Education.
Mr. Terry Shoemaker, Executive Director, Utah School Superintendents Association, spoke in favor of the bill.
MOTION: Rep. Poulson moved to pass H.B. 317 out favorably. The motion passed with a vote of 7-0-6.
5. H.B. 306 State Board of Education Revisions (Peterson, V.)
Vice Chair Coleman assumed the chair.
Rep. Val L. Peterson explained the bill.
Ms. Angie Stallings, Deputy Superintendent, Utah State Board of Education, spoke in favor of the bill.
MOTION: Rep. Owens moved to pass H.B. 306 out favorably. The motion passed with a vote of 7-0-6.
MOTION: Rep. Cutler moved to place H.B. 306 on the Consent Calendar. The motion passed with a vote of 7-0-6.
MOTION: Rep. Cutler moved to adjourn. The motion passed with a vote of 7-0-6.
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Effective field theory in the study of long range nuclear parity violation on lattice
Feng-Kun Guo1,2 and Chien-Yeah Seng3*
1 CAS Key Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
2 School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
3 INPAC, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, MOE Key Laboratory for Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
* e-mail: cseng@hiskp.uni-bonn.de
A non-zero signal of the gamma-ray asymmetry in the neutron-proton capture was recently reported by the NPDGamma Collaboration which provides the first determination of the parity-odd pion-nucleon coupling constant . The ability to reproduce this value from first principles serves as a direct test of our current understanding of the interplay between the strong and weak interaction at low energy. To motivate new lattice studies of , we review the current status of the theoretical understanding of this coupling, which includes our recent work that relates it to a nucleon mass-splitting by a soft-pion theorem. We further investigate the possibility of calculating the mass-splitting on the lattice by providing effective field theory parameterizations of all the involved quark contraction diagrams. We show that the lattice calculations of the easier connected diagrams will provide information of the chiral logarithms in the much harder quark loop diagrams and thus help in the chiral extrapolation of the latter.
The role of Lattice QCD in searches for violations of fundamental symmetries and signals for new physics
Eur. Phys. J. A (2019) 55: 197
The electric dipole moment of the deuteron from the QCD θ-term
Probing exotic phenomena at the interface of nuclear and particle physics with the electric dipole moments of diamagnetic atoms: A unique window to hadronic and semi-leptonic CP violation
Feynman–Hellmann theorem for resonances and the quest for QCD exotica
Time-reversal violation in the nucleon and light nuclei


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Q: Trigonometry sum of solutions question
Problem: For which $a$ will the sum of solutions be equal to $100$, in $\sin(\sqrt{ax-x^2})=0$.

The attempt at a solution:
For $\sin(x)=0$, $x$ must be equal to $0$, so we get $$\sqrt{ax-x^2}=0\\ax-x^2=0\\x(a-x)=0\\x=0\\a-x=0$$last 2 are the solutions as I understand but I can't seem to finalize the solution, please help. Thank you in advance.

A: I think there is no such $a$. Note that
$$\sin(\sqrt{ax-x^2}) = 0 \iff \sqrt{ax-x^2}=k \pi$$
for some $k \in \mathbb{N}$. Squaring both sides of the second equation and solving the second degree equation shows
$$x_{1,k} = \frac{a}{2} +\frac{\sqrt{a^2-4k^2\pi^2}}{2} \text{ and }x_{2,k} = \frac{a}{2} -\frac{\sqrt{a^2-4k^2\pi^2}}{2}$$
In particular we have $x_{1,k}+x_{2,k} = a$. These solutions exists as long as
$$a^2 - 4\pi^2k^2 \geq 0 \iff \frac{|a|}{2\pi} \geq |k|.$$
In particular if $N$ denotes the integer part of $\frac{|a|}{2\pi}$, then the sum of all solutions is give by $S=a2N$. Asking for $S=100$ leads to the equation
$$a(2\lfloor |a|/2\pi\rfloor+1) = 100,$$
where $\lfloor \cdot \rfloor$ denotes the floor function. It follows that there is no solution.

A: You are correct so far, to answer the question, all you need to do is set sum of the solutions equal to $100$, $$x+a-x=100\\a=100$$ so a must be equal to $100$ in order for sum of solutions to be $100$.

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General Mills Profits Fall on Higher Costs
Published 7:11 AM ET Wed, 25 June 2008 Updated 1:00 PM ET Thu, 5 Aug 2010 Reuters
General Millssaid on Wednesday higher grain and energy prices would drive up its costs 9 percent in the current fiscal year, and it posted a fourth-quarter profit decline it warned about a week ago.
Janet Hostetter
A range of General Mills products line a grocery shelf.
But the maker of Cheerios cereal, Yoplait yogurt and Progresso soup said quarterly profit rose excluding a charge for the change in market value of commodity positions it holds, matching its forecast.
Price increases helped offset the impact of soaring commodity costs.
General Mills said net profit was $185.2 million, or 53 cents a share, in the fiscal fourth quarter ended May 25, down from $224.1 million, or 62 cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding the reduction in the value of commodity positions, it earned 73 cents a share, in line with analysts' expectations, according to Reuters Estimates.
Like other food companies, General Mills has had to cope with soaring costs for energy and for ingredients such as wheat. The company has raised prices and found a variety of ways to cut costs while still investing in marketing and product development.
In the fourth quarter, sales rose 13 percent to $3.5 billion. Higher prices and a shift in sales to costlier items accounted for 8 percentage points of the increase, the weaker dollar added 2 percentage points, and volume added 3 percentage points.
Sales in the company's U.S. retail segment rose 9 percent, with volume up 6 percent. Yoplait, the company's "Big G" cereals and its Pillsbury products led the sales increase.
International sales rose 21 percent, though volume was up only 3 percent.
General Mills repeated its forecast for fiscal 2009 earnings of $3.78 to $3.83 a share, assuming no impact from changes in the value of its commodity holdings. Analysts' average forecast is $3.79.
The company forecast fiscal 2009 sales would grow at a mid-single-digit rate.
General Mills shares closed at $62.40 on Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange. They are up more than 9 percent this year, compared with a 3.5 percent decline in the Standard & Poor's U.S. packaged foods index.


We claim to be simplistic people. We appreciate the small things, we love our tiny apartment, we drive semi-old cars and really still like them. We think it's because we're simple at heart, but isn't it really just because we don't have any money?
Last night we were walking around some local neighborhoods, and while our apartment building is small, most of the houses aren't. We're talking old money plantation style homes. We passed one that legitimately looked like the White House minus the Obamas. They're incredible. So naturally we start talking about what we would buy if we won the lottery.
DISCLAIMER: We don't buy lottery tickets and don't promote doing so.
But for the sake of this post let's say we won $120 million. It's all ours. It's easy to say we'd give it all away and buy clean water for every country in northern Africa and mosquito nets for all the ones in the south, but would we really? Our kids (all 7 of them) could have their college paid for. We could buy homes for our entire family, go anywhere in the world for as long as we like, and pretty much have every luxury at our fingertips. You name it, we get it. If we were presented with the opportunity to never work again in our lives, support our families, start whatever small business we please, and never have to worry about money again, would we really give it all away? Really?
We hope so, we really do. We hope we would support 39 Compassion International kiddies and buy a modest house and plant a garden and live off the earth. We hope we would create sustainable small businesses that would affect people's lives in a positive way and we hope we would even adopt a few of those 39 kiddies.
However, when we challenged each other to pick 3 things (6 in all) we would buy if we won that $120 million only 1 had anything to do with giving something away.
Here's $120 million. What are you really going to do with it?
Posted on August 19, 2010 October 29, 2010 Author BothCategories MoneyTags Lottery, Money5 Comments on Mo Money, Mo Problems?


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About Banyan Development Group
Banyan Development Group ("BDG") is a developer of affordable rental housing communities, providing comprehensive real estate development services to non-profit and for-profit entities. Its principals have experience in a vast array of federal, state and local affordable housing financing programs, including:
• Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), 9% and 4%
• Tax-Exempt Bonds
• State Apartment Incentive Loan (SAIL) funds
• State Housing Initiative Partnerships (SHIP) funds
• HOME Investment Partnerships
• Community Development Block Grant
• Predevelopment Loan Program
• HOPE VI (Choice Neighborhoods) grant
• Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) Affordable Housing Program (AHP)
• National Housing Trust Funds (NHTF)
• New Market Tax Credits (NMTC)
• Rehabilitation Tax Credit (RTC)
BDG is committed to building a product it can be proud of – that is as attractive and durable as it is functional and efficient – including green practices that minimize our impact on the natural environment and create healthy surroundings for residents and employees. We are attuned to the concerns of potential partners and remain focused on creating successful investment opportunities in all of our ventures.
The group's strength stems from the diversified skills and experience of its four founding principals, who together create a broadly capable development team.
Jeff and Alex bring over 45 years of collective expertise in the affordable housing development realm – from Jeff's time serving as Deputy Director of Florida Housing Finance Agency, to helping developers secure competitive funding for affordable projects, and ultimately to procuring and managing new joint venture development opportunities.
Scott and Lou bring a seasoned enterprising savvy to the mix, having closed over $1 billion in affordable multifamily real estate transactions over the past 40 years. They are the sole principals of A Green Property Manager (AGPM) – www.apgmonline.com – managing over 13,000 units throughout the southeastern United States.
The BDG team looks forward to bringing new housing choices to the residents of Florida and beyond, and will continue to put in the work hard needed to accomplish their goals.
Alexander Kiss
Manager/Member, Banyan Development Group, LLC
Alexander Kiss is a co-founding and managing partner of BDG. Prior to forming BDG, he served as Vice President of Kiss & Company, Inc. In this capacity, Mr. Kiss provided consulting services to developers by procuring, structuring and managing new affordable housing development opportunities, including securing sites and entitlements, comprehensive financial modeling, coordinating with design, engineering, construction, legal, and banking professionals, interfacing with local authorities and constituents, and drafting and reviewing documentation used in responses to competitive funding and procurement processes.
As a consultant with Kiss & Company, he assisted in securing financing for over 2000 low-income units with 10 different developer teams since 2012. Mr. Kiss maintains a detailed understanding of pertinent laws, regulations, and industry economics. He has an MBA from the University of Central Florida and a BS in Interdisciplinary Physics from Florida State University.
Scott Zimmerman
Scott Zimmerman is a co-founder of BDG. He brings a collective 30+ years of experience in real estate, banking, investment banking, and multifamily property management and development. His multifamily affordable property ownership and management company, AGPM, LLC currently manages over 13,000 units throughout the Southeastern US.
Scott developed the 186-unit Lake Point Apartments in Tampa, FL in 1996; co-developed several market-rate properties in the mid-to-late 1990s including the 500-unit Idlewylde Apartments in Duluth, GA (now known as Chelsea 88 Apartments), the 440-unit Windsor Kirkman in Orlando, FL, the 300-unit Windsor Pembroke Pines in Pembroke Pines, FL, the 300-unit Windsor Hollywood in Hollywood, FL, and the 200-unit Courtney Chase in Kissimmee, FL. Scott also recently completed gut rehabs of two of AGPM's Orlando properties, the 156-unit Bella Lago and the 30- unit Villas del Sol, including significant energy and water conservation renovations.
Jeffrey Kiss
Member, Banyan Development Group, LLC
Prior to co-founding BDG Jeffrey Kiss conducted business primarily as the President of Kiss & Company, Inc. In this role, he assisted clients in all areas of affordable housing with an emphasis on financial advisory and real estate development services for rental properties.
Clients included investment banking and public finance advisory firms, public housing authorities, local and state housing finance agencies as well as not-for-profit and for-profit developers of affordable housing. Since BDG's formation, Mr. Kiss has wound down Kiss & Company operations to focus on the new venture. Previously, Mr. Kiss was a Principal of PackerKiss Securities, Inc. that offered re-investment advice to issuers of tax-exempt debt from 2001 to 2011.
Additionally, he provided investment banking services from 1987 to 1992 for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. and was the Deputy Director for the Florida Housing Finance Agency from 1984 to 1987.
Over the last two decades, Mr. Kiss has provided affordable housing development consulting expertise and comprehensive project advisory services for over 50 successful housing credit developments throughout Florida. He provided feasibility guidance related to site suitability, unit mix, market demand, construction costs, and federal and state program rules compliance.
Lou Vogt
Lou Vogt is a co-founder of BDG. He brings 35+ years of experience in real estate, banking, investment banking, and multifamily property management and development. His multifamily affordable property ownership and management company, AGPM, LLC currently manages over 13,000 units throughout the Southeastern US.
Lou co-developed several market-rate properties in the mid-to-late 1990s including the 500-unit Idlewylde Apartments in Duluth, GA (now known as Chelsea 88 Apartments), the 440-unit Windsor Kirkman in Orlando, FL, the 300-unit Windsor Pembroke Pines in Pembroke Pines, FL, the 300-unit Windsor Hollywood in Hollywood, FL, and the 200- unit Courtney Chase in Kissimmee, FL. Lou also recently completed gut rehabs of two of AGPM's Orlando properties, the 156-unit Bella Lago and the 30-unit Villas del Sol, including significant energy and water conservation renovations.
Patricia Hart
Accounting Manager, Banyan Development Group
Patricia graduated from Webster University with a Masters in Finance in 2009 and a BS Degree in Accounting from the University of Central Florida in 1999. She has over 16 years of experience in accounting in the affordable housing industry. Prior to joining Banyan Development Group, Patricia worked from 2003-2018 with Concord Management Ltd. There she started as a Property Accountant and advanced to the Senior Accounting Manager position. Patricia works jointly with Banyan Development Group and AGPM, where she oversees accounting functions for existing and new construction projects.
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Gaye Taylor Upchurch is a freelance director living in New York City. Her background is in dance. She has directed many world premieres including Clare Lizzimore's Animal (Studio Theatre, DC); Laura Marks's Bethany with America Ferrera (Women's Project, Lortel nomination for Best New Play and Best Lead Actress and at Old Globe); Melissa Ross's Of Good Stock (South Coast Rep). She has also directed the off-Broadway productions of Simon Stephens's Harper Regan with Mary McCann (Atlantic Theater, NY Times Top Ten Production 2012); Simon Stephens's Bluebird with Simon Russell Beale (Atlantic Theater); Lucy Thurber's Stay (Rattlestick Theater, Obie Award for Hilltown Play Cycle) and Nancy Harris's Our New Girl (Atlantic Theater). Her work has been seen at Culture Project, La Mama, Juilliard, and Lincoln Center Institute among others, and she has developed new work at New Dramatists, Playwrights Realm, NY Stage & Film, The Kennedy Center, Playwright's Center, LCT Director's Lab, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. She is an alumna of The Women's Project Directors Lab, The Drama League and North Carolina School of the Arts. Upcoming: the world premiere of Anna Ziegler's The Last Match (The Old Globe) and Chris Chen's You Mean to do Me Harm (The Vineyard, NYC).


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Federal Ocean Partnership Launches DEEP SEARCH Study of Coral, Canyons, and Seeps Off the Mid- and South Atlantic Coast
Scientists beginning a three-week research cruises to study deep-sea corals, canyons and seeps departed from Norfolk, Virginia on September 12 after a one-day delay due to the effects of Hurricane Irma. USGS research oceanographer Amanda Demopoulos is the lead scientist for this cruise, the first of three planned as part of a four-and-a-half year study.
Attribution: Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
River Levels Set Records in Texas: USGS Continues to Monitor Rivers in the State Due to Flooding
Editor's note: this news release will be updated online with more information on the streamgage records being set in Texas as it becomes available.
Rivers and streams reached record levels as a result of Hurricane Harvey's rainfall, with about 40 U.S. Geological Survey streamgages measuring record peaks.
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Emergency Management, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
Low-Flying Airplane Mapping Parts of Northeastern California
Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with FAA regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated.
Attribution: Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Increases in Wildfire-Caused Erosion Could Impact Water Supply and Quality in the West
A growing number of wildfire-burned areas throughout the western United States are expected to increase soil erosion rates within watersheds, causing more sediment to be present in downstream rivers and reservoirs, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Attribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers, Region 5: Missouri Basin, Region 9: Columbia-Pacific Northwest, Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin, Southwest Biological Science Center
USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors along Florida's Coasts prior to Hurricane Irma's Arrival
To learn more about USGS' role providing science to decision makers before, during and after Hurricane Irma, visit the USGS Hurricane Irma page.
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Emergency Management, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program
Wildfire and Invasive Species Drives Increasing Size and Cost of Public Land Restoration Efforts
An examination of long-term data for lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management finds that land treatments in the southwestern United States are increasingly large, expensive and related to fire and invasive species control.
Attribution: Ecosystems, Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin, Southwest Biological Science Center
Public Invitation: USGS La Crosse Science Center Opens Doors for Interactive Experience
The public is invited to attend a free, family-friendly open house at a local U.S. Geological Survey center for ecology research on Saturday, September 9.
Attribution: Ecosystems, Region 3: Great Lakes, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Public Invitation: Jamestown Science Center Opens Doors for Interactive Experience
The public is invited to attend a free, family-friendly open house at a local U.S. Geological Survey center for ecology research on Saturday, September 16.
Attribution: Ecosystems, Region 5: Missouri Basin, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
USGS Crews Measure Record Flooding in South-Central Texas
Reporters: Do you want to interview USGS scientists as they measure flooding? Please contact Jennifer LaVista or Lynne Fahlquist.
U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring record flooding in parts of south-central Texas following intense rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey.
Attribution: Water Resources, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
Many Texas Beaches Likely to Erode, Be Overwashed, or Inundated by Hurricane Harvey
To learn more about USGS' role providing science to decision makers before, during and after Hurricane Harvey, visit the USGS Hurricane Harvey page.
UPDATE: This story has been revised to reflect new NOAA-National Hurricane Center storm surge projections which were released August 25 at 7 a.m.
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Emergency Management, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Installs Storm-tide Sensors along Texas Coast prior to Harvey's Arrival
Storm-tide sensors are being installed at key locations along the Texas Gulf Coast by the U.S. Geological Survey in advance of Hurricane Harvey.
Attribution: Natural Hazards, Water Resources, Emergency Management, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, Region 6: Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center
Changing Tides: Lake Michigan Could Best Support Lake Trout and Steelhead
Invasive mussels and less nutrients from tributaries have altered the Lake Michigan ecosystem making it more conducive to the stocking of lake trout and steelhead than Chinook salmon, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey and Michigan State University study.
Attribution: Ecosystems, Region 3: Great Lakes, Great Lakes Science Center


Laura Kellams, NWA Director for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and LWVWC board member, has written Falling Behind: State Loses Ground on the Education of Its Children. Learn where Arkansas stands on the funding of its Arkansas Better Chance program. Read the column was published August 7, 2015 in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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FRESHMAN PROFILE — Over the Middle: The Republican receiver pushing bipartisanship — by JI's Amy Spiro: Thirty-four members of the 116th Congress previously served as mayors, 161 hold law degrees and 78 have served in the military. Only two are former NFL players. And one of those is Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, a 34-year-old freshman Republican lawmaker from Ohio.
Gonzalez, who visited Israel last week on a trip coordinated by the AIPAC-affiliated American Israel Education Foundation, sat down in Jerusalem with Jewish Insider to discuss his time in the Jewish state, his unorthodox path to Congress and his efforts to reach across the political aisle.
"When I left the NFL I was never sure exactly what would translate to the rest of my life," Gonzalez told JI last week in the lobby of the King David Hotel. "When you leave something like the NFL, the concern is always that you didn't develop any skills that translate into the traditional business world, or the non-NFL world." But in fact, he said, "there are unbelievable parallels, both from a campaign standpoint, but more importantly from [the standpoint of] how to work with people who you may not agree with."
"One flaw of American politics is that we simply do not sit together and talk through issues in a bipartisan way," he said. "We do that in our silos, and then we come to the House floor and we argue like cats and dogs — it doesn't make a bit of sense to me, but that's what we do." Gonzalez said that more conversations and discussions that reach across the aisle "will ultimately lead to better legislation and better lawmaking."
While Gonzalez has criticized President Donald Trump — calling his attack on "the Squad" last month "wildly inappropriate" — he mostly tries to steer clear of the constant partisan squabbling.
"This job is about making law. That's fundamentally what my job is," he said. "My job is to advocate for policies that are going to benefit my district. And so that is what I focus all of my time and energy on. I'm somebody who doesn't find… the tweeting and the 24-hour cable news cycle to be one that is particularly productive for lawmaking. I actually think it's a complete disaster."
Gonzalez's visit to Israel this month was his first to the country, and an opportunity he immediately jumped to take.
"The Middle East is a complicated place, and I think it's incumbent on all members of Congress to understand the issues in the Middle East, understand who our friends are, who our allies are, what the state of play is and how we can partner forward," he said. "Not to mention that I've always wanted to come here for its historical significance, religious significance and geopolitical significance."
What does Gonzalez think about the political future of his former teammate, legendary quarterback Peyton Manning? Click here to read the full profile [JewishInsider]
DRIVING THE CONVO — The Idea of Israel vs. The State of Israel: Many American Jews see the idea of Israel as representing the best of themselves — a beacon of democracy and Jewish values whose image they work hard to promote. The manner of last Thursday's decision to ban two members of Congress from visiting undoubtedly hurt that image. Israel is — of course — not just an idea. It's a government and a state that must often prioritize practical concerns over simply maintaining its image abroad.
Question for thought leaders: Should American Jews learn to view Israel as more of a state and less of a projected lofty ideal?
Israeli author Yossi Klein Halevi tells JI: "One of the disconnects between Israelis and American Jews is that, for us, Israel is home and for American Jews it's an idea. Many Israelis do want to see Israel aspire to higher ideals, but in the end a nation is a cross-section of humanity, with national self-interest as their most basic commonality."
"A Russian immigrant once explained this to me in a memorable way. I asked her what surprised her most about Israel, and she said, The existence of stupid Jews. She explained that in Moscow, where she was from, every Jew was either an intellectual or an engineer. But it was only when she came to Israel that she met stupid Jews. At first it depressed her, but finally she understood: In Moscow Jews were a minority and so they had to be better than everyone else to be as good as everyone else. But here we are a nation, and we can be exactly who we are. That was as good a definition of Zionism as I've ever heard."
"Still, it's not true that Israel is only a place for Israelis. Israel still is an idea too for many of us here. And we need Diaspora Jews to remind us not to let the idea get entirely lost in the day-to-day life of the place. But Diaspora Jews also need to understand that we have the right to screw up and make mistakes, including moral mistakes, and that our right to be, along with the integrity of Judaism, isn't being weighed anew with each screw-up."
Rabbi Sharon Brous of congregation IKAR in Los Angeles: "Israel is a sovereign state, home to millions of real people, part of a global economy, ruled by a governing legislative body and High Court, with a strong military and police force. It's not a ride at an amusement park. American Jews might be nostalgic for the Israel of Leon Uris, we might share a yearning for some romantic past, but it's patronizing and self-defeating to treat Israel like it exists outside of space and time — there to receive our projections of Jewish empowerment, hold our collective history, and teach our teens self-love."
"Israel, like any state, deserves rightful criticism when it fails, and needs meaningful and mature partnership to succeed. Yes, there will always be Yerushalayim shel ma'alah, the golden, heavenly Jerusalem of our dreams. But there is also a Yerushalayim shel matah, a real Jerusalem in the here and now. And when the real policies of real state actors make it impossible to reconcile our dreams for Jerusalem with its realities, it serves no one to hide behind the lofty ideal. Instead, we have to be honest about the reality and work toward its transformation. You can't love something, our rabbis teach, without being honest about where the bruises are. It's time we grow up and have a real relationship with a miraculous, beautiful and deeply flawed living reality."
We'll be featuring more voices on this question later today on JewishInsider.com. Email [email protected] if you would like to weigh in.
ON THE HILL — by JI's Jacob Kornbluh: Senior Democratic members of Congress are considering action that expresses "deep lack of confidence and trust" in Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman for their roles in Israel's decision to bar two House members — Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) — from entering Israel, McClatchy reported on Saturday.
According to the report, the group — which included Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), with the backing of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) — is weighing issuing a statement of no confidence in Dermer and opening an inspector general investigation into Friedman's conduct.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz insisted on Saturday that Dermer did not act on behalf of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he initially said Israel would allow Tlaib and Omar to enter the country. However, a source familiar with the deliberations told Haaretz that Dermer's original statement came after consultations with five different government offices, including the Foreign Ministry. Netanyahu defended Dermer on Sunday before heading to a two-day visit to Ukraine, saying the ambassador's announcement last month was before Israel had viewed the congresswomen's itinerary.
President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday: "House Democrats want to take action against Israel because it is fighting back against two (maybe four) people that have said unthinkably bad things about it & the Israeli people. Dems have such disdain for Israel! What happened? AOC Plus 4 is the new face of the Democrat Party!"
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in an interview with The Associated Press that she had "great, great, great sadness" over Israel's decision. She further stated that the U.S.-Israel relationship "can withstand Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu" and that "we cannot let their weaknesses stand in the way of our ongoing relationship."
Hoyer said in a statement on Friday that he remains disappointed with Israel for conditioning Tlaib's visit to her grandmother with agreeing to not advance boycotts against Israel during her visit. "To my knowledge, no Member of Congress has ever been asked to agree to preconditions in order to visit Israel," he said.
WHY IT MATTERS ― The Washington Post's Matt Viser and Rachael Bade write: "The dispute has fractured bipartisan support for Israel and moved debates over it into partisan space more typically home to issues such as abortion, gun control and immigration."
New York Times headline — "Israel's alliance with Trump creates new tensions among American Jews." — Mark Mellman, president of Democratic Majority for Israel, told the Times that the Israeli government's move has made his task to strengthen support for Israel in the Democratic Party harder. Fred Zeidman, a Houston-based Republican donor, told the paper regarding Trump: "My God, when I look at what he's done for Israel, I'm not going to take issue with anything he's said or done."
Israeli software billionaire Morris Kahn cautioned in an interviewwith i24News: "There's no question that Israelis feel that Trump's support has been tremendous for them. But I'm afraid that actually he's given us a sense of security and we're doing things that I think we should perhaps not do."
Tom Friedman writes… "If you think Trump is helping Israel, you're a fool: Trump's campaign to tar the entire Democratic Party with some of the hostile views toward Israel of a few of its newly elected congresswomen — and Netanyahu's careless willingness to concede to Trump's demand… is part of a process that will do huge, long-term damage to Israel's interests and support in America." [NYTimes]
David Frum writes in The Atlantic that Netanyahu's lesson from this episode should be not to bet big on Trump. Even if he "supposes he is getting a better deal from this president than the previous one, that's no reason to forget there will also be a next president, and a president after that."
SCENE IN DETROIT — Tlaib took part in a Friday night Shabbat service in Detroit's Pallister Park this past weekend organized by Jewish Voice for Peace. The Michigan congresswoman joined about 60 supporters, telling them: "I cannot tell you how much love I feel here… Thank you for uplifting peace, love and justice."
Omar said Friday that Netanyahu's characterization of their slated trip was incorrect. The Minnesota lawmaker tweeted that the delegation "planned to hold meetings with members of the Knesset (both Jewish and Arab) along with Israeli security officials. The claims of @IsraeliPM otherwise are not true. As a delegation, we were also were scheduling a meeting with @USAmbIsrael."
TV BATTLE — Comedian Bill Maher's HBO series "Real Time with Bill Maher" has become the latest flashpoint in the ongoing battle over BDS. On Friday's show, Maher called the BDS movement a "bullshit purity test by people who want to appear woke but actually slept through history class." In response, Tlaib urged people to boycott Maher's show, tweeting: "I am tired of folks discrediting a form of speech that is centered on equality and freedom." The World Jewish Congress called Tlaib's suggestion "deeply disturbing," and wrote that: "We find it concerning that a member of the U.S. Congress would lobby for BDS and so easily suggest that Maher's show should be boycotted simply because he expressed an opinion with which she disagrees."
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS —Vice News is out with a guide on Birthright titled, "What is Birthright and why is it so controversial? Everything you should know before deciding whether or not to join the free 10 day trip to Israel."
ULTIMATE DEAL WATCH — Trump told reporters on Sunday that he will likely release the White House's Middle East peace plan after the Israeli election on September 17. "But we may put out pieces of it," the president added.
Trump suggested that stopping aid to the Palestinians will eventually bring them back to the negotiating table. "I think one of the reasons they'd want to make a deal is because of that," he said. Further boasting about his deal-making skills, Trump maintained, "I think I've helped it very much by saying, 'Look, until there's a deal, we're not going to pay you anymore.'"
STATE VISIT ― Netanyahu kicked off on Sunday a two-day visit to Kiev to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, both of whom are Jewish. Ukraine is the only country besides Israel where the head of state and its leader are Jewish.
DEEP DIVE — The Washington Post and The New York Times both published on Sunday insider views of Senior Advisor Stephen Miller's influence in the White House, in particular on the administration's immigration policy. "Mr. Miller now occupies a large West Wing office and has influence on virtually every element of immigration policy, from the words the president uses to the regulations he promulgates," according to the Times. "As long as Stephen Miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we are going nowhere," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told the paper.
The Post reveals that Miller always remains glued to the teleprompter operator when he accompanies the president to campaign rallies and major speeches. "When Trump veers, colleagues say, Miller sometimes directs the operator to scroll higher or lower through the speech, so when the president is ready to pick it up again, he will hit those passages and make those points," according to the Post. "He is dismissive of [Jared] Kushner's more moderate immigration views and efforts to forge compromise."
PALACE INTRIGUE —A New Yorker profile published Monday paints Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as "the last survivor of the president's original national-security team and his most influential advisor on international affairs." A former official called him "among the most sycophantic and obsequious people around Trump."
Politico revealed on Monday that Trump has turned his back on Tom Barrack, a former close friend. "The intimate relationship between the wealthy California investor and the president has fractured so badly that the two no longer speak, current and former White House officials say… Several sources said Trump's falling out with Barrack, who hasn't yet donated to Trump's re-election campaign, began even before the damaging reports about the inaugural committee."
ON THE TRAIL — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said during a speech at the Young Leaders Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday: "I'm Jewish. My family came from Poland. My father's whole family was wiped out by Hitler and his white nationalism… We will go to war against white nationalism and racism in every aspect of our lives."
Foreign diplomats brace for Trump 2020 win — by Nahal Toosi: "While countries such as China and Iran have shown signs of trying to wait out Trump, several foreign officials said it would be ill-advised to count on a Trump defeat in 2020. Even if Trump loses, they argued, some of his policies and views may shape U.S. foreign policy for years to come. 'The way it looks to people is it's going to be another four years,' said an Arab diplomat… 'If he gets reelected, he's bound by nothing, except Congress. And I don't know how that's going to play out.'" [Politico]
PODCAST PLAYBACK — Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Charles Koch discussed why he is partnering with George Soros to create the Quincy Institute, a new think tank focused on foreign policy, on The Tim Ferriss Show last week. [JewishInsider]
Rachel Maddow picks on Trump judicial nominee's Israel paper — by Melissa Weiss: On her show last Thursday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow slammed President Trump's nomination of Steven Menashi to the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, describing an academic paper authored by the attorney in defense of Israel's standing as a Jewish state as "a highbrow argument for racial purity." [JewishInsider]
2020 BRIEFS —Elizabeth Warren chips away at Joe Biden's strength as the one who beats Trump… How Warren went from a regulation critic to Wall Street watchdog… Bernie Sanders' criminal justice plan aims to cut prison population… Former President Barack Obama cautioned Biden about running for president… Biden's online fundraising has tailed off, suggesting problems generating grassroots enthusiasm…
Tom Steyer to leave the campaign trail for jury duty… Anthony Scaramucci has spoken to Bill Kristol about trying to force Trump off the GOP ticket in 2020… John Delaney draws 11 people to 2020 event – does he truly think he can win?
HAPPENING TODAY — Former Vice President Dick Cheney will headlinea luncheon fundraiser in support of Trump's re-election and the Republican National Committee (RNC) in Jackson, Wyoming. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are listed as "special guests" at the event.
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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Warren Buffett is buying bank stocks. Why aren't others? [NYTimes] • WeWork landlords 'exposed to $40bn' in rent commitments [FinancialTimes] • Leon Black's Apollo Global Management approached broadcasting company Tegna about a sale earlier this year [WSJ] • Tamir Sapir's children in $102M battle with relative over dad's estate[NYPost] • Market cap of Israel-founded Novocure exceeds $9b • [Globes] • Israeli tycoon Idan Ofer throws glitzy party on Mykonos [GreekReporter]
Trade whiplash hits Israel in slowdown worse than all forecasts — by Ivan Levingston: "Global trade tensions took a toll on Israel's $370 billion economy, chipping away at its exports and contributing to a slowdown last quarter that was worse than anybody had envisioned. Gross domestic product rose 1% from the previous three months on an annualized basis… below a downwardly revised 4.7% gain in the first quarter and worse than every estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists." [Bloomberg]
STARTUP SPOTLIGHT — A gentler way to gentrify? — by Stefanos Chen: "Don't call the real estate development company Venn a developer. Its founders prefer 'neighboring start-up'… 'We describe ourselves as a new way of living,' said Or Bokobza, the chief executive, whose goals include ending the displacement of lower-income residents, creating 'fair housing' and 'changing the narrative' of gentrification… 'I believe we can all agree gentrification is inevitable, with both positive and negative outcomes,' said Mr. Bokobza, whose company was founded in Israel in 2016. The company's Bushwick expansion came after rapid growth in once-overlooked areas in other cities, including Tel Aviv and Berlin, where Mr. Bokobza saw an opportunity to create housing for renters priced out of the city center." [NYTimes]
Landlord who wants kosher cafes nixed from 'Billionaire's Row' revealed — by Steve Cuozzo: "The mystery landlord trying to boot a pair of longtime kosher cafes from Billionaires' Row is none other than block-gobbling mega-developer Sheldon Solow… a press-shy real estate mogul with a net worth of $5.2 billion, according to Forbes." [NYPost]
MEDIA WATCH — Mark Halperin signs new book deal — by Bianca Quilantan: "Veteran political journalist Mark Halperin has signed a deal to publish a new book — his first since his professional world crumbled after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct in 2017… For his forthcoming book, Halperin interviewed more than 75 top Democratic strategists." [Politico]
— David Axelrod tweeted on Sunday: "[Halperin] emailed me three questions about the 2020 race for a book he was writing and I replied in a few sentences, without giving enough thought to how my participation would be used or interpreted. By answering Halperin's questions, I did not in any way mean to excuse his past, egregious behavior and, in retrospect, I regret responding at all."
James Carville told CNN: "The guy called me and asked me to speak to him on a topic that I obviously care about. And I spoke to him." Donna Brazille told the network: "I'm not the author. Ask Mark why he chose us."
HOLLYWOOD — Golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism — by Art Spiegelman: "It might be worth pointing out (not out of ethnic pride, but because it might shed some light on the rawness and the specific themes of the early comics) that the pioneers behind this embryonic medium based in New York were predominantly Jewish and from ethnic minority backgrounds… those most vulnerable to the ravages of the great depression — who were especially attuned to the rise of virulent antisemitism in Germany… The young Jewish creators of the first superheroes conjured up mythic — almost god-like — secular saviours to deal with the threatening economic dislocations that surrounded them in the great depression and gave shape to their premonitions of impending global war." [TheGuardian]
TALK OF THE TOWN — White supremacist charged with threatening to shoot up Jewish community center — by Jon Haworth: "An Ohio man has been arrested for making threats toward a local Jewish community center in New Middletown. James Reardon Jr., 20, has been charged with telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing and is being held in the Mahoning County Jail on $250,000 bond… On Friday, the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force raided Reardon's house and seized a cache of weapons and ammunition, including dozens of round of ammo, multiple semi-automatic weapons, a gas mask and bulletproof armor." [ABCNews]
Historic Budapest synagogue to reopen amid Jewish cultural revival — by Krisztina Than: "Tamas Irsai was a teenager when he last sang in the choir in Budapest's Rumbach synagogue during World War Two, before most Hungarian Jews were deported to death camps. Irsai survived the Holocaust but the great majority of Hungarian Jews, including many of his relatives and friends, did not… Since the 1989 fall of communism, however, Jewish community life has revived. The community now numbers about 100,000, with new schools and renovated synagogues — including Rumbach which will reopen early next year after decades of neglect during which pigeons moved in." [Reuters]
In Pittsburgh, a bookstore where 'freewheeling curiosity' reigns — by Mark Oppenheimer: "Eric Ackland, the owner of Amazing Books & Records in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood… seems to have read or listened to everything in his shop, from Isaac Asimov to Michael Connelly to that small-press biography of a dead Hasidic master. He'll gladly neglect the endless task of computerizing his shelf-busting inventory to talk with you about his beloved 19th-century authors like George Eliot and Dostoyevsky, or his fine selection of Jewish theology…. Squirrel Hill is one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in the country, home to synagogues such as the Tree of Life… After the massacre, shops like Amazing Books functioned as sanctuaries." [NYTimes]
Dor Hadash, New Light leaders urge AG to accept life in prison for accused Tree of Life gunman — by Megan Guza: "Members of two Pittsburgh Jewish congregations have asked federal prosecutors to seek a plea deal with accused Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers and reject a death penalty case." [TribLive]
LONG READ — The New Yorker reviving Jewish life on a holiday island — by Miriam Annenberg: "In recent years a tiny Jewish history museum has opened in the old Jewish quarter [of Majorca], a labyrinthine collection of winding roads and forked intersections east of the cathedral. Dani [Rotstein], meanwhile, has opened a Jewish tourism company. Among other things, he points out to visitors the groove running along the alley-side wall of Mont Zion Church that once housed a synagogue; rumour has it that generations of Chuetas ran their hands along the stones as they passed by in recognition of the building's Jewish roots, wearing down the stone." [BBC]
DESSERT — "CBS This Morning" featured Israeli chef Eyal Shani's HaSalon restaurant in New York on its Saturday show. "I hope a very specific thing — that their life will be changed forever," Shani told CBS's Dana Jacobson of dining at his restaurants. "I came to New York because I saw and I understood, everybody that is living in the world is dreaming about that city." [Video]
BIRTHDAYS: Former President Bill Clinton turns 73… Co-founder of Apollo Global Management, Marc Rowan turns 57… Silicon Valley investor Arthur Rock turns 93… Jerry Epstein turns 90… Former member of the South Dakota House & Senate, he's publishing a memoir today, Stanford 'Stan' M. Adelstein turns 88… Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Gabriela Shalev turns 78… Senior partner at Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, Mark C. Rifkin turns 59… Former chairman of the FCC and now managing director at the Carlyle Group, Julius Genachowski turns 57… Managing editor of The New York Times, Joseph Kahn turns 55…
Partner and talent agent at William Morris Endeavor, Dan Aloni turns 55… Former member of Knesset, the son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Omri Sharon turns 55… Actress Kyra Sedgwick turns 54… Queens Borough President who just narrowly won a contested primary for Queens DA, Melinda R. Katz turns 54… CEO of The Friedlander Group, Ezra Friedlander turns 51… Investor Brett Icahn turns 40… Managing partner of Handmade Capital and founder of Liveset, Ross Hinkle turns 40… Private equity investor and Jewish communal leader, Yehuda L. Neuberger… Marketing content writer for Monday[dot]com, Cassandra Federbusz…


Volunteer to Protect the Vote!
Are you interested in making sure all eligible voters can cast their ballot and have it counted? If so, consider coming on Thursday, September 27th to the Friends Theater (2800 Tremont Rd) from 6:30 - 8:30 pm to find out more.
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Join Organizing 4UA and Sarah Grace Spurgin of the Campaign for Ohio for an organizational meeting in the Friends Theater at the main Upper Arlington Public Library on Tremont Rd. on July 8th.
Primary Election Day Is HERE! Vote on May 8th!
Primary day is Tuesday, May 8th.
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Issue 1 Yard Signs are GONE.
Thanks to all for your orders for Issue 1 yard signs. We are no longer distributing them through UAPA, but you still may be able to snag one from the Fair Districts/Common Cause office (35 E Gay St., Rm 404).
And thanks for supporting Issue 1! Make sure you get everyone you know to the polls on May 8th to ensure its passage.
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Are you still looking for something to do when you aren't canvassing or phonebanking for Democratic candidates? UAPA needs you to help pass out sample ballots at the Early Vote Center, 1700 Morse Road. For the past several elections, Jody Scarbrough and Carole Depaola have coordinated a program to pass out cards listing candidates endorsed by the Franklin County Democratic Party. Volunteers are needed to ask people on their way in to vote if they would like a Democratic sample ballot. That is all! However, this program requires many volunteers.
July Meeting - Redistricting Reform: Here We Go Again. What's different? What's the same? And why should I care?
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Tuesday, Oct. 7 through Friday, Oct. 10 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Courts have ordered the restoration of the evening and weekend hours eliminated by our legislature, including the "golden week" when you can both register and vote at the same time. Take advantage of these additional hours lest we lose them again.


My test roll with the Konica C35 AF I bought at a thrift shop. Photos look good for a PHP500 camera. Really like the auto focus feature. And the pop-up flash is amazing, looks cool too.
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