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Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google". Google Analytics employs so-called "cookies", text files that are stored to your computer in order to facilitate an analysis of your use of the site.
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We have no control over the data that LinkedIn collects thereby, nor over the extent of the data that LinkedIn collects. Nor do we have any knowledge of the content of data transferred to LinkedIn. Details on data collection by LinkedIn as well as your rights in this regard and your browser setting options may be obtained from the LinkedIn data privacy policy, which may be accessed at: http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
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On our website we use components (videos) of YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, a company belonging to Google Inc., Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To this end, we use the " – enhanced data protection mode – " option provided by YouTube.
When you display a page that has an embedded video, a connection will be made to the YouTube server and the content will appear on the website via a communication to your browser.
According to the information provided by YouTube, in " – enhanced data protection mode -", data is only transferred to the YouTube server, in particular which of our websites you have visited, if you watch the video. If you are logged onto YouTube at the same time, this information will be matched to your YouTube member account. You can prevent this from happening by logging out of your member account before visiting our website.
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We promote the service Instagram on our website. Instagram is a service of Instagram Inc. By means of the integrated "Insta" button on our page, Instagram receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged into Instagram, Instagram may assign the visit to our site to your Instagram account and link the data by this means. The data transmitted by clicking the "Insta" button is stored by Instagram. You can find more information regarding the purpose and scope of data collection, its processing and use, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy in the Instagram data protection notice under https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388.
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For purposes of promotion, our website also employs the Google ad tool "Google-Adwords". As part of this, our website employs the analysis service "Conversion-Tracking" from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google". If you access our site by way of a Google ad, a cookie is placed on your computer. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser downloads and stores to your computer. These so-called "conversion cookies" cease to be active after 30 days and are not used to identify you personally. If you visit certain pages of our website while the cookie is still active, we and Google know that you, as user, have clicked on ads placed on Google and were redirected to our site.
Google uses the information obtained through "conversion cookies" to compile statistics for our website. These statistics tell us the total number of users who have clicked on our ad as well as which pages of our site were then accessed by each user. However, neither we nor other advertisers who use "Google-Adwords" receive any kind of information that can be used to personally identify users.
You can prevent the installation of "conversion cookies" by making the appropriate change to your browser settings, for example by setting your browser so that the automatic placement of cookies is deactivated or by blocking cookies from the domain "googleadservices.com".
You can obtain the relevant data privacy policy from Google at the following link:
Publication of vacancy announcements / job applications
We electronically collect and process your application data for the purpose of completing the application process. If your application results in the conclusion of an employment contract, the data collected from you may be stored in your personnel file for purposes of normal organizational and administrative processes in compliance with appropriate legal requirements.
Upon rejection of your application, data you have provided is automatically deleted two months after notification of rejection. This does not apply in such instances where, due to legal requirements (such as the burden of proof obligation stipulated in the Equal Treatment Act) a longer storage period is necessitated or when you expressly agreed to have your data stored for a longer period in our database of prospective applicants.
Information/Cancellation/Deletion
On the basis of the Federal Data Protection Act, you may contact us at no cost if you have questions relating to the collection, processing or use of your personal information, if you wish to request the correction, blocking or deletion of the same, or if you wish to cancel explicitly granted consent. Please note that you have the right to have incorrect data corrected or to have personal data deleted, where such claim is not barred by any legal obligation to retain this data.
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Namibia: Agribank to Finance Purchase of Breeding Stock for NCA Farmers
Aug 17, 2017 | Namibian; All Africa
The Agricultural Bank of Namibia will finance the purchase of female breeding stock as a way of boosting production in the northern communal areas of the country.
This was contained in the year-long agreement Agribank signed with the Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) two weeks ago. In terms of the agreement, Agri- bank will purchase the breeding stock from the NDC's Kavango Cattle Ranch (KCR), a statement issued by the bank said. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Agribank chief executive officer, Sakaria Nghikembua, said the agreement is just one of many initiatives that the bank has taken to widen access of communal farmers to financing. "As the Agricultural Bank, we have a duty to ensure inclusivity so that we can make a bigger developmental impact in our country." Extending financing to farmers in the NCA will no doubt improve their production output as food security at household level is one of the expected outcomes of the socio-economic development pillar of our strategic plan. "It is therefore imperative that we develop ways and means to cater for this distinct segment of our market", Nghikembua said. To ensure that more farmers benefit from the agreement, each farmer will be financed for a maximum 15 head of cattle. The purchase price of the cattle shall be either 80% of the market value as per weight class, which value is based on the prices obtained at the Grootfontein auction in the immediately preceding month, or a fixed rate of N$20 per kilogramme, whichever is the higher. Financing will be subject to Agribank's credit policy and upon approval, final livestock selection will be done between NDC and the farmer. The ownership of the livestock will pass on to the farmer and the animals will be released into his/her custody. NDC will then invoice Agribank for payment which will be made directly to the NDC. The acting managing director of NDC, Pieter de Wet, echoed Nghikembua's sentiments and added that as development partners accountable to the same sole shareholder, this effort of leveraging synergies could not have come at a more opportune time when excellence is expected to take centre stage in agricultural production. Read more on All Africa. Source: All Africa


After looking through all of the Twitter apps in the App Store, I had settled on Twitterific because it seemed to offer everything I was looking for and was nice to look at. The only problem is the frequent crashing when scrolling through tweets.
Then along came iTwitter. I noticed it was free and grabbed it to check it out. It was love at first sight. Okay, the looks really had nothing to do with it. I fell in love with the features (e.g. Push Notifications). The UI when viewing tweets could use some improvements!
iTwitter has yet to crash since day one. It does need some more features to be at the top, but I think it could happen since the developer, NibiruTech, has a UserVoice page to see what users are looking for. It shows the developer is listening and wants to improve.
iTwitter was the first Twitter app to include Push Notifications, but this is currently limited to only iTwitter users. I did read a comment by the developer that Push Notifications for all users is being worked on. This is great news!
If iTwitter doesn't see improvements soon, including Push Notifications for all users, I don't think many people will switch because they are already comfortable with the app they use and the cost of purchasing a new app, currently at $2.99. Yes, I did say I got the app for free, because it was available for free for a limited time.
iTwitter has a lot of features, including features I haven't seen in other apps. As long as the developer continues to improve, I think this app could be one of the top apps.
Push Notifications between iTwitter users.
Displays the number of new tweets to read inside the app.
View tweets of people nearby.
When writing a new tweet or reply, if you typed some text and cancel, you can go back and the text will be there. Some people might find that annoying, but I don't. This is the best feature!
Shows the original tweet below the reply.
If there is a link or a Twitter user (@name), when you touch the tweet, options will be displayed that allow you to reply, retweet, favorite or visit the link in the built-in browser or visit the Twitter user's 'profile'.
Touching a Twitter user's picture will display a few options and a short summary of their info. From here, you can follow or unfollow and send a direct message. Touch outside of the box and will disappear.
Mark all tweets as read.
View users you are following or those who are following you.
Landscape keyboard and in-line browser.
Customize the user home screen by moving around groups, saved searches, etc.
Cached tweets so everything loads faster.
Automatic refreshing of tweets so I don't have to manually refresh. Option to change the intervals of regular tweets, replies and direct messages are needed.
Push Notification needs to work with all users, regardless of which app they are using. Because again, some people aren't going to switch if they are happy with the one they have, which makes iTwitter users unhappy and more likely to switch to another Push Notification supporting app when one becomes available.
Push Notifications need to display who sent the reply or direct message. Option to change whether you want to see just who sent it, who sent it and the tweet, just the tweet, or just that you received a reply or direct message.
Remove the chat bubbles for each tweet and just put the tweets in plain boxes, similar to Twitterific and TweetDeck. I am not a fan of the chat bubbles and they take up too much space. I would like to see more tweets in a view.
Option to view read or unread tweets. Currently, if I read about half of them and still have the rest to read but I go to another screen and then I come back, I have to look at all the tweets I have read before I can view the unread ones.
The app icon should display the number of new replies and direct messages that were just pushed.
Include trending topics. Not really an important feature for me, since I don't really care about trending topics, but a lot of people seem to.
Replies and direct messages need their own color to separate them from regular tweets. Would be even more awesome if re-tweets could also have their own color.
Listing of followers and following is really slow. Should be cached and updated every so often.
List of followers needs to be fixed to allow me to view more. It currently only allows me to view around 65+.
Did you try iTwitter? If so, are you still using it?


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Kumamoto Tatsuda JHS Abusing Amazon Wishlist and Calling Online Critics Dumbfucks
gaijinhan | April 26, 2016 | News | No Comments
In a bid to aid the recovery efforts of Kumamoto, Amazon has created a wishlist function for victims of the disaster to request for items required. However, the city's Tatsuda Junior High School has caused an uproar after requesting for items exceeding 6 million yen (approx. USD55,000) that have nothing to do with the city or individual's recovery.
Below are the screenshots of some of their requests.
6 units of 40″ Sharp TV at 59,800 yen each
3 units of Panasonic digital camcorder at 73,500 yen each
2 units of Canon DSLR at 64,310 yen each
Instead things like clothes, drinks, food and other daily necessities, these requests are all for luxury items. Regarding this, the school's Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) responded on Facebook as follows.
In summary, the above content says that those seeking refuge and the elderly are lacking information source which is why they requested for expensive items like TV. It also includes digital camera and camcorders for the children when school reopens. The wishlist is just what they want to have and they are not expecting people to actually give it to them. Whether to buy it for them or not is up to other people. If they do get the items, they are very grateful.
To that, netizens feel that if they want the TV for the elderly and cameras to shoot videos and images of children, they can buy these items themselves. In representing the school to receive items for giving away to the elderly, 6 units of TV is an odd and small number.
And the school's requests gets bigger.
700 sets of pencils, post-it notes, and sketchbook
700 sets of pens, and other stationery in units of 100
Pencil case, and writing deskpads
Multi-colored pen, scissors
Compass, correction tapes, rulers
At such large volumes, netizens are claiming that they must be thinking of selling it. From the items requested, it seems that the school is not in need of any help with regard to daily living so they think Amazon should just close this service.
But surprise, surprise! People actually bought it for them.
Seeing this, the riled up netizens began to post comments that the school is making use of people's kindness by ordering things unrelated to Kumamoto's recovery.
To that, an involved personnel decided to start a fight online by calling these people dumbfucks (the original term アホ can be translated in a variety of ways but if you look at the context, you would understand why I chose the term "dumbfuck").
In summary, this guy is challenging the naysayers to go over to Kumamoto to look at the situation before commenting. He claims that after the area has gotten enough aid in terms of daily necessities, they decided to request for things that will enable children to have a smooth transition back to school life since those items were damaged during the earthquake. They have no intention to cheat people. These requests are solely at the discreet of the PTA and is in no way related to the school and Kumamoto city.
Even at the time of publishing, netizens have reported that more request of expensive items are being added to the Amazon site.
A look at the school (below) after the quake makes it hard for people to believe that they actually need 700 units each of so many types of stationery.
Netizens are wondering whether these expensive items such as DSLR and camcorders were properly kept in locked cabinets, and to whom were the six 40″ Sharp TVs distributed. Further, many of the items requested were related to brass band making many students of the school complain that other clubs in the school are not receiving any aid. From this, it would appear that the child(ren) of the PTA leader is in the brass band club.
After the dumbfuck comment drew hordes of criticism, the post has been removed and Facebook page set to private.
Source: Netgeek
Tags:abuse, Amazon, Amazon wishlist, Kumamoto earthquake, Kumamoto Tatsuda JHS, Kumamoto Tatsuda Junior High School, misuse, Tatsuda JHS, Tatsuda Junior High School
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Fritz Betzelbacher (Neu-Isenburg, Hessen, 18 d'octubre de 1935) és un expilot de motocròs alemany, guanyador del primer Campionat d'Europa de motocròs en la categoria de  mai disputat, el de 1957. Durant la seva carrera va practicar també l'enduro, havent pres part als ISDT de 1952 celebrats a Bad Aussee (Àustria).

El 1964, uns anys després de guanyar el seu campionat, Betzelbacher fou fitxat per  ensems amb Otto Walz, la qual cosa fou molt celebrada a l'època, ja que aquells anys, a l'estat espanyol, eren molt populars els acudits sobre uns tals Otto i Fritz. Formà part de l'equip oficial de Montesa uns quants anys, guanyant-hi proves importants com ara la prestigiosa cursa italiana Coppa Mille Dollari de 1966.

D'ençà de 1961 i durant tota la dècada del 1960, Betzelbacher va comercialitzar unes motocicletes de motocrós construïdes juntament amb Otto Walz i Georg Hauger sota la marca Wabeha (acrònim amb les inicials dels seus cognoms). Inicialment muntaven motors Maico i, més tard, Montesa, essent unes motos molt estables de les quals se'n vengueren diversos centenars. Amb els anys, tots tres esdevingueren importadors de Montesa a Alemanya (Otto Walz és actualment distribuïdor de  a la zona d'Emmendingen, a Baden-Württemberg).

Com a curiositat, la muller de Betzelbacher, a banda d'alta i molt afavorida era tan forta que l'ajudava a engegar la moto: Fritz hi pujava i ella l'empenyia.

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Taylor Swift performs in Omaha, Nebraska.
Taylor Swift has booked a guest role on the New Girl season finale. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Swift will play an "important guest" at key character Cece's (Hannah Simone) wedding. Few details were revealed, but given Schmidt's (Max Greenfield) tumultuous relationship with Cece, shenanigans seem likely.
New Girl – which also stars Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson and Lamorne Morris – wraps up its second season on May 14th. Swift last appeared on TV in a 2009 episode of CSI, and hosted Saturday Night Live that year in November. She also recently voiced the character Audrey in last year's film adaptation of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax.


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home Entertainment Some Facts to Know About Danny Jones Penniman, Little Richard's Son
Some Facts to Know About Danny Jones Penniman, Little Richard's Son
Published Sun May 10 2020 By Christina
Know some intriguing facts of the late musical mogul Richard Wayne Penniman son Danny Jones Penniman.
The music industry's been severely hit by the loss of an ultimate legend in the rock and roll fandom. The death of Little Richard has left fans mourning over like an era's come to an end. We can't help but reminisce all the exceptional pieces like 'Tutti Frutti,' 'Rip It Up,' 'Long Tall Sally,' 'Ready Teddy,' 'Lucille,' 'Send Me Some Lovin,' Good Golly, Miss Molly,' and many more that shall always remain close to our hearts.
If the death of such an impeccable musician brought grief over to someone besides us fans, it's got to be Little Richard's son, Danny Jones Penniman. Away from the limelight for most of his life, Danny is the adopted son of the singing sensation, Richard Wayne Penniman. So, let's get some insights on Little Richard's son, Danny Jones Penniman.
About Danny's Parents - Adopted Son of Danny Jones Penniman
Little Richard, throughout his life, was known for his frivolous relationships, sexuality, and religious beliefs. Regardless of all of these, he was married to only one woman in the course of his life. He was married for a brief five years with his wife, Ernestine Harvin.
Penniman and Harvin broke up due to Little Richard's celebrity status and his sexuality issues.
Photo Source: WBEZ
Even though his wife, Harvin, denied of his sexuality, it was loud and clear to the world that Penniman was gay as stated by Rolling Stone. In the midst of the marriage, the Penniman couple adopted a one-year-old kid, Danny Jones, from a late church associate. After the divorce, the couple went separate ways, and Ernestine remarried to her beau, McDonald Campbell, in Santa Barbara, California, on March 23, 1975.
Danny's Relationship With His Father
Even though Danny wasn't the biological child of his father, he adored Little Richard like no one else. The father and son duo were like no other out there. Penniman's son adored him and sometimes even acted as his bodyguard and followed him everywhere.
Little Richard's son, Danny was the one who made the news of his death public.
Photo Source: La Prensa Latina
Despite having a sensational American musician father, Danny never stepped on his father's limelight and kept to himself. All that we know about his professional works is that he is a professional rapper. But even his work is not publicly available under his own name.
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The son of rock and roll musician was living a happy and fulfilling life until the news of his father's demise surfaced. Little Richard was battling from health problems for several years when he recently died on May 9, 2020.
Net Worth of Danny Jones Penniman
If we look back to the works of Little Richard, he was the talk of the town since the mid-1950s, making him get called as 'The Architect of Rock and Roll,' 'The Innovator,' 'The Originator' and many more.
Did you know some of the big-name contemporaries like 'Elvis Presley,' 'Jerry Lee Lewis,' 'Everly Brothers,' 'Gene Vincent,' all recorded covers of his works?
Photo Source: All USA News Hub
Considering the fact that Danny is the only child of such an influential figure in music, it is viable to guess that all his net worth would automatically transform to his beloved son. It makes Danny the plausible holder of a massive $40 million net worth.
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Signs Discovery is a French non-lucrative Association founded in 2013 (1901 law).
Regarding the organisation of the association, there are no members in order to limit the administrative burden of the association but occasional contributors, all volunteers, who bring their know-how.
First, the association focuses on the design and subcontracts the development of the programs as well as the management of the technical part.
The second action of the association is to disseminate the application by providing training and, if necessary, acting as a consultant to promote the best utilisation of the application.
Both the application and the training are free of charge, provided that the beneficiaries respect the charter.
This charter is intended to ensure the sharing of knowledge. The project has two parts: the application as a set of functionalities (the programmes) and the contents (bank of signs, teaching tools). The first part is provided by Signs Discovery Association and the contents are to be provided by Organisations. It is important to note that all existing content can be transferred to Signs Discovery to fully benefit from the thematic classification and the level of difficulty. But also to centralise the organisation's documentary corpus and therefore offer a unique access to this corpus. These contents can be videos, written documents, photos, drawings, schemes with the possibility of linking them together (example: a video and its detailed content in a word document).
The interventions of Signs Discovery Association are subject to a contract that details the free parts and, if necessary, the parts that can give rise to donations.
The origin of this project lies in meetings in France and abroad, with specialised teachers, manager in companies, parents and children, but also in an observation of the difficulties of learning the sign language.
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package com.muatik.service;

import com.muatik.model.MyEntity;
import com.muatik.repository.MyEntityRepository;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.cache.annotation.CacheEvict;
import org.springframework.cache.annotation.CachePut;
import org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Created by mustafaatik on 20/01/17.
 */
@Service
public class MyEntityService {

    private Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass());

    private MyEntityRepository repository;

    public MyEntityService(MyEntityRepository repository) {
        this.repository = repository;
    }

    public Iterable<MyEntity> findAll() {
        logger.warn("finding all in database");
        return repository.findAll();
    }

    @Cacheable("entities")
    public Optional<MyEntity> findOne(Long id) {
        return findOneInDatabase(id);
    }

    @CachePut(value = "entities", key = "#result.id")
    public MyEntity save(MyEntity entity) {
        logger.warn("saving " + entity.getId() + " to database");
        return repository.save(entity);
    }

    @CacheEvict("entities")
    public void delete(long id) {
        logger.warn("deleting " + id);
        repository.delete(id);
    }

    public Optional<MyEntity> findOneInDatabase(long id) {
        logger.warn("finding " + id + " in database");
        return Optional.ofNullable(repository.findOne(id));
    }
}

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Brandy Souza is this week's featured Kitchen Views designer. You can view her portfolio here and her last blog post here.
Kitchens can usually be categorized by the above layouts. The L-Shape, the U-Shape and the Galley are the general layouts of kitchen spaces. The triangle describes the total measurement between the fridge, stove and sink. With the addition of many new appliances in some kitchens, that triangle now may represent the appliances you most use.
Other triangles to consider: What's the triangle from the TV to the refrigerator to the microwave and can you navigate to get beer and make popcorn during an NFL commercial? Or the veggie fridge to the prep sink to the steamer. Maybe two triangles are needed for two cooks – one for prep and cleanup and the other for cooking. The work triangle can include the most used appliances or workspace that the homeowner uses.
Whatever your kitchen planning needs, Kitchen Views can be there for you every step of the way!


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India leaves out 2011 heroes Yuvi, Viru from 2015 WC probables
Edited By Odishatv Bureau Published By PTI On Dec 4, 2014 - 4:44 PM
Mumbai: India's out-of-favour senior cricketers like Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir were on Thursday omitted from the 30-member probables list for next year's World Cup with the selectors reposing faith on the young guns to retain the title in Australia and New Zealand.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and pacer Zaheer Khan, who were a part of the 2011 World Cup winning team along with Sehwag, Yuvraj and Gambhir, were also left out of the list, putting a question mark on their future given that none of the five have featured in an ODI for the last one year.
Apart from the famed five, pacers Ashish Nehra and Munaf Patel, spinner Piyush Chawla and all-rounder Yusuf Pathan were also among the players axed from the list announced by BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel after a meeting of the selection committee.
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Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder Parveez Rasool, Uttar Pradesh spinner Kuldeep Yadav, batting duo of Manish Pandey and Kedar Jadhav along with spinner Axar Patel benefitted from the overhaul, riding on their consistent performance in the domestic circuit.
With the selectors opting to ignore the out-of-favour seniors, there were no major surprises on offer in the list of probables.
The selectors included all-rounder Stuart Binny and in-form batsman Manoj Tiwary and young wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson in the list which would be further pruned to 15 in early January ahead of the World Cup starting February 14.
Eleven players from the 2011 World Cup-winning squad will not be seen in action when the team goes Down Under to defend the trophy. While most of them have been ignored for poor form, Sachin Tendulkar has retired and pacer S Sreesanth has been banned for spot-fixing.


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Inspectors wanted: New Mexico sets sights on public health
updated Thu December 5, 2019
Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press | 11/29/2019
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — From taco stands to toxic waste, environmental regulators in New Mexico are tasked with inspecting tens of thousands of businesses, restaurants and industrial sites every year, but some officials are concerned that demand has far outpaced the number of available inspectors.
Environment Secretary James Kenney says the state Legislature needs to make a bigger investment to bolster the tools his agency has so it can meet its regulatory responsibilities.
"We have a direct correlation to public health and I think people don't often remember that is in the forefront of our mission — protecting public health and the environment," Kenney told The Associated Press this week.
Kenney is asking for an additional $8.8 million in state general funds and for flexibility to increase fees that would bring in more revenue from the permitting and other services the state environment department already provides.
The money would help pay for nearly 70 more employees and help the agency fill dozens of existing vacancies.
The request will be among many when the Legislature meets in January for a 30-day session to determine spending priorities. Another surplus is expected because of the continued record revenues coming from oil and gas drilling, but some lawmakers have warned that spending should be kept in check in case of a future downturn.
The environment department's request has the support of first-year Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who has spoken about curbing emissions from the oil and gas sector and creating new industries to offset reliance on drilling.
One of those burgeoning industries is hemp manufacturing.
The environment department is establishing the permitting and inspection infrastructure needed for the industry. Without legislative appropriations, Kenney said his agency has been forced to move inspectors from the food program to work on hemp and that has cost the state about $60,000 in federal grant money.
"That's happening time and time again to the point where we are not — I will say it — we are not sufficiently implementing our mission in a way that I think this department could and should," he said.
There are more than 9,200 food preparation and manufacturing spots that the environment department is responsible for inspecting. The current budget includes 22 full-time positions for the task.
That caseload has resulted in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration chiding the state for not having the capacity for follow-up inspections at problem sites.
"That's largely a staffing and budgetary issue," Kenney said. "We don't have the luxury of going back to these places to confirm that they made the recommendations to bring them into compliance."
The workload is just as high for inspectors overseeing drinking water sources, hazardous wastes, workplace safety, petroleum storage tanks and medical equipment, according to figures from the environment department.
When it comes to air emissions, the state has five inspectors to monitor 7,700 sources.
Despite the personnel shortage, the agency has turned to technology for help. Thousands of air inspections recently were done across New Mexico's portion of the Permian Basin using a helicopter and an infrared camera that can spot methane emissions.
"There comes a point where our staffing needs to rely on technology because the universe is so large," Kenney said. "We have to think that way. We don't have the luxury to not think that way."
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Five Super Powers of Effective Leaders!
Did you know that I once played the role of Superman? Recently I ran across photos taken 30 years ago from a short film we made promoting positive leadership qualities for youth leaders.
Whether you're a CEO, a parent or a mentor of any kind, I think you will find this post both fun and helpful. It's kind of a cross between Throwback Thursday, Lighten up Monday and Factual Friday. Enjoy the following photos illustrating five super powers of effective leaders.
Clark Kent needs to change clothes now!
Isn't it difficult when you know the answer to a problem, to let someone discover it on their own?
Doesn't it seem like a waste of time to watch someone learn a skill when you know you can do it faster and better yourself?
Isn't it easy to forget the mistakes we made as we matured as people and learned new skills?
It's so easy to make snap judgements about the mistakes our children or team make in the process of learning. But good leaders are patient!
Know when to let your cape show.
Effective leaders know when to temper their strength and when to let it show.
Effective leaders know when to leave the briefcase in the office and when to take it home.
They know when to flex their muscles (be Superman) and when to use a gentle approach (be Clark Kent).
They know the difference between good and evil, greed and graciousness.
It only takes a quick look at the news to discover that poor discernment is the Kryptonite that can destroy a leader, an organization, or a family in a heart beat. All leaders occasionally make mistakes but effective leaders make discerning decisions from a solid ethical and moral base.
Effective leaders are quick to recognize weakness in their own character or leadership style.
They are willing to make the changes that will enable them to get off the ground and flying again.
When a person stops improving the end is near!
4. Flexibility Effective leaders know that if you can't find a suitable phone booth, you need to get creative and use whatever is available.
I haven't seen a phone booth for years. I don't know where Superman would change clothes today, but I do know this. He would find a place!
If a leader's moral and ethical anchors are in place, she can move with confidence to make the changes necessary to keep up with a changing world.
With patience and discernment effective leaders carefully choose the goals worth pursuing.
With integrity, humility and flexibility effective leaders keep moving toward those goals and they don't give up!
What are your super strengths?
What areas do you need to strengthen to get off the ground?
What Super Powers have I missed?
God's timing is perfect! Love this truth! I joke about about brutal honesty as being my super power and that I need to use for good not evil. This puts it into a loving, Godly perpespective.


Adam Kokesh has been inspiring thousands of people for ten years. Certainly, he has been very influential in my views towards Voluntaryism. In this video, you will see me, Luis Fernando Mises, opening the event and introducing Adam.
In his speech, Adam makes several important and strong points about his run for not President and explains how he has been winning people over and imparting education about the nature of the state. Please, watch this very interesting presentation from his #TaxationIsTheft tour as he stopped in North Texas and let us know what you think.
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Thomas Smith, Humfrey Wanley, and the "Little-Known Country" of the Cotton Library
Eileen Joy (see profile)
Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Library & Information Science, Medieval Studies
Bibliography, English literature--Old English, Libraries, History, Library education, Archives--Study and teaching, Intellectual life
Old English literature, Library history, Library and Archival Studies, Intellectual history
http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M63B5W766
Although there were many handwritten, often informal catalogues of Sir Robert Cotton's manuscripts and books during his lifetime and in the years afterwards, the desire for an official printed catalogue which could be circulated in the public realm did not really bear fruit until the late 1600s. And when two versions finally did appear -- the Reverend Thomas Smith's in 1696 and Humfrey Wanley's in 1705 -- they represented the fruits of bibliographic labours undertaken with great care and anxiety over the individual mastery of a summum of texts delimited by the contingencies (social, political, economic, geographical, and otherwise) of time and place, as well as over the perceived importance of indexing and preserving a national literary heritage well before the academic disciplines of systematic bibliography, literary history, or English studies even existed. In the often fractious relationship between Smith and Wanley, a productive convergence resulted that helped pave the way for a new union bibliography, and the evidence would seem to suggest that when it came to the conception and articulation of the necessity for a universal comparative catalogue in the early modern period, Wanley was the chief (if often underappreciated) conscience of English bibliography.
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Phone updated to android 9. Since then when i am driving i no longer he notifications. Was working fine before update so obviously something has changed since the update.
I was driving the other day daughter sent message. I arrived home had no idea she had messaged half hour earlier.
Ps. for those who want to say you shoudlnt sms and drive I dont. But if I hear a message come through I can at least pull over and view it. But if I dont know its coming through well.
Pss. Can google please look at how windows phone handle hands free sms and adopt that. Surely they have the smarts.
Have you set a special sound for your daughter's SMS, or is it the default SMS sound?
Pss. I'm not sure Google is following this forum.
no nothing special happens to all msgs that was just an example..
Go to Settings, Notifications and check that they are correct. In the future, you can initiate and respond to text messages with Google voice. Say Okay Google, send a text message. Good luck.
1. Check that you have a tone selected for notifications (in Settings), And that it's not some number - that would indicate that whatever sound file you had chosen before is no longer on the phone, so select another one.
2. Check that you have notification sound enabled in your SMS app.
3. Make sure that your Notifications volume is all the way up.
5. We're not Google. We can't fix anything. And the odds of Google checking the forum are pretty small. Use Feedback (in Settings) to notify them.
2. I use default messaging app that came with the phone. I get notification sounds when getting sms unless connected to my car .
4. I dont get them while in the car and the phone is paired to it. So if i am in the car listening to the radio which i often do. or using usb stick again which i often do, I dont get the notification sound. I need to be looking at my phone to see it light up. But obviously I am driving I dont want to do that. My car has an option for BT streaming and if i am set to this yes i hear the notifictaion. But most times I dont BT stream. prefer radio.


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Q: -Ofast produces incorrect code while using long double #include <cstdio>

int main(void)
{
    int val = 500;
    printf("%d\n", (int)((long double)val / 500));
    printf("%d\n", (int)((long double)500 / 500));
}

Obviously it should output 1 1. But if you compile it with -Ofast, it will output 0 1, why?
And if you change 500 to other values (such as 400) and compile with -Ofast, it will still output 1 1.
Compiler explorer with -Ofast: https://gcc.godbolt.org/z/YkX7fB
It seems this line causes the problem.

A: -Ofast

Disregard strict standards compliance. -Ofast enables all -O3 optimizations. It also enables optimizations that are not valid for all standard-compliant programs. It turns on -ffast-math, -fallow-store-data-races and the Fortran-specific [...]

-ffast-math

Sets the options -fno-math-errno, -funsafe-math-optimizations, -ffinite-math-only, -fno-rounding-math, -fno-signaling-nans, -fcx-limited-range and -fexcess-precision=fast.
This option causes the preprocessor macro __FAST_MATH__ to be defined.
This option is not turned on by any -O option besides -Ofast since it can result in incorrect output for programs that depend on an exact implementation of IEEE or ISO rules/specifications for math functions. It may, however, yield faster code for programs that do not require the guarantees of these specifications.

Conclusion: Don't use -ffast-math unless you are willing to get surprises like the one you've gotten now.

A: With -Ofast, -ffast-math is enabled, which can cause some operations to be calculated in a different and faster way. In your case, (long double)val / 500) can be calculated as (long double)val * (1.0L / 500)). This can be seen in the generated assembly when you compare -O2 and -Ofast for the following function:
long double f(long double a)
{
    return a / 500.0L;
}

The assembly generated with -O2 involves fdiv instruction, while the assembly generated with -Ofast involves fmul instruction, see https://gcc.godbolt.org/z/58VHxb.
Next, 1/500, that is, 0.002, is not representable by long double exactly. Therefore, some rounding occurs and, seemingly, in your case, this rounding happens to be down. This can be checked by the following expression:
500.0L * (1.0L / 500.0L) < 1.0L

which is evaluated as true: https://gcc.godbolt.org/z/zMcjxJ. So, the exact stored multiplier is 0.002 - some very small delta.
Finally, the result of the multiplication is 500 * (0.002 - delta) = 1 - some small value. And when this value in converted into int, it's truncated, therefore the result in int is 0.

A: Even if the shown program snippet has a 'problem', it is the wrong way to work with floating point numbers anyway.
You, more or less, ask the program if a floating point number has an 'exact value' - in this case of '1'. Ok, to be more precise - if the value is '< 1' or '>= 1' for a value which is 'around' 1 - so exactly around the dividing limit of the two answers. But as the others have already written (or can easily be found in wikipedia, ...) floating point numbers have just limited precision. So such deviations can and will happen.
So, coming to a conclusion: You should always use rounding when doing floating point to integer conversions, i.e. '(int) round (floating_point_value)'.
PS. Contrary what others maybe say or recommend - I don't see any problem with -ffast-math calculations at all. The only 'problem' would be when (bitwise) comparing the results of some program after letting it run on different computers.
I do all my (scientific) calculations with -ffast-math (actually -Ofast). But that has never been a problem so far - since I expect floating point numbers to have some rounding errors (this is true, regardless if using -ffast-math or not) - but that's all, as far as I know.  Since I typically use 64bit floating points (double) this means, the calculations are precise to around 15 to 17 decimal digits - and the last (few) of them are inflicted with these inaccuracies - still giving me lots of 'accurate' digits - say - more than 13, depending on how complicate my calculations are.

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In the Aleinu prayer, we ask God "to repair the world under the rule of God" (l'taken olam b'malchut Shadai). But we can't expect God to do all the work without our help! Jewish tradition teaches that we are partners with God in the repair of the world. It is up to us to turn the words of our prayers into action to make the world a better place.
Since 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade has protected a woman's right to make her own decisions about her body when she becomes pregnant. That right, however, is under threat from a new anti-choice majority on the U.S. Supreme Court that may be ready to chip away – or take away – a woman's reproductive rights.
In Rhode Island, we have reason to be worried. The Rhode Island state laws that made abortion illegal before Roe are still on the state's law books. Currently, they are unenforceable, but they would again be the law of the land if Roe is overturned. This is why we need the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA).
RHCA does two things: first, it puts reproductive rights into Rhode Island state law, and second, it repeals several Rhode Island laws that have been ruled to be unconstitutional under Roe. It would guarantee reproductive rights in Rhode Island as they exist now, no matter what the Supreme Court does.
On January 15, the RHCA was introduced in the Rhode Island House of Representatives with a record 39 cosponsors, a majority of the House. A companion bill will soon be introduced in the Senate with a record 17 cosponsors. Polling data tells us that 71% of Rhode Islanders support codifying Roe v. Wade into state law. However, opponents of reproductive rights are inundating legislators with anti-choice emails, which can skew lawmaker's perceptions about public sentiment.
STEP 1: Click here to send Planned Parenthood's letter to members of the Rhode Island House and Senate telling them to pass the Reproductive Health Care Act.
STEP 2: "Like" Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island on Facebook.
STEP 3: Click here to sign up for the "Prayer is Not Enough" Facebook page.
The Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty will hold its 11th Annual Interfaith Vigil under the State House dome on Tuesday, January 8, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM. It is one of the most important events of the year to advance legislation in the General Assembly for affordable housing, food for the hungry, health care, access to education, and decent work at fair wages.
• find – and offer – inspiration and encouragement in the struggle for economic justice.
STEP 1: Sign up for the Interfaith Coalitions mailing list here.
STEP 2: "Like" the Coalition's page on Facebook.
STEP 3: Mark your calendars, invite others, and attend the Vigil on January 8 at the State House! Please contact Victoria at RIinterfaithcoalition@gmail.comor 401.421.4111 ext. 161 with any questions.
STEP 4: Click here to sign up for the "Prayer is Not Enough" Facebook page.
We have seen in recent weeks how the federal government is stepping up efforts to demonize immigrants, to separate children from immigrant families, and to deport undocumented immigrants – even those who have been living in the country for may years, who have paid their taxes, and who have committed no crimes. This has created a crisis in the immigrant community and a crisis for civil rights in the United States.
In response to this crisis, First Unitarian Church in Providence has created a Sanctuary space to welcome guests who are at risk for deportation. In support of the Sanctuary, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island is hosting a training for those who are interested in being volunteers at First Unitarian Church's Sanctuary efforts. The training will be on Tuesday, July 10, from noon to 1:30 PM at the Jewish Alliance.
STEP 1: Sign up to participate in the training on July 10, from noon to 1:30 PM at the Jewish Alliance. Send an email to Stephanie Hague at shague@jewishallianceri.org to RSVP.
STEP 2: Make a donation for the maintenance of the Sanctuary. Send checks to First Unitarian Church, 1 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI 02906. Put the word "Sanctuary" in the check memo.
Times are difficult for Dreamers. In 2012, the U.S. adopted a new policy called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that allows some undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children – called "Dreamers" – to receive a renewable status that would protect them from deportation and allow them to apply for work permits. Although DACA does not give these young people a path toward U.S. citizenship, it does offer them a legal status. Now, however, the future of the DACA program is in doubt. President Trump repealed DACA last year, leaving Dreamers in a legal limbo until the issue is settled by the courts.
Legislation in the Rhode Island General Assembly – S2678 in the Senate and H7982 in the House – would assure Dreamers who have received protection under DACA the right to get a drivers license in the state. The licenses would allow Dreamers to drive to school or to work without fear of arrest. However, the special licenses would not be valid for voting, boarding airplanes, or entering federal facilities. The legislation would give these young immigrants a chance to continue their lives in Rhode Island uninterrupted while the political and legal battles are settled. There are about 1,200 DACA recipients in Rhode Island.
As Jews, we care about this issue because many of us have stories about our own family members who came to America as immigrants. We know, and our tradition teaches us, the importance of welcoming the stranger and of making our country a place that treats people humanely and compassionately, just as we wish to be treated.
Versions of the legislation allowing driver's licenses for Dreamers have been passed in both the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives. However, the two bills are not identical and the House must modify its bill to match the Senate version. We need to make sure that Speaker Mattiello brings the bill up for a vote on the chamber floor before the end of the session by the end of this week.
STEP 2: Reply to this email to report on what response you heard from your lawmakers and from your lawmakers' staff.
That's it! Your advocacy makes a huge difference!
Rhode Island is facing a growing housing crisis. Apartments have gotten so expensive that half of all renters must spend more than 30% of their income on rent. It's unsustainable and it's getting worse. In the last eight years, the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the state increased almost twice as fast as average income. Renters who earn the median income cannot afford to rent the average two-bedroom apartment in any city or town in Rhode Island.
One way we try to help people pay rent is through federal Housing Choice Vouchers (commonly called "Section 8"). Under the program, renters pays 30% of their income and the voucher covers the rest of the rent. Currently, 9,300 Rhode Island households receive assistance through the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
But, here's the problem: After waiting sometimes years to receive their vouchers, many people find that they cannot find a landlord who will accept them because landlords are allowed to discriminate against people with housing vouchers. Some landlords put this discrimination in black and white in advertisements that say "No Section 8."
What can be done? Rhode Island should pass legislation that makes it illegal for landlords to deny applicants solely based on their source of income. Thirteen states and Washington D.C., plus 62 counties and municipalities already have such laws, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont.
Every prospective tenant deserves to be considered based on their qualifications, not on stereotypes about their source of income. This legislation would not apply to owner-occupied buildings with three or fewer units, and would not prevent landlords from asking about a tenant's level of income. Protecting voucher recipients from discrimination will help meet Rhode Island's housing needs in a time of crisis, and it will increase housing opportunities for low-income renters at no cost to the state.
STEP 1: Call Speaker Mattiello at 401-222-2466. Tell the person who answers the phone, "I would like to leave a message for the Speaker urging him to bring The Source of Income Bill (H7528) to the floor of the House for a vote." The Speaker is the biggest single obstacle to getting this law passed.
Need to Go to the Floor for a Vote!
Despite major school gun massacres this year in Florida and Texas, the leadership of the Rhode Island House of Representatives is STILL holding important gun safety legislation "for further study," i.e., preventing a vote on the floor. Tell Speaker Mattiello that thoughts and prayers are not enough. The time for study is over. NOW IT'S TIME FOR ACTION. The Assault Weapons Ban, the Safe Schools Act, and the High Capacity Magazine Ban must go to the floor of the House and Senate for a vote.
Assault weapons, such as the AR-15, are the weapon of choice for most mass shooters. These weapons feature high-velocity bullets and quickly replaceable magazines. Modeled after military weapons, commercially available assault weapons are particularly deadly. Emergency room physicians report that shootings involving assault weapons are far less survivable than those involving handguns or other rifles. Rhode Island lags behind our neighboring states in banning assault weapons. The time to ban them here is now.
This bill would prohibit concealed carry firearms from Rhode Island K-12 schools except for police and resource officers. Right now, Rhode Island is one of only four states that generally allow concealed cary permit holders to bring firearms on K-12 school grounds. The Rhode Island State Police and the Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association support this legislation. Law enforcement officials know that only trained police and peace officers should be armed in schools. It's time to restrict guns from schools.
Magazines of more than ten rounds serve only one purpose – to allow a shooter to hit as many targets as possible in a short amount of time. They make it easier to kill lots of people quickly. There is no reason why anyone would need a high-capacity magazine for any other purpose, including self-defense. Rhode Island already limits the number of rounds in deer hunting to five and for duck hunting to three. Right now, there is no limit on rounds for those who want to shoot people. Magazines of more than ten rounds have no place in Rhode Island and should be banned.
STEP 1: Call Speaker Mattiello TODAY at 401-222-2466. Tell the person who answers the phone, "I would like to leave a message for the Speaker urging him to bring The Safe Schools Act (H7591), the Assault Weapon Ban (H7766), and the High Capacity Magazine Ban (H7645) to the floor of the House for a vote." The Speaker is the biggest single obstacle to getting these laws passed.
STEP 2: Send an email to the leaders of the General Assembly and your own Representative and Senator by clicking here.
STEP 3: Reply to this email to report on what response you heard from your lawmakers and from your lawmakers' staff.
According to a 2017 Pew Research Center poll, Rhode Island voters support keeping abortion safe and legal by an overwhelming TWO-to-ONE margin! Yet, the General Assembly has still not repealed the anti-abortion laws that were ruled unconstitutional 46 years ago by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade.
The Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA - S2163/H7340) would establish the principles of Roe v. Wade into Rhode Island law and repeal the state's unconstitutional and unenforceable restrictions on abortion. There is an urgent need to pass the RHCA. Rhode Island received an "F" grade in the 2016 NARAL Pro-Choice America report on state laws, and Rhode Island is rated as "hostile" to abortion rights by Guttmacher Institute.
The U.S. Supreme Court is now one vote away from an anti-Choice majority that could repeal Roe v. Wade and mandate the enforcement of our state's anti-abortion laws. The time to repeal these laws is now, before a vacancy on the Supreme Court makes this a "third rail" issue that the politicians will be too frightened to touch.
STEP 1: Call Speaker Mattiello today at 401-222-2466. Tell the person who answers the phone, "I would like to leave a message for the Speaker urging him to bring the Reproductive Health Care Act (H7340) to the floor of the House for a vote." The Speaker is the biggest single obstacle to getting this law passed.
STEP 2: Write to or call your State Senator and Representative today and ask them to support the Reproductive Health Care Act (S2163 / H7340). You can find who represents your district by clicking here. You can get a sample letter to send to your lawmakers by clicking here.
STEP 3: Attend the public hearing on the Reproductive Health Car Act before the House Judiciary Committee at the State House on Tuesday, April 10, from 3:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Share the Facebook event on your social media. If you would like to testify to the Committee in person or in writing to share your own stories about the need to keep abortion safe and legal, sign up here.
STEP 4: Reply to this email to report on what response you heard from your lawmakers and from your lawmakers' staff.
STEP 5: Click here to sign up for the "Prayer is Not Enough" Facebook page.
Assault weapons, like the AR-15 used in this week's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are designed to kill human beings quickly and efficiently. They have been the weapons of choice in some of America's most horrific mass shootings, including those at the Los Vegas Strip, at a San Bernardino social service agency, at the Orlando Pulse nightclub, at Virginia Tech, and at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
There was a federal ban on assault weapons from 1994 to 2004. This law defined assault weapons as semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns able to accept detachable magazines and with military-style features. Despite the fact that the federal ban had significant loopholes, the share of gun crimes committed with assault weapons declined during the ban. Studies show that the rise in the number and lethality of public mass shootings coincides with the growing number of military-style weapons in the civilian market. Seven states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws banning assault weapons. It is time for Rhode Island to do so, too.
That's it! Your phone call makes a huge difference!
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, the President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, gave the keynote address at the 2017 Biennial Convention of the Union for Reform Judaism. His address, "We Need a Moral Breakthrough," set an agenda for confronting poverty in America from the standpoint of moral religious leadership. Temple Sinai showed this video of the speech at the reception following our annual Martin Luther King Day service on Friday, January 19th. Rev. Barber's speech begins at 6:25 on the video.
Protect the Stranger. Love thy Neighbor.
for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
The Reform Movement's Religious Action Center (The RAC), in partnership with URJ Youth, is mobilizing in an effort to help pass a clean Dream Act, which would grant permanent residence status on a conditional basis and provide a pathway to citizenship for DREAMers who attend college, work in the U.S. or serve in the military.
Congress has repeatedly failed to act to protect DREAMers, allowing an average of 122 DACA recipients to lose their status and protections every day. Those who will decide the fate of DREAMers, whether through action or inaction, need to hear from us now.
STEP 1: Use the RAC's call-in tool to urge your elected officials to pass the #DreamActNow.
The RAC worked with United We Dream to create a call-in tool that connects you directly to your senators and representatives. Just text RAC4DREAM to 877877 on a mobile phone and enter your email and zip code. You'll immediately receive a call and be given step-by-step instructions. Access call scripts and other resources to help with your calls. These calls are vital to keeping up the pressure in Washington.
STEP 2: Amplify this effort on social media.
All Reform Movement institutions have joined the effort on social media with the hashtag #Faith4Dream. To make the biggest impact, we must show our power in numbers. Please forward, retweet, and repost. Every post matters. Follow the RAC on Twitter and like the RAC on Facebook now to stay up-to-date on the Dream Act.
STEP 3: Sending a message to your elected official through the RAC website.
Visit rac.org/DreamAct to send a targeted email to your elected officials right now. Note: adding an anecdote or explanation of your interest in the issue makes these emails more compelling and personal.
Hurricane Harvey Houston Day Camp: Yesterday (August 31st), the inspiring and hardworking staff of URJ Greene Family Camp opened Hurricane Harvey Houston Day Camp. In partnership with the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston and a facility provided by Congregation Emanu El in Houston, the camp is providing local children the opportunity to have fun with other kids from across Houston, while giving parents the time and space to take care of their homes, cars, and other responsibilities after this difficult week.
URJ Greene Family Camp: Located in Bruceville, Texas, URJ Greene Family Camp is open to displaced storm victims seeking shelter. Camp has been open since Monday, August 28, and is providing families with housing, food, air conditioning, internet, and electricity. There are currently a handful of families at camp, but that number is expected to rise as people from the most impacted area are able to travel. Further details are available on the camp's website.
Partners in relief work: The URJ is working closely with partners in the Jewish Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (JVOAD), especially the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and NECHAMA.
The best advice from those directly involved in working with flood victims is that donations to relief organizations or gift cards are preferable to shipping food or clothing. It is difficult and inefficient to match up victims' needs with specific donations.
STEP 3: Subscribe to the "Prayer is Not Enough" email list at the top of this page and Click here to sign up for the "Prayer is Not Enough" Facebook page. That way, you will receive updated information on what you can do to help people in need and how you can make a difference in supporting Israel, confronting racism, reducing poverty, and many other issues related to Jewish values.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has capitulated to the ultra-Orthodox in the most serious blow in years to relations between Israel and American Jews. Last week, the Israeli government reneged on a deal negotiated over four years to create a space at the Western Wall where non-Orthodox Jews could worship with men and women together. The deal would not have taken a single centimeter away from the current spaces where Orthodox men and women pray separately.
The government's decision is a humiliating blow to millions of non-Orthodox Jews in Israel and throughout the world who wish to pray at the Western Wall as they do at their home synagogues. Perhaps more importantly, this decision sends a message to American Reform and Conservative Jews that the State of Israel just does not care about them. It further alienates young American Jews from the State of Israel at just the time when they need to be reassured that Israel respects and will reflect their values.
The government's reasons for doing this are purely political. Prime Minister Netanyahu needs the support of the small ultra-Orthodox political parties to sustain his precarious government. To stay in power, he has shown that he is willing to sell out the American Jewish community. We need to let him know that heavy price he will pay for going back on his word.
STEP 2: Reply to this email to let us know that you have sent a message and to report back on any response you may receive from the Consul General.
That's it! Your email message makes a huge difference!
Passage of Gov. Raimondo's Justice Reinvestment proposal is coming down to the last few hours of the 2017 General Assembly. There is still work to be done. I hope you can take a moment in the next hour to make an important phone call.
The Justice Reinvestment Package is a series of bills that would promote significant reform to the parole system. Currently Rhode Island has one of the longest parole average times in the nation. The Governor's proposal would give parolees a reasonable chance to reenter life after incarceration. Other improvements include compensation for victims, and providing treatment for mental illness and addiction.
Last year, the proposal died when Speaker Mattiello did not bring it forward for a vote on the last day of the session. We don't want to see that happen again! Your call could make a huge difference.
It's easy. Please call Speaker Mattiello's office at 401-222-2466 and just say, "I would like to ask the Speaker to support passage of the Justice Reinvestment Package." That's it!
You may have seen people wearing orange today to honor victims of gun violence and as a symbol of taking action to help stop gun violence in our community. At our Shabbat services, we will pray for a just and a peaceful world, but we know that prayer is not enough. If you would like to take action against gun violence, you may wish to make a phone call to RI House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello to ask him to support the Protect Rhode Island Families Act (HB 5510), that would protect women and families from gun violence by keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers.
STEP 1: Call Speaker Mattiello at 401-222-2466. Tell the person who answers the phone, "I would like to leave a message for the Speaker urging him to support legislation to protect women and families by taking guns out of the hands of the perpetrators of domestic violence."
A high school education is no longer sufficient to prepare Rhode Islanders for jobs in the 21st century. Some education beyond high school is the new minimum.
What is more, Rhode Islanders WANT to be able to attend college. Ninety percent of high school seniors say that they want to go to college, but only 65% actually do. The only thing that keeps most of them out of higher education – and that keeps our state from educating people for real jobs – is tuition. Our challenge is to make sure that every Rhode Island student who is willing to work hard has equal access to college, regardless of income.
The Promise Rhode Island program supported by members of the General Assembly and Governor Raimondo would provide a free associate's degree and will cut the cost of a four-year degree in half for every Rhode Island resident, starting with the class of 2017. It would provide free tuition at CCRI for two years and free tuition and fees for the junior and senior year at RIC and URI.
STEP 1: Call your state Senator and Representative and ask them to support the Governor Raimondo's Promise Rhode Island proposal for free college tuition. You can find out who your legislators are by clicking here for the RI Secretary of State's website (If you choose "Look Up General Voter Information," you don't have to enter your name or date of birth). Just enter your address and zip code, click on "Look up My Voter Information," and find links for your Senator and your Representative in the General Assembly. Once you have their contact information, save it to call again in the future.
"Please tell the Representative/Senator that I am asking for his/her support for the Governor's free college tuition plan. Rhode Island needs to prepare our young people for real jobs, and that requires at least some college. The Governor's plan in an investment in our future to extend the promise of free public education through college."
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority discontinued its program of no-fare bus passes for elderly and disabled passengers. Before the program was discontinued, about 12,000 low-income seniors and people with disabilities relied on it to meet basic transportation needs, including access to grocery stores, food banks, shelters, community programs, religious services, recovery meetings, volunteer opportunities, libraries, support groups and much more. Jewish tradition teaches us that we are obligated to care for the poor and the most vulnerable members of our society.
The impact of this change was featured in an article in the Providence Journal on March 26, 2017.
PAWTUCKET, R.I. – …In February the Rhode Island Transportation Authority ended a program that provided free bus passes for seniors and riders with disabilities. Passengers who have enjoyed free bus rides for at least 20 years, now pay 50 cents per ride. (Regular bus fare is $2).
RIPTA expects the change will capture an additional $3.3 million in fares each year, said Barbara Polichetti, a spokeswoman for the agency.… But the change is forcing many to "make choices about very basic needs," said Mary Moore, an administrator at the McAuley House in Providence.
Sonia Cortes, 54, mulled one such decision over a tray of roasted chicken and potatoes at Amos House Tuesday afternoon. Should she pay 50 cents and take a RIPTA bus to her psychiatrist's office, she wondered aloud, or save her quarters and walk two miles home to Silver Lake so she can afford a hot meal later? She picked the dinner, she said, because gnawing hunger often overpowers her psychological pain. Cortes said she's supposed to take the bus downtown three times a week to meet her doctor, but hasn't been able to maintain the schedule. "Sometimes I just stay home ... I don't want to see nobody," she said, looking down at her cooling tray.
Moore said 200 fewer people attended afternoon programs — such as tutoring, financial counseling, recovery counselor and social gathering — in February compared with January. Ann Wiard, the director of Good Neighbors in East Providence, said her meal count fell by more than 1,000 during the same period. And, Adrienne Marchetti, who runs the Pawtucket Soup Kitchen, said she served 527 less meals in February than she did in January.
"Please tell the Governor that I am asking for action to restore the RIPTA no-fare bus pass program for elderly and disabled riders. Our state should not be a place where the most vulnerable people are forced to choose between basic transportation needs and a hot meal."
STEP 2: Call your state Senator and Representative with the same message. You can find out who your legislators are by clicking here for the RI Secretary of State's website (If you choose "Look Up General Voter Information," you don't have to enter your name or date of birth). Just enter your address and zip code, click on "Look up My Voter Information," and find links for your Senator and your Representative in the General Assembly. Once you have their contact information, save it to call again in the future.


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"On Monday, 16th July 2012 at approx 1515hrs, I was heading east of A361. I had passed the Swimbridge junction when I passed a field of sheep. On a hillock, 15m from the roadway I sighted a wild cat, brown black with pointed black-tipped ears in the 'strike' position. I grew up in Western Canada where cougars and bobcats were regularly sighted and the dimensions of this creature were markedly similar including a long curling tail. With no stopping point and given my previous experience in distancing myself from such creatures, I pulled in at the first layby, Welcombe Copse, and phoned the police. The constable asked for a description and said that emergency vehicles and the RSPCA would be called. A mixed message if ever there was one as I had been instructed never to go into the BC forests alone without a rifle or hunting knife and in the company of our Alsatian! I knew nothing about the veracity of the Beast of Exmoor as having lived in London for forty years I had been fed the line that no such beasts existed in the UK. However, I reflected that young male cougars will often risk being sighted during summer months as deer move into the hills and the cats look for other sources." Linda Napier-Burrows, 16th July 2012.
"On Tuesday 12 October we were driving from Dulverton to Lynmouth around mid to late morning across the moors when we saw the black panther run across the road and stood on top of the hedge so we had a very clear sighting of it. We were well out into the moors no properties in sight." K. Whitrow, 14th October 2010
"This may be somewhat irrelevant to the Somerset area, but just want to confirm that now I believe that such beasts do roam the English countryside. I live on the Isle of Wight. A few years ago, at about 5 am on a frosty February morning, I was outside my horse's stable, waiting for a friend's horsebox to come and fetch us. It the sky was clear and there was an almost full moon. In the field opposite (about 30 feet away), outlined against the frosty ground, I saw a black animal. Initially I thought, it was a dog or a fox, but it had a long tail with a round end and it walked like a cat. It stopped briefly, looked at me and moved on. Quite scary. Many other people have seen it too. It is known locally as "The Big Cat". I think we better believe that these creatures exist." Anna-Marie Dover, 3rd October 2010
"On Sunday July 30th at 23.35pm I was driving from Barnstaple to Minehead and was half way between Exford and Wheddon Cross and a Black Cat just a bit bigger than an Alsation dog ran out from one side of the road to the other it stopped in the road as I drove towards it of and home and hesitated for a second and went to go back into the hedge it initially appeared from but then climbed the opposite hedge facing towards Dunkery, it looked directly at me and its eyes were emerald green and its tail was the length of the body if not longer with a rounded tip. I've worked on the National Park for 7 years never saw anything like it before and never believed it until now" Mark, 4th August 2010
"I saw what was probably the Exmoor beast between Wiveliscombe and Bampton early this morning. Crossed the road in front of my car. Looked more like a large wolf than a big cat. Bloody scary!" John Petts, 19th March 2010
"Hi, Just thought I would write a quick email to report a sighting of a
black Panther like creature yesterday. Whilst driving between
Tiverton and Barnstaple 2-3 miles before the South Molton roundabout
on the North Devon link road at 12.10 my mother who was sat in the
front passenger seat suddenly said "there's a black Panther!" pointing
to the right, looking up a steep incline to my right sure enough
there it was, a large black Panther walking along the line of a
hedge. The distance was approximately 30 - 40m from the road. The
thing that really caught the eye was the sun shining on its glossy
jet black coat, the grass was short making it easy to get a clear
view and not mistake it for a domestic black cat, It was much too
large (at least 2 - 2.5x larger than a cat would be at that distance).
We are both 100% certain the creature we saw was a Panther.
I've always had doubts that sightings people have said they have seen
were real, now I know for certain there is a big cat out there and
feel privileged to have caught a glimpse of it. It's making the hair
stand up on the back of my neck now as I type this, I can't believe
I've seen one." Paul Barham, 22nd March 2009
"I've seen a savage looking black wild animal several times in the Simonsbath area. Farmers and locals in this area know the beast exists, and so do their sheep! A pet cat as some townies say the beast is couldn't kill and rip apart sheep." Michael Chase, 10th January 2009
"A big cat or several cat-like animals live on Exmoor. This cannot be doubted. I have seen them." Jack Foster, 12th December 2008
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March 26, 2009 Illinois will get $30 million for the 29 counties affected by floodwaters.
The funds are intended to provide social and health services for individuals and families impacted by severe storms.
"With this funding, thousands of Illinoisans will get needed help to recover from the devastating storms and flooding of last year," said Governor Quinn.


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Fifteen to Finish program promotes faster college graduation rates
Photo by Alex Wiederspiel
FSU junior Taylor Raby (center) talking with students before Thursday's group discussion.
By MetroNews Staff in News | November 06, 2016 at 2:25PM
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Fairmont State junior and Boone County native Taylor Raby is glad she's able to handle a full-time schedule–something that some students either aren't able to or choose not to do.
"I thought it was really important just to be able to graduate on time," she said. "I'm actually going to be able to graduate early, hopefully."
The upperclassmen was one of nine students to talk with Dr. Paul Hill, Chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, on Thursday during a sit-down meeting to emphasize the importance of taking at least fifteen credit hours each semester.
"In our initial survey across the state of West Virginia–all of the public colleges and universities–we found that 42 percent of the students were not taking 15 or more hours per semester," Dr. Hill said.
"We think there's probably a good percentage of those students that could finish faster, really achieve their career goals much sooner, if they were a little bit more focused on taking those hours."
Raby agrees. That's why she is advocating for the 'Fifteen to Finish' program, which is a feature of College Foundation of West Virginia.
"I just want to help them promote it because it's a good program," she said. "And, you know, it's less money if you graduate in four years."
Reducing college costs is a common theme at a time when student loan debt, now at 1.2 trillion dollars, has surpassed credit card debt in the United States.
"They might run out of their scholarship money at that point," he said. "They're not in the work force out making money on their own. They don't have a job sooner. We've found that they've actually perform better if they are focused on their studies."
Dr. Hill said studies have also shown students perform better when they are taking more than 12 credit hours.
"It saves them money," he said. "They actually perform better. There is a very important message there."
Reps with the College Foundation of West Virginia said students who take 12 credits qualify for full-time financial aid status, but as long as they are capable should attempt to take more.
Raby said students who don't have to work full-time jobs should seriously consider making the switch if they haven't already.
"They're never going to know if they can do it if they don't try," she said. "That one extra class isn't really all that hard. It's just a little bit more work, but it will be worth it."
Raby said during the discussion her parents told her college was never going to be a choice. She said that was tough-love that she's grown to appreciate–especially as she prepares for the possibility of early graduation.
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