Today, read Genesis 40, Job 6, and Psalm 38.
If the story of Joseph's life were plotted on a graph like the price of a stock on the New York Stock Exchange, what would it look like? Early on, the line would go up--he was favored by his father and had divine dreams that assured him of greatness. But, after his stock ascended for a while, it would have moved downward drastically after he was sold into slavery by his brothers. Then, there would be a small move up when Potiphar entrusted him with more responsibility, then another big move downward when he was falsely accused of assaulting Potiphar's wife and put into prison.
At the end of Genesis 39, his stock moved up again a bit. Although he was in prison, the warden of the prison elevated Joseph into leadership and paid little attention to what he did "because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did" (39:23b). Still, he was in prison so the overall trend of his life was downward, despite this little spike upward.
Here in Genesis 40, Joseph saw an opportunity. Two of Pharoah's officials were incarcerated and had dreams. Joseph interpreted their dreams and asked the cupbearer--the one who got good news--to "remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison" (v. 14b). After all the downward moves in his life, he finally had a reason to hope.
Alas, however, according to verse 23, "The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him." His hopeful opportunity never materialized and, if it were me, I would have despaired of ever getting out of prison.
Although Joseph had many discouraging moments in his life, he also had evidence of the Lord's work in his life. God blessed his work and allowed him to rise even in the bad situations he found himself in. More obviously, the Lord gave him the interpretation of the dreams of these two men.
Fortunately, neither you nor I have been enslaved by others or imprisoned based on a false accusation. But it is easy to feel in the tough times of life that God has forgotten about us or doesn't care about our circumstances. If that's you, let Joseph's story give you hope. God is watching and the story isn't finished yet.


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I think I've always been looking for God, ever since I heard about Him. Growing up I had many interests, but several I developed because I felt I should have them, when in reality I wanted to explore magic, mysteries, God.
Religion was at times my favorite topic in school because we could discuss things then, philosophize and wonder a bit. But my craving for something deeper wasn't fulfilled, and I had no one to turn to. My family wasn't religious, and the church didn't call to me. I couldn't get interested in what the Minister said, but I remember very vividly looking at the light streaming through the windows and wanting it to reach me. Somehow I felt I could get closer to God through that light, through the sky and trees outside.
I prayed at night because I wanted to be good, and I had many fears that worried me. Sometimes when I asked for help, little problems that I had would go away.
I wanted to talk to him, but maybe I didn't know how to listen. I didn't know how to trust what I felt. I thought he didn't answer me back. Maybe I wanted something grand and spectacular, like an angel appearing in the corner of my room, but of course, that didn't happen.
In the evenings I would sometimes climb onto a pile of wood below our house, covered by a tarp and flat rocks, and sit there, gazing at the sunset. I felt I was reaching for something then, something beautiful and sacred, and hidden. My heart longed for this something, called out to it though I didn't know what it was.
It's interesting to look back and see how my heart has led me, and where I went astray. When I stopped asking for help, my life felt murky, dark, but perhaps that was part of the guidance also. I had developed a belief, a deep fear that I wasn't loved, so I turned away from him. My life had cracked around me, and I lost hope, lost the little bit of faith I had.
I continued searching. The stars seemed to lead me, and I went for many walks alone, looking up up, feeling that perhaps an answer lay in the sky above me. I couldn't follow any religion, any paved out path when I tried I felt restless, like my spirit wanted to break free and roam the woods. Perhaps I was looking for something that I remember, deep in my bones. When I first read about the Goddess, I felt tears swell inside of me. I wanted to dance for her, the way I read about in the book in my lap. It was my first glimpse of her, but it would take a few years still before I started listening and following her. At first, she seemed cold, distant, and I wasn't sure how to approach her, bring her into my life.
I learned how the Goddess is in nature, in me. Mother Earth, the Earthly Mother. And Father Sky, our Heavenly Father, that he is always watching over us. I'm exploring this, as I walk through the forest, by the lake. I try to understand what I hear inside of me, what my heart is telling me, what nature is telling me.
I used to feel so sad, depressed even because I thought there was no magic in the world. That it could only be found in stories and on TV. I remember a bleak grayness descending over me as I thought this when I was only a teenager.
I think the magic I was looking for was the voice of my soul. Because it had been speaking to me all this time, trying to guide me, and yet I did not know it, and didn't know how to listen, that I was allowed to listen. I was so focused on being smart and good and thought that was the only way I could have some value in the world. If I didn't do well in school, I had no value.
But there was a greater magic too, that I yearned for. A knowing that miracles could happen, that wonderful, unthought things could happen. I think my first stepping stone into this was through astral projection, the awe I felt when I found myself in another world, light as a father, like a ghost, walking through my bedroom door.
I feel we're being guided all the time, in whispers around us, in the wind, in our soul. Perhaps we're never alone; maybe someone is always lovingly walking with us. I like to think this. I remember wanting it to be true, especially when I saw pictures of angels, and those drawings of children crossing a bridge, or picking flowers by a cliff's edge, a white angel behind them, protecting them.
What has your spiritual journey been like?
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The world was milky white under an almost full moon, the sky lady shining through the mist, her light bathing the ice and snow below. I watched her from my bed, listening to the rain, welcoming it back, feeling how much I'd missed it.
Sleep stayed far away from me that night, and I got up, stepping across the cold floor, and stood by the window, seeing her small now, and very pale in the white sky, casting shadows across the lake, the stars dimmed and silver between the clouds.
Has the moon spoken to you lately?
I felt alone walking in it, this ghostly white world, felt there were no other souls along that dark road, only specters moving in and out between the trees.
I stood still for a long while, listening to rain singing against the snow, seeing how black and broken everything was, the ice thawing, leaving gaps of gray among the white. It was hard to believe that spring would come, that the world would once again be filled with color. I thought of a great wound tearing, bleeding, being pulled apart, and then put together, more beautiful than before.
But even this muddy, black world is something I can get lost in. Lost in the beauty of it. I walk very slowly, suddenly seeing the trees, the white veil around me. I realize life is there waiting for me just outside my doorstep, and that it's speaking to me. The more I stay and listen, the better I hear it, and I realize that life is always speaking to me, but I often don't hear it. There are too many distractions, too many things to do.
Once my husband came looking for me when I didn't come home from my walk. It was already dark, and he found me hunched under a tree, in the snow, listening to the rain. Now he no longer worries.
Walking outside, I yearn to be more simple. I want to live a simple, gentle life, filled with beauty. I don't want to make too much of myself, or think I should be something special. I'm tired of it.
I try to find space to listen even inside my small apartment. I once saw my friend in the early morning, a shawl wrapped around her shoulders as she gazed out the window, a cup of tea in her hand. It was a beautiful, poetic image to me, and I decided I wanted to look like that too. Somehow, though, the morning often slips away from me, but in the afternoon I find time to stop and look at the blue world outside my window, holding my cup of tea with two hands, sipping it slowly.
I light a candle too, sometimes incense, and try to listen. I open my door, hoping that I will hear it better, – the voice of the night, wondering what mysteries it brings.
Tonight is full of rain and ice and crystal. There is music in the world again, no longer complete silence. Spring could be on its way, but I dare not yet hope for it. For now, I'll walk in this wet, muddy, white world and hear what is has to tell me.
Sometimes I walk with quiet, careful steps, as though stepping on glass, testing my boundaries, seeing how far I could go before something breaks, before I'm punished. I question how far I can live my life according to my own will and heart's desire. But then I realize that no one stands in the way of my happiness but me. No angry gods or curses, no constant gloom that I have to hold onto to stay safe, to stay in the shadow so that too much sunlight won't burn me. It's strange, this fear of being too happy. Do other people struggle with this? Create troubles out of nothing?
There is so much sweetness in my life, making me want to stop, close my eyes and breathe it all in. Pause little moments and take them in fully, and yet I step around my joy, timidly, carefully, afraid to go too deep, or something monstrous might pull me down. I suppose I got burned, got used to life being turbulent and unsure, people getting sick, dying. At some level, I knew it would happen, that there was something dark and terrible coming my way.
But it's over, I feel that too. Like a great storm clearing to reveal sunlight and a fresh start. I'm learning to live my life anew, I think, away from my old fears. I'm learning to not always expect the worst, to not worry, and to ease the tension that seems to be a constant in me. That tight knot in my stomach, the clenching of my teeth, as though I'm trying to will something away, will life and all it's possible horrors away. But there is wonder too, and I want to melt into that, into all it can offer, even when there is suffering. I want to live, fully, deeply, with an open heart. I want to be happy, and do what I came here to do, and not turn away the gifts given me.
The lake is speckled with diamonds, the sky a sapphire blue. The swans have gone away. Overnight the water froze, and I saw them early in the morning, running across the ice, taking flight.
The world is truly beautiful now. I walk almost holding my breath at the wonder around me. It's the sun that transforms everything, and the deep silence around me, a deep freeze that makes me curl up under my covers as I go to sleep.
Last night the sky was filled with stars, and I opened my window despite the cold, sticking my head out, staring upwards, breathing in the crisp, clear air.
I haven't seen the stars for a while, so I welcomed them like this, sensing that they're somehow living, feeling things, filled with memory.
I try to be calm inside, reflecting nature. I try to be in the moment and put my worries away. January is gentle and cold, feathery white and pure, a preparation for something new, for spring, a new year.
As the evening comes the lake turns to silver, the trees golden. I feel the call to out, even though I've been feeling a little sick. A short walk in the fading sun, drinking it in, a little bit of light in a month still filled with darkness.
The sky was a gentle fire this evening, as I walked along the road, the snow creaking under my boots, the cold biting my cheeks, my nose. The last bit of sunlight reflected in the lake, and I enjoyed the touch of color in this world of white and black. I often look around me in wonder, at the beauty of the trees, heavy with snow. It's been a while since we've had a winter like this, so deep, so frozen, so silent. I pray it will last til spring.
There are swans on the lake, eight of them. I watched them from the road, as they dipped their heads in and out of the water. It was like music, breaking the silence around me. I'm not sure where they've come from, but I'm happy they've made a home here. Perhaps they'll leave with warmer weather. They seem to belong in the winter lake, sliding through the black water, creating trails of diamonds behind them.
I heard them last evening, calling out loudly to each other. It was nice to hear something, some sound of life out there. Everything is so quiet now.
I've gone for many walks in the forest, looking at the trees, the sky. I felt I was gathering something there, something beautiful and rose colored, glittering inside of me. But when I came home it slowly slipped away, and I could not remember what it felt like, though a sense of longing and wonder, hope, stayed with me.
I hope you're happy and safe. What beauty do you see around you where you live?
There is a path appearing inside of me of crystals and gems, moss covered and dirt strewn, simple moments my soul long for, silver threads of interest that I gather, following them back to myself, to my heart.
I wake up in the morning to snow drifting outside my window. I like to lie and watch for a few moments, before getting up, tip-toeing into the cold, grabbing my robe, turning on the heat as soon as I reach the living room.
The world is white and silent. I get lost in it sometimes, just watching from my window. Sometimes I resent what I'm doing because I want just to stay and float away with the snow on the wind, but there's always something that needs doing.
I feel happy in the morning because the light has returned, and I can see the world again. And I don't mind the cold because it means the snow will stay.
Sometimes when I walk along the road, I twirl a bit, envisioning a white dress to dance in, bare feet on a frozen ground. There is something light and pure about snow, especially when it falls all around me, light as air, sometimes like tiny shards of crystals. A gift to brighten the darkness of these months.
Because evening comes early and the night is deep. I don't mind, because I feel I'm still on my way down, deepening into myself, to find rest and nourishment before spring. But sometimes it's as though the day never quite begins. At midday, it still looks like early morning, and the sun is hidden behind a thick blanket of grey, never to be seen. I long for it, but not too much. Somehow I'm ok with all this darkness.
I bought white roses for the new year and draped a midnight blue shawl across my dresser in the bedroom, which is also my altar. These colors seem right now that the world is white and black and blue, and different shades of grey.
After our evening walk, my husband turned off all the lights inside so we could see the day grow darker, slowly, watch "the blue hour" as we call it. Which is exactly that, when the world looks blue and shining, in the last bit of light before night takes over.
I open my window before bed, and the great pines outside stand like two sentient beings, white and shining against a black sky. I wish them goodnight and crawl beneath the covers.
First of January came quiet and softly colored, the sun slipping through the clouds around midday, and I stood by my window with closed eyes, drinking it in.
It's a sweet beginning to the new year, a good omen perhaps. I've lit white candles as I sit and type, again watching day give way to night, wishing I could gaze at the sliver of ocean a little longer.
I spent yesterday evening dreaming and planning what I want this year to be, and also reflecting on what has been, everything that has happened. It's a lot to go through, to digest. I feel I'll spend more of January letting the old and new settle inside of me.
At midnight, we went to a small near us to watch the fireworks. For some reason, all the street lights had gone out, and so I could see the stars also, between the clouds. It felt like a little gift, and I watched them also from my bed, deep in the night, wishing and wondering, praying to let go of old feelings I don't want to carry with me into the new year.
I'm so grateful for my stay here, for a gentle start to 2016. I want to leave certain things behind me, my anxiety, my guilt when I return home tomorrow. I carry with me dreams and hopes and little gems I've gathered along the roads here, and in books I've been reading, in quiet moments just looking at the rain on my window. It's all tucked away in my heart. I wish to pull them out and use them when I get home, and create something beautiful, light and magic, and dreams coming true.


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A Break with Charity Summary
Ann Rinaldi
A Break with Charity
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A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials is a historical novel for middle-grade readers, written by Ann Rinaldi and first published in 1992 as part of Gulliver Books' Great Episodes series. The story centers on Susanna English, a girl in Salem, Massachusetts, who gets mixed up in the witch hysteria and subsequent trials of 1692.
The story opens in 1706. Susanna is sitting in the church she used to attend as a young girl. She has come, along with many others, to hear a public apology from Ann Putnam. Ann was the ringleader of the witchcraft accusations that tore Salem Village—and the Colonies—apart over a decade ago. As Susanna waits with the other townspeople, she reflects on her own role in the witch trials.
The novel flashes back to 1691. Susanna longs to be accepted into what she perceives to be the popular group of girls who assemble at the Reverend Parris's parsonage whenever he is away. Behind closed doors, the girls dabble in witchery and spell-conjuring with the help of Tituba, the Parris family's Barbadian slave.
Though Susanna is never invited into the girls' inner circle, she does befriend Tituba. She tells Tituba about her brother, William English, a sailor currently out at sea. As she gains Tituba's confidence, she learns what the girls are doing—and that some of them are now acting as if they're possessed. The girls' odd behavior is quickly noticed, and the villagers' fears of witchery envelop Salem in widespread panic.
Susanna, convinced the girls are faking, goes to Ann and asks her to drop the act. It is, after all, a very dangerous game Ann and the other girls are playing. But Ann is obstinate. She explains to Susanna that by faking the symptoms of being possessed by witches, the girls are getting out of chores and gaining the attention and sympathy of the community. She doesn't care if she has to accuse innocent people of witchcraft in the process. Then, she threatens Susanna: if Susanna reveals that the girls are faking, Ann will name the English family as witches. Susanna must stay silent to save her family.
While most of the town, including Susanna's crush, Johnathan, believe that witches have overtaken Salem, there are still some rational villagers left. Susanna's parents, as well as her sister, Mary, know that witchcraft is nonsense. Eventually, Johnathan comes around, seeing the rational side of things.
One day, Susanna's mother defends the sister of an accused witch; the act of support compels the authorities to arrest Mrs. English. Soon after, they arrest Mr. English too. Susanna and Mary go to stay with family friends Joseph and Elizabeth Putnam. Once Mr. and Mrs. English are released from jail, they go to Boston with Mary, but Susanna elects to stay behind on the off-chance she can reveal the girls' secret and put an end to all the witch madness.
Meanwhile, a new governor has been installed in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A firm believer in witchcraft, he wants to legally implement harsh punishments for those accused of witchery. Courts begin hearing cases of accused witches, and many hang for their (nonexistent) crimes.
Once the hangings start, Susanna tells Joseph the truth of the girls' behavior. Friends with some powerful judges, Joseph urges Susanna to tell them what she knows. She is hesitant, however, because there is a rumor circulating that a witch named Mary Bradbury tried to destroy William's ship out at sea. Susanna seems to be starting to believe in witches herself until she meets with Mary and realizes that the rumor was just an attempt to get her to stay quiet.
With the trials—and hangings—continuing, Susanna goes to Reverend Pike and an influential merchant named Thomas Brattle, telling them the truth about the supposed witches in Salem. They use their power in the community to speak out boldly against the injustices being committed. They inspire others to feel safe and to openly condemn the witch hunts, too, and the trials and killings come to an end. William returns home from sea, but the village of Salem is forever changed. Nineteen innocent people died because they refused to confess to something of which they were not guilty. Their sacrifice, as well as the deadly power of mass hysteria, forever alters the fabric of Salem—and a nation still in its infancy.
Back in 1706, Susanna witnesses Ann's apology to the assembled congregation. Understandably, Susanna is still upset about all the chaos and discord Ann wrought. But at the same time, she knows that holding onto the pain of the past won't serve anyone. Susanna decides to forgive Ann and move forward with her life, which includes living happily ever after with Johnathan.

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ASIS International has released a guideline on protecting information assets.
"This guideline is organized into three primary sections. The first section offers a general framework and some guiding principles for developing an effective Information Assets Protection (IAP) policy within any organizational setting. The second section proposes recommended practices that may be applied in the implementation of a high-quality IAP program. The third section consists of two appendices that provide useful tools for any size organization. Appendix A consists of a Sample Policy on IAP. Appendix B is a Quick Reference Guide, a sample flow chart for assessing information protection needs that can be modified and customized to meet an organization's needs."
● Proprietary information - customer lists, marketing plans, pricing strategies, test results etc.
● Physical products - prototypes, models, molds, dyes and manufacturing equipment etc.
● Privacy information - personal data, evaluations, credit info etc.
"Almost invariably, security awareness and training is one of the most cost effective measures that can be employed to protect corporate and organizational information assets. This is largely due to the fact that protecting information, generally more so than any other asset, is best achieved through routine business practices that permeate every element of an organization. Therefore, where each individual entrusted with sensitive information takes prudent measures and personal responsibility for protecting those assets, a robust security environment should occur naturally."
The sample organizational policy on information asset protection in Appendix A is a decent model for a high level/overarching information security policy such as that recommended by ISO/IEC 27002 section 5.


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Scientists Warn That a Chocolate Shortage May Be Imminent
ByJessica Gentile
January 2, 2018 Edit
Better hoard up on holiday candy now because chocolate could potentially disappear by 2050. Thanks a lot, global warming!
50 percent of the world's chocolate is harvested in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, but thanks to global climate change, it's become increasingly harder for the cacao tree, the plant that spawns cocoa beans, to survive in those regions. The crop is only capable of thriving in the lower story of evergreen rainforests, but rising temperatures are drying up soil, which prevents the cacao tree from growing. As a result, farmers have tried moving their crops to higher ground, despite the smaller availability of space and lower success rates of growth.
Ghana's cocoa board COCOBOD, is well aware of these issues, but they've got a lot on their plate. They're not only trying to combat global climate change, but rampant fungal disease as well. (Apparently, chocolate has a LOT of enemies.) Joseph Boahen Aidoo, chief executive of COCOBOD, has called upon the nations' top health officials to collect samples of the current diseased pods so they study the best ways to rehabilitate the crop.
Demand for chocolate already massively outstrips supply. The average westerner eats 286 bars of chocolate every year, because, yeah, it's delicious. But it's also incredibly unsustainable, especially if we keep gobbling down the stuff at such an alarming rate.
So what's being done to help prevent this potential culinary crisis? Scientists at University of California at Berkeley are working with the Mars, Incorporated (you know, the folks behind M&Ms and Snickers) to genetically modify the crop so that is could grow in alternative climates. New technology known as CRISPR is being used to alter the plant's DNA and if it's successful, seedlings could be farmed in in other geographic areas.
In the meantime, savor the last of your Christmas fudge and maybe lower your carbon footprint, if not for the good of humanity, for the good of our candy cravings.
Jessica is a former Associate Editor at Chowhound. Follow her on Twitter @volume_knob for updates on snacks and cats.


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Utica Chamber of Commerce
Posted: October 28, 2018 9:27 PM
Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization of business-oriented members and professional staff dedicated to the development of a prosperous economic climate. It is the organization's aim to enhance commercial growth and the quality of life for all who reside in the Mohawk Valley region.
What are the top 3 planks of your campaign?
(1) 100% Clean Energy and Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030: Enact the New York Off Fossil Fuels Act (NY OFF: A5105A/S5908A). It will create 100,000s of good jobs in manufacturing and construction, many business opportunities to build the system out, and lower electric rates when completed.
(2) Universal Single-Payer Health Care: Enact the New York Health Act (A4738/S4840). It will lower the costs of paying for health care for over 90% of us. It will reduce costs of providing employee health coverage.
(3) Fiscal Policy Reforms: Make the state pay for unfunded mandates and restore revenue sharing so local governments can cut regressive property and sales taxes. More progressive income tax: lower marginal rates for lower income brackets and higher marginal rates for millionaire brackets (top 1% gets 31% of all income in the state, up from 12% in 1980). Retain rather than rebate the stock transfer tax. Invest the increased revenue in local governments and infrastructure.
What are the top 3 issues impacting the businesses in your district?
(1) High Costs of Doing Business: Lower the costs of living and doing business by investing in public services and infrastructure that serve everyone more cost-effectively than corporate oligopolies. Public services and infrastructure are the public avenues for private commerce. Public health insurance, public power, public broadband, and a state bank like North Dakota's will provide better service at lower cost, improving business climate and state's competitiveness.
(2) Pay-to-Play Corruption: Rebuilding infrastructure is the alternative to subsidies, loan guarantees, and contracts for special interests who are big campaign contributors. Special favors to big donors is corrupt, inefficient, & disadvantages other businesses.
(3) Neglect of Upstate Economy: In addition to better infrastructure to lower the costs of doing business across the board, we need to target public investment to rebuilding manufacturing in upstate cities and towns and revitalizing the family farm economy.
Public Policy Positions
Please circle the number that most reflects your level of support for each of the following Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce Public Policy Positions (5=strongly agree, 1=strongly disagree)
Position #1
New York State mandates that certain public projects and procurements require a minimum level (30%) of subcontracting to be placed with certified Minority Business Enterprises and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBE's). The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce is opposed to Governor Cuomo's proposal in his FY 2018-2019 budget to increase the MWBE subcontracting rate for spending of tax dollars from 30% to 53% for public construction contracts. We are opposed to these changes to protect the ability of local firms to compete for public sector projects, and to control the cost of public projects by avoiding unnecessary cost escalations due to a preference given to firms that may have submitted higher bids. Strongly Disagree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce opposes any further legislation that would include a City of Utica Room Occupancy Tax. Oneida County has one of the highest sales tax rates in New York State, there is already a 2% hotel occupancy tax imposed by the County for promotion of our area, and any additional taxes would further increase the cost to guests in the City of Utica relative to staying in neighboring communities. Strongly Agree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce supports establishing and maintaining enforceable ethical standards necessary for good and trustworthy systems of government in New York State. More than 30 lawmakers that have left office since 2000 are facing allegations of criminal or ethical misconduct. The Chamber, and many other good government groups, have been calling for true ethics reform, without any meaningful results. We continue to call for an independent ethics watchdog agency to investigate corruption including but not limited to elected official's conduct as well as oversight of state contracts. Strongly Agree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce supports developing a western tourism hub in Utica, NY, which has long been referred to as the "Gateway to the Adirondacks." Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to establish a tourism hub in the eastern Adirondacks at a cost of approximately $32 million in public and private funds. The Chamber believes the Greater Utica Area has numerous locations where a western hub could be developed. Strongly Agree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce opposes any expansion, extension or application of New York State's prevailing wage mandate to include private development projects that receive some degree of public and/or economic development support. It essentially targets smaller community-based projects, many of which receive a fraction of public funding, that are driven by local private dollars and development agencies. Any expansion, extension or application of prevailing wage would cause such projects to become financially unfeasible. Strongly Disagree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce supports the Utica City School District's efforts to secure its fair share of state aid that it has been entitled to but denied for too many years. The Utica City School District has been named the 3rd poorest school district in New York State. Using the State's own aid formula, the district is being denied millions of dollars in much needed state aid funding. Strongly Agree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce is in full support of the proposed new hospital in Downtown Utica as it will provide for the transformation of healthcare for the entire region as well as support the growth and economic initiatives of our communities, including but not limited to nanotechnology, research, education and business development. Strongly Agree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce opposes any legislation or regulation that would remove the requirement of public notices to be published in daily newspapers. The general public should not be tasked with researching information regarding their community on websites controlled by the Government, especially with the current transparency issues in Albany. Strongly Agree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce is in support of the concept of an entertainment "U District" around the Utica Memorial Auditorium. The positive energy and development in this area has strengthened the opportunity for further investment in Downtown Utica. However, as we support the proposed "U District", we are opposed to the proposed casino. We believe this casino would be competition for the nearby restaurants and taverns and therefore have a negative impact on these member businesses that have already invested in Downtown Utica and the Varick Street Area. Strongly Agree
Position #10
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce strongly condemns the current process of negotiating and voting on the New York State budget with virtually no input by rank and file legislators and the taxpaying public. This together with the complete lack of transparency is the ultimate breach of public trust. Strongly Agree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce fully supports the implementation of the New York State Route 5S Safety Project in the City of Utica. The project design aims to lower vehicle conflicts and accident rates. It would greatly improve pedestrian safety both on Route 5S and at the various intersections crossing Route 5S and it would create safe bike lanes providing bicyclists safety, access and mobility. Also, through streetscaping and additional parking, it will help support the continued economic revitalization as well as create an attractive and inviting gateway to Downtown Utica. Strongly Agree
The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce urges Governor Andrew Cuomo to veto his proposed legislation to expand the Paid Family Leave Act to include bereavement leave. With it's current language, businesses across the state could be devastated by the possibility that each full time employee could take an annual unscheduled leave of up to 60 work days for this purpose. In order to protect businesses in New York State from the undue financial burdens associated the overly generous leave time benefits, the Greater Utica Chamber is not in support of this expansion of a benefit that has only been in effect for just over 6 months. Strongly Disagree


The Ocean State Soccer 2018 Summer Camp will be held July 16th - 20th at the OSS Fields at 650 Stony Lane in North Kingstown.
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Each player registered by June 20th receives a t-shirt, water bottle and soccer ball!
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* `git clone git@github.com:Romanior/ember-ui-pagination.git`
* `npm install && bower install`
* `ember s`
* Visit your app at `http://localhost:4200`

## Usage as add-on in your application

* `npm install --save-dev ember-ui-pagination`
* `ember g ember-ui-pagination`

```handlebars
 {{ember-ui-pagination
    store=store
    modelName='item'
    url='https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=test1234'
    serverPagination=true
    page=1
  }}
```

Or with static data, CSV or JSON are supported. CSV file will be parsed to JSON, you
may support with additional `csvHeaders` parameters if the .csv file does not have them
one the first row.

```handlebars
 {{ember-ui-pagination
    store=store
    modelName='example'
    url='/data.csv'
    csvHeaders='id,method,url,hints,users,views'
  }}
```

```handlebars
 {{ember-ui-pagination
    store=store
    modelName='example'
    url='/data.json'
  }}
```

where
* `modelName` - the name of the model where add-on loads data.
* `url` - URL to the server API, for server pagination it should support `page` and `per_page` params
* `page` - the page you want to start.
* `csvHeaders` - the CSV headers if you need to parse with with them.

You can overwrite templates in your application to adapt your data
* `app/templates/components/ember-ui-pagination.hbs`
* `app/templates/components/ember-ui-pagination-item.hbs`

## Running Tests

* `ember test`
* `ember test --server`

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Q: How to automate setting up of "keyboard-configuration" package? I'm writing a script to install Ubuntu 16.04 server into a chroot jail, using debootstrap (on an Ubuntu 16.04 server machine).
During the setting up of the keyboard-configuration package it asks for the keyboard type:
Setting up keyboard-configuration (1.108ubuntu15) ...
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (TERM is not set, so the dialog frontend is not usable.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
Configuring keyboard-configuration
----------------------------------

The layout of keyboards varies per country, with some countries having multiple
common layouts. Please select the country of origin for the keyboard of this
computer.

  1. Afghani                                     48. Irish
  2. Albanian                                    49. Italian
...
  28. English (UK)                               75. Slovak
  29. English (US)                               76. Slovenian
...
  45. Icelandic                                  92. Vietnamese
  46. Indian                                     93. Wolof
  47. Iraqi
Country of origin for the keyboard:

I want to automate this, so that it doesn't ask, and just continues with the install.
How can I do this?

A: From a similar StackOverflow question:
If the ENV variable DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive is set while you run apt-get install keyboard-configuration, it won't prompt for any interaction. So you can simply run:
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install keyboard-configuration

A: This is simple to automate, you just need to set the proper debconf configuration for this package.
First install debconf-utils:
sudo apt install debconf-utils

If you've already configured the package, you can read the debconf configuration with:
debconf-get-selections | grep keyboard-configuration

If you haven't configured the package or would like to change your selections, you can do this with:
dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Export your selections to a file
debconf-get-selections | grep keyboard-configuration > selections.conf

Copy selections.conf to the target machine and set the selections:
debconf-set-selections < selections.conf

When you install or reconfigure the package, your choices will now be selected automatically.
dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration -f noninteractive

A: This one will work like charm; add those couple lines of code before your command:
  echo 'debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive' | sudo debconf-set-selections
  sudo apt-get install -y -q

A: You could use xdotool.  When launching the script put & sleep <however long it takes to get to that point> && xdotool type <number you want to put> && xdotool key Return.
I have not tested this, but it should work.
Answer 2:
Run the command, but with the output redirected to a file  ( > testfile ).
Open another terminal and run
while true
do
    if [ "$(tac testfile | grep -m 1 .)" = "Country of origin for the keyboard" ]
    then
    xdotool type <number you want to put> && xdotool key Return && break
    fi
done

Then, click back on the first terminal.
Answer 3:
I think all you need to do is put the number you want in a file, testfile, and run the command with < testfile appended.

A: "debootstrap is really just a shell script" --from https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap
This means that you could read the script to see if there are ways to pass the info via an environment variable, supply an argument when invoking deboostrap, or create your own modified version for your specific application.

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