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The state has 30 days to appeal.
Rell said she is disappointed in the decision.
"The localized impact of the storm was significant and in my belief warranted federal assistance. I will work with our state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to explore all of our options, and those include getting damage loans for homeowners, renters and businesses,” Rell said.
The tan-brick synagogue off South Braeswood is where Amy Goldstein held her toddler daughter during Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah services. It's where the girl, Molly, now 14, learned to read the Torah. It's where the family celebrated her bat mitzvah.
"We've been here since Molly was 2," Goldstein said. "She's basically grown up in the synagogue. Her whole childhood was in that building."
But after flooding three times in as many years, the United Orthodox Synagogues has decided to demolish part of the campus, which has stood at 9001 Greenwillow St., near Brays Bayou, for more than a half-century.
Members of the modern orthodox Jewish congregation voted in December to knock down the sanctuary, offices and school wing, which were inundated with 7 feet of water during Hurricane Harvey. Freedman Hall, an elevated reception hall next door, will remain to serve as the congregation's temporary sanctuary.
On Sunday, the modern orthodox Jewish congregation will meet for the last time in the original synagogue, where multitudes of religious holidays and life events — engagements, weddings, baby naming ceremonies, bar and bat mitzvahs, and funerals — were celebrated since 1961.
Rabbi Barry Gelman will lead prayers. Members are encouraged to share stories and photographs of their "simchas" or happy events held at the synagogue.
"This is a goodbye ceremony to help the congregation get some closure," Goldstein said. "It's more emotional than you would realize. We're all trying to move forward."
The way forward remains unclear for the 300-member congregation.
Options include rebuilding with elevated facilities or moving to a new location. A timeline for demolition has yet to be determined, but leaders are working to preserve religious artifacts, stained glass and memorial plaques.
"It's been a very difficult decision for us to make as a community," Goldstein said. "Everyone wants to make the right decision for the community, and with any group, there are many ideas. The board is considering all viable options at the moment."
Questions abound, Goldstein said. If you rebuild, how high do you build up to prevent the synagogue from flooding again? If you move, where to, and how can you ensure every member of the congregation can move as well?
Following the orthodox faith, congregants walk to synagogue every Saturday, as their ancestors have done on holy days for centuries. They meet after prayers for Shabbat meals, where families and friends spend the afternoon catch up and spend time together.
Rebuilding or moving would be disruptive for the community, Goldstein said. But so too would another devastating flood.
"After three floods, the answer becomes rather self-evident," Goldstein said.
Harvey had an outsized impact on Houston's Jewish community in flood-prone Meyerland.
About one out of every 13 Jewish families here — an estimated 2,000 households — flooded during the storm. Three of the city's largest synagogues, with a combined membership of 3,900 families, were damaged. The Jewish community center took on 10 feet of water. The Jewish senior home and day schools all flooded.
Goldstein, whose Meyerland-area home took a foot of water, and her family now live in a garage apartment near the University of Houston. Her daughter, Molly, still gets anxious every time it rains.
The devastation brought families in the Jewish community closer together, Goldstein said, but it also left them in a somewhat fragile state as they ponder their synagogue's future.
"Buildings can be fixed, torn down or rebuilt," she said. "But this is our community and our congregation. When you share a sacred place, it's hard to let it go."
As poorly as things have been going for the Orioles – and that has been real bad – they just swept four games from the Rangers by a combined 34-11. That has heightened belief around the game that Texas might trade Yu Darvish, who can be a free agent after the season.
A few executives spoken to said their perception is that the Rangers will do with Darvish what the Tigers did with David Price in 2015 – solicit what they can get for the ace righty, but go pretty much to the deadline to see if they can revive their playoff chances first. Texas went into Friday 45-50, 4 1/2 games behind the Yankees for the second wild card, but with five teams ahead of them for that spot.
At the time Detroit dealt Price to Toronto, it was 50-52, 3 1/2 games out of the second wild card, but with three teams ahead of it.
If fully on the market, Darvish would be the most talented starter available. However, while Sonny Gray won’t be a free agent until after 2019, Darvish is free this offseason (like Price was in 2015). So you wonder how far teams such as the Yankees and Brewers might go because both seem to want to trade for not just now, but the future as well if they are going to delve into their deep trove of prospects.
Perhaps the team that fits Darvish best is the Astros. But would Texas help an in-state, AL West rival possibly win its first World Series ever and would Houston hand over elite prospects to help the Rangers’ future?
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. — Court officials in Teller County say a girl will temporarily remain with her maternal grandparents as prosecutors pursue a murder charge against the 1-year-old’s father in her mother’s death.
A judge continued the temporary custody arrangement during a closed hearing on Thursday. A state courts spokesman says the next custody hearing is set for June 13.
The girl’s father, 32-year-old Patrick Frazee, is charged with murdering 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth. He has not entered a plea yet.
Berreth’s body has not been found. She was last seen near her home in Woodland Park on Nov. 22.
Investigators testified during a Feb. 19 court hearing that Frazee’s girlfriend told police that he used a baseball bat to fatally beat Berreth, then burned her body and planned to dump the remains in a landfill or river.
"We who worry about the future of Israeli society, its values and unity, are committed to employing those who contributed to society for a significant period of time, and rejecting (save in exceptional situations) young men and women that did not serve in the army or another meaningful framework of service for Israeli society," the petition reads.
Hilik Tropper, one of the petition's signatories, told Army Radio that despite recent initiatives by the political echelon, the public needed to become more active in restoring the stigmatization of draft evaders.
"The government indeed does have a large role in the matter, however, we are trying to return the ball to the public's court," he said. "The public needs to make it clear that evasion of military or other national service is unacceptable."
Last week, Shlomo Buhbut, deputy chair of the Union of Local Authorities and mayor of Ma'alot-Tarshiha made a similar proposal, calling upon local municipalities to refrain from hiring people who did not serve in the army, with the exception of those who were legally exempted.
On Monday, The Jerusalem Post reported that the Prime Minister's Office was considering publishing a blacklist of artists who did not serve in the IDF so that local councils would know not to hire them for official celebration events.
The prime minister's adviser for social affairs, Vered Swid, told the Post that she had been urging mayors nationwide "to take affirmative action on behalf of artists who had served their country" and that the suggestion had been accepted by every local council head she had contacted.
Meanwhile, on Sunday an Authority for National Service was created by the government in order to channel youth who do not serve in the army to voluntary positions for one or two years.
Under the new policy, those who opt to do national service will, like the religious girls who now often do one to two years of national service, receive a monthly stipend equivalent to what non-combat soldiers receive, as well as a grant when they finish their service.
The European Parliament in session. Photo: www.sikhsiyasat.net.
JPost – For the second day in a row the European Union issued a document that had some harsh words for Israel, saying a spate of “potentially discriminatory or even anti-democratic bills” were tabled in the Knesset, and blasting Jerusalem for not prosecuting those responsible for settler violence.
The criticism came in an annual document summarizing the political, economic and security situation in Israel as part of the EU’s review of its partnership with other countries known as the European Neighborhood Policy.
Parents who dread an empty nest can relax, because the Kansas City Star notes your millennial boarders may not be going anywhere anytime soon. In 2005, just 26% of young adults still shacked up with Mom and Dad, but that number settled in at around 34% in 2015—a 30% spike in just 10 years.
Per the Miami Herald, millennials seem to look more highly upon a good education than their predecessors, with 37% boasting at least a bachelor's degree in 2016, compared with 23% in 1975. The extra schooling likely explains a drop homeownership among millennials, from 52% in 1975 to 29% today.
You won't find millennials starting families as soon as they're done with that schooling, and women especially aren't as eager to be relegated to homemaker roles as past generations, NBC Washington reports. Economic security comes before marriage—and while about 84% of young men are in the workforce (a number that's stayed constant this whole time), that percentage has jumped from 50% to 70% for women since 1975.
A separate study finds that the most popular brands among millennials are Victoria's Secret, Sephora, and Nike, reports Bloomberg.
Pew Research dispels the myth that millennials are flakes when it comes to holding down a job, pointing out that millennials in 2016 stayed at their jobs for five years or longer at around the same numbers as Generation Xers did when they were the same age—and actually outpaced Gen Xers by a few percentage points when it came to sticking it out with an employer for 13 months or longer.
Adulting classes for millennials might not be necessary after all, then?
Did we hold seminars back to learn how to deal with Gen-x? Did they have seminars on how to deal with Baby boomers? No, but we just had a very expensive seminar last month on how to deal with Millennials because they expect different things than any previous generation. But this is really hurting them as we just won't hire them if we can get someone else. Why would I hire someone who could give a flip about anything but the paycheck. But since you may be interested, here's a free look at the takeaway from such a meeting. Be thankful, We spent about $20,000 to get this list created. 1- The greatest generation- WWI people, mostly dead. Really struggled for everything. Great Depression. Made their own butter. Grew victory gardens. Used ration cards 2- Traditionalists - Got through WWII and vastly birthed the baby boom. This is your "To get the stage of the Grand Ole Opry you must earn your spot" people. 3- Baby boomers - had way more than their parents or grandparents. A hard working people with the work ethic that you get a days pay for a day work. 4- Gen X - the kids of baby boomers who mostly got the sense of entitlement by way of the parents not wanting them to go through what they did by having 4 jobs just to graduate with no college debt. This is the Mr. Rogers generation who believed everybody was special just by being who you were and everybody got a trophy for showing up to the game even if they did not play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yELo-yNFv6Y 5- Millennials- this is the generation who wants the CEO pay now for entry level jobs. This is your McDonalds people who state they work harder than police, fire, EMT, physicians, and such so they should get more pay than those people. This is vastly your generation who doesn't believe in a days work for days pay, they believe in a days pay for 1 hour of work. (except for my niece who does 2 days work for 1 days pay).
Articles like this encourage the creation and continuation of stereotypes and simple descriptions of complex dynamics. Lumping individuals into a group and then describing the group ONLY by the commonalities insures that the RANGE of the group is overshadowed by the narrow, central description. Articles like this do nothing to encourage deeper thought and creation a fuller picture of the group. Sloppy thinking or more correctly, incomplete thinking.
A MAN was filmed 'racially abusing' a Muslim praying in Cardiff to see how people would react.
Fahim Miah, 17, conducted the ‘social experiment’ with his friend Kennedy Clink, 20, on the streets of the Welsh capital.
Kennedy, who is also a Muslim, pretended to verbally abuse his friend while he was praying to see if members of the public would step in.
And footage shows that most people stood up for him and condemned the abusive actions of his friend.
Fahim, a student at Fitzalan High School, said: “Obviously, looking at the media these days you’re expecting people to be afraid of Muslims because we have become a sort of stereotype in their eyes and I wanted to show that society could come together and be one.
A video of the social experiment has been posted on YouTube and has already been viewed more than 300,000 times.
It features four separate incidents when Kennedy approached Fahim while he was praying and captured the reactions of members of the public in locations including just outside St David’s shopping centre and Cardiff Castle.
what they chose to do and people supported us.
However, in one of the incidents filmed outside the castle by the bus stops on North Road, a group of people waiting at the bus stop failed to intervene when Kennedy abused Fahim.
But Canton resident Fahim said he didn’t expect everyone to join in.
He said: “We didn’t expect everyone to join in but to the ones who did we were really grateful.
“We couldn’t have asked for a better reaction from people and it has made me confident that the people of Cardiff are all part of one society.
Archives|TOPICS IN WALL STREET.; Sharpest Reaction Since the Election: Transactions Large.
TOPICS IN WALL STREET.; Sharpest Reaction Since the Election: Transactions Large.
In our news wrap Thursday, two powerful earthquakes destroyed a 15th century church and hundreds of homes in the Italian town of Visso. Also, Libya’s navy reported that at least 90 people -- mostly African migrants -- drowned when their rubber boat tore apart.
In the day's other news: Thousands of people in Central Italy are homeless after two powerful earthquakes. The tremors hit last night near the town of Visso, about 100 miles north of Rome. State TV captured a 15th century church as it was brought down, and drone footage today showed the full extent of the destruction. Hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed as well.
There's been another migrant disaster in the Mediterranean. Libya's navy reports that at least 90 people drowned Wednesday when their rubber boat tore apart; 29 others were rescued about 26 miles off the Libyan coast. Most were African nationals.
A deadly airstrike on a school in Syria touched off allegations of war crimes today and heated denials. It happened Wednesday in rebel territory in Idlib Province. U.N. officials say 22 children and six teachers died. Amateur video showed a parachute floating to earth, then an explosion, and rescue workers pulling victims from the wreckage.
U.N. envoy Gordon Brown called it an atrocity.
GORDON BROWN, UN Envoy for Global Education: This is clearly a war crime if it is a deliberate attack on a school. The statute for the International Criminal Court makes that absolutely clear that this is, under their view, a war crime when a school is targeted.
The White House blamed Russia and Syria for the attack, but the Kremlin insisted its jets were not responsible.
The government of Pakistan moved today to ban protests in the capital, Islamabad, for two months. Hours later, police rounded up dozens of supporters of Imran Khan, the leader of the opposition. Khan, in turn, called a nationwide protest against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for tomorrow. Sharif is embroiled in a scandal involving his family's offshore bank accounts.
Back in this country, the Justice Department has charged 61 people here and abroad with a sweeping scam that netted more than $300 million. Officials say callers based in India posed as IRS or immigration agents and demanded payments of allegedly outstanding taxes or other fees. They victimized at least 15,000 people, mostly the elderly and immigrants.
Many of the victims in this case are savvy, successful, and law-abiding people. These scammers in this case, and in so many cases like this, are convincing. They are menacing and they are ruthless in their pursuit of their victims. They convey authority and a sense of urgency that leaves their victims terrified.
Federal agents have served warrants in eight states and arrested at least 20 people so far.
In North Dakota, soldiers and police have begun removing and arresting protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. About 200 people had camped on private land trying to block construction, and they refused to leave voluntarily. They say the pipeline could damage cultural sites and water supplies for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
In economic news, Twitter announced it's killing its mobile video app Vine and laying off 9 percent of its global work force, about 300 people. The company is losing money and has been searching for a buyer. And, on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 29 points to close at 18169. The Nasdaq fell 34 points. The S&P 500 slipped six.
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Being smack in the middle of January means two things: Gyms stuffed to the brim with everyone who’s resolved to stay fit this year and, of course, diets. Look, we all know that most fad diets fail and most resolutions only last a few weeks or months before getting put on the backburner, but the real hard part of starting the new year with a new us is finding a diet (or a workout plan) that we can actually stick with.
Enter: Medifast. This isn’t just a random influencer-backed diet plan or something our friends keep bugging us on Facebook Messenger over. Rather, Medifast is an easy and convenient weight loss plan that’s developed by doctors, not anecdotal evidence. It’s also delicious, which means that unlike other diets that demand we leave our sweet tooth at the door, we won’t actually feel like we’re dieting. Also, unlike many diets, we don’t need a master’s degree in food science to understand what we’re eating and how it’s beneficial to our health.
There are three plans total, each designed to fit our lifestyle and our weight loss goals. Those with dietary restrictions like soy or gluten intolerance can inquire about specific plans. Nursing mothers, those with diabetes, seniors and vegetarians can also opt for a specialized plan.
See it: Check out the Medifast Go Plan — only $11 a day with free shipping for new customers!
The first plan, Medifast Go!, is designed for busybodies, those with rigorous schedules or just anyone that wants visible results fast! The program is designed to be easy-to-follow, so those of us who don’t have time to research what should be going into our bodies and what shouldn’t or those of us who just want to see the results, it’s perfect for anyone! It also offers results quickly, so no need on waiting around to fit into that one pair of skinny jeans that’s been sitting in the back of our closet for years waiting for those inches around our waist and hips to shrink!
Medifast Go! is the most popular weight loss plan available from Medifast for a reason — it’s delicious! The meal includes five Medifast Meals plus one lean and green meal every day. That’s right: We’ll be feasting on six meals a day! That’s a meal every two to three hours, designed to keep us full and satisfied throughout the day. No hunger pangs here!
Good thing we already had lunch, because this menu is making us drool! Love soup? There’s tomato basil bisque and chicken and wild rice soup to keep us warm. Love a good snack? There are chili nacho cheese puffs and BBQ bites to nibble on. The real highlight is the shakes, however, with Dutch chocolate, brownie, mocha and french vanilla flavors. Diet? This sounds like what we eat in a day!
Don’t have an event to attend or want to take weight loss gradually? Medifast Achieve is made for just that! The meal plan is designed to approach weight loss in a steady and long-term way. Enjoy ziti marinara, s’mores crunch bars and honey mustard pretzel sticks on the plan, plus get a sampling of microwavable meals from the savory Flavors of Home line, which include delicious chicken cacciatore, turkey meatball marinara and chicken with rice and veggies. Yum!
Already tried one of the meal plans and just want to sustain the weight loss? There’s a plan for that, too! Thrive by Medifast is designed to help us feel proud of what we’ve accomplished and feel confident in our new weight! The kit consists of three Thrive by Medifast Healthy Fuelings, which help maintain weight while still giving plenty of nutrition to live a healthy (and energetic!) lifestyle. These are meant to be enjoyed three times a day, out of the six daily meals Medifast provides. The kit also comes with two lean and green plus meals, which have five to seven ounces of lean protein. There is also one balanced meal, which is made up of options that are decided upon by our individual calorie needs and expenditures. The kit itself, however, contains smoothies, shakes, bars and two Flavors of Home meals.
The best part? Medifast is designed to shrink waistlines, not wallets. While each plan is priced differently, Medifast is running a deal for the most popular program, Medifast Go! The 30-day Select Kit comes with all the goodies we described, plus seven free shakes, bars and desserts! It also comes with a food journal to keep track of progress, a go plan guide and a dining out guide (because brunch with the gals and date night waits for no one) and a blender bottle! It’s only $11 a day, too — that’s less than we spend on dinner alone!
See it: Check out the Medifast Go Plan — only $11 a day with free shipping for new customers! Plus check out more about Medifast here and check out all available meal plans!
The home of Mike and Tami Nevels, built by David Clemente Construction, will be one of the home’s featured on next weeks Lawrence Parade of Homes. The Nevels are pictured in the main floor living room.
Designing a beautiful home does not need to be difficult. The tall one-story, open-floor home of Tami and Mike Nevels shows how.
The construction for their sleek three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home in East Lawrence finished in the fall of 2017, with the Nevels moving in last September, Tami said.