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Rep. Langevin deplores Trump action against children of immigrants

Cites DACA participants’ contribution to the country

EDITOR’S NOTE: Among the dead in Houston after Hurricane Harvey is 31 year old Alonso Guillen. Guillen drowned while volunteering to help rescue storm survivors. Guillen was in the US under the DACA program that Donald Trump seeks to end. - W. Collette

Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:

“Today marks a sad chapter in our country’s history. President Trump’s decision to end the DACA program is a victory for anti-immigrant ideologues and further evidence of his Administration’s general lack of empathy.

“DACA participants are not criminals.

Reducing inflamation

Understanding how omega-3 dampens inflammatory reactions

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Omega-3 fatty acids, which we primarily get through eating fatty fish, have long been thought to be good for our health. 

Many dietary studies have suggested that high intake is associated with a reduced risk of various disorders. 

Clinical trials have also shown beneficial anti-inflammatory effects in patients taking omega-3 supplements.

Recent research from NTNU supports previous discoveries, and has also found new, useful effects of omega-3 supplements and how these lipids dampen harmful inflammatory reactions in the body.

ICYMI: Final week to sign up for big town resident discount

Solarize Charlestown sign-ups hit benchmark as September 8 deadline approaches

Eric Beecher, Sol Power

We've reached the third pricing tier for the Solarize Charlestown program!

Everyone participating in the program will receive the third and final pricing tier, maximizing the Solarize community discount.

Great work spreading the word about the program.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Under the terms of Charlestown’s agreement, the more people who sign up, the larger the discount. In the case of MY particular contract, reaching Tier 3 means a discount of $990 on my solar installation. – Will Collette.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

40^th Anniversary of Milky Way Voyager 

From NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

Launched in 1977 on a tour of the outer planets of the Solar System, Voyager 1 and 2 have become the longest operating and most distant spacecraft from Earth.

Nearly 16 light-hours from the Sun, Voyager 2 has reached the edge of the heliosphere, the realm defined by the influence of the solar wind and the Sun's magnetic field.

Now humanity's first ambassador to the Milky Way, Voyager 1 is over 19 light-hours away, beyond the heliosphere in interstellar space.

Celebrate the Voyagers' 40 year journey toward the stars with NASA on September 5. Continue to see one of several NASA posters celebrating the event available for FREE download.

On Saturday, Charlestown artists on display across town

CHART spotlights Charlestown artists and galleries

Charlestown Gallery, one of the CH-ART venues near the junction of Route One and Route 2

Cross Mills Library on Old Post Road

The Charlestown Economic Improvement Commission is sponsoring CH-ARTS, an art show with over 100 artisans including painters, potters, jewelry designers, sculptors, photographers, weavers.

Another CH-ART venue, also on Old Post Road
near the Cross' Mills Library

They will be selling their work at the Cross' Mills Library, General Stanton Inn, Charlestown Gallery, and Mills Creek.

The event will take place on Sept. 9 from 10 AM to 3 PM.

Our objective in hosting CH-ARTS is to showcase the creative and talented artists that live in Charlestown and our surrounding communities.

As small businesses our galleries, studios, shops and artists are an important part of our economy and do much to bring beauty into our lives.

We encourage you to support them.

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Bill Nye The Science Guy to speak at URI Oct. 20

Talk part of Alumni and Family Weekend

Dave Lavallee

If you like your science and engineering with a dash of humor, then you should be at the University of Rhode Island, Friday, Oct. 20 for Bill Nye The Science Guy.

The bow-tie-wearing scientist, engineer, inventor, author and comedian will perform at URI’s Ryan Center. URI’s Student Entertainment Committee, Alumni and Family Weekend Committee and Spectra by Comcast Spectacor, the Ryan Center’s management firm, are presenting the event as part of Alumni and Family Weekend and URI’s 125th Anniversary celebration.

Tickets, from $16 to $20, are available to students starting Thursday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. Tickets start at $30 for the general public beginning Friday, Sept. 8 online at www.theryancenter.com. 

You can also charge by phone at 1-855-387-4849, or you can get tickets at the Ryan Center box office, 1 Lincoln Almond Plaza. Register for the Ryan Center Cyber Club at http://www.theryancenter.com/cyber-club for access to a pre-sale opportunity, also Sept. 7.

Nye’s mission is to foster a scientifically literate society, and help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes the world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Nye has been doing most of his life.

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Federal Grants Help Keep Eyes on Ocean State Beaches

By ecoRI News staff

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded a $203,500 grant to the Rhode Island Department of Health (DOH) for its coastal beach monitoring program. Including the Sept. 1 grant, Rhode Island has now received $3,423,656 since 2001 under the federal Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act (BEACH Act).

“Rhode Island’s hundreds of miles of coastline are at the economic, environmental, and cultural heart of our state,” DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott said.

Restoring Texan toxic legacy

Should you pay to rebuild Gulf’s Petrochemical Industry?

By Phil Mattera for the Dirt Diggers Digest

Much of the Gulf region remains flooded, people are still being rescued, and the full magnitude of the damage is not yet known.

But soon the center of attention will be the rebuilding effort and how to pay for it.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is talking about the need for a federal aid package well in excess of $100 billion. 

Whatever the amount turns out to be, the critical issue will be how the money is distributed.

It’s already clear that the petrochemical facilities clustered in southeastern Texas have been hard hit by the flooding, and there will no doubt be calls to use both federal and state financial resources to help repair these plants.

While there should be no hesitation about using public funds to help the people of the Gulf rebuild their lives, we shouldn’t automatically do the same for the petro giants.

The first reason is that these companies can well afford to rebuild on their own dime. Exxon Mobil, which owns the giant refinery in Baytown, earned more than $130 billion in profits during the past five years.

The Motiva refinery in Port Arthur, another massive facility, is owned by Aramco, which in turn is owned by the fabulously wealthy government of Saudi Arabia.

Second, taxpayers made enormous financial contributions to the construction and operation of these facilities.

The Beginnings of Labor Day in Rhode Island

It wasn't always just another day off.

By Dr. D. Scott Molloy

1934: Striking mill workers fired upon in Central Falls.

In the midst of the financial panic of 1893, Rhode Island workers secured a long-sought ambition—the establishment of the first Monday in September as a legal holiday.

The state's horny-fisted sons and daughters of toil had marched, petitioned, and agitated for over a decade. 

Rhode Island workers witnessed New York and Oregon pass holiday legislation in 1887, and by the spring of 1893 most other states had followed suit. 

The General Assembly, under the prodding of elected representatives from various mill towns, finally joined the bandwagon, and Governor D. Russell Brown signed the authorization.

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