Different uses of the program. One of them is controversial, outsourcing. [applause] thank you and please be seated. Welcome the to president of Colgate Rochester divinity school, who will deliver a blessing, and rabbi angela who will deliver our invocation. Shall we pray. God, we acknowledge you as the sovereign lord of all creation from everlasting to everlasting and from sea to shining sea. You are our god. Hear aboutoday to conditions in our empire state. We come from crowded cities and snowcovered fields. We come from places of great wealth and places of painful poverty. We come bearing the faces of every nation and every culture of the world. We are in this place, the descendents of the mayflower, whothe offspring of those survived slave ships and auction blocks. We are millionaires and migrant workers. ,e are farmers, entrepreneurs educators, public servants, First Responders. But we are here because we love new york. We come at a time when our nation is badly divided on matters