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DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Leaders of the Makabayan bloc on Monday, January 8, petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) to issue an "urgent" temporary restraining order (TRO) against the extended martial law in Mindanao.
The petition was received by the SC at around 11 am on Monday, according to Anakpawis party-list Representative Ariel Casilao, among the petitioners for the TRO.
Casilao sent Davao Today a copy of the petition, which described the implementation of martial law in Mindanao as a "specter" haunting the island.
"The executive and the legislative alliance to summon this specter: peddling imagined fears of the persistence of enemies the government had claimed to have already vanquished," the petition said.
The petitioners, Mindanao residents and leaders of progressive groups, were:
– Eufemia Campos Cullamat (Member, Pakigbisog Alang Sumusunod)
– Noli Villanueva (Chairperson, Compostela Farmers Association)
– Rius Valle (Spokesperson, Save Our Schools Network)
– Maria Carolina Araullo (Chairperson, Bagong Alyansang Makabyan)
– Renato Reyes, Jr. (Secretary-General, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan)
– Cristina Palabay (Secretary-General, Karapatan)
– Carlos Isagani Zarate (Representative, Bayan Muna)
– Emerenciana De Jesus (Representative, Gabriela Partylist)
– Arlene Brosas (Representative, Gabriela Partylist)
– Antonio Tinio (Representative, ACT Teachers Partylist)
– Francisca Castro (Representative, ACT Teachers Partylist)
– Sarah Jan Elago (Representative, Kabataan Partylist)
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Based on the petition, the leaders sought for an "open, inclusive, thorough judicial determination" of the sufficiency of the factual basis for the extension or suspension of Martial Law.
The National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL), which assisted in the filing of the petition, also confirmed of Makabayan's request before the SC.
Neri Colmenares, chairperson of the NUPL, said the extension of martial law "is a violation of the Constitution which only allows the imposition of martial law when there is actual rebellion and when the operations of civilian government are substantially impaired that public safety should be preserved."
"The military," he added, "does not need martial law to shoot and arrest armed groups such as the NPA (New People's Army)."
"The real targets here are ordinary activists and dissenters who are critical of President Duterte's human rights record and anti-people policies," said Colmenares.
Extrajudicial killings
Human rights groups have long pointed out that cases of human rights abuses in Mindanao have increased since President Duterte's declaration of military rule.
Ryan Amper, Barug Katungod spokesperson, believes that the Duterte administration is preparing for "more sinister attacks on people's rights."
"The unlimited Martial Law gives blanket authority to President Duterte to make 2018 a bloodier year for human rights," said Amper in a statement.
Between June 2016 and December 2017, Barug Katungod has recorded 92 cases of extrajudicial killings in Mindanao. Most of the victims were indigenous people and peasant activists.
This is far from the 12 cases documented by Karapatan during the same period (July 2010-December 2011) under the Aquino administration.
Last month, both majority of the lawmakers of the Philippine Congress voted in favor of President's Duterte to extend martial law in Mindanao until December 31, 2018. (davaotoday.com)


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President's Message – July 2018
Summertime and we are all out enjoying long days and warm weather while we can. Our Social Committee has planned a number of wonderful activities you can sign up for including the "Don't miss!" Summer Picnic on July 25. This year's fun theme is "tacky tourist" so a trip to your local Thrift Shop might be in order. Take a look at what's upcoming in your eNews, then sign up and mark your calendars for some fun events.
Please note: There will be no General Meeting at St.Mary's in August. If you show up at the Church at 9:15 on Aug. 3rd you'll probably be the only one there! Our next meeting after the July one will be Friday, Sept.7th.

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Moshe Castel was born in Jerusalem in 1909 to a Sephardic Jewish family descended from Spain. The son of a Rabbi, Castel attended his father's school until the age of 13. He went on to study at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem, where he was encouraged by his teacher to study in Paris.
Castel furthered his art education at the Academie Julian and Ecole de Louvre in Paris. He was greatly influenced by European masters Rembrandt, Velasquez, Delacroix and Courbert after spending his days copying their works hanging in the Louvre. Castel returned to Palestine at the onset of WWII.
The subject of Castel's early paintings were scenes of Sephardic Jews in the Holy Land. In 1947, Castel helped to found the "New Horizons" (Ofakim Hadashim) group together with Yosef Zaritsky, Yehezkel Streichman, Marcel Janco and others.
In the 1950s his artwork shifted when he was inspired by ancient relief paintings depicting predecessors of the Jewish people. These paintings were surrounded by ancient ruins of basalt blocks, which ultimately became the foundation for his unique method. In 1955, a solo exhibition of his works was mounted at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. His murals hang in the Knesset, Binyanei Hauma Convention Center, Rockefeller Center in New York, and the official residence of the President of Israel in Jerusalem. In 1959, he purchased a studio in Montparnasse where he worked for several months a year.
Castel used ground basalt, mixed with sand and glue, to then mold into different forms that he would engraved. The engravings were derived from numerous ancient symbols of Hebrew culture. The artist produced two major commissions for the Israeli government, consisting of large reliefs in his signature style.
A large collection of the Mr. Castel's artwork can be viewed at the Moshe Castel Musuem of Art outside of Jerusalem.
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The Tate Gallery, London
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Jewish Museum, New York
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston-Texas
Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
Art Museum Berkeley University, California
Brandeis University, Boston
Smith College Museum, Northampton, Mass
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Wadsworth Athenaeum, Art Museum, Conn
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Baltimore Museum of Art
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American Public Insurance Company, Des Moines
The Knesset House of Parliament, Jerusalem
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Fairleigh Dickinson Fine Arts Museum, NJ
U.S. Steel, Pittsburg
Rehovot House of Sir Isaac and Lady Edith
Wolfson at the Weizman Institute
Temple B'nai Shalom, Rockville Center, New York
Temple Emanu-El, Providence, Rhode Island
San Francisco Museum of Art
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Pocket-sized projector that projects images up to one metre wide onto walls and ceilings. As well as an incredible image projector, this is also a cool night light that is ideal for bedside tables. Includes 24 fairy tale image, including fairy, unicorn, wizard, princess, dragon and fairy tale castle. Turn the lens head to focus the images. Simply flip the switch into nightlight mode. You can also detach the main body of the projector from its stand to use as a torch. Night light has 15-minute auto shut down to preserve battery life.
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This one was somewhat spur of the moment, so we didn't have the whole crew. JJ, Tom Smyth(obviously Irish), and myself(Greg). Some of the things discussed: New MTK Gear(CCR109, mAP, CCR1016-12S-1S+, CCR1072, CAPs Manager) AirFiber5 RIPE ARIN Here's the video:(if you don't see it, hit refresh)
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A Kenyan lawyer has filed a petition with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, suggesting that the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ was unlawful, and the state of Israel among others should be held responsible.
Dola Indidis, a lawyer and former spokesman of the Kenyan Judiciary is reportedly attempting to sue Tiberius (Emperor of Rome 42 BC-37AD), Pontius Pilate, a selection of Jewish elders, King Herod, the Republic of Italy and the State of Israel. "Evidence today is on record in the bible, and you cannot discredit the bible," Indidis said. "I filed the case because it's my duty to uphold the dignity of Jesus and I have gone to the ICJ to seek justice for the man from Nazareth," Indidis said. "His selective and malicious prosecution violated his human rights through judicial misconduct, abuse of office bias and prejudice."
Indidis named the states of Italy and Israel in the lawsuit because upon the attainment of independence, the two states incorporated the laws of the Roman Empire, those in force at the time of the Crucifixion.
He is challenging the mode of questioning used during Jesus' trial, prosecution, hearing and sentencing; the form of punishment meted out on him while undergoing judicial proceedings and the substance of the information used to convict him.
Indidis says he wants to establish what crime Jesus was charged with and prays that the court decides "that the proceedings before the Roman courts were a nullity in law for they did not conform to the rule of law at the material time and any time thereafter." "Some of those present spat in his face, struck him with their fists, slapped him, taunted him, and pronounced him worthy of death,"
Indidis added.
When Jesus died, Indidis insists he was not given an opportunity to be heard. "I am suing as a friend," he said. Indidis insisting on the validity of his case, said, "I know with a matter of fact and truth we have a good case with a high probability of success and I hope it is done in my lifetime."
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A spokesperson from the ICJ said, "The ICJ has no jurisdiction for such a case. The ICJ settles disputes between states. It is not even theoretically possible for us to consider this case."


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Pakistan Senate adopts resolution against ousted PM Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan's Senate today passed a resolution against a person holding a party post after being disqualified from public office, a move aimed against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's re-election as the chief of the ruling PML-N.
The resolution, presented by Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Aitzaz Ahsan, stated that a person who is not eligible to become a member of the parliament or has been disqualified cannot lead any political party.
The Senate or the upper house of the parliament passed the resolution with 52 senators voting in its favor and 28 voting against it.
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The step was taken against the approval given to Sharif to head the ruling party after amendments were made to the Elections Bill, 2017.
Sharif, 67, had to step down as PML-N chief after he was disqualified as the prime minister by the Supreme Court on July 28 in the Panama Papers scandal.
The PML-N took full advantage of its position as the ruling party as President Mamnoon Hussain signed the controversial Election Act 2017 into law after it was bulldozed through the National Assembly amid pandemonium on the opposition benches.
Under The Representation of Peoples Act 1976, a disqualified person could not hold the office of a party.
The law was passed to allow the party to re-elect Sharif as its head.
Ahsan said that after the new law, even someone who has given up Pakistani citizenship, who is declared to be of an unsound mind or otherwise disqualified from holding public office by a court now can become the head of a party.
"The parliament is exposed to becoming hostage to a person who himself is barred from entering it," the resolution said.
Law Minister Zahid Hamid opposed the resolution when put forward for debate and said that every party has the right to choose its leader from one of its members.
The resolution is non-binding and of no legal value and hence just symbolic.


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Preparing for a crisis is the area that I would like to discuss in this first article. There are three stages at which crises can be addressed: Before, during and after a situation occurs.
Experience has shown that much of the emphasis is placed on addressing a situation that has already occurred. It is better to effectively plan to avert such a problem or to address it in such a manner that its effects are minimized with customers, consumers, shareholders and the maintenance of the equity in the brand.
Those who have been involved in crisis situations, whether they were product recalls, animal health, bad publicity, tampering, etc., recognize that in times of crisis, resources are not spared. However, when you want to plan for a crisis and it involves expenditures of both human and monetary resources, there is often a push back. This is not to say that people are not concerned, it just means that they are weighing the benefits of the "insurance policy" that preparedness planning affords. One major situation can literally destroy a company. Destruction may not only be monetary in nature, but it can also so severely affect the morale of those within a company that it hampers their ability to make decisions and move forward.
In this article, I will not be discussing plans that processors and food service operators have developed to address the concerns that their customers and employees might have regarding the safety of poultry products should high pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) infect flocks in the U.S. I will be discussing what planning should be done in the eventuality that the virus mutates in such a fashion that it is easily spread from human to human, therefore leading to a Pandemic Influenza situation. The World Health Organization (WHO) has divided the Pandemic Situation into four periods with six phases (see Figure 1).
We are presently at Pandemic Alert Phase 3; human infections with a new subtype, but no human-to-human spread or, at most, rare instances of spread to a close contact. Even though we are only at Phase 3, we must be prepared if the virus does become easily transmissible between humans.
If we wait, it will be too late to minimize the impact of such an occurrence.
So, how should companies begin to prepare?
One of the ways that companies have chosen is to utilize the "Business Pandemic Influenza Checklist" that has been prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for large businesses. It can be found on the Home Page of the web site, www.pandemicflu.gov. This checklist provides an excellent starting point for all sizes of businesses.
The Checklist is Divided into the Following Six Areas:
- Plan for the impact of a pandemic on your business;
- Plan for the impact of a pandemic on your employees and customers;
- Establish policies to be implemented during a pandemic;
- Allocate resources to protect your employees and customers during a pandemic;
- Communicate to and educate your employees;
Coordinate with external organizations and help your community. Each of these areas contains specific issues that should be addressed. These issues will have to be modified to meet your company's specific organizational structure and needs and should be a cross-functional activity involving representatives from the following groups within your organization: Senior management, human resources, information technology, purchasing, distribution, operations, risk management, food service staff and medical advisors.
While many smaller companies do not have individual departments for each of these functions, each of these areas will have to be addressed. This activity will take time and involve numerous meetings. Simple things such as up-to-date emergency contact lists for key employees and more difficult things such as: how to handle an increased number of medical claims; what type of ancillary contractors need to be identified and trained; how you will keep your customers informed and supplied; what changes may be needed to your sick leave policies for both hourly as well as salaried employees; actions regarding your relationships with the state and local heath departments in which your facilities are located, among others, will need to be addressed.
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Courchevel 1850 is an absolute culinary hub and there is no restaurant more highly regarded than Le 1947, the only three Michelin star restaurant in the village. The location at super luxury hotel Cheval Blanc Courchevel, is perfectly fitting for a restaurant of this calibre and I'd definitely recommend stopping at the ground floor bar before heading downstairs for your meal.
Having popped my head into a few of the top hotels in Courchevel, I can definitely say Cheval Blanc, and our own home for the weekend, Aman Le Mélézin were my two favourites. Aman pipped the Cheval Blanc to the post though by virtue of being so intimate and welcoming!
As soon as we entered the restaurant we were offered a kitchen tour, I've had tours of Michelin starred kitchens before but this is the first time I was invited in before even trying the food (with the exception of my press trip to El Cellar De Can Roca). We were immediately introduced to Head Chef Gérard Barbin who gave us a personal tour of the small kitchen which directly opens into the dining room.
Chef Barbin has is protege of the legendary chef Yannick Alléno who opened Le 1947 in 2008 and received two Michelin stars in 2010. Barbin was appointed head chef in 2015 and it was in 2017 that Le 1947 gained the third star, the highest accolade for a restaurant. Not new for Yannick Alléno though who already has a three star restaurant under his belt, Alléno Paris au Pavillion Ledoyen as well as other distinguished restaurants around the world in Dubai, St Tropez, Taipai and the restaurant at the prestigious Royal Mansour in Marrakech.
To be awarded three Michelin stars, every element of a restaurant has to be perfection and we were immediately awed by the dining room. There are only five tables in order to optimise the experience and the space has been designed by Sybille de Margerie around a beautiful Corian sphere. The designer used different tones such as bronze, chocolate and white to create a chic and minimalist environment that also has a cosy alpine feel with blankets on the chairs and waitresses in beautiful white shift dresses with furry pockets. We ordered a glass of Ruinart to start – and talking of wine that's where the restaurant name comes from. The hotel was named after famous the St Emilion vineyard and Le 1947 is the most prestigious vintage of Château Cheval Blanc. The wine list here is sensational as the restaurant has access to the very best.
Just a little word before I launch into the food descriptions, with a menu this complex it's so hard to remember everything about it and taking notes would disrupt the flow of the meal, not to mention the ruin the romance! So apologies for lack of detail but I hope I can give an overall flavour of this incredible meal. We started with a series of amuse bouches and we were instructed to try the squash oil and seeds together before taking this canapés from the bark to try.
Next we watched as a waitress bought over a bowl of rice and fashioned nigiri sushi for us, topping it with eel, the perfect morsel to pop in your mouth accompanied by a little table side theatre.
Next we're presented with a menu in the form of a scroll, beautifully done up with a ribbon. At most three Michelin star restaurants I've been to there's a set menu but here there's the option of choosing the menu highlights or going à la carte, we opted for the latter.
But before the meal began properly, we're presented with a brioche style bun with truffle dressing which the waitress splits open and fills with more truffle.
As well as providing us with a more classic and very delicious country style bread. It all goes down very well with the bottle of Sancerre ordered by Mr S.
We opted for three starters to share starting with Lulu's scrambled sea scallops with French toast topped with Osciètre Caviar. Scrambling the scallops was incredibly inventive and apparently 'Lulu' is a reference to the lady who inspired chef to do it. The scallops are creamy and in appearance and texture are quite reminiscent of risotto.
Mr S and I had seen this frangipane tart during our kitchen tour and we knew it was a must order. It's made with 'poivrade' artichokes and a vin jaune reduction. The comté cheese was grated at the table.
Our final starter was billed as animal broth with toast of smoked pigeon tartare, preserved celeriac, lard and black truffle. We were told this stock takes days to prepare and of course, as with all the food at 1947, only the most exceptional ingredients are used.
Main courses are divided into hilly, mountain, subalpine and alpine. I opted for subalpine which was served in three parts: firstly clam 'roudoudou with genever, cuttlefish flesh, coconut lard and saffron next wood fired lobster with lemon palm pine and seawood confiture sauce with wild herbs and finally crispy bread and cockles. Unfortunately my trio of dishes was the only slight disappointment of the evening as I found them to be overly salty.
Mr S opted for alpine which was also served in three parts, firstly he received the bone which encompassed bardot-style potatoes steamed with marrow and cumin condiment. And then for a touch of magic as we were invited back into the kitchen…
Crispy salad leaves from the mountain were prepared using liquid nitrogen and made into a crispy side dish for the beef main course.
The main event is the very finest wagyu beef cooked to perfection in the oven.
A cheese course comes as standard and there are no complaints here (apart from the fact I'm feeling very full) and the cheeses come from an award-winning producer in Grenoble.
We're presented with a baked brioche with honeycomb butter which I believe has been on the table infusing the whole time but by now I'm slightly confused after so much food and drink! Anyway the brioche itself is light as feather and feeling too to eat too much of it, they prepare for us to take back.
Sadly after all the food, we had to say no to the twelve part dessert opting for a refreshing pineapple dish and nibbling on the petit fours instead.
Every detail is covered at Le 1947 and I'd highly recommend a visit for dedicated foodies in Courchevel 1850.


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New York, NY and San José, CA – May 1, 2017
Cabot Partners announced it has deepened its expertise and coverage of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Security and Cloud Computing, by adding M. R. Pamidi, Ph. D. as Principal Analyst to its distinguished professional staff.
Cabot Partners will present the following talk on October 24 at the IBM World of Watson event describing a value framework we have developed over the last two years.
ALY–1928: The Analytics and Cognitive Journey to Maximizing Value and Mitigating Risks
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How are leading organizations adroitly maximizing business value while mitigating risks? They are applying advanced analytics to data to produce powerful insights that enable them to outflank competitors. They are quantifying value and risks as part of an analytics and cognitive journey by using a holistic framework that considers tangible and intangible value and cost drivers. In this session, we showcase how this innovative quantitative framework can be used on four distinct, real-world advanced analytics examples.


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On May 7th of this year, Toni Furman was in her Lithonia home when she heard someone breaking down her door.
"They kicked the back door in," she said in an interview with Crossroads News. "I was in an upstairs bedroom trying to call for help and they told me to drop everything and show my hands."
"They" were the six DeKalb Sheriff's deputies who evicted her from the home on Stoneleigh Hill Road where she had lived for more than 20 years.
"They ordered me to get my clothes on and to leave," said the substitute high school science teacher. "And they started to take my things out into the street."
Toni hit hard times five years ago when she experienced a difficult divorce. She and her husband had lived in the home for 18 years. The divorce left Toni with the house, nothing more.
Toni immediately started to contact Cenlar, a loan servicing company, to see about getting a loan modification with no results. Eventually Toni got an extra job so that she could get closer to affording the mortgage payment.
Cenlar continued to refuse to work with Toni. Toni's home wasn't any foreclosure , Toni had around 100k in equity, which made for a very attractive foreclosure for Cenlar. In the end Cenlar refused her modification because he ex husband refused to sign modification paperwork, despite the fact that Toni had won the home in a divorce settlement.
Because Cenlar refused to work with Toni she became homeless and was staying with a neighbor in her community. Toni is ready to take bold action to reclaim her home despite the consequence. Toni is ready to be a voice for others struggling to simply have a place to call home.
Today at around 6:30pm Toni marched to her home at 1420 Stoneliegh Hill Road, Lithonia, with the support of other Atlanta residents active in Occupy Our Homes Atlanta and reclaimed her home of over 20 years from Cenlar. This was a brave, bold, risky move for Toni, who had never been involved in any social justice movement prior to her crisis.
There's no telling how this story is going to end, but we know it's starking lots of conversations in her community and is being covered on several local news outlets.


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Steve Ditko, the co-creator of popular super-hero Spiderman, passed away on the 29th of June. He was 90 years old. Several American papers reported on the story on Friday.
Ditko worked for world-famous publishing house Marvel Comics back in the 60s, where he co-created Spiderman in 1961. He created Doctor Strange two years later. He also created the Green Goblin, the Lizard, Sandman and Doctor Octopus.
Ditko left Marvel in 1966, after a disagreement with Stan Lee (Editor-in chief). He then worked for several other publishing houses, including Marvel's rival DC comics.
Steve Ditko was found dead in his New York apartment last week. Sources say he probably died of a heart attack.
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Hello fellow Rizon users!
I'm not exactly new to Rizon. I am a previous Rizon Server Admin (irc.frozensky.org), Services Admin & Routing Team Member. My former nickname was prez.
I left around two years ago due to real life priorities, but, I am now back under the nickname pz. My alternate nickname is irv.
I am hoping to return to my 'roots' here on Rizon, with a server currently in review. I have brought some friends with me, as part of my staff also. We can be found in our servers channel. Feel free to check us out, say hello!
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3 Tbsp. olive oil
1 large garlic clove
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Steam cauliflower until soft. Saute leek and garlic in oil until tender. Blend all ingredients in Ninja or food processor until smooth. Add about ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk to thin. Enjoy!


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Beginners to advanced knitters welcome. Bring 1 skein of worsted weight yarn (#4 on label) and 1 set of size 7 metal needles, or a current project. Held at the temporary community location, 7400 Temple Hill Rd., Temple Hills, MD, 20748.
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Reforming contracting practices in New York to restore public trust.
Our democracy depends on strong enforcement of the laws that are meant to protect it — and us. Those who break the law must face real consequences to deter bad behavior. In September 2016, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, arrested high-level officials in the Governor's office for rigging economic development contracts worth more than $780 million. Cities like Syracuse have been directly affected by that scandal.
Common Cause New York is working to enforce higher ethical standards in government as we build a democracy that truly works for all of us.
Clean Contracting
Common Cause New York has joined with Citizens Union, the Citizen Budget Commission, the Fiscal Policy Institute, the League of Women Voters, Reinvent Albany, and NYPIRG to offer five Clean Contracting Reforms:
- Require competitive and transparent contracting for the award of state funds by all state agencies, authorities, and affiliates. Use existing agency procurement guidelines as a uniform minimum standard.
- Transfer responsibility for awarding all economic development awards to Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), and end awards by state non-profits and SUNY.
- Empower the comptroller to review and approve all state contracts over $250K.
- Prohibit state authorities, state corporations and state non-profits from doing business with their board members.
- Create a 'Database of Deals' that allows the public to see the total value of all forms of subsidies awarded to a business – as six states have done.


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February and the blog world has gone mad for Valentines Day!!! We are going to have a Bit of a South African flavor on our blog this week in honor of the anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release on 11 February 1990. Visit our Fabulous Friday Fun Post This weekend for a great GiveAway!!! Here are the calendars for a new month:
Here is our weekly picture celebrating Hood #8. He is about to take off, it is his new "auto-pilot" thing and it may well have replaced the "arm-wave" thing, but that might be because he only assumes the tummy down position right now – so much better for flying!!!
And here are a few links for this week:
- 8 February 2010: Clean out Your Computer Day.
- With only se7en bazillion photographs, not to mention millions of emails on my computer I was happy to allow this day to pass totally uncelebrated.
- 8 February 2010: Jules Verne (1828 – 1905).
- 9 February 2010: Hershey Chocolate Founded (1894).
- 11 February 2010: Nelson Mandela Released (1990).
- 11 February 2010: Thomas Edison (1847).
- As usual you cannot beat the Garden of Praise.
- Time for Kids have Thomas Edison Fun.
- Very cool book with activities from Laurie Carlson.
- Nice kiddable biography with links from kidcyber.
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As part of the lab work required for my Physics degree I created graphs to showcase the results and spot trends in the data. These graphs were normally scatter graphs, produced in Excel if the lab was equipped with a computer, hand-drawn if not. After joining DataConsulting my experience of visualisations quickly changed. The pen and paper was cast aside and I was introduced to the visualisation software Tableau and a related weekly challenge called 'Makeover Monday'. Tableau is market leading visualisation software to visualise data, making it easier to understand and ultimately easier to quickly make informed business decisions. Every Monday a Tableau expert uploads a dataset and visualisation with potential for improvement; the aim is to improve this visualisation within an hour and it's a great opportunity to learn new skills, both from trial and error and from the Tableau community. This is where I started my Tableau journey.
After downloading the free software, 'Tableau Public' and a day of training by DataConsulting's own Alex, I looked at my first Makeover Monday challenge 'Make-up of UK Beauty'. Getting started with Tableau was simple enough and after an hour, I had my first Tableau visualisation. Although I was beginning to get to grips with the software, this first attempt wasn't particularly focused as I tried packing in as much information as possible into the visualisation.
My first Tableau visualisation – 'Make-up of UK Beauty'
Team GB at the Olympics
For my next visualisation, I aimed to tell a story by only focusing on the relevant data. The next challenge coincided with the Olympic Games, looking at medal hauls. As Team GB kept winning medals and Olympic fever took hold, the visualisation moved beyond a simple medal count to examining Team GB's strongest sports. Despite the success Team GB had at the Rio 2016 Olympic games, historically Great Britain's strongest sport is actually athletics. You may have seen the final result in DataConsulting's September Newsletter.
Fantasy Football Data in Tableau
To test develop my Tableau skills further (and in an attempt to win our Fantasy Football League) I created a Tableau Dashboard examining Fantasy Football data. After plotting various graphs and trend lines, I discovered that in Fantasy Football the saves made by a goalkeeper are much more important than goals conceded and when deciding on a defender, you should pick one who is good at assisting goals or scoring them. Sadly, this has not helped my position in the DataConsulting league as I'm stuck in last place. My Tableau skills are improving though and I've been testing out new features like clustering and joining data from Google Sheets.
With each Makeover Monday Challenge and each Tableau visualisation, I've learnt a new skill, whether it's something simple like creating filters on Tableau Dashboards to using Level of Detail Expressions to drill down into the data. I even attempted to use SQL to create some custom radial graphs but I need a little more practice to complete that particular challenge. As Tableau has such a large community, if you have an idea and are not sure how to implement it, there's probably someone out there who can point you in the right direction. I'm looking forward to future Tableau challenges, whether they come from Makeover Monday or from elsewhere and I'm looking forward to helping our customers gain more insight from their data through data visualisation.
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The other day I was reading Charlie Calvert's excellent post on LINQ and Deferred Execution and stumbled upon a logging feature inside LINQ to SQL. By setting the Log property to a TextWriter (in this case Console.Out), LINQ to SQL will log the query and what parameters it sent to the database server. Assign it before you execute your query like this.
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They are the official bison vendor of Wrigley Field in Chicago. He founded The American Film Company in 2008 which produces films such as The Conspirator in 2010. He founded DNAinfo.com in 2009 which is a digital news service. Joe's family acquired a 95% controlling interest in Wrigley Field and Major League Baseball team the Chicago Cubs in 2009. They also acquired 20% of Comcast Sportsnet Chicago. Joe's son Tom Ricketts is the Cubs chairman and his other children Pete, Todd, and Laura are all on the board of directors. Joe has been involved in politics starting the independent organization Taxpayers Against Earmarks and establishing The Ending Spending Fund. He is also a philanthropist who established the Opportunity Education Foundation. Joe married Marlene Ricketts in 1963.


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Case Wallet raised US$1.5 million in seed funds to explore use cases regarding identity verification; Polish payment processors and at least one bank have closed the accounts of several local bitcoin exchanges and more top stories for June 19.
Bitcoin Hardware Maker Case Wallet Attracts US$1.5 Million in Seed Funding
Case Wallet just started taking preorders for its credit-card-size device used to securely store and send bitcoin, but it sees much broader applications for its biometric and other security know-how. The startup has raised US$1.5 million in seed funds to explore use cases regarding identity verification in financial-information access.
According to Case founder and Chief Executive Melanie Shapiro:
"Ultimately, what we've built is a secure signing device."
Polish Exchanges Lose Payment Processors in Bitcoin Crackdown
Polish payment processors CashBill and BlueMedia and at least one bank – PKO Bank Polski - have closed the accounts of local bitcoin exchanges BitBay, Cryptoins.com, bitmarket24pl and Bitmarket.pl. A spokesperson for CashBill said that the company had been informed by various Polish banks that continued work with bitcoin exchanges would result in termination of services from these banks.
Canadian Senate Rules in Favor of 'An Almost Hands-Off Approach' to Bitcoin
After many months of thoughtful deliberations, the Canadian Senate released their official report on Bitcoin and cryptographic currencies. Interestingly, the legislative body has decided to protect Bitcoin from massive government regulation.
The Canadian Senate report concluded with these words:
"We believe that the best strategy for dealing with cryptocurrencies is to monitor the situation as the technology evolves; that Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) must prepare to navigate and use block chain technology; that this technology offers new ways to protect the personal information of Canadians; and, finally, that this technology requires a light regulatory touch – almost a hands off approach. In other words, not necessarily regulation, but regulation as necessary."
Coinsetter and Shift Forex Release Bitcoin Liquidity and Market Data Service Bitbroker
Jaron Lukasiewicz, CEO of Coinsetter, said:
"We built Coinsetter to support institutional liquidity and low latency trade execution, which makes it an ideal fit for FX brokers globally […] We've worked closely with Shift to develop Bitbroker, a comprehensive and truly turnkey solution for the market that we are excited to launch today."
Indonesian Central Bank Does not Consider Bitcoin a Currency of Legal Payment Tool
In a public statement, the Indonesian central bank Bank
The statement reads:
Indonesiastates that Bitcoin and other virtual currency are not currency or legal payment instrument in . The society is encouraged to be careful toward Bitcoin and other virtual currency. All risks related to the ownership/use of Bitcoin should be borne by the owner/user of the Bitcoin and other virtual currency." Indonesia
Estonia's LHV Bank: 'The Bitcoin Blockchain is the Most Tested and Secure for Our Applications'
Cointelegraph spoke with Rain Lõhmus, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Estonia's LHV Bank, about experimenting with the blockchain via colored coins, bitcoin-based certificates of deposit, and the country's attitude toward technology and innovation. In an uncharacteristically open interview, Lõhmus explains the banks interest in blockchain technology.
"The Bitcoin blockchain is the oldest, most tested and secure [public-key cryptography], and hence suitable for our current applications."
Ripple Labs Joins Federal Reserve's Faster Payment Task Force
Ryan Zagone, head of research on the Business Development team at Ripple Labs, has been elected to the Federal Reserve's Faster Payment Task Force Steering Committee to represent the technology and non-service banking provider sector. The committee will help execute and discuss a payment strategy laid out by the Fed earlier this year.
Zagone said:
"It's a privilege to be selected […] I look forward to leveraging Ripple's global experience as the task force assess ways to increase speed, efficiency, access to, and competition in payments."
JoyStream Introduces Torrenting Client that Incentivizes the Seeding of Files
JoyStream is a new BitTorrent client that incentivizes users to make file-sharing both faster and monetarily rewarding. Bitcoin micropayments, enabled by JoyStream's built-in smart contracts, allow seeders to be paid as they contribute their bandwidth to the sharing of a given file.
Founder and developer Dr. Bendeho Mender explained:
"The brilliant insight of the BitTorrent system was to mobilize the idle upstream bandwidth of peers which had a mutual interest in acquiring the same content through barter tit-for-tat exchange. However, the problem of how to incentivize bandwidth contribution from peers which had no need for downloading [...] was a serious problem for the quality of the experience."
Mender is currently seeking alpha testers to try out the JoyStream client with the Bitcoin testnet.
Judge Rules in Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Lending Lawsuit
BitInka Launches Universal Bitcoin Services Platform for South America
BitInka has launched a Bitcoin web-wallet, exchange and remittance service with local presence in Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil, while Argentina, Colombia, and Chile will be added soon.
In a press release, BitInka states:
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
I Was a Vegan and Didn't Know It
This week at The High Calling, our discussion of The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers on Feasting and Fasting Toward God covers three essays, one by Caroline Langston a former "Lapsed Southern Baptist" turned hyper-Presbyterian-turned Eastern Orthodox on fasting in India (I won't attempt to unscramble all that); one by Suzanne Wolfe, editor of Image Journal, who writes about her eating disorder and her grandfather; and one by Thomas Maltman, who writes about a "famine" held at his church.
The mention of a grandfather was all it took. (And she tells a great story, by the way.) I veered from the serious, and these are all rather serious essays.
As a child, I would spend a week with my paternal grandmother in Shreveport. Those are some of my best memories of childhood, in fact. I'd either be driven by my parents from home in New Orleans (then about a six-hour ride) and fly home (on a real airplane!), or fly to Shreveport and then my parents would come pick me up after a week. I did this from the time I was seven to when I was about 14.
Those weeks with Gram were wonderful. We'd tool around Shreveport in her old Ford (with running boards) and inevitably the car would break down, usually in the "wrong" part of town. I'd accompany her on her "visits" to other elderly ladies, and they were always very formal things, with each of the ladies using the "Mrs." to address the other. "Mrs. Young, would you care for more coffee?" "I do believe I would, Mrs. King."
And something was always going on at her church, a short block from her house. It might be a revival, an ice cream social, a special concert (my grandmother sang solos and played the piano) or a picnic, but there was always something.
That vegetable garden was, to my child's eyes, huge. Especially when, in the early evening when it was cooler but still daylight, we were all expected to "work the garden."
That garden had everything: corn, radishes, several kinds of beans, tomatoes, squash, bell peppers, pumpkins, new potatoes, herbs, even a rather large grapevine. The four of us – my aunt, uncle, grandmother and me – would assemble after dinner. My uncle would give us our assignments and distribute any tools needed. I usually had to "pick" something – tomatoes or beans. Once I had the privilege of digging up the new potatoes.
When we were finished, my grandmother would be provided with a supply of fresh vegetables, and I'd carry the filled bushel basket back across the street.
Since something was always being harvested, we always had plenty of fresh, homegrown vegetables.
Every day, we would eat lunch with my aunt and uncle. And vegetables graced the table. Creamed corn. Sliced radishes. Cooked squash that I wouldn't eat. Sliced tomatoes. Green beans. Snap beans. Lima beans. New potatoes in cream sauce. When the harvest was especially bountiful, we have fresh vegetables for both lunch and dinner.
But no meat.
The first few times I sat for lunch in my aunt's kitchen, I was always looking around for the meat. After all, that's what we had at every meal in New Orleans. But I was far too polite to ask. I decided that someone had forgotten the meat, and they would eventually remember.
But they didn't remember. We ate vegetables. Lots of vegetables. For a week a year, I was a vegan and didn't know it.
My aunt would notice me looking around, and usually pass another bowl of vegetables, thinking I was especially hungry. One summer she finally figured out what I was looking for, and she made sure from then on there was plenty of it available for lunch. After all, she said, she knew what people from New Orleans liked to eat.
And out would come a big steaming bowl of – rice.
To see more posts on the spirit of Food, please visit The High Calling.
Photograph: Harvest and Preserves by Kim Newberg via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
6 comments:
- lynnmosher said...
Oh, this brings back memories! My grandparents had a large farm and my parents and I lived with them for a while when I was very young. I remember picking those veggies from the garden and eating them right there, after rinsing them, of course! Thanks, Glynn, for this lovely reminder!
- February 13, 2011 at 9:15 PM
- Louise Gallagher said...
Don't know how I missed this story yesterday. It's wonderful!
And the rice... lovley!
- February 14, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Laura said...
What a wonderful story, Glynn. I love imagining you and your family "working in the garden". You are right about these essays. They were difficult ones. I really did not intend for my post to be so melancholy and struggled a bit with how it came out. But the truth...it is hard sometimes. This world is hard.
Thanks for your story, Glynn. A welcome lighter side!
- February 14, 2011 at 7:25 AM
- L.L. Barkat said...
I would have loved that house. :)
(and you make me laugh!)
- February 14, 2011 at 8:12 AM
- Brock S. Henning said...
Glynn, the way you described that vegetable garden makes me pretty hungry, and I too like my meat! And don't forget the Tony Chachere's! :)
- February 14, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- H. Gillham said...
How funny!
I have many memories of vegetable gardens too -- and I NEVER wanted to work in them.
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This article is the sixth in a series of articles featuring movie posters from across India, released and unreleased works too, for their merit. Keep watching this series for more.
Ashim Ahluwalia's National Award-winning film Miss Lovely is as atypical as it is acclaimed. The story revolves around the Indian C-Grade (pornographic and horror) film industry and follows the journey of the Duggal Brothers, and their rise and fall from fame. The film itself is daring in its matter-of-factness, rather than being "filmy".
Chiraag Bhakta, a graphic designer based in San Francisco, designed the main poster for Miss Lovely. Chiraag was raised in an independent motel on a New Jersey freeway by immigrant parents from India and studied Graphic Design at the Hartford Art School in Connecticut.
The design of this poster was actually a quick turnaround, which took all of 10 days. "Ashim got word that Miss Lovely got into Cannes, which I think caught him by surprise since the film wasn't even fully completed. He reached out and asked if I was free to create a poster for the film; I was fully on-board," said Chiraag.
Ashim and Chiraag have known each other for more than 10 years and also share similar artistic inclinations. Their idea was to have a central iconic image, for which, they decided to use one from the 1976 film Nehle pe Dehla, a film they both loved.
"Since Miss Lovely is based around the C-grade film industry, it was actually really appropriate to lift an image, especially that image [from Nehle pe Dehla] and make it our own in a way, since most posters from that genre do the same. It was a tribute in a way as well," explains Chiraag. There is also a Japanese version, which was done for the Japan release of the film.
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Manchester City's pride-boosting win over United draws circle around a bigger, important point
Manchester City's net result for its pride boosting win Monday over rival Manchester United is no more than stripping a little sheen (and even then only temporarily so) from the next trophy about to be delivered to Old Trafford.
United's lead still stands at a formidable 12 points, never mind City's 2-1 achievement Monday on Sergio Aguero's latest something-special, his late game-winner in the fictional Manchester championship.
In the end, for most of us, it was just an enjoyable Monday afternoon match, one that added some bonus sizzle at the end for finishing on the highly combustible side. (Mostly just "handbags," as they say.) The Premiership race has long since been decided.
Monday's was a deserved win for City, who parlayed passion with intelligence in generally appearing to be the better team, creating more of the quality chances.
And all does reiterate the important point of what might have been – what dream may have come for a City side that looks, up and down the roster, like the better collection of talent.
As a collection of individual skill and know-how, City's bunch seems more equipped than Manchester United's to deal with the hills and mountains that appear weekly in perennially heavy weather of Premier League competition.
Manchester United's roster is full of wonderful players, clearly – and yet City's roster seems better stocked with absolute game-breakers. Once past Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney (on his good days), United's roster does not reach the same starry heights. Again, we're only talking about independent, individual assessments here.
What City clearly does not have is Alex Ferguson, master of squeezing every teeny-tiny drop of talent from the Old Trafford tube.
And what City does not have is United's ability (linked surely to Ferguson, who has already forgotten more about the game than many manager will ever know) to grind and grind and grind across the long months.
While City was suffering questionable losses at Sunderland and Southampton, United kept grinding and grinding, turning up ways to turn draws into wins. (City also drew at home to Liverpool and Everton, for instance.)
At the end Monday, the yellow cards flew, the game was gripping and Aguero's game-winner was just plain awesome. City deserved the night – but it's not enough to do it once. Being crowned kings of EPL is all about doing it again and again. United still have a big edge there.


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One sunny August afternoon, my younger son and I walked to the post office and mailed out 200 bar mitzvah invitations. We had spent that morning sitting in the dining room, licking envelopes and placing royal blue and red stamps that resembled the Giants logo onto the upper right corners of heavy, cream-colored envelopes. The envelopes were addressed to his entire class from school, many of his friends from camp, most of our relatives, our housekeeper, my sister-in-law's parents, friends we biked and hiked with, friends we saw all the time and old friends we rarely saw and had almost written off but our love for them was so ancient and deep that we invited them too.
Basically, we invited everyone we'd ever hugged.
Into the mailbox they went, 200 invitations to the ceremony and the Kiddush, with another 100-plus invitations to the nighttime "kids" party.
Several months earlier, my son had been assigned his Torah portion-Vayera. A lot goes on in this part of the Bible: Abraham is asked by God to sacrifice his son Isaac, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed, and Lot is seduced by his daughters. An almost filicide and the suggestion of incest is heady stuff for a 13 year old to contemplate, and our son was trying to digest and memorize this material in Hebrew. Meanwhile, my husband and I had hired a DJ, a band, a florist, four motivational dancers, a caterer, a photographer, and two nice ladies who had agreed to decorate the room with not-quite-life-size cutouts of various Giants players-Eli Manning, Victor Cruz, etc- who would appear to be "playing" on the tables. Sushi, grilled chicken, edamame pockets and tiny kosher hotdogs would be served. My husband then spent a hundred hours making an eight-minute movie that highlighted the funnier moments of our younger son's career as a suburban child.In short, we were putting on a show and our younger son was the star.
I had been through this before with our older son, now 17, and I knew what to expect. The men in our family would need new suits; I would need hair, makeup and wardrobe.
We live in a town where the women are almost professionally beautiful. So without further adieu, I ran to get a new dress. Four years ago, my friend Suzanne had sold me a great red Prada dress from Bergdorf's. The dress was snug when I bought it but I lost five pounds fast. Of course, after the big event, those pounds hunted me down and swore they'd stay by my side forever, never to be lost again. So Suzanne found a larger Jason Wu dress, one that I could wear to the eight other b'nai mitzvahs we have this year. (If you think you're going to a lot of mitzvahs this year, you are: More than 4 million babies were born in 2000, the biggest uptick since 1993, and many of those kids are preparing for their b'nai mitzvahs now.) The dress purchased, I turned to my face.
When our older son was getting bar mitzvahed, I was getting Botox. In real life, Botox makes your skin look strangely taut and freezes your eyeballs, but on screen, you look fantastic. So although it felt as if the dermatologist had glued a sheet of Saran Wrap across my forehead and yanked it tight, I looked great in pictures. Once I stopped getting Botox, I knew my face would need a new strategy.
I texted a makeup artist, one three friends had recommended. She called back while I was in the car with my kids.
"So," she said, on speakerphone. "Just to confirm, you want me to come three times?"
"Yes," I said. Once before Friday night services, once before Saturday morning services and once before the kids party.
"You're having your makeup done three times?" my older son howled.
"It's cheaper and safer than Botox."
Makeup artist: "Do you want lashes?"
"Do they cost extra?" I asked.
"How about air-brushing?"
"What's that?" I knew celebrities had that when they appeared on the covers of Vogue, but wasn't sure how it worked in real life.
"It will make your complexion look flawless. We'll do it for the night party."
"Oh my God," my older son said.
The night before the big event, the make-up artist came over. As the men scrambled to get ready, we set up in the dining room. She gently applied foundation, blush and lipstick, and carefully removed the "lashes" from a plastic case. She spread glue on their backs and attached them to my eyelids. My eyes had never been so big. I looked like someone else - someone glamorous. And also a bit like an alien, but in a good way. The next day, she returned, plugged in a machine and sprayed foundation on my face. Voila! I was airbrushed and ready.
The bar mitzvah went off with out a hitch. My son read his Hebrew like a Talmudic scholar -- at least he sounded that way to me. (I don't read or speak Hebrew so am easy to please and fool.) As he expounded on what he had learned from studying Torah, he threw his shoulders back and smiled. I felt his pride, and my acute relief.
During the Kiddush and after party, I told whoever would listen about my "falsies." I loved those lashes. I wanted the makeup artist to come over every day and put them on. But God laughs when we try too hard. The "air brush" make-up had given me an allergic reaction. In pictures, it looks like dodge balls have been stashed in my cheeks.
When I woke up Sunday morning, our younger son was asleep with his camp friends in the basement. The party was over. Now all he had left to do was write 129 thank you notes. Meanwhile, the lashes had fallen like fly wings across my eyes, creating tiny black shadows. I blinked and they were gone.
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Written by Sherry Brown, Communications Coordinator for ANCFSAO
The 7th Annual Youth-in-Care Camp kicked off at YMCA Geneva Park on August 27th and ran until August 29th, 2019. It was the first time the Association of Native Child and Family Services Agencies of Ontario (ANCFSAO) hosted the camp, and it was an extraordinary experience.
The event, intended for ages 9-13, brought together 63 Indigenous kids in care from 14 Ontario agencies (5 Indigenous Child Well-Being Agencies and 9 non-Indigenous agencies) for three days of connecting, learning, and engaging in culturally relevant activities. It began with an opening ceremony featuring a drum circle by Phil Jones and Dion Syrette and an introduction from ANCFSAO's Elder-in-Residence, Danette Restoule.
Kids then disappeared into classrooms to create soapstone sculptures, learn lacrosse techniques, and master Okichitaw in ANCFSAO staff member Stephan Borau's Indigenous martial arts class. Tim McGregor taught his group how to make rattles by stitching together wet hides and filling them with sand, and the classroom was shockingly quiet as the kids became absorbed in their creations.
Perry McLeod-Shabogesic taught a classroom full of kids his fluid drawing techniques as Jackie Labonte and Oliver Nobosin set up a sweat lodge by the lake with a group of little helpers. Three quiet sisters stayed close to one another as they tied strips of red, yellow, white, and black fabric to the intersecting saplings of the structure, eventually stepping back to smile at their work.
In the evening, kids, chaperones, and staff gathered around a fire for spooky stories and marshmallows, and the fire was lit again just a few hours later for the first sunrise ceremony. As the sun cast a golden reflection on the lake, Elders Ernest Beck and Gertie Beaucage offered wisdom and led the group in a water ceremony with the assistance of Liam and Olivia Restoule, a young brother and sister who came to the camp to assist in ceremonies.
That morning, those gathered for the ceremony were treated to a group of children singing a song with their backs turned to their audience to hide their nerves, as well as a throat-singing performance from one child whose enthusiasm inspired everyone, campers and staff alike.
The recurring joke that the kids enjoyed over the course of the camp was calling, "Taxi!" every time a Geneva Park golf cart drove past or delivered hot dogs and marshmallows to the campers gathered around the fire.
When the activities of the second day, which included making dreamcatchers and learning to exchange greetings in Ojibway, were finished, a mini pow-wow filled the camp with the sounds of drums and harmonizing voices. Hoop dancer Nimkii Osawamick inspired applause several times with his astounding storytelling through dance, and his mother Liz Osawamick captivated the young audience with a jingle dress dance. One little girl won a spot dance and proudly told everyone who would listen about her enormous $20 win. Phil and Dion invited a group of eager youths to join them in drumming and singing, and they were complemented by a second drumming group, Mixed Tribe, from the Peterborough area.
By the third day, when Phil moved a drum-making class to the auditorium because it was too popular, and when two days of lacrosse lessons from Cam Bomberry culminated in an epic final game, there was a noticeably different energy to the entire group than when the event began. One little girl stood out: she arrived at the registration desk silent and too shy to make eye contact, and by lunch on the second day was chatting with other children and even resource people and staff, excitedly running from one activity to the next with confidence and a brilliant smile.
The giveaway ceremony during the closing ceremony on the last day was many of the kids' first, and campers were sent off with a miigwetch circle dance. As chaperones and children packed their bags and filed into cars and buses, ready to head home, excited squeals and laughter filled Geneva Park.
The camp was a success thanks to an overwhelmingly wonderful group of kids always eager to engage and learn, as well as outstanding resource people, behind-the-scenes staff members from ANCFSAO, and the amazing staff at YMCA Geneva Park. Thanks also go to OACAS for their sponsorship and assistance.
Indigenous kids from across Ontario came together to learn from one another, engage with their culture (some of them for the first time), and went home with beautiful drums, soapstone bears, dreamcatchers, paintings, rattles, and a new-found obsession with lacrosse and Okichitaw.
A second camp will be hosted by ANCFSAO at Geneva Park from November 1st to the 3rd for youth ages 13-17. Stay tuned for details.


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Home at last! - Peter Tosh's son leaves hospital after one and a half years
The family of the late reggae great Peter Tosh has much to celebrate this month. Apart from it being the birthday of the family patriarch, last Thursday, the family welcomed home his youngest son who had been in the hospital for one and a half years.
Jawara McIntosh, 38, had been hospitalised following a violent attack while he was serving a six-month sentence for cannabis-related charges in the Bergen County Jail in New Jersey.
When his family visited him following the attack, he was barely conscious, having sustained brain injuries. Speaking with The Gleaner, his sister, Niambe, said the family is hopeful for a full recovery, with him now released into their care.
She explained that he was not in a vegetative state, though he was unable to do things for himself. "He was constantly in and out of consciousness. Our family has seen his body in the intensive care unit just fighting for stable vital signs, especially over the first few months following the incident."
She continued; "It has been an extremely long journey, and with him having the brain injury, it's been a slow and steady process. He has been showing and taking steps to be able to communicate, but he still isn't able to do stuff with intent."
The McIntosh family had a small, intimate celebration while getting him medically situated at their home in Boston, where Niambe said her relatives, including their mother, her daughter and Jawara's four children, were present.
"He's not speaking as much as we would have hoped, but he is starting to verbalise things and making a break to communicate," she said.
She described her brother as "a man of strong faith" as she explained how determined he is to get better. He has sporadically showed signs of improvement. Last month, the family finally decided that it was time to take his care into their own hands.
Niambe said that with their father having been a firm believer in the use of herbal remedies, they intend to take the natural way to bring Jawara back to health.
"When you've been on this journey like my family has, you see the progress and spirit he has to continue the fight to get better. So we stay positive, and we are looking to work together to bring him back to health," she said. "We tried to push for as much medical support as possible, but our spirit tells us it is just for us to help him transition from the hospital settling into the home, and give him the support that he needs."
The family has long and patiently fought for justice for Jawara. The original case in which he was arrested was dropped earlier this year on his birthday, February 8. His attacker was subsequently charged, convicted and sentenced to 10 years for the incident.
Before his legal troubles, he had followed in his father's footsteps as a follower of the Rastafarian movement and an advocate for the legalisation of cannabis. Now that the case is over, Niambe says the family is moving forward with a civil suit for her brother's injuries.
"His injury was never supposed to happen - all over cannabis - which is an even more disappointing situation, so we continue to fight for justice for him. It is definitely refreshing to have my brother home, and more significantly, his children were happy to see him out of the hospital."