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Anti-Cruelty Information Line
We do not have the jurisdiction to investigate such cases, but do want to provide concerned citizens with information on how to make an effective police report. All reports of suspected animal cruelty or neglect in Milwaukee County must go through the police department. If you observe or suspect animal abuse or neglect is occurring, take the following steps:
Contact your local non-emergency police department as soon as possible.
If you witness an animal in a life-threatening situation, such as dog fighting, call 9-1-1.
For a listing of police departments in the City of Milwaukee, click here.
For a listing of police departments of other municipalities in Milwaukee County, click here.
Print out a form of information to give to the dispatcher when you call the police department.
The police are best able to perform their duties when provided with detailed descriptions of the suspected abuse.
The more details you provide, the greater the chance that the law will be upheld and the animals rescued.
If you do not fill in the printable form, make sure to consider the following questions before calling the police:
- What type of incident(s) did you witness?
- Who was involved in the incident(s)?
- When did the incident(s) take place?
- Where did the incident(s) take place?
If you are a resident of the City of Milwaukee, check if your complaint breaks a local ordinance.
Contact the Department of Neighborhood Services at (414) 286-3441 with any animal nuisance complaints.
Click here to view a list of local ordiances.
If you live outside the City of Milwaukee, check your municipality's website for details on your local animal ordinances.
For a packet of resources to help end animal cruelty, click here.


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By: Devanshu Narang in Toronto, ON
If I was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, I would not forgive Indian politicians and the country's media for a long time. Perhaps Mr. Trudeau will forgive, but as a Canadian with Indian roots, I definitely will not. Ever.
But mark my words, Trudeau's India visit will turn out to be a long-term relationship disaster for India and not for Canada. As an honest, liberal, positive and a truly warm Canadian, the prime minister does not need to re-invent himself. On the other hand, Indians could do some re-thinking themselves.
True, Mr. Trudeau went overboard, as he sometimes does. Those heavily embroidered and garish Indian tops called 'Kurtas' were an eyesore even to most Indians. We never wear such fancy attire, except special occasions when it is considered chic to have an "Indian look". Perhaps he was either misguided by his coterie of South Asians who love their Bollywood movies or by the huge applause he gets when he wears such costumes at cultural events in Canada. After all, it is a pleasure for the South Asians to see a white leader wear ethnic attire and dance to Indian tunes. Here in Canada it is genuinely considered a mark of respect to the community and a desire to accept their culture.
Unfortunately, India mistook this for Mr. Trudeau's weakness and showed its boorish side.
In fact, it was evident right from the start that the Indian political elite which hates the liberal agenda and which has turned markedly right-wing and conservative in recent years would not take to the Canadian prime minister. They not only sent a junior minister to officially welcome him, but also ensured that the media coverage he received was low and negative. Slowly the plan was put into effect: his clothing became the object of derision, the motives of his trip questioned, his comments called into question, his guest lists scrutinized, and lo and behold, we had a feel-good trip turned into a PR nightmare.
Treating guests in India
I will not go into the details of how he was treated by Indian and thereafter Canadian and foreign media. How he was made to look like a fool when he was just being a warm human being. I would rather focus on what I think will happen following this trip and let Indians know about the blunder they have just committed.
Here was a guest, who in keeping with Indian traditions was to be treated like a God, who arrived in all humility – always bowing to local traditions, even dressed in their attire to please the locals, showing due respect all all the shrines and institutions revered and loved by Indians, who took his family along and persuaded them to dress the Indian way. Who could ever imagine that he would face ridicule at home, especially from the political opponents baying for blood ready to portray him as a weakling.
But, more importantly, what is wrong with India? How many times have we had world leaders come to India and respect Indian ways? How happy you've been when they occasionally wear Indian attire for an event and grooved with you? How many times have you hoped that they genuinely like your cuisine, your culture, your music and your own self? And when a man, a nation's leader, whole-heartedly opens up his soul and gives you a warm hug, you pull back?
So what if he went overboard. Is it wrong to try too hard?
Canada - India relations
Mr. Trudeau will recover from all this. After all, he did nothing wrong. But chances are India will experience the famous Canadian chill for decades to come.
The relationship between Canada and India may go into cold storage. Not just Canadians, but countries the world over, especially in the Western world, would be less trusting of India, especially if their political views differ. Other world leaders will definitely be more reserved during their Indian visits and never again would any Western leader open up as much as Mr. Trudeau did to Indian traditions and culture.
As for the invitation extended to a convicted would-be assassin for a Trudeau event, let us review the facts there too. First, the guest lists and invitees are not put together by Mr. Trudeau or any political leader himself. Second, if facts serve me right, Jaspal Atwal was convicted as a terrorist and served his sentence for close to two decades and has gone on record saying after his release saying that he regrets his action. He has already faced punishment for his crime and now walks free in Canada and has all the rights as any other Canadian.
He was visiting India because India too removed his name from the blacklist and granted him a visa. So, how long would you keep crucifying a person for an act in the past? Using the same logic, a lot of political leaders in India who were anti-state at one time should also be blacklisted for life. If anyone is to blame, it is India's double standards.
True, the "Khalistan movement" is dead in India, as it should be. It also does not ignite the minds of a majority of Indo-Canadians any more. But, the fact still remains, that a large part of the Punjabi community that resides in Canada came here in the 1980s and early 1990s after witnessing various atrocities committed to their near and dear ones at different times. The wounds have healed, but the scars still remain for children who grew up without fathers, or men and women who suffered in their youth. These can only be healed by love and acceptance and not by hate and segregation.
By turning your back on Mr. Atwal, who has already paid for his crime, you alienate many other Indo-Canadians and rub fresh salt on old wounds. Alas, one should have expected that out from a newly militant India and its biased media.
Put this behind you
I only hope that Mr. Trudeau and the Liberal Party does not take the criticism to heart in the context of Canadian diversity. The party's welcome to immigrants, working towards enabling equality, justice and acceptance in Canadian communities, and enabling greater respect for all humans should continue. Mr. Trudeau's evident love for the Indo-Canadian community must not diminished due to unfair coverage by Indian media, which appears semi-controlled by right-wing Indian politicians.
As an Indo-Canadian, I am ashamed about the way India treated our Prime Minister. My advice: please forget this and move on. Thank you for opening your heart.
And, yes, the next time at Diwali or Gurupurb, please bring out those Bhangra dance moves again.
Devanshu Narang is a contributor for New Canadian Media and other publications such as The Times of India. He is also a member of the NCM Collective
By: Kasi Rao in Toronto, ON
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's arrival in New Delhi on February 17 for a week-long state visit marks the 12th visit by a member of his cabinet to India, and given his position, the most important one.
The significance of Trudeau's visit is clear — India matters to Canada, as a friend and a trading partner with still-unrealized potential at a time when Canada seeks to broaden and deepen its international markets.
Canada and India have been talking for a while about reaching more comprehensive trade and investment agreements. But the real significance of this visit is already comprehensive — there's a positive shift in our relationship that we're ready to build on together.
The building blocks are there. Two-way trade between Canada and India was nearly $8 billion in 2016, even though there have been setbacks and slow progress in formal trade talks.
We do that amount of two-way trade with the United States every four days. But when it comes to Canada-India trade, the modesty of the numbers is a reflection of the past, not the promise of the future.
The obstacles are obvious too. Late last year, Indian government officials slapped an increased tariff on pulses — the little yellow peas that are a staple in South Asia, which Canadian farmers export to India.
Yet we have common ground. Canada is the biggest contributor of pulses to India, and India benefits when our supply is not constricted by tariffs.
There's no substitute for a meeting between two leaders to reach a better understanding and make it easier to trade commodities.
Canada and India have been negotiating those free trade and investments agreements for some time now — and they may well take longer. That doesn't negate the need for a sustained engagement with India across multiple sectors.
This visit is an opportunity — to find more common ground. The elements for stronger trade, business and investment relationships between Canada and India are apparent in the number of sectors that are robust and growing yet still relatively untapped.
There are huge opportunities to expand in tourism, research and skills, medical science, technology and innovation.
Some trading partners in the world lament a brain drain, where talented people leave. Between Canada and India it's a brain chain, where the best and brightest in both countries complement and bolster each others' achievements.
For example, Canada is one of the most welcoming countries, reflected in our increased immigration targets at a time when others in the G7 are cutting back.
More than a million Canadians trace their roots to India; they provide a natural bridge to newcomers. Canada has increasing potential as a magnet for higher education among promising Indian students, which contributes to research and innovation in both countries.
Canadians and Indians also share many similar attitudes and values in their outlook to solving global problems. On the economic front, Indian states now embrace cooperative and competitive federalism, marketing themselves internationally the way our provinces do.
Canadians and Indians also share many values when it comes to pluralism and diversity, and both countries are in sync on combatting climate change and the Paris Accord.
Public institutions in both countries have legitimacy in ways that either don't exist in other places or are under severe strain.
Global studies such as the Pew Global Survey and 2018 Edelman Public Trust Barometer show that Canada and India rank consistently high in the public's trust of institutions.
The strong Canadian team led by Prime Minister Trudeau, who is accompanied by senior Cabinet ministers, demonstrates Canada's commitment to a wider and deeper relationship with India.
The Canadian brand is a compelling one that resonates with India. There is nothing like a prime ministerial visit — it provides an extraordinary platform to demonstrate the breadth and depth of our engagement.
Kasi Rao is President and CEO of the Canada-India Business Council (C-IBC). Republished under arrangement with iPolitics.
Canada's new plan to welcome nearly one million immigrants over the next three years, has been hailed and flailed around the world despite the Liberal government assurances that it will help offset an aging demographic.
"This historic multi-year immigration levels plan will benefit all Canadians because immigrants will contribute their talents to support our economic growth and innovation, helping to keep our country at the forefront of the global economy, said Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
The new plan aims to build upon the current projections for 300,000 permanent residents in 2017 by increasing the number of new permanent residents welcomed to Canada over a three-year period, beginning with an increase to 310,000 immigrants in 2018, 330,000 in 2019 and 340,000 in 2020.
"This is an important step in the right direction, which reaffirms Canada's belief in immigration and citizenship as a principle which has helped to build, and which will continue to build, the country," said the Institute for Canadian Citizenship
"We, probably in the world, have one of the best immigration programs not only in terms of our selection processes but also in terms of our settlement and integration programs where we work with immigrants," said Debbie Douglas, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants.
But not everyone shares the optimism.
The federal government's own Advisory Council on Economic Growth had recommended upping levels to reach 450,000 newcomers annually by 2021. Hussen said the government is taking a more gradual approach to ensure successful integration.
Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel was critical of the plan, suggesting the government needs to do a better job of integrating newcomers.
"It is not enough for this government to table the number of people that they are bringing to this country. Frankly the Liberals need to stop using numbers of refugees, amount of money spent, feel-good tweets and photo ops for metrics of success in Canada's immigration system."
She said the Liberals need to bring Canada's immigration system "back to order" by closing the loophole in the Safe Third Country Agreement that has seen migrants cross into Canada at unofficial border crossings only to claim refugee status.
She also said the immigration system should focus on helping immigrants integrate through language efficiency and through mental health support plans for people who are victims of trauma.
Dory Jade, the CEO of the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants, welcomed the news although he suggested the numbers should be higher.
"Canada will greatly prosper and grow once the 350,000 threshold has been crossed," he said. "Nevertheless, we are witnessing a very positive trend."
The Canadian Council of Refugees also welcomed the news, but wanted more, saying the share for refugees was only increased slightly from 13 per cent this year to 14 per cent in each of the next three years.
During the government's consultation period, the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance presented "Vision 2020," what it called a "bold" three-year plan to address growing demographic shifts underway in the country, calling for increased numbers in the economic, family and refugee categories.
Chris Friesen, the organization's director of settlement services, said it's time for a white paper or royal commission on immigration to develop a comprehensive approach to future immigration.
"Nothing is going to impact this country [more] besides increased automation and technology than immigration will and this impact will grow in response to [the] declining birth rate, aging population and accelerated retirements," he told CBC News.
Last month, Statistics Canada reported that based on 2016 census data, 21.9 per cent of Canada's population is now foreign-born, reflecting the highest percentage of immigrant population in nearly a century.
Kareem El-Assal, a senior research manager specializing in immigration for the Conference Board of Canada, said it is "absolutely imperative" that Canada ups its intake in order to meet future labour needs.
But the system must become more adept at matching newcomers with local and provincial needs, he said, improving outcomes by selecting more people with pre-arranged jobs, recruiting more international students and giving provinces a greater say in who comes to the country.
Coming to Canada
• Immigration has had an immeasurable effect on Canada. In 2017, Canada stands as a country of 36.5 million people and a world leader on various scales. In fact, one in five Canadians is foreign-born, the highest among the G7.
• The aging of our population and a declining fertility rate will continue to have a significant impact on Canada's economy. In 1971, there were 6.6 people of working age for each senior. By 2012, the worker-to-retiree ratio had dropped to 4.2 to 1, and projections put the ratio at 2 to 1 by 2036, at which time five million Canadians are set to retire. In recent years, more than 80 per cent of the immigrants we admit have been under 45 years of age.
• Immigration also helps to spur innovation domestically. For example, while immigrants account for approximately 20 percent of Canada's population, they are a major source of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills, representing around 50 percent of all STEM degree-holders in Canada at the bachelor's level and above. These skills are important in a knowledge economy. Immigrants also have a higher rate of entrepreneurship than their Canadian-born counterparts.
• Canada is unique among immigrant-receiving countries in placing great emphasis on providing assistance to recently arrived immigrants to weather their migration transition period. Settlement services, such as language training, employment services and newcomer orientation are linked to immigrant success. In 2016-17, more than 412,000 permanent residents accessed at least one settlement service in Canada. When surveyed, 91 percent of Settlement Program clients reported being able to make informed decisions on a wide variety of subjects, including education, health care and housing. And 87 percent of clients who were in Canada for one year or more reported being able to use an official language to function and participate in Canadian society
Republished under arrangement with the Asian Pacific Post.
By: Jeremy J. Nuttall in Ottawa
Canada could turn into a U.S.-style partisan battleground if its politicians and media don't mend their ways, says former Conservative MP Chris Alexander.
Alexander, one of the Harper government cabinet ministers defeated in the 2015 election and an unsuccessful leadership candidate, has recently been vocal about the media, politics and the "alt-right" in Canada.
In a Tyee interview he acknowledged extreme right-wing factions were allowed a place in the Conservative party, but predicted that will change as a result of the backlash after deadly racist demonstrations in Virginia last month.
That kind of violence hasn't hit Canada, Alexander said, and politicians and journalists need to work to make sure it never does.
But Alexander's attempt to set out the failings of the Canadian media in an opinion piece he wrote for Maclean's has drawn its own backlash.
Alexander accused the media of viewing Canadian politics through an American lens and inflaming tensions that divide the country.
And he set out what he called false accusations that he was anti-Muslim, linking them to a March 2015 speech by Justin Trudeau at McGill University reprinted in Maclean's and then repeated "over and over."
In the speech Trudeau says Alexander stood in the House of Commons and declared a woman's hijab was "an indefensible perversion of Canadian values."
"I never said any such thing," Alexander wrote in the Maclean's piece. "My wife Hedvig, who is Danish, wore a hijab through seven years in Afghanistan." Alexander was Canada's ambassador to Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005 and representative of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan until 2009.
Alexander, defending the Conservative government's bid to require women to remove their hijabs — head scarves — during citizenship ceremonies, did say "the hijab has been used to cover the face of women... under the terrible influence of the Taliban in places like Afghanistan and Pakistan."
"Those practices have no place in our citizenship ceremonies, where we insist on confirming the identity and confirming the commitment of new citizens to our laws, to our sovereign, to our values, and to our traditions," he told the House of Commons.
Alexander's opinion piece sparked a rebuke from Ottawa Citizen columnist Shannon Gormley.
She said Alexander and other "far-right populists" were trying to "scapegoat elites" for their own failings.
"Adding insult to self-inflicted injuries, perhaps they should be pitied and politely ignored," she wrote. "Only, in largely blaming others for their own fall just as they blamed them for social decline, populist misopportunists diminish the truth and the social cohesion they claim to desire."
Failings of media
Alexander told The Tyee the Citizen column highlighted the failings of Canadian media he described in Maclean's.
The column noted Alexander's role in the 2015 pre-election announcement of a "barbaric cultural practices tip line" widely panned as anti-Muslim by pundits and political opponents.
But he maintains the tip line plan didn't reflect bigotry or anti-Muslim sentiments. Alexander said he spoke to victims of cultural practices like forced marriage as he researched the initiative and they used the word "barbaric" to describe their experiences.
Victims even insisted the word be used in the government's tip line name, Alexander said.
But the media mislead the public, he alleged, painting it as a bigoted policy.
"Literally people go around calling it an anti-Muslim snitch line," he said. "They are misleading the audience in the most dangerous way. There was nothing exclusive anti-anybody in that legislation."
Alexander said if he had a dime for every person who referred to the line negatively without mentioning things like "forced marriage" or "honour killings" he'd be a rich man.
Alexander still speaks to the news media. But he said the barbaric cultural practices tip line coverage is the kind of story causing Conservatives to boycott media outlets like the CBC, which they say is biased against them.
While some won't speak to the CBC, many Conservatives — including Alexander — did speak to the Rebel, a controversial right-wing online media outlet.
Alexander had been interviewed by the Rebel and appeared at the organization's rallies.
In March he tweeted he would no longer attend Rebel events after a piece by contributor Gavin McInnes entitled "10 things I hate about Jews."
"We have a responsibility, all of us, to hold media and social media to account to the extent they allow themselves to be platforms for spreading hate," Alexander said then.
Alexander said he wants to talk to all media, and deciding what organizations he won't speak to is subject to "constant review."
He said his philosophy is "talk to everyone, pander to no one" and not to say different things to different outlets.
"I don't think we should be, as a matter of course, boycotting media just because we disagree with reports that they put out," he said. "I will continue to talk to the CBC and all the other professional media outlets."
Alexander said the Canadian media is generally "professional" but declining circulations and audiences are having a noticeable affect on quality.
The downward trend, he said, has many Canadians relying on foreign news services as their go-to source for information.
During his years in Parliament from 2011 to 2015, Alexander said he noticed Canadians were increasingly less interested in consuming news from Canadian outlets.
One result has been the growing influence of the polarized political coverage from the United States, he said. "It crowds out our national story," he said.
The Canadian media needs to change to avoid the same kind of partisan breakdown, Alexander said.
Media must create a "shared sense of public service," he said, rather than existing to produce clickbait. Canadians should feel served by their media.
Often Canadian media seem to allow their headlines to be determined by negative attacks from a politician's opponents, he added.
Reporters can't allow the spin coming out of someone's war room to drive their coverage, Alexander said, calling for more in-depth reporting and analysis.
"Let's put things in the context of real policy."
Jeremy J. Nuttall is The Tyee's reader-funded Parliament Hill reporter in Ottawa. This piece was republished under arrangement with the Tyee.
by Susan Delacourt in Ottawa
The best person to explain the big new-year changes to the federal cabinet's makeup might well be someone who doesn't even live here: outgoing U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden.
During a visit to Canada a month ago, Biden told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada needs to step up, internationally — comments that were widely interpreted as a gesture of passing the liberal torch from soon-to-be ex-president Barack Obama.
"The world is going to spend a lot of time looking to you, Mr. Prime Minister. Vive le Canada, because we need you very, very badly," Biden said in remarks at a dinner during his visit to Ottawa.
While we don't know how much the world was watching events at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, it is abundantly clear that Trudeau has set his sights on the world. As he told reporters after the shuffle, he needs to take into account a "shift in global context."
In fact, it's difficult to remember a Canadian cabinet shuffle so internationally focused — one that set so many parts in motion outside Canada's borders, especially during a time of tumultuous, global change. Among the changes we learned about Tuesday:
The departing Global Affairs minister, Stéphane Dion, was rumoured to be considering a diplomatic post, possibly in Europe, but at the time of Tuesday's press conference the former Liberal leader was saying only that he was leaving active politics and considering his next move. My best bet is that this is a difficult conversation still in progress (which probably accounted for the unusual uncertainty about the timing of the shuffle ceremony itself at Rideau Hall).
The speculation about Europe as a landing spot for Dion, however, underlines just how much Trudeau and his team are thinking about what's going on in the world these days. The Brexit vote to leave the European Union, the refugee crisis, ongoing terrorism threats and the rise of right-wing parties are all large matters of concern to progressive-minded governments.
As Biden said in his Ottawa speech: "I've never seen Europe as engaged in as much self-doubt as they are now."
All prime ministers, sooner or later, become preoccupied with global affairs and their place on the big stage. It's usually an interest that deepens with tenure, and their increasing confidence in rubbing shoulders with other world leaders.
Trudeau, however, seemed to arrive in office with an intense interest in international affairs; he gave some of his first interviews to foreign media and has spent a lot of time commuting to the United States and other summits around the world. His critics have portrayed this as a lack of interest in his own country, accusing Trudeau of being too busy to even attend question period and thinking himself too important to spend his vacations in Canada.
Granted, it is a luxury Trudeau can afford. With a comfortable majority, Trudeau doesn't need to be worried about his government falling on a vote in the Commons while he's abroad, as Stephen Harper was during his first two minority governments.
Not all of this shuffle was outward-looking. Shuffles can be very useful in maintaining government discipline — dangling a few promotions as examples to other ambitious, cabinet wannabes in the backbench, and doling out demotions as a warning to others performing under-par. To borrow from that old Liberal campaign slogan from 2015, shuffles are all about hope and hard work — dispensing it (hope) or enforcing it (hard work).
On that score, this shuffle did deliver. While Trudeau's office was putting out nice words about Dion and his contribution to the government in a press release, nobody watching the PM's press conference had any doubts that the PMO had decided the former professor and Liberal leader wasn't the right man to handle what's coming with Trump and other big events on the world stage.
Other casualties: Maryam Monsef, now the Status of Women minister, was punted from the Democratic Reform post to which she was proving herself unsuited (to say the least). MaryAnn Mihychuk was ejected altogether from her job as minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour.
Big promotions were handed out to Patty Hadju, moving from Status of Women to Mihychuk's old job, and to new ministers Champagne and Hussen. Other MPs will be wondering what they did right — which is exactly what the PMO wants them to be thinking about.
Note, though, that the domestic posts in this week's shuffle were almost afterthoughts. Trudeau wasn't doing this shuffle with home-grown concerns at front of mind, or even his prospects for the next election (those changes will come closer to 2019, we can assume).
The election that seems to be front of mind for Trudeau right now is the recent one in the United States — the one that gave Canada, and now Freeland, a President Trump to deal with. And if we're looking for deeper read of the shuffle's international focus, Biden's remarks to the PM may be as good any.
"The progress is going to be made," Biden said, "but it's going to take men like you, Mr. Prime Minister, who understand it has to fit within the context of a liberal economic order, a liberal international order, where there's basic rules of the road."
Don't be surprised if words along these lines are in the mandate letters for many of the new ministers.
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by Susan Korah in Ottawa
Canada's foreign policy is caught in a precarious balancing act between the "sunny ways" of election promises and the realpolitik of weapons sales to countries with dubious human rights records.
In his new book, Two Freedoms: Canada's Global Future, former Senator Hugh Segal suggests a solution that he says is focused, principled, and based on two foundational principles – freedom from fear and freedom from want.
Segal's expertise in foreign policy was acquired through more than 30 years of involvement in foreign and security policy. This included chairing the Senate Foreign Affairs and Special Anti-Terrorism committees and the Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies, as well as a serving term as President of the Institute for Research and Public Policy (IRPP), a non-partisan think tank and research institution.
Introducing his book at a launch hosted by the IRPP in partnership with the Ottawa International Writers' Festival, he explained that while he has the highest regard for some of Canada's hardworking diplomats and other foreign service personnel, he is concerned that foreign policy is a mess of shifting priorities swinging from right to left, according to the ideology of the government that happens to be in power.
His aim, he said, is to give some clarity and direction to foreign policy, which in his opinion, should not be dependent on party politics.
The launch took the form of a conversation between Segal and Jennifer Ditchburn, Editor-in-Chief of Policy Options, the magazine affiliated with IRPP.
More foreign aid
Elaborating on freedom from want, Segal said it is in Canada's interest to see that families, communities and nations around the world live in reasonable prosperity, buoyed by a sense of hope for the future.
"Living in a state of economic and social despair can produce huge and even cataclysmic consequences, not only for those living in despair, but for their neighbouring communities and countries," he pointed out, adding that the total absence of hope leads to violent behaviour based on a "nothing-to-lose" attitude.
"Putting those two freedoms – freedom from want and from fear – at the centre of our foreign policy would make it more coherent and the world would understand better what we stand for as Canadians," Segal said.
He added that if extreme poverty is the root cause of violence, we have to ask ourselves what we can do to diminish this cause.
"I think that both in terms of foreign aid and international development and in terms of doing our fair share militarily, we are not doing enough," he said. "In the [Prime Minister] Lester Pearson era we contributed 0.7 per cent of our gross domestic product (GDP) to foreign aid, but in recent years our numbers have been much lower."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently pledged to boost funding to the global fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, but said Ottawa will not meet the goal to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on foreign aid anytime soon.
Increase military capacity
Another key point that Segal makes in his book and highlighted at the event, is that Canada needs to reinforce its values-based foreign policy with an appropriate military capacity.
"We have a great military, but we need more of them," he said. "Canada should probably have Armed Forces of 150,000, of which 100,000 are regular forces and 50,000 are reserves rather than our present number which is in the 50,000 to 60,000 range."
He said Canada also needs a 60-ship fighting navy, rather than one that has 20 or 30 ships, that can be deployed on humanitarian and diplomatic missions "to send a clear message about Canadian values."
Giving some examples of how such military strength could help Canadians and those abroad, Segal said, "We need to make sure the Chinese respect the territorial integrity of Taiwan and other people."
"Our failure to engage with [Bashar al-] Assad three or four years ago is why we have such a horrendous situation now," he added, referring to the ongoing civil war in Syria.
Using a Western Canadian expression, he said: "We have a big hat, but no cattle," a reference to cowboys whose boastful talk is not matched by action or even the capacity for action.
Decline since Chrétien era
"There has to be more cohesion between our foreign policy and defence policy," he emphasized.
Segal's central thesis is strongly reminiscent of a 2003 publication While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World by Ottawa writer Andrew Cohen. Both authors lament the decline of Canada's foreign policy and its military, especially since the glory days of Prime Minister Pearson.
Both consider that it took a turn for the worse under the leadership of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Segal points out that in that era, by sending delegations of Canadian business people and politicians around the world to increase trade, it became necessary to tread carefully so that no potential trading partner would be offended.
Both Segal and Cohen call for a values-based approach.
"The notion that this book might contribute to that debate in some constructive way would be my fondest hope," said Segal.
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by Amanda Connolly in Ottawa
The level of trust Canadians have in the federal government is at its highest point since EKOS Research began measuring the key indicator 17 years ago, a new survey shows.
According to the poll, which surveyed 1,176 Canadian adults over the age of 18 on April 14th and 15th, 44 per cent said they "almost always" or "most of the time" trust the new Trudeau government in Ottawa to do what is right, compared to roughly 30 per cent who said the same before the October election, when Stephen Harper's Conservatives were in power, and a low of 22 per cent in fall 2014.
That 44 per cent is the highest number tracked since EKOS began asking "the trust question" in 1990 and is the highest level measured previous to that by Gallup since the mid-1970s.
The poll was conducted more than three weeks after the Liberal government's first budget, which was tabled on March 22 and reflected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's major, controversial, election promise of deficit spending to stimulate economic growth.
The current numbers also reflect that 53 per cent of respondents say they trust the government only some of the time or almost never, down from a six-year high of 76 per cent in August 2014 and just over 60 per cent in October 2015.
The poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.9 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
"It's really quite surprising to see the amount of bouyancy in that number with the current government," said EKOS pollster Frank Graves. "I would have guessed it would go up but I would not have guessed it would go up that much or that it would have persisted for several months."
According to EKOS Research numbers, the number of Canadians who said they trust the government to do what is right dropped consistently during the 1970s and 1980s, reaching a low of roughly 20 per cent in 1990.
That time period encompassed the terms of former prime ministers Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, John Turner and Brian Mulroney, with trust levels beginning a slow climb again during the end years of Mulroney and the governments of Kim Campbell and Jean Chretien.
However, starting in 2000 that number became sharply more volatile than in years of the past, rising and dropping during the tumultuous end of Jean Chretien's tenure and the entirety of Paul Martin's government, before rising sharply and falling equally sharply between the time Stephen Harper came into and left office.
At the same time, the number of Canadians who say they believe the country is heading in the right direction may be levelling out to post-election norms.
Between April 2015 and October 2015, the number of respondents who said the country was heading in the right direction ranged from between 39 and 50 per cent, while those who said the country was heading in the wrong direction were between 49 and 62 per cent.
In January 2016, just three months after the election, those both reached their respective peaks: roughly 69 per cent said the country is heading in the right direction while roughly 32 per cent said the opposite.
Those post-election reactions appear to be moderating, with 55.2 per cent of respondents saying the country is heading in the right direction compared to 37.5 per cent who say the opposite.
The number of respondents who said the Government of Canada is heading in the right direction — and those who say the opposite — down slightly from where they were in January, with 60 per cent saying the government is heading in the right direction and 33 per cent saying it is heading in the wrong direction.
Given the recent post-oil crash economic turmoil in the country, that's unusual, says Graves.
"That's paradoxical because often a very poor economy has a corrosive impact on the public's sense of whether the government's moving in the right direction," he said. "In this case, we don't see that. We see the opposite. But that patience will not be infinite."
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The Ashland High softball team may be young, inexperienced and light in the depth department, but head coach Cheri Kuykendall doesn't want to dwell on the obstacles the Grizzlies will face this season.
Instead, she sees opportunities. Six of the 10 players — that's right, the Grizzlies barely have enough to field a team — are underclassmen, and most will spend this season learning on the job. That may not be a recipe for immediate success, but Ashland is trying to build for the future.
"We're pretty young and inexperienced, but there's a lot of talent," Kuykendall said. "They're going to get better every day."
Barely a week into the season, Ashland has already shown flashes of potential — see Thursday's 22-3 win over Illinois Valley — and given fans a reason to keep the faith. But the Grizzlies are certainly a work in progress. They will usually start a sophomore pitcher in Grace Lenthe who, as Kuykendall put it, is "still trying to get a feel for what's what." And the Grizzlies (1-4) have two sophomores in the infield — shortstop Christina Kuykendall and first baseman Hannah Thornton — and another behind the plate in Teresa Lehman.
So miscues are to be expected. The Grizzlies committed seven errors Saturday in a doubleheader double-loss to Mazama, three two days prior versus Illinois Valley and three during last Tuesday's season-opening loss at Henley.
"They're still learning about each other, but they're getting better every day," Cheri Kuykendall said.
Lenthe will share time in the circle with senior Kylie Howson, who will play third base when she isn't pitching.
In Lenthe, Kuykendall isn't expecting a dominator who can win a game by herself, but she does want to limit the free bases.
"With (Lenthe), we just want her to throw strikes and let our defense work," Kuykendall said. "The more free bases we give the less likely we have the opportunity to win a game."
In the outfield, the Grizzlies have senior Kim Corey in left, senior Savannah Tobrock in center and freshman Giani Pippa-Baker and sophomore McKenna Read sharing time in right.
Pippa-Baker is playing in the outfield for the first time and is still learning the nuances of the position. Tobrock is probably the fastest of the bunch. Kuykendall believes all are capable of coming through for the Grizzlies.
"When they get in the vicinity of the ball, they'll catch it," she said.
Offensively, Christina Kuykendall bats leadoff, followed by Thornton, Lehman and Lenthe. Kuykendall is a solid contact hitter, and Lehman provides some pop — she blasted a home run and a triple against Illinois Valley.
Ashland will have to win two of three games against Eagle Point or finish in the top 24 in the final 5A power rankings in order to qualify for the postseason. That may be a lofty goal considering Ashland's inexperience. Cheri Kuykendall says Ashland's real focus has less to do with numbers than the day-to-day business of improving.
"It's important to me if it's important to the girls, but the reality is that I really want these girls to get beter every day and if it comes to the end and we pull out a series, that's awesome," she said. "But as long as they feel that they're giving 100 percent, whether we win or lose, that's what matters most of all."


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The website contains easily accessible and practical tools that serve to improve planning, implementation, and dissemination of information that articulates the needs of displacement-affected populations.
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Crowdfunding will jump-start how early-stage companies raise capital, though the degree of that transformation is tinged with uncertainty as both investors and regulators explore uncharted waters, an expert panel told gatherers today at Montclair State University.
The federal JOBS Act, or Jumpstart Our Business Startups, was passed in 2012 in order to ease the ability of small, private companies to raise capital through online vehicles.
"Instead of companies pitching to five potential shareholders, we now have the potential to pitch to hundreds and thousands of investors," said Daryl Bryant, founder and CEO of StartupValley, which was formed to help businesses raise capital. "This is a game changer."
One key provision, which lifts an 80-year-old ban on using public advertising to solicit investors, takes effect Monday. Attorney Douglas Ellenoff said he expects to see a lot of activity on Twitter next week.
The JOBS Act legislation, developed after the financial crash of the late 2000s — a period in which depressed capital markets offered little hope for early-stage companies — has attracted critics concerned that easing of regulations will encourage fraud.
Broadly speaking, panelists acknowledged the risk of losing money, but said online vehicles will actually enable greater scrutiny.
"It is incredibly difficult to fraud somebody when everything you're doing is transparent," said Jonathan Sandlund, founder of CrowdCafe.com.
Sandlund added that confidence in public markets has declined, making private alternatives more attractive. Other panelists echoed that sentiment.
"No one on this panel is shying away from the reality that people will lose money," said Ellenoff, a member of Manhattan firm Ellenoff, Grossman & Schole LLP. "That's what investment is. Are we going to shut down public markets because of MF Global? I don't buy that. There is a contained risk."
The first set of changes, known as Title II of the JOBS Act, allows private companies to solicit investors through vehicles like social media or newspapers. Such solicitation previously was banned under an 80-year old rule enforced by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The law says funding can only be accepted from accredited investors. Accredited is defined as those with $1 million or net worth or incomes above a certain level — $200,000 for individuals and $300,000 for married couples.
The second major provision of the JOBS Act allows nonpublic companies to raise $1 million over a 12-month period through the Internet. In this category — known as Title III — companies can seek money from accredited or nonaccredited investors, though caps on individual contributions apply.
However, the SEC is still writing rules regarding this provision. Ellenoff said he doesn't expect that to happen until next year.
The online platforms also will have to pass muster from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the SEC.
The event, organized by the school's Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship, attracted about 150 gatherers, including many business owners. Some were skeptical, others curious.
Andrew Hines, CEO of Starship Enterprises, is developing technology on products like convertible chairs that help people with physical infirmities navigate their home. He said he is applying for federal grants, but that is time consuming.
"Crowdfunding is appealing to me," Hines said. "And yet so many people haven't heard of it. I had to educate myself."


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KingKorg - Vintage Analogue Modelling & Tube Tone
KingKorg - Vintage Analogue Modelling & Tube ToneKorg have a long history of making superb synthesisers. From their analogue originals like the MS-20 and Mono/Poly through to modern classics like the Microkorg and R3. The KingKorg draws from both realms to create a perfect synth synthesis that has analogue grit with tube distortion and smooth, defined filters along with the deep tweaking potential and realistic tones of digital. Once you consider that the KingKorg only weighs 7kg you realise that it's an ideal live option too, delivering analogue waveforms, 80's style DWGS (digital oscillators) and realistic PCM sounds all in one. Because the majority controls are hands on you can tweak things on the fly live and sounds come together quickly when inspiration strikes in the studio.
That's enough of us prattling on however, the best way to understand is to see and hear it in action. Here's a great video breaking things down and explaining how each section of the KingKorg works.
Virtual Analogue - Classic Waveforms and FiltersFor many people you simply can't beat that original analogue sound, so Korg went to great lengths to recreate the most important feature of any analogue synth, namely the filters. In their review Sound On Sound noted that the filter design was exceptional with none of the artifacting that can often plague other VA synths.
Don't worry about it. You want smooth filter sweeps? You got 'em. - Sound On Sound April 2013
Of course the KingKorg goes even further, allowing CV connections to other analogue synth gear including the Korg Monotribe. Get a sequence running on the Monotribe and play along on the KingKorg, merrily tweaking either with loads of tactile control on knobs and buttons.
DWGX Digital HybridThe DWGX waveforms are a Korg original and were used in the hugely popular DW8000 synth from the eighties. Bringing a little more harmonic complexity than a straight analogue oscillator but not a true sample like the PCM, the DWGX is ideal for complex leads, intriguing modulated pads and layering or layering in with more basic sounds to create something really rich and epic. This video gives nice patch by patch sample of the wonderful, raw sounds from in a DW8000, just imagine lobbing in one of the VPM oscillators in there for almost FM synth depth and a nice fat sub sine wave, all warmed nicely with the true tube distortion.
PCM SynthesisThen of course there are all the realistic tones you can get from sampled PCM sources. Nicely captured in another sound demo from Korg.
Vocoder & Live UseLast but not certainly not least comes the vocoder, another ideal tool for the live arsenal and some experimentation in the studio. The vocoder and KingKorg's live capabilities are well demonstrated in this video from Korg Japan, please note that the video starts with a little conversation in Japanese before the music kicks off. A consummate technical demonstration of live synth playing while singing on the vocoder, very impressive.
Finally we've got an example of imitation as the sincerest form of flattery with one of the most famous analogue synth sounds (from an Oberheim OBX originally) every being replicated almost perfectly on a KingKorg.


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Bill would give illegals citizenship through service
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A Colorado lawmaker is urging Congress to pass legislation that would give illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children a path to citizenship through military enlistment.
The Military Enlistment Opportunity Act would let undocumented immigrants who have been screened by the Homeland Security Department, as well as "documented, legally present non-citizens" the chance to join the military with the promise of receiving permanent residence status.
Permanent residence could be rescinded, however, if the member is discharged under other than honorable conditions before serving a period totaling five years.
The bill is a military-only version, somewhat, of the DREAM Act. That legislation, which has not passed Congress, would grant temporary residency to undocumented residents who have graduated from a U.S. high school and served or studied at least two years in the military or a four-year college.
Bill sponsor Rep. Mike Coffman, a Republican and retired Marine major from Colorado, said the legislation is needed "for America to take full advantage of the talents of these individuals."
"Many young people prefer, like I did, to enter military service rather than attend college right away and those who have the desire and skill to be accepted ... should have the opportunity to serve," Coffman wrote in a letter Thursday to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.
The bill, HR 435, was introduced a year ago and has 14 co-sponsors from both parties, including Iraq war veteran Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
Under the legislation, it would be legal for those who have lived in the U.S. for at least two years and have been screened under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to join the military.
It also would allow visa holders residing in the U.S. and not eligible to serve, such as students studying math, science and technology fields, to apply to enter the military, giving them permanent residency status.
Coffman said the legislation would help the military branches by clearing a way for a pool of educated candidates to enlist and obtain security clearances, which currently, they aren't able to obtain.
"Having them immediately processed for citizenship will allow the military to use these new recruits to their highest potential," Coffman said in a release.
To join the U.S. military, potential recruits must be a U.S. citizen or resident alien and be at least 17 years old with a high school diploma.
The Defense Department also runs the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest program, which allows certain residents on visas to join the military, provided they have the needed documents and have a specialized skill or talent needed by the military services.
Opponents say that by offering a "military-only" route to citizenship, the bill would exploit those who feel they have limited options for economic security.
"This legislation would mean that the military would become a potential way for 400,000 people to quickly gain the secure status that would otherwise not be available to them ... watch as a new class of disadvantaged youths is exploited to maintain our global military reach," wrote Rick Jahnkow, program coordinator for the Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities, in the online publication Draft Notices.
In his letter to the majority leader, Coffman urged Cantor to include his legislation in future bills and urged House Armed Services Committee colleagues to conduct hearings on the issue.
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A winner was selected from 65 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Excellence-Operationnelle.tv will be a website wich will propose posts, video, video training, podcast on the professionnal item "operational excellence" for the french market.
Almost of the content will be free. The website will earn money with the subscription to video training (one video by week).
We would like a high quality, professionnal, and simple design for these website.
The target of this website will be essentially :
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Visitors should be interresting by the lean six sigma methodology, tools management, personal mastery, business...
You'll find the logo in attached files. It's important that the website appears as simple and efficient as this bleu and yellow logo.
The website will have several categories by format of content (for example video training in bleu, short video in yellow, articles and business case in green...). It's important that we could simply understand what is the content about when we'll look at the color of it.
To assign one color by category, you'll be able to use colored variation of the logo (it's not obligated, it's your own choice, but this logo colored could help you to design a full integrated theme).
To see what a website with this kind of color code looklike, you can navigate on http://www.arretsurimages.net. As you'll be able to see on this site, color are discreet but they allow to have a better understanding of the content of each category.
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We would like a template as simple as this one to direct our customer on area we want when we'll have to sell a product.
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As the education year winds down with the start of summer, there are school librarians across the country who will not be returning in the fall. Whether they have been determined to be "not teachers" by an administrative court, being cut from the budget, or still working to save school libraries, these past two weeks have been wicked evil to this end of the profession. On top of that, the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program was eliminated from the Department of Education. (I presume the innovation that the President spoke about at the State of the Union address will be for student to find new ways to develop research skills.)
While I'm happy that ALA has put an open letter out there for the LA school librarians, it still makes me wonder: how'd things get to this point?
This week's open thread suggested topic: school librarians. How to help them and how to save them. Why? Because they are part of the library ecosystem.
If you're a school librarian, share what other librarians should know but maybe don't and what the rest of us can do to help.
If you're not a school librarian, share what you think can be done to increase awareness and communication with our school librarian peers. What do you want to know and be kept up to date about?
While this is the suggested topic, this is an open thread. Share what's on your mind. And anonymous comments are still welcome.
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When the new iPad (3rd generation) debuted a week ago, anyone who went hands-on with the slate went gaga over the high-resolution Retina display. The "Mac Press" sang the usual praises about how Apple has done it again, and how they've raised the bar to another unachievable high for rival manufacturers. But that's not quite how it really works. You see Apple doesn't totally manufacture their own hardware. Both the display and processor could only come from one company on the planet right now, and they just so happen to be making some of the best Android devices available.
Bloomberg is reporting today that according Vinita Jakhanwal, a senior manager at iSuppli IHS, Samsung has been the only company capable of meeting Apple's quality standards for the new Retina display. Both LG and Sharp haven't been able to maintain the level of quality desired by Apple. For the time being, Samsung will be the only manufacturer supplying displays to Apple for use in the new iPad.
Samsung also manufactures the processor in the new iPad, along with other iOS devices like the iPod Touch and iPhone.
So why should the fact the Samsung is making the display and processor for the new iPad matter to an Android user? It's essentially a glimpse into the future of Samsung's tablet line. If Samsung is the one manufacturing parts for the new iPad, you can bet similar parts are being developed for Samsung branded products that will undoubtedly run Android.
Rumors that Samsung is working on an ultra high-resolution tablet have been around since as early as last December. According to the latest whispers, Samsung's newest Tab will feature an 11.6-inch display with a 2560 x 1600 WXQGA resolution, along with a 2GHz Exynos 5250 (2x ARM Cortex-A15 CPUs, quad-core ARM Mali-T604 GPU). Sound familiar?
The Galaxy Tab 11.6 will boast a similar pixel density to the new iPad, along with a faster processor and quad-core GPU. It will be the Android rival to the new iPad, with hardware that matches, if not exceeds, anything and everything stuffed inside Apple's tablet.
If you've been drooling over the new iPad with 4G LTE, quad-core graphics and the high-res Retina display, just wait. Samsung isn't just giving away their best stuff without keeping a little something for themselves.


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Indiana Election Division Co-Director Brad King Selected to Serve as Officer on Federal Election Board
July 14, 2010
Secretary Rokita applauds board's decision on selecting King as
Vice Chairman of the US Election Assistance Commission Standards Board
INDIANAPOLIS – Secretary of State Todd Rokita applauds the recent decision by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Standards Board in selecting Indiana Election Division Co-Director Brad King to serve as the board's Vice Chairman. Secretary Rokita believes King will bring extensive knowledge and considerable expertise to the commission.
"Having worked with Brad for many years, I know him to be among the nation's foremost experts when it comes to election administration," Secretary Rokita said. "Our state, and now our nation, is fortunate and wise to have him in such an important leadership position."
Established in 2002 by the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), the EAC serves as an independent, bipartisan commission responsible for developing guidelines to meet HAVA requirements. Additionally, HAVA designates the Standards Board to assist the EAC in adopting voluntary voting system rules, certifying voting equipment and accrediting voting system laboratories.
King currently serves as secretary on the Standards Board. In addition to serving on the board, King is the Co-Director of the Indiana Election Division, which is responsible for providing information regarding the election process, campaign finance, voter registration, absentee voting and for performing other duties in state election administration. Also, King serves as the vice president of the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED). NASED's duties include providing state and federal officials with best practices and ideas to improve the administration of elections.
Media Contact: Jim Gavin, 317.233.8655, email@example.com


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November 9, 1928 - June 22, 2013
Highland Falls, NY
Max Percy Basye, age 84, died peacefully at home on Saturday June 22, 2013, with his loving family by his side. He was born November 9, 1928 in Purdy, MO to Robert Cabell and Iris Marie (Dill) Basye.
He married Florence Mary Dominguez on June 24, 1950. He was a loving husband and father, blessed with three daughters: Debra Galu (James), Sandra Schneider (Daniel), and Catherine LaBrake (Jerry).
They were also blessed with eight grandchildren: Jacqueline Rizzuto (Ralph), JJ Galu (Chie), Joseph Galu, Jesse Duvall (Robert), Carissa Gullickson (Marc), Matthew LaBrake, Deborah LaBrake, Charles Schneider, and eight great-grandchildren: RJ, Santina, Leo, Julianne, Autumn, Marissa, Alex and AJ.
He is survived by his brother, Robert Basye and his sister, Betty McGriff, both of Joplin, MO. He was predeceased by his parents; his brother, Frankie, and his sister, Winona.
Max was a veteran of the Korean War. His decorations included the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal 1st OLC, Good Conduct Medal 4th award, and United Nations Service Medal. He played trumpet in the USMA Band at West Point, NY, and retired from the Army after serving 20 years. He graduated from Marist College with a MA, and taught English at James I. O'Neill High School until 1984.
Tutoring his grandchildren and great-grandchildren was his passion, as was enabling each child's potential. He loved writing, cooking meals for his family and friends, discussing politics, and playing golf with his buddies.
His family extends a special thank you to Drs. Paracha and Andin who helped him during his illness.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 27th at William F. Hogan Funeral Home, 135 Main Street, Highland Falls. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Friday, June 28th at Sacred Heart Church, 353 Main Street, Highland Falls, NY 10928. A future burial will take place in West Point Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Sacred Heart Church and/or Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties, Inc., 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550.
Funeral arrangements are by William F. Hogan Funeral Home, 845-446-2868, www.wfhoganfuneralhome.com