I really liked this trailer, overall. It gave some nice insight into the mind and motivations of this new Peter Parker. We see him struggle with trying to be like Tony Stark, but not living up to his own (or Tony's) high expectations. And we finally see why he's wearing the homemade suit, as Tony takes back the suit he gave him, forcing Peter to discover who he really is all on his own.
The first 45-seconds or so of this trailer felt like it was trying to play up more of the John Hughes tone we've seen before, with Peter in school and hanging out with his friend, but the music was far too ominous and didn't quite fit. That is, until Michael Keaton shows up, then it works perfectly.
Keaton as The Vulture was a stroke of genius. He brings a gravitas to this character that prevents it from coming off cheesy, and that's exactly what this film needs. And he looks absolutely phenomenal.
This film is about a kid who puts himself in situations that are beyond him. He is looking for a path in life, and I think this encounter with The Vulture will really open his eyes to what's out there and what dangers are included in being an Avenger, which he so desperately wants.
This was a nice second trailer, and has definitely upped my enthusiasm for the film. Oh, and one more thing...SPIDER-BOTS! I mean, seriously, that was pretty awesome to see. And does this mean we'll see their creator, Dr. Otto Octavius, aka Doc Ock, or will it just be another Tony Stark invention? I guess we'll have to wait and see.


Who needs collaboration tools? Any agency that has employees who must work together, even if they or their materials are separated by distance or time.
What is the most important consideration when selecting them? Deciding how they are going to replace or coexist with applications.
What are the security concerns of these tools? Ensuring that information transmitted to a different location is secure; authenticating users on both ends of an exchange.
Who should be involved in choosing collaboration tools? Every worker who will need to use them. Getting buy-in from users is vital for successful implementation.
What are the benefits of these tools? Reduced costs from eliminating unneeded travel, more efficient completion of tasks, higher-quality results, assignments done faster.
At some point, you're not just working, you're working with others. Ideally, your colleagues are wherever you are, whenever you need them, with access to all the materials and resources needed for the task at hand.
Unfortunately, reality doesn't always allow this. Your colleagues may be in another room, another building or another city. Their work hours may overlap yours only partly. You can't show them what you mean over the phone. In today's government, where information sharing is crucial, this can be a challenge.
Collaboration tools can bridge the gaps. These are software platforms specifically created to help people work together whether they're in another country or another cubicle. Collaboration tools can save money by reducing unnecessary travel.
They also can increase efficiency, because workers can "get together" as needed to complete tasks. In addition, the quality of work improves based on the greater availability of experts and their skills.
One category of collaboration tools involves real-time meetings. Especially useful for agencies with multiple locations, these may include live video, voice or text chat. Many online meeting tools record the proceedings for playback later. Most operate via the Web, so participants may need only a browser to take part.
If workers don't have to participate at the same time, a threaded discussion may be more appropriate. Discussion groups and file sharing are common in online workgroup tools. Like e-mail, these programs are often asynchronous, that is, although collaboration occurs when workers are online, they also can work offline on shared projects.
Whether you need an online meeting tool or an asynchronous workgroup platform, collaboration software exists to meet your needs. Instant messaging lets one worker contact another through text messaging, usually in a pop-up window on the monitor. So-called presence detection lets you see on screen whether a colleague is available online.
Sometimes you don't need a colleague as much as you need his work or materials. Document sharing lets several workers use the same files and keeps track of who does what when. This can be just right for co-writing a presentation or report with colleagues in different locations.
More complex tools perform workflow functions, automatically routing documents from one person to another for review, revision or approval. Just keeping work materials in a centralized location, sometimes called a team space, can simplify many agency tasks.
Many collaboration tools overlap with an agency's other software, such as e-mail, room scheduling, project planning and groupware. Part of the challenge of successfully integrating collaboration tools is deciding which applications to keep or replace.
Another challenge is ensuring that collaboration platforms can handle the data formats that an agency uses. For example, a threaded discussion may require only text, but can you also attach a picture or a spreadsheet? If integration with applications is necessary, careful planning may be required to guarantee that files work the way everyone expects.
Security is a significant concern. Most collaboration involves exchanging information with distant locations. It's important to be sure that confidential data cannot be intercepted or altered en route.
Many programs offer strong encryption. In addition, authentication, or ensuring the person at the other end is who he claims to be, is a major part of implementing a secure collaboration suite.
Because the goal of collaboration tools is to simplify work, the solution shouldn't be a chore. Installation and configuration should be easy. With little training, users should be able to grasp how to use the tool. The program may come with pre-built applications or templates to get up and running faster.
One of the greatest challenges to successful implementation of collaboration software isn't technical but psychological. People are habituated to working a certain way. They're comfortable with the phone, e-mail or travel. Therefore, it's important to find ways to make the transition to collaboration tools worth their while.
Make workers an integral part of the selection process. Explain how collaboration tools will simplify their work. But when the time comes to pull the plug on the old method, don't hesitate: make it a clean break, so workers have no choice but to move forward.
When planning a collaboration solution, try to imagine your agency's needs a few years down the road.
Maybe all it needs now is a document sharing system; eventually, it might be nice to add comments to those documents and be able to discuss those comments. It's far easier to put these features into service at the beginning than it is later on.
Edmund X. DeJesus is a freelance technical writer in Norwood, Mass. E-mail him at dejesus@compuserve.com.


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Saturday I intend to sleep IN.


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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Nicholas Hooper
Professor Umbridge
Dementors In the Underpass
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Category Archives: state laws
By Margaret Monsell
Last year's criminal justice reform law tried to nudge the state toward a more humane policy on solitary confinement in the state's prisons and jails by adding due process protections for all prisoners confined to their cells for more than 22 hours a day and creating a 12-member Restrictive Housing Oversight Committee consisting of mental health and social work professionals as well as corrections personnel to conduct an annual study of solitary confinement practices, including recommendations on ways to minimize its use.
The Baker administration, deeply unenthusiastic about this initiative, is using the regulatory process to throttle it. In March, the Department of Correction sidestepped the new due process protections by way of regulations confining some prisoners to their cells for 21 hours a day instead of the 22 hours referenced in the statute. Problem largely solved.
And in mid-June, the Department of Correction issued regulations governing the Restrictive Housing Oversight Committee that will certainly impair its ability to carry out its mission. Despite statutory language giving committee members "access to all correctional institutions," the regulations require advance approval from the institution superintendent before any visit, prohibit a quorum or more of committee members from visiting the same institution at the same time, and apply all the rules governing visitation generally to committee members as well, making them, for example, subject to searches for weapons and contraband and to having their visits terminated at the discretion of corrections staff.
The committee must also obtain a written release from every inmate before reviewing any medical, criminal history, or other information the institution has about that inmate. While this requirement may serve the inmates' privacy interests, it also provides corrections staff with a list of the inmates who have cooperated with the committee's inquiries, intelligence that inmates might reasonably believe would lead to retaliatory punishment.
In addition to these constraints on the ability of committee members to gather information, the regulations also forbid them from making "any statement(s) to the public or the press about any matters pending before the Committee, unless approved by the Chair of the Committee to do so" (the chair of the committee is the governor's secretary of public safety).
What constitutes a "matter pending before the Committee" remains undefined in the regulations, but presumably it includes the subjects the committee is required to address in its annual report, such as the criteria for placing an inmate in restrictive housing and the effect of restrictive housing on prison safety. In the absence of the chair's approval, members would be unable to share their experiences and findings with anyone, including the Legislature, which established the committee for the purpose of its own edification.
The Department of Correction put these regulations forward on an emergency basis, which means that they're effective immediately and that the agency may dispense with the usual period between the announcement of a proposed new regulation and its adoption, during which time it is required to receive and consider public comments. (The solitary confinement regulations issued in March were also emergency regulations).
Although they're effective immediately, emergency regulations are of limited duration. These expire at the end of August. Maybe before then, the Legislature, the public, and the press can convince the Baker administration that, unlike these emergency regulations, permanent ones must reflect the fact that solitary confinement policy is not exclusively an executive branch prerogative.
Margaret Monsell is an attorney practicing in the Boston area.
This entry was posted in state laws and tagged Baker, Charlie Baker, DOC, Mass., Massashusetts, solitary confinement, undermining on July 10, 2019 by Susan.
NEW INFO: Omnibus Bill may come out of conference committee on Friday, 3/23
TENTATIVE ACCORD REACHED ON GAME-CHANGING CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL
By Matt Murphy
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MARCH 21, 2018….The six House and Senate lawmakers negotiating a complex overhaul of the state's sentencing and criminal justice laws have reached a tentative agreement that is expected to be finalized before the end of the week, according to multiple sources.
The conference committee, led by Sen. William Brownsberger and Rep. Claire Cronin, has been privately negotiating the details of the bill since November.
The competing House and Senate bills (H 4043/S 2200) broadly seek to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to encompass 18-year-olds, repeal some mandatory minimums for drug offenses, address the use of solitary confinement and give judges greater leeway in sentencing street level drug-dealers.
Passage of a criminal justice bill in the coming weeks would mark a major accomplishment for lawmakers before they head into the state budget cycle. The emergence of a final legislative compromise could also make clear possible areas of policy differences between lawmakers and Gov. Charlie Baker.
House Majority Leader Ronald Mariano, one of the three House conferees, confirmed to the News Service that the group was nearing a final compromise.
"Things are progressing and there is reason to be optimistic that it will be resolved by the end of the week," the Quincy Democrat said Wednesday.
Several other sources at the State House told the News Service Wednesday that copies of the finalized bill were being circulated among legal counsel for review, and the conference report could be signed by the conferees and filed with the Senate clerk's office by Friday.
Brownsberger did not return a message left on his cellphone on Wednesday.
Gov. Charlie Baker was in Haverhill on Tuesday with a collection of local law enforcement officials and district prosecutors urging the House and Senate to use the criminal justice bill as a vehicle to tweak the state's three-year-old fentanyl trafficking law to make it more enforceable by prosecutors.
Criminal justice reform advocates will also be watching closely to see how the Legislature approaches mandatory minimum sentencing for drug offenses.
Details of the tentative compromise were not immediately available on Wednesday.
Other lawmakers on the conference committee include Rep. Sheila Harrington, a Republican, and Sens. Cynthia Creem and Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr.
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This entry was posted in end mass incarceration, state laws, Statehouse and tagged beacon hill, Boston, Brownsberger, h 4043/S 2200, MA, massachusetts, Omnibus Bill on March 21, 2018 by Susan.
14 KEY Amendments & sponsors to H 4011
For all tireless justice and corrections systems advocates, H 4011, An Act to Reform Criminal Justice, is poised to be debated by the Mass. House of Representatives Nov. 12, 13, 14. Here are the latest amendments EMIT is advocating for. You can copy and paste and email to your state rep. Find your state rep here.
NOW IS THE TIME to email your state rep! Don't wait. We expect legislators to finalize it by Nov. 17. Even if you've previously contacted your rep, the amendments and sponsors are NEW. Encourage him/her to co-sponsor & support them.
Dear Rep ___,
As your constituent, I urge you to vote for H4011, and to co-sponsor and advocate for the following amendments, to rebuild lives, prevent incarceration, and save money. Justice reform is bi-partisan and the Omnibus Bill offers a huge opportunity for all of us.
These amendments would enhance the bill significantly:
• Felony larceny threshold – Rep. Linsky: Taise the level of what constitutes a felony to $1,500 — the level it would almost be if the threshold had kept up with inflation;
• Fines and Fees – Rep. Keefe: Eliminate parole fees, and also public counsel fees for people who are indigent;
• Justice reinvestment — Rep. O'Day: Track the savings generated from reducing the prison population, and reinvest half of it in job training, job placement, and other supports to further reduce unemployment and recidivism;
• Juvenile diversion — Rep. Cahill: Allow statewide pre-arraignment diversion for young people;
• Juvenile expungement — Reps. Dykema, Khan and Decker: Strengthen the House bill's expungement provisions; Rep. Khan is filing an amendment to allow some juvenile records to be sealed in 4 years (rather than 10);
• Mandatory minimums #1 – Reps. Carvalho and Keefe: Repeal mandatory minimums for all non-violent drug sentences;
• Mandatory minimums #2 – Reps. Carvalho and Keefe: Repeal the "school zone" mandatory minimum;
• Medical parole #1 — Rep. Connolly: Make people with permanent cognitive incapacitation (think dementia) eligible, in keeping with the Senate bill;
• Medical parole #2 — Rep. Connolly: Lengthen the terminal prognosis from 12 months to 18 months, in keeping with the Senate bill;
• Raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction — Rep. Carvalho and Rep. Khan: Raise the lower age to 12 and the upper age to 19 ;
• Romeo & Juliet — Rep. Lewis: Don't prosecute teens who are close in age and engage in consensual sexual activity;
• School-based arrests — Rep. Vega: Reduce school-based arrests for adolescent misbehavior like disorderly conduct and disturbing an assembly;
• Shackling — Rep. Khan: Codify current court policy prohibiting indiscriminate shackling of juveniles;
• Solitary — Rep. Balser: Further limit the use of solitary confinement and provide data on its use.
Sincerely,
Your name & address
This entry was posted in ACT NOW, solitary, state laws, STORM THE STATEHOUSE and tagged felony larceny, fines and fees, h. 4011, justice reinvestment, juvenile diversion, juvenile expungement, MA, mandatory minimums, Mass., massachusetts, medical parole, romeo & julie, S. 2185, shackling, solitary confinement on November 9, 2017 by Susan.
Crucial time to make a burning call
Could you take a minute to call or email your state representative and ask them to support H.4011, the criminal justice reform bill?
Could you ask someone else to do the same? (Find legislators at https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator .)
Do you want to help strengthen the bill? Are you curious about this process and want a little bit of civics education? If so, keep reading.
For context — Proposed amendments must be filed by Nov. 9, and will be voted on early next week, right before the bill itself. The more legislators co-sponsor an amendment before it is filed, the politically stronger it is. They can co-sponsor after tomorrow too, but the political impact is smaller. The Senate bill of An Act to Reform Criminal Justice had 162 proposed amendments, so I suspect plenty of amendments will be filed for the House bill too.
The dilemma — People who want real criminal justice reform face a balancing act.
On the one hand, we want the House bill to be as strong as possible. After next week's vote, the House and Senate bills will go to a conference committee, whose job it is to hash out a bill that both the House and the Senate will be willing to support in a yes/no vote (no amendments allowed). The stronger the House bill, the stronger the final bill is likely to be. If a provision in the House bill is amended to match the language in the Senate bill, that's one less thing to negotiate over. Note that sometimes the House language is better than the Senate language.
On the other hand, the most important thing is to get a law out of this long process. That means either getting Governor Baker's support or having enough votes to override a veto. To be veto-proof, a bill needs two-thirds support in both the House and the Senate. If the final bill is so ambitious that it can't get that level of support, we could really lose.
Legislators are now trying to get a sense of how much support various amendments would have. Would plenty of state reps vote for this amendment? Does it risk undermining support for the bill as a whole? How far to push? How cautious to be? Massachusetts has 160 state representatives, so that's a lot of people to talk with.
My suggestion — I don't have perfect answers to these questions, and I don't think anyone does. I do, however, believe it would be helpful for you to ask your state rep to co-sponsor the following 12 possible amendments that are actively being discussed:
+ Raise the lower age of juvenile jurisdiction to 12 (not just 10);
+ Raise the upper age of juvenile jurisdiction to 19;
+ Raise the felony larceny threshold to $1,500 (the level it would be if it had kept up with inflation);
+ Reduce the criminalization of poverty by further reducing or eliminating fines and fees;
+ Eliminate mandatory minimums for all lower-level drug offenses;
+ Raise the thresholds for trafficking (they are currently what someone with a serious substance abuse issue would use in a few days, so would entrap users);
+ Increase pre-arraignment diversion options for juveniles (since getting a court record can affect someone for the rest of their life);
+ Allow juvenile records to be eligible for expungement after 3 years (H.4011 says 10 years, which is a very long time);
+ Put into statute that juveniles are not to be shackled without a specific reason;
+ Follow the advice of Citizens for Juvenile Justice on what juvenile data is important to collect;
+ Protect children by considering primary caretakers' parental responsibilities when sentencing; and
+ Track the savings from reduced prison populations and reinvest half of it in job training, job placement, and other support for re-entry.
If this makes sense to you, I suggest you make this a two-step process. First, call your state rep and tell them (or their aide) that you are asking them to vote for H.4011 and co-sponsor some amendments that would strengthen it. Tell them you will email a list of a dozen amendments, so they will have them in writing rather than taking notes on the phone. Then, follow up with the email as soon as you get off the phone. A draft email is below. Feel free to shorten the list.
It's helpful for state reps to hear from constituents while making political judgment calls. It gives them more information, and it lets them tell other legislators they are getting pressure from their constituents. Most importantly, it lets them know we're paying attention. They may or may not do exactly what we ask in any particular decision, but they also have knowledge that we don't. When we work together, better decisions get made.
Now more than ever, I believe, it's important for citizens to understand and participate in our democratic political process.
— Lori Kenschaft, EMIT Core Member
Blog editor's note: Here are two more amendments that will insure humane treatment for incarcerated people and save the state money:
* Rep. Balser's amendments to limit the Department of Corrections' cruel over-reliance of solitary confinement and to provide data on its use; and
* Rep. Connolly's two amendments to broaden medical parole for incapacitated and terminally ill inmates, which will save the state hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Dear Rep. ________,
Thank you for talking with me today. [Or, "I want to thank your aide, [name here], for speaking with me today.]
As I said on the phone, I encourage you to vote for the omnibus criminal justice reform bill, H.4011, and for amendments to strengthen it.
In particular, I encourage you to co-sponsor and vote for the following amendments:
+ Protect children by considering primary caretakers' parental responsibilities when sentencing;
+ Track the savings from reduced prison populations and reinvest half of it in job training, job placement, and other supports;
+ Rep. Balser's amendments to limit the Department of Corrections' cruel over-reliance of solitary confinement and to provide data on its use; and
+ Rep. Connolly's amendments to broaden medical parole for incapacitated and terminally ill inmates, which will save the state hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Thank you for putting more justice into our justice system.
[Your address and phone number]
This entry was posted in Justice, juvenile justice, juvenile offenders, legislation, legislative action, state laws and tagged amendments, An Act to Reform Criminal Justice, constituents, felony threshold, h. 4011, MA, Mass., massachusetts, primary caretakers, state rep on November 9, 2017 by Susan.
Statehouse rally Oct 12, reform in reach
Some degree of comprehensive criminal justice reform in Massachusetts is likely in the next few months. The question is how much.
The MA State Senate is expected to vote on its omnibus bill, S.2170, sometime in the next two weeks, perhaps on October 19th. The House omnibus bill will probably be reported out shortly after that, and Speaker DeLeo said he hopes it will be voted on and the two bills sent to a conference committee before Thanksgiving. Depending on how arduous that process is, we might have comprehensive criminal justice reform in Massachusetts by the end of December. Exciting times indeed!
The biggest dangers here are that the Senate bill may be weakened by amendments, the House bill might be a lot weaker than the Senate bill, and the resulting law might not have much impact.
There may also be an opportunity to strengthen the Senate bill, especially its provisions regarding the conditions of solitary confinement.
If the proposed MA Senate omnibus became law, it would improve thousands of people's lives. Among other things, it would:
+ Reduce fees, fines, and other collateral consequences that trap people in a cycle of poverty and recidivism;
+ Raise the age for being tried as an adult to 19, with a mechanism to consider raising it to 20 or 21 in the future;
+ Promote the use of restorative justice;
+ Repeal mandatory minimums for lower-level drug offenses;
+ Expand eligibility for diversion to drug treatment;
+ Implement the SJC ruling that bail must be affordable;
+ Raise the felony larceny threshold from $250 to $1,500, in keeping with other states;
+ Allow records to be sealed after 3 years for misdemeanors and 7 years for felonies;
+ Restrict the use of solitary confinement and improve its conditions;
+ Provide for medical release of people who are incapacitated or terminally ill; and
+ Decriminalize disturbing a school assembly and sexual activitiy between young people close in age, also know as the Romeo and Juliet provision.
Six things you can do to help make real reform a reality:
(1) Come to a rally for criminal justice reform today — Thursday, October 12 — 11 a.m. on the grand staircase in the State House.
(2) Call or email your state senator and ask them to vote for the criminal justice reform omnibus bill, S.2170, without amendments that would compromise its goals. You could add a request that they support amendments that would further improve the conditions of solitary confinement.
(3) Call or email your state representative and ask them to make sure that Rep. Claire Cronin, the House Judiciary Committee co-chair, knows that they support a strong omnibus bill. You could add that you hope the House bill will include some or all of the priorities listed above. (You can look up your legislators at https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator .)
(4) Send letters to the editor to your local paper explaining why you think these issues are important and supporting the Senate omnibus bill.
(5) Write supportive comments (questions are fine too) on Sen. Will Brownsberger's blog at https://willbrownsberger.com/senate-criminal-justice-reform-package/
(6) Share this information with your friends (by social media, email, or good old-fashioned conversation) and tell them you're excited by this opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives.
Lori Kenschaft
On behalf of EMIT leadership team
a statewide grassroots all-volunteer working group of Unitarian Universalism Mass Action Network
The only way to reform our state's judicial and corrections systems is through a number of bills passed over several years.
This requires regular contact with your state legislators.
EMIT
End Mass Incarceration Together
a statewide grassroots volunteer
working group of Unitarian Universalist Mass Action Network
http://www.endmassincarcerationtogether.wordpress.com
This entry was posted in legislation, MASS., Mass. Department of Corrections, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Statehouse, racial justice, racism, Re-entry, re-offend, recidivism, state laws, Statehouse, STORM THE STATEHOUSE on October 12, 2017 by Susan.
Good Omens at the State House — & How You Can Help Turn Them Into Good News
September 13, 2017: The chances for comprehensive criminal justice reform at the State House are looking good. Nothing is certain yet, but here's some backgound and then one thing you can do that would really help.
Background: The current plan is that the Senate and House will each pass two bills — the bill about reducing recidivism that came out of the Council of State Governments process and is sponsored by Gov. Charlie Baker, and an "everything else" bill that brings together a wide range of issues into one package. The Senate's omnibus bill is likely to come out first, and it is likely to draw the essence of more than forty bills into one comprehensive package that includes most of what people like me have been advocating for. The House's omnibus bill may not be as comprehensive, as the goal is to propose a bill that will get enough votes to pass, and the common wisdom is that the House is less welcoming to reforms than the Senate. It's also really clear, though, that the grassroots advocacy and organizing of the last few years has made a difference, as legislators are now seriously considering proposals that a few years ago they would have dismissed out of hand.
What You Can Do Now: Rep. Claire Cronin, the House co-chair of the Judiciary Committee, has invited all members of the House to make an appointment to talk with her about their opinions of criminal justice reform in the next few weeks. If you think that your state rep supports criminal justice reform, please call them and ask them to talk with Rep. Cronin and tell her that they hope she will be ambitious in her proposals for criminal justice reform. (There are a few reps who seem opposed to just about everything in this space. If that describes your rep, please don't contact them in the next few weeks — let them think about other issues and forget to talk with Rep. Cronin 🙂 .)
Thoughts about strategy: For years now, people have been working on a wide variety of bills, each of which focuses on one or a few priorities. We have tried to educate legislators and the public about these issues, why they are important, and what's in each bill. This year dozens of bills related to criminal justice reform have been filed, and only a handful of people (primarily legislators on the Judiciary Committee and their staff) have any chance of getting on top of the contents of all of them. Dozens of these bills will feed into the House and Senate omnibus bills, which will be long and complicated. Unless your legislator is on the Judiciary Committee — and perhaps even then — trying to get them to engage with the details of a comprehensive bill is asking too much.
Instead, our role now is to raise enthusiasm for the concept of broad and ambitious criminal justice reform. If your state rep cares about specific bills and wants to ask Rep. Cronin to include them in the package bill, great. But what Rep. Cronin really needs to hear is that lots of state reps are inclined to support an omnibus bill that she brings forward, and they want her to make it strong and ambitious. She and her staff are currently working on what to include and how it all fits together. They will include more if they get the message that state reps are broadly enthusiastic about a strong reform package. And state reps are more likely to give that message if they hear it from their constituents — i.e., us.
If you don't know your state rep's phone number, you can look them up here: https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator A phone call is best, but if you can't get yourself to place a call then an email can be helpful too.
Thank you for anything you can do!
EMIT Core member and coordinator, Mass Incarceration Working Group of the First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Arlington
This entry was posted in advocacy, state laws, Statehouse, Unitarian Universalist and tagged call your legislator, forum, Mass. on September 18, 2017 by Susan.
MA – follow suit & eliminate cash bail
In Fight Over Bail's Fairness, a Sheriff Joins the Critics
By SUSAN JOAN ARCHER and MICHAEL HARDY
NEW YORK TIMES March 9, 2017.
HOUSTON — It was an awkward scene for officials of Harris County, Texas, who are defending themselves in federal court against a claim that they keep poor defendants locked up just because they cannot afford bail.
On Wednesday a judge and the county sheriff testified for the other side.
"When most of the people in my jail are there because they can't afford to bond out, and when those people are disproportionately black and Hispanic, that's not a rational system," said Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, who was elected after the case was filed.
Both the judge and the sheriff are defendants in the suit. Their defections were yet another sign of the growing skepticism over the fairness of the long-used system of money bail, especially when it is applied to those who cannot afford it.
The class-action lawsuit contends that on any given night, several hundred people are in the Harris County jail on misdemeanor charges solely because they cannot make bail. If defendants with bail bond amounts of $500 or less had simply been released, the county would have saved $20 million over six years, according to a "very conservative" estimate by scholars at the University of Pennsylvania.
The practice of setting money bail, particularly for low-level offenses, has come under heavy criticism, and states like New Jersey and Maryland have sharply curtailed its use in recent months. A growing body of evidence shows that even a brief detention before trial can disrupt lives and livelihoods, make case outcomes worse and increase the likelihood that the defendant will commit future crimes. Putting a price on pretrial liberty can allow those with money to go free even if they are dangerous, and keep the poor in jail even if they are not.
Civil rights lawyers have mounted a series of lawsuits against bail practices like those in Harris County, where people without ready money can spend up to four days in jail before getting a chance to even contest their bond amount. Almost a dozen similar cases across the country have been settled with significant changes to the local bail system.
But two of the biggest challenges, in Houston and San Francisco, are still in play. And in both places, key officials have sided with the bail critics.
In San Francisco, the city attorney, Dennis Herrera, and the state attorney general at the time, Kamala Harris, declined to defend against the lawsuit, saying the bail system was unfair. In Houston the district attorney, Kim Ogg, weighed in with an impassioned friend-of-the-court brief, writing, "It makes no sense to spend public funds to house misdemeanor offenders in a high-security penal facility when the crimes themselves may not merit jail time." Like Sheriff Gonzalez, Ms. Ogg is newly elected.
Those left to defend the system have had a lonely uphill fight. James Munisteri, a private lawyer hired by Harris County, faced calls for his removal after he told the court at an earlier hearing that misdemeanor defendants might be in jail not because they couldn't afford to post bond, but because they "want" to be there. "If it's a cold week," he added.
The judge, Lee H. Rosenthal of Federal District Court, was skeptical of that contention, calling it "uncomfortably reminiscent of the historical argument that used to be made that people enjoyed slavery, because they were afraid of the alternative."
The case was filed last May on behalf of Maranda Lynn ODonnell, who was arrested on charges of driving with an invalid license. She spent over two days in jail because she couldn't afford to pay her $2,500 bond. Civil Rights Corps, the organization whose director, Alec Karakatsanis, has led the legal attacks on unaffordable bail across the country, joined with the Texas Fair Defense Project, a nonprofit legal defense organization, and Susman Godfrey, a law firm, to bring the case.
So far, the county has spent $1.2 million on outside lawyers to defend itself.
The Supreme Court has held that liberty before trial should be the norm, and that bail conditions must be set based on the individual's circumstances. Bail is not meant to be punitive; it is intended simply to ensure that defendants return to court. Texas law requires consideration of "the ability to make bail."
But the videos made it clear that bail was routinely set with no inquiry into defendants' ability to pay — or with the full knowledge that they could not. When suspects are first booked, their bail is set using a fee schedule based on the charge and on criminal history. At the probable cause hearing, where typically no lawyer is present, the hearing officer can raise or lower the bond, or grant a personal bond, which allows the defendant to go without an upfront payment.
The county argued that it began reforming its pretrial release system before the lawsuit was filed. It recently issued guidelines recommending the use of personal bonds for people accused of 12 low-level misdemeanors. Beginning on July 1, it plans to make public defenders available at the probable cause hearing. The bail fee schedule will disappear, to be replaced by a risk assessment, a more sophisticated method of determining an arrestee's likelihood of fleeing or of committing a new crime.
Any injunction striking down parts of its pretrial release system would hamper these ongoing reforms, county lawyers argued. They also contended that a court order would tie judges' hands, reducing their discretion and potentially allowing dangerous detainees back onto the streets. "There are a category of high-risk detainees who should not be released," Melissa Lynn Spinks, a lawyer representing the county, said.
Besides the sheriff, another star witness for the plaintiffs was Darrell Jordan, elected as a Harris County criminal court judge last November. At first, Mr. Jordan said, he followed the bail practices of his 15 fellow judges. But he radically changed his approach after learning of research showing that locking people up makes them more likely to be repeat offenders.
Mr. Jordan began releasing nearly all defendants, either on a personal bond or on one they could afford. .
A homeless man who recently came before Mr. Jordan was prepared to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge just to gain release, but changed his mind when he realized that the judge was willing to let him out of jail immediately.
"He had never heard of a personal bond," the judge remembered. "He started crying when I told him he could go home."
This entry was posted in bail, bail reform, pre-trial reform, state laws and tagged Boston, Decriminalize poverty, massachusetts, poverty, racism on March 15, 2017 by Susan.
CSG 2017 omnibus bill needs backbone
You may have heard about the Council of State Governments [CSG] recommendations to come on justice/corrections systems in Massachusetts to be proposed when the new 18-month legislative session opens in January on Beacon Hill.
Join a statewide EMIT call on Monday, Dec 12, 7-8 pm to learn more about this critical legislation. EMIT leaders Laura Wagner and Dirck Stryker will lead the discussion. Your questions and comments are welcome.
Call in: (712) 432-1212 Meeting ID – 351-484-548#
Here's more information on the Monday call and Tuesday rally downtown led by EMIT's partners, the Jobs not Jails coalition.
The Governor, Speaker, Senate President, and Chief Justice will JOINTLY file a bill in mid-January on criminal justice reform. It will include some of the recommendations of a CSG report on the criminal justice system in Massachusetts to be released when their bill is filed.
a. The Good News–This elevates criminal justice reform to being a "must pass" a bill situation given the Governor, Senate President, House Speaker and Chief Justice are behind it.
b. THE CHALLENGE: The bill they file will likely NOT strong enough and focus on probation, parole, and recidivism. It will likely ignore the repeal of long mandatory minimum sentences on non-violent drug offenders etc.
Read more about the Jobs Not Jails Priorities
1. Attend the Rally / Press Conference on December 13 at 10:00.
140 Bowdoin St Boston, Church of the New Jerusalem. Jobs NOT Jails will have a rally/press conference to call on the four state leaders to include the six proposed bills of the Jobs NOT Jails Coalition
2. Contact your legislators and/or come to the Jobs Not Jails Lobby Day in January – ask that they co-sponsor the omnibus criminal justice reform bill, The Justice Reinvestment Act, which will include the Jobs Not Jails Priorities. More details to come – filing deadline is Jan 20
3. In March 2017, the coalition will organize six major public action meetings in Boston, Brockton, New Bedford, Worcester, Springfield, Lynn, Lowell to show large-scale public support from major criminal justice reform and engage legislators, mayor, sheriffs, police chiefs.
Let us know if you can help organize one of these events or offer a meeting space. Contact: Laura Wagner lwagner@uumassaction.org
This entry was posted in advocate, recidivism, state laws, Statehouse and tagged Council of State Governments, CSG, jobs not jails, MA, massachusetts on December 5, 2016 by Susan.
Debtors prisons exist in Massachusetts
BARRY CHIN/GLOBE STAFF Chief Justice Ralph Gants of the Supreme Judicial Court says a review of socalled finetime practices is underway. Scores of indebted become 'finetime' inmates. Posted from The Boston Globe.
By Milton J. Valencia GLOBE STAFF NOVEMBER 07, 2016
They call it "finetime" — a questionable practice in which defendants "pay off" court fines and fees by serving time behind bars, even if they never committed a crime deserving of jail time in the first place.
A sampling of cases in Massachusetts from last year showed more than 100 instances in which defendants were sent to jail because they could not afford to pay a fine, a practice first laid bare in the federal investigation into the criminal justice system in Ferguson, Mo., two years ago, sparking outcries of discrimination in that state. The 105 examples were cited in a report to be filed this week by the state Senate Committee on Post Audit and Oversight. Among them:
■ A defendant charged with driving under the influence of alcohol was ordered to serve 25 days in jail for failing to pay $760 in fines and fees. "Do I have any say on this? Like, any defense?" the defendant asked.
■ In Leominster District Court, a defendant who owed $175 two years after a shoplifting offense was sent to jail, even though he told the judge he intended to pay the money within a month.
■ A third case was described to the Globe directly by the defendant, identified as James K. He told state officials he was looking to get his driver's license, so that he could apply for a job, after serving prison time for a robbery in New York City when he was a teenager, he said. However, he had outstanding fines for a drug arrest years earlier in Dudley District Court.
When he returned to Dudley last year looking to address the fines, he said he was told he owed more than $1,000. He said he could not pay, that he had stayed in a homeless shelter the night before. He was sent to jail for 36 days.
"I was in disbelief, saying 'You're going to lock me up because I can't pay a fine?' " said James K, who asked that his last name not be used to protect his privacy during job searches.
"It's counterintuitive," he said. "I was sent to jail because I was poor." The 105 examples are from Worcester, Plymouth, and Essex counties. It's unclear how many other cases may have also occurred in other counties.
The review found that most of the 105 defendants who were sent to jail had initially arrived at the court for a relatively minor offense: 40 percent of the cases related to automobile violations that did not involve allegations of operating under the influence. In 16 percent of the cases, the original charge was for public disorder, such as disorderly conduct, public drinking, or trespassing.
None of the 105 defendants went to trial on the original offense, and in 60 percent of the cases the charges were continued without a finding or disposed of with pretrial probation. In 40 instances, the defendant was guilty of at least one charge, but only four ended up serving jail time at the original disposition of the case.
Ultimately, the sentences ranged from one day to 112 days. In nearly half of the cases, the defendant was ordered to serve at least two weeks.
The state expects more than $40 million in fees and fines each year, half of it related to probation fees, according to the Committee on Post Audit and Oversight. Senator Michael Barrett, a Democrat from Lexington and chairman of the Committee on Post Audit and Oversight, said the review raised troubling questions about the state's dependence on revenue from the poor, through the imposition of fees and fines — with stiff enforcement designed to make people pay up.
"We do this in the name of punishment, but it turns out to be a nifty business in terms of revenue generation, and we've grown too fond of what it pulls in," said Barrett, an attorney by trade. "It's a moneymaking sideline, run by the criminal justice system. The money comes out of the hides of not only poor offenders who have to get their lives back on track, but also the families of poor offenders. . . . We need to descale the hunt for revenue to sustain the court system."
The review comes as top court officials have recently acknowledged the need for the courts "to provide equal justice for those who face financial challenges." Ralph Gants, chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, said in his annual State of the Courts address last month that "We are examining whether we are unwittingly punishing poverty by the imposition of fines, fees, and restitution that a defendant has no ability to pay, and taking steps to ensure that the inability to pay does not result in the revocation of probation, the inappropriate extension of a period of probation, or time in jail."
Barrett said the review of cases and state laws shows it may take a combination of new court policies and legislative fixes to address the issue. 'We are examining whether we are unwittingly punishing poverty by the imposition of fines,fees, and restitution . . . '
State law, for instance, allows for a defendant to pay off fees by serving jail time, at a rate of $30 a day. Barrett's committee called for increasing the rate to $60, so that a defendant can pay off his dues quicker if jail becomes an option.
The review also found that judges failed to appoint lawyers for defendants — who had already been declared indigent — when considering whether to send them to jail for failure to pay fines, a potential violation of their constitutional right to counsel. Barrett's committee called on the Supreme Judicial Court to uphold a defendant's right to an attorney in such cases, saying the court has not yet addressed the issue directly.
At the least, Barrett said, the courts should set policy requiring judges to appoint lawyers and to better inquire into whether a defendant is being in contempt of the court, or truly cannot pay. He also said the courts should consider alternatives to sentencing someone to jail.
"I'm not suggesting all fees go away. I think there's a place for fines and fees in the fullness of things," Barrett said. "Some people can feel the sting, and still pay it, but for some people this is more than a sting. It means you can't pay rent for the month. That's what we're finding in these cases."
Cassandra Bensahih, executive director of the Worcesterbased advocacy group ExPrisoners and Prisoners Organized for Community Advancement, said the report shows the cycle of hardships that many lowincome people face, in which they can't get a job because of past encounters with the criminal justice system, and so they can't pay their fines.
"When they can't find employment, can't find jobs, what are they to do?" she said. Milton J. Valencia can be reached at milton.valencia@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @miltonvalencia.
This entry was posted in black men, judges and injustice, Justice, Massachusetts, recidivism, reform, state laws and tagged fine time, Fines, Judge Ralph Gants, poverty, racism, supreme judicial court on November 7, 2016 by Susan.
A cop explains restorative justice
Restorative justice is a way to prevent people from entering the prison and court systems, and eliminates creating young felons. A short stint of 24-48 hours in jail can change the trajectory of a life FOREVER. More than a dozen communities in Massachusetts have voluntarily signed up for this diversion program. See more here.
Restorative justice is an equitable way for the people, property owners and families of those who are impacted and perpetuated a crime to sit together in a circle, and talk about what happened.
State Senator Jamie Eldridge [D-Acton] has sponsored legislation to introduce restorative justice to every community in Massachusetts. The bill has been introduced in several sessions and has failed to gain endorsement at the State House. Most people don't understand what it is and how it works.
Restorative justice allows people to take responsiblity for what they did, and for all parties to understand the impact on victims, perpetuators and property owners. The process reduces the rate of recidivism and keeps people out of jail and prison.
This entry was posted in felony, Massachusetts Statehouse, restorative justice, state laws, Statehouse and tagged c4rj, criminal justice reform, influencing legislators, reducing recidivism, young offenders on September 22, 2016 by Susan.


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title: Multi-Mesh Deployments for Isolation and Boundary Protection
subtitle: Separate applications that require isolation into multiple meshes using mesh federation to enable inter-mesh communication
description: Deploy environments that require isolation into separate meshes and enable inter-mesh communication by mesh federation.
publishdate: 2019-10-02
attribution: Vadim Eisenberg (IBM)
keywords: [traffic-management,multicluster,security,gateway,tls]
target_release: 1.3
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Various compliance standards require protection of sensitive data environments. Some of the important standards and the
types of sensitive data they protect appear in the following table:

|Standard|Sensitive data|
| --- | --- |
|[PCI DSS](https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/pci_security)|payment card data|
|[FedRAMP](https://www.fedramp.gov)|federal information, data and metadata|
|[HIPAA](https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/pagedetails.action?granuleId=CRPT-104hrpt736&packageId=CRPT-104hrpt736)|personal health data|
|[GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu)| personal data|

[PCI DSS](https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/pci_security), for example, recommends putting cardholder data
environment on a network, separate from the rest of the system. It also requires using a [DMZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing)),
and setting firewalls between the public Internet and the DMZ, and between the DMZ and the internal network.

Isolation of sensitive data environments from other information systems can reduce the scope of the compliance checks
and improve the security of the sensitive data. Reducing the scope reduces the risks of failing a compliance check and
reduces the costs of compliance since there are less components to check and secure, according to compliance
requirements.

You can achieve isolation of sensitive data by separating the parts of the application that process that data
into a separate service mesh, preferably on a separate network, and then connect the meshes with different
compliance requirements together in a {{< gloss >}}multi-mesh{{< /gloss >}} deployment.
The process of connecting inter-mesh
applications is called {{< gloss >}}mesh federation{{< /gloss >}}.

Note that using mesh federation to create a multi-mesh deployment is very different than creating a
{{< gloss >}}multicluster{{< /gloss >}} deployment, which defines a single service mesh composed from services spanning more than one cluster. Unlike multi-mesh, a multicluster deployment is not suitable for
applications that require isolation and boundary protection.

In this blog post I describe the requirements for isolation and boundary protection, and outline the principles of
multi-mesh deployments. Finally, I touch on the current state of mesh-federation support and automation work under way for
Istio.

## Isolation and boundary protection

Isolation and boundary protection mechanisms are explained in the
[NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations](https://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-53r4),
_Appendix F, Security Control Catalog, SC-7 Boundary Protection_.

In particular, the _Boundary protection, isolation of information system components_ control enhancement:

{{< quote >}}
Organizations can isolate information system components performing different missions and/or business functions.
Such isolation limits unauthorized information flows among system components and also provides the opportunity to deploy
greater levels of protection for selected components. Separating system components with boundary protection mechanisms
provides the capability for increased protection of individual components and to more effectively control information
flows between those components. This type of enhanced protection limits the potential harm from cyber attacks and
errors. The degree of separation provided varies depending upon the mechanisms chosen. Boundary protection mechanisms
include, for example, routers, gateways, and firewalls separating system components into physically separate networks or
subnetworks, cross-domain devices separating subnetworks, virtualization techniques, and encrypting information flows
among system components using distinct encryption keys.
{{< /quote >}}

Various compliance standards recommend isolating environments that process sensitive data from the rest of the
organization.
The [Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard](https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/pci_security/)
recommends implementing network isolation for _cardholder data_ environment and requires isolating this environment from
the [DMZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing)).
[FedRAMP Authorization Boundary Guidance](https://www.fedramp.gov/assets/resources/documents/CSP_A_FedRAMP_Authorization_Boundary_Guidance.pdf)
describes _authorization boundary_ for federal information and data, while
[NIST Special Publication 800-37, Revision 2, Risk Management Framework for Information Systems and Organizations: A System Life Cycle Approach for Security and Privacy](https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-37r2)
recommends protecting of such a boundary in _Appendix G, Authorization Boundary Considerations_:

{{< quote >}}
Dividing a system into subsystems (i.e., divide and conquer) facilitates a targeted application of controls to achieve
adequate security, protection of individual privacy, and a cost-effective risk management process. Dividing complex
systems into subsystems also supports the important security concepts of domain separation and network segmentation,
which can be significant when dealing with high value assets. When systems are divided into subsystems, organizations
may choose to develop individual subsystem security and privacy plans or address the system and subsystems in the same
security and privacy plans.
Information security and privacy architectures play a key part in the process of dividing complex systems into
subsystems. This includes monitoring and controlling communications at internal boundaries among subsystems and
selecting, allocating, and implementing controls that meet or exceed the security and privacy requirements of the
constituent subsystems.
{{< /quote >}}

Boundary protection, in particular, means:

- put an access control mechanism at the boundary (firewall, gateway, etc.)
- monitor the incoming/outgoing traffic at the boundary
- all the access control mechanisms must be _deny-all_ by default
- do not expose private IP addresses from the boundary
- do not let components from outside the boundary to impact security inside the boundary

Multi-mesh deployments facilitate division of a system into subsystems with different
security and compliance requirements, and facilitate the boundary protection.
You put each subsystem into a separate service mesh, preferably on a separate network.
You connect the Istio meshes using gateways. The gateways monitor and control cross-mesh traffic at the boundary of
each mesh.

## Features of multi-mesh deployments

- **non-uniform naming**. The `withdraw` service in the `accounts` namespace in one mesh might have
different functionality and API than the `withdraw` services in the `accounts` namespace in other meshes.
Such situation could happen in an organization where there is no uniform policy on naming of namespaces and services, or
when the meshes belong to different organizations.
- **expose-nothing by default**. None of the services in a mesh are exposed by default, the mesh owners must
explicitly specify which services are exposed.
- **boundary protection**. The access control of the traffic must be enforced at the ingress gateway, which stops
forbidden traffic from entering the mesh. This requirement implements
[Defense-in-depth principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_in_depth_(computing)) and is part of some compliance
standards, such as the
[Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard](https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/pci_security/).
- **common trust may not exist**. The Istio sidecars in one mesh may not trust the Citadel certificates in other
meshes, due to some security requirement or due to the fact that the mesh owners did not initially plan to federate
the meshes.

While **expose-nothing by default** and **boundary protection** are required to facilitate compliance and improve
security, **non-uniform naming** and **common trust may not exist** are required when connecting
meshes of different organizations, or of an organization that cannot enforce uniform naming or cannot or may not
establish common trust between the meshes.

An optional feature that you may want to use is **service location transparency**: consuming services send requests
to the exposed services in remote meshes using local service names. The consuming services are oblivious to the fact
that some of the destinations are in remote meshes and some are local services. The access is uniform, using the local
service names, for example, in Kubernetes, `reviews.default.svc.cluster.local`.
**Service location transparency** is useful in the cases when you want to be able to change the location of the
consumed services, for example when some service is migrated from private cloud to public cloud, without changing the
code of your applications.

## The current mesh-federation work

While you can perform mesh federation using standard Istio configurations already today,
it requires writing a lot of boilerplate YAML files and is error-prone. There is an effort under way to automate
the mesh federation process. In the meantime, you can look at these
[multi-mesh deployment examples](https://github.com/istio-ecosystem/multi-mesh-examples)
to get an idea of what a generated federation might include.

## Summary

In this blog post I described the requirements for isolation and boundary protection of sensitive data environments by
using Istio multi-mesh deployments. I outlined the principles of Istio
multi-mesh deployments and reported the current work on
mesh federation in Istio.

I will be happy to hear your opinion about {{< gloss >}}multi-mesh{{< /gloss >}} and
{{< gloss >}}multicluster{{< /gloss >}} at [discuss.istio.io](https://discuss.istio.io).


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Genre Poetry.
Series Caxton poets ;, no. 1
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The book Who Was Christopher Columbus. by Bonnie Bader is an informational, interesting biography about the story of Christopher Columbus and how he lived all of his life. This book contained a lot of detail and it got me interested in this book.
This book told about how Christopher Columbus always loved the sea and always wanted to become a /5. A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus (Picture Book Biography) by David A. Adler, John Wallner, et al. | Jan 1, out of 5 stars Paperback $ Christopher Columbus book 7.
Get it as soon as Mon, Oct FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. More Buying. David A. Adler's "A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus" was an okay picture book. I think this would be a great introduction into Christopher Columbus for young readers. It is more of a progressive story that provides the reader with facts along the way.
According to the book, Columbus was the son of a weaver who dreamed to be a sailor/5. Select and pre-read books about Christopher Columbus. The books you decide to use for the lesson should be able to answer all of the Christopher Columbus Fact Hunt questions.
Make copies of the Christopher Columbus Fact Hunt printable for each student. The Book of Prophecies (in Spanish, El Libro de las Profecías) is a compilation of apocalyptical religious revelations written by Christopher Columbus towards the end of his life, probably with the assistance of his friend, the Carthusian monk Gaspar Gorricio.
It was written between September and Marchwith additions until about Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was born in in modern day Italy Some believe that he was the first explorer to amer.
Dec 03, · Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator. Inhe sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña ships alongside, hoping to. Christopher Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; before 31 October – 20 May ) was an Italian explorer and colonizer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that opened the New World for conquest and permanent European colonization of the innovationoptimiser.com expeditions, sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, were the first European contact with the Caribbean, Central Children: Diego, Fernando.
Christopher Columbus, Ital. Cristoforo Colombo (krēstô´fōrō kōlôm´bō), Span. Cristóbal Colón (krēstō´bäl kōlōn´), –, European explorer, innovationoptimiser.com, Italy. Early Years Columbus spent some of his early years at his father's trade of weaving and later became a sailor on the Mediterranean.
Aug 26, · Watch, listen and learn about how Christopher Columbus was inspired to discover the new world. Simple, lyrical text by Marion Dane Bauer. Illustrated by Liz Goulet Dubois. He also affirmed that "it was Christopher Columbus whom [Nephi] saw, and he observed further that the discoverer was guided by divine power on his journey" (Petersen 3).
Several modern-day prophets have testified that Columbus was guided to the New World by the. Aug 23, · Christopher Columbus is a case study in the whitewashing of history as detailed in James W. Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me", reflecting how the singular perspective of CC's maiden voyage to the Americas serves to reinforce a story of American h.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS' BOOK OF PROPHECIES - Excerpted - English Translation Introduction At a very early age I began to sail upon the ocean. For more than forty years, I have sailed. On October 12, we celebrate a holiday called Columbus Day.
This day, you do not have school because we are remembering the day an explorer called Chri. Christopher Columbus's Book of Prophecies: Reproduction of the Original Manuscript With English Translation by Christopher Columbus, Kay Brigham. Christopher Columbus mini unit- Columbus Day This is a mini-unit all about Christopher Columbus.
Full of worksheets, mini book, and other fun activities for young learners. VA SOL aThis is a mini-unit all about Christopher Columbus Included is an anchor chart, KWL chart, make and take mini book. Christopher Columbus was the oldest son of Dominico Colombo and Suzanna Fontanarossa.
This name means Red-fountain. He bad two brothers, Bartholomew and Diego, whom we shall meet again. Diego is the Spanish way of writing the name which we call James. It seems probable that Christopher was born in the yearthough some writers have said.
Apr 24, · Christopher Columbus' Son Had An Enormous Library. Its Catalog Was Just Found. On learning this volume had been discovered — after writing an entire book about this ancient library.Christopher Columbus Notebooking Christopher Columbus Notebooking Christopher Columbus Notebooking Columbus Day Resources.
Library List: Columbus by Ingri & Edgar Parin E'Aulaire. Activities: Early Life Lift the Flap Book – Answer the questions about Columbus' birth and early life and use the map to locate where he was born.Learn all about Christopher Columbus' early life at sea, which led him to seek fortune by sailing west in hopes of creating new trade routes with the Indies.
Kids will read about why he called himself the "Great Admirald of the Seas" and learn of all his struggles to find finacial 4/5.
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DENVER, COLORADO and VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Feb. 12, 2016) - Sandspring Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SSP) (OTCQX:SSPXF) ("Sandspring" or the "Company") has been advised that Fiore Financial Corporation, a company owned and controlled by Mr. Frank Giustra, acquired 2,615,000 common shares from the exercise of share purchase warrants at an exercise price of $0.15 per common share, and Mr. Giustra has acquired 2,000,000 common shares of Sandspring in the public market at an average price of $0.176 per common share. The acquisitions represent 5.18% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.
As a result of the acquisition of securities described above, Mr. Giustra directly and indirectly owns or controls in aggregate 10,951,500 common shares of the Issuer, representing 12.85% of the current issued and outstanding common shares of the Company. Assuming exercise of the 400,000 options and 3,040,000 share purchase warrants held by Mr. Giustra directly and indirectly, Mr. Giustra would own or control 14,391,500 common shares of Sandspring, representing 16.23% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company on a partially diluted basis.
The Company has been advised that Mr. Giustra and his related entities acquired these securities for investment purposes and, as disclosed in the Early Warning Report accompanying this news release, may in the future acquire or dispose of securities of the Company through the market, privately or otherwise, as circumstances or market conditions warrant.
Sandspring Resources Ltd. is a Canadian junior mining company currently moving toward a definitive feasibility study for the multi-million ounce Toroparu Project in the Republic of Guyana. A gold and silver purchase agreement with Silver Wheaton and the transaction with PNO Resources Ltd. that closed in September 2015 (see Sandspring press release dated September 14, 2015) provide Sandspring with a strong base as it proceeds with the ongoing development of the Toroparu Project. A prefeasibility study completed in May 2013 (NI 43-101 Technical Report, Prefeasibility Study, Toroparu Gold Project, Upper Puruni River Area, Guyana, dated May 24, 2013 completed by SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc., available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com) outlined the design of an open-pit mine producing more than 200,000 ounces of gold annually over an initial 16-year mine life. Significant exploration potential, along with copper credits, provides additional upside potential for the Toroparu Project. Additional information is available at www.sandspringresources.com or by email at info@sandspringresources.com.


You deserve a therapist who sees you and fully embraces you. Finding a supreme fit takes time for exploration and may be challenging for many. You are worth the effort. I've read a lot of blogs about how to find the right therapist.
Most take a practical approach.
* Experience working with others who have had your problem-check.
* Theoretical approach that seems to align with your beliefs & values-check.
* Preferred availability i.e. weekdays, weekends, etc-check.
All of these are super important! What's talked about less often is the need to take a moment for reflection about how you feel when you're talking to your prospective therapists upon the first encounter via email or phone and to what degree the therapist might be a supreme fit for your current needs- logistically, emotionally, and financially.
* Do the quoted rates i.e. co-pays, etc. work for your budget?
Some psychotherapists take an initial administrative approach when you reach out to them. They are happy to get you scheduled right away. Maybe within the week. Others, like us at UP, offer a brief complimentary consultation first. We value you & your time & we want to ensure that we have a clear sense of what's hurting your heart right now. If you've reached out and someone's profile really resonates with you, it may be helpful to reach out to them via email and phone. You may want to follow-up if you have not heard back from them within 24 business hours.
For scheduling, be prepared to offer up your supreme availability. It increases the likelihood of snagging an appointment sooner than later. Do what you can to plan your flexibility. Once your appointment is scheduled, guarding your availability may involve partial or full disclosure to key stakeholders i.e. immediate supervisors, closest friends, and family members, etc. regarding your new standing therapy appointment.
* What are my hopes & expectations of psychotherapy?… To be honest, I think it can take time to find a really dope therapist i.e. maybe 1-3 months depending on your search dedication. Consider that many therapists are seeing back-to-back clients during the workday. And if you're returning to therapy after being away for a while, know that the landscape of mental health support may have evolved. I know that when you're hurting, a process like the one described may seem arduous, perhaps insurmountable. Sometimes people feel that this is a lot more work than they bargained for, especially when they're hurting and they're just really in need of kind, supportive counseling. You get to decide what takes precedence-meeting with the first available person or doing the work on the front end to improve the likelihood of identifying a supreme fit. Sometimes it either takes several sessions with one therapist or several first meetings with several different therapists. I suggest that you pursue each scenario exclusively of one another for optimal results.
In my experience, openness & willingness to connect with your supreme fit therapist can be a kind of spiritual or existential experience. The waiting and uncertainty can be tough when you are already in a lot of emotional pain. In this case, you may consider working with a foster therapist on a brief consultative basis while also continuing in your search for a therapist to call home. Perhaps your foster therapist can support you in identifying a dope therapist as well. Some do opt to get support from other healers i.e. reiki practitioners, sound bath therapists, astrologers, priestesses, nature therapists, etc. They enlist those healers while waiting for the identification of a therapist or while on the waiting list for their top choice therapist.
Sometimes, supportive dyads or triads will reach out together to prospective psychotherapists. This system can help reduce the anxiety that can sometimes come with meeting a new psychotherapist. Sometimes families use this outreach technique as well. If you prefer a more secondary backstage support plan for finding your dope therapist, perhaps you can enlist an accountability partner. You can schedule progress check-ins with your partner so that hopefully you don't feel as alone in the process. Sometimes you may have to invest in a paid assistant who, once they know what you're looking for, can help you narrow down your search.
Psychology Today (hyperlink), an extensive online hub for psychotherapists and healers of various disciplines, & Therapyforblackgirls (hyperlink) a nationwide directory of female therapists of color, may be resources. Bark.com (hyperlink) is a potential resource that allows you to answer a few pertinent questions about your dream therapist. Think Match.com. You then receive emails of prospective psychotherapist matches that you can reach out to directly. The National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network is another resource for individuals who wish to work with a psychotherapist who specializes in providing kind and affirming counseling support to the LGBTIQA community. You may also want to check out some of our favorite therapists of color in the DMV as found here (hyperlink). Ask around too! You'd be surprised by who else knows of a good therapist.
Lastly, whoever you choose as your therapist, make sure they really wanna know you, make sure they really see you. Make sure they really feel you. You deserve that. If by chance, you are transitioning to a new therapist, I invite you to first be sure that you aren't running from a growth opportunity with your current therapist. It may be helpful to practice transparency with your current therapist to make sure that you are on the record about how you are experiencing the work with them. You may want to allow 1-2 months to see how things go. And then if you are still feeling compelled to explore other options, you may want to let them know. This is a part of healthy transitions and long goodbyes. Remember that therapists are human too and many have been called to this work.
I promise that if you practice vulnerability and you are honest with your dope new therapist, you WILL feel better. And although therapy is not for everyone, I do believe it can be beneficial to anyone.
Whatever you do, don't give up! You, mon cherie, deserve the world.


It is so hard to decide on just one because as anyone who has attended CBC knows – THERE ARE JUST SO MANY!!!
But if I had to decide, me being me, my most cherished stories are surrounding Campfire.
I went to CBC as a camper for 6 years and worked on staff for 6. It was not until my first year on staff, second session, that Leigh Anna Sangster pretty much FORCED me to bring my violin to camp, once she found out I could play.
So I brought it up 3rd session with NO idea of how I would play. I was classically trained and had no idea how to play with people who played everything by ear.
Steve Salt was one of the first people to ask me to JAM. This was DEFINITELY out of my comfort zone but I tried anyway in Aquarium during rest hour. Steve, Chris T, Alex T, Mitch, Chris L, Flo, and more…they were all so supportive while I played whole notes. Then someone had the idea to play Hurricane for Cheeshouse. Playing that and experiencing the energy form everyone that night, seeing Alex's fingers bleed as we kept playing, that is one of my most memorable experiences as a musician to this day.
Ever since that day I never went to camp without my AX. 🎻🎶. It wasn't so much about the performance, it was more about bonding with friends, giving enjoyment to the other campers and staff, and gaining confidence.
But there is one more campfire story that stands out!
When we heard about this, a group of us decided to make it an epic night anyway. When he got back it HAPPENED to be campfire. We had secretly planned to play Dave Matthews's song #41 for John – as a surprise – from the ROOF of the craft cabin!!!!
I definitely remember that legendary roof performance!
Loved campfire as well! Any sort of acoustic or campfire type skills I have are al because of CBC.


Includes two mini figures, plus a buildable sea turtle and seagull. A much better choice for a child than the handheld tech gadgets they usually play with.
He's used it for one of his stop-motion animation projects and it looked great. It's a shame they make it so you have to buy two sets for this.


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Andre Harrell Dead at 59: Mariah Carey, John Legend and More Honor Music Executive
Andre Harrell, music official who established Uptown Records and found Sean Combs, has passed on. He was 59.
"We can affirm the death of Andre Harrell. Everybody in the REVOLT family is crushed by the loss of our companion, coach and Vice Chairman," Roma Khanna, CEO of REVOLT Media and TV, possessed by Combs, told ET in an announcement. "Andre's effect on Hip Hop, the way of life and on us all by and by has been incomprehensible and significant. May he Rest In Peace."
The maker's ex, Wendy Credle, said Harrell passed on late Thursday at his home in West Hollywood, California, from cardiovascular breakdown, per various reports.
Harrell commenced his vocation in the mid-'80s as hip-bounce and rap was developing. He was a piece of the rap team Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, before collaborating with Russell Simmons, originator of Def Jam Records, in 1983, where he found out about the business. In 1986, he established Uptown Records, where he recruited Combs as an assistant and later offered him his large reprieve. Harrell additionally marked Mary J. Blige, among others. Brushes, be that as it may, was terminated from Uptown and afterward propelled Bad Boys Records. The two later accommodated and stayed long-term companions.
In 1995, Harrell was designated CEO of Motown. He was additionally a maker on films like Strictly Business and Honey, among others.
After hearing the updates on his demise, Mariah Carey, Usher, John Legend and a lot more craftsmen and big name companions took to internet based life to pay tribute to Harrell.
"Why Andre 😢😢😢 My heart is breaking and I can't quit crying. He was a stunning companion and I will miss him until the end of time. 😢," Carey tweeted.
Legend likewise tweeted: "Tear Andre Harrell. Regardless of whether we knew it or not, he had such an immense effect on the R&B/hip-jump my age grew up adoring. He marked and guided such a significant number of extraordinary specialists, made so much incredible music occur, helped shape the way of life."
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Tokyo Prayer Center
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Keiko Takenouchi(Vocalist)
Raised in Tokyo. Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music. Graduated from Euodia Academy. Soprano, solo vocalist. Gospel singer. Voice trainer. Released "Going Home", a black soul music, "My Fortress", a jazz ballad. The representative of Anah Music Ministry. Lecturer in vocal class at Tokyo Graduate School of Theology. Director of Hallelujah Gospel Family.
Jesus Loves You
by Keiko Takenouchi
Kaori Sion(Flute, Missionary)http://sionkaori.com (official web site)
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts High School, obtained BA and MA from the same school. Travelled to Europe and learned under th renowned flautist. M. Moyse. Completed a master course. Won many international awards including the seventh Chinese Wall International Competition, NHK Wester Music Audition, Geneve International Music Festival, among others. Through invitation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs played in over 24 countries. Performed in front of the Japanese imperial palace. Played in over 2000 chapels all around the world. Currently, sitting as the judge of Japan Classical Music Association, teaching at a Japan Baptist seminary, MFLC and Euodia Academy. Special lecturer at Kenya Koinonia Education Center, Japan Word of Life Press special lecturer, leading SION Wind Praise Ministry. Assistant pastor of Shinagawa Christ Church, Has been featured in various media aroudn the world incudng NHK, Switzerland national TV and many otehrs. Published 13 original CDs, including the album 'Bless You.' Author of the book "I hear the sound of love. (Word of Life Press)" In 2018, toured in Brazil through the Japanese Immigration society. In 2019, played in a concert in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlant and Hawaii. Hunger Zero Ambassador (Japan International Food for the Hungry).
・Amazing Grace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRwynpDF7yQ
・Vivaldi Cardellino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljgnAEtiloQ
・As the Deer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLPxzQAIj34
Hideo Kobori(Piano)
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After graduating from Osaka Music University, studied in France. Taught under Germaine Mounier while in École Normale de Musique de Paris. Played in many competitions in and outside of Japan. Travels around Japan and Korea and the US to play in many concerts. Frequently invited to speak at universities in Korea and plays a very important role making bridges between Japan and Korea. Published a total of 8 CDs, which are listened by many Korean stars known in Japan. Released a new album in 2016 "Kanaderu Aino Uta". Plays the grace of God through skills trained in France and his Korean passion. Sits as a judge for Osaka International Music Competition. Cooperative visionary to JEMS.
Goodwill ambassador to Japan International Food for the Hungry.
Kaori Mukahi(Gospel singer)
Sings in a transparent but yet a strong voice that flows like a large river, a Gospel singer loved by many people. Graduated from Osaka Educational University, School of Music. Sings not only classical music, but also pop and gospel. Performs not only in Japan, but also in Korea, North America, Europe.
Director of choir director of international festivals. Recorded solo album "PRESENCE", produced by Jeff Nelson.
The cover version of this album is sold in Korea. One of her collaboratio album "In You" has received awards from Words of Life Press Gospel Award. Her book "Eternal Hand" has received many acclaim, giving hope to people seeking healing.
Migiwa(Gospel singer, Songwriter)
http://migiwa.net(Official website)
Her voice is pure, but carries a strong flow of a big river. Migiwa is a gospel singer loved by many. Graduated from Osaka Education University, vocal degree. Received a masters from the same university. Trained in classic music, her voice covers a wide range and holds diverse repertoire from classics to pops and even gospel music.
Migiwa is not only active in Japan, but has done tours overseas including Korea, North America, Europe. She also sung solo in international festivals and directed the choir. She recorded a solo album 'presence' produced by Jeff Nelson. This album is sold in Korea as a cover. She also recorded her songs in the album 'In You', which is a collaboration album with Jeff Nelson. This album won the gold award organized by Word of Life Press under the CCM category, and silver under the general albums category. Her book 'eternal hands' received a large acclaim, and continues to bring hope to the people who are seeking healing in their hearts.
Kyoko Uryu(Director / Screenwriter / Musician)
https://uryukyoko.wixsite.com/music-entertainment(Official website)
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Words: Akiko Nishimura, Kyoko Uryu
Song: Kyoko Uryu
Mixing: Kenichi Tanikawa
Sing: Kyoko Uryu
DUO TAKASE(Violine & Piano)
http://hatikva.sakura.ne.jp/konzert.html(Official website)
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MAYUMI OTAKE(Artist)