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OTTAWA 鈥?Investment firms, human rights groups and aid agencies gave a thumbs-up Wednesday to the Liberal government   decision to create an independent watchdog to enforce responsible conduct of Canadian companies operating abroad.International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne announced the new position, saying the office would be first of its kind in the world, and that he would take an active role in making sure it prevented any bad corporate behaviour that might tarnish Canada   broader brand.The new Canadian ombudsperson for responsible enterprise is intended to be a substantive upgrade to the current corporate responsibility counsellor, which has been wid stanley becher ely criticized as a toothless entity for dealing with miscon stanley termoska duct complaints against Canadian companies, mainly in the mining industry.               ARTICLE CONTI stanley cup NUES BELOW                                        The ombudsperson will work towards resolving conflicts between local communities and Canadian companies operating abroad, and will focus on several sectors, including mining, oil and gas and the garment sector, said Champagne.It will also have the power to independently investigate and make recommendations in cases involving human rights complaints, he said.        ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW                                 Champagne said the government may withhold support, including financial, from companies that are found to have committed violations and that he would not shy a Gsgj 2 Kentucky men sentenced for stealing money from relatives
Over two years ago, Marissa Hill woke up with words in her head. In the middle of the night she penned the story that would eventually inspire her senior project at SUNY Oswego.Marissa Hill explains the process of watercolor monotypesThese words became  Our Walk,  a collection of 11 paintings and picture book all created by Hill. Our Walk  is currently on display at The Coffee stanley website nook on West Second Street in Oswego and will be featured until the end of the month.The story for  Our Walk  was inspired by a walk to an old oak tree Hill took with her boyfriend.She started preliminary sketches for the project in June of 2010 and went back to the tree many times to take inspirational and reference pictures as the seasons changed.The final product was completed in April of 2011.Hill refers to herself as a perfectionist and wanted to challenge herself with  Our Walk  to relinquish some of the control over her medium. I found my best work came about when I wasnt trying to make it perfect,  she said.In order to face her challenge,  Our Walk  was created using watercolor monotypes.Hill took pieces of Plexiglas in the size she wanted the paintings to be, sanded them down so the surfaces were porous, then painted watercolors onto the Plexiglas in reverse.Marissa Hill proudly stands by her stanley cup  workAfter the watercolor paintings were complete Hill pressed damp paper on the Plexiglas to make her prints. In such a process theres a lo stanley becher t of room for error. But, Hill had success 11/11 prints.When the wa