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A Lyrical Leaving for the Class of 2017
Master of Ceremonies Mr. Carvill presided over a fitting finale to the Graduating Class of 2017's time at St. Conleth's and the marking of a bittersweet historical moment for the school: 2017 was the first class to not benefit at their graduation from the personal warmth and wit of KD Kelleher. Unsurprisingly, however, Mr. Kelleher's physical absence only highlighted his spiritual presence in terms of the legacy which he has left behind and which was so evident on the night: of a school which is 'a home away from home'.
Some of the boys have been at the school since First Class (Christian, Matt and Elliot) while the girls joined us just two years ago, but all involved seemed full of bittersweet emotions at leaving a place which for them had very much become a second home. Mr. Hickey's opening liturgy once again reminded us all of the ethos which helps make St. Conleth's such a warm and welcoming place and the speeches and awards which followed both recalled the good times of the past and the promising deeds of the future. Of course, this being St. Conleth's where we are never at a loss for words, the musical challenge (detailed below) was more than met on the rhetorical front by Captain Oisín Herbots, Vice Captains Mati Remi and Isobel Nugent, Principal Donal ODulaing and PPU President Donal Milmo-Penny. Their speeches captured perfectly the nostalgic nature of the evening and Mati's carefully composed and hilarious (even slanderous!) slideshow provided the perfect backdrop for their musings. Of course, awards were on the agenda and the The Mr. Porzadny Show is getting so popular we fear we may soon lose him to the Oscars, such is his talent of combining genuine warmth, good humour and technical wizardry. You can see our winners and their prizes on the slider below. And Ms. Sheppard closed the ceremony with succinct words of celebration (and surely making Mr. K proud!).
It is certainly no coincidence that a new music room cum performance hall is the central feature of this summer's building plans. Music is now at the heart of everything we do at St. Conleth's, including last Friday's beautiful graduation ceremony. In both the religious ceremony and the awards and speeches event that followed, with maestro Ms. DeBhal pulling the strings, music was the perfect accompaniment for the prayers, thoughts and memories, from the delicate opening piano piece of Muireann Dempsey through the poignancy of Kerrie-Anne's 'May it Be', accompanied on piano by her father, and Holly Stanley and Siobhán Moriarty's 'Let it Be' and Ishan Prasai & Cian O'Connor's 'We Are Young' to the familiar (and now to be sorely missed) traditional duo of Cian O'Connor and Sean Keane, with Ms. DeBhal truly 'pulling the strings' on her harp, and pitch perfect solo piano pieces by Siobhán, Ciara McCracken and Sean Moran, Annalisa Sorenson & Lois Kelleher's duet (with timely TY help), Eoin Collins's brave 'Proud of the Boy' (We are sure they are!), group performances by Matt Finn, Kerrie Anne McGrath and Cian O'Connor and the whole Sixth Year Music class, culminating in the rousing whole-class rendition of 'Mr. Blue Sky'. And then it was outside for our first ever graduation class photo in front of our gazebo and on to the RDS for a classy dinner for students and staff and surely some classy activities afterwards downtown. For specifics of those nocturnal celebrations you must, carefully, check social media, but for pics of the ceremony and details of the award-winners look above and below. And here is the Graduation Booklet, a testament to the hard work put in by Messrs. Carvill, Porzadny, Hickey and Ms. DeBhal and Ms. Hopkins.


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QFCA and Qatar Chamber sign MoU to promote cooperation
Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) and Qatar Chamber have joined hands to promote bilateral cooperation aimed at achieving joint strategic objectives of not only enhancing the productivity of the private sector but also helping the country diversify away from hydrocarbons.
A Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed today, paves way for the establishment and implementation of strategic plans to enable QFC-licensed firms to benefit from several services offered by Qatar Chamber, which is a member of International Chamber of Commerce and Arab Chamber of Commerce.
The agreement was signed by QFCA chief executive Yousuf Mohamed al-Jaida and Qatar Chamber director-general Saleh al-Sharqi.
"This agreement reflects our commitment to support the growth of our licensed firms by facilitating their integration within Qatar's wider business community," al-Jaida said, adding the QFC strongly believes in collaborating with key private and government entities in an effort to continuously grow Qatar's private sector and provide its licensed-firms with new opportunities.
Al-Jaida said the agreement will allow around 300 QFC-licensed firms, of which 32% Qatari establishments, to benefit from the chamber's services.
The chamber official reiterated that the agreement falls in line with its efforts to bolster the growth of the private sector and contribute to the accomplishment of the state's strategic objective to diversify the economy beyond the oil and gas industry. "Qatar Chamber works to further promote the private sector through establishing an information based platform and through building strategic partnerships with governmental and semi-governmental organisations in addition to the private sector, both locally, regionally and globally to develop the private sector and the small and medium enterprises, al-Sharqi said.
The Qatar Chamber and QFC will also join efforts to promote knowledge sharing in the trade and investment fields as well as coordinate joint events to create sponsorship and marketing opportunities for QFC firms.
According to al-Sharqi, the tie-up will lead to more efforts to strengthen the logistics related to investments, which in turn, will lead to increased contribution of private sector in Qatar's gross domestic product.
For QFC, an onshore platform, integration within the local market has become a key priority and this was further reiterated last month with the announcement QFC's relocation to Doha's new financial city in Msheireb Downtown Doha.
The QFC continues to focus on strategic partnerships with key stakeholders to further gain market recognition and facilitate foreign investments into Qatar. With more local and international firms joining the QFC platform, QFC firms are increasingly contributing to growing Qatar's economy through investments, employment opportunities, and knowledge-sharing with the local market.

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opennwt.ca OpenAssembly (Hansard) Debates 2019 August 12th, 2019 Statement by Jackson Lafferty
Jackson Lafferty on Committee Report 22-18(3): Report on the Review of the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
In the Legislative Assembly on August 12th, 2019. See this statement in context.
Committee Report 22-18(3): Report on the Review of the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Annual Reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
Reports Of Standing And Special Committees
The Speaker Jackson Lafferty
The Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (ATIPP) Act came into force on December 31, 1996. The purpose of this legislation is to promote government accountability by balancing access to government information with the protection of individual privacy rights related to that information.
Under the act, the Information and Privacy Commissioner ("the IPC") is appointed for a five-year term as an independent officer of the Legislative Assembly. That appointment is currently held by Ms. Elaine Keenan Bengts. The act requires the IPC to file an annual report on her activities and authorizes her to include recommendations for amending the legislation to improve the act's efficiency and effectiveness.
On February 22, 2018, the Standing Committee on Government Operations ("the committee") conducted a public review of the 2016-2017 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on October 3, 2017.
On January 15, 2019, the committee held a public review of the IPC's 2017-2018 Annual Report, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on October 29, 2018.
Both of these reviews are summarized in this report.
THE ROLE OF THE INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner was established in 1997, following the enactment of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (ATIPP) Act. The ATIPP Act applies to the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and its departments, boards, and agencies, as set out in the ATIPP Regulations. The office provides independent oversight and enforcement of the government's responsibilities under the act.
The IPC is appointed as a statutory officer of the Legislative Assembly for a five-year term and can only be removed "for cause or incapacity," which affords her the ability to comment freely and directly. Ms. Keenan Bengts currently holds the office for a five-year term terminating on October 30, 2020.
The ATIPP Act enshrines two principles: 1) public records must be accessible to the public; and 2) personal information must be protected by public bodies. The act outlines the rules by which the public can obtain access to government-held records, and rules about the collection, use and disclosure of information by government, such that the privacy rights of individuals are protected and upheld.
Generally, the act requires that the government collect only information that is absolutely necessary for implementation of the program under which the information is collected. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that laws like ATIPP are "quasi-constitutional" laws that are held to be paramount to other laws, unless otherwise specified, and which define fundamental democratic rights.
The act is generally interpreted by the courts such that access to information is considered the standard and that any exceptions to this must be narrowly interpreted in a way to allow the greatest access possible. The right of access is not absolute, however. There are limited exceptions which protect individual privacy rights, proprietary business information, and Cabinet confidences and allow government employees to give frank and candid advice facilitating decision-making by political leaders.
The IPC reports to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The powers provided to the IPC under the ATIPP Act include the powers to investigate, mediate and resolve matters concerning access and privacy disputes and complaints; comment on the privacy implications of proposed legislation or government programs; undertake research into matters related to the purposes of the act; and educate the public about their rights.
Following on a comprehensive review of the ATIPP Act, undertaken by the Department of Justice between 2012 and 2016, Bill 29, An Act to Amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act was introduced in the Legislative Assembly in October 2018. This bill, which was extensively amended at the committee stage, received assent on June 6, 2019. As the new provisions are brought into force, certain aspects of the IPC's role and authorities will be changed and enhanced. For the purposes of the fiscal years examined in this report, however, the legislation as it was last amended in 2015 governed the IPC's activities.
Health Information Act
The new Health Information Act (HIA), which came into effect on October 1, 2015, governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information and provides for its protection. The legislation applies to all records containing health information that are under the control of a "health information custodian," as defined in the act, whether that custodian operates in the public or private sector.
The act sets out clear direction that medical practitioners are to have access to records only to the extent required in order to provide care. The act allows medical practitioners to assume that an individual who seeks health care has implicitly provided consent to the collection, use or disclosure of such personal health information as is necessary to provide the patient with appropriate care. This assumption of implicit consent is contingent upon the practitioner's belief that the patient is knowledgeable about how his or her personal information will be collected, used and disclosed.
The act gives patients the right to put conditions on who has access to their records. Where a patient expressly indicates that the practitioner may not rely on implied consent, the practitioner is then required to obtain the patient's written consent to collect, use or disclose the patient's health information. There are limited exceptions to this right, such as to facilitate the provision of emergency health care. Similarly, a patient may not prohibit the disclosure of personal health information by a health information custodian where that disclosure is authorized by the HIA or another enactment; for example, to the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission.
The HIA gives patients the right to access their own health records. The process is similar to that contained in the ATIPP Act which governs access to personal information contained in government records. Unlike the ATIPP Act, however, which only permits recovery of photocopying costs, access by a patient to their medical records under the Health Information Act is subject to the payment of fees.
The act allows a person who believes their records have been improperly collected, used or disclosed to request the IPC to undertake a review. Rights of appeal under this Act are different than those under ATIPP. Appeal rights apply to both access to information and breach of privacy issues. As well, the IPC has the authority to appeal the decision of a health information custodian to the courts.
The act also imposes a positive duty on health information custodians to notify any individual whose medical records have been compromised. This "data breach notification" must also be given to the IPC, who may choose to investigate the breach.
THE INFORMATION AND PRIVACY COMMISSIONER'S ACTIVITIES
The Commissioner's Message
The Information and Privacy Commissioner often chooses to highlight topical aspects of her work in her annual "Commissioner's Message."
In her 2016-2017 Commissioner's Message, the IPC noted that it was her 20th anniversary as IPC of the Northwest Territories, which also meant that twenty years had passed since the coming-into-force of the ATIPP Act. She noted that advancements in technology over the past two decades are such that ATIPP operates in a very different environment than the one that existed when the legislation was first drafted.
She observed that her role as IPC started with a focus on access but, over time, privacy considerations took a primary role. Now, in the era of "big data" the focus is turning to access again, as the public continues to be concerned about the ability of governments to protect the personal information they collect, the value of information as an asset grows and the public demands that governments be accountable and transparent. This, she notes, makes strong ATIPP legislation "increasingly vital to the maintenance of our democratic ideals as the world changes in ways no one would have imagined in 1997."
With respect to the Health Information Act, the IPC indicated that she had completed her first three reviews. She opined that the act is dense, complicated and hard to interpret, meaning reviews take longer than under the ATIPP Act. She also observed that, again this year, health information custodians were far from compliant with the act and much work needs to be done in this area. The IPC expressed her concern that the information-technology system being used by the Health and Social Services Authorities still does not have the functionality to allow patients to control the access and use of their personal health information as mandated by the act.
For 2017-2018, the IPC's message focused on the initiative to update the ATIPP Act, led by the Department of Justice. She expressed frustration with the amount of time taken by the department to complete its review, which resulted in the "Northwest Territories...now [being] the last Canadian jurisdiction, but for Nunavut, to modernize its first-generation access and privacy legislation."
Modern legislation, the IPC observed, is not all that is required. "We need a real commitment to the spirit and intention of the act and this year, more than any other year, I have seen a marked decrease in the willingness of public bodies to hold up those ideals." The IPC noted that many times this year public bodies have refused to follow her recommendations, rejecting her analysis and application of the law. "Public bodies can easily avoid accountability when they refuse to follow recommendations made."
The IPC encouraged the Department of Justice to look to the ATIPP legislation passed by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2015. Under that legislation, "if a public body wishes to disregard those recommendations...it must ask the court for an order to allow it to do so. This change puts the onus on the public body, where it should be, to obtain court approval of its decision, rather than leaving it to the individual." She also raised the issue of bringing municipalities under ATIPP, noting that Nunavut recently amended its Act to accommodate the inclusion of municipalities, leaving the NWT as the only remaining Canadian jurisdiction that does not require municipal compliance with ATIPP.
Committee notes that these concerns were given careful consideration in the review of Bill 29, An Act to Amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The act has since been amended to require government compliance with the IPC's recommendations and to require municipal compliance with ATIPP, which will be phased-in through the regulations, allowing time for municipalities to prepare to meet their obligations under the act.
With respect to the Health Information Act, the IPC noted that the Minister of Health has issued a series of policies and procedures pursuant to the HIA, but that these were not accessible online and should be. She also again raised the issue of the apparent affinity of the health sector for outdated fax technology, which has resulted in data breaches that have been the subject of a number of media reports.
The IPC concludes her 2017-2018 Commissioner's Message by commenting on the work by her office to improve its website at www.atipp-nt.ca and by acknowledging an increase to her budget to hire a full time Deputy-IPC, to be shared with the Nunavut office.
In 2016-2017, the IPC opened 61 new files (2015-2016 - 43) and issued 15 review recommendations (2015-2016 - nine) under the ATIPP Act. Of the 61 new files, 32 were related to access-to-information matters, 14 were related to breach-of-privacy matters, five were requests for comment or consultation by public bodies, and 10 were miscellaneous or administrative inquiries.
2016-2017 was the first full year of the Health Information Act being in force. The IPC opened eight new files, of which three were breach notifications from various branches of the amalgamated Health and Social Services Authority; two involved the submission of Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) per section 89(2) of the act; one was a comment to the Minister on the Department' of Health and Social Services' Mental Health Care Action Plan; and two were related to administrative matters. In addition, three formal reports containing recommendations were issued.
While her report had, in the previous year, been quite critical of the Department of Health and Social Services and its failure to address requirements under the new act, the IPC noted that things appear to be slowly improving. She observed some progress on the development of system-wide standards, policies and procedures as required by section 8 of the act. She noted a significant upturn in the number of breach notifications, suggesting a greater awareness of what constitutes a breach under the act, and further observed that these breaches are being properly handled with steps being taken to prevent reoccurrences. The IPC also reported that posters, informing patients of their rights under the Health Information Act, are starting to appear in Yellowknife clinics.
In 2017-2018, the IPC opened 53 new files and issued 18 review recommendations related to matters under ATIPP. Of the 53 new files, 24 were related to access matters, 17 were related to privacy matters, seven were requests for comment or consultation by public bodies, and five were miscellaneous or administrative inquiries.
One of the privacy-related files was initiated by the IPC with a view to engaging the City of Yellowknife in a discussion about access and privacy issues related to a matter that received media attention. The City did not reply to the IPC's invitation and no discussions took place, but the IPC again emphasized with Committee during the review the importance of bringing municipalities under ATIPP.
With respect to the Health Information Act, the IPC noted that the number of files "skyrocketed" from eight new files opened in the previous year to 33 new files opened in the second full year of the act being in force. The IPC views this as a positive indication that both the public and health information custodians are paying more attention to their rights and responsibilities under the act.
Of these 33 files: 22 were breach notifications received from the Department of Health and Social Services and the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority pursuant to section 87 of the act; six were breach-of-privacy complaints received from the public; two were privacy impact assessments received pursuant to section 89(2) of the act; one was a request to review the response received to a request for access to personal health information pursuant to section 141; one was a review commenced on the IPC's own initiative pursuant to section 137(1); and one was an administrative file. No review reports were issued under the HIA in 2017-2018.
As noted in the introduction, committee held a public hearing on the IPC's 2016-2017 Annual Report on February 22, 2018.
In her opening remarks, the IPC noted that both the ATIPP Act and the HIA set out timelines within which she must complete any reviews of government decisions made under the respective acts. She indicated that the increase in her workload precipitated by the coming into force of the HIA was creating additional pressure on her office which would need to be resolved either through increased resourcing or changes to the timelines under the legislation.
Committee took note of this observation, which was raised in the context of Committee's review of Bill 29. Under ATIPP, the IPC has six months (180 days) to complete a review. Bill 29 proposed to reduce this timeline to two months (60 days). Cognizant of the government's rationale for reducing the IPC's timeline in an effort to respond to public calls for a more expedient ATIPP process, committee nonetheless felt that the proposed reduction to the IPC's timeline was too severe. In response, committee moved a motion, which was passed with concurrence of the Minister, to set the IPC's timeline for reviews at three months (90 days).
During the review, the IPC was asked about privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and how they are undertaken by the government. The IPC replied that a PIA is a tool to assist in highlighting the privacy impacts of a particular policy or project. It requires government to consider, in advance, what personal information is proposed to be collected, the purpose for which it will be used, how long it will be retained and how it will be protected. The IPC advised committee that she has been given the opportunity to review three PIAs completed by government and expressed her view that such assessments should be mandatory.
Committee also touched on the subject of the implementation of the HIA, asking the IPC for her comments on how this work has been proceeding. She replied that it is her understanding that the Department of Health and Social Services has hired a privacy coordinator and has created a set of policies to help staff to understand and comply with their responsibilities under the act. The IPC offered that she views these developments positively.
When asked what she thinks people need to know about their rights under the Health Information Act, the IPC replied that people should be aware that they have a right to see their medical files and that they have a right to deny access to their records under certain conditions.
The IPC was also asked for her comments on the concept of "implied consent" which is contained in the legislation. Consent is dealt with under Part 3 of the act, which provides that consent to the collection, use and disclosure of a patient's medical records can be "express" or "implied" provided that it is "knowledgeable." This allows a health care provider to assume that, by seeking medical treatment, a person has implied that they consent to the collection, use and disclosure of their information, unless they provide express (i.e. written) instructions stating otherwise. The IPC replied that implied consent is a difficult concept to put into practice, making this part of the act one that needs to be fixed.
The review concluded with a discussion of the practical application of a patient's right to direct who may or may not have access to their medical records. The IPC told Committee that she would like to see the GNWT upgrade the functionality of its health information-technology systems to allow "masking" of certain medical records, such that a health care provider would be prevented from accessing a record if such access was expressly prohibited by the patient.
When asked if the GNWT was meeting its responsibilities under the act, the IPC replied "simply put, no" but allowed that it took some time for the GNWT to become compliant when ATIPP was first introduced too.
As noted in the introduction, committee held a public hearing on the IPC's 2017-2018 Annual Report on January 15, 2019.
Committee's review commenced with a broad question to the IPC. Noting that the government espouses the principles of openness and transparency, to the extent that a minister has been made responsible for Public Engagement and Transparency, a Committee member asked the IPC how this seeming commitment aligns with her experience.
The IPC replied that, for the most part, she senses a healthy respect for the act and its purposes, noting that there are still pockets within government where there are problems with ATIPP compliance, and expressing concern about what she perceives as a growing trend towards not accepting or only partially accepting her recommendations.
This led to a discussion about how access and privacy legislation works in other jurisdictions and the approach recently adopted by Newfoundland in its ATIPP legislation. The IPC advised committee that, in some provinces, such as Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, her counterpart has the authority to make orders on access and privacy matters that are binding on government. In the Northwest Territories, the IPC has the authority to make public recommendations, but these recommendations are not binding on government.
In the NWT, a person who is dissatisfied with the government's response on both access- and privacy-related matters may ask the IPC to undertake a review. If the IPC finds in favour of the applicant, and recommends the same to government, government may disagree with the IPC's recommendations. For access-related matters, this leaves a person with the option to appeal the government's decision to the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories; a daunting and expensive option for most citizens. For privacy-related matters, even this appeal option is not available, making the government's decision final.
The IPC advised Committee that the "Newfoundland model" places the onus on government so that it must go to court for permission to disregard the IPC's recommendations. Committee subsequently did research and gave a great deal of consideration to this model during its review of Bill 29. In discussions with the Department of Justice during the review of the bill, committee came to the determination that, rather than adopt the Newfoundland model, the ATIPP Act should be amended to provide the IPC with full order-making power. This power will take effect when the associated provisions in the amended legislation come into force.
Amendments made to the ATIPP Act will also require future compliance by municipalities. The IPC was asked to share her thoughts on Nunavut's experience. She noted that, although Nunavut has included municipalities under their ATIPP legislation, those sections of the act have yet to come into force. For both Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, the IPC suggested that it will be easier to implement privacy protections, which primarily require that the appropriate policies are put in place to ensure adequate protections. For access requests, municipalities are facing much larger hurdles, as most will need to put records management systems in place and will need to catalogue historical records so that they may be accessed using that system. She noted that training will be required, and that it may be necessary to put in place restrictions on access to historical information.
The remainder of the public hearing focused largely on the Health Information Act. In her opening remarks, the IPC commented on spike in the number of matters dealt with under the HIA:
"Of the 33 files opened, the vast majority (22) were breach notifications received from the Department of Health and Social Services or another health information custodian under the mandatory breach notification sections of the act. Most of the reported breaches were relatively minor, but each such report has added to our ability to address gaps and holes in the systems and procedures and to adjust practices so as to prevent future breaches. The Department and the NWT Health and Social Services Authority have created a resource in which they summarize each of the incidents that arises and are incorporating these examples into their training materials. This will undoubtedly help to reduce the number of similar breaches going forward."
While Committee was encouraged by the IPC's assessment, Members were concerned about the impact of major breaches, given that, in the weeks preceding the public hearing, a great deal of media attention was focused on a story about health records that had been found in the salvage area of the dump in Fort Simpson.
In response to a question, the IPC advised the committee that these records were subject to the requirements of the HIA, even though they were created before the passage of the legislation. She also advised committee that the Department of Health and Social Services would be undertaking its own investigation and that they were already considering where else they should be looking for similar medical files that may have been in storage for many years in regional offices. She added that she would be making her own recommendations and that the records in question had been transferred to her possession and would remain in her possession.
Committee asked about the continued use of fax machines by health centres, which have been a source of many past privacy breaches. The IPC replied that she had nothing new to report with respect to any progress made by the Department of Health and Social Services to enable the masking of medical records. The IPC noted that the reluctance of the medical profession to move to newer technology is an issue nationwide and that a move to the use of encrypted data will require a change in the way the medical profession does business.
The hearing concluded with a committee member making the observation that the IPC has three lesson plans on her website designed to teach students about the importance of privacy and their privacy rights under law. The IPC advised that the material was developed by a committee of IPC's from across Canada.
Committee encourages the Department of Education, Culture and Employment to have a look at this material and consider making it available to students.
In this final report on the review of the annual reports of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, during the 18th Legislative Assembly, the Standing Committee on Government Operations would like to thank Commissioner Bengts for her unwavering and enthusiastic commitment to access and privacy matters affecting the citizens of the Northwest Territories.
Committee is especially appreciative of the Commissioner's efforts on the review of Bill 29, An Act to Amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The IPC's experience and insight were instrumental in assisting the committee to make amendments to the act that have produced one of the most progressive access and privacy laws in Canada.


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Fulham FC Match Previews
Wolves Blog stops by to answer three questions
Wolves Blog, it's a blog about Wolves. Who better to answer our questions for this FA Cup tie.
By Andrew Beck@arbeck Jan 2, 2015, 3:00pm GMT
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Cottagers Confidential: Wolves currently sit in 10th place going into the busy Holiday stretch. But They've only one won game in their last eight. How do you feel about the league form right now and what do you think the strategy is going to be for the FA Cup?
Wolves Blog: Christmas has been productive and we've picked up 10 points from 4 matches having lost 5 in a row before that. Things look like they're going in the right direction again and confidence is returning. I hope Kenny Jackett will pick out best team because we're long, long, long overdue a decent cup run. Realistically, what's the point of supporting a team like Wolves or Fulham if you're not even going to try in the cups? It's our only realistic chance of winning major honours.
CC: Kenny Jacket seems to have a reputation for getting teams promoted. How has he done as the Wolverhampton manager and what do the supporters think about him?
WB: He's surpassed all expectations. Completely rebuilt the team last season and won the league with record points. This season has been a bumpier ride, but we're closer to the top than the bottom and still in with a chance of the play-offs. Some of the summer signings weren't great, but generally we're going in the right direction. I think he'll get us up into the Premier, if given enough time and backing.
CC: Fulham have been linked to Bakary Sako many times before in the past, but what other players should Fulham be on the lookout for?
WB: His compatriot Nouha Dicko is a wonderful talent. Powerful, fast and a good finisher, he's a handful for most defences. It's no surprise that our dip in form coincided with his absence from the team. He's back now though and the results have improved immediately.
CC: If you could predict a lineup and result.
WB: Hopefully our best team so:
Ikeme
Iorfa
Batth
Stearman
van La Parra
Fulham are a tough side to quantify and our recent record in cup competitions is woeful, so I'll sit on the fence and predict a replay - 1-1
Best of luck for the season guys.


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Women Artists and the Construction of Mexicanidad
Exhibitions Mexican Modernism
Registration is closed on Zoom. Please watch on our Facebook page.
With Alberto Mckelligan Hernández, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Of Art History At Portland State University
Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism provides an exciting opportunity for Portland audiences to explore the ways in which women artists contributed to the immense cultural transformations of early-20th-century Mexico. After the violent battles of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920), the country was eager to define a new form of national identity, a complex process later described as the construction of mexicanidad, or Mexicanness. Join Alberto McKelligan Hernández in this virtual opening lecture for a look into the groundbreaking contributions of women artists that reveal how women navigated the social and artistic context of post-revolutionary Mexico and the complexities and contradictions associated with the construction of mexicanidad.
Alberto McKelligan Hernández completed his Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). His research received the Carolyn G. Heilbrun Dissertation Prize from CUNY's Center for the Study of Women and Society. He also curated Mónica Mayer: Translocal Translations, 1978-2018 for Paragon Gallery in Portland, and his research on feminist art in Mexico has been published in Nierika: Revista de Estudios de Arte and the Journal of International Women's Studies.
Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954), Diego on my Mind, 1943, oil on masonite, courtesy of the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. / Frida Kahlo (Mexicana, 1907-1954), Diego en mi mente, 1943, óleo sobre masonita, cortesía de la Colección de Jacques y Natasha Gelman.


We caught up with Iron Chef Susur Lee to chat about falling in love with food as a young boy in Hong Kong, cooking with family and the surprising secret ingredient he wants to see come to Kitchen Stadium next season.
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Though this wolf's sense of sight may not be good, its sense of smell is so good that it can sense and locate and attack prey in the dark. It is particularly sensitive to the smell of blood, and once it senses an injured human or animal it creeps up close and then attacks. Despite being extremely dangerous monsters with characteristically keen senses, one can decrease their chances of encountering one by taking along strong-smelling greenery and so forth.
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Remember The Amazing Animated Jukebox Vol. 1? Tune in for Vol. 2 packed chock full of wicked awesome animated tracks compiled by Ted Mills! Starts at 7 PM sharp and rewinds for a second time at 8:15 PM!
Kick the New Year off right with the second installment of the Amazing Animated Jukebox. Curated by local filmmaker and writer Ted Mills, the Amazing Animated Jukebox Vol. 2 screens videos from Menomena, N.A.S.A. featuring Kool Keith and Tom Waits, Death Cab for Cutie, Birdy Nam Nam, Lemon Jelly, Royksopp, Azeem, The New Pornographers, and many more. Don't miss your fix of the latest wave in animated eye candy ranging from old-school 2-D line drawing to computer graphics and those that negotiate the subtle levels in between!
Funding and support for the '09-'10 Forum Lounge season is generously provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Make Studio, and the Franciscan Inn. Official media sponsors: the Santa Barbara Independent and KCSB 91.9 FM. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization's First Thursdays.
Quebec-born artist Julie Lequin explores the construction of identity through role-playing and props, oftentimes with humorous results. A participant in CAF's exhibition Unusual Behavior, Lequin will present a performance piece related to her newest video work in progress Top 30.
Julie Lequin's work blends theatrical unconvention, humor and pop culture in such a seamless, inventive manner that I immediately knew that I wanted to include her piece, Car Talk, in the Unusual Behavior exhibition at CAF. To compliment the show, I asked Julie to present her work in progress, Top 30, as a performance art piece for the Forum Lounge series. In addition to her filmmaking, Julie is a prolific sketch artist who prepares her films by creating paintings and drawings to lay out her work, scene by scene. This urge to draw and record her own history has greatly informed Top 30, a project in which Julie documents every year of her life until age 30. Using her charming drawings and humorous narrative, Julie pieces together the many places, emotions and thoughts from the past and accompanies them with a soundtrack of an actor (playing her) who sings one song that indicative of that particular year. The result is a poignant travelogue of sorts that focuses on the minute details of her life to form a revealing portrait of the artist.
Using an array of modified 16mm projectors, film loops, and guitar pedals, Bruce McClure's work challenges cinematic conventions. His performances have enraptured audiences at the Whitney Biennial in '02 and '04 and multiple times at the Rotterdam Film Festival, and have garnered him the 2008 Alpert Award in the Arts.
Funding and support for the '09-'10 Forum Lounge season is generously provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Make Studio, Endever Music, and the Franciscan Inn. Official media sponsors: the Santa Barbara Independent and KCSB 91.9 FM. Forum Lounge is presented in association with the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization's First Thursdays.
I first became of aware of Bruce's projector performances at Light Industry, a film and media space in New York. Since most of my curating happens online, I do a majority of my research by visiting other organizations who present similar work. Bruce seemed a perfect fit for Forum Lounge: his work has been highly regarded by institutions like the Herb Alpert Award Foundation, for which he won a prize in 2008, and he presented a new perspective on the presentation of film and sound based on its cinematic roots. Bruce's performances incorporate the thrill of experimentalism with the specificity of a film mechanic as he translates the physicality of filmmaking into an experiential phenomenon. As a result, his work is not for the faint of heart;in addition to the flashing, throbbing lights the projectors give off, sound is a crucial element in Bruce's work. Loud is an insufficient description; thundering pulsations more aptly conveys the intensity of his work. But after you have settled into the experience, the physical shock of the visual and audio components melt into a meditative effect, where the performance becomes the background to a surprisingly introspective moment.
Inspired by a love for bikes, city cruising, critical mass, costumes, silliness, and things that inflate, Aeolian Ride is a mass participatory bicycling performance with a sense of humor. This is special outdoor collaborative event that has been performed in cities across the world. Afterwards, all are welcome to join the riders and volunteers at CAF to view video footage of the event.
Co-sponsored by the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition and WheelHouse.
Aeolian Ride was the lovechild of a new romance between CAF and the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, a local organization dedicated to promoting and advocating for cyclists in Santa Barbara. Jessica's piece was brought to my attention by a good friend, Don Lubach, who has been following her site-specific performance rides with rapt appreciation for the last few years. When he voiced his dream to one day bring her project to Santa Barbara, I jumped on the opportunity, as it seemed the perfect chance to meld two diverse cultures--visual arts and cycling--of our local community.
Jessica has been producing Aeolian Ride in cities worldwide for the last couple of years with great success. Inspired by her own love of the two-wheeled transportation, her childlike enthusiasm and whimsical aesthetic seemed perfectly suited to a mass bicycle ride past Santa Barbara's beautiful beachscapes. As a collaborative performance art piece, I was particularly excited to include Aeolian Ride into this year's Forum Lounge series because it captures both the spirit of working together to make art and the joy of riding. Despite some logistic challenges determining the course of the ride through Santa Barbara's downtown area, we successfully gathered over 50 people outiftted in Jessica's handmade blow up costumes, pedaled them past surprised onlookers and finally met back at CAF to view footage of this mass performance piece. And what a site to behold it was.
Winnipeg-based artist and featured performer at the 2009 Time-Based Art Festival in Portland, OR, Daniel Barrow uses obsolete technologies as "manual" forms of animation by projecting, layering, and manipulating drawings on old-school overhead projectors.
Daniel Barrow has been producing his multimedia performances are pieces for major festivals, including TBA at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, where I first noticed his work. Based in Winnipeg, Daniel was the first non-US artist to be a part of Forum Lounge, due largely to the NEA grant we received to fund the program which increased my travel budget for artists. I was intrigued by one of Daniel's earlier pieces, Winnipeg Babysitter, in which he appropriated clips from Winnipeg's public access TV station in the 1980s. The result was--not surprisingly--hilarious and intimately revealing at the same time, like peeking into the window of a neighborhood garage where teenage kids practice their flailing musical pursuits.
The same sense of voyeurism informs the piece Daniel performed at CAF: Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry. Incorporating film, drawing, music and storytelling, Daniel uses a relic of art historian proportions--the overhead projector--to perform his piece, weaving a complex murder-mystery of a garbage man who traces the inhabitants of a city through their bedroom windows to create an independent phone book. Both eerily unsettling and compelling in its delicate aesthetic, Daniel translates the first person experience into a captivating storytelling collaboration, drawing the viewer in through the immediacy of his illustrations and the deliberate pacing of the narrative.
Experimental theatre artist Susan Simpson uses intricate marionettes and unusual film projections to create captivating performances of puppet theatre. Simpson is co-founder of The Manual Archives, a micro theater and exhibition space devoted to the presentation of newly discovered and invented folklore of Los Angeles.
Now that the Forum Lounge is in its fourth year and has built a diverse audience in Santa Barbara, I strive to maintain a similarly reflective diversity in curating. Out of the 11 performances that happen over the course of the year, my goal is to program events that touch upon the many types of performance art happening across the US and internationally. Whether these events are based in music, theatre, film, or a combination of different media, my final intent is to bring captivating and revealing performance art to Santa Barbara that is indicative of larger performance art practices around the world.
For the February Forum Lounge, I'm excited to present Susan Simpson. I first became familiar with Susan's work after seeing her listed as part of REDCAT's series. Susan is a professor of Theatre at the prestigious CalArts and is also an experimental theatre artist and filmmaker who's work has won critical acclaim, including her theatrical performances at The Manual Archives. I was first drawn to Susan's unique brand of performance art because of her theatrical background and work with puppetry, an art form that combines the narrative of theatre with complex artmaking skills in puppet craft and set and lighting design. But what I find most appealing about Susan's work is the interplay between different media as she incorporates film and imagery with the production values of a theatrical endeavor. And, by drawing up on Los Angeles folklore and mythology, the subject matter becomes even more pertinent to a Santa Barbara audience.
I hope that you can join us for what will be an incredible evening of imaginative storytelling with a twist.
Come see works by internationally renowned artists and local art luminaries beginning January 29th for the La Vie en Rose exhibition.
Adrienne Allebe, Amy Bessone, Calico Brown, Alejandro Casazi, Nicole Cherubini, Stephanie Dotson, Jayson Eoff, Julia Ford, Tera Galanti, Servando Garcia, Penelope Gottlieb, Carlos A. Grano, Saul Gray-Hildenbrand, Kimberly Hahn, Jean-Pierre Hebert, Mary Heebner, Susan Jorgensen, Ann Luther, Hugh Margerum, Carrie Maseredjian, Bob Mask, Michael Barton Miller, Barbara Parmet, Zacarias Paul, Rafael Perea de la Cabada, Gail Pine, Harry Reese and Sandra Liddell Reese, Richard Ross, Warren Schultheis, Joe Shea, Dante Sigismondi, Steven Smith, Jason Sober, Kat Trajano, Patrick Turner, James Van Arsdale, Mitchell Wright, Kathleen Yorba, Seyburn Zorthian, and Pamela Zwehl-Burke.
A sister exhibition of couture inspired paintings by Doug Wada will be on view from Jan 27 - Feb 4 at dressed/ready .


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North Central Region
Meritt Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area
Meritt Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area Sunset of Heaven © Kenny Poe
Spring time in Merritt Reservoir. Best state park for getting away from it all
Located in a narrow valley of the Snake River, 26 miles southwest of Valentine, Merritt Dam was completed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in May 1964. The dam is a homogenous, rolled-earth, filed structure, 108 feet high with a crest length of 3,222 feet. It is the first Bureau dam to have soil cement surfacing instead of traditional rock rip-rap protection. The only similar dam in Nebraska is the Calamus Dam completed in 1986 near Burwell.
A facility of the Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Project, the dam is operated by the Ainsworth Irrigation District. The Game and Parks Commission administers the water surface and adjacent lands for recreation and wildlife. The reservoir has 44 miles of shoreline; 74,486 acre feet of storage, and a surface area of 2,906 acres. It irrigates approximately 34,539 acres of Nebraska farmland.
Merritt Reservoir offers some of Nebraska's premiere fishing. It is a deep lake with excellent inflow from the Snake River and Boardman Creek. Consequently, the reservoir is well-insulated against excessive drawdown during irrigation season. Walleye, crappie and white bass have long been the favorite choices of anglers, though lunker-size catfish have recently been "discovered" in the Snake River arm.
Ready access to the lake is available at public boat ramps in the Powder Horn, Main, Beed's Landing and Snake River areas. Anglers will particularly enjoy the modern fish cleaning stations at the Beed's Landing and Main areas.
Although Merritt is remote, the locale boasts several other attractions. McKelvie National Forest lies immediately to the north, with its thousands of acres of grassy sandhills and grouse hunting. Other attractions include the nearby Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, the beautiful Snake River Falls, the Valentine State Fish Hatchery, and Fort Niobrara Wildlife Refuge.
Cedar Bay Campground offers 28 electrical campsites. Primitive overnight facilities are available at all the areas on this scenic reservoir, along with drinking water and vault toilets. Merritt Dam Trading Post, the area concession, is located at the east end of the dam and offers fee camping with water and electrical hookups. A trailer dump station for recreational vehicles is provided adjacent to the Main Area. Merrit Reservoir offers fishing, boating, picnicking and wildlife viewing.
Meritt Reservoir State Wildlife Management Area is
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Anderson Bridge State Wildlife Management Area
Big Alkali State Wildlife Management Area
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Rat and Beaver Lake State Wildlife Management Area
Schlagel Creek State Wildlife Management Area
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My son Ryan gave a two day tour of the dam and resevior and lake for fishing, what a hidden treasure
July 5 great lake fun had by all by Dale BAKER
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Driving directions for Merritt Reservoir SRALocation for Merritt Reservoir is 28 miles south of Valentine on Highway 97. Or 47 miles north of Mullen on Highway 97.


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The Dangerous Impact of Proposed Voter ID Laws
Voter ID legislation, requiring all voters to produce photo ID each time they vote, legislation will have a profound impact on our most fundamental right as Americans, posing significant questions as to who will be allowed to exercise their right to vote – and who will not.
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By Karen C. Buck
"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men."
— Lyndon B. Johnson
The Pennsylvania House has passed and the Senate is poised to vote on HB 934, amending state election law. Commonly known as the "Voter ID legislation," requiring all voters to produce photo ID each time they vote, this legislation will have a profound impact on our most fundamental right as Americans, posing significant questions as to who will be allowed to exercise their right to vote — and who will not.
WHAT THE LAW PROVIDES
HB 934 in its current form requires all voters to produce "proof of identification" each time they vote in any election. Proof of ID is currently defined as unexpired photo identification issued by the U.S. government, the commonwealth, an accredited Pennsylvania public or private institution of higher learning, or a Pennsylvania long-term care facility.
Recent amendments to the bill provide narrow exceptions, including driver's licenses expired within the past year, absentee ballots for uniformed and overseas citizens and alternative ballots for residents of long-term care facilities — but only those assigned to an inaccessible polling place would be relieved of the photo ID requirement.
If you don't have photo ID, you must file a "provisional ballot," which will not be counted at all unless it meets a number of requirements, including providing to the county board of elections, within six days, affirmation of identity, indigency and/or an original or copy of your photo ID.
EVERYONE HAS ONE, DON'T THEY?
Proponents contend that HB 934 would not pose a major inconvenience to voters, since most adults carry one form of photo ID or another. But a great many Americans do not have photo ID — approximately 11 percent of all Americans. The Brennan Center for Justice, in "Citizens Without Proof: A Survey of Americans' Possession of Documentary Proof of Citizenship and Photo Identification" (2006), estimates that 33 million Americans do not have photo ID. Seniors, the disabled, minorities, youth and women are disproportionately represented, including as many as 18 percent of American citizens age 65 and above — more than 6 million seniors — and approximately 25 percent of African-Americans (compared to 8 percent of non-minority Americans).
While it would appear easy to obtain photo ID for those of us who have driver's licenses or passports, those who do not must overcome a number of financial and other obstacles, particularly arduous for those who are elderly, disabled, low-income or live in rural areas. What seems a simple process for those of us who have the luxury of a car, easy access to public transportation, and are able-bodied and economically secure, is a laborious task for many of our fellow citizens.
Many voters would be unable to produce the documents necessary to obtain a new state ID. In the absence of a current driver's license or state photo ID, one must produce two proofs of residency (tax records, lease, mortgage, W-2 forms, current weapons permit or utility bills), a Social Security card, and either a current passport or birth certificate with a raised seal (and if your name has been changed, you must provide documentation that connects the names, such as an original marriage certificate, divorce decree or court order). Voter ID requirements affect older voters profoundly, including those who no longer drive and do not need licenses; do not now travel internationally or never did and have no passport; or have difficulty obtaining birth certificates from many decades ago or were never provided birth certificates (for example, Southern-born African-Americans or Native Americans who were not allowed in some white hospitals, and those who were born at home in decades past prior to birth certificate filing requirements). Moreover, although included in the list of acceptable photo ID, it appears that most "care facilities," including nursing homes, do not issue such ID to their residents.
Many individuals without ID may be uncertain about how to go about obtaining the underlying documentation, and many who live on low, fixed incomes will find the costs associated with these documents unduly burdensome. The costs have been likened by many to a "poll tax," outlawed over four decades ago by the Supreme Court in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (a state "violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment whenever it makes the affluence of the voter or payment of any fee an electoral standard.").
Thousands of voters who currently have no ID and do not drive would also need to find transportation to the DMV in their county to get a new ID card, despite any disabilities, frailties, health, mobility or financial challenges they might have. This will be especially difficult for seniors, disabled and low-income voters and those living in rural counties where they must travel dozens of miles and no public transportation options are available.
Indeed, those who are most likely not to have ID are those who are least able to get it and least likely to be equipped to deal with this added obstacle to the polls. Even with investment in strong educational campaigns, many voters will not know of new requirements when they show up at the polls.
While photo ID may be required for a great many activities, such as jumping on a plane, renting a video or even buying a case of beer, these activities cannot be equated with a fundamental constitutional right guaranteed to every American citizen. Photo ID, showing one's "papers," is not required to be an American. At least not yet.
WHY REQUIRE PHOTO ID?
Voter ID restrictions address only voter impersonation fraud at the polls: One individual impersonates another. Is this a pervasive problem? In 2007, New York University School of Law's Brennan Center released "The Truth About Voter Fraud," the most extensive analysis of voter fraud claims to date, finding that individual voter fraud targeted by legislative efforts such as voter ID "is exceedingly rare; one is more likely to be struck by lightning."
The Voter ID legislation is opposed by the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, the bipartisan organization representing all county commissioners across the commonwealth, who serve both as election boards under Pennsylvania law and oversee elections. In testimony to the House State Government Committee in March 2011, CCAP found no evidence of voter impersonation fraud, substantiated by a search of case records and anecdotal information from the counties. In their words, it is "a solution to a problem that doesn't exist."
Unlike many other states, current Pennsylvania law already has a number of safeguards in place to protect the integrity of our votes. Pennsylvania law requires voters to show valid ID the first time they vote at a polling place (which may be a photo or nonphoto ID), a voter's signature at the time of voting and comparison to that in the register, and announcement of the voter's name so it may be heard by all members of the election board and all watchers present in the polling place. Additionally, Pennsylvania's poll books are directly cross-checked against Department of Health reported deaths, and the counties do follow up on any where there is a match against a registration record. A person attempting to vote under another's name in Pennsylvania would have to find a currently registered individual who had voted in the polling place before, pose as that person at the polls by duplicating his or her signature, successfully forge the person's signature while looking at it upside down, reasonably match the identifying information in the book, and be sure that the individual he or she is impersonating does not show up to vote also — and that no neighbor, colleague or acquaintance of the voter is at the polls at the time.
At minimum, to pass constitutional scrutiny, voter ID legislation must also include provisions to provide free state-issued IDs, universal access to acquiring IDs, and a comprehensive public education/outreach campaign to inform voters about new requirements. The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center has reported that HB 934 will cost at least $11 million to implement in the first year alone. Expenses include statewide public education efforts, training and oversight of poll workers across the commonwealth, provision of photo ID cards, and additional efforts to provide, receive and review provisional ballots, absentee ballots and alternative ballots.
State photo ID laws also remain vulnerable to constitutional attack. In 2008, a divided U.S. Supreme Court in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board upheld Indiana's photo ID law against a broad attack to its constitutionality, but also cautioned that restrictive voting ID laws are not to burden specific groups of citizens. The court indicated that more compelling evidence of such burdens might have justified striking Indiana's ID laws and specifically left open the possibility of lawsuits against ID laws that impair particular groups and individual citizens such as older voters, poor voters, the homeless and students. The court also did not eliminate the possibility of constitutional challenge to ID laws that were more burdensome than those at issue in Crawford , which, among other things, included an alternate voting method for elders.
Our work at SeniorLAW Center is protecting the rights of older Pennsylvanians. We serve 8,000-10,000 older Pennsylvanians annually with our many programs and services, including seniors in all of Pennsylvania's 67 counties through our statewide legal HelpLine, to save homes, provide protection from abuse, fraud and exploitation, and promote access to safe, healthy lives of independence and dignity. We focus on the rights of those who came before us, who fought not only our wars, but the battle for civil and voting rights. Voting is indeed a "powerful instrument" for fighting injustice and a hallmark of our democracy. Let's protect the right to vote, of our elders, and of all voters, not place unnecessary obstacles in their path. •
Karen C. Buck is the executive director of SeniorLAW Center, a nonprofit public interest law organization that protects the rights of older Pennsylvanians through legal representation, education and advocacy.
"Reprinted with permission from the 1/23/2012 issue of The Legal Intelligencer © 2012 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved."


When it comes to training, the key is to find what works best for you. Whetherpreparing for a short-distance race or an endurance paddle, we focus on strengthening our bodies. As important as technique is, we believe physical and mental toughness is even more important. In preparing for our current channel-crossing adventure, Destination 3 Degrees, we worked on making our bodies capable of paddling eight to 20 hours at a time. These are our top five training tips for a paddling expedition.
1. Paddle: Time on the water is invaluable. We can easily mimic the stand-up paddling stroke in the gym, but what's the point? We would rather get out and experience the realthing! The ocean's conditions are always changing, and we never know what to expect, so the more comfortable we are in a variety of elements, the better off we will be.
2. Balance, Balance, Balance: Stand-up paddling revolves around balance. The better your balance, the less likely you'll fall. And in a race, falling can be the difference between first and second place. To improve our balance, we work with Bosu and Swiss balls and focus on core strength and stability exercises. One of our favoriteexercises is to stand on one leg with eyes closed and then lean over and touch the ground.
3. Cross Train: As important as time on the water is, we are also big believers in cross training. Stand-up paddling involves using all of your body, so it is essential to be strong from head to toe, and, trust us, those toes do a lot of work! In trainingfor this adventure, we put a lot of time in at the gym. In addition to paddling threetimes per week, we put in three to five hours on the bike and three to five hours of strength training. The bike is not only a great cardio tool, it is also an easy way tostrengthen your lower body. And for those toes, soft-sand running isthe best workout, and it's a great strength-training exercise to do outside if you don't like the gym. You can check out Surf Stronger for surf- and paddle-specific strength and conditioning workouts that can be done anywhere. Let's face it, one-legged squats are a lot more enjoyable when you're doing them outside, next to the ocean.
4. Rest: Taking a day off from training is often difficult, but it is crucial.Giving the body a break and time to heal is a vital part of getting stronger. Last year, Jenny trained hard for a race, and a few weeks before the big day, she started to have shoulder problems. She was worried that not being able to train would put her at a disadvantage, but she listened to her doctor's orders and rested for the remaining time. On race day, she felt strong and rested and ended up winning. Looking back, she really believes she would have had a different outcome had she not given her body a break. Bottom line: Resting is just as important as training.
5. Have Fun: If you don't enjoy what you're doing, you're not going to stick to your schedule. Wedon't always feel like going on a five-hour training paddle, but if we can get a few friends to come along, it makes the process much more enjoyable. Find what you like to do and what works best for you. Whether you prefer to spend all your time on the water or the majority of your time in the gym, get out and do what you love. And don't forget to smile!


At Cufa, we are grateful to our Partners for the support of our work aimed at empowering and giving a voice to the poorest communities of the Asia-Pacific region.
When you decide to partner with Cufa, we will spend the time to get to know you, find out how you'd like to be involved and how together we can maximize the benefits of the partnership to meet your Corporate Social Responsibility objectives.
A tailor-made partnership with a trusted and proven development agency will resonate with your company's values, brand and who you are as a corporate citizen. It is also a key part of how Cufa creates lasting change for people living on less than $1.90 a day, bringing $8.07 of social return on every $1 invested into Cufa's work.
Thank you Cufa, for helping to lift 4 million people out of poverty. A small team with powerful social impact – Corin Millais, Teachers Mutual Bank.
CPA Australia is proud to have partnered with Cufa to deliver this innovative educational tool that will improve the financial literacy of children in Kampong Chhnang province – and beyond. We are confident it will have tremendous benefits for the whole community – Alex Malley, CPA Australia.
TSWG is proud to support Cufa as they strive to deliver the financial education, skills and resources that individuals in communities across the Asia-Pacific region need to break out of the poverty cycle – Dan Downs, TSWG.


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With Shadows Fall, In Flames, and Trivium. Wednesday, August 3, at the Tower City Amphitheater.
Every summer, a few of the bands on the Ozzfest tour decide that they're just not reaching enough people and embark on a series of off-day shows. This year, with the main-stage/second-stage lineup ridiculously strong, off-day tours like this one are equally worthwhile.
Mudvayne's first three albums charted a fascinating journey from jagged, technical rapcore to artful prog-thrash. Their fourth disc, Lost and Found, is more of a mainstream move; the band is reining in a tendency to overplay in favor of post-grunge hook-making. The members probably still bring it live, though.
Boston retro-thrashers Shadows Fall are still touring behind last year's The War Within, a very strong though hardly genre-busting effort. Watching singer Brian Fair shake his impossibly long dreads is just as much fun as hearing his John Bush-like bark/wail, but the riffs and beats are very solid and should fuel an energetic evening of mosh-pit madness.
In Flames has changed radically over time. Early discs like Colony were melodic, but still clearly death-metal. On more recent albums like Reroute to Remain and Soundtrack to Your Escape, the group added synths, gloss, and melody to its crunching thrash riffs. At this point, it might be the softest band on the bill.


Cassie and Jay are getting married next March and we traveled to Ft. Meade for their engagement session. We escaped the rain only by minutes but I had an absolute blast getting to know them — they are really a truly lovely couple and both of them are just so completely likeable. I can't wait to shoot their wedding next year!


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Events: The Search is On For Fresh, New Scripts from Chinese-Speaking Markets at the ATF Chinese Pitch in Singapore
On the back of the increasingly influential Chinese-speaking territories, the ATF Chinese Pitch returns this year to provide scriptwriters with greater opportunities to enter these markets. This time, scripts can be submitted in Chinese or English, with English scripts translated by the organisers for judging purposes.
Backed by G.H.Y. Culture & Media, the competition seeks to encourage, promote and reward creativity, originality and innovation in two categories – theatrical and online movies, as well as online drama series.
Yeow Hui Leng, Group Project Director of ATF and ScreenSingapore commented, "As ATF celebrates our 20th anniversary, we remain committed to keeping Asia ahead of the curve and at the forefront of content creation. Winners of various pitches under ATF and ScreenSingapore have achieved success with invaluable support from our partners, and we hope to see even more stories emerge from Asia in the years ahead."
Guo Jingyu, Group CEO, G.H.Y. Culture & Media added, "There is huge potential in young writers. In them, I see more passion and life than one can imagine. With guidance and resources, we can fully maximise their potential and grow the industry." G.H.Y. Culture & Media's goal to nurture the next generation of scriptwriters for leading productions is the main thrust behind its sponsorship of the ATF Chinese Pitch. With the added step of allowing English scripts, the company hopes to widen its search for great stories.
Shortlisted finalists will present their concepts at a live pitch on 4 December 2019, in front of a panel comprising well-established names – Guo Jingyu; Chen Xiao, Vice President of iQIYI; and Xiao Ji Xiang Tian, renowned screenwriter of the online drama series, "The Ferry Man" and "The Ferry Man II".
Winners will each win USD2,500 to help kick-start their projects, and could even be offered a USD11,000 buyout of their script.
ATF and ScreenSingapore: A platform for content creation
In addition to ATF Chinese Pitch, ATF and ScreenSingapore will host three other pitches – the ATF Animation Pitch, the ATF Formats Pitch and the ATF Film Pitch.
To cater to the all-important kids' market, the ATF Animation Pitch encourages producers to conceptualise original, creative animated programmes with edutainment value that is viable for export and development within and outside of Asia.
The winning entry will receive a USD19,000 prize from Green Gold Animation Pvt Ltd. This comprises a USD2,500 cash award and a consultancy package worth US$16,500 tailormade for them to further develop the animation, making it ready to pitch to broadcasters. Green Gold Animation is the studio behind Mighty Little Bheem, Netflix's first Indian original animation show for kids that is currently the second most-watched original series globally within the kids' genre.
With consultancy support from Green Gold Animation, studio2 Animation Lab (Taiwan) plans to release Pigsy, which was the winning concept for the inaugural ATF Animation Pitch in 2017, by early 2021.
Returning for its fourth edition, the ATF Formats Pitch seeks out innovative concepts for new and original non-scripted entertainment formats from Pan-Asia. This platform showcases the best of the region and exposes ideas for export and development within and outside of Asia.
Since winning the ATF Formats Pitch 2018, phoSumpro! (Malaysia) has fully developed Serenade, which is now being considered by regional and international networks.
The long-running Southeast Asian Film Financing Project Market will realise the dreams of budding filmmakers through the ATF Film Pitch. In its fifth year, the match-making platform provides opportunities for film creatives to meet with potential investors and financiers.
Success stories from past editions have already begun showing up on screens around the world. Mikhail Red's (Philippines) Eerie made its world premiere at Singapore International Film Festival 2018, while Bront Palarae's (Malaysia) One Two Jaga opened the 20th Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy.
Submissions for the ATF Chinese Pitch, ATF Animation Pitch and ATF Formats Pitch are now open until 15 August 2019 (ATF Chinese Pitch) and 20 October 2019 (ATF Animation and Formats Pitches) respectively. Call for entries for the ATF Film Pitch is now open until 1 September 2019.
About Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) 2019
Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) – the region's leading entertainment content event – is the platform of calibre to acquire knowledge, network, buy, sell, finance, distribute and co-produce across all platforms. It is the premier stage in Asia to engage with the entertainment industry's top players from around the world. It's where the best minds meet and the future of Asia's content is shaped.
ATF also offers the opportunity to discover vital trends, crucial statistics and significant foresight in TV's digital, kids and formats arenas. Its business match-making opportunities open doors to some of the best new offerings in the region. With over 5,600 international buyers and sellers from more than 55 countries, ATF presents valuable business prospects for top of the line benefits. ATF will be celebrating its 20th edition this year.
About ScreenSingapore 2019
ScreenSingapore – Southeast Asia's definitive marketplace for filmmakers, producers, distributors, financiers and film buyers to explore co-production opportunities, seek financing, make deals and learn about the changing film landscape.
After its continued success in 2018, ScreenSingapore will once again host the Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market, in partnership with the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA) and Ties That Bind: Asia/Europe Producers Workshop (TTB) to connect promising filmmakers and producers from Southeast Asia and Europe with international co-producing partners, festival programmers, distributors, commissioners, and financiers.
About Reed Exhibitions (RX)
Reed Exhibitions is a leading global events organiser, with more than 500 events in 30 countries. In 2018, Reed Exhibitions brought together more than 7m event participants from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed Exhibitions' events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa and organised by 38 fully staffed offices. Reed Exhibitions serves 43 industry sectors with trade and consumer events. It is part of RELX, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
About the Singapore Media Festival (SMF)
The Singapore Media Festival, hosted by the Infocomm Media Development Authority, is set to become one of Asia's leading international media events, where the industry meets to discover the latest trends, talents and content in Asia for Film, TV and digital media. Taking place from 21 November to 8 December 2019, the Singapore Media Festival brings together the newly-minted Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAA) and established media events such as the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) and ScreenSingapore and SMF Ignite.
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21 December 2012 – GAC has signed a Global Network Agency (GNA) agreement for ports in Ghana, Togo and Benin with Oil and Marine Agencies (OMA) Ltd, effective from 1 January 2013, as part of the Group's strategic expansion in West Africa. The two companies have been working together to provide a range of shipping and logistics services since June 2010.
OMA is an established leader in agency and support services for port operations in West Africa, having started from its home port of Lome in Togo 30 years ago. In 2007, it expanded to other countries in the region, including Benin and Ghana, with a base in the Ivory Coast on the cards for 2013. Under the agreement with GAC, it covers all ports in Ghana, Togo and Benin.
Erland Ebbersten, GAC's Group Vice President for Africa, Central Asia and Russia, notes that the corporate cultures of the two companies have many similarities, making the formation of the GAC-OMA alliance a natural addition to the GAC global network.
GAC is the world's leading provider of global Shipping, Logistics and Marine services. For more information, viewers can go to www.gac.com.