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There are few universal traits among cultures, but storytelling is one of them.

Regardless of which First Nation across Canada you belong to, or from which ancestry you are descended, the telling of stories is a foundational reality.

In a thousand years, that will still be true, which is why Noirfoot Narrative Labs was in Prince George earlier this month. This initiative puts Indigenous people in touch with the most modern of storytelling genres: filmmaking. Teaching the skills of cinema provides power to collect and disseminate information to anyone who wants to know. One no longer needs to be a Hollywood insider to use the filmmaking medium. The technologies and hardware are readily available, but the know-how isn’t always available or intuitive.

One of those Hollywood insiders was in Prince George to help pass on these skills to grassroots storytellers of the future.

Grace Dove rocketed for international fame in the movie The Revenant, then carried her fame deeper in the Netflix hit movie How It Ends, and is now the star in the upcoming film version of the bestselling novel Monkey Beach.

However, Dove is also a Prince George insider. She is Tsq’escenemc First Nation (CAnim Lake, near 100 Mile House) by heritage, raised at Salmon Valley in Lheidli T’enneh territory here in this city.

She is a graduate of Kelly Road Secondary School where she was a standout in the drama department.

It is the third time in the past month that Dove has travelled to Prince George to take part in mentorship sessions. Each time she gets in some visits with family and friends, but this is a busy part of the audition season for the film industry, so she has to quickly return to Los Angeles and Vancouver for a heavy schedule of meetings and readings leading towards future roles.

“It’s very rewarding,” she said. “I was in L.A. just a few months ago literally living my dream and doing what I had always imagined. There was one day where I had three auditions in the one day.”

That may not sound like “the dream” to which most young actors aspire. Most cut the corner straight to their face on the silver screen. For Dove, the dream is being a working actor, not a celebrity. For Dove, the dream is the job and the job is 90 per cent auditions.

These auditions each come with their own form of stress. Each one is a miniperformance requiring costume, characterization, and delivering lines, all for someone’s judgment. (And it is hard enough just getting to three places in one day in the ocean of traffic that is Los Angeles, let alone getting into three completely different characters, each one representing a potential career eruption.)

“It was for three leads of three pilots, and I had to learn 30 pages of dialogue.

It was so committed, fully. I knew that if I did that, that’s all I can do, give it everything I’ve got, and then you’ve got to let it go.

“That hustle was just as I’d always dreamed it, and in that moment I had to stop for a second and celebrate that win not booking the role, but just getting that far, just being there in that opportunity.”

She is landing good roles, though. Playing opposite Forest Whitaker and Theo James in key segments of How It Ends, and being the love interest of Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant have seen to the interest she’s getting from casting directors, and that is going to increase again when Monkey Beach reveals her abilities as a lead actor.

Mix in some pivotal public appearances like a TED Talk and at We Day, guest spots on the television series Coyote’s Crazy Smart Science Show, her hosting duties for the adventure sports reality show UnderExposed and it’s easy to see her value as a mentor to local youth and Aboriginal cultures looking for examples to look towards.

In this case, Dove is one of the professionals brought in by Noirfoot Narrative Labs to teach a guerrilla seminar in how to make films.

“We are doing a 72-hour film competition, so we are actually making a high quality short-film,” she explained. “We are starting from the very beginning, writing

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MENTAL DISORDER LAW NEEDS TO BE CHANGED A n open letter to MP Bob Zimmer, MP Todd Doherty, Shadow Justice Critic Lisa Raitt, Justice Minister David Lametti and the Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Dear elected representatives: Thank you for the work you do on our behalf. I know that your job is not an easy one.

One of your roles is to ensure public safety and my letter is in regards to an issue that is of great concern to many: our current laws around those that commit serious violent crime, but are found “not criminally responsible due to mental disorder” or NCRMD. Please allow me to quote from a news article about the judgment on the violent attack that occurred in a Fox Creek, Alta. work camp in 2015, where my cousin David Derksen was murdered.

Curtis Galbraith in Everything GP, Nov. 8, 2018, writes: “In a one hour and 15-minute reading of his decision, Justice Ken Nielsen found that while (Daniel) Goodridge did cause the deaths of David Derksen and Hally Dubois, plus committed the assaults on three others, he is not criminally responsible, as set out in the law in the Criminal Code of Canada.”

If you know anything about this incident, you will know it was not instigated by the victims, that it was a horrifying, surreal event, the kind we may see in a horror movie or in our worst nightmares.

If you have not been aware of this case, I would encourage you to look into it.

So where is the offender today?

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by Janice Johnstone on CBC online: since then (his trial), he’s been held at Alberta Hospital Edmonton. After a hearing last month, the Alberta Review Board said Goodridge, who is diagnosed with schizophrenia and cannabis-use disorder, continues to pose a risk to public safety.

“It is the opinion of the board that while he is currently being treated and is exhibiting no active symptoms, the risk of relapse is very high, and that should he relapse, he is likely to commit a violent act against a member of the public,” the board said in its written decision.

“Mr. Goodridge is a significant risk to the safety of the public.”

He will continue to be held at Alberta Hospital on full warrant but has been allowed to make supervised visits into Edmonton and has unsupervised grounds privileges at the hospital.

His behaviour on all supervised passes was described by a psychiatrist as “excellent.” At the discretion of his treatment team, Goodridge may given more freedom in future.

The public is left to assume that at some point, at the discretion of his treatment team, this man will go free, as his

behavior at Alberta Hospital is exemplary. He is getting his medication and he is testing negative for cannabis.

But what will he encounter when he is eventually released? Very likely cannabis.

Who will be monitoring him to ensure he is taking his medication? Perhaps no one.

This uncertainty should not be and points to an error in our current laws around the sentencing of NCRMD offenders.

However, one person or incident alone is not a reason to change a law.

As evidence of a wider problem, I provide statistics I heard at a guns and gangs conference in February , which I attended with law enforcement and interested educators. Todd Negola from Penn State University, talking about our most common offenders, cited these statistics about psychopaths (or anti-social personality disordered): • They make up 0.5 to one per cent of the population.

• They make up 15-25 per cent of the prison population.

• 35 per cent of rapists are psychopaths.

• 44-51 per cent of cop killers are psychopaths.

• 90 per cent of serial killers are psychopaths.

• Four per cent (other sources say up to 21 per cent) of corporate executives are psychopaths.

• Half of pimps and hostage takers are psychopaths.

• Psychopaths have 90 per cent recidivism rates to reoffend • Psychopath make up 85-90 per cent of violent recidivism.

If these numbers are correct for Canada as well, it would make sense for us to improve how we treat and restrain these members of our population. We need to clarify our NCRMD law to make it safe for the public, as well as the offender.

It seems unconscionable to me that we would release, unsupervised, an individual who is so very likely to reoffend, when keeping them either in a facility, or at the very least, under probation, would keep them and the public safe.

I am a mother of adult children. If one of my children committed a violent crime, I would rather visit them in a facility where they were safe, or deal with the hassle of their probation requirements, than see one more innocent individual attacked by them.

The judge told my aunt and uncle and their family that the only way the law could protect the public from those suffering from mental disorders that commit this kind of violent attack, is for a change in the law.

That is why I am writing you.

I am asking for changes to the law around the release and probation of violent offenders who use the Not Criminally Responsible due to Mental Disorder (NCRMD) provision. I am asking that if these NCRMD offenders are released into the public, that they be required to be on lifelong parole.

Thank you for your time.

EACH PERSON IS A UNIQUE GIFT I n his book Horton Hears A Who, Dr. Seuss reminds us, “A person’s a person, no matter how small.”

Being mindful of this fact is one of the keys to finding joy and fulfillment in life.

Everyone we meet, above all else, is a person. Each of us is worthy of dignity and respect. The more we embrace this truth about ourselves, the more we can see it in our neighbours.

We live in a society that loves to put labels on people, however. In education we say, “that child is gifted, that child is autistic and that one is dyslexic.” The truth, however, is that these terms do not define the person, they only give us information about how they process the world around them.

Each person is an individual, unique and gifted unto themselves. The fact that different people see the world differently allows us to find new and creative ways to solve problems.

It is strongly suspected, for example, that Albert Einstein was somewhere in the autism spectrum, that Leonardo da Vinci had dyslexia and Thomas Edison

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exhibited characteristics of ADHD. What we know for certain is that they were extraordinary people, just like each one of us.

I love telling my students, especially the ones who struggle with traditional academics, that the world needs them, with their unique gifts. Thank goodness everyone is not a teacher like I am! We need builders, inventors, people who can fix things and people who draw out the best in each other.

Teaching with this perspective allows me to make discoveries every day. What new insights into global issues will my students teach me as we look at geopolitical and historical aspects of the world?

What unique perspectives will they take on a short story we read? How will they

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approach a math problem, given their particular thought processes? Every class, every interaction, has the potential to provide deeper insights into life itself.

We can embrace this same concept on a global scale. Some cultures stress cooperation, some stress individualism. This can cause conflict, but when we learn to listen and show respect for different world views, it brings life into balance.

The fact of the matter is that even though every person is different, there is an essence within each one of us that unites us as members of the human family. The more I live, the more I am convinced of the truth of this statement.

Over the last several years, I’ve taken up driving an airport shuttle. It seemed like the obvious choice of a language teacher on summer holidays. While it is always enjoyable to practice speaking French and German, driving shuttle gives me an opportunity to hear the stories of others, especially those who are not from Prince George and those who work outside the field of education.

This allows me to be the student, learning to see the world from the amazing and unique perspective of every person I meet.

Regardless of how we look, where we are from, what language we speak, how young or old we are, our gender or the way we process information, we are all people. It is such a beautiful irony that one of the things we have in common is that each of us is so unique.

Perhaps it is time to begin to move beyond our fear of one another and embrace what makes us human. Everyone has a story to tell. Yes, we have struggles, we all experience pain and we all face challenges, but we are all here on this beautiful earth together. From the heart of the Congo to Hollywood, from refugee camps to bank towers, a person is a person, a wonderful and amazing gift to the world.

Gerry Chidiac is a champion for social enlightenment, inspiring others to find their greatness in making the world a better place. For more of his writings, go to www.gerrychidiac.com.

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ALGORITHMS AFFECT DIETARY BELIEFS H ow do most people keep themselves informed of up-to-date affairs? The morning paper and the nightly news are no longer the only go-tos for current events. Instead, search engines and social media platforms are increasingly popular means for staying informed.

While this can arguably lead to a more superficial and selective understanding of world events, as well as a pull towards a biased, one-sided viewpoint, it can also mean your consumption of other information may be influenced, based on the results you choose to click on and the selective nature of the algorithms utilized by that search engine.

Searching for “current events” could leave you with millions of results.

However, if you show interest in a particular topic by clicking on it, such as “overcrowding in hospitals,” your future results are more likely to centre around hospitals, health care and other similar topics.

Much in the same way, Google searches for topics relating to health and diet may likely pull you in a particular direction based on the results you click on (i.e. what topics you’ve shown interest in).

Since searching for information online can leave you with countless results, those results need to be delivered in a way that provides the user with information that is most relevant to their query, otherwise you’d be spending hours and hours trying to find what you’re looking for.

Let’s say you’ve typed “how to lose weight” into Google. Doing so will likely

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result in millions of links relating to weight loss products, blog posts, articles, “top tips” and fad diets.

Now let’s say you click on a result for an article referencing the keto diet.

Maybe you’ve had a friend who’s tried it, you’ve seen advertisements for keto products or you’ve heard of a celebrity who’s lost weight on the keto diet and you want to find more information and see what it’s all about.

When you click on that “keto diet” result, you’re giving Google information on what topics interest you, so the next time you search “how to lose weight?” or a related topic, you’ll likely be presented with results which lean heavier towards a keto/low carbohydrate diet.

Not only can this sway the consumer into believing this diet to be a more popular (and reputable) diet than it actually is, but repeated exposure to that particular result can strongly influence the reader/consumer into believing baseless claims.

A search engine, such as Google, makes money based on growth and growth is associated with engagement.

In order to get users to engage, algorithms feed them a wealth of content based on what they’ve previously viewed. Algorithms cater to a user’s currently held beliefs, amplifying them and

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If a consumer is already hopeful to believe there’s a quick “solution” to losing weight or achieving a desired result, they’ll be more likely to pursue these headlines and to stop gathering information when the evidence gathered so far (i.e. the Google search results) confirms views or prejudices they would like to be true.

Once a viewpoint has been formed, it’s more likely that a consumer will not only embrace information that confirms that view, but also ignore or reject information that casts doubt.

I’m not suggesting that algorithms remove free thought, just that it’s important to be aware that there are influences on our beliefs surrounding diet and nutrition coming from many angles, not just through commercials and front-ofpackage labeling.

As a dietitian, I’m often clarifying misinformation which patients have found via social media, search engines or from a variety of other online sources.

It’s sometimes very difficult to provide evidence-based recommendations when they directly conflict with a patient’s preconceived beliefs, especially when those beliefs have been solidified by a variety of unverifiable sources, such as random websites, social media influencers or celebrities.

While we rely on algorithms to help us make consumption choices by narrowing our search results, it’s important to understand that they can also aid in the spread of misinformation by feeding into, and amplifying, our personal and preconceived beliefs. Being informed consumers who are aware of the subtle factors that influence our decisions, can allow us to make well-informed choices regarding important contributors to our overall health, including diet and nutrition.

Kelsey Leckovic is a registered dietitian with Northern Health working in chronic disease management.

f you are an immigrant, you can easily be identified as one, partly from your look and partly from your accent. If you are living in smaller cities, in which people tend to be nicer and kinder, you may be familiar with what I am about to say. Being an immigrant is one story, answering some general questions about yourself is another story and it can happen in any random conversation you have with someone.

I always get a series of these questions like where I am originally from, how I ended up in Prince George, how long I’ve been here and how I like it.

I answer all these questions almost everywhere that I go and anytime that I meet someone new. But if we put being an immigrant and being questioned on one side of the story, now the other side is how people react to your answers. There are a few general categories for those reactions or at least that’s what I have experienced so far.

Most of the time, when you talk about yourself by answering questions, people show excitement and interest. You can hear very nice and generous comments in this case.

They admire you that made such a difficult decision and they give you some credit for dealing with this huge change. In my personal experience, the level of excitement in these kinds of reactions can go higher when they hear I have graduated from UNBC and I was studied computer science there.

Sometimes, you may also need to answer questions about the weather and how winter is in your country.

I always feel good about this type of reactions.

Sometimes when you talk about where you come from, people know something about your country and try to lead the conversation by showing that. They may know someone or have a friend who is from the same place, for example, which is still friendly and nice.

But I’ve met some people who follow the news and they heard about my country . Most of them like to speak about all the political issues and

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discussions. They try to pronounce the name of the president and ask how he is doing his job. They talk about oil and war. It doesn’t really matter if I try to correct them by saying that there is no war in my country, they still think the same thing.

I always think about how famous my country is only because of politics, but not because of its food, or nature or its history. I am feeling sad about it but the truth is one person is not enough to repaint the picture that the mass media has created of my country.

In some rare cases, you may meet people who tried to guess where you come from. Most of the time they get it wrong and you should learn not to become upset about that. But for me, the more interesting thing is that when I tell them the name of my country, it seems they’ve never heard it before. On my early days, I was thinking this is strange. But later I realized not everyone will always be familiar with a random country around the world.

Other times, when you meet curious people, they can have endless questions about everything. They want to know more and more, which sometimes can result in asking – from your point of view – silly questions.

For example, I’ve been asked if we eat pizza and burgers in my country. That can make you angry as the same as it made me the very first time. But the point here is they simply don’t know and you just need to learn how to handle these questions and reactions instead of reacting to them.

If you are not an immigrant, maybe you’ve got some ideas about how we feel about being in such situations.

We would like to share our story with you. We just need a friendly environment to do that.

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Canada Games Way, hungry residents and visitors are invited to come downtown for Foodie Fridays. Tantalize your tastebuds at a variety of licensed sidewalk and food truck vendors and listen to live music through the lunch hour. For more information call 250-614-7880.

Dog Show and Rally Trials On Friday through Sunday, the Prince George Kennel Club hosts the annual Dog Shows and Obedience and Rally Trials at Oriental Wellness Centre, 5100 North Nechako Rd. Entries are from other provinces and the U.S. as well as local participants. Public welcome but please leave unentered dogs at home.

Contact: 250-964-1429.

Composting 101 Saturday and Aug. 10 from 2 to 3 p.m. there is a workshop to learn to compost, which is the ultimate in recycling. Learn to take items meant for the garbage - banana peels, apple cores, fall leaves, weeds, and animal bedding - and turn it into something that will literally transform a garden. While there are some rules to follow when learning how to compost, rest assured that they’re pretty basic, and that, in the end, no matter how many “mistakes” you make, compost just happens. Contact: 250561-7327, recycling@reaps.org

Teen Beach Party Nerf Friday from 5:15 to 7 p.m. at the Bob Harkins Branch of the library, 888 Canada Games Way. Wear beach clothes, goggles and snorkels to complete in the ultimate summertime Nerf battle. Free registration: 250-563-9251 ext. 108.

Walking Tours Tuesdays and Thursdays until Aug. 22 from 11 a.m. to noon take a free interesting trip through the city’s core. Meet in the main lobby of the Bob Harkins Branch for a guided tour of Prince George’s fascinating historic sites. Done in partnership with The Heritage Commission and The Exploration Place.

Sunset Theatre Plays July 25, 27 Theatrical musician Bruce Horak has a pair of plays coming to the Sunset Theatre in Wells. He performs his oneman-play Assassinating Thomson today.

Theatre spokesperson Julia Mackey said “Bruce is a legally blind visual artist and performer. During the show, he paints the audience while he tells the tale of how he lost his sight, and how he came to love Tom Thomson’s (of the famed

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Horak and fellow musical actor Onalea Gilbertson provide a second production at the Sunset Theatre during this run.

Their play The Railbirds tells a tuneful tale of travelling across Canada on the Via Rail train. It can be seen Saturday.

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spend a few hours of your Saturday at the homestead working at your own pace to complete the challenge. Huble Homestead is a 30 minute drive north of Prince George. Head up Highway 97, turn off on Mitchell Road to continue another six kilometres down a well-maintained dirt road. Huble Homestead is dog friendly and open daily for guided tours and shopping in the General Store. Enjoy a picnic or purchase lunch from the BBQ as you relax in the fresh air. Admission is by suggested $10 donation per family.

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Pineview SunFrolics July 27-28 The summertime counterpart to the popular snowy event, the Pineview SunFrolics weekend happens at the Malcolm McLeod Grounds, 6355 Bendixon Rd., community complex. There is a volleyball tournament, a slo-pitch tournament, family dance, vendor market, petting zoo, magic show, pancake breakfast, classic car show, and a full range of kids’ activities. For full details call 250-963-8214 or visit the Pineview Community Association website for registration fees, ticket options, vendor bookings and more.

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Jaylene Pfeifer, co-owner of Chinook Yoga, leads roughly 100 yoga enthusiasts at Lheidli T‚Äôenneh Memorial Park on July 7 during the first summer session of the yoga studio’s ninth season of Yoga in the Park.

Storytime July 25 Small children have a storytime all their own, outside at the public library.

The Knowledge Garden is the place for gathering around for a good yarn and a song or two. It runs for 30 minutes every summer Thursday from 10:15 a.m., free of charge. It is aimed at kids up to five or six years old. It is the companion to the indoor storytime at the downtown library every Tuesday at the same time.

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(Cortney), Lisa, Kyle (Meghan), Grandchild her dog, left behind of life to (Dorothy) and siblings He is ren: Saturday, be held Gaylene, Stephanie, Danielle, Davaline Michael, and Dwayne predeceas at 2120 Baby Girl.

Duke welcome. June 18 at Chantelle Melenka, ed by Pine St service willsister Jean and Alissia, Melvin daughter (Jaromi), (Mike), Bryan, For 1:00pm. on brother Mitchell contact Latisha, 4:00 pm be held on Monday, Lyle. A (Mega Toys Henning and Brady.

Shanna, Tiny at viewing information Everyone Wayne, at Concordia Quinton, It is with 250-640-85 562-6038 Mel) Great grandchildr June 20, funeral South Main Saffire, Savina, Kiera, Kenzie, 57 or Brent, please 2016 at Lutheran family of heavy hearts en: St., Penticton, Michael Liam, Brandon, Church, Siblings: Ronin, Mykyl, at 2502800 passing Mel announces the Gabrielle BC with donationsSchutz officiating.

Lucien LeBlanc, on June his Hamelin, Jesse and Erick. pastor may be the age Gerard Society Deserosier Mathias made to In lieu of flowers, of 55. Mel 5, 2016 at QUEEN LeBlanc, Village The Good by his VONDA is survived Ave., Penticton, By The nephews, (Louis). As wellLeBlanc (Lori), Yvonne January Samaritan Station, daughter son Myles 12, as numerous cousins, BC V2A Condolenc 270 Hastings Laurent and June 13, 1927 family Megan 2V6.

Victor Melenka. nieces, was mother With heavy 2016 and www.provides may be sent Marie, parentspre-deceased in-law, and friends.

Mel also and father Eileen his (Donna), to the family encefunera the passing hearts we announce 1774 leaves his Juliette LeBlanc,Michel and by his loving wife and lhomes.com through of Eleanor (Francis), sisters Brenda brother Perry Ropchan.

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Therese Maria LeBlanc, sisters Vonda 250-493Carol, Amanda hunting, nephews,nieces Wife, Hudon, grandmoth airmodeler Family and and Simonne mother, Dad would and Friends s and black cousins, also was borner and friend. service for are was a very come help you powder Families. his Saskatchew in Duck Vonda on SaturdayLaurent at St. invited to a any loyal Lake, an. and roll prayer friend, brother, time of day, She married love of Ropchan. a gathering June 25, 2016Mary’s Catholic Church her he the Dad loved model to many, son at 10am, touched They were married life, Norman of friends Citizens always hardand uncle many people’s followed and family for 64 years. Nicoli Dad, it camping and cooking Hall. sense by working. didn’t matter at the Elder of humor. lives Mom for everyone. quading, Norman Predeceas and had a great motor biking, if it was RCing, and their sitting around ed lovingly black powder fishing, Joyce Elizabeth rememberedaughter Cheryl. by husband the fun. Love Al Ropchan, shooting d by Sharlene Vonda will Lazar (neeKecho you Dad, camp fire, you always or be Celebration we Kim Ropchan, granddaug Greenwood made it ) of Life to will all miss you. date. , Jo-Anne went to Greenwoodhters Jamie be announced Forrest, McIvor and many June 11, be with the Lord Service at a later and other on battle with 2016 after a lengthy Tuesday, of Remembrancefamily and friends.Claire June 21, will be With great RYAN MICHAEL to family cancer. Her devotion Home, 1055 2016 sorrow, HORNE Ospika Blvd. at Lakewood held on passing supported and belief in of Ryan we announce Funeral God her during the January Michael and ultimately her 15, 1984 Horne. Ryanunexpected We will sadly gave her illness June 11, Joyce is 2016-He and suddenly passed was born peace. miss Ryan enjoyed was 32 children her loving survived by Richard, With Deepest you Mom. away on Kim, Sharlene, Donna spending years old.

Love; his friends, (Tom) Makowsky,Lazar (Martinhusband of 57 Al, Jo-Anne, time with years, Billinkoff), phone; he whether it be his family (Cara) Richard and Samantha Jamie, Claire Deborah Lazar, and (Joyce) with them always ensured in person or sisters Maryanne Lazar, Royce on the Joan (Anton) (Bill) and lifting every day. He that he was in contact Justin, Sentes, Rebecca, Glute, grandchildr also at It the gym, enjoyed is with hanging Ashley Paul, en Steven, training with his profound sadness dog Lync making people love of his (Derrick), (Philip), AmandaSarah (Ryan), and snuggling laugh, John, Richelle announce that (Liam), we Ryan is life; Crystal.

Caylee, (Von), Randi-Lynn the passing with the Rhianon lovingly of our beloved his parents remembere grandchildrDanielle, and (Danko), brother, d and cherished Brian and Gerard husband Joyce wasen Owen, Hailey, Karissa, and Lorrie, his great Sienna, Forrest Garden. by predeceas sister Tracy-her grandfathe Tom-and their and Elizabeth ed by her and Myra. daughter born in Gerard was Uncle Gregr Jack Horne, Aunts respectivel Kecho parents Lucy, his the Prince in 1989 Steve George and the USA.Robertson, many Linda and Lestock, y. Born September and Diane, Regional Saskatchew Hospital, cousins Ryan is resided 22, 1938,2014, in Canada an in from Prince graduated in Crystal also survived by moved to Sask. until Jan. Joyce grew up George Prince George. 1970 when the love College and son/dog Prince, his step-son for 11 years of his life the Lync, most of and spent and retired She worked at family Shanda, Lane Prince, grandmoth his working Jordan and in-laws-Alphonse, Woolco when er in 1985. career The wake Joyce’s spirituality niece Brielle, at Northwood A woman she became Mandy, will be Pulp. a and Chewie. of Catholic personal family. With held at shaped by his father his house and mother, Gerard is predeceas 16, 2016 friends, and family-from took time a generous and strengthen faith, Left to for ed her and caring Elroy and to make ed pm. The at 5:00 pm to Saturday, Thursday, close special.

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July 26 At 8 p.m. hear the rock stylings of the band Subtotal. Strong local musicians Roman Kozlowski, Mike Howe and Brad Martin are excited to be back playing at the Oakroom Grill. Have dinner or enjoy a drink while they play some great cover and original tunes for you. No cover charge.

Scavenger Saturday Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Huble Homestead Historic Site, 15,000 Mitchell Rd., round up the troops for an exciting search in the great outdoors. This fun and inexpensive day will have guests exploring the homestead with the entire family working together to find all the items on a scavenger hunt list. However, the list doesn’t just have things to find – there are also a number of tasks to complete before our staff will declare you finished. Pack a lunch, or purchase one from the BBQ, and

Free Yoga in the Park Every Sunday until Aug. 25 from 10 to 11 a.m. join Chinook Yoga at Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park bandshell all summer long for free Yoga in the Park.

Bring a mat or do yoga in the grass.

Bring a water bottle and grab a friend or two, all ages welcome.

Contact: 250-564-9642 | www.chinookyoga.com

Scrabble Sundays Every Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at Books & Co., 1685 third Ave. in Cafe Voltaire there is scrabble Sunday every weekend. Bring friends, family, or yourself and your scrabble board.

Contact: 2505636637 | orderbooks@shaw.ca

Haida Raid & Menstrual Mayhem Tour Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at Ominica Arts Centre, 369 Victoria St., surfing a war canoe to the mainland on a crimson tide, Jason Camp & the Posers and the Minstrel Cramps are bringing their rock from “the rock� with special guest Saltwater Hank. It’s sure to be a boot stompin’, pit moshin’, head bangin’ good time. Period. $10 at the door.

Contact: 2505520826 | info@ominecaartscentre.com

Summer camp Every Wednesday until Aug. 21 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Studio 2880, 2880 15th Ave., Art Monkey summer kids art classes are geared for children ages six to 11. Cost is $45 Call 250-563-2880 or register online at www.studio2880. com.

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Sept. 26 He’s colourful in name and deed. Red Green is the bumbling but pleasantly practical TV fix-it man, the clown prince of duct tape, the sage of the man-shed.

This Canadian comedy icon is coming to Vanier Hall on his Red Green-This Could Be It Tour. His PG shows are always a sell-out. Get tickets at the TicketsNorth website/box office.

Oct. 18 Canada’s piano man, the Guess Who’s epic vocalist, the only artist inducted into the nation’s music Hall of Fame for both his band and his solo career, the incomparable Burton Cummings is coming to PG. He was the power voice propelling American Woman, These Eyes, No Time, Clap For The Wolfman and many other hits of the groundbreaking band The Guess Who, but then when he went solo he continued the multi-platinum success with I Will Sing A Rhapsody, Stand Tall, My Own Way To Rock, Fine State Of Affairs, You Saved My Soul, Break It To Them Gently, and more besides. Cummings will be solo at the piano at Vanier Hall. Tickets are on sale now through all TicketsNorth platforms.

Patrick, Scott & Tessa Oct. 12 During last year’s sold out Thank You Canada tour, it was clear to figure skating superstars, Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir and Patrick Chan, that they were far from done creating and developing a new style of skating entertainment.

They and some special guest performers come back to CN Centre to show the Prince George fans what they’ve come up with next.

Rock The Rink is the first edition of an annual tour that focuses on being more than a figure skating show. Combining the highest level of on-ice superstar talent with an ever-evolving touring production, Rock The Rink will produce the highest value of entertainment in the figure skating realm. This year – along with upgrades to lighting, video and interactive technology – live music will be introduced to the show, with featured special musical guest, Birds of Bellwoods.

TO OUr FrIENDs OF DOWNTOWN PrINCE GEOrGE: Black Spruce Farms Blake Productions PG Portable Toilet Services Citizens on Patrol Rocky Mountain Rangers Central BC Railway & Forestry Museum Two Rivers Art Gallery Prince George Public Library YMCA of Northern BC

MP Make-up Artistry Chuck Chin Team Diller RCMP 529 Garage Program Prince George Spruce Kings Tourism Prince George Integris Credit Union Prince George Conference and Civic Centre City of Prince George

TO OUr PArTICIPANTs: Thank you to the 26 amazing restaurants and food vendors, over 60 exhibitors and a group of incredible volunteers and staff who worked hard to bring the food, the fun and the festival atmosphere to our downtown.

TO OUr ENTErTAINErs: Judy Russell presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Good Juju Steel Wheels Blues Band Barefoot Fridays Studio 720 The Sunset Strip The Hockey Circus Show Clinton W. Gray

World Curling March 14 start Don’t let the date fool you. The event may be in 2020 but the plans are underway now and the tickets are on sale for this Prince George groundbreaker. P.G. goes global as the host of the World Women’s Curling Championships starting. Get your tickets now, and spread the word to friends and family everywhere that this is the time to come spend some Prince George time, and get a close, personal view of the world-class action the rest of the winter sports community will only get to see on TV. Oh yeah, and there’s also the great social side of curling – there’ll be no bigger party in Canada.

Contact Tickets North for tickets and info.

The Makerie Prince George Fire Department Huble Homestead Historic Site The Exploration Place Le Cercle des Canadiens Francais Uncle John’s Greenhouse Butterfly Wings n’ Wishes

TO OUr COmmUNITY AND BEYOND: Thanks to everyone who took to the streets of Downtown Prince George.

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WASHINGTON - The 92-year-old had a painful tumour on his tongue, and major surgery was his best chance. Doctors called a timeout when he said he lived alone, in a rural farmhouse, and wanted to keep doing so.

“It was ultimately not clear we could get him back there” after such a big operation, said Dr. Tom Robinson, chief of surgery at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System.

The Denver hospital is trying something new: When their oldest patients need a major operation, what to do isn’t decided just with the surgeon but with a team of other specialists, to make sure seniors fully understand their options - and how those choices could affect the remainder of their lives.

It’s part of a move to improve surgical care for older Americans, who increasingly are undergoing complex operations despite facing higher risks than younger patients.

The American College of Surgeons launched a program Friday to encourage hospitals around the country to adopt 30 new standards to optimize surgery on patients who are 75 and older - information seniors and their families eventually will be able to use in choosing where to get care.

Seniors account for more than 40% of surgeries, which is expected to grow as the population ages. Certainly there are plenty of robust elders who can withstand major operations.

But as people get older, they don’t

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In this July 16 photo provided by the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, George Barrett, 85, of Lakewood, Colo., is checked by nurse Renee Whitley as he recuperates from open-heart surgery at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo. The hospital helped the American College of Surgeons test new standards to improve surgical care for older adults. bounce back like they did even in middle age. Seniors rapidly lose muscle with even a short period in bed. They tend to have multiple illnesses that complicate recov-

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ery. And 15% of older adults who live at home - and a third of 80-somethings - face particular risks because they’re frail, meaning they’re weak, move slowly and get little physical activity.

The new standards stress team-based care and better communication about surgical risks and quality of life, to help patients choose their treatment. They must be evaluated for vulnerabilities such as frailty, being prone to falls or having dementia, and the hospital must have plans to handle them. After surgery, standards run the gamut from geriatric-friendly hospital rooms - with non-skid floors and windows to help stay oriented to day and night - to preventing post-surgery complications like delirium, a frightening state of confusion that can impair recovery and cause long-term memory and thinking problems.

Some of the steps have long been recommended, “but we realized guidelines are just that - they’re suggestions.

The uptake of them in hospitals is pretty spotty,” said Dr. Ronnie Rosenthal of Yale University, who chaired the standards task force.

So the surgeons’ group, with funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation, created a geriatric surgery “verification program,” similar to programs credited with spurring trauma and pediatric surgery improvements. Hospital participation is voluntary, but those that join will be inspected and have to document how patients fare.

Eight hospitals including the Denver VA tested the standards. Robinson already sees a difference: 1 in 4 patients change their original surgical plan after a team review, and more go home rather than needing at least a temporary stay in a nursing home or other facility.

Consider that 92-year-old with a tumour on his tongue. After consultations with speech and swallowing experts, and an evaluation of his house, Robinson said the man ultimately chose a smaller operation. The tumour and only part of the tongue were removed to relieve

pain rather than trying for a cure, and he returned home.

“These are difficult conversations,” Robinson said. But choosing to spend, say, their last year at home rather than two in a nursing home, “those are trade-offs people are making.”

After surgery, the standards also focus on seniors’ special needs such as maintaining mobility; prompt return of glasses and hearing aids to help keep patients oriented and able to follow care instructions; and steps to prevent delirium that include avoiding risky medications.

To implement them, Robinson’s hospital set up new nurse-led teams that check each older patient daily. For example, no more waiting for the surgeon to decide if physical and occupational therapy are needed; the nursing team puts that in place up front, explained geriatric nurse specialist Jennifer Franklin.

One of her team’s patients, George Barrett, 85, of Lakewood, Colorado, is recovering from successful open-heart surgery, and being prepped to go to a cardiac rehabilitation facility to regain his strength.

“They told me about all the risks and I wanted to go ahead with it anyway,” Barrett said of the surgery. “I want to hang around.”

Even before any hospitals go through the quality-improvement program, the standards can offer guidance to seniors and their families in making surgical decisions. For example, make sure the patient’s vulnerabilities are discussed up front: If dad already needs a walker, will being in the hospital make him worse?

And what will the hospital do to help?

Especially make clear the patient’s goals: “It’s most important they ask, ‘What will my life look like after? What will I be able to do?”’ said Yale’s Rosenthal.

The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

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RAMSAY NO BOURDAIN – YET TIM CARMAN The Washington Post

Gordon Ramsay has a new TV series, the appropriately self-referential “Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted,” and it’s clearly aiming to fill the foodtravelogue void left behind by the late Anthony Bourdain, the chef-raconteur whose signature moves no one can copy. Not even the great Ramsay, a man with more energy than 100 suns.

Announced a year ago, less than two months after Bourdain died, “Uncharted” was met with fierce, whitefanged criticism when the show’s news release touted that Ramsay would be “discovering the undiscovered” and cooking against local chefs in some “friendly competition.” A month after the announcement, Ramsay defended the project to Entertainment Weekly, saying, “God, the feeble warriors that sit in their dungeons and spout negativity without understanding what we’re doing.”

He then suggested that all of us wait to judge him after viewing “Uncharted.”

Three episodes into the debut season and I’m ready to issue some opinions: “Uncharted” presents a cuddlier, selfdeprecating version of Ramsay to the public, a Michelin-starred chef who willingly turns the tables on himself so that he’s the neophyte suffering for the sake of something to eat. Serving up fewer f-bombs (all bleeped) and not a single moment in which Ramsay looks like he might spontaneously self-combust into rage dust, “Uncharted” won’t easily lend itself to YouTube collections of the chef’s greatest outbursts.

Yet Ramsay’s DNA suffuses every frame of “Uncharted.” Produced by Studio Ramsay, the chef’s international production company, the series isn’t content with vignettes or mere glimpses into a country’s culture. “Uncharted” insists on injecting a dramatic arc into every episode, so that the narrative builds to a climax over the course of an hour. The climax is usually some kind of cooking challenge in which Ramsay pits himself against a local chef (such as Virgilio Martínez, the Peruvian mastermind behind Central, No. 6 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants) or cooks for a special occasion (as when he and celebrated Moroccan chef Najat Kaanache prepare a spread for the Berber New Year).

With each episode, Ramsay uses the challenges as motivation to explore a particular food culture. He uses his bare hands to fish for big, freshwater eel, a specialty of Māori cuisine in New Zealand. He repels down a sheer rock face, with a waterfall showering him from above, to hunt for Berber mountain mushrooms. He hikes across the Andean highlands and fords streams to track down Peruvian herbs. He shows

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Gordan Ramsay and an eel fisherman, Jeremy, hold their latest catch in New Zealand. off his athleticism - and his age, 52 - as he huffs and puffs and curses his way through jungles, mountains and lakes to source ingredients.

While instructive (and amusing to watch Ramsay make a pinched face and spit out huhu grubs), these Iron Man explorations only underscore the artificiality of this brand of reality television. Ramsay’s pursuits focus almost exclusively on the rural, the indigenous and the preindustrial, at the expense of a country’s more sophisticated takes on cuisine. Conscious or not, Ramsay’s decision to deal with old cooking cultures, each essentially untouched by the modern world, carries a whiff of Western superiority. It’s not the best look for a middle-aged white dude in the 21st century.

At the same time, there’s also something strangely vulnerable about “Uncharted.” Vulnerability is about the last word I’d ever associate with Ramsay - a guy who has made a living off his invincibility - but you can see it in his eyes as he cooks for Berbers or those with Māori blood in their veins. Yes, he sometimes behaves as if he’s competing with Martínez or Māori chef Monique Fiso, hoping to better their dishes, but it feels like an old adrenaline rush that’s lost its power. Mostly, Ramsay acts as if he’s seeking everyone’s approval.

In those moments, you feel this wave of sympathy and affection for Ramsay, as if he were allowing us a glimpse into

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the inner life of a poor, working-class kid who perpetually sought the approval of his alcoholic father. Why do I suspect that Ramsay despises the idea of being an object of sympathy?

For years, you could argue, Ramsay has just been redirecting the abuse he endured as a boy onto the chefs, line cooks, managers and restaurateurs naive enough to appear on his shows.

Then again, you could also argue he has been passing along his hardearned wisdom: Ramsay learned at a young age to despise those who lied to themselves and others. He has devoted a significant chunk of his TV career to exposing professionals who deceive the public about the quality of their ingredients, their management and their restaurants. You could label his shows public service television if they also weren’t vehicles to make Ramsay rich and famous.

“I’d reinvented myself, I suppose,” Ramsay wrote in his autobiography, “Roasting in Hell’s Kitchen.” “I’m not ashamed of that. I’ve never tried to pretend anything else. All I knew was that I didn’t want to be like [my father], and any time I came even close to doing so, I would put the fear of God into myself.”

If you read his memoir, you learn that Ramsay survived his childhood by keeping his head down and working hard. Working hard and putting up with the kinds of kitchen abuse that

only a certain kid can. With “Uncharted,” he’s still working hard, perhaps unnecessarily so. I mean, no one needs to scale a mountain to appreciate the beauty and importance of the Sacred Valley in Peru, even if it makes for good television.

But by keeping his head down, Ramsay has developed a singular focus, which has made him a brilliant chef and a keen observer of those who would betray the cause of gastronomy.

Yet this trait doesn’t make him a great tour guide (a role that he previously attempted with the U.K. series “Gordon Ramsay’s Great Escape”). Each of his “Uncharted” episodes is devoted almost wholly to food - and to Ramsay’s obsessive pursuit of it. What made Bourdain an exceptional host was his boundless curiosity, which led him to places far from the kitchen, and his humility, which graciously turned the spotlight on others.

“Uncharted,” it seems to me, is the beginning of Ramsay’s professional shift.

The show exhibits signs of a chef moving away from the thrill of competition and the dinner-rush high of the kitchen, the stuff that has fueled his drive for so long. Ramsay may even be trying to shed a little of the body armor that he has worn like a soldier. If my instincts are right, “Uncharted” could make for compelling TV in the not-too-distant future, all without a single scream from the chef known for them.

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Living in Space: International Space Station

Use the Kid Scoop Secret Decoder Ring to discover the name of this book by Susan E. Goodman, illustrated

by Michael Slack, which is available at the library.

In 1984, the United States invited countries around the world to build an international space station. Now, with the participation of 18 countries, it has truly become a global cooperation project.

The flags below represent the 18 countries participating in the International Space Station project. Unscramble the letters to discover the name of each country.

Want to blast into orbit? Walk on the moon? Snag a personal photo of a shooting star? Well your time is coming! And when it does, you're going to need this book. Grounded in the history of space travel and the planned future of space tourism, this guide book will start you daydreaming about space vacations!

When completed in 2010, the ISS was longer than an American football field, has a living and working space the size of a 747 jumbo-jet, and is able to house up to seven astronauts.

How does it get electricity? Hold this sentence up to a mirror:

!rewop ralos tcelloc slenap raloS Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly. Economics: Students understand the effect that increasing international interdependence may have on countries.

When did the United States invite other countries to join in the building of the ISS?

The ISS was built, section by section, in space.

Why not build it on earth and then take it to space? The completed station weighs a million pounds on Earth—too difficult and costly to attempt to take into space in one flight.

When was it completed?

The answers can be found on this page.

SOLAR PANELS

The space station ______ humans to live and _________ for long periods in a “weightless” _____________. The space station provides an opportunity to study a world without gravity— and better understand gravity’s _______ on plants, animals, and humans.

THE ISS IS BUILT IN MODULES, OR SEGMENTS

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Lessons from past space RADIATORS travel show that living with little or no gravity ___________ bones and muscles. The space station allows scientists to understand these effects and find ______________ for long-term space travel.

These words floated away in zero gravity! Find where each one belongs.

Standards Link: Science: Know ways in which technology has increased our understanding of the universe.

Space Milestones

In which year did each of these events happen? Do the math to find out!

Astronaut Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.

(21 X 3) + 6

U.S. sends four monkeys into the stratosphere.

(25 X 2) + 1

U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik 1 satellite into space.

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(15 X 4) + 2 Standards Link: Number Sense: Use multiplication and addition to solve problems.

Write a Help Wanted Ad to find people who want to be astronauts on the ISS. Use the Help Wanted ads in the print or e-edition of your newspaper as examples.

To discover the name of this book, find the letter on the outer ring, then replace it with the letter below it on the inner ring.

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I wonder what books the library might have about space? … wondering about and exploring our world and beyond.

Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word SPACE in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you.

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write brief expository descriptions.

the words in the puzzle.

ASTRONAUTS Find How many of them can you find on this page?

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Explorer’s Journal Pretend you are exploring a country you have never visited. Where would you go? Write a journal entry.

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YOUR ONLINE DATA IS FOR SALE GEOFFREY A. FOWLER The Washington Post

I’ve watched you check in for a flight and seen your doctor refilling a prescription.

I’ve peeked inside corporate networks at reports on faulty rockets. If I wanted, I could’ve even opened a tax return you only shared with your accountant.

I found your data because it’s for sale online. Even more terrifying: It’s happening because of software you probably installed yourself.

My latest investigation into the secret life of our data is not a fire drill.

Working with an independent security researcher, I found as many as 4 million people have been leaking personal and corporate secrets through Chrome and Firefox. Even a colleague in The Washington Post’s newsroom got caught up.

When we told browser makers Google and Mozilla, they shut these leaks immediately - but we probably identified only a fraction of the problem.

The root of this privacy train wreck is browser extensions. Also known as addons and plug-ins, they’re little programs used by nearly half of all desktop Web surfers to make browsing better, such as finding coupons or remembering passwords. People install them assuming that any software offered in a store run

by Chrome or Firefox has got to be legit.

Not. At. All. Some extensions have a side hustle in spying. From a privileged perch in your browser, they pass information about where you surf and what you view into a murky data economy.

Think about everything you do in your

browser at work and home - it’s a digital proxy for your brain. Now imagine those clicks beaming out of your computer to be harvested for marketers, data brokers or hackers.

Some extensions make surveillance sound like a sweet deal: This week, Amazon was offering people $10 to install its Assistant extension. In the fine print, Amazon said the extension collects your browsing history and what’s on the pages you view, though all that data stays inside the giant company.

(Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.) Academic researchers say there are thousands of extensions that gather browsing data - many with loose or downright deceptive data practices - lurking in the online stores of Google and even the more privacyfriendly Mozilla.

The extensions we found selling your data show just how dangerous browser surveillance can be. What’s unusual about this leak is that we got to watch it taking place. This isn’t a theoretical privacy problem: Here’s exactly how millions of people’s data got grabbed and sold - and the failed safeguards from browser makers that let it happen.

--I didn’t realize the scale of the extension problem until I heard from Sam Jadali. He runs a website hosting business, and earlier this year found some of his clients’ data for sale online. Figuring out how that happened became a six-month obsession.

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player in the data economy, Nacho bills itself on its website as a marketing intelligence service. It offers data about what’s being clicked on at almost any website - including actual Web addresses - for as little as $49 per month.

That data, Nacho claims, comes from people who opt in to being tracked, and it redacts personally identifiable information.

The deeper Jadali looked on Nacho, the more he found that went way beyond marketing data. Web addresses - everything you see after the letters “http” - page titles and other browsing records might not seem like they’d expose much. But sometimes they contain secrets sites forget to hide away.

Jadali found usernames, passwords and GPS coordinates, even though Nacho said it scrubs personal information from its data. “I started realizing this was a leak on a catastrophic scale,” Jadali told me.

What he showed me made my jaw drop. Three examples: - From DrChrono, a medical records service, we saw the names of patients, doctors, and even medications. From another service, called Kareo, we saw patient names.

- From Southwest, we saw the first and last names, as well as confirmation numbers, of people checking into flights. From United, we saw last names and passenger record numbers.

- From OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage service, we saw a hundred documents named “tax.” We didn’t click on any of these links to avoid further exposing sensitive data.

It wasn’t just personal secrets.

Employees from more than 50 major corporations were exposing what they were working on (including top-secret stuff) in the titles of memos and project reports. There was even information about internal corporate networks and firewall codes. This should make IT security departments very nervous.

Jadali documented his findings in a report titled “DataSpii,” and has spent the last two weeks disclosing the leaks to the companies he identified - many of which he thinks could do a better job keeping secrets out of at-risk browser data. I also contacted all the companies I name in this column. Kareo and Southwest told me they’re removing names from page data.

I wondered if Jadali could find any data from inside The Washington Post.

Shortly after I asked, Jadali asked me if I had a colleague named Nick Mourtoupalas. On Nacho, Jadali could see him clicking on our internal websites. Mourtoupalas had just viewed a page about the summer interns. Over months, he’d probably leaked much, much more.

I called up Mourtoupalas, a newsroom copy aide. Pardon the interruption, I said, but your browser is leaking.

“Oh, wow, oh, wow,” Mourtoupalas said. He hadn’t ever “opted in” to having his Web browsing tracked. “What have I done wrong?”

--I asked Mourtoupalas if he’d ever added anything to Chrome. He pulled up his extensions dashboard and found he’d installed 17 of them. “I didn’t download anything crazy or shady looking,” he said.

One of them was called Hover Zoom.

It markets itself in the Chrome Web

Washington Post photo

Researcher Sam Jadali identified the browsing data of as many as four million people for sale online.

Store and its website as a way to enlarge photos when you put your mouse over them. Mourtoupalas remembered learning about it on Reddit. Earlier this year, it had 800,000 users.

When you install Hover Zoom, a message pops up saying it can “read and change your browsing history.” There’s little indication Hover Zoom is in the business of selling that data.

I tried to reach all the contacts I could find for Hover Zoom’s makers. One person, Romain Vallet, told me he hadn’t been its owner for several years, but declined to say who was now. No one else replied.

Jadali tested the links between extensions and Nacho by installing a bunch himself and watching to see if his data appeared for sale. We did some of these together, with me as a willing victim.

After I installed an extension called PanelMeasurement, Jadali showed me how he could access private iPhone and Facebook photos I’d opened in Chrome, as well as a OneDrive document I had named “Geoff’s Private Document.”

(To find the latter, all he had to do was search page titles on Nacho for “Geoff.”)

In total, Jadali’s research identified six suspect Chrome and Firefox extensions with more than a few users: Hover Zoom, SpeakIt!, SuperZoom, SaveFrom.net Helper, FairShare Unlock and PanelMeasurement.

They all state in either their terms of service, privacy policies or descriptions that they may collect data. But only two of them - FairShare Unlock and PanelMeasurement - explicitly highlight to users that they collect browser activity data and promise to reward people for surfing the Web. “If I’ve fallen in for using this extension, I know hundreds of thousands of other people easily have also,” Mourtoupalas told me. He’s now turned off all but three extensions, each from a well-known company.

--After we disclosed the leaks to browser makers, Google remotely deactivated seven extensions, and Mozilla did the same to two others (in addition to one it disabled in February). Together, they had tallied more than 4 million users.

If you had any of them installed, they should no longer work.

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say who its clients were, but said its terms prohibited customers from selling confidential information.) None of the other extension makers answered my questions about why they collected browsing data.

A few days after the shutdown, Nacho posted a notice on its website that it had suffered a “permanent” data outage and would no longer take on new clients, or provide new data for existing ones.

But that doesn’t mean this problem is over.

North Carolina State University researchers recently tested how many of the 180,000 available Chrome extensions leak privacy-sensitive data. They found 3,800 such extensions - and the 10 most popular alone have more than 60 million users.

“Not all of these companies are malicious, or doing this on purpose, but they have the ability to sell your data if they want,” said Alexandros Kapravelos, a computer science professor who worked on the study.

Extension makers sometimes cash out by selling to companies that convert their popular extensions into data Hoovers. The 382 extensions Kapravelos suspects are in the data-sale business have nearly 8 million users. “There is no regulation that prevents them from doing this,” he said.

So why aren’t Google and Mozilla stopping it? Researchers have been calling out nefarious extensions for years, and the companies say they vet what’s in their stores. “We want Chrome extensions to be safe and privacy-preserving, and detecting policy violations is essential to that effort,” said Google senior director Margret Schmidt.

But clearly it’s insufficient. Jadali found two extensions waited three to five weeks to begin leaking data, and he suspects they may have delayed to avoid detection. Google recently announced it would begin requiring extensions to minimize the data they access, among other technical changes.

Mozilla said its recent focus has also

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been on limiting the damage add-ons can do.

Just as big a problem is a data industry that’s grown cavalier about turning our lives into its raw material.

In an interview, Nacho CEO Mike Roberts wouldn’t say where he sourced his data. But Jadali, he said, violated Nacho’s terms of service by looking at personal information. “No actual Nacho Analytics customer was looking at this stuff. The only people that saw any private information was you guys,” Roberts said.

I’m not certain how he could know that. There were so many secrets on Nacho that tracking down all the ways they might have been used is impossible.

His defense of Nacho boiled down to this: It’s just the way the Internet works.

Roberts said he believed the people who contributed data to Nacho - including my colleague - were “informed.”

He added: “I guess it wouldn’t surprise me if some people aren’t aware of what every tool or website does with their data.”

Nacho is not so different, he said, from others in his industry. “The difference is that I wanted to level the playing field and put the same power into the hands of marketers and entrepreneurs - and that created a lot more transparency,” he said. “In a way, that transparency can be like looking into a black mirror.”

He’s not entirely wrong. Large swaths of the tech industry treat tracking as an acceptable way to make money, whether most of us realize what’s really going on. Amazon will give you a $10 coupon for it. Google tracks your searches, and even your activity in Chrome, to build out a lucrative dossier on you. Facebook does the same with your activity in its apps, and off.

Of course, those companies don’t usually leave your personal information hanging out on the open Internet for sale. But just because it’s hidden doesn’t make it any less scary.

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