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Address by Minister Leitch on behalf of Minister Paradis: Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting
May 5, 2014 - Vancouver, B.C.
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Good morning/afternoon everyone.
Thank you for inviting me to be here in support of the Every Newborn Action Plan, which is an important part of the UN Secretary-General's Every Woman, Every Child efforts.
As many of you know, maternal, newborn and child health is the centerpiece of Canada's international development policy.
Prime Minister Harper has been championing the health of women and children in developing countries since he launched the G-8 Muskoka Initiative on this issue in 2010.
Last week, at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, he spoke to the media about the three-day Summit that he will be hosting there later this month, called "Saving Every Woman, Every Child: Within Arm's Reach."
The Summit will bring together Canadian and international experts from all over the world to accelerate global efforts on maternal, newborn and child health.
When asked why Canada was so engaged on this issue, Prime Minister Harper explained that this is something Canadians are passionate about.
That it is the right thing to do.
And what's more, it's doable.
You don't have to be a doctor or a health expert to agree with that statement.
The preventable deaths of mothers and children in developing countries are one of the greatest tragedies of the 21st century.
No mother should have to choose between herself and the health of her baby.
But the most recent data shows that more than six million children die before their fifth birthday.
And nearly 300,000 women die in pregnancy.
This is doubly tragic when we consider that most of these deaths could have been prevented with access to clean water, nutritious food, and the most basic health treatments.
Breastfeeding, as the Every Newborn Action Plan points out, is one example of an effective solution that can have remarkable benefits for a child's survival and well-being.
We cannot stand idle while women and young children in developing countries suffer deaths that are easily and inexpensively prevented.
That is why Prime Minister Harper galvanized global action to reduce maternal and child mortality rates through the G-8 Muskoka Initiative.
Thanks in large part to the Muskoka Initiative, and subsequent global action, maternal mortality rates are declining.
And millions more children are celebrating their fifth birthday.
Our common goal has not yet been achieved – but it is within arm's reach.
Canadian values of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law guide our principled foreign policy and we have a track record of concrete results.
Between 2010 and 2013,Canada's support has helped to provide:
- 5.8 million children with life-saving vaccinations;
- More than 180 million children with two doses of Vitamin A each year – a key nutritional element for healthy development, immunity and eyesight; and
- nearly two million pregnant women with iron and folic acid supplements to ensure healthier pregnancies each year.
As a result, nutrition is improving.
The rates of disease are going down.
And more and better health care is available.
We can eliminate the preventable deaths of women, children and newborns, and save the millions of lives that hang in the balance.
Canadian organizations and health experts have played a crucial role in what we have achieved to date.
Dozens of Canadian organizations threw their weight and support behind the Muskoka Initiative.
Together, they formed the Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.
We can all be proud of the work they have done around the world and of the leadership Canada has shown on the international stage.
But our job isn't done – not as long as lives are needlessly lost.
For example, in Tanzania, one of Canada's development countries of focus, tremendous progress has been made in reducing rates of newborn mortality.
But the health-care system in its largest city – Dar es Salaam – is struggling to keep up with demand.
The region's hospitals are simply not equipped to offer high quality urgent care in obstetrics or to deal with complications.
As the Every Newborn Action Plan highlights, the importance of quality of care at birth is absolutely critical to the survival and well-being of mothers and newborns.
With the population of Dar es Salaam expected to climb from 4.5 million to 6 million by 2020, ensuring that mothers and newborns have the services can mean the difference between life and death.
An NGO called Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania, or CCBRT, is playing a critical role in improving that situation.
And I'm pleased to announce that Canada will contribute $10.2 million to help CCBRT achieve these goals.
CCBRT is managing a new specialized hospital in Dar es Salaam.
Our contribution will help to recruit and train close to 900 health care workers for the new hospital.
It will also enhance the skills of health management teams in 22 public health facilities in the Dar es Salaam region, and ensure that more mothers are referred to hospital when necessary.
Ultimately, the project is aimed at improving access to quality health services for some half a million vulnerable pregnant women and their newborns.
But as you are all keenly aware, ensuring that newborns survive past the first month and grow into healthy children – not just in Tanzania, but all over the developing world – has to go beyond improving the quality of care at birth.
Much of it comes down to nutrition…to the importance of immediate and exclusive breastfeeding for six months after birth….and to complementary feeding practices.
Immediate and exclusive breastfeeding is the best source of nutrition for newborns.
It provides them with essential nutrients.
It boosts their immune system.
And it reduces their risk of contracting infectious diseases.
Estimates show that exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months could save approximately 200,000 infants per year.
It is such a simple and effective solution.
And yet, there is a significant knowledge gap among women about when and why and how and for how long to breastfeed.
To help reverse this trend, the Government of Canada is giving $20 million to FHI Solutions as part of their "Alive and Thrive" initiative to improve the nutrition, health and survival of newborns and infants where undernutrition is widespread.
Our support highlights the importance Canada places on improving nutrition as part of our global efforts on maternal, newborn and child health.
This initiative will support an innovative approach to improving infant and young child feeding practices.
This includes:
- engaging the private sector in the development of marketing strategies to improve breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices;
- promoting optimal breastfeeding practices during the neonatal period and improved diets for women during adolescence, pregnancy, and lactation; and
- building the capacity of frontline health workers to address undernutrition effectively, and conduct awareness and behaviour-change activities.
Through these and other initiatives, Canada will continue to push the health of mothers, newborns and children to the forefront of the global agenda.
And Canada will once again drive the world to action by hosting the high-level Summit on maternal and child health in Toronto later this month.
Saving the lives of women and children is not only a moral imperative – it is the foundation for building prosperous communities for this generation and the next.
This work reflects our most strongly held Canadian values.
And we will continue to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves.
Thank you.
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Eminem may not release his next album until this fall, but fans can hear a song off of it now.
On Wednesday, the trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts was unveiled … and it features the rapper's track, "Survival."
Who Is the Unlikely Guest on Eminem's New Album?
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Crooked River Dam Proposal Under Review:
Maine Rivers is advocating against a proposed dam on the Crooked River. We urge Maine's DEP to again deny the application submitted by Scribner's Mill Preservation, Inc. The landlocked salmon population supported by the Crooked River is extremely valuable, economically and ecologically. The Crooked River is Sebago Lake's largest tributary and provides critical habitat for spawning and juvenile native landlocked salmon. The Crooked River supports virtually all of Sebago Lake's wild salmon production. This indigenous population of landlocked salmon is significant because it is one of only four in the State of Maine, and has been used for restoring landlocked salmon populations in other parts of the world.
Why protect the Crooked River?
1. The Crooked River is an extremely valuable resource for the entire state of Maine. It is the largest tributary to Sebago Lake and provides virtually all of the spawning habitat for wild landlocked salmon in the lake. Sebago Lake is famed for this fishery and supports nearly 40,000 angler days per year. Sebago Lake is one of only four watersheds that originally supported native landlocked salmon in Maine (the others are Green Lake, Sebec Lake, and West Grand Lake). Landlocked salmon were first discovered in Sebago Lake, and take their scientific name, Salmo salar sebago, from the lake.
2. After years of effort by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Sebago's wild salmon population has been greatly enhanced, and wild salmon comprise more than half the population in most years. In particular, the fishery improved dramatically since a dam was partially removed at Scribner's Mill in 1972 and another partially removed at Bolster's Mill in 1987 and 1988. A new dam at Scribner's mills will negatively impact both landlocked salmon adults as they migrate upstream to spawn and smolts as they return to Sebago Lake.
3. The river provides 40% of the surface inflow to Sebago Lake, which is the drinking water source for the Portland Water District (PWD) and about 15% of Maine's population. There are about 50,000 public water supplies in the United States. Fewer than 50 of them have received a waiver to the filtration requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Portland Water District (PWD) is one of these . This waiver is only permitted for a system with (a) exceptional water quality and (b) a demonstrably strong watershed control program to prevent a diminishment of water quality.
4. The cost to build a filtration plant to serve the Portland Water District's system is about $70 million, and millions more per year to operate if the PWD loses it filtration waivers. Portland Water District has to do everything it can to protect water quality in Sebago Lake and the Crooked River. Damming the river could lower water quality by increasing algae production, erosion, and temperature. Even a small change in water quality could affect "sensitive users" of water from Sebago Lake, such as dialysis clinics or high-tech manufacturers. Thus, the Portland Water District has opposed damming the Crooked River.
5. According to Maine law, any dam construction or removal must show public benefits, including benefits to employment. Maine's Department of Environmental Protection noted in its denial of the previous permit application to dam the Crooked River that the applicant clearly failed to provide evidence of public economic benefits associated with the construction of a dam that could not be obtained through use of electricity to run the mill from other sources. The applicant has provided no further evidence in its current application that building a dam will result in any employment benefit above using available electrical power to run its sawmill.
6. There is simply no reason to build a dam to run this sawmill. There are too many other alternatives available to damming one of the most valuable free-flowing rivers in Maine.
The Legislature recently confirmed that value of the free flowing nature of this river by upgrading it to AA along its entire length.
Some Background
On March 18th, 2010 the Superior Court sustained the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) issued an Order denying the application of Scribner's Mill Preservation, Inc. (SMPI) to build a hydro-mechanical dam at an old site at Scribner's Mill on the Crooked River. The old dam had been removed in 1972.
The Crooked River was identified in the 1982 Maine Rivers Study as one of only seven rivers in Maine that are "the state's most significant inland fishery rivers". It is the only one in the southern part of the state. The 1983 Rivers Act designated the Crooked River as worthy of special protection because of its value as a fishery resource. The Crooked River is the principal spawning tributary for the unique indigenous landlocked salmon of Sebago Lake, one of only four such populations native to Maine. In addition, Sebago Lake is the drinking water supply for the Portland Water District.
The heart of the BEP order denying the application states that the harm to the fishery resources of the Crooked River, including adverse impact on existing upstream passage and spawning and nursery habitat, outweighs the benefit of a dam to furnish water-power for restoration of a historic sawmill, and that the unique fishery resource is too important to put at risk.
SMPI then filed an appeal to the Maine Superior Court. The Portland law firm Verrill & Dana represented SMPI.
SMPI made a wholesale attack on the BEP Order, arguing that the BEP misinterpreted the statute governing dam construction, improperly relied on information concerning the fishery values of the Crooked River furnished by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, which SMPI characterized as distorted and prejudiced, and failed to give proper weight to economic values of its proposed historical recreation of a 19th century water-powered sawmill.
The State of Maine, by Janet Mills, Attorney General, and Lucinda E. White and Janet M. McClintock, Assistant Attorneys General, filed a brief in support of the BEP decision. The brief is a model of legal analysis, and thoroughly and cogently addresses and refutes each of SMPI's claims.
Maine Rivers and several other groups – The Natural Resources Council of Maine, Maine Council of Trout Unlimited, Friends of the Presumpscot River, Lakes Environmental Association, The Maine Congress of Lake Associations, Sebago Lake Anglers Association, Western Foothills Land Trust and four individuals, are represented by David Swetnam-Burland and Stacy O. Stitham of the Lewiston law firm Brann & Isaacson.
They filed an Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) brief in the proceedings. The brief points out that: "Despite SMPI's hyperbolic arguments that the Department and Board have been hijacked by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and that the Board used an improper alternative use analysis in balancing the environmental and energy considerations, SMPI offers no affirmative argument or proof that the dam project will provide reasonable assurance that the project will not violate applicable state water quality standards."
The brief further states that "…the Board was right to conclude that the economic benefits of the proposed dam were speculative, while the environmental harms to a vital natural and recreational resource – the indigenous population of landlocked salmon – were certain…".
The Court Order sustains the BEP Order on all points. At press time, it is not known whether SMPI will appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Regardless of the ultimate outcome, SMPI has also filed a new application with DEP to build a somewhat less intrusive (but still harmful) dam. This proceeding is on hold pending the outcome of the court proceedings.
So the future fate of the indigenous landlocked salmon of the Crooked River – Sebago Lake ecosystem still hangs in the balance.
On April 16, 2009, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (MBEP) rejected the appeal by Scribner's Mill Preservation, Inc. (SMPI) from the December 31, 2008 order by the Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) denying an application for a permit to construct a hydro-mechanical dam at Scribner's Mill on the Crooked River, and affirmed the MDEP order.
The Crooked River is the principal spawning tributary for the unique indigenous land-locked salmon of Sebago Lake, one of only four such populations in Maine. More than 70% of the wild fish in Sebago are spawned in the river. Sixty five per cent of the spawning and nursery habitat is upstream of Scribner's Mill, the site of a dam that furnished water power to run a sawmill from 1849 to 1962 when the mill ceased operation.
The Crooked River was identified in the 1982 Maine Rivers Study as one of only seven rivers in Maine that are "the state's most significant inland fishery rivers." It is the only one in the southern part of the state. The 1983 Rivers Act designated the Crooked River as worthy of special protection because of its value as a fishery resource.
In 1972 the dam at Scribner's Mill was removed. Three years later the site was acquired by Scribner's Mill Preservation, Inc (SMPI) whose principals are John and Marilyn Hatch. Their goal has been to restore the mill as an educational exhibition of the water powered industrial technology that pre-dates fossil fuels. An application to MDEP to rebuild the dam was filed in 2002. In 2007 a revised application was filed. It called for reconstruction of the dam with a rock ramp fishway, and an 11 acre impoundment extending upstream for a mile.
Studies conducted for the applicant showed that mature landlocked salmon could make use of the fishway, but there would be a severe reduction in the ability of juvenile salmon to migrate upstream because of water velocity. Also, the impoundment would destroy existing salmon spawning and nursery habitat, at the same time improving habitat for such warm water predator species as small-mouth bass and pickerel.
Francis Brautigam, Regional Fishery Biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) filed comments opposing reconstruction of the dam with MDEP. Maine Rivers, NRCM and 9 other non-governmental organizations also filed comments opposing reconstruction of the dam. All pointed out the prospective damage to the Sebago Lake salmon fishery as their reason.
Both the Departmental and Board orders denying the application conclude that the unique fishery resource is too important to put at risk, and that the prospect of harm from the dam outweighs the benefit of a historic water-powered sawmill.
SMPI has alternative options for powering its sawmill. The opponents of the dam do not oppose the reconstruction of the historic site, only the damage to the even more historic population of indigenous landlocked salmon.
In the March, 2009 issue of Fly Rod and Reel, environmental writer Ted Williams quoted a conversation he had with Marilyn Hatch, which led to his comment that the dam proponents have a "vast and impressive misunderstanding of fish."
That observation was borne out by the presentation made for SMPI to MBEP in support of the appeal. Scott Hatch, son of John and Marilyn, attacked the MDIFW comments in many particulars, but totally missed the point that it is the overall impact on the ecosystem formed by the Crooked River and Sebago Lake, not the square yards of spawning and nursery habitat in the area of the proposed impoundment, that underlie MDIFW's concern and MDEP's order.
The SMPI application was a real test of the 1983 Rivers Act. It is gratifying to know that the process works. As Dana Murch, the Dams and Hydropower Supervisor in the MDEP Bureau of Land and Water Quality pointed out to the MBEP during consideration of SMPI's appeal, a similar application for a dam in many other rivers might have been successful; but when the balancing tests of the statute were applied, the unique fishery resource was recognized as being of paramount importance.
In a separate but related proceeding, the Water Quality Reclassification bill reported out of Committee to the Maine Legislature upgrades the segment of the Crooked River at Scribner's Mill from its existing classification as A to AA, the highest classification. No dams are permitted for AA waters. The rest of the Crooked River is already classified as AA.


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I was lucky to find some frozen leftovers last night for lunch today – don't you love that?
I packed a serving of my Very Veggie Mac and added some extra broccoli to it – not the prettiest, but it'll do.
I also had some farmer's market melon + raspberries. I thought this was a cantaloupe when I bought it, but it was green inside! Any ideas on what it is? The outside looked JUST like a cantaloupe. Still tasty.
Since lunch isn't very interesting today, I thought I would put up some interesting facts I got from Miranda at Cooking Light. She sent me an email with some findings they received after doing an online survey about Women's Wellness – some of these are really interesting!
- Women would rather be thought of as healthy rather than trendy, wealthy, powerful, beautiful, sexy or successful. Only smart trumps healthy.
- The majority of women say they look younger (69%) and feel younger (58%) than they are.
- Nearly three-quarters (74%) pay more attention to their health and wellness today than they did 5 years ago. 6-in-10 (62%) say that living a healthy lifestyle is a high priority in their lives.
- Forty-two percent agree that healthier people are more successful.
- Seventy-five percent of U.S. women believe being mindful of their health is an investment in themselves. Nearly two-thirds (65%) say taking measures to live healthfully is a way to personally control their lives and futures.
- Six-in-ten agree that eating healthfully does not mean giving up flavor.
- The majority of women say their self-confidence is influenced by their appearance (74%) and their overall health and wellness (72%).
This report is based on a blind online study conducted among a randomly selected sample of U.S. women age 25+. The data in this report is based on 1020 competed questionnaires. The maximum margin of error is +/- 3% at the 95% confidence level.
What do you think about these findings? Do they seem to blend with what you see in people around you? Do you agree or disagree with these specific findings?
I was really happy to read these, actually. I think it's so easy to be focused on things other than health, and our own health so often gets put on the back burner – this was refreshing to read that so many women value their health and make it a priority in their lives!
And thank goodness the majority of people aren't still viewing "healthy eating" as plain grilled chicken and steamed broccoli. Seriously people – we can HAVE flavor! Most of the healthiest foods in the world have the best flavor on their own:
Fresh, vine ripened tomatoes
Sweet corn
Summer berries
Apple in the fall
Sweet potatoes
Cinnamon (okay, not a food, but I love it)
And more
What do you think?
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Very interesting facts. I think that people are more aware of things that are good/bad for them, it doesn't mean they make the right choices all the time.
But it some encouraging information.
Is it Honeydew melon? Very interesting facts. I do feel like the people around me value their health and make it a priority. Denver is a pretty health-conscious city so I always see people working out and most restaurants offer very healthy choices. Thanks for the info!
That mac and cheese looks amazing!
Very interesting article, and it gives me hope that eventually people who aren't concerned about their health and want to eat poorly will realize eating healthy isn't "rabbit food." I hope to inspire the people around me to eat healthy, and I would love to see it become more mainstream, and not weird to "eat healthy." People are aware, but don't always make the right choices but once they see the benefits, I hope they do!
I think that mac and cheese looks totally beautiful and amazing! Bet it tasted delish!
I don't know about the findings…I feel like we have to question the demographic that were actually responding to the survey. It just seems like a very optimistic/positive outcome when what I see around me is healthy lifestyles being less of a norm than the results portray.
I am happy that people who eat healthy are discovering that it doesn't have to be a bland experience! My "turn" to healthy eating did not start out as the most exciting culinary adventure but now I am so pumped about everything I eat!
Did it have a smoother outside than a cantaloupe? Looks like honeydew melon to me.
Interesting findings… I love the first stat.
Hmm…interesting findings, yes…but definitely doesn't seem to represent the population as a whole! The women who read Cooking Light seem to be doing really well, though! :)
Your veggie mac & cheese looks so good!!
great post!! yummm love mac and cheese!!
Your Very Veggie Mac looks awesome!!!!! Nothing like incorporating veggies into such an awesome dish! :)
Hi there Brandi! Yes! Love this post!
It's true, so many people thank that in order to eat healthy, you have to munch on carrot and celery sticks, eat plain grilled chicken, and lettuce! Couldn't be further from the truth :D
Interesting facts!!!! The topic centers on what my blog is all about – making healthy eating taste good.
Your melon and raspberries look so good.
I think your mac and cheese looks pretty darn delicious! Those facts sound about right – last night when I was talking to my co-worker she mentioned her hubby prefers shopping at WFs over local grocery stores. My jaw almost hit the ground. We've never talked about our definition of a healthy lifestyle before but we were SO similar!
thanks for the 411, Brandi! i think it's really interesting that health and success go hand and hand!
i got that email too and was really thrilled by the results. so happy to see so many women truly happy these days!
and i agree about your list…i had avocado today w/ fresh diced tomato and black beans…no added spices and it was AWESOME!
It drives me crazy when people think healthy means it won't taste good. That is absurd!!
I eat healthy – and I love every bite. I seriously eat some great tasting stuff. Stuff that tastes way better than the junk other people are eating.
I think it's all about how it's cooked – makes a huge difference.
omg, I came across your blog and I too live in Blacksburg and bought a melon from the farmers market and found it to be green inside. I could have sworn it was cantaloupe! so weird…anyways those findings are interesting. It's hard to believe it since I'm surrounded by college kids, but I'm glad people are making health more of a priority.
And healthy food can DEF have flavor! It's all about creativity :)
Hi Danielle! How cool! I think you're my first Blacksburg reader that I don't already know in real life :) Glad to know I'm not the only one that thought it was a cantaloupe :)
I love those facts. They seem to fit for me and my friends.
I think I'm gonna have to make some mac and cheese this weekend, it's been all over the blogs lately. I hope my health food store has Annie's!
I loved that article, it was so interesting.
i think those are honeydews if i've not mistaken
Btw, nice blog. :)


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Crocs back on court, chasing NBL redemption
- From: Townsville Bulletin
- August 12, 2014
A HOST of familiar faces returned to the floor for the start of the Townsville Crocodiles pre-season yesterday, with coach Shawn Dennis believing this continuity could be the key to National Basketball League success.
Seven players who lined up for the Crocs last season are back for another run in the green and white this year, as the club looks to bounce back from what was a tough season on and off the court.
Dennis addressed the squad yesterday, which included potential development players Tom Howard from the Townsville Heat and Mackay Meteors player Matthew Adekponya, as they got into the first training session of what will be a 10-week pre season campaign.
"Today is day one of what we believe is going to be a fun season on the court and it's always a good feeling to be back on the floor," Dennis said.
"The great thing is that when we go through learning phases of what we want to do seven of the 10 players will know exactly what we are doing and that means you start on a whole different level.
"It's a different feeling to know you can start at a high level and I think the teams that have continuity are often the teams that do well."
After finishing with the wooden spoon last season the Crocs will be determined to return to the playoff picture, as well as trying to find some winning form at their new home, Townsville RSL Stadium.
Dennis said he was looking forward to working with his side over the pre-season, and was keen to welcome back reining club MVP Brian Conklin and fellow American import Mickell Gladness.
"It's only a couple of weeks until Brian and Mickell arrive and then we will have a full squad, meaning we will have six weeks together with everybody here," he said.
The Crocs will play their first pre-season game against the new look Melbourne United (formerly Melbourne Tigers) in Victorian regional centre Traralgon on August 30 before flying to Darwin to face off against Peter Crawford and his new teammates at the Adelaide 36ers.
There is just one roster spot left in the Crocs line-up for the 2014/15 NBA season and while it appears former New Zealand Breakers big man Leon Henry is firmly in the mix, the final announcement won't be made until later this week.
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Re: Global warming: It's happening
by Kevin E. Trenberth
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 14:32:01 -0600
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Subject: Response to "Global warming: It's happening"
Are We Triggering Abrupt and Extreme Climate Change?
Dear Sir/Madame:
Preliminary findings from SHEBA show that the Arctic ice sheet is about five percent smaller, and one meter thinner, than in the 1970s. Scientists believe that the on-going disappearance of the ice pack could accelerate global warming because ice reflects more incoming solar radiation than does the ocean. Part of the melting is due to dark dust from human activities that settles on the ice and increases absorption of heat from the sun.
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The ubiquitous clothing retailer Gap has been filling closets with jeans and khakis, T-shirts, and poplin since the Woodstock era. The firm, which operates about 3,400 stores worldwide, built its iconic casual brand on basics for men, women, and children, but over the years has expanded through the urban chic chain Banana Republic, family budgeteer Old Navy, online-only retailer Piperlime, and Athleta, a purveyor of activewear. Other brand extensions include GapBody, GapKids, and babyGap; each also has its own online incarnation. All Gap clothing is private-label merchandise made exclusively for the company. From the design board to store displays, Gap controls all aspects of its trademark casual look.
Geographic Reach
The Gap rings up about 85% of its sales in North America. Asia, including Japan and China, is the retailer's second biggest market accounting for about 8% of sales, followed by Europe (the UK and Ireland, France, Italy) contributing about 6%. Gap has 300-plus franchise stores across Asia, Australia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
Sales & Marketing
Gap upped its advertising budget by nearly 20% in fiscal 2013 (ended January) to $653 million compared with $548 million the prior year. The company communicates with consumers via television and print.
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Gap's annual sales comparison hasn't looked so good in years. Fiscal 2013 (ended January) sales rose nearly 8% to $15.6 billion, while net income rose 36% over the same period. The increase was driven by a rise in sales of $735 million at its stores and $367 million from its direct business. Rising same-store sales at the company's North American stores -- up 6% at Gap and Old Navy, and 5% at Banana Republic -- reversed years of mostly negative comparisons. Also, the addition of new stores overseas, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates, drove sales upward. Direct sales got a boost from growth of the online business across all of the company's brands. Nevertheless, the $15.6 billion Gap rang up in fiscal 2013 was still below the $16 billion or more than company took in in the years prior to the Great Recession.
Gap is working hard to get its groove back in the US and to expand its brand globally. For the first time in years, Gap opened more stores than it closed in North America in fiscal 2013, after years spent right-sizing the chain. Back in growth mode, the retailer opened 25 new Athleta stores, 30-plus stores in China, and its first Old Navy store in Japan in fiscal 2013. Indeed, growth in Asia outpaced growth in Europe, with Asia (230 stores) surpassing Europe (208 stores) for the first time.
Going forward, the company plans to begin opening Old Navy stores outside North America and add more stores in China (the source of about 25% of its clothing). After opening stores in Paris and London, Gap chose Italy as the next stop on its European expansion tour, with stores debuting in Milan in late-2010 and Rome in 2011. More recently, it has been mining retail markets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, including Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Panama. The retailer put down roots in Mexico in late-2012 when it opened a standalone store in bustling Mexico City. More stores are planned for Colombia and Uruguay.
On the fashion front, color has made a comeback at mainchain Gap stores, after years of uninspiring fashions in shades of black, white, and gray. Gap continues to promote its lesser-known online-shoe brand Piperlime and Athleta, a direct-marketer of women's active wear. Since acquiring Athleta in 2008, Gap has added about 35 retail stores to Athleta's portfolio.
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Buoyed by its improving fortunes, in 2013 Gap acquired New York-based Intermix, a multi-brand specialty retailer of luxury and contemporary women's apparel and accessories, for about $130 million in cash. Intermix operates about 30 stores across North America and an online shopping site.
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Re: Secure passwords?
- From: jKILLSPAM.schipper@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 02 Dec 2005 13:14:17 GMT
AV <reply_to_group.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That sounds very strange to me since the first one has so many more
> characters and has misspelled words.
That does not, per se, mean the encryption is stronger. After all,
'booooooooooring' is not a very strong password...
Let's throw some math at it.
Each word is chosen from a vocabulary of, say, 10000 words (this
includes weird words very few people will know - the active vocabulary
of the average English speaker is ~ 5000 words, IIRC - though that seems
very small) and has 100 different 'correct' ways of spelling it. Then,
six random words with random misspellings have an entropy of
(10000*100)^6 = (10^7)^6 = 10^56 > (2^3)^59 = 2^171.
(If only common words - 1000 total - are used, this will be about
(10^6)^6 = 10^36 > (2^3)^36 = 2^108.)
The second one has eight characters, chosen from a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and
say ten miscellaneous characters, if done right. That would mean 40^8,
or about (2^5)^8 = 2^40 options. Quite a bit worse than the first one.
This does assume that people are not allowed to pick the password in
either case (i.e., it's true random or as close to that as you can get),
*and* the words in the first case *don't form a sentence* (as yours do).
If they do, entropy decreases dramatically; I have heard it say that
entropy decreases to only a few paltry bits (10000 is about 13 bits;
I've heard as low as 1.2 bits for phrases), and entropy may drop as low
as (2 * 100)^6 > (2^7)^6 = 2^42.
It also assumes that one is more creative in misspelling than you did in
your examples, as simply doubling letters adds about one bit of entropy
per character, and many words are rather small (so 100 will be a little
high - and if using both phrases, with at worst 1 bit of entropy per
word, and simple misspellings with about 4 bits of entropy per word, we
have a key space of only (2^1 * 2^4)^6 = 2^30, in which case the simpler
passwords appear to be more attractive).
In short, calculating the entropy for the first one isn't
straightforward, but seems to suggest that unless lots of randomization
is involved, it is rather weak. Especially if humans are allowed to pick
the phrase.
(Note: it also assumes that the whole password is required - some
mechanisms use only the first eight characters. Oopsie.)
> And shouldn't any secure login to anything only accept just a few
> attempts, e.g. three.
Theoretically, yes. Practically, such 'protection' almost always opens
the door for an easy DoS, *especially* when the network can be sniffed.
> To me it seems like if you just such a system (or
> application) then actually a rather short password should be rather
> safe. How likely is my "weak" passphrase below will be entered in three
> attempts? And after these three attempts you need to restart the
> application. How long time would it take for the fastest machine on
> earth today to brute force that passphrase?
Not that long, DES is quite crackable and has 2^56 bits in its key,
And 'only three attempts' doesn't work all that well in the real world.
> But again, I cannot understand that the first one is considered weaker
> than the second one. In TrueCrypt it is the opposite. You get a warning
> if the password/phrase is shorter than 20 characters. I suppose you
> could find other sites that are of opposite opinion?
Well, at least, the number of characters has very little bearing on the
strength of the passphrase...
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The Cambridge Climate Coalition was formed in 2007 to bring together the wide variety of student groups campaigning on climate change, and to strengthen us through cooperation. Initially founded by students, the coalition is broadening its membership to include groups from outside the university.
In this section
- Climate change resources
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Climate Change
As one of the most pressing issues of our time, Climate Change is taken seriously in the University. Not only do we have our own Go Greener campaign, but many other student groups, university bodies and town groups are also campaigning and working to change their practices in response to the challenges posed by our changing climate.
Go to our links page for more campaigning and ethical links not related to climate change.
The Go Greener Campaign
Our own campaign about climate change is the Go Greener campaign. It even has it's own website.
The Climate Coalition
CUSU Ethical Affairs is a founding member of the Cambridge Climate Coalition, formed in 2007 to bring together the wide variety of student groups campaigning on climate change, and to strengthen us through cooperation. Initially founded by students, the coalition is broadening its membership to include groups from outside the university.
Other Groups in Cambridge
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- Cultures of Climate Change The Cultures of Climate Change at CRASSH is an interdisciplinary research group that explores the issues surrounding climate change from an aesthetic and cultural standpoint, giving platform to the growing number of artists, writers, photographers, journalists, film directors, architects and thinkers responding to this global phenomenon.
- Cambridge University Energy Network
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- People and Planet
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- Cambridge Carbon Footprint and the Akashi Project
- Transition Towns Cambridge: the Transition Towns movement is a framework for dealing with the twin challenges of climate change and peak oil.
- Serious Changea cross-party, UK government lobbying, single issue national climate
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Flims, clips and so on (send these to people, for their edification and amusement):
Wombat - there is a great clip of a wombat dancing, but sadly this website is having a problem at the moment. Search for global mind shift wombat, and they might have fixed it.
CBI (confederation of british industry) report about climate change (from business leaders. Not activists)
What's the worst that could happen? - how to deal with uncertainty.
There are so many things being said about climate change, it's getting a bit crowded on this page, so there's a new page for more climate change media and articles.
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Climate Outreach and Information Network
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Climate Ark is a climate change and global warming portal and search engine that promotes public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation.
The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis -- in part through repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy sources within 10 years. Our economy, national security, and climate can't afford to wait.


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I found a manifest that has my grandfather's oldest brother Tomaso coming into the US.
I can't read the first name of who he is staying with. The first letter of the name looks like either a Y or a J because it also appears in column 17 as the place where he has stayed before. I think it's a Y for NY because I don't know that anybody had made it to NJ at that time.
The 2nd letter looks like either a q or g because it hangs down below the line. But what kind of a first name would that be??
The last name is Squicciarrini which is a name I remember from my childhood.
Can anybody decipher that first name? It's on Line #7
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I believe Ignazio..... (but very hard to read )
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Ignazio seems to be the best candidate.
La mia genealogia: http://liviomoreno.altervista.org/Genealogia/Index.htm
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Thanks. Yeah I guess so...or even Ignazia.........although the last 4 letter look a lot like "cker".
What's so odd is that the writer didn't dot the 2nd i in Ignazio but looks like he took great pains to dot all the i's in Squicciarrini.
What's so odd is that the writer didn't dot the 2nd i in Ignazio but looks like he took great pains to dot all the i's in Squicciarrini.
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Annette Funicello, Mouseketeer and film star, dies at 70
NEW YORK — Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon on a string of '60s fun-in-the-sun movies with names like "Beach Party Bingo" and "Bikini Beach," died Monday. She was 70.
She died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., of complications from multiple sclerosis, the Walt Disney Co. said.
Funicello stunned fans and friends in 1992 with the announcement about her ailment. Yet she was cheerful and upbeat, grappling with the disease with a courage that contrasted with her lightweight teen image of old.
"She will forever hold a place in our hearts as one of Walt Disney's brightest stars, delighting an entire generation of baby boomers with her jubilant personality and endless talent," said Bob Iger, Disney chairman and CEO.
The pretty, dark-haired Funicello was just 13 when she gained fame on Walt Disney's television kiddie "club," an amalgam of stories, songs and dance routines that ran from 1955 to 1959. She appeared in mouse ears, a pleated skirt and a sweater emblazoned with her name.
Cast after Disney saw her at a dance recital, she soon began receiving 8,000 fan letters a month, 10 times more than any of the 23 other young performers.
Her devotion to Walt Disney remained throughout her life.
"He was the dearest, kindest person, and truly was like a second father to me," she remarked. "He was a kid at heart."
When "The Mickey Mouse Club" ended, Annette (as she was often billed) was the only club member to remain under contract to the studio. She appeared in such Disney movies as "Johnny Tremain," "The Shaggy Dog," "The Horsemasters," "Babes in Toyland," "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" and "The Monkey's Uncle."
She also became a recording star, singing on 15 albums and hit singles such as "Tall Paul" and "Pineapple Princess."
Outgrowing the kid roles by the early '60s, Annette teamed with Avalon in a series of movies for American-International, the first film company to exploit the burgeoning teen market.
The filmmakers weren't aiming for art, and they didn't achieve it. As Halliwell's Film Guide says of "Beach Party": "Quite tolerable in itself, it started an excruciating trend."
But the films had songs, cameos by older stars and a few laughs and, as a bonus to latter-day viewers, a look back at a more innocent time. The 1965 "Beach Blanket Bingo," for example, featured subplots involving a mermaid, a motorcycle gang and a skydiving school run by Don Rickles, and comic touches by silent film star Buster Keaton.
Among the other titles: "Muscle Beach Party," "Bikini Beach," "Beach Blanket Bingo," "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini" and "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine."
The shift in teen tastes begun by the Beatles in 1964, and Funicello's first marriage the following year, pretty much killed off the genre.
But she was somehow never forgotten though mostly out of the public eye for years. She and Avalon staged a reunion in 1987 with "Back to the Beach." It was during the filming that she noticed she had trouble walking — the first insidious sign of MS.
When it was finally diagnosed, she later recalled, "I knew nothing about (MS), and you are always afraid of the unknown. I plowed into books."
Her symptoms were relatively mild at first, but gradually she lost control of her legs, and she feared people might think she was drunk. So she went public with her ordeal in 1992.
She wrote of her triumphs and struggles in her 1994 autobiography, "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" — the title taken from a Disney song. In 1995, she appeared briefly in a television docudrama based on her book. And she spoke openly about the degenerative effects of MS.
"My equilibrium is no more; it's just progressively getting worse," she said. "But I thank God I just didn't wake up one morning and not be able to walk. You learn to live with it. You learn to live with anything, you really do."
"I've always been religious. This just makes me appreciate the Lord even more because things could always be worse. I know he will see me through this."
Funicello was born Oct. 22, 1942, in Utica, N.Y., and her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 4. She began taking dance lessons the following year and won a beauty contest at 9. Then came the discovery by Disney in 1955.
"I have been blessed to have a mentor like Walt Disney," she said 40 years later. "Those years were the happiest of my life. I felt that back then. I feel the same today."
Asked about the revisionist biographies that have portrayed Disney in a negative light, she said, "I don't know what went on in the conference rooms. I know what I saw. And he was wonderful."
In 1965, Funicello married her agent, Jack Gilardi, and they had three children, Gina, Jack and Jason. The couple divorced 18 years later, and in 1986 she married Glen Holt, a harness racehorse trainer. After her film career ended, she devoted herself to her family. Her children sometimes appeared on the TV commercials she made for peanut butter.
The beach films featured ample youthful skin. But not Funicello's.
She remembered in 1987: "Mr. Disney said to me one day, 'Annette, I have a favor to ask of you. I know all the girls are wearing bikinis, but you have an image to uphold. I would appreciate it if you would wear a one-piece suit.' I did, and I never regretted it."
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W.A. Douglas Jackson (1924 - 2009) was the founder of the Canadian Studies Center. In 1988, Jackson, along with colleagues Robert Monahan and Donald Alper from Western Washington University, received the first title VI grant for a National Resource Center - The Pacific Northwest National Resource Center on Canada. Following is a short history of Professor Jackson's career.
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It is with great sadness that we inform you that the founder of Canadian Studies, Douglas Jackson, passed away on Monday, 9 March 2009 at 85 years of age. Doug was truly the "heart and soul" of Canadian Studies at the UW, dedicating decades of his life to building one of the finest Centers in the nation.
Doug was from Toronto where he long-dreamed of being a concert pianist. Instead, he pursued a doctorate at the University of Maryland where he studied both Canadian history and Soviet geography. In 1955 he was appointed to the UW Geography Department and the Far Eastern and Russian Institute.
In the mid-80s Doug began working with colleagues Bob Monahan and Don Alper at Western Washington University to develop a joint program in Canadian Studies. In 1988 the UW and WWU received the first Title VI grant from the US Department of Education, to form a National Resource Center on Canada. At the same time, he worked with Bryan Downes from Oregon to hold the first meeting of regional Canadianists in what would become the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium.
Doug served as director of the Center for over 12 years, taught and inspired hundreds of students, and spoke at community functions at every opportunity. In fact, he was still lecturing for us this last fall. In October Doug gave four lectures as part of a series, The Canadian Push to the Pacific for Edmonds Community College.
In the next few months, the Center is going to create a new link on our website dedicated to the legacy and contributions of Douglas Jackson. We wish to build a complete history, to feature photographs, and to have a tribute section with quotes about Doug. If you would like to contribute to this website, we welcome your inclusions and thoughts.
This spring quarter the Geography Department, and the Center, will host a memorial for Doug at the University. We hope you can join us then
In addition, we are going to build our Douglas Jackson Scholarship Fund. Five years ago, on Doug's 80th birthday, we held a party for him at the Burke Museum. At that time we started a Scholarship Fund, in his name and at his request, to support undergraduate research on Canada and study-in-Canada opportunities. Since that time two students have been awarded scholarships for their written work (nominated by Doug) and this quarter six students were able to travel to Ottawa for 8 days as part of the Task Force on Arctic Sovereignty thanks to Douglas Jackson Scholarships.
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Doug packed many lives into a single lifetime. A scholar, teacher, colleague, administrator, musician, and a witty and charming person, he was still going strong when I arrived at the Jackson School in 2002, several years after he had already retired from UW. I knew him as a Canada Studies person; someone who was devoted and dedicated to advancing the study of Canada on campus and in the US. In his earlier incarnation - he first came to UW in the mid-1950s - he was acclaimed for his role as a geographer who specialized in Russian and East European Studies. In fact, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he headed up that program and worked tirelessly on its behalf, just as he did later on for Canada Studies. May we all have lives as accomplished, rich, and varied as Doug's was.
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W.A. Douglas Jackson was a moving force in obtaining the Title VI Consortium for the Study of Canada in 1986. He was a highly respected Geographer and an accomplished classical pianist and often entertained guests in his home by playing on his nine-foot Steinway grand piano. He was a Canadian by birth and maintained a professional interest in this important nation. His research and publications on the Soviet Union were widely recognized and acclaimed He was generous to a fault, a bit crusty at times and had a delightful sense of humor. His passion for teaching about Canada was still strong and he looked forward to offering courses this Fall. He leaves a rich legacy and many friends in diverse fields.
- Robert Monahan, Western Washington University, co-founder with Doug of the Pacific Northwest National Resources Center for Canada, former president of the Association for Canadian Studies in the US
Doug and I go back many years. We worked as colleagues in a UW-WWU Canadian Studies consortium for many years. He was also a regular guest speaker in classes at WWU. His knowledge of Canada was extensive and deep. Although a geographer, Doug was completely comfortable expounding on virtually any subject related to Canada. He gave lectures on subjects ranging from the monarchy in Canada's political system (one of his favorite topics) to the history of Canadian art. Doug had a passion for teaching and could always relate to students, even years after he retired. His lectures always included wonderful stories, most often centered on fascinating and often eccentric characters, which were told in his charming, witty and very soothing narrative style. When I think of Doug, I can hear his mellow voice and I can see the twinkle in his eyes. Doug was, in the true meaning of the phrase, a gentleman and a scholar, and an exceedingly generous person.
- Don Alper, Director, Center for Canadian-American Studies and Professor, Political Science, Western Washington University
Doug Jackson was a valued colleague in the Geography Department, who was a pioneer in research on the Soviet Union, and trained many leading scholars specializing this region. He had a sunny personality that brought humor to his classes and to his relations with his colleagues. He loved the arts, especially his beloved piano. In his later years he came back to his Canadian roots, and enjoyed his work with the Jackson School program on Canadian Studies. He will be dearly missed.
- William B. Beyers, UW Department of Geography
Doug was the embodiment of the finest qualities: passionate, dedicated, energetic, and imbued with a set of values and a sense of judgment, a well-grounded optimist; these are but some of the adjectives and phrases that comfortably attach to him. Doug lead by example. Doug balanced the present and the future but was very interested in the lessons of history and how it applied to the issues of the day. Doug was committed to his university and to the Canadian Studies Program. My wife, Adele and I were so fortunate to have considered him our close friend. We will remember the evenings spent at his home, having a brandy after dinner, sitting before the fireplace, and as always, the sounds of Chopin in the background.
- The Honourable Howard R. Pawley and Adele Pawley, former premier of Manitoba and former Visiting Professor, UW Canadian Studies
Doug Jackson was vital to the creation of the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium and the development of Canadian Studies in the Pacific Northwest. As holder of the Canada Chair in the Jackson School at UW, it was Doug who provided the location and the logistics for Bryan Downes to hold the initial meeting at UW that gathered together people interested in Canada in the Pacific Northwest. Doug, an expatriate Torontonian, was amongst the first in the Pacific Northwest to formally implement Canadian Studies into the university curriculum. Although it was Geography of Canada that he taught in the classroom, with his colleagues he instilled in us all the value of the diversity of Canadian society and with his love of opera brought a touch of the Humanities to the work of Social Scientists.
- Diddy R.M. Hitchins, Professor Emerita, Political Science/International Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage and former president of the Association for Canadian Studies in the US
I'll always remember Doug Jackson as an inspiring and most supportive advisor. I will always treasure our relationship during those years in residence in Seattle from 1958 to 1961. Although a Soviet Union expert, he bravely took me on in his secondary interest - political geography. He forced me into a most productive exposure to International Law and Mass Media Sociology. And, as a non-quantitative geographer in a department eading the quantitative revolution, he was delighted with my use of quantitative survey data in measuring the impact of human behavior and opinion on the 49th parallel boundary. Most critically, he turned out to be positively magnificent in rapid turnoround of draft chapters winging their ranscontinental snail-mail way in the pre-electronic era between Seattle and UConn so that I could successfully graduate with the PhD degree on time in 1962.
- Julian Minghi, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of South Carolina
Doug Jackson was a gentleman and a generous soul who loved and lived life to the fullest. He was a Renaissance man without a doubt whose zest for life and learning were contagious. He touched the life of students, faculty, staff and members of the community in ways that will speak volumes for generations to come. Of all the Canadians I have known, Doug was the most Canadian of all. His legacy will live on in all of those who he came into contact with, where he left the most important of impressions - follow your passion and be yourself.
- Michael S. Bittner, former Associate Director of Canadian Studies, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
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