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British Columbian researchers are trying to answer the age old question: what is the secret to a long, healthy life?
And to help nd the answer, lead researcher Angela Brooks-Wilson said shes seeking super seniors to take part in the Canada-wide study.
Brooks-Wilson de nes super seniors as people who are age 85 or older, who have never been diagnosed with cancer, heart disease or stroke, dementia or Alzheimers, diabetes or lung disease.
She said super seniors are actually quite rare and the study is looking for as many par-ticipants as possible.
Parksville Qualicum Beach is known for be-ing a retirement Mecca and the oldest commu-nity in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, the average age in Qualicum Beach is 64.
e idea behind studying people who are 85 and free of disease is that we want to look at health rather than just longevity, Brooks-Wil-son told e NEWS from Vancouver, where the study is based.
She explains the purpose is to determine whether super seniors have genetic character-istics that protect them from major diseases like cancer. Additionally, a branch of the study will look at centenarians, people who are age 100 or older. Centenarians are eligible regard-less of any health issues.
e Canadian Cancer Society is providing $200,000 of funding over the next two years for the study, a rst in Canada, which is the second phase of a research project that started more than a decade ago. e rst phase looked at 500 super seniors based in the Metro Vancouver area, who were interviewed in their homes.
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CRUNCH: There were no serious injuries reported from this multi-vehicle collision Friday morning on Highway 19A in Parksville near the intersection of Martindale Road.
Vehicle access to beach closedYou may have to walk a little farther
this week to access one of Canadas greatest beaches.
e City of Parksville says the beachfront road in Community Park will be closed today through Friday, eliminating all vehicle access to the beachfront. Late each afternoon, the city says it will attempt to reopen the road.
However, it is possible the road will remain closed overnight, the city said through a news release. During this time, vehicle parking will be ac-commodated in the over ow parking area behind the curling rink.
e work being done includes repair of the drainage issues which cause roadway ooding in heavy rain. e city said this will involve trench-
ing about 30 metres past the wash-room building to install catch basins and drainage pipe.
Meanwhile, construction on the food truck pads is underway with the water connection to the site com-pleted on March 18 and electrical trenching to be completed this week, according to the city.
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The Qualicum Beach Downtown Business Association has an-nounced that a portion of the proceeds from its third annual dance party will go to the Patrick Nicholson Memorial Music Scholarship. The scholarship, which was created by the KSS Fine Arts Society at the start of the year, will be awarded to a KSS student who is further-ing a career path in a music-oriented field.
Nicholson was honoured as this years Qualicum Beach Citizen of the Year. He played a major role in the community, including that of the music man for the previous two Qualicum Beach Downtown Business Association dance parties and other events.
This years dance party features the Timebenders, who sizzle with impersonations of the greatest stars over the last 50 years. The event, which is sponsored by Quality Foods, Leftys and Garys Bistro, will be on Saturday, Apr. 18 at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Doors open at7 p.m. and music starts at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $45 per person and includes late evening bunwiches and delectables. A cash bar is available. You can reserve your own table of 10 for $450, and all tickets may be purchased at Fresh N Fab-ulous Flowers & Gifts in Qualicum Beach. NEWS Staff
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WHAT WOMEN WANT: Hundreds of women packed the Parksville Community and Conference Centre on Friday night for What Women Want, an event featuring food, music, fashions and more. Above, Andy Telfer sings to an audience member.
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More than 40 residents walked away with a better understanding of emergency prepared-ness from a meeting in Bowser hosted by the regional district on Thursday night.
Manager of building, bylaw and emergency planning services Tom Armet said the meet-ing was specifically designed as a follow-up to a four-day storm that rocked the Little Qualicum River Village area last winter, causing at least one major landslide and a number of evacuations.
It was a pretty informative meeting, said
Armet. The goal of the meeting was to engage residents in disaster resilience planning and to give them a general overview of weather events, the RDNs role and some next steps in moving forward to be better prepared for future events that may occur.
Many people are unaware of the resources available to them during an emergency. For example, Oceanside Emergency Social Ser-vices provides basic services like accommoda-tions, transportation, housing and food in the 72 hours following an emergency.
See NEIGHBOURHOOD, page A4
The Parksville Qualicum Beach Shrine Club says a single enthusi-astic member had said hed look into the club supporting Storybook Village, which the executive decided didnt fall within their mandate of helping with specific childrens illnesses. They did not commit to help and then back out as suggested in a recent NEWS story.
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The Qualicum Beach Downtown Business Association has an-nounced that a portion of the proceeds from its third annual dance party will go to the Patrick Nicholson Memorial Music Scholarship. The scholarship, which was created by the KSS Fine Arts Society at the start of the year, will be awarded to a KSS student who is further-ing a career path in a music-oriented field.
Nicholson was honoured as this years Qualicum Beach Citizen of the Year. He played a major role in the community, including that of the music man for the previous two Qualicum Beach Downtown Business Association dance parties and other events.
This years dance party features the Timebenders, who sizzle with impersonations of the greatest stars over the last 50 years. The event, which is sponsored by Quality Foods, Leftys and Garys Bistro, will be on Saturday, Apr. 18 at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Doors open at7 p.m. and music starts at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $45 per person and includes late evening bunwiches and delectables. A cash bar is available. You can reserve your own table of 10 for $450, and all tickets may be purchased at Fresh N Fab-ulous Flowers & Gifts in Qualicum Beach. NEWS Staff
AUREN RUVINSKY
WHAT WOMEN WANT: Hundreds of women packed the Parksville Community and Conference Centre on Friday night for What Women Want, an event featuring food, music, fashions and more. Above, Andy Telfer sings to an audience member.
EMERGENCY PLANNING
Preparing for a disasterCandaCe [email protected]
More than 40 residents walked away with a better understanding of emergency prepared-ness from a meeting in Bowser hosted by the regional district on Thursday night.
Manager of building, bylaw and emergency planning services Tom Armet said the meet-ing was specifically designed as a follow-up to a four-day storm that rocked the Little Qualicum River Village area last winter, causing at least one major landslide and a number of evacuations.
It was a pretty informative meeting, said
Armet. The goal of the meeting was to engage residents in disaster resilience planning and to give them a general overview of weather events, the RDNs role and some next steps in moving forward to be better prepared for future events that may occur.
Many people are unaware of the resources available to them during an emergency. For example, Oceanside Emergency Social Ser-vices provides basic services like accommoda-tions, transportation, housing and food in the 72 hours following an emergency.
See NEIGHBOURHOOD, page A4
The Parksville Qualicum Beach Shrine Club says a single enthusi-astic member had said hed look into the club supporting Storybook Village, which the executive decided didnt fall within their mandate of helping with specific childrens illnesses. They did not commit to help and then back out as suggested in a recent NEWS story.
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Guyz Time participants take some time out for a group video game, as they wait for their mini pizzas to cook, after some impressive pizza-building at SOS in Parksville. The activity-filled program, which inspires self-confidence and com-munity awareness, has room for more guys at the Qualicum Beach location.
GUYZ TIME PROGRAM AT SOS IN PARKSVILLE AND QUALICUM BEACH
A positive place for pre-teensThe program offers a safe place for boys to connect and have some funLissa aLexanderSOS Marketing Co-ordinator
Life for a pre-teen boy can be com-plicated, but theres something special happening at the SOS program Guyz Time that is making life a little bit sim-pler.
I dont know what you guys do there (at SOS) but its amazing, said local parent Jeanette Pike, whose son Tanner attends Guyz Time in Parks-ville.
Guyz Time has been successfully running at SOS in Parksville for a num-ber of years and is now being offered at SOS new Qualicum Beach location, in the Qualicum Commons building.
The free program is for boys in Grades 4, 5 and 6 and involves a num-ber of fun activities that inspire confi-dence, healthy relationships and com-
munity awareness.Pike said Tanner likes the group of
friends he has met through Guyz Time and gets along well with the SOS facili-tators of the program.
She said it lifts Tanners spirit and she has noticed an increase in his self-confidence since attending the program.
He has never had a negative thing to say about the program, hes so happy to go, and he comes home a much hap-pier boy too, she said.
Jeanette said its very convenient that SOS picks up her son from school on Mondays and takes him to SOS to take part in the program. SOS picks up Guyz Time participants from both Oceanside and Springwood Elemen-tary Schools in Parksville and from Ar-rowview and Qualicum Beach Elemen-tary Schools in Qualicum Beach.
Activities that happen in the pro-gram have included a trip to the fire hall, a trip to the police station, build-ing a race track from recycled materi-
als and racing matchbox cars. The boys have also made superhero capes from t-shirts and had a pizza-building party. A healthy snack is also provided in the program, and Tanner said he always enjoys snack time.
Wenda Allan, Child & Family Co-ordinator at SOS, explained that the program is a safe place for boys to con-nect and have fun. She added that SOS facilitators are skilled at working with children, mentoring them and guiding their social development.
There is plenty of room to join Qual-icum Beach Guyz Time, which runs on Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. Girl Talk, a similar program for girls in Grades 4, 5 and 6, takes place during the same time in Qualicum Beach. Both pro-grams also run on Mondays at SOS in Parksville from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pre-reg-istration for these free programs is re-quired. Please call 250-248-2093 ext. 249 to register or for more information. For more on SOS, visit www.sosd69.com.
THIS WEEKEND IN PARKSVILLE
Biggesthealth fairin the regionThe fair opens at 10 a.m.each day and admission is free of chargeBrenda GOUGHNEWS Contributor
If you are passionate about health and well-ness be sure to spend some time at the 20th annual Oceanside Family Health and Wellness Fair this weekend.
It is the biggest health fair in the mid island region and is being held at the Parksville Com-munity and Conference Centre (PCCC) on March 28 and 29
Lisa Leger of Parksville Pharmasave who has worked tirelessly to bring the event to the com-munity said there will be lots of great seminars, exhibits, demonstrations and product sam-pling and it is free to attend.
This is the 20th annual. It is an important fair for the community because it allows peo-ple to find out about the services we have in this area. People get information but also get to have some fun, she said.
Every year the fair is stocked with exhibitors, doctors and health professionals from across B.C. and Canada to share what they know about living well.
The public is invited to browse through the exhibitor booths to taste, sample and learn about new health products.
Leger said you can also find out more about health issues that matter to you from health professionals in a number of break-out ses-sions.
We have so many really good presenters. We need two days to fit them in. Gary Anaka was really popular last year. He will talk about how to avoid getting into trouble with demen-tia.
Leger is also fired up about their Talk to the Doc presentations which she said provides a great opportunity for people who have frustra-tions with the Oceanside Health Centre.
Doctors explain from their perspective what is going on in the health system. They an-swer questions and sometimes it clears the air when people have beefs.
A number of vehicles sold at last years inaugural eventaUren [email protected]
The Mid Island Hot Rod Association (MIHRA) is revving up for their second annual Classic Car Event at Arbutus Meadows in Nanoose Bay on July 5.
On the first outing last year they at-tracted around 150 classics and had a good enough response this year that they decided to cap it at 250 vehicles to allow
for comfortable viewing.This is a bit different than a regular
show and shine, this is a real classic car event, said MIHRA director Art Fee.
He said they moved the date up a couple months to their preferred date, explaining they ended up in late August last year because it was the first one and they had to take the available weekend, despite conflicting with other car events in the region.
Classic cars are those from 1989 and earlier and last year included notable
entries from the 1920s right up to the late 80s, from Europe, North America and makes like the now defunct AMC (Amer-ican Motor Cars).
While the inaugural event last year in-cluded a family day to help bring people out, Fee said this year they are focusing on four main features for car enthusiasts; the car show, a car corral, swap meet and car and food related vendors.
Fee said a number of vehicles sold at the corral last year so they will feature it bigger this year including posting vehi-
cles on their website in advance.There will be food vendors and car
fun of all sorts for enthusiasts and casual spectators, including face painting and balloons for the kids, with trophies ga-lore and great prizes for spectators, Fee said.
Participants can set up Saturday and the main event runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat-urday, July 5. Again this year all proceeds will go to local community services.
For more information, including easy registration visit http://mihra.ca/.
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diGGinG FoR FundS: From left, Lochlan Rogers, Lucas Horton, Jackson Nowak and Jenna Horton help shovel fish compost at Earthbank Farms for the Ravensong Breakers Aquatic Clubs annual sale. The club aims to sell 2600 bags over the next three to five weeks to help raise funds for the team, said Gord Redenbach, who is on the organizations board of directors. The compost costs $7 a bag, or four bags for $25, and will be delivered to your home for free by the Breakers. Call 250-951-7675 to order yours today.
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A blight affecting arbutus trees on Vancouver Island may not be a big worry, according to the experts.
Neofusicoccum arbuti, a fungus that oc-curs naturally in this region, can cause stem and branch cankers and some of the branch dieback, said Dr. Brenda Callan, scientist with Natural Resources Canada at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria.
Normally it only causes dis-ease symptoms when the trees are stressed by other factors such as drought or winter wind damage, she said, adding that most trees recover through the spring.
Parksville parks foreman and certified arborist Warren Payne said, the blight is pretty prevalent in this area with the leaves turning black.
But he said property owners can just prune the dead areas and a couple inches into the healthy wood, then make sure to clean up the leaves and branches from the ground where they could still spread the disease.
He said that while there are a number of ar-butus trees on city property, they dont do much to deal with the blight, largely due to limited re-courses.
Instead they keep an eye on them and he notes they are such a hard wood there is rarely danger of major failure. Theyll stand for a long time, even completely dead.
You can think of your arbutus tree as a salad bar for insects and fungal disease, Callan said, explaining this is the northern end of the arbutus range meaning they are more vulnerable here.
They cling to shorelines and rocky areas where they can outgrow Douglas fir, according to an NRC news release. Their roots dig into mar-ginal sites, making them more at risk for disease or stress from adverse weather, but this doesnt mean sick-looking trees are dying.
Arbutus trees always look their worst in spring, before the old spotty and winter-dam-aged, browned leaves are cast in the summer Callan said.
Many different organisms can cause leaf and twig black-ening, plus arbutus are prone to winter damage.Over a doz-en different leaf spot fungi will
cause brown leaves.A tree heavily affected by this fungus can go
into a downward spiral of decline, and in this weakened state, other agents might join in and finish the tree off.
The good news is that by mid-spring the ma-jority of arbutus trees will have healthy green buds and most of the affected leaves will fall off during the summer.
Callan agrees home owners can help their arbutus trees through usual proper mainte-nance like fertilizing and pruning dead branches promptly.
She recommends avoiding watering foliage to decrease the spread of fungal spores.
health of local arBUtUs trees
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Arbutus trees always look their worst in spring,
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LISSA ALEXANDER PHOTO
Guyz Time participants take some time out for a group video game, as they wait for their mini pizzas to cook, after some impressive pizza-building at SOS in Parksville. The activity-filled program, which inspires self-confidence and com-munity awareness, has room for more guys at the Qualicum Beach location.
GUYZ TIME PROGRAM AT SOS IN PARKSVILLE AND QUALICUM BEACH
A positive place for pre-teensThe program offers a safe place for boys to connect and have some funLissa aLexanderSOS Marketing Co-ordinator
Life for a pre-teen boy can be com-plicated, but theres something special happening at the SOS program Guyz Time that is making life a little bit sim-pler.
I dont know what you guys do there (at SOS) but its amazing, said local parent Jeanette Pike, whose son Tanner attends Guyz Time in Parks-ville.
Guyz Time has been successfully running at SOS in Parksville for a num-ber of years and is now being offered at SOS new Qualicum Beach location, in the Qualicum Commons building.
The free program is for boys in Grades 4, 5 and 6 and involves a num-ber of fun activities that inspire confi-dence, healthy relationships and com-
munity awareness.Pike said Tanner likes the group of
friends he has met through Guyz Time and gets along well with the SOS facili-tators of the program.
She said it lifts Tanners spirit and she has noticed an increase in his self-confidence since attending the program.
He has never had a negative thing to say about the program, hes so happy to go, and he comes home a much hap-pier boy too, she said.
Jeanette said its very convenient that SOS picks up her son from school on Mondays and takes him to SOS to take part in the program. SOS picks up Guyz Time participants from both Oceanside and Springwood Elemen-tary Schools in Parksville and from Ar-rowview and Qualicum Beach Elemen-tary Schools in Qualicum Beach.
Activities that happen in the pro-gram have included a trip to the fire hall, a trip to the police station, build-ing a race track from recycled materi-
als and racing matchbox cars. The boys have also made superhero capes from t-shirts and had a pizza-building party. A healthy snack is also provided in the program, and Tanner said he always enjoys snack time.
Wenda Allan, Child & Family Co-ordinator at SOS, explained that the program is a safe place for boys to con-nect and have fun. She added that SOS facilitators are skilled at working with children, mentoring them and guiding their social development.
There is plenty of room to join Qual-icum Beach Guyz Time, which runs on Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. Girl Talk, a similar program for girls in Grades 4, 5 and 6, takes place during the same time in Qualicum Beach. Both pro-grams also run on Mondays at SOS in Parksville from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pre-reg-istration for these free programs is re-quired. Please call 250-248-2093 ext. 249 to register or for more information. For more on SOS, visit www.sosd69.com.
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Biggesthealth fairin the regionThe fair opens at 10 a.m.each day and admission is free of chargeBrenda GOUGHNEWS Contributor
If you are passionate about health and well-ness be sure to spend some time at the 20th annual Oceanside Family Health and Wellness Fair this weekend.
It is the biggest health fair in the mid island region and is being held at the Parksville Com-munity and Conference Centre (PCCC) on March 28 and 29
Lisa Leger of Parksville Pharmasave who has worked tirelessly to bring the event to the com-munity said there will be lots of great seminars, exhibits, demonstrations and product sam-pling and it is free to attend.
This is the 20th annual. It is an important fair for the community because it allows peo-ple to find out about the services we have in this area. People get information but also get to have some fun, she said.
Every year the fair is stocked with exhibitors, doctors and health professionals from across B.C. and Canada to share what they know about living well.
The public is invited to browse through the exhibitor booths to taste, sample and learn about new health products.
Leger said you can also find out more about health issues that matter to you from health professionals in a number of break-out ses-sions.
We have so many really good presenters. We need two days to fit them in. Gary Anaka was really popular last year. He will talk about how to avoid getting into trouble with demen-tia.
Leger is also fired up about their Talk to the Doc presentations which she said provides a great opportunity for people who have frustra-tions with the Oceanside Health Centre.
Doctors explain from their perspective what is going on in the health system. They an-swer questions and sometimes it clears the air when people have beefs.
A number of vehicles sold at last years inaugural eventaUren [email protected]
The Mid Island Hot Rod Association (MIHRA) is revving up for their second annual Classic Car Event at Arbutus Meadows in Nanoose Bay on July 5.
On the first outing last year they at-tracted around 150 classics and had a good enough response this year that they decided to cap it at 250 vehicles to allow
for comfortable viewing.This is a bit different than a regular
show and shine, this is a real classic car event, said MIHRA director Art Fee.
He said they moved the date up a couple months to their preferred date, explaining they ended up in late August last year because it was the first one and they had to take the available weekend, despite conflicting with other car events in the region.
Classic cars are those from 1989 and earlier and last year included notable
entries from the 1920s right up to the late 80s, from Europe, North America and makes like the now defunct AMC (Amer-ican Motor Cars).
While the inaugural event last year in-cluded a family day to help bring people out, Fee said this year they are focusing on four main features for car enthusiasts; the car show, a car corral, swap meet and car and food related vendors.
Fee said a number of vehicles sold at the corral last year so they will feature it bigger this year including posting vehi-
cles on their website in advance.There will be food vendors and car
fun of all sorts for enthusiasts and casual spectators, including face painting and balloons for the kids, with trophies ga-lore and great prizes for spectators, Fee said.
Participants can set up Saturday and the main event runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sat-urday, July 5. Again this year all proceeds will go to local community services.
For more information, including easy registration visit http://mihra.ca/.
JULY 5 AT ARBUTUS MEADOWS IN NANOOSE BAY
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The second phase, Brooks-Wilson said, will be simplified as the subject pool stretches across the country.
For those who are eligible we mail out a consent form and questionnaire, super seniors will be asked to fill it out as best they can or call us for help, she said. Then well send them a kit and ask them to spit in a tube for a saliva test which is used to isolate their DNA, well also ask for a medical release form so we can ask their family doctor for health information.
Brooks-Wilson confirmed the study is completely confidential.
The questionnaire will look at some of the diseases the study doesnt ex-clude against, as well as the lifespan of participants parents and siblings.
Its interesting that the parents of super seniors (in the first phase of the study) tended to live on average 14 years longer than people lived at
the time, thats huge for someone born in the 1900s, she said.
The study doesnt have a formal end date and Brooks-Wilson said its some-thing that will likely continue as long as new questions can be answered.
We have specific goals for specif-ic times, she said. Over the next two years we want to find out if there is ev-idence for protective factors in the ge-netics of super seniors.
Brooks-Wilson said researchers acknowledge genetics account for ap-proximately 25 per cent of healthy ag-
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Of note, she said factors they do consider are smoking and drinking, stress, relationship status, children, what age they had children and family history.
Brooks-Wilson said the next phase will build on data compiled from the research currently underway.
To date, more than 300 super se-niors from across the country have signed up for the new phase of the study.
If you meet the requirements and are interested in taking part in the re-search study, please contact 604-675-8151 or e-mail [email protected].
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Betcha I can tell you what your com-puter password is.
Its 12345, right?No? Then its got to be PASS-
WORD.Wrong again?Say, youre wilier than the aver-
age computer user.Seriously.The two most common passwords
in North America, for the second year running, are 12345 and the even less challenging PASS-WORD.
What does this tell us? That people are stupid? I dont think so I think it tells us that people are annoyed and ticked off at the ridiculous computer protocol that compels us to commit strings of meaningless numbers, letters and symbols to memory in order to gain access to stuff on our own ma-chines.
Thats why some people all but ignore the ritual by using the sim-plest passwords they can think of.
(Some disgruntled users are a little more inventive the third, fourth and fifth most pop-ular passwords are LETMEIN, BASEBALL AND QWERTY.)
Of course its not just your laptop or your tablet any-more. You need passwords for an increasing number of everyday gadgets thermostats, car consoles, access to your own front door, not to mention password-protected programs like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
And those passwords need to be increasingly cryptic.Experts advise us they should be at least 15 characters long and include a mix of lower and uppercase letters, numbers and symbols, but no recognizable words.
Got a good one? Great now you need to change it. Every month. Oh yeah and youll need different passwords for everything that needs to be safe from Russian cyberhackers, domestic thieves and, oh yes CSIS.
How many different passwords? Five years ago, according to LastPass, a company that makes password-storage software, most people averaged about 21 passwords.
Today, the number is up to 81.Let me repeat that: the number of passwords used by the aver-age customer is eighty-one.
And heres the kicker:Even the trickiest ones arent worth diddly-squat.
Mat Honan could tell you all about that. A while back hackers digitally eviscerated him in
less than an hour.They burrowed into the guts of his iPhone, iPad and MacBook, stole every file and document he owned and deleted every photo hed ever put on his computer. Naturally they discovered his bank accounts, credit card numbers and other personal data on the way.
Was Honan careless? Not really. His pass-words were all strong, consisting of random numbers, letters and symbols, as recommend-ed.But we dont call them computer viruses for
no reason.Once a hacker has a morsel of
information about you, he can link it to pretty much everything youve ever put on your laptop.
Honan figures all he needs is your name, the city you were born in plus twenty minutes and a $4 in-vestment in a crooked foreign web-site.
And then he will own you lock, stock and PayPal account.
But thats not the direction hes taken. Instead hes written a book called Kill The Password.
Millions of computer users are adopting an even simpler philosophy. We could call it Screw the Password.
They are using intentionally lame passwords like 12345 and LETMEINbecause they accept the fact that hackers are too
cunning and sophisticated to fool and that the entire idea of on-line security is a joke.
These people are trying to pass as small fry in the digital ocean, hoping that the sharks and barracudas will ignore them and go after bigger fish.
Screw the password. This could be the start of something big.Maybe well cut back on stor-ing our intangible valuables sensitive data, personal photos, private thoughts on crum-my unreliable electronic gizmos and go back to keeping them where we used to store them.You know in our heads.
Perhaps well stop exposing our vulnerabili-ties on digital venues where we cant even begin to guess the size or nature of the audience.
Maybe just for a few minutes a day well put aside our iPods and Androids and Black Ber-rys and Macs to take a look at the actual world and the real people around us.
Possibly just possibly well even get a life.
Arthur Black lives on Saltspring Island. His column appears Tuesday in The NEWS.
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I know your password!
Basic BlackBy Arthur Black
Once a hacker has a morsel of information
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youve ever put on your laptop.
Arthur BlAck
Apparently 81 passwords still cant keep your sensitive data, personal photos and private thoughts out of hackers hands
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Organized by the Vancouver Island Mustang Association, the focus is on those classic muscle cars which are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, but the show is open to all vehicles.
Organizer Doug Wong said they had about 90 Mustangs last year, plus we had everything from a 1920 Cadillac to a new Lamborghini.
We attract the latest Boss and Shelby muscle cars from the Pacific Northwest, mainland and all across the Island, he said of what he called one of the major shows of its type on the Island.
There will be a number of stock and modi-fied class trophies and door prizes. Just show up at Joe Cunningham Ford in Parksville Sunday morning, May 31 with the show running 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Uninspiring start
Defer, delay, water it down.
is new Parksville city council, which includes a new mayor and three others who are new to the position, has not been an inspiration in its rst four months.
Perhaps they are nding their way, learning the ropes. If that was the case, one would expect less bluster.
ere were a lot of heated comments in recent weeks about wood stoves from councillors. In the end, the by-law thats before them, one which they have given three readings, is a middle of the road, dont-do-much-of-any-thing piece of legislation.
ere was also much talk about cosmetic pesticides and a wish, by some, to ban them in the city. In the end, council decided to wait to see what the province will do with this le, knowing full well the province is going to take its time and may not even pass any legislation of note related to pesticides in the next two years.
en there are budget deferrals. Almost every group that comes to council asking for nancial support is given thanks and told their request will be deferred to budget discussions. at may be prudent and responsible, but it adds to a pattern that seems to indicate this group of pol-iticians talks a good game, but cant nish.
Its possible many of the things city council wants to do it cannot because its hands are tied by senior govern-ments. Fair enough, but why even bring those things for-ward? Why not concentrate on the things it can control? Have they visited Temple Street lately? ere are a lot of beautiful trees that have been reduced to neat piles of rewood, powerful lights pointing in houses and strange driveway access plans for them to ponder in that seem-ingly-never-ending construction project.
Part of the problem may be a lack of preparation by councillors. Some of them ask questions in meetings that could be easily clari ed with a ve-minute conversation with sta in the weeks between meetings. CAO Fred Manson and his team have proven to be nothing short of thorough and professional and councillors, especially new ones, should lean on that expertise to gather the info needed to make an informed decision.
Many of these councillors have full-time jobs and the councillors position pays relative peanuts. We dont ex-pect councillors to work 40 hours a week on city business for $14,000/year. We do expect them to do some home-work and come prepared to meetings.
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Views in the NewsWe asked: What do you think is the secret to living a long, healthy life?
Love yourself and love those around
you. Sandy SanderSon
French Creek
Positive relationships, an active mind and
active body. Bruce Weicker
Salmon Arm
always looking for the positive in life
and building relationships.
caroL McandreW Salmon Arm
Family, definitely family.
nicoLe FedorakParksville
Get oVer the treeI totally agree with a recent letter to the
editor by Bill Majercsik about the eagle tree in Qualicum Beach.
Why is council even talking about what to do with that tree. Its rotten. Cut it down before someone gets hurt. The birds will find another place to sit.
As for the suggested memorial, its a tree. Look around. I dont see any shortage of them. We dont need a totem pole or a platform, etc.
From other letters, people are starting to sound like thecitizens of Dog River trying to decide between the worlds largest prai-rie dogand the worlds largest hoe.
If you must do something, plant another tree in its place. You could even get an en-graved plaque. Great photo op for the pol-iticians, those that think its important to remember a dead plant will be appeased, and council can go back to the jobs they were elected for: town business.
Chris hayesQualicum Beach
Parliament DecayJohn Hardings recent editorial (Voter
discontent), exactly hit the spot, it crops up in almost every conversation.
But maybe hes a little off-target in sug-gesting that peoples focus is on what a candidate would do for little old Parksville Qualicum Beach, as under present systems that would likely introduce all manner of bought influence.
Surely peoples real concern is with the decay of Parliament its domination for decades now by leaders obsessed by their own self-importance and by the visible compliance of members whose thoughtful dissent is simply no longer allowed.
An unelected, massively expanded Prime Ministers Office, rigid caucus dis-cipline and mammoth complex bills com-plete the control, while the unquestioned private-donation system on all major par-ties conveys a very secretive power to big donors.
Plus, of course, the gradually rising awareness of the total privatization of pub-lic debt, the cost of which is now strato-spheric, distorting the economy while the
root cause is never mentioned in Parlia-ment or the media.
There is a rising resentment as more and more people find the wool being pulled over their eyes. Fundamental issues are simply not being addressed, not from ca-sual carelessness or pressure of work but deliberately and in a sustained fashion be-cause the core politicians in all major par-ties dont want us to know, and start pro-testing.
So they inundate us with lesser policies which dont really matter, keep total silence about those big issues, and hope well turn out and vote for them again. Fat chance.
Evidence of this is all over the Inter-net although the national media is most-ly silent. A complete change is indicated, a peaceful revolt of the peasants and its about time.
russ VindenErrington
health care cutsWait times for joint replacements were
again briefly in our news. What wasnt in the news was the relationship between these wait times and cuts in Canada Health Transfers (CHT) from the federal govern-ment or how this connects to the provinces ability to purchase adequate numbers of ar-tificial joints.
In 2014, I experienced the deterioration of our public health care system. I was pos-itively impressed by the high level of com-petence, efficiency and hard-working staff at the hospital and related services I had to access. I was shocked and scared by how stretched all the workers are and the mis-takes that happened due to this under-staff-ing.
My knee replacement was delayed be-yond the time frame told to me by my sur-geon due to a shortage of joints.I originally thought this was a manufacturing problem. Later I learned it was because insufficient funds were budgeted for the purchase of the prosthetics.
Cuts in federal transfer payments, in-cluding the CHT, were started by the Paul Martin Liberals in the 1990s. In 2004, the governments of the provinces and the fed-eration entered into a Canada Health Ac-
cord (CHA) to establish national health standards and stable funding after these deep cuts.
However, once Stephen Harper had his majority, deep cuts resumed. The most re-cent was a cut of $200.6 million.
The cuts are slated to continue. In Dec. 2011, the Harper Conservatives announced their intention to cut CHT a further $36 bil-lion over 10 years beginning in 2017.
Meantime, on March 31 of 2014, Harper et al let the CHA expire by simply refusing to meet with the premiers. It seems Harper has delivered to his former boss as prime minister what he was unable to do a pres-ident of the National Citizens Coalition the destruction of our very affordable, cost efficient national public health care system.
Is this what you voted for? What will you vote for this time?
yVonne ZarownyQualicum Beach
surVey misuseRecently, the constituents of our local
Conservative MP James Lunney have re-ceived a survey questionnaire in their mail boxes, in which he asks the following ques-tion, do you think that it should be easier for seniors to make ends meet?
Respondents are given the option of answering in the affirmative: yes, theyve worked hard and helped build our country. The other choice is ludicrous: no, seniors dont need any help or recognition.
Constituents are invited to send their completed questionnaires, along with name, contact information and person-al details about themselves to Lunney, no postage required.
This is a softball question that only the most hard-nosed could answer with a no. This is merely a method of locating poten-tial supporters on all of our dimes. Again, the Conservatives are playing fast and loose with the election rules and using govern-ment resources for their own purposes. My question: is this legitimate government re-search or a political misuse of parliamenta-ry resources and privilege?
elaine watsonQualicum Beach
LettersQuotable:
The idea behind studying people who are 85 and free of disease is that we want to look at health rather than just longevity.
angela Brooks-wilson, see story page a1
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letterswell-being
Recent demographic projections for the Oceanside region suggest that the proportion of older people will contin-ue to increase. We are the stewards of the future. As one of those people my-self, I am asking myself: What has your life been about? What is it that is mean-ingful? Where are we going next?
I am disturbed to acknowledge how much of my life has been about con-fused priorities, material things, about being a human doing, not a human be-ing.
We do live in very confusing times. The country in which I live continues to measure well-being by a very limit-ed and short-sighted concept of some-thing called a Gross National Product. But I dont think this measurement of prosperity is meaningful to many of us. Its time to broaden and deepen our thinking.
Lets measure our success as indi-viduals, communities and countries using a measurement that is far better attuned to the realities of true well-be-ing rather than those of consumer af-fluence and national productivity. We need a new vision of balanced living that we can use to plan for and sustain personal, community, and national well-being.
We dont have to reinvent the wheel: a new model of wellbeing is already be-ginning to reshape civic and political thought in many countries. It is a vision of how to live more effectively based on the integration of: 1. psychological well-being, 2. physical health, 3. work-life balance, 4. intellectual awareness and education, 5. cultural diversity and resilience, 6. civic health and transpar-ency, 7. community social vitality, 8. ecological diversity and resilience, and 9. that old cornerstone: standard of liv-ing.
As we look at our personal, com-munity, and national priorities, can
we can ask ourselves: am I successful-ly balancing these critical factors? Can we have truly successful lives? Can we have truly healthy communities, a truly successful country, if we dont balance them?
Lets weave these objectives into all our future community planning work and make balancing them our com-munity vision.
Andrew BrownQualicum Beach
wood nuisanceA recent editorial by John Harding
ended with this statement:All we can see left for councillors is
a ban on future wood stoves and were not sure that is going to help those who believe the current situation is unbear-able.
Councils do have the power to deal with nuisance smoke and odours. Al-though I personally would like to see a complete ban because of the horrid treatment from our neighbours and their EPA-approved stove, I believe passing a strong nuisance bylaw with graduated fines would accomplish a great deal in protecting those of us af-fected.
Bill lewinParksville
cats relocatedA couple of weeks ago, The NEWS
published a story about a colony of cats that CatSpan was trying to move, as the cats homewas in jeopardy and the cats were no longer safe.In fact, loss ofa lo-cation or danger to the cats are the only circumstances in which CatSpan will relocate cats it is our last resort as moving a colony is inherently risky.
Within hours of the article, CatSpan volunteers received a call from a cou-ple who compassionately offered their
property to take not just some, but all the cats.We were over the moon with cautious happiness.This kind offer was just the first step. The next step was CatSpan volunteers meeting with this amazing couple, and visiting the prop-erty where the cats would potential-lylive out the rest of their lives.CatSpan uses strict criteria for the safety of cats, wildlife and a host of other criteria had to be met.Our volunteers eagerly reported to us that the new home was perfect and the wonderful couple not only was willing to share their prop-erty, but wanted to help care for these cats too. CatSpan volunteers have been moved deeply by the community an-swering our call for help, but there is much more to do.
We would like to warmly thank The NEWS for its excellent coverage of the story of our community cats, without whom our message could not have been heard. We would also like to warmly thank all the people from all over Vancouver Island who called and offered their homes, their time, their advice and their support. CatSpan has for years tirelessly kept this colony from growing, spayed and neutered, and fed and cared for these cats to the fullest of our ability. But it is you Oceanside we would like to thank from the bottom of our hearts for your help, and kindness and your support. We also kindly thank all of CatSpans team who tirelessly help these and all the community cats. Lastly but definitely not least, we would like to thank our very special couple, and a kind soul who brought this issue to light.
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