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NAZI. Re: Lester Breslow, Who Linked Healthy
Habits and Long Life, Dies at 97. By Douglas Martin. New York Times,
Apr. 14, 2012. The obituary claims that "As an official of the
California department in the 1940s and '50s, he did some of the early
definitive studies on the harmful effects of smoking." There is no such
thing as an "early definitive study on the harmful effects of smoking,"
because there was no body of research on the role of then-unexplored
infections in the diseases blamed on lifestyle. People of lower social
class are more likely to have been exposed to those infections, so
studies based on lifestyle questionnaires are designed to falsely blame
lifestyles of the less privileged, and favor the lifestyles of the more
privileged. The mere pretense that those studies are "definitive" is
itself proof of dogmatism and of intent to subordinate science to
political ends!
In fact, the design of those studies imitates the design used in the National Socialist Third Reich. The Nazis could hide behind the excuse of ignorance, but today's health fascists CANNOT. Cultists such as Lester Breslow have systematically conspired to use political influence to impose their fanatical beliefs on everyone in the country, and the Surgeon General reports are Exhibit A of their political corruption. Since the 1980s, these have all been concocted by a closed-minded little clique, ring-led by Jonathan M. Samet, who is now the head of the FDA panel on tobacco. Real scientists with evidence on infection, along with any other evidence that contradicts their preordained conclusions, are systematically excluded from the process. Their accomplices in the mass media, of which The New York Times is an example, have systematically deceived the public and concealed their wrongdoing, to violate the rights of the American people and impose their fanaticism at taxpayer expense.The Surgeon General Lies About Cancer
Overweight today was pronounced America's No. 1 nutritional
Dr. Lester Breslow, chief of the California Bureau of Chronic Diseases,
said nutrition specialists should be educating the public on the
dangers of overweight. "They're still talking about vitamins and
.minerals,'' he said. Dr. Earle Beasley, Boston, Mass., another speaker
yesterday before the American College of Osteopathic Internists, said
the increased fat on Americans is one reason for an increase in
hardening of the arteries. 'Unused fat in the diet seems to result in
scaly deposits on the inside of blood vessels - and there you have
hardening of the arteries,' he said." (Avoirdupois No. 1 Threat to
Nation. Oakland Tribune, Mar. 25, 1948.)
In fact, the death rates from heart disease steadily declined
beginning in the late 1960s, while Americans' weight increased. (Fig.
1. In: Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Decline in Deaths from
Heart Disease and Stroke -- United States, 1900-1999. MMWR 1999 Aug
6;48(30):649-656.) And, a $625 million randomized controlled study on
low-fat diet, the Women's
Health Initiative, showed no benefit. (Low-fat dietary
pattern and
risk of cardiovascular disease: the Women's Health Initiative
Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial. BV Howard et al. JAMA
2006 Feb 8;295(6):655-666.)
Philip R. Lee was
Assistant Secretary for
Health under both
Presidents Lyndon Baines Johnson during the Lasker push for Medicaid,
and William Jefferson Clinton during that push for national health
insurance. He attributes his getting this position to "an 'old boy'
network operating. He [Secretary of the Department of Health, Education
and Welfare John W.
whom he met at the Bohemian Grove, that
legendary hotbed of conspiracy] knew my dad when he was a student at
Stanford and thought very highly of my dad and knew subsequently of his
activities when he (John) was president of Carnegie. He knew the work
my dad had done on the President's
Commission on
the Health Needs of
the Nation. That was the Magnassen report. Actually my dad
Breslow basically wrote that report, but that's another story. Howard
Rusk got my dad appointed to that by President Truman." (Philip R. Lee
HCFA oral history, interviewed by Prof. Edward Berkowitz, Nov. 27,
Lester Breslow, chief of the California Bureau of Chronic
supervised the U.S.
Census Bureau survey of about 35,000 persons in 12,000 homes
throughout the state. The project was financed by grants totaling
$207,000 from the U.S. Public Health Service, with $158,000 for the
census taking and $48,000 for processing the information. (State Survey
of 'Hidden' Illness. Bakersfield Californian, Mar. 11, 1954.) Its goals
included to "to find out "how many smoke and how often.
It is understood that the results will be used in connection with
research into lung diseases, particularly lung cancer." The director of
the Bureau of Commerce said the survey was made at the request of the
U.S. Public Health Service. "The questions worked out, by the Health
Service and the Census Bureau are designed to lead to an estimate of
how many Americans smoke, how many are heavy, moderate, or light
smokers, and how long they have been at it." (Survey on smoking set.
UP. New York Times, Feb. 6, 1955.) Congress was asked to appropriate
$1,250,000 for another survey. (U.S. Health Study Made in Bay Area. By
Tom Riley. Oakland Tribune, May 31, 1957.)
"Chief proponent of the resolution was Dr. Lester Breslow, chief, Department of Chronic Disease, California Department of Public Health, who earlier in the meeting gave a paper on 'Occupations and Lung Cancer.'" His crony in the California Department of Public Health, Dr. Malcolm Merrill, was the newly elected president of the APHA. (Hill & Knowlton memo, Oct. 22, 1959)APHA Anti-Smoking Resolution, 1959 / UCSF (pdf, 1 p)
Breslow received the 1960 Albert Lasker Award for "developing
pioneer state disease control program in the fields of alcoholism,
obesity, cancer, air pollution and general morbidity." (Honor State
Group for Research. UPI. Pasadena Star-News, Nov. 4, 1960.)
The National Cancer Institute funded a $3.25 million "cancer
study, concentrating on Alameda and Contra Costa counties. "The program
will include studies on the personal characteristics and environment of
cancer victims; attempts to determine the viral nature of cancer,
continuing efforts of Dr. Edwin Lennette, chief of the state's viral
laboratory; studies of possible cancer-causing chemicals, and similar
investigation of cancer in animals generally associated with humans."
(State Will Launch Cancer Field Study. Oakland Tribune, Aug. 10, 1961.)
"The State of California literally declared war on cigarette
today on the basis of a Department of Public Health report which
labelled the habit 'a severe hazard to health' and recommends its
complete abandonment." It proposed more propaganda of professionals in
the health and educational fields, stricter enforcement of the existing
sales ban on minors, removing vending machines from health facilities,
anti-smoking clinics. Breslow also advocated smoking bans in public
places. (State Drafts Anti-Smoking Plan. Los Angeles Herald Examiner,
July 19, 1963.) George
V. Allen
of the Tobacco Institute offered mere platitudes in reply: "There is
wide dispute among scientists as to the causes of lung cancer and heart
disease. The proposals by Dr. Lester Breslow, who has been opposed to
tobacco for some years, are not justified by current scientific
evidence." (Industry Disputes Breslow. San Francisco News-Call
Bulletin, Jul. 19, 1963.)
Breslow refused to release unpublished data that he had provided for the Surgeon General report, claiming that "At the present time, we do not wish to give our unpublished data any further circulation." (Breslow to George V. Allen, President and Director of the Tobacco Institute, May 12, 1964.)Breslow to Allen, 1964 / UCSF (pdf, 1 p)
John R. Goldsmith, Head of Air Pollution Medical Studies, claims that their data "was regrettably prepared in some haste and I do not have a copy that is suitable for distribution." (Goldsmith to Allen, May 13, 1964.)Goldsmith to Allen, 1964 / UCSF (pdf, 1 p)
"The California chapters of ACS, American Heart Association and National Tuberculosis Association formed an Interagency Council on Smoking and Health in December 1963, more than six months before the National Council was formed. The Department did not wait for the report of the Governor's Committee to initiate action." The report particularly credits the efforts of Dr. Lester Breslow. (A Directory of Some Groups Conducting Campaigns on Smoking. Nov. 2, 1964.)Some Groups Conducting Campaigns on Smoking, 1964 / UCSF (pdf, 23 pp)
Following the California State Board of Health's resolution to persecute smoking in July 1963, Governor Edmund Brown hastened to appoint his Governor's Advisory Committee on Cigarette Smoking and Health. (An investigation of the Lasker Syndicate connections of his campaign contributors would be in order.) Breslow's crony Dr. Malcolm Merrill was the chairman of this committee of handpicked stooges, whose report was presented in November 1964.Report of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Cigarette Smoking and Health, 1964 / UCSF (pdf, 163)
Gov. Brown appointed Breslow director of the State Department
Public Health, replacing his longtime crony, Malcolm H. Merrill, who
resigned to take a post in the federal Department of Health, Education
and Welfare. (Pick New Director of Health. Long Beach Independent
Press-Telegram, Nov. 28, 1965.) Another paper said Merrill resigned to
become chief of health services for the U.S. State Department Office of
Technical Cooperation and Research. (Berkeleyan Named State Health
Boss. Oakland Tribune, Nov. 28, 1965.)
Breslow was a member of the First International Congress on Smoking and Health, apparently first planned for 1964 but eventually held in 1966. Anti-smoking warhorse Alton Ochsner was its president, and other members included Takeshi Hirayama, Ann Landers, Ralph Lazarus (the president of Federated Department Stores), Sens. Frank Moss and Maurine Neuberger, and Rep. Morris K. Udall. The address given, 6830 Laurel Street in Washington, DC, is that of the Seventh Day Adventist's former International Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking," now called Breathe Free.First International Conference on Smoking and Health / UCSF (pdf, 1 p)
Lester Breslow was a member of Work Group 9: Government Action
Legislation, of the World
Conference on Smoking and Health in 1967.
Lester Breslow interviewed by Larry Agran, Dec. 2, 1975; and former NCI Director Kenneth Endicott interviewed by Devra Breslow, May 19, 1976. History of Camcer Control Project, UCLA School of Public Health. Principal Investigator, Lester Breslow, M.D., M.P.H. Funded by the National Cancer Institute, DHEW Pub. No. (NIH) 79-1519. Asked whether any of his colleagues in 1938-39 had "any suspicions... that smoking might not be healthy," Nreslow replied, "Not among any of my colleagues either in the limited medical circles nor in epidemiologic or public health circles." Ernst Wynder visited him in Berkeley in 1947-48. "He came after some introduction, by himself or a telephone call or letter. He didn't just drop in. He came in rather suddenly with an obvious and very strong conviction that cigarette smoking was factor in lung cancer. He got this notion from his association in St. Louis, where he had gone to medical school, with Evarts Graham. Wynder had undertaken a retrospective case control study and he came by to let us know that he was going to be visiting the hospitals in the Bay Area to interview patients and controls in regard to cigarette smoking practices as a part of his studies. We thought he was rash young man and asked whether a member of our staff could accompany him. Our staff member came back with a horrendous story of poor technique, so we decided that we ought to do a proper kind of study." Breslow gives 1955 as the year when "the consensus among those who cared was pretty clear," with "those who cared" not specified.Breslow / A History of Cancer Control in the United States, 1946-1971 / UCSF (pdf, 42 pp)
A History of Scientific and Technical Advances in Cancer Control. Book One. Another Lester Breslow history. Notes that Surgeon General Terry "astutely allowed the Tobacco Institute to veto any proposed nominees to the Advisory Committee. In this way, the Surgeon General managed to bestow upon the Advisory Committee the tobacco industry's implicit endorsement as to its objectivity." However, the Council for Tobacco Research was itself packed with Laskerite true believers in the first place. This is the essence of "manufactured consent." Also notes how the report was released in 1964 "with the utmost fanfare -- a carefully staged press conference to carry the message to the American public." Elsewhere, it wallows in bathos about how anti-smoking epidemiologist Evarts Graham died of lung cancer several years after quitting smoking - but we thought that was supposed to save people! Perhaps he should have investigated the role of infection instead.A History of Scientific and Technical Advances in Cancer Control. Book One / UCSF (pdf, 31 pp)
Breslow was on the Board of Scientific Consultants of Ernst L. Wynder's American Health Foundation, circa 1971. Other Consultants included Takeshi Hirayama (author of secondhand smoke studies in the 1980s), and Fredrick J Stare, a correspondent of Mary Lasker dating from 1959, and also of Florence Mahoney. (AHF Brochure).AHF Brochure, ca. 1971 / UCSF (pdf, 9 pp)
Breslow was a member of the Advisors and Task Force of "Feeling Good," a series of 26 hour-long programs by the Children's Television Workshop, which aired on 250 Public Broadcasting Service TV stations in 1974-75. Joan Ganz Cooney, now a director of Johnson & Johnson, was president of CTW, and Ruby Hearn of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was director of content development. Other Advisors and Task Force Members included Douglass Cater of the Aspen Institute; Jacob Feldman, then at the Harvard School of Public Health (and numerous others affiliated with HSPH); former Assistant Secretary for Health Philip R. Lee; Charles LeMaistre, Chancellor of of the University of Texas System; Bayless Manning, president of the CFR; Robert Manning, editor of the Atlantic Monthly; Gerard Piel, publisher of Scientific American; future Surgeon General Julius Richmond; Steven Schroeder, former head of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, then Medical Director of the George Washington University Health Plan; Victor Weingarten, director of the President's Committee on Health Education; and Ernst Wynder of the American Health Foundation.Feeling Good, circa 1973 / UCSF (pdf, 28 pp)
Despite having declared war on cigarette smoking, Breslow had no compunctions against hitting the tobacco companies up for money for his study, "Cancer Mortality Among Mormons." It was already being funded by the University of California, the National Cancer Institute, and the American Cancer Society. James E. Enstrom was co-author.Breslow CTR Research Grant Application, Dec. 23, 1975 / UCSF (pdf, 8 pp)
Approval of Breslow's study proposal by Henry T. Lynch MD: "Dr. Breslow correctly calls attention to the need to study other confounding variables including alcohol, coffee, tea, diet, drugs, exercise, general health practices and many other environmental aspects which could be of epidemiological importance." In other words, all the usual worthless, Lasker Syndicate-approved phony so-called risk factors which generate spurious odds ratios by confounding with infection. Naturally, he praises it to the sky, because it will do nothing to help the tobacco industry but much to promote health fascism. William Gardner, the Scientific Director of the CTR, approves it as well. RJ Bing expresses suspicion of epidemiology and notes that "he has tremendous grant support already; from NIH alone he has about a million dollars, why he needs our money I do not really know."Lynch's approval, Jan 19, 1976 / UCSF (pdf, 2 pp)
"The connection between diet and health in the United States is under scrutiny as never before both by government and private groups,,, A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Dr. Lester Breslow of the Center for Health Science, University of California School of Public Health, reflects an important trend in the issue. He calls for a 'positive strategy for the nation's health',,, Last month the National Cancer Institute presented Senator George McGovern's Nutrition Subcommittee five 'interim principles' for reducing cancer risk through changes in eating and drinking habits,,," Sen. George McGovern, an old crony of Florence Mahoney, became a Trustee of the AHF between 1984 and 1987, and NCI Director Arthur Upton was later a Trustee of the AHF between 1984 and 1986. (Growing Attention to Diet-Cancer Link Spurs New Look At Nutrition Policy," DECA Memorandum [Division of Environmental and Consumer Affairs of Hill & Knowlton], Nov. 27, 1979).DECA Memorandum, 1979 / UCSF (pdf, 5 pp)
Re House Health and Environment hearings, Nov. 14, 1979: "When Waxman reads the hearing record, he'll be no more certain than before of just where the 'scientific community' thinks research should be headed in the next decade. Biologist Lewis Thomas, president of the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, made an eloquent plea for basic research; physician Lester Breslow, dean of the University of California - Los Angeles School of Public Health, made as eloquent a plea for epidemiologic research. From the orientation of the witness list and the tenor of Waxman's opening remarks, it looks as though epidemiologic research has the edge, at least in the subcommittee's estimation... The remainder of the witnesses at the day's hearings - with the exception of NIH director Donald Fredrickson, who urged that his agency be protected from an advocacy, pro-prevention role - lined up on the side of Lester Breslow and epidemiology." (House Health Hearings. Bioscience 1980 Jan;30(1):12,63.)
In fact, Henry Waxman (D-CA) doesn't want to know what scientists think. His staff stacked the deck the way it did to put on a typical Lasker propaganda show (for which they train their stooges) to deceive the public and "manufacture consent." He is their corrupt lackey, and everything this vermin has ever done is a lie and a fraud. His complete psychopathology is probably the most valuable asset they ever had.Waxman Health Hearings, 1979 / UCSF (pdf, 4 pp)
"In April 1980, a group of scientists met with the American Health Foundation Staff and Dr. Vincent DeVita, the Acting Director of the National Cancer Institute, to define preventive oncology and how preventive oncology could best evolve with the National Cancer Program. An additional participant in the afternoon session of the conference was Dr. Joshua Lederberg, President of the Rockefeller University." Charles LeMaistre and Ernst L. Wynder were chairmen. Other participants included Lester Breslow, Arthur Upton, and John Weisburger. (Editorial: Preventive Oncology and the National Cancer Program. Prev Med 1980 Nov;9(6):823-825.)Preventive Medicine, 1980 / UCSF (pdf, 3 pp)
A so-called "blueprint for action," with Charles LeMaistre of the ACS, later Chair of the "Countdown 2000 Ten Years to a Tobacco-Free America;" Richard Schweiker, US DHHS; Lester Breslow; Robert Beck of IBM to plot workplace anti-smoking; Philip Lee; former SG Jesse Steinfeld; and others.National Conference on Smoking Or Health, 1981 / UCSF (pdf, 4 pp)
Breslow was the Group Leader of Work Group 2, "Use of 'High Risk' Concept in Smoking Control," which also included Kent Peterson of IBM Corporation, Don Powell of the American Health Foundation, and Irwin Tobin of the March of Dimes.Work Group 2, NCSH 1981 / UCSF (pdf, 21 pp)
Breslow assisted in the Office of Technology Assessment project on "Technology Transfer at the National Institutes of Health" in 1982. Other participants included David Baltimore, Sir Richard Doll, Maureen Henderson, Joshua Lederberg, Benno Schmidt, Arthur Upton, and Ernst Wynder.OTA - Technology Transfer / Princeton University
"LESTER BRESLOW, dean emeritus of the UCLA School of Public Health and codirector of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Div. of Cancer Control, will be the new chairman of the Board of Scientific Counselors of NCI's Div. of Resources, Centers & Community Activities. He replaces Stephen Carter, who gave up membership on the Board in anticipation of the heavy demands of his new job with Bristol-Myers." (In Brief. ...Breslow named DRCCA Board Chairman... The Cancer Letter 1982 Aug. 20;8(32).)The Cancer Letter, 1982 / UCSF (pdf, 8 pp)
Other members of the DRCCA Board in 1983 included Jerome J. DeCosse and Ernst Wynder of the American Health Foundation. (DRCCA Board gives concept approval to nutrition clinical trials which could total $52.5 million. The Cancer Letter 1983 Jan. 28;9(4).)The Cancer Letter, 1983 / UCSF (pdf, 8 pp)
"Lester Breslow wrapped up his four year term on the Board of Scientific Counselors of NCI's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, the last two as chairman, with a summary of the Board's activities and some suggestions for the future..." (Breslow says NCI, Centers, States, should collaborate on cancer control. The Cancer Letter 1984 June 1;10(22).)The Cancer Letter, 1984 / UCSF (pdf, 8 pp)
Committee Member Biography: "LESTER BRESLOW, M.D., M.P.H., is Dean Emeritus and Professor, School of Public Health, and Director of Health Services Research, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA. Before coming to UCLA, he was with the California State Department of Public Health from 1946 to 1968. He has served as President of the American Public Health Association, of the International Epidemiological Association, and of the Association of Schools of Public Health. In 1959 Dr. Breslow initiated the Human Population Laboratory in Alameda County, Calif. As a member of the Institute of Medicine, he has served on the Council; as founding Chairman, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; and on several study projects. In 1979 he became the first editor of the Annual Review of Public Health and has continued in that capacity. Dr. Breslow has been a frequent consultant to the National Cancer Institute, National Heart Institute, Centers for Disease Control, other federal health agencies, and the World Health Organization." Other members of the Committee included its chairman, the Lasker- and AHA-awarded Richard D. Remington, who formerly headed the schools of public health at the University of Texas in Houston and at the University of Michigan; and Robert J. Haggerty, a Trustee of Ernst Wynder's American Health Foundation from 1989 to 1991. This tome was the predecessor to Roz Diane Lasker's "Public Health and Medicine."Breslow bio, The Future of Public Health / National Academy Press 1988
Comments on the Day and Round Table Discussion led by Lester Breslow, July 29, 1992.Breslow / IOM Workshop 1992
Breslow received this $50,000 prize in 1995. "Past recipients of the prize include international health leader William Foege, fitness innovator Kenneth H. Cooper and former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop."Healthtrac Foundation Prize
The Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee oversees the programs funded by California's Proposition 99, passed in 1989, which imposed an extortionate tax on smokers to fund their own persecution. The anti-smokers proudly boast of it as "the largest tobacco control program in the world," Lester Breslow was a member of the TEROC board from its beginning until at least 1997. (Holding Government Accountable: Tobacco Policy Making in California, 1995-1997. By Edith J. Balbach, Brion J. Fox, Fred M. Monardi, and Stanton A. Glantz. Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, 1997.)Holding Government Accountable / University of California Scholarship Repository (pdf, 56pp)
Lester Breslow was a member of Roz Lasker's Committee on Medicine and Public Health, which co-authored her 1997 monograph, "Medicine and Public Health: The Power of Collaboration." Other members included Gail L. Warden, a Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation since 1996, and Denis J. Prager.Committee on Medicine and Public Health / New York Academy of Medicine
"Back in the 1960s, while at the state health department, Breslow launched what now are considered landmark studies in Alameda County showing that adopting just seven healthy habits could add years, as well as vitality, to the average life. Among the striking findings of about 7,000 adults: A 45-year-old male who practiced six of the seven habits could expect to live 11 years longer than one who followed fewer than four of them. Breslow had faith [sic] in his hunches about health, which, for the most part, were rooted in scientific research (except the breakfast tip, which he admits was little more than an educated guess). But when the findings came out, showing that even one or two habits made a measurable difference in a person's well-being, even the good doctor did a double take. 'I'd never seen such a systematic, positive, strong finding,' he said, smiling at the thought 30 years later in his UCLA office. 'I thought it was some prank.'" (Dr. Lester Breslow, Mr. Public Health. By Julie Marquis, Staff Writer. Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 1997.
And it's also complete garbage, the result of confounding by infection. When studies such as these are adjusted by even inadequate proxy measures of exposure to infection such as income, the big numbers he's so impressed with disappear. A lifespan difference of 7-8 years between smokers and nonsmokers, for example, shrinks to 4-5 years. If Breslow wants to see strong associations that are real, he should look at the OR of nearly infinity between HPV and cervical cancer, which studies such as his would falsely blame on comepletely noncausal "risk factors" such as smoking. His are LANDFILL studies, not landmark studies, and his worthless tripe has helped make "junk science" a synonym for "public health."
"'I'm still astounded by the extent to which he and his contribution is not known to the medical sector,' said Dr. Roz Lasker of the New York Academy of Medicine, a fellow researcher of Breslow's. 'In public health, everyone knows him -- he's one of the most eminent people... in the country. It would behoove the medical sector to become more aware [of him].'"
Sep. 2, 1998. Also notes that he was California State Director of Public Health from 1965-1968; Dean of UCLA School of Public Health from 1972-1980.Breslow appointment / LA County Public Health Commission press release
Presentations by Lester Breslow, "The New Role of Public Health;" "Facing the New Millenium." Richmond, VA, Oct. 28-30, 1998.Breslow / Richmond, VA 1998
These remarks by Lester Breslow at Washington University are a perspective on this man's vast hyprocrisy, conceit, and limitless capacity for self-exculpation. Pretending to be a righteous critic, he attacks the National Cancer Institute for supposedly "fail[ing] to give adequate attention to the application of knowledge gained by research to the practice for the control of cancer, which was written into the legislation that established the NCI in 1937," with Pap screening for cervical cancer as his supposed example. Breslow seems to be faulting the NCI and pathologists because the entire female population wasn't forcibly marched off for annual screenings.
Then he fancies himself to be shining example of his ideals put into practice: "We investigated an epidemic of respiratory disease in school children in Kassan, MN. We studied that epidemic and couldn't figure out what caused it. But we did obtain blood specimens at the beginning of the disease in many of the patients, and two to three weeks into the disease after they had recovered and developed immunity. We thought that maybe we could identify the virus and then we indicate that these youngsters had been affected by it through the change and the titre of immunity against the virus. But we couldn't ever identify the virus. We put these blood specimens in the refrigerator and saved them for decades." This not an indication of great skill at the identification of microbes, nor of any sense of urgency about doing so. Eventually, another researcher identified this "virus," as he persists in calling it, as Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which is not a virus at all and could be treated with the antibiotics then available, such as tetracyclines.
Breslow loves to point accusing fingers at everybody except himself. But he and the mentality of stupid, incompetent, self-righteous nannyism that he represents has caused the needless suffering and deaths of millions!Breslow remarks at Washington University
"The Symposium's opening speaker, Dr. Lester Breslow, offered a historical perspective on the war on cancer that illustrated how far the war has come. Breslow, a professor in the School of Public Health at UCLA, recalled the creation of the California Cancer Registry in 1947. At that time, he said, organizers avoided the "C" word. 'We didn't call it by that name,' he said. 'We called it the California Tumor Registry, in deference to the fact that cancer still was a scary word, even to physicians.'"
One might think that they would choose to call it a tumor registry in deference to the fact that there are a number of tumors which are not cancers, so as to indicate their inclusion in the registry. And his ilks' glorious success in hitting people over the head with "the 'C' word" consists of turning it into a hate propaganda weapon to rationalize the persecution and plunder of the people these goons are pretending to help, to masturbate their egos while they line their pockets. Plus some more of his trademark whining about other peoples' supposed faults.Breslow / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 1999
Breslow is a founding director. Its primary funding source is the California Wellness Foundation, along with unspecified foundations, non-profit organizations and private clients.About CCHI
The California Wellness Foundation gave Breslow its "Public Health Leadership Award, Mar. 18, 1999. "TCWF Honors Public Health Leader Lester Breslow," 1999 Summer."Public Health Leadership Award" / TCWF 1999
Preventive Medicine is the publication of Ernst Wynder's (anti-smoker, pro-health fascist) American Health Foundation.Editorial Board / Preventive Medicine 2001
Breslow and and a whole crowd of health fascist political operators attended this conference, notably including President Bush's personal physician and apparent nominee for the post of Surgeon General, Kenneth Cooper. Keynote speakers were David Satcher, Cooper, and Dean Ornish; Ralph Nader was invited as well. Other speakers included Matthew Myers of Tobacco-Free Kids; Mary Woolley of the Lasker lobbying organ Research!America; Steven N. Blair of the Cooper Institute; Michael P. Erickson, director of the Office on Smoking and Health at the CDC; Lawrence W. Green, also of OSH; William R. Harlan, Associate Director for Disease Prevention, Office of Disease Prevention, NIH; Rep. Bernard Sanders; Randolph F. Wykoff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS; Reed Tuckson representing the AMA; and other big wheels of health fascism. (link died http://www.healthpromotionconference.org/2001conf/program/emerging_issues.htm.)
UCLA School of Public Health: Breslow was founding editor, Annual Review of Public Health; has received Lasker [1960], Dana, Healthtrac, and Lienhard Awards.Breslow bio / UCLA School of Public Health
UCLA Medical School: Claims that "His research was among the first to illustrate that cigarette smoking caused cancer and following simple lifestyle habits could significantly extend life... As Chief of the Bureau of Chronic Diseases of the California Department of Health Services from 1946 to 1960, Dr. Breslow launched several of the earliest definitive [sic] studies of tobacco's adverse health effects... Dr. Breslow also helped to identify the important influence of behavior on disability and premature death, particularly through studies relying on the Alameda County Human Population Laboratory, which he established in 1959."Breslow bio / UCLA Medical School
Breslow was a co-author of two studies in 2007 with the workplace health fascist, Ron Z. Goetzel, one of which also included J. Michael McGinnis, of the sacred lie of health fascism that lifestyle is the largest cause of premature death.Search: Breslow L / PubMed
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I mentioned last week that I took a little trip to Berlin last week with my friend Lori for a two and a half day visit of basically eating lots of good food! We stayed at the Linnen Hotel with i-escape and I wanted to share a few pictures with you guys because it really is stunning.
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Linnen is keen on promoting being environmentally friendly. The building uses a wood pellet heating technology and Dr Bronner's Magic Soaps which are organic and fair-trade. There are no TV's in the building which makes for a nice change, we don't actually have one at home so I didn't notice at first but it makes the space seem calmer just for not having any there.
Linnen promotes local artists and designers to create their space and try to use vintage furniture when possible. This as well as their eco friendly energy methods has earn them a Silver in the Green Leaders awards. Lori and I actually stayed in 'room 3' which you can book for the equivalent of about £62 pounds a night. There aren't any twin rooms in the hotel but a camp bed was set up on request which we actually didn't need considered the bed was large enough for about 5 people! So if you are a small family of three a room like this would be perfect with a camp bed or if you'd prefer you're own rooms then Linnen also have apartments which are located near by and look just as beautiful.
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Arlan Moore: Solutions needed for climate change
Diane Mitsch Bush is a supporter of finding solutions to the climate change issues we are facing in this day and age. Nearly one out of fove voters in Moffat County voted for her in the Nov. 6 election.
She lost the race to be our representative to Congress to our current representative, Scott Tipton, who, in 2015, voted for a resolution that "Nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on October 23, 2015, that requires states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units (EGUs)."
Rep. Tipton won with a little under 52 percent of the vote in his congressional district. He is now, again, our representative in the U.S. House of Representatives — our man at the table.
I would imagine that some of the people who voted for him are aware of the changes that are happening to our climate.
The change in our global temperature and the related changes to our climate are now recognized by our government in the newly released Fourth National Climate Assessment as a condition that is contributed to by our human activities.
I'm certain that most of the people who voted for Diane Mitsch Bush are aware of the climate issues we are facing and would like to see efforts being made by our government to find solutions to this problem.
I would believe it is safe to say a large portion of the population of our congressional district is concerned about seeing these efforts being made — in Washington D.C., where it really, truly matters.
Our representative there needs to understand that actions must be taken, and he is one of many who must be taking them. After all, it's his job, and we are his employer for the next two years.
Our representative needs to hear the voices of the thousands of intelligent, globally conscious, and socially responsible people in his district who are aware of the looming crisis that is right before our eyes.
Rep. Tipton's offices may be reached via his website contact page, tipton.house.gov/contact/offices.
We need to let him know how we feel about our world and the climate conditions we all live in, as well as how we feel about the legacy we will be leaving to generations to come.
The longer our collective head remains buried in the sand, the warmer our collective hind-parts are becoming.
Arlan Moore


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ADRIAN, Mich. – The men's hockey team increased the nation's longest winning streak in Division III hockey to 15 games by blanking Finlandia University (7-17, 7-13), 2-0, Saturday afternoon at the Arrington Ice Arena.
The Bulldogs (21-1-3, 17-0-3) complete the conference regular season undefeated for the third time in team history.
The teams played to a stalemate until late in the third period when Adrian scored a pair of goals in about a 30-second span.
Lukas Ciotti scored in the final minute of play to break the deadlock and Zach Graham added an empty-netter for insurance to ensure Adrian as the only undefeated team in conference play for the 2012-13 season.
The team will await the winners of next week's Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association's first-round of playoffs before taking part in the Harris Cup Four the following weekend at Arrington Ice Arena.
Adrian goaltender James Hamby is one of two undefeated netminders and leads the nation in winning percentage. Hamby recorded his first shutout of the season and kept the Bulldogs in the game as the Lions outshot Adrian through the first two periods. In all, Hamby made 27 saves.
The Bulldogs dominated the third and almost took the lead twice before Ciotti's last-minute heroics.
While outshooting the Lions, 18-6, in the third period, Shaquille Merasty and Kevin Balas both rang shots of the post and the Bulldogs would finish the game with 38 shots.
Honoring the seniors before the game, three of the four would factor in the scoresheet. Graham would have a goal, while Andrew Dovey and Shawn Courtney would each add an assist.
Duston Hebebrand and Josh Ranalli would also add assists.
Defensively, Chris Leone would lead the team with six shots and Kyle Gallinger would play his last regular season game as a senior.
The MCHA's Harris Cup Four will begin Friday March 1st, at 5 p.m., with the Bulldogs hosting the lowest remaining seed from next week's play-ins. the championship game will be played the following day, Saturday, March 2nd, at 4 p.m.


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D. Writing
I. Writing Bibliography and References
A bibliography is a compilation of or a list of information of the works of a specific author or publisher. It could also be a list of writings relating to a given subject:e.g. a Bibliography of Latin American History. It is also a list of writings used or considered by an author in preparing a particular work.
The reader must be able to trace the works you have used. Therefore you should add a bibliography in which you provide as much information as possible about the books or articles. The books and articles must be presented in alphabetical order. The items marked * must always be mentioned.
1. Books
*Name of author (if more than 3, give the 1st + "et al.")
*Title of book (italics or underlined)
Name of editor or translator, if any
Number of edition, if other than the first
*Place of publication (if no place is given, write "n.p.")
*Name of publisher (if no publisher is given, write "n.p.")
*Date of publication (if no date is given, write "n.d.")
Cannon, T., The World of Business, Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1989.
Wit, T., et al., A Study on Recession, edited by W. Roos, translated
by F. Baker, 2nd ed., London: Blackpool Press, 1998.
2. Articles
*Name of author (if unknown, start with the title)
*Title of article (in quotation marks)
*Name of magazine (italics or underlined)
*Volume number (if the magazine is issued weekly or monthly)
*Date of issue
Simeonova, V., "The Bulgarian Solution?", Time 152, 28
September 1998.
Bush, R., "Agriculture in Jeopardy", The Middle East 211, May
"Getting General Motors Going Again", The Economist 323, 2
May 1992.
The bibliographic entry for the example given will look like this:
Stewart, D. M. Bluff your way in publishing. Horsham: Ravette,
Task:Write a 300 word essay on "Blood Circulation" and make
a bibliography of 5 books you read or referred to as shown
in the example above.
II. Interpreting non-verbal data
In everyday life very often you will be confronted with information that is not written or is different from the conventional way of representing information, i.e. in writing or in speech. This
kind of information in the form of graphs, charts, maps, tables and even photographs is called non-verbal data. It is necessary to be able to interpret this kind of data and it calls for a different kind of orientation.
Task 1: Given below are a few examples of non-verbal data. Go
through the different diagrams and answer the questions
that follow.
The pie chart below is a diagrammatic representation of a study conducted to find out the opinion of children, both boys and girls, on censorship and its effectiveness.
The question asked was: Does censorship protect kids from
material that is inappropriate for them?
The total number of boys who took part in the survey was:1,931
The total number of ……. who took part in the survey was:1,716
The percentage of boys who agreed that censorship protects them
was: 35%
The percentage of girls who disagreed were: ………….
The percentage of …….. who agreed were: …………
The percentage of ………… who ………… were: 65%
The boys sample had ……….. more respondents than the girls.
Looking at the percentages what do you think is the final
outcome of the survey?
Task 2: Study the following graph and interpret the data
represented. Then write a short descriptive passage
stating all the relevant information.
Task 3: Study the graph below and write 6 statements on the
information represented.
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All our baths have our single surface design for superior hygiene, ease of installation and to spread the load as efficiently as possible.
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- One-piece single-surface construction for strength makes for a stronger pool that does not need an expensive metal sub-structure. The weight of the bath, water and woman are usually only supported by the feet of the bath. With our baths, the sides are structural and the loading is carried and dispersed by the sides and the feet.
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The lake, the loons, the lazy hazy days. Nothing conjures up memories of summer bliss like the cottage. So it's not hard to see how trying to find a fair way to hand down the keys to this cherished asset could trigger a nasty family feud.
Many parents want to pass the family cottage down to their kids and grandkids. Increased demand and dwindling supply have led to massive leaps in recreational property prices, making it less likely the kids will ever be able to afford one of their own.
The trick, says Peter Lillico, a lawyer in Peterborough, Ont. who specializes in cottage succession planning, is figuring out how to do it without bankrupting the kids. Experts agree that the most important financial issue is how to minimize the tax hit.
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In Canada, any change in cottage ownership - either after the parents' death or during their lifetime - will be seen as a transfer at fair market value and trigger a capital gains tax. The final tax bill can often run into tens of thousands of dollars and unintentionally force the kids to sell the cottage.
Mr. Lillico need to come up with a plan in order to leave behind a legacy of love, and not one of financial and emotional frustration.
"This can work but the chances of that quadruple if the parents actually have a plan other than just dying and leaving it in their will to be split equally among the three kids, whom they assume will get along," he said. "The cottage is not like other assets because it has so much emotional significance."
Peter Lillico's six steps to ensure a seamless cottage succession:
One way to minimize the capital gains tax bill is to designate the cottage as your principal residence, as opposed to the house. If the cottage is the principal residence, the sale of it will be free of capital gains tax. Another strategy is to transfer ownership in stages over a period of five or 10 years, so that the taxes owed in each year will be lower.
Since the capital gains tax liability increases with each passing year, there is motivation to transfer during the parents' lifetime at a lower cost.
However, if parents decide they can't afford it and wait to transfer ownership until after they die, they could opt to use the proceeds from the sale of their primary residence to cover the capital gains tax. Sometimes parents decide to establish a trust - a situation where money is invested and administered by the executor to be used solely for cottage purposes.
Scotia McLeod wealth adviser Andrew Pyle said many of his clients choose to take out a life insurance policy that will kick in when they die and cover the projected onerous tax bill. Sometimes the kids share in the financial burden by paying the insurance premiums for their parents.
He expects will become more and more vital in the coming decade.
"Cottages that were bought for a song 30 years ago are now being passing down generations as valuable properties. Given the Canadian demographics, this will only become a bigger issue," Mr. Pyle said.
Sheila Crummey, a lawyer in the trusts, estates and succession planning group at McMillan LLP in Toronto, says a common mistake she sees is parents drawing up wills that don't include provisions of what should happen in the event their child dies before they do. "So the cottage goes to one sibling, and the children of the deceased sibling end up losing out."
In the majority of cases, she says co-owning a recreational property with siblings or other family members simply does not work. "I often discourage clients from sharing things like a cottage," Ms. Crummey said.
Mr. Lillico said that although parents might want to will the cottage equally to all three of their children, they need to step back and take a realistic view of which kids are in a position to use the cottage, or even want to. If one child lives in another country or is not financially able to contribute to their share of the annual bills, they could consider leaving that child off the cottage deed and compensating them in another way. They could, for instance, give them a cash sum from the sale of their house.
"When parents have the blinkers of love on, they want the kids to inherit the cottage equally," he said. "The reality is that for some kids a cottage will be a financial burden. That could lead to feelings of resentment, guilt and strife."
Finally, if there is any chance that the remaining siblings are going to be able to successfully share the property, the family will need a cottage agreement, Mr. Lillico said. A cottage co-ownership agreement is a basically a legal document that covers things like: Who will open and close the cottage? How will the bills be paid? Who get to use the cottage and when?
Once those issues are ironed out and everyone is on board, there is a chance that the cherished cottage will stay in the family for more than the six months it takes to list and sell it after the parents die.
"Everybody has the same issue and dynamics, and the difference between success and failure often is how creative your advisers are," Mr. Lillico said.
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Disaster SNAP Benefits in Florida
Florida's Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) is a very specific part of SNAP that initiates only under certain circumstances. DSNAP goes by the name Food for Florida in the state and provides assistance for any victims of natural disasters in Florida, primarily hurricanes. DSNAP benefits are only available when activated during a presidentially-declared emergency. Affected applicants often wonder, "What are the eligibility requirements for DSNAP when the food assistance program becomes available?" Once a disaster SNAP benefits activate, Florida petitioners can apply for food assistance. Residents in afflicted areas must know when and how to apply for DSNAP in Florida to receive an EBT card like the normal SNAP benefits. For more information regarding how Florida's Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) works, review the comprehensive topics below:
- When does Food for Florida begin?
- How to apply for DSNAP in Florida
- Services provided by Florida DSNAP benefits
When does Food for Florida begin?
Applicants interested in how to apply for DSNAP must understand that this program is not available at all times like the standard SNAP. Disaster SNAP benefits only become available once the U.S. president activates the program. Specifically, applicants can only apply for DSNAP benefits when the presidential declaration allows for individual assistance. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) must approve the program. Activation of DSNAP benefits cannot occur earlier than one week after the disaster. The authorities will conduct a preliminary damage assessment to estimate the number of Florida residents affected by disaster who need food assistance. Food for Florida must also verify that there are enough operating authorized grocery stores and retailers in the disaster area to handle the EBT purchases from DSNAP beneficiaries.
Overall, the process of how to apply for DSNAP can be very chaotic, since officials try to process as many requests as possible in emergencies. Applicants may be able to submit only a partial disaster SNAP benefits application if they are waiting to receive specific numbers regarding damage or if they cannot get to their homes to assess the damage in the first place. The sooner the applicant submits all their information in, the better. To learn the answer to, "What are the eligibility requirements for DSNAP during the time between the disaster and activation," residents can download our free guide here.
How to Apply for DSNAP in Florida
Once Food for Florida activates, applicants can submit a request for food assistance. The process of how to apply for DSNAP is available in person at the nearest SNAP office. Petitioners in need of DSNAP benefits can pre-register online to shorten the in-person wait time.
The application for disaster SNAP benefits is very similar to the normal SNAP application process, and has household, income and assets requirements. Applicants must either live or own a business in the disaster area and experienced damage, disaster-related expenses or loss of income. The reason disaster SNAP benefits are available for workers in an area is because many businesses shut down for long periods of time after a disaster, which ultimately means those employees do not have a source of income and thus have a much harder time buying groceries on their own. Workers qualify for unemployment if the disaster made them unemployed. Click here for our comprehensive guide on financial assistance for Florida residents and find out about eligibility requirements for SNAP benefits.
Like with normal SNAP benefits, there are also income requirements for emergency benefits. However, DSNAP benefits have a few additional income categories to consider such as the costs of property damage, personal injury from the disaster, evacuation or temporary shelter costs and income loss from not being able to attend work. In addition, applicants must still submit information regarding their work finances for disaster SNAP benefits, as well as any personal assets they have such as cash and funds in bank accounts. Applicants subtract the disaster costs from their total income, which determines whether they are eligible for DSNAP benefits in Florida.
Services Provided by Florida DSNAP Benefits
Florida's Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) provides food assistance to residents affected by a disaster. Disaster SNAP benefits for residents not enrolled in regular SNAP include receiving an EBT card to purchase food at select locations. Normally, officials disperse DSNAP benefits over the course of the month, but in the case of severe emergencies, participants may receive their benefits all at once.
Currently enrolled SNAP beneficiaries can receive replacement benefits that restore any food that was lost in the disaster. To receive replacement DSNAP benefits, participants must make a report within 10 days and furnish evidence of damage to household. Food for Florida handles these situations on a case by case basis. How long participants are able to receive disaster SNAP benefits depends on how much damage they suffered during the disaster, as well as how much income they normally earn from work.
What Assistance Benefits Does the Department of Children and Families Provide?
Various assistance benefits are available to residents of Florida through the Department of Children and Families (DCF). Families can receive benefits that allow them to buy nutritious groceries, save money on school lunch for their children and obtain temporary financial assistance. Additionally, petitioners who qualify for one assistance program are also typically eligible for other benefits in Florida. Find out how to qualify for benefits through Florida's DCF and how to apply for them by downloading our comprehensive guide.
Who Can Receive Assistance Benefits in Florida?
Each assistance program offered through Florida's Department of Children and Families has various eligibility qualifications that petitioners must meet in order to enroll. Household size and income are only a few factors that are typically taken into account. For more details on eligibility for Florida DCF assistance programs, download our guide.


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The CCG is also urging people to keep a check on relatives, friends and neighbours to ensure they have everything they need to keep themselves healthy and happy over the festive season. Older people are particularly at risk during the colder weather. During 2015-16, people in the 65-84 year age group accounted for over six million hospital admissions, according to NHS data.
Dr Adrian McLachlan of NHS Lambeth CCG said: "The final weeks of the calendar year can see the longest waiting times for A&E even though for two in every five people, the wait is unnecessary, as they will not need any treatment.
"We want people to enjoy themselves this Christmas and New Year, and with a little bit of health planning, there is no reason why that should not be the case. There is plenty of information and resources available to help people take care of themselves and to stay well this winter."


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When I started this blog back in July, we were just on the point of noticing a pattern -- that Joy's seizures got worse when we had long days of car travel. But then came this current string of seizure-free (81 days right now, touch/knock wood!) When we went to the northwoods in October, Joy travelled like a pro, and we had the same experience this holiday.
First leg of the trip took us to Thanksgiving Dinner at the home of AuntieS, where we contributed the pies:
Next leg was to the home of my grandmother, Great-Grandma to Joy & Rose. At 99, she still hosts us overnight in her apartment and cooks for us and is so very interested to see the girls and hear about all the details of what's going on with us!
Joy was very comfortable at Great-Grandma's this visit. Everything about it was easier. For example, Great-Grandma noticed that Joy didn't cry AT ALL the entire visit. (No seizures means no seizure-fusses!) She initiated happy jumping-games with random adults, including an in-law relative whom she only met once before. She did almost no grabbing for forbidden stuff, and she did a lot of self-entertaining.
The last two points (grabbing & self-entertaining) combined into an interesting accident at one point during the visit!
Great-Grandma has a fun box of old, old toy building blocks. She has also tossed into that box a bunch of little clear plastic discs that come with the packaging for hearing-aid batteries. An example is on the left in the photo below:
Joy took a shine to the little plastic disks, especially once she discovered that they made a fun little clattery noise on the kitchen floor if she threw one down. She spent long stretches of time carrying little disks over to the kitchen and tossing, retrieving, tossing, retrieving.
Then during one of these games, when our guard was down, she looked up on the kitchen table and noticed a different kind of disk. Similar, yet larger and sparklier, like the disk on the right. It was a cut-glass coaster. And what a lovely crash and a shatter it made when she snagged it to use in her tossing game! As we galloped into the kitchen to remove her from the shards, she was trying to retrieve one of the larger pieces to make it happen again...
What a neat bit of generalization! So near, and yet so far. And she was so pleased with the results of the new toy, we had to work to keep her out of the kitchen after that point, as she obviously had it in her mind to reproduce all the fun that happened when she used the big sparkly tossing-disk.
Disk-shattering aside, though, in general it was a superb holiday!
Speaking of superb -- I got a most excellent blog-award last night, from Barbara at TherExtras. She has selected me for The Baddest Mommy-Blogger Award (remember, bad is the new good!)
Here's what she had to say:
JoyMama is bad-to-the-bone. She was bad before she became a Mama - as evidenced by her willingness to EAT FIRE. And be photographed doing so. And post photos on her blog. After I asked for proof. Clearly, God prepared her for rare and wonderful parenting.
I'd be blushing, but when you're b-b-b-b-BAD to the bone, ain't nobody can make your face turn red.
Oh, and if you needed more proof that I'm a bad-mama rule-breaker -- as admitted previously, I generally don't really "do" tagging/awards. So I'm not passing it on, even though I know plenty of baaaad mommy bloggers. I'm sure the award will make its way around in due time!


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Last week, we posted a tease of Darren Criss and Matt Bomer's emotional cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" from next week's all-new Glee. Now, to get over the fact that there's no new Glee tonight, we have the full performance, and Gleeks are just gonna go nuts. To give you all some context, Criss' Blaine and Bomer's Cooper are brothers who don't exactly get along wonderfully. Cooper is particularly hard on Blaine, so what better way to work out your issues on Glee than through a song! Watch below…
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First of all Happy New Year to everyone! We had a quiet New Year's Eve here on the farm. For us, the new year is always a nice time to reflect on the year, not only personally but on the farm as well.
2010 was an amazing year! We raised more meat chickens, more turkeys, and more beef cattle than we ever have in the past and we still ran out of meat! The demand for local, sustainable meat and eggs is truly a testament to the strength of the food movement and we are so happy to be part of it!
Now onto the fun...
We have young laying hens that have been laying for about three months now. We decided to keep our old layers since the demand for farm fresh eggs is also steady. Because of all of the new chickens we have an abundance of small and medium size eggs and I have been having so much fun trying out recipes that use LOTS of eggs.
Last night I made a fritatta with 8 eggs, raw cream from Flying Cloud Dairy (amazing milk from grass-fed cows), sausage from our pastured pigs, kale from our garden, garlic from my sister-in-law's garden, and mushrooms foraged by a friend last year that I pulled out of the freezer. The fritatta was so yummy and a great use of all of those eggs! Kale is one of those veggies that is packed with nutrients but only tastes really good (to the boys of the house) if it is well sauteed in garlic and oil and hidden inside the meal.
Chris and the kids LOVED the fritatta and scarfed it down leaving none for the next day! This was a great dinner but could also be a great breakfast, lunch or yummy weekend brunch.
Here's the recipe:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil (or your prefered oil) in an oven-proof skillet. Sautee mushrooms, kale and garlic for about 5 minutes until soft. Crack and beat 8 eggs into a bowl and beat in 1/2 cup of cream and a pinch of salt (we use Himalayan Crystal Salt...yum!). Pour egg mixture over the sauteed greens, mushrooms and garlic and stir. Let sit and cook for about 5-7 minutes and then transfer to the oven for another 8-10 minutes or until firm. Slide onto a plate, cut, serve and enjoy!
Oh! But I LOVE the taste of Kale! Ok, perhaps sauteed/steamed with a little water and a drizzle of sesame seed oil. It can also be snuck into a toddler's smoothie quite effectively:)
As for the eggs...they are DELICIOUS! I just used 5 of them to make pound cake during the last snow storm. Gotta love those old Betty Crocker recipes!


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ERC is an application to help employers calculate the true cost of a new hire or their current employees. ERC is only available for iOS devices.
Tap, enter an amount, tap again, and your cost is instantly calculated, quick and simple. Of course, you'll need to fine tune your business tax rates in the setup section but it's really easy.
… Setup is easy.
New or established employer, use either the default SUI tax rate or use your business' state assigned SUI tax rate and you're done.
Are you an employer that employs out-of-state new hires? New in version 2, ERC calculates your payroll tax obligation no matter what state you're in. All 50 states are available to you*.
* District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are included.
ERC looks great!
New version 2 is better than ever.
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Knowing your payroll obligation is critical when hiring, and having the most up-to-date tax rates makes the decision to hire easier.
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PALM SPRINGS SUPPING: California Restaurant Month is a few months gone, but that doesn't meant that particular communities aren't still setting up their own deal-filled weeks. The Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week is just ahead -- the 2011 dates are Friday, June 3 through Sunday, June 12 -- and some 100 places around the Coachella Valley will be prix-fixe-ing it up, as well as offering other nice discounts.
SUMMER SPECIALS: It's true that early June isn't *officially* summertime, but we'll call it highly summery 'round those parts. Which means that you should be picturing yourself in desert resort wear -- maybe a halter dress, maybe seersucker shorts -- while eating under misters along Palm Canyon or another iconic thoroughfare. Because summer in Palm Springs? Yeah, we do love it so. We also love the deals Restaurant Week is bringing; the prix fixe menus will either be priced at $24 or $36. So you'll have money to buy yourself a really big sun hat. Which is practically mandatory come June.


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The Blue Room
I used to be someone that would usually go for the whiter side of the decor spectrum, so this room was quite a jump into the unknown for me! However I was determined that it needed to be blue, as the room parallel was going to be a lighter colour and we needed some contrast in the house. We started this mission with endless patch tests. I think we must have tried at least 12 various blues from many a brand and finally settled on Stifkey blue by Farrow and Ball. This has ended up being one of my favourite rooms in the house, despite being a cool shade, it is extremely cosy and warm and is now very much the go to room to relax, read, watch TV and hang out in. I love the contrast of the white and wood against it and metallic colours also look gorgeous. Since painting this room I have ventured to paint further areas in the house in bolder colours, so our house is now a mix of darker and lighter shades.
As well as painting this room blue, we had new hard wood flooring put down as the below was laminate and the radiators were also moved and replaced with a more in keeping style
10/23/2017 02:10:40 pm
Leoma I am INSANELY jealous, this room looks amazing!!! I'm too scared to go the dark route in a bigger room but looking at your space it's fairly similar to ours with a bay window and lots of light so maybe it would work! Also I really want your new radiators :) Thank you for linking up to #HomeEtc X
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Québec Health Booklet is an online service that enables you to access your health information and certain services to help you take charge of your health.
Free, easy to use, reliable and secure, Québec Health Booklet keeps your health information in a single place.
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- See your list of medications you get from the pharmacy
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- Register with the Québec Family Doctor Finder (GAMF) and change your information if necessary
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JPM AM overweights India first time in 12 months
JP Morgan Asset Management has moved overweight Indian equities for the first time in at least a year attracted by attractive valuations and the secular growth story.
JP Morgan Asset Management has moved overweight Indian equities for the first time in at least a year attracted by attractive valuations and the secular growth story.
The manager has made the changes to its regional equity portfolios reflecting its positive view on the subcontinent.
"Over the past 18 months earnings forecasts in India have been cut more decisively than either for the broader Asian or global emerging markets. As a regional manager, we see that Indian earnings projections have turned more realistic and are much closer to the bottom versus their Asian/EM peers," it said.
"True, India has been the worst performing Asian market year-to-date…In our view, the Indian stock market has already priced in many of the negative factors."
Factors which could improve investor sentiment towards India include the country's strong domestically-driven economy which may provide greater insulation from any global slowdown compared to Asia's export-led economies.
At over 9%, inflation remains a key issue for India, but JPMAM believes moderating commodity prices and a proactive tightening stance by the Reserve Bank of India could lead to some easing.
In terms of market sectors, the asset manager is exposed to India domestic consumption story.
"We continue to be structurally positive on Indian consumer spending. In particular, we are impressed by the resilience of the rural economy where income growth remains robust despite the uncertain global/external environment. Additionally, we favour telcos as their competitive landscape has improved," it said.
In contrast, it maintains an underweight position to infrastructure-related stocks, which have among the worst performers as government corruption scandals impact order books.
This article first appeared on Professional Adviser Hong Kong.


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Battery Powered Blind and Drape Solutions by Somfy
RETROFIT YOUR HOME: With the hot summer season now in full swing, Somfy battery powered motorized blind and drape systems are proving to be a big hit with our customers.
TechWorX can now offer solutions for new and existing homes or commercial buildings without the need for new and existing homes or commercial buildings without the need for additional wiring.
These include private villas, condomoniums, hotels, retail outlets, offices and restaurants.
STAY COOL, SAVE ENERGY: With Somfy battery powered motors it is just as easy to install on retrofits as on new constructions. Windows are one of the greatest sources of cooling loss in homes in Thailand. Draperies and blinds can reduce greatly any energy transmission through the windows.
Many automated shades can be programmed to open or close at a preset time. For example, you can automatically close the blinds on west-facing windows during the hottest part of the day.
We Offer a wide range of designs, colours and finishes to compliment your home
Somfy motors can adapt to most types of interior window coverings, including roller blinds, curtains, solar shades, wooden Vanetian blinds etc.
With Somfy's independent wired and wireless motors. you can adjust interior window coverings at the simple press of a button on your remote control
SAFE, CONVENIENT, SIMPLE CONTROL: More and more homes and buildings here have multiple rooms with windows that can be two stories tall. Opening and closing the shades for these windows can be very frustrating at time, proving difficult to reach and/or pull the manual cords to opens and close window coverings. The single touch on a remote control operates your blinds, electric curtains and drapes effortlessly. Programming your blinds to open or close automatically at certain times of the day not only protects your furnishings from sunlight but also protects your property by making it look as through someone is home.
Somfy motorized blind and drape solutions can also be integrated into any existing home or commercial automation system
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