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Facts to help you '˜chill n'grill' this National BBQ Week
Today marks the start of National BBQ Week, so if you were waiting for a reason to pig out on burgers, hot dogs and anything else you can pop on a skewer, now's your chance!
The initiative, which began in 1997, is celebrating its 20th birthday this year.
So, to help you prepare for the delicious week ahead, here are nine BBQ facts for you to enjoy, provided by National BBQ Week HQ.
1. BBQ & at-home eating and entertaining is now the UK's number one summer home leisure activity, with two in three households now owning a BBQ grill.
2. Last year the UK was once again Europe's leading BBQ nation, hosting over 130 million barbies and beating the Germans for the fifth time.
3. Hosts will now spend around £35 on food and drink for a BBQ, up from £17 in 2011.
4. After-work or mid-week barbies now account for more than 48% of all BBQ occasions.
5. Twenty-four per cent of us now have BBQs during the spring, with a further 15% claiming to BBQ all year-round.
6. Couples are three times more likely to host a BBQ than singles, only 4% of pensioners are likely to hold one and 8% of adults claim to have found love over the coals.
7. Flat-bed grills remain most popular, but hooded BBQs are growing fast and now account for over 46% of all sales.
8. As new house building begins to pick up, developers are incorporating patio areas and built-in BBQs as key purchase incentives.
9. The average number of BBQs held per family during the summer has risen to nine. Ten years ago, this number was at 2.5.
For more information, and to make the most of National BBQ Week, see http://www.nationalbbqweek.co.uk/

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Weather forecasters in Miami are used to predicting lots of sun and hot temperatures but what one weatherman for the local Univision station there could not predict is the chance of a furry visitor interrupting his live report.
As Eduardo Rodriguez, the weatherman for WLTV, pointed out temperatures in the 60s in the greater Miami area during Friday's 11 p.m. news, what viewers were likely focused on instead was the black and white cat at the bottom right of their TV screen, coolly walking about the set.
Ever the pro, Rodriguez plowed through his forecast while laughter from the crew could be heard in the background. Eventually the cat walked off the set and left Rodriguez alone again to bring South Floridians the weather highs and lows.
Univision posted the video on its YouTube page Monday, where it's already been viewed more than 100,000 times, and offered its own explanation for the bizarre appearance.
"There are several cats that have turned the Univision parking lot into their home and sometimes they make it into the studio," the station said.


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The English chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish, b. Oct. 10, 1731, d. Feb. 24, 1810, was the first to recognize hydrogen gas as a distinct substance. He also described the composition of water and made the first accurate measurement of the density of the Earth.
Cavendish attended Cambridge University from 1749 to 1753, but left without a degree. After touring Europe with his brother, he lived frugally in London, even after an inheritance made him one of the wealthiest men in England. He immersed himself in scientific studies but did not bother to publish a number of his important discoveries. Exceedingly shy and retiring, Cavendish was sociable only with his scientific friends. The only existing portrait of him was sketched surreptitiously.
Cavendish approached most of his investigations through quantitative measurements. In order to establish that hydrogen gas was a substance entirely different from ordinary air, he calculated their densities as well as the densities of several other gases. He found that common air, as well as air brought by a balloon from the upper atmosphere, is made up of nitrogen in a 4:1 ratio by volume. He also showed that water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen. He measured heats of fusion and evaporation as well as specific heats and those of the mixing of solutions in water. Cavendish's measurements of the freezing points of various solutions showed the existence of compositions that yield maximum and minimum freezing points.
Cavendish compared the electrical conductivities of equivalent solutions of electrolytes and expressed a version of Ohm's law. His last major work was the first measurement of Sir Isaac Newton's gravitational constant, together with the mass and density of the Earth. The accuracy of this experiment was not improved on for nearly a century.
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By Jeff Gurwitch
October 28 2010
Updated on 10/29/10
I was first introduced to the Adams Arms gas piston/op-rod (operating rod) system by fellow soldier Kirk Broyles while we were both competing at the 2009 Blue Ridge 3-Gun Championship. Kirk, shooting for Adams Arms, showed me his system and said he would set me up with Jim Granger of Adams Arms.
That was in April. By June, Jim had set me up with two Adams Arms piston uppers: one a 7.5-inch (7.5″) length Pistol (PDW) Distributor Piston System, and the other a 14.5-inch (14.5″)-barreled Mid Length Distributor Piston upper.
Shooting impressions:
So, at the time I received the uppers, I was of the mindset that yes, piston guns run cleaner, but, beyond that, they just weren't as smooth shooting as a tradition DI (Direct Impingement) gun. Well, shooting the Adams Arms system has changed my opinion.
I've found that the Adams Arms piston system shoots just as smooth as a DI system. Using the 14.5 Mid-Length Distributor Piston System AR upper, the felt recoil was even less than the AR-15 carbine (M4 style with carbine length gas system) I used for comparison. The combination of mid-length piston system (which are known have less felt recoil, anyway) and Adams Arms' method of bleeding out excess gas made the weapon's recoil impulse impressively smooth. Compared to other piston guns I've used (LWRC and HK416), Adams Arms is by far the smoothest system in terms of felt recoil. Additionally, the system is also one of the easiest to take apart. The whole piston system comes out the front of the gas block with one press of a detent button and a half turn counter-clockwise.
The Adams Arms 7.5″ Pistol (PDW) Distributor Piston System AR upper's shooting qualities also impressed me. Having only a 7.5 inch barrel, I'd expected it to be an obnoxiously-loud fire-breathing dragon! However, to my surprise, the recoil and muzzle blast felt no more than a traditional 10″ SBR (Short Barrel Rifle) DI gun. Again, with the Adams Arms piston system, all the excess gas is being vented out the front.
Over the next 9 months, I put a about 9,000 rounds through the Adams Arms 14.5″ mid-length piston upper, and about 2000-3000 rounds through the 7.5″ PDW piston upper. The majority of the ammo I used was 55-grain 5.56x45mm (5.56mm)/.223 Rem. I liked the Adams Arms 14.5″ mid-length piston upper so much it's become the primary set up I use for 3-Gun competition. I'v only had one issue with the 14.5 upper; the firing pin went bad at about 6,000-round mark (nothing to do with the piston system). As far as carrier tilt or any other signs of abnormal wear, I haven't noticed anything out of the norm. The 14.5 upper has just over 10,000 rounds through it, and you you'd never know it's a piston rifle by looking at the buffer tube, as there's no abnormal wear. Inside the upper receiver there are no abnormal marks from any sort of cam pin drag. During the first 5 months of use, I cleaned the 14.5″ upper one time at about the 6,000-round mark, before the 2009 Ft Benning 3-Gun Challenge.
Last March, I hit Jim Granger up for another Adams Arms upper to try out. This time a 10.5″ upper. During a 6-week period, I ran about 3,000rds through it without any cleaning. When I first got it, I lubed up the carrier with a little CLP, and that was it. I specifically told Jim Granger that "I'm never going to clean it, and I'm going to shoot it until it breaks!" It is now September (2010), and, at least another 1,000rds later, I have yet to take it down all the way and clean it. I have run a bore snake down the barrel a few times, but I have not taken the bolt out of the carrier to clean It.
It's now been a little over a year since getting those first Adams Arms uppers. I now have well over 15,000 rounds through my three uppers, collectively, and they're all still going strong!
Editor's Note: In the top (first) photo, you can see an Arredondo AR Magwell (flared magwell), of which technical/tactical shooting instructor John Romaszka of Romaszka Tactical Training (RTT) is also a fan (and user), attached to the weapon, and what would appear to be a Lancer Systems L5 translucent polymer magazine being utilized. In the second photo and video, you can see the author, Jeff Gurwitch, wearing ITW FASTMAG (also written FAST-MAG) mag carriers (magazine carriers) loaded with Lancer Systems L5 5.56mm AR mags. DefenseReview (DR) likes and uses both of these products, as well.
Photo(s) Credit: Jeff Gurwitch
About the Author (Jeff Gurwitch):
– Has been a competitive shooter for the last 10 years: USPSA, IDPA, and 3-Gun.
– U.S. Army 3rd Special Forces Group, Ft. Bragg, NC.
– Spent 3 years as an instructor at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
– Spent 8 years with U.S. Army 5th Special Forces Group, Ft. Campbell KY and did 3 tours in Iraq.
– Graduated the U.S. Army Special Forces Qualification course in 1998 as a Weapons Sergeant.
– Spent 7 years in the mechanized infantry and Airborne.
– Served in First Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) in Iraq with the 1st Armored Division.
– Joined the U.S. Army in June of 1990 as an infantryman.
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OCEAN CITY – On Sunday from 1-7 p.m., members of the Atlantic United Methodist Church will gather for the 40th Annual Phillips Crab House Dinner, a favored church fundraiser that provides food and fun.
For 40 years, the Phillips family, members of the Atlantic United Methodist Church, has generously held the annual dinner, donating all proceeds from the event to the church. The event has grown into one of the most popular church fundraisers.
The idea for the annual fundraising dinner began with Ethel Kelley, original owner of the Beach Plaza Hotel and mother of former Mayor Harry Kelley. According to Paul Wall, Vice President of Phillips Seafood Restaurant, Kelley began the annual event as thanks to God for the on-time completion of the Beach Plaza Hotel.
"She was so thankful to God that she got it open on time that she promised to have a dinner at the end of the season to give thanks," said Wall.
The tradition was carried on when Kelley sold the hotel to the Fleming family and later when the Fleming family sold to Brice and Shirley Phillips. Wall explained that as the dinner grew, the decision was made to move it to Phillips Crab House in order to accommodate the hundreds of people coming out for the event.
The Phillips staff prepares the food, but all of the serving and bussing will be in the hands of nearly 150 church volunteers.
"We encourage the general public to attend," said Wall, who added Sunday night would also mark the restaurant's closing night.
Adults and children ages 11 and up will enjoy vegetable crab soup, crab imperial, baked ham, fried chicken, ice cream for dessert, a beverage, and all the trimmings for $18. Children ages four to 10 will enjoy baked ham, fried chicken, rolls and butter, dessert, and a beverage for $6. Take-out is also available.
"Phillips doesn't touch the money at all, we provide all the food and the cooks in the kitchen and all we ask is that the volunteers do the serving," Wall said.
Atlantic United Methodist Church Senior Pastor Norman Poultney said the event makes about $20,000 for the church each year and that nearly 900 people were served last year.
"All that aside it's a blast," Poultney said, noting how much fun the volunteers and patrons have at the event.
According to Poultney, the event is fun for all ages, with children and adults attending and volunteering.
"We would probably do it even if it wasn't a fundraiser," Poultney said. "It's truly an event, not just a fundraiser."
Church member and fundraiser volunteer Cathy Soule also looks forward to the fundraiser each year.
"All the dinners that I have worked have been a blast. Everyone willingly pitches in and does whatever it takes to get the meals served and the job done," Soule said.
According to Soule, the kids enjoy the event as well, pitching in and helping out wherever they can.
"Our youth group and many other children work the event and really do a great job. We joke with them about what their future 'Phillips server name' will be," Soule said.
According to Poultney, the church uses the money in a variety of ways to benefit the community. The funding goes into the church budget and is used for areas such as youth group programs, a variety of mission outreaches, counseling to the homeless in Ocean City and to provide for a first grade teacher that the church supports in Appalachia.
"Our church has worked really hard at making sure that we put [the money raised] to good use and give back to our local community through our ministries and missions," Soule said.
Pultney added, "It's really a blessing to the church. It's something that we look forward to all year."


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Capture the Base
General Information
When you enter the Minigame world, you'll be in the Trellis at UTD, a scale model of our university! To enter into the queue for a minigame, you can press the "X" key. Currently there is no way to unmap/remap this key ingame. From here, you can navigate these menus with your mouse to choose which minigame you want to participate in. You can also see which events have people in the queue, to figure out which minigame is going to have the shortest queue time.
Once you have entered the queue, you're automatically assigned a team. When there are enough players in the queue, the minigame will start and you'll automatically be teleported to a waiting area. During this time, you can consider strategies and discuss with the players in event.
After a brief waiting period, the game will start. You'll be teleport-ed down into the playing field. A scoreboard will appear on your screen, which updates as each team gains points. Your teammates will have helmets with your color on, to help you identify them.
In order to win these events, you'll need to control as many bases as possible. Points are awarded for capturing and controlling bases, as well as un-capturing enemy bases and returning them to neutral. Supplied to you is a stick that can knock back enemies. In the future, other weaponry will be implemented to allow you and your team to overcome your opponents and their strategies, such as knock back bombs or freeze rays.
The game consists of two halves, each one lasts 5 minutes. After the first half, you'll be frozen in place with an opportunity to re-evaluate your strategies for a duration of 2 minutes. After this is over, the game will continue, beginning the second half. After the second half, the team with the highest score wins.
Each base captured will earn you 50 points upon capture. Each base reset back to neutral will earn your team 200 points. Each base controlled will earn you 5 points per second.
You'll be automatically teleported back to UTD after the game ends and told which team won. Thanks for participating!
Unique items
Pogo sticks:
- Provides a faster way of traversing the map to and from objectives
- Decreases your likelihood of being attacked while jumping, due to being hard to hit
- Helps contest objectives
Knockback bomb:
- Upon activation (right click), the knockback bomb will land 10 blocks ahead of you
- Players within 5 blocks of the landing spot will be knocked back 20 blocks from the center of the explosion
- These will only knock back enemies, not your own teammates
- Can be used to keep enemies off the objective, allowing you and your team that clutch moment to finish capturing an objective
- Will disappear after use
- Cannot be crafted, must be found around the map
Freezing knockback bombs:
- Can be crafted by combining a block of packed ice and a regular knockback bomb
- The freezing knockback bomb will land 10 blocks ahead of you
- Any players within a 10 meter radius will be frozen for 7 seconds after they have been knocked back
- Any players above 2 meters of height can avoid the freezing effect
Rugby Cleats:
- Can be crafted with 3 aluminium ingots and 3 bags of natural rubber
- Allows you to navigate the map faster
- Helps you avoid getting hit by knockback weapons
Tips and Tricks
- Defensive strategy
- Capture as many bases as fast as possible and hold more than your opponent for a longer time
- Main goal of this strategy is to capture first and hold more than your opponent
- Due to pogo stick high jump height, this helps prevent enemies from capturing while making you nearly un-hittable
- Bully strategy
- Keep your opponents occupied as long as possible
- One member of your team should try to maintain the enemy focus while the other can capture the bases
- Quantity over quality
- Ignore the enemies capturing
- Continually capture bases and turn enemy bases to keep gathering capture points
- Utilize mobility techniques to traverse the map


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Friday, November 15, 2013 2:58 AM
This week's syndicated column:
On Saturday, Nov. 16, the United States marks a milestone: the 80th anniversary of when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt recognized the Soviet Union and "normalized" U.S.-USSR relations. It is a day that should live in infamy.
But it's a day hardly anyone has ever heard of. I certainly hadn't before researching my book, American Betrayal. As I studied the event, however, it became clear that it was on this day 80 years ago that what I call "American betrayal" began. It is the date on which the U.S. government institutionally learned to lie.
After the Bolsheviks seized dictatorial powers in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, four U.S. presidents (starting with Woodrow Wilson) and six secretaries of state (starting with Bainbridge Colby) refused to normalize relations with the new and bloody regime of Lenin and then Stalin.
Does the phrase "global communism" ring a bell? The Soviet Union was openly committed to and already fomenting communist revolution against all nations, including, of course, the United States. (This call to conquest echoes today in Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic groups' calls to jihad for a global caliphate.) It was clear to our leaders back then that it wasn't possible to conduct normal relations with such an abnormal state.
Secretary of State Colby, stating the Wilson administration's position in 1920, noted there could be no "mutual confidence" when one party – the USSR – had no intention of honoring pledges, which, of course, is the very basis of normal diplomatic relations. Furthermore, Colby continued, the U.S. couldn't recognize "a government which is determined and bound to conspire against our institutions."
This made perfect sense – at least from an American point of view. Indeed, George F. Kennan, a young diplomat training as a Russia expert at the time of recognition, would write in his 1967 memoir, "Never – neither then (in 1933) or at any later date – did I consider the Soviet Union a fit ally or associate, actual or potential, for this country."
Nonetheless, following deliberations I haven't seen sufficiently explicated, FDR normalized relations with the Red monster-regime early in his first term. In exchange, the U.S. received Soviet pledges, including that the USSR would not support organizations or groups aimed at the overthrow of "the political or social order of the United States." In other words, the Soviet Union pledged not to wage a secret intelligence war against us.
But such a war was already under way. Post-recognition, this Soviet war on America, spearheaded by traitors directed by Moscow, would intensify. A veritable army of Stalin's secret agents, agents of influence, fellow travelers and dupes entered the U.S. government and related institutions. They would fight an unceasing stealth war against this country, even – I should say, especially – during World War II. Much to the executive branch's consternation, the House and Senate would do much to expose this stealth Soviet war in the House Un-American Activities Committee and other committees.
Here's where the government's institutional lying comes in. To maintain "normal relations" as initiated in 1933 – and, later, military alliance with Stalin in 1941 – the U.S. government had to pretend everything having to do with the USSR, with communism, with Soviet mass murder, with Soviet subversion was "normal," and to ignore or reject evidence, testimony and results to the contrary. The U.S. government, in other words, had to learn to lie. And so it did, enmeshing itself and the lives of millions of people in a kind of darkness we have yet to shine a light on and fully appreciate – something I attempt to do in American Betrayal.
Eighty years ago, then, that first U.S.-USSR agreement wasn't worth the paper it was written on. But, for the sake of "normal" relations, it didn't matter! Similarly, the boxes full of U.S.-USSR agreements to come would be worthless, or worse. But for too long, that didn't matter, either.
As detailed in "American Betrayal," U.S. recognition of the USSR was more than a strategic blunder (although the strategic nature of the blunder is also examined). There was a hideous moral cost as well.
FDR's decision to convey legitimacy on the Communist dictatorship followed (or came in a lull of) what we now know as the Ukraine Terror Famine. This was Stalin's state-engineered famine that purposefully starved 5 or 6 million people to death, maybe more. While officially lied about – the first "Big Lie," as epic chronicler Robert Conquest calls it – the truth of Stalin's famine was "widely available" in the West in scores of newspapers. The subject, however, didn't even come up in U.S.-USSR negotiations over recognition.
This, theoretically, would be akin to Hitler's Holocaust not coming up in a similar set of diplomatic negotiations.
In other words, ignoring, or even tolerating, the millions of people Stalin killed became a prerequisite to recognition – the "unprincipled deal with totalitarianism," as Solzhenitsyn would call it in 1975. "In 1933 and 1941 your leaders and the whole Western world made an unprincipled deal with totalitarianism. We will have to pay for this; someday it will come back to haunt us. For 30 years we have been paying for it," the sage and courageous author of "The Gulag Archipelago" said. "And we're going to pay for it in an even worse way in the future."
It's time we try to understand what he meant.


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If you're looking to upgrade your PC's hard drive in the next few months, you might want to take a look at an interesting blog post from online backup provider Backblaze. After shining a general light on how long hard drives actually last late last year, the company took to its blog on Tuesday to provide a detailed look at how consumer-grade hard drives from Hitachi, Seagate, and Western Digital performed in Backblaze's storage pods.
By the end of 2013, Backblaze had more than 27,000 consumer-grade hard drives spinning away in its storage facilities, backing up photos, mp3s, and important documents for its users. Those may not be Google-sized numbers, but tens of thousands of drives are certainly enough to glean a few trends.
The company took a look at the failure rates for a wide range of specific models in its storage pods, as well as uptime and overall lifetime by brand. The end result? Hitachi and Western Digital were workhorses, while Seagate drives were more likely to fade after a few years.
That doesn't mean Backblaze is swearing off Seagate drives. In fact, the company has high hopes for Seagate's new 4TB Desktop HDD.15 (ST4000DM000). Other Seagate drives are also big favorites with the Backblazers.
Here's a quick look at the highlights from the company's HDD breakdown.
Failure rates
For this report, Backblaze took a look at 15 different HDD models from the three aforementioned major brands. Earning impressive marks for reliability was the Hitachi 3TB Deskstar 7K3000 (HDS723030ALA640) with a 0.9 percent failure rate and an average lifetime of about 2.1 years. That model was followed by another Hitachi, the Deskstar 5K3000 (HDS5C3030ALA630) with an average lifetime of 1.7 years and a similar failure rate. (Remember, these drives are putting in some serious overtime that your PC would likely never see.)
The worst of the bunch, meanwhile was the 1.5 TB Seagate Barracuda Green (ST1500DL003), with an average lifespan of 0.8 years. Ouch!
Backblaze said this particular model is pretty bad, but it cautions not to read too much into it. The company received these specific drives as warranty replacements, so they were probably refurbished with wear and tear on them by the time they met Backblaze's HDD taskmasters.
Overall, Seagate drives had the highest failure rates by brand in Backblaze's environment reaching close to a 14 percent annual failure rate for 1.5TB drives, around 10 percent for 3 TB drives, and 4 percent for 4TB drives. WD 1TB and 3TB drives stayed under 4 percent, while all Hitachi drives (2, 3, and 4 TB) failed less than 2 percent of the time on an annual basis.
Over a 36 month span, Hitachi drives had a 96.9 percent survival rate, followed by WD at 94.8 percent and Seagate way below that at 73.5 percent.
So what's a home shopper to do?
Backblaze's data may look like making your next drive a Hitachi is a no-brainer, but it's important to remember that Backblaze runs drives harder than the average PC user ever could. So while Seagate products may go down all the time at the company, a PC user may never notice a problem during the lifetime of their PC.
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HERBERT, MARY ELIZA, author and magazine editor; b. at Halifax, N.S., c. 1832, second daughter of Catherine and of Nicholas Michael Herbert, shoemaker and blacking manufacturer, who had emigrated from Ireland; d. in Halifax at her father's home, Belle Aire, 15 July 1872, after a long illness, of "chronic gastroses."
Mary Herbert's early poems were published in 1857 with those of her elder sister, Sarah Herbert* in The Aeolian harp: or, miscellaneous poems, a collection on religious, moral, and temperance themes. Both women belonged to the Wesleyan Methodist evangelical group and were active in the temperance movement; these interests provided the main themes for their poetry. Mary Herbert later published a volume containing her own poetry, Flowers by the wayside . . . , written on more romantic themes. In the preface "she trusts that the unassuming flowers thus gathered, may be instrumental in instructing, cheering and comforting some weary traveller in life's rugged way."
Mary Herbert was the first woman in Nova Scotia to edit and publish a magazine: the Mayflower, or Ladies' Acadian Newspaper, a small 32-page volume. It included works partly selected and partly original, and was devoted to literature for those who wished "to roam a while in the flowery fields of romance, – to hold communion with the Muses." The magazine began publication in May 1851, in the year the Literary Garland of Montreal ceased, and was a Maritime example of the North American and English fashion for genteel periodicals with many lady contributors and a literary content which displayed sentiment, piety, and propriety. Printed at the Athenaeum, the official press of the Sons of Temperance, the Mayflower continued for at least nine monthly numbers, but failed to obtain enough support even from those eager to encourage native literature. The outcome is not surprising as the intense competition among Nova Scotia periodicals during this period led to many financial failures.
Mary Herbert also wrote tales and essays for Nova Scotia newspapers and several of her tales were published separately, at her own expense, because the province had no book publishing firms. The tales have little merit, and the poems show a morbid concern with death, but a few have vivid descriptions of nature or poetic mood.
M. E. Herbert, Belinda Dalton; or scenes in the life of a Halifax belle (Halifax, 1859); Flowers by the wayside, a miscellany of prose and verse . . . (Halifax, 1865); Woman as she should be; or Agnes Wiltshire (Halifax, 1861); The young men's choice (Halifax, 1869). Sarah and M. E. Herbert, The Aeolian harp; or, miscellaneous poems (Halifax, 1857). Mayflower, or Ladies' Acadian Newspaper (Halifax), May 1851–February 1852.
Acadian Recorder (Halifax), 16 Oct. 1830, 16 July 1872. Novascotian (Halifax), 28 May 1835. Presbyterian Witness (Halifax), 20 July 1872. Morgan, Bibliotheca Canadensis, 183. Watters, Check list, 162, 223.
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Interview with swimming gold medalist Jason LezakPermanent link
We have all seen him swim. Glued to our televisions over the past few Olympics, Jason Lezak has become one of the most decorated swimmers, Olympians, and Jewish athletes of all time. His participation in the Maccabiah Games over the World Championships was a historic Jewish sports moment.
I am really excited that Lezak is now a part of my team at TheGreatRabbino.com. Read the interview and sign up to bring him to your event. And swimmers everywhere can sign up to go to Israel with the legend himself. Just click HERE.
1. Tell us about yourself.
I grew up in Irvine, California and began swimming at the age of five, played on the high school basketball team and become an All-American in water polo. In 1998, I made an impact at the U.S. National Championships that year winning my first national title in the 100m freestyle and then went on to win a gold and silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. At the 2004 Olympic Games, I took home a bronze medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay and the gold in a world-record-breaking swim in the 4x100m medley relay. I also represented the U.S. in Israel at the Maccabiah Games. It was a tough decision to make having to pass on the World Championships but this was more than just another swim competition.
2. You had such a historic Olympic career. What was the highlight?
The 2008 Olympics 4x100 free relay. We had lost the previous two Olympics after never losing before in Olympic history. To help bring back gold for USA was really special.
3. What was the best part of swimming with Michael Phelps? What makes him so unique?
To watch him prepare for a race and see his focus and determination. He is unique because not only does he do all the strokes at the highest level, he can do short distances as well as middle distances. Never has there been anyone who comes even close to him.
4. Is there any event you wish you had competed in but it didn't work out?
I wish I could have represented the USA at Maccabiah in 2001 and 2005, but unfortunately it interfered with World Championships. Since I was swimming professionally as my job, I needed to go to the Worlds.
5. Are you good at other water sports like skiing, diving or water polo?
I was an All-American water polo player in high school. Every year at UC Santa Barbara the coach wanted me to join the college team, but I decided it was too tough to do both if I wanted to achieve my dream of making the Olympics one day.
6. What was your Jewish upbringing like?
I was brought up in a Reform synagogue. I went to Hebrew school as a kid and had my bar mitzvah at 13.
7. What have you been up to since you last swam in the Olympics?
After I retired from swimming in 2012 I have been doing swim clinics across the country, swim camps around the world, motivational speaking, and other appearances. I love the sport of swimming and enjoy still being a part of it in a different way.
8. Anything else you want to share?
Going to Israel in 2009 was a special trip for me. I learned so much of it as a kid and always wanted to experience it. I always saw myself as Jewish and an athlete, but being able to compete in the Maccabiah games, I -- for the first time -- saw myself different. Putting them together I was a Jewish athlete.


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Capitals' Ovechkin misses practice
Alex Ovechkin is nursing an upper-body injury.
The Washington Capitals forward missed practice Wednesday after the team returned from a West Coast road trip.
Coach Adam Oates says he thinks Ovechkin was hurt in the first period of Monday's loss to Vancouver. Ovechkin remained in the game.
Oates says Ovechkin is feeling ''sore'' but declined to elaborate on the nature of the injury, other to say it is not a concussion.
Oates says it's too early to say whether Ovechkin will play in the next game, Friday at Philadelphia.
Ovechkin has 10 goals, second in the league through Tuesday's games.
The Capitals also recalled center Michael Latta and defenseman Dmitry Orlov from Hershey of the AHL and placed defenseman John Erskine on long-term injured reserve with an upper body injury.


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Santana successfully navigates spring debut
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- During his first week with the Braves, Ervin Santana has assumed the appearance of a man who is not fazed by too many things. This approach could prove to be beneficial as he spends the next few weeks patiently awaiting his regular-season debut.
Eight days after signing a one-year, $14.1 million contract, Santana made his first start for the Braves in Thursday afternoon's game against the Mets at Tradition Field. A leadoff bunt led to the only run the veteran hurler surrendered over the two innings he completed in a calm, cool and impressive manner.
One National League scout said Santana's fastball maxed out at 95 mph and touched 94 multiple times. That's pretty impressive considering this was his first start since he ended the 2013 season with the 3.24 ERA he compiled over 32 starts with the Royals.
"The first outing in the National League, it was very good," Santana said. "I'm very happy with my performance today."
Although Santana was able to build his arm strength while completing bullpen sessions during his final weeks as a free agent, he might not have focused on the pitcher-fielding drills that might have better prepared him for the bunt single Eric Young Jr. notched to begin the bottom of the first inning.
Ruben Tejada followed with a single that put runners on the corners and set the stage for David Wright to score Young with a sacrifice fly to right field. The first inning concluded with Curtis Granderson producing a sharp grounder that resulted in a double play that was started and completed by first baseman Ernesto Mejia.
Santana then worked a perfect second that concluded when hung a slider to Travis d'Arnaud and then breathed a sigh of relief when the Mets catcher hit a fly ball to left fielder Justin Upton.
"I thought it was a good outing for him," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "He hasn't pitched for a while, and he comes into camp a little bit behind. He did a nice job out there. You can tell he is a professional."
Santana will be scheduled to complete three innings when he makes his next start on Tuesday against the Tigers in Lakeland, Fla. The 31-year-old right-hander will then likely make what could be his final two exhibition season starts in Minor League games.
The Braves are aiming for Santana to join their starting rotation around the same time they will be forced to go to a five-man rotation near the end of the regular season's second week.


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Cooking and baking to me, besides being loads of fun, are definitely a learning process – I think that certain recipes go beyond the deliciousness of their final products: they teach you something.
I was making these lemon brioches and after the dough had proved for the first time it was too sticky and too soft to be shaped. That was when I remembered Paul Hollywood's brioche recipe, in which the dough has to be refrigerated in order to be firm enough to be shaped into buns, and that's what I did – it worked perfectly.
These brioches aren't very sweet and to me that makes them perfect to be slathered with butter or jam while still warm, and let me tell you: these will probably disappear in a matter of moments. :)
Lemon poppy seed brioche
slightly adapted from the always lovely and delicious Delicious - Australia
¼ cup (60ml) lukewarm whole milk
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
¼ cup + 1 tablespoon (62g) granulated sugar
2 cups + 1 tablespoon (300g) all purpose flour
pinch of salt
3 eggs
finely grated zest of 2 lemons
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons poppy seeds
160g unsalted butter, softened
1 egg, extra, for brushing the brioche
Combine milk, yeast and 1 tablespoon of the sugar in the large bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the dough hook and stir to combine. Set aside for 5 minutes or until mixture starts to foam. Add remaining sugar, flour and salt to the yeast mixture and beat for about 6 minutes on medium speed or until a rough dough forms (my dough was too dry, so I added 1/3 cup of warm milk). Add the 3 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add zest, vanilla and poppy seeds, and beat to combine. Gradually add butter, beating after each addition. Continue beating on medium speed for about 8 minutes or until dough is smooth and elastic – it will be very soft. Transfer to a lightly buttered large bowl, cover with plastic wrap and leave for 1 hour or until doubled in size, then refrigerate for 4-5 hours (otherwise the dough will be too soft to be shaped).
Generously butter a 12-cup muffin pan (1/3-cup capacity cavities). Remove dough from the fridge and transfer to a lightly floured surface. Knead 3-4 times, then divide into 12 balls. Divide each ball into 3 smaller balls. Place 3 small balls in each muffin hole, loosely cover with a clean kitchen towel and leave for 40 minutes or until doubled in size.
In the meantime, preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Lightly whisk the egg with a fork and brush the top of each brioche with it. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in the pan over a wire rack for 5 minutes, then carefully unmold and transfer to the rack to cool. Serve warm or at room temperature (these reheat really well).
Makes 12
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Lemon poppy seed brioche and learning from previous recipes
Cooking and baking to me, besides being loads of fun, are definitely a learning process – I think that certain recipes go beyond the deliciousness of their final products: they teach you something.
5 comments:
- Gloria Baker said...
love this recipe Patricia!
- February 17, 2013
- Laura (Tutti Dolci) said...
Such golden brioche buns! I love the lemon and poppy seed together :).
- February 17, 2013
- Unknown said...
Long time no see, Patricia :) and you welcome me with your wonderful brioches. A great recipe to try, seguro!
- February 18, 2013
I want to try this, looks wonderful. Of course I cannot use poppy seed because it's forbidden in Peru, but I can use chia seeds...!!!
- February 19, 2013
- Lynna said...
It definitely is a learning experience! I tend to think about how I previously made similar recipes as well. :) And, I love that I can find an abundance of lemon recipes on your blog!
- March 02, 2013


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In just three years, a new way of paying for medical care has spread rapidly across Massachusetts, and now more than 1.2 million people are covered by plans that put providers on a budget in an effort to restrain health spending.
This means that about one in five Massachusetts residents are being treated by doctors working under these new cost-conscious arrangements, a Globe survey of insurers found - even before state lawmakers begin debating legislation to address soaring health insurance premiums by, in part, encouraging such plans.
Governor Deval Patrick called on legislators last week, in his State of the Commonwealth address, to eliminate the traditional fee-for-service system that pays health care providers separate fees for every procedure, test, and office visit. House and Senate leaders are working on their own bills intended to control costs.
The state's four largest health insurers - Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Tufts Health Plan, and Fallon Community Health Plan - now have more than 1 million members in employer-sponsored health plans that put doctors at risk of losing money if they exceed the budget for their patients' care, they said. Providers can earn extra profit if they spend less than budgeted.
Adoption of these "global payment'' plans is driven by a desire to control soaring health insurance premiums by giving physicians an incentive to be more sparing in their use of expensive procedures, such as sophisticated scans. But it is also motivated by an eagerness to encourage more preventive measures, and that in turn improves care, which often is disorganized as doctors lose track of patients who need follow-up calls, visits, or tests.
"The numbers have grown dramatically,'' said Marc Spooner, vice president of provider contracting for Tufts, where 70 percent of HMO members are cared for under budgets, compared with 17 percent three years ago. "The plan and providers have collectively recognized we have a responsibility to manage costs.''
Insurers said at least another 150,000 Medicare and Medicaid recipients are covered under these types of arrangements, with the federal and state government pushing to expand this group.
Some health care executives said the surging popularity of global payment agreements shows that there is no need to give state government the power to reject excessive rate increases for providers, an idea included in Patrick's proposed legislation and also endorsed by Attorney General Martha Coakley.
"Any legislation that is really focused on regulating prices would miss the point,'' said Lynn Nicholas, president of the Massachusetts Hospital Association
But others believe that government still must intervene to limit the high prices negotiated by providers that have market clout because of reputation or location.
Last year, an investigation by Coakley's staff found that such powerful providers, when put on a budget, can simply negotiate larger budgets. In recent days, highly paid Children's Hospital Boston and Partners HealthCare each have signed onto global payment arrangements for some of their patients, although they have not revealed details.
Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, state secretary of Health and Human Services, said regulators also must guarantee that any money saved by providers and insurers is shared with employers and consumers through lower health insurance premiums.
"The market has begun to move on its own,'' said Representative Steven Walsh, a Lynn Democrat and cochairman of the Committee on Health Care, who is leading the House effort. "Government can make it move faster.''
Walsh said the bill he is drafting - he would not say when he plans to file it - will include a robust consumer protection component, as well as a way for the government to intervene if payments to providers are excessive.
Although most patients do not realize their doctors are part of global payment arrangements, many are starting to feel the impact.
Patients are receiving more e-mails and phone calls from doctors and office staff requesting they come in for follow-up visits and preventive care - important strategies for keeping patients healthy and avoiding expensive hospital stays. Physicians also are clamping down on referrals to expensive hospitals and specialists outside their networks, leading to more conversations with patients stressing the benefits of community hospitals.
Typically, providers have billed insurance companies and Medicare and Medicaid for each individual service provided to patients, including office exams, imaging tests, and hospital admissions - with few limits on the number of services. This system encourages doctors to provide more treatment than is necessary, the governor and other critics say.
With global payments, insurers essentially put primary care physicians, and sometimes hospitals, on an annual budget to cover all costs associated with caring for a patient.
This payment covers not just the care provided by the doctor, but also by specialists, labs, imaging centers, therapists, and hospitals.
When doctors keep patients healthy, they get to keep more of the budgeted amount. Contracts vary as to how much doctors stand to lose if they blow their budget, but it is typically 5 percent to 10 percent of their payments from the insurer.
These arrangements are similar to managed care in the 1990s, which drew widespread complaints from patients that doctors were withholding treatments. But modern-day global payments are different, insurers and doctors say, because the budgets are more generous and because providers must also meet quality standards.
Blue Cross, which has the largest number of subscribers in this new system - 629,000 - found that the 6,300 doctors paid this way in 2009 improved care for their patients faster than the 14,200 other doctors in the Blue Cross HMO network.
Doctors working within budgets say their patients seem satisfied, especially with the sharper focus on prevention.
But, they acknowledged, they are having difficult conversations with some patients who want to go to costly specialists and hospitals for care that can be provided in less-expensive settings. Under global payments, primary care doctors prefer to send patients to community hospitals in their networks for bread-and-butter treatment because they can both better coordinate care and save money.
"That's been a bit of a struggle,'' said Dr. Leslie Sebba, medical director of the Northeast Physician Hospital Organization, which includes Beverly and Addison Gilbert community hospitals. "No one is taking a hard line with patients but those discussions need to take place.''
Sebba said the group has cut costs, in part by reducing outside referrals and hospital readmissions, coming in 2.5 percent under budget in 2010.
It is unclear whether global payments have cut costs overall so far. Last week, state regulators approved the most modest premium increases in years for small employers and individuals with plans renewing in April - an average 2.3 percent - but much of those savings could stem from the weak economy, which causes people to put off elective procedures and tests.
"We still have a lot of work to do,'' said Andrew Dreyfus, chief executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield. "Health care is still very expensive and it's still a significant burden on employers, families, and government.''
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CBS Sports' Tony Gonzalez Breaks Down NFL's Divisional Round Games
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In the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, which kicks off this weekend, all four games are rematches from the regular season. The Saturday afternoon game features the Seahawks and Falcons in a reprise of their Week 11 matchup, while the nightcap has the Texans in Foxboro to square off with the Patriots again.
The first time Houston visited New England, the Patriots were without Tom Brady, who was serving his four-game suspension for DeflateGate. Despite the star QB's absence, the Pats easily dispatched the Texans, 27-0. With Brady back in the lineup this time around, many fans give the Texans no shot to win. The Patriots enter the game as 16-point favorites.
With the game set to air on CBS at 8:00 pm ET Saturday night, NFL legend and current CBS NFL Today analyst Tony Gonzalez weighed in with his thoughts on this and other divisional round matchups.
Houston Texans vs. New England Patriots - Jan. 14, 8:00 p.m. ET - CBS
CBS Local Sports: The Patriots won 27-0 in the regular season without Tom Brady. Now Brady's back, and the Pats are 16-point favorites. What's the blueprint, if there is one, for the Texans pulling an upset?
Tony Gonzalez: Maybe Tom Brady doesn't show up to the game? This is a tough, tough challenge for the Houston Texans to go in there and win. Nobody is expecting them to go in there and win. I don't even think Houston fans are expecting them to go in there and get this W. But, I bet everyone in that locker room thinks that they have a shot. If they're going to get it done, they're going to have to play great defense, which is what their strength is, and stop Tom Brady. They're pretty good against the pass -- second in the NFL -- but the Patriots can also run the ball with LeGarrette Blount. I anticipate seeing a lot of him running the ball. If they can stop the run and do what they've done against the pass, then they have a chance to be successful.
But they also have to put up points. Brock Osweiler is so hot and cold. He's going to have to play a perfect game. The defense is going to have to play a perfect game. Special teams, no turnovers, [and] they have to get some turnovers. It's going to be a tough challenge for them to go up there and get that victory.
CBS Local Sports: Does Brock Osweiler's performance last week give you confidence in his ability to be the starting guy going forward?
Gonzalez: He played pretty well last week considering what he's done. I'm happy for the guy. I said it on our show earlier this year, I don't think we've seen the best of Brock Osweiler yet. This is really his rookie year. He had started only seven games at the beginning of this season. He's having some growing pains, which is normal for 99% of quarterbacks, and he played pretty well last week. But, at the same time, even if he plays as well as he did last week, he has to play better than that. He has to play a lot better than that.
He has to be an accurate quarterback, smart. Don't turn the ball over, which he didn't last week, and he had some good completions. But he has to pick it up even more. We're talking about the New England Patriots. This is a dynasty team here with Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, in Foxboro. They don't lose at home, especially when they're the number one seed in the playoffs. He has to play an outstanding game, something that people are going to look back [on]. It has to be a memorable game in NFL history. He has to play that well for them to win.
CBS Local Sports: What's the key matchup to watch in this game?
Gonzalez: Jadeveon Clowney against the Patriots offensive line. This is his breakout year now that he's healthy, and he's proven a lot of people wrong. If he can go out there and continue what he did last week... He played pretty well against the Raiders, but, if you can do it against Tom Brady, talk about making your mark. Everybody is excited about Jadeveon Clowney -- and they should be -- but he can take it to another level this week. He could say all that hype was worth it, and I am one of the best, and I'm going to be one of the best defenders in the NFL.
If he can make Brady uncomfortable in that pocket, then that's the chance they have. Just like the Denver Broncos, you've got to get Brady uncomfortable when he's dropping back for that pass. Jadeveon Clowney has a chance to make an impact on this game.
Seattle Seahawks vs. Atlanta Falcons - Jan. 14, 4:35 p.m. ET
CBS Local Sports: On to another matchup now, as Seattle heads to Atlanta to take on the Falcons. Atlanta lost a tough one when these two teams met in the regular season, but Matt Ryan had a big game. Do you think he can do it again this weekend?
Gonzalez: I don't see why not. Matt is playing at an all-time high. He's, to me, the MVP of the NFL this year. He did play well against them earlier, I don't think he's had a bad game this season, but now he's at home too. They're not out there in Seattle this time. Everybody is healthy, and Matt is poised for a big-time playoff run as he further solidifies that he is an elite quarterback. Obviously, I played with him. I'm so happy that he's been able to play this type of season and just prove so many people wrong.
He has a big chance going against a great defense -- you know Seattle's going to come in there ready to roll. They played their best game this past week, which you knew they would because Pete Carroll always has a way of getting them to peak come playoff time. It's going to be a tough challenge for the Falcons, but that offense, they have too many weapons. They have two guys who are playmakers in the backfield with Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman. Julio Jones and [Steelers'] Antonio Brown are the best receivers in the NFL. Plus, they have Mohamed Sanu and Taylor Gabriel. They have a lot of weapons, and Ryan throws it to everybody. He has a chance to pick up where he left off in the regular season, and I don't see why he can't.
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Kansas City Chiefs - Jan. 15, 8:20 p.m. ET
CBS Local Sports: The first time these teams played, the Steelers offense exploded for 43 points. The Chiefs defense has been pretty stingy this season aside from that game. What do you expect this time around, especially considering how good Andy Reid teams have been in his career coming off a bye?
Gonzalez: That's the big plus for me. He [Reid] has had two weeks to prepare for this game. You knew Pittsburgh was going to win their first game [against the Dolphins], so he's been preparing for the Steelers. [With] his record -- 16-2 regular season and 3-0 in the playoffs -- it's going to be a tough challenge for Pittsburgh to come into Arrowhead and win. Everybody is coming back. Justin Houston is going to be back in the lineup on the defensive side of the ball, and that's going to be a huge plus for them.
Then, on offense, Jeremy Maclin, he's an X-factor to me. Coming into this season, he was their number one receiver, but he has been banged up. Now, with Tyreek Hill and the running backs they have, and Travis Kelce with Alex Smith. [Smith] is not going to turn the ball over, and he's going to make smart throws. This team, at home, it's going to be tough for the Pittsburgh Steelers, but they're vibing too. The Chiefs' biggest problem is going to be Le'Veon Bell and can they stop Le'Veon Bell. If they can at least contain him, then they're going to have a chance to come out on top.
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Kakinomoto Hitomaro, also called Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, (died 708, Japan), poet venerated by the Japanese since earliest times. He was also Japan's first great literary figure.
Among his surviving works are poems in the two major Japanese poetic forms of his day—tanka and chōka. Probably he also wrote sedōka ("head-repeated poem," consisting of two three-line verses of 5, 7, 7 syllables), a relatively minor song form that seems to have been first adapted to literary purposes by Hitomaro and to have barely survived him. All of the poems accepted as indisputably authored by Hitomaro (61 tanka and 16 chōka), as well as a large number of others attributed to him, are to be found in the Man'yōshū ("Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves"), the first and largest of Japan's anthologies of native poetry. These poems, together with notes by the compilers, are the chief source for information on his life, about which very little is known.
Hitomaro is believed to have been born and reared near Nara. He entered the service of the court in a minor capacity, serving successively two imperial princes; imperial activities are celebrated in some of his most famous poems. Later he became a provincial official, and he is believed to have died in Iwami province (now Shimane prefecture). He seems to have had at least two wives.
Standing on the threshold of Japan's emergence from a preliterate to a literate, civilized society, Hitomaro achieved in his poems a splendid balance between the homely qualities of primitive song and the more sophisticated interests and literary techniques of a new age. He inherited the stiff techniques, plain imagery, and restricted range and subject matter—the traditional "word hoard"—of preliterate song. To that inheritance he added new subjects, modes, and concerns, as well as new rhetorical and other structural techniques (some of which may have been adapted from Chinese poetry), along with a new seriousness and importance of treatment and tone. Many of his longer poems are introduced by a kind of solemn "overture," relating the present with the divine past of the Japanese land and people.
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Knot theory meets notebook doodling in this video.
The rapid-fire commentary explains the geometric logic while bemoaning the cluelessness of most contemporary math teaching. The pace of the presentation proves how fast we can digest new information if visuals and words are paired.
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- Steve said...
The creator of this amazing clip is Vi Hart. Her website has many more such treats. She is the daughter of a creative math teacher and sculptor, George Hart, who also has good things to see at his website. Would that more of our educators had their playfulness and humor.
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amazing. I always find that celtic/ancient saxon elaborate twists and turns hard to produce, my brain just 'give up' all the sudden a few minutes (albiet at high speed :) ) of simple rules and makes sense.
- December 9, 2010 at 8:19 PM
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Let's Go Find Unvaccinated Children with Autism
This is going to be very easy. The CDC tells us that 1 in every 68 children in the U.S. has autism and a recent government survey pegged the incidence of autism even higher at 1 in 45 children. We are told repeatedly that autism is genetic and vaccines don't cause autism. All we need to do is go find groups of unvaccinated children and count those with autism.
We can start with groups whose parents choose no vaccines for their children. There are such groups in every major metropolitan area and scattered around the country in small towns. They frequently have difficulty finding a doctor who will work with them and respect their decision. There are a few doctors out there who will work with parents who choose to avoid vaccines altogether or selectively vaccinate their children. Homefirst Medical Services provides medical care for families who choose to have home births and avoid vaccines in the Chicago area. They have treated around 35,000 of these children over the years. Homefirst's medical director, the late Dr. Mayer Eisenstein, said in an interview a few years ago "… I don't think we have a single case of autism in children delivered by us who never received vaccines."
Let's try Amish children. They are mostly unvaccinated. Dr. Frank Noonan is a doctor who treats Amish children in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He has said that he has seen no cases of autism in the thousands of Amish children he has treated over 25 years. "You'll find all the other stuff, but we don't find the autism. We're right in the heart of Amish country and seeing none, and that's just the way it is." Dr. Heng Wang is a neurologist and the director of the Clinic for Special Needs Children in Ohio, another area where there is a large Amish population. He has estimated the rate of autism in the Amish community to be 1 in 15,000.
Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, a Florida family doctor who died mysteriously recently, proposed a study of unvaccinated children. He said "I know I can tap into this community and find you large numbers of unvaccinated homeschooled children. We can do simple prevalence and incidence studies in them. My gut reaction is that you're going to find no autism in this group."
Rather than being very easy, finding unvaccinated children with autism seems to be downright difficult. Doctors Eisenstein, Noonan, Wang, and Bradstreet have been out there on the front lines actually treating unvaccinated children. Their assessment that autism is quite rare in these children is valid.
Conclusion: Autism is common in fully vaccinated children but rare in unvaccinated children.
I can't wait to see the documentary "Vaxxed: from cover-up to catastrophe". I feel sure it will help people connect the dots of the autism controversy.
Dr. Gaunt is a retired doctor of naturopathic medicine. He has also taught chemistry and anatomy at high school and college levels. To read previous articles, google "articles by Dr. William H. Gaunt on ageofautism.com".


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