The Philippines Finance Oral Insulin Pill

The Philippines Finance Oral Insulin Pill
          A Spanish proverb states, “He loses all who loses the right moment.” I had a similar thought a few weeks ago when I wrote that, “a brain that’s full of knowledge has no room left to dream.”
Why these philosophical mutterings?  Because I was annoyed that Canada had lost a major medical opportunity. Now, the insulin mouth rinse that should have been a “Canadian First”, is a Philippine economic coup. It’s a loss for Canada. But the Philippines had the vision to see that an oral insulin product offers immense medical and financial benefits.
          I’ve told readers that Eastgate Biotech Corp, using nanotechnology, had developed an oral insulin pill to treat Type 2 diabetes. This is a monumental finding since it does away with needle injections. Moreover, it’s a discovery that had eluded researchers for years. Since I believed its immense value to mankind, I wanted to follow the progress of Eastgate and its product. I even bought shares in the company. 
          But Eastgate required about 10 million dollars to complete clinical trials demanded by Health Canada. Initially, I believed this would not be a major problem. After all, it was Sir Frederick Banting at the University of Toronto who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1923 for his discovery of insulin.
          So I assumed these funds would become quickly available. But it soon became apparent that, neither the University of Toronto, nor a pharmaceutical company, a wealthy entrepreneur, nor the Canadian government, was interested in supporting this historical and humanitarian finding. I believe this will prove to be an unfortunate error.

          Recently Eastgate announced it had opened an office in the Philippines. It had also formed an association with Bukidnon Pharmaceutical to finance, manufacture, and distribute an insulin mouth rinse in that country where there is an epidemic of Type 2 diabetes.
          What makes this particularly exciting is that Philippine government officials have been involved in these negotiations. It’s apparent they’re aware of the personal and societal cost of diabetes to their health care system. By managing blood sugar levels they can help to decrease the devastating and expensive complications of diabetes.
          I also suspect that the Philippines is just the starting point for distribution of the insulin mouth rinse to other Asian countries. And that eventually the oral product will be available in Canada and the U.S.

          It still boggles my mind that the Canadian government can spend hundreds of millions of dollars combating the opioid epidemic, but has zero funds for an oral insulin product. Canadians should take note that recently a Texas company bought Canada’s largest chain of methadone addiction clinics as they’ve become very profitable. Last year 44,432 people in Ontario, just one Canadian province, received methadone treatment paid for by you. I repeat 44,432!!!!!!

          But there is also an epidemic of Type 2 diabetes in North America. It’s alarming that one in 14 people have Type 2 diabetes, and for those over age 65 one in four have this disease. This means a new case of diabetes is diagnosed every 45 seconds. It also means that diabetes patients face greater risk of blindness, kidney failure and amputation of legs.

          Philippine authorities realize that these costly personal and societal disasters are less likely to happen when blood sugar levels are better controlled. And that patients will be more willing to monitor blood sugar using an oral product rather than needle injections. It’s a huge step in the right direction.
          History will show how unfortunate it was that no one in Canada could dream hard enough to ensure that clinical trials could be done in this country. The seizure of opportunity brings success.
          But the results of what is happening in the Philippines will soon spread to this part of the world as the treatment of Type 2 diabetes has become a worldwide problem. In fact, this epidemic should be labelled a “lifestyle disease” since 90 percent of those with Type 2 diabetes are obese.

          Type 2 diabetes is the classic example of The Gifford-Jones Law that says one medical problem leads to another and another.

And remember, I am not your doctor or financial adviser.
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Life After Life By Joe Ingino

Life After Life
    Is there Life after Life?  Some may argue that their is.  Some may give you a very romantic interpretation of eternity in either some hot place or an eternal abliss.
When you think about it.  Either way.  It be Hell.  The key here is to define ‘HELL’ by dictionary definition: ‘a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death.’ by second definition: ‘used to express annoyance or surprise or for emphasis.’
In the first. One could say that living is being in hell as we live on a planet that is perpetuated by fire deep in it’s core where the wicked roam and most live life in constant struggle.  Some may go as far as life bumps and grinds are a direct cause of some sort of punishment redirected from life choices.   Our heavens are those things that make us happy.  The good times and the breaks we enjoy on the occasion.
In the latter definition one could say that hell could be all around us..and if so... then life is heaven and life is hell.
With this said.  Then is there life after life?  Some have argued that life is a continuum that becomes entangled and or trapped in time and space.  I guess this is what we deem to be reality.  Life in it’s dictionary meaning refers to: the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.’  Well if this stands true, then life is more of biological entity then it is spiritual and or transient of time and place.
Interesting as if this stands true then there can’t be life after life.... yet all the indicators state differently.  Take for example the fact that we can clearly define our inner world from our outer.  They both can be altered and or compromised by drugs, disease and or mental state.
Then if so.  This is a distortion of our ability to work within the confines of time and place.
What if we were to look at this paradigm from the perspective that our inner being and our outer being are two separate vehicles entrapped in time and place by the rules of biology.
Hum... if so then this gives creditability to the argument that once the biological part of the being becomes compromised and or deteriorates that the inner part either become part of the whole or is some how re-invested into another receptive biological entity.
Ok. Now we are stretching the limits of imagination.   As if the argument stand to be remotely true.  One would think then why would the energy come back into another receptive host?  More so. Why does the energy form keep repleading itself and how.   Now this for some could be an easy problem to solve as one could argue that once the energy leaves the biological source of nourishment.  It enters the main stream of celestial energy... an energy form that is constant and self generating.
Ha. I can hear you thinking... Energy you say... where or how was this energy ever started.  Great question.  One has to think of energy not as that of which lights up bulbs.  One has to think of energy as every around us.  We are not a source.  We do not have a point of origin as we are constantly generating.  Let me explain.  Look around you.  Your reality is heavily dependent on constant speed, temperature and perception.  If the world was to slow down 100miles per hour.  Our reality would be shifted.  If the earth shifted in it’s axel.  Our realities would become very distorted.  Now does this mean that everything in the cosmics would also change?  Is it that what we know about the cosmics is nothing more then the parameters our realities entraps in?
What if Mars was not million of miles away... but in reality in very close proximity.  Or for example... the chair you are now sitting on.  What if all of a sudden it vaporized and you slowly began to see things blend one into another?  Would that still be reality?  Would that still be life?
Well, biologically it would until the changes compromised the structural make up of your being.
Then life as a biological entity would stop and you would become part of the new parameters that would present themselves before you. 
So the question stands.  Is there life after life?
The answer is as obvious as your intellect will allow you to live life.

Geranium Homes

This week saw a very interesting Ontario Municipal Board pre hearing in the City of Pickering regarding Geranium Homes wanting to put a development in Claremont within the Greenbelt and in the Oak Ridges Moaraine.
Geranium Homes figure as they were tossing the idea of 26 homes around in around 1990 that they should get a "minor rounding" of in excess of 70 homes......not going to happen.

The Greenbelt and Oak Ridges Moraine cannot be changed by the Ontario Municipal Board and come October 30th when the next hearing is, I am sure the OMB will dismiss this case.
What has absolutely blown me away is that residents of Claremont that oppose the development  have been legally threatened, this is an absolute affront to democracy. No resident can have his/her rights taken away from them from a cease and desist letter.

The next Greenbelt review is in 9 years, Geranium can come back then, but many other developers that have good cases to come out of the Greenbelt that are not on the Oak Ridges Moraine are in a pecking order and waiting in line.

The developer is professing that the new homes will take care of drainage issues in Claremont. Let me be very clear....land use planning is not to be used to correct current engineering deficiencies, that's not how it works.
The residents of Claremont have my commitment that I will ask Regional Planning to oppose the Geranium Homes development if all goes well in October.

Till next week
John MuttonPresident and CEO
Municipal Solutions - Energy and Infrastructure

''IT'S LIKE WE WON AT GETTYSBURG." H. J. Rogers Harvard Law School '66

 H. J. Rogers
Harvard Law School '66  

       
        This is what a school bus driver told me on Tuesday night at the old BAT AND PISTOL CLUB on the west end of Foundry Street in New Martinsville, near the place where Fishing Creek empties into the Ohio River.  I had gone there that evening to sort out my thoughts about what had happened that afternoon.  That morning when JESSE DALE KING, MR. LABOR FROM THE OLD SCHOOL, and I were heading out for our second tour of the picket lines I told him "Those bastards in Charleston are out to bust what is left of organized labor in the state.  I don't see a good end to this.  I think they'll still be out when the summer vacation starts."
        By the time we got out to Valley High School in Pine Grove it was early in the afternoon.  Jesse Dale made his usual offer to sell some "slightly used" ax handles, relics I presume of the labor battles of yesteryear.  Most of the pickets were chattering away but three or four men were glued to their cell phones.  One of them said to me with a slight smile "It's passed the House and on it's on the way to the Conference Committee."
        "What?", I said incredulously.  Those LITTLE BIG MOUTH REPUBLICANS HAD CAVED UNDER THE PRESSURE!!!  I couldn't believe it.  They didn't have the courage of their own convictions.  When the going got tough, they tucked their tales between their legs and run.  My feeling of elation at ''BEING IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED'' [one of the songs in the mega-hit rap musical HAMILTON about the deal cut to move the CAPITAL south of the Mason-Dixon line] was undercut by disgust at all those smug northern panhandle Republicans tossing in the towel.  All those MINIATURE-TRUMPSTERS didn't have the courage of their own convictions.
        Let's start in the State Senate with MR. DRUNK DRIVER RYAN ''RATFACE'' FERNS.  As a matter transparency, I was charged with DUI in St. Clairsville in 1981.  However, I didn't cry-baby it in the press.  I didn't resign my office in panic [it took those overpaid and under worked zaftig daughters of Lesbos with the W.Va. State Bar 45 years to corner me] and then back out of this public pledge.  Ask Donald Speedy, former Curator of Antiquities at the Mound Museum what a "stand-up" guy RATFACE is.  "I was in the drunk tank with him until his Mother bailed him out.  He bawled like a baby all the time he was there.  He kept saying 'Now I'll never be Governor.  I've disappointed my father again.  I don't deserve to live.'  I've seen some punks," Speedy told me from the Pittsburgh monastery where he now resides, ''but Ferns was the whiniest, most sniveling punk in my lifetime."   Our hermaphroditic Governer called RATFACE a "poodle" during that brief period in his life when Justice was a registered Democrat and Ferns shut up for the rest of the session.
        Of course RATFACE FERNS is a "Profile in Courage" compared to THE BLIVIT FROM BROOKE COUNTY.  [For those readers unfamiliar with the Yiddishkeit of New York, the usual definition of "blivit" given to the goyim is "ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag".  But when I look at Delegate Ryan Weld, I see him through the eyes of my sainted Mother: "Ah, if only I could buy him for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth, I'd be a millionaire many times over."  If I could do a sequel to Dante's "Purgatorio" for THE BLIVIT FROM BROOKE COUNTY, I would put him in an echo chamber and have Tate Blanchard read that limp-dick op-ed he did for The Intelligencer explaining in laborious detail why it was impossible to "find" the money to fund a pay raise for teachers.  "Besides", THE BLIVIT FROM BROOKE COUNTY said "if we give the teachers more than a 1% raise we'll have to give the other State employees a raise and that's a logical impossibility.  There's not enough money in the whole State to give all the our employees a raise."             
    As disgusting as Sen. Ferns and Delegate Weld are, the absolute nadir of REPUBLICAN, LEGISLATIVE MENDACITY is Wheeling's own Isle Koch Delegate Erikka Storch.  [For those of you whose memories do not stretch back to THE GOOD WAR, Ms. Koch was know as "the bitch of Buchenwald" and has hanged by the Allied Tribunal at Nuremberg.  However, hanging would be too good of the predations "that woman" [for extra credit, what recent President used this phrase?] that foisted upon the working men and women of West Virginia from her perch with the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.  Holy Writ says "No one can serve two masters" and Erikka obeys this admonition by doing the bidding of the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and ignoring the needs of the working men and women of Ohio County, her constitutents.  Hanging is too good for her.
            First of all, Ms. Storch meets Dr. Samuel Johnson's definition of a hypocrite: ''No one is more base than hypocrites because when they are most false they take pains to appear most true."  This NEO-NAZI appeared before a gathering of teachers at John Marshall High School, seized the microphone and cooed O! so sweetly: "I WANT TO GET MORE MONEY FOR YOU . . . . UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS MONEY IS COMING FROM."  O, the pure unadulterated hypocrisy of this statement.  It is obvious in retrospect that THIS UNHOLY TRINITY knew where the money could come from; they just didn't want to spring for it.
            Like all of their Republican peers in the Legislature, or nearly all, this UNHOLY TRINITY---''RATFACE'' FERNS; WELD, THE BLIVIT; und ERIKKA, THE NEO-NAZI ran on the Republican gospel of "no new taxes", right?  Yet when they got into head-to-head with a bunch of teachers and service people THEY PROVED THEMSELVES TO BE GUTLESS WONDERS UNABLE TO STICK BY THEIR OWN PRINCIPLES.
They should be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.  And then strung up on the Suspension Bridge.
            The Republican giants of yesteryear---Chester Hubbard, George Seibert, Stuart Bloch, John Stirewalt, Robin Capehart, et al. were men of integrity who held to their principles.  They staked out a position and stuck by it come hell or high water.  I call upon THE REMNANT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN OHIO COUNTY, PATTY LEVENSON, PETER HOLLOWAY, AND WORTHY PAUL TO GROW SOME BALLS (metaphorically speaking, of course) AND PURGE THESE HYPOCRITES FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.  I will volunteer to cast the first stone at each ONE of these gutless wonders.
            The upside of all this is the West Virginia stands a cubit higher in the outside world because of the verve, skill, and determination with which the teachers and support personnel drew a line in the sand and signaled a determination that wrought fear in the hearts of the phony-baloney Republicans who people the State Senate and House of Delegates.  I heard the story on the BBC "World Service" and the fact that our teachers, et al. "dreamed the impossible dream" and pulled it off with consummate political skill in two short weeks made me PROUD TO BE A WEST VIRGINIAN.
Remember the great slogans of the Industrial Workers of the World: "AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL"  and
 "ONE BIG UNION".
NEWS FLASH:  J. THOMAS MADDEN, THE PRIDE OF MOUNDSVILLE (with offices now in Wheeling) HAS LEFT FOR LAS VEGAS TO SEEK A PAID LIAISON WITH STORMY DANIELS.  "If successful," he told Dave Jividen, Esq., of Wheeling and his college roommate, "I will then have one thing in common with the President."  But I wonder if our Senatorial Super Stud might beat Tommy to the prize.  Stay tuned.  
''IT'S LIKE WE WON AT GETTYSBURG."

Sessions' IG investigation is worthless

Sessions' IG investigation is worthless
By Larry Klayman
Larry Klayman agrees with Trump on 'disgraceful' action of attorney general
Freedom Watch Has Launched a Petition to Remove Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. Please Sign By Going to www.FreedomWatchUSA.org and Share Everywhere You Can!

After more than a year of doing nothing about the runaway so-called Russian "collusion" investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller and his leftist hack, pro-Obama/Clinton "Deep State" prosecutors, and looking the other way as mountains of evidence surfaced about more Clinton Foundation bribery schemes ranging from Uranium One to a host of others – and after sitting back and allowing the outlaws in the FBI and the intelligence agencies, the NSA and CIA, continue to illegally and unconstitutionally surveil not just Trump, his family and advisers but masses of Americans – Attorney General Jeff Sessions has finally found the "courage" to ask the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Fusion GPS Christopher Steele Dossier caper.

This "bold" act caused President Trump to label his attorney general's actions as "disgraceful," and rightfully so. But more is needed than just words. It is time for Sessions, who has been roundly excoriated by anyone with any "sense of common sense," much less a desire for justice, to be fired. The president must stop listening to his "Three Stooge" lawyers, Ty Cobb, Jay Sekulow and John Dowd, all of whom counsel him to play it safe as the establishment creatures of the dark swamp of Washington, D.C., carry on.

In the words of Thomas Paine, these are the times that try men's souls. Of course, Paine was talking about the days leading up to our first American Revolution. And unless strong action is taken now to rid the nation of the evil creatures like Mueller, James Comey, Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Clapper and other despicable and thoroughly lawless individuals who sliver about the streets and gutters of Washington, D.C., subverting our republic, the vision of our Founding Fathers put into practice on July 4, 1776, will be forever trashed. And then we will be in the midst of what is certain to be a second American revolution, as the citizenry is getting smarter and more reactive by the day. Just look at Freedom Watch's website at FreedomWatchusa.org to read the comments posted to the petition to have me appointed special counsel to rid the nation of the vermin that now infests it.

But let's get back to why President Trump reacted to "news" that "Jeffrey boy" had asked his IG to investigate the phony warrant triggered to unconstitutionally wiretap and surveil Trump Tower, catching the now-commander in chief, his family and colleagues, such as Gen. Mike Flynn, in this web of insidious and illegal spying.
The Steele dossier, a pack of lies about Donald Trump if one ever saw one – paid for by the Wicked Witch of the Left (former presidential nominee Hillary Clinton) and her minions at the Democratic National Committee – was used by the corrupt former FBI Director James Comey and his fellow clowns as the pretext to conduct the illegal wiretaps. And who rubber-stamped this illegal spying? Hapless establishment judges on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, a bunch of "yes men and women," who, like the judges handpicked by King George III of the Court of King James, rubber-stamped everything this tyrant wanted when it came to persecuting the American colonies. The acts of these establishment corrupted judges, by allowing the unconstitutional wiretaps, ultimately contributed to the appointment of Robert Mueller to investigate alleged Russian collusion and the illegal indictments of Gen. Mike Flynn and others around the president.

By now belatedly dumping this scandal into the hen house of the IG – which is an arm of the DOJ, and which oversees misconduct by its own FBI – Sessions is circling the wagons "in house" to ultimately cover-up or downplay the gross prosecutorial abuse of the agencies he leads as attorney general. This is classic and textbook Washington, D.C., swamp reptilian sleight of hand.
In addition to Sessions fearing Mueller and his out-of-control special counsel investigation, by sending only one of the Clinton/Obama scandals to his IG, he is protecting his yellow flanks at the DOJ. That is because the underbelly of the DOJ, comprised of an overwhelming majority of Clinton and Obama supporters, and not just its lawyers but even more so its support staff, are hostile to the president and even Sessions himself.

Thus, if Sessions pushes too hard to hold FBI and DOJ officials, past or present, accountable for their criminal acts, this Clinton/Obama Deep State will retaliate and ultimately drown him into the murky swamp of our totally corrupt so-called justice system. As just one example, swamp poop about his as-yet-untold actions will start to fly out of other dossiers concerning his conduct as attorney general.

This is the way Washington, D.C., works. The bureaucracy protects itself no matter which political party one comes from. In effect, if you don't gore my ox, maybe I will not gore yours. And, so the money changers in the nation's equivalent of the "Temple of Doom" march on, to enrich everyone, no matter what their political persuasion.

This week on my radio show on Radio America (RadioAmerica.com), "Special Prosecutor with Larry Klayman," I teach a lesson about this nonexistent system of justice where the DOJ, my once former alma mater, colludes with dishonest federal judges – most of whom were nominated by former presidents Clinton and Obama – to run interference for the elite criminals who got them their seat on the bench, and who can get them even higher appointments. (It is also no coincidence that the DOJ inspector general is Michael Horowitz, an Obama appointee.) You can hear this sad and frightening analysis at FreedomWatchusa.org. Once you do, it's easy to understand why the nation stands on the precipice of revolution, which I am trying to prevent.

If Attorney General Sessions were serious about getting justice, he would appoint me special counsel. Frankly, there's no one else who has the fortitude to bring the criminals to justice and help to restore our totally corrupt justice system. If you wish to support my appointment, go to FreedomWatchusa.org.

Time is short to save the nation from the tyranny that mounts with each passing day.

Stomping On The World By Joe Ingino

Stomping On The World
  They are calling him a dictator... all because he acts in the best interest of his country.  In the best interest of his people.  For too long nations like China have been raping our work force our economies and our economy.   It is time to turn the table around.
Men like Trump are far from few.  There is guy that is not taking one red tax payers cent for reenumeration.  Is under constant attack by the media.  Yet everything he seems to put his mind to do he gets it done.  Sure he may be arrogant, a little self centered... but think about it... He is human and if  you or I were put in his place would we not have the same qualities in our leadership... People need to stop the bashing and start appreciating change.  
Change has a price and in this modern time it appears that bitching is it.   Ok stop laughing.  You know what I mean...  It appears that we our civic conscious is the more we hate something the more we want it... The more it succeeds the more we look to dethrone it.
People let’s all take a deep breath and appreciate the moment.  A moment that is putting jobs back in America.  A moment that is putting China in it’s place.  Why should we bare the burden of job loss and a trade deficit in the Billions.   Nancy Reagan had it right with her boots... and they are made for walking all over you...  Go Trump Go.  Please liberate Canada from our political unic’s that serve as a servant in the Forbidden foreign cultural agendas.

Pack it light. Wear it right. (Handbags) By Dr. George Traitses

 Pack it light. Wear it right. (Handbags)

By Dr. George Traitses
D.C., B.Sc.(Hon.), M.Sc., C.H.N., C.N.M., A.C.R.B. 3, C.R.A.
Member of the Ontario Chiropractic Association
Some women carry the whole world in their handbag, but a heavy bag or purse can cause pain and injury to your back, neck and shoulders. Overstuffed bags also cause poor posture by encouraging the carrier to lean to one side.

The good news is pain and injury can be easily avoided by following a few simple tips.

Choosing a handbag
    Choose a handbag that is proportionate to your body size and no larger than what is needed. Your handbag should not weigh more than 10 per cent of your body weight.
    Choose a handbag that has several individual pockets, instead of one large compartment. This will help to distribute the weight of the contents more evenly and keep them from shifting.

Packing a handbag
    Change the size and weight of your wallet once in a while. You may also consider one wallet for your work and a different one for when you go out, as you may need different objects for both.
    Ensure the weight is evenly distributed in the purse by using all the pockets.

Carrying a handbag
    Use both hands to check the weight of the handbag.
    Instead of always carrying your handbag on the same shoulder, switch sides often so each shoulder gets a rest.
    Square your shoulders ­ many women have a habit of lifting the shoulder on which the purse is carried to keep the straps from slipping.

More tips
    Try to maintain good posture. When standing, your head, shoulders, hips and ankles should line-up, one comfortably above the other.
    If you can walk to lunch or a meeting, lock your purse in your desk or locker and carry only your cash and/or credit cards in a pocket.

By following these simple strategies, it’s easy to lighten your load.

All About Him

All About Him
I am a married man, 47, going into my sixth year of marriage. I am having a bit of trouble lately. For starters, the marriage has been strained, mostly due to some mistakes I made, but we are slowly working things out.

My main problem of late is depression and anxiety triggered by that situation and one other pressing issue. I have found myself developing a crush on my wife's best friend. I know this is an almost impossible situation, as she also is involved with someone and we are all good friends.

I find myself nervous when I am around her and when I am not around her. I am playing it cool and do not want to hurt my wife, or anyone else for that matter, but it is bothering me. I am trying to work through this in the hope it will pass or that my wife and I will rekindle and get back on track.
Travis

Travis, what does "mostly due to some mistakes I made" mean? Wayne & Tamara

I lied about financial issues and job related stuff. My wife and I are past that, but still not on the same page. She claims there is a big lump where her heart used to be. I believe this is what has led to my attraction to her friend.

While waiting for your reply, I confronted my wife's best friend with my feelings towards her. She was okay and very accepting towards it. I chose not to mention it to my wife until I feel it is appropriate to bring it up.
I am also going to therapy. Travis
Travis, in psychology there is a principle known as the maturity principle. The maturity principle says that adults tend to become more emotionally stable and responsible as they age. They also tend to become less neurotic and self-centered.

What’s the basis of your problems? You are trying to buck the maturity principle Chaos rains down on your life, and you act as if it is someone else’s fault. A young man might use his youth to excuse impulsive behavior. “I was 21 and married this stripper in Vegas. What was I thinking!”
But at 47, excuses wear thin.
You’d like to use anxiety and depression as a defense, but your problems can be explained by simple cause and effect. For most people, money and job issues equal safety. You lied about both to your wife. Now her heart is cold. Take credit for what you caused.

You thought intimate involvement with her best friend was a solution to your problems, and all you did was create one more problem: what if she tells my wife?

People aren’t dolls in a dollhouse or avatars on a computer screen for you to manipulate. You said you are in therapy. If that’s true, you cannot get the level of care you need until you link the way you feel with the acts you commit.

You have to face your self-centered nature. You can’t be with others, or connected to others, when all you think about is yourself. A truly selfish person can only be alone in the world.

Your past will be your future until you have a new outlook. Imagine this. I will be brutally honest about myself and my motivations. I won’t complicate the lives of others until I can act with the understanding a 47-year-old man should possess.
Embracing the maturity principle is the only way out of your problems.
Wayne & Tamara

Why eating 'clean' isn't enough for optimal health from Marissa Liana

Why eating 'clean' isn't enough for optimal health
Are you constantly eating the same foods over and over again? I see this a lot in the fitness community #mealprep #broccoliandrice #turkeyandquinoa #oatsandeggs Or simply not eating much of anything from the earth that is plant based? Although you may be eating healthy or 'clean' foods often, you’re still putting your health and immune system at risk. Here’s why:
The collection of bacteria living in and on our body is referred to as the 'microbiome’ and consists of about 100 trillion bacterial cells, the highest concentration of which is in your gut.
Having a wide diversity of these microbes is essential to protect our health and immune system. Different foods feed different microbes. Unfortunately, many of us have compromised microbiomes because we are eating the standard American diet that is high in sugar, refined carbohydrate grains, processed foods, artificial sweeteners and antibiotics, and low in a variety of fruits and veggies.
When our gut’s microbes are not flourishing, we extract fewer nutrients from our foods and, are more prone to being overweight because bacteria interact with hormones in our guts that regulate appetite, such as leptin and ghrelin.
What must you do? Eat more plant foods! Fruits and vegetables contain fibres and plant chemicals which feed your gut bacteria and help it grow which is why they’re crucial to a healthy gut, just as probiotics are, which feed the microbes in the gut.  Aim for a minimum of 8 different plant foods per day, the majority of which should come from vegetables and a portion coming from natural fruits.
In my Bikini Bod Beat The Bloat Ebook, I provide you with a 14-day digestive healing meal plan that supports your gut and helps to heal your digestion. Visit www.marissaliana.com in the 'shop' section of my website for more info!
 Until next week, Stay well. 
Marissa. 

Mediterranean Diet for a Long Life By W. Gifford-Jones M.D.

Mediterranean Diet for a Long Life
          Leonardo da Vinci once remarked, “Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle.” Trifles can make a huge difference in surgery, when building rockets, in nutrition, or in life generally. For instance, a report in the publication LifeExtension shows that a Mediterranean Diet prolongs life. As we all age, this is no trifle.

          For years doctors and nutritionists have known the Mediterranean Diet is a “Five Star” one. But no one knew why this diet had such remarkable benefits. Now, researchers have discovered its success is due to polyphenols (a plant based compound). They lower the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by an amazing 60 percent! This means fewer heart attacks, strokes, hypertension and less inflammation.
          The author of the report, Michael Downey, says that most people fail to obtain sufficient polyphenols in their diet. Authorities agree that people should eat 10 servings of fruit and vegetables every day to reduce CVD risk. Unfortunately, for most people, it’s impossible to consume this amount of fiber, nuts, artichokes, lentils, grapes, pomegranates, olives, fish and wine each day.
          The Mediterranean Diet also affects the risk of dying. In 2016, at the European Society of Cardiology conference, a study showed that the number of those who followed the Mediterranean Diet were 37 percent less likely to die than those who ate a non-Mediterranean diet.
          One researcher made the sage remark that “the Mediterranean Diet provides more protection against heart disease than most of today’s prescription drugs!”  And this isn’t a trifle!
          Since so many North Americans suffer from hypertension, one study is of particular importance. After a year on two types of Mediterranean Diets, subjects   showed that blood pressure had declined. Equally important, researchers discovered that increased amounts of polyphenols and nitric oxide were being excreted by the kidneys.
          Nitric oxide (NO) is nature’s natural arterial relaxant. I’ve previously reported that, as we age, less NO is produced by our bodies, causing constriction of arteries, hypertension and erectile dysfunction. Neo40, a natural remedy, is a pill that produces NO and is available in Health Food Stores (HFS). Due to my age I’ve been using this product daily for several years.
          In view of the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease another finding is significant. Those who were consistent in following the Mediterranean Diet had less age-related brain shrinkage,
          Since it’s a challenge for most people to consume sufficient polyphenols, extracts such as grapeseed, pomegranate, walnut, pecan and artichoke are also available in Health Food Stores.  I love blueberries and was pleased to read that numerous studies show blueberries supply the brain with increased amounts of oxygenated blood. British researchers studied the effect of blueberry concentrate on brain function for 12 weeks on a group of people with an average age of 68.
          What made this experiment unique was that researchers analyzed brain function with a powerful MRI scanner while subjects were being asked questions. This revealed that blueberries produced a significant increase in brain activity.
          Later, the use of blueberry concentrate on a group of children 7 to 10 years of age showed another amazing finding. They were given a battery of tests over a period of several hours. Significant improvements in memory were seen as quickly as 1.25 hours after using blueberry concentrate.  Some authorities have labelled blueberries as the number one antioxidant. This means that blueberries destroy what’s known as free radicals, the waste products of metabolism, which are associated with an aging brain, cancer, and heart disease.                                                                                                                                                                
          So the Mediterranean Diet is a prudent way to fight these major problems as it contains a variety of fruits, vegetables, fish, grapes, nuts, fiber, and tomatoes loaded with lycopenes which may help to prevent prostate cancer. A variety of healthy polyphenol extracts are all available in Health Food Stores.  I’ll add more blueberries to my diet. I’ll also continue taking Neo40 and    several thousand milligrams of vitamin C powder daily, which carries more oxygenated blood to the brain. Why? Because during the past year no reader has been able to inform me of anyone who has developed Alzheimer’s disease while taking 4000 to 6,000 mg of vitamin C daily for several years. This is a very interesting finding.

GOOGLE SCAM By Joe Ingino

GOOGLE SCAM
 By Joe Ingino b.a.
Editor/Publisher

    OK.  Come on be honest... Put your hands up... How many of you are victims of the recent GOOGLE scam that is going around.   I know you may be to embarrassed to admit.  But if you are a victim.  Don’t feel bad you are not alone.  These high tech crooks have taken thousand of people.   There are two GOOGLE scams going on... and by the way.  GOOGLE has nothing to do with it.   These Optimizing companies from the U.S. are using robo-calls to entice fear into small to medium business.  Business owners that have little or no knowledge of the internet, social media or how GOOGLE operates.
These crooks play on the ignorance of their victims and attack their insecurities.  Most of those that have fallen victim have no advertising budget or are on a very limited one.   The victims have no real understanding of advertising and marketing and are reaching for straws, so they think that turning to the internet is the answer.   After all $395 for a whole year sound like a deal.   Like they say.  If it is to good to be true... It probably not true.
The GOOGLE fraudsters use 1.  A call to assure your GOOGLE listing does not get cancelled but for a one time fee they can prevent this from ever happening again.  2. They call you to inform you that you can now have your business name for a fee on the front page of GOOGLE.   Both are lies and a con for the computer/internet ignorant.   Both are scheme to sucker in suckers.  It works.  In the U.S. this practice is against the law.   So, these robo-call telemarketers turn to Canada, Mexico, Europe. 
This scam has been around since 2011 and there is no law in Canada that can protect victims. Since the fraud is taking place from the United States.  This crime becomes and international incident.  No local police will touch it.   No jurisdictional power can be exercised as the states that these fraud originate from operate as an island to the world when it comes to legal challenges.  What does this mean to the victim.  YOU BEEN SCAMMED.
But these are not the only scams going around.   There is the call that informs you that your company now is eligible for a loan up to two hundred thousand dollars, no credit checks, all they need is your company financials for the past two years and your banking information.  This scam originates out of New York.   This scam promises to do a free business analysis to see  how much you qualify for... ‘when they called they had told you automatically qualify’...
In both cases, these scams not only attempt to take your money.  Most importantly they gather your business and at times personal information.  Information that is sold to other telemarketers.   The information sale industry is worth billions.   This is how telemarketers obtain calling lists.
I talk to many people on any given day.  I can tell you first hand that many pretend to know the internet.  Others know somethings about the net.  But far from few actually understand the logistics, the purpose and most importantly how to use the internet as a marketing tool.
The internet was set forth as FREE WARE.  It was to be a place to exchange intellectual though and information.  Search engines and there are many are there to inform and exchange information quickly and easily.  It is in their best interest to keep the information fresh and accurate.
Marketers see the internet as a place to legally rape and pillage as basic human decency was supposed to be the governing entity.
Like everything in humanity.   The internet has become compromised by greed.  By  thieves and crooks.  Something that was set up for the good of humanity has now become nothing more than a public toilet.
From the Amazon’s of the world to the many porn chats and sites.  The system has been broken.  The internet today has become a place  that disturbs commerce, industry and trade.  It compromises relationships and changes human behavior as psychological reprecussion for it’s use are becoming more rampant.
From addiction to its many offering to the exposure of sensitive and immoral material to the population at large.
Not to mention the outmost popular ‘FAKE NEWS’.   The internet with the introduction of social media.  A system again that was set forth to unite people, family.   Today it is being used to attack one another, dethrone and or influence governments.
What is it about humanity that we set forth with good intention great plans and systems but some how they become corrupt and used to harm one another.
Case in point.  Google Plus scam and related consequences to our society.
Sad world we live in when we are our own worst enemy.
Mark Twain had it right.  ‘The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog’

Pregnancy and Your Back By Dr. George Traitses

By Dr. George Traitses
D.C., B.Sc.(Hon.), M.Sc., C.H.N., C.N.M., A.C.R.B. 3, C.R.A.
Member of the Ontario Chiropractic Association
Pregnancy and Your Back
Did you know that at least 50 per cent of pregnant women experience back pain? And 10 per cent of those report discomfort severe enough to disrupt their daily routines. The good news is that there are steps you can take to baby your back during pregnancy.
What causes pregnancy-related back pain in the first place?
The average healthy weight gain is more than 30 pounds. This extra weight places considerable stress on the back, feet, ankles and knees. As your baby grows, the core abdominal muscles become stretched, and cannot stabilize your posture as well as they did before.
In the third trimester, levels of a hormone called “relaxin” increase ten times. This also contributes to back pain. Relaxin loosens your joints to allow the pelvis to accommodate the enlarging uterus. These loose joints force the muscles of the back and pelvis to work overtime to keep you upright and balanced.
Try these tips to help minimize your risk of back pain.
    Exercise can help increase muscle support for your aching back. Always consult a health care practitioner before participating in a new exercise regimen. Low impact cardiovascular activities, such as swimming, walking, or stationary cycling can help relieve pain and maintain fitness.
    Sleep on your left side to reduce the pressure of the uterus on the large blood vessels in the abdomen, and optimize blood flow to both mother and baby.
    Place a pillow between your knees to take pressure off your lower back when sleeping on your side.
    Take frequent, short breaks with your feet elevated.
    Remember, adequate rest restores your energy and gives your back a chance to relax.
    Wear flat, supportive shoes and use a lumbar support pillow in your chair at home or work. If you sit at a computer or desk, take frequent breaks and walk around for a few minutes each hour.
    Don’t be afraid to ask for help, especially when lifting heavy objects, including other toddlers and children.
Studies Show
Numerous studies show that back pain can be reduced by manual therapies during pregnancy. In a study of 170 Canadian women those who received chiropractic care reported less pain both during pregnancy and during labour.
A maternity chiropractor can provide safe, effective, and drug-free conservative care to relieve pain, by decreasing pressure on the joints, muscles and nerves of the spine and pelvis.
For more information on health and safety please visit the Ontario Chiropractic Association web site at www.chiropractic.on.ca or call 1877-327-2273. Dr. George I. Traitses of Infinite Health practices traditional chiropractic, advanced nutrition and anti aging therapy and has been serving the Toronto and Markham communities since 1981. You can reach him at 416-499-5656 or www.infinite-health.com         Dr. George Traitses, 416-499-5656  www.infinite-health.com

Strange Brew from Wayne & Tamara

from Wayne & Tamara
Strange Brew
  I am a 34-year-old straight woman in an open marriage with a 39-year-old straight man. I have taken far more advantage of the openness of our marriage than my husband, at least until recently, and I have had a string of long-term affairs and short-term flings.

During the past eight months I have basically been living with another man in a neighboring town. I am drawn to men who are starkly different than my husband, who is an intellectual, moderate in his vices, with disdain for men who spend every evening in a pub.
I have a drinking problem, but it is not a problem I feel any need to resolve. I am drawn to men who, like me, are also drinkers. I can have a glass of wine in the morning, drink until I pass out in the afternoon, and wake up when my lover comes home. Then go to the pub with him and start drinking again.
My husband can’t tolerate that behavior.
This past Sunday my lover and I went to a country pub. I glanced in the dining room and saw my husband with a beautiful older woman, but not just any woman, it was my mother. From the way they looked at each other and were touching, I could tell they were quite obviously in love.
My mother is 54, breathtakingly beautiful and, unlike me, hasn’t let her body go. My husband, who is handsome and fit, looked happier than I had ever seen him. I went to the toilet and threw up. Then I dragged my lover out of the pub, went straight to the off-licence, bought a liter of vodka, and drank at his house until I passed out.

I feel betrayed by my mother and my husband. There has always been something lurking beneath the surface with them. I guess she made her move and he couldn’t resist, or maybe it was the other way around.

Knowing I can’t go back to my life as it once was makes me miss it so much. My mother is the one having long talks with my husband at night, going to a nice restaurant with him or the theatre, and I am at a grubby pub every night with my alcoholic lover.
I started stalking them, sitting in the car down the street from our house, drinking vodka from the bottle, and watching them come out hand in hand to play tennis in the courts down the street or go out to dinner.

I have sneaked in the house and gone up to what used to be our bedroom and found my mother has moved her clothes into the wardrobe and taken out what I had left. I even saw a tube of lube on the bedside table.
Seeing that made me hate her more than you can believe. My husband would be disgusted with the way I have let myself go, but he’s happily enjoying my mother’s perfect body.

I haven’t confronted either of them yet. I would love to put an end to their happy little relationship. It is sick that my mother stole her daughter’s husband, and I despise her for that. I can forgive my husband, but I could never forgive her and can’t tolerate the fact that they are together.
Eleanor

Eleanor, your long letter deserves a full response, which we will publish next week.
Wayne & Tamara
Send letters to: DirectAnswers@WayneAndTamara.com

Improve digestion with these simple life hacks. By Marissa

Improve digestion with these simple life hacks.

Experiencing digestive difficulties despite eliminating an abundance of foods, undergoing a cleanse, taking digestive enzymes, or adding a probiotic? Some people may not realize how much stress can actually impact our digestion. Especially for those who have an irritable bowel.

It is firstly important to distinguish stressors. Stress does not only consider mental and emotional stress. Stress can come in the form of physical, environmental (think pollutants and chemicals), emotional, and even dietary stress as food intolerances generate excess inflammation in the body, which puts added stress on our systems. If you are the type of person who has a stressful living environment with our spouse or family members, is always eating on the go, rushing meals at work, or including stress from medications and drugs, you are more likely to experience irritable bowel and digestive issues. Instead of being in the state of "rest and digest" during meal time, your body is in a state of fight or flight. These conditions affect the enteric nervous system, which connects our digestive system to our central nervous system (our spinal cord and brain).
Depending on the severity of this stress, our digestion can actually completely shut down, or produce symptoms of irritable bowel and diarrhea to prepare our body for the perceived battleground at hand.
As a Holistic Nutritionist, and a digestive healing guru, I think it is important to share ideas on how to reduce stress with my clients in order to improve their lives and ultimately their digestion. Some of my favourite ways include:
1) Make sure you set time aside for yourself to eat in a stress-free environment. I know many people, including myself, can be guilty of being so busy that we quickly wolf down a meal or snack on the go. Do not multi-task while eating and thoroughly chew each bite.
2) Practice mindful eating. This includes things like listening to your body and hunger signals when you're full or hungry, consider the quality of your foods and where they're coming from as opposed to "comfort eating", and adopting an eating schedule as opposed to eating at random times and places each day.
3) Include adaptogenic herbs like Ashwagandha and Maca into your diet or supplement routine to boost energy naturally and help your body cope with stress without relying on caffeine. This will help to take the load off the nervous system and aid symptoms of irritable bowel.
For more digestive tips and wellness, check out my website!.
 Until next week, Stay well. 
Marissa. 

Insomnia; It’s Shortening Your Life By W. Gifford-Jones M.D.

By W. Gifford-Jones M.D.
Insomnia; It’s Shortening Your Life
          F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author, once remarked, “The worst thing in the world is try to sleep and not to.” I’m sure many readers share Fitzgerald’s problem. But suppose this common trouble kills you? That’s when it’s worthwhile to find out more about insomnia, and why some people suffer from TAT (Tired all the Time).
          Professor Matthew Walker is founder of the University of California Berkeley’s Center for Human Sleep Science. He’s also author of the book, “Why We Sleep.” Walker says, “The silent sleep loss epidemic is one of the greatest public health challenges we face in the 21st century.”
          Right now, if you become drowsy while driving, his figures should awaken you. Walker says that one person dies every hour in the U.S. due to fatigue-related mistakes. For instance, this week over 2 million people in the U.S will fall asleep while driving! This translates into 1.2 million accidents caused by drowsiness every year in the U.S. Could driverless cars cause so many accidents?
          On first thought one would expect professional drivers to have a better track record. But Walker says truck drivers are more hazardous because 80 percent are overweight and 50 percent clinically obese, increasing the risk of sleep apnea.
          The result can be catastrophic. Long distance truck drivers have a 200 to 500 percent greater risk of accident. And when a driver is killed, he or she takes 4.5 other people with them!

          Currently, there are more than 20 sleep studies that have been following patients for several decades. For those who suffer from insomnia one single relationship is notable and disturbing, namely, the “shorter your sleep, the shorter your life!”
          But being short on sleep is the cause of more than traffic accidents and death. Professor Walker also shows evidence it’s related to heart attack, obesity, diabetes, cancer and dementia.
          Walker reports that in the spring when we lose one hour of sleep due to Daylight Savings Time, there’s a 24 percent increase in heart attacks. Then in the fall when we gain one hour, the reverse, a 21 percent decrease in coronary attacks.
          He reports that even our body’s waste-removal system ramps up activity during sleep. This helps to remove plaque from coronary arteries, with less chance of heart attack. Sleep also decreases amyloid-beta waste products in the brain decreasing risk of Alzheimer’s disease.                     Equally alarming is the fact that Walker’s research could not find a single psychiatric condition is which the subject’s sleep was normal!
          But how could insomnia affect whether or not one develops cancer? Walker claims that following one night of just four hours sleep, our natural killer cells that attack cancer cells decrease by 75 percent. Due to this loss of killer cells researchers have linked numerous types of cancer such as bowel, breast and prostate malignancies to insomnia.
          To drive home the importance of sleep, and possible development of cancer, Walker notes that since 2007 The World Health Association has labelled shift work as “a probable human carcinogen.” Moreover, if you are fighting a battle against cancer, sleep deprivation may cause malignancy to grow more quickly and be more aggressive.
          What did not surprise me is that insomnia and drug addiction go hand in hand. Unfortunately, the Walker studies show that children who are chronic poor sleepers are at increased risk of alcohol and drug abuse in their adolescent years. Insomnia has also been associated with bullying.
          So how can you improve your sleep so you’re not tired all the time? Go to bed and get up at the same time even if it’s been a bad night. Keep the room temperature at about 65 degrees (18 celsius) and wear socks if your feet are cold. One hour before bedtime turn off the TV, dim lights and use blackout curtains. Avoid caffeine after one p.m. and don’t go to bed tipsy. Alcohol is sedation, but it is not sleep.
          Still cannot sleep? Then get up and do something quiet and relaxing until you have an urge to sleep.
          But what says Walker if his students snooze during his lectures? He says he’s flattered! He knows sleep helps fact-based learning and memory.
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To PC OR NOT PC? By John Mutton

To PC OR NOT PC?
By John Mutton      
As I write my column this week, I sit here watching the PC leadership convention with great interest in who will be taking on Kathleen Wynne and the Provincial Liberals.
The best choice for Durham Region will be Christine Elliott by far. While Christine may not live in Durham anymore, this is her home, her roots and where she has built a legacy.
While I like Doug Ford, I am hoping Doug runs for Mayor of the City of Toronto. Someone needs to get that runaway train under control and with Doug's personality and no fear approach, he is the guy to put the issues forward in a Mayoral election.
Caroline Mulroney, all I can say is now is not the time for on the job training. She must make her mark as an MPP prior to running the party. Justin Trudeau was an MP well before he ran for leader.
Wynne is not popular at all, the Liberal Party with a different leader would be a stronger party, however this is going to be a tough provincial election in June. I can't pick a winner yet given all of the PC civil war and the issues of trust around Vic Fedelli and others.
As a candidate based voter, what will happen in June is too close to call. If you enjoy politics, you are watching one of the best shows ever counting down to June.

Till next week

Educated Savages By Joe Ingino

By Joe Ingino b.a.
Editor/Publisher
“I live a dream in a nightmare world”
  
Educated Savages
    I remember my days back at the University in conversation with some of my fellow peers discussing the future of man kind.   It would be like finding the holy grail of society to accurately define the future of humanity.  After all, most reputable world sociologist have been warning us for years that the fall of civilization will be highly dependent on how we control the masses.
Everything from what is taking place in some countries in the orient, where they have a cap on only one child per family to the more intellectually and morally questionable practices that only those with a particular intellectual aptitude be allowed to have children.
The bottom line is the writings is on the wall.   High population numbers put a strain on all kinds of logistic systems.  From the food supply chain to the water quality.   We must plan before the plan fails us.... as no plan is the key to our quick demise.
Not to mention the outbreak of some sort of viral infection and or act of war.   I remember in our conversation that history in part has taught us great things.   For example.  War, was a great way to conquer and control population.   Some may say that this is still being practice in some countries where governments attack particular race of people in an attempt to genocide a particular.
In America we are faced with the reality that the two spectrums of the economic chair are ever so far spreading.  This meaning that there will be a much larger gap between those that have and those that don’t.
The evidence of this is already here as we keep seeing more and  more violent crimes. Rampant crimes and people with all kinds of mental disorders walking our streets.
It is a matter of time for the civilized world to become a third world banana republic.  A lawless society being oppressed by the countries wealth and military boot.
I can hear the ignorant smirk and make comments as, “it could never happen here”.   I am sure that is what the people of Syria thought before being overthrown by ISIS.  I am sure that the Jews of 1940’s Europe thought when they begin to hear about the many atrocities being committed.
We as a people are in danger of collapse.  Just here in Ontario.  Look at Scarborough for example.  The pools of violent neighborhoods.   The pockets of ongoing crime. Some due to drugs, some due to organized crime.  Others just out of friction from economic pressures, sparks acts of anger and passion.
So if population is our weakness.  What is the answer?  I heard today that Canada is a huge country and that we should keep bringing in immigrants...  Really?  That just shows the ignorance of that individual.  We need to bring in more to fill the country and even further expand our numbers.  What we need to do is plan accordingly based on the number we have.  Control the number of people we bring to this world and assure that based on our supplies we can substantiate a standard of life that is livable.
The key to our survival will depend on our social platforms.  On how they will improve the quality of life with the influx of technology eliminating traditional sources of employment and conveniences.  The world is ours to discover but also a learning curve with sign and symbols found in our history.

FLORIDA By Joe Ingino

FLORIDA
By Joe Ingino
  It is a sad tragedy when any life is lost.  But to have a distressed young person go into a school and open fire in my opinion is a testament to the failure of our school system.
   According to news reports the youth in question had experienced the recent loss of his mother.   He was a social outcast.
Clearly a youth with some serious psychological and or at the least social issues.  
Young mind crying for help.  Yet, the world is grapeling with gun ownership rights.   Like really as if that is of significance.   The real issue is to catalogue that young men mind and use that information to note behavior patterns in others.
I think that schools should pay more attention to students with social and psychological issues.
I remember my days at school.   Many had issues.  Many would get into trouble.  You clearly could point the ones that were problematic.
In this modern time.  Should we not take the obvious signs more serious?   After all lives are on the line.
I am not saying that we should be blaming the school for what took place in Florida.  That would be wrong.
What I am saying is that we should take that incident as a wake up call and realize that we have a problem.
We must deal with our youth and their problems before it becomes everyone's tragedy.
The other thing that baffles me is how anyone can walk into a school with a riffle and no one notice them until they open fire.   Like really no one seen him come into the school?
We need to allow schools to have weapons in case of siege.   We need to give our educators a tool to use in order to prevent the loss of life.   Education is more then teaching.   It is a way  of life that needs to have a healthy conscious.

5 Ways to Avoid Backache While With Your Newborn By Dr. George Traitses

5 Ways to Avoid Backache While With Your Newborn

You were up all night. The baby is crying. The telephone is ringing and the kettle is boiling. For most parents, this is a daily scenario. Parents are also continually faced with strenuous physical demands such as lifting, feeding, comforting and chasing after children.
Consider the fact that parents may be lifting a 7-10 pound baby 50 times a day. By 12 months, your baby weighs approximately 17 pounds, and at 2 years, that child has become a 25-30 pound toddler. The repetitive lifting of your child may put you at risk for back problems.
What’s a parent to do? Well, here are some simple tips that can help parents avoid some common aches and pains.
Lifting
    Stand with your feet at least a shoulder width apart.
    Keep your back in neutral position and bend your knees.
    Bring your baby as close to your chest as possible, and then lift using both arms.
Carrying
    When carrying your little one, pivot with your feet instead of twisting your back.
    This will ensure that you’re turning with your hips, which will reduce your risk of back pain.
    Lower your child into the crib or onto the floor by bending at the knees, with a neutral back.
Holding
    Hold your child in an upright position, directly against your chest.
    Carrying a child on one hip creates postural imbalances that can lead to low back pain over time.
Feeding
    Always sit in a chair with back support and avoid leaning forward to reach your newborn’s mouth.
    Instead, use pillows or blankets to support and position your baby closer to you.
Exercise
    Exercise can help increase muscle support for your aching back.
    While your baby is enjoying tummy time, join them on the floor and do some exercises to help
   strengthen your core.
There is no time for back pain in parenthood. Talk to your chiropractor about specific exercises to stretch and strengthen your muscles so that you can stay on your toes and a step ahead of your toddler.For more information on health and safety please visit the Ontario Chiropractic Association web site at www.chiropractic.on.ca or call 1877-327-2273. Dr. George I. Traitses of Infinite Health practices traditional chiropractic, advanced nutrition and anti aging therapy and has been serving the Toronto and Markham communities since 1981. You can reach him at 416-499-5656 or www.infinite-health.com Web site at  www.chiropractic.on.ca or call 1877-327-2273
Dr. George Traitses, 416-499-5656  www.infinite-health.com

Broken Dreams from Wayne & Tamara

from Wayne & Tamara  Broken Dreams
   I'm 36 and have never been married. I graduated from a private university and have always been able to support myself. My boyfriend has been living with me almost three years. We have a great sex life and I know he loves me, but he says he wants to try new things.

We are best friends, soulmates, and I’ve never received more love and attention from anyone before him. He is very sexually curious and asked me to try swinging with him, but I told him I wasn't into it.

Last week he let me know he met a married couple online and met them at a hotel (twice) and had sex with them. He thought it would be okay with me and wanted me to join them the next time they met. I told him I wasn't okay with that.
I had him write them and tell them it’s over, and he promised me he wouldn't do it again. But now I feel I can't trust him and feel he will do it behind my back anyway. I don't want to try the "swing" thing with him.
Do I kick him out and say goodbye forever? It's not what I really want to do. I knew when we started dating he was a handful to deal with, although I didn't realize to what extent. By the way, he rationalizes it as “just sex.”
Katherine

Katherine, if he rationalizes it as “just sex,” he is saying it doesn’t mean anything to him, which means it doesn’t mean anything with you.
But that’s a lie. Sex means everything to him. It means so much to him that he goes to meet strangers in hotel rooms. It means so much to him he tells you that you must be involved in this with him. It means so much to him he told you he had sex behind your back multiple times. That’s how much sex means to him.

You said he is a handful, which means you had an inkling this man was a problem when you allowed him to move in. That has led to “I can’t trust him.” He’s having sex with strangers, people who will have sex with anyone, and putting you at risk.

This is the perfect example how being with the wrong one can be worse than having no one.
It’s not that he made a request you disagree with. He made a request which erodes your love and your worth. Shakespeare wrote, “Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak, whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break.” That’s the unsaid thing in your letter and the hard thing to face.
But even worse than his request, is this. He may have promised the other two, “Let me play today, and I will bring my girlfriend next time.” He may have used your picture on his phone as his entry ticket with them. What he experiences in a few moments of pleasure means more to him than a lifetime with you.

Did he tell you he cheated because he felt guilty or remorseful? No. He told you because, quite likely, he has an obligation to bring you. So you need to get tested and retested for STDs. He may have been having sex with strangers all along.
Give sorrow words. Let the grief that does not speak whisper in your ear. See if it is telling you to call a locksmith, change the locks, and block his phone number.
Wayne & Tamara

Healthy on a budget: Avoid these “Dirty Dozen” to improve your digestion.

from Marissa Liana
 Certified Nutritional Practitioner/Health Coach
Specialized in Applied Holistic Nutrition from the Institute of Holistic Nutrition.  b.a. (Honours) in Kinesiology from UOIT.
Healthy on a budget:
Avoid these “Dirty Dozen”
to improve your digestion.
If you’re looking to preserve the health of your immune system and digestion, you will want to purchase organic produce, particularly for “the dirty dozen”. Evidence shows that exposure to environmental chemicals such as those on non-organic produce has been linked to various health disorders, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer and dysregulation of the immune and reproductive systems. In terms of our gut, these environmental chemicals damage our gut’s, further leading to digestive deterioration.
When our gut bacteria/microbiome are compromised, we are left with horrible digestive symptoms such as cramps, diarrhea, gas, bloating and constipation.

Conventional produce is sprayed with pesticides and herbicides that damage our internal microbiome. The “dirty dozen” refers to the most heavily sprayed/contaminated produce that you should always purchase organic. These include: Strawberries, Spinach, Nectarines, Peaches , Apples , Pears, Cherries,Grapes, Celery, Tomatoes, Sweet bell peppers, Potatoes and hot peppers

While purchasing organic can become costly, there are certain foods which are on Environmental Working Group’s “Clean Fifteen” list, and can be safely purchased congenitally to save you some money! These foods have been found to have the least amount of contaminants and include:
Avocado, Sweet corn, pineapple, Cabbage, Onions, Frozen sweet peas, Papaya, Asparagus , Mangoes, Egg plant, Honey dew melon, Kiwi, Cantaloupe, Grapefruit, Cauliflower

I would also recommend washing your vegetables and fruit with vinegar and water+sea salt to remove any contaminants.

If you love these digestive tips and are looking for a complete digestive healing guide, you will love my Bikini Bod Beat the Bloat Ebook, A complete digestive healing meal plan and supplement guide to ease your digestive distress.

Why Don’t They Read History to Save Lives? By W. Gifford-Jones M.D.

 The Doctor Game

By W. Gifford-Jones M.D.
 Why Don’t They Read History to Save Lives?
          It’s been said that “If you don’t learn from history, you’re destined to relive it”. So today I have to repeat what I’ve said before. It’s apparent that the medical profession, TV anchors, and Medical Officers of Health (MOH), have never read history. So young children, and others, are dying of influenza.
          Today, rather than believing what I write, go to the internet and read about the history of Dr Klenner. During the great polio epidemic of 1948, Dr. Frederick Klenner, a family doctor in North Carolina, was placed in charge of a ward of 60 patients stricken with this paralyzing disease.
          Dr. Klenner decided to give massive doses of vitamin C to all 60 patients. None of them developed paralysis! A year later, in my final year at The Harvard Medical School, I developed the same disease. I was surrounded by distinguished professors, yet ironically all they were able to offer was to watch my paralysis worsen day by day.
          Eventually, Klenner reported his momentous findings to a meeting of The American Medical Association. It boggles the mind that his incredible finding fell on deaf ears.
          Klenner later discovered that he could also cure meningitis, encephalitis, pneumonia, chicken pox and measles with intravenous vitamin C. Even those who had been bitten by a venomous snake! Yet no one listened.
          What is appalling is today’s medical establishment, TV anchors, MOH and even my editors, all live in the most connected society the world has ever seen. Yet this monumental discovery still collects dust. So it’s necessary to repeat the incredible story.
          Allan Smith, a New Zealand farmer, had gone fishing with friends, but after returning home, became severely ill and was admitted to hospital. The diagnosis was Swine Flu Virus. Smith received every antibiotic in the book, but became unconscious and placed on life-support. Doctors believed he had no hope of recovery, and decided life-support should be discontinued.
          But one Smith family member was aware of Dr. Linus Pauling’s research on vitamin C. Only after his threat of legal action did doctors reluctantly agree to prescribe large doses of intravenous vitamin C. To their surprise, Smith’s lungs cleared in a few days. He became conscious, and finally left the hospital alive and well.
          This case made newspaper headlines, but the medical profession, MOH, and TV anchors still have not absorbed this history. So children and elderly people with deficient immune systems are dying needlessly.
          A few nights ago, a Medical Officer of Health was interviewed by an anchor of CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). The usual discussion followed about the need for flu shots and the result of possible death for saying no. But there was no mention by the MOH, or CBC anchor, that death from influenza, usually due to pneumonia, has been prevented by high doses of intravenous vitamin C.
          It’s a terrible tragedy when a child dies of influenza complications. But science proves that many of these deaths could be prevented. Health authorities maintain that flu shots prevent serious illness and save lives. But the reality is that the vaccine may not be targeted to the right virus. So people are still at risk.
          So I must repeat part of a column I’ve written before. That your life may be dependent on a healthy immune system to survive influenza. This means always having a high reservoir of vitamin C in your blood at all times. The only way to achieve this is by routinely taking a minimum of 2,000 milligrams of vitamin C twice a day. (Various brands of high dose powdered C are available in Health Food Stores). Then, increase the dose to bowel tolerance if flu symptoms strike.
          Finally, I hope that today’s news of children’s tragic deaths will make people read about Dr. Klenner and Allan Smith on the internet, and become informed patients. Particularly when it’s obvious many medical personnel looking after your health have not read history, and are therefore ill-informed of scientific advances that save lives.
          I believe that a court of law would find it a criminal act that people are dying of influenza simply because historical medical fact has been available for years and ignored. What do you think?
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CASINOS By John Mutton

For those municipalities in Durham and Durham Region itself we are very fortunate to have non tax income from the two casinos and payments in lieu of taxes from the two nuclear power plants.

The dollars are shared with the Region and the local municipality, however the host municipality always has more benefit. Take the Ajax vs Pickering casino war, if Ajax closes down and Pickering assumes the new casino, revenue is lost in Ajax and taxes will rise. Analogously, in Pickering revenues will increase and tax increases can be controlled. It's not hard to figure out why we have a war between the two cities.

Maintaining our greatest employers in Durham needs to be a larger focus to ensure we have the revenues to offset the residential tax base. One of our largest sectors that is often under appreciated is the agricultural sector. I do appreciate the forums put on by those historically promoting the sector, but siloed mentality at the Region is having a negative impact on this sector. For example, the new regional intersections across Taunton Road are not constructed where farmers can drive their large equipment through them. Where was the consultation with the agricultural committee by Durham Region Works? Simply promoting the Ag sector without consulting them on key infrastructural issues like accessing their fields is a recipe for disaster.

Durham needs to do better for our amazing agricultural community. Every department must be consulting with them from this point forward. I guarantee you I will be!

Till next week
John Mutton
President and CEO
Municipal Solutions - Energy and Infrastructure