Robert K Stephen (CSW)

10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: # 8 Facilitate Access to Nature

Again the Quebec magazine L’actualitê has an interesting feature article in its April edition dealing with COVID-19 and translated it means what are the steps we can take to ensure we don’t have a year like 2020? The eighth step is to have better access to nature. The article mentions how Quebeckers were elbowing forContinue reading “10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: # 8 Facilitate Access to Nature”

Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: The creative advantage of introverts

“But there’s a less obvious yet surprisingly powerful explanation for introverts’ creative advantage-an explanation that everyone can learn from: introverts prefer to work independently and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation. As the influential psychologist Hans Eysenck once observed, introversion “concentrates the mind on tasks at hand, and prevents the dissipation of energy onContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”: The creative advantage of introverts”

Passage of the Day from “The Heptameron” by Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549)

“And we, who are all of good birth, ought to die of shame at the thought that our hearts may be tinged with worldly feelings, even a poor mule-driver’s wife does not fear to face was a most cruel death. Can any women regard herself as virtuous unless she has, like this woman, resisted toContinue reading “Passage of the Day from “The Heptameron” by Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549)”

New York State Poised to Legalize “adult use” Cannabis

Legislation (S.854-A/A.1248-A) Would Establish the Office of Cannabis Management; Expand New York’s Existing Medical Marijuana Program; Establish a Licensing System; and Create a Social and Economic Equity Program Encouraging Individuals Disproportionately Impacted by Cannabis Enforcement to Participate in Industry Tax Collection Projected to Reach $350 Million Annually and Potentially Create 30,000 to 60,000 Jobs GovernorContinue reading “New York State Poised to Legalize “adult use” Cannabis”

The Slaughterhouse Killer”: Horror Genre and Revenge Film Genre

This Australian film was sent to me as a movie in the “horror” genre. If horror means you are horrified by what you watched well “The Slaughterhouse Killer” is a horror film. But if there is such a genre as a “revenge film” this would partially fit into that category. It also pulls some moralContinue reading “The Slaughterhouse Killer”: Horror Genre and Revenge Film Genre”

COVID-19 RNA Based Vaccines and the Risk of Prion Disease

Classen Immunotherapies, Inc., 3637 Rockdale Road, Manchester,MD 21102, E-mail: classen@vaccines.net.J. Bart Classen, MD*Citation: Classen JB. COVID-19 RNA Based Vaccines and the Risk of Prion Disease. Microbiol Infect Dis. 2021; 5(1): 1-3.Research ArticleABSTRACTDevelopment of new vaccine technology has been plagued with problems in the past. The current RNA based SARSCoV-2 vaccines were approved in the USContinue reading “COVID-19 RNA Based Vaccines and the Risk of Prion Disease”

EU Physicians Express Concern About COVID Vaccines

Urgent Open Letter from Doctors and Scientists to the European Medicines Agency regarding COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Concerns Doctors for Covid EthicsMar 10·13 min read Emer Cooke, Executive Director, European Medicines Agency, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 28 February 2021 Dear Sirs/Mesdames, FOR THE URGENT PERSONAL ATTENTION OF: EMER COOKE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY AsContinue reading “EU Physicians Express Concern About COVID Vaccines”

” Mutantism on the March” : Chapter 30 “Montenez’s Brief and Eventful Visit to Zortixia”

Montenez remained on Zortixia for about a month basking in the public limelight and cheered by the good citizens of Zortixia. Initially Montenez owed his great popularity to the reputation of his late father but as he gave his own speeches and spoke his mind his popularity was a result of himself. Zortixians loved himContinue reading “” Mutantism on the March” : Chapter 30 “Montenez’s Brief and Eventful Visit to Zortixia””

Sputnik Five Fizzles!

A little Birdie told me so news wire service 21 January 2035 The Russian Health Service Authority reported today that there has been a resurgence of Alzheimer’s disease in Russia. It would be attributable to the widespread use of the Sputnik 5 vaccine says Igor Lieall the Russian Minister of Disinformation, The Sputnik Vaccine whichContinue reading “Sputnik Five Fizzles!”

Calabrian Vino: A Welcome Break from Tuscany

Here in Ontario our Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) seems to have a love affair with Tuscan wines and then gives token recognition on its shelves to the many other regions of Italy. What a colossal disservice to wine drinkers looking for something more than Sangiovese! I think Campania has an arsenal of winesContinue reading “Calabrian Vino: A Welcome Break from Tuscany”