COVID CURFEW HITS QUEBEC!

According to the Quebec government a COVID CURFEW comes into effect as of January 9th. The rules are as follows; Curfew As of Saturday, January 9, 2021, a curfew will be in effect. Between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Quebecers must not leave their homes except in cases that justify travel. Allowed exceptions: a person whoseContinue reading “COVID CURFEW HITS QUEBEC!”

New York Legislative Assembly Bill 416: Sweeping Public Health Measures

Although not yet law and without even a co-sponsor of Bill 416, the bill grants sweeping powers such as: Removal and detention of cases contacts and carriers who may be a danger to public health in the event that the governor declares a state of health emergency due to an epidemic of any communicable diseaseContinue reading “New York Legislative Assembly Bill 416: Sweeping Public Health Measures”

Canadian report on COVID Grocery Shopping!

A mundane but recognizable and identifiable reportage on grocery shopping here in Toronto, Canada. As we batten down the hatches here in the Province of Ontario in Canada my international readers may want a lurid expose of my grocery and banking shopping trip today here in Toronto. As an avid and very select shopper IContinue reading “Canadian report on COVID Grocery Shopping!”

Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 32 Largecorp induced anxiety, stress and depression: Management tips

Chapter 32 Largecorp induced anxiety, stress and depression; Management tips My take on anxiety, depression and stress in a largecorp workplace is that it is most often a result of poor management and resource allocation by the Senior Management Team at largecorp. There is so much extra work piled on employees due to downsizing andContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 32 Largecorp induced anxiety, stress and depression: Management tips”

Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 31 Disabled and down

Chapter 31 Disabled and down Everyone has a breaking point. After being absent on her long-term disability for 4 months Stella Asterik returned to Toronto Legal at Up Up and Away. One afternoon Sally Self was in my office and criticized me for lagging on an issue. Something in me snapped. I just looked atContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 31 Disabled and down”

Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 30 Off to the psychiatrist for Tony Hornet

Chapter 30 Off to the psychiatrist for Tony Hornet! Who can ever believe they are to visit a psychiatrist? Well, I will admit for me it was time to pay a visit to a psychiatrist at a major downtown hospital. It was very odd getting off at the eighth floor of this hospital and walkingContinue reading “Life at Up Up and Away Investment Management International: Chapter 30 Off to the psychiatrist for Tony Hornet”

Canadian COVIDpolitics: Differing Responses and Differing Moral Codes

I have said it will take decades for historians, political scientists, psychologists, psychiatrists and academics to figure what the fuck went on the societal and political front during COVID-19. Until then it is a shit show of interpretation to figure out if there is consistency in Canadian politics as far as COVIDpolitics rumbles. As “TrailerContinue reading “Canadian COVIDpolitics: Differing Responses and Differing Moral Codes”

Ontario COVIDpoltics

OK. Canada a beacon of reasonability. Supposedly Canadians are a harmonious nation which may be true in comparison to bloodbath of acrimony and lunacy in American politics that will soon come to an end as President elect Biden is finally sworn in despite the efforts of mongrel Trump to save his ego and destroy AmericanContinue reading “Ontario COVIDpoltics”

Plagueolitics

We have all heard so much about COVID-19 from all levels of government throughout the globe. Incessant chatter it would seem. In my next serialized novel “Virus #26” you’ll witness my take on politics and COVID-19. The full impact of COVID-19 on us as individuals, on society, on the medical establishment and on the politicalContinue reading “Plagueolitics”

Magnesium and stroke risk

The relationship between dietary magnesium intake, stroke and its major risk factors, blood pressure and cholesterol, in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort Lucy K M Bain 1, Phyo K Myint 2, Amy Jennings 3, Marleen A H Lentjes 4, Robert N Luben 4, Kay-Tee Khaw 4, Nick J Wareham 4, Ailsa A Welch 5Affiliations expand PMID: 26082204 PMCID: PMC6284795 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.166 Free PMC article Abstract Background: Dietary magnesium could modify the major stroke risk factors, high bloodContinue reading “Magnesium and stroke risk”