Archive for the ‘health’ Category

A shooter designed for Ottawa!

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

First off, I can’t take credit for this idea. It came from the truly inspired mind of a colleague. Hats off to him!

Take two parts of this:

And one part of this:

And presto!

Introducing the “Pink Slip” which is sure to become a standard shooter bar item at the best Ottawa bars and clubs as more and more public servants are served notice over the coming months!

And it is truly the ideal drink for the “Impacted” and the “Affected” (1) ; numbs the brain, as alcohol tends to do… but also calms the tummy that has been driven into spasms because of the months of uncertainty.

The “Pink Slip”. Order one today!

1. PS workers under WFA (2) will know these terms.

2. All PS workers should know what “WFA” means by now.

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

A good thing to throw some dollars at…

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Dennis is an old friend of mine. He is asking for support for his son Xander who will be walking 5 km this year in the CN Cycle for CHEO. No amount is too small!! Click here to make a donation. Tax receipts are issued automatically.

Cancer sux.

CHEO is a great hospital.

Need I say more?

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

Movember continues!

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Check it out – already growing back quite nicely!

If you haven’t already, please consider giving a few shekels to my Movember campaign!

Please support my growing efforts and the 25,500 men who will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. Thank you.

http://mobro.co/jamarshall

 

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

An argument against vaccinations…

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

You be the judge:

Vaccines Assault The Blood & Violate Biblical Law

The Bible tells us in Leviticus 17:11-12 that: “For the life of the flesh is in the blood… No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.”

God has made it very clear throughout the scriptures that blood is sacred. When you understand the importance of health and nutrition and how critical your blood is in this process, it’s easy to see why the flu shot, and all vaccines for that matter, violate Biblical law and all the laws of health. Your bloodstream is either a river of life to all the cells in your body or a river of disease and death. You can’t inject foreign viruses, bacteria, blood contaminants, DNA disrupters, neurotoxins, and preservatives into your body and somehow think you’re going to get health.

Vaccines bypass the natural defensive capabilities of the liver, kidneys, colon, lymphatic system, and the immune system and deliver toxic waste directly into the body. Your body doesn’t know what to do with mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde, chicken embryos, and microorganisms when it’s fired into it like a missile. Some people can go into shock. Others have died and many have been seriously injured shortly after receiving a flu shot. Guillain-Barré, temporary Multiple Sclerosis-like illness, breathing problems, hoarseness, wheezing, hives, paleness, dizziness, weakness, and rapid heartbeat have all been reported as side effects from the flu shot.

Let’s use common sense here. If God didn’t want us to eat blood or mix unclean substances in our bodies, he certainly didn’t want them injected directly into our body either. All vaccines contain substances that the Bible deems unclean and unfit for our bodies. The question really boils down to this: Are you going to trust God for your immunity or are you going to trust man? There are many safe and natural alternatives that are available to ward off infections but you’ll never hear about them from the media. They thrive on fear in order to create consumption.

Yeah. Leviticus.

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

With flu season…

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

…. comes moron season..

Why, oh, why do peeps buy into this?

Vaccinations are good. Not getting your kids vaccinated is tantamount to child abuse, people. Believe science, not hocus pocus!!!!

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

Movember – continued… and as a bonus – a good belly laugh!

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Well, I went and did it… I shaved off my beloved goatee. My companion of the past 11 years. My defense against frostbite. My soup-catcher. My…

Aw hell, it was just hair, Trashy! Get a hold of yerself!

Anyhow, I did make the leap and am participating in the Movember campaign to raise funds for prostate cancer research. Cancer sux. ALL cancers suck and each of us knows someone – family, friends, colleagues – who have been affected by this insidious killer. So if we can raise a few bucks to go toward some solid science that may someday make prostate cancer and ALL cancers a thing of the past… well, where do I sign up?

So here’s the pitch: I’m setting a modest goal of $500 for myself and $1000 for my team. If you wish to donate to me individually or to the team (Mo EASD), click on this link. It’s really simple and any little bit helps.

Thanks.

Now back to our regularly scheduled blog posts….

The Belly Laugh of the Day

This really had me ROTFL!

Straying from his normally composed and collected delivery, U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry larded a 23-minute speech to New Hampshire conservatives with facial contortions, wisecracks and words like “dude” and “awesome” on Friday.

It was just the latest in a string of goof-ups, including a campaign appearance the same day where he tried to slag the burgeoning Occupy movement by quoting a Toronto activist mentioned in a Globe and Mail story. Unbeknownst to Perry, however, the article was a satire and the activist, a fiction.

Video of both incidents has gone viral. Perry’s bizarre speech has rightist American publications speculating whether the Texas governor was intoxicated, and whether the incident will derail his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination like Howard Dean’s 2004 run for the Democratic nod was scuttled by his emphatic peroration at a rally in Iowa.

Once considered a top contender for his party’s candidacy, Perry has seen his poll numbers dwindle in the last two months following a series of widely criticized debate performances. In Iowa, the first state to hold a primary or caucus in the presidential electoral cycle, the latest poll has him in fifth place, well behind Georgia businessman Herman Cain and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.

Against these assorted morons and incompetents that the GOP is trying to disguise as legitimate leadership contenders, Mitt Romney will be the 2012 candidate. There will be a third candidate supported by the Tea Party nincompoops and Obama will cruise into a second term.

Money. In. The. Bank.

 

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

I want to participate in Movember!

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

I really do!

But what is the protocol for someone who is already bearded / moustached? Should I shave them off and start over? I’m assuming that is the case.

Help!

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

Why is Isra Levi and Ottawa Public Health…

Monday, October 17th, 2011

…running the real risk of freaking people to the point of bringing on a negative health outcome out over such a low, low health risk? I just don’t get it.

Key statement in this article:

However, the chances that someone could have been infected with hepatitis B is less than one in a million. In the case of hepatitis C, those odds drop to less than one in 50 million and are less than one in three billion for HIV, according to OPH.

Other things that are about one in a million:

Less than 1 in 50 millionish:

And one in 3 billion???

Get the drift?

With odds this long, wouldn’t it be better to just shut up about it? Why call a presser and go off the deep end over what will almost certainly be a non-issue??? Surely more harm than good will come of this due to increased stress? Out of the 7,000 or so people who will receive letters telling them that there is an infinitesimal chance that they may have contracted something bad at the endoscopy clinic, I would estimate that more than a few of these folks will experience a negative health impact just because of the letter!!!

Am I so off-base on this??? I’m not the only one who thinks this way.

Dr. Michael Gardam, director of infection prevention and control for Toronto’s University Health Network, told CBC News that in cases like this where the risk is so low, not informing the patients at all might be the better choice.

“When you get to less than one-in-a-million, we often times give advice not to tell anybody because the risk is so small, that you’re actually creating more harm by worrying people,” said Gardam.

In fact, one in 100,000 is what I have been told is the threshold for the act/don’t act decision.

Yet the question – “wouldn’t you want to be informed if you had been treated at the clinic” question rightly comes up. Of course, but is the ancillary risk to the greater population worth knowing?

Interesting question.

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

Ottawa flu vaccination clinics…

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

… protect yourself and your family!

Please note: Some clinics are by appointment only, and need to be booked online.

Date Location Time
Saturday, October 29 Holy Trinity Catholic High School
180 Katimavik Rd., Kanata
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Monday, October 31 Cairine Wilson Secondary School
975 Orleans Boulevard, Orleans
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Tuesday, November 1 Fred Barrett Arena
3280 Leitrim Road, Ottawa
8:30 am – 6 pm
Wednesday, November 2 AY Jackson Secondary School
150 Abbey Hill Drive, Kanata
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Thursday, November 3 Sacred Heart Catholic High School
5870 Abbott St E, Stittsville,
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday, November 5 Canterbury High School
900 Canterbury Ave., Ottawa
8:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Monday, November 7 Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre
300 des Pères Blancs Ave., Ottawa
8:30 am – 6 pm
Tuesday, November 8 Alfred Taylor Recreation Centre
2300 Community Way, North Gower
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Wednesday, November 9 Confederation High School
1645 Woodroffe Ave., Nepean
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Thursday, November 10 Ecole secondaire publique Louis-Riel
1655 Bearbrook Road, Gloucester
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday, November 12 Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School
149 Berrigan Drive, Nepean
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Monday, November 14 Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
1515 Tenth Line Rd., Orleans
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Tuesday, November 15 West Carleton Community Complex
5670 Carp Road, Kinburn
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Wednesday, November 16 The Good Companions Seniors’Centre
/ Community Support Services
670 Albert Street, Ottawa
8:30 am – 6 pm
By appointment only
Thursday, November 17 Jim Durrell Recreation Centre
1264 Walkley Rd., Ottawa
8:30 am – 6 pm
Saturday, November 19 South Carleton High School
3673 McBean St., Richmond
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
By appointment only
Monday, November 21 Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier Ave. West, Ottawa
8:30 am – 6 pm
Tuesday, November 22 Notre Dame High School
710 Broadview Ave., Ottawa
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Wednesday, November 23 Earl of March Secondary School
4 The Parkway, Kanata
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Thursday, November 24 St. Mark Catholic High School
1040 Dozois Rd., Manotick
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Thursday, November 24 Bayshore Public School
145 Woodridge Cres., Nepean
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday, November 26 All Saints Catholic High School
5115 Kanata Ave., Kanata
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
By appointment only
Monday, November 28 Osgoode Township High School
2800 8th Line Rd., Metcalfe
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Tuesday, November 29 Heritage Public School
1375 Colonial Rd., Navan
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Wednesday, November 30 Mother Teresa Catholic High School
440 Longfields Dr., Nepean
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Thursday, December 1 St. Matthew Catholic High School
6550 Bilberry Drive, Orleans
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Saturday, December 3 Rideau High School
815 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa
8:30 pm – 3:30 pm
By appointment only
Monday, December 5 École secondaire catholique Béatrice Desloges
1999 Provence Ave., Orléans
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Tuesday, December 6 Immaculata Catholic High School
140 Main Street, Ottawa
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
By appointment only
Wednesday, December 7 Brookfield High School
824 Brookfield Road, Ottawa
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
By appointment only
Thursday, December 8 City of Ottawa Facility
100 Constellation Cres., Nepean
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm
By appointment only
Saturday, December 10 Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School
2072 Jasmine Cres., Gloucester
8:30am – 3:30pm

By appointment only

Monday, December 12 Roberta Bondar Public School
159 Lorry Greenberg, Ottawa
4:00pm – 8:30pm

Call the Ottawa Public Health Information Line at 613-580-6744 (TTY: 613-580-9656) for more information. You can also connect with OPH on Facebook and Twitter (@ottawahealth) for the latest public health information.

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Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

It’s Fire Prevention Week…

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

… so be sure to:

  • check the batteries in your smoke detectors
  • have a household escape plan in place and known by all members
  • if you have extinguishers, check that they are still functional
  • be careful with fireplaces, wood stoves, candles and incense sticks… and cigarettes…

More details can be found here.

Just be careful and follow the tips. Fires and smoke inhalation can kill and maim. Don’t be a statistic.

As

Trashy,
Ottawa, Ontario

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