The Quotation of the Week (November 15 - 21, 2015)

A quotation of J. K. Rowling on 'knowing a man by watching how he treats his inferiors,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (Creepers in autumn on a wooden fence in Toronto: October 27, 2014) © Jerome D'Costa

The Quotation of the Week (November 8 - 14, 2015)

A quotation of  Ann Landers on 'three types of people,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Image design by Jerome D'Costa

The Quotation of the Week (November 1 - 7, 2015)

A quotation of John Atkinson on 'running one's own life," compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (A wood-carved Hindu deity at Karaikudi Chettinad Restaurant in Scarborough, Toronto: June 28, 2013) © Jerome D'Costa

Processed Meats Cause Cancer, Says the U.N. Report

Different types of processed meats (Photo courtesy: timthumb.php)

Bacon (Photo courtesy: newsmax.com)

Sausage (Photo courtesy: lancastri.net)

Red Meat (Photo courtesy: home.bt.com)

Deli Meat (Photo courtesy: blogs.webmd.com)

The cancer research section of the World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations Organization, reported on October 26, has determined that "the consumption of processed meats like hotdogs, sausages and meat-based sauces causes colorectal cancer, while eating red meat like beef, pork and lamb is 'probably carcinogenic to humans,' " reports the UN News Centre in New York. 

The report also says, "After receiving the accumulated scientific literature, a working group of 22 experts from 10 countries convened by the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer), processed meat was classified as carcinogenic to humans based on sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of processed meat causes colorectal cancer." 

It further says, "Processed meat refers to meat that has been transformed through salting, curing, fermentation, smoking, or other processes to enhance flavour or improve preservation. Most processed meats contain pork or beef, but processed meats may also contain other red meats, poultry, offal, or meat by-products such as blood."

The agency said "examples of processed meat include hotdogs, or frankfurters, ham, sausages, corned beef, and biltong or beef jerky, as well as canned meat and meat-based preparations and sauces." 

For further reading on this subject, please visit the following websites:

• New UN report links processed meats to cancer in humans; red meat also likely to cause the disease (un.org)
• Processed meats do cause cancer -- WHO (BBC)
• Red, processed meats cause cancer, UN verdict (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Processed meat causes cancer, says WHO (CNN)
• Hot dogs, bacon and other processed meats cause cancer World Health Organization declares (The Washington Post)
• Why eating red meat raises cancer risk? (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Junk food: bad for your health, bad for your rights (un.org)
• If meat causes cancer, what can we eat? (CNN)
• Meat industry braces for WHO cancer risk verdict (cbc.ca)
• Doctors Seek to Ban Hot Dogs and Other Processed Meats from School Lunches; Federal Petition filed with USDA (pcrm.org)

Justin Trudeau Elected New Prime Minister of Canada

Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau is the new Prime Minister of Canada after October 19 election defeat of incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper

A post-election cartoon on Justin Trudeau and a long list of his electioneering promises that need to be realized now

Cartoon courtesy: National Post

Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party, in the October 19 election, won 184 parliamentary seats out the total of 338 and is now set to form the majority government. As the leader of this party Justin Trudeau will be the next Prime Minister replacing the incumbent Stephen Harper. 

The Conservative Party (PC) won 102 seats, New Democratic Party (NDP) 44 seats, Bloc Quebecois 10 seats, and the Green Party 1 seat. In the 2011 election, the Liberal Party was in the third position.

Trudeau is the son of Pierre Eliott Trudeau, who was Canada's Prime Minister twice -- once from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984. His father died in 2000. 

Many of the newly-elected Liberal Party MPs are brand new. These rookie members of the parliament will be like "kids in the candy store!" Justin Trudeau needs to give them a thorough orientation, training and mentoring so that they devote their work in the service of all people in their ridings rather than accumulate wealth and prestige, speak trash out of euphoria, and create scandals. 

For more on the election and Justine Trudeau, please read the following:

• Justin Trudeau 'feels good' his positive vision won the day (The Toronto Star)
• Federal Election 2015 (The Toronto Star)
  
• Canadian election 2015 hands Justin Trudeau and the Liberals a majority government (National Post)
• Opinion: Justin Trudeau has confounded his critics (Montreal Gazette)
• Canadian election results 2015: A riding-by-riding breakdown of the vote (National Post)
• Post-election polls suggest reasons behind Trudeau win (cbc.ca)
• Justin Trudeau got help from youth, new voters, social media in election win (The Toronto Star)
• Trudeau wins; here's what he promised and what he'll face prime minister (globalnews.ca)
• Trudeau follows in father's footsteps as leader for generational change (cbc.ca)
• Justin Trudeau's 'Just watch me' note to Halifax man sold on eBay (cbc.ca)
• Justin Trudeau was only two years old when he stole the spotlight and spoke his first words to the media (National Post)
• Meet Justin Trudeau (www.liberal.ca) 
• Justin Trudeau (at the Twitter)
• Photos, videos of Justin Trudeau (google.ca)
• Cartoons on Justin Trudeau (google.ca)

The Quotation of the Week (October 25 - 31, 2015)

A quotation of George Shultz on 'losing,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (A passenger bus, covered with an advertisement poster, plying on the Airport Road of Dhaka, Bangladesh: January 10, 2012) © Jerome D'Costa

The Quotation of the Week (October 18 - 24, 2015)

A quotation of Pope Francis on 'modern economy,' compiled by Jerome D'Costa

Photo (Grand Bend Beach, Ontario, Canada: Sept. 8, 2013) © Jerome D'Costa