An accessible and reassuring guide to childhood health and immunity from a pediatrician who's both knowledgeable about the latest scientific research and respectful of a family's risk factors, health history, and concerns

In The Vaccine-Friendly Plan, Paul Thomas, M.D., presents his proven approach to building immunity: a new protocol that limits a child's exposure to aluminum, mercury, and other neurotoxins while building overall good health. Based on the results from his pediatric practice of more than eleven thousand children, as well as data from other credible and scientifically minded medical doctors, Dr. Paul's vaccine-friendly protocol gives readers

- recommendations for a healthy pregnancy and childbirth
- vital information about what to expect at every well child visit from birth through adolescence
- a slower, evidence-based vaccine schedule that calls for only one aluminum-containing shot at a time
- important questions to ask about your child's first few weeks, first years, and beyond
- advice about how to talk to health care providers when you have concerns
- the risks associated with opting out of vaccinations
- a practical approach to common illnesses throughout the school years
- simple tips and tricks for healthy eating and toxin-free living at any age

The Vaccine-Friendly Plan presents a new standard for pediatric care, giving parents peace of mind in raising happy, healthy children.

Praise for The Vaccine-Friendly Plan

Finally, a book about vaccines that respects parents If you choose only one book to read on the topic, read The Vaccine-Friendly Plan. This impeccably researched, well-balanced book puts you in the driver's seat and empowers you to make conscientious vaccine decisions for your family.--Peggy O'Mara, editor and publisher, Mothering Magazine

Sure to appeal to readers of all kinds as a friendly, no-nonsense book that cuts through the rhetoric surrounding vaccines. It offers validation to those who avoid some or all, while offering those who do want to vaccinate help on how to do so safely. This is a great book for anyone with children in their lives.--Natural Mother

A valuable, science-supported guide to optimizing your child's health while you navigate through complex choices in a toxic, challenging world.--Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School

An impressively researched guide, this important book is essential reading for parents. With clear and practical advice for shielding children from harmful toxins, it will compel us all to think differently about how to protect health.--Jay Gordon, M.D., FAAP

Rather than a one-size-fits-all vaccine strategy, the authors suggest thoughtful, individualized decisions based on research and collaboration between parents and clinicians--a plan to optimize a child's immune system and minimize any risks.--Elizabeth Mumper, M.D., founder and CEO, The Rimland Center for Integrative Pediatrics

This well-written and thought-provoking book will encourage parents to think through decisions--such as food choices and the timing of vaccines--that affect the well-being of their children. In a world where children's immune systems are increasingly challenged, this is a timely addition to the literature.--Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., bestselling author of The Dance of Anger and The Mother Dance

Vax Facts is a one-stop-shop for all the information parents and guardians need to make an informed choice about childhood vaccinations.

The challenge for most who are wrestling with whether to give a vaccine is a lack of understanding about what information they really need to make an informed decision.

Written by a pediatrician who witnessed the difference over decades in the health outcomes of the vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated children in his practice, Vax Facts will enlighten parents and guardians and provide the information needed for informed consent.

Covering each of the vaccines recommended by the CDC and doctors, from pregnancy through the teen years, this detailed guide breaks down the ingredients, the lack of safety testing, and the side effects and risks of the vaccines.

With the help of simple data tables that compare the rates of death from the diseases for which we have vaccines and the rates of death from the vaccines themselves, parents and guardians can easily decide what's right for their children.

With almost four million births per year in the United States, this useful resource will resonate with all who are pregnant or considering pregnancy, and all parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles who are considering whether vaccination is appropriate for a family member or loved one.

At the end of each chapter, Just a Mom (coauthor DeeDee Hoover) shares personal stories and reflections that allow readers to connect with the information.

This information-packed guide is for all those asking Should I get my child vaccinated? who want more than just a yes/no answer. After reading Vax Facts, parents and guardians will be able to decide with confidence whether vaccination is the right choice for their loved one.

Founded in 1854 as an abolitionist outpost, Lawrence is a seemingly unassuming college town with a long history of hauntings. A ghostly guest never checked out of the Eldridge Hotel's mysterious room 506. Sigma Nu's fraternity house, the former home of Kansas's eighteenth governor, is still haunted by the specter of a young woman. Learn the tragic stories of Pete Vinegar, George Albach and Lizzie Madden and uncover the devilish truth behind the legend of Stull Cemetery. Author Paul Thomas reveals the ghoulish history behind these stories and many more.

Leading cheesemaker Paul Thomas shows you how to transform milk into cheese at home. His definitive book explains, with easy-to-follow instructions and pictures to guide you through all the stages involved, how to create a wide range of dairy products, from simple yogurt, cream and butter through to mozzarella, lactic cheeses, Cheddar, Stilton, Gouda, Brie and other popular varieties of cheese. There is detailed information on how to set up a home dairy, including the importance of food safety and hygiene; where and how to source milk; an accessible overview of the biochemical processes involved; and all the essential techniques such as milling, draining, pressing, salting, rind-washing, introducing moulds or yeasts, maturing and storing. Featuring 40 classic cheeses, more than 475 beautiful photographs by William Shaw, and a user-friendly troubleshooting section, this book will enable you to develop the skills required, whatever your previous experience or level of expertise.

Discover Aalborg. Insider Secrets and Must-See Sights in Denmark Beautiful City. Aalborg's history dates back to the Viking Age, when the city was a major hub for trade and military operations due to its advantageous location along the Limfjord. Known for their skill at sea, the Vikings used Aalborg as a meeting place and a base of operations for their raids throughout the rest of Europe. The city's growth was paved with these early roots, which also instilled in Aalborg the spirit of exploration and resiliency that still defines the city today.
As the Middle Ages wore on, Aalborg prospered as a trading hub thanks to its convenient harbor and the herring fishery, which grew to be the mainstay of its economy. The building of Aalborg Castle and the founding of the Franciscan monastery in the sixteenth century were significant events that demonstrated the city's increasing significance and its place in Denmark's political and religious realms.
Aalborg entered a new era when the Industrial Revolution arrived, changing from a medieval trading town to a major industrial hub. The city gained economic prominence when the shipbuilding industry, together with the tobacco and cement industries, were established. Industrialization at this time changed the city's skyline as well as its cultural landscape by drawing in both laborers and artists and creating a vibrant, diverse, and creative community.
The establishment of Aalborg's cultural institutions coincided with this industrial expansion. The city's rich history is preserved at the Aalborg Historical Museum and the Aalborg Maritime Museum, which provide insights into the city's Viking origins, mediaeval might, and industrial innovations. The foundation of the Northern Jutland Art Museum and the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra strengthened the city's dedication to fostering the arts by offering venues for both modern and classical expressions.

In this evocative memoir, traversing more than three decades, the author recounts a life moulded through his experiences as a refugee, and then cab driver, and finally, the domain of academia as a professor in Norway. Much ink has been spilled, and careers - both academic and political - piggybacked, on writing about refugees, non-western minorities, integration, and the purported threat they face to western culture. Seldom are refugees given a voice to articulate their own perspectives. This memoir is the voice of the subaltern inspired by the postcolonial genre of the empire writing back. Personal reflections are intertwined with critical analysis in offering a distinctive outlook on the challenges and successes confronting people of colour.

On a deeper level, the memoir is crafted as a no holds barred navigational tool for minoritized youth caught in the crossfire of political and social skullduggery. A Somali-Norwegian Saga: My Journey from Refugee to Cab Driver to Professor, weaves sociological theories into the narrative and serves as a call to broaden and accommodate new and emerging hybrid identities in what has been called the browning of the western demographic, openly addresses the conflicts posed by certain minority cultural practices misaligned with universal democratic ideals, and ultimately suggests that success is within reach despite the enormous hurdles. It is a tribute to the fortitude and resilience of countless, nameless refugees who took on the challenges of being outsiders and enriched the diverse fabric of Norwegian society.

Founded in 1854 as an abolitionist outpost, Lawrence is a seemingly unassuming college town with a long history of hauntings. A ghostly guest never checked out of the Eldridge Hotel's mysterious room 506. Sigma Nu's fraternity house, the former home of Ka

The Book of Common Prayer remains at the heart of the Church of England and using it is an essential skill for all clergy and readers, yet many are no longer familiar with its contents. This practical guide explains how to use the Book of Common Prayer in a way that is accessible and informative. Introducing this central tradition of Anglican worship without using technical language or assuming prior knowledge, it is intended as a beginner's guide for ordinands and readers, especially those for whom the Prayer Book tradition may be alien. Part 1 of the book offers a general introduction to the history, theology and liturgical character of the BCP. It also explores the place and meaning of 'common prayer' within the Anglican tradition. Part 2 offers general practical advice on the principal services of the BCP, how to use them, and where flexibility is permitted. Using the Book of Common Prayer will help its readers come to a renewed appreciation of the place of the Book of Common Prayer in the distinctive tradition of Anglican praise and prayer.

Dedicated German antitank vehicles made their first major appearance in the Second World War as combatants developed effective armored vehicles and tactics. Some were little more than stopgap solutions, mounting an antitank gun on a tracked vehicle to give mobility, while others were more sophisticated designs. The book covers the development and technology throughout the war that led to tank destroyers like the Panzerjger I, Sturmgeschtz, Marders, Nashorn. Hetzer, Jagdpanzer, Elefant, Jagdtiger IV and Jagdpanther vehicles being developed.

As the war progressed the tank destroyers fire power became more lethal to meet the ever increasing threat against Soviet armor. Larger and more powerful variants entered the battlefield, but due the overwhelming enemy opposition they were compelled not only to attack armor, but to support ground troops too. This comprehensive account covers all the Nazis mobile antitank vehicles in words and images.

In the aftermath of The Great War, which saw the introduction of the tank, the more far sighted military leaders realized that the future of warfare hinged on a balance of mobility, firepower and protection.

Tanks would need to be accompanied into battle by supporting arms, specifically infantry, artillery and engineers. An all fully-tracked field army was thought to be too expensive, so the semi-tracked support vehicle (commonly called a halftrack) was born. The halftrack concept was embraced by the French, the US and most notably Germany.

The Germans commissioned numerous types of half-tracked tractors, which were classified by the weight of their towed load. These vehicles were designated Sonderkraffarzeug (special motorized vehicle), abbreviated as Sd.Kfz. Without these vehicles the Blitzkrieg would not have been possible.

These front-wheel steering vehicles with tracked drive transformed the fighting quality of the armored divisions. They carried the infantry alongside the advancing panzers and brought guns and pontoon-bridge sections. The halftrack also became the preferred reconnaissance vehicle.

Tito Ihaka, the unkempt, overweight Maori cop, was demoted to Sergeant due to insubordination and pigheadedness. He investigates the unsolved killing of a seventeen-year-old girl at an election night party in a ritzy villa near Auckland. Ihaka is also embroiled in a very personal mystery. A freelance journalist has stumbled across information that Ihaka's father, Jimmy, a trade union firebrand and renegade Marxist, didn't die of natural causes. The stories weave themselves into an exciting climax in an atmosphere of political maneuvering and intrigue surrounding the United States' confrontation with New Zealand over its anti-nuclear stance.

If anyone you know is struggling with addiction--or if you think you might have a problem--you want to read this book.--GARTH STEIN, bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

a proven, comprehensive program that compassionately guides the reader to a place of resolution--DAVID PERLMUTTER, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain, and, Brain Maker

a massive achievement and a giant step forward for addiction medicine--ANNIE GRACE, author of This Naked Mind

Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for Americans under fifty. Even as opiate addiction skyrockets, more people than ever before are hooked on alcohol, sedatives, cigarettes, and even screens. The face and prevalence of addiction has changed and evolved, but our solutions to addiction are stuck in the past.

We've been treating addiction as a black or white issue, a disease you either suffer from or will never suffer from. The problem with this model is that it doesn't account for the incredible forces working against all of us, pushing all of us toward addiction: stress, undernourishment, sleep-deprivation, vitamin D deficiency, and isolation, not to mention a flawed medical system and corrupt pharmaceutical companies doling out prescriptions at every turn.

The truth: Addiction is a disease that, like many others, exists on a spectrum. We are more vulnerable to becoming addicted to substances at certain points in our lives and based on the evidence provided in The Addiction Spectrum, most effective at kicking addiction when we take a holistic approach. With the help of the 13-point plan and individual protocols detailed in this book, you have the power to change your destiny. No one understands this more than Dr. Paul Thomas, who recovered from alcohol addiction early in his career and founded one of the most effective rehabilitation centers for teens and young adults in his hometown of Portland, OR. Named one of the top family doctors and one of the top pediatricians in the country, Dr. Paul is also board-certified in both integrative medicine and addiction medicine. This unique combination of specialties is intentional: Dr. Paul has devoted his entire life and career to saving lives.

Using the best conventional medicine alongside the new science of alternative health, Dr. Paul has treated thousands of patients with the life-saving solutions provided in The Addiction Spectrum. Addiction is a compendium of often devastating circumstances that have gone unchecked by society for far too long. This book is a positive light and guide to overcoming not only addiction but the challenges and obstacles that affect us all.

It's the stuff the best gangster films are made of, perfectly composed, the action kept in the realm of reality and a steady, tense wire of human pathos running down its spine.--The Coast

Tito Ihaka, the maverick Maori cop, dances through a minefield of police politics, old grudges, blackmail, and gangs as he hunts a faceless killer in Auckland. Filled with helter-skelter storylines, witty dialogue, and captivating characters.--Herald on Sunday

Paul Thomas, the godfather of contemporary New Zealand crime writing, often described by some as Elmore Leonard on acid, has brought back offbeat local hero Detective Sergeant Tito Ihaka.

Maori cop Ihaka, unkempt, overweight, intemperate, unruly, unorthodox, and profane, is a cop unable to play the police politics necessary for promotion, but he's a man who has a way with women, and he's a stubborn investigator with an uncanny instinct for the truth.

Tito Ihaka is in the wilderness, having fallen foul of the new regime at Auckland Central. Called back to follow up a strange twist in the unsolved case that got him into trouble in the first place, Ihaka finds himself hunting a shadowy hitman who could have several notches on his belt.

His enemies want him off the case, but the bodies are piling up. Ihaka embarks on a quest to establish whether police corruption was behind the shooting of an undercover cop and--to complicate matters--he becomes involved with an enigmatic female suspect who could hold the key to everything.

COVID-19: Life-Saving Strategies The News Media Will Never Tell You By Paul Thomas, M.D. Want to Survive COVID-19? This Is The Book That Shows You How Written By A Respected M.D. Are you worried that you or a loved one might die from COVID-19? It is your healthy immune system that protects you and keeps you alive. In COVID-19: Life-Saving Strategies the News Media Will Never Tell You, Paul Thomas, M.D. provides possible solutions backed by sound science and his experience in his own clinical practice. In this book, you will discover: - The best type of immune-boosting diet. - Why a ventilator should only be used as a last resort. - 6 essential dietary supplements that support immunity and lung health (Hint: It's not just about vitamin C). - 1 possible way to get a conventional doctor to administer vitamin C while you're in the hospital. - Many other easy-to-implement key action steps to strengthen your immune system. This book provides a way to take your destiny into your own hands and dramatically increase your chances of staying healthy. The many scientific references included in the book also make it an ideal resource for health care providers.

Especially designed to fill the need for a basic collection of simple music. Inclusion of quite a few compositions in stophic form.

Contents

To Our Redeemer's Glorious Name; Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray; Praise We God the Father's Name; Sing to the Lord of Harvest; Hail to the Lord's Anointed; Prepare the Way Before Him; O Holy Child, We Welcome Thee; To Us a Child of Hope Is Born; Ah, Dearest Jesus, Holy Child; Christ Is Arisen; Jesus Is My Heart's Delight; Tho Goest to Jerusalem; Hosanna to the Son of David; O Sacred Head, Now Wounded; Christ the Lord is Risen Today; Alleluia!; The Strife Is O'er; Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire; Holy, Holy, Holy; Like as the Hart; Lord, for Thy Tender Mercy's Sake; A Blessing for Confirmation; Teach Me, O Lord

Tunes

WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN; LOBT GOTT, IH CHRISTEN; HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN (Isorhythmic); LLANFAIR; STRASSBURG; FREUT EUCH, IHR LIEBEN; VICTORY; WIR CLAUBEN ALL (Chant)

An accessible and expert guide to the age-old craft of preparing meat and fish products by home curing, salting and drying.

The air-dried products include hams, lomo, lardo, coppa, bresaola, and salami - Milano, Toscano, Felino, Finnochiona, piccante, venison - as well as chorizo, sobrasada, and kielbasa. There are brine-cured hams, chine, salt beef and pastrami, pressed tongue, confit duck, pates, terrine, haggis, and faggots. There are sausages, of course, including black and white puddings, dry- and brine-cured bacons, guanciale, pancetta, lamb and mutton bacon, and dry-cured rack of lamb. There is jerky and biltong, and cured gravadlax and rollmops, and smoked foods including salmon, bacon and ham.

Shown in clear, step-by-step photographs, the techniques are straightforward to follow: the author ensures safe practise at every stage for quality results, and his love of these traditional products shines through, describing home charcuterie as an almost magical process, and one to be enjoyed.

The Wehrmacht used reconnaissance and support vehicles widely in the Second World War and this book sets out to show the full range of both categories using over 200 rare images and descriptive text and captions in true Images of War Series fashion.

Both tracked and wheeled vehicles were employed for reconnaissance and screening. These included light tanks mainly comprising of the Pz.Kpfw.I, armored cars such as the six and eight wheeler Sd.Kfz.231,232,233,234 and its variants, 263, the Sd.Kfz.221,222,223,234 and 247, motorcycles such as the famous BMW R75, the Zundapp KS750. In addition to their recce role they would, when possible, engage similar or light units.

Support vehicles such as the tracked Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad, and the renowned Sd.Kfz.251 halftracks were used in the follow-up role, frequently with mounted grenadiers to mop up overrun enemy positions.

The book fills a gap by outlining the full range of such equipment including the variety of armaments and power plants, and the crews that performed these missions.

Anna finds herself born into a desperate world seeking sustainable developments and forging a new identity in the process, but bargains humanity wholesale for something more egalitarian, something more unorthodox.

On a remote Grecian Peninsula, her father raised her according to his Old-World beliefs, but their society stifled such belief with the threat of the deadlands. Anna is about to be recognized at a coming of age ceremony where her society's tenets are most poignant and now must contend a dangerous ultimatum: old world or new? Father God or Mother Earth?

A novel that explores the whole nature of humanity through the struggles of an artist, and her uneasy wrestle for identity. A modern anxiety haunts each page with timeless motifs of philosophy, theology, and ideology. It is sure to be a new ripple in the pond of speculative fiction.

When an athlete with an exceptional record of achievement and longevity comes to the end of their career, the numbers can speak for themselves. Ross Taylor has scored the most runs, made the most centuries and taken the most catches by a New Zealander in international cricket. He's the first New Zealand cricketer to play 450 international matches. He's the first player from any country to make 100 international appearances in all three formats of the game: test cricket, one-day internationals and Twenty20. The numbers are extraordinary but they don't tell the whole story. They don't capture the unlikely, if not unique, aspects of Ross Taylor's journey to becoming one of our true sporting greats. Here is the whole story -- in black and white.