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I'm building a chicken house for the chickens my wonderful brother-in-law got my grand kids for easter (actually Grandpa has wanted some for a long time, just wasn't sure how it would go over with Grandma (she has bad memories of a rooster when she was little). Her brother solved that obstacle for me. Back to the point. I want to use the treated plywood that was left from the floor to build the nest boxes, but am not sure if the chemicals used would be harmful to the chickens. I'm not a tree hugger completely, but I just want to be safe. Hopefully, someone on the forum has had some experience with this and can offer an opinion. John
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Other opinions may vary, but I would not use the treated plywood. I have had a reaction to it and the hens may, too.
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Get yourself some plastic milkcrates, cut one side down a little for easier entry and exit and screw the crate to the wall. Put a little straw in there and your done!!
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Thanks for the input guys. I'm going to pass on using the treated plywood. Something just told me it was a bad idea, guess I just needed a second opinion. I like the milk crate idea, just may give it a shot. I can taste the eggs already. John
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Whatever you use make sure you put some sort of "lip" on the bottom of the box. Chickens like to get in the boxes and "ruffle" the nesting material to make it nice and comfy. This lip will help to keep it in the box.
Check out this web site. They have lots of good info.
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old roofing shingles work good for a base. after they get to mucked up toss them, replace and keep on grabbing eggs
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I had one piece of treated plywood out of 12 on the sides of my round pen. Guess which one one of the horses decided to chew on. He didn't feel too good for a couple of days but everything turned out all right.
Always try the easiest thing first.
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Thanks for everyones input. After Mama not wanting to give up her milk crates (she uses them for laundry baskets) I decided to use treated on the floor and T1-11 for the back, ends , and dividers. So far its been working well. One of the chicks that was "sexed" started crowing about three weeks ago and one of my neighbors came over tonight to tell me he really enjoys hearing it. I hope the rest of them feel the same because I'm not real fond of chicken and dumplings. I think I will try the shingle idea though. It sounds a lot easier than scraping with a piece of sheet metal. John
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Stanford educated Prince Philippe ascends to Belgian throne
Original post made by Nayeli on Jul 21, 2013
on Jul 21, 2013 at 9:36 am
Crown Prince Philippe ascended to the throne after his father, King Albert II, officially abdicated today due to health reasons.
Philippe attended graduate school at Stanford during the 1980s and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Political Science.
on Jul 22, 2013 at 1:10 pm
Bon chance, Philippe! You have your hands full with the country about to split in two!
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The outdated institution of royalty is something that should go away.
Keeping royalty around is like maintaining a small plantation of slaves as a memorial to times past, and is completely something that should go away.

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Scenic designer Shana McKay Burns revealed the lascivious Don Giovanni for the University of Michigan Opera Theatre by creating doors that open to become the pages of a not-so-little black book where the scoundrel keeps count of his conquests. She imposed a plaster texture on what might have been a flat black background so the doors would catch light.
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Michael LeCuyer called 911, Keeseville Volunteer Fire Department Fire Capt. Grant Brassard said, but was gone when fire crews arrived.
LeCuyer was burned in the blaze, his father, Harvey LeCuyer, told the Press-Republican when reached by phone at the residence.
He couldn't share more information about the fire and his son's injuries at that point, he said.
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That hospital said he was still being evaluated Friday night.
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King Edward VI
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oil on panel, circa 1547
61 1/4 in. x 32 in. (1556 mm x 813 mm)
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- King Edward VI (1537-1553), Reigned 1547-53. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.
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- Unknown English artist. Artist associated with 12 portraits.
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The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, Edward succeeded his father in 1547 aged nine. Scholarly and firmly Protestant, he ruled during his minority with the help of a council, but was dominated first by the Duke of Somerset as Lord Protector, and later by the Duke of Northumberland. The latter induced Edward to will the crown to his daughter-in-law Lady Jane Grey, in order to ensure the Protestant succession. Edward died of tuberculosis shortly before his sixteenth birthday. In this portrait, which is thought to have been painted after his accession, Edward mimics the forceful pose of his father seen in Holbein's Whitehall Cartoon.
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- I-Spy National Portrait Gallery, 2010, p. 7
- Clare Gittings, The National Portrait Gallery Book of Elizabeth I, 2006, p. 4
- Gittings, Clare, The National Portrait Gallery Book of The Tudors, 2006, p. 15
- MacLeod, Catharine, Tudor Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection, 1996, p. 19
- Ribeiro, Aileen, The Gallery of Fashion, 2000, p. 36
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 195
- Williamson, David, The National Portrait Gallery: History of the Kings and Queens of England, 1998, p. 93
- Williamson, David, Kings and Queens, 2010, p. 93
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A Louisiana company has asked a federal judge in New Orleans to exonerate it from any liability in January's sinking of the Gloucester fishing vessel Patriot, which was lost along with its family crew of two under mysterious circumstances.
Notified by the attorney for the co-owner of the Patriot, Josie Russo, that a suit was pending, Hornbeck Offshore Transportation LLC and a related operating company filed a "complaint for exoneration from and/or limitation of liability."
Hornbeck invoked the U.S. Limitation of Liability Act, which allows the court to limit liability to the actual value of the vessel responsible for the loss, bars any liability pending the results of a trial, and blocks any additional legal action litigants from enjoining the case until the trial is finished.
The publicly traded company, which is based in Covington, La., and operates a fleet of ocean-going tugs, filed its motion in U.S. District Court last month. In its filing, Hornbeck said the "estimated fair market value" of its tug and barge was $3.9 million.
The company's action said Josie Russo "claims to have sustained damage which could be in excess of the value" of the tug.
But Russo's lawyer, Joseph Abromovitz, said "we'll stipulate" that the losses were not greater than the value of the Gulf Service. He also said he would move to have the legal battle take place in a Boston courtroom.
One of Hornbeck's tugs, the Gulf Service, was passing through Massachusetts Bay on the night the Patriot went down. Through public comments at news conferences on consecutive days within a week of the tragedy, Coast Guard Capt. and Sector Boston commander Gail Kulisch described a tug and barge as potentially responsible for hitting with Patriot and causing the steel-hulled boat to sink.
Subsequent surveys revealed that only Hornbeck's Gulf Service, a 129-foot tug connected to a barge by a near 2,000-foot cable, fit the Coast Guard description.
Soon after Kulisch's comments, Hornbeck chief counsel Sam Giberga confirmed to the Times that the Coast Guard had announced its intention to take possession of the cable for forensic examination. After traveling to Baltimore, about 400 sea miles from Massachusetts Bay, the cable showed no signs of a collision with the Patriot.
The filing by Hornbeck begins the legal maneuvering in a continuing fog of uncertainty about what brought down the Patriot shortly after midnight on Jan. 3 during what seemed a routine fishing trip on Middle Bank, some 15 miles out of the harbor.
The Patriot went to the sandy bottom in about 100 feet of water. The bodies of the crew of two, Capt. Matteo Russo, 36, and his father-in-law, John Orlando, 59, were found before dawn.
Giberga declined to discuss the legal strategy, but did say that "we have never been made a party of interest by the Coast Guard."
"Notwithstanding the investigation by the Coast Guard, nothing was found to implicate us," he said. "The important thing here is that Hornbeck has been forced to make these filings. We've been drawn into this thing in which (the company) has had nothing to do."
He said Hornbeck has not been contacted by the Coast Guard for "many weeks," if not longer, and said, "If the Coast Guard believed us responsible, we'd have heard from them."
The Coast Guard has given no sign when it would close its investigation into the sinking, but its findings are not admissible in civil litigation, Abromovitz said.
He said he would be make a "circumstantial" case that the tug-cable-barge train collided with the Patriot and sent it down. He said the AIS or automated identification system carried by the tug allowed the Coast Guard to plot the precise location of the train as it moved through Massachusetts Bay.
He said there were no other boats around or near the Patriot during its final hours "unless someone shut off" their AIS or VMS or vessel monitoring system.
The Patriot's VMS system, which is required on all groundfishing boats by the National Marine Fisheries Service to allow monitoring fishing activities and location, was programmed to "ping" every hour and last was active at 12:30 a.m., but whether that transmission into the NMFS computer system occurred before or after any collision with another vessel has not been established.
The vessel sank a distance to the southeast of the last ping, and the Gulf Service with its barge in tow, would have passed within a mile of the point of the Patriot's last ping.
In its filing, Hornbeck asked the court to exonerate it completely but alternatively if the court finds the tug involved in the accident, the company said it sought to be found "without privity or knowledge" of the incident, a finding that would allow the company's liability to be held to the value of the vessel.
According to its filing, the Gulf Service was towing the barge Energy from Searsport, Maine, to Brooklyn, N.Y. Abromovitz said the barge was empty and riding high in the water.
He also said he had asked the Coast Guard to extend past yesterday the protection zone around the location of the Patriot to allow Russo more time to decide whether to raise the boat for full examination.
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Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew is finally healed from his Lisfranc injury and he's able to start running again, according to the team's official website.
Jones-Drew's 2012 season was cut short by a Lisfranc injury and he hasn't been able to even run on the injured foot. He didn't take part in OTAs or minicamps and put on some weight in the process. Now that his foot is healed, Jones-Drew is focusing on strengthening his ankle and shedding the added weight in the process. Jones-Drew says that losing weight will be a priority.
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"The weight's going to come off as I work out," Jones-Drew said. "All I could do (after surgery) was eat. With this injury, you don't want to break the screws and have to get the surgery over again. I couldn't move."
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The life of a day in New York Mets history.
Judging by the comments to Matt Callan's ode to 1986 Mets: A Year To Remember from a few weeks back, the video has a devoted Mets fan following. Despite being too young to remember anything about that season, it has a special place in my fandom as well. It was part of a two video rotation (Ghostbusters being the other) which ran almost daily on my television for a few years in the early 90s. And it remained a once-in-awhile watch through high school and college. Unsurprisingly, the physical tape deteriorated over time, and the screen jumps and sound skips made for a less than optimal viewing experience. With sale of the video discontinued, my brother converted it to DVD and gave it to me for Christmas in 2010. See the picture above for the box and DVD. He even created a scene selection function which can be accessed from the main menu. "Get Metsmerized!" plays on loop on the menu screen. It is my favorite Christmas gift ever and is still nice to throw on for a viewing. "How'd we do it? Mirrors!"
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In our monthly Locals Only column on Search Engine Land, I discussed how the vast majority of local business out there – even those heavily invested in digital and mobile marketing – are constantly looking for insights on how they can improvement their placements in Google's search engine results.
A survey released earlier this month by Moz's David Mihm asked 35 local marketing experts to rank what they perceive as the best and worst ways to influence local SEO rankings. The survey provides a strong blueprint for local businesses on where to prioritize their local marketing efforts to generate greater visibility for their brands and one-up their competitors. It also provides perspective on actions to avoid that can damage a business' credibility in local search.


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House For Rent - Steps from Downtown Ogunquit and the Beach in Ogunquit
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Location, location, location! This home is located in the heart of Ogunquit. Everything is in walking distance here - park the car and forget about it until you head home. Stroll along the winding streets of Ogunquit lined with boutiques, restaurants, and galleries. This home has the charm of yesteryear (more than 100 years old) yet has been completely renovated. The kitchen has granite counter tops, tile floor, and all new appliances. There are hardwoods on the main floor and new carpeting upstairs. The furniture is new as well. This home is tastefully decorated and quite lovely from top to bottom. There is Internet access and unlimited long distance with the phone service for guests' convenience. (fireplace is decorative only - patio and picnic areas are behind the house and shared with the condo above the garage) Parking, Guests Allowed: 8, 2 Bed Sizes: 3 Queens, 2 Twins
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A memorial service will be held in the chapel at Collins-Burke Funeral Home Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at 6 p.m. The family will be receiving friends from 5 until 6 p.m. at the funeral home.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James N. and Esther E. O'Rear; and brother James C. O'Rear. She was also preceded in death by her father and mother-in-law, Henry and Rose Crawford.
She leaves behind her husband of 46 years, Don Crawford; daughter and son-in-law, Wade and Donna Benson of Jacksonville, N.C.; and two grandsons whom she loved with all her heart, William Eli and Braxton Ray Benson. She is also survived by her sisters, Rosie "Sue" Banks (Webster) and Barbra Jean Galbraith (Harland) of Albany, Ga.; her wonderful brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; six nieces; nine nephews; nine great-nieces; 15 great-nephews; one great-great-niece; one great-great-nephew; and a host of cousins and friends.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers that donations be made to your favorite charity in honor of Lona.
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When Rian Lindell's kick went through the uprights as the clock expired in Week Three, it was the first time George Wilson could say his team beat the Patriots. The win broke an eight-year losing streak, and Wilson, the team's starting safety and its player rep, has been in Buffalo since he entered the league in 2005.
Wilson played a big role in the win, with a diving interception at the goal line of Tom Brady, last year's MVP. That pick set up the Bills' game-tying touchdown.
The 3-0 Bills aren't playing like a flash in the pan and clearly have an air of confidence that hasn't been witnessed in Buffalo for a long time.
"The saying goes: Winning is contagious. And the opposite end of the spectrum is, too — so is losing. We had to look back and reflect on what put us in that 0-8 hole a year ago," Wilson told PFW this week. "It was a lot of mistakes — penalties, mental errors, missed tackles, turnovers, giving up big plays, things of that nature.
"We had to make sure that we were doing everything we needed to do, and it started out by expecting and demanding more out of ourselves."
With Donte Whitner gone, Wilson has assumed a starting role in the defensive backfield, and he said the defense's success thus far has been due to the unit's preparation.
"Coach (George) Edwards and the staff do a great job of putting us in a position to make a play," said Wilson. "We started on the Bengals on Monday. Even though we had a pretty good win over the weekend, we didn't sit and bask in the glory. You don't win respect in this league by winning three ballgames, and you certainly don't win championships by winning three games."
Joining Wilson in the safety group, one of the team's strengths, is Bryan Scott and Jairus Byrd. Scott, who has been with the Bills since '07, has a sack and an interception this season.
"Bryan is a safety, but we have packages where he plays in the box like a linebacker for run support, as well as matchups vs. running backs and tight ends," said Wilson. "It's not easy to switch back and forth between safety and linebacker, knowing responsibilities on a given defense and executing them consistently."
Byrd had some struggles in his second season after a big rookie campaign, but he recorded two passes defensed in the win over New England.
"Any quarterback that is going against (Byrd) has to throw the ball on the money. If he has an opportunity to make a play on the ball, he's going to bring it down," Wilson said.
The preparation for this young defense began in the summer during the lockout. Wilson balanced his role as a player rep with being a leader for the Bills' young defense. He worked out with several Bills rookies: DL Marcell Dareus, SS Da'Norris Searcy and ILB Kelvin Sheppard.
"One positive about the lockout, and there wasn't a whole bunch of good, was that I was able to train with those guys in Atlanta this offseason and talk to them on a daily basis," said Wilson. "While we were running the stadium steps, I was telling them how it has been, playing in Buffalo — how loud and crazy the fans are and how they have been that way and so loyal to us, even when we haven't had team success."
The Bills' fan base is being rewarded this season with three exciting wins, and head coach Chan Gailey is getting a lot of respect around the league for what he has done with the Bills.
"Coach Gailey is not one of those rah-rah guys. His mentality is if he has to motivate you, you're in the wrong business with the wrong ballclub," Wilson said. "He makes us work hard each and every day and he tells us straight-up what he demands of us. He does a great job of creating an environment for our guys to come into and raise expectations of themselves and the team."
The success of the team this season has brought to the forefront a pair of contract situations, as QB Ryan Fitzpatrick and WR Stevie Johnson are due for new deals at the end of the season.
"As far as contracts go, we don't allow those to be distractions because, ultimately, we have control over it. If we continue to play well and continue to win, all that takes care of itself," Wilson said.
The Bills' offense has been humming, but the defense will need to pick up its game to keep winning consistently. If it can force turnovers as it did to the Patriots, though, an end to the playoff drought is possible.
"It's great to put smiles on the faces of Bills fans and people of Western New York," Wilson said. "We want to take this one day at a time and one game at a time, so we can really give them something to be happy about."
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New research suggests that multivitamin use may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer and prostate cancer.
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, A Harvard study of what tens of thousands of women ate in high school found that "dietary intake of fiber and nuts during adolescence influences subsequent risk of breast disease and may suggest a viable means for breast cancer prevention." And the protection from nuts was independent of fiber: "Results for nuts were essentially the same with additional adjustment for fiber, suggesting that in addition to fiber, the inverse associations between nut intake and proliferative benign breast disease risk may also be attributable to nutrients other than fiber in nuts." Nuts, afterall, are packed with vitamins and minerals, but wouldn't it be easier just to take a multivitamin than eating all that PB&J?
Last year a study of 35,000 women was published on the association between multivitamin use and breast cancer rates. "Many women use multivitamins in the belief that these supplements will prevent chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. However, whether the use of multivitamins affects the risk of breast cancer is unclear." Well, it just got clearer: what do you think they found?
Multivitamins for breast cancer prevention: Harmful, harmless, or helpful? 40% of women in the United States take a multivitamin, spending $4 billion dollars to do so. Is this money well spent, is it just a waste of money? No, it is worse. They are in fact paying to increase their risk of breast cancer. "These results suggest that multivitamin use is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer."
The reseachers suggest it may be the folic acid that's the culrpit, something I talked about in a previous video, whereas the doubling of prostate cancer risk tied to multivitamin use is thought due to the zinc content.
From the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine last year. Should healthy people take a multivitamin? No.
"At least it won't hurt," may not be true"
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Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I'd be happy to try to answer them. Be sure to check out the other videos on breast cancer. Also, there are 1,449 subjects covered in my other videos–please feel free to explore them!
Interesting information here Dr. Greger, but now I am a bit confused.
While research suggests that healthy people should not take a "multivitamin", what about individual vitamin supplements? I know it would be difficult to answer this because each one would have to be addressed separately however, what about the years of research done by the likes of Dr. Abram Hoffer and Andrew Saul, PhD. on vitamin C supplements?
Having just watched Food Matters, I'm also confused and would like to hear a response regarding Dr. Saul's work. Also, does the study take into account any of the additives in multivitamins, such as the dyes?
KatTastic, I watched food matters too. I thought it was great…except they advocated alot of super foods which proved to be VERY HARMFUL like spirulina, blue-green algae, noni, kombu and kelp. They also advocate other "super" foods with VERY limited research on them, like bee products such as royal jelly, propolsis and bee pollen. After discovering this, the movie to me lost alot of credibility. They obviously didn't do enough research.
Where can I find more information on support of this claim "which proved to be VERY HARMFUL like spirulina, blue-green algae, noni, kombu and kelp." specifically with regards to the movie?
So, vegetarians should just take a B12 and a DHA suupplement only?
Thank you!
Please see my recommendations here LouiseF: http://nutritionfacts.org/blog/2011/09/12/dr-greger%e2%80%99s-2011-optimum-nutrition-recommendations/
Hi I just found your site and love your videos. I tried the link but it is not there, would like to know your recommendations Dr Greger. Been a vegan for about 2 years I do take a vegan mutivit (Deva Brand), would this also be bad to take? Oh yes, I did have breast cancer in 2006/2007 and found out about vegan in 2011. Thanks :)
Here are Dr. Greger's recommendations
Not all multi vitamins are equal. Synthetic "typical" (cheap) vitamins versus whole food-based natural vitamins. I think multi vitamin is too vague a term, don't you think?
I'm bit disappointed with your presentation, and I'm wondering why you exactly choose this multi vitamin study to underpin your conclusion in this video. The Swedish cohort was from 2010 and in April of this year a meta-analysis (1), which is scientifically stronger in terms of proof, concluded : "Multivitamin use is likely not associated with a significant increased or decreased risk of breast cancer, but these results highlight the need for more case-control studies or randomized controlled clinical trials to further examine this relationship."
Furthermore the same study says : "Eight of 27 studies that included 355,080 subjects were available for analysis … Only 1 recent Swedish cohort study (the study you refer to) concluded that multivitamin use is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer." It is my opinion, backed by science, that there is no need to scare people or make them stop taking their multivitamins. May I refer to a 2009 study (2) stating : "Most people do not consume an optimal amount of all vitamins by diet alone. Pending strong evidence of effectiveness from randomized trials, it appears prudent for all adults to take vitamin supplements." However, many more studies suggest the positive impact on general health of multi-vitamin use. I can imagine breast cancer prevention isn't the only health goal. I only hope that especially pregants women don't stop taking their prenatal vitamins. Maternal consumption of folic acid-containing prenatal multivitamins is associated with decreased risk for several congenital anomalies, not only neural tube defects (3).
(1) http://www.theannals.com/content/45/4/476.full
(2) http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/287/23/3127.full
(3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17022907
Thank you so much Louis for taking the time to contribute! It is such a relief to see that meta-analysis come out. This video was queued up from my volume 5 DVD, reviewing the peer-reviewed nutritional science published between Spring 2010 to Spring 2011, and so I must have just missed it (wasn't indexed by the National Library of Medicine until August 19!). I'll have to re-record the video now that there's a systematic review published on the subject.
Of course negative findings don't automatically "cancel" out positive findings. As one of my research preceptors once quipped: "if two people drill for oil in Texas and one finds oil and the other does not, one can't conclude that the question of whether or not there is oil in Texas remains undetermined." Similarly, the conclusion from the 2010 study profiled in the video is not necessarily invalidated: "These results suggest that multivitamin use is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. This observed association is of concern and merits further investigation." But it's nice to know that if there is an effect it's it's not one that has been replicated!
The critical question remains: should women take multivitamins or not? That depends on the risks versus benefits like any other life decision. Since both the risks and the benefits appear equivocal (see for example the National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on multivitamins (PDF here) I agree with the Cleveland Clinic Journal article I featured and would recommend women take the money the would have spent on the pills and instead buy some produce with more proven benefits (see my Breast Cancer and Diet post). A similar recommendation can be made for men (as a similar meta-analysis likewise thankfully casts doubt on the multivitamin link there as well).
Until we know more, I agree with the conclusion from the meta-analysis you cite: "Until further studies assist in clarifying the association between multivitamin use and increased or decreased risk of breast cancer, health-care professionals should open discussions with their patients regarding multivitamin use and risk of breast cancer."
Again, I can't thank you enough–I hope you will continue to check back and ensure this is the latest info out there!
I see an oncologist for breast cancer prevention, and she recommended folic acid as a separate supplement. She also recommended Tamoxifen rather than a plants-based diet. Thank you for providing information to me that my oncologist either ignores or doesn't even know about!
This video is quite misleading. Reading the study itself (Swedish Mammography Cohort, 1998-2007) and the references we find that risks are very small or inverse. While three studies showed this risk, four showed lowered risk, and seven showed no relationship at all.
This Swedish study:
1.19 adjusted for risk factors (1.3 without necessary adjustments)
1.11 Multivitamins ½ glass red wine
0.97 Multivitamins > 2/3 glass red wine
Two other studies showed increased risk of breast cancer with multivitamins:
Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial
1.18 Multivitamins
American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort
>1 only if < 1/2 cup wine daily
However, the following FOUR studies referred to in the Swedish study showed a LOWERED risk for breast cancer with multivitamins:
Nurses' Health Study
Maruti, Am J Clin Nutr 2009;89:624–33.
Ishitani, Am J Epidemiol 2008;167:1197–206.
Zhang, JAMA 1999;281:1632–7.
In Addition, there were SEVEN studies referred to in this Swedish study showing NO correlation between breast cancer and multivitamins, including the Women's Health Study, a French randomized trial
of antioxidants (Neuhouser, Arch Intern Med 2009;169:294–304), and Feigelson, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2003;12:161–4.
Let's be fair and say that no extra risks for breast cancer can now be attributed to multivitamins.
Dr. Steve, I appreciate your counterpoint on this topic and thank you for pointing out the additional information. As a person who takes in a LOT of information on health and nutrition each and every da, I always try and determine the source of motivation for such information.
When information is published for or against something, I try and assess why this would be published in the first place. I believe that the main motivation for a lot of these studies is that someone stands to profit from such acts, directly or indirectly. Why would anyone publish an opinion, scientific findings, or research results? In my mind the people who have seen both side and have the least to gain and the most to lose are the ones I place the most credibility in.
Reading your response I had to ask myself if you are in any way tied to any financial interests in vitamin supplements, or are you just being a good guy helping your fellow human to consider all sides. With the utmost respect, I wonder if your motivation is driven by an attempt to prevent people from getting healthy and keeping them in the doctors office and at hospitals taking prescription medications. Please do not take this as an accusal, it is merely a set of questions in my own head. For all I know, you may be doing this out of the kindness of your own heart with only a desire to give back to humanity during your lifetime. If so, I applaud you!
What I do know is that billions of dollars are spent every year to keep people in the dark regarding nutrition and it's impact on personal health. Billions of dollars are spent every year on protecting the financial interests of drug companies and westernized food products. Billions of dollars in revenues are made by pharmaceutical companies and health care practitioners.
I have no financial interest in any supplements. I left my comment because the video seemed to unfairly represent the study cited and the facts. Multivitamin formulas vary and so the studies are inconclusive.
Thank you DrSteve! Please see my reply to Louis above.
Could it be that women more likely to take multi-vitamins used them as a replacement for eating well?
Also, I agree with the above poster. If other studies came to different conclusions, then I want to know about that. What about prenatal vitamins? I am breastfeeding right now and I take a multi because I don't always have time to cook and eat like I should.
It is a crappy excuse, but if I eat bad for even a day or two and don't take a multi, I am getting sores in my mouth. I'm deficient in something.
The fact that multivitamin use is even controversial should be enough to put a yellow light on. Seriously. 4 billion dollars a year for inconclusive data??? This is ridiculous and is further indicative to the propoganding media we slurp up everyday. Let's all just turn off the tv and have a handful of walnuts shall we?
Well spoken :-)
I take a multi because we eat a low sodium diet, and the soils in our area are depleted of iodine. I had ancestors with goiter issues. The only local store selling seaweeds is an asian one, and they are all labeled in Chinese. We also need B12 and D, so it is less expensive to just take a multi. We eat a plant-based diet, so we get most of our nutrients form food,and I do not expect any pill to protect us from heart disease or cancer. I just know what is short in our local soil and want to make sure we get the nutrients we need. I'll be watching for further evidence otherwise.
I take half a multivitamin a day (+ additional choline and vitamins B12 and D) because I don't get the RDA of all vitamins from food only every day. It's easier and cheaper to buy Deva One Daily multivitamins (without iron, I get more than menstruating woman RDA from food only) than to buy panthotenic acid, niacin, vitamin E, B6 separately and take them only when my intake from food is less than RDA. I do get some minerals from it, too, but sometimes also take calcium (+ vitamin C), depending on my intake from food. Half a tablet contains 200 ug RDA. What worries me is that I sometimes get even 1500 ug folate from food. Is folate from food dangerous, too? I really can't understand why would a vegan supplement which is not prenatal contain folic acid.
Hey there rhelune!
Firstly, folate from foods is not at all harmful! Folic acid is the synthetic, man made version of folate. Check out Dr. Greger's video on folic acid! http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/can-folic-acid-be-harmful/
Also note that although your taking alot of vitamins and minerals, that is only a tiny segment of health. What really defines healthy eating is your intake of phytochemicals. While a vitamin supplement may have 12 different minerals, broccoli has over a thousand phytochemicals along with all your minerals and vitamins. The bio-availability of calcium from plants is much greater than the calcium from milk, meaning your body can take it in much easier http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-vs-cow-calcium-2/ If you eat a varied whole foods plant based diet diet you really dont have to worry at all about vitmains and minerals except vitamin b12, vitamin d and in some cases, iodine.
Hope this helped!
Don't thank me, thank science, good science that is … I wouldn't define the Swedish cohort, together with other "multivitamin" studies as well-defined. What would you think about a study done to investigate painkillers, where people just took "painkillers" and researchers found inconsistent results, with sometimes dangerous adverse reactions ? That's because the "painkillers" are ill-defined and therefore, the study is a waste of money and time. What are "painkillers" in this study ? An aspirin, advil caplets, COX2 inhibitors, morphine ? And what were the doses ? The same goes with these "multivitamin studies", they are mostly plain stupid, because the researched object is not defined well enough and taken at haphazard doses. In some cases, assesments are made with food questionaires going back 20 years; what/how did you eat 20 years ago and which supplements did you use ? This is just asking for skewed results and you're bound to find strange and conflicting results. The simple fact that some people take multivitamins to compensate for a bad diet most possibly accounts for the higher cancer risk finding. (1) However, if you lift one nutrient out of a multi and look at the research, then all becomes more clear. Let's take vitamin D. 400 IU vitamin D doesn't protect against breast cancer (2), however 2000 IU slashed the risk by 50 % (3). Now, if the subjects of the multivitamin study take one Centrum a day (400IU vitamin D) (4), or a multi from Walmart at $7.97 for one month's supply (5), what would you think the results would be in terms of breast cancer prevention/vitamin D ? No effect ! The doses/exposures aren't adequate to elicit the hypothesized contrast of effects and intakes of other nutrients or foods, on which the tested nutrients are dependent, weren't optimized. On top of that, consider the health consciousness (= diet) of someone who chooses to take "a multi" that's as cheap as chips and hey presto, you have your additional increased cancer risk. Are those multi's a waste of money, maybe or maybe not, but $7.97/month will not buy you much cancer protection from food either will it ?
Furthermore, IMHO, the references you stand by aren't based on real sound science. It would take me too long to discuss every study, but in the Cleveland Clinic reference they argue that a multi is bad and then refer to a meta-analysis of vitamin E, showing that doses up to 2000 IU give evidence of possible adverse effect, this is not entirely correct. The effect of an isolated synthetic nutrient in relative high doses can't be extrapolated to a multi. The health effects of high dose dl-tocoferol are well-understood and aren't applicable to multi vitamins. This is just one example.
I'm pro food, there is nothing better than a really healthy diet, but if you study ALL the literature about vitamins, you see more evidence the study designs are flawed instead of the effect of vitamins/minerals.
I like your website, and I can only hope you take the responability to use sound science and correct interpretations of it. And for that matter, if new views are published, you should adjust previous articles/videos with correct information.
Respectfully yours,
(1) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666311005642
"More VMS-users were categorised as having an unhealthy diet (31.4%) than having a healthy diet (20.6%). "
(2) http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/22/1581.short
(3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17368188
(5) http://www.walmart.com/browse/Vitamins/Supplements/_/N-8z7yZaq90ZaqceZ1yzm10e/Ne-aqxa?browsein=true&search_sort=5&ic=48_0&ref=418717.418894+501454.4292446622&tab_value=11790_All&catNavId=1005863&povid=cat1005863-env250565-moduleA072111-lLinkLHN6Multivitamins
Just wanted to add an addendum to my comments above. Did you see the Archives today? A report from Iowa Women's Health Study suggests that multivitamin use may actually shorten women's lives. To quote the editor of the Archives of internal Medicine: "Because commonly used vitamin and mineral supplements have no known benefit on mortality rate and have been shown to confer risk….A better investment in health would be eating more fruits and vegetables…"
Hello Dr Greger,
You suggest in this clip that Zinc could be a factor in prostate cancer. Yet it is found that many vegans are zinc deficient. I find that if I take 15mg of zinc per say that I sleep much better and dream more–seems to have helped my skin as well.
How does one balance risk with real needs? What comments or recommendations do you have on low supplemental zinc?
Thank you,
Michael Weaver
Check out this video on Zinc requirements
For some context, please check out my associated blog post Multivitamins and Mortality!
Hi! Is taking a B-100 complex supplement harmful since it has folic acid in it? What should pre-pregnancy women take to prevent neural tube defects in their unborn?
Lauren Bateman MS,RN,CNS
Lets examine the statistic of neural tube defects with and without folic acid supplementation. The relative data shows a 50% reduction in risk with folic acid supplementation. But looking at the absolute data itself, the 50% reduction is actually as follows: 1 in a 1000 chance of a child developing neural tube defects with folic acid. As opposed to a 2 in a 1000 chance of a child developing neural tube defects without folic acid supplementation. This 2 to 1 reduction is the 50% decrease and considering that the risk of a woman developing breast cancer is 3 times more common in those that do supplement with synthetic folic acid I do not see the end benefit. Remember that folic acid is synthetic and folate, the naturally occurring "folic acid" is the kind we want to consume from plants. Eating lots of greens and beans will give you plenty of folate.
Check out Dr. Greger's video on folic acid for additional information.
I just looked at your video concerning Breast Cancer and Multiple Vitamins. The conclusion was that multivitamins may increase the
risk of breast cancer. I take Vitamin Code which advertises it is made from raw whole foods and contained live probiotics and enzymes. Are Vitamin Code products safer than other multivitamins?
Why take a multivitamin to begin with when we can get all we need (except b12 and vitamin D) from whole plant foods?
What are your thoughts on taking individual vitamins rather than a Multi?
At 2:10 into the video, the narrator says that zinc is thought to double the chance of prostrate cancer. Does Dr. Greger think that Zinc increases the chance of prostrate cancer? I'm vegan, and I take a Calciusm/Magnesium/Zinc vitamin with Vitamin D. The link to Multivitamins and Mortality didn't work. This link (from a Dr. Greger comment) doesn't work either:
I'm curious what Dr. Greger recommends vegans do in terms of vitamins. Should they take any supplements?
Ry176: Good question. The following page shows Dr. Greger's nutrition recommendations, including which supplements he recommends:
This kind of studies are not very reliable they are just questionaries…
You cant verify the quality of the supplements they were taking or if they started taking the multivitamin because they had cancer already.
I think there are a lot of brand some of them are really low quality packed with heavy metals and other stuff.
Your best source of vitamins and minerals should be your food but I also think that for some vitamins a pill is a good option.


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Soon-to-be Wolverine honored in Toronto
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Oceanview 1 Bedroom Condo in Hilton Head Island
- bedrooms 1
- baths 1
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Condo
- community Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Resort
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Hilton Head is a family friendly community and has been our favorite
family vacation location for many years. Come share the
experience for yourself and your family at Hilton Head Beach and
Tennis. This secure, gated, beachfront resort is a great place to
unwind and enjoy yourself whether you have the entire family or for a
romantic weekend. Our 1 bedroom, 1 bath unit can accommodate up to 6.
There is a queen bed in the bedroom, queen sleeper sofa in the living
room and two bunks for the kids.
This is a 'clean', non-smoking unit, sorry, no pets allowed on the
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Secure gated family beachfront resort. This air-conditioned 3rd floor
condo with elevator access offers a full kitchen with microwave, full
size refrigerator and stove with all cooking utensils needed. New flat screen
TV with cable in family room and bedroom, VCR/DVD player, phone with message system, internet access, queen bed, queen sleeper sofa and twin bunks.
Iron/ironing board and a hair dryer in the bathroom is available.
Covered balcony with view of pool and ocean is great for morning
coffee. Coin operated washer/dryers on site, if needed.
HHB&T has the largest pool on the island with separate kiddie pool,
kids playground and tennis for our guests on any of 10 lighted courts.
Lessons are available from the pro for a small fee. Three restaurants to choose from. For fine dining the Bali Hai restaurant, casual dining Coconutz or for lounging by the pool or beach you may choose Jamaica Joz. There is also pizza delivery available onsite as well. (All the food is very good!!)
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On-site or nearby: include bike rental, hiking/biking on miles of paved trails,
golf, tennis, fitness center, miniature golf, fishing, shopping,
restaurants, cinemas, sightseeing, swimming, boating, kayaking,
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Vacation Rental Rates:
Dec. Mar.....$450/week
Apr. - Mid May.....$550/week.....Easter & HeritageWeek ...$725
Mem. Day - Labor Day.....$700/week (7 Night Minimum-Sat.-Sat.)
Sept. - Nov.....$550/week
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Rates are subject to 11% SC tax.
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Oak Forest's Courtney Kachlik outpolled five others in voting for Patch's Athlete of the Week, Feb. 12-18. Now, she is eligible for February Patch Athlete of the Month recognition.
The candidates:
Jubril Adekoya, junior, center/forward, boys basketball, Andrew. Adekoya delivered two more double-doubles as the T-Bolts notched victories No. 20 and 21 and became the winningest Andrew boys basketball team since 1989-90. Adekoya had 18 points and 16 rebounds in a 53-43 victory over Sandburg. Then, he followed up with 19 points and nine rebounds in a 58-31 victory over Thornridge.
Mark Duda, sophomore, wrestling, Marist. Duda won 3-of-4 matches and placed second in the 113-pound weight class in the Class 3A state tournament at Assembly Hall in Champaign. His bid for the title was dashed in a 5-4 loss to Jordan Northrup of Machesney Park Harlem.
Bria Gaines, junior, center, girls basketball, Bloom Township. Gaines scored 63 points and hauled down 35 rebounds as the Blazing Trojans closed their season with a 64-40 victory over Kankakee, then fell to Mother McAuley (54-48) in Class 4A regional action.
Courtney Kachlik, senior, center/forward, girls basketball, Oak Forest. Kachlik picked a prime time to step up her game. She went 7-for-7 and scored a career-high 16 points in the Bengals' 46-43 victory over Rich South in the Class 3A Evergreen Park Regional championship game. For Oak Forest, the regional title was the Bengals' first since 2007-08 and third since 1995-96.
Kyle Langenderfer, junior, wrestling, Lincoln-Way East. Langenderfer edged St. Rita's Tim Corse 5-4 to win the 138-pound championship in the Class 3A state tournament at Assembly Hall in Champaign. The victory capped a 42-2 season for Langenderfer and put the exclamation point on his climb up from a second-place finish in 2011.
Matt Veldman, senior, swimming, Sandburg. Veldman won the 100-yard butterfly with a pool-record time of 50.33 seconds and led the Eagles to the Sandburg Sectional title with 307 points. The Eagles qualified six individuals and three relay teams for the IHSA state meet.
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Yes, breaking up is absolutely hard to do. who wants to let go of the ones they love so much anyway? Oh well in other hand, it also depends on what is the real score between you and your partner. If the relationship involves an emotional stuff, then there i could say its really hard. I have this girl that i liked so much, she happens to be my roomate. We were both attracted to each other and moved together in another apartment where we could be more private. Now, a month later she met a guy who can show her so much, thats one thing i cant cause im not that well off. I was only thinking of making fun of her but why does it hurts so much now? I ended up being a looser and now im slowly moving on. anway how can i break up with her when shes not even my girlfriend? LOL.
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By Cara Hogan
The state Division of Travel and Tourism wants visitors to fill in the blank.
After a year of research and $130,000, New Hampshire last week launched its new campaign, complete with new logo and slogan: "Live Free and ..."
"The concept is Live Free and Discover or Live Free and Ski," said Lori Harnois, the division's marketing manager. "It allows people to put in their own emotional idea of what they like to do on vacation."
The new slogan replaces "You're going to love it here." Tourism officials hope even more people will be drawn to the Granite State, enticed by the new campaign.
There's a new logo, which incorporates green mountains, blue water and NH in flowing script.
"The logo incorporated the key attributes that consumers had told us why they visit New Hampshire, for its mountains, lakes, seacoasts and many trails," Harnois said. "We try to encompass all of those elements and put it into the logo."
For local business owners, the new slogan could bring the promise of more tourism dollars.
Bill Parnell, president of the Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, said he likes the new concept.
"I like the idea, playing on Live Free or Die as a marketing technique," he said. "But I'm not sure it's really targeted for the Derry/Londonderry area, so much as for where people are more likely to vacation. This is clearly directed at the lakes and the north and the seacoast."
But, he said, any tourism is good for the state.
"It gets people into our state and, with any luck, stopping into our towns, even as simple as stopping in at a restaurant on the way up," he said.
Some residents weren't as enthusiastic, saying it was disrespectful to play with the state motto.
"I despise it," said Alison Gagnon, 56, of Londonderry. "It's supposed to say Live Free or Die, nothing else. I love our state motto. It's not pretty, it's direct and that's how we are in New Hampshire."
Others, like Bob Gamlin, 88, of Londonderry, said low prices — not logos — that bring people to New Hampshire.
"I don't think the state should have spent a year and money on this," he said. "The slogan doesn't matter."
But some residents thought the new campaign would be successful, including Carolyn Lombard, 49, of Derry.
"How about Live Free and Relax?" she said. "I think it's going to work. I know when I see ads to come visit other states, I think 'Oh, I've never been there and I want to go.'"
She said the new logo represents the beauty of the state.
"I love the blue water and the green mountains," she said. "I'm from Massachusetts and it's so much calmer here. It's a great state."
Wayne McClain, 64, of Londonderry said he didn't love the slogan, but thought the goal was admirable.
"If it works to bring more people to the state, great," he said. "Tourist dollars, sales tax dollars, restaurant and hotel money, I hope it brings all that in."
Harnois said the money spent on the campaign is a long-term investment for the state.
"It's a goal of ours to make it as strong a campaign as the 'I Love NY' campaign or 'Pure Michigan' or 'Virginia is for Lovers,'" she said. "Those campaigns were all very successful and we see them as good role models."
New advertising will start this summer. The logo will be incorporated into the welcome and information centers and Welcome to New Hampshire highway signs.
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The idea of a happy hour has been around for many years. Back in the prohibition days, people would often gather for cocktail hours, or happy hours in illegal spots before going to dinner. These days, happy hour is that late afternoon time when co-workers get together to socialize a bit after a long day at work, or flock to local watering holes for a cheap beer. Of course it never seems to last just one hour!
Several other community Patch sites have already explored this topic of Happy Hours in their little patch ( did one, as did , and . We tried to leave no stone unturned in a quest for happy hour hot spots in Rohnert Park and Cotati. If you know of a place we missed feel free to add it to the comments below!
– Located by the movie theater, Season's is the type of place that has a little bit of everything. As a sports bar they have plenty of room to watch the games. Happy hour runs from daily from 3-6 p.m., seven days a week. Draft beers are $3 and appetizers are half off. They also have a decent wine list and during happy hour the entire menu is available as well as daily seasonal specials. Bottoms up!
– Aside from doing banquets and other large events, Sally Tomatoes and a very nice little café and bar at the Event Center in the Sonoma Mountain Village. They have a regular Happy Hour from 4-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday that features well drinks for only $2.50. They feature a full bar, pool table, darts and even a jukebox to groove to some tunes. The late happy hour runs from 8-11 p.m. as well.
– "There's no place like the neighborhood" is their slogan and this neighborhood has a pretty nice happy hour. Seven days a week from 3-6 p.m., Applebee's hosts a happy hour, and then there's a late night period from 9 p.m. to midnight. During any of those times appetizers are $5 and you can wet your whistle with domestic beers, Long Island ice teas or margarita's for a mere $3.29 each. Of course they are also a full service restaurant if you would like to order off the regular menu.
– The Shack chimes in with a standard Monday through Friday happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. Mary's Pizza Shack features $3 draft beers, $5.50 cocktails, $2 off wine by the glass (excluding house wines) and half-price appetizers. They also have a late night happy hour from 9:30 p.m. to close on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. With a full bar, TVs for the sports games, as well as ample seating on the patio, the Shack is a great place to get your happy going.
– The hour starts early and ends late at El Torito with a 2-8 p.m. happy hour. You can only get the special in the cantina, but it is spacious enough to keep people having a good time. Their $3 specials feature gold margaritas, domestic drafts, well drinks and wine for $3. They also have beef taquitos for $3.99. Sounds delicious!
– Chili's wants you to "get your drink on" with a happy hour that runs Monday through Friday from 3-7 p.m. They also have a late happy hour Sunday through Thursday from 9 p.m. to close -- and during all football games! During happy hour Chili's has many drink and appetizer specials such as $2.99 draft beers and snacks as low as $2.99, plus free chips and salsa.
Mi Pueblito – If you are feeling more like some authentic Mexican fare then look no further than happy hour at Mi Pueblito (7600 Commerce Blvd.). A regular good time happens from Monday to Friday from 3-7 p.m. They have a full bar and feature discounts on margaritas and some of the appetizers. Plus normal menu items are available.
– Another great option for food south of the border is Tonayan. Proprietor Isidro Velasco runs a happy hour from 4-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Drinks and appetizers are the name of the game and of course if you get hungrier you can jump right into dinner!
Spancky's – In Cotati, Spancky's is a bar that has been around for years. Recently they just re-opened under new ownership and are trying hard to be a local hotspot (right in town at 8201 Old Redwood Highway). Monday to Friday they will have happy hour from 5-7 p.m. with $1 off all drafts. Sunday it will be half off all drinks with outdoor patio seating.


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