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Happy Anniversary of Two Weeks to Flatten the Curve! (A Defense of Christians' COVID Response)
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of "Two Weeks to Flatten the Curve!" On the same day, a friend of a friend was asked, essentially, why are so many Christians "disbelieving the science" and are "so brazenly uncooperative with mask-wearing, social distancing, et al.?" That's a good question, one that the public needs to hear an answer to. Because the "Christian view" is worth elaborating, and defending.
Some People's Kids
I put the "Christian view" in scare quotes because it's impossible for me here to write about THE Christian view, because there is no one Christian view. But I can describe the view of many Christians. And I don't know who or what this friend of a friend has observed, but I can guess. So let's just get out of the way that plenty of Christians fail. This person may have seen Christians violating their own Word, and acting arrogantly, and carelessly. THAT is not available to us. The Old Testament law that required building a parapet around the roof of a house (Deut. 22:8) compels us, in love, to live in a proactively careful way with our neighbor.
But it's very possible this person has been offended by watching Christians operating on the very principle of love. It's possible this friend of a friend has observed Christians who are compelled by proactive, careful love for their neighbor. Let me explain.
First, Principles
First, note that many Christians are driven by two beliefs in the area of science. First, the belief that God is real and, in some ways, understandable. He made Himself most real and understandable in His Son, who came as a man, like us, for us. Thus, in the area of science, we believe that whatever science says is true can be verified, eventually, because its claims will correspond with something that is, you know, true.
But secondly, man is not perfect. Man is fallen. Christians expect that science will proceed not in a straight line, but "one death at a time" – not the death of people, but of hypotheses and theorems.1 One hypothesis is accepted by everyone, sometimes for a long time, until it's weighed and shown to be false, and then it dies. Looking at you, medieval church, regarding Galileo.
Thus Christians have an allergy to "Gnosticism", in all its forms. Gnosticism is an ancient form of religion that ignores the fallenness of man, and instead requires blind faith in "anointed" people who claim to have a "higher knowledge" – visions that cannot be weighed and verified. The only way you can understand this anointed "higher knowledge" is if you too have become "enlightened." Gnosticism is precisely what our culture's COVID response has come to resemble – a pseudo-religion where the populace blindly puts its faith in those "anointed saviors" with a "higher" knowledge that is so often incomprehensible, and therefore disconnected from the true and the real.2 This is not science – it's "scientism": the bastard child from the illegitimate mating of science and politics. To this, Christians recoil. Especially when the anointed ones' "higher knowledge" so often just happens to agree with their political tendencies, towards incoherent, oppressive governmental control.
The Wisdom of Steve Martin
To repeat, for clarity: Christians very much believe in "science," but many are skeptical when someone talks about "the" science. Whenever I hear that definite article, it reminds me of an old SNL skit, with Steve Martin playing Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber:
Joan (enters with her sick daughter – played by the late Gilda Radner): Hello, Theodoric, Barber of York.
Theodoric of York: Hello, Joan, Wife of Simkin the Miller. Well, how's my little patient doing?
Joan: Not so well, I fear. We followed all your instructions – I mixed powder of staghorn, gum of arabic with sheep's urine, and applied it in a poultice to her face.
Theodoric of York: And did you bury her up to her neck in the marsh and leave her overnight?
Joan: Oh, yes. But she still feels as listless as ever, if not more.
Theodoric of York: Well, let's give her another bloodletting. Broom Gilda!
Broom Gilda: Yes, Theodoric.
Theodoric of York: Take two pints.
Joan: Will she be alright?
Theodoric of York: Well, I'll do everything humanly possible. Unfortunately, we barbers aren't gods. You know, medicine is not an exact science, but we are learning all the time. Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like your daughter's was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Isabelle is suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors, perhaps caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in her stomach.
Joan: Well, I'm glad she's in such good hands.3
Christians don't assume that we are "in such good hands," because we know that what "we know" is not necessarily, well, what we know.
On the other hand, we also know that governmental authorities are given by God for our good. Where their response to the coronavirus has been courageous and sober, we are thankful. We understand that they have had to learn and adjust, as we all have, as they've gone along. This we know, and it does not detract from our gratitude for the lives that our government's intervention has saved.
And yet, on the other hoof, we can have that gratitude, and still ask, like kids on a playground, Why?, and Who says? These are questions drawn right from a biblical worldview, and they happen to be really wise – they keep us from becoming Joan's under the knives of governmental Theodoric's. And there have been plenty "Theodoric" moments in our government's response to COVID.
Out of Thin Air
For instance, it is now clear that the six-foot distancing rule came out of thin air. Well, that's not entirely true – it came from a high school science fair project.4 And much of our government's messaging has come directly from the climate change doom-mongering playbook. Turns out that the "Little Boy Who Cried Wolf" story had some wisdom to it. And thus many Christians have walked with understandable suspicion for the usefulness of the government's rules.
But, Love!
But all of this still leaves the pesky question of whether a Christian is loving their neighbor, by allowing too much possibility for spreading the virus. After all, it's indisputable that the virus has a "fat tail" – one infection can lead to many other infections. Thus it's different from a bad vaccine – in that case, it's just the person who got jabbed who dies or suffers from complications.
But to this question, many Christians will simply point out that it's not that they are not loving their neighbor. In reality, they are simultaneously accounting for a complex assortment of factors that affect their neighbor, and how they love their neighbor:
How to carefully "build the parapet" for our friends and loved ones
While accounting for the very low rate of mortality of the virus
While accounting for the inanity and relative uselessness of many of the government's emergency rules (not to mention the number of politicians who do not abide by their own rules)
While accounting for the reality of fallenness
While accounting for the destruction that the government's "course of treatment" has had on the "patient". We can't just say, "Well, it can't hurt!", because, in love, we see that it actually does hurt.
While accounting for the freedom, under certain circumstances, that the Bible gives Christians to disregard government's orders (I discuss this here)
I hope you can see that, in all of this, the Christian is crafting their love for neighbor with a fairly sophisticated level of thinking. Yet at bottom we simply want better for our town and its people. It's a great town. We want our neighbors to be safe, but also to live in that biblically-informed ideal of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Thus love compels us, to protect and live carefully with our neighbor, while at the same time not just going with the flow. Only dead wood floats downstream.
Thus the Christian hates it when she sees teachers and parents and students hamstrung by decisions made by politicians and unions from a distance – like an artillery shell fired from miles away, the ancillary damage of which the gunner has no knowledge of. The present "school reopening" decisions are completely out of touch with common sense and real life. But the distance allows those bureaucrats plausible deniability, and the ability to lie and say that schools are "opening." Yet all the while they take significant decisions out of the hands of those with the most at stake. The Christian sees this and hates it – out of love for parents, children and teachers.
In the same way, the Christian loves the guy who sells him his fish tacos, and thus hates it when he sees his business going under.
The Christian loves his friend the soccer club organizer, and the kids he serves, and thus he hates it when he sees inane, ridiculous restrictions on whether it's safe to kick a soccer ball in a park.
And yes, the Christian – out of love – hates the pain and suffering experienced by so many people who have had COVID. There is no escape from love and hate. It's not whether, but which – which thing you love, and which thing you hate.
Big Hate, Because Big Love
But what gospel Christians hate most of all is that people would resolve their fears by putting faith in a president (red or blue) or a governor (or his recall) or a vaccine (or avoiding the vaccine) or scientists (or scientism), all the while forgetting that, whatever happens, every doctor eventually loses 100% of his patients. Every person that Jesus healed in the Bible still eventually died. The real question is not whether you die, or even how you die. The real question is what you will have, after you die.
The Christian worldview, in the end, is not about who's getting COVID "just right" – because nobody is, perfectly. The Christian worldview does, however, offer a wise and sophisticated way of dealing with COVID, because it draws from the deepest wisdom: how to deal with our greatest enemy – death. Because at the center of our worldview is a real person, who really walked the earth, who really died in our place, for the forgiveness of our sins, and who was really raised from the dead – that we may share in his power and life.
In the end, Christians' response to COVID is a sign of hope – that abundant, unending life, victory over our greatest fear, can be found. A living, unbreakable hope – that can sustain us through every fear, right up through our last moments. The Christian worldview is wise, because it is founded on Wisdom itself. By faith, in Jesus, risen from the dead. When you look at a Christian, you just might be seeing, not a brazen display of arrogance, but a strong hope at work. I pray God would show you that hope. Because that Christian, and their church, is a sign, that soon, the only question that will matter will be whether you have the resurrection life of Christ – or not.
1 Max Planck: "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."2 Albert Einstein: "Blind obedience to authority is the greatest enemy of the truth." To Swiss teacher Jost Winteler, with whom he boarded while attending school in Aarau, complaining about a professor who would accept no criticism, July 8, 1901. CPAE, Vol. 1 Doc 115
3 https://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77rtheodoric.phtml4 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/health/coronavirus-schools-social-distance.html
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On This Day In History September 30
TDS/TCR (Naked)
Racism: Catch It!
I thought we were going to fix the sound. We did.
The real news and next week's guests below.
Oh, I couldn't pass up this one-
Don't drive angry.
Next week's guests-
Monday 9/29: Matt Bai
Tuesday 9/30: Ben Affleck
Wednesday 10/1: Lena Dunham
Thursday 10/2: Ben Steele
Monday 9/29: Jamie Oliver
Tuesday 9/30: Jeffrey Tambor
Wednesday 10/1: Mike Mullen
Thursday 10/2: Lynn Sherr
Matt Bai is an Alex P. Keaton wanna be from his pink shirts with contrasting white collars to his skinny tie and brief case (can't wear the pants, he's a little pear shaped) without any of the endearing qualities like intellegence or a smidge of empathy. An outstanding example of Krugman's warning–
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
he worships at the Temple of St. Ronnie, the Senile Traitor. Those who imagine him a Democrat or progressive in any way simply don't know him. Don't believe me? He's shopping a script about Chandra Levy and not Lori Klausutis who was actually found dead in Joe Scarborough's Fort Walton Beach office.
It's "Chandra-Chandra-Chandra" with the occasional "Condit is just like Clinton" thrown in. Given our media's 24/7 obsession with the Gary Condit "scandal", you might assume that there is a real dearth of hard news to pursue.
In reality, there is indeed a news story percolating out there. The story bears remarkable and ironic similarities to the Condit/Levy story. Both involve Congressmen, rumors of infidelity, and the fate of a younger female subordinate. The details are so similar as to remind one of two alternate universes. The difference between the two stories? First, in the Klausutis case as not in the Levy case, there is a real body, very dead. Second, the Klausutis case involves a Republican.
Thankfully cashiered from his lofty platform at The New York Times he now inflicts himself on us mostly through the Internet like the regular old bloggers he despises, most frequently at Yahoo (Yahoo does original content? Who knew? Way to fail upward to new depths of obscurity). His big book, The Argument, is available for a penny at Amazon (even the collectible editition is $2.62), but you still have to pay for shipping and handling. He'll be whoring his new opus All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid which (wait for it…) rehashes the Gary Hart story because Bai's political conciousness stopped evolving in the '80s.
You see, it was Monica-gate before Monica! Brilliant!
Matt only wishes he could get someone as hot as Monica because he's no Bill Clinton. And why is this emission squeezed out at this particular time? Could it be… Hillary?
I'm no fan of hers, but she deserves a worthier foe than this insignificant ankle-biting scrivener too cowardly to attack except by 3 levels of indirection. He's such a mush bucket he can't even get a decent gig on Faux collecting that wingnut welfare (hey, Bethesda is not cheap).
Jamie Oliver doesn't actually appear unclothed on The Naked Chef though you do get the impression that they're about to come off any time after he lures his guests up to his flat. He's still on his healthy cooking kick (which does not mean eating less well) and is probably on to promote his new show Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Night Feast.
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The Filibuster
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2016 Elections thread
By Brian, March 14, 2016 in The Filibuster
Brian 113
Soxtalk Legend Killer
Location:Lindenhurst, IL
So I found out one of my neighbors who is running for local office is one of the lazy assholes who doesn't pick up after his dog. Guess who's not getting my vote tomorrow.
Dog Crapgate?
pettie4sox 145
Location:Chicago, IL
QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 11:48 AM)
Reminds of that episode on Billions.
cabiness42 0
Indiana doesn't vote until May, but there is a school board member who pled guilty to a shoplifing felony and a county commissioner who pled guilty to DUI. Neither resigned and both are running for reelection. I won't be voting for either.
bmags 5,344
Hall of fame baseball person
I really wish we would standardize a single date for all elections.
lasttriptotulsa 32
Late Inning Replacement
Location:Dickeyville, WI
My name will be on my first ballot in April running for village board in my booming town of 1000 people. Pretty exciting stuff.
southsider2k5 5,763
100 duck sized Nick Madrigals
Location:Michigan City, IN
QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 02:06 PM)
It is a really cool moment the first time you see your name on a ballot like that. Good luck.
What is your stance on picking up after your dog on public property?
Death Penalty.
farmteam 0
QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 14, 2016 -> 01:00 PM)
Seriously. Is there a legitimate reason for having all these staggered dates?
I don't mind having the primaries spread out over a few months. I think you end up with a better candidate than if you do them all at once. I wouldn't mind seeing them all clustered on 2-3 different days per month rather than the 5-6 we have now, but I'm really OK with taking 4-5 months to get a candidate. It just seems a lot worse this time because campaigns started 6+ months before the first voting.
I'm not talking about the primaries I'm talking about the local and state elections.
Oh, in Indiana the primary is the same day for both parties for all offices from President all the way down to county commissioner. I didn't realize it's not that way in other states.
Steve9347 231
development arrested
Location:Glen Ellyn, IL
No sticker.
No matter who you're voting for, vote today. Or else you don't have a right complain.
It would be illegal for me to vote today (though it wouldn't shock me to discover that I'm still on the rolls despite not living in Illinois for 11 years).
Edited March 15, 2016 by HickoryHuskers
QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 08:13 AM)
If you're state is holding a primary, vote. Better?
Can't wait to vote against guy who doesn't pick up dog sh*t.
Trump wins Northern Mariana Islands. With 73%, he takes all I delegates. Good start to super duper Tuesday for him. Needs 256 delegates to stay on track today. I had him with:
Florida: 99 delegates
North Carolina: 31
Illinois: 45
Missouri: 31
N. Mariana: 0
Ohio: 0
That's 206. So 215 now. Didn't have him winning in Mariana. Didn't realize it was all military, so that's why he crushed there for their few delegates.
The head of the territory's party organization had been working for Carson's campaign so once Carson endorsed Trump, that was pretty much a lock for him.
I'm not quite sure I understand the logic in allowing US territories to vote in the primaries but not in the general election.
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I drank what?
Location:North Suburbia
QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Mar 15, 2016 -> 10:12 AM)
It's because the electoral college, for both Presidential and representational purposes, is built around the states. For good or bad, that's where it comes from. Territories are separate and don't get the same rights.
My personal view is that at this point, the Presidential election should be a straight national vote, since that is the way to equally franchise everyone. As it stands now, the only votes that matter are in a small handful of states in any given cycle.
But for Congress it gets more complicated. The Senate is definitely a state-based concept, and so is at least single representative from each state. But beyond that, there is probably some way for non-state US citizens to get representation in Congress, however there is no clean or easy way to do it. I'd like to see it happen, I'm just not sure exactly how.
Everytime I think I actually know all the judges on the ballot there turns out to be 10 more.
Anyone have a link to district by district results in Illinois?
Tribune but not sure if you need to be a subscriber.
What's with the former football players. I knew Napoleon Harris was running for Senate (distant third in primary voting right now). Didn't Casey Urlacher was running for State Senator (second in a close race).
StrangeSox 624
Enormously consensual presidency
I just came across this resource. They're aggregating all of the state-level GE polls to come up with Electoral Vote projects. Still fairly early for GE polls at this point, but should be a useful site going forward:
http://www.electionprojection.com/presidential-elections.php
You can scroll down to see the "state of the states" chart and then click through to the polls for each state.
edit: noticed a weird glitch in the forum software. HH's financial thread post is more recent than mine in this sub-forum, but on the main page this post was shown as "most recent" for SLaM
Edited May 3, 2016 by StrangeSox
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Q: Change in eigenvalues due to perturbation to a correlation matrix Let $A$ be a $m \times n$ matrix defined as
$ A = \Big[\frac{a_1}{\|a_1\|} \cdots \frac{a_n}{\|a_n\|}\Big]$ and $a_k \in \mathbb{R}^{m\times 1}$ where $k \in [1,\dots,n]$.
Now, we define a correlation matrix $R = A^TA$ where each diagonal element is $1$ and it is a symmetric matrix. The trace of $R$, i.e., $\mathbb{Tr}(R) = n$.
All non-diagonal elements of $R$ represents the correlation among the columns of $A$. We define them by correlation-coefficients
$\rho_{jk} = \Big(\frac{a_j}{\|a_j\|}\Big)^T\Big(\frac{a_k}{\|a_k\|}\Big)$
which satisfy $-1 \leq \rho_{jk} \leq 1$.
In my present work, I modify each column of $A$ such that the correlation among the columns of $A$ increases. Consequently, the correlation-coefficients also increases proportionally in $R$. I am interested to comment on the change in eigenvalues of $R$ with increase in correlation-coefficients.
Numerically, I observed that only largest eigenvalue of $R$ increases whereas rest of the eigenvalues decreases. But, I am unable to verify this phenomenon theoretically. Therefore, I ask you here for a hint to proceed my investigation further.
More precisely, the claim is:
Let $\lambda$ be the set of eigenvalues of $R$ where $\lambda_1 \geq \cdots \geq \lambda_n \geq 0$ and $\hat{\lambda}$ be the set of eigenvalues of $\hat{R}$ where $\hat{\lambda}_1 \geq \cdots \geq \hat{\lambda}_n \geq 0$. Assume that the correlation-coefficients in $\hat{R}$ satisfy
$$
\hat{\rho}_{jk} \geq  \rho_{jk} \quad {j,k} \in [1,\cdots,n] \quad \text{and} \quad j\neq k.
$$
Moreover the trace of correlation matrices remains same, i.e.,
$$
\mathbb{Tr}(\hat{R}) = \mathbb{Tr}({R}) = n.
$$
Consequently, we claim that the eigenvalues of $\hat{R}$ and $R$ satisfy the following inequalities:
$$
\hat{\lambda}_1 \geq \lambda_1 \quad \text{and} \quad \hat{\lambda}_i \leq \lambda_i \quad i\in[2,\dots,n].
$$
Example:
Suppose, all columns of $A$ are orthonormal. This implies that the resulting correlation matrix would be an identity matrix and in this case, all eigenvalues are equal to $1$.
Now, suppose all columns are linearly dependent by a positive factor. This implies that the all correlation-coefficients is equal to 1 and the resulting correlation matrix is a rank-1 matrix, i.e., $\mathbb{1}\mathbb{1}^T$ where the largest eigenvalue is $n$ and rest of the eigenvalues are zero.
In this example, the largest eigenvalue increases from $1$ to $n$ when correlation matrix changes from the identity matrix to the rank-1 matrix. On the other hand, rest of the eigenvalues decreases from $1$ to $0$.
In order to prove the above mentioned claim, will it be sufficient:
if we can show that the largest eigenvalue path from the identity matrix to a matrix of ones, i.e., $\mathbb{1}\mathbb{1}^T$ is monotonically non-decreasing. Here, we will change only off-diagonal elements which always lies between -1 to 1. We also establish similar behaviour for rest of the eigenvalues ?
Can you comment on this approach? If you think, it could be a right direction. Do you have any suggestion how should I start to prove/disprove the claim?

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Hope In The Lord – I Can Do It!
You know I was so glad to see the doctor at the Cancer Centre this afternoon. I didn't wait long to see him. He saw the scans and felt that the fastest way to get results is to do a keyhole surgery to get samples of the affected parts of the lungs for further checks. He also explained that it's a safe surgery and hospitalisation is about 5-6 days. The doctor knew I had been 'bounced around' and assured me he'll do what he can to help. He even told me if hubby wants to spend time with me, it would be better for him to take leave when I go home. That's a very practical suggestion. So far I've not had any doctors concerned about when the spouse should take leave etc. He was very empathetic and I know I can trust him. At least what he said made good sense. As I proceeded to leave his office, he reminded me to hang in there. PTL!!! I really need encouraging doctors at this time. Surgery is next Wednesday, 25 October at 8.30am. I'll be in the hospital on Tuesday afternoon for preparation for the surgery.
May this song encourage you too.
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Bakersfield Finds a Way
In 2013, the PCL family of companies raised more than $7.18 million for United Way agencies in communities across North America—the largest fundraising total in PCL's history. United Way is a group of nonprofit organizations that work with partner agencies within their localities to support areas of need in society.
PCL employees sent each other to 'jail' to help
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PCL supports United Way through employee-led campaigns and a corporate matching program. Employees across the organization have found ways to get involved by organizing and participating in special events, educating other PCL employees, and donating to the cause. Thirty PCL offices in Canada and the United States ran fundraising campaigns in 2013.
"The impact the United Way has on all the communities where PCL employees live and work is incredible," said Shaun Yancey, PCL president and COO of PCL's US Operations. "I am inspired year after year by how our PCL offices across the continent come together for this significant cause."
Building on Success
PCL's Bakersfield office won the Major Donor Award 2012-2013 and the Outstanding Campaign Company Award from United Way of Kern County for their 2013 campaign, having grown their donation total by over 130% since 2007. Executive assistant and campaign chair Shelli Garza attributes the success of the campaign to a mix of unique events and one-on-one time with committee members.
"This year we made sure that every employee, especially new employees, had face time with a member of our committee," said Shelli. "We explained where their dollars are going and why United Way is one of PCL's main charities of choice. They can feel good about the fact that the money they donate will be used in their local community."
Getting Creative
To engage employees and build campaign momentum, the United Way committee organized a Monday Night Football—themed event and 50/50 draw. Half of the proceeds went to the winner and the other half to United Way. The fabrication shop also got into the fundraising spirit by converting an old tool shed into a "PCL Jail." Employees could pay to send each other to jail, where they would have to pay to get out.
"It was great to see people get excited about the campaign," said Shelli, "the football theme and PCL Jail were a big success."
The efforts of the Bakersfield office earned recognition from United Way and has elevated the district to the position of second-highest donor in Kern County, with a fundraising total over $200,000 in 2013.


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Toyota Kirloskar Motor unveils 'Adarshmann' based on Ayushmann
Shreoshree Chakrabarty December 24, 2020
A caricature series, 'Adarshmann' has been introduced by Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) based on Toyota Urban Cruiser brand ambassador, Mr. Ayushmann Khurrana. This leading Bollywood star and youth icon is the protagonist of the novel cartoon strip 'Adarshmann'. Ayushmann as a character will be witnessed talking about the message of #Respect in the cartoon series which will be released on TKM's social channels.
Along with #UrbanCruiser, Mr. Ayushmann's character helps people find the right way to earn #Respect. Fans of Mr. Ayushmann and Toyota Urban Cruiser, get to participate in exciting contests and activities in the Adarshmann campaign which is based on the concept of 'contest and create your own' activities.
Talking about his new avatar Mr. Ayushmann Khurrana, expressed his excitement about the fresh concept of connecting to people and said that delivering fresh ideas through new and emerging formats is what he has always believed in.
Giving more insights into the new initiative, Mr. Naveen Soni, Senior Vice President, Sales and Service, TKM, said, "The idea behind Adarshmann was to leverage new-age tools to convey the story of respect in a fun and engaging format while delivering key messages on safety and wellbeing among others. And who better than Mr. Ayushmann Khurrana, who embodies the brand promise of Urban Cruiser, to tell the story of respect. We are excited and hope our customers and fans of Mr. Ayushmann will thoroughly enjoy the series. Adarshmann provides an opportunity to delve into the ethos of the brand and its ambassador."
Launched during the festive season in September 2020, the Urban Cruiser has earned the trust and admiration of customers in a short period. For various campaigns in electronic and print communications, the brand ambassador Mr. Ayushmann Khurrana has been an integral part helping endear Brand Toyota to young achievers. Toyota Urban Cruiser's communication campaign states that respect cannot be demanded, it must be earned.
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We have got huge achievements in the defense sector - Head of State
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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko emphasizes that in the last five years, the Ukrainian army has not just been restored, but also the production of defense products has been restored.
He stressed that it is "the progress that we have demonstrated, including the development of missile technology, the use of developments of our design bureaus".
The Head of State notes that it also goes about the successful tests of the cruise missile. There were no such missiles in Ukraine, since we have given up the X-55 missile at the beginning of our independence in the late 90's. According to him, the tests of completely new and unique "Vilkha-M" missiles, which have a much increased range of action and much higher accuracy indicators, have now been successfully completed.
"This is what we definitely lacked in 2014. And what was sold out and looted. Many people simply do not care what was going on then," Petro Poroshenko stressed.
Today, the situation is radically different, the President stated. "Today, I want to emphasize that we have huge achievements in the system of electronic warfare, in the air defense system, in the system of missile attacks, in the system of modernization of our armored vehicles, and in many others," he said, noting that this is a great merit of the workers of the defense and industrial complex, because they made a release in the short term, tested and organized a serial production.
He reiterated the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces enjoy the highest level of respect and trust of society. "Deserved trust and respect. Today the AFU is a guarantor of sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of our state. A reliable guarantor, unlike those memorandum papers signed at the beginning of our country's existence," the Head of State said.
As to legislative changes, Petro Poroshenko called the adoption of the law on national security fateful. "I am convinced that modernizing the defense and security sector, not just the Armed Forces, in accordance with NATO standards is the guide that will lead our country to full-scale membership in the North Atlantic Alliance," he summed up.
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Alex McLeish refused to discuss his future as Scotland boss after leading them to one of their most ignominious defeats in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier in Kazakhstan.
The Scots were two down inside 10 minutes, and conceded again just after the break to give the Kazakhs only a second win in 21 qualifiers.
On Sunday, they face San Marino, who lost their opener 5-0 in Cyprus.
"I'll continue to do my job and won't get drawn into that," said McLeish.
Speaking to Sky Sports in the immediate aftermath of the abject defeat, the manager had conceded the result "possibly puts more pressure on me".
McLeish was appointed Scotland boss in February 2018 - 11 years after the end of his first spell in the job - and has won four of his 11 matches to date.
His side had previously secured a place in the play-offs for Euro 2020, which they will part host, by winning their Nations League section.
Was this the worst 90 minutes as a Scotland fan?
Scotland were guilty of abject defending for all three goals in Kazakhstan and offered little threat going forward against the country ranked 117 in the world.
McLeish was forced to field a makeshift backline after several withdrawals and the team's inexperience was cruelly exposed.
"It was a poor night for us defensively," said the Scotland boss. "We had one chance just before they scored and I was thinking it was looking quite lively for us.
"But they scored two quick goals and we never reacted. They could have been prevented with better positioning.
"There's a lot of inexperience in the squad. We have introduced a few new names over the last year or so and it can take time, but I know we don't have time.
"It's never finished until it's finished. We have players to come back."
Celtic defender Kieran Tierney will not be involved against San Marino as he continues to struggle with a hip problem.
In Thursday's other game in the group, Belgium beat Russia 3-1 in Brussels.
Which player got the highest rating of 2.69?
It's a very poor start to the campaign on the back of some poor performances in the Nations League. There will be a lot of pressure on the manager after this. The players looked completely lost. It didn't look as if there was a clear idea of what they were trying to do. It really didn't look like we had a game plan or the players didn't understand what the game plan was.
I'd be astonished if the manager's not in charge for the San Marino game. We're only a couple of days away. But how long does this continue? I really don't know. But if there's another performance like this against San Marino I'd imagine that would be it.


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"The High Court was correct to find that a failure to treat cannot occur in circumstances where there are no indications for a different treatment course.
"In Mr Adlam's circumstances there was no suggestion prior to the emergency caesarean section that there should have been medical intervention of any kind."
As a result there was no entitlement to cover treatment under the Act and the appeal was dismissed.
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 PBT – polibutilentereftalato, un polimero
 PBT – Persistenti, Bioaccumulative e Tossiche: sostanze chimiche pericolose (regolamentazione dell'Unione Europea REACH)

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Raymond Poisson (* 30. April 1958 in Saint-Hyacinthe) ist ein kanadischer Geistlicher und ernannter römisch-katholischer Bischof von Saint-Jérôme-Mont-Laurier.

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Raymond Poisson schloss sein Theologiestudium in Montréal ab. Am 9. Dezember 1983 empfing er die Priesterweihe. Im Anschluss folgte ein Promotionsstudium an der Gregoriana in Rom. Thema seiner ekklesiologischen Dissertation war das Kirchen- und Eucharistieverständnis Teilhard de Chardins. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Kanada wirkte er als Privatsekretär des Bischofs von Saint-Jean-Longueuil und als Pfarrer im Pastoralen Raum Sainte-Marguerite-d'Youville.

Papst Benedikt XVI. ernannte ihn am 1. Mai 2012 zum Weihbischof in Saint-Jérôme und Titularbischof von Gegi. Der Bischof von Saint-Jérôme, Pierre Morissette, spendete ihm am 15. Juni desselben Jahres die Bischofsweihe; Mitkonsekratoren waren Luc Cyr, Erzbischof von Sherbrooke, und Lionel Gendron PSS, Bischof von Saint-Jean-Longueuil.

Papst Franziskus ernannte ihn am 8. September 2015 zum Bischof von Joliette. Die Amtseinführung fand am 4. November desselben Jahres statt.

Am 18. Mai 2018 ernannte ihn der Papst zum Koadjutorbischof von Saint-Jérôme. Mit dem Rücktritt Pierre Morissettes am 21. Mai 2019 trat er dessen Nachfolge als Bischof von Saint-Jérôme an. Am 1. Juni 2020 ernannte ihn Papst Franziskus zum Bischof von Mont-Laurier unter gleichzeitiger Vereinigung der Bistümer Saint-Jérôme und Mont-Laurier in persona episcopi. Die Amtseinführung in Mont-Laurier erfolgte am 23. Juni desselben Jahres. Mit der vollständigen Vereinigung der Bistümer Saint-Jérôme und Mont-Laurier am 1. Juni 2022 wurde er von Papst Franziskus zum Bischof von Saint-Jérôme-Mont-Laurier ernannt.

Seit Oktober 2021 ist er Vorsitzender der kanadischen Bischofskonferenz.

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Église et eucharistie dans la pensée de Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Dissertation, Rom 1989.

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Marine Corps - USMC Community > History > Somalia > Larium: Lifesaver Drug or Threat to the Troops?
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Larium: Lifesaver Drug or Threat to the Troops?
By George Bones
So you're sucking it up for Uncle Sam in Baghdad, and now you've also been ordered to suck up a mefloquine (a.k.a. Larium) pill every week to keep from getting malaria?
Whoa! Larium?
Isn't that the evil **** that made those dudes at Bragg go off the deep end and whack their wives? Is this another attempt by Big Brother to use GIs as guinea pigs for experimental drugs? What's the deal? Am I going to wind up as another statistic at SFTT.org?
Okay, first I have to tell you up front that I'm a doctor, and I wear the green uniform. So you might understandably view whatever I tell you with some skepticism. But you should also know that I did a few years as a dumb grunt with stripes on my sleeves before I went to medical school.
When my boss told me during Gulf War I to take those little nerve agent pills called pyridostigmine, I said "yes, sir," and tossed them in the sand like most of my buddies did.
So should you chuck your malaria pills? Is mefloquine as bad as they say it is?
Well, it ain't as safe as Tylenol, I can tell you that. But don't toss your pills just yet. I have given mefloquine to troopers under my care with a clear conscience. I also have taken the stuff myself.
The biggest complaint that most folks have when they take the mefloquine is that it gives them very vivid, and sometimes weird, dreams. In a very few cases it also causes vertigo and nervousness. None of my own patients reported these side effects, but the Army Aviation Center has enough concerns about them that it doesn't allow anybody on flight status to take mefloquine.
As far as the drug causing homicidal flip-outs, though – I don't think there is any connection.
What's that, Doc? You mean that I can drive my fifty-ton tank around when I'm dizzy and having nightmares from my mefloquine pills, but those flyboys get to take a pass? What's up with that? What do they take to keep from getting malaria? Good question.
The aviators take an antibiotic called doxycycline. Doxycycline doesn't make you dizzy or cause you to have wicked dreams, but it isn't perfect either. Doxy makes you much more sensitive to sunlight. Light-skinned folks who take it can get a sunburn that looks like it was caused by a burst of napalm (you can imagine what kind of problems that could cause in a place like Iraq during August). Doxy also gives some people terrible stomach cramps. And you have to take doxycycline every day instead of just once a week like mefloquine.
So should I chuck the mefloquine pills or not, Doc?
That's up to you. Don't take mefloquine (or any drug) with blind faith. Having concerns about what drugs you are putting in your body is a healthy practice as far as I'm concerned. There are risks and benefits with any drug. But keep in mind that malaria is serious bad news.
The falciparum variety – the kind that mefloquine protects against – is the worst there is. Malaria is a disease where microscopic, worm-like parasites get in your blood when a mosquito bites you. The parasites set up shop in your liver and your red blood cells and wreak havoc. Falciparum malaria is a killer. Keeping from getting bitten in the first place is the best protection. But if a determined radical Muslim mosquito does get you, mefloquine and doxy are about the only drugs that will give you real protection from the microorganisms that cause malaria.
Personally, I'd rather take doxy than mefloquine. But I tolerate doxy well (I have dark skin), and I don't have a problem remembering to take a pill every day. If I were in an area where falciparum-carrying mosquitoes lived, and I didn't have any doxy, I'd take the mefloquine. I'll take a few vivid dreams over having microscopic worms in my blood cells any day.
Mefloquine is not just used by the military. Thousands of people use it in areas where malaria is common. The vast majority take it without any serious problems. But there are plenty who cannot tolerate the drug. If you are one of them, you should ask for doxycycline. A good Doc should have a supply of doxy for soldiers who can't tolerate mefloquine.
If you want a perspective from the other side of the coin, visit this website that was put together by an Australian who had a very bad Larium experience. He has a lot of information about the drug and more informative links on his site.
Meanwhile, my recommendation to the troops: If you can't get any doxy, and you're thinking about chucking the Larium, you'd better be damned sure that there aren't any mosquitoes living nearby. It only takes one bite.
George Bones is the pen name for a U.S. Army physician who covers medical issues as a DefenseWatch Contributing Editor. He can be reached at bonesbag911@yahoo.com
TO "LARIAM" OR NOT TO "LARIAM"
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/6913/lariam.htm
http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=DefenseWatch.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=159&rnd=99.42725149500508
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1st off is Lariam not Larium
I wasn't going tell anyone this for personnal reasons, but I saw a neurotologist (yes, spelled correctly) last week. A neurotologist is a doctor that deals with toxicity of the nervous system. After a hour of tests and interview, he said I have neurological damage. He wants me to have an MRI and audio tests done. The thing is I have a balance problems now, one I didn't have before the Marines. I'm sure I couldn't have gotten through Boot, Airborne, Amphibous Reconnaisse Course, MEU SOC Shooting Package, etc if I had had neurological problems, ie. balance problems. The thing is that it just doesn't stop there. Neurological problems also contribute to psychological and cognitive problems. I've been diagnosed by the VA with severe chronic PTSD with Psychotic features. I'm not saying that I don't have PTSD, Somalia & Rwanda wasn't a Disney Vacation, but I believe that the Psychotic features were due to the Lariam.
If the writer of the above article did some research, he would know that the FDA has again changed the Lariam (Mefloquine) warnings, the 4th change in 13 months. Check this quote from UPI (July 10, 2003)
The Food and Drug Administration has taken the rare step of ordering that patients are warned directly of serious mental problems and reports of suicide linked to a common anti-malaria drug called Lariam
The writer of the article is right about one thing, I've never been warned that tylneol can cause you to have mental problems and possible suicide. Then again, I don't know to many drugs that have this kind of warning. This FDA change is now that the doctor has to tell you to your face that these symptoms can happen.
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The vast majority take it without any serious problems . This is outright bull****, this is a bull**** statisic put out by Hoffman LaRoche.
The patients did not know which medicine they received; neither did their doctors. After 60 days, 139 (29 percent ) of the people who took Lariam reported at least one psychiatric side effect, and 92 of them (19 percent) rated those effects moderate or severe. Both percentages were roughly double those reported by the Malarone group. Side effects were so severe in the Lariam group that 5 percent of the patients stopped taking the drug, four times the rate of patients who dropped out of the Malarone group. People who don't take their medication, of course, are susceptible to malaria.
"Conclusion: Data herein indicates 1 in 5 individuals prescribed mefloquine reported adverse events with significant rate of therapy discontinuation, placing the traveler at risk of contracting malaria. Findings concur with current controversy over mefloquine use for routine chemoprophylaxis. Adverse response to initial dose of mefloquine taken before departure may warrant alternative prophytlactic regimen." (From Adverse Events Experienced with Mefloquine Chemoprophylaxis in Travelers from One USA Travel Clinic. [poster presentation] Bonnie Ward, RN, BSN and D. Mathison, MD, Scripps Clinic Travel Clinic, La Jolla, California, presented at the International Society of Travel Medicine Conference, Montreal, June 1999).
This link ( http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=348595 ) for the Harvard Crimson talks about a student's death after taking Lariam. "while rappelling down a cliff, began to unbuckle his harness before he'd reached the ground, as if he did not realize the danger it presented" It's a good thing Marines don't do alot of rapelling (wink).
A recent post of Yahoo Groups "Lariam", a support group for those suffering from the side effects of Lariam.
[QUOTE]I am a new member to this forum. My nephew committed suicide a few weeks ago - 7 months after his return from Afghanistan, where he had served as a Green Beret reservist, and where he had been given Lariam for approximatley 6 months. He had no known history of depression. We are still in shock over this unexpected tragedy and his inexplicable behavior.
This is a good site for a lot of information on Lariam...
http://lariaminfo.homestead.com/
Doxycline and Lariam (Mefloquine) are not the only two choices for Malaria prevention...
MalaroneTM (atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride) Tablets, demonstrating that the malaria prevention medication has fewer adverse events overall, than the two antimalarials, mefloquine (Lariam®, Roche Pharmaceuticals) and chroloquine/proguanil
IMHO, Give Lariam to the enemy.
Semper Fi,
Bill "Kalbo" Long
On July 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered that patients who are prescribed the anti-malaria drug mefloquine, which is sold by the trade name Lariam, be warned that the drug has been linked to serious mental problems and even reports of suicide. VOA's Carolyn Weaver takes a closer look at the controversial drug, which has been a lifesaver for some, yet for others, a prescription for unintended damage.
Kristi Anderson, who says Lariam harmed her
VOA photo - C. Weaver
Kristi Anderson was a federal criminal investigator when she traveled to South Africa on vacation in 1991. To protect her against malaria, a potentially fatal infection spread by mosquito bites, Ms. Anderson's doctor prescribed a drug called mefloquine, sold in the United States under the brand name Lariam.
After the third pill, Ms. Anderson says, she began having constant dizziness, nausea, and panic attacks. "Almost always there was nausea," she remembers, "but sometimes it was a wave of dizziness or vertigo, and then I would start having this feeling of impending doom, I wanted to get out of where I was, I just wanted to get back home or someplace where I felt safe because I was afraid something terrible might happen."
Ms. Anderson says her nausea, anxiety and dizziness were so severe that she ultimately had to quit her job. She moved back to California to live with her parents for a year-and-a-half, until she was well enough to go back to work.
But in 1996, she returned to South Africa, again took Lariam and again became violently ill. Only then did she begin to suspect the drug was the cause. She sought a diagnosis at Stanford University's California Ear Institute, where tests by the medical director documented injury to the part of the brain that controls balance, the vestibular system.
"He told me from the Lariam patients he had seen and what his tests showed, he believed that Lariam was the cause of my vestibular problems and he thought it was the cause of the earlier problems as well," Ms. Anderson says.
Lariam (trade name mefloquine), a common anti-malaria drug
VOA photo - Carolyn Weaver
The Roche pharmaceutical company, which makes Lariam, declined VOA's requests for an interview before we first broadcast this story, and again last week. But in the 14 years since mefloquine was approved for use in the United States, Roche has added increasingly serious warnings of possible adverse effects in the package insert given to doctors. It's a long list that includes, among other things, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, convulsions, depression, hallucinations, psychotic or paranoid reactions, and anxiety.
The Food and Drug Administration's latest action orders doctors to give patients a new medication guide warning that "Lariam can rarely cause serious mental problems in some patients" and that those side effects may continue. It also says, "There have been rare reports of suicides," but adds "we do not know if Lariam was responsible."
Lariam can rarely cause serious mental problems in some patients. There have been rare reports of suicides. We do not know if Lariam was responsible.
Source: US Food and Drug Administration
Last year, Roche settled a lawsuit brought by a woman whose husband committed suicide after taking Lariam. The terms of the settlement were kept secret. More recently, the U.S. Army investigated whether the drug was implicated in several murder-suicides at the Fort Bragg army base in North Carolina last summer. Two of four soldiers who killed their wives and then committed suicide had taken Lariam. The Army's report on the murders called a connection to Lariam unlikely, but did not exclude it.
Clinic in Mozambique where malaria vaccine trials among children have begun
Photo courtesy Hospital Clinic of University of Barcelona
Malaria is endemic to many parts of Africa and Asia, and kills nearly one million people a year, most of them young children. Others are damaged permanently by the disease. And so despite the new warnings, many tropical health and travel specialists, like physician Martin Wolfe, regard Lariam as an essential drug – and more practical than the alternatives doxycycline or Malarone.
In contrast to those drugs which must be taken daily, Dr. Wolfe notes, Lariam is taken only once a week. "We believe the compliance is better with a drug taken once a week than one taken daily," he says. "And since we are protecting against a potentially life-threatening disease, we want to do the very best we can to encourage people to take their medication."
It's impossible to pin down the incidence, but some experts say the rate of severe reactions is far higher than the one in 10,000 cited in early research by Roche. A study published in 2001 in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases reported "mild to serious" neuropsychiatric adverse effects in 29% of travelers on Lariam.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Medical Research technician at work on malaria project
Retired Colonel Wilbur Milhous was among the military scientists who developed Lariam at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Medical Research and then licensed the Roche company to make and sell the drug. But as reports of severe side effects emerged, he says the government promised Roche it would continue to back the drug. "There was clearly an unmet medical need which the drug fulfilled," Colonel Milhous says. "We were frightened from a U.S. perspective, in terms of national contingencies, what would happen if it were withdrawn?"
The U.S. Army today depends on Lariam, as does the Peace Corps, because of the once-weekly dosing. But as Colonel Milhous says, malaria researchers must always be at work on the next generation of new drugs, because the malaria parasite quickly develops resistance. The best weapon against malaria, he says, would be vaccination. Last week, tests of a new vaccine began on 2,000 children in Mozambique. Earlier trials found the vaccine, created by the SmithGlaxoKline company, safe and effective in adults, though the effects lasted only two months. Investigators hope it will remain effective longer in children.
As for Kristi Anderson, she says her recent brain scans are normal, and her other symptoms have diminished. But she says she began to heal emotionally only when she read a newspaper story about Lariam. "Reading that article released me from this shame of 'Kristi, you're some kind of weak person and you better watch out because you're going to have a nervous breakdown again sometime, you just better be careful,'" she says. "I realized that's what made me sick - that's what happened to me, that's why I became a different person."
Some footage for this report provided by Reuters, ABC News and the Hospital Clinic of the University of Barcelona.
Senator Dianne Feinstein has launched an inquiry into the
circumstances surrounding the handling and reporting by the Navy of a toxic reaction to Lariam in a San Diego area man who served in Kuwait. We have sent an info package to(Maeve Townsend, Sen. Feinstein's aide , who is handling the project.
I am asking you AND your spouse (if you have one) or parent or someone close, to write a letter about what happened to you.
If you live in California, send your letter(s) direct to Senator
Feinstein -- see below.
If you live in another state, please send the letter (s) to both
your senators and cc Senator Feinstein. (You can get the names and addresses for the entire senate at www.senate.gov -- just pick your state.)
Please write when, where, why you took Lariam. Were you warned? What happened to you? Did you report to FDA?
What did the doctor say when you sought help? What was the cost to you physically, emotionally, monetarily? Please state how long you were ill and if you are completely recovered. Please be brief, one page if possible (two max).
M A I L your letter(s) or cc a copy to
US Senator Dianne Feinstein
c/o Maeve Townsend -- LARIAM
750 B. Street, Suite 1030
Please DO NOT send it by email or fax -- this is a special request
from the staff! If you know anyone else with a Lariam story,
please invite them to write to the Senator as well. I know there are more but you are the ones I'm certain live in California.
Please cc me on behalf of Lariam Action USA. I will keep these on
file--Sue has all the petitions -- which might at last get to a Senator who is interested in Lariam!
If you are not a US resident, your letter is less important, so please just send us your good wishes and prayers. This project could break the Lariam info logjam.
My address-- Jeanne Lese
64 El Pavo Real Circle
Jeanne Lese, Co-director, Lariam Action USA
www.lariaminfo.homestead.com
Navy coverup alleged on drug side effects

By Mark Benjamin and Dan Olmsted

United Press International

Published 9/8/2003 7:05 AM

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A Naval Reserve commander who...
The Washington Post reported in July that the military is investigating at least seven suicides among troops in Iraq, among a larger number of deaths classified as "non-combat weapons discharge" or...
Larium does have the side effects listed... just like the Cdr describes
other sites with info on Larium
http://www.lariam.com/pi.pdf#page=08
http://www.lariam.com/
CDR William Manofsky has requested assistance from VERPA as follows:

"The best thing to help with right now is to get the word out to the troops

about the potential dangerous side effects of the...
The Pentagon hasn't identified any deaths as suicides since the war
Earlier this year, two more soldiers deployed out of Fort Bragg who
took Lariam in Afghanistan committed suicide after returning home -
bringing the number of suicides after that war to at least five. In
one case, the soldier's father said he asked Fort Bragg officials if
the Lariam given to his son could have played a role. "They have no
comment," he told UPI.
The Pentagon insists that there have been few problems with the drug,
prescribed to soldiers around the world to prevent malaria. More 25
million people have taken it worldwide, according to the manufacturer,
5 million of them in the U.S.
Assistant Secretary of Defense Dr. William Winkenwerder, Jr., wrote a
U.S. congressman last fall that any possible side effects are "greatly
outweighed by the drug's effectiveness in preventing the severe
consequences of malaria infections" among troops.
In the Fort Bragg homicide-suicides, a team of experts dispatched by
the Army Surgeon General's office concluded that Lariam was an
"unlikely" explanation for the entire cluster of deaths but
acknowledged it had not investigated it in any single case. It blamed
the deaths on marital problems.
At the time, critics said some of the Fort Bragg deaths should have
been investigated as possibly drug related, especially because there
was no history of domestic abuse and all three of the soldiers who had
been in Afghanistan killed themselves - both unusual in domestic
homicide cases.
A former Roche employee said that Lariam, known generically as
mefloquine, is a member of the quinolone family of drugs that can
produce severe psychiatric problems in some users.
"Any drug with a quinolone base to it, which includes Lariam, is
likely to do this," said Dr. Donald H. Marks, former associate
director of clinical research at Roche who now consults with attorneys
suing drug manufacturers. "These types of drugs can induce a temporary
homicidal or suicidal rage."
The Army puts the rate of severe side effects at 1 in 13,000. A widely
reported British study completed in 1996 found that one person in 140
had such serious problems that they temporarily couldn't carry out the
function for which they were traveling.
The Manofskys said they were willing to take on the Navy publicly
because they are convinced the truth is not being told, and concerned
that other soldiers returning from deployments overseas are getting
the same treatment.
They showed UPI Bill Manofsky's complete medical file and Navy service
record; e-mails from the Navy psychiatrist who treated him before he
decided not to work with the Navy any more; a log Tori kept of Bill's
symptoms, and all the medicines he was taking including remaining
Lariam pills. They gave interviews in California and Washington in
which they went over the events almost minute by minute.
The Manofskys outlined this sequence of events.
A 17-year veteran of the Naval Reserve, Manofsky was handed Lariam
last November at China Lake before being deployed. There was no
prescription written or warning given of possible side effects, and
Tori Manofsky said she has since been told by a base medical worker
that there were "special instructions for dispensing and documenting"
the drug.
Bill Manofsky served active duty at an air base in Kuwait during the
war, using his top-secret clearance on a targeting system. But he
suffered what he now says were bad Lariam side effects that started in
Kuwait and got worse when he got home and kept taking his pills as
directed. He's had uncontrollable vomiting and vertigo, depression and
anxiety attacks requiring hospitalization. His hands tremble. He
stutters and repeats himself. He has frightening seizures.
After 11 years of marriage, Tori said that after taking Lariam, Bill's
personality changed drastically from the gentle husband she knew.
The drug is taken weekly while deployed and for four more weeks after
a person returns, so Manofsky was still taking the pills when he got
Tori kept a journal documenting her husband's problems. An entry for
May 2 described his symptoms as "balance off, angry, moody, coping
poorly, sad, depressed. What really bothers me is 'aggressive - highly
aggressive.'"
The couple tried to go fishing in early May in an effort to relax. But
Bill got so angry he scared his wife. When she cast her line in the
water, "Bill came over and said, 'Do it this way,'" she wrote in the
journal documenting his problems. "He kept saying it over and over -
extremely angry!!!"
After she told him she was upset and wanted to stop fishing, "he
leaned over me like he was going to slug me in the head and said, 'If
you don't do it this way I'm going to ...'" He stopped in the middle
of the sentence and backed off. She said that a few hours later he had
no memory of the incident.
Bill Manofsky told UPI later that, "I was trying not to pull a Fort
Bragg."
"I wanted to make sure Bill had the proper care with Lariam toxicity,"
Tori said, describing the May 13 visit to the China Lake clinic. The
symptoms I read on the Internet matched up with Bill's to a tee. I
told the doctor that I thought that Lariam was responsible for his
symptoms. I said, 'Doctor, would you write Lariam down.'"
"He wrote everything down and put the clipboard on the bed near Bill's
legs. I leaned over and I said, 'Bill, I need to copy this.' They had
a copy machine down the hall. I went down and copied it and did not
say anything to anybody about it."
Later in May, Manofsky became suicidal. On May 31, Tori said that
while she was driving them to a restaurant, "Bill's panic, anxiety and
distress became so acute that he proceeded to try and claw his way out
of the truck so he could jump out. I kept telling him, 'Bill, it's
gonna be OK, it's gonna be OK.' He said he was crawling out of skin,
he had to get out of there."
At the restaurant, "Bill went to the bathroom and began vomiting, he
then sat on the floor and said repeatedly that he was going to blow
his brains out.
The Manofskys say that Bill was referred to a Navy psychiatrist who
also seemed to resist the idea that a drug prescribed by the Navy
could be causing his problems. She diagnosed him with anxiety and "narcissistic" and "histrionic" personality traits.
Then, on June 26, Bill Manofsky discovered the changes in his medical
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THE CORPSMAN...week2late@earthlink.net
Barb Cragnotti
VERPA Legislative Coordinat
www.verpa.org
please send your comments to me at: verpalegislative@aol.com
I recently received the results of a head and c-spine MRI I had done in December 2003. The head MRI indicated that I have one large lesion and 6 smaller lesions in the brain. The c-spine indicated a compressed disk between c-6 and c-7.
I have been a critic of Lariam (Mefloquine) for a long time, as I thought this what was the cause of alot of my physical and mental problems. I don't have a diagnosis yet, but endorse many of the symptoms of MS. I know God will get me through this.
I apologize for any problems this may have caused. Having said this, I still endorse Lariam screening.
Bill Long
Army Won't Review Lariam In Suicides

January 30, 2004

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army didn't investigate whether a malaria drug it developed could have triggered...
DOD Now Eyes Lariam In Suicides
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon reversed course Wednesday and told Congress it would look into whether an anti-malaria drug developed by the Army might be causing suicides, one month after asserting the drug could not be a factor.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr. told a House Armed Services Committee panel he would launch a study into side effects of Lariam, "to include suicide and neuropsychiatric outcomes."
He said the Pentagon would appoint a panel to help design the study, but said it could take months or years to complete. Pentagon health officials also said they would no longer use Lariam in Iraq because the malaria risk does not warrant it.
The Pentagon is studying suicides in Iraq and Kuwait during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Winkenwerder said 21 Army soldiers from units assigned to the operation have committed suicide. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. James B. Peake told the panel the Army is investigating another five deaths in Iraq as possible suicides, along with six deaths among soldiers in Iraq who returned to the United States and then killed themselves.
When asked about the suicide investigation late last month, Army spokeswoman Martha Rudd said the Pentagon would not consider Lariam. "We don't believe there is any connection between Lariam and suicide," Rudd said. "There is nothing to indicate that is a factor."
Four of the 21 soldiers who committed suicide in Iraq or Kuwait came from units that took Lariam, the Pentagon health officials said Wednesday. Only one tested positive for Lariam in the blood, they said.
Developed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Lariam, known generically as mefloquine, is one drug used by soldiers in Iraq to prevent malaria, which is of particular concern in hot summer months. The Food and Drug Administration warns that Lariam can cause psychosis, aggression, paranoia, depression and thoughts of suicide. The FDA also warns of rare reports of suicide among Lariam users, although it says a link has not been established.
The Pentagon has told Congress in the past that side effects from Lariam have not been a problem in the military.
Winkenwerder said Wednesday that the 21 confirmed suicides in Operation Iraqi Freedom mean a rate of 15.8 suicides per 100,000 soldiers per year. He compared that to Army suicide rates of between 9.1 and 14.8 per 100,000 in the Army between 1995 and 2002.
"While every suicide is a tragic loss, the suicide rate for soldiers deployed to OIF is not significantly different from the range of recent annual Army suicide rates," he said Wednesday.
On Jan. 14, Winkenwerder said 18 Army suicides had been confirmed, which he said meant a rate of 13.5 per 100,000. He called this "a very slight increase" above expected suicides and "on the high end of what they've seen in the past." He said then that the Army typically sees a rate of 10-11 suicides per 100,000.
The Pentagon has said it does not count suicides among troops who served in Iraq but returned to the United States before killing themselves. After returning from Iraq, at least two soldiers apparently committed suicide at the Army's Walter Reed hospital in Washington, since July; another apparent suicide occurred last month near Fort Campbell, Ky.
Veterans groups said they are alarmed by the trend.
"I fear that the military is in denial and that they are rationalizing this. As far as we're concerned, we can't even trust the numbers," Wayne Smith, an adviser to the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, told UPI this month.
Steve Robinson, a veterans' advocate with the National Gulf War Resource Center, told a House panel last month he was concerned about the mental toll of war on troops, and asked for an investigation into Lariam.
"The military is ignoring this drug's known side effects," said Robinson. "In some cases, they are lying to family members and act as if they are baffled by the high suicide and depression rates."
In October, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., asked Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to reconsider the military's use of the drug. "Given the mounting concerns about Lariam as expressed by civilians, service members and medical experts about its known serious side effects, I strongly urge you to reassess the (Defense Department's) policy on the use of Lariam," she wrote Rumsfeld.
UPI reported that some soldiers involved in a string of murder-suicides at Fort Bragg, N.C., in the summer of 2002 had taken the drug in Afghanistan.
The Army surgeon general dispatched a team to investigate the deaths. Their report blamed marital problems and the stress of deployment and said that Lariam was an "unlikely" cause for the entire cluster of deaths because not everyone suspected in the homicides had taken it. The team did not examine the drug's possible role in any individual death.
Winkenwerder told Congress Wednesday, "Investigation has not established mefloquine as a cause in DoD murders or suicides." He did not say if the Pentagon would revisit the Fort Bragg deaths.
Sound Off...Why do you think the Pentagon was so reluctant to investigate Lariam more completely?
Issue Date: March 08, 2004
Study to look at side effects of antimalarial drugs
By Deborah Funk
The Pentagon's top doctor wants to know what side effects service members may experience from antimalaria drugs — particularly the drug that at least one veterans' advocate suspects may have played a role in the violent behavior and mental-health problems of some troops in recent years.
"I have directed a study to assess the rate of adverse events, to include suicide and neuropsychiatric outcomes, associated with anti-malarial medications, particularly mefloquine, prescribed to deployed service members," Dr. William Winkenwerder told the House Armed Services total force subcommittee on Feb. 25.
The Pentagon will appoint a panel of experts in malaria and malaria medications to provide guidance on how to conduct the study, which could take up to two years, Winkenwerder said.
Such a study is important, said Lt. Gen. (Dr.) James Peake, the Army's surgeon general, because soldiers need to have confidence in the drugs provided by the military.
Winkenwerder ordered the study based on concerns raised by service members and others about current antimalaria drugs.
Malaria struck at least 134 U.S. troops last year in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq and South Korea.
Mefloquine, also known by its trade name Lariam, is one of four drugs the military most often gives troops when going to places where malaria is present. The Food and Drug Administration says the drug should not be given to people who are depressed or have a recent history of depression, generalized anxiety disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia or other major psychiatric disorders.
The military follows those guidelines, Winkenwerder said.
The other drugs are doxycycline, primaquine and chloroquine. Insect repellent on clothes and on skin, and nets to cover beds, also are used to prevent malaria.
Steve Robinson, executive director of the National Gulf War Resource Center, asked defense officials to look at mefloquine as a possible cause of psychological problems among troops, including several murder-suicides at Fort Bragg, N.C., in 2002 and, more recently, suicides among service members deployed to Iraq.
Winkenwerder and Army officials said investigations have not "established mefloquine as a cause" in military murders or suicides.
Army Spc. Victor Thibeault told lawmakers he stopped taking mefloquine tablets in Afghanistan because of serious side effects. He said it gave him diarrhea and "constant nightmares," and made him sick for two to three weeks.
"Every soldier I know has problems with Lariam," he said.
But an assessment team that traveled to Iraq last summer to investigate suicides and other mental-health problems there found that only four of 21 confirmed suicides involved soldiers from units that used mefloquine, Peake said.
Rep. John McHugh, R-N.Y., chairman of the subcommittee, asked defense officials why they use mefloquine if other options are available.
"There obviously is a great deal of controversy over Lariam, whether it's based in fact or perceived," McHugh said.
The type of drug used depends on the type of malaria present, whether the drug works in that area and against that form of malaria, and how often it must be taken. Mefloquine needs to be taken only once a week, and doxycycline and primaquine must be taken daily. While chloroquine also is taken weekly, it's not effective against malaria in some parts of the world, defense officials have said.
http://www.marinetimes.com/story.php?f=0-MARINEPAPER-2681466.php
trollman
I took both of these meds at different times and have had no side effects. I'm not surprised by the out rage here against Mefloquine. Several Marines in my unit had severe nausea, dizziness, and nightmares.
Seventh Iraq war veteran kills himself

By Mark Benjamin

Published 3/16/2004 5:32 PM

WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- A Colorado-based Army Special Forces soldier back...


text:
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Oh Kelley, how could you? How could you introduce me to an amazing character like Maya, create such a great story complete with mystery, danger and wildlife, give me a taste and then hang me over a cliff? What's next? Are you going to give me the world's best chocolate cheesecake, let me lick the fork and tell me that I have to wait A FREAKING YEAR before I can have more?
Gets up and checks other ARCS that are for the giveaway.
Face plant flop on the bed where I stay for an hour.
Kelley's my favorite author. Never once have I read one of her books and thought, "Meh, that was kinda ok." I've loved everything she's ever written and The Gathering is no different as you can tell from my above spazz out.
I'm such a dork that anytime there was a reference to Kelley's Darkest Power Trilogy or her Women of the Otherworld series, I couldn't help but stab at the page with my finger and giggle like a twit. At the same time I love that this could be the first Armstrong that you pick up and you wouldn't be lost.
I'm not really sure what else to say about The Gathering without just gushing some more. As always the writing was tight and solid and the storyline was amazing. In true Kelley fashion there were more questions than answers. But,I'm sure that those questions will be answered in the next two books. Now to patiently wait out the year until the next one is released.
My name is Lee Mets (honest), and this is my book I'm part of the writing club, which is fantastic, since what I want to be most is a writer. My mother says that girls don't grow up to be writers, they can only be nurses or teachers. But it's the 1960s, not the 50s or 40s, and I think she may be wrong. Mrs. Gowdy, who is my writing teacher, says that I have a gift. I'm going to use it to tell you the story of my summer.
It was a summer that was both wonderful and terribly sad. The sad part is still painful for me to write about, but I will because that's what writers do. My summer began with the most exciting thing that ever happened on our street. A real-life orphan, by the name of Cassandra Jovanovich, moved in right across from my house. All the best stories are about orphans, and because of Cassandra, this story is no exception. Because of her, I got to write a play, and she starred in it. Because of her, I now know that being an orphan is not exciting, in fact it is the opposite.
But you'll have to read my story to find out why.
From Second Story Press website.
I normally hate describing books as "cute", but that's exactly what Home Free is: a cute book. But underneath the cuteness of the narrator's voice is a more serious tone. There are some major issues tackled in Home Free. And it's the way that these issues are presented that make this a book that I think all kids should read.
I HATE kids' books that have a clear moral agenda to them and the reader is hit over the head with it every single page. Kids are smart. They know when they are being preached at. But Jennings doesn't do that at all. Yes, there are morals and yes, there are messages about how to act, how to treat each other, but they are woven so expertly into Lee's story that they weren't suffocating or obnoxious.
I loved that the whole book was presented as a project for a school writing club. Lee is a very opinionated character and as a result she has a very strong voice. And the best part? Never once did I feel like I was reading what an adult thinks a kid should sound like.
A lot happens in Lee's life and each event teaches her sometime about life, but like I said, it wasn't preachy by any means. What she learns is very organic to her story and never sticks out like an after school special or anything.
I wasn't sure at first if I was going to like Home Free, but I ended up really enjoying it.
Mark's Asperger's Syndrome makes things hard for him at school. Mark's mom and dad think MORE school is the answer. They can't be right–can they? When they enroll Mark in the new taekwondo school nearby, he finds that his class is filled with adults–and four kids from his school he's never met before. So now he's got to meet new people (ugh), learn MORE new skills (ack), and oh yeah…somewhere in there, he's got to figure out how not to flunk English.
This was my first foray into young readers short fiction. Lydia is one of my favorite peeps on twitter, so when she approached me to review the story I read the blurb and thought that it sounded great.
I really, really liked this little story. Not only was it well written and cute, I think it will be an excellent teaching tool for kids with Asperger's Sydrome and also for kids who don't have Asperger's but know someone who does.
Lydia does a great job of showing, not telling. The reader is exposed to some traits of Asperger's without being hit over the head with it. And I think this is so unbelievably important for the young age group the story is geared towards. Children will learn about Asperger's in Ready! but probably won't even realize it at first. The story also does a great job of demystifingy the syndrome and will make kids realize that children with Asperger's have all the same fears, likes and concerns as they do.
I loved Mark. I just wanted to jump through the pages and give him a big ole hug. For such a short story he was a well-written and developed character.
Ready! is the first in the King of the Marshmallows short story series. The next story is out in April. And you can bet your bippy I'll be reading and recommending it.
Tags: Apserger's Sydrome, King of the Marshmallows, Ready!
From Simon and Schuster Canada website.
Sigh. Can I just say "Go buy this book now because it's awesome" and leave it at that? Really. Because Wither was the perfect balance of all things dystopia: despair, mystery, hopefulness and romance. And it made this book geek very, very happy.
The story pretty much caught my attention from the get go. Before I read Wither I heard it describe as The Handmaid's Tale for teen and I can totally see the comparisons. But for me this book was definitely in no way a rip off or copy. It was wonderful and unique and I loved it for what it was: a damn good YA dystopia.
I think one of the things I enjoyed the most was watching the relationship between Rhine and her sister wives develop. They were all very different and had different takes on being married to Linden and it was interesting to see them interact with one another and develop a relationship. It was far from the perfect situation for any of them, but they each did their best to not only survive, but to make the situation the best that they could.
Another aspect that I thought was BRILLIANT (yes it warrants the caps, IMO) was that despite the fact that Rhine is such a strong character and from the get-go she is Hell bent to escape, the more she gets to know her husband and the longer she's in the marriage, the more she starts to have moments of "Hey, this isn't so bad". In other dystopias I've read the heroine is either content and slowly starts to realize things aren't what they seem, or she fights against the Big Bosses and the way things are from the beginning. It was very nice to have a heroine that was pretty sure she wanted to escape, but had moments of doubt.
This was definitely a character driven dystopia and wasn't filled with constant action and danger. It was a quiet book, which was perfect for the plot and the characters. Wither is the first in DeStefano's The Chemical Garden Trilogy and I so can't wait for the next book to come out.
Take a peek inside Wither and see how awesome it is.
So, every once in a while I'll blog here about writing or even post a snippet of my stuff. Well, not anymore. No, I'm still a writer, but I decided since I'm on the verge of querying my first book that it was high time I had a different blog that was all about me, the writer. So this blog shall be all about me, the reader. The two may overlap from time to time but for the post part I'll be keeping them separate.
For review from author via publisher.
I am so not a fan of gardening. Everybody told me that would all change once I owned my own house. Yeah, not so much. Thankfully my massive 7 acre yard came with ready-made flower gardens, rose bushes, trees and lilac bushes, cuz God knows I had no desire to plant gardens. I also had no freaking idea HOW to plant a garden.
So what the heck am I doing reviewing a gardening book, you may be asking. Well, when the opportunity arose I thought, "Why not? Maybe it'll help me with my gardening issues." And I'm so glad I did. Jodi and her book may just turn me into a gardener yet.
This book is a great resource for Atlantic gardeners of any level. Jodi doesn't assume the reader is an expert, but she also doesn't talk down to the reader, either. Rather than coming off as an expert herself (which she is), it's kinda like having a really knowledgable friend helping you to figure out what to plant in your garden. It's this conversational tone that really made me embrace Plants for Atlantic Gardens. I love how Jodi throws in little snippets of her own life and gardens into the book.
There's a lot of information in the pages of Plants for Atlantic Gardens – too much info for this chick to take in with just one reading. Thankfully the layout of the book is perfect for flipping through and browsing.
This is the first gardening book where I haven't felt over-whelemed while reading. Jodi explained things in a way that makes me feel like I can do – and enjoy – this gardening thing.
The story follows Ty, who has lived his whole life on his family's homestead and has dreams of claiming his own stake when he turns eighteen. But when outlaws' attacks on government supply ships and settlements threaten to destroy the underwater territory, Ty finds himself in a fight to stop the outlaws and save the only home he has ever known.
Joined by a girl from the Topside who has come subsea to look for her prospector brother, Ty ventures into the frontier's rough underworld and begins to discover some dark secrets to Dark Life.
What an amazing world Falls has created! It boggles my mind when I read a book like Dark Life that takes place in a completely different world than the one I live in. Sure, this is a post-apocalyptic dystopian, so technically it takes place in our world, but since most of it takes place underwater and includes pretty cool things like Liquigen (used to breath under water) and houses that look like jellyfish, I have plenty to be in awe of.
This was an action-packed book that I think boys will love. Girls will love it, too, but I think the constant action and danger Ty faces will appeal to male readers. But, yeah, this female reader was completely taken with the story Falls weaves in Dark Life. Or rather, I should say stories. Because despite the non-stop action this book was heavy on plot. I was constantly taken by surprise at the twists and turns and just when I thought I knew what was going on, Falls would throw something at me that I totally didn't see coming.
Well, my bookish friends, I'm now shoving Dark Life at you.


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