What other similarities can we attribute to the longer life expectancy of French and Japanese women?
In Japan, there is Shinto and Buddhism, which are a part of the nation's fabric. Most of the religious ritual in Japanese culture is national ceremony. It is ingrained and not seen as separate religion. Spirituality is living normally. A way of life.
The case of spirituality for the French or shall I say the lack of it, is difficult to describe in the breadth of this post.
However, French longevity may also be due in part to their way of life. "Joie de vivre" is an integral part of the French social structure. This theme, to enjoy life and savor it exuberantly, can be seen as French spirituality. For example, a French pastime is sitting hours on end at a café, sipping and people watching. In the U.S., typically we do coffee via drive thru but if we do sit down it is still rushed as we are thinking or worrying about what is next on the agenda!
Another tidbit that may play a role, French and Japanese dine with their families. They commune with each other regularly which is community, rather than sitting at the same table but watching television or on the cellphone.
Japanese and French women work, have children, husbands, etc., typical responsibilities like the rest of us.
It is the "style" in which they do it that provides a center.
Not God specifically but ritual that allows for mindfulness which leads to a balanced life.


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Clash of the Titans: Chelsea 2 - Manchester City 1
It was a putative clash of the titans at Stamford Bridge on Monday night, with the former Champions of England, Chelsea FC, hosting the once and possibly future champions from the city of Manchester. Titanic amounts of money and even larger egos were at stake, pitting the noveau riche Russian oil Oligarch (who made his money the old fashioned way, by stealing it) versus the nouveau riche Middle Eastern oil oligarch (who made his money the new fashioned way, by fleecing the West). All eyes in the football world were turned squarely on London, as the title bout held repercussions up and down the table. Straight to the match observations we go:
o Chelsea had it all to play for yesterday, entering the contest 10 points behind City in the table. A victory would also ensure that Chelsea moved to third in the standings. So how could they possibly have let the game begin so disastrously, allowing Mario Balotelli to waltz into the goal mouth, not a care in the world, and open the scoring before the home fans could even dry off their seats? It was shocking defending, even by Chelsea's standards this year, as Balotelli made Branislav Ivanovic and Petr Cech look like rank amateurs on his way to scoring a goal in his eighth straight start.
o City opened the game looking like a schoolyard bully toying with the 80 pound weakling. Confident in possession, knocking the ball around this as if it was a Sunday kickabout at the park, City looked relaxed and comfortable in the hostile Stamford Bridge environment. On the rare occasion when they didn't have the ball, the Sky Blues were quick to close Chelsea down and forced repeated cheap turnovers from the home side, who opened the game looking almost as nervous as a very short nun at a penguin shoot.
o Memo from the Misleading Statistics Department: According to ESPN, by the game's 18 minute mark Chelsea had controlled fully 60% of the possession. While not disputing the statistic, the question I asked sounded something like "Who Cares?," as Chelsea had done absolutely nothing with the ball while they had it. Meanwhile, City was dominating the game with their measly 40%, creating chance after chance, and were unfortunate to be ahead by only one goal at the time.
o Raul Meireles' goal, coming on Chelsea's first on-target shot of the evening, seemed to settle the Blues a bit, and brought some genuine intrigue back into the contest. One would be hard pressed to claim that they took the game to the visitors, but the Londoners did seem to recover a bit of their swagger with the equalizer. Conversely, City lost a good deal of their offensive sparkle as the game wore on into the second half, and were looking disjointed at best when Gael Clichy got the heave ho for his second yellow card of the evening.
o Somewhat stunningly, AVB's Chelsea looked like a team afraid to go for the win before Joleon Lescott's handball bailed them out, a mistake leading to Chelsea's winner. On a personal note, I don't think I've ever enjoyed a Frank Lampard goal so much, and as a result I won't even refer to him a "Fat Frank." So I'll leave it at this: Hefty Frank smacked home the late winner from the penalty spot, taking all three points for the Blues, putting them squarely back into the title picture, and bringing City back down to earth after their sky high start to the season.
o Ian Darke said it best on ESPN, but last night was the kind of test City will need to pass more than a couple times between now and the end of the season to secure their title credentials. The Red half of Manchester has been there before: on the road, down a man, rain beating down, and needing to hold out for more than 30 minutes to gain a crucial point. On the basis of Monday night's performance, you'd have to give them a D.
o And the tests don't get any easier for either team in the near-term future: with City - Arsenal coming up this weekend, followed shortly thereafter by a mid-week Spurs - Chelsea match, this particular fan will be hoping for some draws.
Posted by farlieonfootie at Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Labels: Chelsea, Frank Lampard, Gael Clichy, Manchester City, Misc, Raul Meireles
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Sailing on Mars: Getting Ready for the Formula Worlds in Mendoza, Argentina
My first international Formula event is shaping up to be really interesting. Like all events in remote locations, only the more dedicated professionals show up. Logistical complications, funding, and the timing of getting new equipment are all a detriment to travelling sailors who don't windsurf for a living, no matter how good they are. The challenging aspects of this venue aren't in fact the sailing itself, but how to get around, where to live, and the crazy journey it is to fly here.
It seems everyone has had some flight drama. My flight stopped for 12 hours overnight in Buenos Aires, and I had to switch to another airport and re-check my gear. This was accomplished by taking the gear to a hotel overnight, and getting a ride to the next airport in the wee hours of the morning. However, this was not the worst flight by far. A few Polish sailors were stuck in Rome for 37 hours, and Marta, the 2009 Formula World Champion from Poland, had to circle Santiago, Chile in the air for three hours while the country experienced a second minor earthquake! Flights are not the only complication, as the regatta venue, Lake Potrerillos, is in a very remote mountain location 50 km from Mendoza, the nearest city. If you want food, you had better have a car, or commute 100 km round trip to the lake every day by bus. Luckily, I found a place with the Polish sailors in a cabin on the mountain 10 km from the lake (and we have a car!). We don't have internet, so updates may be sporadic, with no pictures.
Apart from the logistics, Lake Potrerillos is incredible. The lake sits at an altitude of over 1,000 meters and it is 1,800 meters deep (no need to worry about hitting a fin on a sandbar here). It is surrounded by the Andes Mountains, which are incredibly dry and reddish. It is almost like sailing in a desert, with absolutely nothing around you but mountains and blowing red dust. It blows a gusty 12-17 knots every day with extremely flat water, water so clean you can fill your water bottle straight from the lake.
The other interesting and challenging aspect of the venue is the dust. The dust from the fluffy dirt beach and cliffs blows everywhere, and it is really tough on the equipment. Competitors keep the equipment in a big tent, which is quite far from the launch so that you have to prep everything on the beach and be really organized. Flying dirt covers everything, and it is a lot of work to keep the gear mostly clean.
Aside from the peculiarity of the venue, sailors are training as normal and really having fun in the optimal conditons. At this regatta, the fleet size is smaller than a normal world championship, but the level is very high as most of the pros are attending. Only a few girls are racing here (4), but they are all talented sailors from Europe (however, only 4 girls means no prize money!). The organizers may race our fleet with the men, which will be difficult but good training. I am getting faster in the flat conditions and am feeling pretty confident about my sailing. To most of the international sailors, I have unusual equipment. I've already fielded lots of questions about my Mike's Lab custom board and KA Sails.
The Formula Worlds will be an interesting regatta, and all the sailors are happy about racing in this unique venue from another planet. I'm looking forward to testing my gear against the fastest and most experienced sailors in the world.
Jon Deutsch March 20, 2010 at 9:13 AM
How do they set the marks when the lake is that deep?
James Douglass March 20, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Cool post! Good luck, and be careful about that "filling your water bottle right from the lake" stuff.
Farrah Hall March 20, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Hi Jon,
They have preset marks with loads of line. If they have to change it, they cut the line. This is how they do it in Lake Garda in Northern Italy.
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Three weeks ago, the 2017 season came to an end that was a bitter one for the New England Patriots and their fans. Despite the team's 41-33 loss in Super Bowl LI, however, it still had a pretty successful season as one of the best and most entertaining squads in all of football – proving that the dynasty is still alive and well even with quarterback Tom Brady having hit the big 4-O.
In fact, Brady was one of the, if not the major reason why the team made it all the way to the NFL's title game: The greatest quarterback of all time delivered another marvelous season and rightfully was named the league's MVP because of his performance. The Associated Press was not the only institution to poll its members, though, analytics website Football Outsiders did as well.
For the 15th year, the website polled its fans in various categories and Brady again came out on top as the NFL's most valuable player. Football Outsiders writer Vincent Verhei had to write the following about the veteran passer, who received more than double the votes (37.7%) of second-placed Todd Gurley (16.9%):
Tom Brady led the league in passing yardage for the third time and passing DYAR for the fifth time. The Patriots rallied from a 2-2 start to win 11 of their last 12 regular-season games and home-field advantage in the playoffs, which went a long way in getting Brady to his eighth Super Bowl. So it's not shocking that our readers voted him league/offensive MVP for the third time since 2007.
Brady is not the only Patriots player mentioned in the 27 categories that range from likely breakout player of 2018 to best touchdown celebrations to executive of the year. Overall, New England and its players and/or coaches are mentioned 16 times – twice as the top choice: Brady, apart from being named MVP, also led the voting in the category of "player to most likely significantly decline in 2018".
Verhei had the following to say about the category, which saw Brady get 26.3% of the vote:
Well, let's see. Brady threw for a league-high 4,577 yards at age 40, adding 32 touchdown passes. In NFL history, no quarterback age 41 or older has ever thrown for more than 3,678 yards or 25 touchdowns (both by Warren Moon with Seattle in 1997). So yes, either Brady's numbers are going to decline sharply, or he is going to make history (again).
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A man was seriously attacked last week as he walked through the Glen, while vandals have caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage following a spate of attacks in which patio furniture and bins were burned.
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Mr Kearney, who has called the attacks 'completely unacceptable' said: "The Crumlin Glen is a fantastic facility that is used by a large amount of people both from the town and further afield including families, dog walkers, photographers, anglers, GAA and soccer clubs, and schools.
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A friend recently asked me a question that I often asked myself before my husband and I started on our "DES activism" journey: is it worth the time, efforts and dedication? The answer is simple: YES! Why? Just read these reviews / testimonials by people affected by the DES drug tragedy in one way or another. We are so grateful to all those who took the time to write a review about our website and we are thrilled that people find my "Journal of a DES Daughter" informative and useful. Your kind words of support keep us motivated. But before you start reading you may wonder what Alexa is…
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DES – what we should know
I am mostly moved by the reality that there are people unaware of their exposure and the potential adverse health effects of diethylstilbestrol. Many don't make the link between DES exposure and the health problems they are facing and sometimes even doctors don't make that link either. Wouldn't you want to know?
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My Mom took DES, what did it do to my Sister?
I try to visit from time to time because my Mom took DES to not lose my sister when she was pregnant. I didn't even know it until my sister told me. I was only 7 when Mom was pregnant and as a child you just want your Mom to be okay and the baby to be alright. My sister has had many health issues, her lupus may be related to this, no one really knows, but she has it in remission right now. I am angry that the patients were given a drug that could cause so many problems for the children and their children. I learn more from this site each time I stop by. Keeping up with the latest research and the lawsuits is unbelievable hard, but this site does it so well and in easy to understand language. What we don't know is if my Mom took DES with all of us? Each of us has health issues that are very unusual, and it makes me wonder because she did have two miscarriages before she had us. She passed from Dementia, so we will never know.
by Michelle – Jul 28, 2012
Wonderful informative Site
The site is very informative on the issue of a drug being administered to pregnant mothers which causes all sorts of problems. When I found out it was put in milk and being a Londoner I was forced to drink the milk as part of the school program, I am disgusted. This issue needs so much attention and unfortunately it receives so little.
by Barry – Jul 25, 2012
Did your Mother take DES? It could be causing you Problems now
and one way to find out is to check out this site. I had not known that my mother took DES when she was pregnant. She decided to discontinue it and had very limited exposure. Nevertheless, my jaw dropped when I read the list of things that are common to DES daughters, since I had experienced four or five of them. Great information!
by Susan – Oct 15, 2011
The Heartbreak of DES
As someone who has first hand experience with the side effects of DES, I found this blog to be a wealth of information about the drug and its use. The fact is has such lingering effects we may not even know about yet, is disturbing at best. The blog's writer effectively combines medical research and data with her own personal journey as a DES daughter and mother, who is concerned about the yet unknown effects this drug may have on her own precious daughters and their children. The travesty against woman and men of mothers who were given this drug, as well as their future children, is something the writer communicates with passion and compassion.
by Paula – Sep 03, 2011
When I started writing my "Journal of a DES Daughter" a year and half ago I never thought I would be able to reach out to so many people – not only to victims of the DES drug scandal interested in DES health issues but also to people who had never heard about what is often referred to as the "Silent Thalidomide". Thank you for your continued support. Your reviews mean a lot to us.
New Study Suggests Lifetime Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes for DES Daughters
A study published on October 06th, 2011 in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine tallies the risks of diethylstilbestrol related disorders among women whose mothers took the synthetic hormone during pregnancy, compared to others who weren't exposed.
New study suggests that women exposed to DES are 82% more likely to develop breast cancer after age 40
Among these health risks, the study suggests that women exposed to diethylstilbestrol, commonly called DES daughters, are 82% more likely to develop breast cancer after age 40.
Overwhelmed by the extensive media coverage that the publication of this study sparked in the USA, Canada, Australia and France but upset by the total absence of information in the UK, I contacted a health journalist at the UK Press Association to request for this information to be made available to the general public and widely shared and circulated in the UK press.
Given that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and 2011 marks the 40th Anniversary of the DES cancer link, I am hoping that my emails to the Press Association won't go unnoticed and will grab the attention of UK journalists.
Findings of the DES Study
As part of this new study, researchers at the National Cancer Institute analyzed data from three separate studies that have followed more than 4,000 DES-exposed women since the 1970s. Compared with a control group of unexposed women, DES daughters were found to have higher rates of infertility (33% versus 16%), miscarriage (50% versus 39%), preterm delivery (53% versus 18%), and ectopic pregnancy (15% versus 3%). The DES-exposed women were also 82% more likely to develop breast cancer after age 40, and more than twice as likely to experience menopause before age 45. For most of the health conditions included in the study, the increase in risk was even greater for DES daughters who had been exposed to especially high doses of the drug.
"Our study carefully documents elevated risk for DES-exposed daughters for a host of medical problems — many of them also quite common in the general population," said study author Robert N. Hoover, M.D., director of the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program in NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. "Without the sentinel finding of a very rare cancer in young women, and without the sustained follow-up of those who were exposed, we would not know the full extent of harm caused by DES exposure in the womb."
Many of the potential health complications identified in the new study have been raised in previous research, in some cases with conflicting results. A 2010 study of DES daughters conducted in the Netherlands, for instance, found no link between exposure and breast-cancer risk. However a 2006 study had already suggested a higher risk of breast cancer in DES daughters. This year (2011), fifty-three DES daughters who developed breast cancer have brought a lawsuit against several DES manufacturers; the lawsuit is currently under way in Boston, USA.
What the study doesn't mention is the health risks for DES sons. Despite the fact that women who have been prescribed diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy gave birth to as many sons as daughters, DES sons have once again been left out from a research study. Why researchers fail to include all those who have been affected, men and women? To me, we will never truly understand the extent of the DES tragedy if we don't take a comprehensive and global approach to the problem. So even though, I welcome this study the need for more research remains obvious.
Situation in the UK
According to the support group DES Action UK who unfortunately is no longer active, more than 300,000 people in the UK (5 to 10 millions worldwide) have been exposed to diethylstilboestrol. So why countries like the UK fail to inform the general public about such an important study?
DES was prescribed to pregnant women in the UK between around 1950 and 1975, mainly to prevent miscarriage. This was despite the fact that research published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1953 revealed that women receiving DES suffered a higher rate of miscarriage. The synthetic estrogen was developed in England in 1938. It wasn't patented and went on to be produced by more than 200 companies. In the UK, DES was known as Stilboestrol® and was sold under many brand names.
Yet, the DES tragedy remains largely unknown in the UK. Some British doctors have never heard of DES and there is only one dedicated clinic in Europe, based in Ireland. Many women are unaware that their infertility or cancer is a result of their mother having taken the drug. All of these women are not receiving proper medical treatment, or making truly informed decisions about their healthcare, as a result.
As a DES daughter myself I have reason to be interested in this new report in the New England Journal of Medicine that takes a thorough look at the heightened medical risks associated with prenatal DES exposure. And I am sure I am not the only one in the UK who feels the same. Despite overwhelming evidence of numerous health risks associated with DES exposure nobody seems to care in the UK. Media interest in the DES issues would definitely help to reach out to all those affected but unaware that their health problems may be related to Stilboestrol®.
The lack of UK media coverage on this new important study just shows how thick the wall of silence around the DES issues in the UK is. To share my experience and knowledge of this drug, I started this personal blog earlier this year for DES mothers, daughters and sons, and others interested in the DES issue. But this is a drop in the ocean. I need support from the media to reach out to people who may have been exposed. I sincerely hope the UK will show an interest in this study and will take on this opportunity to break the wall of silence.
2011 Historic DES Breast Cancer Court Cases
Boston, Massachusetts, USA where the DES cancer link was established 40 years ago, is making history again with the first DES Breast Cancer court cases on behalf of 53 DES daughters.
The lawyers at Aaron M. Levine & Associates law firm, after 50 years of successfully representing hundreds of DES daughters for infertility, vaginal and cervical cancer, and preterm delivery, have turned their attention to the risk of DES breast cancer in DES daughters.
Aaron M.Levine & Associates are the only law firm in America taking this focus and investment. They are currently representing DES daughters for their breast cancer injuries and are accepting new cases for review and evaluation.
The United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the most recent national study sponsored by NIH, (Palmer J, Wise L, Hatch E, et al. "Prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure and risk of breast cancer." Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006;15(8):1509-1514.) concluded that DES daughters over the age of 40 are at a significantly increased risk for breast cancer.
In confirming the Palmer study in court as a valid and important reopening of the never-ending DES tragedy, Dr. Adami stated:
" so the bottom line of this is, it provides strong evidence that DES exposure increases the risk, and that the risk increase starts sometime around age 40 and then grows as women get older."
Historic DES Breast Cancer Court Cases at Boston Federal Courthouse (07 – 23 September 2011)
Diethylstilbestrol, primarily promoted by Eli Lilly and Company and E.R. Squibb & Sons (the predecessor to Bristol-Myers Squibb) was given to millions of pregnant women in the 1950's and 1960's and was contraindicated for use in pregnancy in 1971 when it was discovered to cause cancer and malformations of the reproductive tract. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick recently declared "DES Awareness Week" in July 2011 commemorating the experience of DES daughters and warning of breast cancer risks.
The trial taking place in federal court opened on September, 07th 2011 and continues until September, 23rd 2011 as the 53 DES daughters involved put on further biology, toxicology, oncology, and obstetrics and gynaecology experts to support Dr. Adami's opinion of this substantial DES breast cancer risk in the daughters.
" There has been little press coverage and apparently little public attention. The chemical companies prefer it that way. It's just two lawyers for the plaintiffs and about 20 lawyers representing the chemical companies in the court room! "
comments DES Info, a group created by several DES daughters as a way to proactively share information about Diethylstilbestrol.
Show your support for the Historic DES Breast Cancer Court Cases
The hearings are open to the public and support from the whole DES community is much needed.
If you can please:
Spread the word on your social media networks
Post your comments and messages of support on DES Info who is closely following and strongly supporting the historic DES breast cancer court cases
Respond to the DES Info call to attend the hearings especially on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th September – The result of this hearing will be to determine if the first ever DES class action suit in the US will be allowed to go forward. There has never been one before, because a class action suit requires a commonality of injuries in the US.
The outcome of the historic DES breast cancer court cases in the USA will have repercussions not only in the USA but around the world as DES victims everywhere are struggling to get compensation for the devastating side effects of DES exposure.
My thoughts are with the lawyers, scientists and more importantly the DES daughters involved in the hearings. Somehow, they represent all of us.
The Boston Federal Courthouse is at:
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts — Boston
1 Courthouse Way
Boston, Massachusetts 02210 – USA
The hearings will likely begin at 9:30 a.m. and go until 4:30 p.m. each day, with lunch in between.
If you want any more information or feel you could help in any way, please contact Aaron M. Levine & Associates.
Other papers on DES cases and lawsuits.
New AFSSAPS DES survey and update
AFSSAPS offices - 2011 DES survey and update
Between 2010.09.10 and 2010.10.10, the National French Agency for the Safety of Health Products (AFSSAPS) conducted a DES survey aimed at assessing the knowledge of gynecologists and obstetricians regarding the complications associated with Dietylstilbestrol exposure as well as evaluate their expectations in terms of information campaign about this issue.
This survey was conducted in collaboration with the French National Federation of Medical Gynecology Colleges, the National College of French Gynecologists and Obstetricians, and the French Company and Gynecology Group for the Study of In vitro fertilization in France.
A total of 204 completed questionnaires were returned. Gynecologists who responded were generally aware of the consequences of DES exposure with 71% of them having at least one patient exposed to Diethylstilbestrol in utero.
AFSSAPS DES survey results
Analysis of the responses regarding the level of knowledge about DES exposure suggested that:
A majority of practitioners have an imperfect / limited knowledge of its consequences
Investigating DES exposure in situations which suggests potential exposure is not systematic
Genital anatomic abnormalities in boys exposed in utero are not well known by gynecologists
Knowledge of the risks faced by the third generation is very limited, yet it is important to continue monitoring these children to assess the multi-generational effects
The "memory" of the consequences of DES exposure is lost with the new generation of doctors
Recent data on the third generation is largely unknown
Almost half of the practitioners who responded requested a new DES information campaign
AFSSAPS DES update June 2011
As a result of the 2010 survey, AFSSAPS decided to publish a DES update aimed at DES exposed individuals and health professionals. The publication released in June 2011 emphasizes the gynecologists and obstetricians' crucial role in recognizing DES exposure, informing their patients about its consequences and referring them to specialists for adequate care and monitoring. It also highlights the crucial role of DES patients in handing down the "record" of their exposure to the next generations.
The AFSSAPS 2011 DES update covers the following topics:
DES historical facts
Risks associated with DES exposure
Breast cancer risks
Post adolescent psychiatric disorders – Later this year AFSSAPS plans to conduct a public hearing for experts to reexamine their facts on this matter.
Risks for the 3rd generation
How to screen DES exposure
Routine medical follow-up
Recommendations for fertility problems
DES pregnancy care
As a DES daughter and mother of 3 girls who may also be affected (only time will tell …), I really welcome these efforts from AFSSAPS and I believe this is a very important document which will serve as a reference for years to come. The results of the survey and the update are available to download from the AFSSAPS website in French. AFSSAPS is circulating this information through professional organisms to reach out to health professionals.
I sincerely hope AFSSAPS and the French government will follow through with additional efforts to spread the word, and reach out not only to all doctors, but also to the general public. With the recent Mediator scandal maybe AFSSAPS doesn't want to make too much noise about the DES tragedy but at the end of the day it is our health and our children health which are at stake and we have the right to know.
AFSSAPS Downloads
Download the 2011 AFSSAPS DES report
Téléchargez le rapport AFSSAPS 2011
The AFSSAPS DES Update 2011 was promised by one of their doctors who attended the DES conference in Paris in November 2010. It is very widely based on the Réseau DES France publication which followed the conference. It is an official text for gynecologists, obstetricians and doctors. The English translation has been coordinated by Réseau DES France and reviewed by Carol Devine (DES Australia NSW), Pr Tournaire and myself.
Thanks go to Pam Solere for her trust and encouragements.
Distilbène®: 20 Years of Legal Battle
Distilbène® is the trade name for a synthetic hormone (also known internationally as DES or diethylstilbestrol) prescribed in France between 1950 and 1977 to pregnant women to prevent miscarriages. In 1977, 6 years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised physicians to discontinue prescribing diethylstilbestrol to pregnant women because of its link to a rare vaginal cancer, UCB Pharma (the manufacturer of Distilbène® in France) decided to make public that the use of this drug was contra-indicated in pregnant women. It is estimated that 200,000 French mothers have been prescribed DES and have given birth to 160,000 DES exposed daughters and sons. The number of children whose grandmother were given DES during pregnancy (DES 3rd generation) is yet to be assessed.
Even though many French women have suffered from the devastating side effects of Distilbène®, very few have understandably taken their case to court. DES trials are long, complicated, expensive and painful for the DES victims and their families. Battling in court against giant and powerful pharmaceutical companies is not an easy thing to do when you also have to deal with health issues such as cancer and infertility linked to your DES exposure. According to Mrs. Martine Verdier, French lawyer who specializes in DES court cases, only 150 to 170 lawsuits have been initiated by Distilbène®'s victims over the past fifteen years. Until 2009, many DES daughters who had filed lawsuits against UCB Pharma and Novartis who respectively distributed Distilbène® and Stilbestrol-Borne® in France were unsuccessful because they were unable to produce the documents proving that their mum had been prescribed the toxic and carcinogenic drug diethylstilboestrol.
A few landmarks in the French DES legal battle history
First lawsuits against UCB Pharma from French women with genital cancers whose mothers had been prescribed Distilbène® during pregnancy (14 years after Distilbène® stopped being prescribed in France and 20 years after DES stopped being prescribed in the USA).
May 24th – Victory for two DES daughters. After eleven years of court battle, the Tribunal of Nanterre recognizes UCB Pharma's responsibility in the cancer developed by two DES victims. They are granted 15,244 euros in damages. UCB Pharma makes an appeal against the court decision.
April 30th: The Court of Appeal of Versailles confirms the responsibility of UCB Pharma in the 2002 above cases.
The number of lawsuits increases. However the court decisions remain inconsistent because of the difficulties for victims to prove the link between their cancer and Distilbène®.
December 17th: The Tribunal of Nanterre condemns UCB Pharma to pay 310,000 Euros in damages to the family of a deceased DES victim before the end of the procedure.
December 21st: A women who has developed cancer is unsuccessful in Marseille. The court says she can not prove that her mother was prescribed Distilbène® so no link can be established. Yet her body affected by this rare vaginal cancer called adenocarcinoma, so typical of DES exposure, is the ultimate proof. She appeals.
March 08th – The Court of Cassation confirms the responsibility of UCB Pharma in the Marseille court case.
March 19th – Three women won their cases against UCB Pharma and Novartis, who had requested the cancellation of the court decision during an appeal in a view to request an expertise, arguing that the victims should have provided the original DES prescriptions.
October 13th – The Court of Nanterre condemns UCB Pharma to pay 344,000 euros to the family of a young woman who died of cancer before the end of her trial.
September 24th – Turning point – The Supreme Court reverses the burden of proof, forcing UCB Pharma and Novartis to prove that their product is not responsible for the health issues of the DES victims who are taking their case to court. It is a massive step forward in the history of French DES legal battles since it allows women not to be dismissed when they can't show proof that diethylstilbestrol have been prescribed to their mum. The Court however, gives victims who can't show the original drug prescription the opportunity to pursue either Novartis or UCB Pharma and claim for compensation. The pursued laboratory now has to prove that the victims did not take their drug, but the competitor's. UCB Pharma distributed Distilbène® which was by far the main drug used in France whilst Novartis distributed Stilbestrol-Borne®. So it is expected that the battle between UCB Pharma and Novartis is going to be fierce. Novartis won't want to share responsibilities and compensations costs when their drug's sales represented only 2% of the market share compared to 98% for UCB Pharma.
The same year, the Court also condemns UCB Pharma to pay "compensation provisions" of 70,000 Euros to a young disabled girl of 12 and 60,000 Euros to her parents.
June 09th – First victory for DES third generation – The Versailles Court of Appeal confirms the decision of the Court of Nanterre made in April 2009 and recognizes a link between taking Distilbène® and disability in the third generation, giving the grandson of a woman who was prescribed Distilbène® 1.7 million Euros in damages.
I wish the decision of the Court of Appeal of Versailles will encourage other victims to engage in this legal battle but it takes more than courage to file a lawsuit for such a complex and difficult journey against what seems to be a lost battle. I really admire the victims and their families who took their DES cases to court and thank them, as well as their lawyers, for allowing justice to make progress not only for them but for many other victims who may consider going to court in the future.
Distilbène®: 20 Years of Legal Battle is just a quick overview of the main dates in the history of DES French lawsuits. These lawsuits won't bring back the DES daughters who died from cancer to the families affected by di-ethyl stilbestrol. They won't repair the long term damages of this toxic drug but if nothing else they show that DES is not something invented by the media, or something that DES exposed individuals, like myself, should feel guilty about. We are victims and we deserve that justice is made.
I am missing important information and this blog post doesn't highlight enough the pain and suffering the victims and their families had to go through to seek justice and get compensation. If you are considering filing a DES lawsuit make sure you seek expert advice and professional support from your local DES Action group.
Sources: Réseau DES France, Le Point.fr
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Victory for a DES 3rd generation victim : the pharmaceutical company condemned
June 09th 2011 marks a turning point in France for DES victims with a court verdict in favor of a DES Grandson who was born prematurely. This great news has been welcomed by the DES community and Action Groups from all corners of the globe. Fran Howell, DES Action USA Director, commented: "Louis' win is a huge victory and around the world people are celebrating with him and his family". We are all so happy for Louis and his mother Hélène.
Below is a translation of a Réseau D.E.S. France press communication – June, 10th 2011
Court case on DES 3rd generation - Versailles court of appeal
After a first judgement against UCB Pharma, the Appeal Court of Justice confirmed the first verdict on June 09th 2011 : 1,7 million euros damages are to be paid to Louis' family.
Hélène was born in 1958. Her mother was prescribed Distilbène® during her pregnancy, making her one of the 80,000 French "DES daughters". In 1990, during the 6th month of her pregnancy, Hélène gave birth to Louis, severely premature and suffering from important sequels : his handicap is assessed as 80% ; he can neither read nor write, moves in a wheel-chair and needs constant help. He is yet another victim of the drug Distilbène®… taken by his grandmother in the 50's !
We share Hélène's satisfaction and relief that the prejudice has at last been recognized by the Appeal Court to enable her family to live onwards. She can now sleep at night knowing that her son's future is assured.
This decision is all the more important that it is the first time the the Appeal Court has judged a DES Distilbène® case concerning the 3rd generation.
This victory is consecutive to a well-prepared medical file which proves :
a prescription of Distilbène® to Hélène's mother
that Hélène's pregnancy was closely controlled because of her in utero DES exposure
Louis' medical follow-up was in conformity to the 1990 protocols
that Louis' condition has no other cause than his premature birth.
Finally, we are satisfied that the Versailles Court of Appeal confirmed the responsibility of UCB Pharma for their lack of diligence in commercializing Distilbène® on the market.
We again hope that this decision will bring a term to the difficult struggle for justice, started by Hélène in 2002.
In France, Distilbène® and Stilboestrol® (the commercial names for the diethylstilboestrol synthetic hormone – DES in abbreviation) was prescribed to 200 000 pregnant women to avoid miscarriages. 160 000 children were born from these pregnancies. For the "DES daughters", the side effects are : sterility, miscarriages, premature births, cancers…
Sources: Article courtesy of Réseau D.E.S. France
Can the Mediator scandal lead to justice for drug victims ?
The drug Mediator remained on the market from 1976 until 2009 when the risk of fatal heart disease was known since the 1990s. French health experts now believe that Mediator developed for treating overweight diabetics, could have killed between 500 and 2,000 people before it was finally banned.
It stayed on the market despite a succession of warnings over its side-effects, which include heart valve disease and pulmonary hypertension. It was also hugely misprescribed, with doctors routinely handing out Mediator as an appetite-suppressant for people with common or garden weight problems.
A compensation fund was established by the French state for victims. But Mediator is not the first drug scandal!
Below is a translated article from Anne Levadou, President of Réseau D.E.S. France published in the Independant Web Newsletter "Rue 89", June 08th 2011.
In order to avoid any major reform, the government is trying to convince us that the present Mediator scandal is the first major medical disaster. But let's not forget that this is far from the first one : Thalidomide, Distilbène® came before Mediator… with every specific crisis, our society tries in the best of cases to find some specific reply. At the worst, to forget it.
Health precedents
The incoherence in dealing with health disasters leads to injustice and discrimination. The massive media coverage of the Mediator affair is parallel to the silence surrounding other victims. The denial of justice is not acceptable, for example, for the victims of Distilbène®, while this DES example is taught as a "model" of the mistakes not to be made.
Distilbène®, massively given to pregnant women until the 80s (1977 in France), has the perverse impact of not only affecting the women taking it, but even more affecting their children, and even grandchildren.
Let's not forget also the victims of Lyell and Stevens-Johnson syndromes, rare reactions to drugs, leading to major damage to the skin and mucous membranes. It is inadmissible that all these victims – because their pathology is due to some other drug – should be "forgotten" and receive no compensation.
For the victims : a struggle against obstacles
Having no other choice, all these victims have to support, at their own costs and in media silence, years of personal procedures, medical examinations and cross-examinations in order to hope at the end to receive some recognition of the pharmaceutical company's responsibility and some compensation for their injuries. At the issue, some discover that, because the risk was mentioned on the leaflet, that they have no legal recourse and their case is rejected.
However, as for Mediator, the serious effects have been proved. The permanent damages on health are the results of drugs or treatment approved by the official sanitary and political administrations and financed by the collectivity. Drugs represent an undeniable progress in our society, and the pharmaceutical industry contributes to the national wealth, but the serious side effects are in balance with the benefits made.
A "mutual pooling" of risks would be logical
Why not to-day, use the Mediator case to move towards a general response on the principle of global responsibility linked to the risks of taking drugs? The government must use this scandal as a lever to progress towards some definitive social solution to what is proved a collective risk.
The profits for pharmaceutical companies from the commercialization of a drug is assured by the solvency of the National Health Service which is itself financed by health insured tax payers. In the same way as professional risks, the costs of compensation for the victims could be automatically paid by the industries creating the risk. The mutual pooling of a collective risk, by the pharmaceutical companies concerned, would offer a double advantage : guaranteeing rapid compensation for the victims, but also, encouraging these companies to develop prevention measures.
The dissuasive effects of "class actions"
The Mediator scandal should also lead towards the possibility for victims to take collective legal action. The absence of collective procedures ("class action") results in unfair personal struggles. While the victims of medical scandals are hoping for collective replies, why was this subject completely absent from the recent Drug Survey Symposium? It is certainly interesting to talk for hours about the code of ethics for drug representatives, or about providing doctors with updated information : whereas there would be an immediate auto-regulation effect from the sword of Damocles effect of "class actions" on pharmaceutical companies.
There is now an open choice : either our society offers a definitive response concerning the responsibility of drugs, or we will once again discover in a few years, or even in a few months, yet another drug scandal. As victims and citizens, we are expecting a wide-scale reaction and a truly political solution. Without this, Mediator will simply remain just another scandal.
Sophie Le Pallec, President of Amalyste association
Anne Levadou, President of Réseau D.E.S. France
Jean-Pierre Sueur, Senator of Loiret, France
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So Long Old Friend
Posted on December 24, 2010 by Greg C.
A couple of weeks ago I said goodbye to an old friend. Â Leaving the AIM team where I spent 11 years working on so many different parts of a product that has over a billion registered users and millions of active users was bittersweet. Â I am definitely going to miss the people I worked with the most, and I am going to miss all the great moments we celebrated together.
In 1999, I started on the AIM Windows team working on the user interface coding up buttons, the user preferences and making sure the client installed properly (though there was one time where my code accidentally deleted a QA Engineers HD, sorry John). Â
By 2004, I moved to the core infrastructure team. Â While it did not have the most elegant name, the team was responsible for writing the cross platform code that powered every real time messaging experience at AOL, ICQ and even Apple and Google. Â I worked really hard with a bunch of great engineers in opening up this cross platform library so every developer who wanted to build on our network could.
When we opened AIM in 2006, it opened a whole new world to me, where I could work with developers and some really awesome partners. Â I realized that I really enjoyed working with our partners and that it was important for the future of AIM to embrace our partners. Â I also happened to build a very popular plugin called AIM MusicLink which allowed users to share with their communities what music they were listening to at that moment.
In the last 2 years, I have spent almost all my time leveraging my relationships with our partners like Apple (iChat), Google (GTalk), Facebook and Twitter into building a great experience into AIM. Â Today we have AOL Lifestream, Facebook Chat in AIM and Google Talk in AIM. Â So much credit goes to the design team and developers who delivered the final experiences today but I am proud of my contributions to the project.
Its off to new challenges, and I will share where I am going and what I will be doing in a later blog post.
8 thoughts on "So Long Old Friend"
Alan K on December 24, 2010 at 2:17 pm said:
Congrats on your move!
Dick Groper on December 28, 2010 at 1:31 am said:
Hey, what gives? Have a nice life outside of CC2!
Greg C. on December 28, 2010 at 3:03 am said:
Sorry Dick you are going to have to get your info from someone else. It will definitely be different going to a building other than CC2, even though CC2 had gone through at least 3 different "renovations" in 11 years.
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Le Meurtre que je n'ai pas commis est un téléfilm américain diffusé en 1993.

Synopsis
C'est l'histoire vraie de Laurie Bembenek, accusée d'avoir assassiné l'ex-femme de son mari.

Fiche technique
 Titre original : Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
 Réalisation : Sandor Stern
 Scénario : Sandor Stern
 Photographie :
 Musique : Peter Manning Robinson
 Société de production :
 Durée : 127 minutes
 Pays :

Distribution
 Tatum O'Neal  : Lawrencia « Laurie » Bembenek
 Bruce Greenwood  : Fred Schultz
 Peggy McCay : Virginia Bembenek
 Colin Fox : Joe Bembenek
 Kenneth Welsh : Don Eisenberg
 Catherine Disher : Judy Zess
 Alan Jordan : le procureur
 Ron White : inspecteur Rogers
 Saul Rubinek  : William Bryson
 Alex McArthur  : Nick Marrocco
 Barbara Eve Harris : Zena Jackson
 Ari Magder : Sean Schultz
 Graham Losee : Shannon Schultz
 Gail Webster : Christine Schultz
 David Ferry : inspecteur Fell
 Ted Simonett : le juge Skwieraski
 Nancy Anne Sakovich : Kim
 Dan Redican : Marty Blaine
 Chantal Craig : Sherry Wonaker

Notes et références

Liens externes

Téléfilm américain des années 1990
Téléfilm diffusé en 1993

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Again, from the manual:

PHP_INI_PERDIR : Entry can be set in
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Q: Binding<(() -> Void)?> in ContentView_Previews How to make ContentView_Previews working without changing the structure of the app?
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I want to keep this structure, so that one object should have child objects of the same class. And have ability to run the functions of its child objects. The question is connected with my previous question, but I found the better way I think to implement this.

A: You can use it like this
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A mono-extruded or co-extruded film to protect goods from dust and weather, when using stretch film to wrap the pallet. With a combination of antistatic and UV resistance, when required, this product allows the user a secure and safe protection of their goods.
Used for palletizing by the heat shrinking process and is suitable for Glass, White Appliances and Ceramic Industry. It is a coextruded LDPE tubular film that is automatically sealed on one end to form sacks that are placed over goods stored on pallets. Thereafter a heat source shrinks the film to form a tight and secure wrap around the goods. The result is a pallet that is both stable and resistant to changes in weather, leading to safe delivery of the products covered by the shrink tube.


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I started my career as a Clinical Psychologist in 1978, developed an interest in bereavement, and went on to work with the passenger survivors and bereaved of the Zeebrugge Disaster (1987). In 1990 I set up, with Michael Stewart, the Centre for Crisis Psychology, a consultancy dealing with the aftermath of traumatic events in industry. In the early days of this practice I wrote, again with Michael, 'Coping with Catastrophe' (Routledge), outlining psycho-social response to major disasters, later revised in a second edition (1998).
With a lifetime interest in the First World War, I later completed an MA and PhD at the University of Birmingham, and 'British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War' (Ashgate) is based on that PhD research. I then wrote 'Glum Heroes: Hardship, Fear and Death - Resilience and Coping in the British Army on the Western Front' (Helion), an essay on how soldiers managed potential trauma using resources generated by the current social norms of stoicism and manliness.
During 2017, my work on the British Army at the Battle of the Selle, 9-24 October 1918, will be published by Helion. I hope to publish a guide book to the battle simultaneously.
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I have a new gospel canon: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Mister Rogers.
we're doing what God does all the time.
we're participating in something sacred.
We're doing what God does all the time!
A cure for hate is desperately needed, and here it is in plain sight. In a world created and sustained by God who never hates, the simple but powerful act of appreciation opens a way to do what God does all the time. Appreciation keeps the heart open, and that's no small thing.
There is healing for our hearts, and hope for our land. Appreciation for the other, and for one another, will bring us out of our collective hypnotic trance, and show us the open door between heaven and earth.
I hope you have a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving, and that we will enter the Advent season with a new and deepened appreciation for all of God's gifts. The light will shine in the darkness, and never more so than when our hearts are open.
The Gospel According to Mister Rogers.