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Coming Events...
Bake Sales
Bake Sale, sponsored the Over the Hill Gang on March 28 at PS Bank, Rt. 6, Wyalusing, starting at 9 a.m. Proceeds benefit Relay for Life. R10-4p/S11- 3p
Chicken Barbecue, Laceyville Goodwill Fire Company on April 7, starting at 11 a.m.
Relay for Life Chicken Barbecue on April 6 at Penmart, Rt. 6, Wyalusing. $5/half. R11- 4p/S12-3p
Benefit for Kevin Repsher on Saturday, April 13, starting at noon at the Black Walnut American Legion. There will be food, music, a Chinese auction, pie and cake auction, bake sale, 50/50 and basket raffles. Proceeds will help with medical costs. To make a donation or have questions, call Dawn Repsher at 570-637-2550.
Spaghetti dinner benefit for Alice Bundle on Saturday, April 6 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Towanda American Legion. Food, Chinese auction and basket raffles. Proceeds will help with travel expenses and medical costs. To make a donation or have questions, call Donna Nye at 570-637-2156.
Eat for Relay for Life at Mark's Valley View Restaurant, April 14. Any hour of the day. Sponsored by Over The Hill Plus.
There will be no monthly breakfast at the Herrickville Fire Hall due to the last Sunday falling on Easter. The regular monthly breakfasts will resume in April.
A weekly Reproductive Justice study group is being offered at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Towanda beginning March 11 at 7 p.m. There will be six sessions. March 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8 and 15. To participate, call Ginna, 570-265-3789.
Rainbow Riders, Riding for the Handicapped is holding a Volunteer Training Day on Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Rainbow Riders Ranch, Chestnut St., Troy. If you have any questions, call the Ranch at 570-297-0903 or 529-1343.
Hunter Trapper Education Class. New six-hour class. Register for class, then go to website and take the online study. You must complete the online Today's Hunter & Trapper in PA course before attending the class. Held at Tri-County Sportsman's club, Saturday, April 13, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Light lunch. For more information, call Pat Beebe, 570-746- 3869 or Carl Yurgatis, 869-1706. If you do not have computer, call the game commission in Dallas for booklet at a cost of $2.50.
Log Cabin Quilt Class, April 19-21. Cost, $25. You do not have to attend Friday cutting class. Call to sign up and get materials' list. 570-746-4922. To be held at Tuscarora Wayne Community Room at 20 Main St., Wyalusing. Class instructor, Val Hill.
PMEA District 8 Jazz Festival, April 4-6. Concert, Saturday, April 6 at 2 p.m. WVHS Auditorium. Tickets available at the door. Call for more information, 570-746-1218.
Annual Intergenerational Dance on May 9 from 11:30 to 2:30 at Wyalusing Valley High School in the old gym. Free admission. Door prizes and free lunch. Sponsored by Wyalusing FHA Club.
The Hollenback United Methodist Church will hold a free soup supper on April 10. The event starts off with a Bible study at 4:30 and the supper at 5 p.m. All welcome.
All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti dinner, April 7, starting at noon at St. Mary's Hall,
Wyalusing (across from fire hall). Spaghetti and meatballs, tossed salad, garlic bread, dessert, beverage. Adults, $7.50; under 12, $3.50; under five, free.
Roast Beef Dinner - Sunday, April 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the LeRaysville Social Hall. Benefit: LeRaysville-Pike Vol. Fire Co.
The Wysox Presbyterian Church will continue to observe the Lenten season on March 28 with a Maundy Thursday sedar meal and service. A simple meal of soup and sandwiches will begin at 6 p.m. Worship on Easter Sunday at 11 a.m. with services led by Pastor Jira Albers.
Roast beef dinner at noon on April 4 at the Silvara Ladies Aid Hall in Silvara.
Wysox Sewing Society hold their monthly dinner noon on Tuesday, April 9 in Ferguson Hall of the Wysox Presbyterian Church. Ham loaf will be featured on the menu with mashed potatoes, gravy, cole slaw, assorted vegetables, gelatin salads and a delicious variety of homemade pies. Everyone is welcome. Take-outs available. Reservations are available but not necessary. Please call 570- 265-6119 and leave a message for reservations. R13c
Easter Events
Annual Breakfast with Easter Bunny - Saturday, March 30 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Wyalusing United Methodist Church. Menu: pancakes, eggs, bacon, juice, milk and coffee. Bring the kids and your camera.
The North Rome Wesleyan Church at the four corners in North Rome will be presenting the Easter Musical, "I've Seen Jesus, Encountering the Risen Christ" on Good Friday evening, March 29 at 7 p.m. and repeated during worship on Sunday, March 31 at 10 a.m. For more information, call 570- 247-7670.
Meshoppen Holiday Fund Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30 at 11 a.m. at the Meshoppen Ball Park, rain or shine. Five age groups, 0 to 2; 3 to 5; 6 to 8; 9 to 12; 13 and up. Fun, prizes, refreshments.
The New Albany Area Children's Fund will be hosting their annual Easter egg hunt at the New Albany Park on March 30 at 12 p.m. All area children up to grade 6 are invited to come hunt for eggs and visit with the Easter Bunny.
The Stevensville Presbyterian Church plans for Easter Sunday: 7 a.m., sunrise worship with Pastor Dave Dewing; 8 a.m., Easter breakfast of ham, eggs, juice and coffee in the hall; 9 a.m., Bible study and 10 a.m., celebration of Easter and Christ's Resurrection.
The Wyalusing Presbyterian Church will be holding a family-oriented Cross Walk on Friday, March 29 at 8:30 a.m. Meet at the church and there are various stops planned around town. Everyone is welcome to join.
Easter Egg Hunt - Black Walnut American Legion Post 510 on March 30 at 1 p.m. for all ages including adults.
Easter Egg Hunt at the Wyalusing Borough Park on Saturday, March 30 at noon. Sponsored by Wyalusing Valley Vol. Fire Department.
Stevensville Community Club's children's Easter party, is set for Saturday, March 30, 1 to 3 p.m. and features crafts, egg decorating, an Easter egg hunt (with each age group in its own area), refreshments and prizes. Call Eileen Fedak, 570-744-1918.
The Monroe Hose Companywill not hold their Flower Sale this year. A chicken barbecue will be held on March 30 with halves ready at 11 a.m. They will be available at the C&N Bank grounds. Also on Saturday, there will be an Easter Egg Hunt at 1 p.m. for children ages three to 12 at Mountaineer Park. For more information or to pre-order chicken, call Louise at 570-250-0036 or Jessie at 250-1507. R13p
For Your Information
Vernal Pool Hunt at Woodbourne
Forest and Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday, March 30 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; Woodcock Waltz, Saturday, April 6, 6 to 7:15 p.m. The sanctuary is located on Rt. 29, Dimock. For more information, 570-278- 3384.
Clothing Give Away: Saturday, April 27, 9 a.m. to noon at the Granville Center Church of Christ, Rt. 514, Granville Summit. Free clothing in all sizes. For details, call 570-364- 5084.
The Camptown Cemetery Association would like all lot owners of the cemetery to please remove all Christmas decorations from the cemetery by April 8.
T.A.C.O. Food Pantry holiday closing. The Towanda Area Christian Outreach Food Pantry will be closed Friday, March 29 and Monday, April 1 for the Easter holiday. The pantry will reopen Wednesday, April 3 at 10 a.m. T.A.C.O. serves the Towanda, Northeast Bradford and Wyalusing school districts and is normally open Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from 10 a.m. until noon. For additional information, call 570-265-4422.
Garage Sales
Garage Sale: Second Annual Relay for Life on Friday, April 12, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 13, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. One mile east of Northeast Bradford School. It will be held at the Nagy home, 8101 Route 467, LeRaysville. Watch for signs. All sales go toward the relay team, The Baker's Dozen Plus. New basket raffles, baked goods. Something for everyone. Held rain or shine. R10- 5p/S11-5p
Meeting Notices
S.O.S. Al-Anon — Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.
Recovery House Meetings — AA Group of Towanda meets Mon.-Fri., noon; Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. NA meetings are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Speaker meeting every first Sunday, 8 p.m. All meetings at 205 Main St., Towanda (please use rear, lower entrance).
Compassionate Friends — of the Endless Mountains will hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Endless Health Community Center, Montrose. TCF is open to all families who have lost a child from any cause at any age. There are no membership dues or fees of any kind. For more information, call 965-0901 (evenings) or 278-1658 or e-mail email@example.com.
Al-Anon meetings in Tunkhannock: Endless Serenity Al-Anon Family Group on Monday, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., Saturday, noon. All meetings are held at the Tunkhannock UM Church Education Bldg., second floor.
Diabetes Support Group - meeting the first Thursday of every month at the Guthrie Clinic office in Towanda beginning at 5:30 p.m. There is no charge and all diabetics and family members are welcome. For more information, call Dawn at Guthrie Clinic at 570- 265-6165 during regular business hours.
TOPS PA #1134 — Laceyville, meets each Tuesday evening at the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville. Weigh-ins from 5:15 to 6 p.m., meeting from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call 965-2493 or 869-1834. Tollfree 1-800-932-8677.
AA Meeting — Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, nonsmoking.
MOPS — Mothers of Preschoolers meet every first and third Wed. of the month from 9 to 11 a.m., September through May. Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church, 5 Court St., Towanda. All mothers of preschoolers are welcome. Child care is provided for children, ages infant through five years old. For more information, contact the church at 570-265-5575.
Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Weigh Station Café at 7:30 a.m. in Towanda.
They find ways to help the children in the community. Contact Eileen Sheets at 570- 265-2350 for more information.
Addictions to Victory. Faithbased support for addictions. Program will be held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at New Generation Church, Milan, 570-888- 1967.
Bradford County Cancer Support Group meets the 4th Wednesday of every month at Memorial Hospital in Conference Room A, beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 1-888-227-5445, Option 3.
The Wyalusing Masonic Lodge No. 618 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Lodge Hall, 158 Church St., Wyalusing. For more information, call 570-721- 0008.
AA meeting, Friday evenings at 8 p.m. at the Standing Stone Vesper Church spiritual building, River Road, Standing Stone Township. Open meeting, non-smoking.
AARP Meetings #4423 are held at the Wysox EMS Building the second Tuesday of every month with the exception of special meetings combined with a luncheon. Executive meeting is 1:15 p.m. and regular meeting at 1:45. The March 12 meeting will be held at the Fortune Buffet in Athens at noon for luncheon. On May 14, the club will hold their Spring Banquet at Bishop's Restaurant in Ulster at noon. You don't need to be a member as guests are always welcome. Any questions, contact Secretary Merna Colwell at 570-833-2567.
Grief Support Group: Jan.- Dec. 2013. A bereavement support group meets monthly, the last Tuesday of each month from 3 to 4:30 p.m. This group is open to those who have experienced loss and is facilitated by Trudy Ventello, LSW, a social worker with Memorial Hospital's Hospice program. The meetings are located in the library in the lower level of Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Any questions, call 570-268- 2233.
DAV Chapter 37 will meet Wednesday, April 10 at Bridge Street Hill VFW, Towanda, at 2:30 p.m. All veterans, 10 percent or more disability welcome.
Wyalusing American Legion Post 534 will hold their meeting on Sunday, April 14 at 1 p.m. at the post home.
The annual meeting of the Retta Cemetery Association will be held at the Retta United Methodist Church with a covered dish dinner on April 6 at noon, followed by the meeting.
Beaver Meadows Cemetery Association will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 9 at the Beaver Meadows Church at 7 p.m. All lot owners and potential lot owners are invited to attend.
Bradford/Sullivan Counties Intellectual Disabilities Program will hold a Quality Improvement Council meeting on Tuesday, April 9 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Human Services large conference room. RSVP by April 8 to Diane Bahr at 570-265-1760 or 1- 800-588-1828.
Hill Country Artists will meet on Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. at Claverack, Rt. 706, Montrose. Program on art and travel by Chris Lathrop. Public invited.
The LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, at 9:00 a.m. has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 23, at 9 a.m. at the Bradford County Emergency Operations Center.
The Susquehanna Beekeeper Association will meet at the Claverack Building in Montrose on April 12 at 7 p.m. Topic: Regulations explanation for apiary entries at Harford Fair. Further information, James at 570-934-1166.
The North Flat Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting on April 6 at 2 p.m. at the Jenningsville Township building. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
Pro-Life Town Hall Meeting at the American Legion in Towanda on April 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. A series of fast-paced presentations by Michael Ciccocioppo, executive director of PA Pro-Life Federation on the important pro-life issues of the day will be discussed.
PARSE: The Pennsylvania Association of Retired State Employees will hold their first meeting of the year 2013 on Tuesday, April 9 at the Towanda American Legion. If you have questions and/or want to make a reservation, contact Bernice Landmesser, 570-265- 8812 or John Benio, 570-278- 2380.
Penny Socials
Penny Social at North Orwell Community Hall, Route 187, on Friday, April 19. Doors open 5:30 p.m., drawings start 7 p.m. Basket raffles, door prizes, 50/50, refreshments available. For more information, call 570- 247-7484 or 247-7280. Benefit North Orwell Community Hall.
Public Meetings
A Public Meeting to address and discuss the recent educational cuts at the Wyalusing Area School District will be held on Thursday, April 4 at 6 p.m. in the Wyalusing Fire Hall located on Second Street. The main purpose of this meeting is to explore options for preserving the current staffing of the music education department. However, a broader discussion on all recent proposed cuts to positions and programs is welcomed. All concerned citizens and parents of students in the Wyalusing Area School District are invited to attend and share ideas that may help the district to save money while maintaining a high-quality education that includes the arts. This meeting is part of a grassroots effort brought forth by concerned community members.
The WVHS Class of 1998 will hold their 15th year class reunion on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 6 p.m. at the Towanda Rod and Gun Club. Flyers will be mailed out to each classmate at a later date for reservations. Addresses for the following classmates are needed: Tim Manning, Kathryn Parkhurst, Johnathan Saksa, Christoff VanVuuren. Contact Morgin Tewksbury Jones at 570-934-2604.
Wyalusing Class of 1953 will hold their 60th class reunion on Sept. 14 at the Towanda Rod and Gun Club. Anyone wishing to help with planning, call 570- 746-3604 or 746-9309.
The RTL will have work bees on the Laceyville ballfield on March 10 and 17 at 1 p.m. and on March 23 at 10 a.m. Any questions, call Phil Brewer at 570-869-1153.
Tunkhannock Tiger softball will host a hitting, pitching and fielding clinic on Sunday, April 14, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Tunkhannock Area High School softball field. Ages 8-15 years old. Cost: Donation of your choice. Proceeds benefit the Tunkhannock Area H.S. softball program. For pre-registration or questions, call 570-885-5808.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Cold Remidies: What Works and What Doesn't
Cold and flu season has begun yet again. And people take a whole slew of medications, some with nasty side effects, to try and get themselves through it. What works and what doesn't? As a biologist and as a parent, I have paid close attention to this topic and want to share some of my conclusions.
First of all beware of any "natural" or "homeopathic" remedies. It isn't that none of them are helpful...but there is absolutely no regulation of them and they have no obligation to back up their claims with facts. A lot of these remedies are basically based on nothing with no facts, no evidence and often just plain made up claims to see what used to be called "snake oil": basically a quack remedy.
An example is Echinacea. This was touted some years back as a hugely effective "natural" cold cure. But when people actually studied it they found it had no more effectiveness than a sugar pill. There is no evidence that Echinacea works. Back then I tried it and found it didn't help me at all. And when the scientific evidence came out I knew why...it didn't help me because it doesn't do anything for a cold.
But it isn't just "natural" remedies you need to be suspicious of. Many cold medicines have so-called "cough suppressants." Supposedly these calm your cough. Again I never found they worked that well, or at best inconsistently. Well, turns out actual scientific studies show these over-the-counter "cough suppressants" are about as effective as Echinacea...which means not at all. This was research published in a top scientific journal, and yet we are still being sold "cough suppressants" which are basically ineffective. PLUS they have nasty side effects. My advice is don't buy a cold medication that contains a supposed "cough suppressant."
So what does work?
Cold medication contain three basic ingredients that DO work: analgesics, decongestants and antihistamines.
Analgesics are basically pain relievers. Some can also reliever fever and inflammation. There are three basic types: aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen. All of them work. Aspirin has the side effect of irritating the stomach and so isn't used so much any more. Acetaminophen works well but has a major problem in that its effective dose is awfully close to its dangerous dose. Many people who overuse cold medication wind up overdosing on acetaminophen. This can destroy your liver. It is fine to take a medication with acetaminophen, but NEVER take more than the recommended dose. The best analgesic is ibuprofen. It is the most effective, relieves the most symptoms, and can be taken in relatively high doses. For any kind of pain relief or illness, ibuprofen should be part of your medication. Not only does it relieve pain, but it inhibits something called prostaglandins. These are chemicals your body makes that are part of the pain response and are one of the main reasons you just plain feel awful when you have a cold or flu. Taking ibuprofen won't cure your cold or flu but will make you feel much better. It also, like aspirin and acetaminophen, lowers fever. That is particularly critical in children. I remember once when my son had a fever. We had medicated him but we were out and it wore off before we could get home. He suddenly became very listless and miserable, and I felt his forehead and could tell his fever had shot up. We went right to the nearest store and bought some children's ibuprofen and gave it to him. Within an hour he was feeling much better and his fever came down. This isn't just about making him feel better either. Fevers, back before analgesics, could kill people, particularly children. In the old days, the level of fever my kid had that day would have been very dangerous. Today, with analgesics, fevers don't kill people anymore except in very rare cases.
So, ibuprofen is one of the best medications you can take when you have a cold or flu. Or, for that matter, almost any kind of pain. But you can even boost its effectiveness. If you take a regular or below recommended (NEVER above recommended) dose of acetaminophen along with a regular or even say 1 and a half dose of ibuprofen, the two do something called synergize. They work far far better together than apart. Together they relieve pain, fever and that general ill feeling amazingly well. Since most cold medicines for some reason use acetaminophen, then taking a regular dose of a cold remedy along with some ibuprofen can really help you. Just avoid the cold remedies with so-called "cough suppressants."
Decongestants are kind of a mixed blessing I feel. They basically dry you out. This means if you have a stuffy nose, that will go away for awhile. But it doesn't really clear you up permanently. It just dries you out temporarily. As long as you are still sick, that stuffiness will come back all the worse once the decongestant wears off. And while it is effective you feel dried out, which in itself can be irritating. Still, if I have something I really have to do that day, I take a decongestant. Furthermore, if you need to be awake, cold medicines with decongestants tend to make you slightly speedy and this can counteract the drowsy effects of the next medication: antihistamines.
I mentioned above prostaglandins above as one of the chemicals in your body that just plain make you feel awful. Histamines are another kind of "bad-feeling" chemical. That watery eyed, stuffy, allergic feeling is caused by histamines. Antihistamines inhibit this, making you feel better. They work well. But they also make you sleepy. This is great if you can stay home in bed. If you can, do so and take an antihistamine along with some ibuprofen and acetaminophen and go to bed. Do this for a day or two and your cold or flu will clear up MUCH faster because you are giving your body a chance to fight it off. That combination is your best bet for over the counter drugs. Check the packaging. If it has acetaminophen and an antihistamine, take it along with a separate dose of ibuprofen. By the way, for all of these go for generics. They are cheaper and just as effective. Just check the label for what the medication contains and what dose. Some generics are lower dosage, but most are the same medicine, same dosage, just cheaper than name brands.
Avoid antibiotics if you have a cold or flu. They don't do ANYTHING for cold or flu (which are caused by viruses, not bacteria) and can actually make you worse. That said, sometimes when you have a cold or flu you get what is called a "secondary infection." THESE can often be treated with antibiotics. But don't take an antibiotic UNLESS a doctor tells you specifically you have a secondary infection. One way you can tell if you have a bacterial infection (which would require an antibiotic) rather than a viral infection is if you are producing a greenish liquid. For example, an eye infection that oozes a clear or white liquid is probably viral. If the liquid is green it is probably bacterial. This has to do with what kind of white blood cells respond to the infection (a cell called a neutrophil produces the green color). In general though don't take an antibiotic unless there is evidence of a bacterial infection. It can actually make things worse. Antibiotics are way overused in America and it leads to major problems.
What else? Drink lots of water, tea, juice, etc. These mostly keep you hydrated. Your body gets dehydrated when sick because it is under so much stress and you probably aren't eating and drinking as much. So make an effort to drink these things.
What about zinc? Evidence I have seen suggests it works for colds (not flu?) if taken with the very early symptoms. It makes it harder for the virus to actually infect the next cell. Taking a medication with Zinc can help if taken at the right time.
Vitamin C? Evidence shows that taking vitamin C, particularly if you are taking it before infection, can reduce both severity and duration of a cold. It isn't a cure all, and don't take megadoses. But a regular dose of vitamin C can help you avoid and keep colds to a minimum.
I have found that the EmergenC Immune Defense packets, if I start taking one or two a day either at the FIRST sign I may be getting sick or when people around me are sick, helps to keep me from getting very sick. It has both vitamin C and Zinc and I think these are what do it...the rest of its ingredients may well be just window dressing. For example, the elderberry and hibiscus extracts in it probably do nothing at all. But it is a convenient way to not only get the vitamin C and Zinc that WILL help, but also, since it is taken in water, it can help to keep you hydrated. I am not so fond of the taste so I dilute it down a lot when I drink it, really making it a chance to hydrate. I think this combination of vitamin C, zinc and proper hydration help my body keep the cold at least partly at bay.
Another thing I think is important is controlling mold in your home. This may sound unrelated, but mold creates a constant irritation to your lungs. The combination of a cold or flu and the presence of mold in your apartment can create a situation where you get a persistent cough that won't really go away until you get away from the mold. It is like the combination of a cold or flu and mold puts your body's immune system into overdrive and it starts in a small way (sometimes large) hurting your own body. You almost become permanently sick. This is an oversimplification, but there is evidence that it is roughly true. I have experienced this personally. When my apartment was, over several years, experiencing leaks we had persistent mold problems. I considered it mostly cosmetic. But I also noticed that any time I got a cold it just would not go away completely until I visited a drier climate (which would mean less mold). Then it would go away until the next cold. By now we have dealt with all the leaks and the mold. Once those were dealt with I stopped getting the persistent coughs. It could be coincidence, but from what I have learned it probably is connected. To find out how to combat mold in your home, read my article on mold and mildew.
Colds and flu are a fact of life. They are viruses that evolve very quickly, so our immune responses grow ineffective against them. Antibiotics do nothing against them. So mostly what you are doing is relieving the symptoms of the illness so you feel better, keeping fever down because that can actually be dangerous, and giving your body a chance, through hydration, rest (that is one way antihistamines can help), vitamin C and zinc, to fight off the virus on its own.
Always remember that if a cold or flu lasts too long, or your fever gets really high, SEE A DOCTOR. When one illness hits you it can make you more susceptible to other, worse illnesses and those can be serious if not treated.
If you take nothing else away from this article always remember, NEVER take more than the recommended dose of acetaminophen, ibuprofen is the best analgesic, ibuprofen and acetaminophen taken together in modest doses work extra effectively, and don't bother ever with so-called "cough suppressants." Antibiotics don't help a cold or flu, though if the doctor finds evidence of a bacterial secondary infection, THEN it can help. Also antihistamines work well but they will put you to sleep unless also taken with a decongestant.
Also flu shots DO help. Not always, since the flu virus evolves quickly and the vaccine is designed based on the previous year's viruses, but it does help, sometimes quite a bit. I advise getting them.
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Is this a sign of allergies?
by, 20th June 2011 at 05:12 AM (2749 Views)
I noticed my pup Toodles licking excessively. I called the vet and when I brought her in, I was told she had an infected anal gland. She was put on antibiotics and the gland was flushed. She has gone back for a recheck but the vet wants another visit in two weeks.
Has anyone else had trouble like this? The vet said it could be a sign of food allergies. She has had the same dog food for a year. It is grain/gluten free.


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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Review - Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance--and Why They Fall
A description of the book reads:
Historians have debated the rise and fall of empires for centuries. To date, however, no one has studied the far rarer phenomenon of hyperpowers—those few societies that amassed such extraordinary military and economic might that they essentially dominated the world.Now, in this sweeping history of globally dominant empires, bestselling author Amy Chua explains how hyperpowers rise and why they fall. In a series of brilliantly focused chapters, Chua examines history's hyperpowers—Persia, Rome, Tang China, the Mongols, the Dutch, the British, and the United States—and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the roots of their ultimate demise. Chua's unprecedented study reveals a fascinating historical pattern. For all their differences, she argues, every one of these world-dominant powers was, at least by the standards of its time, extraordinarily pluralistic and tolerant. Each one succeeded by harnessing the skills and energies of individuals from very different backgrounds, and by attracting and exploiting highly talented groups that were excluded in other societies. Thus Rome allowed Africans, Spaniards, and Gauls alike to rise to the highest echelons of power, while the "barbarian" Mongols conquered their vast domains only because they practiced an ethnic and religious tolerance unheard of in their time.
The basic premise of this book is that hyperpowers arise when they practice tolerance. This tends to attract the best and brightest from nations which are more repressive to the nation which is or will become the hyperpower. The Persians, Romans, Mongols, Dutch, British, and Americans all did this and thrived. She furthers this by pointing out that a loss of this tolerance ultimately leads to the fall from hyperpower status.
The histories that Chue lays out are simple to follow. Unfortunately, she sometimes gets facts wrong. She claims for example that all the cities in Italy stayed loyal to Rome while Hannibal laid waste to the Italian countryside. Anyone who has studied the Second Punic War knows that is false. Also, she follows many other historians who think that Rome's embrace of Christianity (and the subsequent intolerance that followed) lead to the Roman fall. I think that Rome went into decline while it was still tolerant (the plague that depopulated Italy under Marcus Aurelius is what I think was the ultimate killing blow which started the downward spiral) and Christianity may have only hastened the end.
Despite this, the book provokes thought and Chue appears to be on to something. This book is geared towards reflection on how America achieved hyperpower status and how such status might be lost. What is less clear is how the changes in the modern world might make these arguments less relevant. America remains (despite what immigration policies are enacted) the most tolerant nation in history and it is hard to see that changing anytime soon. Others factors may bring about American decline while America remains incredibly tolerant.
This is a book worth perusing. Chue may not be 100% right but she has good ideed which are worth pondering.
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- Jean-François said...
I would not describe the current USA as 'tolerant'.
For example, any visitor to the US is treated like a criminal and there's a stubborn refusal to acknowledge the need for the immigration workforce.
In contrast, I'm under the impression that almost everybody was welcomed before the first world war era (with very crude background check) and could restart their life in the new world. Tales of the long line of immigrants disembarking from huge boats are far from the actual repressive police state the US is quickly becoming. I think it's that kind of tolerant immigration approach that is described in the book in the building phase on an empire. It gave the US the power it's still largely enjoying today.
That kind of welcoming spirit is long dead.
- M said...
If by tolerant, you mean the borders are wide open and any one can enter no questions asked, you are right, the USA is less tolerant than it was but still more tolerant than most of the world.
That was not what I meant by tolerance. I was talking about freedom of belief, freedom of association, freedom to speak up and protest, freedom to innovate and start new business, etc. The USA still has most the world beat hands down. People may quibble about any of those statements but they very fact they can argue them with me proves my point.
I'm inclined to agree with JF. As a European (alien) who arrived in the US a couple of years ago, I was extremely disappointed by the myth of American tolerance verses the reality of intolerance (not only towards 'aliens', but towards each other).
Of course, America has always attracted people that come from countries that are or were more intolerant so, comparatively speaking, many of the immigrants actually did and do find greater tolerance.
Sadly, I feel that because Americans have to keep reaffirming their belief that they are the greatest country on earth (and if they don't they are automatically accused of being unpatriotic) they fail to examine themselves honestly (for such a great country, they are a deeply insecure and easily paranoid people).
The result is that there is a huge disparity between what Americans believe about themselves and the view the rest of the world has of them.
Americans are generally speaking, ignorant, intolerant and judgemental of other nations and other peoples. I think this helps justify their need to 'convert' the globe to American ideals, which they tell themselves are better than anyone else's ideals.
Interestingly in my experience, all large countries - Russia, China and the USA seem to be much more inward looking than smaller nations such as in Europe which tend to look outwards and are therefore possibly more 'open' to foreign influences. The US tends to look at foreign influence as a bad (or even dangerous) thing, whereas many smaller nations are more curious about foreign ideas.
It's all relative, but I'd disagree with M's point that America is the most tolerant nation on earth, ever.
- Francine said...
I completely disagree with the notion of a League of Democracies and agree with this reviewer's view that democracies wouldn't necessarily clamour together against other nations. It simply isn't true to say that democracies tend to side with each other as do autocracies. For example, America was (and in some cases, continues to be) on better terms with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan etc, than it is with many European countries. I also, am strongly opposed to the idea of a divided world, where smaller developing nations are encouraged to 'take sides' with more over-bearingly large countries. For many such countries, being caught in the crossfire is usually far more dangerous than it is for the dominant powers. Secondly, by creating an 'us and them' ideology, a more polarised, intolerant and aggressive world will emerge at a time when we must come together over hugely important issues such as climate change. Would it be nice if, for a change, America could go through an era without seeing enemies all over the place?
- M said...
"I'm inclined to agree with JF. As a European (alien) who arrived in the US a couple of years ago, I was extremely disappointed by the myth of American tolerance verses the reality of intolerance (not only towards 'aliens', but towards each other)."
I think you are confusing tolerance with a joyful embrace. Americans will tolerate just about anything as long as it is legal but that does not mean they will love everything. I never claimed Americans loved every nuance the world throws at them but we remain the most culturally diverse place on Earth. Which is, of course, a result of tolerance...


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7 comments:
- juliababyjen said...
I knew there was another book coming..its shows it on Goodreads! Even though we don't have the title yet! I am hoping there are more books in the Body Finder series beyond the first 4. I love this series!
- March 10, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Leanna (Daisy Chain Book Reviews) said...
I knew TLE wasn't the final book, but I still got a little scared when I first saw the title!
- March 10, 2012 at 3:13 PM
- Kristina said...
When are you going a local event? I hope soon!
- March 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM
- Alba said...
Oh you TEASER! lol
I can't wait to read the Last Echo! X_X it's sooooo cool that you already know the tittle of the next book!
I seriously cannot wait to start the wait for that book hehehehe
~again the cover of The Essence? drool worthy! won't even get tired of saying that!~
I never thought of this book as the last but maybe is because I stalk you and Grace from (Peace, Love, Teen Fiction) and had most likely engraved in/on my brain that there is IN FACT another book after this one but I get why people would think it's the last one...some followers have asked me as well! I'm just so happy it's NOT! XD
- March 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM
- Julia :) said...
Okay this post cracked me up because honestly I never thought that The Last Echo was the last book in the series. The thought never crossed my mind. The funniest thing is when I first started reading I read it wrong and thought it said that it WAS the last book in the series and I was like WHAT?!?!?! Hahaha. XD
- March 11, 2012 at 4:22 PM
- A Backwards Story said...
Yesterday, someone came over to where I was working and was talking about THE HUNGER GAMES. I handed her a sheet I made of other books you might like if you enjoy the series and she said she had just purchased THE BODY FINDER. I was like, "Oh, then one book you'll totally want to read on this sheet is THE PLEDGE. It's by the same author and it was actually one of my favorite dystopian novels this past year because I loved the fantasy element!" She got really excited and I was so happy to talk you up! <3
- March 12, 2012 at 6:27 AM
- Kimberly Derting said...
Kristina - I'm still working on it!
A Backwards Story (I feel weird calling you that) - That's an awesome story!!! Thanks for being my pusher...I mean for telling readers about my books, lol!
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|2007-08-25, 13:29
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|2007-08-25, 21:08
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Is it more interactive thatn Higurashi? How does it compare in terms of story and intensity? From what I've seen here, this game takes oan more Western kind of horror story mystery (creeypy mansion, family inheritance, witches/hauntings, even the names) rather than the first series.
|2007-08-26, 03:28
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Also, I do find it hilarious that Kinzo is translated in Atlas as Money Warehouse. I need to go through Atlas configuring the names...
|2007-08-26, 09:31
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I actually stumbled on this when I was in Wiki and saw the game vids at YouTube. I was like ecstatic when I saw this game. Apparently, my life doesn't have to end after Higurashi after all.
Too bad that I won't get to see this until it gets animated (hopefully).
Oh yes, the OP song is sticking to my head like glue.
|2007-08-26, 16:43
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It was a good 4 years between Onikakushi's release and the start of the anime, so you might be waiting for a while. Though if the only reason you're waiting for an anime is the game's language, Hinamizawaclub's translation project seems to be making rapid progress.
|2007-08-27, 17:47
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I wouldn't consider Natsuhi to be moe, but I do sympathize with her as the only one who is serious about protecting the Ushironomiya household name despite her non-biological ties to the family. But yes, compared to the other female heads her age, she is the most good looking wwww
Shannon...well yes she is moe, but she kinda had her face blown off before we even got to know her more >w< I look foward to see more of her story in the upcoming chapters.
Jessica reminds me of Mion in many ways. Tom-boyish yet I'm sure she has a hint of tsundere-ness within her. She has all the characteristics of it, so she must be one!!!
And Maria...U-u- am I the only one who likes her?
Bernkastel - the tail is sooooo moe~!!!
|2007-09-06, 16:13
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Is this what you were hoping for?
I'm surprise that this thread is only commenting mostly just on the characters... btw, kj1980 you're not alone. I like Maria - especially how she interacts with Battler. Although Jessica is my current favorite. Also, while I like the character designs (and this could be just me), but I can't help not to think to myself ジーク・ジオン
Anywho, is there anyone who thinks this "mystery" is solvable?
I know that Beatrice introduction in the Tea Party does make her appear to "exists" but I think she she only exists in the same way Frederica existed in Higurashi. Ms. Bernkastel herself stated that Beatrice is nothing more then the personification of the rule governing this world. So, her game is beatable!
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|2007-09-07, 14:44
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After scraping for time for weeks, I finally managed to finish the first episode.
The premise of the story itself is great, although the setting began to feel a little claustrophobic to me halfway through, seeing as how the entire story takes place in a very small and confined area. I guess the feeling of openness and relaxation offered by Hinamizawa in Higurashi must've spoiled me and left me a little unprepared for Rokkenjima's enclosed and tense environment.
Like many others, the characters appeared somewhat eccentric to me when their designs were first revealed (some even said that the Higurashi characters were drawn better). As I played through the game though, I was once again reminded of how skilled Ryukishi07 is with character development. Unlike some other games, where the characters remain flat and stereotypical, Umineko's characters are round, each revealing many different sides in their personalities, and clearly displays growth in response to story events. This immediately made them much more likable to me. Battler is probably a prime example of how a character changes and grows throughout the story.
My favorite characters remain Battler, Shannon, Natsuhi, and *gasp* Genji. Jessica appeared to be a tomboyish bratty girl to me throughout the whole story, although we saw her tsundere potential when she gave her mom the scorpion bracelet.
Natsuhi is a 病弱 character, a pretty good moe property, although I highly doubt we'll see her in any moe/love situations. Still, I like her for her modest and honest personality.
Genji is just filled with that 渋いness, I love him.
Maria doesn't appeal to me because other than some novelty in her character (a dark side, knowledge in black magic, unique speech style), she really is just a kid. Her absolute trust in Beatrice's reward has made her unlikable to the other characters during the story, and to those people who are trying to find a logical explanation as well. I'm sorry to Maria-lovers, but I cheered when Battler clunked her.
The musics were beautiful, there's nothing more to say about them. The tracks played near the end were especially memorable (dead angle hit the right spot for me as an endgame track, Worldend and Bring the Fate both sound incredible), other tracks such as Hope, 白い影, 薔薇... I love them all.
As for the mystery itself, I was pretty content with just going along with the flow of the story, and halfway through the game I was already compelled to side with the witch-believers since there were just too many things that cannot be explained. However, if we were to explore the possibilities, then it's pretty much endless.
Of course, I assume that not everything we saw in the game are real (that is, some of the supernatural scenes are not what they appear, but has logical explanations). Beatrice's appearance during the tea party and her demonstration hopefully counts as a "if Beatrice really existed, this is how everything could've been explained" thing. (btw, Beatrice looked better than any other character in the game to me )
Still, the hidden tea party also gave us some of the most important hints regarding Beatrice. I suppose this made the game much more like Higurashi in terms of the existence of "rules governing the story".
Oh, and Rik- I mean Bernkastel was scary.
Like Level E said, if we were to pin this on a human, then we must look at who is clearly dead and who's not.
Anyway, I'm refraining from too much thinking, since Ryukishi07 always manage to one-up my expectations. I'm looking forward to reading the second episode. ^^
|2007-09-25, 16:00
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Go to the music box after finishing the game, and play the last track (弦楽四重奏曲第一番~). Keep replaying the track until the background graphic turns into a character tips screen.
Spoiler for background:
All you have to do next is go into the TIPs screen from the main menu and execute the characters in the same pattern as the background image, and the game will automatically start the hidden tea party.
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One speaker brought on to replace another speaker who had been forced out surprised the students by castigating those responsible in no uncertain terms.
The stunning move by a commencement speaker at Haverford College on Sunday to use the celebratory occasion to lambaste students who had protested against another speaker drew a standing ovation but also sharp criticism.
William G. Bowen, former president of Princeton, called the protestors' approach both "immature" and "arrogant" and the subsequent withdrawal as a speaker of Robert J. Birgeneau, former chancellor of the University of California Berkeley, a "defeat" for the Quaker college and its ideals.
Bowen's remarks to an audience of about 2,800, plus nearly 300 graduates, added a new twist to commencement speaker controversies playing out increasingly on college campuses. Bowen — one of three speakers who received an honorary degree — faced no opposition, but chose to address the issue, calling it "sad" and "troubling."
The controversy arose over Birgeneau's leadership during a 2011 incident in which UC Berkeley police used force on students protesting college costs. A group of more than 40 students and three Haverford professors — all Berkeley alums — objected to Birgeneau's appearance, noting that many of them had participated in Occupy protests as well and wanted to stand in solidarity with Berkeley students. (source)
I went to college in the 60's, an era rife with student protests and the clash of political ideas. But we invited and listened to one speaker after another. Today's students often appear to lack enough confidence in their own ideas to let their minds be exposed to alternative ideas. Most students were eager to hear opposing ideas. Sure there were the few who tried to shout down a speaker, but most sat and waited for a chance to talk to those they oppose either in a question and answer session or in a reception or by debating about the speaker in the student newspaper.
Why to do so many of today's students just want silence alternative ideas?
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U, you missed more than a meeting.
You missed the Viet Nam War's not being paid for by taxes. LBJ and the Dems who lied America into that war gave the debt to future taxpayers.
You missed the Repubs who in the mid-1980s announced -- yes, announced! -- that they didn't have the votes in Congress to shut down the social programs. They announced too that they would borrow money until the government was bankrupt and didn't have the money to pay for those programs.
Reagan and both Bushes borrowed and increased the federal deficit. You missed this too.
You didn't do what people who would be free have to do. You didn't pay attention.
I bet that on other issues you're staunchly opposed to stereotyping and painting with a broad brush.
SOME baby boomers may be behind some of the problems you seem to want to make us responsible for. Speaking for myself, I opposed the war in Vietnam, if I ever voted for a Republican, he was probably something like a county commissioner or secretary of state who was doing a good job and not being an asshole on social issues, but I can't even remember an instance. And don't think I'm alone.
But if you like stereotyping..
You must think that all blacks are criminals because some of them are criminals, all men rape because some men rape, all Muslims are terrorists because some are terrorists. I think I've made my point.
On the whole, though, do you think a commencement speaker's background is all that important as long as they do what most commencement speakers are expected to do and be optimistic cheerleaders for the graduating class? I'm sure that, seeing what happened, the Haverford graduating class would have been far more pleased with the original speaker than the one they got instead.
Now, lest I myself be accused of stereotyping, there are thousands of colleges and universities graduating students this year and so far, as far as I know, there have been only four cases of speakers being forced out. Still, I do wonder HAVE universities continued to be places where hot debate is welcome, or is it more usual for contrary voices to be muzzled?
Ahh I was waiting for you to reply. I know you were reading in discreetness and waiting for the perfect counterargument to my statement.
You say I am stereotyping? Come on now, lets be honest. Is it really "stereotyping" if you are part of the problem instead of the solution? If you are part of the problem, then you are rightly to be blamed. I know you are going to charge me of "Association fallacy" but if you look at Aristotle's Law of Association, you will see that I am really not that far off. In society there are many instances you can be blamed as a whole for not doing the right thing. As of right now, the collective attitude and mindset of Baby Boomers is just to solely blame the younger generation of being "entitled" or "lazy". These attitudes create resentment towards the older generation. And it seems the older generation has no willingness to admit they are wrong or they played a huge part in destroying the economy. Now this might not be everyone but in a community based society, you can say it is the majority and therefore history will look at the actions of the Baby Boomer Generation as a whole, not as individuals.
Anyways regarding the background of the commencement speaker. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT what the background of the commencement speaker is as he is there to inspire the future and LEAD BY EXAMPLE. One more time, LEAD BY EXAMPLE. A commencement speaker isn't just there for speaking, but to connect with the audience and comfort them in their journey ahead. That is communication 101.
Do you know anything about Birgeneau? This man actually approved violence against the protesters and the police came beating the crap out of the students using their batons. So tell me is this is the type of leadership you want as your speaker trying to connect with you? I sure as hell do not.
If a commencement speaker is just to be there to say all goodie good things and be a sideline cheerleader regardless of his actual background, then might as well bring in Hitler to be a commencement speaker in Tel Aviv University. Not saying that Birgeneau is the same Hitler but I am sure you do get the point, how a speaker's background is connected to his leadership skills and how audience can connect to him.
Where is it written in the Heavens (by God?) that the speaker has to lead by example? If he can give good advice and some chuckles, that's all it should require.
When you disobey lawful orders, you are inviting violence, are you not? His order was most likely to remove the protesters by whatever means was required, so it was the protesters disobedience that raised the level to one requiring violence.
I seriously doubt that he told the police to "go out there and beat the crap out of them." If police tell you to vacate an area, and you don't, what do you expect to happen? If your cause is just, there's always another way, but if you choose civil disobedience, don't expect the police to roll over and play dead.
There was a time when people understood that civil disobedience might mean being maced or beat over the head. Not any more, apparently!90
I don't know what nonsense has been fed to you, but the protesters were protesting very peacefully until that idiot called in the police and then they police went haywire on the protesters.
The fact that my fellow Generation Y members haven't bashed that loser's head in the ground, just goes to show you patience we have as a generation.
If you're asked to leave in a legal way and you peacefully don't, what do you think comes next? YOU GET REMOVED!!!
Maybe a flower show had the mall in a day or two or something.
Student's tuition pay for that campus. If they want to protest there, they have every right. The only loser that should have been removed by a baton and sent back to Canada is Birgeneau. Once a scientist, now just another bureaucrat sellout.
That's like saying that somebody bought a sweater at Target so they should be able to protest there, or somebody bought a half-caf coffee at Starbucks so they should be able to protest there.
Paying for a service (or merchandise) doesn't give one any degree of ownership of the establishment, or any special rights that allow them to disrupt operations. It only entitles them to the service or item that they purchased.
I think any university in America would have welcomed Steve Jobs (who never graduated from college, BTW) as a commencement speaker. Only one school got him.
YET, here was a guy who used cute marketing techniques to trick a young demographic into buying overpriced appealing-looking products made in China by grossly-underpaid and mistreated workers, so many of whom launched themselves into oblivion from the roof of the factory that nets had to be installed.
I looked into becoming one of their home-based product support specialists (I had worked in a call center supporting Apple products for a few months), but their work rules were very exploitative and the pay really ridiculousd. I'm sure that the same rules that were in effect when Jobs was in charge.
Funny. For years Bill Gates was ridiculed as some sort of schmuck, but he's actually making headway using his billions to reduce and hopefully eradicate malaria. By contrast, Jobs seems to have been a penny-pincher whose charitable efforts were minimal at best.
He also may have died by turning his back on scientific ways of treating his cancer and turning to New Agey "cures" instead.
What a great leader by example! Yet, did anyone object to him being a commencement speaker?
Wow you found one idiotic example of how a commencement speaker wasn't a great leader and now you use this to justify your weak logic? Great one.
Steve Jobs may not have been as philanthropic as Bill Gates, but as a business leader, he knew how to lead a company. If you are graduating from a Business School, that is exactly the type of person you want at your graduation, someone who is a proven leader in their area of expertise.
So yes people do want leaders who lead by example in their graduation as commencement speakers.
In my military graduation, we had Retired Marine General John Allen (former commander of the International Security Forces) come and speak to us. The guy is a proven leader and he has demonstrated in his career how to lead effectively. For a class full of Marine Officers who are about to become the future leaders of this country, that is exactly who you want to come talk to you at your graduation.
Why would we want just about any idiot commencement speaker come talk to us who has no idea how to be a leader? According to your logic, we should have might as well invited the biggest Anti Military person to our graduation. After all who cares if he has any commonality with us or even remotely can connect with us, the audience, as long as he can stand there and say some good things, right?
I agree with the students for not wanting that loser as their speaker. He has nothing in common with them and the students disagree with his actions and he cannot in any way connect with his audience. The fact that he is whining about it just goes to show you what a old hag loser he is.
That's a pathetic reply.
Who wants militarists as leaders? This isn't the Philippines or some banana republic. We like our militarists in the military. In civilian life, they should be out playing golf.
Generally, commencements speakers don't qualify as idiots either literally or technically. There are probably far more idiots wearing graduation gowns.
Most commencement speakers HAVE been leaders.
I agree with the students for not wanting that loser as their speaker. He has nothing in common with them and the students disagree with his actions and he cannot in any way connect with his audience. The fact that he is whining about it just goes to show you what a old hag loser he is.
Are you talking about the original speaker or the one who called them out?
Who wants militarists as leaders? This isn't the Philippines or some banana republic. We like our militarists in the military. In civilian life, they should be out playing golf
WTF are you talking? Did you even think that through before hastily replying to me?
Some of the great leaders in America were former military leaders who were in fact bunch of militarists. For example Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, JKF, and Reagan. Some one should be asking you about " idiots wearing graduation gowns."
I can completely tell you missed the actual point about me referring to a Military leader speaking as a commencement speaker TO bunch of junior military officers and not just some random speaker.
And I was talking about Birgenau. The only ones defending him is you, Bowen and your fellow baby boomers. What a surprise there huh?


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Sunday, February 03, 2013
The Wrong Track
For those who might be wondering, these numbers are not normal. But they are predictable. While the MTA discusses the cost of putting up platform barriers, the actual triggering mechanism was the New York Post photograph of a dying man waiting to be hit by a train. And that photograph has dark implications for school shootings as well.
We like to think that we have free will. That we enter the station, knowing our destination ahead of time so that whatever delays or mistakes crop up, we will get to where we intended to go. And that may be true for most people. But it's not true for all people. It may not be true for the people who push others under trains or jump in front of them.
Around the same time that the American Revolution was getting underway, the German writer Goethe wrote a book that would become the Catcher in the Rye and Twilight of its day. "The Sorrows of Young Werther" had the dubious honor of being disowned by its author, starting a fashion trend and a grimmer trend as well.
Werther Fever spread around the world. Readers wrote parodies of the book or imagined different endings for the characters. Some wrote themselves into the story or wrote poems about the story. There were unauthorized sequels, people dressing up like the characters and all the usual things that we have now come to take for granted, but that were still somewhat new and surprising then.
And some committed suicide like Werther. The Werther Effect was born and it had a sneaky way of resurfacing whenever and wherever the book became popular again.
Some 200 years later, German television debuted "Death of a Student", a six-part series about Claus Wagner, a high school student who commits suicide by jumping under a train. Each episode began with Claus jumping under the train. The series was supposed to teach teenagers that suicide was wrong, or as Big Fun from Heathers sang, "Teenage Suicide (Don't Do It)"; but it had the opposite effect.
The real message of "Death of a Student" was the same message as that of The Sorrows of Young Werther, if you kill yourself, lots of people will pay attention to you. And suddenly the number of teenage boys killing themselves by jumping under a train increased by 175%. Having failed to prevent enough suicides, the show aired a second time. This time fewer people were watching and the suicide rate for teenage boys only went up 115%.
A few years later in neighboring Vienna, suicides went up when they were featured on the front page rand fell 75% when they were pushed to the back page, run sans photos and without mention of the word, "Suicide." Young Werther, in his blue-tailed coat and yellow vest, stopped chasing the trains of the Vienna underground.
The suicide cluster is a well-known phenomenon, especially among teenagers; it is why the media avoids coverage of teenage suicides... with one exception. A teenager who hangs himself in his garage, jumps under a train or turns on the gas will generally not make the front page or even the back page. But if he takes a gun into a school, opens fire and then commits suicide, Young Werther will be front page news for days, weeks or even months.
James Holmes of the Aurora Massacre did not kill himself, but like Werther he picked up his own groupies, the Holmies, some of whom dye their hair orange and dress like him. Misery loves company and so do the unhinged. As the media began covering the Holmies, the fan club increased with the amount of condemnatory coverage. The usual media cycle of promoting what it pretends to discourage for its own profit, so that it can cover it even more, had begun.
"No man is an island entire of itself," John Donne wrote, "every man is a piece of the continent." And some pieces of the continent are more easily invaded than others. Some of the peninsulas in the gulf are very suggestible indeed.
Suicides spike after front page coverage of a suicide. After Marilyn Monroe's death, 197 more people killed themselves than the statistical norm. Suicides rise even after fictional suicides on soap operas. And murders are also influenced by the coverage of real and fictional murders. The rise in the number of shootings after a heavily publicized shooting isn't a mysterious conspiracy, it's Werthers being Werther or Lanza or Holmes; identifying with the method of dealing with their frustrations, if not the man.
The Young Werthers and the Holden Caufields, and their many modern literary and cinematic counterparts, whether they kill themselves or not, represent a violent shift to the wrong track, a forceful break with convention and the demands of their society. By breaking with expectations and obligations they achieve a measure of freedom. They even become role models. Rebels without a cause who seem more alive because they reject conformity and society, and follow their passions and energies, even if they occasionally end up dead.
Their real life counterparts may lack their artificial appeal, but they still spread ripples in the pond that add up to patterns of death. And their accomplices promote their legends on the evening news, laying out every detail of their violent break with conformity for those who might consider following in their footsteps. And the violence spreads.
People are not mere machines who repeat back what they are given, but nor are ideas empty signals shouted into a void. Society is built on such signals. As is civilization. And it is foolish to pretend that the streams of communications that surround and connect those islands do not also influence the direction in which they drift. In a society where fame is the object, media coverage acts as both reward and punishment. And like any other training method, it produces its results.
Stick a photo of a man about to be hit by a train on the cover of a citywide newspaper, and more people will be pushed under trains and jump under trains. Spend weeks making a mass shooter famous and others will decide that resolving their problems with a shooting spree makes sense. Bad ideas are like bad signals, even if disapproved of, they are imitated if they are broadcast loudly enough. And the modern media is a deafeningly loud broadcast mechanism with few standards and many cynical and hypocritical agendas.
That does not mean that we ought to push the 1st Amendment under the train, the way that the media has been trying to do to the 2nd Amendment, but it does call for soul-searching and responsibility not by the people who make guns or defend the right to carry them, as the media insists, but by the people who make school shootings and subway suicides. The people who insist that everyone must search their souls, but them.
Stephen King, who recently jumped into the fray with his own gun control screed, was credited with inspiring one of the first clusters of school shootings in the United States. To his credit, King has wrestled with the question, withdrawing "Rage" from sale and conceding that it had an incendiary effect on troubled minds. To his discredit, King has used that action to argue that gun owners, manufacturers and civil rights groups should agree to a ban on the mythical assault rifle.
Ideas are more powerful than weapons. Weapons can kill a man, but ideas can cause a man to kill. Nevertheless the United States is a country built on the premise that ideas and weapons should be available to all. We are a country with high capacity magazines of both kinds. That experiment in human liberty is a dangerous one, and even though some Americans get on the wrong track, whether it's the left-wing terrorists who haunted America in the last century or the spree killers who trouble it now, it is a profoundly worthy experiment because it allows us to choose who we are.
A totalitarian society cannot be moral. It can only be immoral. The few moral people in it retain their morality only by defying authority. In such a society, the Young Werther isn't a screwup, he's a saint. In our society morality is a choice. Even as we drift into a totalitarian consensus that exchanges choice for obedience, individual opinions for mass media and civilian weapons for a police state, the power of choice still allows us to choose the right track or the wrong track.
The American can still choose to push a man in front of a train, kill a class full of children or vote to turn over his freedom and that of his friends, neighbors and countrymen to the state. Those are all choices that come up on the wrong track. The wrong track is the mass track. It is the track of letting the signals make the choices and of a willingness to kill and die just to appear for a moment as a ghost in the media's fame machine.
A moral society is based on the awareness of choice. Not the empty Wertheresque drama of it, but the knowledge that our choices define our lives and those of our neighbors. They call on us to be good people because the goodness of our society does not come from the law or the state, but from ourselves.
When the American society was hijacked from a consensus of the people and transformed into a top-down programming mechanism for the big thinkers and the deal men, its moral consensus became corrupted by that power. Its morality became a top-down operation, rather than a bottom-up faith, and as the media management has decayed, its mixed signals and the ugly madness that it often broadcasts for its own profit and entertainment have become the ugly madness and mixed signals that lead some of its viewers and listeners to the wrong track.
15 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Sometimes I read your blog, and all I can do is say, "Wow!"
Just thought I'd say it in the comments this time.
- 4/2/13
- mindRider said...
What you write about is called: Advertisement, plain and simple, whether for an Ipad, Isuicide or an Ischoolshooting and what the heck do you want to do about it without imposing the worst of all censorship on everything published which would effectively mean discard the 1st amendment an act you definitely and rightfully not favor. In short it is impossible to shield all gullible and easily influenceable people from themselves and a government should take no action here at all.
- 4/2/13
- Edward Cline said...
MindReader: I'm certain that what Daniel is asking for in this column is that the denizens of the MSM acquire, or rediscover, or admit, some measure of responsibility for what they do now, which is try to traumatize everyone into a state of semi-shock and awe. It's what they did after the Newtown massacre. It's what they've always done after every murder spree. He's not asking for an abridgement of the First Amendment; it's the MSM that is doing that. He's asking them to acknowledge their guilt and culpability. It isn't going to happen, but someone must point that out, too.
- 4/2/13
- Anonymous said...
I under what you're saying Mindreader, but I have to point out that there is a difference between editorial choices versus true government censorshi., which I would never wish to see happen with any media outlet--MSM, alternative press, community newspapers or regional papers.
However, the MSM must be more responsible in what and how they cover stories. A common saying in journalism--"when in doubt leave it out."
There media must remember this and report stories in a responsible manner.
- 4/2/13
- Anonymous said...
Take the case of FOX news and their live coverage of a man who shot himself to death. Sure, Shepard Smith started yelling to stop the news feed FOX producers should have cut the live coverage once the man got out of the car he stole and ran into an isolated area with a gun in his hand.
What did they think the man was going to happen? Smith later apologized but only after the public blasted FOX.
I hate when people in the media apologize with the "We're sory if we offended someone." Well of course they've offended people if they complained. The media should just leave the "if" out of the apology.
- 4/2/13
- mindRider said...
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- 4/2/13
- mindRider said...
@Edward Cline & anonymous I am aware you just made an error but it's mindRider not mindreader meant to express extra-cerebral thought (like that flash coming not from the brain but from above). thnks for the space Daniel.
- 4/2/13
- Anonymous said...
1986-87 Plano texas, There were approx 15 or so copycat teenage suicides that occurred I went to Baylor in the fall of 1987 and had friends from the Plano area that had several friends kill themselves. Very sad.....
- 4/2/13
- Chavi Beck said...
You've written about this before, but this article is the one that needs to stay on the front page of our national consciousness.
- 4/2/13
- SaturnV said...
This is a good article and an important topic. I always find the Sultan's commentary to be insightful and perceptive. But I think that what is missing in this discussion of teenage suicide/mass shootings is the role of the parents. In this day of 24 hour news coverage (some good - most bad), it is the rare teen who does not hear about these acts. We have a responsibility to discuss them with our children and help them to put them in their proper perspective. We also need to pay attention to our teens so that we know when their behavior and feelings are departing from their personal norm.
About once a month a teenage suicide prevention group solicits funds in my local supermarket. Their signs ask if I am aware of the FORTY risks/signs for teenage suicide. That's double the number than for heart attack, stroke and diabetes combined. I'm sure that 99% of teens (and adults) will have experienced at least one if not several of these 40 risk factors at some point in their lives. Without meaning to disparage the group, I have to wonder if they, too, are sensationalizing the phenomenon.
- 4/2/13
- Anonymous said...
I've only recently began to read your blog. I am mostly in awe at how your words flow, effortlessly, seemingly from an unbound spring, to provide eloquent substance to the argument for returning to a Constitutional nation. I wish that I had such consummate skills with words and hope that your writing attracts the attention of people that will matter in this struggle going forward..
- 4/2/13
- John Derbyshire said...
Werther had a love for Charlotte
Such as words could never utter.
Do you know how first he met her?
She was cutting bread and butter.
(Remembered from schooldays.)
- 4/2/13
- careyrowland said...
Dear SultanKnish
I appreciate your constructively serious tone in this. It is a welcome respite from your usual (though very insightful and truthful) cynical analyses.
"The usual media cycle of promoting what it pretends to discourage for its own profit, so that it can cover it even more" is a phenomenon I have often discerned, but I was unable to express it until I read your phrase quoted above.
This loop of the MSM "promoting what it pretends to discourage" is even more evident when applied to sexual practices and trends.
- 5/2/13
- lemon lime moon said...
Top down is fine if it is God at the very top.
America allowed that to die off a long time ago.
- 5/2/13
- 112 said...
You inspire the pride rabbi Kahane did in Jews in conservatives. And at least one Jew :)
- 7/2/13