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Posted By Gwen Smith On 2013/06/12 @ 9:45 am In Food Allergy | No Comments
The hard work of food allergy advocates is leading to real change across the United States.
In the past two weeks, Nevada, Florida, Tennessee and Oklahoma have become the latest states to pass a bill that requires schools to have "stock" epinephrine auto-injectors on hand in case a student experiences an anaphylactic reaction to a food or sting and doesn't have his or her own medication available.
To date, more than 20 states have passed epinephrine laws or guidelines and several more are considering bills that
would allow schools to keep auto-injectors on hand in case of an emergency.
Florida, Tennessee and Oklahoma schools will now be allowed to acquire epinephrine that hasn't been prescribed to a specific student. The Nevada legislation goes a step further, "requiring" schools to have epinephrine on hand in case of emergency.
Caroline Moassessi, spokesperson for the Nevada Food Allergy and Anaphylactic Alliance (which led the lobby for the Senate bill), explains that the requirement was discussed at length during a committee hearing. The feeling among advocates and legislators was that if auto-injectors were "allowed" but not required, "eventually, the energy around this legislation could die out," she said.
They also didn't want any disparity between school districts with well-off parents and those in lower-income areas. "They wanted all students to be protected, not just those schools that could afford it," she said.
When the governor signed Senate Bill 453, making it law, "I felt as if an extra safety net was just placed under my children," said Moassessi. "If my child requires a second dose or if something goes wrong with the first dose, I now know there is back up available and they will not be gasping for air while waiting for an ambulance. This is priceless."
Moassessi also notes that numbers alone may make the risk of having a reaction greater in Nevada schools; the state showed a prevalence rate among children and young persons of about 9.5 percent in Dr. Ruchi Gupta's 2012 study of food allergy prevalence [2]. That's considerably higher than the national food allergy average of 8 percent of children under 18.
The push to start keeping stock epinephrine began in 2011 in Illinois, after teenager Katelyn Carlson of Chicago died of anaphylaxis from unknowingly eating peanut in food at a school party. Her death led to the first stock epinephrine law – in the state of Illinois. Then in 2012, Amarria Johnson [3], who was only 7 years old, died in Richmond, Virginia after eating a peanut. Like Katelyn, she didn't have an epinephrine auto-injector at school, and she died on the way to hospital. Virginia, too, became an early adopter of a stock epinephrine law.
The needless loss of these two girls sparked widespread interest in stock epinephrine laws and guidelines. Local food allergy support groups and FARE, the national allergy organization, have been lobbying since for more laws or guidelines to prevent any further tragedies.
It should be noted that a school's stock auto-injectors are not meant to replace children's own auto-injectors, but rather are there in case of an unexpected circumstance, such as a new allergy, missing device or allergic reaction requiring an extra dose.
For others looking to lobby their state on the stock epinephrine issue, Moassessi stresses the importance of collaboration. "Uniting parents statewide and creation of our working group – which included school nurses, the pharmacy board, physicians, Mylan Specialty (with its four free EpiPens for schools program), and the various nursing, school and teachers' associations – this was key to creating legislation that would be successful."
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Doug Myers: Them city jokers are funny
Those who believe public safety leaders are all serious and don't have lighter sides need not look any further than Police Chief Stan Standridge and Fire Chief Ken Dozier.
When Standridge was found in Huntsville this week attending a legislatively required "New Chief Development Course," the irony of the situation wasn't lost on him.
"It's a good thing (to be attending) because until now I have been winging it," joked Standridge, who has been the city's police chief roughly a year, long before he trekked to attend the new chief course.
Knowing I was also asking Dozier about what was going on in his department, Standridge jokingly offered, "As for fire, don't bother them — they are napping."
To which Dozier — tongue-in-cheek — responded via e-mail: "Sorry it took me so long to respond ... my afternoon nap went a little long!"
Dozier continued lightheartedly, "See what I put up with, having a new PD chief? I can only hope his New Chief Development training helps him deal with some of his 'resentment' issues. If he had only scored 10 points higher he could have been a firefighter!"
"You know we are kidding, right?" Dozier said.
That I do, Ken. Appreciate the laugh.
On a serious note
According to Dozier, the Fire Department is in "full swing" with its paramedic training, with 26 employees participating and hopes to finish and test in September or October.
"It has been a long road, but they can see light at the end of the tunnel," Dozier said, noting he is "very pleased" with the participating students and trainers.
Meanwhile, Dozier said, his department hopes to have "our new ladder truck in service next week."
"We will be sure to make a public announcement when we get it in place," Dozier said, pointing out department mechanics have been working hard to "install various tool holders, radio and computer equipment" on the truck.
"It is very impressive and we are very proud of it," Dozier said.
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New Abilene Councilwoman Kellie Miller says she has enjoyed her first few weeks on the council.
"There is still much to learn, but I'm feeling a little more comfortable and confident with each council meeting," Miller said, adding she has been pleased with the help in orienting her from city staff and City Manager Larry Gilley.
Miller said she has spent much time reading, "gearing up for the budget process" and "carefully studying the Tenaska situation."
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If you haven't noticed or been downtown this week, the traffic signal at North 1st and Orange streets is working — and the temporary stop signs are gone.
After being out of service for a while, a city-hired contractor started working late last week and completed the work Wednesday.
"The problem was in the underground wiring," said James Condry, the city's traffic and transportation administrator. "Given the age of the wiring (about 30 years) and the conduit (from about 30 years to about 50 years), the best solution was to install new conduit and signal cable."
Now can someone fix the darn thing from turning red and stopping me every time I approach?
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CLEVELAND -- A dead body was found on the side of the road along Interstate 71 southbound, nearState Route176.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the body as Darrell B. Griffiths, 58, of Concord.
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The FBI's dossier on Chávez was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which contains provisions that allowed the FBI to withhold portions of the documents from public view. Indeed, many parts—and in some cases, entire pages—have been excised from the files. Nevertheless, the collection provides a compelling window into the efforts of the farmworker movement, as well as the values and methods of the FBI itself.
This series of documents cover a variety of protests and other activities related to the United Farm Workers (UFW) in Louisiana, Illinois, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania that took place between 1966 and 1975.
On May 16, 1975, the FBI's field office in New Orleans sent a letterhead memorandum stating that a local group known as the United Farm Workers Solidarity Committee, reportedly a branch of the UFW, planned on picketing a federal building in New Orleans to protest U.S. involvement in Cambodia.
In a memo dated January 21, 1967, the FBI's Chicago office reported that the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) had held a protest in front of Parkway Liquor in Chicago over that store's sales of wine distributed by the Delano-based Perelli Minetti winery.
On July 17, 1970, the FBI's Tampa office reported that an approved campus group at the University of South Florida called the "Grape Boycott Committee" had held meetings in support of the UFWOC's nationwide strike against non-union grapes. In an earlier memo dated April 6 of that year, the FBI's Los Angeles office reported on a disturbance following a UFWOC meeting and barbeque in Coachella. On February 2, 1973, the FBI's office in New York reported that the union held a demonstration in support of its nationwide lettuce boycott in New York City.
In a message dated August 18, 1973, the Los Angeles FBI reported that a large UFW caravan was to travel to Los Angeles to demonstrate at Safeway stores and potentially President Richard Nixon's home in San Clemente (referred to in the memo as the "Western White House").
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Thomas Johansson, the project lead for Europa Universalis IV, lays out the philosophy that the Paradox Interactive team is using in the creation of the next installment in the grand strategy series and how it forced designers to cut a number of features.
In an editorial for GamingBolt the developer states, "The challenge in creating a sequel comes in keeping true to previous game and what it became, while giving all our fans enough that is new to make it feel that it is worth calling it a new game."
The Europa Universalis series is a very complex one and fans have been asking the studio for even more gameplay mechanics.
Paradox instead went in the opposing direction and chose to actually take out a number of concepts out in order to make the available choices more interesting and to make sure that complexity stays at the same level.
Johansson also explains why spies have been eliminated from EU IV and how the player will continue to have most of the same options via the re-designed diplomacy system.
He says, "At the same time we kept and developed the best bits of it, if you want to support rebels in your neighbor's realm you send a diplomat to do it, only now you can choose exactly which type of rebel to support and how much money to give them."
Previously the team also explained that the entire trade system of Europa Universalis IV is remade from the ground up, focusing more on each factions ability to protect routes and compete with rivals on the high seas and in merchant hubs.
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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Parsons, Command Chief of Air Combat Command, coins Staff Sgt. Davis Nguyen, 366th Medical Group mental health technician, Oct. 10, 2012, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Nguyen received this special recognition due to his outreach efforts to de-stigmatize mental health and encourage early help-seeking. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Shane M. Phipps)
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-- One mental health technician's hard work recently paid off after being coined by the Command Chief of Air Combat Command - Chief Master Sgt. Richard Parsons.
Staff Sgt. Davis Nguyen, 366th Medical Group mental health technician, received this special recognition due to his outreach efforts to de-stigmatize mental health and encourage early help-seeking.
Negative reactions toward mental health can be commonplace in the military, and Nguyen decided to proactively reach-out to his brothers and sisters-in-arms.
"Whenever someone hears 'mental health' they usually run 50 feet the other way," explained Nguyen. "So what I've been doing is going out to the squadrons and letting them know I'm just someone else to talk to."
This groundbreaking approach offers an easily accessible and casual resource for any Airman, no matter what their job may be.
"The unique aspect of this is that I will actually go out and do their job with them, just to let them know I'm here," said Nguyen.
For mental health leadership, acknowledgement at the ACC level couldn't be more deserved.
"The real reason he got coined is the enthusiasm he brings to the job," said Capt. Tracy Mayfield, 366th MDG mental health flight commander. "He has dedicated so much of his job to improving our footprint on this base. He didn't just do one or two things; he made it his mission to make sure people know mental health and are willing to ask for help."
As a mental health professional, Nguyen understands the significance of a sound mind in the military.
"It is important that we help everyone maintain a mental balance in their lives, so they are able to do their jobs as effectively as possible," he said.
Nguyen's management also recognizes how his actions affect the big picture.
"What he does is promote resiliency on this base," explained Mayfield. "As military members, we choose to live more stressful lives and what we do in the mental health flight, and what Staff Sergeant Nguyen has been doing is giving people the skills to serve, both in garrison and abroad, with all the resources to do so honorably."
Even after receiving such a prestigious accolade, the sergeant remains humble.
"I couldn't have been able to do this without my flight," said Nguyen. "Without their support I wouldn't have been able to do my job."
The acknowledgment has proven to reinvigorate Nguyen's sense of fulfillment.
"When I was recognized by the chief, it made me happy to know what I'm doing is worth it and actually makes a difference," he exclaimed.
Mental health leadership could not be prouder of their NCO and all he has accomplished.
"He takes his job very seriously; he is the embodiment of the Air Force core values," declared Mayfield. "It takes people with his kind of courage and conviction to help break huge stigmas like what we've got against us in mental health."
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China Moves in: "Need Some Arms, African Friend"?
A few years back, the Chinese government reckoned that economic success could not continue unless the country proved able to increase its international political standing, mainly because of the need to secure raw materials supply contracts to feed to its rapidly expanding industrial sector. Unfortunately, relations with the big Asian players (India, Japan and Russia) were and remain tense: historic rivalries and territorial claims mean that the country is still deeply mistrusted by them.
Given this, starting from around 2005 China decided to focus on Africa, tightening relations with those countries that are shunned by the international community:
- It signed a deal with Zimbabwe, receiving chrome in exchange for food and transport infrastructure in June 2006. Other trade pacts followed and now China is probably the closest partner of Zimbabwe, together with South Africa.
- In October 2007, following the cancellation of the national debt and other assorted pleasantries aimed at boosting relations, Eritrea granted exploration licences to Chinese firms to look for gold and other minerals.
- Starting from 2005, it agreed with Sudan to trade oil against industrial goods and infrastructural projects.
What the official announcements conveniently fail to mention is that the deals entailed large weapons supply contracts from China (see also this article). For example, now Sudan armoured and air force is predominantly Made-in-China (and there are unconfirmed reports of Chinese military personnel being located there for training purposes). As a matter of fact, I'd say that weapons were the primary reason why these African nations entered into the agreement in the first place. For a pariah nation such as a ruthless dictatorship or a radical Islamic regime, military hardware is the most difficult stuff to get hold of, and at the same time the most vital one (both for internal stabilisation purposes and to fight its neighbours).
This pragmatic and cynical strategy (borderline criminal, if one believes the accusations of wilful flaunting of UN-sanctioned arms embargoes) had a remarkable success, in spite of some embarassments on the public relation front. For example, Steven Spielberg withdrew as artistic adviser for the Beijing games accusing China of not doing enough to pressure Sudan. Earlier on, Reporters Without Frontiers denounced the "toxic influence" of China for African democracies".
Even if PR is certainly serious business (and Beijing is putting a lot of effort into it), I wouldn't overstate the importance of these incidents for a country used to dealing with the bad press stemming from its actions in Tibet and Taiwan. Perhaps more seriously from China's viewpoint, this increasing involvement is starting to generate all sorts of unintended consequences that have destabilised the region over and above the original intent. For example, the latest insurrection by Chad rebels (briefly covered in this diary – the rebels are probably armed by Sudan) threatened PetroChina investments and caused significant nervousness in Beijing (Chad is a recently-acquired China friend, too).
When such crises arose, China proved quite pedestrian in its handling of the situation, probably due to its inexperience in African diplomacy aside of commodity-for-arms deals, as it's clear in the case of Kenya.
Kenya: Not Your Average Fraudulent Election Riots
The recent widespread riots in Kenya have often been reported by international media as a conflict pitting an incumbent president supported by the largest tribe in the country but marred by allegations corruption, favouritism and election rigging versus some other smaller tribes willing to take power (see my previous diary on Kenyan bloggers reporting on it). A missionary that works there offered an alternative interpretation to the audience of a radio show I listened to:
In Kenya, there is a conflict between two major tribes: the American tribe against the Chinese tribe. This spills into a conflict between two political groups, the one headed by [opposition leader Raila] Odinga against the one headed by [incumbent president Mwai] Kibaki.
Indeed there are various clues on the net that Kibaki moved closer to China since his visit to Beijing and Shangai in 2005 that resulted in a number of co-op agreements and later in a joint oil exploration project on Kenya's offshore. These deals had initially slipped under my radar because it does not share the same controversial aspects as many similar deals made by China in Africa: Kenya is not a rogue state and the areas involved are genuinely infrastructure and tourism, not arms (although this might change soon as China has "pledge[d] to help modernise the [Kenya] armed forces.").
Kenya hasn't got the strategic importance in terms of raw materials that Congo or Nigeria have, but it's the most important country in South-East Africa as far as stability and diplomatic ties are concerned. The closer co-operation with China meant an increasing alignment of Kenya with China in terms of international politics at the detriment of the U.S. and EU (e.g. during a China trip in 2006 Kibaki called for the lifting of the arms embargo against Sudan and Somalia)
Following the elections fraud allegedly perpetrated by Kibaki's party and subsequent riots, China came out with a startling reading of the situation in a People's Daily op-ed – the official government newspaper (the link is to an AP wire):
Pre-colonial Africa had plenty of consultative decision-making frameworks, but those were ignored when former European rulers "tyrannically" imposed Western democratic systems upon independence, the People's Daily newspaper said in a commentary Monday. "Western-style democratic theory simply isn't suited to African conditions, but rather carries with it the root of disaster," said the paper, the official mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party.
This rare departure from China's no-interference policy with regards of internal foreign state matters on the day that one of Africa's oldest and most stable democracies was on fire prompted retorts from Western media. Crucially though, it was seized upon by Kibaki critics to denounce the corruption of his administration and the deviousness of his international partners. In a hard-hitting article which caused widespread clamour and was syndicated throughout Africa, New Standard Okech Kendo explained why, in light of the recent events, "China has proved it's not a friend to count on".
Given how spectacularly this display of tactlessness and cynicism backfired on China, it's perhaps not a surprise that the original China Daily article dated January 14 looks like it's been taken offline.
America's response (AFRICOM) is Faltering
Even taking into account of the U.S. support to the invasion of Somalia by Ethiopia and the possible political sponsorship of Odinga in Kenya, the U.S. initiatives in the continent have been quite haphazard and reactive, rather than proactive.
Without a unified strategy, the rising influence of China as well as the menace of Islamic extremism were allowed to continue virtually unchallenged. Over the last year the Bush administration seems to have realised the danger and is elaborating a policy response to the situation: a new headquarter command structure for the military tasked specifically with the whole of Africa (Egypt excluded), AFRICOM.
According to the homepage of the organisation:
U.S. Africa Command will better enable the Department of Defense and other elements of the U.S. government to work in concert and with partners to achieve a more stable environment in which political and economic growth can take place. U.S. Africa Command is consolidating the efforts of three existing headquarters commands into one that is focused solely on Africa and helping to coordinate U.S. government contributions on the continent.
This vague diplomatic-speak is not of much help in understanding the organisation unless we compare its statements with an extensive coverage of U.S. strategic thinking in Africa leading to AFRICOM. According to it, the U.S. wants to provide to its allies (along with development aid, bizarrely managed directly by the military) logistics, training and the service of advanced arms systems (such as air superiority fighter planes, attack helos and satellite imagery) while friendly troops fight on the ground. The U.S. hopes in this way to avoid taking casualties or handing sophisticated hardware into wrong hands, while maintaining effective control over the operations.
Advancing the project and gathering support among African leaders was one of the most important diplomatic objectives of the recent Africa trip (a BBC interview on this trip was covered critically by heathlander). The main selling point for co-operation this time around was a multi-billion health and development aid package.
Even with this sweetener, though, the result of the trip has been a disappointment: only one country (Liberia) has accepted to have AFRICOM structures on its soil, while several nations (including supposed allies like South Africa) have spoken against it and did not change their stance following the trip. The Bush administration, to avoid admitting defeat, was forced to backtrack and say that currently there are no plans to open bases in the continent. But if this is the case, is AFRICOM a command structure based in Germany, and with nothing to command on?
A think-tank lists two main reasons for the lack of appeal of AFRICOM on African leaders:
- U.S. officials have painted a confusing picture of an organization that seemingly plans to mix economic development and governance promotion activities […] with military activities. Africans, given the history of military coups that once plagued the continent, tend to regard this militarization of civilian space with great misgivings. […] Had AFRICOM backers in Washington restricted the new command's agenda to counter-terrorism, the training of African military forces, military intervention for humanitarian purposes, the protection of oil and other energy sources and related strategic matters, their arguments would have been regarded as more credible.
- U.S. officials claim that AFRICOM will help improve transparency and strengthen democracy in Africa, but African analysts and policy makers point out that in Africa today there is little or no transparency in discussions of AFRICOM or of U.S. military relations with African states generally. They note that while AFRICOM has been debated extensively in the U.S. Congress, it has not been freely and openly discussed by the legislatures of the African states, even in countries that have been mentioned as possible sites for AFRICOM's headquarters.
I would add that the reputation the U.S. earned following the Iraq invasion did not help, either. Ultimately, though, the idea of having to ask all the time for some military help, which might or might not come depending on the mood and interests of the U.S., is clearly a second-best to having relatively modern Made-in-China equipment at one's disposal. Compare that with what was offered to Western European countries after the end of the Second World war: aid (the Marshall plan) and a co-operation framework for military action (NATO). Now, if the U.S. does not trust African allies with letting them have a say on how its military equipment is going to be used, it can not expect the Africans to trust the U.S.
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Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium, which keeps your bones strong. But the vitamin is naturally present in few foods. It's added to some, such as milk, and also available as a dietary supplement. Vitamin D is produced by the body when sunlight strikes the skin, but most people in the U.S. don't get enough sunlight to make sufficient amounts, particularly in winter months.
Some recent studies suggest that taking extra vitamin D can have health benefits beyond building bone, but the evidence hasn't been conclusive. Several studies, for example, have linked low levels of vitamin D with the risk for respiratory tract infections. However, these studies looked at small, non-diverse groups of patients.
To investigate, a research team led by Dr. Adit Ginde of the University of Colorado at Denver and Dr. Carlos A. Camargo at Massachusetts General Hospital looked at data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), which was conducted between 1988 and 1994. NHANES is a periodic survey of the U.S. population by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. Participants in the survey went through physical and laboratory tests, submitted information on household characteristics and documented their health histories.
Using data from almost 19,000 people, the researchers examined the relationship between blood serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D)—a recognized indicator of the body's vitamin D stores—and respiratory tract infections like colds and flus. Their analysis adjusted for other factors, such as the season of the year, age, body mass index and smoking history. Their work was funded by NIH's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
The team reported in the February 23, 2009, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine that 24% of the participants with the lowest levels of 25[OH]D in their serum (less than 10ng/mL) had recent upper respiratory tract infections. In contrast, only 17% of those with the highest levels in their serum (greater than 30ng/mL) had recent infections. Of those with serum levels in between, 20% reported recent upper respiratory tract infections. These associations held regardless of the season. Notably, the relationship between vitamin D and respiratory tract infections seemed to be even stronger in people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The important discovery of a possible association between vitamin D and respiratory tract infections provides a strong rationale for clinical trials to confirm this finding.
"We are planning clinical trials to test the effectiveness of vitamin D to boost immunity and fight respiratory infection, with a focus on individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as children and older adults—groups that are at higher risk for more severe illness," Ginde says. "While it's too early to make any definitive recommendations, many Americans also need more vitamin D for its bone and general health benefits."
—by William Duval, Ph.D.
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