Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Chickenboy]

I'm sure Cap'n is uninterested in debating the threshhold for 'pressure necrosis' or ability of space occupying masses to cause regional ischemic necrosis in densely vascularized organs, such as the brain. True 'nuff-these are not neoplastic malignancies, but having a space occupying mass in one's head will, over time, cause bad things to occur.

Yes, cysticercosis (a life stage of Taenia) are encysted worms, just little babies. I hear you about a different mechanism of action versus something like a visceral larval migrans (e.g. Baylisascaris spp.) and a probable different prognostic outcome. You want a scary outcome? Check out the neuroencephalitis outcomes with B. procyonis. This disease rises to the 'just shoot me now' level for me.

Sorry for the hijack, Cap'n. But noggin' parasites are quite interesting. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[rtrapasso]

I hear you about a different mechanism of action versus something like a visceral larval migrans (e.g. Baylisascaris spp.) and a probable different prognostic outcome. You want a scary outcome? Check out the neuroencephalitis outcomes with B. procyonis. This disease rises to the 'just shoot me now' level for me.

If something is growing in your brain and you can't make it stop (whether it is a virus, a worm, an amoebic organism, or a tumor), this is pretty much a bad thing...

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: VSWG

ORIGINAL: princep01

Looking at the above pictorial of Burma and China, could someone explain why the Japanese units are pinkish in some cases and a deep red in others. Is this some sort of visual aid in supply status or strength? I've never been able to learn what that means. Thanks and sorry for the intrusion on your excellent AAR.

Darker color = more troops

Correct. The manual says on p.50; "Note that for ground units, airfields and anchor symbols, darker colors indicate either more or stronger forces, while lighter indicate fewer or weaker units."

[witpqs]

This is quite interesting because now I understand something - my sister has for years been convinced that my brother-in-law functions with no brain at all!

[princep01]

Thank you responders re the color variations on the land combat units.

As to the brain stuff, I had no idea that so many brain surgeons played war games. Amazing.

If I might take up a little more space on your AAR, I am having trouble working the Polit training thing witht he Allies. I have most of it down, but am curious about how to "see" which pilots are available in the various categories, TRANCOM and General Reserve? Is there a way to look at those categories to see who is available?

Finally, as a squadron nears its withdrawal date, I keep expecting the withdraw option to light up, but it just does not. I end up "disbanding" the unit. Does this satisfy the withdrawal requirement?

[Mynok]

I know of no brain surgeons here....just a pathologist, a psychiatrist and a veterinarian. [:D]

[witpqs]

And Cap is a pediatrician (right?).

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

And Cap is a pediatrician (right?).

So he has said... [8D]

[Nemo121]

rtrapasso,

Well there are exceptions to every situation. As someone who once worked on a stroke rehab unit for a year though I am comfortable that the simplified view ( hence the use of "eat" vs an explanation of cyst formation etc etc ) presented herein is reasonably accurate. If you get worms in your brain then, sure, maybe you have a 1 in 10,000 shot of full function if your brain looks like swiss cheese. On the other hand that's damned unlikely.

There will always be outliers but, for me, if someone tells me I have worms in my brain then I ain't expecting to be the 1 in 10,000 who still retains full function. Life just doesn't work that way.


Out of interest, who is the pathologist?

There's also an orthopaedic surgeon here too. Not sure I can "out" him though. It isn't that he wouldn't mind us knowing he's an orthopaedic surgeon but if the other orthopods ever realised he used his frontal cortex he'd have to requalify as something else [:D]. Ah, Orthopods, proving there IS life after lobotomy [:D]

[witpqs]

Ironic you ask Bob who is the pathologist... [;)]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


I know of no brain surgeons here....just a pathologist, a psychiatrist and a veterinarian. [:D]

I'm two of those. Not into behavior though.

[Nemo121]

Hehe, I thought it might be him but wasn't about to make an assumption.


Chickenboy,
A pathological veterinarian eh? [8D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Hehe, I thought it might be him but wasn't about to make an assumption.


Chickenboy,
A pathological veterinarian eh? [8D]

Hey, watch it....that's veterinary pathologist, bub. [;)] (Focus on poultry as subspecialty.)

[sprior]

Finally, as a squadron nears its withdrawal date, I keep expecting the withdraw option to light up, but it just does not. I end up "disbanding" the unit. Does this satisfy the withdrawal requirement?

No, disbanding and withdrawing are 2 seperate functions. If a unit is due to withdraw then you should withdraw it.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Hehe, I thought it might be him but wasn't about to make an assumption.


Chickenboy,
A pathological veterinarian eh? [8D]

Hey, watch it....that's veterinary pathologist, bub. [;)] (Focus on poultry as subspecialty.)

i'm a pathologist, focusing on humans as a subspecialty...[;)]

Actually, i did General Pathology for 15 years* (including neuropathology, and some forensic path), now doing Gastrointestinal Pathology (for the past 15 years).

EDIT: *After medical school and residency.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Finally, as a squadron nears its withdrawal date, I keep expecting the withdraw option to light up, but it just does not. I end up "disbanding" the unit. Does this satisfy the withdrawal requirement?

No, disbanding and withdrawing are 2 seperate functions. If a unit is due to withdraw then you should withdraw it.

This is true but there are times when the withdraw option is greyed out on a unit due for withdrawal. It all seems very mysterious. I have had some success arranging fresh basil leaves in a hexagonal pattern around the monitor.

Using disband does seem to avoid the penalty but I would have to say the jury is out on whether it might cause the end of the world in 2012 when the Mayan calender runs out.

BTW disbanding early does not give a point bonus like "bonus for early withdrawal"*

* Under no circumstances should one use the principle of "early withdrawal" in any other walks of life. You will get a really bad reputation and may have trouble getting dates.

[Nemo121]

Lol!! I find it amusing how this 2012 thing has entered the consciousness. it Is so occidentally-centric and utterly ignores the fact that the Maya viewed time as cyclical. Never did they say that there wouldn't be another long cycle after 2012. 2012 is just the end of one of their long cycles and will mark the beginning of another. It isn't the end of time.

Hell, according to the Maya each short cycle had a theme and the one which finishes in 2012 was a repeat of a disastrous earlier cycle with mass famine and death. This current cycle includes the two world wars so if we are going to believe the Mayas not only will the world not end in 2012 but there will be fewer large wars in the next cycle. There will be a lot of societal change and some revolution though although whether that'll be cultural or physical is anyone's guess.

Bottom line though this view of things having a beginning and finite end is very western. The mayans wee all about cycles. It is amusing to see all various authors etc about 2012 missing this very basic, fundamental point.

[Cap Mandrake]

In regard to the Mexican teen with the cysticercus in the subarachnoid space, we did a myleogram. He had about 15 cysts up and down his spinal canal. We called a muk-i-muk at CDC and they agreed to send us some Praziquantel. The next morning, he woke up with no fever and no headache ate two breakfast trays then his dad signed him out and they went back to Mexico without any meds.

Estoooopeeed gringos....hahahaha.

[pws1225]

ORIGINAL: Nemo121

Lol!! I find it amusing how this 2012 thing has entered the consciousness. it Is so occidentally-centric and utterly ignores the fact that the Maya viewed time as cyclical. Never did they say that there wouldn't be another long cycle after 2012. 2012 is just the end of one of their long cycles and will mark the beginning of another. It isn't the end of time.

Hell, according to the Maya each short cycle had a theme and the one which finishes in 2012 was a repeat of a disastrous earlier cycle with mass famine and death. This current cycle includes the two world wars so if we are going to believe the Mayas not only will the world not end in 2012 but there will be fewer large wars in the next cycle. There will be a lot of societal change and some revolution though although whether that'll be cultural or physical is anyone's guess.

Bottom line though this view of things having a beginning and finite end is very western. The mayans wee all about cycles. It is amusing to see all various authors etc about 2012 missing this very basic, fundamental point.

2012. It's Y2K, Mayan style! Not so bad. Anybody seen my khat?

[Moondawggie]

I know of no brain surgeons here....just a pathologist, a psychiatrist and a veterinarian.

Out of interest, who is the pathologist?

There's also an orthopaedic surgeon here too. Not sure I can "out" him though. It isn't that he wouldn't mind us knowing he's an orthopaedic surgeon but if the other orthopods ever realised he used his frontal cortex he'd have to requalify as something else [:D]. Ah, Orthopods, proving there IS life after lobotomy [:D]

Hey! Don't leave out the Radiation Oncologists here! (Of course, the last case of misdiagnosed "cerebral cysticercosis" I personally saw turned out to be widely metastatic small cell lung carcinoma involving the brain. Didn't end well, either.)

Are you sure you know an Orthopedist who can actually handle the complexity of WITP AE? It ain't radiation physics, but it's damn near close (and just as frustrating!) [:'(]

Mandrake, why did you have to bring up helminthic infections of the central nervous system in the first place? Does Milo sense a new business opportunity here? Perhaps Albendazole's chemical precursors can only be obtained from plants native to Fiji? [;)]