Scroll down to where the Tweets start if you don't want to read about chloroquine.
Say what? Chloroquine? If it sounds like a medicine, that's because it is - specifically, an anti-malarial drug.
Odd nominee for a 'special edition' but that's what happens when you take cholorquine - erratic behavior is sometimes produced. Then again, I could have had a special edition titled 'Debt Limit'.
Since I am heading to Honduras on a few weeks and will be traveling in rural areas during the rainy season (I'm hoping it will hold off for a while) I started taking my 500 mg choloroquine tablets (brand name Aralen - chloroquine phosphate) yesterday: one per week starting two weeks before travel and continuing until four weeks after I arrive home.
Here is what the Wikipedia entry says under 'History' [emboldening mine]:
Chloroquine (CQ), N'-(7-chloroquinolin-4-yl)-N,N-diethyl-pentane-1,4-diamine, was discovered in 1934 by Hans Andersag and co-workers at the Bayer laboratories who named it "Resochin". It was ignored for a decade because it was considered too toxic for human use. During World War II, United States government-sponsored clinical trials for anti-malarial drug development showed unequivocally that CQ has a significant therapeutic value as an anti-malarial drug. It was introduced into clinical practice in 1947 for the prophylactic treatment of malaria.
The stuff has a lot of side effects, including eye damage. Since I am being treated for retinal problems, specifically mentioned, I called my ophthalmologist to get his blessing.
One of its other side effects is euphemistically called 'vivid dreams', i.e., nightmares. Its stronger cousin, mefloquine, which I've also taken, is especially potent in this regard. The brand name version of mefloquine, Lariam, is no longer marketed in the USA. Probably a good idea.
Then there is liver damage.
I think the disease is worse than the cure.
By the way - I have finally finished The Big Thirst and will post my review in a week.
Here is your weekly 'dose' of water displacement behavior!
Climate Change and Weather
RT @ruisaldanha Sea level rise animation in Google Earth.http://t.co/3UOJTgT
RT @grist the only weather map you’ll need this summer:http://t.co/G58CfrU
RT @geoffdabelko Watch live UN Security Council debate on #climate & #security when it resumes at 3pm ESThttp://t.co/zOPPli1
RT @tveitdal USA: California Court Addresses Water Supply Assessments And Climate Change (regis. req'd.)http://t.co/aRHMClb
RT @PeterGleick More Climate B.S. at Forbes: Hiding the Energy Imbalance of the Planethttp://t.co/MKBZDQ7 via @huffingtonpost
RT @gayleleonard @Waterbcn2011: Read WateREUSE Barcelona 2011 ▸ today's top stories via @gayleleonard @mameritohttp://t.co/SJsudm2
I think they mean 'CC Deniers' Via @ThePhoenixSun The Arid Southwest's 10 Great Climate Deniers http://t.co/zTNnvU7
Conflict
Sustainable Water Resources Management Key To Peace And Security in Central Asia.http://t.co/Z423B83
Oh, boy! RT @NatGeo Will Ethiopia dam the Nile?http://t.co/WY8GzqY via @NatGeoGreen
Via @circleofblue The climate-water-energy-food Nexus in Central Asia http://t.co/fyM64mo
Conservation and Reuse
Top 25 Water Conservation blogs. Yeah, I'm there, along with @watercrunch, @MGhydro, et al. Tnx! http://t.co/eSWLtZH
RT @SierraClubCA No one said Ag water conservation was easy but @PPICnotes spreads some tired old misinformation -http://t.co/t9LfQGU
New Street-Smart Fire Hydrants Use High Tech Equipment to Conserve Waterhttp://t.co/kxqdEtJ
Smart Irrigation: A Supercomputer Waters the Lawn.http://t.co/uQeBn6P
Education
RT @deepseadawn Mixed news @josephkerski: NAEP report on 2010 Geography published yesterday.http://t.co/l41bDza
Energy and Water
The New Austerity and Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI) Squeeze. http://t.co/jkMlZlt
RT @highcountrynews Congress pursues Yucca Mountain revival. @LasVegasSun reportshttp://t.co/nqWR0iG
RT @americanrivers U.S. bill would put pipelines deeper under rivers http://t.co/a6VSg8b
Events
Mountain West Water Institute Waters of the West Workshop in SLC: just concluded.http://t.co/25SFkxi
Boulder Briefs 1: Western Water, Climate, Policy, Groundwater http://bit.ly/pPG6v8
Boulder Briefs 2: Exempt Wells, Acequias, Culture, and Hydrology http://bit.ly/pjZxwT
View the presentations from the Exempt Well Conference in Walla Walla last May.http://t.co/0n3MJR9
UN Water Summit on 16 September 2011: info and registration now online.http://t.co/zTWmD8y
RT @ngwatweets Early registration for NGWA Fractured Rock Conference ends July 25.http://t.co/t60k5Kb
Presbyterians for Earth Care conference: God's Earth: Too Big To Fail? http://t.co/zKA1at4
PDFs of PP presentations from recent AWRA IWRM Conference in UT. http://t.co/stqd7fU
Program now online for UNC Water and Health Conference,3-5 October 2011. http://t.co/0O1kJr2
Floods and Droughts
RT @sejorg A Paradox for the West's Plumbing System: Flood on the Top, Drought on the Bottom http://t.co/0dkTzo4
Via @chanceofraincom NASA: June 2011 MO Basin runoff above Sioux City highest month since Corps began records in 1898.http://t.co/EPnXaOTFunny Stuff
RT @LPAWater The Congressional hearing on SoCal's phony drought, aka Santa Ana sucker critical habitat. http://t.co/gLuFzLK #cawater
RT @WillSarni Drought: A Creeping Disaster -http://t.co/tbwpHhW water = food = economic growth.
RT @HuffingtonPost Severe flood hits India http://t.co/YerFOSS
RT @sejorg @KateGalbraith: In Houston, drought is causing home foundations to crackhttp://t.co/hhK3HHe
Via @stanpatyrak Three stories from Africa's drought, famine.http://t.co/O2kCyzC
Drought Monitor animation - see evolution of US drought areas.http://t.co/cnWAuzy
Great Lakes
Incorrect - 'liquid fresh surface water'! @EPAresearch Thirsty? 1/5 of world's FW and 80% of N. America's FW are from Great Lakes #LakeSci11
Wrong! Make that 'liquid fresh surface water'! Via @HeidiCullen @EPAresearch 20% world's fresh water & 80% of FW in NA from the Great Lakes.
Hydrofracking and Gas
Via @geostuff US shale gas weakening Russian, Iranian petro-power http://t.co/Q5cDyhk
RT @LATenvironment Fracking: Monterey shale exploration draws protest http://t.co/9cHaRKYHydrophilanthropy
Talisman Energy's 'Talisman Terry's Energy Adventure' coloring book (now withdrawn).http://t.co/eXFswU7
Hydrofracking Gets Gassed by the Colbert Reporthttp://bit.ly/rkhwEL
RT @aguanomics Monday funnieshttp://t.co/nRYhBFQ #funny #energy #pollution #agitprop
Via @circleofblue. Texas enacts law requiring disclosure of fracking chemicals http://t.co/lZWqneM
Miscellaneous
"The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment." - Gaylord Nelson
@MGhydro I'm not on Google +.Guess I need an invitation.
RT @aguanomics Speed blogginghttp://t.co/l557VF4 #watermanagers #sustainability #subsidies #groundwater #raiseprices
"The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment." -- Gaylord Nelson
RT @wiredscience Astronaut captures fantastic shot of aurora from space: http://t.co/8oeOfah
RT @WhoDat35 Using a civil war-era law to hold #BP accountable in the #Gulf (ISS)http://t.co/hJwuuR8 #oilspill #whistleblower
RT @nytimesscience Who Made This Mess of Planet Earth?http://t.co/juFsmmD
Opportunities
UNESCO-IHP,FAO & IAH launch GEF-funded project on groundwater governance.http://t.co/Z4shuA7People
RT @gatesfoundation @USAIDExciting new collaboration WASHforLife:http://t.co/OgEuxoQ | Apply for grants, jobs http://t.co/yZyC7FC
People
@jfleck in ABQ Journal (free trial pass req'd.): More on NM State Engineer's future. is.gd/KvFqlF
Is NM State Engineer John D'Antonio on his way out? Gov. Martinez rumored to have formed search committee.http://t.co/lL9oBDr
Policy, Planning and Management
RT @watercrunch Another southeastern state tries to get some momentum for statewide water planning. Alabama.http://t.co/oIuUL2R
Water management options in a globalised world: proceedings from a workshop. http://t.co/JTBvJAJ
Via @KennedyJenks Re-inventing America's Urban Water Infrastructure http://t.co/HYFEYY9
Readings
Special issue: Ecohydrology on the edge - riparian,wetland,GW ecosystems (abstracts free).http://t.co/W2gQ7Rr
MT @suezenv Suez Environnement magazine http://t.co/dAxl7if
Twitter and E-newspapers
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out!http://t.co/JO2Ym1B ▸ Top stories today via @thewatercouncil @thameswater @waterkeeper @SFWMD
RT @MTHellfire Geo-Earth Daily is out! http://t.co/lsKl8c8 ▸ Top stories today via @aguscipolicy @geomurmur @lidarnews @atmosnews
RT @AGUSciPolicy @theAGU: We asked, you answered: Why should scientists use Twitter?http://t.co/U60n9Pf [The Plainspoken Scientist]
RT @Pauldedigitect Water paper is out! http://t.co/0zEEGSk ▸ Top stories today via @reggeendinkel @waterwired @hdsr_waterschap
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://t.co/nDUBw6e ▸ Top stories today via @edfenergyex @windsector @jeff_schotzko
RT @MTHellfire Geo-Earth Daily is out! http://t.co/lsKl8c8 ▸ Top stories today via @geosteph @drcraigmc @aboutgeology @azgeology @whoimedia
The @WaterUtilities Daily is out!http://t.co/HOW376m ▸ Top stories today via @desal_response@cdnwatersummit @groundwaterfdn @waterca
RT @farmwater The #cawaterDaily is out! http://t.co/zUnHfM0▸ Top stories today via @cmua_tweets @LPAWater @WaterWired
RT @WalkerNewsDesk Daily is out! http://t.co/udfhsSI ▸ Top stories today via @waterwired
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out!http://t.co/cP2NEx0 ▸ Top stories today via @marcgunther
RT @MTHellfire Geo-Earth Daily is out! http://t.co/lsKl8c8 ▸ Top stories today via @drcraigmc @mapsandearth @uncoveredearth
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://t.co/nDUBw6e ▸ Top stories today via @petemyers @tweetingdonal @carbonmeme
RT @gayleleonard If sex really sells, this racy psa will have you using less toilet paper and saving trees! http://t.co/AIK9Ajk
RT @WaterFootprints Daily is out!http://t.co/yBHcdMC
RT @WaterUtilities Daily is out!http://t.co/HOW376m ▸ Top stories today via @mydcwater @indiawater @waterca @WaterWired
RT @medindoagua The *Água & Water * Daily is out!http://t.co/CyjH54R ▸ Top stories today via @tapitwater @waterschool @rain_harvest
TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 15 July 2011 - Special DIA Edition http://bit.ly/qfk1yV
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out!http://t.co/cP2NEx0
The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @windsector @ailworth @jeff_schotzko @agentgav @energyperson
WaSH
RT @jfleck AT, while recognizing the importance of sanitation, seems unimpressed by Bill Gates' Toilet Challenge: http://t.co/NJXBrqr
Gates Foundation: Why We Need a Toilet Revolutionhttp://bit.ly/r3jVfk
Flying to Honduras 2-11 August. Will visit villages in La Mosquitia to check out projects for students & ACJ Foundationhttp://t.co/XDyEuOR
Helene Traasavik Says: 'Don't Just Swipe - Think Before You Wipe!'http://bit.ly/ra58On
RT @gayleleonard If sex really sells, this racy psa will have you using less toilet paper and saving trees! http://t.co/AIK9Ajk
CDC reports global gain in safe-water access http://t.co/S33F8ku
Report (@WaterAid): The Sanitation Problem: What Can and Should the Health Sector Do? http://t.co/Hj0QwZm
naugural issue published! J. Water,Sanitation & Hygiene for Development (free access) http://t.co/jJjBl9a
Water Quality
RT @RDRWA @rivrchik On Lake Taihu, China Moves to Battle Massive Algae Bloomshttp://t.co/y0cWTWJ RT @YaleE360
Federal legislation targets court decision on runoff from logging operations http://t.co/Dri3t5s
Syncrude creates a filter from waste material for oilsands tailings ponds http://t.co/NPdRq1Q
GAO Rpt: DW: Unreliable State Data Limit EPA's Ability to Target Enforcement Priorities & Communicate Performancehttp://t.co/bbzMO0r
Water Supply and Use
Western businesses form 'Protect the (Colorado River) Flows'http://t.co/HyaR6rx
USACE cancels review of Aaron Million's WY > CO pipeline.http://t.co/izMQpy0
Kudos @EPAresearch Where is Earth's water & in what forms does it exist? http://t.co/YGyCFMyGood clarification @WaterWired :-) #LakeSci11
RT @LPAWater New rules give #CA a "new" (as in 75 years old) 1.5 M acre ft reservoir - in Nevada.http://t.co/wN33TUF #CAwater
Surprise! RT @Black_VeatchReservoir Storage Needs Will Increase as World Population Grows http://t.co/pTNO8Or #damns #water
Webinar: The Impact of China’s South to North Water Transfer Project, 23 August, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM EDT.http://t.co/yaO0alm
USGS report on self-supplied (domestic) well water use.http://t.co/yy8Alu5
RT @jfleck @EDF_CA #sacdeltaexports projected to reach record level in 2011 http://t.co/M4zpuBO #cawater #westwater
RT @jfleck T. Boone Pickens' grand Texas #water export scheme seems to be dead:http://t.co/P5z3c8r via @loticwater
Earth to EPAresearch Twitter: Remember My G-R-O-U-N-D-W-A-T-E-R! http://bit.ly/prJji8
RT @MGhydro @brainpicker: Why the Colorado River stopped flowing – poignant photoessay from NPRhttp://t.co/1yCYbHV
WTF?
RT @earthinstitute The Fairytale of "Organic" Water:http://t.co/sQGelua
"In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind." -- Louis Pasteur
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