When I grew up everyone knew about Thalidomide, a drug given to prevent morning sickness in expectant mothers, which caused severe limb abnormalities in the child. The drug was used for only a short period, so those suffering from the condition are all of a certain age.
The condition is both very recognisable and rare, so there is a good chance you will have noticed Gerry Cleary (above) at a Celtic game at some point. When I was a boy I saw him at Love St and heard about the scandal later that night from my (animated) mother. There was a fresh news story only yesterday, detailing the history of one uncompensated victim.
Gerry is part of a campaign by Thalidomide sufferers to raise awareness of the condition and put pressure on the drug’s developer, Chemie Grunenthal, to compensate UK victims. On this occasion, you are not being asked to put your hands in your pockets, you’re being asked to register your support of the Show Your Hand campaign.
Gerry explains the campaign below:
“My name is Gerry Cleary, I am a 51 year old Celtic supporter from East Kilbride who was born with a condition called Thalidomide caused by a so called wonder drug manufactured by a German pharmaceutical company, Chemie Grunenthal.
“There is currently a major awareness campaign underway to put pressure on this company to face up to their responsibilities, finally apologise and compensate all thalidomers affected by their actions over 50 years ago.
“I know being a hoops fan all my life and following the team all over Europe our club is open to all and our fans second to none, and all I ask is the Celtic family to show their support by logging on to our campaign website www.showyourhand.org which enables you to register your support. It also details the history of the biggest pharmaceutical disaster in modern times and is both enlightening and informative.
“I look forward to your support.
Hail Hail !!!”
I know we can’t all afford to participate in the many needy causes we feature regularly here but we can all support this campaign, as can the club, I am sure.
Celtic’s Iron Man:
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Green hand added
morning all from a grey Lower Saxony.
kitalba
12:57 on
15 October, 2013
……………………………..thanks for those “blasts from the past” braw, cheered us all up I bet ,well probably no Trigger ,hahaha.
Green Hand sent into the Quest…..braw
quonno
11:43 on 15 October, 2013
A wee thought for those quick to condemn the McCanns.
How many people in our drink and substance orientated culture can heart on hand claim that they have never tucked the kids up in bed, then cracked open a bottle, lit a joint, jagged up or had a sniff and were soon rendered incapable of doing anything for their kids.
The McCanns and their other two kids will live for long many a day with consequences of their actions and subsequent guilt.
Indeed, let he who has not sinned cast the first stone.
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‘ Jagged up’ made me smile.
Here was me thinking that my own life at times has probably been a bit aberrated through gambling & drink, but never anything as exotic or Bohemian as what you suggest.
That apart, I agree that the McCanns were not doing something evil.
Yes, they did something stupid & careless. Few of us have not taken silly chances in our lives at one time or another, assuming that what we were doing was unlikely to cause a disaster. They have already been heavily punished for their mistake.
I can only assume that we have some among us who live their lives to a standard much higher than I have ever attained.
I am as happy for them as I am devastated for the McCanns.
Hi all, looking for some help. Last minute decision to get myself across to Amsterdam. No ticket but hopefully I’ll get my hands on one before travelling….question for CQN’ers….is there a certain area of the City that most Tims will be congregating and getting digs?…any areas to avoid? Q the jokes about hookers and the like…but seriously looking for a bit of help here, I may be travelling alone and want to hook up with other Tims ASAP and stay out of trouble for a day or two….many thanks in advance….HH!
Green Hand added. Great article Paul67.
The McCann family deserves a lot more understanding and empathy for the living hell they have had to endure for the last 6 years.
There but for the Grace of God go I.
Thank you lucky stars if your children go through life untouched by such horrors.
If they do it is not all credit to your good parenting.
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DIBBIA..
Sorry late here..
It was Leprosy l was thinking about..Read a disturbing Article about 6 months ago..They are giving it to All ages and there is a New wave of Thalidomide..will try and find Article in Morning..
Use of thalidomide in leprosy
Thalidomide or α-(N-phthalimido) glutarimide was first marketed in 1957 for morning sickness and nausea and soon became the ‘drug of choice to help pregnant women’.
By the early 1960s the drug was found to be associated with a congenital abnormality causing severe birth defects in children born of women who had been prescribed this drug during pregnancy. More than 10,000 cases of birth defects were reported in over 46 nations following exposure to the drug. Children were born with missing or abnormal legs, arms, feet and hands; spinal cord defects; cleft lip or palate; absent or abnormal external ears; heart, kidney, and genital abnormalities; and abnormal formation of the digestive system.
A few years later, however, thalidomide was reintroduced as the treatment for a complication of leprosy called erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL). Although the evidence was not fully established, very soon the drug was heralded as the drug of choice for the management of ENL reactions in leprosy and regulatory authorities granted exemption from licensing requirements to enable doctors to obtain limited supplies of thalidomide under strictly controlled circumstances for use in named patients. Thalidomide’s effectiveness in minimizing symptoms of ENL was mainly due to its antipyretic action. Its effectiveness in controlling neuritis, the major cause of permanent disabilities in leprosy, was limited.
Several controlled studies done in the 1970s have demonstrated that prednisolone is more effective in controlling ENL and associated neuritis. In addition, it was demonstrated that clofazimine, an anti-leprosy drug introduced on a small scale in the early 1960s had anti-inflammatory action. Studies showed that clofazimine is the drug of choice for the management of chronic, recurrent ENL reactions, as it had both anti-reaction and anti-leprosy effects.
The drug clofazimine is now a component of the multidrug therapy (MDT), introduced by WHO in 1981 as the standard treatment for leprosy and now supplied free of charge to all patients worldwide. The presence of clofazimine in the combination has significantly reduced the frequency and severity of ENL reactions.
Because of its known teratogenic effects, WHO does not recommend the use of thalidomide in leprosy. Experience has shown that it is virtually impossible to develop and implement a fool-proof surveillance mechanism to combat misuse of the drug. Today, a number of thalidomide babies continue to be born each year reflecting regulatory insufficiency and widespread use under inadequate supervision.
Summa
HH
for many of us born in the early 60’s we are familiar with Thalidomide . We are also very lucky.. We are grateful every day for our luck..
Paul, thank you for reminding many, especially ” younger ” CQN ers of this most shocking legacy..
Indeed I expect we will show our hand..
HH
I’m sure I worked with Mick, Gerry’ s wee brother a few years ago in EK, he was a chanter anaw and had one of the loudest laughs I ever heard. Or maybe it was my patter.
Just seen the published resolution in the prospectus and it has been butchered, worse they are satisfied with the assurances from the SFA that the the SFA took appropriate action to protect the interests of the company (Celtic plc)
Whitewash
The baritone Thomas Quasthoff, a great classical singer, retired from performing recently at the age of 52 for health reasons. He was a victim of thalidomide, marketed in Germany as “Contergan”. He is tiny and virtually without arms.
HH
just a thought, having added my hand..
I m colourblind as I m sure several other male CQNers are..
Made the choice of colour precarious..
I SAY this in jest of course.. Such is the cause I would put a hand of any colour on..
I think I chose what I call green, so that means it was probably orange..
It made me smile anyway..
HH
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Hoops88..
If you head to Dam Square you wont go wrong..for Accommodation also..
There are Celtic tickets available through a third party..Similar to the deal Celtic FC have just signed..
Tickets are 120 Euros and l have had the site checked with Dutch friends who have bought from the Site mostly for Music events and say its Kosher..
Summa
There’s an awful lot of green hands on that site!
bournesouprecipe@10:58 on the last thread
“McPhail (sitting on a hat trick) passed up the chance to take the penalty for goal 7.
Mochan (sitting on two ) also passed up the chance of a hat trick.
Wille Fernie stepped up – and scored.
Who hit the bar? – Let me check……………………………”
No need to check. My da told me that it was every single Celtic supporter after the match :-
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canamalar prays Oscar can do it again
13:24 on
15 October, 2013
Just seen the published resolution in the prospectus and it has been butchered, worse they are satisfied with the assurances from the SFA that the the SFA took appropriate action to protect the interests of the company (Celtic plc)
Whitewash
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Canamalar..
You need to remember You have Now entered the Realm of Legal Eagles..
There will be Days when you think you have wasted your time.. then You will have a Light shining through..Every time you see a Shining light means they are Scared of you and You have done the right thing and they cannot just dismiss you..The bad days will be more frequent than the Good..
Please..Keep fighting till..They get fed up of hearing of You..
Trust me it Works..
Summa
Dear John Thank you for your question. If the amended wording significantly changes the resolution you proposed and your original wording was accepted by the board without amendments then you can ask the company to change it back to the original wording. Ideally this should be done prior to the AGM otherwise there may be problems voting on the resolution as the correct wording was not circulated prior to the meeting.
Canamalar
can you post the differences please. That will be an interesting excercise in seeing what they felt necesary to edit , change, drop, include.
Thanks for your efforts.
HH
CANAMALAR
If the resolution has the required number of signatories to be legal,it must be accepted as such.
Get onto the regulatory bodies about it. They are in breach of company law.
Moreover,if it is not challenged,they may be able to withdraw it,as the signatories to your original have not signed up to this one!
Hoops88,
13:15 on15 October, 2013
Last time round in 2001 Dam square was fairly good both before and after the game, there was some trouble outside the stadium but the locals around Dam Square were fine.
I am staying with a few friends from Cologne between Dam Square and the main station. The station is a good access route to the airport and the stadium.
This area is the heart of the tourist district so safe enough. Like all big cities Amsterdam has good and bad areas but if you stick with the crowd (Celts and Tourists) in the city you will be fine.
Welcome to our Croatian fellow fans who have come to Glasgow today.
Yesterday’s post
Was in the pub earlier and probably because no games this weekend chat got round to the best Celtic team ever. From the sixties till now was the agreed timescale. We decided on a first team and a second team. On the first team we quickly agreed on a concensus,more or less. The second team was much more difficult and no concessus was agreed. Your suggested sides would be most welcome
Our sides are:
442 format….
Simpson.
McGrain, Hay, McNeil, Gemmill
Johnstone, Murdoch, Auld, Lennox
Dalglish, Larson
2nd team
Boruc
Craig, Elliot, Balde, Agathe
Mgeady, Burns, Moravchick, Yogi Hughes,
Nicholas McBride,
Further condideration of us four in the pub’s selections and input from Kayal, Lennybhoy and Greenyimfurrafenian et al the final listings are.
One change in the first team: Connelly for Hay.
The back up team was much more difficult to work out and as was mentioned earlier, left back was real difficult. Anyway here goes
Bonnar
Craig, Aitken, Elliot, Boyd
McGeady, McStay, Burns, Lubo
Wallace, Sutton
Hope this seems ok but I think it is more or less impossible to reach consensus but we got very close on our first team, particularly when we considered the various input with the various age group of supporters
Some observations on yesterday and today.
I see the oldco orcs are trying to rest control of newco in the law courts today……Still no mention of who actually OWNS the bricks and mortar assets…does anyone have a definitive answer on this?
A fiver spent at the Land Register in Georges Square would solve the problem but would they give you the information?
The Lisbon Lions by definition are the best team Celtic ever fielded. Individual brilliance through the generations may shine occasionally but the Lions are the gold standard.
For me the McCann story is not for football blogs and forums……even though we all have opinions on it.
Not quite ensconced in a warm hun free mountain or valley just yet (though I’m working on it) but Egypt next week “on the clock” will do for now.
Georgian wine, or at least the stuff I was drinking 2 months ago in Moscow, would have been better on a plate of chips to be honest.
BILLY BHOY 05
Wtf?
Dropped Davie Hay completely?
Move Yogi up front,put Davie in the middle-that team needs some bite-and send Nicholas on his way.
Green hand added
Hoops88
13:15 on
15 October, 2013
Hi all, looking for some help. Last minute decision to get myself across to Amsterdam. No ticket but hopefully I’ll get my hands on one before travelling….question for CQN’ers….is there a certain area of the City that most Tims will be congregating and getting digs?…any areas to avoid? Q the jokes about hookers and the like…but seriously looking for a bit of help here, I may be travelling alone and want to hook up with other Tims ASAP and stay out of trouble for a day or two….many thanks in advance….HH!
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Yeah most around Damm Square or at Van Gogh museum or Anne Frank’s house;
maybe a trip to the tulip fields
not much else happens tbh…
right lads? ;-)
As this site could reasonably be described as fairly board friendly it will be interesting to gauge reaction to Canamalars recent news.
Do the changes alter the mindset of the resolution.If so. In what direction.
Canamalar keep up the good fight.
SALTIRES IN SEVILLA
True,mate. I went there for a few days in the late 80s,boat from Newcastle.
Nothing memorable whatsoever.
Mind you,it was better than my day trip to Rotterdam!
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VMhan..
Got your kik..Will reply tomorrow when Styne gets back..
Summa
Green hand added. At 51 years I as a kid thought I was one who was a Thalidomide victim. It was not until I was in my 30s that what I suffee is from Cerebral Palsy. However, I am one of the fortunate ones as I am not one you would think that had the condition.
Anyway, in Preston, the meeting I was at not supposed to be over until 14:30 but finished early. Train not to 15:37, so what to do, two female colleagues go shopping…Mmmm, I went shopping too. To the nearest Hostelry that sells Guinness, what’s not to like…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
BMCUW
:-)
Awe_naw..,
Quite simply they did not publish the resolution, they published the supporting statement, if you have a look at the resolution, then look at what follows “supporting statement” is what they have published.
hoops88
13:15 on 15 October, 2013
….,
The ryans are playing in Amsterdam on the Tue and also Wed just before the game. Tickets available from their website. Most people will be around the area of the main rain station.
V
CLINK/
I just wonder why,if the board are so content that they have fought the good fight on our behalf they are so unwilling to have those actions questioned.
Even to the extent of trying to prevent the resolution being accepted in the first place,then “butchering” it.
In between times,preventing proxy voting,a major plank of corporate governance.
Not much point in being a shareholder if concerns are bulldozed out of the way.
Perhaps we should consider selling our shares to this hostile takeover mob we keep getting warned about?
Would that make the board sit up and take a blind bit of notice of the concerns we have?
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS forza Oscar and Mackenzie
13:53 on
15 October, 2013
SALTIRES IN SEVILLA
True,mate. I went there for a few days in the late 80s,boat from Newcastle.
Nothing memorable whatsoever.
Mind you,it was better than my day trip to Rotterdam!
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Altijdt Lekker Jongens..:-)
Ich Bien Ein Rotterdamer..Ha
Summa
BSR,
From last thread.
I was the original left back that day and due to the extra ” cover” I had, their right winger never goy a kick of the ball in the second half.
Their centre forward had a field day, though!
Lenybhoy, the railway pub in Preston is a Celtic shop.
SUMMA
That was one of the reasons Rotterdam was gash.
They all spoke like that!
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Vmhan – YNWA Wee Oscar
13:58 on
15 October, 2013
hoops88
13:15 on 15 October, 2013
….,
The ryans are playing in Amsterdam on the Tue and also Wed just before the game. Tickets available from their website. Most people will be around the area of the main rain station.
V
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Amsterdam Centraal Station is 75 Meters from Dam Square..
Summa