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Ivermectin, kills headlice and also coronavirus in a few early trials
Remember the Japanese wonder drug Ivermectin that killed Coronavirus in the lab? Some trials on patients in Bangladesh and the US are showing some promise. This is the drug I called "sheep dip" (but which is really more of a cow or horse drench now). It's famous for stopping River Blindness and saving the eyesight of thousands. It's also used against roundworms, lungworms, mites, lice, scabies and hornflies, as well as cattle-ticks. So it's another drug, like hydroxycholoroquine that has been road tested for safety's sake up the kazoo.
The cost of Ivermectin is around 15c in the third world, and $50 for one round for a human in New York. (But even that is a lot cheaper than a $5000 a day ICU bed.)
As I said — there may come a day when you can cure coronavirus and treat the kids headlice at the same time. Handy.
So it's good to know some trials are occurring, and even better to know that some doctors are very enthusiastic about the results. In terms of medical clinical trials, these are small. I'm not sure the enthusiasm is matched by the data. I'd only say "it's not dead yet". But in terms of drug testing, that's an achievement. Here's hoping it can live up to these plans.
[UPDATE: Some readers missed the meaning in the paragraph above, so I bolded it. If anyone thinks I'm raving about these small anecdotal reports, read the line above . – Jo]
But if Coronavirus can be treated with a common mass produced, safety tested chemical, some Big Vaccine makers might not be as enthusiastic.
Breakthrough drug Ivermectin shows "astounding" results
Friday 22nd May, David Patten, NewsMax
Reports Friday from multiple trials in the United States and abroad indicate a drug already approved by the FDA to treat parasitic infections is showing "astounding" results, and could represent a breakthrough in efforts to vanquishing the SARS-CoV-2 virus at the heart of the global pandemic.
Emergency medical physician Dr. Peter H. Hibberd, M.D., of Palm Beach County, Florida, told Newsmax Friday evening in an exclusive interview that he's optimistic the drug will prove to be an important therapeutic advance, although he expects more trials will be needed before it wins FDA approval for use as a COVID-19 medication.
"There's a common denominator here," said Hibberd. "This drug is salvaging people from their death bed."
In some cases, doctors reported just one dose of ivermectin markedly improved a patient's condition. U. S. patients received a single oral dose, and some of them received a booster dose seven days later. The FDA-approved dose for parasitic infections was used.
Bangladesh medical team says Ivermectin with antibiotic Doxycycline works to treat COVID-19 patients
"We have got astounding results. Out of 60 COVID-19 patients, all recovered as the combination of the two drugs were applied", said Professor Dr Md Tarek Alam, the head of medicine department at private Bangladesh Medical College Hospital (BMCH).
My team was prescribing the two medicines only for coronavirus patients, most of them initially reporting with respiratory problems with related complaints, later to be tested COVID-19 positive, he said.
Bangladesh has so far reported 20,995 coronavirus cases. A total of 314 people have lost their lives in the country due to the disease.
The death rate in Bangladesh then is around 1.4% of known cases. No clues there either.
ICMR to review 'wonder' drug combo used to treat Covid patients in Bangladesh
According to doctors in Bangladesh, the combination of ivermectin and doxycycline is an effective treatment against Covid-19, with patients recovering within four days.
h/t Keith Harrison, Bill in Oz, Chad, Dave in the states, NezySquared, Another Ian.
UPDATE: The early lab tests implied we would need to use Ivermectin at an impossibly high dose to get the effect we want. After the Monash paper suggested the drug was reducing viral titres by 5,000 fold, another paper quickly replied that the approved dose of Ivermectin [would] not [be] useful in treating Covid-19. That headline desperately needed a verb of some sort. I added the "would be" which tells the audience that this response came from modeling and estimates, not from any patient data. It's a theoretical response, not an observed one. It's a lesson that in humans, we just have to do the testing in vivo. h/t Peter F
Caly, L. et al (2020) The FDA-approved Drug Ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104787
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Netherlands group now taking legal action against the coronavirus lockdown measures – full document here.
A long read, but an important one for politicians to internalize.
Includes much data and evidence:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8htd29b51c9bdxl/20200531%20Netherlands%20Legal%20Case%20Against%20the%20Government%20on%20Lockdown.pdf?dl=0
German publications emerging with similar points.
It is remarkable that efforts are being made to research and develop a vaccine.
After all, a vaccine is a prerequisite for getting the virus out of the world.
€ 50 million has been made available for this purpose to the Coalition on Epidemic Preparedness.
However, a vaccine has never solved a crisis.
It is a preparation and by definition cannot be used during an epidemic.
Vaccines are the globalist tool of choice for whatever possibly nefarious reasons they have.
These drugs, however, are going to upset the applecart. Alternatives and options are a good thing.
The MSM however appears to be fully on song with the globalist agenda, apparently subtly smearing anyone who dares to go against the vaccine agenda ( like NRL players ).
Quite agree OS. Some years ago I would have thought it madness not to "immunise" against certain diseases – particularly ones that affect juveniles.That was my 20th century thinking. Not now.
Good post, OS.
I recently wrote to the NSW state Health Minister about this. I was prompted after my wife & daughter were watching MSM channel 7 news that reported an NRL football player was being coerced with the blunt force of threatening his livelihood to play unless he agreed to a flu vaccine.
Directly after that report the NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard was shown making the announcement that it was the right thing to impose vaccines and that people should get the message…. there was also talk about "vaccine papers/passport" & app etc.
I took issue with him on philosophical grounds regarding state mandated vaccination as well as pointing out some corona virus details behind the scenes and urged him not to tow the line of the medical pharma globalists. I also sent him a few links to continue his research. I wrote, in strong language, that I would be withdrawing my vote from the coalition if mandated vaccination was adopted as a policy.
Soon to be followed up with the federal Health Minister.
Yes , they are going to find more and more people will be "locked and loaded" against what in effect is bullying people into a specific medical procedure.
The NRL fiasco over the flu shot has I think has opened people's eyes as to how things *really* work.
We're getting it out of Australia without one, so not a prerequisite.
not a prerequisite.
Yep just an expensive risky time wasting distraction from what works.
Bill In Oz
We really do have an active uninformed bunch of anti-vaxxers zealots
Here on the blog nowadays pushing their own agenda. .
Now that's a conspiracy !
You have scales on your eyes, Bill.
Travis… interesting. Could you direct me to the bit about ivermectin.
Oh Gee Eye can't you see that if Trump uses Ivermectin to enforce his lockdown then ANTIFA will not be free to earn money spreading the virus in the UV free night.
yeah… so obvious
All they are seeking is to end the lockdown. With 172 daily cases in a population of 17M that would appear a reasonable request.
They will need to maintain good hygiene and separation practices along with effective tracking and tracing to avoid reproductive rate climbing above 1 as it appears close to 1 now; although that could simply be the result of more comprehensive testing. (Australia's reproductive rate is arguably stuck at 1 but just 15 cases a day for over a month now)
Globally the death rate to reported cases is falling. Possible factors involved:
A. More testing means more of those not progressing to hospital are being assessed.
B. Treatments for those in hospital are more effective.
C. The RNA is mutating to be less deadly but more easily transferred via natural selection.
D. Some of the most vulnerable have already died and the remainder are better quarantined.
E. Wider use of prophylactic treatments; I still wonder about BCG vaccine – it is given some credibility in India:
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gsrlDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Hospitals in Australia are now in a position to test staff regularly and test patients before transferring between hospital wards or before being released into broader community; particularly to aged care facilities.
F. Annual increase in UV in northern hemisphere killing virus in air, on surfaces and even possibly in the body faster. Plus working with vitamin D.
Really good points but the lower the rate goes below one the faster the whole thing ends. Also the more certain that it ends. Clamping it to zero is not possible but would end the whole thing quickest. As Jo says "crush the curve". I say send it extinct quickly then open up faster once that is certain. Australia would have opened up long long ago if we had reduced r just a tad more. At 1 it goes on for ever. Opening too early then closing then doing it all again could see us in stable oscillation. That also goes on forever. Only eradication (sending it extinct) definitely and finally ends it.
Siliggy, is Australia's Ro stuck at 1? Here in WA all our cases are imports now. Boats and planes and all in quarantine.
https://www.covid19data.com.au/transmission-sources-states
Community transmission cases of unknown source in Australia:
NT/ACT: No community spread (ever?) at least none on the graph from 29/3 onwards.
WA: No new and unknown now since 30/4.
SA: Since 11/5
TAS: None for a month then 2 unknowns 29/5 (Hope they figure them out asap).
QLD: None now since 26/4 (Assuming I'm reading the graph correctly). Apparently they resolved the unknowns in the last few weeks.
VIC: Fastest community spread (which is small but continuous).
NSW: Last new case 24/5 — a slow trickle increase. 15 community cases discovered in May.
Vic and NSW are still a risk to the whole of Australia.
Yes agreed Jo.
Only N.S.W. and Vic are looking to be too close to r = 1. They are as you say still a risk to the whole of Australia. Hope the shorter days and cooler temps do not combine with lower winter UV, people spending more time in public but indoors, schools going back and many restrictions being relaxed to shoot up the numbers again.
After typing that above it seems the track and trace people are doing a good job fast.
https://www.covid19data.com.au/transmission-sources
The virus can certainly hang around for a long while.
Since May 1 the number of cases in Australia has increased by 453. In the same time the number of active cases has only fallen by 405 from a starting point of 892. It suggests it takes, on average, almost 4 weeks to get a negative result after a positive. That number might be slanted toward the serious cases where there is a long fight. There may also be delays in testing for a negative as it would be tedious to be testing for a negative while there was some certainty of still testing positive.
Although maybe not clinically persistent, the CV19 virus can remain contagious for a longer period than influenza. That means it could be around in Australia for quite a while yet. Probably requires four weeks of no new cases before declaring it is gone.
$ weeks in each state Rick ?
Or 4 weeks of no cases for the whole of Australia ?
"In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy," said Alberto Zangrillo, the head of San Raffaele Hospital in Milan.
"We've got to get back to being a normal country,"
New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-virus/new-coronavirus-losing-potency-top-italian-doctor-says-idUSKBN2370OQ
"We've got to get back to being a normal country," he said. "Someone has to take responsibility for terrorizing the country."
The government urged caution, saying it was far too soon to claim victory.
Travis, you are good at reposting misinformation that has already been discredited.
Here is some honest information about the Covid 19 situation in Italy.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/
I can see an advertising campaign here for Ivermectin using Tim Flannery as spokesman, who better to explain the benefits of unexpected DRENCHINGS.
Just love the irony Yonnie
The Flannery dip:
the dip you have when you're not having a dip.
KK:
But with Flannery you always have a drip.
Flannery knows NOTHING about farming
Or sheep dips.
He's an irrelevant nonentity in this debate.
The joke, should you care to acknowledge it, is about getting "dipped" by a flannelised sea level rise.
At least that's how I took it.
My scorn was directed at Flannery in case you had not noticed.
So why do you need to respond by pouring scorn on me Keith ?
Perhaps it just did not fit your own agenda ?
It's all a bit dippy.
A self-administered dose would be in order. Is it specific to liver fluke? Anyway we used Ivermectin many years ago and the sheep just loved it.
Glen, Ivermectin is not effective against liver fluke at all. It treats lots of things, and is mostly used in sheep for the roundworms, like black scour worm and barbers pole worm. Triclabendazole is for liver fluke. Liver fluke are a flatworm in the platyhelminthes. In sheep Ivermectin is fairly safe in overdose.
Sweden's coronavirus experiment has well & truly failed …
The way the Swedish response has been structured has made the country more resistant to changing tack during the epidemic.
Sweden's expert agencies are kept quite separate from the government, which is generally a good thing, because it means that scientific issues don't become politicised.
"But if the expert agency is making bad decisions there is nothing to counter it," Einhorn points out. . . .
So, while the UK and other countries which had initially embarked on a similar path changed tack and instituted national lockdowns, Sweden stuck to its guns.
Now, it's had nine times as many deaths per capita as neighbouring Norway, and it's facing potential exclusion from a regional travel bubble because of fears Swedes will spread the virus.
Tegnell has been criticised by his predecessor for not instituting a lockdown.
"The country gained early praise from some for shunning lockdown, but it now has one of the highest per-capita rates of coronavirus death in the world"
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/sweden-coronavirus-herd-immunity
I've read that Sweden counts deaths WITH Covid-19 as Covid-19 deaths, but Norway et al. don't. That must make Sweden look worse than it really is
Confusing say what …
Coronavirus: Norway wonders if it should have been more like Sweden –
Cost of lockdown sees prime minister raise questions about strategy
"On Wednesday night, Norway's prime minister Erna Solberg went on Norwegian television to make a startling admission: she had panicked. "
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/30/coronavirus-norway-wonders-should-have-like-sweden/
Ivermectin has been touted as a wonder drug for several months now, with Australia's Monash University conducting one of the early studies, but….
When tried out on humans rather than in the lab, the results are not encouraging
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200427/Ivermectin-alone-not-useful-in-treating-COVID-19.aspx
Heroic and compliant self assessment.
As opposed to the first 5, none of which are anywhere near the topic. Save your pettiness
Where was it tried on humans Peter? This was not a test that gave covid patients the drug to see what happened. They took blood concentrations from previous studies, and estimated with a model that the drug would not reach the required doses at safe approved levels.
But note what they admit:
The actual concentration in the human lung cannot be measured. In cattle experiments, a single dose was shown to produce lung levels almost three times higher than the total plasma level. Despite this, lung ivermectin concentrations are "unlikely to reach the IC50 after oral administration of the approved dose in humans," say the researchers.
So I've added an update to the post. The headline used in that article was quite misleading. It was a fair comment for them say "there's a risk this drug won't work at safe doses" but it was silly to declare it didn't help when they hadn't tested it against Covid patients.
At last a comment that is ON TOPIV ! Thank you Peter. It is a moment of sadness for me that the blog is being trolled by fools determined to ignore the science, and determined to distract and belittle Jo's post with remarks supporting their ant-vaxxer ideology.
Peter, I went and read the link you provided. It was published on April 27th. So it is now over a month out of date.They used a low dose and are now redoing their trial with higher doses.
"Ivermectin has a wider therapeutic margin, allowing some increase in the dose if warranted, without unduly pushing up the risk of toxicity. This has led to the evaluation of higher than usual doses of ivermectin in a phase 3 trial to assess the safety. Another phase I trial looked at doses, 10-fold the approved dose."
I see it also did not use the anti-biotic doxycycline which the Bangladesh medical people are using in combination with Ivermectin.
I wonder at the medical ethics of this trial : Across the planet we have millions of infected people with over 300,000 dead. In Bangladesh doctors claim they have found a cure with reports of curing patients with a particular combination of 2 drugs. IE IT WORKS !
But this trial you report on does not follow up on that news but tries something different and has patients suffering and dying. What were they thinking ?
PS I'm looking forward to a nice big haul of lovely 'red thumbies' to throw on the barbie for this comment. Thanks in advance.
Response to you over in unthreaded topic
http://joannenova.com.au/2020/05/weekend-unthreaded-313/
Still in quarantine.
Quotes from that study.
In other words, even when the ivermectin concentration is not anywhere near the IC50, it appears to have antiviral activity.
It has come to our attention that the original title of this article, "Ivermectin alone not useful in treating COVID-19" was inadvertently misleading. The title has been corrected to better reflect the research paper's title, "The Approved Dose of Ivermectin Alone is not the Ideal Dose for the Treatment of COVID-19".
Like other drugs, this is not the silver bullet you are looking for.
Why Peter ?
Evidence please to support your opinion.
It's your opinion versus Bangladesh doctors who are curing Covid disease suffers.
Bill, Of the three drugs promoted so far, not one is effective on its own, not one has been used in dose levels which are suitable for those who have other co-morbidities. All are touted as the solution, but there is little evidence that they would work at a population level.
In relation to the Bangladesh doctors, why should I take that as conclusive evidence, when other reports say the opposite.
It would be nice if it was true, but I think I'll see an honest banker helping Santa Claus chat with an uncorrupted politician before that happens
Steve of Cornubia
Well, in a world where something as common as blood pressure can be treated five or six ways and GPs will trial several to find the one/combination that works best for each patient, why should we insist on just ONE to treat Covid-19?
Agreed. And this is why I have been repeatedly highlighting the near-religious globalist vaccine-only agenda as being both potentially dangerous and unnecessary.
Anything produced will likely have been whipped up quickly as well….
But why not have drugs to cure and a vaccine to prevent infection ?
Both in other words.
Why tie one's arm behind our back and deny a vaccine any role in this infectious disease ?
An arsenal of many good bullets may be better than missing with a silver one anyway.
Slight correction to "This is the drug I called "sheep dip" (but which is really more of a cow or horse drench now)"
Still used with sheep – internally as a drench and externally in jetting as in "Cooper's Fly and Lice"
Sure. Effective broad spectrum drench for larval stage infestations. not sure about mature worms or lice.Sheep just love it. Disclaimer: poll of 2 year old wethers done 30 years ago.
Also comes as an under skin injection for sheep and as a "pour on" for cattle, the farmer always cops a bit as well. Vets have for 20 years recommend the sheep injectable for dogs.Have been using all forms since they became available.
In the UK vets were reluctant to use ivermectin in dogs as certain breeds had bad reactions to the drug and some died. The main breed suffering was the Lassie type Rough Collie.
However it worked perfectly well with my Labrador.
There are now other mectins that are safe and used instead.
Careful there before you treat.
Seems not all dogs – I saw that it is not good for collies.
Farmer Gez
Too many silly buggers dosed dogs with sheep strength liquid. It will kill a dog outright at those levels.
"It does not cross the blood brain barrier in most farm animals or people, but does in a few varieties of dogs and some Dutch Pattern rabbits, where it can cause death (blocks a neurotransmitter). One of the most bizarre things, IMHO, is that we have 2 different neurotransmitters outside the brain, so don't mind blocking one, while bugs, fles, lice, etc. only have the one so block it, they shut down and die. The mammals it kills have a defective blood brain barrier mutation.
So while the drench is often handled in a cavalier way on farms, this is a very wide acting medication with lethal potential if the blood brain barrier is compromised. Only get it as prescribed, or if in an EOTWAWKI situation, titrate the first dose a few drops at a time over the first day and stop if bad effects start showing up. That is what I did for my Dutch Pattern rabbit (a half Dutch cross so 50:50 odds) with head tilt. After that I knew her blood brain barrier was good, and the second dose just poured on."
In comments from
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2020/05/28/w-o-o-d-28-may-2020/#comment-130198
Which could make sense of it had bits of HIV engineered into it?
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200413/Novel-coronavirus-attacks-and-destroys-T-cells-just-like-HIV.aspx
"Now, a team from the United States and China revealed evidence that the coronavirus disease, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), attacks the immune system's T lymphocytes. The worrying findings highlight the destructive power of the novel coronavirus, which can destroy the immune system, leaving the patient unable to fight off the infection.
Hmmmmm ?
Good to see you re-post a link I put back in mid April just after it was published.
Green Thumb Steve !
Gbees
I came across this podcast accidentally. An interview with Prof. Dolores Cahill, Irish immunologist. Be interested in other peoples' opinions. Most of what she discusses I've found in scientific literature. Given the content goes against what our politicians and CMOs are saying, I thought I'd check if she's being vilified. Yep she is, just like climate sceptics. So I figure she's close to the target. https://delingpole.podbean.com/e/professor-dolores-cahill/
So Abattoir workers are more susceptible due to a cold workplace in the boning rooms, yet less susceptible to becoming ill and dying due to contact with ivermectin?
Luckily Doctor Norman Swann, 'Their ABC's' go to man has prepared the public for the news a young man's death in Blackwater, a death used to justify the continued denial of liberty in Queensland, was not a conspiracy just an accident caused by the false negative rate of a test. A test for a virus that had not been tested. An untested test test has just produced results that are being tested!
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/coronacast/so-whats-the-chance-your-coronavirus-test-is-wrong/12297980
So you've just had a coronavirus test, and had a little stick shoved up your nose and wobbled around.
But while you're waiting for a result, have you thought how accurate it might be?
Turns out the so-called false negative rate – that's when positive cases are wrongly found to be negative – can be as high as one in three on average.
What might that mean for Australia's fight against the virus?
The good Doctor has yet to get to the bit about false positives. The local ABC radio was carrying the new line that this means you should keep testing till you get a positive if you feel you have or may have had any of the symptoms.
I would follow this good advice below based on Norm's epiphany that the test is wildly inaccurate.
*POST CORRECTION!: Ignore this graph which was shown here which didn't show the peak at all. It was irrelevant
G'day Broadie,
And now the ABC Just In (at about 8:15) is saying that the test gave a false positive for the Blackwater man:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-02/coronavirus-queensland-nathan-turner-false-positive-blackwater/12308080
" Her apology has come after confirmation Blackwater man, Nathan Turner, did not die of coronavirus, igniting an angry backlash among residents of the tight-knit central Queensland community. "
It's all a dastardly plot. A conspiracy to destroy the world as we know it.
Sarc/
Yep, it was a false positive. That's regrettable. But the news was not suppressed. And Palachook to her credit has apologised.
Well, it took in the Federal Health minister Hunt as well. Told you so that the virus kills 30 year olds. Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought an idiot than to open it to remove all doubt. MT.
As Jo has said, Test, Test, Test.
This was just one test after he died.
A stuff up ?
A plot ?
Great idea Bill!
Let us find out what we are testing for?
Find a test that has a good degree of probability of testing for that indicator.
And, I know this is a hard one for you, report it in a format that is not designed to frighten the children.
Then test test test.
So no conspiracy theory, no alleged plot just adult logic.
" The local ABC radio was carrying the new line that this means you should keep testing till you get a positive "
Isn't that how "their ABC" run their polls?
William Astley
This drug's in vitro results against covid, a 5000 percent reduction in 48 hours does sound promising. It would be great to have something that reduces the covid death rate and the fear.
Correcting the population's 'Vitamin' D deficiency looks like it might have a bigger payback, with no risk. It looks like the 'science' is done, we have the cure to stop serious covid cases.
'Vitamin' D deficient people are 20 times more likely to die from covid, than 'Vitamin' D deficient people, regardless of age or sex.
Patterns of COVID-19 Mortality and Vitamin D: An Indonesian Study
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3585561
Vitamin D Insufficient Patients 12.55 times more likely to die
Vitamin D Deficient Patients 19.12 times more likely to die
Based on actual survey data, it is a fact that, 42% of the US population and 82% of the US black population is 'Vitamin' D deficient. Same definition of 'Vitamin' D normal and deficient, as the Indonesian study.
There is direct observational evidence that 'Vitamin' D deficiency is the controlling factor. Dark skin people require up to ten times more UVB to produce the same amount of Vitamin D as white skin people.
The BCC notes the covid death rate, correlates with how dark the ethnic group's skin is. The same finding in the US. Black people have more than twice the death rate, than whites. And Latinos have a 60% greater death rate than whites.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52574931
There is a 80% reduction in breast cancer if the population's Vitamin D deficiency is corrected. The reduction in the incidence of Prostate cancer, is expected to be the same, tests underway, researchers have discovered the gene which Vitamin D turns on to stop prostate cancer. Almost complete elimination of colon cancer. 50% reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes, and so on. 'Correction' requires 4000 UI/day. Double blind, 'studies' have been done with 2000 UI/day to prove that 2000 UI/day is not enough to stop cancer.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960076015300091?via%3Dihub
Incidence rate of type 2 diabetes is >50% lower in Grassroots Health cohort with median serum 25–hydroxyvitamin D of 41 ng/ml than in NHANES cohort with median of 22 ng/ml
This chemical is something our body needs. Double blind studies to learn how our body avoids getting cancer, type 2 and 1 diabetes, dementia, depression, and so on, when our 'Vitamin' D deficiency is corrected, is sort of evil.
William prevention is always better than a cure.
And Vitamin D is an effective preventative against this virus.
I take it myself every day. My blood test for vitamin D was 187 I was told yesterday. So I doubt I will get this disease.
But there are thousands of people suffering from this disease right now and those persons need a cure.
Vitamin D does not cure people suffering from this disease.
Ivermectin with doxycycline has being done in Bangladesh and has been for a couple of months.
There is the old dictum of medicine : "Do NO Harm"
And there is an equally important one : "Do What Works"
Does seem to help.
Not only does vitamin D enhance our innate immune systems, it also prevents our immune systems from becoming dangerously overactive. This means that having healthy levels of vitamin D could protect patients against severe complications, including death, from COVID-19.
Does seem to help prevent the our immune system becoming dangerously overactive.
Yes it's a preventative.
But not a cure.
So what happens if after testing positive you increase your D levels?
Good question !
But maybe it helps prevents the virus causing the disease.
Somewhere it was mentioned that statins interfere with vitamin D uptake. A large number of us oldies are on statins.
True. If you Cholesterol levels are low then the body cannot make Vitamin D in the skin using the energy of sunlight.
And big Pharma's Statins reduce cholesterol levels in the blood.
Not clever ! Best to not take statins.
But in us elderly folk the ability of our skin to transform Cholesterol into Vitamin D is reduced anyway. So taking Vitamin D as a supplement makes sense.
Wasn't that mentioned as a contributor to the high mortality rate in northern Italy?
Clyde Spencer
You said, "So it's another drug, like hydroxycholoroquine that has been road tested for safety's sake up the kazoo."
I would suggest displaying more restraint in your promotion of 'novel' medications. For starters, the drugs are tested initially on healthy lab animals, and then on healthy humans. The majority of people taking ivermectin (as well as HCQ) are typically healthy except for the parasite they may be trying to rid themselves of. They are not representative of the elderly with co-morbidities who seem to be the most vulnerable to COVID-19. Typically, people who are ill and weak are less tolerant of things that further stress them. Be careful or your medical license may be revoked.
Interesting points.
Clyde, perhaps read the post again. I warned readers the docs seemed to be hyping things.
I said "I"m not sure the enthusiasm is matched by the data. I'd only say "it's not dead yet". But in terms of drug testing, that's an achievement. Here's hoping it can live up to these plans."
I stand by my assessment that any drug that's been used for years and internally in children has a much broader safety margin than the 2,000,000 drug contenders out there that don't. Only a tiny percentage of drugs are in the HCQ and Ivermectin superdrug status in terms of common use.
That doesn't mean it will help people beat coronavirus.
Clyde, ivermectin is hardly novel. Its been used extensively in mammals since the late 1980's. I personally would administer 10,000 doses of it or other similar 'mectins each year. It is quite safe in many times overdose in weak and sick and small and thin sheep. I would think African doctors would have extensive experience with sick humans and old and infirm humans. I admit that certain dog breeds cant cope with it; collies specifically.
By definition ALL medications are novel with Covid, because Covid is novel. So does that mean we can never have a treatment because any new treatment will be novel when we start to use it?
If Chloroquine and Ivermectin are novel, then what medications are not?
Good to read your plain common sense Jane. Thanks.
@Rick : "Australia's reproductive rate is arguably stuck at 1 but just 15 cases a day for over a month now"
Yes that is a concern Rick. And most of the 'new' cases are in Victoria with a few otheres being discovered among quarantined travellers elsewhere..
In Victoria new caeses are being found in schools and kindergarten and from persons with symptoms opting to get tested
Why ? What is going on in Victoria that is preventing the elimination of the virus there ?
Dense population and lack of sunlight especially UV?
http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/awap/solar/index.jsp?colour=colour&time=latest&step=0&map=solarave&period=month&area=nat
Plug in recent dates here.
https://www.arpansa.gov.au/our-services/monitoring/ultraviolet-radiation-monitoring/ultraviolet-radiation-index
Sliggy, Tasmania & SA are both eliminating the virus…
And those states get roughly the same amount of sunlight and UV.
New Zealand is further South and gets less sunlight & UV
And is also eliminating the virus.
So it's not sunlight or UV.
What's going wrong in Victoria ?
A certain premier and his sidekick health bods.
Vic was down to an average of just 3 new cases/day at start of May, then peaked at 14/day mid May, now back to 7/day.
Rest of Australia was 11/day at start of May, now 6/day. Seems some are still returning travellers, plus Vic had the Cedar Meat debacle.
The odd thing in NSW is that active cases are still at 363 per covid19data.com.au, while Vic has just 72. Australia-wide 475 cases, so only 40 active cases outside NSW/Vic. Maybe NSW is not good at reporting recovered cases?
Robber, are NSW cases older? They may take a lot longer to recover.
Vic has had 263 recoveries during May from 53 open cases at May 1, while NSW has had 390 recoveries from 688 open cases at May 1. So Vic has had more new cases during May, so it appears NSW cases are talking longer to recover.
Health departments in different states report differently, so make it difficult to compare.
Seeded into the community around Cedar Meats and going into Ramadan for the month from April 23. You could equally ask why the clusters (inc Maccas) are around North and Northwest Melbourne.
Dense population vs Tas.
Most of Vic is further south than most of S.A. It does get more U.V. Plug Adelaide into that UV index model ad real data chart and a few May dates. You will see it often in the yellow (moderate).
Ooops. Meant to reply to Bill In Oz
June 2, 2020 at 11:45 am.
My hunch is that the Victorian Dpt of Health is even more incompetent than we learned from the way it handled the Cedar Meats fiasco.
But more evidence is needed. But I notice that the Dpt of Health is very uninformative or vague with infection statistics.
Then why are nearly all the new infections located in Melbourne's North & Western suburbs ?
Why not the Eastern & South Eastern suburbs as well ?
Sunlight & UV do not vary at all across Melbourne's geographic footprint in Victoria.
"why are nearly all the new infections located in Melbourne's North & Western suburbs ?"
Luck of the draw? Sample sise is getting small. That being said is the population density lower out in the east. More houses, less flats? More cars, less reliance on public transport? Further from the international airport?
Demographics?
Posted that before I saw Tiffany's post at #16.
Sliggy I know Melbourne. I have family there and have lived there – about 16 years..
Population density in some Eastern & South Eastern suburbs is very very high.
Eg Box Hill which is 70% Chinese in high rises & houses.
Dandenong which is 40-50% Indian, Pakistani & Bangladeshi in appartments and houses..
Springvale which has a high proportion of Vietnamese.
Public transport is thick on the ground in all Melbourne suburbs : trams, trains and buses. No difference.
Tullarmarine is in the outer Northern suburbs but lets be frank, it's mostly the wealthier people who travel by plane and they are concentrated in South Yarra, Kew, Burwood, Toorak, Malvern, Chadstone etc.
The inner Eastern & South Eastern suburbs.
The main distinctive feature of the Northern & Western suburbs is the lack of an Australian English speaking middle class. There are lots of working poor, unemployed poor and also rich migrant families. but not many traditional Australian middle class families.
Race demographics per state. Many people travelled back after the new year from overseas and went to their home states. As some cultures won't use main stream Doctors and others didn't wish to be quarantined, the true number of infected people wasn't known. Being untested, they travelled freely among the population. N.S.W saw an explosion in the beginning of new cases as people were travelling to country towns and outer suburbs to stock up on essential supplies for themselves and to send home overseas. (This I know to be true). After this frenzy slowed and "stay at home laws" were put in place, the cases slowed to a trickle. The lingering we now see is a result of Race demographics, the "She'll be right" mentality, or the plain selfish people not wanting to be quarantined and still continuing to mingle. Personally, I'm very excited about ivermectin. I do hope though, it won't be assasinated because it's not a profitable option for big pharma!
Tiffany you write "Race demographics per state"
Would you please elaborate ?
At first I thought here we go again, another miracle cure. Turns out to be a re-hash of a previous miracle cure. Not even a "study" this time, just a bunch of anecdotes of people rising from their death beds cured. Come on man!
The problem with people suddenly getting better after appearing to be on deaths door is that this is how these viruses like corona and flu work. You can feel very bad and then next day feel good with only a nagging cough for a week or so after to indicate you had been sick. This is why it is so hard to work out which treatments will work, it takes long term clinical trials to get a real idea of what's going on. Observations from MDs may suggest a line of investigation but are not proof of anything.
As anecdotes are now the accepted level of scientific evidence here I offer this one. A 93 year old woman with Wuhan-19 was in hospital getting treatment when her vital signs all started to go downhill, anyway 3 days later she was discharged from the hospital. The human immune system is a powerful thing and once it gets to grips with its foe it can turn things around very quickly, no miracle pills required.
Hope I don't seem too critical with my comments Jo but as interesting or entertaining as all these "cures" are I don't think we would accept this level of evidence from say a so-called climate scientist. Is the MD on the end of a persons name some evidence of higher authority? Dr Karl and others would no doubt agree.
Read my reply to clyde.
I declared this drug is "not dead yet" as a possible treatment. I'm hardly raving.
I didn't think I needed to spell out why I was "glad to see this being studied" but not saying, "buy some", "write to your minister", "Demand Ivermectin for Aged Care Homes".
It's almost like I'm not allowed to mention that some docs are excited, even though I put qualifiers on it…
I seem to recall there have been indications/suspicions in the past that Ivermectin can cause 'excess deaths' in the 6 months/year after treatment, especially in the sort of demographic hit hardest by CV19 – so you certainly wouldn't want to use it in aged care homes.
But yes, why not investigate every possibly treatment, it doesn't matter if one isn't appropriate for all – is it ever!
Your accusation of overreaction is an overreaction.
1 : Doctors in Bangladesh find it works for their patients.
And a doctor in Florida is raving about it also.
2 : And Ivermectin is readily available self serve in ALL farm shops in Australia, New zealand, Canada & USA & UK & South Africa etc etc etc..
Plus it's been a standard treatment for all sorts of parasites for decades. And is used to treat human diseases over the counter in Africa and Asia.
3: It does no harm to mammals or humans.
4: It's dead cheap
But you dead pan it ?
Seems to me like you work in big Pharma Don.
then it has a lot of things going for it.
Adrian Kerton
Take care, it can cure some dogs of mange but will kill some breeds.
Most of the medical practitioners have the double pass bachelor degrees MBBS. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. In USA their first medical degree is erroneously called the MD.In Australian the MD, Doctor of Medicine is a post graduate degree. So called Dr Karl does not have a doctorate. He was awarded an Honary Doctorate by the Sunshine Coast university. Normally people with honary doctorates don't use the term doctor. Two exceptions: Dr Karl and Professor Doctor Sir Les Patterson.
Bob in Castlemaine
For God's sake don't tell Donald about it. If he were to mention it it'd be banned in a flash!
I remember reading a report where he mentioned it in passing at a presser.
But it got duck shoved by some other issue that the press corps wanted to push about him.
If a search is done for ivermectin on youtube, a fellow can be found using it to deworm himself, I's a bit difficult to find and even more difficult to watch. Graphic is an understatement. The point is, he took more then one dose and lived to tell the tale. He wasn't using animal ivermectin though. It doesn't kill. Another option I saw discussed but not taken seriously, was using ivermectin in oxygen masks. This way it enters the lungs directly. To my knowledge though, it hasn't been tried.
Nigel Sedgwick
It should be noted that Bangladesh has one of the highest population proportions (44.5% from my search and approximate averaging between male/female and smoked/smokeless) of nicotine intake. It is also known that nicotine has some useful effect against Covid-19 (see https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.06.20092999v1 ).
Accordingly for Bangladesh, considerable care should be taken in efficacy studies- this relating to sample biases arising from nicotine intake. There is a particular general bias with 60.7% males and 28.2% females with nicotine intake and 34.6% smoking and 54.3% taking smokeless tobacco. Also the smokers would likely have adverse effects from lung morbidity – but not the smokeless takers.
Keep safe and best regards
This makes sense but doesn't account for Ivermectin being trialed with success in America. I have no doubt That some of the failed hydroxychloroquine sample also smoked..
Excellent professional medical lectures from Medcram on Covid 19 including this one on Ivermectin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc6VV7ue4cE
More at https://www.youtube.com/user/MEDCRAMvideos/videos
We gave some Ivermectin to our visiting Fox who had mange and she is now restored to excellent health but perhaps I shouldn't take some if I get the virus, or perhaps I should?
I'll throw wrench in the works. I bought and tried Oral sheep Drench. (After research) only at 200mcg/kg. It is only ivermectin, and only oral. Not the topical formulation. I'm alive. I then used a tiny amount in a nasal irrigation bottle. I had a bad sinus infection. Had being the operative word. I'm alive. No adverse effects.
ATheoK
"It's famous for stopping River Blindness and saving the eyesight of thousands. It's also used against roundworms, lungworms, mites, lice, scabies and hornflies, as well as cattle-ticks."
Sounds like it should be prescribed for Lyme disease and likely many other parasitic beasties.
That is, if the hidebound FDA and AMA can accept a non big-pharma solution.
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Les Échelles sont un ensemble de comptoirs commerciaux établis en terre d'islam du  au  par différentes puissances européennes, dont en premier lieu la France, sous le régime des Capitulations.

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Levant

On distingue les Échelles du Levant de celles de Barbarie. Les premières sont les ports de Constantinople, Smyrne, Alexandrie, ainsi que des villes situées à l'intérieur des terres : Le Caire, Alep, Damas. Certaines Échelles s'étendent à des régions entières : la Crète, Chypre, la Morée.

On nomme Échelles du Levant les ports marchands de la Méditerranée orientale, soumis à la domination ottomane et dans lesquels les Européens ont des comptoirs. Cette expression doit son origine aux échelles ou degrés appuyés sur les môles des ports de ces places et au bas desquels les vaisseaux viennent décharger les passagers et les marchandises.

Afrique du Nord
Les Échelles de Barbarie, en Afrique du Nord, sont beaucoup plus nombreuses. On compte Tripoli, le cap Negro, Tunis, Bastion de France, La Calle, Bône, Alger, Oran, Salé, Safi, Mogador, Agadir et Fès parmi les principales.

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Amy BEACH (1867-1944)
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150 (1938) [14:34]
Natalie KLOUDA (b. 1984)
Piano Trio No. 1 - Fantasy Triptych (2014) [12:36]
Clara SCHUMANN (1819-1896)
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 (1846) [27:27]
Monte Piano Trio (Francesco Sica (violin), Claude Frochaux (cello), Irina Botan (piano))
Rec. Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Kleiner Saal, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, March 2016.
GENUIN GEN17449 [54:44]
As the booklet points out, it is not that long ago that a disc featuring three women composers would have been met with derision and claims of a feminist agenda. Thank heavens times are a-changing. This disc presents three piano trios which can now be seen for their merits alone, and not just as a fad or a curio. These are works that not only present composers who are women, but composers who are shining examples in their fields and generations. The disc is entitled Triptych. This is not only a reference to Natalie Klouda's piece, but also the three women, to the centuries when they were active, and the styles they adopted.
The disc opens with the rippling piano of the opening movement of Amy Beach's Piano Trio in A minor. This is soon joined by the cello before the entry of the piano. This work introduced me to Beach's music. The opening brings back memories of a concert at which this trio was joined by the Clara Schumann and the Fanny Mendelssohn. It is a late-romantic masterpiece of the genre in its own right, a relatively late work by a composer at the peak of her artistic output. Yes, it can be described as conservative and even backward-looking—it looks to Brahms rather than the future—but that is not a bad thing. This is a model of late romanticism and one to be enjoyed by all.
The pivotal work on this disc is the trio by the young British composer Natalie Klouda. It was commissioned for a concert series given in 2014 by the artists who perform it here. The concert featured music by both Clara and Robert Schumann, and by their friend Johannes Brahms. Klouda states that she took the three composers as inspiration for her own work, with the piano as the central aspect of each of the movements, just as it was the instrument of choice for the three composers. The opening movement, Exploration - Clara, is somewhat pensive at first, but you get a sense of a questioning nature as the movement progresses. This is a beautiful slowish movement, one which—having read a biography of Clara as well as some of her own writings—fits well with her temperament. The second movement, Reflection - Johannes, presents a tender andante theme which could reflect the younger Brahms and his relationship with Robert and especially with Clara. The final movement, Vexations - Robert, is the quickest, and—as the title suggests—the most agitated. We know that Robert Schumann often composed in a frenzy, but is there a suspicion of his growing madness here too? This is a fine work, one in which the thematic material is melodious and well developed, and one that sits well between the Beach and Clara Schumann. This seems to be the only work by Natalie Klouda available on the well-known online sites, but on this evidence, let us hope for more.
The Clara Schumann G minor Piano Trio is the best-known work here, and as such needs little introduction. It is strongly romantic and compares well with her contemporaries' work. It could be argued that the writing, especially for the piano, is more developed and advanced than her husband Robert's. Needless to say, it is often regarded as the finest piano trio by a woman, when in fact it should be regarded as one of the finest trios of the whole romantic period. I have a number of recordings of this work; this performance is up with the best.
The Monte Piano Trio give strong and committed performances of all three works, showing their breadth of ability and ease of moving between the genres presented by the three composers. Their performances are well detailed and show a great sense of ensemble and understanding. The sound is excellent, as are the booklet notes—an excellent production all round.
Stuart Sillitoe

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When you're having a busy time at work a good cocktail, eating out in Harrogate and a good friendship can, pretty much, put anything right!
I say busy time, I don't think I've ever been busier! Work is manic with a full programme of event for the year ahead. And my blog? Well let's just say it's October before I have any plans to come up for air. But I thrive on being busy so who's complaining!
To get me through the next few months I know I'm going to need my friends, my business network and blogging community around me. It's been a while since I'd caught up with bloggers, A Yorkshire Girl and Northern Bindi, so I thought Côte Brasserie would be the perfect meeting place for a natter.
Placed on a marble table top by a smart waiter was a sparkling glass of Pampelle Spritz (£6.95). Ah! Inspired by the much-loved French culture 'apéro', which is combines drinks, food and friends, this summer fizz is my tipple of choice for the evening.
Cote opened its doors to the people of Harrogate back in 2016. Situated in the new Everyman complex Côte and the other chains surrounding it have had a hard time bedding in. We've seen Byron Burgers, Sprouse Moose and more recently CAU close their doors.
I wonder what will become of this little corner of Harrogate? Your guess is as good as mine but Côte is still here and it's still delivering on good food and great service.
So, what's on offer? I took the Parisian root and orders a classic Moules Marinières (£6.50) to start. Although small they were the sweetest little mussels I've ever tasted and the sauce was rich and creamy too.
It was such a lovely evening, the restaurant had opened up the front and it felt like we were dining in the Côte d'Azur, or so I wished! The company of Susanna and Raj soon made the worries and stresses of my working week melt away and we were laughing and giggling about blogging blunders!
For main, I ordered the juiciest 10oz sirloin steak with a truffle hollandaise sauce (£10.95). Côte certainly know how to season and cook a steak – perfectly pink with delicious carameised grill marks and a good coating of cracked black pepper! The Hollandaise sauce, infused with truffle was a new one on me and it worked so well with the red meat and skinny fries.
Finally us girls decided to order three of Côte specialty dessert – Crepe Chantelly (£5.95) – the sweet strawberries were covered in a sharp strawberry jus and topped with a sweet Chantelly cream. Crepes are a fabulous way to end a meal as they aren't as heavey as other desserts and this one was the essence of summer!
It's strange but the website doesn't include prices. I'm guessing so they can charge differently depending on location but I think it would put people off visiting if they couldn't find out prices or offers. So, I thought it is worth saying Côte offer a set lunch and early evening menu which gives you the choice of two courses for £10.95 or three course for £13.50.
Côte, I know you are consistently great, I hear it from my friends who go to you on a regular basis. So it's nice to know when I write about great service, it will be great for anyone and everyone who visits you. Good service is key to a successful restaurant, and your freindly staff, who look the part, were always on hand to help – keep it up!
Côte pride themselves on understated French elegance and their interior certainly delivers but is it too understated for the restaurant to make dining with them a memorable one? Let's compare it to the bold interior quirks of The Ivy, I'd say the food is of equal standard to the offering at The Ivy but I know which one I would remember. Côte, maybe it's time to take it up a notch or two, be brave, be bold, and be remembered!
I have to say my night was an absolute hoot. Raj (Northern Bindi) and Susanna (A Yorkshire Girl) are so much fun. By the end of the night my cheeks were hurting from all the laughter – just what The Harrogate Girl needed – thanks girls!
P.S. We were invited by Côte to review the Harrogate restaurant in exchange for promotion. I am a keen supporter of all restaurants in Harrogate, chains or independents, because together they create a fantastic offering to suit all budgets, eating habits and needs.
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Next month, Miss Nine returns with the third instalment of her label's 'Around The World' album series. Inspired by religious Hindu spring festival Holi, the theme for this follow up edition in the ATW series is 'Colours' – a symbolic gesture to the unity and energetic liberty discovered on the dancefloor. Showcasing the musical direction of Miss Nine, the mix weaves between progressive-tech house and big room electro featuring tracks from imprints such as Toolroom Records, Spinnin' Records, Armada, Nettwerk Productions, Zouk Recordings, Doorn Music and Nine's own 925 Music label.
Miss Nine was the first female artist to release on Sharam's Yoshitoshi label, a feat that led her to become support DJ for Deep Dish during their reign. Following this early success, she also became the youngest DJ to ever play the main stage at Dance Valley, sharing the stage with DJs such as Tiësto, David Guetta and Avicii. Fast forward to the present day and she is a regular feature at events like Ultra Music Festival playing main stage this year together with Deadmau5, Kaskade, Hardwell, Porter Robinson and Live stage with Faithless and Snoop Dog. Miss Nine will be taking the album's theme on the road evolving the show through a series of colours from April through until October 2013.


Kyle Mackall, music producer at Baltimore's Sound Shack Recording Studio, has a unique new free mp3 music download on offer. The innovative composition of "Different" brings back an authentic new wave/industrial feel with a contemporary slant: there's a clean, thick beat overlaid with catchy string-synth melodies. Included in this months download free music initiative, "Different" progresses through added layers, at times sounding rich and complex, and at others minimalist. Breaks are varied and beats are heavy, pushing you out of your comfort zone and into a bigger groove. Whether you are lifting in the gym or on a long road trip, this track conveys a bold, strong feel that will keep you pushing forward.
The title of the track speaks for itself: this is something a little bit…different. It makes you feel like something new is happening, perhaps even making you feel like you're stepping into some sort of post-apocalyptic sci-fi film (think Mad Max Fury Road). The sound is reminiscent of the massively popular electro-punk band Twenty One Pilots, whose most recent hit "Heathens" was featured on the Suicide Squad soundtrack. This is the only band besides Elvis and the Beatles to have two hits at once in the Billboard 100 with "Ride" and "Heathens." "Heathens" and "Different" have a similar feel: both throw out heavy industrial beats with dark-wave melodies that bring you through are journey that is at once unpretentious, slightly creepy and somehow empowering. The Rolling Stone article written by Andy Greene goes more in to depth about the impact of the new band. After listening to a couple of their tracks, I found myself checking out www.twentyonepilots.com for upcoming shows and tour dates. Clearly there's something very hot about this sound right now!
There's something to be said for a creative, dark track that evokes movement. "Different" seems progressive, starting out subtle and building into a series of climax-type moments, then dropping into playful and irregular changes towards the end. The track keeps moving with ascending synth string melodies that break just at the right spots, littered with unexpected textural overtones. The melody carries through with some slightly unexpected shifts, even to the point where the rhythm becomes slightly irregular which can feel momentarily confusing…in the best way possible. This is a dynamic track with raw-yet-clean feel, which makes it the perfect addition to your gym or creativity playlist. Grab your free mp3 download today and checkout other unique songs from our beat store. Our engineers use Ableton Live! and other DAWs to create our music.


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World Tourism Day - 27th September
By Michael Evans - 27 Sep 2012 0:1:0 GMT
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The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism. Tourism is seen as a driver of economic growth, inclusive development and environmental sustainability and over 100 countries have benefited from UNWTO's worldwide leadership and support.
As long ago as 1979 it was decided that 27th September would be designated World Tourism Day, a date that was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the adoption of the UNWTO Statutes on 27th September 1970.
The purpose of World Tourism Day is to foster awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic value. It also seeks to address the global challenges outlined in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and to highlight the contribution that the tourism industry can make towards reaching these goals.
The theme of World Tourism Day 2012 is: Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development. This theme aims to highlight tourism's role in a brighter energy future in which everyone in the world has access to modern, efficient and affordable energy services.
Tourism is one of the world's largest economic sectors and is already at the forefront of some of the world's most ambitious and innovative clean energy solutions. Important steps have already been taken towards the future by improving energy efficiency, and renewable energy technologies are increasingly being used in its operations. In addition to helping to protect the planet, many of these steps are creating jobs and helping to lift people out of poverty.
Tourism depends on effective transportation and it is in the transportation industry where many of these innovations are most evident. The aviation industry is implementing cutting edge technologies that are reducing the overall weight of aircraft and consequently reducing the amount of fuel consumed. Commercial aircraft are also increasingly using bio fuels in their fuel mix.
Hotels have also become much more energy saving conscious, with energy saving light bulbs becoming the norm in many locations. Tour operators are being encouraged to promote energy efficient procedures throughout their supply chains.
The very important cruising industry is also making a major contribution with increasing use being made of renewable fuels in large cruise ships.
Clean energy solutions can have a major effect on the reduction of the carbon emissions generated by the tourist industry. Being such an enormous global industry, these reductions can make a significant difference worldwide.
There are also many other benefits. Development of tourism can bring improvements to local infrastructures, which can bring benefits to local environments and communities. Modern energy systems are able to reach the world's poor, business costs are reduced and jobs are created along with economic opportunities.
It has been estimated that during 2012, around a billion international tourists are expected to travel. This presents a major challenge. It is seen as a time to commit to a more sustainable tourism sector, with a sustainable future for all.
The 2012 official celebrations will take place in Maspalomas, Gran Canaris, Spain. This will include a Think Tank where top experts and policy makers will consider the 2012 theme.
One of the darker sides of world tourism will also be considered in a Debate on Tourism and Social Responsibility "Fighting Together Against Child Sexual Exploitation in the Tourism Sector". The debate will be organised jointly by UNICEF Spain and the Federation of Associations for the Prevention of Child Mistreatment.
Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General is naturally very upbeat about the contribution that world tourism is already making to sustainable development, particularly in the way that not only is the industry helping to protect the environment, but at the part it is playing in ending energy poverty.
These issues, said Mr Rafai, are being addressed by the 2012 UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All that aims to ensure universal energy access, significant improvements in rates of energy efficiency and the doubling of the share of renewable energy in the world by 2030.
These sustainable energy initiatives benefit the world and not just the tourism industry said Mr Rifai and he urged all tourism stakeholders, whether they be governments, businesses, or tourists themselves, to play their part in helping to achieve the UN's sustainable energy goals.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, echoed these thoughts when he thanked tourists for playing their part in offsetting their own carbon emissions, whether by choosing ecologically friendly destinations and providers, or simply by not having their towels laundered every day.
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No new gold nuggets
UTEP alumni celebrate the centennial festivities.
Amanda Guillen, Managing Editor/Multimedia Editor
UTEP has been recognizing a select group of alumni as the cream of the crop for 64 years, but this year the usual process is not going to suffice. Instead, to honor UTEP's centennial year, there will be a celebration of all of the previous recipients.
The selection process takes place prior to homecoming week, and both Gold Nuggets and Distinguished Alumni will take part in the homecoming festivities.
Executive Director for Alumni Relations, Richard Daniel, said it is important that this year is different
from others.
"It is going to be a celebration for them, to pay tribute to them for what they have been able to accomplish and helping elevate the university because with their successes, come our successes," Daniel said.
More than 100 past Gold Nuggets and Distinguished Alumni are expected to attend the week-long celebrations that started on Oct. 6.
The Distinguished Alumni and Gold Nugget Centennial Celebration Gala will take place at 6:30 p.m., on Oct. 10 at the Don Haskins Center. There will be food and entertainment.
All of the past award recipients will also be honored on Oct. 11 at halftime of UTEP's game against Old Dominion on the Sun Bowl football field.
Overall, Daniel said that bringing back these alumni is important for them, but also for current students. He said that many alumni have not been back to the university in a while and have not seen the change and growth that the university
has undergone.
He also said that students would be able to learn from other fellow Miners that were once in their shoes.
"Our students can see that these individuals that walked around this campus at some point in their life have been able to achieve their career dreams and they have been able to do great things and that is because they were persistent, and they understood that if they kept moving forward, things would pay off," he said.
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PDKI Officials Respond to Iranian Threats
Since PDKI embarked on a new phase in its liberation struggle in 2015, the Iranian regime has responded by militarizing eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan. In particular, Iran has massed thousands of troops along the border with southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan in close proximity to PDKI's Peshmerga Forces. Iranian officials have threatened to attack them.
In response to PDKI's reinvigorated struggle, known as Rasan in Kurdish, the Islamist regime in Tehran has increased its military activities in eastern Kurdistan. Iranian propaganda attempts to paint PDKI's reinvigorated struggle as a "conspiracy" by the United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab countries against Iran.
However, Rasan —which means "standing up to one's enemy with a vengeance" —is a response to the systematic and increased oppression of the Kurdish people by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Rasan is also a proactive strategy that combines armed struggle with civil resistance to liberate the Kurdish people.
Since 2015, PDKI's Peshmerga Forces have fought bravely against Iranian forces. This summer, civilians in a number of cities in eastern Kurdistan staged peaceful demonstrations in response to the arbitrary killing of Kurdish workers by Iran's terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Lately, the Islamist regime in Iran has responded in two ways to the presence of PDKI's Peshmerga Forces in eastern Kurdistan, the formation of urban Peshmerga units and civil resistance in the cities.
Iran has militarized eastern Kurdistan, massed thousands of troops along the border with southern Kurdistan and has reacted to peaceful protests in a number of Kurdish cities with massive and brutal violence.
Iranian military commanders have also threatened to launch a large scale ground offensive to attack PDKI's Peshmerga Forces in the mountains of Kurdistan. These threats also coincide with the agreement between Syria, ISIS and Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah to move ISIS terrorists to the borders of Southern Kurdistan, where PDKI's leadership is based.
Kawa Bahrami, a member of PDKI's leadership, said in an interview that Iran's recent threats and the agreement between its proxies to move ISIS terrorists to the borders of southern Kurdistan are interconnected. He also pointed to Iran's collusion with the Taliban in Afghanistan as part and parcel of Iran's destabilizing policies in the Middle East.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has always promoted instability and supported various terrorist groups, including those that are ostensibly its enemies, in order to advance its imperialist agenda in the Middle East," Baharami said.
Bahrami also said that although PDKI takes Iran's recent threats seriously, an attack against the bases of PDKI's Peshmerga Forces is not imminent.
"Given the fact that the bases of our Peshmerga Forces are located in a mountainous region and considering Iran's involvement in several ongoing conflicts, it would not serve their interests to attack our forces at this moment," he said.
Meanwhile, a Peshmerga Commander in the mountains of Kurdistan said in a statement that their forces are ready to repel any attack by Iranian forces. "Sending their troops will be their decision, but whether they return will not be their decision", the Peshmerga Commander warned.
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This morning, our responses will reveal our actions, as we are ignited with a sense of nurturing all that wants to be birthed into our world anew… A sense of being with all that has been created and nurturing it into a more full birthing….
So beloveds let us celebrate the conception of a new cycle of birthing, a cycle of 260 days from conception to birth, as we enter the new birth canal of this next cycle… Let us honour the mother and know that all is birthed of the feminine, ignited by the spark of the masculine, and in this honour all of life… Allowing the feminine / masculine balance to birth the new in love, honour and respect… blessed be!
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This weekend will see the Trapstar boys drop a whole lot of weight at the sale being hosted by Supra, as mentioned earlier this week.
Tomorrow's (Saturday) drop will include items from two different collections, as well as some special edition items that fans of the Trap will not want to miss. I'm sure you know the drill by now; Trapstar drops are always available in strictly limited numbers. So, if you sleep tomorrow, chances are you'll miss your one and only chance at copping this limited freshness.
The 'Established In The Manor' collection is the Trapstar's tribute to the Supra store and their contribution to the UK street wear scene. The first part of a collection which is set to span 2010 includes both tees and sweats with black and gold print. You'll also be able to pick up sweats, zip hoods and shirts from the 1st Battalion collection, the new 'Year of the Tiger' Sweat by Trap designer JengOne and a very limited Trapstar logo beanie.
Full info on tomorrow's sale is available here and pictures of the items available follow below. Get down early to make your pick, don't risk turning up late as you will most definitely lose out.
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Bocking (or BOKKYNG), EDWARD, English Benedictine, b. of East Anglian parentage, end of fifteenth century; d. April 20, 1534. He graduated B. D. at Oxford, in 1513, and D. D. in 1518, was for some time Warden of Canterbury College there, and became a monk at Canterbury 1526. When Elizabeth Barton, "The Holy Maid of Kent", commenced her alleged Divine revelations, Bocking, with another monk, was sent to examine and report upon their authenticity, and he is said to have induced her to declare herself an inspired emissary for the overthrow of Protestantism and the prevention of the divorce of Queen Catherine. To further this scheme he had her removed to the Convent of St. Sepulchre at Canterbury. There is little doubt that he was her chief instigator in the continuance of her career of deception. His share in the affair, though it cannot be excused, must be ascribed to a mistaken zeal for the preservation of the ancient Faith. After the divorce of Queen Catherine and Henry's marriage to Anne Boleyn in 1533, Cromwell had Elizabeth Barton arrested, together with Bocking and others. Bocking confessed the imposture and, with his accomplices, did public penance at Paul's Cross. He and six others were hanged at Tyburn.
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Rainer Senger
Characterization of gas flow through low-permeability claystone: laboratory experiments and two-phase flow analyses
Rainer Senger, Enrique Romero, Alessio Ferrari, Paul Marschall
Book: Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement
Series: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
DOI: 10.1144/SP400.15
EISBN: 9781862396760
Abstract For the characterization of gas migration through a low-permeability clay host rock for deep underground repositories, a comprehensive understanding of the relevant phenomena of gas and fluid flow through low-permeability clay is required. The National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) in Switzerland has developed a comprehensive programme to characterize gas flow in low-permeability Opalinus Clay through laboratory tests and detailed numerical analyses for developing appropriate constitutive models. Laboratory tests were performed on cores by two different laboratories, the Laboratory for Soil Mechanics at EPFL and the Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences at UPC. Loading tests were performed by both laboratories to study rock compressibility at different stress levels and water permeability dependence on void ratio. The water retention behaviour demonstrated by EPFL and UPC produced comparable results. Water permeability tests and fast controlled-volume air injection experiments were performed in a triaxial cell under isotropic stress conditions on two samples with flow parallel and normal to the bedding planes. A confining stress of 15 MPa was applied during gas testing, corresponding to a lithostatic pressure at a depth of c. 600 m below ground. For detailed analyses, the two-phase flow code TOUGH2 ( Pruess et al. 1999 ) was used. This considers fluid flow in both liquid and gas phases under the influence of pressure, viscous and gravity forces, according to Darcy's law. The standard analyses could not reproduce the measured pressure responses well, and the calibrated hydraulic and two-phase parameters were not consistent with the preceding water test and laboratory analyses. Implementing the non-linear behaviour in terms of the observed relationship between changes in void ratio and associated changes in permeability under different stress conditions significantly improved the simulated results, resulting in a conceptual model that well reproduced the observed injection pressure and outflow responses for both tests, parallel and normal to bedding, using a consistent parameter set.


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First Non-Drug Device for Treating Kids With ADHD Gets the Green Light in the U.S.
U.S. FDA granted clearance to the manufacturer to sell it as a potential treatment for kids with ADHD.
by Kitty Elicay . Apr 24, 2019
ADHD is one of the most common behavioral disorders in kids, affecting around 3 to 5 percent of Filipino children. Kids diagnosed with the disorder have trouble paying attention, act without thinking or are very impulsive, and tend to be overly active. These symptoms do not go away or lessen on their own, and along with therapy, children with ADHD may need medication. But a new device that promises to help manage the disorder without the use of drugs has been approved for sale in the United States.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted clearance to market the first non-drug treatment for ADHD, described as a "cellphone-sized" device that sends a low-level electrical pulse to areas of the brain responsible for ADHD symptoms.
Formally known as "Monarch external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (eTNS) System," the device is designated for children ages 7 to 12 who are NOT currently taking any medication for the disorder.
"This new device offers a safe, non-drug option for treatment of ADHD in pediatric patients through the use of mild nerve stimulation, a first of its kind," Carlos Peña, Ph.D., director of the Division of Neurological and Physical Medicine Devices in the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a statement.
Manufactured by NeuroSigma, a life sciences company based in California, the eTNS system will only be made available through a prescription and must be used at home under the supervision of a parent, guardian, or caregiver.
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How the eTNS system works
The device generates a low-level electrical pulse and connects via a wire to a small patch that sticks to the child's forehead, just above the eyebrows. "The system delivers the low-level electrical stimulation to the branches of the trigeminal nerve, which sends therapeutic signals to the parts of the brain thought to be involved in ADHD," according to the FDA.
It is designed to be connected while the child is sleeping and will feel like a "tingling sensation" on the skin. Neuroimaging studies have shown that the device increases activity in areas of the brain that regulate attention, emotion, and behavior, but the FDA says it might take up to four weeks of use to see noticeable differences.
To test the device's efficacy, 62 children with moderate to severe ADHD were asked to participate in a clinical trial that compared the eTNS as the sole treatment to a placebo device. Every night for four weeks, the kids used either the eTNS therapy or the placebo device. At the end of the trial, children who used the eTNS recorded lower ADHD symptoms, which includes difficulty staying focused and paying attention, compared to those who used the placebo.
While the trial concluded with no serious side effects, the FDA did note common side effects like drowsiness, an increase in appetite, trouble sleeping, teeth clenching, headache, and fatigue.
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Studies are needed for this ADHD-related device
While the trial seems promising, experts believe that further research is needed to see whether the device is truly effective or not. Stephen Hinshaw, a professor of psychology at University of California, tells CNN that the FDA approval was based on a "single, small, short-term trial — which did not compare eTNS to established treatments."
Kids diagnosed with ADHD are typically treated through a combination of therapy and medication. "For preschool-aged children (4 to 5 years old) with ADHD, behavior therapy is recommended as the first line of treatment," according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Older children may be prescribed drugs. "Certain medicines assist people with ADHD in their focus and task commitment. Methylphenidate drugs affect chemical signals in the central nervous system, helping those with ADHD to perform better in school or work," writes Frances Mijares-Magtoto, a special education specialist, in a previous SmartParenting.com.ph article.
Currently, the eTNS device is available in the United States and costs over $1,000 (around Php53,000) for the starter kit. It was previously approved for the treatment of epilepsy and depression in Europe and Canada, according to CNN.
The device is not intended for kids under 7 years old nor for patients with an active implantable pacemaker or neurostimulators. Those who use body-worn devices like insulin pumps are also not advised to use the eTNS system.
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They say it takes two to tango and that might just be the case of this cutest couple of the town Himani and Sanat Gupta who owners of "Sanat & Himani", a Jammu based label that creates ensembles inspired by the aura of opulence and elegance. Like their brand, Himani and Sanat is a weird combination of fun and elegance.
Chetna Khullar, Principal of Magic Years Playway School is the pioneer in the Kindergarten education in Jammu and runs the best playway school with the name "Magic Years Pre-School" in the town. In the last 21 years, she has provided the right kind of base that every kids needs to reach heights of success.
In this week's 'Books and Authors' SAHIL RASGOTRA tries exploring the intriguing personality of famous Dogri writer Nirmal Vikram.
Born in a remote hilly village called Bakkal in Jammu, the man is known responsible for giving Dogri language and culture of Jammu an international standard. Balwant Thakur has been honoured with a list of prominent awards like Sanskriti Award, the Jammu and Kashmir Academy Award, the Abhinay Samman and the Padam Shree.
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Artists in Jammu and Kashmir get a raw deal; many keep looking for work even their payments are not given in time. Many artists have not been paid remuneration since 2011 by DD Kashmir, said Ajay Safaya, an eminent actor from Jammu.
In this world where almost every person lives for themselves, there are some who find happiness in the service of humanity. One such person is Father Philip Attukadavil who is recently appointed as the director of Sahara Special School, a day care centre for mentally challenged children located at Trikuta Nagar in Jammu city.
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