Zoologists say a skin-eating fungus threatens salamanders and newts across Europe, and probably arrived on pet amphibians imported from Asia.
It was discovered in the Netherlands in 2013 after wiping out all but 10 of the country's fire salamanders.
Now tests show that the fungus causes deadly skin diseases in many related species, but not those from Asia.
The findings, published in Science, suggest that the fungus coexisted with Asian salamanders for 30 million years.
Researchers from Imperial College and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) collaborated on the study with teams in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Ghent University
The parasitic fungus, called Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, is related to another fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) that causes a similar disease in frogs and other amphibians, mostly in the tropics.
According to the new study, the recently discovered "B. sal" does not affect frogs or toads but kills a wide variety of salamanders.
It rapidly invades and eats an animal's skin, which is crucial to its survival because it helps it to breathe.
"Most of the salamander species that come into contact with this fungus die within weeks," said lead author Prof An Martel from Ghent University, Belgium.
"There appear to be no real barriers that prevent the spread of the fungus throughout Europe."READ MORE-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29831384
Saturday, 1 November 2014
Newt flesh fungus 'brought by pets'
Zoologists say a skin-eating fungus threatens salamanders and newts across Europe, and probably arrived on pet amphibians imported from Asia.
It was discovered in the Netherlands in 2013 after wiping out all but 10 of the country's fire salamanders.
Now tests show that the fungus causes deadly skin diseases in many related species, but not those from Asia.
The findings, published in Science, suggest that the fungus coexisted with Asian salamanders for 30 million years.
Researchers from Imperial College and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) collaborated on the study with teams in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Continue reading the main story
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There appear to be no real barriers that prevent the spread of the fungus throughout Europe”
Prof An Martel
Ghent University
The parasitic fungus, called Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, is related to another fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) that causes a similar disease in frogs and other amphibians, mostly in the tropics.
According to the new study, the recently discovered "B. sal" does not affect frogs or toads but kills a wide variety of salamanders.
It rapidly invades and eats an animal's skin, which is crucial to its survival because it helps it to breathe.
"Most of the salamander species that come into contact with this fungus die within weeks," said lead author Prof An Martel from Ghent University, Belgium.
"There appear to be no real barriers that prevent the spread of the fungus throughout Europe."READ MORE-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29831384
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Koala chlamydia vaccine trial raises hope
Australian scientists say they have successfully tested a vaccine aimed at protecting wild koalas from chlamydia.
The disease has ravaged the native marsupial, which is under increasing threat.
Microbiologists in Queensland now hope to protect some of the remaining population after successfully trialling a vaccine developed over five years.
Koala numbers have plummeted in recent years and there are believed to be as few as 43,000 left in the wild.
In some areas, numbers have dropped by as much as 80% in the past 10 years.
The strain of chlamydia that affects koalas can lead to blindness, infertility and death among the animals.
In the trial, microbiologists from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland gave 30 koalas the vaccine while 30 others were left unvaccinated.
All 60 were then fitted with radio collars so they could be monitored in their natural habitat at Moreton Bay, north of Brisbane.
Of the 30 vaccinated, some were already infected with chlamydia, some were healthy and some were showing symptoms of the disease such as eye infections and reproductive tract infections.
Researchers said that seven out of eight koalas suffering from eye infections who received the vaccine showed an improvement.
But in the unvaccinated group, four of six koalas with eye infections saw their conditions worsen.READ MORE-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-29828269
Sunday, 26 October 2014
Saturday, 25 October 2014
Sid hope interviewed by mark antony raines ghostman
THANKS GHOSTMAN ... here goes ..
The Stonehenge festival campaign exists to lobby, Protest, attend meetings, raise awareness, and maintain links with interested parties, to re-establish ‘the peoples free festival’ @ or near
Stonehenge. My inspiration ? Simple ... the Stonehenge free festival, free festival and new age traveller movement supported a network of travellers, the counter-culture and city folk
who flocked to Stonehenge in their thousands. It still plays an important part in many peoples lives especially those who regularly attend the equinoxes and solstice gatherings @ Stonehenge
and provided a self sufficient alternative community – enough gatherings throughout the country to push a sizable community of the dole and into profit. At the heart of these gatherings
is a culture of anti-materialism, sharing and a passion for freedom and open spaces where middle class idealists mix with the products of unemployment and poverty, young and old, disillusioned
with living in stressful inner cities where housing is poor, job non-existent and families fractured. Free festival’s & gatherings have always attracted the unemployed or those on low incomes
and for many kids provides a first time opportunity to learn about and experience country life. A cheap annual holiday for whom not much else is provided. In an increasingly secular
society Stonehenge holds a mystical significance for many.
Formed in Aug 2011 the campaign continues to highlight the need for the festival’s return on a separate site – part of any solution to restore dignity @ Stonehenge and the current overcrowding
and mismanagement of summer solstice Stonehenge. The campaign regularly attends meetings with custodians English Heritage over our right to access and to help to ensure the smooth
running of Stonehenge gatherings. This year the campaign celebrated the 30th anniversary of the original free festival by releasing an anniversary C.D featuring live and studio recorded music
by bands who either appeared @ the festival or the campaign’s annual benefit gigs. Money raised from its proceeds goes to continuing our work and establishing a free festival fund.
The campaign runs an info and merchandise stall, as well as providing sound and light throughout the night for those gathered on the Stonehenge drove and other events. Nothing better illustrates
the struggle between rich and poor than issues surrounding land ownership and who has access to land. Many festival goers prefer to live nomadic or semi nomadic lifestyles, part of an
attempt to escape the ‘rat race’ and live a more self sufficient and spiritual lifestyle. Unfortunately they have been criminalised and effectively outlawed – legislation having abolished the duty on
local authorities to provide adequate sites. Ministers have made it clear that their intention is to push nomadic people into abandoning their way of life in favour of living in houses. For
travellers free gatherings are a refuge. After lobbying M.P’s, archaeologists, the National Trust, E.H, the M.O.D, private landowners, etc, the campaign continues to locate a suitable festival site.
I hope this helps .. please let us know if you do anything with it. You can contact me on 07985410448 email: festivalcampaign2012@hotmail.co.uk www.stonehengefestivalcampaign.co.uk or
check out Sid Hope on face book. Cheers !!
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Aftercare Advice
- Remove bandage after 1 hour
- Wash tattoo with warm soapy water
- Rinse and pat dry with a towel
- Apply thin coat Bepanthon 3-4 times daily for 2 wks.
- Avoid swimming pools, hot tubs, Jacuzzis, and tanning beds for 2 weeks. DO NOT pick scabs
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- Use common sense
Farmland birds show rapid decline
Farmland birds are at their lowest levels since records began, according to government figures.
Numbers of birds such as grey partridge, turtle dove and the starling are down more than 85% since 1970s.
But there has been an increase in some other bird species, including seabirds.
The figures come from an assessment of wild bird populations in England, which has been compiled by the Department for Environment and covers 118 different bird species.
It includes data on 19 species reliant on the farmed countryside.
Over the last 40 years, indicators used in the report show a decline in farmland birds of 56%, with turtle doves declining the most rapidly - down 96% since 1970.
Other species under pressure include skylarks - down 62% since 1970 - and lapwings which are down by 50%.
Much of this decline is blamed on the rapid change in farmland management in the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Modern intensive farming methods means that fields have become much bigger, and more chemicals are used. With a significant loss of hedgerows, birds have fewer places to nest.-read more-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29728558
save the beavers-Legal fight begins to save family of beavers in Devon
Campaigners have begun legal action to prevent the government from capturing a family of wild beavers in Devon.
Friends of the Earth said because groups already live in the wild in Scotland, the beavers are protected in England under EU laws.
The River Otter beavers are believed to be the only wild ones living in England.
The government said they could be carrying disease and wants to test and re-home them in captivity.
The three beavers, thought to be two adults and a juvenile, were first reported to be living on the river in the summer of 2013 and no date has been set for trapping them.
The beavers were first reported to be living on the river in the summer of 2013
Defra wants to rehome the beavers "in a suitable location"
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the beavers could be carrying a disease "not currently present in the UK".
Friends of the Earth has filed papers at the High Court in London requesting a judicial review into whether Natural England followed the correct procedures in issuing licences for capturing the beavers.
Spokesman Alasdair Cameron said: "You cannot just capture a population without considering its conservation status.
"They are entitled to protection as a legally protected species under European law.
"We know that beavers can bring many benefits, such as boosting fish stocks, improving biodiversity and helping to prevent flooding - as well as injecting a little more joy into our landscape."
A Defra spokesperson said: "Beavers have not been an established part of our wildlife for the last 500 years and their presence could have a negative impact on the surrounding environment and wildlife.
"These animals may also carry a disease which could pose a risk to human health.
"Once captured and tested, we intend to rehome them in a suitable location, and all decisions will be made with the welfare of the beavers in mind."
Surgeons transplant heart that had stopped beating
Surgeons in Australia say they have performed the first heart transplant using a "dead heart".
Donor hearts from adults usually come from people who are confirmed as brain dead but with a heart still beating.
A team at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney revived and then transplanted hearts that had stopped beating for up to 20 minutes.
The first patient who received a heart said she felt a decade younger and was now a "different person".
Hearts are the only organ that is not used after the heart has stopped beating - known as donation after circulatory death.
Beating hearts are normally taken from brain-dead people, kept on ice for around four hours and then transplanted to patients.
'Significant development'
The novel technique used in Sydney involved taking a heart that had stopped beating and reviving it in a machine known as a "heart-in-a-box".
The heart is kept warm, the heartbeat is restored and a nourishing fluid helps reduce damage to the heart muscle.
The first person to have the surgery was Michelle Gribilas, 57, who was suffering from congenital heart failure. She had the surgery more than two months ago.
"Now I'm a different person altogether," she said. "I feel like I'm 40 years old - I'm very lucky."
There have since been a further two successful operations.
Prof Peter MacDonald, head of St Vincent's heart transplant unit, said: "This breakthrough represents a major inroad to reducing the shortage of donor organs."
It is thought the heart-in-a-box, which is being tested at sites around the world, could save up to 30% more lives by increasing the number of -read more-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29751880
this is a article about steve mera ,done instead of interview which is going to redone when i can ,sorry
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Mr. Stephen Mera
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Unknown Phenomena Investigation Association
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Members - The Office of Parapsychological Studies
www.derbyshireghosts.com, 15 Feb 2014 [cached]
Steve Mera BSc is a British Parapsychologist who founded The Scientific Establishment of Parapsychology in Manchester.
He also runs The Manchester's Association of Paranormal
Investigators and Training {MAPIT} which is one of the leading courses
in Parapsychology and Anomalous Phenomena in the UK.
Steve is editor of online journal, Phenomena: The Scientific Investigation Of The Unexplained and is also consultant for PSI Applications in the United States.
www.derbyshireghosts.com, 15 Feb 2014 [cached]
Liverpool 05/06/06 1 - Unknown Phenomena Investigation Association
www.upia.co.uk, 6 May 2006 [cached]
Owednesday 07/06/06 the UPIA were contacted by Stephen Mera of MAPIT to ask if we could look into a UFO report from the Merseyside area.
www.upia.co.uk, 6 May 2006 [cached]
secure.blurb.com, 10 Feb 2010 [cached]
Steve Mera
Stephen is currently the Chairman of MAPIT - Manchester's Association of Paranormal Investigation & Training.
He is also the Founder of SEP - The Scientific Establishment of Parapsychology.He has been involved in many television shows and radio stations and is a regular contributor to numerous magazine.
Stephen is the head tutor for the BITC - British Investigators Training Course which has become one of the most recognised courses of its kind in the UK.
Stephen is also a member of UPIA - Unknown Phenomena Investigation Association and is a consultant for PSI Applications in the U.S.
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UPIA Contacts - Unknown Phenomena Investigation Association
www.upia.co.uk, 19 May 2012 [cached]
Steve Mera of Manchester’s Association of Paranormal Investigation and Training has made a particular study of Wythenshawe Hall and has heard first-hand reports of spooky activity from both visitors and staff. Two security guards told Mr Mera that they not infrequently heard inexplicable noises at night, including footsteps, bangs and even the possible sound of gunfire. On one memorable occasion a large tapestry flew off the wall, across the staircase and landed on top of them! Weird noises have also been heard in the library and doors, known to have been securely shut, have been found standing open here.
Mr Mera also spoke to a man who, using the grounds as a short-cut one night, encountered a group of ghostly monks. They could only be seen from the knees upwards, as if they were walking below the level of the ground.
[SOURCE: Steve Mera in Paranormal Magazine, issue 56]
Stephen Mera-https://www.facebook.com/paranormalmagazine?fref=nf-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU0Z96gHOzc-http://www.blurb.com/b/1176591-strange-happenings-https://twitter.com/s_mera. Thanks Mark...
www.upia.co.uk, 19 May 2012 [cached]
Top 50 Most Haunted Places in Britain – 24
Another entry in the chart of the most haunted places in Britain compiled by Uncanny UK editor Richard Holland.
24. WYTHENSHAWE HALL: Wythenshawe, Manchester
This glorious black-and-white Tudor mansion on the outskirts of Manchester is possessed of a few traditional ghosts and some odd poltergeist-style activity. The ghost is a classic White Lady, who is said to be Mary Webb, a former servant killed during the English Civil War. She has frequently been seen in a long white dress in the vicinity of one of the bedrooms, and has also been heard sobbing.Steve Mera of Manchester’s Association of Paranormal Investigation and Training has made a particular study of Wythenshawe Hall and has heard first-hand reports of spooky activity from both visitors and staff. Two security guards told Mr Mera that they not infrequently heard inexplicable noises at night, including footsteps, bangs and even the possible sound of gunfire. On one memorable occasion a large tapestry flew off the wall, across the staircase and landed on top of them! Weird noises have also been heard in the library and doors, known to have been securely shut, have been found standing open here.
Mr Mera also spoke to a man who, using the grounds as a short-cut one night, encountered a group of ghostly monks. They could only be seen from the knees upwards, as if they were walking below the level of the ground.
[SOURCE: Steve Mera in Paranormal Magazine, issue 56]
Steve.
Mr. Stephen Mera BSc.
UK Consultant for PSI Applications U.S.
Phenomena Magazine: Founder / Design & Construction- http://www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk
Author of: A-Z of the Unknown / Strange Happenings & Paranormal Insight - http://www.blurb.com
Founder of the Scientific Establishment of Parapsychology (Est 1996). http://www.sep.moonfruit.com
Chairman of MAPIT - Manchester's Association of Paranormal Investigation & Training (Est 1974): http://www.mapit.kk5.org
Associative Member: Unifaculty of London Forensic Parapsychology
Member: Office of Parapsychological Studies
TV & Radio Host, Freelance Journalist, Lecturer & Head Tutor of the British Investigators Training Course.
Phenomena Magazine - Official Sponsors of the Scottish Paranormal Festival: http://www.paranormalscotland.com
UK Consultant for PSI Applications U.S.
Phenomena Magazine: Founder / Design & Construction- http://www.phenomenamagazine.co.uk
Author of: A-Z of the Unknown / Strange Happenings & Paranormal Insight - http://www.blurb.com
Founder of the Scientific Establishment of Parapsychology (Est 1996). http://www.sep.moonfruit.com
Chairman of MAPIT - Manchester's Association of Paranormal Investigation & Training (Est 1974): http://www.mapit.kk5.org
Associative Member: Unifaculty of London Forensic Parapsychology
Member: Office of Parapsychological Studies
TV & Radio Host, Freelance Journalist, Lecturer & Head Tutor of the British Investigators Training Course.
Phenomena Magazine - Official Sponsors of the Scottish Paranormal Festival: http://www.paranormalscotland.com
Pamela Golightly Marshall Saint at YHWH/Christ Jesus Foundation a acrticle
Jesus Christ/Yahweh is in Australia. His name in this reincarnation is Brian Leonard Golightly Marshall. His books are @ Lulu.com. His email: Yahweh@linuxmail.org. For actual documents sent out by Yahweh and myself internationally to various heads of government, dignitaries...You can email me @ motivz888@yahoo.com. Yahweh's most recent sites on YT: SwordofTruth3168 (also on Google); SwordofTruth888; TheMostRoyalManAlive; MrCapstoneProductions; Pamela Golightly Marshall (various info on my site, including other Saints, and information) also on Google); ChristisBack; StrawmanBurneth;YahwehortheHighway; AndrewHitchcock23; Anna Bat Asherah (also on Google); FijiTime; Weather War 101;TheGlobalHealingCenter; SuspiciousObservers; TheJonathanKleckChannel; CountdownBackUp-HenningKemmer; and more. Listen to inforwars.com; RadioLiberty.com; www.mormimgliberty.com (RJHenders is Isaiah reincarnated). YT- Akashic Records; also Dr. Brian Weiss YT and internet these 2 sites of information are about the truth of reincarnation. Gathering the Saints and Heavenly Angels incarnated, plus there are Angels in the Heavenly realm. There are more sites but Linked in doesn't let you message much. New constitutional government prepared to stand www.republicfortheunitedStates.org also videos on You Tube.
Friday, 24 October 2014
Nicholas Stoodley interviewed by mark antony raines, ghostman
Nicholas Stoodley wrote:
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Fr a smallish om tropical island situated on the outer fringes of the Pacific Ring of Fire, I thank you for connecting with me on Linkedin....
I have recently published a new website based on the world's oldest system of divination named the I Ching. Created 5,000 years ago in Ancient China, Steve Jobs studied it for a year after quitting college and then I went ahead and cut it up, reconfigured it and basically rewrote it. But I knew exactly what I was doing.
If you want free answers to the problems in your life, they can be found at: https://newiching.com/
Best Wishes,
Nicholas.
Monday, 20 October 2014
Pinky alive interview by mark antony raines ghostman
PINKY ALIVE wrote:
-------------------- For the Love of our Environment, Bodies and Minds, and all Animals
What inspired me?
My awful experiences that I was face to face with. Coming at times facing the devil and other times fighting for life. With each experience it made me stronger and I never gave up on myself. Never say never. Say I can, I will, and make it happen.
What is my aim?
To spread my experience and knowledge to others. Whether it be someone looking to improve their health, someone needed a good kick in the tush with love, or making my Chemotherapy women feel beautiful while fighting for their lives and survival.
What Plans do I have for my future.
The past has good and evil memories. The presents is my gift and I live in the now which I'm proud of and content. The future is nothing concert. Except I know I'm going to be learning Spanish of Spain, my heritage, joined with a wonderful wig company for my wig styling and sales business, and fitting in as much inspiration to others that I can.
Sunday, 19 October 2014
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The website for the music of Judge Smith
Judge Smith, Songwriter, Composer and Performer, has been making innovative, unusual and entertaining music since the late '60s, when he co-founded the influential band
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| In addition to his work as a composer and recording artist, Judge is now also a published author, writing not about music, but on the subject of the paranormal, a subject in which he has long been interested. | ||
| Judge's 11th solo release is an album of songs, and only his third full-length collection of songs in twenty years. Featuring the spectacular arrangements and production of David Minnick, and some amazing American musicians, 'ZOOT SUIT' is perhaps Judge's most accessible and downright entertaining album to date. | ||
| 'ZOOT SUIT' is available as a limited edition vinyl LP, released by specialist vinyl label 'Plane Groovy' on heavyweight white vinyl, numbered and signed. | ||
| Judge's third Songstory is a retelling of the ancient myth of Orpheus, the magical musician who travels to the Land of the Dead in search of the lost Eurydice; a remarkable story told with remarkable music, performed by seven separate ensembles, each playing an entirely different kind of music. | ||
| CD of Judge’s second Songstory; the absorbing tale of an English mountaineer in the Italian Alps, featuring Norwegian male-voice choir The Fløyen Voices and truly memorable music. Link to articles, reviews and free downloads. | ||
| A collaboration featuring Judge & American artist Steve Defoe, L-RAD present 'Long Range Audio Device', an outrageously strange and bizarre album that, once heard, is never forgotten. | ||
| The Tribal Elders, a new band with familiar faces, present a very special two-song CD Single, and the Elders have chosen to Rock. | ||
| An instrumental album of uniquely relaxing melodic music, composed in consultation with a professional masseuse. Ideal for massage, meditation or relaxation. Link to free downloads, article, and interview. | ||
| A DVD of a very special concert at Guastalla on 8th October 2005. Link to free downloads and illustrated article. | ||
| An 'un-plugged'-style album of Judge's unique and memorable songs. Link to lyrics, free downloads and illustrated article. | ||
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World’s most lethal spider found in Waitrose home delivery under a bunch of bananas
A family has spoken of the “traumatising” experience of finding the world’s most lethal spider in their south London home, which was delivered straight to their kitchen in a Waitrose home delivery.
Tim, a father-of-two who chose not to give his surname, told the Mail on Sunday that he discovered the deadly arachnid while unpacking the bananas from the delivery. Shocked, he dropped the fruit suddenly into a fruit bowl, managing to trap the spider by the leg in the process.
After identifying the Brazilian Wandering spider, whose venom is toxic to a person’s nervous system and can kill if an anti-venom is not administered in time, Tim and his wife called Waitrose for help.
Waitrose sent one of its staff members to the house, whereupon the family discovered the spider had torn off its own leg to escape and had disappeared, leaving behind a sac full of thousands of baby spiders.
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Tim, his wife, and his two sons aged seven and eight, fled the house while the supermarket called a pest expert to find and trap the spider.
The expert killed the spider’s eggs by putting them in a freezer, and eventually found and trapped the spider in a plastic box, after a standoff in which the arachnid stood on its back legs and held its front legs straight in the air, exposing its fangs in an aggressive attack stance.
The spider was then put inside two more plastic boxes. Tim and his family told the paper they were “too traumatised to remain in the house” and spent the night with friends last week.
A Waitrose spokesman said: "The safety of our customers is our absolute priority.
"We did everything we could to look after our customer during what was a distressing incident and we've apologised to her personally.
"Although this is highly unusual, we're taking it very seriously and will be working with our supplier to minimise the risk of this happening in the future."
The Brazilian Wanderer is also known as a banana spider as it tends to hide in bunches of the fruit.
The Guinness Book of World Records has named it the most venomous spider in the world for possessing the most active neurotoxic venom of any living spider. An effective anti-venom is available in Brazil where the spider is found, and the record keeper claims that when deaths do occur, it is usually in children under the age of seven.
A bite from the spider results in hours of pain, swelling, an increased heartbeat, increased salivation, paralysis and causes painful erections in men reportedly of up to four hours. Scientists have reportedly considered investigating the use of the deadly venom as a possible ingredient for drugs treating erectile dysfunction.
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