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be aware of – Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia and America!
March 25, 2011 | 
Author A team from the University of Bath and colleagues from the United Kingdom and the United States has shown that Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium of Lyme disease is a growing problem worldwide
These bacteria, which are from Europe, both before the Ice Age. The study results show that the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi has evolved in Europe before the Ice Age. Understanding of the disease Lymes vast reserves is essential for the proper perception of infection. study, the onset of the disease Lymes in all corners of the world.
North America
U.S. – Lyme disease is the top infectious disease in respect of the application rate. In the ten states where Lymes disease is more common, the average of 31.6 cases per 100,000 persons for the year 2005.Out of 51 States, forty-nine states reporting cases of this disease.
Over 99% of all reported cases are only five geographic regions (New England, Mid-Atlantic, East North Central, South Atlantic, North and Center-West) is limited. Almost all states in the U.S. reported cases of Lyme disease, but the disease is concentrated in the eastern coastal states, the northern states of central and northern California. Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Wisconsin to reports about 90% of all cases of this disease.
Canada – The Canadian fight against disease: “The black-legged tick has a wide geographical distribution in Ontario, with a covered area, covering at least as far north as the 50th parallel, and four of the five regions Ontario affected. “British Columbia was endemic disease in 1994, explains. Lyme disease is also available in Alberta found that in ticks common rabbit.
Central and South America – South America increased recognition of diseases transmitted by ticks and the occurrence. Caribbean, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica and other countries have reported isolated, although the increasing incidence of Lyme disease. Europe
England – Lyme disease in England and Wales: 2007 (from the Health Protection Agency issued in June 2008 to 797 cases identified in 2007.
The Health Protection Agency warned the British community for themselves against tick bites look closely by a “sharp increase in the number of blood-sucking parasites, and an increased incidence of the disease in Hampshire, Dorset and Berkshire. ” southern counties of England are well known regional Lyme bacteria around the New Forest, Salisbury Plain, Exmore, and the South Downs, parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire and Thetford Forest. The Health Protection Agency also found that cases of Lyme disease increased by 90% since 2006 in the United Kingdom. New Forest, South Downs, Dorset and Berkshire have now been appointed tick hot spots.
Ireland – University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland has confirmed that the range of antibodies against the disease in blood donors shows peaks of 15%
Finland – The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has confirmed the prevalence of Lyme ticks in urban recreational areas of Helsinki (1998)
Greece – The incidence of antibodies to Lyme disease patients is about 1.1%
Austria – The incidence of antibodies against Lymes disease patients is approximately 7.7%
Germany – The range of antibodies against Lymes disease in blood donors shows the ratio of 5.5%
Poland – Institute of Occupational Biohazards 1813 ticks examined in six districts of the forest areas. they discovered that a significant proportion of ticks are infected, and were surprised to discover that the ticks were infected by multiple strains of Lyme bacteria. The spectrum of antibodies against the Lyme bacteria from blood donors shows the ratio of 1.5%
Estonia – The number of people in a population who test positive for Lymes disease patients European or risk groups and blood donors or a control group of 2.7%.
Northwestern Croatia showed the highest incidence. The spectrum of antibodies against Lyme disease in blood donors – 43%
Switzerland – The incidence of antibodies to Lyme disease patients is about 26%
Italy – sero-prevalence of antibodies to the bacteria in patients or in patients at risk seems to change in Northern Italy, 3.2% of Lyme – the lowest incidence of Lombardi highest in the region Friuli 22.3%, central Italy, the lowest incidence in Emilia (Parma) from 0.2% to 18.3% higher in Tuscany. The spectrum of antibodies against Lymes disease in blood donors or control subjects with the lowest peak of 1.5% in Lazio, the highest 10.9% in Sicily.
Sweden – The Department of Molecular Biology at Umeå University, published a study (2007), said: “The geographical distribution of reported Lymes disease is steadily increasing in Sweden.” Lyme disease is very common in southern Sweden, with a relatively high incidence of neurological problems and arthritis. The seroprevalence of antibodies against the disease in patients is 19%
Netherlands – The incidence of antibodies against Lymes disease patients is 28%
France, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Belgium, Norway, Denmark and other countries have reported isolated, although the increasing incidence of Lymes disease.
Turkey – First isolation and categorization of bacteria Lyme disease – Borrelia burgdorferi in Turkey.
To investigate the presence of species of Borrelia (Lyme disease) have a total of 312 ticks pointing unlined in a wooded area in Trakya collected in the European part of Turkey, in May 2002. Twelve of 299 ticks infected with Borrelia spp. These results provide the first evidence of the existence of the agent of Lyme disease in Turkey.
Asia
Borrelia burgdorferi infected ticks are found more frequently in Japan and north-west China and the Russian Far East. Taiwan, Korea, India, Japan and other countries have reported isolated increases if the cases of the disease.
Africa
Researchers have found several strains of Borrelia in ticks in Tunisia and Morocco. More than 40 published studies have been published chronic Lyme disease in Africa.
On September 24, 2007, African Voices Magazine reported, one of the major news magazines in Africa, a team of researchers who studied from 1990 to 2003 the disease Dielmo, a Senegalese village. They found that over 11% of the African village of Lyme disease symptoms Lyme and bacteria at least once in his life suffered. In North Africa, has been recognized as symptoms of the disease in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia. Lyme disease in sub-Saharan Africa is currently unknown, but suggests that these diseases in humans in this region. The large number of hosts and tick vectors would facilitate the creation of Borrelia infection in Africa. In East Africa, two cases of this disease in Kenya are reported.
Australia, Pacific Islands, New Zealand and other countries have reported isolated, although the increasing incidence of Lyme disease.
The problem of Lymes disease knows no borders. As powerful a bacterial disease, Lyme disease is easily spread and if left unchecked, the world does nothing Lymes illness but continue to increase.
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The experiences of South Asian trains
We had heard about the convenience of train travel in Thailand, so we decided to try it when traveling from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. The alternative to this long trip was at night, a private cabin in the first class or behind the curtain “in a second-class compartment. We chose the cheaper, second class.
We boarded the train and found our compartment. Since the air is cold place, we put on pants and long sleeve shirts immediately.
As the train station, a man came to serve refreshments – so far so good! After the departure of crew members appeared in the corridors, men in uniform were caps ¬ ment test tickets and takes care of security and “things” clean and came with their brushes at regular intervals. The service was excellent in the compartment: meals, coffee, soft drinks, beer, etc., were offered for sale. There was also a dining car. We went to stay at a glance, but not in the hot, smoke-filled car – there was no air conditioning.
About eight o’clock came the auto making beds. With big eyes, we saw our two seats were turned into a bed and how to make a bunk bed, which was fixed to the wall above the bed folded. This transforms the whole compartment in a dormitory, was to ensure the privacy, curtains can be drawn. We slept well for the click-clack of the track with our hats. The train arrived in Chiang Mai a few hours late, but that did nothing, we did.
As darkness came the auto making beds, superiors and inferiors. We spent a quiet night, fortunately, our closest neighbors are peaceful people – but we ended up missing the atmosphere of the second class.
Then we have a day train from Bangkok to Hua Hin. The train was full, but we got seats together. At the party took the train between stations sell all kinds of snacks and food portions. Tickets for day trains can be purchased on the day of departure. Some time ago we went on a night train to Hat Yai in southern Thailand to Kuala Lumpur. Tickets for the first stage of Hat Yai to the Malaysian border, Hat Yai, we bought at the station, and tickets to the border to Kuala Lumpur on the Internet – almost, you know. At the border to Johor Bahru, we had trains to pass through passport controls and customs and wait for the train to Kuala Lumpur to change.
For this part of the trip we had booked a private cabin, a good night before our flight time to come home in a few days. We carried our luggage into the cabin and see the dusty carpet, took medicine for allergies, just to be on the safe side. Cockroaches, large and small. Does a clean room. I went to the dining car, a bite to eat and drink warm tea, have all the time regretting that we were not together a bottle of Sam Song, a traveler’s ultimate nightcap. The car in Malaysia are obviously not all drinks, including beer … The evening was long, and even longer night.
It is easy to travel from Malaysia to Singapore by train. If you really want to do some simple movements and visits, you can reserve a place, the Eastern & Oriental Express, which connects Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. Luxury … and for the budget traveler is only possible in the form of glossy brochures.
From the capital of Laos, Vientiane (the Thai side of the border, to be exact), there is a rail link that works well for Bangkok. Laos has no railway system, but operates on a river trip as well.
The main line railway passes of Vietnam near the sea between Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Hanoi. Night trains have (air conditioning) and hard and soft sleepers sleepers, with cabins for four to six. There are no separate rooms for men and women and no seats in the sleepers. Our tickets for the night train was cheap and included a small bottle of water, breakfast and lunch.
There was no dining car, but a boy has been selling beer and soft drinks. Cars and taxis were clean and safe, a big thank you to staff. We slept well on the Vietnamese night train – with all our clothes under a thick blanket, no hot ceiling were necessary. At dawn we were awakened by the beautiful Vietnamese music and the smell of breakfast.
A useful tip for rail travel in Vietnam tickets checked when you go into the waiting room or on the platform for the train, it is sometimes changed to a “traveler card” upon arrival, leaving the platform form, it is just taken. To take care of your ticket.
In South Asia, trains, especially air conditioning in those who are cold and there is a solid project. To make a hat, scarf and warm clothing and keep handy.
The good tourist – travel etiquette
Suppose you decided to go on your next vacation. All your bags and things are fixed, and your tickets and accommodation. Tourists must also have labels. Although the trip is primarily for fun and recreation, but also learning new cultures and interacting with people from around the world. This interaction affects the way you see other cultures, in turn, as a representative of their country.
Do not add to the negative connotation insensitive to usual tourists and arrogant. Be the best representative of your home, and leave a great impression that they care for a lifetime.
Here are five tips to avoid the role of dumb tourists and locals make you remember long after your departure.
BE giving, not gullible – be generous, if your budget allows, especially if the exchange rate is nice. There are always people and businesses cashing unsuspecting tourists by jacking up prices unfairly levels.
You can always be generous with a tip for large servers and cooks who work hard. However, if the amount already paid enough to pay up, you save money for the next person could fit well in need. You can also check if it already has a service charge. Know the rules – Each country has its own case law, logically absurd that weird. For example, in western surprised to learn that in some emirates of the UAE not unmarried couples in the same room to sleep. In Switzerland, meanwhile, is nature, it is illegal to climb the Alps in the law. So make sure you hit Google and discover the intricacies and legal turns in the locality.
Learn proper dress code, what is appropriate in your country may be inappropriate in some. EXCESS BAGGAGE – It is always wise not to leave valuables unattended, but it is wise never to press your face to someone bags the subway or bus door window. Although it is typical for campers and hikers to carry a heavy burden on their backpacks, but be sure that behind you, especially in crowded places.
It happens mostly when you drive a bus or local trains at rush hour. In Asian countries like China and Singapore, Travel by train is like a sardine-extra and sometimes overcrowded with excess fat in a hot and sunny (gross!). Watch your language to avoid, is poorly understood by the locals, think before you speak. Just to give you a heads-up, some countries have a better understanding of other languages beside their mother tongue. Filipinos, for example, are known to one of the best English-speaking countries in Asia, while some people in Indonesia speak fluent Dutch. So do not take as arrogant tourist brand products, your mouth before speaking.
Remember that when you travel, the interaction in both directions. As you snap-happy people are their own mental snapshots you. An image projection that they will remember long after you’re back in your cabin.
Changes in global energy
Top traders around the world know that one of the most important key to consistent profits on the Forex market, the ability of the local market development.
It is therefore advisable, dynamics, understanding how these countries operate. For purposes of this article we will examine two of the great nations of the world today: the United States and China.
Over the past two decades, the economic engine of the world depends on the following models:
United States (imports and spend)
China (exports and Backup)
invented “Chimeric” was a so-called in 2006 by Niall Ferguson, author of “The Ascent of Money”. He describes the delicate relationship between the two largest economies in the world.
According to the list in 2009 by the CIA World Factbook, the United States is the largest economy in the world with an annual GDP of around USD14 billion. Japan took second place at USD5 billion and China is in third with a score of USD4.7 billion. Forecasts are already listing from China to Japan as 2nd largest economy in the world beyond the end of 2010.
Well, the above model on the fact that the U.S. is much more worked goods from China than China buys buys U.S., in fact, the standards in force, overriding U.S. demand for Chinese products, demand for U.S. products in China by nearly 500 percent.
This makes the United States the biggest buyer of exports, growth in China. China spends more income from exports of goods such as toys, clothing and steel, especially in Treasury securities in the United States (eg, 30-year bonds or notes of 10 years) .
This allows China to be the result in one of the most liquid markets and financial resources to save the world without having to convert between currencies. Meanwhile, it encourages the recycling of surpluses in Treasury instruments continue to finance U.S. spending.
Significantly over the past two decades, the United States and China have developed a special relationship to “security” of the debt of the United States. The United States gives China access to the consumer market the world’s richest, which aspires to turn out massive Chinese consumer goods.
With the outbreak of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, the roles have changed significantly. The power has shifted.
That’s how I see the next two decades:
United States (exports and Backup)
China (import and spend)
This is a total reversal of roles compared to the previous model. Obama also seeks to boost exports to the United States to boost their economy.
The export rate is 6% of GDP. 1) China’s commodity demand
On January 2, 2010, reports Bloomberg, as written in the year 2009, the largest annual profit in four decades, led by a doubling of copper, sugar and lead prices as it compensates for the Chinese demand for longer downturn in the global economy since the Second World War. China’s thirst for natural resources and raw materials has been and still is insatiable.
2) Sales of cars in China Surpass U.S.
On January 10, 2010, reports CNBC and Bloomberg, who for the first time in history, vehicle sales in China rose by the U.S. for 2009! This talent stresses the importance of China to the global automotive industry as the largest market in the world. In 2009, a record 13.6 million units were sold in China, compared with sales of 10.4 million cars and light trucks in the United States.
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3) Reduction of China operations of U.S. debt
China’s investments in U.S. government bonds fell in December to $ 34200000000 755.400.000.000 $. 4) China increased credit reserves for banks
In the clearest sign of cooling the economy of the late, China ordered banks to set aside more deposits as reserves for the second round in February. This policy announcement follows two big stories:
- Loan growth: banks extended 19% this year from 7.5 billion yuan of loans in January 2010 target ONLY
- Real Estate: fears of a looming bubble are recorded threat to China, as property prices rose in almost 2 years.
Have you noticed that was clever “tone”, the “shift of economic power” of the United States to China? Especially at a Forex Trader? My take:
1) wealth has come to Asia. In fact, the record of the next decade the largest transfer of wealth to Asia in world history. Asia is ready to be the center of the world’s wealth.
2) USD4 billion in the foreign exchange market traded each day, making it one of the best platforms in the world today to create wealth.