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Transit of planet Venus on 06 June 2012
Transit of planet Venus occurring on 06 June 2012
Current Event:
On June 6th 2012, a transit of Venus across the disk of the Sun will take place. The event will be visible from Pakistan. When the Sun will rise on 6th June, it will be already in Transit Phase and the planet Venus will be at the stage of Greatest Transit, almost later half part of the event will be visible from Pakistan, please see figure below. The event will also be visible from the Pacific Ocean and many countries of Europe, eastern Africa, western and central Asia, western Australia, North America and northern South America. Total duration of the Transit will be 6 hours and 40 minutes.
Past and Future Events:
Since the invention of the telescope (AD 1610), there have only been seven transits as listed (Early seven entries) in the following Table. After the current event the next pair of event will be visible on 11 Dec 2117 and 08 Dec 2125. It is very rare event. There was no Transit of Venus occurred during 20th Century
.
Observation & Care:
The Venus transits are very rare which occur when the Venus passes in front of the Sun as seen from the Earth. The transit of Venus occurs in pairs with more than a century separating each pair. The last Venus transit was in 2004 so the second event of the pair will occur on Wednesday, June 6, this year in Pakistan. Since the apparent diameter of Venus is nearly 1 arc-minute, and apparent diameter of the Sun is 32 arc-minute, hence the planet Venus appears to be only 1/32 of the Sun's apparent diameter. However it is just possible to see the Venus without optical magnification like a tiny black dot over the Sun disk as it crosses the Sun (but using solar filter protection). However a pair of binoculars or a small telescope at modest power will offer a much more satisfying view.
All binoculars and telescopes must be suitably equipped with adequate filtration to ensure safe solar viewing. The visual and photographic requirement for observing a transit is identical to those for solar viewing. Observation, without proper eye protection i.e. without using suitable and reliable filters may lead to permanent blindness. So proper eye care measure must be taken in this regard.
The Principal Events:
The principal events occurring during a transit are conveniently characterized by contacts, analogous to the contacts of an annular solar eclipse. The Transit includes on Contact-I to Contact-IV explained as follows:
Contact-I: The transit begins with contact-I, the instant the planet's disk externally just touch the Sun at 03:09 am according to PST
(Please see the figure given below).
Contact-II: Shortly after contact-I, the planet can be seen as a small notch along the solar limb. The entire disk of the planet is first seen at contact-II at 03:27 am (PST), when the planet is internally tangent to the Sun. Over the course of several hours, the silhouetted planet slowly traverses the solar disk.
Greatest: The instant when the Venus will be at center point of its journey over solar disk at 06:29 am PST.
Contact-III: At Contact-III, the planet reaches the opposite limb and once again is internally tangent to the Sun at 09:31 am
Contact-IV: Finally, the transit ends at Contact IV when the planet's limb is externally tangent to the Sun 09:49 am PST.
Contacts-I and II define the phase called Ingress while contacts-III and IV are known as Egress. It may be noted that Contact-I and Contact-IV cannot be observed without special optical equipment.
Shahzad Afzal
http://www.pakistanprobe.com/
Vitamins more effective at Type 2 Diabetes treatment than pharmaceuticals
Friday, June 08, 2012 by: J. D. Heyes
A dramatic rise in obesity rates across the country in recent years has led to a parallel increase in new cases of diabetes, but not everyone who develops the chronic illness will need medication to deal with it. Some diabetes can be better controlled through the use of vitamins, contends noted pharmacist Stuart Lindsey.
According to Lindsey, who in January wrote a column entitledConfessions of a Frustrated Pharmacistwhich was critical of pharmaceutical orthodoxy, current medical treatments for diabetes are "among the least successful in medicine," and that's despite the billions of dollars spent treating and researching the disease every year.
"Medicine has succeeded in making diabetes very expensive for the patient while making the disease a cash cow for the numerous businesses that cater to the diabetic," he wrote in a new column recently. "We should expect to see some improvement in diabetic treatment, but in fact the basic protocols haven't changed much in twenty years."
And, Stuart says, current research doesn't seem to be getting any closer to a cure. In fact, he notes that many a scientist have made entire careers out of "researching" diabetes.
"My interest in the lack of results from standard treatment of diabetes came into sharp focus when pain in my feet led to my being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes," he writes (Type 2 is the less serious form of diabetes and doesn't require insulin injections like the more serious Type 1, but Type 2, left untreated, can develop into Type 1). That pain, it turns out, was neuropathy, a condition caused by nerve damage - common to diabetics.
"From my observations at work, I already knew that the drug treatments for peripheral neuropathy were questionable," Stuart writes. "Introducing amitriptyline, gabapentin and Lyrica, which are sedatives and pain killers, made the people sleep a lot. Medically, it's obvious that sedating nerves doesn't solve anything. When such patients step up to daily long term narcotics and finally get some pain relief, they still haven't solved their problems."
So, Stuart was determined to find a way to mitigate his diabetes rather than just cover up the symptoms. To do so, he began studying just how blood glucose levels and blood sugar affected the diabetes-prone body. His research led him to a 2005 paper written by a researcher in the United Kingdom named Paul Thornally. His paper talked about how many diabetic patients have a deficiency of thiamine (B-1).
"Elevated blood sugar promotes a type of toxicity in the kidneys that causes thiamine to be excreted by the kidney at a rate much higher (sixteen to twenty-five times higher) than normal, leading to an acute deficiency of thiamine," Stuart wrote, quoting for the paper. "From other studies, it is known that deficiencies in all B vitamins, as well as vitamin C and D are common in diabetics. This can cause most of the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes, which include: polyneuropathy, nephropathy (kidney damage), retinopathy (eye damage) and eventually heart failure.
"This raises the question of whether the symptoms are from diabetes or acute beriberi?" he said.
After receiving his diagnosis, the curious pharmacist rejected the standard medical treatments being recommended by his doctors, who wanted to place him on statins, metformin and Byetta. Instead, after reading Thornalley's theory regarding vitamin deficiencies in diabetics, Stuart started a regimen of vitamin and mineral supplements.
"Although the pain in my feet was quite severe, I wanted to avoid the regular drug regimen because it relied upon taking lots of pain killers that don't cure the problem. I reasoned that when the body's B vitamin levels are depleted due to high blood sugar, replenishing body stores through diet alone is difficult, so supplementation will be necessary," he said.
So Stuart began taking a dietary supplement of thiamine (benfotiamine, 250mg 4 times a day); vitamin B-6 (250mg/day); pyridoxal 5 phosphate (P5P, 100mg/day); magnesium (aspartate, citrate, malate, or chloride); and acetyl-l-carnitine (1000 mg/day) - "depending on the severity of my peripheral neuropathy symptoms." He later added vitamin C to reduce inflammation and prevent oxidation from high levels of blood sugar. His doctor didn't approve of the regimen but was curious nonetheless, said Stuart, who promised his doctor he would begin the standard treatment if his way didn't work.
"Now I know this treatment may not be a cure for diabetes. But it is a valid and reasonably inexpensive way to control the symptoms, which are held at bay as long as you keep your thiamine levels high. If you quit taking thiamine and the other B vitamins, the symptoms come roaring back," he said.
Despite warnings that his health would begin to deteriorate - kidney problems, pancreatic problems, eye trouble - he went on self-treating. Two years later, he got his results: Good news. Mostly.
Two key elements - Creatinine and Microalbumin levels - were in the "low, normal" range, though his fasting blood sugar levels (those taken during periods of fasting) are still high, as is his overall blood sugar levels. But he believes his nutritional supplementation has staved off, though not cured, his condition.
"In my case, the unusual positive results are evidently due to my nutritional approach. I substituted supplements of several essential nutrients for pharmaceuticals and stayed in relatively good health. And I continue to try supplementing with other nutrients such as antioxidants which are known to help prevent diabetes," Stuart writes. "This suggests that the health issues are actually caused by nutritional deficiencies that can be easily prevented."
Sources for this article include:
http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v08n19.shtml
http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v08n05.shtml
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Shahzad Afzal
http://www.pakistanprobe.com/
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A dramatic rise in obesity rates across the country in recent years has led to a parallel increase in new cases of diabetes, but not everyone who develops the chronic illness will need medication to deal with it. Some diabetes can be better controlled through the use of vitamins, contends noted pharmacist Stuart Lindsey.
According to Lindsey, who in January wrote a column entitledConfessions of a Frustrated Pharmacistwhich was critical of pharmaceutical orthodoxy, current medical treatments for diabetes are "among the least successful in medicine," and that's despite the billions of dollars spent treating and researching the disease every year.
"Medicine has succeeded in making diabetes very expensive for the patient while making the disease a cash cow for the numerous businesses that cater to the diabetic," he wrote in a new column recently. "We should expect to see some improvement in diabetic treatment, but in fact the basic protocols haven't changed much in twenty years."
And, Stuart says, current research doesn't seem to be getting any closer to a cure. In fact, he notes that many a scientist have made entire careers out of "researching" diabetes.
Motivated by need, not greed
So what has motivated this "frustrated pharmacist" to find a cure or better treatment for diabetes?"My interest in the lack of results from standard treatment of diabetes came into sharp focus when pain in my feet led to my being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes," he writes (Type 2 is the less serious form of diabetes and doesn't require insulin injections like the more serious Type 1, but Type 2, left untreated, can develop into Type 1). That pain, it turns out, was neuropathy, a condition caused by nerve damage - common to diabetics.
"From my observations at work, I already knew that the drug treatments for peripheral neuropathy were questionable," Stuart writes. "Introducing amitriptyline, gabapentin and Lyrica, which are sedatives and pain killers, made the people sleep a lot. Medically, it's obvious that sedating nerves doesn't solve anything. When such patients step up to daily long term narcotics and finally get some pain relief, they still haven't solved their problems."
So, Stuart was determined to find a way to mitigate his diabetes rather than just cover up the symptoms. To do so, he began studying just how blood glucose levels and blood sugar affected the diabetes-prone body. His research led him to a 2005 paper written by a researcher in the United Kingdom named Paul Thornally. His paper talked about how many diabetic patients have a deficiency of thiamine (B-1).
"Elevated blood sugar promotes a type of toxicity in the kidneys that causes thiamine to be excreted by the kidney at a rate much higher (sixteen to twenty-five times higher) than normal, leading to an acute deficiency of thiamine," Stuart wrote, quoting for the paper. "From other studies, it is known that deficiencies in all B vitamins, as well as vitamin C and D are common in diabetics. This can cause most of the symptoms of Type 2 diabetes, which include: polyneuropathy, nephropathy (kidney damage), retinopathy (eye damage) and eventually heart failure.
"This raises the question of whether the symptoms are from diabetes or acute beriberi?" he said.
After receiving his diagnosis, the curious pharmacist rejected the standard medical treatments being recommended by his doctors, who wanted to place him on statins, metformin and Byetta. Instead, after reading Thornalley's theory regarding vitamin deficiencies in diabetics, Stuart started a regimen of vitamin and mineral supplements.
"Although the pain in my feet was quite severe, I wanted to avoid the regular drug regimen because it relied upon taking lots of pain killers that don't cure the problem. I reasoned that when the body's B vitamin levels are depleted due to high blood sugar, replenishing body stores through diet alone is difficult, so supplementation will be necessary," he said.
So Stuart began taking a dietary supplement of thiamine (benfotiamine, 250mg 4 times a day); vitamin B-6 (250mg/day); pyridoxal 5 phosphate (P5P, 100mg/day); magnesium (aspartate, citrate, malate, or chloride); and acetyl-l-carnitine (1000 mg/day) - "depending on the severity of my peripheral neuropathy symptoms." He later added vitamin C to reduce inflammation and prevent oxidation from high levels of blood sugar. His doctor didn't approve of the regimen but was curious nonetheless, said Stuart, who promised his doctor he would begin the standard treatment if his way didn't work.
Nutrients don't cure but they can work to mitigate the damage
The results came pretty quickly. He said within a week the most "overt" neuropathy symptoms - the shooting pains in his ankles - were mostly gone. Other symptoms also mostly disappeared, including the numbness in his toes and overall foot pain."Now I know this treatment may not be a cure for diabetes. But it is a valid and reasonably inexpensive way to control the symptoms, which are held at bay as long as you keep your thiamine levels high. If you quit taking thiamine and the other B vitamins, the symptoms come roaring back," he said.
Despite warnings that his health would begin to deteriorate - kidney problems, pancreatic problems, eye trouble - he went on self-treating. Two years later, he got his results: Good news. Mostly.
Two key elements - Creatinine and Microalbumin levels - were in the "low, normal" range, though his fasting blood sugar levels (those taken during periods of fasting) are still high, as is his overall blood sugar levels. But he believes his nutritional supplementation has staved off, though not cured, his condition.
"In my case, the unusual positive results are evidently due to my nutritional approach. I substituted supplements of several essential nutrients for pharmaceuticals and stayed in relatively good health. And I continue to try supplementing with other nutrients such as antioxidants which are known to help prevent diabetes," Stuart writes. "This suggests that the health issues are actually caused by nutritional deficiencies that can be easily prevented."
Sources for this article include:
http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v08n19.shtml
http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v08n05.shtml
Shahzad Afzal
http://www.pakistanprobe.com/
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