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Posted 12/19/2024.
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I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?
So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.
But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.
Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.
I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.
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Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.
And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
Fun fact about Ivermectin....
- Thread starter WebSlave
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Martin Nowak
Active member
Actually, the study is not a disease treatment study. It is a potential disease prevention study. It is a "kill the vector" study. The base known fact is: ivermectin in low doses kills mosquitoes. In a community (humans), mosquitoes move from one person to another - thus spreading the disease. So the question was: "if we kill enough mosquitos via low doses of ivermectin in the community (humans), might this reduce incidence of malaria because there are fewer mosquitos going from human to human?". The answer is: "such is not clear based on this small study". Seems like a fair and reasonable study with fair and reasonable conclusions. ("The study did not demonstrate an effect of Ivermectin on the cumulative incidence of uncomplicated malaria in the cohort of children over the 18‐week study" - meaning, humans continued to get malaria from mosquito vector bites.)
To continue, a basis of the study in humans is that veterinary medicine studies have shown that ivermectin in cattle does indeed kill mosquitos who feed on cattle / horse / etc. blood. Interestingly, since ivermectin is so commonly used in agriculture, such treated ag animals may well be at least a small value in controlling mosquito disease vectors that impact humans. Recently, ivermectin has been approved in non-U.S. countries for use in poultry as a vector control.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Other potential uses of ivermectin in terms of killing vectors include ticks, fleas, and bed bugs.
news.ncsu.edu
It's a clever approach to disease prevention: let the host humans (or animal) carry the agent to kill the disease carrying vector(s) and thereby offer increased protection for the community.
To continue, a basis of the study in humans is that veterinary medicine studies have shown that ivermectin in cattle does indeed kill mosquitos who feed on cattle / horse / etc. blood. Interestingly, since ivermectin is so commonly used in agriculture, such treated ag animals may well be at least a small value in controlling mosquito disease vectors that impact humans. Recently, ivermectin has been approved in non-U.S. countries for use in poultry as a vector control.
The effect of cattle-administered ivermectin and fipronil on the mortality and fecundity of Anopheles arabiensis Patton
Malaria control primarily depends on two vector control strategies: indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs). Both IRS and LLIN target indoor-biting mosquitoes. However, some of the most important malaria vectors ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Other potential uses of ivermectin in terms of killing vectors include ticks, fleas, and bed bugs.
Common Veterinary Drugs Show Effectiveness Against Bed Bugs
Fluralaner and ivermectin, used widely against pests like fleas and ticks, show varying levels of success in tests conducted on resurgent bed bugs.
news.ncsu.edu
It's a clever approach to disease prevention: let the host humans (or animal) carry the agent to kill the disease carrying vector(s) and thereby offer increased protection for the community.
This is actually a pretty common strategy used by many insects. Eating plants that will give the insects an unpleasant taste, or even make them toxic to predators snacking on them. So I don't think it real far fetched for humanity to use such a technique to it's own advantage when it comes to tiny predators wanting to make a meal of our blood. Actually I would find it quite amusing and imminently satisfying to find myself fatally toxic to any creature that succeeded in taking a nip out of my flesh or a sip of my blood.