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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
May 18, 2018/Elisabeth LaMotte
Emotional maturity is a critical concept that underpins all couples therapy. If there is one consistent goal I have for therapy clients seeking couples therapy, it is to develop greater emotional maturity through engaging in the therapy process. The psychological school of Systems Theory places emotional maturity at the centerpiece of its conceptual framework. This means that the central psychological task of adulthood is to become increasingly emotionally mature by developing and mastering the ability to balance separateness and togetherness. In other words, the more emotionally mature we are, the more easily we can balance the ability to be intimate with others while remaining a truly separate and grounded individual self.
Couples tend to connect and fall in love with someone who is at a compatible level of emotionally maturity. Ideally, then, through the arc of an adult life, they grow and mature together. If emotional maturity level is a conscious and unconscious bonding mechanism, it makes perfect sense that many romantic relationships with significant age differences work quite well. In fact, one perspective about relationships like this that fail is that the younger person keeps maturing and eventually outgrows their older partner who may be developmentally stuck at a level far beneath their numerical age.
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool is both a star-struck love story and a compelling essay in emotional maturity. Based on actor Peter Turner's memoir about his legendary love affair with Academy Award winning actress Gloria Grahame, the film tells two stories at once. The first is Turner's reflections of Grahame's debilitating battle with cancer and her desire to fight the disease in Liverpool with Turner's family in his parents' home. Turner and Grahame meet in 1978 when he is 26 and she is 54, so she is closer in numerical age to Turner's parents, who are also her longtime fans. Grahame's cancer spreads grief, compassion and heartache through her lover's family, while her own biological family remains clueless about her medical condition. Grahame's health decays as nursing scenes are interspersed with Turner's adoring recollections of their love story.
Turner (Jamie Bell) and Grahame (Annette Bening) meet when Grahame moves into an apartment in the first floor of Turner's group house to prepare for a local theater production. Turner is immediately smitten as they dance like teenagers and sip on festive drinks in the middle of the day, sparks flying. Their chemistry is believable and at times endearing. Aging is palpably difficult for Grahame, and Turner makes her feel young and beautiful. During several scenes, she reacts (and overreacts) to comments about her age while Turner repairs her emotional wounds and stitches her back together. They are blissfully connected, and clearly compatible.
The core of their bond, from a psychological perspective, is their shared level of emotional maturity. In one especially painful scene, Turner learns from Grahame's mother and sister that Grahame was outcast from Hollywood society when she divorced her second husband (director Nicholas Ray) and eventually married and had children with Ray's son. [According to Hollywood lore, their affair began while Ray and Grahame were married and Grahame's stepson was only thirteen years old.] In the scene, Grahame is in the other room as her mother and sister beg Turner to resist marrying Grahame no matter how much she begs. They assure Turner that another marriage would embarrass her family beyond the permanent damage already inflicted by her raucous musings.
Grahame's intriguing real life backstory enhances the film. Despite their passion, viewers may sense that Grahame and Turner's love seems vulnerable and may not have endured had Grahame's illness not cut their relationship short. Nevertheless, the love story is a worthwhile and moving essay demonstrating that numerical age is much less relevant than maturity when it comes to love.
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Along with its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, the company has subsidiaries in the U.S.A., Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, and the Middle East.

In September 2010, Seegene undertook a $16.6M initial public offering to list on KOSDAQ, a trading board of Korea Exchange (KRX).

Products
Seegene's primary product focus is multiplex diagnostic assays, which allow for the detection and quantification of multiple pathogens from a single sample. Seegene's assays are developed using its proprietary Dual Priming Oligonucleotide (DPO), Tagging Oligonucleotide Cleavage and Extension (TOCE), and Multiple Detection Temperatures (MuDT) technology platforms. Additional technologies include the GeneFishing discovery platform for differentially expressed genes (DEG), which detects differences in gene expression between two or more samples, as well as DNA Walking Technology, a platform permitting the identification of unknown sequences of DNA situated upstream or downstream of known sequences.

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Seegene moved quickly in January 2020 to begin developing a diagnostic for what would later be dubbed COVID-19, leveraging its proprietary artificial intelligence technology and SARS-CoV-2 genetic details that had been released online. The company produced its first real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) assay to test for the novel coronavirus on February 3, 2020. The test, known as the Allplex 2019-nCoV Assay, identifies three different target genes – the E, RdRP, and N genes – in one reaction tube. This allows for accurate and high-volume testing when paired with automated instruments.

On February 12, 2020, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) granted Seegene emergency use authorization for the Allplex 2019-nCoV Assay. The authorization came just days before the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea began accelerating, centered around the southeastern city of Daegu.

Seegene began manufacturing and distributing up to 100,000 tests per day, cutting back production on 60 other tests to channel resources towards COVID-19. By April 2020, when the U.S. FDA granted emergency use authorization for the assay, the company had sold more than 10 million of the tests in more than 60 countries. Seegene was one of the top-performing Korean companies in 2020, registering profit growth of more than 1,000% year-over-year in the third quarter.

In early 2021, Seegene announced it had developed a first-of-its-kind COVID-19 variant test, the Allplex SARS-CoV-2 Variants I Assay, capable of screening for COVID-19 infection and identifying multiple mutant variations in a single reaction. The company scaled its production to 300,000 variant diagnostic test kits per month, enough to test 30 million people. The tests were subsequently shipped to approximately 20 countries around the world.

Controversy
In February 2021, Seegene was disciplined by Korea's Securities and Futures Commission for accounting errors and deficiencies taking place in the company's early years of operation. According to a company statement, Seegene acknowledged and reconciled those issues in 2019, overhauling its accounting and management practices.

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Should the dead be on display in museums?
Must admit I've seen my fair share of dead bodies in museums. Like all children, when I was first taken to see the ancient Egyptian mummies in the British museum back in the 1970s – I was eyes out on stalks! Take for example this chap below they used to call the "orange man". He dates from about 3,400BC – also in the British Museum – and from what we call the pre-dynastic period. Now, as a result of seeing him, that term was embedded in my mind aged seven or eight.
Image courtesy of the British Museum
His excellent state of preservation is because in the pre-dynastic period – a thousand years before the pyramids you know and love – bodies were buried in the sand. And that was a great preserver! You can still make out his ginger hair.
However – informative though this may be – some think orange man should not be there for us to gawp at. And this issue is becoming ever more pressing.
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Goodbye shrunken heads!
About five years ago, I visited the Horniman Museum in south London and was unable to find a particular exhibit that exerted a ghoulish hold on me when I'd first come to the museum as a child in the 1970s. Back then, a large glass case displayed several shrunken heads.
When I asked a curator where they were on this recent outing, she grimaced and said: "We don't really put that kind of thing out anymore." The shrunken heads are still shown in graphic detail on the museum website but are labelled as being "in storage".
And the Horniman isn't the only museum vexing over the ethics of corpses in cases. There's a very heated debate going on behind closed doors about the morals as well as the potential negative PR that is attaching to having heads and bodies for the public to ogle at.
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Tribal groups demand their ancestors back – no more dead bodies in museums
Indigenous peoples, tribes and nations are increasingly animated about their ancestors being exhibits. Concerns have been raised from tribal nations in the United States to aboriginal peoples in Australia – and lots of places in between. And you have allegations of racism or colonialism attaching to the display of Ancient Egyptian mummies or Inca sacrificial victims.
Those hostile parties may not be – for example – Egyptian in the case of the mummies but 'feel' or believe they have an affinity with these remains. No matter how tenuous one may feel their claimed link is – it's now becoming difficult to ignore.
Guidance on displaying dead bodies in museums
The United Kingdom government has issued guidance in the past to museums on how to treat human remains. And since 1996, the UK has been committed to repatriating aboriginal remains to Australia and New Zealand. In one example in 2017, over a thousands remains including 13 skulls were sent back.
The British Museum lists its human remains online and it makes for fascinating reading:
From Australia: Human skull (adult, male?), covered with pigment; with grass plug in nasal aperture
From Borneo: Decorated human skull made of bone (human), wood, cane, shell (cowrie), gum.
From Chile: mummified child's foot with sandal
From China: a skeletal human hand with a bangle on the wrist
From Ecuador: shrunken head with feathers and beetle wings
From Egypt: Fragments of bone and two teeth from infant sacrifice.
And so it goes on…
Egypt's recent public display of new mummies
In 2020, the Egyptian authorities invited the media to snap at 59 ancient coffins just discovered. One of them was opened up in a flourish to reveal the mummified body within. In a sign of changing attitudes, many people registered their disgust at this theatricality.
Catholic shrines and death
For many Catholic shrines, removing bodies from display would effectively end their pulling power for both tourists and pilgrims. For example, in Palermo, Sicily you have the Capuchin Catacombs where hundreds of bodies, many in their Sunday best, are hanging from the walls. They date from the 17th to the early 20th century.
The Capuchin Catacombs includes the body of a girl, Rosalia Lombardo, who died in 1920. And yes, she is exceedingly well preserved. I have seen her myself (in 2019). Visitors claim that she blinks at them. I got no blink in case you're wondering.
But I have to admit this display possibly crosses a line. Why? I suppose the relatively short amount of time that has elapsed since her death; her very young age which is rather creepy in of itself and the fact that the 1920s were not Ancient Egypt.
We were not routinely mummifying bodies at that time. So why not put this poor girl where she should be? In the ground.
Dead crusaders on display
In 1976, I was taken to see the desiccated remains of several bodies in the crypt of Saint Michan's church in Dublin, preserved by the very dry air underground. In those days, you were invited by the guide to shake hands with one of the bodies. And being a child who liked to show off a bit, I grasped the bony fingers of an 800-year-old crusader.
However, times really have changed. Because two years ago, that wasn't enough for some vandals who broke through a steel door, stole the aforementioned crusader's head and "desecrated" the body of a nun. I don't even want to ask!
It does beg the question though whether these kinds of displays, which have an almost Victorian fairground quality, encourage boorish and despicable behaviour and if their time has been and gone.
Or are we getting too sensitive?
But maybe we're all being way too sensitive. In 2010, a survey by English Heritage found that only 9% of the public opposed bodies being displayed in museums. I will bet that percentage has risen however. But for museums, it's not just the wider public that are a concern – but those activist groups representing tribes and nations that feel enough is enough.
What do you think? I'd love to know.
Posted on July 4, 2021 July 4, 2021 Author Tony McMahonCategories ancientTags ancient, artefacts, bodies, British Museum, dead, Louvre, museum, native, Smithsonian, treasure, tribal 1 Comment
Galvanism – Frankenstein science and the dead!
The Georgians and Victorians did love the shock of the new. And science provided plenty of thrills and spills. For example, the use of Galvinism to bring the dead back to life. Or so it seemed! What we might call Frankenstein science.
Galvinism turns a dead criminal into a real life Frankenstein!
At the start of the 19th century, a criminal hanged in London was seemingly brought back to life through an early use of electricity to re-animate the dead – something called Galvanism! It was this primitive use of electricity that inspired Mary Shelley to write the novel Frankenstein.
If you go to the Old Bailey in London today, you'll just see the Central Criminal Court and nothing much else. But in the late eighteenth century, you would have encountered Newgate prison next to the Court of Justice and close by, the Surgeon's Hall.
This was pretty much the journey that those condemned to death took on a single day: prison cell, hangman's rope and then dissected on the surgeon's table.
While on the surgeon's table – the dead criminal might be exposed to the new technological trick of Galvanism – a Frankenstein technology that involved using electricity to bring corpses back to life!
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Galvinism turns dead murderers into entertainment
The bodies of murderers, once executed, were subject to a display of anatomy in front of an audience of students and other interested individuals – who may have paid to get access.
It seems incredible, but operations on the living and the dead were a spectator sport in London two hundred years ago. Although those present would have claimed they were there to be educated and informed!
A man called Foster was executed for killing his wife. Following the usual routine for the accused, he was brought from the typhus-infested Newgate prison out to the Court of Justice and condemned to death.
The sentence, up until the 1860s, was carried out in front of the court house on a platform for crowds to watch. He was then cut down and his body taken over to the Surgeon's Hall.
Mr and Mrs Galvini – pioneers of Galvinism!
It was then subjected to what was described as the "Galvanic Process" – invented by Luigi Galvani and his wife, Lucia Galvani. They found that frogs' legs could be made to twitch using an electrical current long after the animals had died. In London, they decided to see if this would work with dead humans. And yes – we are talking about the period when the author Mary Shelley wrote her novel Frankenstein.
The thrill for the spectators in the anatomy theatre was to see a dead murderer brought back to life using Galvanism – a brand new science. What would the killer do? Would he lunge at the audience? Would he speak? Could he be made to do their bidding?
Truly – Frankenstein stuff!
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A nephew of the Galvani duo was present as the doctors began applying electricity to the dead man's face and jaw – at which point, one of his eyes opened! According to a contemporary account, "the adjoining muscles were horribly contorted". Then the right hand rose up, clenched. Following that, his thighs and legs began to move.
Luigi Galvani – and some frogs' legs!
The contemporary account goes on to say that the object of the exercise was to show "the excitability of the human frame when animal electricity is duly applied". It was hoped that this Galvanism could be used for victims of drowning, suffocation or even stokes ("apoplexy" as it was called) "thereby rekindling the expiring spark of vitality".
Unfortunately, the account then claims that the right arm of the deceased rose with such force that it actually struck one of the employees of the Surgeon's Hall "who died that very afternoon of the shock" (most likely a heart attack).
So instead of Galvanism presenting hope to those feared drowned – it became more associated with a the sort of Frankenstein horror that of course Shelley would immortalise.
Posted on November 12, 2019 May 22, 2020 Author Tony McMahonCategories history TVTags anatomy, bodies, Burke, corpses, court, criminal, death, dissection, Frankenstein, Galvanism, Georgian, grave, hall, hanging, Hare, London, Newgate, Old Bailey, pathology, robbery, robbing, sentence, Shelley, surgeon, surgeons, Victorian 5 Comments
Pompeii destroyed by a volcano!
It was 79 AD when a mountain near the Roman city of Pompeii did something rather unexpected – it exploded into life revealing itself as a volcano.
The green slopes of Vesuvius had hidden its true nature for centuries. But in that year, a cataclysmic eruption tore it apart sending a plume of fire far into the sky.
Pompeii volcano described: "Tree with a flaming trunk"
One contemporary account described it as looking like a tree with a flaming trunk and streaks of fire and smoke high above. That whole area of Italy was plunged into darkness only lit up by thundery streaks.
Death didn't come instantly to thousands of people living nearby and many chose not to flee straight away. Instead, the stunned citizens of Pompeii decided to stick it out. Maybe they were still overcome with a degree of incomprehension – the sight before them was too much to absorb.
What happened next was the collapse of the enormous volcanic plume sending hot gas and rubble fanning out across Pompeii, Herculaneum and other the surrounding countryside.
At temperatures over a thousand degrees celsius, people were fried where they stood, sat or lay. It didn't matter if they sought shelter – there was no escape from the Pompeii volcano.
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Pompeii rediscovered
It took 1500 years for Pompeii to be accidentally rediscovered under many feet of solidified volcanic material. Gradually, over the centuries, streets have been uncovered as well as town houses, temples and bath houses.
By pouring concrete into the spaces left behind by vaporised human bodies, we're even able to see the positions that people died in. Sometimes their hands are raised and you can certainly see their mouths open for one last gasp.
I just visited Pompeii and felt the need to share some great images with you. Hopefully, you will get the opportunity to travel to southern Italy and see it for yourself!
Posted on July 19, 2018 July 22, 2020 Author Tony McMahonCategories history TV, RomeTags archaeology, bodies, death, Discovery, flow, HBO, heat, house, Italy, lava, Naples, Pompeii, pyroclastic, remains, roman, Rome, ruins, temple, today, Vesuvius, volcanic, volcano Leave a comment
London plague pits – the locations!
Most Londoners are oblivious to the number of dead people under their feet – especially those buried in their thousands in plague pits. And those London plague pit locations are in some very unlikely places.
Here's a few London plague pits that might make you shudder next time you stroll over them:
Vincent Square – enjoy your picnic in Westminster because you're sitting on top of a heap of skeletons. The pits extend under nearby government buildings.
Green Park – when the Victoria Line was being built for the London tube in the 1960s, construction workers bumped into a lot of 17th century bones. Pits from the Great Plague of London!
Golden Square – I love the Nordic Bakery on Golden Square but had no idea that during the 1665 plague, the "Searchers" were bringing cart loads of corpses and dumping them here. This must have been one of the most ghoulish of the London plague pits.
Marshall Street/Beak Street – I used to work round here and used the swimming pool at the Marshall Street leisure centre. Yep, there are bodies under that pool! There were several pest houses in the area surrounded by a brick wall to which plague victims were sent. When they died, they were put in plague pits around the modern junction of Marshall Street and Beak Street. Not tens of bodies…not hundreds…thousands!
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Sainsbury's Whitechapel – Next time you're browsing the tinned food or veg, spare a thought for those under the supermarket floor whose shopping days are long gone.
Charterhouse Square – During building work for Crossrail in 2013, a plague pit dating back to the Black Death in 1348 was discovered. Historians believe that up to 50,000 medieval Londoners might have been interred in the area. This makes it top of the London plague pits!
Posted on May 28, 2017 June 11, 2020 Author Tony McMahonCategories London historyTags Beak Street, Black Death, bodies, bubonic, Bunhill, Charterhouse Square, dead, Golden Square, Green Park, house, London, Marshall Street, pest, Peste, pit, plague, Vincent Square, Whitechapel 1 Comment

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Q: Python: Convert hex string to int and back My python script gets and sends words over a serial line.
Each word is a signed 24-bit value, received as hex string.
The script should now take these strings and convert them to integers, do some calculations on it, and send them back in the same format.
My problem is, how to do this conversion
Examples

Rx string -> calc int
 012345   ->  74565
 fedcba   -> -74566

calc int -> Tx string
  74565  -> 012345
 -74566  -> fedcba

How can this be done?

A: def str_to_int(s):
    i = int(s, 16)
    if i >= 2**23:
        i -= 2**24
    return i

def int_to_str(i):
    return '%06x'%((i+2**24)%2**24)

Test results:
In [36]: str_to_int('012345')
Out[36]: 74565

In [37]: str_to_int('fedcba')
Out[37]: -74566

In [38]: int_to_str(74565)
Out[38]: '012345'

In [39]: int_to_str(-74566)
Out[39]: 'fedcba'

Reference: Hex string to signed int in Python 3.2?

A: (Edit: An oversight on my part. See Rob's answer for correctly covering the negative sign numbers)
If you just want to convert a hex string into an int, do e.g.:
>>> int('0xff', 16)
255
>>> int('0xdaad', 16)
55981

The reverse can be done with the hex() function. From the help page:
Help on built-in function hex in module builtins:
>>> help(hex)
hex(...)
    hex(number) -> string

    Return the hexadecimal representation of an integer.

       >>> hex(3735928559)
       '0xdeadbeef'

It should be trivial to remove or add the '0x' if it's missing in your data stream.
Here's an example to ensure padding to 6 chars (representing 3 bytes = 24 bits):
>>> '0x' + hex(255)[2:].rjust(6, '0')
'0x0000ff'

If you get the data in 3 byte form (24 bits), you can use int.to_bytes() and int.from_bytes() as described in the Python docs. This is new in Python 3.2.

A: $ pip install bitstring

Then:
from bitstring import BitStream
s1 = BitStream('0x012345')
s1.int # 74565
s2 = BitStream(int=-74565, length=24)
s2.hex # fedcbb

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Q: Accessing child node created in separate function I am new to js and am curious about how to remove a child node that was appended in a different function.  For example, in the function below, the element p is set as variable empty which is then appended to listingEl.
  var empty = document.createElement('p');
  empty.innerHTML = '

' + 'Drag map to populate results' + '

';

  empty.style.color = "#FFFFF0";
  empty.style.fontSize = 125 + "%";
  listingEl.appendChild(empty);

How could I access this child empty in another function in order to change its innerHTML for example or to remove it completely?
listingEl.removeChild(empty) does not work when executed in a different function, however when I create a new element and append it to
listingEl in a different function, that works.  For example:
var back = document.createElement('p');
                back.innerHTML = '

' + 'Hit back arrow to see results' + '

';
                back.style.color = "#FFFFF0";
                back.style.fontSize = 125 + "%";
                listingEl.appendChild(back);

Why does appendChild() work but removeChild(empty) not?

A: Assign an id to p when appending
var empty = document.createElement('p');
  empty.innerHTML = '

' + 'Drag map to populate results' + '

';

  empty.style.color = "#FFFFF0";
  empty.style.fontSize = 125 + "%";
  empty.id="appended-p"
  listingEl.appendChild(empty);

and then when you have to remove then use,
var elem = document.getElementById("appended-p");
elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem);

If you have multiple dynamically generated p tags then you can maintain a counter and allot unique IDs to each appended p tag


The German discus thrower Daniel Jasinski, currently third best thrower in Germany and currently with the best chances of getting the third ticket to the 2014 European Championships wins the competition in Leiden, the Netherlands with ease. Only the other German discus thrower David Wrobel would have been one who could toss the 2kg implement over the 60m line.
Daniel Jasinki was not getting a ticket to throw at the Diamond League meeting in New York and therefore, was looking out for another good competition. He found one in Leiden, the Netherlands. Unfortunately, there was no real competition for him. He was only fighting against himself. The other German discus thrower who did throw over 60m already fouled all of his three attempts. Hence, Daniel was only fighting against himself.
The first round throw was measured 63,05m. During all of the following attempts he could not improve any further until his last attempt which was measured 64,14m.
Will he be the one who is going on the train with Robert Harting and Martin Wierig to the 2014 European Championships in Zurich, Switzerland? Roberts younger brother, Christoph, and Markus Münch are both still looking out to also grab the third spot in the German team. Good luck all of you!


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Editorial: Derek Schmidt's dedicated service must go on
By The Editorial Advisory Board
Oct 18, 2018 at 7:00 PM Oct 18, 2018 at 8:20 PM
We should be clear that the Kansas race for attorney general, at this point, is a foregone conclusion. Current Republican AG Derek Schmidt has proven a fair and stabilizing leader during his eight years on the job, and his affable demeanor and sincere dedication to enforcing the law as he understands it should be praised.
Meanwhile, his Democratic opponent, Sarah Swain, earned widespread opprobrium for displaying a poster of Wonder Woman using her truth lasso on a police officer. Putting up such an image in her law office sparked outrage over the summer, although Swain remains in the race.
We won't beat around the bush about this: Schmidt's experience and steadfastness earns our endorsement.
In his conversation with the editorial board, Schmidt spoke about working to prosecute family financial crimes, as well as collaborating with other agencies as part of a Kansas Bureau of Investigation team prosecuting child sex crimes. He's also focused on responding to good work being done throughout the state, as a good chief law enforcement officer should.
Swain, on the other hand, emphasized her progressive bona fides and criticized Schmidt's decision to join a lawsuit seeking to clarify that businesses be allowed to fire transgender people. She also noted his participation in a lawsuit that could erode protections for those with pre-existing conditions.
Those debates are worth having, but Schmidt remains the only plausible candidate.


Fire skinks display a mixture of black, white, silver, and bright red scales. Their backs are normally golden with red on the sides. Sometimes their colors will brighten or dull depending on their mood.
These geckos may be some of the easiest reptiles to tame and handle. They can even be felt without being jumpy like leopard geckos. They prefer to sit around during the day, and are much more active at night. Fat tailed geckos rarely bite, and if they do, you have upset or disturbed it. Be gentle and smooth with your motions when handling. There is no good evidence for their total lifespan in captivity, but an estimation of 10-20 years is logical.
They are carnivorous, eating a variety of insects. Offer them crickets, mealworms, butterworms, silkworms, locusts and any other insect of similar size. Make sure the insects are gut loaded with nutritional food, and dusted with a calcium or multi-vitamin supplement. Always provide your Fire Skink with a medium-depth dish of water for bathing and drinking, changed and cleaned daily.
Provide your Fire Skinks with a heat gradient ranging from 76 degrees F to 85 degrees F, with a basking spot reaching 90 degrees F. Keep the daytime lights on a 12 hour cycle. At night, drop the temperature to between 70 degrees F to 75 degrees F. Use full spectrum flourescent lighting as well, providing your Skinks with the needed UVB rays. Use incandescent lighting or a ceramic heat emitter to provide the heat.
Fire Skinks like to hide, so you will need to provide them with plenty of places to do so. A single Fire Skink can live comfortably in a 3' x 1.5' x 1.5' enclosure. Make sure to provide them with lots of branches and plant life, either real or fake. These guys also like to burrow, so provide a container with some dampened moss.
Fire skinks can be very friendly reptiles that will enjoy handling as long as you treat them with respect. Reptiles learn from positive and negative experiences so do not grab or squeeze your skink. Short, positive handling sessions with a new skink will get them to quickly calm down.
Skinks love to dig and borrow so loose substrates are needed. Many keepers have had success with a mixture of soil, sand, and wood chips. Substrate should be about 6 inches deep, and there really is no maximum depth. This substrate should stay damp, not wet and not dry. The substrate should stay about 70% humid while the rest of the tank can stay the humidity of the room.
Cleaning can be pretty basic. Spot clean daily and remove feces as you see them. Remove any leftover or dead crickets and replace the water when it gets dirty. Substrate should be replaced every 2-4 months.


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National / Sushma Swaraj lands in Tajikistan for SCO
Sushma Swaraj lands in Tajikistan for SCO
1:43 PM, 11 Oct 2018
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj emplanes for Dushanbe in Tajikistan, leading the Indian delegation at the Council of Heads of Government Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will attend a two-day conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Tajik capital Dushanbe beginning Thursday, which is expected to focus on boosting cooperation in fighting terrorism, besides deliberating on pressing regional and global issues.
The meeting of the SCO's Council of Heads of Government (CHG) is also likely to review situation in Syria, Afghanistan and Korean peninsula, officials said.
"The External Affairs Minister's programme in Dushanbe will include participation in the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting, both in the restricted as well as extended formats," the Ministry of External Affairs said.
It will be the second CHG meeting since India became a full member of SCO in June 2017.
"The leaders will be discussing prospects for further development of SCO and will exchange in-depth views on current international and regional issues," the MEA said.
India became a full member of the the China-dominated grouping last year and New Delhi's entry into it is expected to increase the bloc's heft in regional geo-politics and trade negotiations besides giving it a pan-Asian hue.
India was an observer at the SCO since 2005 and has generally participated in the ministerial-level meetings of the grouping which focus mainly on security and economic cooperation in the Eurasian region.
Along with India, Pakistan was also granted membership of SCO last year.
The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan became its members last year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the official delegation to the SCO Summit in Chinese city of Qingdao in June.
(PTI)
MEA, SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Sushma Swaraj


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A great franchise is timeless. When J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937, little did he know that it would go on to spawn one of the most beloved stories of all time. From the seeds of this classic children's tale, The Lord of the Rings was born.
Fast-forward roughly 80 years later, and both stories have been widely adapted into multiple forms of media. From animation to radio to feature films, every generation of children and young adults since has been exposed to the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and his Ring in some form or another.
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson, has broken all sorts of records. The films combined have won more awards than any other film series in history. The Hobbit trilogy, on the other hand, was a financial success but is much less beloved.
Suffice it to say that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are both household names. What's a household name without a few memes to go along with it? The internet does love to poke fun. The biggest point of contention in adapting The Hobbit was the length of the films. The biggest point of contention with Lord of the Rings fans is how much better it was than The Hobbit trilogy.
Here are 15 Savage LOTR VS The Hobbit Memes.
Bilbo's unexpected journey wasn't as epic as Frodo's. Still, it was no small feat. The poor guy never wanted an adventure. Hobbits by nature prefer the safe life. From the moment Gandalf knocked on his door, Bilbo went through everything reluctantly.
He did get one really cool thing out of the deal: in Smaug's cave, he found a nifty little ring that turned him invisible. Of course, it turned out to also be the master weapon of the dark lord Sauron and the most powerful weapon on the planet. So poor Bilbo didn't get to keep it.
The text on this image from The Fellowship of the Ring isn't a direct quote, but it sums up what Bilbo must have been thinking fairly well when Gandalf informed him that he could not hold on to the ring.
We also all know this person. The nerd hipster wannabe who has a hot take on everything. It's the same person who tells us that the Justice League is an Avengers ripoff. Or the person who wants us to know that Lord of the Rings ripped off Harry Potter.
To be fair, for those unfamiliar with J.R.R. Tolkien's works, The Hobbit trilogy may have looked like a cash grab knock off of Lord of the Rings. After all, it kind of was.
That doesn't change the fact that Tolkien wrote The Hobbit first.
The films (obviously) even use may of the same characters, but do not be fooled. The only reason the prequel came later was that it was only after the massive success of the first trilogy that Hollywood saw the huge payday that Tolkien's earlier story could deliver.
Sean Bean is most famous for two things: dying in almost every role he plays and this meme. Little did he know that when he uttered the line "one does not simply walk into Mordor" that the image and scene would one day become the lifeblood of the internet.
This is one of the most savage uses of the meme. A film adaptation of The Hobbit should have been a very simple thing. Where the Lord of the Rings books are huge tomes filled with all kinds of mature material, The Hobbit was for all intents and purposes a children's tale.
We don't blame the Lord of the Rings trilogy for what The Hobbit films became. We blame Star Wars. After the massive success of the original trilogy, Hollywood realized that forcing audiences to continue to come back for additional installments of an otherwise short tale was a no brainer.
We've all been here. We need a pen at work, so we borrow a coworkers or schoolmates. At the end of the day, the lender forgets. Now we're faced with a moral dilemma. Do we be the moral compass in the office and give the pen back? Or do we take the low road and never run out of pens?
Bilbo must have felt the same when it came to the One Ring. After all, depending on which adaptation you buy into, he either went through 300 hundred pages or three super-long movies to get the thing.
He almost got eaten by multiple creatures for it! Why shouldn't Bilbo keep the magic ring that turns him invisible?
We shouldn't we keep the pen that got us through our work day without having to go to the store and buy a four pack?
DC vs Marvel. Vampires vs werewolves. Star Wars vs Star Trek. No matter what the topic, we geeks always have our favorites - the clear winner in our eyes that trumps the other side without a doubt. The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies are no different.
We know that Tony Stark and Captain America fight all the time. We don't usually get to see them argue about small things like movies, so we have to leave that up to our imaginations.
It makes sense that Tony would be the one to choose The Hobbit. Tony's always making the wrong choice for the right reasons. The Hobbit was the first book in the series, so why wouldn't it be the better film trilogy? We also know that Captain America's sense of logic is almost unparalleled. This argument easily could have caused a war between the two.
Poor Smeagle's tale is a tragic one. He was a simple hobbit and his mind was easily corrupted by the power of the One Ring. From the moment he laid eyes on it, he loved it. He killed his friend Deagle for it. For his crime, he was cast out of his village and into a life of solitude.
He found a new home in caves. He forgot the taste of bread and the sound of trees. He forgot his own name and became the creature Gollum. Then like all the others, the ring betrayed him. After that, he spent the rest of his life trying to get it back.
He wasn't out for any power of political gain. He just wanted his precious back. He even died for it. What does all that add up to? Still a better love story than Twilight.
The real joke is that there are so many different ways to say it. The Hobbit is a 300 page book. The Lord of the Rings is an epic story spread out over three books and thousands of pages. Somehow, Peter Jackson found enough material to make both trilogies the same length.
This scene comes from The Fellowship of the Ring. Bilbo is describing why he feels like he wants to leave Bag End. He explains that he's grown tired of his mundane existence. Of course, the O ne Ring has a lot to do with it. He fiddles with it in his pocket as he speaks.
It's too bad Peter Jackson couldn't be free of his obsession with trilogies. If The Hobbit films had been cut down to one, they might have felt much lighter and more enjoyable. Much like Bilbo's life after he finally let go of the ring.
Merry and Pippin serve as the comic relief in The Fellowship of the Ring. As such, their antics are endlessly meme-able. This gem comes from a funny scene between the two Hobbits and Aragorn. Pippin is asking about breakfast. Aragorn reminds the small one that they've already had breakfast. He then goes on to mourn the loss of elevenses, luncheon, and afternoon tea, dinner, and supper.
The purpose of the scene is to show how unprepared the hobbits were for such a long journey, Pippin in particular. Of course, it's also unintentional real-life foreshadowing. Peter Jackson and his crew had no idea what they were really in for when they set out to make a trilogy out of The Hobbit. Too bad Aragorn wasn't there to soundly put them in their place.
Sir Christopher Lee and Sir Ian McKellen are both top notch actors. Both possess a scene-stealing charisma that brought unending charm to the Lord of the Rings films. Saruman may have been a bad guy, but he was still one of Gandalf's oldest friends. As such, the two were always able to speak frankly with each other.
In the actual scene, Gandalf goes to Saruman looking for help. He's found the ring and he fears Sauron will as well. Slowly, Saruman reveals to Gandalf that he may be too late. Saruman has already pledge his allegiance to the dark lord. He advises Gandalf to do the same.
Imagine if the scene had taken place in the real world. Gandalf tells Saruman of the planned Hobbit trilogy. Saruman may be evil, but he's not stupid. He would have seen the writing on the wall.
Tolkien didn't care much for romance. It's not that it was completely absent from his books, but it definitely wasn't the main focus. Hollywood will be Hollywood though, so we got a heap ton more of it in the films. Mostly we got it from the world of men, with a few Elves thrown in for good measure.
One thing that's abundantly clear from the films is that all men in Middle-earth look pretty much the same. They've all got shoulder length hair and grizzled beards, and they're all white dudes.
The actual reason Eowen didn't end up with Aragorn is because he was destined to end up with Arwen, the love of his life. But it's funny to consider that age could have been a factor. She instead ended up with Boromir's younger brother, Faramir. During the films Aragorn was almost 90 years old. Faramir was like 36.
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Hey look, it's Legolas! Everyone's favorite Elf! And Orlando Bloom is reprising the role! Great! What a bankable star! We're so glad to see that this super important character from The Hobbit is being properly adapted into the film!
What do you mean he's not even in the book? What do you mean they only threw him in to pad the run time? What do you mean it makes no sense that in Lord of the Rings Legolas didn't at least mention to Frodo having known his uncle Bilbo and fought along side him?
To be fair, Legolas' father shows up in the book version of The Hobbit. He's not, like, mentioned by name or anything, but he's there leading the Elves in The Battle of Five Armies. Apparently, Peter Jackson needed more cool shots of Legolas shooting arrows, so here we are.
This may actually be the best use of this meme on the internet. Generally, the line "I have no memory of this place" from the film is preserved. Here, someone decided to take yet another stab at The Hobbit trilogy. It's a lighthearted stab that actually applies to a lot of prequels.
We've already talked about how Legolas wasn't even in The Hobbit book. Now let's talk about how time works. Orlando Bloom obviously continues to age, but The Hobbit takes place a full 60 years before The Lord of the Rings. Legolas should not look older here.
In fact, Legolas is over 2000 years old. 60 years shouldn't really have any visible effect on him one way or another. It's not like the technology didn't exist for that either. Chalk this one up to laziness from the makeup and special effects departments.
This is actually a plot hole for almost every on screen archer. Think of Oliver Queen. How often does he run out of arrows? What about Hawkeye? It happened once in The Avengers, but he pushed a button and the problem went away.
At least those two can fall back on the flimsy excuse of technology. Legolas exists in a medieval universe and his arrows are made of wood and metal. There's no lab on Middle-earth. No science, no technology. There's magic, but not enough to be constantly refilling empty quivers.
Think about Legolas' competition with Gimli. It's funny, sure. but their kill-counts rises unrealistically high. Gimli uses an ax - you don't have to refill an ax. How did Legolas manage to keep up?
This is one instance where movie magic and storytelling did not line up.
The Fellowship of the Ring won four Academy Awards. The Two Towers won two Academy Awards. The Return of the King won a whopping eleven Academy Awards. That third film is tied with Titanic and Ben-Hur for most Academy Awards won by a single film. It also holds the record for winning every single Academy Award for which it was nominated.
The Hobbit trilogy won precisely zero Academy Awards. That's a very steep fall for the franchise. It means we probably won't be getting The Silmarillion.
This is a scene that actually could have happened on Whose Line is it Anyway? Unfortunately, Drew Carrey stopped hosting the popular improv series in 2007. Wayne Brady continues to appear, though, so this meme may one day actually come to life.
There are some marathons you have to sit through at least once in your life. Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Planet of the Apes all spring to mind. Of course you can't talk about marathons without bringing up Lord of the Rings. If you simply watch the theatrical versions of the original trilogies, you're looking at about 560 minutes. If you go for the extended versions, you're in for 680.
Whether you're a fan of The Hobbit trilogy or not, you can't deny that watching all six films back to back will give you a very unique experience. That undertaking will cost you almost 20 hours of your life, though. If you decide to do it, there's the very real possibility that you'll come out looking very much like this shot of Robin Williams from Jumanji.
What did you think of these Lord of the Rings vs The Hobbit memes? Did you get a laugh? Let us know in the comments!


I'm one of those annoyingly optimistic people who truly believe that if you say something often enough, it will actually come true. Let's practice, shall we?
The weather is warm outside. Spring is on the way. The weather is warm outside. Spring is on the way.
So, to put myself in a sunny frame of mind, I've selected my favourite seasonal pieces from The Home Depot Canada. After all, spring is the time to prep the garden, clear the backyard and start planning your outdoor oasis – and The Home Depot has everything you need to get started. From outdoor décor and power to live goods, a local associate is always ready with some tips and tricks to help you prepare for the warmer weather.
Feeling inspired? Join @HomeDepotCanada on May 14th from 12pm – 1pm ET for the #chatwithstyleHD Twitter Party. The experts from Style at Home and The Home Depot will dish about the latest trends in outdoor living, their tried and true BBQ tips and the best in DIY. Of course, a Twitter Party wouldn't be complete without prizing – they've got seven gift cards up for grabs, valued between $100 and $250. See you there!
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Love the Pleasant Hearth Fire Pit – may have to go check it out!
I think I may have to check it out too Judy – I adore fire pits!
Love fow the lawn mower is sparkling :-) The stepping stones are really nice! Would be great in my garden.
Hahaha I guess they only stay new for a limited time, huh?
awesome. i love home depot!
Always love Home Depot for their plants as well.
Have fun at the twitter party people !!
There are so many gorgeous cushions, I think I'll need to dedicate a separate post to the styles!
I have had my eye on their cushions for a while now – the hardest part is trying to decide between them all !
Is there an RSVP for the twitter party?
Hmm… not sure Carlee, I'll find out for you!
I live 5 minutes from a Home Depot and we shop there often. Will do my best to attend the twitter party. Thanks.
So awesome you live so close to one! My husband would be there all the time, LOL!
I like the Pleasant Hearth Fire Pit. This be nice for the back yard.
I love that pillow fabric – I could imagine designing a whole space around it. Beautiful!
I love the fire pit…it would look so nice at night and keep everyone warm too!
Yes! And hopefully chase away mosquitoes?
Does fire chase away mosquitos or draw them in?
Good question – I may have to look into that before I buy one!
Hahah I agree Mr. Disco!
I can't wait to get my yard together, I bought a ton of new stuff!
Awesome! Now the weather just has to catch up to us!
I have one of those fire pits and we just love it, we can put it where we want and I have even cooked my steaks on it, it was well worth the money spent on it, and if something ever happens to mine I will be getting another one!!
Thank you so much for the feedback and recommendation Lynda!
I love the Hampton Bay Decorative Pillow!
The whole collection is stunning, Victoria!
Nice! Spring is almost here!
I think based on Lynda's review I'll have to get one!
I want a fire pit in the worst way! Can't wait for the party!
Aren't they so cool! Perfect for summer nights!
Oh! Do I long for the beautiful days of Spring.. I have to say, I LOVE summer for the weekends at the lake, sunshine and beach days BUT spring is so special.. a season of rebirth.
I know… it's 9 degrees and raining in Toronto right now, NOT May weather!
I love the butterfly garden stones in backyard.
Me too! Thinking about how I can incorporate them into my (small) garden!
My dad is in dire need of a new lawnmower and this one looks great!
Perfect for Father's Day Anne!
The firepit looks real nice.
Oh – how I long for spring to get here! These items are so cheery and inspiring!
I know! Any day now Heidi!
Great picks, would love one of those fire pits!
Me too! Seems like it's a universal favourite!
Love the firepit! Will have to take a look next time we're at HD!
Please do Alexandra! I bet it's the perfect size for a back patio!
Love all the picks but the cushion and fire pit really capture my eye. Impressed by the prices too.
Agreed! $108 is a fabulous price!
Great picks Lena! Home Depot has such great seasonal stuff and we are there every weekend more than not!
Nice! They have beautiful pieces for spring!
I saw the fire pit in the store and wanted it, and for about a hundred bucks I think I need to get it!!!!!!
I think you do too :) Thanks Ruby!
Yes ma'am! One of my fave pieces by far!
We got all our garden supplies from HD this year, flowers, dirt, and a lilac tree!
Success! Great to hear that Shannon!
I love the fire pit! That would be great for entertaining this summer!
I agree! Ans I love to price too!
Thanks Jennifer! Glad we share the same great taste!
I love the home depot i would marry it if i could.. i keep asking but it won't give me an answer!
Hahaha you're too funny Jo-Anne!
Ah to have the feeling of spring again. But soon enough it will come and I have been taught not to wish my life away.
I just love Home Depot. They have so many things for your home. My husband would live there if he could. It's his "happy place" store.
I'm loving all the products that you've shown but now I'm depressed because I'm looking at this in September when summer is over not spring when it's just starting.


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The New Peasantries: Struggles for Autonomy and Sustainability in an Era of Empire and Globalization - Earthscan Food and Agriculture (Hardback)
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Lawmakers meet to discuss sexual harassment policies, choose not to broadcast meeting
by Jim Small and Evan Wyloge January 9, 2018 August 26, 2020
Updated Jan. 19, 2018:
On Thursday, January 18, 2018, the Arizona House of Representatives held a second training on ethics and sexual harassment policies. Like the first session held 9 days earlier, the House did not broadcast the joint caucus, but did record it.
AZCIR obtained the video from the House, under Arizona's public records law, and it is published below.
Members of Arizona's House of Representatives convened a joint caucus on the House floor to receive training on harassment in the workplace and to have a discussion about the legislative chamber's policies and punishments.
Although the meeting was recorded by the Legislature's broadcast department, it was not broadcasted anywhere.
The House of Representatives routinely broadcasts caucus meetings on the closed-circuit television network and streams them on the Legislature's website, but did not do so today.
As a result, Arizonans were not able to watch in real-time as Rep. Don Shooter apologized for inappropriate remarks and unwelcome touching, in response to allegations made against him in November.
The public also couldn't see the debate the ensued about whether there should be a "statute of limitations" for allegations of improper behavior – or that Shooter advocated for "a concrete cut-off date" for allegations to be made and cited failed Alabama Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, who was accused of sexual misdeeds with teenagers during the 1970s, as evidence that limits are needed.
"How do you defend yourself against that?" Shooter said.
A spokesman for House Speaker J.D. Mesnard's office said the joint caucus meeting was not broadcast because no legislative business was being conducted.
In response to a public records request, the Arizona House of Representatives provided the recording of the meeting.
Mesnard ended the meeting after roughly four hours, and said the body would meet again Thursday, Jan. 18 to continue the training.
Jan. 9, 2018:
https://azcir.org/vid/1-9-18_Training_1.mp4
Jan. 18, 2018:
https://azcir.org/vid/House_Training_1-18-18.mp4
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Lawmakers meet to discuss sexual harassment policies, choose not to broadcast meeting

by Jim Small and Evan Wyloge, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting
January 9, 2018

Updated Jan. 19, 2018:

On Thursday, January 18, 2018, the Arizona House of Representatives held a second training on ethics and sexual harassment policies. Like the first session held 9 days earlier, the House did not broadcast the joint caucus, but did record it.

AZCIR obtained the video from the House, under Arizona's public records law, and it is published below.

Members of Arizona's House of Representatives convened a joint caucus on the House floor to receive training on harassment in the workplace and to have a discussion about the legislative chamber's policies and punishments.

Although the meeting was recorded by the Legislature's broadcast department, it was not broadcasted anywhere.

The House of Representatives routinely broadcasts caucus meetings on the closed-circuit television network and streams them on the Legislature's website, but did not do so today.

As a result, Arizonans were not able to watch in real-time as Rep. Don Shooter apologized for inappropriate remarks and unwelcome touching, in response to allegations made against him in November.

The public also couldn't see the debate the ensued about whether there should be a "statute of limitations" for allegations of improper behavior – or that Shooter advocated for "a concrete cut-off date" for allegations to be made and cited failed Alabama Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, who was accused of sexual misdeeds with teenagers during the 1970s, as evidence that limits are needed.

"How do you defend yourself against that?" Shooter said.

A spokesman for House Speaker J.D. Mesnard's office said the joint caucus meeting was not broadcast because no legislative business was being conducted.

In response to a public records request, the Arizona House of Representatives provided the recording of the meeting.

Mesnard ended the meeting after roughly four hours, and said the body would meet again Thursday, Jan. 18 to continue the training.

Jan. 9, 2018:

https://azcir.org/vid/1-9-18_Training_1.mp4

Jan. 18, 2018:

https://azcir.org/vid/House_Training_1-18-18.mp4

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Franz Ferdinand comeback UK tour in 2018 will include a date in Nottingham at Rock City
There's a new album too!
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Franz Ferdinand (Image: David Edwards)
British band Franz Ferdinand have announced details of a long-awaited new tour and album, their first in five years.
The UK jaunt in 2018 will include a return to Rock City in Nottingham on Valentine's Day, February 14.
The tour will follow the release of fifth studio album, Always Ascending, the title track of which was released today ás a single (October 25).
Lead singer Alex Kapranos described the record as "simultaneously futuristic and naturalistic". It was recorded in London and France with producer Philippe Zdar (Beastie Boys).
Since their self-titled debut album in 2004 won them the Mercury Prize, the band has scored four top 10 albums and won two BRIT Awards.
Hit singles include Take Me Out, Walk Away, The Fallen and Eleanor Put Your Boots On.
As well as their first album in five years, the release is their first new material since the departure of guitarist Nick McCarthy.
Where to buy tickets?
They'll be available from Ticketmaster here.
When do they go on sale?
At 9am on Friday, November 3.
What are the full tour dates?
10 - Galway, Ireland Leisureland
11 - Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre
13 - Manchester Albert Hall
14 - Nottingham Rock City
16 - Newcastle O2 Academy
17 - Glasgow O2 Academy
19 - Leeds O2 Academy
20 - Birmingham O2 Academy
21 - Bristol O2 Academy
23 - Cambridge Corn Exchange
24 - London O2 Brixton Academy
25 - Brighton Dome
Nights out in Nottingham
Nelly annoys fans
Nickelback announce Arena
Westlife reunion?
Always Ascending will be released on Friday, February 9.
Franz Ferdinand are Alex Kapranos, Bob Hardy, Paul Thomson, Julian Corrie and Dino Bardot.
Things to do in Nottingham


The United Kingdom is under no threat of breaking up, according to a survey published on the eve of Friday's official launch of the Scottish separatists' referendum campaign.
An opinion poll published by Alistair Darling, the former Chancellor, showed only 33 per cent of voters in Scotland want independence and 57 per cent are opposed.
In his first intervention since becoming leader of the pro-UK campaign, Mr Darling said the poll showed Alex Salmond "doesn't speak for Scotland" and support for independence has barely shifted over the last four decades.
Mr Salmond will be joined in Edinburgh this morning by celebrities and the leaders of minor left-wing parties to formally start his bid to end the 305-year-old Union between England and Scotland.
Sir Sean Connery is expected to be among the stars who will encourage the Scottish people to vote for separation in the referendum, due in autumn 2014.
Mr Darling's publication of the The YouGov poll, which also showed more people think a separate Scotland would be worse off financially, was timed to undermine their message.
"Alex Salmond may be the First Minister of Scotland but, as these new figures confirm, on the issue of independence he doesn't speak for Scotland," the Edinburgh South West MP said.
The former Chancellor said Mr Salmond has failed to increase support for separation after deploying the "full resources" of Scottish Executive's civil service, the SNP's landslide Holyrood election victory last year and raising a war chest of millions.
His survey asked 1,004 Scots if they agreed Scotland "should become a country independent of the rest of the UK". Only 27 per cent of women agreed with this statement.
In another blow to Mr Salmond, only 58 per cent of people who voted SNP last year said they would back independence, while 28 per cent were opposed.
Mr Darling was initially reluctant to assume leadership of the pro-UK campaign but has since agreed to coordinate efforts by Labour, the Tories and Liberal Democrats.


Dove & Hawk are working alongside a household name within the London property market. With an excellent presence within the South Kensington market they are looking for someone with at least a years experience to join the established team. The role has become available due to one of the existing negotiators leaving to break into the Residential Development market, these are the kind of upper end contacts you will make whilst working within this role. The right person for the role will have a desire to establish themselves in the middle to upper end of the PCL market.
Applicants need to be well spoken and immaculately presented.
If you are looking for your next step within the London Property Sales market and would like to apply then send your CV to Matthew Squirrell in the Agency & New Homes Team at Dove & Hawk remembering to quote vacancy reference: 5332.


The success of therapeutic drugs is dependent not only on their functional activities but also on their physicochemical properties (e.g., solubility, stability and specificity). We are developing methods for identifying drug-like monoclonal antibodies based on their chemical compositions and biophysical properties. These methods are expected to improve antibody drug development by more reliably identifying antibody candidates with drug-like properties and increased likelihood of success in the clinic.
Inspired by the work of Parmley and Smith1 on peptide display I demonstrated for the first time the display of antibodies on the surface of filamentous phage (McCafferty et al 1990)2. This work was closely followed by others and together helped unleash a revolution in antibody discovery leading to 8 approved antibodies to date with another 41 candidates in phase 2 or beyond. The underlying concept of linking genotype and binding phenotype has been extended to other systems including ribosome display, yeast display and mammalian display and has enabled the development of alternative non-antibody scaffolds. This presentation will review this history and reflect on current and future developments.
antibodies. In addition, a novel role for FcRn as a metabolic regulator will be discussed.


The American Antitrust Institute (AAI) and the University of Wisconsin Law School are pleased to present the competition roundtable Food and Agriculture at a Crossroads: Setting Competition Priorities to Protect Producers, Consumers, and the Supply Chain. The roundtable will take up major competition policy issues involving concentrated food and agriculture markets, their interconnections to the broader national and global supply chains, and strategies for improving competition. The roundtable will begin with a briefing on the state of competition in food and agriculture, with a focus on gaps in the law or legal doctrine that makes developing competition policy particularly difficult. The day will feature three panels on topics that have important implications for competition enforcement and policy. Experts in antitrust and regulation from government, industry, advocacy, and academia will frame major competitive issues through the lens of different stakeholder and enforcement perspectives. The morning and afternoon discussions will each close with a roundtable session that gives participants the opportunity to react to and candidly discuss themes, issues, and policy recommendations for competition enforcement.
This panel will unpack competitive issues at the top of the supply chain. Farmers, growers, and ranchers face growing challenges in selling their products to beef, poultry, and grain processors and integrators. These markets feature high levels of concentration, powerful buyers, and allegations of market power abuse by firms that act alone or together with rivals. At the same time, producers must cope with the effects of high concentration in input markets such as fertilizer, biotechnology, and seeds. Producers thus grapple with a variety of problems: higher risks without attendant rewards, narrowing price-cost margins that squeeze incomes, and declining viability of producer operations. This panel will frame these questions and problems from a number of different perspectives, explore major issues, and identify policy options for improving the competitive landscape for food and agricultural producers.
This panel will take up competitive issues at the bottom of the supply chain. Consolidation continues to move forward in critical processing, manufacturing, and retail grocery markets. Higher levels of concentration that result from consolidation have material implications for wholesale and retail consumers. These effects range from higher prices, lower quality, and loss of variety and choice. Wholesale consumers see fewer options and less diversity in purchasing food supplies while at the retail level, brand proliferation has contributed to the illusion of competition in grocery markets. This panel will explore the myriad issues faced by consumers in light of growing concentration. These range from adverse price effects, to the important non-price effects of less competition, including slower innovation, lower food quality and safety, and less variety and sustainability. Panelists will explore these issues and suggest policy priorities for improving the competitive landscape in consumer markets.
This panel will examine how consolidation and concentration has spurred fundamental changes in food and agricultural supply chains and the implications of those changes on competition and the diversity and stability of the food system. Food supply chains now have national and global dimensions. Vertical integration is on the rise in key areas such as agricultural biotechnology, cattle and pork supply, and food processing and manufacturing. Horizontal and vertical integration has myriad effects, including raising the bar on entry by smaller rivals while creating incentives for "reactive" consolidation by sellers and buyers to combat growing market power of large players. This panel will ask how these developments affect competition, entry, innovation, and pricing. Panelists will focus on the role and risks of large agribusinesses in shaping policy and suggest policy priorities for addressing this emerging set of issues.
Reserve at this link: http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/M/MSNDTDT-AGW-20181206/index.jhtml or call the hotel direct at 608-251-5511 and reference code AGW.


Easter at All Saints is for everyone. We have a wide range of events and services listed below. We hope and pray that this Easter you will experience the wonder and awe of God's own son being raised to life from death.
All Saints is a church on the way. We are learning how to follow Jesus and make a difference in the world. We would love you to begin that journey as well.
All our Easter events are listed at the end of this page.
Sundays - show up on any Sunday, we have a range of services.
The Way - a collection of ideas, training and tools to help you follow Jesus.
Access @ All Saints - a great way to connect with community and grow in faith.
Mark and the team at All Saints.


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Women in Science and Technology: A Resource Guide
This guide provides links to selected books, journal articles, historical works, and other resources on women in science.
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Women Naturalist, Biologist and Environmentalist
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K-12 Books
Journal Articles and Internet Resources
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Women scientists: standing: Miss Nellie A. Brown; L to R: Miss Lucia McCollock, Miss Mary K. Bryan, Miss Florence Hedges, The women scientists make cultures of the parasites make [...]ulation experiments and all sorts of technical laboratory work
Miss Margaret D. Foster, Uncle Sam's only woman chemist1919. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
American Indian and African American students at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.,- men and women in chemistry lab. Frances Benjamin Johnston, photographer. 1899 or 1900. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Historically, the female presence in technological and scientific fields has been disproportionately limited compared to that of their male counterparts. Even when women have contributed to these fields, publications describing their work have been limited.
Margaret Rossiter, a pioneering historian of American women in science, argued that since the field of history of science and technology had been dominated by male players, the interest in writing about female contributions to these fields has also been limited. However, these tendencies have been gradually changing in recent years. More and more women enter fields of science and engineering, as well as the history of science and technology, and an increasing number of universities are now working towards attracting more women in science and engineering. Primary schools are also making an extra effort to bring girls into fields of science and engineering from a young age.
This guide covers selected books, journal articles, and historical works, and other resources especially useful to readers who are future women engineers, scientists, inventors, and patent seekers.
Featured Webcast: Women in STEM Careers
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Pictured with Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster is Lady Dufferin, owner of Clandeboye Estate and Jersey cow Clandeboye Jazz Evita.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has heard how the Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt company in Bangor has almost doubled turnover by investing in innovation.
The company utilised an Invest Northern Ireland Innovation Voucher to develop new products leading to increased sales of yoghurt including to the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.
The Innovation Voucher enabled the company to access the technology team and facilities at Loughry Campus of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE).
During a visit to the company Arlene Foster said: "The food industry is a vitally important part of my portfolio and one which I believe has substantial growth potential. Currently food and drink companies generate £3.7 billion for the Northern Ireland economy and employ almost 20,000 people. By focusing on market-led innovation, companies can achieve faster growth and provide new employment opportunities.
"In addition, food companies contribute substantially to the local farming industry and to the overall wellbeing of the rural community. Clandeboye Estate is an excellent example of how investment in a food business can help to sustain a dairy farm.
"The company's success also shows that there is a very strong relationship between innovation, particularly in terms of new product development, and an increase in sales in Northern Ireland and in export markets.
The Minister concluded: "Support from Invest NI's successful Innovation Voucher programme enabled it to benefit from the knowledge and expertise of food technologists at Loughry Campus of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in creating a new product range.
Over 100 food and drink companies, mostly smaller businesses, have taken advantage of Innovation Vouchers to develop new products and processes that strengthened their capability to compete successfully and profitably particularly in markets outside Northern Ireland.
Bryan Boggs, General Manager of the Clandeboye Estate's yoghurt business, said: "We've found the Innovation Voucher programme to be immensely beneficial for product development and also in strengthening our capability. What it helped us to do in particular was to win business from convenience stores both here and in the Republic.
"We started the business in 2007 essentially with two products – a natural handcrafted and a Greek style yoghurt – that were made from milk from the estate's herd of Holstein and Jersey cows. While this enabled us to gain a market foothold in major supermarkets, we soon realised that we needed to attract more convenience stores to enable us to grow the business and this meant developing stirred yoghurt in a range of tasty flavours.
"Creating new products is usually an expensive business, an activity that's especially difficult for a small artisan business. The Innovation Voucher was beneficial because it enabled us to access the technology team and superb facilities at Loughry as our R&D operation.


Odyssey – Showdown in 2011 A.D.
Showdown in 2100 AD is an action game developed by Ed Averett and published by Magnavox in 1979 for Odyssey² .
A typical shootout of the Wild West, or not quite. Showdown in 2100 AD proposes that, but with a special touch. Each player must hit his opponent 10 times to win the game. The two shooters shoot for their lives but they are taken by surprise because sometimes their bullets ricochet in different directions, even in their own direction! Each player has 6 balls and can reload their weapons by finding the hidden balls in trees that match their outfit. But attention to these stray bullets !!! Showdown in 2100 AD is a simple game, typical arcade style in 1980. Known for its simplicity, this game is for those who want nothing more than a simple exchange of fire.


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Q: Date::Manip install from cpan fails on mac - can't find ExtUtils::MakeMaker I am trying to install Date::Manip on Mac OS X 10.10 using cpan.  I have Xcode and command line tools installed. When I type
sudo cpan -i Date::Manip I see the following error:
---- Unsatisfied dependencies detected during ----
----       SBECK/Date-Manip-6.59.tar.gz       ----
ExtUtils::MakeMaker [build_requires]`

This doesn't make sense, because ExtUtils::MakeMaker is already installed on my system:
$ cpan -D ExtUtils::MakeMaker
Reading '/Users/myname/.cpan/Metadata'
Database was generated on Sun, 06 Aug 2017 20:17:02 GMT
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
Writes Makefiles for extensions
B/BI/BINGOS/ExtUtils-MakeMaker-7.30.tar.gz
/System/Library/Perl/5.18/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Installed: 6.66
CPAN:      7.30  Not up to date
Michael G Schwern (MSCHWERN)
mschwern at cpan.org

I don't understand why the Date::Manip install can't find it.
The installer next tries to install ExtUtils::MakeMaker (since it thinks it's missing), and that installation fails.  That may be a separate issue, but I'm not concerned with that at the moment - I just want to get Date::Manip installed, using the current version of MakeMaker.
How can I get cpan to locate and use the current installed version of ExtUtils::MakeMaker?

Additional information:
$ sudo which perl
/usr/bin/perl
$ which perl
/usr/bin/perl
$ sudo which cpan
/usr/bin/cpan
$ which cpan
/usr/bin/cpan

A: Date::Manip requires version 6.67_01 of MakeMaker, and you only have 6.66.  See:
https://metacpan.org/source/SBECK/Date-Manip-6.59/META.json
So figure out why the MakeMaker install is failing.  Or install SBECK/Date-Manip-6.53.tar.gz or earlier.