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The Hague — Judges of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday afternoon rejected a prosecution request to keep Mathieu Ngudjolo in custody pending appeal against his acquittal.
The Court earlier acquitted Ngudjolo of all charges in connection with an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003.
Presiding judge Bruno Cotte said the Court was not persuaded of any "exceptional circumstances" which would justify Ngudjolo's continued detention, and that "the office of the Prosecutor has not shown that such circumstances exist".
Immediately after pronouncing Ngudjolo's acquittal on Tuesday morning, judges asked prosecutors to say if they were requesting a suspension of the release order. A few hours later, the Chamber held a new session but the prosecution appeared disconcerted. Expected to argue exceptional circumstances that would justify keeping Ngudjolo in custody, Canadian prosecutor Eric McDonald instead started by challenging the judgment.
McDonald then argued that if he were freed, Ngudjolo could disappear or intimidate witnesses.
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Melbourne, Fla. (February 10, 2007) – The Saint Leo men's basketball team (12-11, 5-7 SSC) completed a sweep of the season series with Florida Tech (7-18, 3-10 SSC) by winning 77-71 on Saturday afternoon at the Clemente Center in Melbourne, Fla.
J.J. Turner (Sr., Tampa, Fla.) and Jordan Prais (Fr., Lakeland, Fla.) led the way for the Lions, as each scored 15 points in the win. Kyle Rowland (So., North Port, Fla.) also scored 11 points, while Quentin Cullop (Fr., Winter Haven, Fla.) scored eight points and dished out eight assists in the total team win.
Saint Leo shot 48.8% (21-of-43) for the game, including a scorching 63.2% (12-of-19) from beyond the three-point arch. Turner buried 5-of-6 from three-point land, as five different Saint Leo players were able to convert from downtown.
Tech's E.J. Murray scored a game-high 24 points in defeat for the Panthers.
After falling behind 4-0, and trailing for the opening 10 minutes of the game Saint Leo took the lead on a three by Thomas Kaiser (Fr., Tampa, Fla.). The Lions eventually led by six at half-time.
The Panthers fought back to tie the score for the fifth and final time with 17:06 left in the game. Saint Leo built its lead up to a game-high 11 points with 4:18 left in the game, but a 13-3 run brought Tech to within one with 1:57 to play. Prais went 5-of-6 from the free throw line down the stretch to seal the win and put the Lions a game above .500 overall.
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Not wearing seat belts while they are speeding from one place to another in their swanky SUVs has taken the lives of many political leaders in the state, while their drivers who often wear seat belts survive to tell the tale. The death of YSR Congress Party MLA B Shobha Nagi Reddy Thursday morning has sent shock waves across the state.
Shobha was deputy floor leader of YSRCP, and one of the most visible faces after Jagan Mohan Reddy in YSRCP. She was seeking re-election from Allagadda Assembly constituency in Kurnool district. Her death at 46, a mother of three, has cast a pall of gloom over campaigning, and left her supporters in her constituency inconsolable and heart-broken.
Over-speeding in their swanky SUVs to make up for lost time meeting and greeting people, and giving basic precautions like wearing seat belt the go by, have led to the death of several high profile politicians in Andhra Pradesh in recent times.
Top Telugu Desam leader K Yerran Naidu, TDP vice-president Lal Jan Bahsha, fire-brand BJP woman leader of Telangana, Vanam Jhansi Rani, former minister P Indra Reddy, all met a violent end on the highways. Popular actor Junior NTR, escaped with broken rips and concussion in March 2009 when his SUV collided head-on with another car while returning from campaigning for the TDP in Khammam district.
But Shobha could have survived if she were wearing a seat belt. As is the habit of most politicians, Shobha was sitting in the front passenger seat. Her two bodyguards were sitting in the back seat, they both survived although they too suffered head injuries. Her driver also escaped unharmed.
Cops who are investigating the accident, reconstructed the scene and said that to override the warning bell to wear seat belt in the high-end imported SUV, Shobha used to buckle the seat belt first and then sit over it. This stopped the warning well. During campaigns and road shows when she has to get down often from the slow-moving vehicle, this worked fine but it proved fatal when her driver was over-speeding on the Kadapa-Kurnool highway late last night in a hurry to reach her home in Allagadda.
Shobha was just a few kms away from reaching Allagadda, after campaigning in Nandayal, when the driver noticed a yellow patch on the otherwise flawless highway. Paddy was strewn on the road by a farmer to dry. It is a very common practice in many areas and it is considered a bad omen to step or drive over paddy, and the driver tried to apply brake and swerve to avoid it. Police said, tire marks indicate that the driver hit the brakes but the front right wheel went over stones that were put by the farmer to demarcate the paddy on the road.
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A Danish politician has compared gay marriage to 'killer snails' during a hearing on same-sex unions on Monday (14 May).
'Apart from the killer snail and a few other species, the world consists of males and females, and that is why the world still exists,' said Birthe Rønn Hornbech.
Danish minister of culture, Uffe Elbæk, posted the quote on his Facebook page and, in disbelief, urged people to read the bizarre remark 'one more time'.
Elbæk's Facebook followers were equally dumbfounded by Hornbech's views.
Commenting on Elbæk's post, Andreas Bergmann Steen slammed the comparison between gay marriage on the Iberian snail, which are known as killer snails in Denmark, as 'far-fetched'.
'People have gradually realized that when they cannot simply quote the Bible, there is no coherent argument for being against gay marriage,' he posted.
'I must admit that I find it difficult to believe that they themselves take their arguments seriously, it's just not really a sound position.'
Chili Djurhuus said the remark was 'completely outrageous' and wondered whether the homophobic politician could be convicted according to Paragraph 266B of the Penal Code, otherwise known as the racism paragraph, which includes discrimination based on sexual orientation.
While Klaus Bondam, former employment and integration mayor in Copenhagen, wrote, 'thank you for reminding us of the scary amount of homophobia that exists just beneath the nice polished Danish surface.'
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Species ranging from humans to fish, frogs and reptiles possess natural cytotoxic cells as part of the innate immune system that recognize and destroy "non-self" or foreign antigens. Mammalian natural killer (NK) cells utilize inhibitory and activating cell surface receptors to differentiate between "normal" cells and virally infected or transformed cells. In general, inhibitory (non-killing) NK receptors (NKRs) recognize MHCI as a marker of "self" which stimulates a signaling cascade leading to the inhibition of NK mediated target lysis. In contrast, certain activating (killing) NKRs have been shown to recognize virally encoded or stress-related proteins and stimulate a signaling cascade leading to target cell destruction. Such activation of NK cells can also occur when endogenous MHCI is down regulated as in certain types of tumors. These signaling cascades within NK cells must be carefully balanced because defects in NK function can result in tumor progression or an autoimmune response, both presenting dangerous consequences to the individual. Although much is known about mammalian NKRs, only limited information is known about NKRs in non-mammalian model species.
Multi-gene families of mammalian NKRs are encoded by the leukocyte receptor complex (e.g. KIRs), the natural killer complex (e.g. Ly49s) and the CD94/NKG2 complex. NKRs can be further classified based on their extra-cellular domains: possessing either immunogobulin domains (KIRs) or C-type lectin domains (Ly49s and NKG2). Our laboratory is working on identifying and characterizing the functional orthologs of NKRs in bony fish, primarily using zebrafish as a model species.
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The vertebrate immune response is comprised of multiple molecular and cellular components that must interface to provide the host species with an adequate defense against pathogens. Although much information is available on how individual molecules or cells respond to infection, a complete understanding of the whole-organism response to pathogen exposure remains unresolved, due to the dynamic complexity of the immune system and its interdependent innate and adaptive functionality. The zebrafish larva provides a unique model for overcoming this obstacle as the larva successfully defends itself from pathogens while lacking a functional adaptive immune system for the first 4-6 weeks of life, making it possible to examine exclusively the innate immune response in a whole-organism context. In transcriptional profiling studies it was found that novel genes that respond to pathogen associated molecular patterns in the zebrafish larva, also respond to infection stimuli in adult zebrafish and mice, underscoring the utility of this novel innate immune model for gene discovery.
We hypothesize that the transcriptional response of zebrafish larvae to infection stimuli will reveal novel genes that mediate innate immunity in mammals. In order to test this hypothesis, we are employing a novel zebrafish larvae assay to determine the whole-organism transcriptional response to pathogen stimuli in the absence of adaptive immunity, and validating the role of functionally uncharacterized pathogen-responsive "target" genes in zebrafish, mouse and human innate immune response. The long range goal of the proposed research is to define and evaluate the role of these "target" genes during the immune response in the context of the whole organism. This and future research constitute a complementary, multi-organism paradigm for investigating, evaluating and modulating the vertebrate innate immune response.
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The PPV opened with the video that we embedded earlier tonight focusing on Jeff Hardy vs. Sting.
Bully Ray vs. Tommy Dreamer
Bully Ray cuts a promo putting over Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff. He then turns to Tommy Dreamer and starts talking about him. Dreamer comes to the ring. Ray tells Dreamer that he, Hogan and Bischoff are "like this now" and tonight is now No DQ with Falls Counting Anywhere. He asks Dreamer what he thinks, so Dreamer attacks him.
Dreamer cleans house early including a high cross bodyblock. Bully cuts him off with a clothesline but misses an elbowdrop. Dreamer tosses Ray out of the ring to the floor. Dreamer takes a drink from a fan at ringside and slugs Ray with it, then spits one in his face. Dreamer has a fan hold a chair up and runs Ray into it, which Taz called "old school."
Someone handed Dreamer a huge stuffed Minion from "Despicable Me" and drilled Dreamer with it. Taz didn't know what it was and joked that Borash needed to google that. Dreamer dragged Ray into the crowd, where he slammed his head into the guard rail for bleacher stairs, then hit Ray with a stick. He led a TNA chant but was nailed by Ray as he returned over the rail. Ray gave Dreamer an atomic drop on the railing, then nailed him.
Ray beat Dreamer with a kendo stick. He grabbed Dreamer and placed him on the stairs. He went to slam Dreamer with a chair but Dreamer moved. Dreamer nailed Ray and tossed some weapons that just happened to be at ringside into the ring. He nailed Ray with a cane to the head. Dreamer went under the ring and pulled out a blowup doll. You know, because those things are always under the ring. Dreamer nailed Ray in the head and Ray fell into the "69" position with the doll. Dreamer splashed both and covered Ray for a two count.
Dreamer went to come off the top rope with a road sign but took too long so Ray nailed him in the head. Ray superplexed Dreamer into the ring. TNA had a great overhead shot of the move. Ray went for the Bubba Bomb but Dreamer slipped out and DDT'd Ray for a two count.
Dreamer went under the ring for tables just as the crowd began chanting for them. He slipped one into the ring and began setting it up. Dreamer set Ray up for the piledriver on it but Ray backdropped Dreamer away. He killed Dreamer with a trash can shot to the head. Fans began chanting for Devon. Ray nailed a big boot to the face but Dreamer grabbed the bottom rope.
Ray began beating Dreamer with the Singapore Cane. Ray kept beating Dreamer as he screamed at him on the mic. Ray said this one was for Devon and went to put Dreamer through the table. Devon's music hit and out came Devon's sons Terrance and Terrell. They made their way to the ring. Devon came from behind and woke Dreamer up. He snuck behind Bubba and Devon and Dreamer nailed Team 3D through the table on Ray.
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Ġgantija (Ggantia) is a Neolithic, megalithic temple complex on the Mediterranean island of Gozo, which is part of Malta. Their makers erected the two Ġgantija temples during the Neolithic Age (c. 3600-2500 BC), which makes the temples more than 5500 years old and the world's oldest man-made religious structures. The temples were possibly the site of an Earth Mother Goddess Fertility Cult; archeologists believe that the numerous figurines and statues found on site are connected with that cult. The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of a series of megalithic temples in Malta.
According to a local Gozitan legend, giants built these temples, which led to the name Ġgantija, meaning 'Giants' tower' . According to the legend, these giants resided in Gozo during ancient times and used the temples as places of worship.
The Ġgantija temples stand at the end of the Xagħra plateau, facing towards the south-east.
This megalithic monument is in fact two temples, built side by side and enclosed within a boundary wall. The southerly one is the larger and elder, dating back to approximately 3600 BC. It is also better preserved. The plan of the temple incorporates five large apses, with traces of the plaster which once covered the irregular wall still clinging between the blocks.
The temples are built in the typical clover-leaf shape, with inner facing blocks marking the shape which was then filled in with rubble. This led to the construction of a series of semi-circular apses connected with a central passage. Archaeologists believe that the apses were originally covered by roofing. The structures are all the more impressive for having been constructed at a time when no metal tools were available to the natives of the Maltese islands, and when the wheel had not yet been introduced. Small, spherical stones have been discovered; it is believed that these were used as ball bearings to transport the enormous stone blocks required for the temples' construction.
The temple, like other megalithic sites in Malta, faces southeast. The southern temple rises to a height of six metres. At the entrance sits a large stone block with a recess, which led to the hypothesis that this was a ritual ablution station for purification before entering the complex. The five apses contain various altars; evidence of animal bones in the site suggests the site was used for animal sacrifice.
The presence of the temple was known for a very long time, and even before any excavations were carried out a largely correct plan of its layout was drawn by Jean-Pierre Hoüel in the late eighteenth century. In 1827, the site was cleared of debris by Col. John Otto Bayer, the Lieutenant Governor of Gozo. – the soil and remains being lost without proper examination. The loss resulting from this clearance was partially compensated by the German artist Brochtorff, who painted the site within a year or two from the removal of the debris. This is the only practical record of the clearance.
After the excavations in 1827, the ruins fell into decay, and the land fell into private hands up until 1933, when the Government expropriated it for public benefit. Extensive archaeological work was done by the Museums Department in 1933, 1936, 1949, 1956-57 and 1958-59. The aim of these excavations was to clear, preserve and research the ruins and its surroundings.
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The interior combines modern and traditional details, with sleek black steel and gloss tiles offset by a herringbone parquet floor. Open just in time for the Jubilee Weekend, the new shop hosts men's, women's and kids styles from our current Authentic Collection. Opening hours will be 10am - 9pm Monday to Friday, 9am - 9pm on Saturdays and 12pm - 6pm on Sundays.
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Our Boston Authentic Shop Is Now Open
Friday, 25th May 2012
We're pleased to announce the opening of a brand new Authentic Shop in Boston. Situated on the city's unique and vibrant Newbury Street, the shop sits on the first floor of a traditional Boston townhouse and makes use of original features including rich red oak flooring and exposed fireplaces.
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Fred Perry Authentic Shop, 301 Newbury Street, Boston, MA. The shop will be open 11am-7pm Monday to Saturday, and 12pm (noon) - 6pm on Sundays. For more information and directions, visit our Shop Finder.
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Friday, 18th May 2012
Our Ingolstadt Authentic Outlet Shop has been completely refreshed, with a brand new location and specially designed shop interior. Reclaimed iroko wood and aged aluminium fixtures hold a wide selection of styles from men's and women's past Authentic collections, all at specially reduced prices.
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60s on Sunday! Snow on Monday?March 1st, 2014 at 8:40 pm by Tiffany Savona WAVY under Weather
The weather has been all over the place lately. Just yesterday we saw high in the 30s. Today, highs were in the 40s and 50s and tomorrow we are looking at highs in the 60s! We will warm up tomorrow out ahead of our next cold front. Enjoy the 60s tomorrow because we are looking at big changes by Monday. Over the past few days, the computer models all agreed that a strong cold front would move in on Monday. What they didn't agree on was the amount of moisture available once the front moved through the region. As with a lot of cold fronts that move through Hampton Roads, we usually see the moisture move out before the cold air really gets a chance to settle in. This time, the cold air will be in place well before the upper level disturbance moves into the region. It looks like we will have enough moisture and upper level energy in order to produce all kinds of wintry precipitation on Monday. The National Weather Service has already issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck and Accomack County along the Eastern Shore that goes into effect on Monday. I wouldn't be surprised if a Winter Weather Advisory is issued for areas farther south.
This doesn't mean that the rest of the region won't see wintry weather. The areas in blue just show where the highest snow totals will be on Monday. Here is what our latest Future Trak model is showing at 7 AM. A mix of sleet/snow is possible from the Peninsula northward.
At this time, temperatures will still be in the upper 30s and lower 40s. By 12 PM, the snow/sleet mix will have moved all the way south into North Carolina. Temperatures will now be hovering near the freezing mark for almost everyone at this point, so we should begin to see the snow/sleet accumulate. There will be a shallow warm layer (temperatures above 32°) several thousand feet above the ground, so the areas in the pink should see a good mix of sleet and snow. If there is a thicker warm layer, then we could see a greater potential for freezing rain. Freezing rain is rain that falls, then freezes on surfaces where temperatures are at 32 degrees or below.
Strong northerly winds blowing at 15-25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph will usher in much colder air throughout the day. Therefore, I think this model is showing too much pink (mix) across our northern areas. Computer models are typically a little too slow to bring in the cold air. With the cold air rushing in, I think we will see a transition to ALL snow from north to south during the afternoon. That is why our northern areas will likely end up with higher totals overall. Keep in mind that the sleet/freezing rain will cut down on overall snow accumulations. Any ice accumulation from sleet/freezing rain will make travel even more dangerous than just snow covered roads. If we see less of a mix, then snow accumulations will go up. This is going to be a very tricky forecast because any slight change in the temperature could mean a change in precipitation type. Here is my latest snow totals map for Monday.
The highest totals are going to be from Richmond back towards Charlottesville and points to the north. But we will still have a good chance for some accumulating snow here too, just not as much. Some of our computer models are going higher than these totals and some are going lower. I do think we will see a mix for a while, especially across the Southside and Northeast North Carolina before changing over to all snow. Areas north of the Southside should see a mix at first, but should see snow for a longer period of time. This map will definitely change over the next 48 hours, so stay tuned!
We talked about temperatures falling throughout the day on Monday. Here is a graphic showing Monday's forecast temperatures starting at midnight through 4 PM.
With the strong northerly wind, wind chill values will be in the teens Monday afternoon and single digits Monday night. Plus the wind will be blowing the snow around, reducing visibilities. Travel is not recommended Monday afternoon/evening especially if you plan on going north of Hampton Roads.
Highest wind speeds will occur late Monday night out of the north-northeast. This could lead to some nuisance tidal flooding at Sewells Point (Southside) around 11 PM (high tide).
Any snow/sleet accumulations will not have a chance to fully melt on Tuesday. Lows will be in the 20s and highs will only reach 32°. The cold weather will continue into Wednesday with highs only in the 30s.
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Step 1: Things you will need
Stick insects are accomplished escape artists- so you must be careful not to leave any gaps and make sure there are no tears in the fly screen. (I didn't completely close the cage lid once, and all of my young insects escaped into the house- they took hours to locate)
2: A source of eucalyptus leaves- you must be able to access young foliage as well as older leaves. When collecting the leaves, make sure that nobody has sprayed any chemicals on the tree you cut branches from.
The leaves will be the insect's food. If you don't live in Australia, you can feed them on bramble leaves- although these will be hazardous to collect.
If you feed your insect on eucalyptus leaves, they will turn a shade of tan to camouflage against dry, curled eucalyptus leaves, but if you feed it on brambles it will turn green in order to better blend in to their environment.
3: A plant sprayer- an empty windex sprayer will do- as long as you wash it out VERY carefully (nothing kills a pet stick insect faster than cleaning chemicals)
4: A vase of some sort- to hold water and eucalyptus leaves. Doesn't need to be fancy- I use an old milk jug.
5: Newspaper- you will need 1 or two sheets of this every few weeks (the newspaper is to protect the floor of the cage from stains if it is made of wood and/or the need for cleaning)
6: A small tupperware that you are willing to wreck
7: A spiny leaf insect (quite obviously). You can often acquire one from your local pet store- if not, there are websites that will ship eggs or young insects to your house (I purchased mine from www.terrificscientific.com, a business in Sydney, Australia) I would recommend getting a female- the males have fully functional wings and can escape- although they are clumsy fliers that tend to crash into the nearest object when flying.
hi i have a spiny leaf insect and i put her in a goldfish bowl with glad wrap with put holes in the top.But she wont move around much
It would be much better if your leaf insect had a larger enclosure, with something on the ceiling (especially branches with leaves) to hang on - they like to hang upside down from branches. An ideal enclosure has more height than width :)
Wire cages also have the advantage of more ventilation, keeping the air fresh and reducing mold growth.
Hope this helps.
can you spray the nymphs like the adults. we have 3 atm and have lost up to 5 in the past few months for reasons unknown.
Hi jugglebug, we have over 300 eggs, all female, their mother has passed on now. Some weeks ago they started to hatch. Each one has died despite having very young leaves available. We have probably lost about 8 now, no survivors. We have 2 at the moment which are several days old. I don't want them to keep dying., we're at a loss of what else to try. We have access to all sorts of gum trees on our property. We have tried putting river sand on the bottom of the cage with a bark layer to help minimise injury when they fall. They just don't seem to ever eat the leaves and just want to hang out at the top of the cage. Most die before that hanging stage. Can you help ?
Hi Jugglebug,
Two days ago my spiny leaf insect fell to the ground of her cage. She is approximately one year old and has laid almost 100 eggs or so. I thought she was dead however I went to check on her and noticed she moved slightly. Then, last night she got up and moved to the other side of the cage along the ground and fell down again. I put a leaf with a few droplets of water on it incase she was able to drink but she hasn't touched it. Is there anything I can do for her (e.g. feed her sugar solution?) or is she just deteriorating and about to die as it getting close to the end of her life span? She recently stopped laying as many eggs as she has been significantly, she went from 2-3 eggs per day to one egg per couple of days and now none.
I have been so worried about her :-/
My adult female insect did this several times at about 1 year old., we gently lifted her back up onto a low leaf using another leaf or stick and sprayed her gently a couple of times a day, she made a full recovery each time and went on to live for 18 months. Each time we thought she was dying, her breathing appeared laboured, it was very sad to watch and each time we were so surprised she recovered.
Hi Jugglebug,
Last night my daughter found her spiny leaf insect laying on the table where it had fallen from its branches. It was very lifeless and we didn't expect it to live through the night, but it did. She was so upset. The insect has been showing the same signs as yours...falling off her leaves lately and not being as active as usual. I just wanted to ask you if your is still alive (I hope so) and if so what did you do to help it?
Thank you for your message. It sounds as if your insect may simply be at the end of its natural life, but if the illness is due to a disease, there could be a chance of recovery - make sure the insect has water twice a day, and see if you can make the leaves as low to the ground as possible to allow the insect to easily climb back up and to reduce the chance of injury from falling.
Best wishes,
Hi, I recently acquired 5 spiny leaves and after about two days I noticed one of the younger ones was not eating. The next few days we found him on the bottom of the container and thought he was dead, however when I picked him up he still moves. His skin looks like he was beginning to molt, so I left him on a leave slightly above the ground to see if that would change anything - however it did not. He is still laying in the same position almost lifeless unless I touch him, and slightly responds to stimuli. He has what looks like a bite on his tail and I am wondering if another one of my insects could have attacked him? and if that is the case is he just paralyzed and slowly dying? If so, I would like to put him out of his misery instead of watching him starve via a slow death. Any recommendation as to what I should do? thanks
Sorry for taking so long to respond, and thanks for the question! Adding other types of branches would work (especially if they were bare) - I imagine the insect would still seek out the black berry leaves by scent when it was hungry. What might be ideal is to string up the blackberry branches closer to the roof of the enclosure.
All the best,
yeah I'm wondering about this. here in south australia where we live, it gets up to 50oC, with 40oC nights. I'm only looking after the spiny leaf insect for my daughters preschool class during the school holidays. it goes back in January. If it gets this hot, should i keep it in the air conditioned rooms, where the air con is set to 22oC? thanks :)
Hi, thanks for all of the great info! We have 9 females. I was wondering how big/old will they have to be in order to start laying eggs? Thanks in advance for you help... I haven't been able to find an answer for this yet!
hi Jugglebug,
I am making a leaf insect cage, and am wondering what the measurements are for your insect enclousure.
Thankyou for all your help and info a bout these interesting animals ?
Many thanks Kaitlyn
I don't have the exact dimensions I'm afraid, but here are some estimates:
50 centimeters (cm) tall, 30 cm wide on each side.
Best of luck with your endeavors :)
Hey Jugglebug
I am not sure if my stick insect egg is dead.Can you please have a look. iF you need a better look just click on the photo
Thanks XxGaming729xX
I bought a Spiny leaf Insect last month. I don't know much about them, only what I have read on the internet. I know the female just lay eggs on their own but what I want to know is, at what age will she start lying eggs. She had her first shed (molt) with me last week. I was shocked to see how much she had grown just over night. I have orchid bark in the bottom of her enclosure, is this ok or should I change it for something else?.....
I am thinking of breeding some stick insects. How much do they usually cost? and does it always take 9 months to hatch if you have only a female.
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I have a full grown female spiny leaf stick insect and it's been about 2 months since her last shed, but she still hasnt laid any eggs. Is there anything I can do? I dont have a heat lamp in her enclosure and it is cold in my apartment. Could that be why?
I'm a bit worried. Thanks.
The weak nymph ended up dying a few days ago. I didn't do anything because didn't want to kill him because of handling him. Another nymph died aswell im not sure if it was because he had only 5 legs when i got him but im not sure why. I still have 3 healthy nymphs that are going good. Thanks for the help anyway and i will ask you for help if i need it.
Thanks Kate
p.s these are only two of the three but i know the brown ones (i have another one too) are spiny leafs but i just was wondering what the green ones species was?
thanks again
It's difficult to tell from this picture, but if you are in Australia it is most likely a goliath stick insect. Here is a picture of the species I mean:
Long link, sorry
I got 5 nymphs of 3 different species yesterday and one of them seem to be not doing too good. It seems quite weak and it cant grip on the leaves very well. I just wanted to know if i should separate it into a smaller container so it can recover in a smaller space so it wont fall from the high leaves etc. or should i just leave it and just expect that it will die? I have provided my nymphs with the appropriate supplies (correct leaves, humidity, temperature, housing etc.) so i am not sure what i should do.
It might be a good idea to move the weakened nymph into a smaller container to reduce potential fall damage.
Its a possibility that the weakness is due to malnutrition (insects can become weak enough that they cannot eat). If you think this is the case, you can try syringe feeding him/her a small amount of sugar solution; this can give the insect enough energy to eat and regain some of the things it needs.
Best of luck!
I was Just wondering, are regular tissues ok to use to raise the eggs on, or to they hold to much moisture? (resulting in fungal growth)
I just wanted to know because my female spiny stick insect has just recently laid 3 eggs.
The only thing I could think of was that it was due to insecticide. So I thoroughly rinsed out the enclosure with clean water. A few weeks have passed without any hatching (the eggs are left on the floor amongst tan bark, leaves, etc) we used to have them hatching daily.
We also have another type of stick insect, not sure which. They're very thin, green as nymphs, brown once older and grow to 20+ cm's. The strange thing is that 3 of these guys are doing well (in the same enclosure).
Do you have any idea why this could be?
I hate to be unhelpful, but I haven't heard of anything like this! It might be the continued effects of malnutrition, although it sounds like she could be recovering nicely if that's the case. Is she alright now?
It doesn't sound like there is an issue. They are generally very white after shedding, which is where they almost double in size. If she has shed, then she is fine.
Spinys are generally inactive and just hang in one spot all day.
I'm not sure what kind of set up you have her in, but make sure it's not too hot.
Get her some fresh leaves you have washed first and mist her tank lightly every day.
Maybe get her a friend too. Spineys do better when they are not alone.
Sun will prevent them from shedding when they need to, as it dries out the skin before they can start to get it off, and this alone can lead to death. They don't lose limbs to shedding, although they can sometimes come out deformed due to drying out before it's shed.
They will regenerate limbs on their next shed, starting out with tiny limbs that get larger on further sheds.
The soap too may have done it. They absorb what's on their skin.
(Spiny breeder)


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By Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith and Matthew Chapman, campaignlive.co.uk, Monday, 10 December 2012 11:55AM
Publicis Groupe's new partnership with IBM to drive integrated content and ecommerce will create "a very powerful offer" for chief marketing officers, according to an industry observer.
The partnership is intended to better "answer the needs of today's chief marketing officers and chief information officers" according to the two companies.
Publicis plans to establish four global commerce hubs under its Rosetta agency brand over the next three years, starting with the expansion of its current hub on the West Coast of the US, followed by new centres in Western Europe, China and Latin America.
Rosetta teams will work in close connection with local IBM teams to provide software and services with IBM Smarter Commerce for brands.
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Zeta Reticuli
|Observation data
Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0
|Zeta1 Reticuli
|Right ascension
|03h 17m 46.16324s[1]
|−62° 34′ 31.1563″[1]
|Apparent magnitude (V)
|Zeta2 Reticuli
|Right ascension
|03h 18m 12.81853s[1]
|−62° 30′ 22.9048″[1]
|Apparent magnitude (V)
|Spectral type
|U−B color index
|+0.08 / +0.01[2]
|B−V color index
|+0.63 / +0.58[2]
|R−I color index
|+0.34 / +0.34[3]
|Radial velocity (Rv)
|+12.2[4] km/s
|Proper motion (μ)
|RA: 1,337.57[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 649.12[1] mas/yr
|Parallax (π)
|83.28 ± 0.20[1] mas
|39.16 ± 0.09 ly
(12.01 ± 0.03 pc)
|Radial velocity (Rv)
|+11.5[4] km/s
|Proper motion (μ)
|RA: 1,330.74[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 647.11[1] mas/yr
|Parallax (π)
|83.11 ± 0.19[1] mas
|39.24 ± 0.09 ly
(12.03 ± 0.03 pc)
|Zeta1 Reticuli
|0.69[note 1] L☉
|Surface gravity (log g)
|4.54 ± 0.02[3] cgs
|Metallicity [Fe/H]
|−0.22[3] dex
|Rotational velocity (v sin i)
|1.98[7] km/s
|1.5–3.0[8] Gyr
|Zeta2 Reticuli
|0.82[note 1] L☉
|Surface gravity (log g)
|4.46 ± 0.01[3] cgs
|Metallicity [Fe/H]
|−0.16[9] dex
|Rotational velocity (v sin i)
|1.74[7] km/s
|Other designations
|Database references
|Database references
Zeta Reticuli (Zeta Ret, ζ Reticuli, ζ Ret) is a wide binary star system in the southern constellation of Reticulum. From the southern hemisphere the pair can be seen as a naked eye double star in very dark skies. Based upon parallax measurements, this system is located at a distance of about 39 light-years (12 parsecs) from the Earth. Zeta2 Reticuli is orbited by a circumstellar debris disk. Both stars are solar analogs that share similar characteristics with the Sun. They belong to the Zeta Herculis Moving Group of stars that share a common origin.
At a declination of −62°, the system is not visible from Britain's latitude of +53°, so it never received a Flamsteed designation in John Flamsteed's 1712 Historia Coelestis Britannica. The Bayer designation for this star system, Zeta (ζ) Reticuli, originated in a 1756 star map by the French astronomer Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.[10] Subsequently, the two stars received separate designations in the Cape Photographic Durchmusterung, which was processed between 1859 and 1903, then in the Henry Draper Catalogue, published between 1918 and 1924.[11]
The two stars are located at similar distances from the Sun and share the same motion through space,[12] confirming that they are gravitationally bound and form a wide binary star system. They have an angular separation of 309.2 arc seconds (5.2 arc minutes);[13] far enough apart to appear as a close pair of separate stars to the naked eye under suitable viewing conditions. The distance between the two stars is at least 3,750 AU, so their orbital period is 170,000 years or more.[14]
Both stars share similar physical characteristics to the Sun,[12] so they are considered solar analogs. Their stellar classification is nearly identical to that of the Sun. ζ1 has 96% of the Sun's mass and 84% of the Sun's radius. ζ2 is slightly larger and more luminous than ζ1, with 99% of the Sun's mass and 88% of the Sun's radius.[5][6] The two stars are somewhat deficient in metals, having only 60% of the proportion of elements other than hydrogen and helium as compared to the Sun.[3][15] For reasons that remain uncertain, they have an anomalously low abundance of beryllium.[7] Both stars are considered unusual because they have a lower luminosity than is normal for main sequence stars of their age and surface temperature. That is, they lie below the main sequence curve on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram for newly formed stars. Most stars will evolve above this curve as they age.[13]
ζ1 has an intermediate level of magnetic activity in its chromosphere.[16] Although the kinematics of this system suggest that they belong to a population of older stars, the properties of their stellar chromospheres suggests that they are only about 2 billion years old.[17]
Contrary to the assertions of some ufology proponents and works of fiction, Zeta Reticuli has no known exosolar planets. On September 20, 1996, a tentative discovery of a hot Jupiter around ζ2 was reported, but the discovery was quickly retracted as the signal was shown to be caused by pulsations of the star.[18] In 2002, ζ1 was examined at an infrared wavelength of 25 μm, but no indication of an excess of infrared radiation was found.[19] In 2007, the Spitzer Space Telescope was used to find an infrared excess at a wavelength of 70 μm around ζ2. This radiation is likely being emitted by a debris disk with a mean temperature of 150 K (−123 °C) that is orbiting the host star at a distance of 4.3 AU.[20] In 2010, the Herschel Space Observatory, a telescope with a comparatively superior spatial resolution and, unlike Spitzer, able to resolve radiation excesses beyond the wavelength of 70 μm, determined the infrared excess as coming from a debris disk analogous to the Kuiper belt with a semi-major axis of 100 AU and a temperature of 30-40 K, rather than was previously speculated a debris disk analogous to the Asteroid belt.[21]
This star system belongs to the Zeta Herculis Moving Group of stars that share a common motion through space, suggesting that they have a common origin. In the galactic coordinate system, the [U, V, W] components of the space velocity for this system are equal to [−70.2, −47.4, +16.4] km/s for ζ1 and [−69.7, −46.4, +16.8] km/s for ζ2.[3] They are currently following an orbit through the Milky Way galaxy that has an eccentricity of 0.24. This orbit will carry the system as close as 17.4 kly (5.33 kpc) and as far as 28.6 kly (8.77 kpc) from the Galactic Center. The inclination of this orbit will carry the stars as much as 1.3 kly (0.4 kpc) from the plane of the galactic disk.[22] This likely puts them outside the thick disk population of stars.[13]
See also[edit]
- Zeta Reticuli in fiction
- Role of Zeta reticuli in the story of the purported Betty and Barney Hill abduction by space aliens (Greys)
- Project Serpo
- ^ a b From L=4πR2σTeff4, where L is the luminosity, R is the radius, Teff is the effective surface temperature and σ is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357
- ^ a b c d Feinstein, A. (1966), "Photoelectric observations of Southern late-type stars", Informational Bulletin of the Southern Hemisphere 8: 30, Bibcode:1966IBSH....8...30F
- ^ a b c d e f g h i del Peloso, E. F.; da Silva, L.; Porto de Mello, G. F. (June 2000). "zeta1 and zeta2 Reticuli and the existence of the zeta Herculis group". Astronomy and Astrophysics 358: 233–241. Bibcode:2000A&A...358..233D.
- ^ a b Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966), Batten, Alan Henry; Heard, John Frederick, eds., The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities, University of Toronto: International Astronomical Union, Bibcode:1967IAUS...30...57E
- ^ a b c Takeda, G. et al. (2007). "Stellar parameters of nearby cool stars. II. Physical properties of ~1000 cool stars from the SPOCS catalog". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 168: 297–318. Bibcode:2008yCat..21680297T. doi:10.1086/509763. Note: see VizieR catalogue J/ApJS/168/297.
- ^ a b c Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (February 2001). "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics". Astronomy and Astrophysics 367 (2): 521–524. arXiv:astro-ph/0012289. Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451. Note: using the method of Perrin and Karoji (1987).
- ^ a b c Santos, N. C. et al. (October 2004). "Beryllium anomalies in solar-type field stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 425 (3): 1013–1027. arXiv:astro-ph/0408109. Bibcode:2004A&A...425.1013S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20040510.
- ^ Mamajek, Eric E.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (November 2008). "Improved Age Estimation for Solar-Type Dwarfs Using Activity-Rotation Diagnostics". The Astrophysical Journal 687 (2): 1264–1293. arXiv:0807.1686. Bibcode:2008ApJ...687.1264M. doi:10.1086/591785.
- ^ Maldonado, J. et al. (May 2012). "Metallicity of solar-type stars with debris discs and planets". Astronomy and Astrophysics 541. arXiv:1202.5884. Bibcode:2012A&A...541A..40M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201218800.
- ^ Ridpath, Ian (1989), Star tales, James Clarke & Co., p. 11, ISBN 0-7188-2695-7
- ^ Naming astronomical objects, International Astronomical Union, retrieved 2011-12-16
- ^ a b da Silva, L.; Foy, R. (May 1987). "Zeta-1 and Zeta-2 RETICULI - A puzzling solar-type twin system". Astronomy and Astrophysics 177 (1-2): 204–216. Bibcode:1987A&A...177..204D.
- ^ a b c Makarov, V. V.; Zacharias, N.; Hennessy, G. S. (November 2008). "Common Proper Motion Companions to Nearby Stars: Ages and Evolution". The Astrophysical Journal 687 (1): 566–578. arXiv:0808.3414. Bibcode:2008ApJ...687..566M. doi:10.1086/591638.
- ^ Kaler, James B., "ZETA RET (Zeta Reticuli)", Stars (University of Illinois), retrieved 2011-11-16
- ^ A metallicity of −0.22 indicates that they have the following proportion of metals compared to the Sun: 10−0.22 = 0.603, or 60%.
- ^ Vieytes, M.; Mauas, P.; Cincunegui, C. (October 2005). "Chromospheric models of solar analogues with different activity levels". Astronomy and Astrophysics 441 (2): 701–709. Bibcode:2005A&A...441..701V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20052651.
- ^ Rocha-Pinto, Helio J.; Maciel, Walter J.; Castilho, Bruno V. (March 2002). "Chromospherically young, kinematically old stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 384 (3): 912–924. arXiv:astro-ph/0112452. Bibcode:2002A&A...384..912R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20011815.
- ^ "Life on Zeta Reticuli?". ZetaTalk. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ^ Laureijs, R. J. et al. (May 2002). "A 25 micron search for Vega-like disks around main-sequence stars with ISO". Astronomy and Astrophysics 387 (1): 285–293. Bibcode:2002A&A...387..285L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020366.
- ^ Trilling, D. E. et al. (February 2008). "Debris Disks around Sun-like Stars". The Astrophysical Journal 674 (2): 1086–1105. arXiv:0710.5498. Bibcode:2008ApJ...674.1086T. doi:10.1086/525514. See table 6.
- ^ Eiroa, C. et al. (July 2010). "Cold DUst around NEarby Stars (DUNES). First results. A resolved exo-Kuiper belt around the solar-like star ζ2 Ret". Astronomy and Astrophysics 518. arXiv:1005.3151. Bibcode:2010A&A...518L.131E. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014594.
- ^ Holmberg, J.; Nordström, B.; Andersen, J. (July 2009). "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood. III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics". Astronomy and Astrophysics 501 (3): 941–947. arXiv:0811.3982. Bibcode:2009A&A...501..941H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191.
External links[edit]
- "Zeta Reticuli". SolStation. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
- "Zeta(1) Reticuli". The Internet Stellar Database. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
- "Zeta(2) Reticuli". The Internet Stellar Database. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
- "Zeta(3) Reticuli". Hatirla Beni Belgesel. Retrieved 2008-08-31.


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