THE PRISONER 50 YEARS OLD

This is a series I watched in reruns  and like it's weird and quirky look .I AM NOT A NUMBER I AM A FREE MAN.
The Prisoner

This article is about the 1967 British TV series. For other uses, see Prisoner (disambiguation).

The Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series^[2] first broadcast in Canada beginning on 6 September 1967 then in the United Kingdom on 29 September 1967 and in the United States on 1 June 1968.^[3] It stars and was co-created by Patrick McGoohan, and combines spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama.^[2]

The PrisonerCreated byPatrick McGoohan
George MarksteinWritten by

Patrick McGoohanDavid TomblinAnthony SkeneTerence FeelyVincent TilsleyGeorge Markstein

Directed by

Patrick McGoohanPat JacksonDon ChaffeyDavid Tomblin

StarringPatrick McGoohanTheme music composerRon GrainerComposer(s)

Albert ElmsWilfred JosephsRobert FarnonPaul Bonneau etc.^[1]

Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal language(s)EnglishNo. of series1No. of episodes17 (list of episodes)ProductionExecutive producer(s)Patrick McGoohanProducer(s)David TomblinLocation(s)Portmeirion, North WalesRunning time50 minutesReleaseOriginal networkITVPicture format4:3 35 mm filmAudio formatMonoOriginal release29 September 1967 – 1 February 1968

The series follows a British former secret agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village resort, where his captors try to find out why he abruptly resigned from his job. Although the show was sold as a thriller in the mould of the previous series starring McGoohan, Danger Man(1960–68; retitled as Secret Agent in the US), its combination of 1960s counterculturalthemes and surrealistic setting had a far-reaching influence on science fiction and fantasy TV programming, and on narrative popular culture in general.^[4]

Least said about  rubbish aMexican minight series of  same name is better not said.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WASH YOUR HANDS

Yes a bit of a strange heading for my blog post  but I shall  explain why.                                                   Scientists say for better cleanliness you should  wash your hands  for 20 seconds whilst  singing Happy Birthday twice.

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TOY FOUND IN LUNG AFTER 40 YEARS

'Cancer patient' finds lump was toy traffic cone inhaled in 1977 

Medics find long-lost Playmobil plastic traffic cone inside lung of 47-year-old man who had suffered from persistent cough

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Tuesday 26 September 2017 17.03 EDTLast modified on Tuesday 26 September 2017 20.23 EDT

A toy traffic cone has been found in the lung of a man 40 years after he inhaled it.

It was originally thought that the unnamed 47-year-old man from Preston might have cancer.

He was referred to a respiratory clinic after complaining of coughing up yellow mucus and feeling unwell for over a year.

Medics initially thought the patient, who had also recently suffered pneumonia and had been a long-term smoker, had a tumour after an x-ray showed a mass in a lung.

However during a bronchoscopy, which was carried out to help aid diagnosis, they realised it was a “long-lost Playmobil traffic cone” the patient had received on his seventh birthday.

The miniature plastic cone, about 1cm in length, was removed with biopsy forceps.

Doctors writing in BMJ Case Reportssaid: “Following the procedure, the patient reported that he regularly played with and even swallowed pieces of Playmobil during his childhood.

 Playmobil figures. The man reported that he played with and even swallowed pieces of Playmobil during his childhood. Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

“He recalled being given this Playmobil set for his seventh birthday and believes he aspirated the toy traffic cone soon after.”

While it is a common occurrence for children to accidentally inhale small objects, “a case in which the onset of symptoms occurs so long after initial aspiration is unheard of”.

The doctors said that to their knowledge, it was the first reported case of a tracheobronchial foreign body that was overlooked for 40 years.

Bagpipe lung – a new name for a very old disease

“This may be because aspiration occurred at such a young age that the patient’s airway was able to remodel and adapt to the presence of this foreign body,” the report said.

They added that during childhood, the object may have been absorbed into the lining of the lung, which developed around it.

Four months after the removal of the tiny traffic cone, the patient’s cough had nearly cleared and his other symptoms had markedly improved.

The medics said: “On a positive note, his symptoms improved markedly and he finally found his long-lost Playmobil traffic cone in the very last minute

BIZARRE CURES

A recent study  showed that people  still  believe in  quack  cures for back pain  relief, the study  was done by British  Chiropractic Association.                     Among the  (cures)were drinking  urine, applying industrial WD40 lubricant; hanging  from doorframe.                                          Also some adults with  back  pain believe it  to be worse if a full moon.

AIKI WEAPONS WORKSHOP ATTENDED5

Yesterday  on Sunday  the 24 th of September I attended  a aiki weapons workshop  in my town of Holsworthy at the local leisure centre  based  there.                       I did not have  far too  go as only  live about  15 minutes  away  and the roads were  slippery due to heavy  light  rain I had to pay  the sum of 10 pounds  for the  4 hours  course which  was well attended  by others  many being  black  belts in Martial arts  of Aikido. We did various  techniques which  some I did find difficult  but it was a great  day  and will  help me  on my journey in Martial Arts.

The lecture that changed biology

Sixty years ago this week, one of the greatest British scientists, Francis Crick, gave a lecture in London in which he accurately predicted how genes work, setting the course for the genetic revolution we are now living through. Here, evolutionary biologist Professor Matthew Cobb from Manchester University unpicks the predictions that set a new course for how we understand the very stuff we are made from.

In one lecture, it has been said that Francis Crick "permanently altered the logic of biology".

Only four years earlier, he and the young American Jim Watson had solved the double helix structure of DNA, using data gathered by Rosalind Franklin. Aged 41, Crick was still five years away from winning the Nobel Prize for this work, but he had a reputation as a powerful and profound thinker.

He gave his lecture - "On protein synthesis" - at University College London for the Society for Experimental Biology. In it, Crick spoke about how genes do what they do. At the time, this subject was still very murky - some scientists were not even convinced that genes were made of DNA.

But Crick delivered four predictions about genes - and their link to the proteins that build our bodies. In each of these ideas, he was right.=READ MORE