We're writing a Windows desktop application in C# to connect to a Bluetooth device from Windows tablet and send some data over the serial port profile. We are able to discover the device asynchronously, pair the device and connect to it. But when it comes to send data, we are getting socket exception saying: "This operation is not allowed on a non-connected socket.". From what we could find out is that, the client is going back to not connected state before we are sending the data.
We tried manually to pair and connect to the Bluetooth device from the tablet, then also we are seeing the same behavior. We could see the device as Connected for 1-2 seconds and then it comes as Not Connected.
We also tried to send some files between two Windows tablets via Bluetooth. In this case also, the behavior was the same. We observed the same behavior with Android smartphones also.
We could see the same issue even after unchecking the Power Management option, "Allow the computer to turn off this device" under Device Manager > Bluetooth Radio and restarting the system.
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An evening of great food and drink, Nevada County Grown pairs some of the area's top local chefs with many local farms to create a unique Best Local Chef & Food Competition. And better yet…you get to be the judge!! That's right, as a guest for the night, you will get to sample ALL the amazing food, and cast your vote on the dish that delighted your taste buds the most.
The event is held at the lovely Gold Miners Holiday Inn in Grass Valley. Along with the amazing food, there is also live music, a beer and wine garden, a local artist show, and a silent auction filled with amazing local goods.


A Swiss artist plans to bury an intact Boeing 727 jetliner in California's Mojave Desert and build a tourist tunnel to give visitors a chance to view the underground project.
Christoph Buchel has applied for a Kern County conditional-use permit that will allow him to bury the 153-foot-long decommissioned airliner west of Boron. It's not far from the desert's aircraft boneyard.
The Bakersfield Californian reports the project, dubbed "Terminal," already has planning department staff approval.
The jetliner would be buried 38 feet below the surface.
Visitors will be able to experience the subterranean art project via an underground tunnel connecting the plane to a parking area. They'll be able to use the plane's restrooms, which will be connected to a septic system.


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Geoff Fox February 4, 2019
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking today at Pace Brantley School outside Orlando, with Andy and Camille Gardiner and their son, Andrew
ORLANDO – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterated his pledge to end the waitlist for special needs children who have qualified for a state-funded scholarship at a second school visit Monday.
Following a morning stop at North Florida School of Special Education in Jacksonville, DeSantis traveled to Pace Brantley School in Longwood, outside Orlando.
Pace Brantley, a private school situated on a sprawling, 9-acre campus, specializes in educating children with a variety of special needs including attention deficit disorder, dyslexia and other learning disabilities.
"As long as I'm governor, don't worry about the Gardiner scholarship," DeSantis told a group of more than 50 parents, students and educators. "We're going to be here and support it. We'll stand behind the parents and students, because we believe in you. You have a lot to offer this state."
The governor was accompanied by former Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner, Gardiner's wife, Camille, and their son, Andrew. Gardiner led the legislative effort to establish the program to honor Andrew, who has Down syndrome.
"What's special about the scholarship is that it allows parents to (steer) their child's education," Gardiner said. "Whenever they're told that their child has a unique ability, they can know the governor and First Lady supports them."
Nearly 1,900 Florida students are on the waiting list for the scholarship in the wake of a demand that has outpaced state funding. Administered by the nonprofit Step Up For Students, which hosts this blog, the scholarship serves nearly 12,000 special needs students.
Karen Revels, whose 6-year-old son Chancellor is on the waitlist, was among those who attended the event. Revels is paying about $12,000 a year out of pocket for Chancellor, who is on the autism spectrum, to attend Walden Community School in Winter Park.
She described Walden's environment as calming, praising the smaller class sizes and Chancellor's opportunities to "play and wiggle" and eat lunch outdoors.
"It is not chaotic at all, and his behavior issues at home have almost been eliminated," Revels said. "He is happy to go to school, there isn't pent-up anxiety and anger anymore, and it is all because of his daily environment."
Revels said the family is depending on the Gardiner Scholarship to keep Chancellor in the setting that works best for him – a small private school.
"Academically, he is at the top of his class, and now he is also there emotionally," she said. "Our other two children have thrived in a public-school setting, but it is not a one-size-fits-all model by any means."
Another attendee, Ashley VanHees of Longwood, said she is grateful for the scholarship. Her son, Camden, 8, was developing normally until he was bitten by a tick at age 2. Within hours, he suffered a seizure and brain swelling. He eventually was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury due to Lyme encephalitis.
VanHees said Camden is still fighting Lyme disease but has made exceptional strides, thanks in part to the Gardiner Scholarship. He is now a second-grader at Advance Learning Academy in Fern Park.
"We were able to enroll Camden in a private school where he has thrived and shown remarkable improvement," she said. "His IQ scores have increased by 20 points and that is just the beginning. We know that we have a long road ahead, but we feel confident in our journey knowing that we have the support from the scholarship to assist along the way."
VanHees said she can't imagine how the family would manage without the scholarship.
"I do know that this great education he is currently receiving would be out of reach," she said. "My hope is that all of the families and children that remain on the scholarship waitlist are able to receive the opportunities that we have benefited from."
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Recombinetics, Inc.
Overcoming Challenges Associated with Artificial Censori
Vock, D. M.
Interdisciplinary Research Training in Child & Adolescen
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Genomics of Kidney Transplantation
Matas, A. J.
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1) A bewildering choice of service offerings by the many service providers (e.g. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc.).
2) Difficulty in comparison between offered services due to non-uniform description of specifications.
3) High time and monetary costs associated with continuous monitoring of the services on offer from various providers.
This project will introduce more certainty into the selection of cloud services through the introduction of a smart and continuously adaptive cloud broker. The broker will act as an intermediary between end users and cloud service providers in order to enhance service delivery and service value. This brokerage service will be designed to manage heterogeneous cloud offerings, including public, private or hybrid environments. Such brokerage will open up an entirely new multi-cloud marketplace, allowing applications to be simply deployed to the optimal provider and resource type, reducing complexity, vendor lock-in and computational running costs.
Our research will result in a number of fundamental contributions to the cloud computing field. First we will address the problem of how to define, schedule and enforce user-defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs): high-level intentions, which specify the desired end goal of a deployment for applications that span multiple cloud providers with complex inter-dependencies. This will allow users to focus on what (e.g., failure tolerance) needs to be achieved, rather than low-level specifics about how (e.g., deploy to Amazon compute optimised VM) applications are deployed. This automation will in turn help abstract many of the complexities associated with low-level configuration from the user.
Second, we will develop novel lightweight container-based benchmarking techniques, which can gather cloud-level performance metrics in near real-time in a multi-cloud environment. These techniques will be general in scope and allow users to obtain a near real time perspective of the 'weather', or current state across a range of cloud providers.
Third, we will develop adaptive machine learning strategies for the autonomic and pro-active management of cloud-based applications. The application of machine learning will aid decisions about which providers and resource configuration meet the requirements specified in the SLO, how these trade off against cost, and when to redeploy to different providers, or instance types based on active management, etc.
We are confident that this project will address an urgent and fundamental question: how to leverage cloud infrastructure to quickly, cheaply and efficiently perform vital computational workloads. Solving this problem is crucial to the UK digital economy, which is increasingly reliant on the cloud. The developed smart brokerage framework will enable digital economy stakeholders to optimise their use of cloud resources. This is beneficial to all areas of business, including start-ups and micro-businesses who can benefit greatly from the flexibility created by platform independence and adaptive management strategies.


It may be said that the application of any of the creative forms involves two primary aspects: force and yielding. In the Japanese martial arts there is a concept called irimi, to "go deep," the idea being that one might move into aggressive energy with intention, to catch the arc of momentum before it reaches full power, where it can be caught and controlled.
The martial application of irimi deals, naturally, with the courage to face a violent confrontation, to deliberately assess the opposing force and move to action in order to accomplish a goal – in this case to stop an attack and redirect the energy. This intentional action, to step up and address the source of aggression, has relevance to many other things as well, not the least of which is the creative life.
Usually there is no threat of danger in the creative life, at least not at the point of gathering paint and brushes, sitting at the keyboard, or picking up the guitar. All of these actions are (arguably) non-violent. Whether or not the product is inherently violent is not the point. That one must meet opposing energy with intent (in this case a lack of motivation, doubt, or laziness) is.
Attitude is everything when it comes to accomplishing a goal. The axiom goes that "whether you think you can or can't, you are right." But what use is there in believing you can do something if there is no intent to follow through with it? In the split second of action required to head off a physical blow there is little time to doubt, no time to question the value of an opposing action. One acts or one suffers a painful blow. But imagine slowing the attack down to the point where deliberation was an option. "Should I step up and stop the attack?" "Should I be afraid and not try?" "Should I start but give up if it doesn't seem to be going in my favor?" Ignoring the obvious answer to any of these questions results in the same outcome: a painful blow and little to no recourse. But by possessing the attitude of completion – that is, of seeing things through to the end without wavering – one is far more likely to experience success than failure. At the least there will be a sense of satisfaction and the confidence to go deeper the next time.
In the creative life this intention is just as important as in martial arts. Facing the tasks and goals at hand is a decision, and a commitment to completing those tasks is also a decision. This decision is, in fact, as quick a decision as that made by the martial artist when defending against an attack. One simply decides and then acts. Until the decision is made there is no real action. Giving things a try, without committing to completion, is not the same thing. To quote Yoda, there is no try. Until the decision is made there is no action yet worthy of taking. Without such a commitment there is an inherent diffusing of energy. The half-committed artist is always watching the clock. There is forever something else to be done first, something more important during the hour of creative work than the project itself. The mind is distracted, the energy is low, there is no commitment to progress even though there may be some commitment to muddling through. The success, however, comes in the commitment, and the decision must be bold, final, and resolute.
Living the creative life is a choice. While it's possible to find oneself deeply engaged in the creative life quite by accident, once there it is a rare thing to leave. But it is not enough to exist within the creative life and eschew the power of living-with-intent. Making the decision to go forward is akin to facing into a headwind the moment before beginning a challenging journey. The wind is brisk, forewarning of the potential cold and discomfort ahead. But the trail awaits, and the journey is worth it. Decide in an instant. Meet the force of the challenge before it can overwhelm you. Embrace accomplishment and do not waiver, but persevere until the goal is complete.


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BUILDING DREAMS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, PRESERVING MEMORIES
At Plainfield Community Schools Legacy Foundation, one person can make a big impact. As a group, we can make a bigger impact!
The vision of the Legacy Foundation is to create a legacy that will enrich the educational experiences of all students in the Plainfield Community School Corporation.
PHS Hall of Fame
Working with a committee representing the PHS Alumni Association, the Legacy Foundation selects individuals to be inducted into the PHS Hall of Fame. Nominations are accepted throughout the year, with selections made in the Fall and the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony coinciding with PHS Homecoming and the Alumni Lunch
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Little Quakers Academy
Little Quakers Academy (LQA) is a community preschool designed to provide a morning and afternoon or full-day preschool experience for children ages three to pre-kindergarten. Before- and after-care services are provided to all full-day preschool students at no additional cost. In addition, LQA provides special education service options for preschool-aged children who have been evaluated and determined to meet eligibility requirements.
Brentwood Elementary
Brentwood Elementary is home to just over 400 students in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Built in 1963, the school has gone through several updates and renovations, and is a warm, inviting space for students and staff alike. Located on Oliver Avenue, Brentwood has a long and proud tradition of excellence.
Clarks Creek Elementary
Central Elementary opened its doors in 1888, and many alumni recall attending high school or junior high in this Main Street building. But for many years now, it's been known as Central Elementary, and currently is home to nearly 550 K-5 students. After a major renovation just a few years ago, the building is in excellent condition and will serve the community for many years to come.
In 1991, Plainfield added its first "new" school in many years when the Plainfield Community Middle School opened its doors on Elm Drive. As the community continued to grow, the school transitioned to an intermediate school in 2008, and then in 2012, it became an elementary school. It's now home to K-5 students, our youngest Quakers who attend Little Quakers Academy preschool, and The Imagination Lab. When Guilford Elementary opens in August 2021, many current Clarks Creek students will move to the new school, opening up plenty of breathing room for the remaining Quakers.
Van Buren Elementary
Continuing to prove that schools don't have to be new to be excellent learning centers, Van Buren Elementary continues the tradition of providing a nurturing environment where students learn, grow and find the joy in learning. Since it opened its doors on Shaw Street in 1956, Van Buren has left its students with a lifelong loyalty to the teachers and staff who nurture their education. In 2019, Van Buren Elementary was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
Guilford Elementary
With careful planning and stewardship, Plainfield has proven that existing buildings can be cared for and maintained, and they can provide safe and nurturing places where students learn and thrive. And yet, sometimes the community grows in ways that, quite simply, demand additional classrooms. And so, in August of 2021, Guilford Elementary proudly opened its doors. And this state-of-the-art, spacious school was built without any education tax burden on the taxpayers of Guilford Township.
Since August 2008, the sprawling school at the base of the hill on Stafford Road has been home to the 6th, 7th and 8th grade students of Plainfield Community Middle School. This school first opened its doors in 1958 and was home to the high school and junior high school until May 2008. While it's been through several renovations in the last 60+ years, the current renovation opens up hallways, pulls in more natural light and provides far greater security for students and staff.
For many long-time Plainfield residents, today's Plainfield High School is still referred to as the "new" high school, even though it opened in August 2008. The school was built with the present and future in mind, and additions will be simple if (or when) they are needed. Located just north of I-70 between Reeves and Hadley roads, PHS is a credit to the students, staff and community, and is also a school that was built without significant tax impact on residents.
When the Legacy Foundation was established in 2007, it was at the invitation of then-Superintendent Jerry Holifield. Plainfield Community School Corporation was on the verge of building the community's first "new" high school since 1956, and Dr. Holifield recognized the need for a group to come together to be a current and future support for all Plainfield schools.
Over time, the Foundation board realized that it was important to invite members of the community who are not PHS alumni to become part of the group. We were missing the talents and connections of too many outstanding friends and neighbors. Given that, today's Foundation is served by a majority of PHS graduates, but it's no longer an exclusive group.
Current officers of the Legacy Foundation are:
Jay Newlin, Class of '78, President
Barry Blackwell, Vice President
David Haskell, Treasurer
Board members include:
Vikki Richardson Boesch (Foundation Coordinator)
Heidi Babkowski
Mellissa Baker
David Boesch
Janice Lease Edwards
Nancy Kellum Haskell
Lydia Elliott Ridenour Homeier
Sabrina Parker Kapp
Ryan Kellum
Polly Mitchell Landis
Jenny Laser
Harriett Muston
Kyler Nichols
Eric Patterson
Brent Schwanekamp
Legacy Foundation
PO Box 626, Plainfield IN 46168
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Today's American nuclear power industry is in a state of upheaval. Four new, large-scale nuclear power plants are under construction in the United States, helped by large federal subsidies. All are being built by Westinghouse, and all have faced massive cost overruns and delays. Westinghouse's parent company, Toshiba, recently posted a $6 billion loss due to Westinghouse's nuclear woes. (For context, that loss is half a billion more than Toshiba spent to buy Westinghouse a decade ago.) Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy protection on March 29.
Westinghouse's bankruptcy shines a spotlight on nuclear power's role as an electricity source – currently providing about 17 percent of our electricity in the U.S. – and raises issues concerning whether we can count on low-carbon electricity from nuclear power. The Energy Information Administration projects nuclear power's share of electricity generation will decline slightly through 2040, but these projections don't reflect current trends.
Nuclear plants have long been very expensive to build, and the continued low price of natural gas has only increased cost pressure. Many nuclear plants are losing money, leading utilities to consider retiring them. Total nuclear capacity is declining, and will continue to decline in the near future as plant retirements exceed the capacity of Westinghouse's Vogtle and Summer plants, expected to come online in 2019-2020.
In states with retail competition (like New York, Illinois, and Ohio), nuclear plants compete against all other plants in regional auctions, which select power from the lowest-cost options. In recent years, lower-cost natural gas and renewable plants have sometimes displaced nuclear plants from the auction process. Nuclear plants were designed to run 24-7, so the plants cannot recover their costs when they're unable to compete in the auctions. This leads to plant retirements and has led some utilities to seek subsidies to keep their plants afloat.
Some states have developed "zero-emission credit" (ZEC) programs to subsidize nuclear plants that can't compete on price. These programs pay a credit for power generated by nuclear reactors, based on the social cost of carbon, a calculation of the cost to society of each ton of carbon emitted from fossil fuel plants. As part of larger initiatives that advance energy efficiency and renewables, New York was the first state to adopt such a program in August 2016, followed by Illinois in December 2016. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut and New Jersey are deciding whether to adopt a ZEC program. One consequence of President Trump's plans to roll back protections against carbon emissions is to undercut the application of the social cost of carbon.
Certainly, ZEC programs benefit the nuclear companies. But if they are designed and implemented right, they can yield significant long-term environmental benefits. For example, ZEC programs in New York and Illinois prolonged the lives of nuclear plants, avoiding higher levels of carbon emissions from the natural gas plants that would have replaced them.
Be holistic – Long-term carbon reduction must be a core strategy of ZEC programs. As such, a comprehensive ZEC approach should include grid modernization, energy efficiency, and peak demand reduction.
During the next 20 years, nuclear power will produce less of our electricity, while natural gas and renewables will produce a greater share.
The drivers for this trend are the low cost of natural gas and the steadily declining costs for renewables, coupled with federal and state policies that support renewables. Technology is a factor, too. The grid will integrate higher levels of renewables as more utilities modernize their grids. Grid modernization is important because it allows utilities to monitor and regulate the power flows on the grid from greater numbers of distributed energy resources, such as rooftop solar, energy efficiency, batteries, and electric vehicles.
In sum, we may see more ZEC programs over the next few years and, as long as they are designed properly, this will be a prudent step and good for the environment.
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As one of EDF's harshest critics on this topic, I will be the first to recognize the importance of your acknowledgment of nuclear energy here, and to hope it represents a change of policy at a non-profit with the resources to make a real difference in the fight against climate change.
In recent years, President Fred Krupp has professed a "neutral" position on nuclear energy. That's more confusing than anything: how is it possible for an environmental organization to have a neutral position on something with the potential to address the greatest environmental problem facing humankind? A source of energy endorsed by every leading climatologist, and credited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with being essential to holding global temperatures to +2ºC by 2100?
Being intimately involved with the fight to save Diablo Canyon Power Plant in California, there are details of what plagues nuclear energy with which I will take issue in future postings. Its supposed "challenging economics", the necessity of a zero emissions credit, and the necessity of storage, efficiency, and other encumbrances of renewable energy are largely false flags. But for now your article is a first step, and a critically important one.
Nuclear power – its awesomely great for producing massive non-emitting electricity. For example, Diablo Canyon that PG&E is attempting to close, is equal to FIVE HOOVER DAMS.
With all the hoopla about wind and solar, nuclear still makes 63% of America's non-emitting electricity according to NEI. AND, there are only 61 nuclear power plants, out of a total of around 7,000 power plants nationwide producing that emission-free electricity.
Nuclear could save life on the planet from the galloping increase of CO2 and heat that will eventually make it too hot for living creatures. America should be leading that charge worldwide.
But let's face it – saving earth is just too expensive, due to all the nuclear regulation. We can't afford to save Mother Earth. Sorry Mom.
Make that 7,000 power plants in the US with only 61 being nuclear. The 7,000 includes wind farms, solar installations, coal, natural gas and all other power plants. So nuclear with only 61 plants gives America about 2/3 of its CO2 free electricity.
Thanks for your insights on nuclear power. We believe that many existing nuclear plants will continue to operate. When a plant is closed, we advocate that clean energy solutions be used to the extent practicable, as with the Diablo Canyon plant closure.
Diablo Canyon has been delivering carbon-free electricity to California customers for more than 30 years. During that time however, the state's electricity sector has seen tremendous transformation in front of and behind the meter. California is now powering at least 25% of homes with renewable resources, and maintains some of the lowest electricity per capita rates due in part to smart policies around energy efficiency.
But to achieve our goal of 50% renewables and beyond, we must focus on clean energy resources that allow for the cost-effective, flexible integration of our abundant clean energy resources – strategies and tools like time of use pricing, demand response, and energy storage.
PG&E has proposed to replace Diablo canyon's output over the remaining period of the plant's license (through 2025) with carbon-free resources that will ensure that our state's essential climate and energy goals remain on track and that clean, reliable and affordable power is maintained for all Californians. EDF supports this vision, and are encouraging that the plan also include more time of use pricing, demand response resources, and other clean, cost-competitive resources procured through wholesale markets and incentivized with time-variant retail rates and other utility programs.
Demand response is a carbon free and cost competitive resource that is at the top of California's loading order and should be an important element in the measured replacement of Diablo Canyon with a full, comprehensive portfolio of clean energy.
Additionally, small modular nuclear plants may emerge as another solution. NuScale Power is seeking NRC approval for a small nuclear reactor.
Nuclear is the WINNER on COST!! Split DON'T EMIT!
The state of California failed to consider clean energy options in replacing power once supplied by the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station are falling on deaf ears, as utility regulators and the state's top court rejects appeals from local and national environmental groups.
The complaints are centered around power supplies to the San Diego area, which once relied on San Onofre for 20 percent of its electricity, and two gas-fired power plants that have been embraced as early substitutes.
James Hansen == COP21 a Fraud! Why I don't support EDF. Split DON'T Emit!
Will the Paris accord change our climate outlook?
Will the historic global climate accord lead to historic results? Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Robert Bryce of the Manhattan Institute and Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund.
Go nuclear or go extinct. Simple as that.


Ellen Segopa is one of those people that will quietly take over the world and make a good job of it. Like most children, Ellen dreamt far and wide about what she wanted to become and only in high school realised that science is her career home. She picked up on research as a possibility whilst working as a laboratory assistant in her third year at the University of the Free State. The rest is history. Ellen is now in the final year of her Masters Degree in Biotechnology at the Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics (IMBM) at the University of the Western Cape.
The road behind Ellen is paved with dreams, but not with gold. As the only child of a single mother, she had to be innovative, hardworking and determined to make things happen. Her mom had saved enough money to get her through her first year at the University of the Free State, but from there Ellen had to hang her own moon. When speaking about the opportunities she created she wisely says 'I never acted smart. If I needed help, I asked for it'.
Ellen's quest for independence is the point where her life dreams and career dreams come together. As an only child she learned the value of being comfortable with her own company and of trusting her inner voice. This ability transfers well to her chosen career path – where many hours are spent alone researching and testing.
Ellen's current research is partially funded by the South African Department of Trade and Industry's THRIP programme. The study is in partnership with SA Olive and the Plant Protection Division of Agricultural Research Council, Infruitec-Nietvoorbij.
Ellen's project focuses on bio-control of olive trunk diseases. Bio-control treatment is an alternative to chemical treatment and addresses the issue of toxicity towards the environment. It uses beneficial micro-organisms to control pathogens that affect the trunks and branches of the olive trees. Ellen's project utilises marine bacteria that have been isolated from the South African marine environment. Marine bacteria have unique chemistries that allow them to survive in extreme conditions and produce secondary metabolites, which form compounds that can kill surrounding pathogens. The research is now at the stage where the compounds are being extracted and tested against the pathogens in a laboratory environment (in vitro). Once the extracted compounds have been shown to be effective against the targeted pathogens, it will be tested on detached olive shoots in laboratory assays (in vivo), potted olive trees in a glasshouse and only then will it be considered for further testing in the field. The ultimate goal is to develop a wound sealant to protect susceptible wounds, like annual pruning wounds, from pathogen infections. 'I can't wait for it to be successful! I came a long way to work on it and feel very invested in the project', says Ellen.
Where to from here? Ellen is adamant about experiencing the research world outside of the university environment after completing her MSc degree. She wants to see how research is applied in the industry. She is toying with the idea of working on a PhD while at the same time being exposed to the industry.
This young woman who grew up in Bodibe, a small village close to Mafikeng in the North West province, carries in her something that the agricultural industry and the world need – passion and a vision of the future. She also knows that you have to be uncomfortable before becoming comfortable – you have to take certain risks to achieve something. 'I am only the second person in my family to get a degree, and moving to a place where I only knew one person was a challenge, but it is an opportunity for me to grow', says Ellen.
Anita Burger, Ellen's supervisor, commented on Ellen's work and personal development by saying that 'Ellen accepted the opportunity to conduct her Magister study at the IMBM in March 2017. Since then I witnessed her growing from inexperienced and very often overwhelmed by the relatively complex nature of her study, to a young researcher who is developing skills like critical and analytical thinking and using knowledge to solve problems. In the interest of translating South Africa's unique biological resources to economic outputs for the industrial, health and agricultural sectors, it is vital that young scientists, especially women, are encouraged and supported to pursue careers in science. I consider Ellen as the perfect role model for this purpose'.


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Roger Waters: Technique used in George Floyd's killing taught by IDF
In the video, Waters claimed Sheldon Adelson is the puppet master of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump, and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
Published: JUNE 21, 2020 21:31
FILE PHOTO: British rock star Roger Waters walks along the Israeli barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem
(photo credit: REUTERS/AHMAD MEZHIR/FILE PHOTO)
Roger Waters, co-founder of the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, appeared on the Hamas-affiliated Shehab News Agency Saturday, in which he claimed that Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a long-time supporter of conservative and right-wing causes, is a 'puppet master' controlling US President Donald Trump, while Israel is responsible for teaching US police forces tactics resulting in the death of African-American men.
In the video, which was first highlighted by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Waters claimed Adelson is the puppet master of Trump, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (though he mistakenly uses the name Greenberg). He further said that Adelson is a "right-wing fascist racist bigot."
Waters also made mention of Jews, saying that Adelson "believes that only Jews - only Jewish people - are completely human," adding that "they are attached in some way - God's Chosen People," and that Adelson "[believes] everybody on Earth is there to serve them."
Also expressing his opinion of Trump, Waters said that Adelson is part of Trump's 'little' male anatomy.
On the topic of George Floyd, Waters said that US police forces regularly used a technique invented by the IDF, referring to them as "the occupation forces," which is commonly used by Hamas and PA news stations to describe the IDF.
The use of this technique, Waters claims, by US police forces was due to the IDF 'efficiency' in "murdering Palestinians in the occupied territories."
Waters also spoke of Zionism, calling it "an ugly stain, and it needs to be gently removed by us."
Waters left Pink Floyd in the mid-1980s, and has in recent years become a figure head of the BDS movement and anti-Israel boycott.
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In memory of WILLIAM McNIDER Ship-Master who died 29 December 1832 aged 63. And of AGNES HAMILTON his spouse who died 7 October 1844 aged 77. Also his daughter ANN who died 4 March 1876 aged 66. His son JOHN who died 29 April 1883 aged 84. Also their daughter MARY who died 21 March 1888 aged 85. Also their son WILLIAM died 12 April 1888 aged 78.
In memory of WILLIAM McNIDER Ship-Master who died 29 December 1832 aged 63.
their son WILLIAM died 12 April 1888 aged 78.
2 i. John McNIDER was born on April 8, 1797 in Parish of Maybole, Ayrshire.1 He died on April 29, 1883 in Burnside Cottage, Maybole, Ayrshire. 2 He was a Seaman (Merchant Service). He was buried in Kirkbride Churchyard #15. He has reference number Bachelor.
4 iii. Mary McNIDER was born on February 27, 1801 in Parish of Maybole, Ayrshire. 4 She died on March 21, 1888 in Burnside Cottage, Maybole.5 She was a Housekeeper. She was buried in Kirkbride Churchyard #15. She has reference number Spinster.
5 iv. Anne McNIDER was born on November 29, 1803 in Parish of Maybole, Ayrshire. 6 She died on March 4, 1876. She was buried in Kirkbride Churchyard #15.
6 v. William McNIDER was born on January 20, 1810 in Parish of Maybole, Ayrshire. 7 He died on April 12, 1888 in Burnside Cottage, Maybole, Ayrshire. 8 He was a Wright/Master Joiner. He was buried in Kirkbride Churchyard #15. He has reference number Bachelor. William's neice Agnes McNIDER aged 33 is staying with him in 1881.
2. Death Cerificate #52 of 1883 at Maybole, Ayrshire.
5. Death Cerificate #18 of 1888 at Maybole, Ayrshire;.
Informant on Certificate - Peter Rutlidge, acquantance, Drumshang, Maybole.


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A Big Serious Important Writer Wondering Why You're Snorting Derisively
A Writing Tour
Bearers of Jade: The Second Book of the Shadowlands
So after a phone call from Alderac saying essentially "Send us a proposal," my writing partner and I combed through all the Japanese mythology and folklore books we could. In a few days, we'd whipped up an outline. The book would not just be a book of monsters: it would be a book of reasons to incorporate the Shadowlands into your campaign. It would bring the danger of the Taint into places that were previously thought safe. It would answer lore questions like "Why don't the Seven Clans just combine forces and invade the Shadowlands?" and my personal beef, "Why are the Crab the best clan to fight oni as opposed to the other clans who are faster or can pierce armor?"
After our outline got hit up with some edits and we got the green light, we went into writing mode. We wrote lots of little mini-narratives to accompany each monster or spell or cursed item so that a GM reading it could turn them into plots. I threw in every scrap of info I knew about kobudo weapons, ruthless hand-to-hand combat, and things that would give martial artists nightmares. We had a couple of major principles we followed:
As said in the supplement that came with the GM screen, maho, because it uses blood, is more powerful than ordinary magic.
As said in the first Book of the Shadowlands, "Oni break the rules in half."
As said in Shadowrun's First Axiom of Roleplaying Games, "If you give it stats, someone will kill it, regardless of how strong or tough it's supposed to be."
Right now, those of you who have played adventures against the monsters in the book will probably be nodding your heads, because we got abusive.
Against the most powerful creatures, we used the Hida royal family (Kisada, Yakamo, and O-Ushi) to see just how much mayhem the Crab clan could stop. For lesser creatures, we used a pack of six Rank 3 characters, since the game had been out for a year or two and we guessed many campaigns had PCs that were growing in power. And at the summer convention called Origins that year, we put together a scenario called "Mirror, Mirror" that pitted a batch of six disparate clan characters working as a Phoenix Inquisitor team in Winter Court at the Hida clan's ancestral home.
I haven't kept up much with L5R over the years, but from what I can tell, the reaction to BOJ broke down like so:
The book got a lot of good initial reviews (Pyramid magazine, etc.).
It was popular enough to sell out (according to Alderac).
The horror advice was unconventional and generally seen as arrogant.
A lot of unrestrained gamemasters used it to kill off some beloved PCs.
The book didn't capitalize on the Shadowlands creatures from the card game. Instead, it took Japanese mythology, ran it through a blender, and upped the decibel level.
So over time, I've developed a few regrets about the book. I wish we'd researched the card game more before writing it, and there's typos in it that still dig at me. Some rules, like using obsidian, are just not that comprehensive. We threw a lot of stuff at the wall, and poof, it was canon a few months later.
Then of course, there's balancing the maho-bujin. I still want them to be abusive (they're like MMO boss monsters — one of them is supposed to take on a whole party), but giving them a cost in blood for each technique would make thematic sense. If you were to flip the Rank 3 and Rank 1 powers, you would have a greater variety among the ranks' actual combat effectiveness. Limiting the number of attacks to the enemies' lowest Honor score as opposed to the highest would also go a long way toward parity.
I'd write more, but this assumes that you're not just making bad guys with the Way of the Shadowlands supplement that came out soon afterward. A lot of it seemed like a direct antidote to BOJ, and there were plenty of well-balanced rules in there. I have nothing but good things to say about that sourcebook.
As for the horror advice, that's a subject for a whole blog post.
If there's one thing that I'm proudest of in the supplement, it's fleshing out the world of the Crab. There was a point in the other supplements of the time where the consensus seemed to be that Crabs were brutes, bullies, and evil sorcerers who fought little bitty goblins. I wanted them to have space for player characters that were tough, ruthless, and gave their all in a never-ending war against the forces of hell.
A story of heroes is only as good as its villains.
Bearers of Jade's .pdf is available at DriveThruRPG.com here.
On Twitter, I'm @theotherhepler.
I keep my Facebook restricted to friends, but my novel has its own page here.
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Young Jeezy's Business Partner Sues Him & Def Jam For $5 Million In Unpaid Profits
Demetrius Ellerbee, business partner to Young Jeezy, has filed suit against the rapper and Def Jam Recordings, claiming the defendants have failed to share millions of dollars in profits from songs he helped produce and promote.
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ellerbee, who said he founded CTE Music with Jeezy in 2000, filed the suit in Fulton Count Superior Court. He asserts that he has seen little of the millions in advances and royalties paid to the company. He claims Jeezy intentiontally "misappropriated" funds and directed them to personal accounts.
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Peter Saul: from Pop to Politics
at CB1-G Gallery
New China #1
Colored pencils on paper
Chalk on velor paper
PSd 159
Woman in Green Shirt
9 x 9 1/4 inches
Lampshade with Polka Dots
Crayon and collage on paper
21 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches
PSd103
Crayon, pencil on paper
9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches
Study for 'Valda Sherman'
Pastel, marker, ink on paper
Gun Moll
Icebox #3
69 x 58 1/2 inches
PSp 97
Untitled (Mad)
Ink, collage on paper
Untitled (Kutty Sark)
Untitled (Barbara Rose)
Untitled (Ha, Ha!)
Untitled (Superman)
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During January and February the George Adams Gallery, New York will present an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Peter Saul at CB1-G in Los Angeles. The exhibition will feature 20 works made between 1957 and 1967 covering his development as an artist from the late 1950s through his transition from Pop in the early 1960's to a politically engaged, topical artist whose works tackled the most pressing issues of the day in the later half of the decade.
Having spent most of the early 1960's working in Paris, Saul claimed to have been largely unaware of the Pop Art movement, unfamiliar with the artists most typically associated with it. But critics reviewing his first exhibitions in New York and Chicago recognized him as a Pop artist though without the cool detachment preferred by most of Pop's other practitioners. As Ellen Johnson pointed wrote in her 1964 catalogue essay: "Where Lichtenstein appears to be amused and Warhol indifferent, Saul is angry…" And indeed he was – increasingly so.
Returning to the San Francisco Bay Area from Paris in late 1964, Saul's work noticeably shifted to images of war, gradually displacing images from comics and the like. Soon his work was dominated by the war in Vietnam and topical social issues, such as civil rights. Increasingly Saul was dismissed by some critics as a 'political' artist, which only encouraged him, believing as he did that if what he was doing provoked the 'tastemakers' then he must be on the right track. As the artist wrote in 1967, "Now I think I have…paintings that could prohibit a sophisticated response. Not just because of 'obscenity,' which is prevalent, but because it is coupled with politics. I am polarizing things, want to see good and bad."
The exhibition begins chronologically with a group of pastels, including a self-portrait. They were made in 1957, while Saul lived in Holland and demonstrate an early interest in distortion and the grotesque. In addition there are several paintings and drawings from the early 60's dating to Saul's time in Paris, including Ice Box #3 (1961), Gun Moll (1962), and Untitled (Superman) (1963). Examples of the later more political work include New China a large drawing from 1965, and the politically charged lithograph GI On a Cross and large canvas, I Torture Commy Virgins, both from 1967.
"Peter Saul: Pop to Politics" will be on view from January 7th through February 18th at CB1-G. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 to 5, Sundays 12 to 4.
Peter Saul: from Pop to Politics reviewed in the LA Times
Peter Saul: Pop to Politics was reviewed in this weekend's LA Times, courtesy of Christopher Knight. His description of Saul's early paintings and drawings runs the gamut of art-historical references: "...Max Beckmann collides with jingoist all-American Thomas Hart Benton within an abstract structural armature of Willem de Kooning, all slathered with a cheeky overlay of Mad Magazine irreverence."


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specifically in the peninsula / south bay.
also a nice walk through downtown with lots of shops.
one of the many downtown restaurants.
accessible for wheelchairs and the like.
shall plan to wear that.
Well, darn. I would love to attend a Bay Area meetup, but I will be out of town this weekend.
Darn, indeed! If you'd like, email me your contact info, and I'll put you on a list of people to ping when I'm thinking of scheduling another one.
I would also love to attend! But I have plans at that same time this Sunday. Can we do another soon?
As I said to Saturngrl, feel free to email me, and I'll put you on a list of people to ping when I'm thinking of scheduling another one.
Yay, I was hoping someone would organize a South Bay meetup! Will be there if I can. It's a lovely little park.
So, update: We did, indeed, have a great time! About a dozen people showed up, and we talked about a great many things including the feels of working on a dissertation in an environment where everyone performs okayness, the ways in which kids books (esp. ones by Roald Dahl) can be fine when one is eight and then deeply disturbing when one is fourteen and notices some more implications, and a brief bit about how the process of organizing the meetup was for me (and for the person who organized the previous Bay Area meetup).
I picked a place that was basically a random park eight blocks from my house, simply because it was convenient. I felt a bit selfish about that, but I think that's silly — it's going to be convenient for some people and inconvenient for others, so it might as well be convenient for at least one person who's definitely coming. And this meant that I already knew the place and could suggest where to meet and such without having to go visit, which was useful.
Picking a relatively small park meant that people could easily find us without having to roam or worry if they were at the wrong end of the park.
Someone brought a box of Crayola "Model Magic" modeling clay (which they'd picked up from a "please take" table somewhere). This was an excellent thing, as it gave people something to do with their hands and a way to focus outside of the conversation for a moment without feeling awkward about it, as well as a repeated source of small topics of conversation. I much recommend it!
We had about a dozen people show up. A couple showed up right about at 1:00, when I got there, and the rest showed up between then and 2:00. A few people left around 3:00, and we dwindled back down to about five people talking until 4:45ish.
Bay Area public transit is a bit more convenient on Saturdays than Sundays.
I still don't know what I think of this shirt. Except that it's recognizable.
I really enjoyed talking with the group of people that came. Thank you all for coming! And for those of you that couldn't make it this time, I shall definitely be scheduling more of these.
Hi Brooks and many thanks for organizing the meetup! I really appreciate that you did set this up, and yes – I'd be glad to share contact information in a private format.
Thanks for organizing this Brooks. I'm sorry I wasn't able to join this time, but will email you to be added to the list of people to ping. Glad you had a fun time!
Thanks for hosting this. Long time reader first time meet-up-er &etc. I can be reached at mgorinev@gmail.com .


There is a bit of a toll on the environment when it comes to wine. The bottles are dark glass and so are easily recycled. But the corks are another story. What are you supposed to do with those strange little tops?
How about upcycling them? There are plenty of ideas online.
Here are seven cool ways to creatively use corks instead of throwing them away.
This cool idea is one I actually tried myself, with great success. But I didn't do it as shown in the picture. I created a small board, but I painted the corks first.
Once they had dried, I glued them to a piece of cardboard cut in rectangular shape of about 11-by-8 inches. I found some cute butterfly and flower scrapbook pieces at my local craft store and attached them in a border. Then, I used a plastic hook with an adhesive backing for the wall and attached some scrap ribbon in a knot to the back of the board with masking tape. This let me hang it up easily.
In the run-up to the holidays, there can be a lot of wine consumption. Christmas parties are commonplace, as well as small gatherings of friends and family. Plus, you had Thanksgiving just a month before.
That is why you can make some creative – not to mention attractive – Christmas wreaths that are sure to turn heads. I like the natural look of the one featured in the picture – it has that rustic touch that I have always enjoyed in my Christmas ornaments.
This one made me laugh. I have always had trouble keeping track of my flash drives, which I need for backing up my work. I have gone through several because I forget them in my pocket when I run them through the wash or just lost them. So, when I saw this, I also saw an opportunity.
I made my own holder by carefully removing the center. Then, I washed and dried the bottle it had come with. I now keep the flash drive "corked" in the bottle on my desk. I look like an alcoholic, but in a glamorous, "I am a struggling writer" kind of way. It works for me.
I have to admit that this one is not especially functional. Corks alone are not very sturdy, so they would not work to serve anything.
Therefore, you would need a tray to attach them to or a drawer to glue them into. That seems to defeat the purpose. However, if you want a quirky design idea, that is one option.
This is one a friend of mine did ages ago, and I have always thought it was brilliant. Corks are amazingly absorbent, and so they make wonderful bath mats. But you have to make sure you use hot glue instead of superglue, as other adhesives will wash away. It needs to be waterproof and seal the gaps between.
Here is another cool example. If you are worrying about getting enough corks to do this, you can always ask a local bar or restaurant to save the corks for you. They should have dozens within a single weekend shift.
This is the craziest idea I have seen. If you have the ability to get a whole mess of corks, such as from local restaurants, friends, family and the neighborhood drunk, you can make an armchair! What is so amazing about this is that it actually looks kind of comfortable.
There are plenty of possible ways to use wine corks in (indoor) gardening. For example, you can use them to build a flower pot.
You can even turn a wine cork into a fun tiny flower pot of its own!
This bird house looks so neat and I am sure birds will feel warm and safe their during the nastiest days of the year!
As you can see, there are plenty of things you can do with your wine corks. All it takes is a little forethought, and you will be on your way!
Editor's note: Stoked by the idea of putting those wine corks to good use? Check out sister site Crafting a Green World's list of crafty reuse ideas for them.
At the IC meeting in Occidental CA someone in a presentation told about someone building a cork floor out of old wine corks.
Interesting… cork flooring is really nice.
Thank you for your acknowledgment of my blog when you put up the wine cork wreath. I appreciate it! I made the wreath and it was quite tricky. Mine ended up being smaller and because I had to use a finer wire to get through the cork I had to pre drill holes and the combo of the two things made the wreath loose it's shape easy. I'd love to hear about other's success stories with the project.


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iPhone 12 Pro LiDAR sensor allows for 6x faster low-light autofocus, instant AR
Mike Peterson | Oct 13, 2020
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Apple's new iPhone 12 Pro models feature a new LiDAR sensor that will significantly enhance its augmented reality and photography capabilities.
First introduced on the iPad Pro, the LiDAR sensor suite is a laser-based, time-of-flight system that allows a device to quickly calculate the distance to an object.
On the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, the LiDAR sensor will enhance Apple's ARKit, as well as photo and video capture. The company says it offers "the ability to measure light distance and use pixel depth information of a scene."
For example, the LiDAR sensor can create precise depth maps of an environment or scene. That will allow for "instant AR" experiences, more realistic AR scenes, and "endless opportunities" for developers to take advantage of it.
It can also be used to enhance autofocus in low-light scenes. The LiDAR sensor allows for 6x faster focus time in low-light scenes for both video and photo sessions. It also enables Night portrait modes, which Apple says will allow for a "beautiful low-light bokeh effect."
There's also a good chance that LiDAR will play a role in Apple's own proprietary AR features, including for indoor navigation and item tracking alongside Ultra Wideband technology.


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Indonesian fishermen discover what appears to be an underwater drone from China
December 30, 2020	World 5 Views
A fisherman in Indonesia, known only as Saeruddin, recently brought a very different kind of haul, capturing what looks like a Chinese underwater drone. In the past two years, at least two other very similar, if not identical, ocean-going gliding unmanned underwater robots have been found in Indonesian waters. This raises questions about whether the Chinese government is cautiously conducting underwater surveys of routes between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, and this information may be particularly useful for its submarines to sail through these areas when they are submerged.
According to reports, Saeruddin caught the drone on December 20, 2020, near the Sierra Da Islands near the Sierra Islands in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, in the center of the archipelago. He then handed it over to the local police, who then handed it over to the Indonesian army.
In December 2020, a glider-type unmanned underwater robot was recovered off the coast of Indonesia's Selayar Islands.
Indonesian media reports Detik News He said that the nose of this drone appears to be some sort of sensor array, which is less than 7.4 feet in length, which is not a long antenna or sensor protruding from the rear end. Photos of the unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) show that it has a torpedo-shaped body with a pair of wings and a vertical tail mounted towards the center.
Twitter user @Jatosint was the first to notice the strong similarity with Sea Wing UUV, which was developed and produced by the state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenyang Institute of Automation, and has been in use since at least 2014. A marine glider-type underwater unmanned aircraft, the "Sea Wing", with the help of its wings and tail, dives repeatedly and then resurfaces and advances in the water. It uses an internal system to perform these operations. The internal system is essentially a balloon that expands and contracts as pressurized oil enters and exits, thereby changing its buoyancy.
China has made the dubious claim in the past that the "Sea Wing" drone can stay at sea for more than 30 days and can dive four miles below the surface.
CAS publicly uses Sea Wings for ocean research, and its sensors can measure things such as the strength and direction of water currents, as well as water temperature, oxygen content, and salinity. These are common tasks of UUVs, and UUVs are used worldwide, including military forces.
The sea-wing unmanned underwater robot is in front of the research ship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In December 2019, the Chinese survey ship Xiangyanghong 06 Twelve of them were launched into the East Indian Ocean. CAS said the drones eventually flew more than 12,000 kilometers (or 7,500 miles) in total. Chinese authorities have not reported any missing drones, but it is worth noting that the initial report stated that 14 drones have been deployed instead of 12. At the same time, it is unclear whether the prevailing currents can carry the disabled sea wing all the way to the waters near the Celaya Islands.
This is not the first time a sea-wing drone has been found in Indonesian waters. In January, one was found near the Masalembu Islands, about 400 miles west of the Celaya Islands. In March 2019, another one was found in the waters closer to the northwest of the Riau Islands. These three groups of islands are located in bodies of water, which constitute an important part of the many maritime routes extending between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
A map, from left to right, shows the locations of Riau Islands, Masalamb Islands and Celaya Islands. In the past two years, obvious Chinese underwater drones have been discovered here.
Although we don't know the exact configuration of UUVs found in the waters around Indonesia, glider-type underwater drones are also often used for hydrographic surveys and help create underwater maps. This information is useful for creating accurate charts to support naval operations and commercial transportation and civil aviation activities. For submarine crews navigating under the sea, having detailed seabed contour maps is particularly valuable.
As the People's Liberation Army Navy plans to project more and more power far away from China's coastline, the latest charts and charts with various key waterways will become more and more important for daily activities and any other activities. Actual combat operations in the future. The South China Sea is already a fiercely competitive water area, and almost all countries in the region are arguing about Beijing's vast territorial claims.
In 2017, there was also a report saying that the Chinese government is testing how glider-style UUVs (probably a version of Seawing) can act as communication and data relay nodes to help quickly transmit information, which may be useful for detecting and tracking foreign submarines in the South China Sea. movement. In the same year, news about China's plan to establish an underwater sensor network in the area came out, ostensibly for environmental research, and may also have potential for anti-submarine warfare applications.
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A distributed photo shows personnel from the Institute of Oceanography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) handling what appears to be a sea-wing UUV. The photo accompanies the story of 2017 and tells the use of glider-type underwater drones to support anti-submarine operations s story.
Although we cannot say with certainty what the role of these UUVs in Indonesian waters is, it is not surprising that there are doubts about the potential dual activities of civilians and military. In fact, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Planner III A certain class of rescue ship snatched a U.S. Navy glider. The glider conducted an oceanographic survey in the South China Sea in 2016, in part to try to see if it was actually collecting more intelligence information.
Being able to check gliders and their payloads could have provided China's own intelligence agencies with a certain degree of useful information. It is likely that the Indonesian military has been looking for drones that the country's fishermen continue to recover, hoping to gather any useful details about its capabilities and activities.
As China's naval activities through the Western Pacific into the Indian Ocean continue to grow, it seems equally likely that such discoveries will become more common. In 2018, a Vietnamese fisherman discovered fish that appeared to be Chinese torpedoes, which may have been left over from some type of exercise. This discovery also highlighted the growing presence of PLAN in the South China Sea. In 2015, the Chinese authorities themselves announced that a fisherman had recovered what they called a torpedo-shaped underwater intelligent "robot" located in the coastal area of Hainan Island in the South China Sea, which is the main base of PLAN.
People have to imagine that, even if nothing else, Indonesian fishermen are increasingly looking for more unusual catches in the country's waters.
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Ernest John Christopher Polge (1926-2006)
Twentieth-century researcher Ernest John Christopher Polge studied the reproductive processes of livestock and determined a method to successfully freeze, thaw, and utilize viable sperm cells to produce offspring in animals. In 1949, Polge identified glycerol as a cryoprotectant, or a medium that enables cells to freeze without damaging their cellular components or functions. Several years later, Polge used glycerol in a freezing process called vitrification, which enabled him to freeze poultry sperm, thaw that sperm, and use it to fertilize vertebrate embryos.
James Alexander Thomson (1958- )
James Alexander Thomson, affectionately known as Jamie Thomson, is an American developmental biologist whose pioneering work in isolating and culturing non-human primate and human embryonic stem cells has made him one of the most prominent scientists in stem cell research. While growing up in Oak Park, Illinois, Thomson's rocket-scientist uncle inspired him to pursue science as a career. Born on 20 December 1958, Thomson entered the nearby University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign nineteen years later as a National Merit Scholar majoring in biophysics.
Charles Bonnet (1720-1793)
Charles Bonnet was a naturalist and philosopher in the mid eighteenth century. His most important contribution to embryology was the discovery of parthenogenesis in aphids, proving that asexual reproduction of offspring was possible. In his later life, he was an outspoken defender of the theory of generation now known as preformationism, which stated that offspring exist prior to conception preformed in the germ cell of one of their parents.
Leo Loeb (1869-1959)
Leo Loeb developed an experimental approach to studying cancer and pioneered techniques for tissue culture and in vitro tissue transplantation which impacted early-to-mid twentieth century experimental embryology. Loeb received his medical degree from the University of Zurich in 1897. As part of his doctorate, he completed a thesis on the outcomes of tissue transplantation in guinea pigs. Loeb's thesis inspired a life-long interest in tissue transplantation.
"The Development of the Pronephros during the Embryonic and Early Larval Life of the Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)" (1932), by Rachel L. Carson
Rachel L. Carson studied biology at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and graduated in 1933 with an MA upon the completion of her thesis, The Development of the Pronephros during the Embryonic and Early Larval Life of the Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). The research that Carson conducted for this thesis project grounded many of the claims and observations she presented in her 1962 book, Silent Spring.
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Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891)
Charles Bradlaugh was as a political and social activist in the seventeenth century in England. He held leadership positions in various organizations focused on social and political activism including the Reform League, the London Secular Society, the newspaper National Reformer, and the National Secular Society. Throughout his career, Bradlaugh advocated for better conditions for the working poor, and for the separation of government and religion.
Matthew Stanley Meselson (1930– )
Matthew Stanley Meselson conducted DNA and RNA research in the US during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He also influenced US policy regarding the use of chemical and biological weapons. Meselson and his colleague Franklin Stahl demonstrated that DNA replication is semi-conservative. Semi-conservative replication means that every newly replicated DNA double helix, which consists of two individual DNA strands wound together, contains one strand that was conserved from a parent double helix and that served as a template for the other strand.
Henry Havelock Ellis (1859-1939)
Henry Havelock Ellis was born on 2 February 1859 at Croydon in Surrey, England, to Susannah Wheatley Ellis and Edward Peppen Ellis, a sea captain. A psychologist, essayist, and physician, he is best known for his contributions to the study of human sexuality and his support of sex education and women's rights. Ellis 's work catalyzed the revolution against repressive Victorian views of sexuality.
Pope Pius XII (1876-1958)
Pope Pius XII was born Eugenio Maria Giuseppi Giovanni Pacelli on 2 March 1876 in Rome, Italy, to Virginia and Filippo Pacelli. Known for his oft-disputed role in the Roman Catholic Church's approach to the Nazis and World War II, Pope Pius XII also contributed a number of important documents regarding conception, fertility, abortion, and reproductive control to the Vatican's collection of writings and doctrine on procreation.
Lennart Nilsson (1922- )
Lennart Nilsson is a world-renowned photojournalist recognized for his exploratory images of the inside of the human body. Throughout his career, Nilsson has received a great deal of publicity for his images documenting the human reproductive system and the morphology of viruses. His photography was the first to capture early human development and the developmental stages of embryos and fetuses. These images have helped shape the way the public visualizes development.
Subject: People, Outreach, Reproduction
Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic nun known for her charitable work and attention to the poor, was born 26 August 1910. The youngest child of Albanian parents Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu, she was christened Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu and spent her early life in the place of her birth, present-day Skopje, in the Republic of Macedonia. In addition to her unwavering devotion to serve the sick and the poor, Mother Teresa firmly defended traditional Catholic teachings on more controversial issues, such as contraception and abortion.
Pope Gregory XIV (1535-1591)
Pope Gregory XIV, born Nicolo Sfondrati, reversed the bull of Pope Sixtus V, Effraenatum, under which an abortion at any time of gestation can be punished by excommunication. He supported the Aristotelian distinction between an "animated" and "unanimated" fetus, making abortion of an unanimated fetus punishable by lesser means. This decision contributed to the historical debates within the Roman Catholic Church on when a fetus has a soul, and when abortion was punishable by excommunication.
Pope Pius IX (1792-1878)
Pope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, marked his contribution to the abortion debate by removing the distinction between an "animated" and "unanimated" fetus from Catholic doctrine, and established the edict that a human should be protected starting from the moment of conception onward. This proclamation made abortion at any time of gestation punishable by excommunication. Pope Pius IX's decision became Canon Law of the Catholic Church.
Pope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was born to the wealthy owner of a silk factory on 31 May 1857 in Desio, Italy. He was ordained to the priesthood at the age of eighteen, at which time he began a long life devoted to study, peacekeeping, and the betterment of societies around the world. Pius XI is noted here for his contribution to the Roman Catholic Church's early twentieth century approach to issues regarding contraception and abortion, which was presented in his December 1930 encyclical "Casti Connubii."
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Pope Paul VI, born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, has been crucial to the clarification of Roman Catholic views on embryos and abortion in recent history. His 1968 encyclical "Humanae Vitae" spoke to the regulation of birth through various methods of contraception and sterilization. This encyclical, a result of Church hesitancy to initiate widespread discussion of the issue in a council of the Synod of Bishops, led to much controversy in the Church but established a firm Catholic position on the issues of birth control and family planning.
Pope Innocent XI (1611-1689)
Pope Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi, made considerable contributions to the Roman Catholic approach to embryology by condemning several propositions on liberal moral theology in 1679, including two related to abortion and ensoulment. His rejection of these principles strengthened the Church's stance against abortion and for the idea of "hominization," meaning the presence of human qualities before birth.
Gunther von Hagens (1945- )
Gunther von Hagens invented a plastination technique and created Body Worlds, a traveling exhibit that has made anatomy part of the public domain. Von Hagens invented the plastination technique in 1977 while working at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany. Von Hagen's plastination technique preserves real bodies and tissues by the removal of the fluid and replacement with resin. Body Worlds features three-dimensional, plastinated human bodies.
Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
Aristotle studied developing organisms, among other things, in ancient Greece, and his writings shaped Western philosophy and natural science for greater than two thousand years. He spent much of his life in Greece and studied with Plato at Plato's Academy in Athens, where he later established his own school called the Lyceum. Aristotle wrote greater than 150 treatises on subjects ranging from aesthetics, politics, ethics, and natural philosophy, which include physics and biology. Less than fifty of Aristotle's treatises persisted into the twenty-first century.
Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927)
Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen studied plants and helped found the field of genetics, contributing methods and concepts to the study of heredity around the turn of the twentieth century in Denmark. His experiments on heredity and variation in plants influenced the methods and techniques of geneticists, and his distinction between the genotype of an organism-its hereditary disposition-and its phenotype-its observable characteristics-remains at the core of contemporary biology. Johannsen criticized biological explanations that relied on concepts such as vitalism and teleology.
Cornelia Isabella Bargmann (1961- )
Cornelia Isabella Bargmann studied the relationship between genes, neural circuits, and behavior in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the US. Bargmann's research focused on how the sense of smell (olfaction) in the nematode word Caenorhabditis elegans. She provided a model to study how neural circuits develop and function in the human brain, as the genetic regulatory pathways are similar.
Adib Jatene (1929–2014)
Adib Jatene in Brazil was the first surgeon to successfully perform the arterial switch operation in 1975. The operation corrected a heart condition in infants called transposition of the great arteries (TGA). Left untreated, infants with TGA die, as their blood cannot supply oxygen to their bodies. Jatene's operation became widely used to correct the condition. Aside from medical research, Jatene worked for years in politics and education, serving as Brazil's minister of health and teaching thoracic surgery at the University of São Paulo.
Paul Kammerer (1880-1926)
Paul Kammerer conducted experiments on amphibians and marine animals at the Vivarium, a research institute in Vienna, Austria, in the early twentieth century. Kammerer bred organisms in captivity, and he induced them to develop particular adaptations, which Kammerer claimed the organismss offspring would inherit. Kammerer argued that his results demonstrated the inheritance of acquired characteristics, or Lamarckian inheritance. The Lamarckian theory of inheritance posits that individuals transmit acquired traits to their offspring.
Subject: Experiments, People
Frank Rattray Lillie (1870-1947)
Frank R. Lillie was born in Toronto, Canada, on 27 June 1870. His mother was Emily Ann Rattray and his father was George Waddell Little, an accountant and co-owner of a wholesale drug company. While in high school Lillie took up interests in entomology and paleontology but went to the University of Toronto with the aim of studying ministry. He slowly became disillusioned with this career choice and decided to major in the natural sciences. It was during his senior year that he developed his lifelong interest in embryology.
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)
Barbara McClintock worked on genetics in corn (maize) plants and spent most of her life conducting research at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Laurel Hollow, New York. McClintock's research focused on reproduction and mutations in maize, and described the phenomenon of genetic crossover in chromosomes. Through her maize mutation experiments, McClintock observed transposons, or mobile elements of genes within the chromosome, which jump around the genome. McClintock received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1983 for her research on chromosome transposition.
Carl Richard Moore (1892-1955)
Carl Richard Moore was a professor and researcher at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois who studied sex hormones in animals from 1916 until his death in 1955. Moore focused on the role of hormones on sex differentiation in offspring, the optimal conditions for sperm production, and the effects of vasectomy or testicular implants on male sex hormone production. Moore's experiments to create hermaphrodites in the laboratory contributed to the theory of a feedback loop between the pituitary and fetal gonadal hormones to control sex differentiation.