The University of Exeter, has discovered a new way to rejuvenate inactive senescent cells. Within hours of treatment the older cells started to divide, and had longer telomeres -- the 'caps' on the chromosomes which shorten as we age.

This discovery, funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, builds on earlier findings from the Exeter group that showed that a class of genes called splicing factors are progressively switched off as we age. The University of Exeter research team, working with Professor Richard Faragher and Dr Elizabeth Ostler from the University of Brighton, found that splicing factors can be switched back on with chemicals, making senescent cells not only look physically younger, but start to behave more like young cells and start dividing.

The researchers applied compounds called reversatrol analogues, chemicals based on a substance naturally found in red wine, dark chocolate, red grapes and blueberries, to cells in culture. The chemicals caused splicing factors, which are progressively switched off as we age to be switched back on. Within hours, the cells looked younger and started to rejuvenate, behaving like young cells and dividing.

The research, Small molecule modulation of splicing factor expression is associated with rescue from cellular senescence, is published in the journal, BMC Cell Biology .

The discovery has the potential to lead to therapies which could help people age better, without experiencing some of the degenerative effects of getting old. Most people by the age of 85 have experienced some kind of chronic illness, and as people get older they are more prone to stroke, heart disease and cancer.

Professor Harries said: "This is a first step in trying to make people live normal lifespans, but with health for their entire life. Our data suggests that using chemicals to switch back on the major class of genes that are switched off as we age might provide a means to restore function to old cells."

Dr Eva Latorre, Research Associate at the University of Exeter, who carried out the experiments, was surprised by the extent and rapidity of the changes in the cells.

"When I saw some of the cells in the culture dish rejuvenating I couldn't believe it. These old cells were looking like young cells. It was like magic," she said. "I repeated the experiments several times and in each case the cells rejuvenated. I am very excited by the implications and potential for this research."

As we age, our tissues accumulate senescent cells which are alive but do not grow or function as they should. These old cells lose the ability to correctly regulate the output of their genes. This is one reason why tissues and organs become susceptible to disease as we age. When activated, genes make a message that gives the instructions for the cell to behave in a certain way. Most genes can make more than one message, which determines how the cell acts.

Splicing factors are crucial in ensuring that genes can perform their full range of functions. One gene can send out several messages to the body to perform a function -- such as the decision whether or not to grow new blood vessels -- and the splicing factors make the decision about which message to make. As people age, the splicing factors tend to work less efficiently or not at all, restricting the ability of cells to respond to challenges in their environment. Senescent cells, which can be found in most organs from older people, also have fewer splicing factors.

Professor Harries added: "This demonstrates that when you treat old cells with molecules that restore the levels of the splicing factors, the cells regain some features of youth. They are able to grow, and their telomeres -- the caps on the ends of the chromosomes that shorten as we age -- are now longer, as they are in young cells. Far more research is needed now to establish the true potential for these sort of approaches to address the degenerative effects of ageing. "

Professor Richard Faragher of the University of Brighton, will today argue for more research into the degenerative effects of ageing in a debate into whether science should be used to extend people's lifespans.

"At a time when our capacity to translate new knowledge about the mechanisms of ageing into medicines and lifestyle advice is limited only by a chronic shortage of funds, older people are ill-served by self-indulgent science fiction. They need practical action to restore their health and they need it yesterday," he said.

Professor Faragher added: "Our discovery of cell rejuvenation using these simple compounds shows the enormous potential of ageing research to improve the lives of older people" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171107113145.htm

A team led by Professor Lorna Harries, Professor of Molecular Genetics

We can’t explain exactly how we’re able to do a lot of things

This is what it means to work with artificial intelligence. The results are human and not human. Recognizable but also unexpected. Are they beautiful? Frightening? Delightful?

The term artificial intelligence was coined in 1955 by John McCarthy , a math professor at Dartmouth who organized the seminal conference on the topic the following year. Ever since, perhaps in part because of its evocative name, the field has given rise to more than its share of fantastic claims and promises. In 1957 the economist Herbert Simon predicted that computers would beat humans at chess within 10 years. (It took 40.) In 1967 the cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky said, “Within a generation the problem of creating ‘artificial intelligence’ will be substantially solved .” Simon and Minsky were both intellectual giants, but they erred badly. Thus it’s understandable that dramatic claims about future breakthroughs meet with a certain amount of skepticism.

Let’s start by exploring what AI is already doing and how quickly it is improving. The biggest advances have been in two broad areas: perception and cognition. In the former category some of the most practical advances have been made in relation to speech. Voice recognition is still far from perfect, but millions of people are now using it — think Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant. The text you are now reading was originally dictated to a computer and transcribed with sufficient accuracy to make it faster than typing. A study by the Stanford computer scientist James Landay and colleagues found that speech recognition is now about three times as fast, on average, as typing on a cell phone. The error rate, once 8.5%, has dropped to 4.9%. What’s striking is that this substantial improvement has come not over the past 10 years but just since the summer of 2016.

ALTHOUGH AI IS ALREADY IN USE IN THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD, MOST BIG OPPORTUNITIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN TAPPED.

Image recognition, too, has improved dramatically. You may have noticed that Facebook and other apps now recognize many of your friends’ faces in posted photos and prompt you to tag them with their names. An app running on your smartphone will recognize virtually any bird in the wild. Image recognition is even replacing ID cards at corporate headquarters. Vision systems, such as those used in self-driving cars, formerly made a mistake when identifying a pedestrian as often as once in 30 frames (the cameras in these systems record about 30 frames a second); now they err less often than once in 30 million frames. The error rate for recognizing images from a large database called ImageNet, with several million photographs of common, obscure, or downright weird images, fell from higher than 30% in 2010 to about 4% in 2016 for the best systems. (See the exhibit “Puppy or Muffin?”)

The speed of improvement has accelerated rapidly in recent years as a new approach, based on very large or “deep” neural nets, was adopted. The ML approach for vision systems is still far from flawless — but even people have trouble quickly recognizing puppies’ faces or, more embarrassingly, see their cute faces where none exist.

Puppy or Muffin? Progress in Image Recognition

Machines have made real strides in distinguishing among similar-looking categories of images.

The second type of major improvement has been in cognition and problem solving. Machines have already beaten the finest (human) players of poker and Go — achievements that experts had predicted would take at least another decade. Google’s DeepMind team has used ML systems to improve the cooling efficiency at data centers by more than 15%, even after they were optimized by human experts. Intelligent agents are being used by the cybersecurity company Deep Instinct to detect malware, and by PayPal to prevent money laundering. A system using IBM technology automates the claims process at an insurance company in Singapore, and a system from Lumidatum, a data science platform firm, offers timely advice to improve customer support. Dozens of companies are using ML to decide which trades to execute on Wall Street, and more and more credit decisions are made with its help. Amazon employs ML to optimize inventory and improve product recommendations to customers. Infinite Analytics developed one ML system to predict whether a user would click on a particular ad, improving online ad placement for a global consumer packaged goods company, and another to improve customers’ search and discovery process at a Brazilian online retailer. The first system increased advertising ROI threefold, and the second resulted in a $125 million increase in annual revenue.

Machine learning systems are not only replacing older algorithms in many applications, but are now superior at many tasks that were once done best by humans. Although the systems are far from perfect, their error rate — about 5% — on the ImageNet database is at or better than human-level performance. Voice recognition, too, even in noisy environments, is now nearly equal to human performance. Reaching this threshold opens up vast new possibilities for transforming the workplace and the economy. Once AI-based systems surpass human performance at a given task, they are much likelier to spread quickly. For instance, Aptonomy and Sanbot, makers respectively of drones and robots, are using improved vision systems to automate much of the work of security guards. The software company Affectiva, among others, is using them to recognize emotions such as joy, surprise, and anger in focus groups. And Enlitic is one of several deep-learning startups that use them to scan medical images to help diagnose cancer.

These are impressive achievements, but the applicability of AI-based systems is still quite narrow. For instance, their remarkable performance on the ImageNet database, even with its millions of images, doesn’t always translate into similar success “in the wild,” where lighting conditions, angles, image resolution, and context may be very different. More fundamentally, we can marvel at a system that understands Chinese speech and translates it into English, but we don’t expect such a system to know what a particular Chinese character means — let alone where to eat in Beijing. If someone performs a task well, it’s natural to assume that the person has some competence in related tasks. But ML systems are trained to do specific tasks, and typically their knowledge does not generalize. The fallacy that a computer’s narrow understanding implies broader understanding is perhaps the biggest source of confusion, and exaggerated claims, about AI’s progress. We are far from machines that exhibit general intelligence across diverse domains.

https://hbr.org/cover-story/2017/07/the-business-of-artificial-intelligence

The first-ever luxury space hotel was introduced today during Space 2.0 Summit in San Jose, California. Named after the magical light phenomenon that illuminates the Earth’s polar skies, Aurora Station is being developed by Orion Span and the company’s team of space industry veterans, who have over 140 years of human space experience.

The first fully modular space station to ever debut, Aurora Station will operate as the first luxury hotel in space. The exclusive hotel will host six people at a time – including two crew members. Space travellers will enjoy a completely authentic, once-in-a-lifetime astronaut experience with extraordinary adventure during their 12-day journey, starting at $9.5 million per person. Deposits are now being accepted for a future stay on Aurora Station, which is slated to launch in late 2021 and host its first guests in 2022. The fully refundable deposit is $80,000 per person and can be reserved online here.

“We developed Aurora Station to provide a turnkey destination in space. Upon launch, Aurora Station goes into service immediately, bringing travellers into space quicker and at a lower price point than ever seen before, while still providing an unforgettable experience,” said Frank Bunger, chief executive officer and founder of Orion Span. “Orion Span has additionally taken what was historically a 24-month training regimen to prepare travelers to visit a space station and streamlined it to three months, at a fraction of the cost. Our goal is to make space accessible to all, by continuing to drive greater value at lower cost.”

During their stay on Aurora Station, travelers will enjoy the exhilaration of zero gravity and fly freely throughout Aurora Station, gaze at the northern and southern aurora through the many windows, soar over their hometowns, take part in research experiments such as growing food while in orbit (which they can take home with them as the ultimate souvenir), revel in a virtual reality experience on the holodeck, and stay in touch or live stream with their loved ones back home via high-speed wireless Internet access. While in space, Aurora Station guests will soar 200 miles above the Earth’s surface in Low Earth Orbit, or LEO, where they will find stunning views of the Earth. The hotel will orbit Earth every 90 minutes, meaning those aboard will see an average of 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours. On return to Earth, guests will be treated to a hero’s welcome home.

Prior to take-off, those set to travel on Aurora Station will enjoy a three-month Orion Span Astronaut Certification (OSAC). Phase one of the certification program is done online, making space travel easier than ever. The next portion will be completed in-person at Orion Span’s state-of-the-art training facility in Houston, Texas. The final certification is completed during a traveler’s stay on Aurora Station.

“Aurora Station is incredibly versatile and has multiple uses beyond serving as a hotel,” Bunger added. “We will offer full charters to space agencies who are looking to achieve human spaceflight in orbit for a fraction of the cost – and only pay for what they use. We will support zero gravity research, as well as in space manufacturing. Our architecture is such that we can easily add capacity, enabling us to grow with market demand like a city growing skyward on Earth. We will later sell dedicated modules as the world’s first condominiums in space. Future Aurora owners can live in, visit, or sublease their space condo. This is an exciting frontier and Orion Span is proud to pave the way.”

Orion Span officially made the Aurora Station announcement this morning at the Space 2.0 Summit in San Jose, California. The company’s leadership team includes Chief Executive Officer Frank Bunger, who is a serial entrepreneur and technology start-up executive credited with multiple startups under his belt; Chief Technology Officer David Jarvis – a lifelong entrepreneur, human spaceflight engineer, and payload developer with breadth and depth in the management and operations of the International Space Station (ISS); Chief Architect Frank Eichstadt, who is an industrial designer and space architect credited with being the principal architect on the ISS Enterprise module; and Chief Operating Officer Marv LeBlanc – a former general manager and program manager with decades of executive space experience running operations and mission control.

By Guest Contributor |April 9th, 2018|Tags: Aurora Station , Orion Span , space hotel

We are simply  !SHE!   leaving a mark on the future of our girls.

Making their mark on the future of for our young women becoming examples for the rest of the world, women full of inspiration

Olga Charalampidou, Beatrice Miller, Anna Spokoyny, Olga Dekman, Ariadne Gallardo.

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A Strong Woman Vs. A Woman Of Strength

A strong woman works out every day,
Pride in her appearance she portrays,
But a woman of strength kneels to pray,
Her soul in shape, God leading the way.

A strong woman claims she isn't afraid of anything,
Looking forward to challenges each day will bring,
Women of strength show courage in the midst of fear,
Declaring triumph through faith because God is near.

Strong women won't let anyone get the best of them,
So skilled in defenses even if they have to pretend,
Yet a woman of strength gives her best to everyone,
And even on a cloud filled day still bright as the sun.

A strong woman relies on the physical attributes making her tough,
In her search for power and money she will never have enough,
A woman of strength understands that it's not about material stuff,
Knowing that before becoming a diamond first she'll be in the rough.

A strong woman sometimes disguises her feelings shadowed by clouds,
Unhinged when challenged on her policy becoming boisterous and loud,
A woman of strength concerns herself not with judgment from others,
And will not let business interfere with commitments as a wife and mother.

A strong woman is easily impatient back and forth she will begin to pace,
Counting on her holier than thou attitude instead of depending on faith,
A woman of strength is assured trust in God will always carry her through,
And at the Creator's appointed time she'll receive all that is justly due.

A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same for tomorrow,
Refusing to take time looking back with reverence and Godly sorrow,
The woman of strength realizes life's mistakes no matter how slim,
While thanking God for the blessings as she capitalizes on them.

A strong woman walks head first with no doubt in her mind,
No matter what, she'll not make this mistake a second time,
But a woman of strength knows God will catch her when she falls,
So when a situation arises again, she's not afraid to answer the call.

A strong woman wears the look of confidence on her face,
Always doing whatever it takes to finish, seeking only first place,
The woman of strength competes with an emotional sense of grace,
Understanding it's more important to run a Holy Spirit filled race.

A strong woman has faith that for the journey she'll have enough,
No matter how uneven the terrain or roads being rocky and rough,
A woman of strength knows it's in the journey she will become strong,
And the love of God is forever with her, no matter how difficult or long.

A strong woman when uninformed thinks that she is being mistreated,
In the end her physical attributes fail causing doubt to become seeded,
A woman of strength will compromise as a little give and take is needed,
Why? Because a lesson not learned the first time is soon to be repeated.

Ladies start everyday on your knees with supplication & prayer,
Trust and believe that God will always get you from here to there,
And should your giant steps seem to be moving only inch by inch,
The journey is not as A Strong Woman but A Woman Of Strength.

Realize his-story is not the preverbal or only meaning of the word history,
Read the poem titled, 'Women Preachers & Pastors In The Ministry? '
This male chauvinistic attitude's deceitfully titled, 'The Same Old Song, '
No wonder society thinks a woman can't compete & this is totally wrong.

Difference between farther & further,1 is distance,1 is to understand,
Where Motherhood is instinctive however it has to be learned by man,
A woman carries a life form up to & maybe more than 9 months long,
Man can't stand to be with a crying for baby 2 hours and he is strong?

It is thousands of years later, man still cries, 'first the woman was deceived, '
As Adam looked at God and said, 'it was that woman you gave me' oh Eve?
It always happens that when things go wrong we are quick to pass the blame?
Sin didn't manifest till Adam ate the fruit as well but he put it on Eve's name.

Every woman is a catalyst for any little girl to become the same,
So the question is what will be the consequences from her name?
Strong relays an outward appearance yet under pressure it cracks,
And only through strength will she be able to withstand the attack.

Girls beware, because the road traveled is both winding and long,
And for this very reason you will surely have to more than strong,
This should inform you that an arduous trek is measured in length,
The main reason it takes intestinal fortitude only found in strength.

Now for an excellent example relaying exactly what we mean,
The United States Marine Corps, 'Female Engagement Team, '
Women in Afghanistan not in rear support yet on the front line,
Not so much physically strong as through strength in the mind.

Isn't it amazing disciples from miraculous powers were big and strong,
Peter cut off a servant's ear but denied Christ 3 times it didn't last long,
Yet two Mary's and Salome the weaker sex faithfully stood by at length,
Face to face with adversity you will only pass through fire with strength.

Blacks sat in the back of the bus for years although it was wrong,
Now imagine how many men complied who were big and Strong,
But, it was a female, Rosa Parks, who would not budge one inch,
Yet another example of what it means for women to have Strength.

Certain things capture your eye but pursue only those that capture the heart,
Although an, 'Ancient Indian Proverb' yet Solomon gave the verse its start,
Likewise, don't seek after frivols material things that only make you Strong,
For Strength is the seed of eternal roots to remain even after you're gone.

The association of motherhood is something truly unique,
And only through inner Strength can you reach your peak,
As the Strongest will tire from repetitions they must repeat,
Because the latter without proper rest is destined to be weak.

Imagine how tough women have to be not just bearing and raising their child,
While at the same time many have to control their spouse from running wild,
A single or married mom with a tight knit family that's united for any length,
Not so much from a Strong Woman as it is through, 'A Woman Of Strength.'

With all the aforementioned qualifications it is a mystery,
Why many believe women should not preach in the ministry,
Birth, feed, raise, clothe and impact men with knowledge,
Of a multitude of wisdom they'll never receive in college.

This poetic tribute is a, 'Shout-Out' to any woman everywhere,
Seemingly impossible circumstances faced head on the scare,
By the armor of faith fear of the unknown shall not make a dent,
They are withstanding not by outward Strong but inner Strength.

Luke Easter

History.... These Incredible Women Who Made History Are Being Made Into Barbie Dolls

inspires the limitless potential in girls,  Women’s Day,

To mark the thirtieth anniversary of Sally Ride’s historic first spaceflight, here is an updated version of a previous post .

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. As she became the first American woman in space in June 1983, Sally Ride’s presence on Challenger for the seventh space shuttle mission truly was a ride into history, for it broke the sex barrier in U.S. human spaceflight. Granted, it occurred 20 years after Valentina Tereshkova soared into orbit for the Soviet Union and almost 20 years after the Barbie doll became an astronaut. Yet after that milestone passed, the space shuttle and then the International Space Station became places where women could work alongside men and also take command. The priority of Sally Ride might have been otherwise; any of the six women accepted into the 1978 class of astronauts might have been chosen as the first to fly. Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Judith Resnik, Sally Ride, Rhea Seddon, and Kathryn Sullivan completed training and qualified for flight assignments together. All flew in space within two years. These six women navigated together through the ways of an all-male astronaut corps.

From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride.

Yet, by flying first, Sally Ride represented all of them and inspired others to come. These first women had already embarked on careers as scientists—four with PhDs and two with MDs—in fields dominated by men. In their wake, 41 more U.S. women became astronauts, accounting for almost 20% of the 256 astronauts selected for the shuttle-space station era and including women of African-American, Hispanic, and East Indian descent. Countless more girls and women began to imagine themselves in those roles. Women piloted or commanded nine shuttle missions and, thus far, two space station expeditions. Women set long-duration records in space, conducted laboratory research, and helped build the space station. Astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams is the world’s leading female spacewalker and ranks near the top among American spacewalkers.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 33 commander, talks on a microphone in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Thirty years after Ride’s historic flight, the active U.S. astronaut corps has shrunk to 49 members, of whom 12 are women, the highest percentage yet. Seven other women astronauts are serving in NASA management positions. This week NASA announced its twenty-first class of astronaut candidates—eight selected from more than 6,000 applicants—and for the first time there is an equal balance of four women and four men. These numbers attest to the growing presence of U.S. women in space, joined by female astronauts from Europe, Canada, Japan, and most recently China. Even more, they hint at the increase in numbers of women qualified as scientists, engineers, and pilots who can compete for and earn their place in space. Although NASA’s selection of female candidates in 1978 and Sally Ride’s first flight in 1983 opened the door for more women to become astronauts, the greater effect has been to model science and engineering as pursuits for ambitious young women.  Ride admitted that she had always loved and done well in science, long before she aspired to be an astronaut.  With a strong academic and professional record in science, she and many other women were ready for the opportunity of spaceflight. To reinforce the importance of competence in science, after leaving NASA, Ride devoted more than 20 years to science education, teaching at the university level and also encouraging younger people, especially girls, to develop their curiosity and knowledge. The programs and products developed by her namesake company, Sally Ride Science, aim to stimulate a lasting interest, if not passion, for science that may prepare youngsters to achieve their dreams in space or elsewhere. Accomplished American women have flown in space since 1983, and more are preparing to follow them into the future. Inspiration continues to flow from Sally Ride the astronaut and Sally Ride the educator. That legacy is the real result of her first six days in space.

Learn why the SEG is the global energy solution and the future paradigm shift.

Professor John R. R. Searl, the inventor of the Searl Effect Generator (SEG).  With our World in the midst of an emerging energy crisis along with massive and constant environmental damage from forest destruction to ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions  of epic and catastrophic proportions. Prof. John Searl offers a global solution that can harness economically clean, sustainable and unlimited renewable energy. http://searlsolution.com/index.html "Some expressions currently in use to describe the source of the energy for the SEG are the Space Fabric, Quantum Energy Field of Space, or Zero Point Energy. This is an unlimited and constant source of energy which can be made to flow when the correctly proportioned masses concerned are stimulated by the correct frequencies creating an ‘open system’. The idea of utilizing this source of energy is currently the subject o various devices and experiments such as the ‘Lamb Shift’, ‘Casimir Effect’, and the work of the Russian Nobel Prize winner Ilya Prigogine. However, these devices and experiments tend only to prove the existence of energy and not a method to create a coherent, ordered flow to produce useful power. In contrast, John Searl has discovered that, in order to create a steady and stable flow, all the masses of the device (and the stimulating frequencies) must conform to precise values determined mathematically by the ‘Law of the Squares’. A machine constructed to these principles produces a stable and useful power output. The Searl Effect Generator (SEG) technology, as applied to the commercial market, had been previously developed to the point where a few prototype SEG generators were made, and used for electricity generation and motion. Commercial interest at that time focused on the SEG’s transport potential and, under commercial pressure to deliver a fully functional system, the original generators were used and lost in a series of vehicular propulsion experiments and demonstrations. Funding was insufficient to continue with the manufacture of the required larger-scale pressurized cabin machines --- resulting in the termination of the project at that time. Although all the operating principles, precise proportions and weights of the required materials are known for three of the four required operating materials, the precise data of the original magnetic layer is uncertain. The objective of the current R&D programme s to re-establish the original magnetic layer using modern and more efficient materials. Originally, the layered materials were constructed and magnetized by the now-defunct Midlands Electricity board under the direction of John Searl. Modern magnetic materials have advanced considerably, and old ones discontinued, so a series of tests need to be conducted to establish the optimum materials and processes, These tests need to comply with the working criteria required and must lead to a cost-effective manufacturing process. In recent times SISRC has been re-establishing the original research. Due to the very limited funding that has been available, only a partially functioning demonstration prototype of the SEG principles has been possible. This prototype consists of the innermost of the three composite tings required and several rollers…" http://www.rexresearch.com/searl4/sea... "Understanding the SEG - Reality of Costs/ "Blueprints" - Mock Up vs Prototype - Coherence vs Chaos - History of John Searl - Current Status of Project & Context. Please read through the material, visit the listed links and take the time to look into the available info." by Jason Verbelli https://www.scribd.com/document/79145...

Published on Jul 16, 2013

Does John Searl have the answer to the global energy crisis? Searl says that he's had it for over 60 years. Regarded by many as 'The Godfather' of free energy or zero point energy science, Professor John Searl believes his magnetic generator, the Searl Effect Generator (SEG), can save our planet from economic and environmental disaster.

"In the laws of nature, there is NOTHING impossible except that the state of your mind makes it so. Cleaning up this planet is going to be a big job. If we are going to get the climate back to what we want a lot of work aught be done but one thing is certain, you need energy. That's important." -- John Searl

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident (obvious)." -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

The John Searl Story is a documentary that chronicles the life of John Roy Robert Searl and his extraordinary scientific claims that could solve our world's energy crisis.

Born in England on May 2, 1932, John Searl experienced recurring childhood dreams that led him to design a revolutionary electrical generator fueled only by rotating magnets, and large discs that emulated the flight characteristics displayed by many UFOs. It is said that the first Sunday of every month between 1968 and 1972, Searl demonstrated his generators and flying discs to the general public. Television cameramen and news reporters were supposedly present for the events, and Searl claims he also demonstrated his flying disc to US military personnel.

Not surprisingly, opposition to a fuel-less device was fierce. Multi-billion dollar industries, governments and mainstream scientists were quick to label John Searl a crackpot. He was subjected to ridicule and torment, fell victim to arson and theft, was imprisoned and left destitute. His research and devices were destroyed. But, John Searl is still alive today, and continues his mission to prove himself by rebuilding his amazing generator.

WEBSITES: * http://JohnSearlStory.com

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The future of clean, unlimited alternative new energy is approaching. - Here is a video of professor John R. R. Searl, founder of the Searl Effect Technology and the inventor of the Searl Effect Generator (SEG). - A unique and amazing device designed to generate clean, never-ending and highly affordable electric power for homes and vehicles. - However, due to the political power of the energy conglomerates pushing fossil fuels, coal and nuclear energy, the only way this will reach the masses is if we demand it. - Please see the petition link below and sign it. - Then do all you can to spread the message and make this petition go viral. - The sooner we act, the sooner this can become a reality!

Professor John R. R. Searl is the founder of the Searl Effect Technology and the inventor of the Searl Effect Generator (SEG).

With our World in the midst of an emerging energy crisis along with massive and constant environmental damage from forest destruction to ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions of epic and catastrophic proportions,

Prof. John Searl offers a global solution that can harness economically clean, sustainable and unlimited renewable energy.

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The SEG concept is an open system energy converter in complete accordance with the laws of thermodynamics. The SEG's working sophistication is evidently beyond basic academic and mainstream comprehension; patience in learning with an open mind will reveal a better way of harnessing clean energy. We do welcome constructive inquires that can contribute to the science and engineering of the Searl Technology, also anything that promotes public awareness of the SEG and its potential benefits to all societies.

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NASA Always, celebrates women in science, technology, engineering and math

Look what we've done “Look What We’ve Become.”

Grace Potter: Look What We’ve Become (NASA Collaboration)

NASA celebrates women in science, technology, engineering and math with recording artist Grace Potter performing the song,

“NASA celebrates women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with recording artist Grace Potter performing the song, “Look What We’ve Become.” Using scenes of Potter performing as the thread between several stories, the video recognizes the power of women at NASA--past, present and future--and the important role of each in human spaceflight. The video, recorded at NASA Johnson Space Center, also spotlights the Orion mockup, the space station mock-ups used for engineering evaluations and astronaut training, the NASA’s rover-like concept vehicle that could be used for in-space missions and surface exploration, the Mission Control Center, and many other laboratories and facilities at Johnson. And, yes, Potter even finds time for a little fun with Robonaut, NASA’s humanoid robot, at the end the video. NASA is working hard to send humans to an asteroid by the mid-2020s and Mars in the 2030s. The powerful new Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft will travel into deep space, building on our decades of robotic Mars exploration, lessons learned on the International Space Station and groundbreaking new technologies. The agency will need the expertise and ingenuity of the next generation of space explorers and dreamers with technical knowledge to help accomplish its future missions. HD download link: https://archive.org/details/NASAGrace...

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INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN , MEET A ROCKET WOMAN

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2018 – MEET A ROCKET WOMAN: KRISTEN FACCIOL, ROBOTICS FLIGHT CONTROLLER, CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY (CSA)

8 MARCH, 2018

Kristen Facciol, Robotics Flight Controller, Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Happy International Women’s Day 2018! On International Women’s Day, Rocket Women are celebrating the achievements of trailblazing women in space!

This week we’re featuring Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Robotics Flight Controller Kristen Facciol! Growing up in Canada, Kristen was inspired by the achievements of Canadian astronauts Roberta Bondar and Julie Payette and always hoped that she could be involved with Canada’s contributions to space exploration one day.

Kristen tells Rocket Women about her path to work at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, astronaut training and why she believes it’s important that we show the next generation that it’s possible to be successful in non-traditional careers.

Tell me about your journey to the space industry and to where you are now?

My journey began when I was about 10 years old and was able to attend Space Camp in Montreal, Canada. I learned about the Canadarm, the Space Shuttle program, and the Hubble Space Telescope, and immediately became intrigued. Space exploration was a passion that fuelled my interest in science and math.

When it came time to select a university, the University of Toronto stood out because of the affiliated Aerospace Institute (UTIAS), and the ability to major in Aerospace Engineering through the Engineering Science program. It was during university that I realized my interest in robotics.

Following graduation, I started with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) as part of a team designing robotic systems for on-orbit satellites servicing. Upon completion of this project, I moved to Montreal to work as an embedded contractor at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as both an Analyst and an Engineering Support Lead for robotics operations on the International Space Station (ISS). During this time, I also certified as an instructor, training astronauts and flight controllers on the Mobile Servicing System, which includes Canadarm2 (the large robotic arm on the ISS), Dextre (a robot performing maintenance work and repairs), and the Mobile Base (which allows translation along the ISS).

At the end of 2016, I joined the CSA as a Payloads Engineer, working on some of the human research projects conducted on the ISS. Soon after, the opportunity of a lifetime came up when I joined the Mission Control Group. I am now living in Houston, Texas and training as a Robotics Flight Controller at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Describe a typical day at work for you.

A typical day at work can really vary, which is one of the many reasons why I love my job!

When we are planning for robotic operations, we need to go through the Mission Design process. We look at requirements or objectives that need to be satisfied during an operation, and take into consideration the complexity of the ISS operational schedule. Using a simulator, we then develop the procedures and other associated products that allow us to control the robotic systems on the ISS from the ground.

There are also days that I sit on console, either training during real-time operations or learning as part of simulations. Sitting on console involves monitoring our systems and the timeline, as well as the status of all the other systems that comprise the ISS, to ensure the objectives of the operation are met.

Then there are the days that I get to train astronauts and flight controllers, which are some of my favourite days! It is an opportunity to ensure that I am constantly learning and understanding how our systems work, as well as pass on this knowledge to future operators of Canadarm2, Dextre, or the Mobile Base.

Kristen in NASA’s ISS Mission Control Center

Who were your role models when you were growing up? How important are role models to young girls?

Growing up, my role models were anyone that took the time and effort to teach me, or anyone I felt I could learn from. This included my parents, my coaches for various sports, my teachers, and my colleagues. I never shied away from an opportunity to learn and improve, and always had a desire to be better at whatever it was that had my attention at the time.

I always admired the achievements of Roberta Bondar and Julie Payette. I hoped that I could one day be involved with Canada’s contributions to space exploration.

I think it is exceptionally important for young girls to have role models. One thing that has always stood out to me is the way females are portrayed in the media, and the stereotypes that continue to exist today from previous generations. We need to show the next generation that: it is possible to be successful in non-traditional careers; it is possible to have a career as well as a family; and it is possible to be driven and successful without that having a negative connotation.

What has been the most rewarding moment in your career so far?

There have been technical achievements that were quite exceptional, but there are also the “softer” moments that have made an impact as well.

Two of the technical achievements that stand out were the first time an astronaut I had trained was on-board the ISS and the first time a procedure I had written was executed on-orbit. It was so surreal to watch live video from the ISS of something that I had worked on from the ground. It is still difficult for me to truly express the way each of these moments felt.

I have also received some incredibly heartwarming messages from people that I have interacted with as a mentor. To know that I have somehow influenced the career path of another person is something I am so grateful to have experienced, and there really is nothing quite like it.

What would you recommend to someone looking at a career in space robotics to focus on?

To develop a foundation for a career in space robotics (or robotics in general), it is important to focus on more than just the technical courses and training that are required. You also need to keep apprised of what is happening in your field of interest. There are advancements every day – not just in space, but also in how what we have learned in space is utilized here on Earth. Knowing where we have come from and the direction we are moving in will help you to strategically position yourself to be a part of the way forward.

For any career consideration, it is also important to keep in mind that a technical career is more than just the technical elements. Working in space robotics, as part of an interdisciplinary team, has really emphasized the importance of being able to work with others and to understand how your systems interact. You need to be able to communicate the state of your system and to adapt to changes in the surrounding environment. It also often involves working under pressure.

Kristen Facciol simulating Canadarm operations on-ground

Was there anything unexpected about your career journey that you thought would be different to your initial expectations?

Looking back to when I first started, I thought that I would stay in Toronto and be a career “lifer”. I really admired my colleagues that had established a reputation for themselves to be a go-to person and become indispensable to a certain extent. I thought that was what I wanted. I took somewhat of a leap of faith when I moved to Montreal.

Being given an opportunity to work at the CSA was a daunting decision at first, but it was definitely a clear one. This was the Canadian Space Agency that I would be working at! If it had not been for that move, some of the most important events in my life would have never occurred. My life has been ever changed because I took that leap.

If you had one piece of advice for your 10-year-old self, what would it be? Would there be any decisions that you’d have made differently?

My 10-year-old self already exhibited many of the qualities that I think are important contributors to where I have reached at this point in my life. She approached everyone in the same way, whether stranger or friend, superior or equal. She was a team player but a definite leader. And she always strived to be the best.

She also had her moments of self-doubt, and I would want to tell her to never doubt herself, her achievements, or the decisions she made. I would tell her that she was going to end up somewhere she never even dreamed was possible. I would probably also mention that being a nerd would become the new cool, but I doubt she would have believed me.

If I went back and made any decision differently, then I don’t know that I would have ended up where I am now, which I am very proud of. I really wouldn’t want anything to be any different. So looking back, I wouldn’t change a thing.

Women’s be proud

Immense stories

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The Mask

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We wear the mask that grins and lies.

It shades our cheeks and hides our eyes.

This debt we pay to human guile

With torn and bleeding hearts…

We smile and mouth the myriad subtleties.

Why should the world think otherwise

In counting all our tears and sighs.

Nay let them only see us while

We wear the mask.

We smile but oh my God

Our tears to thee from tortured souls arise

And we sing Oh Baby doll, now we sing…

The clay is vile beneath our feet

And long the mile

But let the world think otherwise.

We wear the mask.

When I think about myself

I almost laugh myself to death.

My life has been one great big joke!

A dance that’s walked a song that’s spoke.

I laugh so hard HA! HA! I almos’ choke

When I think about myself.

Seventy years in these folks’ world

The child I works for calls me girl

I say “HA! HA! HA! Yes ma’am!”

For workin’s sake

I’m too proud to bend and

Too poor to break

So…I laugh! Until my stomach ache

When I think about myself.

My folks can make me split my side

I laugh so hard, HA! HA! I nearly died

The tales they tell sound just like lying

They grow the fruit but eat the rind.

Hmm huh! I laugh uhuh huh huh…

Until I start to cry when I think about myself

And my folks and the children.

My fathers sit on benches,

Their flesh count every plank,

The slats leave dents of darkness

Deep in their withered flank.

And they gnarled like broken candles,

All waxed and burned profound.

They say, but sugar, it was our submission

that made your world go round.

There in those pleated faces

I see the auction block

The chains and slavery’s coffles

The whip and lash and stock.

My fathers speak in voices

That shred my fact and sound

They say, but sugar, it was our submission

that made your world go round.

They laugh to conceal their crying,

They shuffle through their dreams

They stepped ’n fetched a country

And wrote the blues in screams.

I understand their meaning,

It could an did derive

From living on the edge of death

They kept my race alive

By wearing the mask! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

There are many benefits to the Plasma technology use in agriculture. Increasing yield is a main benefit.

This article is very helpful in the Asgardian community

The GANS, the source of plasma never runs out. It never needs replacing, and tiny amounts of it will allow for food production in some of the most arid conditions on earth.

Learn the ways of Plasma, find its applications and uses!

There are many benefits to the Plasma technology use in Agriculture

How it works

Increased productivity

There are many benefits to the Plasma technology use in Agriculture

How it works

Potential for growing plants, enhancing yields and creating better environments around the plants seems to be immense. With full understanding of how plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, Mehran Tavakoli Keshe designed a technology that replicates a plant’s leaf for the effective capture of CO2 and other gases in their Nano states (GANS)

Food and fiber production

GANS waters are used to change the field strength environment around a plant, providing either the relevant plasma energy for growth, or stabilizing temperatures, or controlling pests by strengthening the plant. Liquid plasma virtually eliminates the need for fertilizers and pesticides.

Soil Fertility management

Plants are 42-45% Carbon, 45% Oxygen, 6% Hydrogen and 0.1-0.6% Nitrogen, (total c.96%), and so we can understand that the C and O plasmatic fields directly interact with and bring balance to most of the primary systems.

Plant and livestock health

The new plasma technology has potential to completely revolutionize agricultural practices, enhance environmental health and healthy living for both producers and consumers, and virtually eliminate external inputs in agricultural systems across the world.

What is the role of Plasma in Food and Agriculture. The knowledge is here. Learn about the Soul of each being, learn about the emotions of the plant. Learn to Give more than you Take!

FOOD PLASMA

Plants grow by interacting with the fields and not by absorbing the chemicals in the matter state. This understanding of field interactions allows us to use the different GANS materials for Plants, Animals, our Soils and Water. Plasma Technology in Agriculture will herald a new age of enhancing the health and well-being of plants and soils, which will in turn create the abundance needed for farmers to be economically stable. This will allow the farmer to take care of his environment, as well as working in harmony with nature .

Special Fields

Plasma Science opens up a new understanding of the Natural World around us. From the tiny bacteria to the largest tree and everything in-between, all is connected because we all come from the one source. The Plants are living plasma entities and we call them the “Vertical People”. Each Plant, Animal, Bacteria is a living reactor, giving and receiving fields and interacting with the fields from its environment

The Principles Of Plasma in Food and Agriculture

PLASMA AGRICULTURE

Set The Stage

Choosing The Structure On Which You Want To Start Your Experiment

Step 1 : Get Motivated Step

2 : Add Plasma Fields

Allow The Plasma Fields To Interact

Set Your Plasma Fields Among the Seedlings

Less Than A Month Results

Lettuce Is Happily Developing Enjoying Plasmatic Field Interactions

Step 3 : Watch It Grow

Step 4 : Measure the Results

Compare With Your Regular Production

Plasma Lettuce

There are many benefits to the Plasma technology use in Agriculture

How it works

What is the role of Plasma in Food and Agriculture. The knowledge is here. Learn about the Soul of each being, learn about the emotions of the plant. Learn to Give more than you Take!

The Principles Of Plasma
in Food and Agriculture

How It Really Works

Expand Repeat Expand Repeat

Enjoy Yourself Living Every Experiment And Teach Others To Share Your Joy!

And Remember To Respect All Living Being! You Are Giving Life With Every Plant You Grow!

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Research conducted using the different GANS on plants has produced the following results: healthy plants, pest & disease resistant, longer shelf life, extended growing seasons and higher yields. We change the environment around the plants allowing them to cope with the extremes of heat and cold. Using selected GANS material in rivers and waterways has shown that biological and heavy metal contaminants can be reduced. Plasma Technology can also be used to improve the health of farmed animals, reducing the need for antibiotics. We are only beginning to discover the full benefits of Plasma Technology in Agriculture. Once the understanding has been reached the feeding of plants through field transfer will become a reality. Please join us to discover more.

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Space Security ......excellent article

Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space

Christopher J. Newman University of Sunderland, UK

This article examines some of the issues facing the regulation of individual criminality in outer space, both in respect of tourist activity near to Earth and the more problematic issue of how to regulate crews engaged in long duration, interplanetary exploration. It will be necessary to establish the current basis of criminal law in space, how such laws could be administered in the future and, ultimately, how punishment for transgressing crimes in outer space will be enforced.

It is significant that, when considering the human element of spaceflight, those responsible for the planning and implementation of missions have employed (and to some extent continue to employ) one central assumption: the basic compliance of the traveller with the internal discipline of the crew and the mission.

In September 2006, Anousheh Ansari captured headlines around the world as the first female private space explorer. Anousheh also earned a place in history as the fourth private explorer to visit space and the first astronaut of Iranian descent.

This assumption was undoubtedly based on the characteristics of the early space pioneers; test pilots, governed by a military code and painstakingly selected [4]. Even when the pool of astronauts was broadened to include scientists, the rigor of selection and the fierce competition for places ensured that mission planners could safely take the notion of crew compliance for granted, an assumption - the existence of an International Space Station Crew Code of Conduct (ISS CCoC) notwithstanding - that still permeates mission planning.

There has been little discussion on the way in which human behaviour should be regulated in outer space and what should happen when an individual commits a crime in space

With the anticipated expansion of the number of humans in space, this position, however, can no longer be taken for granted. Space tourism companies will seek to bring access to space to a wide range of people and, as can be seen from terrestrial air travel, such a wide pool of individuals will undoubtedly need some form of legal framework to ensure their behaviour can be regulated.

Whilst remaining the preserve of fewer participants, longer duration or interplanetary missions will require a space traveller very different from the ones currently recruited for human spaceflight. In either case, some form of criminal code may not only be desirable, it may be critical to the success of the mission - and the lives of all crew members.

Regulating space tourism

Whilst there have been isolated examples of super-rich space tourists, [5] the prospect of a viable tourist industry, taking members of the public on a return journey to low Earth orbit, safely, regularly and affordably has seemed tantalisingly close for most of the 21st Century.

Some form of criminal code may not only be desirable, it may be critical to the success of the mission - and the lives of all crew members

Recent setbacks, such as the loss of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipOne, have been offset by the progress made in other areas with both Virgin Galactic and Xcor both looking to begin test flights imminently [6]. As the prospect of space tourism giving greater access to LEO becomes a reality, there have already been attempts to address a number of key, as yet unsettled legal issues.

The Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, more commonly known as the Outer Space Treaty (OST), is the principal legal instrument that provides the context and operational authority for space agencies on a national and international level.

An instrument of international law, the OST has, to date, been ratified by over 100 members of the United Nations and provides the codified framework by which current activities in space are regulated [7]. Understandably, given the time it was written, the OST makes no mention of space tourists.

The OST affords protection to ‘astronauts’ as ‘envoys of mankind’. The subsequently drafted Rescue Agreement of 1968, however, eschews these rather grandiose concepts, and instead refers to occupants of the spacecraft as ‘personnel’ and omits reference entirely to the concept of envoys of mankind.

The first mention of criminality can be found in the Draft Convention on Manned Space Flight, [8,9] which used principles of liability and responsibility taken from the OST and the Rescue Agreement. Article III of the draft Convention gives jurisdiction in relation to a manned space object to the State of registry, while Article IV devolves responsibility for the spacecraft and all persons onboard to the commander. In turn, all members of the crew (including the commander) are answerable to the Director of Manned Space Flight Operations who is designated to be in charge. ‘By this measure, the draft Convention skillfully and unequivocally identifies the chain of command’. [10]

In addition to this, it has been identified that criminal conduct on aircraft and international air law can also provide a useful paradigm for future space law initiatives in respect of space tourism [11]. Criminal conduct on aircraft has, for understandable historical and political reasons, tended to focus on hijacking and terrorism. The Tokyo Convention of 1963 applies to offences and other acts prejudicial to good order and discipline on board an aircraft and gives considerable discretionary powers to the aircraft commander to prevent the commission of such acts and to disembark the person concerned. Jurisdiction for the prohibited acts rests with the state of registration of the aircraft.

The Tokyo Convention has been augmented with various other international treaties [12] and would seem to offer a ready-made solution to the regulation of space tourism. There are, however, difficulties with simply transposing this to space activity. The nature of sovereignty and the apportionment of liability in international space law is fundamentally different to that adopted in aviation law. Additionally, international conventions have been constructed exclusively with civil aviation and aircraft in mind. It is not a straightforward matter to simply amend the Convention to cover activities in outer space [13].

As well as the terrestrial backdrop of the Tokyo Convention and the proposed draft convention outlined above, the experience of managing astronauts during long duration visits to the International Space Station (ISS) may provide some guidance for managing humanity in space over the longer term.

China announced plans in 2013 for a proposed international space prison.A key area that is especially challenging is the

procedure that will lead to the investigation and

punishment

The ISS itself was established by means of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) which contained Article 22 with specific provisions relating to crimes committed onboard the ISS. Unlike the Outer Space Treaty and the proposed Draft Convention mentioned above, the IGA uses the criminal law of the state of the nationality of individual astronauts.

Interplanetary spaceflight poses unique issues in respect of identifying and codifying criminality

Article 22 (1) states inter alia that the signatories to the IGA may exercise criminal jurisdiction over personnel in or on any flight element who are their respective nationals. This means that if a German were to commit a crime against an Italian astronaut in a module that was registered to Russia, then German criminal law would be engaged and Germany would have responsibility for criminal jurisdiction. Article 22 (2) then provides for the level of offence that will attract prosecution, involving misconduct on orbit that (a) affects the life or safety of a national of another Partner State or (b) occurs in or on, or causes damage to the flight element of another party.

As well as criminal liability, outlined in Article 22 of the IGA, there is also a separate code of conduct for the Space Station crew (ISS CCoC). Part I (B) defines the scope and content of the CCoC as being applicable to all ISS crewmembers from the time they are assigned to the crew by the competent astronaut management body [14]. This CCoC establishes a clear chain of command on-orbit, clear relationships between ground and on-orbit management, sets forth disciplinary regulations, and provides the ISS commander with appropriate authority and responsibility to enforce safety, security and crew rescue procedures. The CCoC, also outlines a disciplinary policy that binds the individual crewmember to a number of regulations that cover each stage of the mission.

The CCoC is supported by a number of individual policies in respect of ISS training, Earth to orbit transfer vehicle and ISS flight rules. Cooperating agencies recognise that their astronauts’ behaviour may be subject to a process that is administered not only on the basis of their own personnel policy but also of the rules developed by the ISS partnership [15]. This ‘sub-contracting’ of prosecutorial discretion to the state of the accused, in concert with a code of conduct for tourist behaviour bypasses the need for a detailed criminal code in space and provides an obvious route for managing any disciplinary issues amongst potentially unruly passengers. It also overcomes the significant political difficulties that adopting a ‘state of registry’ based system of criminal liability would undoubtedly encounter.

Space-based criminal justice

Having examined the issue of dealing with criminality amongst tourists in low Earth orbit (LEO), this discussion will now look longer term and consider the issues relating to managing crime on interplanetary travel.

Codes of conduct for space travellers may be appropriate for dealing with criminal activity amongst space tourists; interplanetary spaceflight, however, poses unique issues in respect of identifying and codifying criminality. Unlike the mass access to LEO eagerly anticipated by space tourism companies, the crew of any such flight will be relatively small for the foreseeable future.

Each individual member of the crew will serve a specific purpose and have a specific expertise [16]. Those charged with maintaining discipline in space will have a balancing act to make. As Redfield states ‘… there will be a minimal social order and the burden of determining what infractions do or don’t constitute a crime may fall on a group of individuals living and working in close proximity’. [17]

Upholding the laws of time and space - a traditional English police phone box has become an icon in the long running BBC sci-fi drama ‘Dr Who’.

A key area that is especially challenging is the procedure that will lead to the investigation and punishment of crime and how these systems will be administered on an interplanetary space mission.

‘It is the ‘prospect of punishment which differentiates criminal proceedings from other state-sponsored proceedings’. [18] This, however, brings the first definitional obstacle when considering the administration of justice in outer space; who should be assigned as the investigatory authority and who should administer any resulting punishment?

Whilst popular science fiction tends to give unlimited authority to the mission commander, this is problematic for two reasons. The first is cultural; the omnipotent commander approach tends to indicate a military structure with attendant codes of discipline. The experiences of the ISS would suggest a deliberate attempt to emphasise the civilian, peaceful nature of space exploration.

The second, more problematic reason is that by having the investigative function and judicial authority exercised by the same individual would clearly be contrary to the separation of powers [19] principle that operates within classical constitutional theory [20]. Given the limited distances that humans can currently travel, it may be that an approach similar to that which has been suggested in the Draft Convention on manned spaceflight seems the most appropriate way to overcome this, with the mission commander having authority ‘on the spot’ whilst still being accountable to the overall Mission Director on Earth.

Irrespective of who is granted responsibility to investigate and adjudicate on criminal infractions by crewmembers, there is a second element of punishment to consider. Here, the key issue is that, ‘as well as general questions of jurisdiction there are also questions of how to treat a suspect before trial, and what, if any, punishment to administer while in space.’ [21]

The approach adopted in respect of the ISS and criminality may well be suitable to manage unruly space tourists

Punishment is, perhaps, the most problematic area of contemplation for the administration of justice on interplanetary missions and one where there are few obvious solutions [22]. Living space is likely to be at a premium on any interplanetary spacecraft for the foreseeable future. The nature of such a craft means that individual space travellers will already be confined in a general sense.[23]. It does not seem likely that provision for isolated detention facilities will be made, given that living space will be at a premium onboard interplanetary craft.

The principal tool of punishment (incarceration away from the main social group) would seem to be inappropriate and unworkable. In addition, such isolation may be impractical with the offender having duties vital to the success of the mission and key to the survival of the other crewmembers. Other punitive sanctions, such as financial penalties, may be appropriate but of limited utility on a mission that may take many years to complete [24].

It is recognised that there is only a remote prospect of criminal activity being a serious problem on interplanetary missions. Well-trained and carefully selected astronauts should share a ‘common professional discipline’ [25] that means criminality is likely to be restricted to the realms of the improbable.

If the approach adopted by the ISS is extended to other forms of space exploration, and the criminality of the astronaut is contingent upon her or his nationality, there will be a clear body of jurisprudence with significant areas of commonality regarding laws preventing offences against the person, murder, sexual offences and property transgressions [26].Notions of crime and punishment in respect of interplanetary missions can only partially be dealt with via existing legal and regulatory regimes. The unique human habitat of a spacecraft used for interplanetary space travel means inevitably that there would need to be fresh consideration of any crew code of conduct, even if the basic principles of liability remain. Establishing the need for a revivified regulatory regime, therefore, requires consideration of the broader space environment [27].

Escaping Earth’s pull

As has been seen from this discussion, the challenges of regulating crew behaviour differ depending upon the nature of the mission. With space tourism, the problem is managing a large number people with diverse temperaments, who are primarily looking to be in space for a short time for recreational purposes.

The approach adopted in respect of the ISS and criminality, or one modelled on the Tokyo Convention where the nationality of the craft is determinative of jurisdiction, may well be suitable to manage unruly space tourists. The administration of justice on long duration spaceflight and interplanetary missions is necessarily more complicated and could, if not addressed, have serious implications which impact upon the crew and ultimately the success of the mission.

Artist impression of Lynx spacecraft being developed by XCOR Aerospace, an American private spaceflight and rocket engine development company.

Employing a state-based approach to criminal justice on interplanetary missions is not as simple as adopting a state-based approach as undertaken on the ISS. The transit time from the ISS to the surface of the Earth is around three and a half hours and referring the problem back to Earth poses little in the way of difficulty.

Should a serious crime be committed on a long duration spaceflight, the approach suggested by the draft convention on manned spaceflight would provide more effective protection both for the crew and the rights of the miscreant. Whichever approach is adopted, it is suggested that the issue of criminality needs to be considered proactively as part of the planning stage of an interplanetary mission. Otherwise mission control and those onboard the ship will be forced reactively to consider how to deal with an event that could adversely affect the mission and even perhaps the lives of the crew.

Anyone who stops learning his being evaporates, whether at twenty or eighty continuous learning you full of wisdom is the greatest thing in life.

It is very fun to achieve the impossible.
Walt Disney

The members of Parliaments have already introduced Space history, what will be remembered and read for the coming years, ... United is the Force to achieve the purpose of Asgardia Kingdom Space Nation. all will put their grain of sand, their experience, their approach to our new Space Nation and the future of those  new generation that will be born,

Always give the best you have. What you plant now, you will reap later. Og Mandino

The beginning of Asgardian humanity, The community that will give it shape, color, structure, spatial science, Master architects, biologists.  computer science, Art, energy of the future, ecological, geography, control and monitor, law, veterinarian, veterinary assistant, marine biologists, botanists, agriculture and industry, forensic scientist and much more !

Seen joung i was told that I speak in parables, the two languages ....so you must decipher as manololio .. I will not give you things very easily, but is understood,  I will not change.. I will work in honesty, discipline, integrity.

It is time to leave the dislikes and work together as One!

Transform your wounds into wisdom.
Oprah Winfrey

Know your Body

Scientists have discovered a new organ 'Interstitium' in the human body, a discovery that could help  the scientists understand the spread of cancer within the body.

The findings of the study were published in the Nature's Scientific Reports journal on March 27, 2018.

The Study

• Scientists used a special live imaging technique called a Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE) to locate the interstitium in various parts of the body such as lungs and digestive tract.

• The study was conducted by David Carr-Locke and Petros Benias, doctors of Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Centre, while investigating patient's bile duct for cancer.

• The research team collected tissue specimens of bile ducts during twelve cancer surgeries that involved removal of pancreas and the bile duct.

The Findings

• The study reveals that layers of body 'Connective Tissues' that were long thought to be dense, lining the digestive tract, lungs and urinary systems and surrounding arteries and veins - are instead interconnected and fluid-filled compartments.

• These compartments have been termed as 'Interstitium' by the scientists.

• After a thorough study, scientists concluded that the interstitium can compress or expand in size, suggesting it could serve as "shock absorber" for other parts of the body.

• Once confirmed as an organ, interstitium will take skin’s place as the largest organ in the human body.

• Earlier, no one studied these spaces due to the medical field's dependence on the examination of fixed tissue on microscope slides to get the most accurate view of biological reality.

Scientists

https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/scientists-discover-a-new-organ-interstitium-in-the-human-body-1522404474-1

“The Fundamental Mistake in Physics Is of the Equation of Energy with Matter”

Norberto R. Keppe

This video will blow your mind! en de tr fr es it pt zh-hant ru

https://youtu.be/EqTV615IT9c

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Mehran Keshe fukushima

The New Physics Derived from a Disinverted Metaphysics, Dr. Norberto Keppe shows us how the inverted concepts in Physics (as well as biology and psychology) have proposed a totally upside down view of reality. Science has reached a dead-end because of the incorrect idea that energy comes from the electron, leading to the name “electronics.” In his follow up book to the New Physics, Magnetonics: The Science of Magnetism, Keppe expands on Nicola Tesla’s idea of the existence of essential energy (Tesla called it “scalar energy”), and it is this fundamental innovation that has led to the development of the Keppe Motor.

KEPPE MOTOR RECEIVES "2017 TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION POWER AWARD"

Both Teslas ans Keeper give free energy for the people

“Grand Prize”  e Keppe Motor Wins The Grand Prize of 17th HKEIA Award for Outstanding Innovation & Technology Products

The Keppe Motor has been tested and shown to use up to 90% less energy compared to traditional fractional single-phase AC induction motors, and is up to 20% more efficient than the latest electronically controlled DC brushless motors.

https://vimeo.com/181636313

Books that will help , http://www.keppemotor.com/institucional/publications-2/?lang=en

https://youtu.be/ONqey3rdb1Q

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ceWRuooQNpMJjL_NAS4T0yInvskf49hFXAtj5tmmNqc/edit

Keshe Foundation

We are proud to announce that today 15.11.2012 the Nation of United States of America has received the USB stick containing all patents and blueprints of nuclear reactor plasma spaceship technology of the Keshe Foundation. http://www.keshefoundation.org/phpbb/...

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https://youtu.be/WYEwZx9BwJ4

this will help in some experiment ........

For Beginners :

When building a robot, take the examples and add other techniques to improve the Robot much better, here I leave for beginners,  where to look for data,  some will spend a little money,  others will do it with household objects, the important thing is to do it,  According to what is requested and That works,  I leave the following link. some people are experts,  do not let that take away  your dream.

Robot Building for Beginners

Robot Building for Beginners. Building a robot can be challenging for the beginner, but stay with me and I will show you several ways that even a person with little or no technical knowledge can easily build robots.

The technologies of robotics run wide and deep. There is vision, robot intelligence, voice recognition, robot voice, robot locomotion (wheels, legged or flying robots), robot arm movement, just to name a few. In times past, if you were not an electronic engineer, a computer programmer, a mechanical engineer, and a person with hundreds of hours every month, you could not build a robot. Time and technology has changed all that. Robot building, even building robots from scratch has matured to a place where even a 12 year old average kid can build a robot in a short while--even faster that a 12 year old kid of 30 years ago could build a model boat or plane. It really has gotten a whole lot easier to build robots.

In the next few paragraphs I’m going to list out the easiest to the hardest way to build a robot. This will really be robot building for beginners. The harder ways will just be put there for reference. You as a robot hobbyist may never construct a scratch-built ‘bot, but it is nice to know a bit about how to do it. You will also see links to other robotic web pages that will give you more information on that type of robot building.

Pre-built Robots

The simplest robot to build is one that is already built. And by already built I’m not talking about some toys although some of the toys these days such as the Ultimate Wall-e as well as the R2D2 Mechanical ‘Droid are quite sophisticated pre-built robots. Another is Tomy’s humanoid robot the i-Sobot. These robots require little work aside from installing or charging a set of batteries. Sometimes the hardest work is just getting the darn 'bot out of its box. Robot building for beginners can include the challenge of box opening!

Competition Robots

The first pre-built robots worth talking about are the competition robots such as line following robots and sumo wrestling robots. While not many are not actually kits, they can introduce one to a lot of robotic concepts and some can be programmed. At a price point under $100 these “toys” are more sophisticated than many scratch built robots. They make easy robot building for beginners.

There are also Sumo Robot kits ranging from about $50 to more than $300. The Elenco OWI-9647 Sumo Robot that attempts to push other sumobots out of the arena that can be had for about $50.

Parallax’s Scribbler Robot is a “reprogrammable fully-assembled line following robot". You have the option of programming this little line following bot in the Scribbler Program Maker GUI (Graphical User Interface) language, a point and click graphically programming language. It is about $100 to build simple robots with this one.

Humanoid Beginners Robot Building

You think you can't build simple robots that look like people? The next level of robot building are complete kits are at an intermediate challenge for the robot builder. Like building a model car or plane, these all-in-one kits contain everything including step-by-step instructions, a person, even a 12 year old boy needs to construct a robot from parts alone. The Aldebaran Robotics Nao Humanoid Robot Academic Edition v3plus at more than $17,000 brings home robotics to a new and sophisticated level. This is robot building for beginners with STYLE!

Educational Robot Kits: VEX and Boe-Bots

Following the complete robot kits are the educational robotic kits. These are kits where the student can learn all about robot building while building several different version of robots. As with a lot of educational products, most are quite expensive. The top educational kits are the VEX robot kits which can take someone from no knowledge to a fairly sophisticated level of robotics in just a few weekends. Parallax.com says the Boe-Bot is the “most complete reprogrammable robot kit and is a great resource for STEM programs. No previous robotics, electronics, or programming experience is necessary.” At a bit over $150 it is a reasonably priced educational robotic system.

Leggo my Lego Minstorms Robot

Lego, the people that had kids putting up plastic sky scrapers since the 1940s, came up with a Lego robotics line of toys in 1998 and has been improving upon their Lego "brick" micro-controller ever since.

Finally it's time to discuss scratch builting robots vs. easy robot building. In the ancient times, say around 1980 or so, hobbyists were building robots of every size and shape. These scratch built robots usually were never “finished”, cost gobs of money, did little if anything useful, and took years of weekends to even get a basic robot to roll around a room. Most could not pick up anything. Many were dangerous, carrying along 12 volt car batteries, sloshing hydrochloric acid and spewing hydrogen gas which was expelled whenever one recharged them. They could cause an acid burn or even an explosion if one were not careful.

Click HERE to learn How to Build a Robot with Lego Mindstorms

We’ve come a long way from that and this author has come up with a method of scratch-building a robot that I call "super easy robot building." This uses a standard micro controller, servos for both robot arms and moving the robot around a room and plug-in range detectors to keep the little droids from slamming into walls, chairs and friends shins. See my robot building articles elsewhere on this site.

Click HERE to learn about robot building for beginners

The Newest Product for the Beginner: The EZ-Robot System

There is a new player on the beginner robot builder's block, and it's called the EZ-Robot. It claims to make robot building simple enough for kids and even frustrated adults. The world needed a better robot board and this might just be it. Click below to see a review of this intriguing new product and all that it promises.

EZ Robot Building with the EZ Robot Board

http://www.robots-and-androids.com/robot-building-for-beginners.html

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Lessons Menu:

• Lesson 1 – Getting Started
• Lesson 2 – Choosing a Robotic Platform
• Lesson 3 – Making Sense of Actuators
• Lesson 4 – Understanding Microcontrollers
• Lesson 5 – Choosing a Motor Controller
• Lesson 6 – Controlling your Robot
• Lesson 7 – Using Sensors
• Lesson 8 – Getting the Right Tools
• Lesson 9 – Assembling a Robot
• Lesson 10 – Programming a Robot

Programming is usually the final step involved in building a robot. If you followed the lessons, so far you have chosen the actuators, electronics, sensors and more, and have assembled the robot so it hopefully looks something like what you had initially set out to build. Without programming though, the robot is a very nice looking and expensive paperweight.

It would take much more than one lesson to teach you how to program a robot, so instead, this lesson will help you with how to get started and where (and what) to learn. The practical example will use “Processing”, a popular hobbyist programming language intended to be used with the Arduino microcontroller chosen in previous lessons. We will also assume that you will be programming a microcontroller rather than software for a full-fledged computer.

What Language to Choose?

There are many programming languages which can be used to program microcontrollers, the most common of which are:

• Assembly ; its just one step away from machine code and as such it is very tedious to use. Assembly should only be used when you need absolute instruction-level control of your code.
• Basic; one of the first widely used programming languages, it is still used by some microcontrollers ( Basic Micro , BasicX , Parallax ) for educational robots.
• C / C++; one of the most popular languages, C provides high-level functionality while keeping a good low-level control.
• Java ; it is more modern than C and provides lots of safety features to the detriment of low-level control. Some manufacturers like Parallax make microcontrollers specifically for use with Java.
• .NET / C# ; Microsoft’s proprietary language used to develop applications in Visual Studio. Examples include Netduino , FEZ Rhino and others ).
• Processing ( Arduino ); a variant of C++ that includes some simplifications in order to make the programming for easier.
• Python , one of the most popular scripting languages. It is very simple to learn and can be used to put programs together very fast and efficiently.

In lesson 4 , you chose a microcontroller based on the features you needed (number of I/O, user community, special features, etc). Often times, a microcontroller is intended to be programmed in a specific language. For example:

• Arduino microcontrollers use Arduino software and are re-programmed in Processing .
• Basic Stamp microcontrollers use PBasic
• Basic Atom microcontrollers use Basic Micro
• Javelin Stamp from Parallax is programmed in Java

If you have chosen a hobbyist microcontroller from a known or popular manufacturer , there is likely a large book available so you can learn to program in their chosen programming language. If you instead chose a microcontroller from a smaller, lesser known manufacturer (e.g. since it had many features which you thought would be useful for your project), it’s important to see what language the controller is intended to be programmed in (C in many cases) and what development tools are there available (usually from the chip manufacturer).

Getting Started

The first program you will likely write is “Hello World” (referred to as such for historic reasons). This is one of the simplest programs that can be made in a computer and is intended to print a line of text (e.g. “Hello World”) on the computer monitor or LCD screen. In the case of a microcontroller, another very basic program you can do that has an effect on the outside world (rather than just on-board computations) is toggling an IO pin. Connecting an LED to and I/O pin then setting the I/O pin to ON and OFF will make the LED blink. Although the simple act of turning on an LED may seem basic, the function can allow for some complex programs (you can use it to light up multi-segment LEDs, to display text and numbers, operate relays, servos and more).

Step 1 : Ensure you have all components needed to program the microcontroller

Not all microcontrollers come with everything you need to program them, and most microcontrollers need to be connected to a computer via USB plug. If your microcontroller does not have a USB or DB9 connector, then you will need a separate USB to serial adapter, and wire it correctly. Fortunately many hobbyist microcontrollers are programmable either via an RS-232 port or by USB, and include the USB connector on-board which is used not only for two-way communication, but also to power the microcontroller board.

Step 2 : Connect the microcontroller to the computer and verify which COM port it is connected to. Not all microcontrollers will be picked up by the computer and you should read the “getting started” guide in the manual to know exactly what to do to have your computer recognize it and be able to communicate with it. You often need to download “drivers” (specific to each operating system) to allow your computer to understand how to communicate with the microcontroller and/or the USB to serial converter chip.

Step 3 : Check product’s user guide for sample code and communication method / protocol

Don’t reinvent the wheel if you don’t have to. Most manufacturers provide some code (or pseudo code) explaining how to get their product working. The sample code may not be in the programming language of your choice, but don’t despair; do a search on the Internet to see if other people have created the necessary code.

• Check product manuals / user guides
• Check the manufacturer’s forum
• Check the internet for the product + code
• Read the manual to understand how to write the code

Useful Tips

1. Create manageable chunks of functional code: By creating segments of code specific to each product, you gradually build up a library. Develop a file system on your computer to easily look up the necessary code.
2. Document everything within the code using comments: Documenting everything is necessary in almost all jobs, especially robotics. As you become more and more advanced, you may add comments to general sections of code, though as you start, you should add a comment to (almost) every line.
3. Save different versions of the code – do not always overwrite the same file: if you find one day that your 200+ lines of code do not compile, you won’t be stuck going through it line by line; instead you can revert to a previously saved (and functional) version and add / modify it as needed. Code does not take up much space o a hard drive, so you should not feel pressured to only save a few copies.
4. Raise the robot off the table or floor when debugging (so its wheels/ legs / tracks don’t accidentally launch it off the edge), and have the power switch close by in case the robot tries to destroy itself. An example of this is if you try to send a servo motor to a 400us signal when it only accepts a 500 (corresponding to 0 degrees) to 2500us (corresponding to 180 degrees) signal. The servo would try to move to a location which it cannot physically go to (-9 degrees) and ultimately burn out.
5. If code does something that does not seem to be working correctly after a few seconds, turn off the power – it’s highly unlikely the problem will “fix itself” and in the meantime, you may be destroying part of the mechanics.
6. Subroutines may be a bit difficult to understand at first, but they greatly simplify your code. If a segment of code is repeated many times within the code, it is a good candidate to be replaced with a subroutine.

Practical Example

We have chosen an Arduino microcontroller to be the “brain” of our robot. To get started, we can take a look at the Arduino 5 Minute Tutorials . These tutorials will help you use and understand the basic functionality of the Arduino programming language. Once you have finished these tutorials, take a look at the example below.

For the robot we have made, we will create code to have it move around (left, right, forward, reverse), move the two servos (pan/tilt) and communicate with the distance sensor. We chose Arduino because of the large user community, abundance of sample code and ease of integration with other products.

Distance sensor

Fortunately in the Arduino code, there is an example for getting values from an analog sensor. For this, we go to File -> Examples -> Analog -> AnalogInOutSerial (so we can see the values)

Pan/Tilt

Again, we are fortunate to have sample code to operate servos from an Arduino. File -> Examples ->  Servo -> Sweep

Note that text after two slashes // are comments and not part of the compiled code

#include // This loads the servo script, allowing you to use specific functions below

Servo myservo;                      // create servo object to control a servo
int pos = 0;                             // variable to store the servo position

void setup()                           // required in all Arduino code
{
myservo.attach(9);             // attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
}

void loop()                               // required in all Arduino code
{
for(pos = 0; pos < 180; pos += 1)  // variable ‘pos’ goes from 0 degrees to 180 degrees in steps of 1 degree
{
myservo.write(pos);              // tell servo to go to position in variable ‘pos’
delay(15);                                 // waits 15ms for the servo to reach the position
}
for(pos = 180; pos>=1; pos-=1)     // variable ‘pos’ goes from 180 degrees to 0 degrees
{
myservo.write(pos);              // tell servo to go to position in variable ‘pos’
delay(15);                               // waits 15ms at each degree
}
}

Motor Controller

Here is where it gets a bit harder, since no sample code is available specifically for the Arduino. The controller is connected to the Tx (serial) pin of the Arduino and waits for a specific “start byte” before taking any action. The manual does indicate the communication protocol required; a string with specific structure:

• 0x80 (start byte)
• 0x00 (specific to this motor controller; if it receives anything else it will not take action)
• motor # and direction (motor one or two and direction explained in the manual)
• motor speed (hexadecimal from 0 to 127)

In order to do this, we create a character with each of these as bytes within the character:

unsigned char buff[6];

buff[0]=0x80; //start byte specific to Pololu motor controller
buff[1]=0; //Device type byte specific to this Pololu controller
buff[2]=1; //Motor number and direction byte; motor one =00,01
buff[3]=127; //Motor speed “0 to 128” (ex 100 is 64 in hex)

Serial.write(buff);

Therefore when this is sent via the serial pin, it will be sent in the correct order.

Putting all the code together makes the robot move forward and sweep the servo while reading distance values.

You can see the full robot and the user manual .

https://www.robotshop.com/blog/en/how-to-make-a-robot-lesson-10-programming-your-robot-2-3627

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