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<blockquote><p>Mitokine Bioscience was founded in Down East Maine in 2006 to develop a critical new treatment for diabetes. This year – 2009 – Mitokine’s treatment will be tested at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine in companion dogs that are insulin dependent, a natural diabetes model. A larger canine study to meet requirements for FDA approval for a veterinary pharmaceutical product will follow. In the mean time, research at Mitokine continues to develop a similar treatment for human diabetes.</p></blockquote>
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links for 2009-11-07
November 8, 2009links for 2009-11-05
November 6, 2009links for 2009-11-04
November 5, 2009-
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<p>SD (software-defined) radio receivers use a bare minimum of hardware, relying instead on their software capabilities. This SDR project demonstrates what’s achievable, in this case a multi-purpose receiver covering all bands from 150 kHz to 30 MHz. It’s been optimised for receiving DRM and AM broadcasts but is also suitable for listening in to the world of amateur transmissions.
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<a href="http://www.nti-online.de/diraboxsdr.htm" target="_blank">www.nti-online.de/diraboxsdr.htm</a><br><a href="http://www.sdradio.org/" target="_blank">www.sdradio.org</a><br><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/drm" target="_blank">sourceforge.net/projects/drm</a><br><a href="http://www.g8jcf.dyndns.org/" target="_blank">www.g8jcf.dyndns.org</a>
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links for 2009-11-02
November 3, 2009-
<pre>
Dear OnlyWire Team-Since 13 October 2009 my posts have not been getting through to
Twitter ( <a href="http://twitter.com/mshook">http://twitter.com/mshook</a> ) even though your "Content Posted"
emails indicates Twitter: SUCCESSUpdate: It seems that each time I contact you, one post get through to Twitter.
It has happened two time. I can't tell yet if it's a coincidence.It would be great if you could fix it permanently.
Best regards-
-Michael
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links for 2009-11-01
November 2, 2009-
<ul>
<li>OpenBTS is a software-based GSM access point, allowing standard GSM-compatible mobile phones to make telephone calls without using existing telecommunication providers' networks. OpenBTS is notable for being the first free software implementation of the industry-standard GSM protocol stack. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBTS">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBTS</a></li>
<li>The GSM Software Project: We want to bring together all the folks that are interested in building a gsm receiver. <a href="http://wiki.thc.org/gsm">http://wiki.thc.org/gsm</a></li>
</ul>
links for 2009-10-30
October 31, 2009-
<a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/m/notebook?nbid=BDRdCSwoQ9qGEk8ok">pdafriendly</a>
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Ch1-4
Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA …
burroghs atlas guidance – G…
Creating the computer: government, industry, …
burroghs atlas guidance – G…
Some Burroughs Transistor Computers – Folklor…
The Atlas Guidance Computer The Burroughs G…
Atlas Guidance Computer – G…
[PDF] Biography of Spacecraft Computer Referen…
Atlas ICBM – Thor Able Ground Guidance Compute…
Gemini Inertial Guidance Sy…
1962 February 22 Proposal for redundant subs…
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<p>
Crews began the catch-up by entering the ground-calculated rendezvous angle desired into address 83. The rendezvous angle indicated how much farther along in a 360-degree orbit the rendezvous was to take place. For example, if the crew desired rendezvous one-third orbit ahead, 12000 was entered into address 83 using the MDIU. The interval at which the pilot wanted to see updates was then entered in address 93. For example, if 04000 was entered, the computer would display on the IVI any required velocity changes at 120 degrees from the rendezvous point (the start), 80 degrees to go, and 40 degrees to go. If the IVI indicated that the computer had calculated that such a rendezvous was possible within the designated fuel limits, the astronauts pressed the START button and the IVI displayed the first set of velocity differentials. The pilot then fired the thrusters until the displays were all at zero
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<pre>
* Google Mobile
* Google pdafriendly
* del.icio.us/mshook/
* del.icio.us/html/mshook/
* del.icio.us/popular/
* del.icio.us/url
* Wikipedia Search
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<script>
var TTP = {
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window.location.href = "http://" + destination;
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<label for="term">Term:</label>
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<b>This doesn't work. Try <a href="http://tinyurl.com/y8gtnf8">this</a> instead</b>
<li><a href="JavaScript:TTP.go('www.google.com/gwt/n?u=' + TTP.term())">Google pdafriendly</a></li>
<li><a href="JavaScript:TTP.go('www.google.com/m/search?uipref=3&mrestrict=xhtml&q=' + TTP.term())">Google Mobile</a></li>
<li><a href="JavaScript:TTP.go('del.icio.us/popular/' + TTP.term())">del.icio.us/popular/</a></li>
<li><a href="JavaScript:TTP.go('del.icio.us/url/check?url=' + TTP.term() + '&fulltext=Search')">del.icio.us/url</a></li>
<li><a href="JavaScript:TTP.go('en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=' + TTP.term() + '&fulltext=Search')">Wikipedia Search</a></li>
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links for 2009-10-29
October 30, 2009-
<blockquote>
<pre>
* A literary appreciation of the Olson/Zoneinfo/tz database
* More Python and C# idioms: Finding the difference between two lists
* To: elmcity, From: @curator, Message: start
* Restructuring expert attention to revive the lost
art of personal customer service
* Allman Brothers, Oct 14: Huntington or Nashville?
A parable about syndication and provenance.
* Talking with Daniel Debow about using Rypple
to open the Johari Window
* More visualization of Nobel Peace Prize winners in Freebase
</pre>
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links for 2009-10-28
October 29, 2009-
<ul>
<li>Why REST Failed – "ERH complaining (rightfully) that browsers (and web presentation specs) should support PUT and DELETE out-of-the-box. I couldn't agree more. And yes, the title is unnecessarily inflammatory." | <href="http://cafe.elharo.com/web/why-rest-failed/">http://cafe.elharo.com/web/why-rest-failed/</a></li>
<li>Carrot Vs Orange discusses the benefits, drawbacks, and arguments for or against Pie Api approaches "HTTP using GET/POST to a single URI" (Carrot) vs. "HTTP using the REST Architectural Style" (Orange or simply REST). <href="http://intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/CarrotVsOrangeDiscuss">http://intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/CarrotVsOrangeDiscuss</a></li>
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via <a href="http://couros.wikispaces.com/Digitalstorytelling">http://couros.wikispaces.com/Digitalstorytelling</a>
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<pre>
Try a Story Idea Prompt
So if you are stuck for ideas, here are some prompts:* What was your favorite childhood pet?
* Where was your most memorable vacation?
* What topic most inspired you in grade school?
* Where is a place in the world you'd like to visit?
* What is the most adventurous thing you have done?
* Who was an influential authority in your subject discipline?
* Or just describe a collection of things such as
o Five attributes of a great writer
o The top technology gadgets of the future
o Most important discoveries in your field
o Favorite cars, vegetables, flowers, tools
o Collection of things that don't belong
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</blockquote>
Why is it I have such a hard time writing down stories?
links for 2009-10-24
October 25, 2009-
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/now/betsey.htm">http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/now/betsey.htm</a></li>
<li>I like it because:</li>
<ul>
<li>It includes a trip to a worlds fair by train, including hitching a ride</li>
<li>I know it's 1876</li>
<li>The principals are like some wonderful women I know</li>
<li>Reference to Maine's marine/trade heritage</li>
</ul>
<li>Spoiler alert:</li>
<ul>
<li>Betsy gets a bit of cash from a vistor. She sallies forth, walking to the station but before she get there she hitches a ride on a frieght. At the Philadelphia Centennial she befriends everyone, buys gifts for here friends and comes home.
</ul>
<li>This looks like a great site for all things Sarah Orne Jewett</li>
</ul>
links for 2009-10-22
October 23, 2009-
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