Bobcat?
Posted on 10/06/2018 2:02:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Pentagon research project called "Insect Allies." Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the project involves using gene-editing techniques like CRISPR to infect insects with modified viruses that could help make America's crops more resilient. If a cornfield were hit by an unexpected drought or suddenly exposed to a pathogen, for example, Insect Allies might deploy an army of aphids carrying a genetically modified virus to slow the corn plant's growth rate.
According to the DARPA website, these "targeted therapies" could take effect in a single growing season, potentially protecting the American crop system from food security threats like disease, flooding, frost and even "threats introduced by state or non-state actors.
… Insect Allies, is less concerned. "Anytime you're developing a new and revolutionary technology, there is that potential for [both offensive and defensive] capability," Bextine told The Washington Post. "But that is not what we are doing. We are delivering positive traits to plants… We want to make sure we ensure food security, because food security is national security in our eyes."
Insect Allies is still in the early stages of development, and at least four U.S. colleges (Boyce Thompson Institute, Penn State University, The Ohio State University and the University of Texas at Austin)have received funding to carry out research. Bextine told The Washington Post that the project recently achieved its first milestone — testing whether an aphid could infect a stalk of corn with a designer virus that caused fluorescence. According to the Washington Post, "the corn glowed."
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“What has been seen cannot be unseen, kids.”
LOL! Looks like the cubs are getting ready for that “September Morn” photo op! What a cute photo!
momma bear, “Sorry kids, looks like we got to the Timothy Treadwell all you can buffet too late...let’s look for berries.”
I just talked to Chuck and he said he didn’t forward The Letter to The Suits. I told him he should have because if they had fought me on it I would have ADA pay them a visit.
He just told me not to worry about it and there is no way I would worry. That was done before I wrote the letter!
He also gave me an application for a low-income rent-to-own new house. I will read it over and then pray about it and decide later, when I get the impressions that will determine the decision.
Didn’t use a wire brush, I scrapped the surfaces with my trusty pocket knife (that Son #2 says I abuse.) Made no difference.
Next step is new spark plug. The layout of the machine is such that I cannot easily remove the plug, lay it in contact with the frame, pull the tiller rope, and still be able to see if anything jumps the gap.
In thinking back, I’m not really sure I replaced the plug back when I bought the machine so it could have more miles on it than I know. Spark plugs are cheap so it’s an easy thing to try. If I have to dig into it any deeper (as in dismantling in various degrees) it can wait until glowbull warmthing hits and raises the ambient into the jacket-no-longer-needed range.
It is about time that I request that Son #2 sharpen my knife though.. ;-)
Bobcat?
Our beastly Whirlpool Cabrio runs daily.
The dreaded shaft bearing problem has developed, so I need to figure out what day I can take the machine out of service for repairs.
Three?
I couldn’t manage that unless l cut the girls back to just three shirts and two pair of pants each.
Ouch. Good luck with the repairs! I hope it lives to wash another day!
I need to go get parallel to the deck for the duration. ‘Night!
Sounds like a job for two vise-grips!
Doohickey
Netherness, and otherness, and oneness are nice,
But commonly commonness will often suffice,
To do what is needed, and function quite well,
And still be attractive, with a story to tell.
I’ve seen situations, where a doohickey’s gone,
And a suitable substitute is then seized upon.
Like an old rusty tractor, when the lever’s not right,
Where some vicegrip pliers may have plied their last bite.
They have welded themselves, through tenacity’s glue,
And they’ve served just as well as a doohickey’d do.
NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . June 22, 2007
The teenaged boys are not interested in having clean clothes.
Good morning! There will be an interruption in your standard Morning Kitteh service from Thursday through Sunday. Please share feline cutenesses among yourselves.
Da Mighty Hunter on his way to hunt might!
Good morning.
I don’t think I’m going to make it to my appointment this morning. I coughed all night, but at least it wasn’t “dry.” This morning, it feels as if I might have bitten my tongue during the night, and its been raining since about 2300. So I don’t think I’d better go out anywhere.
My fever spiked yesterday afternoon to 101.6° and that’s miserable. So I think I’ll stay put.
In other news, My Real Brother was a columnist for the last 11 years, and since he was the only columnist without a contract, they let him go last week.
Have no fear, he sez. He’s started a blog that he will add to on a weekly basis and put them in our emails. I wish my memory was as good as his and the sister between he and I. They can read or do something and recall all the details with acute clarity 50 years later. *hmph*
*tagline*
Whoa!!
Thank you for the morning minipanther!
Is this a trip to the geography bee? If so or if not, have fun and be safe! May the wind always be at your back....
Mine?
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