Cool. Attach anesthetic to nanoparticles that get into the brain. Hit targeted regions w/ultrasound that makes the anesthetic, propofol, come off the particles & reduce neural activity. Voila - targeted repression. http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/11/ultrasound-releases-drug-to-alter-activity-in-targeted-brain-area.html… Work by Raag Airan at Stanford.

Cool. Attach anesthetic to nanoparticles that get into the brain. Hit targeted regions w/ultrasound that makes the anesthetic, propofol, come off the particles & reduce neural activity. Voila - targeted repression. https://t.co/mImvnE7SeZ Work by Raag Airan at Stanford.
— Hank Greely (@HankGreelyLSJU) November 22, 2018

- https://twitter.com/HankGreelyLSJU/status/1065706050538500096

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http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2018/11/chrysolophus-thanks-scott-for-interlude.html

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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Thanks Scott

Happy Thanksgiving. Good luck with the various World University initiatives.

Henry

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Thanks, Henry, and All,

And Happy Thanksgiving since 1621 ...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)

US Political Independence in 1776 with Constitution soon after

Scottish Independence vote in 2020s?

Sturgeon urged to delay Scottish independence vote until 2020s

SNP leaders call on first minister to focus on Brexit and fighting austerity as party gathers for conference

- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/07/sturgeon-urged-to-delay-scottish-independence-vote-until-2020s

A slick SNP show in Glasgow can’t hide pressure for independence vote

Kevin McKenna

The mood is uneasy as Nicola Sturgeon’s party prepares for its annual conference

- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/30/slick-snp-show-glasgow-wont-hide-pressure-independence-vote-nicola-sturgeon

Sturgeon calls for 'patience' over Scottish independence

- https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-45788463

And if wider trade negotiation not agreed by July 2020, nor will fishing agreement (‘best endeavours’ not a guarantee) - and possibility of 2 year transition kicks in. So not guaranteed to be out of CFP by end 2020. Feels to me like David Mundell has some explaining to do.
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) November 22, 2018

- https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1065556794578227200

Was glad to have heard Nicola Sturgeon speak at Stanford fairly recently.

Glad too to have met with Stanford GSE's Jonathan Lai yesterday for an hour talking about World University and School's platforms, now beginning in Google Sites - https://sites.google.com/view/worlduniversityandschool/home ... (with its machine learning potentials).

And re state of California's BPPE accreditation ...

The Bureau is working to make the online Annual Report data process more efficient. As such, the portal will open mid-October with a mid-February due date. The Bureau will notify institutions with specific dates for the portal opening and due date.
— California BPPE (@CaBPPE) August 1, 2018

https://twitter.com/CaBPPE/status/1024666814989488134

And re the MIT OCW licensing clarifications learned about from its Execuctive Director for many years, Cecelia d'Oliveira...

(MIT OCW Creative Commons' licensing and endorsement clarifications:

a) MIT is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, World University and School b) MIT does not offer credit to WUaS students, and c) All MIT OpenCourseWare materials are available for free through http://ocw.mit.edu) ... http://worlduniversityandschool.org/

Seeking to become a Stanford Professor to help facilitate this, and to teach, as well ...

Good luck with the various Wall Street Journal initiatives, as well, Henry!

And Happy Thanksgiving, All!

Scott

- https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch

- https://twitter.com/WUaSPress