“Don Luis had never been up in an aeroplane” (Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc before 1905)

3c Radio Sources as They've Never Been Seen Before

Abstract. Low-radio-frequency observations played a remarkable role in the early days of radio astronomy; however, in the subsequent three or four decades their usefulness has largely been in terms of the findingfrequency of surveys. Recent technical innovation at the VLA has meant that spatially well-resolved imaging at low frequencies is now possible. Such imaging is essential to understandin...

Ever been HAD?

Before and After WOWCS: A literature survey, A list of papers we wish had been submitted

The Workshop on Organizing Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia for Computer Systems (WOWCS) was organized to “bring together conference organizers (past, present, and future) and other interested people to discuss the issues they confront.” In addition to the position papers submitted to the workshop, the WOWCS program committee has collected a bibliography of previous publications in this are...

ER and vacuoles: never been closer

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) represents the gateway for intracellular trafficking of membrane proteins, soluble cargoes and lipids. In all eukaryotes, the best described mechanism of exiting the ER is via COPII-coated vesicles, which transport both membrane proteins and soluble cargoes to the cis-Golgi. The vacuole, together with the plasma membrane, is the most distal point of the secretory ...

Never Has There Been a Shade1

“O this date [in 1618] Abu’l Hasan the artist, who had been awarded the title Nadir al-Zaman [Wonder of the Age], presented a painting he had made .... Since it was worthy of praise, he was shown limitless favor. Without exaggeration, his work is perfect, and his depiction is a masterpiece of the age.” These were the words of Emperor Jahangir of the Mughal Dynasty of India. “Abu’l Hasan’s fathe...