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astroimaging, astronomy, galaxies
M96 in Leo: An Imperfect Spiral Galaxy
Image May 18, 2018 Graeme Coates Leave a comment
Messier 96 is an imperfect, intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo, at a distance of approximately 30 million light years. It is a highly asymmetric galaxy – the gas and dust is not evenly spread through its spiral arms, and the core doesn't appear to be exactly at the galaxy's centre. This is thought to have arisen due to interactions with other nearby galaxies (eg M95 which is about 40′ to the west of M96 from our viewpoint).
The spiral arms show bright knots of young hot stars (more easily visible in colour images) indicating recent starbirth, and visible through the outer dusty reaches are many background galaxies including the edge on galaxy 2MFGC 8391 shown here to the lower right (north-east) of the centre of M96.
Also in this image is my current distance record (though not something I've tried to push!) – QSO J104619.26+115223.4 is present (and annotated in the image shown) – this quasar has a measured redshift of z=2.83, placing it at a distance of of 11.4 billion light years (light travel time) in our current best estimates of the universe's parameters. This quasar shines dimly at a magnitude of 20.5 in the R band. Somewhat closer to home, but equally faint, is the dwarf galaxy Leo 15 (also annotated).
The image was taken on 22 Feb 2018 and 13-14 March 2018 and consists of 7hrs of exposure through the luminance filter (84 x 5min subexposures) using an ST2000XM on a 350mm Newtonian at 1584mm focal length. Processing and reduction took place in Pixinsight.
Weather was very poor this spring and I had no chance to get any decent colour data to produce a finished LRGB version – will have to hold this one over until next year…
Field (25'x18.6′) centred at:
Up is 184° E of N
M106 in Canes Venatici
Image March 4, 2018 Graeme Coates Leave a comment
RA: 12h 18m 41.0s
Dec: +47° 17′ 57.3″
Field 25.2×18.9 arcmin, Up is 184° E of N
M106 (NGC 4258) is an intermediate type spiral galaxy located at a distance of 23.7 (± 1.5) million light years in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Also shown in this frame is the small spiral galaxy NGC 4248 (lower left of frame).
M106 was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and has an active nucleus and is one of the best known Type 2 Seyfert galaxies. It also is host to a water vapour megamaser that is visible in the 22GHz frequency of ortho-H20 (water molecules where the spins of the two hydrogen atoms are aligned).
M106 also has significant hydrogen emission around the core – one of the brighter "jets" is just visible in the close up (at 150%) – taking hydrogen alpha data would show this up to a much greater extent, but this is something that will have to follow later when skies are clear!
In June 1995, the following letter was published in Astronomy & Astrophysics from Burbidge concerning two bright Xray sources symmetrically placed about NGC 4258 (M106): 1995A&A…298L…1B
Burbidge found that these objects were in fact quasars, with redshifts of 0.39 (J1218+472) and 0.65 (J1219+473). Burbidge, who worked closely with Fred Hoyle, argues (as does Halton Arp in a later paper), that the association of these QSOs with M106 is not accidental, and that the redshifts arise from the ejection velocities of the objects from the host (pretty quick!).
All three scientists were strong proponents of non-Big Bang cosmologies though, so you may detect a slight bias here: later work (eg , http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/309327/pdf) appears to suggest one of these (J1281+472) is associated with a cluster at redshift z~0.3, and that X-Ray luminosity and cluster temperatures are entirely consistent. So, this may well be a case of line of sight.
In the field as well (see the image, left), is a further QSO with redshift ~1.04 – theory places this at around 8Gly in a flat cosmology.
Image was taken with an ST2000XM through a 14″ Newtonian at f4.53 (fl = 1584mm) from West Oxfordshire on Feb 13th/15th 2018. Exposures lengths are:
Lum: 5h35m (56x5m + 21x3m)
R: 1h45m (21 x 5m, 2×2 bin)
G: 1h20m (16 x 5m, 2×2 bin)
B: 1h20m (16 x 5m, 2×2 bin)
The luminance data on its own is shown below.
EDIT: This image was selected in 2nd place for the "A Galaxy, Far, Far Away" challenge on Stargazers Lounge – see: https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/314249-imaging-challenge-11-galaxies-winners/
astroimaging, astronomy, lunar
Nov 2017 Lunar Mosaic
Image November 9, 2017 Graeme Coates Leave a comment
The 4th November 2017 gave me clear skies with a very bright moon in the sky – this gave me good opportunity to use the rebuilt 14″ Newtonian scope for some imaging work, now that the scope truss tubes have been correctly milled down to the right length.
Using the ASI120MM camera with a 742nm nr-IR filter, I imaged the moon at its native focal length (1582mm), using Firecapture to grab the video. The data totalled 56GB in all!
The finished mosaic consists of 18 frames: each of these was the result of stacking the best 12% (quality-wise) of 3000 frames. Each of the frames were 0.18ms each (with gain set to 54), and were captured at around 31 frames per second. To try to avoid issues with exposure mismatch, all the exposure details were kept identical throughout the 36 minutes or so it took to complete the whole set of videos across the face of the moon.
Mosaic of 99% Moon on 2017-11-04 at 80% resolution (3MB image size)
The videos captured were aligned and stacked using Autostakkert2, and each of the stacked images were processed using identical wavelet settings in Registax6.
To create the mosaic itself, I took all the images into Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE) and let it get on with the process of aligning and stitching the images together. It did a remarkably good job! I had also tried the Photomerge function in CS4, but ICE did a better job here: Photomerge was good but left a couple of slight merging artifacts – misalignments on the limb, mostly.
Final processing took place in Photoshop (smart sharpening, levels, curves, etc) with the result being a 20Mpixel image weighing in at 7+ MB for a high quality jpg. Here, I've reduced the image to 80% of the original resolution to aid web viewing!
Images were taken starting at 2215UT from West Oxfordshire, UK.
14" NewtASI120MM


luvd the passion of this guy when he played for City.
The news means that the summer's biggest transfer is a major step closer to completion ahead of United's opening Premier League game against Bournemouth on August 14.
United will pay Juve around €105m (£89m) , £3m more than Real Madrid paid for Gareth Bale and therefore a new world record.
Friendly: Wigan Athletic - 0 - 2 - Man Utd.
FA Community Shield: Leicester City - 1 - 2 - Man Utd.
opening match itself is a shocker.
going to be an exciting season.


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The CPRC Reference Group meets quarterly with a focus on strategic and emerging consumer policy issues.
To reflect our cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary approach, CPRC has sought representation across the industry, government/regulatory, community and academic sectors from people with experience across housing, e-commerce, consumer behaviour, and consumer vulnerability.
Delia Rickard
Delia Rickard was appointed to the position of Deputy Chair of the ACCC in June 2012 for a period of five years and reappointed for a further five years in July 2017. She is also an Associate Member of the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Delia sits on the ACCC's enforcement, adjudication, communications and strategic compliance committees. She also chairs the ACCC's market study into the cost of insurance in Northern Australia and is a member of the board for a number of other ACCC market studies.
Outside work she is a trustee of the Jan Pentland Foundation, an organisation dedicated to providing scholarships for those who want to work as financial counsellors, and a director of Fairtrade Australia New Zealand. She is also the Chair of Good Shepherd's Advisory Committee on Financial Inclusion Action Plans.
Delia was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2011 for her contribution to consumer protection and financial services. She has also been awarded the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals Lifetime Achievement Award. She holds bachelor's degrees in law and arts from the University of New South Wales.
Professor Allan Fels AO
Professor Allan Fels is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne and at the Melbourne Law School. He is also an adjunct professor at Monash University and visiting professor at Oxford University.
Professor Fels was Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and its predecessor bodies the Trade Practices Commission and the Prices Surveillance Authority from 1989 to 2003. He was the Dean of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government from 2003-2012.
Professor Fels was Chair of Australia's National Mental Health Commission from 2012 to 2018, Chairs the Haven Foundation and is a Director of Mind Australia. He is now a Commissioner for the Royal Commission into Mental Health in Victoria.
He was Chair of the Commonwealth Governments Migrant Workers Taskforce and has served on numerous Commonwealth, Victorian, New South Wales and Queensland bodies. He chairs the Visy Australasia Governance Board.
Dr Manisha Amin
Dr Manisha Amin is an innovation leader and a cultural and social change champion, focused on helping organisations harness the power of thinking from the edge. She is CEO of the Centre for Inclusive Design, a social enterprise which helps companies to build and design products, services and policies that are inclusive, valuable and usable for as many people as possible.
CFID's research demonstrates that products and services designed with unique needs in mind can reach four times the size of the target audience, significantly impacting the bottom line.
Currently, millions of Australians across the country are unable to access products and services because of poor design. Manisha and her team provide simple solutions that allow everyone the opportunity to participate in economic, social, civil, political and cultural life.
Prior to joining CFID, Manisha worked in innovation, design, environmental advocacy and non-profits including Barnardos, Cancer Council, Guide Dogs Australia. She is passionate about social justice and business growth, and believes that when we combine the two we get gold.
She has a PhD in Arts and Social Science, a Masters in Professional Writing, and a Bachelor of Business (Marketing), from the University of Technology, Sydney. Manisha is also on the Board of ADHD Australia and is a published novelist.
Kate Symons
Kate was appointed full-time commissioner and chairperson of the Essential Services Commission in September 2019, after being a part-time commissioner since October 2016. As a lawyer with qualifications in public administration and corporate governance, Kate has experience across a number of sectors.
Kate has particular expertise in risk, compliance and governance issues. She acted as solicitor-assisting for the HIH Insurance Royal Commission, has held roles within the university sector and the Federal Court of Australia, and has worked in private practice both in Australia and overseas.
She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Adelaide and a Master of Public Administration from Flinders University.
Philip Cullum
A senior regulatory and consumer leader with significant experience across different markets and countries, and with regulators, regulated businesses, government agencies and advocacy organisations.
Expertise and a record of impact and innovation in economic and consumer-centred regulation, consumer protection, policy development, stakeholder engagement, organisation design, and corporate strategy & governance.
Margery Clark
Margery is currently Banking Code and Vulnerable Customer Lead at ANZ. Previously, she held roles with Financial Ombudsman Service Australia, Consumer Action Law Centre and DLA Piper. She holds a Bachelor of Arts/Law from the University of Melbourne.
Drew MacRae
Drew MacRae has worked in policy development and advocacy for close to 20 years. Prior to his work in the financial services sector, Drew worked in film, television and media sector policy focussing on the rights of actors, directors, journalists, and local technicians and crew, as well as support for local content rules. Drew has also worked as a journalist for outlets such as ABC TV's Media Watch and TV Week.
At the Financial Rights Legal Centre Drew has focussed on insurance policy issues including researching and drafting the Guilty Until Proven Innocent Report into insurance investigations, and drafting submissions and advocating on both the General and Life Insurance Codes of Practice. He has also worked in credit and debt space, including the Banking Code of Practice, Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry and more recently, the implementation of open banking and the Consumer Data Right.
Drew has a Bachelor of Laws from the University of NSW and a Bachelor of Arts (Mass Communications) from Macquarie University.
Gavin Dufty
Gavin is currently employed as the manager of policy and research at St Vincent de Paul Society, Victoria. Gavin's has been as a consumer representative in the community welfare sector for over 30 years. He has undertaken research electricity disconnections, documented changes in energy pricing and its impacts on households been involved the development of the energy consumer protection and concession frameworks. In addition Gavin also has undertaken research into the provision of emergency relief and changes in cost cost pressures and the impact on households. He was awarded a Centenary medal for services to the community in 2001.

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Book Release: Dissident
The second chapter in the Tracker Trilogy is now available: Dissident.
The Runners are back, continuing in their struggle against the lethal and subhuman Trackers. As the situation intensifies, they find themselves in the unenviable position of needing help from the hated Hoarders.
But years of stereotypes and bitterness do not easily melt away, for either side. To have any hope of prevailing, they -- Runners and Hoarders alike -- will first need to confront their own prejudices and distrust.
"Book two of the Tracker series goes deeper into the themes of greed, racism and xenophobia. It feels like a metaphor of our current political climate. Of course there are still the chases, double-backs, blood-letting and weird stuff that you expect from a Tracker novel. It is "thinky" speculative fiction like The Hunger Games or Oryx and Crake." (review at Amazon.com)
- from the inside cover -
The Tracker was sprawled on its back in the middle of the room, arms and legs splayed out, staring at the ceiling with unseeing eyes. Its mouth hung open, slack-jawed, and Amos could almost believe that it looked... shocked? Disbelieving?
They approached it with caution, ready to attack at the slightest provocation. There was none. The Tracker was dead, lying in a growing puddle of its own blood. The left side of its head was crushed as if it had been struck by one of their trucks. They saw nothing inside the room that could account for the barbaric damage done to the Tracker.
Don pushed at its head with his knife, unwilling to touch the pallid flesh with his own hands. It rolled to one side, as limp as a boneless fish, its one remaining eye focused on nothing.
"Scanner's been crushed," he commented, frowning at the remains. "Along with most of whatever it used for brains. But it hasn't detonated. I guess its self-destruct was shorted out by whatever did this."
Amos knelt on one knee beside him, staring at the body. "The last time this happened, it was another Tracker that killed it," he warned.
"If this one didn't blow itself up, that means there's another Tracker around here somewhere."
the Chessboard
Foreshadowing: Dissident


Yeti and the NRA, aka "Yeti-Gate 2018"
Over the weekend, social media sites exploded with word that Yeti had cut ties with the NRA. A statement that flew over Facebook was that Yeti was no longer supporting the NRA. Before you go and sell that 65 quart ice chest on the Facebook Market; you should probably remember not to believe everything you read on the internet.
My personal favorite site to check on "internet news" is Snopes.com. They have been around for quite a long time and tend to stay neutral on the information they find. They don't just listen to their cousin's friend that used to have a girlfriend that knows the real story. They do some fact checking. According to Snopes, they found a few "statements" to the contrary of specifically cutting ties with the NRA. The NRA stated that Yeti "no longer wanted to be an NRA vendor". The NRA was not the only vendor they decided to remove themselves from, in fact, they never seemed to single the NRA out at all, according to the "official" release from Yeti that was also circulating. Snopes was never actually able to find a definitive answer on the numerous Yeti social media sites or their actual website.
What does this all mean? Well, it can be interpreted a few ways as you read any of this. It seems that Yeti was restructuring their vendor program and the NRA was a long time "legacy" vendor. Does it affect the NRA? Yes it does, but also other vendors of the same relationship (basically any long time vendor that has been doing business with Yeti). Did they technically cut ties with the NRA? It would seem they removed a long standing relationship of product availability to the NRA, not specifically the NRA, but they are in that fall out. Perhaps the NRA decided to fight back with their release and show Yeti who's boss by putting a dent in their pocket. It's all in what you read, and how you take it. After all, if it's on the internet, is HAS to be true. Right?
If you've got a Yeti ice chest for sale, however, I'd be happy to take if off of your hands.


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Posted February 26, 2018 | by HCDP | in News, Video
Horry County Students Speak Out on Guns
A group of Horry County high school and college students is calling on lawmakers to take action to make schools safe from the gun violence that took 17 lives at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL February 14.
The teenagers' messages were captured in a video produced by the Horry County Democratic Party (HCDP) in support of the #NeverAgain campaign launched by surviving Parkland students, a campaign that is sweeping the country.
Participating in the video were:
• Kai Legette-Gideon, a sophomore at Coastal Carolina University
• Logan C. Jarrell, a CCU senior
• Mikaela Campman, a senior at Carolina Forest High School and Scholars Academy
• Karleigh Campman, a sophomore at Carolina High School
• Stephanie Bougebrayel, a senior at Carolina Forest High School and Scholars Academy
• Ryan Thompson, a senior at St. James High School
The students were unified in their messages to adults in power, urging them to take action to stop making assault weapons like the AR-15 used in the Florida shooting and the Charleston church shooting available for purchase by ordinary citizens.
They express the hope that lawmakers will listen to the students who simply want to go to school without fear for their safety. School is supposed to be a place where they can study and prepare for their futures without fear of being slaughtered, they contend.
Please subscribe to the HCDP YouTube channel for more videos.


A one hour Field Trip with the Magic Beans/A Cup of Commonwealth/Chocolate Holler coffee fam. Half of the Field Trip will involve a hands-on, behind-the-scenes tour of Magic Beans, seeing the craft of coffee roasting and packaging your own bag of coffee to take home. The second half will be a short workshop on building culture and mission-driven business. Meet at the West 6th taproom 10 minutes before your Field Trip and a Magic Beans representative will take you back to the roaster.


It will go down as one of the best European nights at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea beat Napoli 4-1 after extra time at a loud and boisterous Stamford Bridge to progress into the Champions League quarter-finals.
Chelsea were led tonight by the old guard; Petr Cech made some really important saves while Didier Drogba, John Terry and Frank Lampard all scored for Chelsea.
In polar opposition to the side that AVB fielded in Italy in the first leg, Roberto di Matteo went with the old guard tonight in Chelsea's biggest game of the season. John Terry was back in defense alongside David Luiz, while Michael Essien and Frank Lampard were chosen in midfield with Didier Drogba up-front.
It took Chelsea and the crowd a little while to settle and Napoli took advantage to create two or three good shooting opportunities in the first 15 minutes. But Chelsea's experience told and they never panicked and slowly fought their way back into the game.
Napoli's defence was all over the place every time the ball was crossed into their penalty box and it was not a surprise that Chelsea got their first goal from a cross after 28 minutes. Ramires curled in a teasing cross from the left and Didier Drogba got in front of his marker to bury a diving header into the bottom right-hand corner. 1-0 Chelsea and 2-3 on aggregate.
Napoli held out until half-time but three minutes into the second half and Chelsea were ahead 2-0 when John Terry makes a wonderful near post run to glance home Lampard's corner beyond De Sanctis and into the net. Suddenly Chelsea were ahead on away goals.
Chelsea seemed take their foot of the pedal and after Terry's goal and Napoli spent the next six or seven minutes camped out in the Chelsea half and it was no surprise when they scored. John Terry headed away a cross from the left, and it Gokhan Inler chested the ball down on the edge of the box and hit a terrific first-time half-volley past a static Cech. 2-1 on the night, but Chelsea now needed a goal just to take it to extra time.
And it was Chelsea legend Frank Lampard who got it with 15 minutes to go. Once again a cross caused Napoli problems as Ivanovic's header from Lampard's corner was clearly handled by Andrea Dossena. The referee pointed to the spot and Lampard stepped up and buried the penalty. 3-1 Chelsea on the night and 4-4 on aggregate.
The last 15 minutes was played at a frantic pace as neither side wanted extra time. But with no more goals in regulation we went to extra time.
And right at the end of the first period of extra time, Chelsea got a goal from an unlikely source. Ramires feed the ball into Drogba on the right touchline, and his low cross found Branislav Ivanovic unmarked eight yards out and he slammed the ball beyond De Sanctis and into the roof of the net!! 4-1 Chelsea on the night and 5-4 on aggregate.
Napoli pressed and pressed the last 15 minutes but Chelsea are playing much better defensively under di Matteo and they were able to keep Napoli at bay to seal a famous Champions League victory.
This has been such an up and down season for Chelsea but they now find themselves in the last eight of the Champions League. If they can avoid Barcelona and Real Madrid in the draw, Chelsea now have a great chance to return to the Champions League final. Who would have thought I would be writing that three weeks ago after the first leg in Italy?
What did you think of the match tonight and Chelsea's performance?
This post originally appeared on our Chelsea blog.


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Predictive Healthcare Analytics: When a Health Plan Knows How You Shop
Posted on June 28, 2014 by coptermedic
From the NY Times:
There may be a link between your Internet use and how often you end up in the emergency room.
At least that's one of the curious connections to emerge from a health care analysis project at the insurance division of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
U.P.M.C. is a $12 billion nonprofit enterprise that owns hospitals in western Pennsylvania as well as a health insurance plan with about 2.4 million members. It is at the forefront of an emerging field called predictive health analytics, intended to improve patients' health care outcomes and contain costs. But patients themselves are often unaware of the kinds of intimate details about their households that insurers and hospitals may use to try to sway their treatment decisions.
"How to Get Reliable Medical Information on the Internet"
From Lifehacker:
Getting sick seems a lot more stressful now that we have the internet. You can research your symptoms, but inevitably you'll fall down a rabbit hole of illnesses that are so unlikely, every search will turn up a life-threatening disease. It is possible to get reliable, useful information, vet it properly, and even get an expert opinion, all online. Here's how.
Code for America is working on reducing ER calls in Long Beach using big data
From Venture Beat:
So, how to identify those people who are making ER calls repeatedly? The team aggregated ER call data from the fire department and the police department — address, time, and the type of call it was.
To make it actionable, they also poured in business-license data from the city's Business License Division for determining what the addresses are. If a single-family home made 40 ER calls last year, you probably want to send a nurse there. If a restaurant made 40 ER calls last year, you might want to send an inspector.
The team visualized its data to identify trends for the city's departments to look at and to assemble the right team to take action.
Alcohol Remains a Leading Cause of Premature Death
From Medscape:
Excessive alcohol drinking accounts for 1 in 10 deaths among working-age adults in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"It's shocking to see the public health impact of excessive drinking on working-age adults," Robert Brewer, MD, head of the CDC's Alcohol Program and one of the report's authors, said in a statement. "CDC is working with partners to support the implementation of strategies for preventing excessive alcohol use that are recommended by the Community Preventive Services Task Force, which can help reduce the health and social cost of this dangerous risk behavior," he added.
Washington State Supreme Court Considers Constitutionality Of Psychiatric Boarding
From KUOW:
Parking mentally ill patients in the emergency room while waiting for treatment is a common practice, but also controversial. Psychiatric boarding, as it's known, used to be the exception. But in the last six years, the number of patients who've experienced it, has nearly tripled. Now the state Supreme Court is considering whether boarding is constitutional.
Last July, a Pierce County court ruled that boarding violated state law and was unconstitutional. Jay Geck, lawyer for the state Department of Social and Health Services, wants the high court to overturn that ruling. He told the Court on Thursday that the alternative to boarding would be to send patients home where they could potentially harm themselves. Geck says patients are safer in the ER because it's equipped to handle them.
CMS Direction on Telemedicine in CAH EDs
From the Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center:
CMS issued a memorandum on June 7, 2013 that iterates CMS's support for the use of Telemedicine in Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Emergency Departments (EDs).
This memo iterated CMS's support for the use of Telemedicine in CAH EDs through two key clarifications for state surveyor's use in the field:
1.The requirement of having a physician available to be on-site within 30 minutes (60 minutes for CAHs in Frontier areas that meet certain conditions) "can be met by the use of a telemedicine MD/DO as well as by an MD/DO who practices on-site at the CAH."
2.The Emergency Labor and Treatment Act (EMTALA) is not a barrier to using telemedicine to extend CAH emergency services. Specific ally, "if using telemedicine for emergency and other services, a CAH is not required to include the telemedicine physician on-call list mandated under the EMTALA regulations." The memorandum goes on to say that "this does not mean that physicians who practice on-site must be on-call and available to appear in person at all times."
Rural hospitals speeding up psychiatric evaluations
When emergency room patients are deemed "a danger to themselves or others," every state requires hospitals to hold them until a psychiatrist conducts a face-to-face evaluation to decide whether it is safe to let them leave. In rural hospitals across the country, it can take days for a psychiatrist to show up and perform the exam.
Five years ago, rural hospitals in South Carolina illustrated the problem. On a typical morning, more than 60 people were waiting in the state's emergency rooms for psychiatric exams so they could either be discharged or admitted for treatment.
Today the scene is quite different, thanks to a "telepsychiatry" program that allows psychiatrists to examine South Carolina patients through videoconferencing, reducing the average wait time from four days to less than 10 hours. In 2010, North Carolina began rolling out a similar program, and a dozen other states, including Alabama, Kentucky and Wisconsin, plan to follow suit.


Ever wondered what the terms set, failure or reps meant when you stared at an exercise program with a blank expression drawn across your face? You need not to scratch your head anymore.
Ever wondered what the terms set, failure or reps meant when you stared at an exercise program with a blank expression drawn across your face? You need not to scratch your head anymore. Now you can sit back with your arms crossed and nod your head in acknowledgment as we explain what each term means and what they represent.
All workout logs center around a basic layout of Exercise, Sets, Reps and Rest. The exercise is listed first, then the number of sets and the number of reps in each set. Notes on rest period or the amount of weight to use may be added as well.
These examples would be read as: "Perform 5 sets of Bench Press at 4 reps each. Rest for 45 seconds between each set."
Exercise: Each individual movement (e.g., a seated pulley row, barbell curl, or seated calf raise) that you perform in your bodybuilding workouts.
Set: Group of reps (lifting and lowering a weight) of an exercise after which you take a brief rest period. For example, if you complete 10 reps, set the weight down, complete eight more reps, set the weight down again, and repeat for six more reps, you have completed three sets of the exercise.
Repetition (rep): The number of times you lift and lower a weight in one set of an exercise. For example, if you lift and lower a weight 10 times before setting the weight down, you have completed 10 "reps" in one set.
Rest Interval: Pause between sets of an exercise, which allows muscles to recover partially before beginning next set.
1 Rep Max: The weight that allows a person to go to failure following just one rep.
Where 5 is the number of weight levels you will use, and the total reps cover the number of reps you want after all 5 sets are complete. Approximately you will have 5 reps per set, but with drop sets you can never be sure how many reps you will have for each weight value. Normally, for each weight value you go until failure before dropping to the next value.
5 is again the number of weight levels you will use, but in this example you will keep doing reps until you cannot successfully complete any more on your last weight value. See more information on failure above.
Drop Sets: Also known as strip sets, drop sets involve the immediate reduction of weight between sets with no rest. This will thoroughly burn out a muscle.
Rest-Pause: This is an advanced technique that allows you to get more reps with the same weight. Do a set to failure. Rest for 5 to 10 seconds then do a few more reps with the same weight. Do this once or a few times depending on your energy levels and how far you wish to push. With this technique you can take a weight you can only do for a certain number of reps and increase that amount.
Forced Reps: Forced reps are a frequently used method of extending a set past the point of failure to induce greater gains in muscle mass and quality. With forced reps, a training partner pulls upward on the bar just enough for you to grind out two or three reps past the failure threshold.
Negative Reps: This technique focuses on the negative portion of muscle contraction (the eccentric or lowering phase). One or two partners help you lift a weight up to 10-50% heavier than you would normally lift to finish point of movement. Then you slowly lower weight on your own.
Controlled Cheating: A method of pushing a muscle to keep working far past the point at which it would normally fail to continue contracting due to excessive fatigue buildup. In cheating you will use a controlled body swing, jerk, or otherwise poor exercise form once you have reached the failure point to take some of the pressure off the muscles and allow them to continue a set for two or three repetitions past failure.
Partial Reps: Performing an exercise without going through a complete range of motion either at the beginning or end of a rep.
Pyramids: Increasing the weight with each new set while decreasing the number of reps. The weight is then reduced and the reps increased.
Trisets: Three exercises are performed consecutively without any rest.
Giant Sets: Four or more exercises are performed consecutively without any rest.
21s: When performing 21s, 7 reps are performed in the lower half of the motion, then 7 reps are performed in the upper half, and the set is finshed with 7 complete reps.


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Archive files created by the Macintosh version of the program StuffIt use Files with the SIT file extension.
Raymond Lau developed the StuffIt program in 1987. At the time, Lau was just a high school student. The company Aladdin Systems was later formed to handle the development and distribution of the program. Smith Micro Software is currently handling the software. Smith Micro continues to develop and support the program.
Archive files with the SIT file extension can be used to store more than one file. These files are encoded so that they can be saved as one file. Archive files can also be compressed to reduce their file size. An encoding process is used to translate the data in the files into a separate format. This often involves the use of algorithms to determine which characters to replace and what characters to replace them with. Groups of data in the original format are translated into a new character. This allows the file to become smaller in size. The type of algorithm or encoding process used is saved with the archives so that programs can decode them later.
StuffIt provides users with several encoding and algorithm options to create files with the .sit file extension. The program includes support for other archive formats. It is able to decode and update archives created by other software. Stuffit can also save archives in a number of file formats. However the SIT file extension is the default file extension used for files compressed and archived by Stuffit.
Files with the .sit file extension can be created by a number of compression speeds. StuffIt allows users to choose the settings at archives are created. The StuffIt program can decode archives with the .sit file extension. The application checks the archive for the compression method used to create it. This same method is used to translate the information stored in files with the SIT file extension. Once the archive has been decoded, the files it contains are translated to their original format.


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Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary Quotes
Biography & Metadata
Birthday: October 22, 1920
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Death: May 31, 1996
Educated At: University Of Alabama, Washington State University
Manner of Death: Natural Causes
Nationality: United States Of America
Occupations: Psychologist, Writer
Spouse: Nena Von Schlebrügge
Total quotes: 33
Birthname
"You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind."
— Timothy Leary,	Timothy Leary Prison Interview- Part Three
Tagged: Youth, Open Minded, Being Open Minded, Change
"At one point consciousness-altering devices like the microscope and telescope were criminalized for exactly the same reasons that psychedelic plants were banned in later years. They allow us to peer into bits and zones of chaos."
— Timothy Leary
Tagged: Crime
"If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove."
— Timothy Leary,	The Compassionate Carnivore
"The language of God is not English or Latin; the language of God is cellular and molecular."
— Timothy Leary,	Harvard Law School Forum (1966)
Tagged: Language, God, Theology, Religion, Science, God Speaks, How We Hear The Secret of Life
"Courage is the key to creativity and to any relinquishing of ego structure."
— Timothy Leary,	Your Brain Is God
Tagged: Courage, Creativity, Ego
"I am 100 percent in favor of the intelligent use of drugs, and 1,000 percent against the thoughtless use of them, whether caffeine or LSD. And drugs are not central to my life."
— Timothy Leary,	Chaos & Cyber Culture
Tagged: Drugs, Improper Use of Drugs
"If you listen to neurologists and psychiatrists, you'd never fall in love."
Tagged: Love
"A country run by law is a country ruined by lawyers. It is neurologically impossible for a lawyer or a military man to think creatively or to act in harmony with nature."
"The wise person devotes his life exclusively to the religious search—for therein is found the only ecstasy, the only meaning."
— Timothy Leary,	Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
Tagged: Wisdom, Religion
"The romantic poetry and fiction of the last 200 years has quite blinded us to the fact that emotions are an active and harmful form of stupor."
Tagged: Poetry, emotions
"Emotions are the lowest form of consciousness….Emotions are caused by biochemical secretions in the body to serve during the state of acute emergency. An emotional person is a blind, crazed maniac."
— Timothy Leary,	The Illuminati Papers
Tagged: emotions
"I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen."
Tagged: The Beatles
"I have always considered myself, when I learned what the word meant, I've always considered myself a Pagan."
Tagged: Paganism
"In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show."
— Timothy Leary,	The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Tagged: Philosophy, Feudalism, Aristotle, Information Age
"The old cliche must be updated: crime does not pay for the three victims of every crime-the victim, the taxpayer and the crook. Crime does pay, however, and handsomely, for the attorneys who produce the National Crime-Sin Show."
Tagged: Crime, Prison Industrial Complex
"If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people."
Tagged: Consciousness, Reciprocity
"Do not trust anyone who comes on emotional."
Tagged: emotions, Trust
"Intelligence is the ultimate aphrodisiac."
— Timothy Leary,	The Delicious Grace of Moving One's Hand: Intelligence is the Ultimate Aphrodisiac
Tagged: Being Smart, Smart Is Sexy, Sapiosexuality
"My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out."
"Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time."
— Timothy Leary,	And I Quote, Revised Edition
Tagged: Soul, Patience, Learning
"I predicted that if control of drugs were administered by law enforcement agencies, the result would be a black market more irrational and widespread than that of alcohol prohibition and the growth of enormous police-state repressive bureaucracy. And who, indeed, wanted that?"
Tagged: Drug War
"People use the word 'natural'…What is natural to me is these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system. What I consider artificial is four years at Harvard, and the Bible, and Saint Patrick's cathedral, and the Sunday school teachings."
— Timothy Leary,	The Quotable Atheist
Tagged: Harvard, Bible
"Each religion has got their own way of making you feel like a victim. The Christians say 'you are a sinner,' and you better just zip up your trousers and give the money to the pope and we'll give you a room up in the hotel in the sky."
— Timothy Leary,	Amoral Science, Brainless Religion
Tagged: Religion, Sin
"Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top."
Tagged: civilization
"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."
Tagged: feminism
"We saw ourselves as anthropologists from the twenty-first century inhabiting a time module set somewhere in the dark ages of the 1960s. On this space colony we were attempting to create a new paganism and a new dedication to life as art."
— Timothy Leary,	American Countercultures
Tagged: Anthropology, 1960s, Paganism, Art
"And a new philosophy emerged called quantum physics, which suggest that the individual's function is to inform and be informed. You really exist only when you're in a field sharing and exchanging information. You create the realities you inhabit."
— Timothy Leary,	INSPIRED REFLECTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE
Tagged: Quantum Physics, Philosophy
"One of the many curious aspects of American culture is the absence of an 'upper' class, a 'high' society, an hedonic aristocracy. America since Lincoln has been a heavy, feet-on-the-ground John Wayne society. The triumph of mediocrity and practicality."
Tagged: Abraham Lincoln, John Wayne, Class
"We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. They are a hundred times better educated than their grandparents, and ten times more sophisticated. There has never been such an open-minded group. The problem is that no one is giving them anything fresh. They've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go."
Tagged: Education
"Monotheism is the primitive religion which centers human consciousness on Hive Authority. There is One God and His Name is _______ (substitute Hive-Label). If there is only One God then there is no choice, no option, no selection of reality. There is only Submission or Heresy. The word Islam means 'submission.' The basic posture of Christianity is kneeling. Thy will be done."
— Timothy Leary,	Scorched Earth
Tagged: Heresy, Submission, Religion, Monotheism
"We always have urged people: Don't take LSD unless you are very well prepared, unless you are specifically prepared to go out of your mind. Don't take it unless you have someone that's very experienced with you to guide you through it. And don't take it unless you are ready to have your perspective on yourself and your life radically changed, because you're gonna be a different person, and you should be ready to face this possibility."
— Timothy Leary,	Tim Leary: DON'T TAKE LSD...(V 0.2.1)
Tagged: LSD
"Essentially, there's a universe inside your brain. The number of connections possible inside your brain is limitless. And as people have learned to have more managerial and direct creative access to their brains, they have also developed matrices or networks of people that communicate electronically. There are direct brain/computer link-ups. You can just jack yourself in and pilot your brain around in cyberspace-electronic space."
Tagged: Brain, Intelligence
"Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities—the political, the religious, the educational authorities—who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rules, regulations, informing—forming in our minds—their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable open-mindedness, chaotic, confused vulnerability to inform yourself."
— Timothy Leary,	Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It
Tagged: Authority, Conscious
"That's all there is; there isn't anymore." —Ethel Barrymore


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Everything you need to know about the EU Referendum
Should we stay or should we go?
EU and UK flags fly above the EU Commission offices in Westminster, London. Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
In? Out? Confused?
It can be easy to lose your way in the multitude of arguments on either side about whether Britain should stay or go, but here are the basics:
What exactly is the EU referendum?
A yes-no vote as to whether or not Britain should remain part of the European Union.
Why is the referendum happening?
During the 2015 General Election, David Cameron promised to hold a referendum on Britain's EU membership - due in part to Conservative MPs and members of UKIP asking for a referendum.
They argue that since 1975 and the last referendum on Britain's membership there has been a decline in the amount of control the UK exercises in its own affairs.
Who can vote?
All British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens above the age of 18 will be eligible to vote in the European Referendum, provided they are on the electoral register. This will be inclusive to all British Nationals whom are living abroad and have been on an electoral register for 15 years or more.
If you haven't yet registered to vote in the EU referendum, you can do so online until 11.59pm tonight (Thursday)
Who wants to remain?
David Cameron, Prime Minister; George Osbourne, Chancellor; Theresa May, Home Secretary; Philip Hammond, Foreign Secretary; Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Education; Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party; Barrack Obama; Bill Nighy; Patrick Stewart; Jude Law; Benedict Cumberbatch and Paloma Faith (to name but a few)
And who wants to leave?
Boris Johnson, MP and former London Mayor; Iain Duncan Smith, Work and Pensions Secretary; Chris Grayling, Commons Leader; Michael Gove, Justice Secretary; Sir Michael Caine; Katie Hopkins; Elizabeth Hurley; Duncan Bannatyne; Sol Campbell; Bernie Ecclestone and Joan Collins (among others)
Pros of leaving the EU:
Brexit campaigners maintain that the EU holds back Britain on an economic scale - by charging billions of pounds a year in staying with the EU, enforcing strict laws which limit the effectiveness and growth of British business and giving very little back in return.
They also believe that one of the main principles of EU membership - free movement - means too little control over British borders and therefore they want to limit the amount of people coming over here to work.
The Leave Campaign argues that the money Britain sends weekly to the EU, in the region of £350m a week, should be spent on the NHS instead. However, a recent BBC Review has shown that this is a questionable issue.
Cons of leaving the EU:
Those campaigning for Britain to remain in the EU centre their argument around the claim that Britain gets a substantial lift and numerous advantages from membership.
Namely, that the EU ensures the easier export of goods to other European countries and around the world, they maintain that the movement of immigrants, the majority of whom are well trained and productive members of society fuel substantial economic growth which in turn helps with the paying of public services such as transport and shipping.
'Remainers' believe Britain's future is more secure within the European Union and that a British Exit would result in economic and political instability.
They also believe Britain's status and reputation on a global scale would be damaged if we left the EU.
Leave or Remain? Tweet us your thoughts or email kate.lally@trinitymirror.com


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ARTICLE Candice S. FacciniI; Isadora Dalla VecchiaII; Desyrre RibeiroI; Claudia A. ZiniI; Elina B. CaramãoI,* IPós-Graduação em Química IIPós-Graduação em Ciências dos Materiais, Laboratório de Química Analítica Ambiental e Oleoquímica (LAAO), Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970 Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil ABSTRACT Brazil is a great manufacturer of Eucalyptus pulp and has experienced important improvements in the environmental management in the last decades. However, there are still opportunities for alternative uses of pulp mill residues, which may result in higher added value products. Qualitative and semi-quantitative characterizations of bio-oil composition of three pulp mill residues (Eucalyptus sawdust, digester residue and wastewater treatment sludge) were performed using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometric detection (GC×GC/TOF-MS). The best pyrolysis conditions achieved for the digester residue were applied to the other residues and similar bio-oils were obtained for sawdust and digester residue, while sludge rendered a more complex pyrolysate. The advantages of GC×GC/TOF-MS for this specific application are presented, as well as the potential of bio-oil components for important industrial applications. Keywords: comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography, bio-oil, pyrolysis, pulp and paper residues, time-of-flight RESUMO O Brasil é um grande fabricante de celulose de eucalipto e experimentou progressos importantes na gestão ambiental nesta área nas últimas décadas. Entretanto, ainda há oportunidades para usos alternativos dos resíduos dessas fábricas, que podem resultar em produtos de maior valor agregado. As caracterizações qualitativa e semi- Continue reading >>
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Aucl3-catalyzed Benzannulation: Synthesis Of Naphthyl Ketone Derivatives From O-alkynylbenzaldehydes With Alkynes
Abstract The reaction of o-alkynylbenzaldehydes 1 and alkynes 2 in the presence of a catalytic amount of AuCl3 in (CH2Cl)2 at 80 °C gave naphthyl ketone products in high yields. The AuCl3-catalyzed formal [4 + 2] benzannulation proceeds most probably through the coordination of the triple bond of 1 to AuCl3, the formation of benzo[c]pyrylium auric ate complex via the nucleophilic addition of the carbonyl oxygen atom, the Diels−Alder addition of alkynes 2 to the auric ate complex, and subsequent bond rearrangement. Similarly, the AuCl3-catalyzed reactions of o-alkynylacetophenone and o-alkynylbenzophenone with phenylacetylene afforded the corresponding naphthyl ketone products in good yields. Continue reading >>
Hyperglycemia and Ketone Testing
Allergic Asthma Exhaled Breath Metabolome: A Challenge For Comprehensive Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography
Allergic asthma represents an important public health issue, most common in the paediatric population, characterized by airway inflammation that may lead to changes in volatiles secreted via the lungs. Thus, exhaled breath has potential to be a matrix with relevant metabolomic information to characterize this disease. Progress in biochemistry, health sciences and related areas depends on instrumental advances, and a high throughput and sensitive equipment such as comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-time of flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC-ToFMS) was considered. GC×GC-ToFMS application in the analysis of the exhaled breath of 32 children with allergic asthma, from which 10 had also allergic rhinitis, and 27 control children allowed the identification of several hundreds of compounds belonging to different chemical families. Multivariate analysis, using Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis in tandem with Monte Carlo Cross Validation was performed to assess the predictive power and to help the interpretation of recovered compounds possibly linked to oxidative stress, inflammation processes or other cellular processes that may characterize asthma. The results suggest that the model is robust, considering the high classification rate, sensitivity, and specificity. A pattern of six compounds belonging to the alkanes characterized the asthmatic population: nonane, 2,2,4,6,6-pentamethylheptane, decane, 3,6-dimethyldecane, dodecane, and tetradecane. To explore future clinical applications, and considering the future role of molecular-based methodologies, a compound set was established to rapid access of information from exhaled breath, reducing the time of data processing, and thus, becoming more expedite method for the clinical purposes. Continue reading >>
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Fragrance Sample? Aldehydes And Ketones
Formaldehyde and acetone are immediately associated with nail hardeners and nail enamel remover. In chemical terms, these substances belong to the substance class of aldehydes and ketones - which are well-known molecules in cosmetic products like e.g. preservatives, perfumes or essential oils. Aldehydes and ketones are oxygen-containing hydrocarbons and can be found in abundance either in natural surroundings but also in combination with chemical processes. They are formed with the oxidation of alcohol for instance. The low molecular molecules are used in cosmetic products because of their flowery notes and solvent characteristics. Aldehydes and ketones also are known for their chemical reactivity which is the reason for a strong antimicrobial activity. Formaldehyde is not equipped with an agreeable fragrance though, as a matter of fact even in small concentrations it has quite a disagreeable pungent and acrid smell that irritates eyes and respiratory tract. Due to the high reactivity of formaldehyde with nitrogen-containing substances like proteins respectively amino acids, it is used as a disinfecting agent and preservative. formaldehyde Since formaldehyde has meanwhile been classified as a carcinogenic substance, its use in cosmetic products is subject to strong restrictions (KVO - German Cosmetic Decree): "Every finished product containing formaldehyde and those that release formaldehyde are subject to be labeled "containing formaldehyde" as far as the concentration of formaldehyde in the finished product exceeds 0.05 %." Nail hardeners may contain concentrations of about 5 % though. Once applied on the nails it cross-links with the protein structures of the keratin in the nails similar to cross-linkage processes in plastics manufacturing. Formaldehyde use declining Continue reading >>
Renal Handling of Ketones in Response to Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibition in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
How Are Aldehydes And Ketones Alike?
Both aldehydes (R-CHO) and ketones (R-CO-R') are called carbonyl compounds as they have the electron-withdrawing carbonyl group (C=O) in their molecules. On reduction both these classes of compounds yield respective alcohols. Aldehydes are converted to primary alcohols, and ketones to secondary alcohols. Both aldehydes and ketones undergo addition reactions at the CO group with compounds such as NH3, NH2OH, HCN and NaHSO3. On treatment with PCl5, the oxygen atom of the CO group gets replaced by chlorine, and they form dichloro compounds of the types R-CHCl2 and R-CCl2-R' respectively. Both undergo self-condensation in the presence of alkalis. Both acetaldehyde and acetone (and other methyl ketones) form iodoform with iodine and alkali. Aldehydes on oxidation are converted to carboxylic acids with same number of carbon atoms. Though ketones resist oxidation, they can be oxidised by strong oxidising agents like chromic acid to carboxylic acids containing lesser number of carbon atoms, as the molecule gets ruptured at the CO group. One major difference between aldehydes and ketones is that the former have distinct reducing properties. Aldehydes reduce Tollen's reagent to metallic silver, and Fehling's solution to red cuprous oxide. Continue reading >>
Final Report: New Chemical Analysis Tools For Aromatic Hydrocarbons
EPA Grant Number: R829415E02 Title: New Chemical Analysis Tools for Aromatic Hydrocarbons Investigators: Campiglia, Andres D. , Borgerding, Anthony J. , Swenson, Orven F. Institution: North Dakota State University Main Campus , University of North Dakota EPA Project Officer: Hunt, Sherri Project Amount: $499,105 RFA: EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) (2000) RFA Text | Recipients Lists Research Category: EPSCoR (The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) Objective: Our Science and Engineering Environmental Research (SEER) project was a focused, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional approach to developing new analysis methodology for an important class of organic contaminants: the aromatic hydrocarbons. Specifically, the research proposed in the SEER section led to improved methodology for the selective chemical analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), the BTEX compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and the xylenes), and the halogenated benzene compounds. Summary/Accomplishments (Outputs/Outcomes): Dr. Borgerding funded four undergraduate students who performed various projects related to the aromatic selective laser ionization detector (ArSLID). These projects included studies to determine the degree of improvement in selectivity and sensitivity offered for aromatic compounds with various substituent groups. A new gas chromatography (GC) detector was created that is comparatively sensitive and far more selective for aromatic compounds than the traditional photoionization detector. The detection means is multiphoton ionization at atmospheric pressure. The ionization source in these experiments is a diode-pumped passively Q-switched microchip laser operating at 266 nm. Experiments were conducted with the detec Continue reading >>
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Abstract The annulative π-extension (APEX) reaction has the potential to have a tremendous impact on the fields of materials science and bioimaging, as well as on the pharmaceutical/agrochemical industries, since it allows access to fused aromatic systems from relatively simple aromatic compounds in a single step. Typically, an APEX reaction facilitates a one-pot π-extension without the need to prefunctionalize the aromatic compounds. This advantageous feature is extremely useful for tuning and modifying molecular properties in the last step of a synthesis. In this Review, the progress and applications of APEX reactions of unfunctionalized arenes and heteroarenes are described. Continue reading >>
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Modifying Electron Transfer Between Photoredox And Organocatalytic Units Via Framework Interpenetration For Β-carbonyl Functionalization
Modifying electron transfer pathways is essential to controlling the regioselectivity of heterogeneous photochemical transformations relevant to saturated carbonyls, due to fixed catalytic sites. Here we show that the interpenetration of metal–organic frameworks that contain both photoredox and asymmetric catalytic units can adjust the separations and electron transfer process between them. The enforced close proximity between two active sites via framework interpenetration accelerates the electron transfer between the oxidized photosensitizer and enamine intermediate, enabling the generation of 5πe− β-enaminyl radicals before the intermediates couple with other active species, achieving β-functionalized carbonyl products. The enriched benzoate and iminium groups in the catalysts provide a suitable Lewis-acid/base environment to stabilize the active radicals, allowing the protocol described to advance the β-functionalization of saturated cyclic ketones with aryl ketones to deliver γ-hydroxyketone motifs. The homochiral environment of the pores within the recyclable frameworks provides additional spatial constraints to enhance the regioselectivity and enantioselectivity. Catalytic synthesis methods that work under ambient atmosphere with benign reaction environments and clean energy have been a major goal in synthetic chemistry1. Of the essential structural motifs that are frequently found in pharmaceutical, material, agrochemical, and fine chemicals, the carbonyls play a pivotal role as powerful building blocks in broad areas of synthetic organic chemistry2,3,4. The functionalization of carbonyls, one of the most fundamental transformation in organic synthesis, has evolved to a range of widely used organic reactions and synthetic protocols5. While direct α-car Continue reading >>
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Acetone Peroxide
Acetone peroxide is an organic peroxide and a primary high explosive. It is produced by the oxidation of acetone to yield a mixture of linear monomer and cyclic dimer, trimer, and tetramer forms. The trimer is known as triacetone triperoxide (TATP) or tri-cyclic acetone peroxide (TCAP). Acetone peroxide takes the form of a white crystalline powder with a distinctive bleach-like odor (when impure) and can explode if subjected to heat, friction, static electricity, strong UV radiation or shock. As a non-nitrogenous explosive, TATP has historically been more difficult to detect, and it has been used as an explosive in several terrorist attacks since 2001. History[edit] Acetone peroxide (specifically, triacetone triperoxide) was discovered in 1895 by Richard Wolffenstein.[2] Wolffenstein combined acetone and hydrogen peroxide, and then he allowed the mixture to stand for a week at room temperature, during which time a small quantity of crystals precipitated, which had a melting point of 97 °C.[3] In 1899 Adolf von Baeyer and Victor Villiger described the first synthesis of the dimer and described use of acids for the synthesis of both peroxides.[4] Baeyer and Villiger prepared the dimer by combining potassium persulfate in diethyl ether with acetone, under cooling. After separating the ether layer, the product was purified and found to melt at 132–133 °C.[5] They found that the trimer could be prepared by adding hydrochloric acid to a chilled mixture of acetone and hydrogen peroxide.[6] By using the depression of freezing points to determine the molecular weights of the compounds, they also determined that the form of acetone peroxide that they had prepared via potassium persulfate was a dimer, whereas the acetone peroxide that had been prepared via hydrochloric acid wa Continue reading >>
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filed: March 28, 2013 • Vermont
S.30, energy siting bill, to get limited airing in House Natural Resources
Credit: by Andrew Stein | March 28, 2013 | vtdigger.org ~~
A stripped-down version of S.30 sailed smoothly through the Senate on Thursday, and now it's headed to a skeptical House committee.
The controversial Senate bill, which initially proposed a three-year moratorium on utility scale wind developments, was gutted on Tuesday. The previous version of the bill would have given municipalities greater leverage over the permitting process by applying criteria from Act 250, the state's governing land-use law.
The draft that the Senate passed allocates $75,000 for a series of economic, environmental and health assessments associated with wind turbine projects that the Public Service Department would carry out. The bill would refine the structure of the Joint Energy Committee, and it would charge the committee with reviewing the studies and the findings of the energy siting commission, which was created by Gov. Peter Shumlin in response to issues raised with the current siting process.
The bill also makes clear that commercial construction, including that of electric power plants, is prohibited "within any state park or forest."
Rep. Tony Klein, who chairs the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee, was staunchly against the initial version of S.30. As the bill comes to his committee, he says his team will focus solely on the studies.
"We will be focusing in on what it is that's going to be studied and what the tone is going to be," he said. "My first impression of the read, and I intend to change that, is that it seems to be implying that renewables are bad, and I would rather change it to start with the premise that renewables are good."
That means Klein's committee will take limited testimony.
"It's not going to be an open door policy because it's a study and there are certain things that are being asked to be studied," he said. "I don't need to hear from neighbors."
While no amendments were officially proposed to the bill, two were entertained in the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee prior to the vote.
Sen. Tim Ashe crafted one of the amendments, which would have included electric and natural gas transmission lines in the proposed studies. Ashe's amendment also tweaked some of the bill's language, but did not propose any policy changes. He said his amendment stemmed from concerns he heard from Chittenden, Addison and Rutland county residents about the siting of transmission lines.
Sen. John Rodgers, D-Essex Orleans, proposed the other amendment. His amendment would have required energy generation applicants to submit project plans to municipal and regional planning commissions six months prior to a permit request with the Public Service Board – rather than 45 days, as is current practice.
"I think there were a lot of important things that got stripped out of S.30," he said. "If we're not going to do anything to help those small towns have a voice in front of the Public Service Board, then at least give them a little bit more of a warning."
While Rodgers was a strong proponent of the original bill, Ashe was not.
Sen. Bob Hartwell, D-Bennington, is chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee, which approved the version of the bill with the Act 250 language. He said his committee asked the two senators to table their amendments so that S.30 could move to the House with strong support from the body.
Hartwell said that while the amendments were tabled, they might find their way into other bills later this session. He also said that he does not expect language from Act 250 to come back into play this session and a moratorium on wind projects is off the table.
"There is not going to be any moratorium language," he said. "I'm not sure of everything, but I think I'm sure of that."
Gabrielle Stebbins, director of the trade organization Renewable Energy Vermont, lobbied hard against the moratorium and the Act 250 criteria. She said she would not breathe a sigh of relief until the end of the session.
"We will certainly be keeping our eye out because that is still something certain senators are very much wanting," she said about the moratorium and Act 250 language. "If you look at last year's history on the Senate floor, we did see amendments like that."
As far as the current version of S.30 goes, she said she doesn't have any major qualms.
"I think it's meaningful the senators want to continue to have this conversation and this debate because, realistically, we need to move forward together," she said. "And if that's continuing the conversation, then let's do it."
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Zendaya – A Model Of Pride For The African American Community
With over 56 million followers on her Instagram account, Zendaya is one of the most followed celebrities on social media. With her full name Zendaya Coleman, the American star developed her love for the stage business early on. At a younger age, the young woman performs several plays in the theater in Shakespeare before later launching in the cinema.
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It is the interpretations of Shakespeare's plays in her childhood that made Zendaya Coleman develop a passion for the acting profession. Indeed, it was alongside Stefanie Scott that the young woman made her first public appearance in a commercial for iCarly toys.
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In the years 2009, Zendaya put forward her dancing skills. This allowed her to dance in the video entitled I'm Gonna Arrive by Sears Commercial with Leo Howard and Selena Gomez. She also danced for the famous pop artist Katy Perry in her video entitled Hot n Cold.
In 2010, it was in the lead role of Rocky Blue that she made her mark, thanks to the series Shake It Up, a Disney Channel production. With a salary of $ 60,000 for each episode, Zendaya Coleman became one of the richest stars of Disney.
She plays alongside Stefanie Scott and Bella Thorne her first role in a TV movie in 2012. That same year, she appears alongside William a commercial for Beat By color. In 2013 after arriving until the final in the show Dancing with the Stars, she released her first album entitled Zendaya.
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Between 2015 and 2018, she was in great demand both for films and to appear in clips of major American music celebrities. In 2015, Zendaya was seen playing the lead role in the Disney Channel series called Agent KC. In this film, she played the role of KC Cooper, a 16 year old secret agent.
That same year, she appeared alongside Taylor Swift in her music video Bad Blood. In 2017, she made the cover of Vogue US magazine, as she was in the superhero blockbuster Spider Man: Homecoming.
After that, the American star got one of the main roles in the hit movie The Greatest Showman. This film was a real success and was also cited in the Oscars of the cinema entitled.
Considered a talent to watch, the young woman was asked to play the role of Michelle Jones in the film Spider-Man. Very followed on social networks, especially on Instagram where she has more than 56 million followers, the current muse of the Lancôme brand shares her daily life. She even shares some photos of them naturally and you will not necessarily need instagram video download to access them. The young woman is proud of her African-American origins.
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The principal value of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS - used both as a singular and a plural acronym) is adjusted for changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The CPI for a month is used to establish a "Reference CPI" (Ref CPI) for the 1st of the month 3 months later. For example, the CPI for March establishes the Ref CPI for June 1; the CPI for April, the Ref CPI for July 1, etc. A Ref CPI is calculated for every day in between by a simple interpolation. For example, if the Ref CPI for June 1 is 200.000 and the Ref CPI for July 1 is 203.000 – since there are 30 days in June – the Ref CPI for June 2 = 200.100, June 3 = 200.200, June 30 = 202.900, etc.
Every TIPS has a "Dated Date" which equals or shortly precedes the date it is first issued. The Ref CPI on the dated date becomes the divisor in determining the "Index Ratio" (IR) for the TIPS for every subsequent date. For example if the Ref CPI on the Dated Date is 200 and the Ref CPI on the same day one year later is 205, the IR on that date is 205 / 200 = 1.025. If interest is paid on that date, the par value is multiplied by 1.025 in determining the amount. If the IR on a TIPS maturity date were 1.200, the government would repay the investor $1,200 for each $1,000 of par value.
Basically what this web site shows is the result of computing these IRs for every TIPS ever issued for every date beginning with its dated date up through either its maturity date or the latest Ref CPI date if it hasn't matured. Since each TIPS has a lifetime running in the thousands of days and over 35 TIPS have been issued, there are over a hundred thousand individual IRs. The purpose of this web site is to present these in a convenient form. The same IRs are presented on the Treasury Direct web site. This web site attempts to present them more compactly and to add derived information – like Original Issue Discount (OID), Interest, and Yield to Maturity (YTM) – that the Treasury Direct site does not have.
I hope I've designed the web site logically enough so you can navigate and understand it without detailed instructions. But I've included some on this page in case you have difficulty.
All the web pages on this site consist of only "static" HTML text. They contain no "active" elements such as scripts. None of the pages are generated "on-the-fly". For example, when you click a Matures or or Dated heading link, it simply loads an already constructed page with the other ordering. Likewise, when you click an alternate issue date on a TIPS History page, it loads a previously created page showing the OID and interest beginning with that alternate date.
For TIPS that have matured, the bottom section of the History page shows the actual yield to maturity for a purchase made at auction. The figure I show is the semi-annual Internal Rate of Return (IRR) doubled to be on an anuual basis. For example, assume a 4% non-inflation adjusted bond were purchased at par on one of the interest payment dates (i.e., the first interest payment date is 6 months later). If my method were applied to this bond, it would show a 4.000% yield to maturity, which is what one would expect. I adjust for the case when the purchase is not made on an interest payment date and the first period is therefore less than 6 months. You can ignore the column that shows the discounted cash flows. By definition, these sum to (approximately) zero. I include the column mainly to help in checking that my calculations are correct.
All Ref CPIs and IRs are rounded to 5 decimal places. When interpolating Ref CPIs during a month, the calculation is done without rounding and then the result for each day's value is rounded to 5 decimal places. On the History page, the OID amounts are shown to 2 decimal places because this is the maximum applicable precision for a par value of $1,000. Interest payments are shown to 8 decimal places because this is the maximum applicable precision for a par value of $1,000 assuming that coupons are in increments of eighth's of a percentage point. Accrued interest is pro-rated based on the number of days since the last semi-annual payment date divided by the number of days in the current interest period. I also round these to 8 decimal places even though the actual precision could potentially be unlimited depending on the pro-ration fraction.
Click a year on the right side of the top table.
Click a year in the bottom table.
Click a year in the bottom table. Then click [After Market] button at top of Index Ratio page.
Click a month in the top table.
Click the top button in the photo.
Click the top button in the photo, then click [Separate Auctions].
Click a coupon in the bottom table. As with the After Market page, this will open a new window or tab.
Click the second button in the photo.
Click a year on the left side of the top table.
This page shows accrued interest and OID per $1,000 for one TIPS for every day during the year when it might have been bought or sold in the after market (aka secondary market). Unfortunately, I couldn't fit a link to these pages onto the Home Page. You must first click the Mature date or Dated date links in the bottom table on the Home page. This takes you to the page of Index Ratios for one TIPS for one year mentioned in the previous section. On that page click the [After Market] button. The page shows the accrued interest and OID for purchases or sales that take place on any of the settlement dates shown in the left hand column. For a purchase the accrued interest is subtracted from regular interest for the year. For a sale it is added. OID for a purchase covers the settlement date until the end of the period. For a sale, OID covers the beginning of the period until the settlement date. In both cases the OID shown multiplied by the number of bonds you hold is what should appear on your tax form 1099-OID for the year.
The top section of this page shows the Ref CPI and IR on each issue date, the dated date, and, if the TIPS has matured, on the maturity date. You can display this page by clicking the coupon on the lower home page table or by clicking an issued date in the TIPS List or TIP Auction pages. If the TIPS has more than one issue date, you can click on the desired one to use as the starting point for the OID and Interest sections below. If you purchased a TIPS at auction and haven't sold it before maturity, you can multiply these amounts by your holdings in 1,000's to determine the OID and interest that apply to you. If you didn't purchase the TIPS at auction or if you sold it before maturity, consult the Interest and OID for After Market page for the year you purchased or sold.
The middle section shows the Ref CPI and IR on the selected issue date, on Jan 1 of succeeding years, and, if the TIPS has matured, on the maturity date. OID is calculated by subtracting the IR from the previous IR and multiplying it by 1,000. (Note: Jan 1 is the valuation date used in determining the OID taxable for the preceding year.) For the current year OID is shown through the latest Ref CPI date.
This page shows the Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), before seasonal adjustment, for each month from January 1961 through the latest month reported. The CPI for any month is used as the Ref CPI for the first of the month 3 months later. For example, the CPI for October 1996 is used as the Ref CPI for the 1st day of January 1997 (the month the first TIPS was issued.) The original uncorrected figures are used for Jan - Aug 2000. See Bureau of Labor Statistics on Links page for more information.
To the right of December is a column showing the purchasing power equivalent in the row year of $100 in the latest year. The next column shows the inverse. I.e., the purchasing power equivalent in the latest year of $100 in the row year. Next are columns showing the annual rate of change for 1, 2, 5, 10, and 30 year periods. By default, the two purchasing power of $100 columns and the five annual rate of change columns refer to the latest reported month. But any other month can be selected by clicking its column heading at the top or bottom of the table. The figures for the month selected are displayed in bold.
Pages that list each TIPS can be shown in either maturity date or issue date order by clicking the Matures or Dated column headings. The alternating row background color changes shades to visually indicate which order is being displayed. Some pages with navigation links at the top to the Home, List, or Auctions pages have one button to the page in maturity order and another to the page in issue order.
You should be able to copy and paste rows from any of the tables into a spreadsheet for further manipulation. Excel – at least my version – does a good job of pasting each table element into the appropriate cell.


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Write a function to return duplicates (if any, in any order) that appear in multiple arrays (represented as a 2D array). Each array contains only unique integers.

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Input: [[9,3,5,7,8,22], [29,13,6,4,3,22,9], [15,3,9,22,44]]

Output: [3,9,22]

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Since the input is a 2D array (an array within an array), we'll have to use a nested loop to iterate over all the numbers in each array. We'll also have to keep a count of every duplicate we find to make sure it appears in each array inside the input array.

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