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What can Sugru do for scientists?
Looking around Form Form Form's laboratory in Hackney, London, you can't help but notice that the standard lab equipment has been modified, tweaked, personalised and adjusted using Sugru – the mouldable silicone rubber adhesive they manufacture. When I went to visit them with Phillip Broadwith, Chemistry World's business editor, to learn about the history and chemistry of Sugru, we asked a simple question: 'what can Sugru do for scientists?'
Jude Pullen, head of R&D, took us through a handful of 'lab hacks' – quick and simple ways to make lab equipment safer, more efficient and easier to use:
Can you think of a way to use Sugru in the lab? Let us know by commenting below, or find us on Twitter: @ChemistryWorld
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Raney Cobalt-man!
Guest post from Tom Branson
In a bold move by Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, the journal has unveiled the latest superhero in the fight to save the common scientist from the ruthlessness of today's laboratories.
With great power comes great selectivity
Standing firm with test tube in hand, Raney Cobalt-man is a new character from Catalyst Comics. The star wears a rather tight, bright cobalt blue coloured outfit, reflecting one of the element's most notorious uses. How Raney Cobalt-man gained his powers, we will never know. But perhaps it was in a careless lab accident, and if so, he has certainly learnt his lesson. Now with goggles and elbow-length gloves (not to mention a full body suit and special groin area protection), Raney Cobalt-man is a true ambassador for PPE.
This first adventure takes our hero into the domain of the domino reaction where he's be helped by his trusty sidekick, Dihydrogen Boy. The young assistant plays an essential role in their joint mission to catalyse peace and his support is needed even more as the hero ages. Here in the domino reaction, they join forces to selectively bring harmony cascading through the scientific community.
But where are the other great chemical heroes of today? Well, I suppose there is the elementally named Iron Man – a brilliant scientist, although he was actually more of an engineer. The Flash was first a forensic scientist who came by his powers after a lightning bolt hit his lab. This mishap is, of course, one of the many dangers of working alone late at night. The lovable Chemist Hulk may also be familiar to those folks on Twitter, this mean green scientist likes nothing better than to tweet about 'SMASHING PUNY MOLECULES'.
Raney Cobalt-man is the hero that chemists deserve, but is it the one they need right now?
In this edition of the Raney Cobalt-man comics, the eponymous hero is helped by Martin Banwell and colleagues from the Australian National University. Together they review an underappreciated reagent and compare its powers to that of its nemesis, Raney Nickel-man. The story tells that high pressure from Dihydrogen Boy can often be off-putting for those wanting to call upon Raney Cobalt-man's selective powers. But these drawbacks are simply overcome by using a larger amount of Raney Cobalt-man and therefore less of his annoying sidekick.
Comic book and science fans alike may be waiting a while before Raney Cobalt-man's next adventure hits our book shelves, but be sure to pick up the first edition over at OBC.
With this ring…
Guest post by Jen Dougan
I attended five weddings this year, between February and October, making 2014 most definitely the Year of the Wedding. Each day was unique and reflected closely the couple, their relationship, vision and hopes for the future. And while there was a broad range of traditions at each, whether religious or humanist approaches, one tradition – the exchange of rings – provided a common element throughout.
The element is, of course, gold. But what is the chemistry of this symbol that is ritually shared as a sign of commitment and lasting love?
Gold is the most noble of metals, it doesn't corrode or oxidise in the Earth's moist, oxygen-rich atmosphere. Ductile and malleable, it can be fashioned at will and, since it doesn't tarnish, is an ideal material for producing jewellery. The decorative attributes of gold have long been coveted – examples of gold jewellery have been found in the tombs of the Queens of Egypt and Sumeria, 3000 years BC.
Gold is one of only three coloured elemental metals (the others being copper and caesium). Most metals appear whitish-grey as they reflect all wavelengths of visible light. Gold, on the other hand, due to its electronic configuration exhibits a reduction in reflectivity efficiency in the blue region of the visible spectrum. It has, in the pure form, a striking yellow colour and brilliant lustre for which it became known by the latin Aurum, meaning 'shining dawn' (depicted by artist Murray Robertson in the image above).
Today the purity of gold jewellery is expressed in terms of 'karat'. Pure gold is 24 karat, where, K = 24(Masspure/Masstotal), meaning 24/24 parts of the material are gold, by weight. In practice, even 24K gold is often stated as 99.99% pure due to residual impurities from the extraction process. Although 24K gold can be used for jewellery, the softness of pure gold means that alloying the metal to improve its physical properties or to design colour variants is a popular approach. The European standard, for instance, is 18 karat, meaning 18/24 parts are gold (75% pure by weight). The other 25 % of the weight is made up of another material (in the case of jewellery, a second metal) to make an alloy, which is typically stronger than the pure metal.
The improved strength of gold alloys occurs when, having melted two or more metals together, a new structural phase is formed on cooling. The precipitation of the added metal atoms reduces slippage of the original atoms across one another.
Common alloys of gold for jewellery fall into the yellow gold or white gold categories. Most jewellery alloys of yellow gold, including that of rose and green-shade gold, fall within the Au-Ag-Cu system (see image above). Zn is sometimes added to further increase the alloy strength and to change the red colour of high Cu alloys to a paler rose.
For white gold, Au-Pd-Ag is a common alloy system, where Pd is used as a bleaching agent. Nickel, another metal capable of producing the desired bleaching effect to produce white gold, is a known skin sensitiser and has become less popular in jewellery making.
The bleaching effect occurs due to the added material changing the reflectivity of the alloy in the low energy part of the visible spectrum. In all cases, the relative ratio of the alloy's components dictate the resulting hue and mechanical characteristics. The alloy systems allow the characteristics to be achieved such that the design lasts the length of a marriage and beyond.
A word of warning/advice to the newlyweds: although your gold is stable, it is not chemically inert. Avoid exposure to mercury, with which the gold will form an amalgam; cyanide salts, which will react with your band; and aqua regia* in which it will dissolve. Of course, if you encounter any of these three materials by accident, you have greater worries than the integrity of your wedding ring!
The chemical susceptibility of gold for these reagents has proven useful. Mercury and cyanide salts have been used to extract gold from its ore. In fact, gold cyanidation, developed industrially in the 1880s by Glaswegian chemists John Stewart McArthur and Robert and William Forrest is still the main method of gold extraction – and the biggest use of sodium cyanide – globally. The ability of aqua regia to dissolve gold helped foil the Nazis during World War II. Two German Nobel laureates had placed their medals (23K gold) at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen for safe-keeping. But removing gold from Nazi Germany was a grievous offense and with the laureates names inscribed on the medal, this was an incriminating piece of evidence. 'While the invading forces marched in the streets', George de Hevesy – a (future) Nobel laureate himself – dissolved the medals in aqua regia. While the laboratories were laboriously searched by the Nazis, the medals remained dissolved, but undiscovered, on the bench. The metal was recovered after the war and the medals recast and returned to the laureates.
Whatever gold you choose for your wedding band, you add to a rich history of human civilisation fascinated by and adorned with gold. And to the newlywed class of 2014, congratulations!
* Note: Aqua regia is latin for 'King's water', a 1:3 nitric:hydrochloric acid solution, it is known in Russia as Tsar's vodka and its ability to dissolve gold is shown wonderfully in this Periodic Table of Videos.
- The Chemistry of Gold, M. Concepción Gimeno, Modern Supramolecular Gold Chemistry: Gold-Metal Interactions and Applications, 2009, Ed. Antonio Laguna http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527623778.ch1/summary
- Precipitation hardening and ordering of carat gold jewellery alloys, Gold Bulletin, 1978, 11, 4, p 116, W.S.R. (William S. Rapson)
- Phase Transformations in 18-Carat Gold Alloys Studied by Mechanical Spectroscopy, PhD Thesis, John Hennig, 2010, ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE, http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/144083/files/EPFL_TH4635.pdf
- Coloured Gold Alloys, Gold Bulletin, 1999, 32, 4, 115, Cristian Cretu & Elma van der Lingen http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF03214796
- Alkali Metal Cyanides, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2006, DOI: 10.1002/14356007.i01_i01, Andreas Rubo, Hanau-Wolfgang, Raf Kellens, Jay Reddy, Norbert Steier, Wolfgang Hasenpusch
- Nobel medals in aqua regia: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/medals/
Academic family: the Nobel prize in Chemistry 2014
Guest post by JessTheChemist
'Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has a grander view?' – Victor Hugo
In 1873, German physicist Ernst Abbe reported that the resolution limit of the optical microscope was 0.2 micrometres. Although this still remains true, recent work in the field of microscopy – specifically Stimulated Emission Depletion (STED) microscopy and single-molecule microscopy – has allowed scientists to visualise molecules smaller than this limit. This is accomplished by tagging molecules with fluorescent labels, which allows a more detailed picture to be visualised. On Wednesday 8th October 2014 Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner were awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry for their ground-breaking work in 'the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy'. You can learn more about the ins and outs of the Nobel prize winners' work by reading the recent Chemistry World article.
I am interested in finding out how chemists are connected to each other, and in particular, investigating whether your likelihood of winning a Nobel prize is increased by having a high number of laureates in your family tree. It is also interesting to see how closely related, if at all, are the scientists that share a prize.
If we consider his academic pedigree, one might say that Eric Betzig was destined to become a Nobel prize winner. He is connected to a number of notable laureates, including the father of nuclear physics, Ernest Rutherford. Rutherford won the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1908 'for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances'. Through Rutherford, Betzig is also connected to Niels Bohr, who won the Nobel prize for physics in 1922 for 'his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them'.
Additionally, Betzig is academically related to John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh) who won the prize for physics for the discovery of argon in 1904, along with his collaborator Sir William Ramsay, who won the 1904 chemistry prize for the same discovery. With ancestry like that, Betzig was always destined for greatness.
Alternatively, William Moerner is closely linked to Dudley Herschbach and Yuan T. Lee, who won the 1986 Nobel prize in chemistry 'for their contributions to the dynamics of chemical elementary processes'. To find out more about Herschbach and Lee's academic family connections, check out last month's blog post about one of their connections, Sir Harry Kroto.
Although Eric Betzig and William Moerner worked independently from one another, they both developed single-molecule microscopy, so it is not a surprise that their lineage is intertwined. As you can see from the tree, they are connected via some of the science greats such as Linus Pauling.
Stefan Hell worked in a slightly different field to Betzig and Moerner and, amongst others, is connected to biochemists Robert Huber and Johann Deisenhofer, who won the 1988 Nobel prize for chemistry 'for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre'. As predicted, however, all three of the prize winners can be connected through their academic relations – via Deisenhofer, Hell can be connected to Moerner and, therefore, Betzig.
As you can see, all three winners have a rich Nobel history but what I found particularly interesting about this academic family tree is that it contains scientists from all sorts of backgrounds – from nuclear physics to biochemistry to organic chemistry. This led me to think, what kind of scientists am I connected to? To find out what kind of scientists you are connected to, head to academictree.org, where you can add yourself to the website and start creating your very own tree. You never know who you may be connected to.
And don't forget to tweet me (@Jessthechemist) with suggestions for the focus of next month's blog post!
September 2014: Newton, sun and ice
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Is someone drinking the solvents?
Guest post by Heather Cassell
Space in the lab is always at a premium; you need more things than you have space for, so it makes sense for multi-group labs to share equipment, consumables and buffer stocks that everyone uses. This inevitably causes trouble when someone doesn't look after the equipment, or fails to restock things after using them.
It is a frequent problem. You are about to start an experiment, so you've checked that the equipment will be free, you've planned your samples and now you just need to dilute from a communal buffer stock. All too often there is only a dribble left, so you have to make a fresh stock of buffer before you start, delaying your experiment by precious minutes. Your next stop is the communal chemical stocks, where you find there is either nothing left or such a trifling amount that it is of no use to anyone. This often prompts sarcastic mutterings of 'how considerate', or something rather more profane.
In my experience, this is especially common with flammable solvents. As these need to be kept in a special vented cupboard, there is only a limited amount of room for the big brown bottles they are delivered in. The nature of the bottles themselves also conspires to make it all too easy to get caught out: you check in advance that there is a bottle of solvent available, see one in the cupboard and relax into the next task. Of course, when you need it, the brown bottle has concealed the fact that there is only a drop left, never quite enough for what you need to do.
So how does a frustrated chemist deal with this situation? There are several options: you can go to the on-site chemical stores and buy a new one (assuming they are open and have what you need in stock); you can go begging to other groups to see if you can borrow some; or you can simply abandon your half made buffer or experiment and do something else instead.
Even for the renownedly polite English scientist, repeatedly buying a replacement bottle of the same solvent – even though you use only a small amount each time – can test the patience. You end up subtly enquiring to find out who else is using it, so you can politely suggest they stop leaving it in such a maddeningly useless state. Inevitably, your fellow lab denizens will only own up to using a small amount (never a large volume, oh no), and they always leave plenty in the bottle after use.
So where is the rest of the solvent going? As a scientist, I have to rule out untestable hypotheses like 'the solution magically disappears'. I've also never seen a colleague drinking a cup of buffer (though it has occurred to me that they might), so either that isn't the explanation or they're very subtle about it. The answers to these questions may never found, but every time it happens you resolve to check more thoroughly before each planned experiment. Until the next time, of course…
Who will get the 2014 chemistry Nobel?
With just under week until the announcements start, Nobel prize fever is officially here.
The official shortlist is shrouded in secrecy, giving those making their predictions about who might win little to go on – but that hasn't stopped them.
— Nobel medal
As usual, Thomson Reuters have released their Nobel forecast, which uses citation numbers and other statistical wizardry to predict the winners in each category. This approach has successfully predicted 35 Nobel prize winners over the past 12 years.
This time round they highlight three possible chemistry winners – the inventors of the organic light emitting diode (Ching Tang and Steven Van Slyke), RAFT polymerization (Graeme Moad, Ezio Rizzardo, San Thang) and mesoporous materials (Charles Kresge, Ryong Ryoo, Galen Stucky).
Elsewhere, less official speculations – perhaps based more on a hunch – have begun flying around. On the Everyday Scientist blog, chemist Sam Lord has put together some suggestions. Like the number crunchers at Reuters, Lord has some past successes (though he didn't predict last year's computational chemistry winners - Karplus, Levitt and Warshel). He thinks the 2014 prize could go to a key historical invention, such as the contraceptive pill, or the lithium-ion battery (also a top pick for The Curious Wavefunction blogger Ashutosh Jogalekar), but also mentions broader areas such as microfluidics, nanotechnology and next-generation sequencing. If last year is anything to go by, there's much to be said for gut feeling as well as advanced number crunching. As always, we'll just have to wait a little longer for that all-important announcement from Sweden.
If you want to get into the Nobel spirit and hear more about the possible winners this year, our features editor Neil Withers joined representatives from Nature Chemistry and C&EN to begin the countdown to the 2014 chemistry Nobel in a Google hangout – watch the whole discussion here.
Nylon – a bit of a stretch
Guest post by Rowena Fletcher-Wood
I first heard the story of the discovery of nylon during a chemistry class in school – it was told as a serendipitous discovery. A young lab assistant, clearing up at the end of a long day, clumsily poured two mixtures in together and noticed a precipitate. Dipping in a stirring rod, he pulled out a thin string, which he stretched out into a tough, translucent fibre. He realised the potential of his discovery, reported it to his superiors and left them to the tiresome job of working out what he had done to make it.
It's funny how we use accident to shape our understanding of discovery and achievement, as though we want to excuse hard work and apologise for years of learning. It's somehow disappointing, unromantic: the story of research whisks away that tantalising fantasy of stumbling upon treasure, reserving discovery for the experts.
The real story of nylon, interesting though it may be, is a bit of stretch from serendipity.
There was a young lab assistant, and his name was Julian Hill. He was working in the DuPont research laboratory, led by the rigorous organic chemist Wallace Hume Carothers, who had taken on the challenging 'synthetic fibre race'. At the time, synthetic polymers were a mysterious conception; what they were made of and how they related to simpler compounds was unknown. The DuPont team had studied complex natural products such as cellulose and silk and from their understanding had developed polyamides through the condensation of dicarboxylic acids with diamines – fantastically interesting but, at the time, not particularly useful.
Julian Hill had been working with polyester when, dipping in a stirring rod, he pulled out a thin string, which he stretched out into a tough, translucent fibre – just like in the story I was told. But this was not considered extraordinary. Often, discovery is not about observing properties, but recognising them. One day, when Carothers was absent from the lab, the chemists decided to go rogue with the polyester and have a competition to see how long they could stretch it. They raced down the hall, delicately extending the fibre. They had extended it to four times the original length when it stopped. It would not stretch any more.
Suddenly, Hill understood: as they stretched the fibre, chains of molecules snapped into position, orienting themselves into a chain of a discrete thickness. This would be the basis for the first fully synthetic fibres.
But nylon was far from invented. The melting points of the polyesters they had were far too low for any practical applications, and so they returned to polyamides and began stretching those instead. It took 9 months, a patent for the 'cold-drawing' process of making fibres by removing them from the water of condensation, and 80 new polyamides before the most promising, nylon-6,6, was discovered in May 1934.
Nylon, a dyeable, durable, shiny thermoplastic first entered the market in 1938 as the bristles of a toothbrush, before being appropriated for women's hosiery in 1940. DuPont declined to trademark the name 'nylon', instead allowing it to enter the lexicon as an alternative name for 'stockings'. The new 'nylons' were a huge success. Nowadays, this fantastic fabric, which leaves a lower carbon footprint than wool, is used for meat wrappings, instrument strings and carpets, amongst many other things. Its only downside is its toxicity upon heating: it melts rather than burns, and breaks down to produce hydrogen cyanide.
This is ironic, actually, because Carothers never got to see his creation take hold. In 1937, just as his achievements were being celebrated and developed, he committed suicide with cyanide. He had suffered with depression and was grieving for the loss of his sister, but his suicide came as a shock. The suicide has been described as an 'embarrassment' for DuPont, and records relating to Carothers were lost or destroyed. This may help to explain why the discovery of nylon has since been wrapped in myth and mystery.
A short time ago in a journal not so far, far away…
Guest post from Tom Branson
Science fiction often predicts future advances and has even prompted the development of some technologies. So should we be taking advantage of this association? Can we use a science fiction setting to showcase science fact? That idea is exactly what the latest cover of Angewandte Chemie has attempted to do.
It's a trap!
There may be some of you who don't immediately recognise the image above. It's an homage to a scene in the Star Wars movies, where the plucky rebel alliance (piloting the small x-wing fighters) mount an attack on the Death Star, a moon-sized weapon of mass destruction and flagship of the evil empire. Hijacking this iconic scene is a certain way to grab the attention (George Lucas himself used it twice), especially by tapping into the current hype for the forthcoming films. But there doesn't immediately appear to be a solid link between the rebel's cause and Angewandte's publishing ideals. In this case I'm not sure if the cover image really works to enhance and explain the research or actually provides a distraction from the science within. It's certainly a fun image and a good way to get instant recognition of an idea, especially with fans of the franchise. That idea being the destruction of the evil empire, or in this case, evil cells.
In this interpretation the x-wing fighters have their own force fields and are carrying pills towards the Death Star, which itself looks to be in a dire state probably due to the growths in its innards. It should be a straightforward mission as long as the ships watch out for rogue fluorescing cells and a giant-lipidated-space-peptide.
This cover is very similar to an example from 2012 that also showed up in Angewandte. In both cases the empire, represented by the Death Star, took a beating, suggesting that there's no sympathy for the Sith in the scientific community. For balance, I'd like to see someone's interpretation of a Death Star nanoparticle destroying the peaceful bacterial population of Alderaan (I will accept joint authorship).
Stay on target
I love all things Star Wars (excluding Jar Jar Binks, of course) but this latest tie in to the franchise does seem a little out of place with the expanded Star Wars universe. No mention of carbonite or even ion cannons. But it does hint at the true content of the article: a new targeted drug delivery method. The group led by Boris Turk and Olga Vasiljeva from the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia, have developed lipid vesicles conjugated to peptides that target extracellular cathepsin B (CtsB). CtsB is a cysteine protease that only translocates to the cell surface during cancer progression and is therefore a cancer-specific target. The research showed fluorophores and anticancer drugs could be transported in their vesicles and target the tumour environment.
For more about targeting cancer and less about the rebel alliance's struggle, have a look at Angewandte Chemie.
Fried eggs, frying pans and fluoropolymers
Guest post by Jen Dougan
Of all the components of a cooked breakfast, a perfectly fried egg is arguably the most important. It's for that reason, despite the myriad of other factors to consider – size/weight/colour/celebrity chef endorsement – that a frying pan's non-stick credentials are key.
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), the 'big daddy' of non-stick, was discovered by accident in 1938. While attempting to make a new CFC refrigerant, American industrial research chemist Roy J. Plunkett noticed that a cylinder of tetrafluoroethylene had stopped flowing but its weight suggested something still inside. In his own words, 'more out of curiosity… than anything else,' Plunkett and his assistant cut open the cylinder to discover it was packed at the bottom and sides with a white, waxy solid. Analysis showed that the material was chemically inert, thermally and electrically resistant, and had very low surface friction.
What they had discovered was PTFE, a linear fluoropolymer prepared by the free-radical polymerisation of tetrafluorethylene. The carbon–fluorine bond is the strongest single bond in organic chemistry and the fluorine substituents shield the carbon skeleton from attack, making it chemically inert. Because of its useful material properties (and far from thoughts of fried eggs) PTFE was branded as Teflon and found uses in the Manhattan project, aerospace industries and even gecko research (it is the only known material to which a gecko's feet cannot stick). But how did Teflon make its way from nuclear research into our kitchens?
By the 1950s Teflon was being used in fishing lines and a French woman asked her husband, an engineer, to coat her aluminium cooking pans with the material. PTFE-coated non-stick cookware was created, and launched as TefAl (from Teflon Aluminium). By the 1960s PTFE–coated cookware was being used in kitchens on both sides of the Atlantic.
However, on searching recently for a new frying pan I found many instances of implied safety issues with PTFE, mostly from 'eco pan' manufacturers and advocates. Two main themes recurred in accusations against PTFE cookware: concerns over perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a surfactant used in its production, and 'polymer fume fever' – symptoms caused by inhaling polymer decomposition products.
PFOA is an environmentally persistent chemical and, in the mid-2000s, was classified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as 'likely to be carcinogenic to humans'. DuPont, a major user and producer of PFOA, settled with the EPA in 2005 over its failure to report possible health risks associated with PFOA. While PFOA is not present in PTFE cookware itself (it is destroyed during the manufacturing process), it was an environmental concern and after EPA stewardship, PFOA is no longer manufactured nor used by the major global fluoropolymer manufacturers, including DuPont.
Aside from PFOA concerns, PTFE coatings do begin to degrade at 260 °C. The decomposition of the polymer coating produces fumes, which, if inhaled, can cause 'polymer fume fever' – temporary symptoms much like the flu virus (see Shusterman DJ, Occup Med. 1993 8(3) 519). But just how likely is this to occur? It is possible to rapidly heat a pan to >260 °C, but if you follow the manufacturer's instructions and don't heat an empty pan,you would likely avoid any instances. The most common fats used in cooking have a smoke point well below 260 °C, which should act as a sufficient indicator of pan temperature and kitchen safety. Obviously, heating the pan without fat as a temperature gauge is riskier and should be avoided.
Still not keen on PTFE? There are alternatives. Used for cookware since the Han Dynasty in China (206 BC – AD 260) and still popular with cooks today, cast iron pans have unquestionably stood the test of time. Cast iron frying pans come bare or with an enamelled coating. Bare cast iron pans are porous and to achieve a non-stick finish worthy of a fried egg, oil is polymerised to form a hydrophobic layer across the pan surface. This process, known as 'seasoning,' can be repeated as required (depending on treatment of the pan), though is usually recommended yearly.
I'm satisfied that with normal use, PTFE pans will produce perfectly fried eggs without adverse health effects (apart from a risk of increased cholesterol). The only remaining question is whether to have them over-easy or sunny side up?
Meet our guest bloggers – Jen Dougan
My name is Jen Dougan and I am a Field Applications Scientist with an SME, developing diagnostic tools for clinical analysis. My job involves working with our R&D teams and customers in the field to drive and support product and applications development.
I recently moved into this position after a PhD and two post-docs (and a brief stint in science policy) in bio-nano-analytical chemistry. What I've loved about the transition into this role is the chance to ask questions and provide answers in a fast-paced, rigorous environment. It's been fantastic to see some of the techniques used through my PhD and post-docs in action in a clinical setting.
Real world applications of chemical research are a central theme of this blog. I'll be contributing regular posts here, to explore the chemistry in our every day lives. From the clothes we wear to the goods we use, it really is a chemical world.
Academic family: Sir Harold Kroto
Guest post by JessTheChemist
'Scientists have a responsibility, or at least I feel I have a responsibility, to ensure that what I do is for the benefit of the human race' – Harry Kroto
Thank you for your nominations for this month's blog post. It was great to see so many of you getting involved in this series, highlighting interesting Nobel laureates for me to cover. However, I could only pick one winner, so I decided to write about Harry Kroto, inspired by this tweet from Bolton School:
@ChemistryWorld @JessTheChemist How about Bolton School Old Boy 'Sir Harry Kroto'?
— BoltonSchoolChem (@Chem_BoltonSch) August 20, 2014
Harry Kroto has a formidable CV. Not only is he a highly distinguished and talented chemist, but he does a great deal to improve the teaching of chemistry to future generations. This has included setting up the not-for-profit Vega Science Trust, which helps scientists communicate with the public at large, and even returning to his childhood school to build Buckyballs with students.
Kroto began his career at the University of Sheffield where he gained his PhD in high resolution electronic spectra of radicals. After time spent in Canada and the USA, he returned to the UK – to the University of Sussex – to begin his independent research career. His research concentrated on the identification of carbon chains in the interstellar medium, which included work at Rice University, where Kroto and colleagues, Richard Smalley and Robert Curl, discovered the existence of C60 or Buckminsterfullerene. The discovery itself has become a well known scientific story, recently retold by Rowena Fletcher-Wood here on the Chemistry World blog. After numerous publications on the subject, Curl, Kroto and Smalley were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1996 'for their discovery of fullerenes'. As with many other Nobel laureates, there's a detailed biography of Kroto published by the Nobel foundation here.
Kroto is related to a number of influential scientists. He is distantly related to Roger Kornberg, who won the Nobel prize in chemistry in 2006 for his work on the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription. Kornberg was lucky enough to work for the Nobel prize winner, Francis Crick, who famously contributed to the proposal that DNA had a double helical structure, along with James Watson.
Kroto's academic partners and fellow Nobel prize winners, Curl and Smalley also have impressive scientific pedigree. Curl's academic father was E. Bright Wilson, a pioneer in spectroscopy, and grandfather was Linus Pauling, who won both the Nobel prize in chemistry and the Nobel peace prize. Curl is also academic brother to Dudley Herschbach, winner of the Nobel prize in chemistry in 1986 for contributions towards the molecular dynamics of elementary chemical processes. Hershbach shared the prize with the Hungarian-Canadian chemist John Polanyi and Yuan T. Lee, the first person from Taiwan to be awarded a Nobel prize. Smalley is academically descended from William Lipscomb, who took the 1976 Nobel prize in chemistry for his contributions to borane chemistry. Not shown in our family tree are Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath, who both went on to win Nobel prizes after time spent in Lipscomb's lab. Lipscomb also demonstrated his sense of humour by regularly presenting at the Ig Nobel awards. Curl is also connected to Peter Atkins, author of undergraduate students' favourite physical chemistry textbook!
As you can see, Kroto has an eclectic lineage, and rich academic family history, from chemical biologists to physical chemists. Do you want to know what your academic genealogy is? If so, head to academictree.org, where you can add yourself to the website and start creating your very own tree.
Funding for fiction's favourite poison
'As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite.' – Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone by J. K. Rowling
In Harry Potter's very first potions lesson he learnt about the magical properties of aconite. Muggle chemists, it seems, are only one step behind the magical world.
Aconitine – spelt slightly differently by scientists – has a highly complex structure that has never before been synthesised in the lab. But now, Duncan Gill from the University of Huddersfield, UK, has been awarded a £133,481 grant to develop a synthetic route to obtain this illusive molecule.
Attempts to make aconitine began after Czech chemist Karel Wiesner revealed its chemical structure in 1959. Weisner went on to publish several papers on the synthesis of alkaloids and terpenoids, an important initial step towards making the molecule. However, it wasn't until last year that a major milestone was reached, when a team of researchers from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, announced the total synthesis of the related compound, neofinaconitine. Building on the work of his predecessors, Gill will have to develop new chemical methods to reach his target molecule.
If successful, Gill, who has previously worked as a process chemist at AstraZeneca, will need to be particularly careful when handling this compound. Aconitine is a potent neurotoxin and has been dubbed the 'Queen of poisons'. One of the most notable references to aconitine comes from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: it is the main ingredient in the toxic potion drunk by Romeo with fatal consequences.
The grant has been provided by the Leverhulme Trust and will be enough to employ a full-time post-doctoral advisor. Only time will tell if they can bring this fictional favourite to life in a laboratory setting.
The 'ooh, that's interesting' moment
Guest post by Heather Cassell
Sometimes it happens when I'm reading a research paper, sometimes when I'm doing an experiment, analysing data or learning a new technique; or more often when I'm reading Twitter. It's that moment when you discover something new and interesting, or re-discover a fact that you used to know, and it makes you pause and think 'ooh, that's interesting'. For me the discovery usually leads to a massive detour into reading things other than those I was meant to be reading or working on, but I always learn something from it and sometimes it's actually relevant to my work. Whether it directly affects research or not, the 'ooh, that's interesting' moment is at the heart of scientific investigation.
It can be great when it happens during an experiment, but it can also be deeply frustrating. An unexpected result forces you to seriously consider what is happening and to plan more experiments to further examine the anomaly. This encourages you to combine techniques, make use of all of the resources at your disposal or even seek out new collaborators. If the anomalous result is reliably proved correct and reproducible, then you will need to do more research to explain it. At its best, this is a very exciting time as you will get to learn new skills, create new knowledge and develop partnerships. At its worst, it can shatter your previous assumptions or even show that your idea or product is not as good as you think.
Personally, I really enjoy the flurry of activity associated with learning something new, especially a new experimental technique. I was recently involved with some experiments using atomic force microscopy (AFM) – I had a vague idea of what it was but I had never used this technique before. The analysis produced some amazing pictures but I had no idea what they meant, so I spent an enjoyable afternoon learning all about how AFM works and comparing the results we produced with results already published. The next time we used the machine I could analyse the images as they were formed, which was really helpful for determining if it was showing what we wanted or not. The 'ooh, that's interesting' moment had provided the push I needed to learn a new skill.
Outside the lab, I really love spending time on Twitter. With so many scientists (and non-scientists) from different fields providing links to articles and blogs, there's always more than enough to read. Just 10 minutes reading tweets can leave me with countless browser tabs open and new favourites to read. It's now easier than ever to share your 'ooh, that's interesting' moments with the world, meaning a tweet from a researcher half way across the globe can inspire new ways to think about my own research.
It is this process of discovery and continuous learning that is one of the main things I love about science. Now, back to Twitter…
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Oranges and Lemons
Guest post by Rowena Fletcher-Wood
Scurvy plagued early sailors, and although many treatments were tried and promoted, a simple cure was masked for centuries behind a series of mistakes and misunderstandings.
This story begins at sea, long into a voyage after the fresh food stock had long run out and the sailors were left with only grains, hardtack and cured meats to eat. The sailors would become desperate as scurvy began to set in. Sailors were lost to scurvy in vast numbers, with estimates as high as two million lives lost between 1500–1800 AD.
Scurvy is an unpleasant disease in every way. Although symptoms take weeks or months to develop, they get very nasty. First you become lethargic, anaemic and pale, and all of your joints and muscles ache. You lose your appetite and begin to develop spots on your thighs and legs. Soon you become feverish, sick, and weak; gums soften and bleed, legs swell, old wounds reopen. Depression sets in. Eventually, scurvy takes hold completely: your teeth fall out and gums turn blue, you bleed beneath your skin and from the follicles of hairs. You suffer cardiac arrest and die.
Scurvy is caused by a deficiency in vitamin C (ascorbic acid), which is present in many foods – including tomatoes, sweet peppers, strawberries and spinach – but in particular citrus fruits. Several pathways in the body rely on vitamin C; it is vital for building collagen in tissues. We also use it for lipid metabolism, neurotransmission and strengthening bone and blood vessels. Although many species are capable of synthesising their own vitamin C, humans and a few other animals cannot – it is an essential nutrient that must come from our diet. But until 1927, we didn't even know it existed.
The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates knew that fresh fruit, especially citrus, had an antiscorbutic effect – it could prevented and cure scurvy. In 1747, James Lind systematically proved that the addition of citrus fruit to the diet both treated and prevented the disease, in a candidate for the first ever clinical trial. But the medical establishment were not convinced, and continued to promote other approaches, including good hygiene, exercise, avoiding tinned meat and improving morale. Some of these approaches were successful, including prescribing the peppery herb scurvy-grass, which is related to horseradish. Unknown at the time, scurvy-grass leaves are rich in vitamin C.
A common belief was that the acidic principle treated scurvy: doctors believed any acid would do and that citric acid in fresh fruits was merely the best. Accidental destruction of ascorbic acid in treatments that would otherwise have been effective was common. Although vitamin C is present in milk, this was destroyed by the new process of pasteurisation, leaving bottle-fed babies susceptible to scurvy. James Lind himself was guilty too, bottling and selling lime juice that promptly oxidised and became useless.
When the 1867 Merchant Shipping Act insisted that all ships carry citrus fruits, fresh lemons were substituted for cheap, abundant West Indian limes which were more acidic but had only a quarter of lemons' ascorbic acid content. These fruits were juiced, stored in air and piped through copper tubing, oxidising the vitamin C. Later tests in 1918 showed the juice to be almost useless, but at the time this was masked by simultaneous advances in diet and marine travel that reduced the prevalence of scurvy.
We owe the discovery of vitamin C to guinea pigs. Two Norwegian physicians, Axel Holst and Theodor Frølich, decided in 1907 to induce in guinea pigs a disease called beriberi, now known to be cause by a deficiency of vitamin B1. They used the same dietary restrictions they had used to induce the disease in pigeons, but the guinea pigs developed scurvy instead. Pigeons produce their own vitamin C, but like us, guinea pigs cannot. This was an exciting moment in medical history: the diseased guinea pigs were the first examples of non-human scurvy sufferers.
In 1932, the Hungarian biochemist Albert Szent-Györgyi posted a sample of hexuronic acid – which he had isolated in 1927 – to the University of Pittsburgh, asking them to test it on guinea pigs with scurvy. The results would gain him the Nobel prize for medicine five years later, and hexuronic acid was renamed ascorbic acid to celebrate its antiscorbutic effect.
Decades of nutritional experiments and almost–correct hypotheses had seen scurvy become increasingly rare, but it took almost 200 years – from Lind's nutritional trials to Szent-Györgyi's experiments – to identify the secret in citrus fruits.
A professional makeover for the old reaction scheme
Guest post from Tom Branson
A bright new reaction scheme has found its way to the cover of Inorganic Chemistry. Not content with old standard representations, this journal has been given the professional touch.
Framing metal complexes
The image puts a well needed shine on the conventional reaction scheme and perhaps suggests that we should now be teaching undergrads to paint as well as honing their ChemDraw skills. Two states of a porphyrin derivative complexed with zinc are shown here framed in audacious, golden swirls. And why not? If you're proud of your work then go ahead and put a huge golden frame around it.
Let's take a look at that zinc phthalocyanine complex, expertly drawn binding to HS–. Then give it a proton, follow the two giant arrows and you reach liberated hydrogen sulfide and the original zinc phthalocyanine. In case you hadn't got it yet, the artwork explains for us that this process is all about protonation. The background is also a nice touch. A fantastic network of neurons is on show, blasting off new thoughts of possible bioinorganic applications. Hydrogen sulfide is known to play a role in neurotransmission and its reactivity with metal complexes may find practical applications in that field.
This journal cover art was created by artist Shanna Zentner. She was recommended to the authors of the article by colleagues at the University of Oregon, after she had previously produced artwork for other faculty members.
Zentner's foray into the scientific literature started when her husband needed a cover for a chemistry journal. They thought a painting of the research would do nicely and so Zentner's chemistry art career took off. Since then her painting skills have been commissioned for a number of other journal covers, with the artist and scientists often meeting to discuss the work and how to develop the imagery. Zentner champions science communication and believes that this type of work is 'invaluable to the advancement of scientific literacy in the general public.'
Hydrogen sulfide reactivity
The actual research probes more deeply into the mechanism of H2S binding to both zinc and cobalt phthalocyanine complexes. The team, led by Michael Pluth, show that whilst the zinc variety reversibly binds HS–, the cobalt complex is instead reduced by HS– and can be oxidised back when exposed to air. This redox activity results in a colour change that could be used in colorimetric HS– detection.
Head over to Inorganic Chemistry for the full article and more bright results with metal phthalocyanine complexes.
Academic family: Sir William Ramsay
Guest post by JessTheChemist
'The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study' – Ramsay
A few years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Jack Dunitz at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. Little did I know that he was the academic great-great-grandson of the UK's first chemistry Nobel Laureate, Sir William Ramsay. After discovering this connection, I decided to delve deeper to see which other chemistry legends Ramsay is connected to.
Ramsay began his career as an organic chemist, but his prominent discoveries were in the field of inorganic chemistry. At the meeting of the British Association in August 1894, Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh both announced the discovery of argon, after independent research. Ramsay then discovered helium in 1895 and systematically researched the missing links in this new group of elements to find neon, krypton, and xenon1. These findings led to Ramsay winning his Nobel prize in 1904 in 'recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system'.
Ramsay worked with a wide range of chemists before winning his Nobel prize. At the start of his career Ramsay worked with Rudolf Fittig in Tübingen, Germany. Fittig, a successful organic chemist, is particularly known for discovering the pinacol coupling reaction. Ramsay's noteworthy academic brothers via Fittig are Ira Remsen and Theodor Zincke. Remsen is recognised for contributing to the discovery of the first artificial sweetener: his co-worker, Constantin Fahlberg, accidentally discovered Saccharin by failing lab etiquette 101 – not washing his hands after a day working in the laboratory.2 On the other hand, Zincke is most famous for supervising the father of nuclear chemistry, Otto Hahn, who claimed the Nobel prize in chemistry (1944) 'for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei'.3 This makes Ramsay the academic uncle of Hahn.
As well as academic brothers and nephews, Ramsay's direct academic descendants have also achieved greatness. Frederick Soddy, Ramsay's academic son, carried out research into radioactivity and proved the existence of isotopes, for which he won the 1921 Nobel Prize in chemistry.4 Unfortunately for the chemistry community, Soddy's interests diverted to economics and politics, so he has no prominent academic offspring to speak of. Interestingly, he also has a lunar crater named after him! Other chemistry Nobel prize-winning descendants of Ramsay include the two-time winner, Frederick Sanger (1958, 1980), and Barry Sharpless (2001), who are both his academic great-great-grandsons. Ramsay also has more diverse Nobel prize winners in his family tree, with two winners for physiology or medicine: Har Gobind Khorana (1968) and Konrad Bloch (1964).
This summary of Ramsay's academic family is by no means the complete list, but this does demonstrate that one great chemist can have an enormous effect on the generations of chemists to come. As you can see, Nobel prize winners seem to have excellent academic dynasties, but perhaps it isn't the fact that their mentor won a Nobel prize that inspired them to greatness but their work ethic and abstract way of thinking.
In future posts we will look at other Nobel prize winners and the effect that they may have had on their academic offspring. If there is a particular winner that you would like to see featured, you can contact me on Twitter (@Jessthechemist).
1: Sir William Ramsay – Biographical. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 6 Jan 2014.
2: Chemical Heritage Magazine 'the persuit of sweet:a history of saccharin'
3: Otto Hahn – Biographical. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 6 Jan 2014.
4: Frederick Soddy – Biographical. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 7 Jan 2014.
Meet our guest bloggers – Jessica Breen
I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Process Research and Development (iPRD) at the University of Leeds. My research is on the synthesis of chiral amines relevant to the pharmaceutical industry but I have a general interest in organic chemistry, catalysis and sustainable methodologies. When I am not in the lab, I blog at The Organic Solution on a range of topics including chemical research, postdoc life and outreach experiences. Recently, I have become interested in the connection between chemists across the globe which has led me to create an academic twitter tree.
To continue this academic tree theme, this blog will explore certain strands of the chemistry Nobel Laureate family tree using the Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemical Connections. The blog will delve into the life and heritage of different chemistry Nobel Laureates and, amongst other things, we shall find out if having a Nobel winner in your lineage could have an effect on your career, for example, does having a Nobel winner in your ancestry mean you are more likely to achieve academic greatness? If there is a Nobel winner that you would like to see featured, please get in touch.


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San Joaquin County Sheriff's officials have announced that they made a pair of arrests in the case regarding the $400,000 theft of walnuts from GoldRiver Orchards that occurred last October.
In what's being described as a "newly refurbished" Oakdale Tourism and Visitor's Bureau, recently appointed Chairman Keith Boggs has set course to give the group more effectiveness in bringing tourism to the city and the community more involvement in the direction it will take.
The Oakdale Irrigation District's policy on dealing with surface water shortage was the discussion topic at the Jan. 21 Board of Directors regular meeting.
Stanislaus County health officials have advised that influenza, specifically the H1N1 virus, is active once again in the county.
Agricultural education funding in the state's public schools has been eliminated in California Governor Gerry Brown's recently released 2014-2015 proposed budget.
Small, nonfarm businesses in 35 California counties and neighboring counties in Arizona and Nevada are now eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Stanislaus County health officials have advised that influenza, specifically the H1N1 virus, is active once again in the county.
California moved into the top half of the nation with a rank of 23rd and a grade of C- in the 2014 American College of Emergency Physicians' state-by-state report card on America's emergency care environment ("Report Card"). The state still ranked near the bottom of the country at 42nd with an F in the category of Access to Emergency Care, the same grade it received in 2009. In 2009, California received a D+ and ranked 37th in the nation.
Decades worth of dedicated community service and generous volunteerism has landed long-time Oakdale resident Wes Stewart the Oakdale Chamber of Commerce's Lifetime Achievement Award.
A last minute call out just before Oakdale High School's Christmas break resulted in the community showing up with donations of food, clothing, and gifts for underprivileged students who are served through the school's Care Closet, just in time for the holidays.
An early afternoon multi-vehicle accident near the intersection of Highway 108/120 and South Stearns Road just east of Oakdale on Thursday, Jan. 9 claimed the lives of two local residents.
The tentative agreements between the Oakdale Joint Unified School District and the Oakdale Teachers Association as well as the California School Employees Association #830 were ratified by the OJUSD Board of Trustees at the Jan. 13 regular meeting. OTA voted to ratify the tentative agreement on Dec. 16 and Dec. 17.
After going nearly a year without a permanent fire chief due to the placing of former Fire Chief Steven Mayotte on administrative leave and his subsequent departure amidst a plethora of misconduct allegations, reliable sources have informed The Leader that a serious candidate is in the final stages for appointment to the position that will lead the department.
Quick and decisive action by an alert midnight shift patrol officer led to the arrest of two burglars accused of breaking into Circle D Liquors in the early morning hours on Thursday, Jan. 9.
A multi-vehicle accident near the intersection of Highway 108/120 and South Stearns Road just east of Oakdale resulted in injuries to several people and one fatality.
Blowing dust as a result of developing gusty winds has prompted local air pollution officials to issue a health cautionary statement for Tuesday in the following areas of the air basin: San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and the Valley portion of Kern counties.
Clear skies and sunshine was the forecast on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Oakdale Airport, which was picture perfect weather for a day of flying and being outdoors.
Oakdale City Manager Bryan Whitemyer will be busy in the next few months approving work contracts and signing purchase orders for more than a half dozen city capital improvements that involve either construction or equipment acquisitions for the City of Oakdale.
The man wanted for the Saturday morning shooting of a 24-year-old Oakdale man that resulted in a 12-hour SWAT action closing a portion of East H Street was arrested Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 30.
The 12th annual "Tastes of the Valley," a wine and cheese affair presented by the CSU Stanislaus Agricultural Studies Department and Friends of the Fair Foundation will be this Thursday, Oct 2, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock.
Fly into action, entertainment and fun at the Oakdale Airport Appreciation Day on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The WWII B-25 Bomber will arrive at the airport at 10 a.m. and be on display until 2 p.m. along with an assortment of other aircraft, cars, food and plenty of activities for the kids.
A late night shooting that sent one man to the hospital resulted in a 12-hour police standoff with SWAT officers at an East H Street residence on Saturday, Sept. 27.
On a beautiful autumn afternoon just as school let out, Oakdale Mayor Pat Paul presented a plaque of appreciation to the Oakdale High School S-Club at Mustang Circle during a club gathering on Thursday, Sept. 25. The club was recognized by the city for its continued maintenance and upkeep of Mustang Circle.
The 12th annual "Tastes of the Valley," a wine and cheese affair presented by the CSU Stanislaus Agricultural Studies Department and Friends of the Fair Foundation will be this Thursday, Oct 2, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds.
A single vehicle accident into a sideyard fence resulted in the arrest of the driver for DUI, but also revealed a backyard marijuana grow on Eucalyptus Avenue.
The City of Oakdale named Touchdown Realty as the commercial Realtor that would list for sale or lease the Hershey Building at 120 S. Sierra Ave., Oakdale. City Manager Bryan Whitemyer announced the selection at the Monday, Sept. 15 council meeting.
In a move that aids the Oakdale Police Department with increased staffing in its communications center, Chief Lester Jenkins announced the city will pursue providing dispatch services for the Newman Police Department.
Attorney William D. Ross represents the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire District. Ross was also the district legal counsel for the Oakdale Rural Fire Protection District. So when the two entities met to draw up agreements, such as merger plans from earlier this year, the question has been asked if Ross had a conflict of interest and could adequately provide legal advice and represent the legal concerns of both sides.

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Biggie's mother, Voletta Wallace, was among the many known faces, including Jay-Z, Beyonce, Ciara, who appeared in style last night for the New York City premiere of Notorious.
Joined by the likes of actors including Tyrese Gibson, Anthony Mackie and Derek Luke, the stars reportedly dressed for the occasion.
Angela Bassett proved she was no Bassett Hound in a Polka Dot Dress. The dress had a really busy pattern but the star pulled off the look in spades, with simple hair and jewelry. P. Diddy represented the boys club in a very dapper suit with some serious bling on each ear and to top the night off a casual Mary J. Blige showed up in a cognac leather Jacket, adding a casual twist to the premiere. (Holly Scoop)
Also in attendance was Brooklyn-bred rapper Jamal "Gravy" Woolward who recently explained how he got into character as Biggie.
"I was at 285 [pounds]. I went up to 340. I didn't have a second chin. I needed that. [As] Notorious he was his heaviest so his patterns of movement was different," Gravy said." "[As a younger] B.I. he was harder so he was always snarling. He was younger so he moved faster." (SOHH)
The film's director, Bob Teitel, recently said the biopic will aim to offer new perspectives on the late rapper's life.
"With Sean Puffy's character and Notorious, you get to see how these two kinda rose to the top with each other, definitely Puffy needed Christopher Wallace and Christoper needed Puffy and as a team they were unstoppable." (National Public Radio)
Notorious is slated to hit theaters Friday, January 16.
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After clearing trees and stumps from the footprint of the new Sandy Hook Elementary School, site work to make the new foundation area stable will commence in the coming days according to a Consigli Construction spokesperson.
At the same time, the State of Connecticut has scheduled the next installment of an approved $50 million in funding by awarding the latest round of grants requested to cover costs related to the construction project.
Each of Newtown's four elementary schools held Veterans Day ceremonies or events on Tuesday, November 11.
Before a flag ceremony was conducted at Head O' Meadow Elementary School, Principal Barbara Gasparine announced her gratitude over the school's loudspeaker for all who joined the school for their celebration of Veterans Day.
Consigli Construction Co., Inc has broken ground for Newtown's new 87,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Sandy Hook Elementary School. With offices in Hartford, Consigli was selected as construction manager to build the new $50 million school, which will accommodate 500-plus students from prekindergarten through fourth grade.
"There has been a tremendous outreach to allow everyone impacted to have a voice," said First Selectman Pat Llodra, "and the beginning of construction will be a turning point in the community."
Police Commission Chairman Paul Mangiafico has told Police Commission members that the superintendent of schools has commended Newtown Police Department command staff members for their work following the October 1 bomb threat received at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Monroe.
The Board of Education approved on Tuesday, October 7, the fourth phase of the Sandy Hook School building construction project to be forwarded to the state.
Previously, at its September 16 meeting, the school board heard a presentation from Diversified Project Management's Geralyn Hoerauf, Consigli Construction's Aaron Krueger, and Svigals + Partners' Julie McFadden, who each reported on the progress of the Sandy Hook School building project. Phase 4 of the project will focus on building construction.
MONROE — At least five law enforcement agencies are investigating a telephoned bomb threat to Sandy Hook Elementary School at 375 Fan Hill Road, which was received on the morning of Wednesday, October 1.
The incident amounts to "a terroristic act" heavily punishable by federal criminal law, according to a spokesman for Monroe Police Department.
MONROE — At least five law enforcement agencies are investigating a telephoned bomb threat to Sandy Hook Elementary School at 375 Fan Hill Road, which was received on the morning of Wednesday, October 1.
The incident amounts to "a terroristic act" heavily punishable by federal criminal law, according to a spokesman for Monroe Police Department.
Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra has issued a statement in response to the bomb scare called in to Sandy Hook Elementary School this morning:
During the 2013–14 school year, Sandy Hook School third and fourth grade students had the opportunity to talk, via Skype, with two flight engineers aboard the International Space Station (ISS), and on Friday, September 10, one of the astronauts visited the school, offering presentations and visits with students during the morning.
Blues, greens, tans, and grays made up the primary colors of the proposed interior and exterior materials for use in the new Sandy Hook Elementary School that were presented to the Board of Education at its meeting September 16. The update came after the materials had already been presented to the Public Building & Site Commission.


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Update: Kanye West is reportedly trying to block the launch of a planned cryptocurrency that uses his name, or something very close to it, and likeness. According to The Wall Street Journal, West's lawyers filed cease-and-desist papers, dated Jan. 6, against the anonymous coders behind Coinye West, complaining (reasonably enough) that "consumers are likely to mistakenly believe that Mr. West is the source of your services." Indeed, several early reports seemed to give just that impression, even though the developers admitted they were keeping their identities secret in case West looked less-than-favorably on their enterprise. Rather than slink away in the face of their inspiration's legal threats, the Coinye team has moved their release date up, to Tuesday evening, and shifted their web presence to a domain based in India. The image of West on their Coinye illustration has also become significantly less flattering.
NEW YORK (MainStreet) Kanye West has received many recognitions: he's won 21 Grammys, appeared on the TIME 100 list, and been called a "jackass" by a sitting president of the United States. Now comes a cutting-edge accolade: West has apparently inspired a new peer-to-peer Internet currency. According to its website, Bitcoin competitor Coinye West will launch on January 11, calling itself "a cryptocurrency for the masses."
"We chose to represent Kanye, because he is and always has been a trendsetter," the developers explained. "And he's always keeping things unique."
West's line of work also seems to have suggested the one specific application of Coinye that its makers were willing to disclose: "I can picture a future where Coinye is used to buy concert tickets, with cryptographically verified virtual tickets, and other ideas I can't give away just yet."


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Spend your lazy, sunny vacation days in North Myrtle Beach, SC at an oceanfront beach Duplex where spaciousness meets convenience.
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The luxurious interiors of these family vacation rentals feature a fully-equipped kitchen boasting everything you need, including a dishwasher. Numerous televisions with DVD players, a big-screen plasma TV and high-speed Internet access. A washer and dryer add to the long list of conveniences found at Seaside Days A or B, while oceanfront, postcard-perfect views are the natural reasons families vacation in this stellar beachfront location.
Race barefoot to the white, sandy beaches and spend hours enjoying the oceanfront. Stretch out on your beach towel for an oceanfront nap or bring a beach chair to the water's edge and read a book while the waves keep your feet nice and cool. Marvel at the North Myrtle Beach coastline while walking the sandy shores and beachcombing for seashells. Seaside Days A or B is oceanfront fun that is as relaxing as it is exciting.
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Two beloved children's books come to life on stage through whimsical puppetry, gentle narration and beautifully scored original music! The magic and charm of the characters from these award-winning classics emerge from the pages of the book, hop around trees, over hills and into the child's imagination providing for very young children the ideal introduction to the magic of live theatre.
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The Bull Run has been a Tavern for centuries and their philosophy is simple: use only the freshest ingredients from area small farms and providers; treat the staff and the talent like gold; support the local events and institutions that truly create community; and bring world-class entertainment to Central Massachusetts.
A small piece of the Connecticut Charter Oak. A wooden chip cut from a railroad tie. A piece of cake from President Roosevelt's birthday ball. A magnifying glass and chads from Broward County, Florida. All of these mementos can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, Division of Political History. Tonight on Inquiry we speak with WILLIAM L. BIRD JR., curator and historian at the Smithsonian about his new book SOUVENIR NATION: RELICS, KEEPSAKES, AND CURIOS FROM THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
Inquiry welcomes back HONEE HESS, Executive Director of the Worcester Center for Crafts. Also in the studio is EMILEE WOOTEN, one of the new crop of "Artists in Residence" at the Worcester Center for Crafts. Tune in and learn about this program, about Emilee Wooten's amazing large scale clay works, and about the Windows on the World: Collages by Judith Stoddard King. For more information about the Worcester Center for Crafts, go to: http://www.worcester.edu/WCC/default.aspx. To see examples of Emilee Wooten's work, go to: http://emileewooten.com/


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Wildlife lovers on specialist tours flock in their multitudes to the annual migration of over one million wildebeest between Tanzania and Kenya.
A drought in Tanzania has given them their chance months earlier than expected this year.
Thousands of wildebeest have migrated back to Kenya four months ahead of schedule due to the consequent lack of pasture.
This yearly circular migration pattern between Serengeti National Park and Masai Mara Game Reserve started in the 1960s and has become one of the world's greatest tourism spectacles for safari lovers on tailor-made holidays.
The move is the result of a jump in wildebeest numbers after the control and ultimate end of rinderpest, a virulent disease affecting cattle and several other hoofed species.
This caused wildebeest populations to soar in the opening decades of the 20th century, forcing them to take part in annual migrations in search of enough food.
Nicholas Murero, coordinator for Kenya's Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, said he can never recall the wildebeest making such an early return.
Murero, speaking to the BBC show Focus on Africa, described the animals as looking "very thin" because of insufficient grazing in Tanzania.
The Serengeti National Park boasts almost 15,000 sq km of rolling savanna which affords some of Africa's best big game viewing.
The Serengeti, though based in Tanzania, also extends to south-west Kenya.
It is home to a great and stunning array of animals, including lions and elephants, who roam valleys once inhabited by some of man's earliest ancestors.
Amazingly, these vast stretches of Africa were still unknown to the West this time last century.
Then American hunter Stewart Edward White discovered them.
The Serengeti's own official website quotes White saying as he pushed south from Nairobi: "We walked for miles over burnt out country … then I saw the green trees of the river, walked two miles more and found myself in paradise."
Today, tourists still represents paradise for many tourists.
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GSC Veterans and Military Ball November 8th
Members of the Glenville State College Student Veterans Association invite everyone to this year's Veterans and Military Ball on Saturday, November 8th. The event is open to community members, students, faculty, and staff as they show their support for our veterans while enjoying a fun evening together.
Glenville State College: A Picturesque Campus with a Haunting Past
Many say that the ghost of 'Sis Linn' haunts the GSC campus not only at Halloween, but also all year long.
Create WV Live on Ustream
Create West Virginia events that are being live broadcast online can be viewed at this Ustream channel.
GSC Graphics & Digital Media Program gets 3D Printer
The Fine Arts Department at Glenville State College is keeping pace with technological trends with the addition of a 3D printer to its Graphics and Digital Media program. The program was able to acquire a fifth generation MakerBot Replicator printer through funding from the Glenville State College Foundation.
Create West Virginia Conference in Glenville October 26-28
Create West Virginia, the statewide grass-roots initiative stimulating Innovation Economy growth in West Virginia, and The Building Conference, West Virginia's placemaking conference, will hold their first-ever joint conference in partnership with Glenville State College in Glenville, WV, October 26-28, 2014.
GSC's Homecoming Court Announced
In accordance with tradition, the 2014 Glenville State College Homecoming Court was announced at the annual Coronation Ceremony on Monday, October 6th, and then presided over all of the following week's events; including the homecoming dance, picnic, pep rally, parade, and Saturday football game.
GSC Announces First Winter Commencement Will Be December 13th
Glenville State College will conduct its first full winter commencement ceremony at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 13, 2014 in GSC's Fine Arts Center Auditorium.
Special Oktoberfest Dinner at GSC on October 23rd
A special Oktoberfest Premium Night is being planned in Mollohan's Restaurant at Glenville State College on Thursday, October 23rd from 4:30 until 7:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Glenville State College Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Ross Conover recently published a scientific manuscript in The American Midland Naturalist
GSC Announces 2014 Homecoming Schedule
Glenville State College is gearing up to celebrate Homecoming Week beginning Monday, October 6th. Honored guests will include GSC's former Pioneers, who will also serve collectively as Parade Marshal for the Saturday morning parade. Additionally, the Class of 1994 and Lambda Chi Alpha, Theta Xi, and Tau Kappa Epsilon members will be holding reunions.