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Group | 17 | Melting point | 113.7 oC, 236.7 oF, 386.9 K |
Period | 5 | Boiling point | 184.4 oC, 363.9 oF, 457.6 K |
Block | p | Density (g cm-3) | 4.933 |
Atomic number | 53 | Relative atomic mass | 126.904 |
State at 20°C | Solid | Key isotopes | 127I |
Electron configuration | [Kr] 4d105s25p5 | CAS number | 7553-56-2 |
ChemSpider ID | 4514549 | ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database |
Today, iodine has many commercial uses. Iodide salts are used in pharmaceuticals and disinfectants, printing inks and dyes, catalysts, animal feed supplements and photographic chemicals. Iodine is also used to make polarising filters for LCD displays.
Iodide is added in small amounts to table salt, in order to avoid iodine deficiency affecting the thyroid gland. The radioactive isotope iodine-131 is sometimes used to treat cancerous thyroid glands.
Normally we get enough iodine from the food we eat. A deficiency of iodine can cause the thyroid gland to swell up (known as goitre).
Now the main sources of iodine are iodate minerals, natural brine deposits left by the evaporation of ancient seas and brackish (briny) waters from oil and salt wells.
Iodine is obtained commercially by releasing iodine from the iodate obtained from nitrate ores or extracting iodine vapour from the processed brine.
Atomic radius, non-bonded (Å) | 1.98 | Covalent radius (Å) | 1.36 |
Electron affinity (kJ mol-1) | 295.152 |
Electronegativity (Pauling scale) |
2.66 |
Ionisation energies (kJ mol-1) |
Common oxidation states | 7, 5, 1, -1 | ||||
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Shear modulus (GPa) | Unknown | Bulk modulus (GPa) | 7.7 | |||||||||||
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In the early 1800s, Bernard Courtois of Paris manufactured saltpetre (potassium nitrate, KNO3) and used seaweed ash as his source of potassium. One day in 1811, he added sulfuric acid and saw purple fumes which condensed to form crystals with a metallic lustre. Courtois guessed this was a new element. He gave some to Charles-Bernard Desormes and to Nicolas Clément who carried out a systematic investigation and confirmed that it was. In November 1813, they exhibited iodine at the Imperial Institute in Paris. That it really was new was proved by Joseph Gay-Lussac and confirmed by the Humphry Davy who was visiting Paris. Davy sent a report to the Royal Institution in London where it was mistakenly assumed he was the discoverer, a belief that persisted for more than 50 years.
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Chemistry in its Element - Iodine(Promo) You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you by Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry (End promo) Chris Smith Hello, this week cretins, fire crackers and clean water. The story starts in Italy, and here's Andrea Sella. Andrea Sella When I was a child, I used spend a couple of weeks each summer high in the Italian Alps in an idyllic little village called Cogne that nestles quietly between high ice-clad peaks. To most Italians the name is associated with a sensational murder. Others know that in winter the valley has some of the finest ice-climbing in the Alps. But to me, Cogne will always be connected with the element iodine. One afternoon, when I was around 10 years old, returning with my Dad from a long hike, we passed a dull grey building on the edge of the village. It was surrounded by a tall metal fence and had an institutional look about it. Sitting on the bench all on his own was a strange looking old man - he had rather shaggy hair, a vacant look, and a large, distended pouch of skin where his neck should have been. I was utterly shocked by this strange being. I pestered my father with questions. Who was he? What was wrong with him? Why did he look so sad? My father, whose patience in the face of a barrage of questions was almost infinite, explained that the poor man had grown up with insufficient iodine in his diet. Iodine, he went on was essential for the proper development of the thyroid gland in the neck, and that if one didn't eat the right kind of salt, especially as a child, one might develop goitre and one's mental development would also be affected. I would later read of English travellers passing through the Alps referring to The Valleys of the Cretins - travel books of the period often include lurid illustrations of these poor unfortunates. The numbers are staggering; the Napoleonic census of the canton of Valais in 1800 found 4000 cretins in a population of 70,000 - well over 50% would have had goiter. The disease had been known to medical writers for centuries. Galen for example recommended treatment with marine sponges. In 1170 Roger of Salerno recommended seaweed. Similar suggestions were also made in China. Paracelsus, the great renaissance healer, alchemist, and writer was one of the first to spot the connexion between goiter and cretinism, and first suggested that minerals in drinking water might play a role in causing the condition. But what these mysterious minerals might be was a mystery. In 1811 a young French chemist, Bernard Courtois, working in Paris stumbled across a new element. His family's firm produced the saltpetre needed to make gunpowder for Napoleon's wars. To do this they used wood ash. Wartime shortages of wood forced them instead to burn seaweed, which was plentiful on the coastlines of northern France. Adding concentrated sulphuric acid to the ash, Courtois, obtained an astonishing purple vapour that crystallized onto the sides of the container. Astonished by this discovery he bottled up the crystals and sent them to one of the foremost chemists of his day Joseph Gay-Lussac who confirmed that this was a new element and named it iode - iodine - after the greek word for purple. Courtois continued to play with the element and was rather shocked to discover that when mixed with ammonia it produced a chocolate-coloured solid that exploded violently at the least provocation. His contemporary, Pierre Dulong, was less fortunate, losing an eye and part of a hand while studying the material, the first in a long list of casualties from this nasty material. The toxic qualities of iodine were soon realized, and the tincture, a yellowish brown solution began to be widely used as a disinfectant. Even today, the most common water purification tablets one can buy in travel shops are based on iodine. It was only two years after its discovery, that a doctor in Geneva Francois Coindet began to wonder whether it wasn't the iodine in the seaweed that was the missing mineral responsible for goiter. He therefore began administering tincture of iodine to his patients by mouth, an unpleasant business, but which, he reported, led to the disappearance of swelling in 6 to 10 weeks. His colleagues, however, accused him of poisoning his patients, and at one point he was said to be unable to go into the streets for fear of being attacked. But, while elemental iodine clearly was toxic, Coindet was on the right track, and during the 19th century by a process of one step forward two steps back the hypothesis gradually gained credence as experiments using the more palatable salt, potassium iodide, showed that goitres could be reversed. By the early 1920's Swiss cantons began to introduce iodized salt and over the following decades many countries that had been plagued by goitre followed suit, a policy so effective that many of us in the developed world are unaware of how serious a disease this had been and the word cretin has lost much of its meaning. When I returned to Cogne last summer, I tried to remember where the institute had been. All I could find was a summer holiday camp, with children playing happily behind the gates where I had seen the old man. I phoned my Dad to ask him, and we chatted about the old days - the bad old days of the cretins - and of ghosts banished by that unique purple element, iodine. Chris Smith Ghosts that clearly live on amongst the British aristocracy. That was UCL chemist Andrea Sella telling the tale of Iodine, element number 53. Next week we're shining the spotlight on a substance that needs no illuminating at all and that's because it makes its own light. Brian Clegg It was seen as a source of energy and brightness, it was included in toothpastes and patent medicines - it was even rubbed into the scalp as a hair restorer. But the application of radium that would bring it notoriety was its use in glow-in-the-dark paint. Frequently used to provide luminous readouts on clocks and watches, aircraft switches and instrument dials, the eerie blue glow of radium was seen as a harmless, practical source of night time illumination. It was only when a number of the workers who painted the luminous dials began to suffer from sores, anaemia and cancers around the mouth that it was realized that something was horribly wrong. Chris Smith And you can hear the story of Radium from Brian Clegg on next week's Chemistry in its Element, I hope you can join us. I'm Chris Smith, thank you for listening and goodbye. Chemistry in its element is brought to you by the Royal Society of Chemistry and produced by thenakedscientists dot com. There's more information and other episodes of Chemistry in its element on our website at chemistryworld dot org forward slash elements. (End promo) |
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Managers need to counteract employee perceptions that their job consists only of following the rules
Steve Kelman is professor of public management at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
I teach an executive education class in which we discuss the pros and cons of designing organizations that rely heavily on rules, as opposed to those in which frontline employees are empowered to make decisions about the best course of action. Rules do have virtues, particularly for wielding control and easing coordination across organizational units. They can also represent a useful codification of knowledge so people don't need to reinvent the wheel. However, they can create problems because people often become psychologically dependent on them — a disease that organizational theorists call "rule worship."
During a recent discussion of those issues, one class participant said he often heard employees claim that the rules required them to behave in certain ways. But when they were pressed to cite the rules in question, the employees were unable to point to any rule with the alleged requirements. I then asked the class, made up of GS-15 federal managers and their military equivalents, how many of them had experienced the same situation. Nearly every one of the 70-odd participants raised his or her hand. I was taken aback by just how prevalent it was.
That perception is a problem. Organizational scholar Henry Mintzberg has written that rules are intended to specify a minimum standard of acceptable performance. But in organizations with many rules, employees can easily get the signal that following the rules is their entire job. After they've followed the rules, they don't need to do anything more.
I saw that attitude in action when I first started working on procurement issues in the government in 1993. Agencies were still mostly buying commercial software in shrink-wrapped individual packages when large companies were saving money by buying enterprise licenses. Why was the government doing that? Because nobody wanted to break the rules. The software was bid openly and competitively, and the government got the lowest price anybody paid for shrink-wrapped software. But that wasn't an intelligent business practice, and no one seemed to see it as part of their job to go beyond the rules and ask if that buying strategy made sense.
Supervisors and managers who work for organizations that are very rule-bound — which describes many agencies — need to take steps to counteract employee perceptions that their jobs consist only of following the rules.
When employees claim that the rules require something and it turns out there is no such rule, managers should raise such examples at staff meetings — of course, without embarrassing the employee who made the claim — and use the stories to point out how easy it is to assume there are more rules than there are. Managers should ask employees why certain rules exist. If the only answer is that "we've always done it this way," there's a problem. And managers should specifically discuss and reward situations in which employees treat the rules as a floor, not a ceiling, for their behavior.
Agencies should also review their rulebooks to make a distinction between rules that have a control purpose — often, though not always, expressed as "thou shalt not" — and those that try to provide useful information for employees about how to do their jobs better. The former must be mandatory, but whenever possible, the latter should be moved from binding rules to suggestions or advice.
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Buckeyeguy stated the case well, but didn't give the root cause for those risk-adverse managers: many of them were "pushed upstairs." If someone is marginally competent at best, they become rule-bound which is the easier path for them. Seen it time + again, the past 30 years...
As a retired federal employee, I would have to say that the reason for this "must follow the rules" philosophy is caused by most federal supervisors and managers being extremely risk averse and unwilling to "take chances" and/or "show any initiative" and especially their discouraging those under them from doing either of those actions. Most supervisors/managers are also too quantity of production oriented (because a completed action/unit of production is easy to count). Since quality of work is hard to measure, most supervisors/managers try to design performance management systems that either avoid measuring it or give much greater importance to the quantity of production measures.
Here is an example of why rules need to be clearly defined and understood: In the 1990s, AF changed its "Regulations" governing required and prohibited actions in its operations and administrative offices to "Instructions" and "Manuals". Almost immediately, offices took the changes as a sign that the information and requirements in the new publications were merely suggestions and options. In order to emphasize that these documents were enforceable, AF had to add a label to every publication stating "Compliance with this publication is mandatory". Without "rules" (and quite often with rules), every office in the AF would be trying to do things their own way. After more than 15 years, AF still prints the compliance requirement on all their pubs - and still has members trying to ignore them! Without enforceable rules and an environment that know what they mean, chaos and mayhem are the likely result. I wonder whether it's the rules we should be concerned with or the managers and supervisors who should understand and implement them that are the problem....
My long observation is that large organizations consist of 3 groups of employees. 80% of employees will follow the rules for a wide variety of reasons and more or less work to the best of their abilities. This group ranges from outstanding to needs to be fired. How much improvement an organization makes depends upon the balance between the other 2 groups. At one end are the "walls" whose major interests are rules, regulations, analysis, reports, security, meetings, approvals, studies, etc. At the other end are the "pushers" whose interests are progress, improvements, results, problem solving, and flexibility. Its a huge challenge to get the middle 80% to change their ways. You are more likely to get results if you can tip the balance of power from the "walls" to the "pushers" so the 80% get the guidelines, flexibility, tools, and empowerment they can use.
Look at the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Need I say more????
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Is prince of tennis really cool. I mean, I;ve seen it in shonen jumps but never bother to read it
So, I haven't really been keeping up with the series like I used to, but I went ahead and watched the last episode anyways. Like I said, I haven't been watching it, so I didn't understand the "no tennis" thing, but even besides that, it was a lousy ending.
The fact that Ryoma shot himself...ok, tennis was all he had so I could maybe see him going to such extremes if it were taken from him. But nobody seemed to care! Hell, the one girl was smiling when she told the other girl. Let's face it, he was the main character, a popular guy, and friends with every character to appear on the show practically. Shouldn't there have been more emotion about "OMG he shot himself!?!"
And then he died. And still nobody cared!
"Oh gosh, I hope he's okay!"
"Well, I suppose you all heard that Echizen died, right?"
"Serious? Well that sucks."
And that was about the level of emotion shown. No one cried; no one looked like they felt bad; nothing. There was an complete void of emotion that made me very disgusted with the episode, especially considering it was the last one. The whole "Well, shit happens" attitude towards the death of the popular main character...well, I've never seen that before, and I never want to again. It's like the script writers were just like "Eh, I wanna get home, so just type something out real quick."
Did anyone else watch the end to this series and feel anything particular about it?
"True kindness isn't something we're born with; it's something we have to work at. We have to mold it and shape it with ourselves. Not everyone has it, but I think everyone has the potential. Sometimes you just have to look really close before you can tell it's there." -- Kyoko Honda Fruits Basket
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Is prince of tennis really cool. I mean, I;ve seen it in shonen jumps but never bother to read it
it depends on what sort of anime you're into, but for the majority of people, i'd say you'll like it.Originally Posted by shadowskin
i haven't seen the final episode of prince of tennis yet (i'm only up to episode 70 or something lol) but from what i've heard from others, it's a rather sad ending.
the thing that echizen returned just to beat the crap out of tezuka was...draggy. i don't know...it's just weird....but nonetheless i liked the ending anyway.
yukimura's back from the hospital and in the entrance ceremony of the nationals, he told tezuka this, "see you in the court at the finals!" after that, tezuka gathered the team up and said something japanese (haha, but i know those are moving words anyway...)
oh and hyotei was able to enter the nationals...too bad st. rudolph wasn't..haha who cares?
"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."
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Where did you watch the last ep. of Prince of Tennis??
How many eps. are there??
Please Answer A.S.A.P!!^^
in youtube...i watched the last episode there....
"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."
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Warning: the following is only loosely related to libraries. It is pertinent to those who work in an academic setting and who think about the political culture of that setting. This kind of thing will go into my blog when I get one.
Jim Henley has some thoughts on why there might be a liberal bias in academia.
I have to admit I haven't been all that well-informed about the Patriot Act. Since I haven't been working as a librarian for the last 3+ years, I haven't paid as much attention to issues that might bear upon libraries as perhaps I ought to have. The Patriot Act is one of those issues I sort of glossed over.
You should know that I am one of those "be skeptical of government" conservatives, the kind who have some definite libertarian leanings, which means that by default I am inclined to dislike things like the Patriot Act. After all, I think that subversives like Gary Kunsman and Joel Miller have a real point when they claim that the state exceeds its authority and impairs liberty in the "war on drugs". Doubtless I make some fellow conservatives angry when I say that marijuana should be legalized (n.b.: my pot-smoking days are well behind me). I favor the availabilty of strong encryption to normal U.S. citizens (what was the previous administration's ban on cryptography all about, anyway?). So up till now I've I've been grumbling about the state further eroding liberties when the Patriot Act is mentioned.
This evening I finally read the anathematized Section 215 of the Patriot Act to see for myself how bad it is. I confess I'm rather disappointed. Section 215 replaces 3 sections of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 with two new sections. As far as I can make out, this is what it says:
As I read this, it looks to me as if requests under Section 215 must be made by very high-ranking FBI officials (i.e. high-profile, highly-scrutinized, publicly accountable people). The request must be made to a very narrowly defined set of high-ranking judges. The Justice Department must give an accounting of its requests to intelligence and judiciary committees (on both of which sit *gasp* Democrats) of the House and Senate. What's more, Section 224 seems to say that Section 215 (as a non-excluded section of Title II of the act) sunsets on December 31, 2005.
Somebody help me here. Did I misunderstand what I read? Did I read the wrong section? Did not the FBI have power before to subpoena library records? What's all this about accountability to Congress? Please note that these questions aren't merely rhetorical. I'm not trying to set up a straw man. I'm not saying I like this section. However, I feel like I had a right to expect something much more nefarious than this based on the build-up from the civil liberties & library communities. I feel cheated. Surely I'm missing something.
I always have comments enabled in my journal. Somebody enlighten me, please. I want to dislike this act.
Here are some comments I have recently posted on other blogs, just to give you an idea of my views on a few topics. I'm not posting these because they are the last words on their subjects, but because I think they are reasonably well-argued and come from a more or less conservative point of view.
Now you can see just how wise or retrograde I am (depending on your point of view). You can also set me straight through the comments feature.
Blake Carver has commented on the difficulty of hearing the voice of the intelligent right over all the other noise online. I want to post links to a few blogs I think worth reading.
These blogs don't express only views I agree with (that would happen only in my blog, if I had one, and then only about half the time), but I find that they don't rely on emotionalism or rhetorical bluster. In my view they present consistent, well-though-out positions.
There are quite a few others (and I didn't even get theological, either). I could go on, but it's late.
By way of a BTW, I don't listen to talk radio (though I suspect I'd like Hugh Hewitt's show), I don't prefer Fox news over CNN or MSNBC (the only real broadcast news for my money is the Newshour with Jim Lehrer), and I may never read a book by Ann Coulter. I don't like cant or rhetorical fluff when there's no substance to back it up (unless it's very, very funny).
UPDATE: nbruce says you should check out Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day, (a favorite of mine inadvertantly left off this list) including this sample post.
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Hide Caption 38 of 47Celebrity mugshots 47 photosThe Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Sheriff's office took this mug shot of "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin in 2004 after they found marijuana, Xanax and sleeping pills in his possession. He was briefly jailed before being released on bail. Hide Caption 39 of 47Celebrity mugshots 47 photosCountry singer Glen Campbell was arrested in Phoenix on November 25, 2003, on drunken driving and hit-and-run charges. Campbell posed for his mugshot in 2004 after checking into a Phoenix lockup to serve his first of 10 nights in jail. He pleaded guilty to the charges.Hide Caption 40 of 47Celebrity mugshots 47 photosActor Nick Nolte was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol on September 11, 2002. A California Highway Patrol officer saw the actor's car swerving across the highway. Nolte was described as "drooling" and "droopy-eyed."Hide Caption 41 of 47Celebrity mugshots 47 photosRobert Downey Jr.'s drug problems are almost as famous as his talent. He served time in the late 1990s on a drug conviction, was arrested in November 2000 for drug possession and was busted again in April 2001 in Culver City, California. Hide Caption 42 of 47Celebrity mugshots 47 photosMarshall Mathers, aka Eminem, was booked on gun charges twice in June 2000. Police said both arrests stemmed from fights -- the first over his estranged wife, Kim, and the second against rival rap group Insane Clown Posse. Hide Caption 43 of 47Celebrity mugshots 47 photosRapper Jay Z was arrested in 1999 for allegedly stabbing a record executive in a New York night club. He pleaded guilty in 2001 and was sentenced to three years of probation. 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Well, I got to thinking today (dangerous i know) that when (not if) SHTF and total civil unrest is a reality what things should i have with me? I decided to make a check list so in all the panic i could just grab the check list and all the thinking was done in a clam time so i can be sure that i won't forget as manythings.
What would you have on your SHTF list.
This is what i have
1. AK-47 and all mags full (30 mags x 30 rnds = 900 rnds)
2. Water (minimum of 15 gallons)
3. Multi-tool
4. side arm with full mags
5. Food. Lots of canned food.
6. a good book.
7. a bic lighter in a waterrpoof case
8. flashlight w/ extra batteries
9. Extra gasoline
I need ideas so when the time comes i can be better prepared.
There are two types of people, the underprepared and the overprepared, i choose to be the latter.


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The official name of this gene is "atlastin GTPase 1."
ATL1 is the gene's official symbol. The ATL1 gene is also known by other names, listed below.
The ATL1 gene provides instructions for producing a protein called atlastin-1. Atlastin-1 is found throughout the body, particularly in the brain. In cells, this protein is found in structures known as the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus, which are involved in the movement of proteins and cell components within the cell. Atlastin-1 likely plays a role in the transportation of cell components and in the formation of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus, each of which is involved in the growth of axons (specialized extensions of nerve cells that transmit nerve impulses). Atlastin-1 is necessary for the formation and growth of axons; however, its precise function remains unclear.
More than 30 mutations in the ATL1 gene have been identified in people with spastic paraplegia type 3A. Most of these mutations change one protein building block (amino acid) in the atlastin-1 protein. It remains unclear how mutations in the ATL1 gene lead to the signs and symptoms of spastic paraplegia type 3A. Researchers suggest that these mutations disrupt the structure of atlastin-1, which interferes with the protein's role in the formation and growth of axons.
Cytogenetic Location: 14q22.1
Molecular Location on chromosome 14: base pairs 50,533,081 to 50,633,067
The ATL1 gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 14 at position 22.1.
More precisely, the ATL1 gene is located from base pair 50,533,081 to base pair 50,633,067 on chromosome 14.
See How do geneticists indicate the location of a gene? (http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/howgeneswork/genelocation) in the Handbook.
You and your healthcare professional may find the following resources about ATL1 helpful.
You may also be interested in these resources, which are designed for genetics professionals and researchers.
See How are genetic conditions and genes named? (http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/mutationsanddisorders/naming) in the Handbook.
amino acid ; autosomal ; autosomal dominant ; axons ; cell ; endoplasmic reticulum ; gene ; Golgi apparatus ; paraplegia ; protein
You may find definitions for these and many other terms in the Genetics Home Reference Glossary (http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/glossary).
The resources on this site should not be used as a substitute for professional medical care or advice. Users seeking information about a personal genetic disease, syndrome, or condition should consult with a qualified healthcare professional. See How can I find a genetics professional in my area? (http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/consult/findingprofessional) in the Handbook.


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Round 1: Penguins-Islanders schedule
Katie StrangBelow is the schedule for the 2013 Eastern Conference quarterfinals series between the Islanders and Penguins, released late Sunday night by the NHL: No. 1 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. No. 8 New York Islanders Game 1 (Pittsburgh): Wednesday at 7:30 ...
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Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens renew rivalry on high note
Joe McDonaldThe Bruins and Canadiens meet again with both teams riding high.
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B's schedule: Beast of the East
Joe McDonaldBOSTON -- Bring on the Eastern Conference. Now that the lockout is officially over and the NHL has released the shortened 48-game schedule, the Boston Bruins can get to work at defending their Northeast Division title. The B's schedule is loade...
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Blackhawks release 2013 schedule
Scott PowersThe Chicago Blackhawks released their 2013 48-game regular-season schedule on Saturday night, and it's highlighted by 10 of their first 12 games being on the road. The Blackhawks will open their season in Los Angeles against the defending NHL cham...
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Rangers, Devils and Isles get to work
Katie StrangHockey is back! After a bitter, gut-wrenching lockout that lasted for 113 days, the NHL and NHLPA reached a tentative agreement in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Schedules have yet to be released -- that is unlikely to happen until ratificati...
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B's open with Caps on Thursday
ESPNBoston.comThe NHL has released the schedule for the first round of the playoffs, with the Bruins opening their series with the Washington Capitals on Thursday (7:30 p.m.) at TD Garden. Game 2 of the series will be Saturday at 3, then the scene shifts to Was...
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Dallas Stars 2011-12 national TV schedule
Mark StepneskiThe NHL released its national TV schedule for 2011-12 and the Stars will be on Versus (NBC Sports Network) seven times this season. The Stars also have one scheduled appearance on the NHL Network. The Stars will get some national exposure in Canada a...
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Rapid Reaction: Rangers 2011-12 schedule
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Blackhawks open season seeing Stars
Jesse RogersThe NHL released its schedule for the 2011-12 regular season, which begins for the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 7 and 8 in a home-and-home series with the Dallas Stars. The Hawks' second home game is October 13 against the newly relocated Winnipeg f...
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2011 Stanley Cup finals schedule
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NHL releases conference finals schedule
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Rangers to open Wednesday
Matt EhaltThe NHL released the playoff schedule tonight. Here are the Blueshirts games. Game 1: Wednesday April 13 @ Washington 7:30 p.m. Game 2: Friday April 15 @ Washington 7:30 p.m. Game 3: Sunday April 17@ New York 3 p.m. Game 4: Wednesday April 20 ...
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Rangers, Isles and Devils TV schedule
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The Stars on national TV
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NHL releases schedule for 2010-11
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Some highlights of Stars' 2010-11 schedule
Richard DurrettThe NHL released the schedule for the 2010-11 season. Let's take a look at some of the highlights from the Stars' perspective: * Dallas opens the season in New Jersey on Friday, Oct. 8. The home opener is Oct. 14 vs. Detroit. * Sidney Crosby, E...
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A messiah complex (also known as the Christ complex or savior complex) is a state of mind in which an individual holds a belief that they are, or are destined to become, a savior. The term "messiah complex" is not addressed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), but symptoms of the disorder closely resemble those found in individuals suffering from grandiose delusions (GD) or delusions of grandeur. This form of delusional belief is most often reported in patients suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Little is known about the disorder, but it is believed that as many as 10% of the population may hold similar beliefs in one form or another, though not significant enough to warrant a diagnosis.[1] Examples include Jim Jones, David Koresh[2] and Imran Khan.[3][4][5]
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It's been a day since you saw Arthur feeding. You haven't seen him since. In fact you haven't seen anyone. They are probably all feeding with the new blood your painting provided for them. You find your way into the kitchen and get some food to cook. You put on an apron and start the stove. It was a good morning. You couldn't stop feeling happy. For some reason, a new emotion seems to have taken over you. You don't recognize the emotion and you have never felt it before. You just shrug the idea out of your head and are content with being happy. You start humming as you flip the omelet you are making. Just as the omelet hits the pan, you feel a strong touch on your shoulder.
You jump up and turn around, startled. Arthur is standing behind you with a wide smile on his face.
"No need to be so scared, _____(Name)."
"A-Arthur!! I haven't seen you guys in a day!! Of course you scared me!!"
As he laughs you take a better look at him.
"W-Wow!! You look so much better!!" You can't help blushing as the words escape your mouth.
His skin isn't pale white like the days before, but it has more of a flesh tone to it. It's doesn't look exactly like a normal humans, but it's closer than the days before. He isn't slumping like before. He looks energized. Before he had this tiredness look about him, but, now, he looks like he could burst with energy and fly to the moon. But, the most marvelous change was his attitude. He looks happy, really happy.
"Hehe.~ Well, your blood is to thank for that. I-I mean not YOUR blood!! B-But, the painting that I traded for the blood…not that anyone was h-hurt!! I promise!! I mean…"
"Arthur! Arthur, calm down. I get it. It's fine. I'm getting used to the whole vampire thing. It's okay."
You, instantly, see him relax.
"R-Really? Your not scared, love?"
You know "love" his just how he talks, and there is no meaning to the word; but, you can't help blushing again. You nod.
"Vampire, werewolf, tengu, succubus, whatever. It doesn't matter, you are still you!"
He smiles at your words.
"That's good to hear! So want help making that omelet?"
He helps you cook and while you eat, he tells you more about vampires and all the different clans.
"S-So, now that you are full on blood…c-can you show me some of your powers?"
His face, instantly, lights up.
"It's a cloudy day outside, so it's perfect. Take my hand."
You don't even think about the danger he is to you, or what he can do. You, instantly, take his hand with complete trust in him. He takes you outside the castle.
He starts singing? No, singing cannot describe the sound. It isn't any human words. It isn't any musical notes made by human instruments. It is…animalistic, but beautiful. Colors fill the air, almost like smoke, but the colors become the air. The colors turn into matter. Then they burst out, leaving the castle grounds. Your heart sinks. You turn to Arthur and he smiles, signaling me to wait. You wait and a few minutes later you see the colors glowing, coming back, but this time creatures surround them! Creatures you've never seen before. There were fairies, nagas, nekos, tengus, nymphs, elves, and other creatures you don't recognize. They all seem to dance. You look at Arthur. He too is covered in the magical colors. They were colors that were beyond the human spectrum and became a matter that's unknown to the human world. Arthur starts dancing with them. It's the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. After awhile, Arthur dismisses the color, making it all fade. As the colors fade the creatures do to.
"That was AMAZING!!!! what was that colorful stuff? I've never seen those colors before!! Were those creatures real? I mean…"
Arthur giggles and smiles, putting a finger over your lips.
"When my powers are strongest, I use my vampire essence to call up what you just saw. It has many names. But, basically it's the gateway to my dimension. The dimension where all magical creatures come from, and I can use it to open the portal. But, before you ask. No. I've never been there. Only creatures, who are born in that dimension can go and come as they want. I was born here. All I can do is make a rip in dimensions and welcome natives over here. I can't do anything more."
At this point, your mouth is wide open from shock and amazement. Another diminution?!
"I'd LOVE to draw it…"
He smiles even wider.
"I can't show you that, but do you want to see something else amazing?"
He steps right in front of you and pulls you into him like a hug.
"Hold on, tight."
You wrap your arms around his head as all of a sudden your moving. You're moving up! Your flying!! The ground is getting smaller. You're floating above the castle.
"You can fly!!"
He smiles and nods. You blush because his face is only inches from yours. You put your head on his shoulder, so you don't have to see his face.
"I-It's beautiful…"
He laughs.
"Want to see the world, love?~"
All of a sudden, you're flying upward again but way faster!! You hold on for your life. You're knuckles turning white. You get dizzy.
"_______(Name)? You can open your eyes, now."
Still feeling dizzy, you peek over his shoulder and your jaw drops. The forest and castle looks indistinguishable! They look like ants!! All you see is patches of green and brown. You look up. The clouds are all around you!! One rams into your face, making you cough.
"______(Name?) Is everything okay?"
"Clouds aren't made of cotton candy!! *cough* They are made of water!!"
Arthur bursts out laughing.
"I-It's not funny!"
You end up laughing to.
"T-This is beautiful!! We are so high!! I can see for miles and miles!!"
"Looks like we are on top of the world, huh?"
"Yes, it does!"
You two loose track of time and space up in the air. Eventually, you have to come down when the sun starts to rise. You two eat dinner together, and he walks you to your room.
"I'm going to draw us next!! Us in the air! I'll call it, on top of the world!!"
He smiles wide.
"I'd love that!"
He walks closer to you, and you feel your heart beat faster. He looks like he's struggling with something. He holds your cheek, lovingly.
"Goodnight, _____(Name) have a good nights sleep."
You watch as he leaves your face flushed. That strange feeling you had been feeling all day just got stronger and you can't help but thinking you are going to dream about him tonight.
Vampire!Arthur POV~
I just left ______(Name) in her room. It was an amazing day. The look of awe on her face as he opened the rip in dimensions and when she was in the sky! It was amazing to see her face! I can't help, smiling remembering it all over again. Her art has grown on me. Just like she has. She's just a human, but she's not afraid of me. After seeing me covered in blood, I expected her to run away and I'd have to explain it all to Allistor. She stayed. To top it all off she likes being with me. I saw the blushes. She got embarrassed. That's a good thing, right? Damnit! I've never fallen for anyone before!! Let alone a human!! But, she excites me. Great. Now, I have to go to an audience with Allistor. What a horrible way to end a perfect day. I walk across the bridge to Allistor's own private sector of the castle. ______(Name) will never go here. Two of his personal guards are at his conference room. I have to stop myself from rolling my eyes. He always was more of a "king" than a "clan leader."
"I am here for an audience with Allistor."
The two guards open the door, having been notified about the meeting beforehand.
I walk into the room to see my brother sitting at the head of the conference table. So much for "everyone's equal with a round table." Allistor refused to have anything but a rectangular table with his seat at the head, of course. After all, he is the only one who can purify human blood.
"Brother! You finally made it."
"Of course, brother. I would never miss a meeting with the clan leader."
He smiles.
"I have been looking at all the artwork ______(Name) has made, and I think it is about time I meet with this amazing artist. I am hosting a noble vampire ball in four days. Every noble from all the clans on earth are invited, and _______'s(Name) artwork will be featured. I want her to be there as my honored guess. I am excited to finally meet her. Buy her everything she needs and prepare her for the ball. A vampire with that much artistic talent must look like a piece of artwork herself."
Oh, shit!
"O-Of course, Allistor. I will inform her right away."
"You may leave now."
I get up my heart beating out of my chest as soon as I leave. I never told Allistor ______(Name) was human. I never said she wasn't. I just knew he loved art, and on a whim he found her art on the Internet. There wasn't any point in telling him. It never mattered. He got her art. He was happy. He purified blood for us to drink. Now, he wants to meet her. There shouldn't be a reason to worry. Allistor doesn't hate humans. In fact, he is rather found of them. I have gone on many "hunting" trips with him. He was always gentle with the creatures. He always has a…kind look on his face, when he drained a little of their blood. Allistor, certainty, never showed that kindness toward his own clan or his family. ______(Name) wouldn't be hurt. If anything, I will be punished for not telling Allistor. Nothing really will change. ______(Name) will still create art for Allistor and he will purify blood for us to drink. And…I smile at the thought. I will be able to spend more time with _____(Name) here at the castle. I might even get the courage to confess to her.
Vampire!Allistor POV~
I watch my brother, Arthur, leave the room a smile on my face. Finally!! ______(Name) is here!! In the same castle as me!! Ever since I saw her artwork, I have fallen deeply in love with her. Her beauty is imprinted in her artwork. Even if she is not a beautiful vampire because her affiliation is with art. That means her vampire's aptitude is not physical beauty. It doesn't matter. Her beauty is in her soul. Which, I can feel in every artwork she makes. This ball is the prefect opportunity.
In four days, I will formally propose to my dearest vampire artist and make her my queen, who I have been longing for and searching for, for many years, and who I desire more than any piece of art.
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KENWYNE Jones returns to Sunderland's starting line-up as the Black Cats attempt to spring a surprise at Chelsea this afternoon. The Trinidad & Tobago international, who has been linked with a possible move to Liverpool this morning, replaces Fraizer Campbell in the only change to the side that beat Barrow in the FA Cup. Youngsters David Meyler and Jordan Henderson continue to play alongside each other at the heart of midfield, and will come up against a Chelsea unit containing Frank Lampard and Michael Ballack. Skipper Lorik Cana continues to partner Paulo Da Silva at the heart of the Sunderland back four. CHELSEA (4-3-2-1): Cech; Ivanovic, Carvalho, Terry, A Cole; Lampard, Ballack, Belletti; J Cole, Malouda; Anelka. Subs: Hilario (gk), Zhirkov, Ferreira, Sturridge, Matic, Alex, Borini. SUNDERLAND (4-4-2): Fulop; Bardsley, Cana, Da Silva, McCartney; Malbranque, Meyler, Henderson, Murphy; Jones, Bent. Subs: Carson (gk), Zenden, Campbell, L Noble, Healy, R Noble, Liddle.
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US 6540965 B2 Abstract A microtitration plate including a plastic base having a multiplicity of cups shaped and sized to receive biological liquid samples, each cup being surrounded by an attenuated zone and having an upper collar sized and shaped to cooperate with a complementary sized and shaped tool to exert a torsional force on the upper collar, thereby causing detachment of the cup by tearing at least a portion of the attenuated zone.
Claims(15) 1. A microtitration plate comprising a plastic base having a multiplicity of cups shaped and sized to receive biological liquid samples, each cup being connected to the plate and surrounded by an attenuated zone and having an upper collar sized and shaped to receive a torsional force, thereby causing detachment of said cup from the plate by tearing at least a portion of said attenuated zone.
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a base member having a substantially flat surface and containing a plurality of openings;
a cup positioned within each opening and fixed to the base portion with a tearable portion that permits detachment of the cup from the base member by severing the tearable portion upon application of torque force; and
an upper collar for each cup sized and shaped to receive said torque force.
Description This is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/FR99/01720, with an international filing date of Jul. 13, 1999, which is based on French Patent Application No. 98/08996, filed Jul. 13, 1998. This invention pertains to the field of biological analysis and the storage of biological samples. It is known in the state of the art to use plates which are generally referred to as �microtitration plates.� These plates present generally a multiplicity of wells organized according to a two-dimensional grid. Each well can contain a biological sample. As an example, European patent EP 611597 describes a microntiration unit comprising at least one recipient made of a transparent material and which has an orifice intended for receiving a biological test reaction mixture. Also known are the patents BE 902982, EP 688602, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,154,975, 3,907,505 and 4,255,522. which pertain to different implementations of biological test plates. European patent EP 92140 describes a microtest plate comprising a frame and a central part equipped with recipients, characterized in that the top edge of the frame of the microtest plate is separate from the central part, with the exception of several points of connection via a continuous opening, in that it comprises crosspieces perpendicular to its surface and recesses, preferably small notches, arranged opposite each other between the crosspieces on the lower support edge of the frame. European patent EP 84102 describes a microtitration plate for the diagnosis of blood groups constituted by a flat-bottom plate made of rigid, transparent polystyrene, characterized in that the bottoms of the cups present dry adherent layers essentially made of pure antiserums and in that the cups are composed of a polystyrene capable of protein binding, sterilized by radiation, such as surface treatment for cell cultures. These plates are in widespread use in biological analysis laboratories. The content of the wells is transferred into a well reader in which a biochemical reaction is produced by means of pipettes. These pipettes are sometimes automated and supported by a robot to enable multipipetting. Nevertheless, these solutions require considerable skill as well as costly equipment. Thus, it would be advantageous to provide a plate that allows separation of the wells on an as-needed basis, thereby avoiding the transfer of the well content into the analysis equipment. Such a plate would also enable storage of various types of biological samples in the form of a single plate, and the use of a well if needed. The invention relates to a microtitration plate including a plastic base having a multiplicity of cups shaped and sized to receive biological liquid samples, each cup being surrounded by an attenuated zone and having an upper collar sized and shaped to cooperate with a complementary sized and shaped tool to exert a torsional force on the upper collar, thereby causing detachment of the cup by tearing at least a portion of the attenuated zone. Better comprehension of the invention will be obtained from the description below which refers to the attached drawings in which: FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a plate according to the invention from above. FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a plate according to the invention from below. FIG. 3 shows an enlarged top view of a portion of the plate. FIG. 4 shows an enlarged bottom view of a portion of the plate. The following description is intended to refer to specific embodiments of the invention illustrated in the drawings and is not intended to define or limit the invention, other than in the appended claims. Also, the drawings are not to scale and various dimensions and proportions are contemplated. The invention pertains to a plate intended especially for microtitration, which plate presents a multiplicity of cups for receiving samples of a biological liquid, characterized in that the cups are detachable. The plate according to the invention is advantageously constituted by a molded plastic part presenting a multiplicity of hollow protuberances constituting the cups, with each of these protuberances being surrounded by a scored line. According to a preferred variant, the cups are extended above the top surface of the plate by a collar that can cooperate with a tool that allows exertion of a rotation which causes the cup to be torn off. According to a particular mode of implementation, the cups are surrounded by a tear zone presenting attenuated lines. The cups are preferably surrounded by a zone that presents alternately radial reinforcements extending the cup and openings of a section equal at least to that of the radial reinforcements. The cups are advantageously surrounded by a tear zone presenting semicircular shoulders that form an inclined plane on which come to slide the radial extensions of the cups during their separation from the plate by means of a movement of rotation. According to a variant, the wells present individual identification labels. According to another variant, the plate presents an individual identification label. According to one example of implementation, the identification labels are constituted by bar codes embedded in the plastic. According to another example of implementation, the identification labels are constituted by remotely readable means embedded in the plastic. Turning now to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a plate from above according to the invention. The plate is made of molded plastic. It has a top surface/base (1) and a peripheral edge (2) extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom. The peripheral edge (2) is convergent so as to allow stacking or partial nesting of superposed plates. The top surface (1) has a multiplicity of cups (3) the openings of which are surrounded by serrated collars (4). Each collar (4) can receive a key (5) of complementary section which fits into spaced apart radial extensions that extend from the cup and form grooves with widths substantially equal to at least the width of the radial extensions. Key (5) makes it possible to exert on collar (4) of a cup a torsional force that causes tearing of scored zone (6) surrounding the cup. When zone (6) is torn, the cup is released and can be separated from the top surface (1) of the plate. FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a plate from below according to the invention. The cup (3) has the form of a hollow substantially cylindrical body (7). The height of the cups is slightly less than that of the peripheral edge (2) to allow the plate to rest in stable equilibrium on a flat surface. FIG. 3 shows an enlarged top view of the plate. The collar (4) is of serrated form and comprises alternating notches (9) and protruding projections (10). The collar (4) also has radial extensions (11, 12) constituting reinforcement zones. The connection between the collar (4) and the surface of the plate (1) is made by means of an attenuated zone (13) surrounding the collar. Attenuation is implemented by means of a reduced thickness of the plastic which facilitates tearing when a force is exerted on the collar, especially by means of key (5) which facilitates transmission of a torsional force. When the collar (4) of a cup is rotated, the peripheral attenuated zone tears and the radial extensions (11, 12) come into contact with the semicircular ramps (14) provided in their angular extension. The cup (3) on which the rotational force was exerted is thereby pushed upwardly and can be easily removed from the plate to be introduced into a reader or for any other operation. FIG. 4 shows an enlarged bottom view. The substantially cylindrical body (7) is surrounded by the attenuated zone. The plate has zones (14) in the form of a spiral ramp on which the radial extensions (11) slide. The plate can be made by molding in a single-slide mold. Each of the plates can bear a specific identification means, for example, a bar code or a two-dimensional code cast in the plastic. Likewise, each of the cups can bear a specific identification means, for example a bar code or a two-dimensional code cast in the bottom of the cylindrical part. One variant consists of equipping each plate with a radio-frequency or coded magnetic label. This label, which can have various forms, for example, the form of an integrated circuit or a coded magnetic wire, can be integrated in the material so as to allow remote identification. Also, the base may have a slot to introduce a strip bearing a remote identification label. Preferably, the strip has at least one locking serration. This identification can be carried on the plate or on the cup. It can be advantageous for certain applications if the labeling of all the cups is identical and possibly identical to that of the plate. For other applications, the plate can be labeled with a unique code, and the cups can be labeled with a code comprising the identification code of the plate supplemented with a code pertaining to the cup. Finally, it is advantageous to include tamper-prevention filaments fixed between the top surface/base and at least one of the cups, preferably a filament for each cup. Patent Citations
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The primary propaganda message the special interests that benefit so greatly from the exclusive private heath care system would have you believe is that the proposed government option will take something away from you.
Follow the money INDEED — it should be a no brainer that the private health care industry where companies spend millions competing with each other doesn't want another player in the field that may be able to provide equal coverage at less cost.
Another "should be a no brainer" is that a government program won't need to make shareholders happy with large profits. How many of you remember when the previously non-profit Blue Cross went public? It was back in 1994 (see article).
Let's also not forget the multi-million dollar compensation given to the CEOs of private health insurance companies. Here's a list. And that's just the top executives.
I assume that a government heath care program will be run by executives whose salaries are in the $200,000 range.
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I agree. It doesn't even matter to me if Bitcoin survives, as what it attempts is far bigger than whatever it accomplishes in its first rendition. Imaginations have already grasped and taken hold of the concept, with questions begged (and being answered even now) that were not even being posed before. That's a fierce necessity cat that was let out of the mother of invention bag, and I can't wait to see how it evolves.
That's also the part that should cause any Bitcoin fan to smirk, because what was the purpose of Bitcoin in the first place? If the entire world's electricity was permanently gone, debit cards and such are out of commission as well, and then what are you left with, but hard specie and a bunch of paper to burn.