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Conducting cool summer research in the Arctic
The Arctic Coastal Ecosystems Survey (ACES) is focused on understanding the ecological role of near-shore and lagoon habitats of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas that surround Alaska and its connectivity with the coastal ocean. These habitats are incredibly important to the local population that subsists on them, yet they are also anticipated to be impacted by both climate change and increasing human interactions (such as increased traffic, commercial fisheries and oil exploration). FIU researchers aim to establish a baseline to measure impacts of observed ecosystem variability through the continuum of environmental and anthropogenic change in the Arctic.
Scientist and Ph.D. student Mark Barton and Ann Robertson from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) went to Barrow, Alaska, for the majority of the summer to collect fish and invertebrates in the nearshore, across 12 sites along the Chukchi and Beaufort coast as well as within the local estuary, Elson Lagoon. These samples were collected with a beach seine, a net that is set in a semicircle from one point on a beach to another, and then dragged ashore.
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Population growth, development named key players in Potomac River pollution
Potomac Conservancy calls for the reduction of runoff in river report card.
by Catherine Krikstan
November 19, 2012
Plumes of sediment, floating trash and pathogens that make once-swimmable water unsafe: pollution of all kinds continues to plague the Potomac River, as populations grow, pavement expands and stormwater runoff pushes various hazards into the 405-mile long waterway.
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According to the advocacy group's sixth annual State of the Nation's River report, "too many stretches of the Potomac River are still too polluted to allow you to safely swim, boat or fish, or to support healthy populations of fish and other aquatic life."
The cause? A "pending storm" of population pressure and development, said Potomac Conservancy President Hedrick Belin.
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In the report, the Conservancy calls on state and local decision-makers to strengthen pollution regulations, increase clean water funding and improve pollution-reduction incentives and technical assistance.
"The Potomac Conservancy is advocating for river-friendly land-use policies and decisions, especially at the local level," Belin said. "Because defending the river requires protecting the land that surrounds it."
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I hope the Conservancy is also calling on state and local officials to end policies that accelerate population growth. They pursue growth. They measure success by how much they grow. Economic development incentives and other growth subsidies artificially increase the rate of population growth to the region. Population growth has been named as the cause. Why not come up with a solution that addresses the cause rather than the symptoms? Call for population stabilization.
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The online consensus seems to be No, but I'm not so sure.
While the manual for my boxed copy of Rush Hour is just a Deluxe manual with a different cover, page 10 of said manual shows a well-developed region named "Puget Sound," which does look like the Seattle area. But there is no such region in my installation of Rush Hour on top of plain SC4. Maybe Deluxe comes with this and other regions not in Rush Hour.


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Bravo!! What a macho man you are!!
Four of the hundred thousand sharks this "recreational" shark hunter has killed - so far.
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The images and the article say it all - what else could I add? That this eco-pervert is a disgrace? That he personifies what has become to be known as the "ugly American"? That killing two pregnant tiger sharks with 90 pups in their bellies isn't "cool" but an outright crime?
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This garden contains 65 iris varieties (770 plants), including bearded, spuria, Siberian, Japanese and Louisiana. Look for the topiary Chinese junk "afloat" in the pool at the bottom of the garden. Buddha is up the steps to the right. The pagoda topiary was started in 2001, restored from Mr. Ladew's original design, and is located to the left of the junk. The Nature Walk entrance is left of the Buddha, toward the gravel driveway.
As Head of Gardens, I am constantly making decisions about pruning, transplanting or removing plant material. Yet every so often there is an occasion when, even though the decision seems correct from a horticultural perspective, the little voice in my head says "Don't do it". Don't do it because of its importance. Don't do it because it's stressed. Don't do it because it may not respond accordingly.
Some choices are made for you. When a plant is diseased, damaged or planted in the wrong site, action is warranted. But when a plant has historic or landscape significance and has outgrown its space, or morphed into something that it is not supposed to be, it can be difficult to act. Such was the issue with Ladew's Buddha.
A few years ago, Ladew' Senior Gardener, Phil Krach, and I were interviewed by a Japanese author, who was writing a book on topiary. We took the author and her interpreter, on a tour of the gardens and when we arrived at the bottom of the Iris Garden in front of Buddha, they spoke quietly in Japanese to each other and then giggled. Phil and I could tell they were laughing at Buddha, so we asked "What's so funny?" Surprisingly, the answer did not come from the interpreter, but instead, it came in clear English from the author, who said "He's a western Buddha. He's fat!"
Our visitors were absolutely right; the Buddha was never intended to grow into the rotund shape they saw that day. He was designed as a Tibetan Buddha, leaner and more pointed than this jolly figure. Pruning anxiety had set in and we had hesitated over the years to take the steps necessary to bring Buddha back to Harvey Ladew's original design.
You may have noticed that Buddha is growing thinner. For the past two years, garden staff has been aggressively pruning the 16 plants that make up the topiary in an attempt to rejuvenate them. We have also removed several "junk" trees from around Buddha allowing in more light and reducing the possibility of damage from falling branches (one took off Buddha's head a few years ago).
Early spring is the proper time for taxus to be pruned for rejuvenation, and this spring Buddha will undergo another rigorous pruning. It will take several years for the topiary to be restored to its original appearance, but our patience will be rewarded. If all goes well Buddha will be restored to his Tibetan ancestry, or is it Mr. Ladew's ancestry?
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(Portland, Ore.) February 4, 2011 – Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state and national security advisor under President George W. Bush, will be the featured speaker at the 12th annual Portland State University Simon Benson Awards Dinner on Oct. 19.
Rice served as national security advisor from January 2001 to 2005, and secretary of state from 2005 to the end of President Bush's second term in 2009. She currently holds three positions at Stanford University: professor of political economy in the graduate school of business, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson senior fellow on public policy at the Hoover Institution, and professor of political science. She is the author of several books, most recently Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family (October 2010), which shares how her upbringing in segregated Birmingham, Ala. -- along with her strong family and parents—helped to shape the course of her life.
The co-chairs of the 2011 Simon Benson Awards dinner are Oregon business leaders Tom Fink, a member of the PSU Foundation board, and Rick Hawkins, past chair of the PSU Foundation Board.
Named after one of Oregon's first philanthropists, the Simon Benson Award was created by Portland State University in 1999 to honor the region's contemporary pioneers in philanthropy. Recipients are community leaders who have generously given time and resources to improve the lives of generations of Oregonians. A key objective of the event is to highlight the impact and raise the profile of philanthropy throughout Oregon. In 2010, the Simon Benson Awards Dinner raised more than $500,000, supporting students, faculty, and campus programs.
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Gov. Rick Perry on Friday signed into law a proposal to temporarily close a beach on the southern tip of Texas during rocket launches, a move that allows the state to remain competitive for a SpaceX launch site.
House Bill 2623 gives state officials permission to close the public Boca Chica Beach, near Brownsville, for up to 12 rocket launches a year. The proposal prohibits beach closures during the Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends without approval of the general land office, the legislation states. It passed the Texas House in April, and was approved by senators on May 9.
"Even as our country shifts towards a greater reliance on private space exploration, Gov. Perry believes that Texas will continue to be the home for the space industry, and this bill ensures that we remain on right path to solidifying that reality," read a statement from Perry's spokesman, Josh Havens.
Authored by Rep. Rene Oliveira, D-Brownsville, the bill was the result of lobbying by SpaceX and encouragement from its billionaire CEO Elon Musk, who spoke to Texas lawmakers about the commercial spaceport he is considering building. Without HB 2623, the port couldn't be built.
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Would there be an easy way to mark people you've already purchased from? Maybe someone can make a script or something for that? Anyone that would ever like to attempt the "Full of Sale" E-Peen would undoubtedly appreciate it.
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multiple auctions I did have been closed for "abuse"
my question, how can I calculate the maximum prize for an item so I don't lose my items without seeing even one flezz?
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Shouldn't that be 'for more' without the comma?-XI- edited this message on 09/29/2009 5:38PM
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You'll replace bids that are under your maximum as the current bidding price.
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I propose adding in a confirmation dialog when you're about to buy something at the buynow price, or at least when you're trying to place a bid more than 10% higher than the buynow price. I think think this would help reduce careless mistakes like the one I just made.
Today, I attempted to place a bid for 3,000F when I accidentally placed one for 30,000F and a little "Are you sure?" dialog would have probably helped. Now I know this was of course my fault and 10,000F (the buynow price was only 13,000F) isn't the end of the world, but I doubt it would be much trouble to add in something like that.
For the people who would be bothered by this a simple "Don't show this again" checkbox should suffice. I imagine this would mostly be a win-win situation with the only cost being a little developement time.
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Not an issue, per se, but a "nice to have" I'd like to browse auctions by characteristic, since I don't always know exactly which .moar files I'm looking for, but I'm usually looking to increase something – processing power, luck, etc.
Does that make sense?
|Posted On: 11/22/2009 2:53PM
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tracylee Posted:
It has been suggested a million times Log in to see images!
|Posted On: 11/22/2009 7:58PM
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Is there a more comprehensive base price list ?
forumwarz.com/spoilers/wiki/Base_Cost lacks a few info.
googling for site:.....warz.com base price didn't give any useful info.
I need it to make a reasonable bid to pbum the reserve on some of the lower-leveled items.
Sorry if this has been answered before, don't have enough energy to slog through all the pages.Testudo edited this message on 07/15/2010 9:46AM
|Posted On: 07/15/2010 9:39AM
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No, there is no more comprehensive list that I know of. I've been working on gathering data for a reorganization of that wiki entry, as well as a wiki article on .moars by base cost, but I hadn't been planning on publishing it until I get more information. Going is slow because I have to actually own the item to discover its base cost.
If you give me a couple of days I'll publish what I have on the items and maybe others can help fill in the rest.
|Posted On: 07/15/2010 8:57PM
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Unusual Pie Posted:
Take all the time you need… Thanks for the work and for updating that wiki entry Log in to see images!
Unusual Pie Posted:
What about merging it somehow with Moar_Files_Sortable_By_Attribute ?
We'll have to deal with column width though..
If needed, I can help preparing a (new?) wiki page beforehand.
|Posted On: 07/15/2010 11:39PM
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Testudo Posted:
I had considered it, but rejected the idea because of column width. I thought it might better to set it up similar to the .moar files by forum page, like so:
Log in to see images!
How's that look?
And yes, you can absolutely help setting it up; I'd be grateful. I'll send you a tubmail.
|Posted On: 07/16/2010 12:46AM
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The table looks good, lacks a sorting function though. I will need 2 tables at once. First, search for the file I want in Moar_Files_Sortable_By_Attribute, then look up the base value in that table.
If I may suggest :
Log in to see images!
This will be a new table/wiki, completely separated from Moar_Files_Sortable_By_Attribute.
I took out Ego (could be enhanced pretty easily using upgrade points with increasing return per point invested) and took out secondary stats (since they are clbum-spesific). The sole exception is belgium with +2000 ego. The table would be less pretty though…oh well…
Off+Def this is usually my deciding factor in Kyoubai.
Luck+Char for people who wants to maximize their gifts.
Base Cost at Frugality Lvl 0.
Starting bid as a rough guide, especially when bidding for the more high-leveled items (ie. if you have less, don't bother) —-> deemed unnecessary
Bold fonts indicates the best items in respective attributes.
What do you think?
edited to clarify some matters
reedited due to misclick
-Testudo edited this message on 07/16/2010 12:43PM
|Posted On: 07/16/2010 8:45AM
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I talked about 'starting bid' here. Decided that it was unnecessary..Testudo edited this message on 07/16/2010 12:06PM
|Posted On: 07/16/2010 9:05AM
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I think Moar_Files_Sortable_By_Attribute should be left alone. It's for players looking for information on stats, and it performs its function well, with all the information needed.
As for finding a specific .moar file on any page, people can use the Ctrl + F search function on their computer or find it alphabetically by category.
Regarding Kyoubai, reserves are the perogative of the seller, and the only way to ensure that a valuable item does not sell for way less than its value due to lack of bids. But it would be helpful for the reserve to be revealed in the auction if the seller so chooses, as many have suggested before. As for choosing how much to bid on an item, a more important consideration than Base Cost should be: How much is the item worth to you? Items like pink floyd – darkside full album (ttly syncs w/ wzrd of oz at 2:43 awesome!!!).h regularly sell for much higher than their Base Cost, due to consumer demand. If you don't know the Base Cost, just bid what you are willing to pay according to how much you want the item.
Anyway, my wiki article on Base Cost will be forthcoming if anyone is interested.
|Posted On: 07/16/2010 10:12AM
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Unusual Pie Posted:
agree, I was suggesting a new table based on it, not replacing it
I fully understand about reserve
Unusual Pie Posted:
fully support this, although it will make the "minimum bid" redundant
Unusual Pie Posted:
yes, fully understand this. This really holds true with the higher-leveled items (Colonel, Habanero, Bonsai, Pink Floyd, etc) where I will have no problem parting with a huge amount of flezz to get them. My problem (stated in my previous post) was dealing with lower-leveled items since I'm not always swimming in flezz.
Just for example :
I'm a new player and I have 200K. I see this page_2_snypa (not shopped).xpeg on sale. I want to buy this since it's better than my current .moar. How much should I bid?
The knowledge of its 149K base cost will be a big help for me to decide.
Anyway that's just me… I realize other players may act differently.
Unusual Pie Posted:
good luck. TM me if you need any help.
|Posted On: 07/16/2010 12:03PM
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wrong post,misclick … I hate my mouseTestudo edited this message on 07/16/2010 12:46PM
|Posted On: 07/16/2010 12:38PM
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It sucks, but this has a reserve price of 400k. Just in case you wondered.
|Posted On: 07/16/2010 8:49PM
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Bidders automatically bid higher than me when I bid. Is that supposed to happen?
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Anales de la Asociación Química Argentina
Print version ISSN 0365-0375
An. Asoc. Quím. Argent. vol.94 no.1-3 Buenos Aires Jan./July 2006
Complexation of Zn(II) by catechol in hydroxylic solvents
1Sancho, M.I.; 1Blanco, S.E.; 1Ferretti, F.H.; 2Jubert, A.H. ; 3Castro, E.A.
1 Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacy, San Luis National University, San Luis, Argentina
2 CEQUINOR, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, La Plata National University, La Plata, Argentina
3 INIFTA, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, La Plata National University, La Plata, Argentina
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Received April 25th, 2006. In final form May 18th, 2006
Dedicated to Prof. Imre G. Csizmadia on the occasion of his 75th birthday
The stability of the complex formed by one molecule of 1,2-dihydroxybenzene and one molecule of zinc acetate in solutions with different permittivity and temperature was investigated by means of spectroscopic and chromatographic methods. The Becke hybrid three-parameter nonlocal exchange functional combined with the Lee-Yang-Parr dynamic correlation functional method (B3LYP/6-31G(d)) and the isodensity polarized continuum model (IPCM) were used in the calculations. It was assumed that the formation of the complex takes place by a reaction between ions of opposite charges. It was also proposed an equation to explain the changes of the constant of the complexation equilibrium with the permittivity of the reaction medium. The calculations allowed us to prove that the increase of the hydrogen-bond donor ability of the solvents favours a higher thermodynamic stability of the reactants with respect to the complex and, as a result, a decrease of the corresponding equilibrium constants. The non-planar structure proposed for the complex is consistent with the experimentally observed hyperchromic shift. The plane, in the complex molecule, containing the aromatic ring is tilted by approximately 18º with respect to that of the zinc and oxygen atoms. It was concluded that the formation of the complex is an endothermic process.
Se investigó la estabilidad del complejo formado por una molécula de 1,2-dihidroxibenceno y una molécula de acetato de cinc, en soluciones con diferentes permitividad y temperatura, por medio de métodos espectroscópicos y cromatográficos. En los cálculos teóricos se usó el método B3LYP/6-31G(d) y el modelo IPCM. Se propuso que la formación del complejo ocurre por una reacción entre iones de carga opuesta. También se propuso una ecuación que explica los cambios de la constante de equilibrio de complejación con la permitividad del medio de reacción. Los cálculos realizados permitieron demostrar que el aumento de la capacidad donora de la unión hidrógeno del solvente favorece una mayor estabilidad termodinámica de los reactivos con respecto al complejo y por consiguiente una disminución de las correspondientes constantes de equilibrio. La estructura no planar propuesta para el complejo es coherente con el cambio hipercrómico observado experimentalmente. En la molécula del complejo, el plano que contiene el anillo aromático está inclinado aproximadamente 18º, con respecto al plano del cinc y de los átomos de oxígeno. Se concluyó que la formación del complejo es un proceso endotérmico.
Flavonoids are an extensive group of poliphenolic compounds abundant in nature [1] and also obtainable by synthetic methods [2]. Due to their numerous physicochemical and biological properties [3], they are object of continuous investigations in several disciplines related to Biology and Chemistry. Commonly, the molecular structure of flavonoids of high biological activity like quercetin or naringenin [4] includes a group derived from resorcinol and/or catechol [5,6]. This quality is also shown by important flavonoids used in analytical chemistry like morin, which has been used as complexating reagent of Thorium (IV) [7]. As part of a program aimed at finding relationships among flavonoids, the complexation of Zn(II) by catechol in ethanol (EtOH), methanol (MeOH) and water was experimentally and theoretically studied. Besides, the complex structure and the influence of the temperature and permittivity on their stabilities was investigated.
The structure of the complex of stoichiometric composition 1:1 and the practical numbering system adopted for carrying out the calculations are shown in fig. 1. The calculations were performed following known procedures [8]. The initial molecular geometries were modelled by the AM1 (Austin Model 1) method. The initial geometries were then optimized with the Gaussian 98 [9] program package. The final optimization of the molecular structures was performed with the B3LYP/6-31G(d) method. To analyse the solvent effects on the optimized structures in gas-phase the IPCM model [10] was used. In all the calculations default convergence criteria were used.
Fig. 1. Structure of the complex catecholate-zinc computed at B3LYP/6-31G(d) and the practical numbering system adopted in the calculations.
Reagents. Catechol from Biomedicals, Zinc acetate dihydrate (purity >99.5% w/w) from Merck and HPLC grade methanol (MeOH) from Merck were used without further purification.
Instrumentation and Procedures.
The experiments performed comprised:
(a) The determination of the stoichiometry of the complex formed by zinc acetate and catechol in MeOH. The molar ratio method [11,12] was used for the spectrophotometric determination of the complex composition. The UV-visible spectra were recorded on a Shimadzu UV 160 A double beam spectrophotometer with 1 cm thermostatically controlled cells, between 240-320 nm at 25°C.
(b) The measurements of the complexation global rate by means of HPLC. The HPLC instrument consisted of a Gilson 322 series pump and a Gilson 152 UV-Vis detector, equipped with a Phenomenex column temperature controller. The system was controlled by the UniPoint system software v2.10 (Gilson). The analysis was carried out with a reverse-phase Luna (C18 (2), 250mm x 4.6 mm, 5 m) column from Phenomenex. Chromatographic studies were performed under isocratic elution with a mobile phase of 100% MeOH, a constant column temperature of 40ºC and a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The injection volume was 20 mL and the detector was set at 278 nm, which represents the maximum adsorption wavelength of catechol.
In a typical kinetic experiment, reacting mixtures containing 1.76 x 10-4 M of catechol and 6.96 x 10-4 M of Zinc were prepared in a mobile phase. The molar ratio 4:1 Zinc to catechol was chosen to assure the complexation reaction. These solutions were placed in volumetric flasks hermetically closed and thermostated (6ºC-30ºC). At increasing time intervals an aliquot of the reacting mixture was injected. Identification of remaining catechol was carried out by comparing retention times of unknown peaks with standards and quantification was carried out using calibration curves. Seven concentrations of catechol (3 x 10-4 M, 2.3 x 10-4 M, 2 x 10-4 M, 1.5 x 10-4 M, 1.2 x 10-4 M, 9.1 x 10-5 M, 6 x 10-5 M) were injected separately into the HPLC column to prepare the calibration curve. A square correlation coefficient (r2) was found for catechol standards (>0.99). The measurements of samples were performed until equilibrium was reached (3 – 4h).
Results and discussion
fig. 2 shows the UV spectra of catechol, both free (L) and complexed (C) with Zn(II) in MeOH. Likewise, fig. 3 shows the first derivative spectra of L and C. From fig. 2 it can be observed that at 278.1 nm, maximum absorption wavelength of L, both species absorb radiation. The main absorption band of L, in the presence of Zn(II), undergoes a hyperchromic shift.
Fig. 2. Zero-order UV spectra of 1,2-dihydroxy-benzene free and complexed with zinc acetate in methanol, at 25.0ºC.
Fig. 3. First derivative UV spectra of 1,2-dihydroxy-benzene free and complexed with Zn(II) in methanol, at 25.0ºC.
Stoichiometry and formation of the complex
The existence of the complex Zn(II)L was detected by applying the molar ratio method [12]. fig. 4 shows the results of this method in MeOH at 25°C. From fig. 4 it can be observed that only the 1:1 ligand to metal complex is formed. Under our experimental conditions complexes with different ligand-metal stoichiometries were not detected.
Fig. 4. Determination of the stoichiometry of the complex formed between zinc acetate and 1,2-dihydroxy-benzene in methanol.
On the other hand, the 1:1 stoichiometric composition of the complex was confirmed by kinetic experiments. We proposed that the formation of the complex 1:1 occurs by the following reaction,
In the reaction above, L2-- is the catecholate dianion, LZn is the 1:1 ligand-metal complex and k2, k1 are the global reaction rate constants for the forward (second order) and reverse (first order) reaction rate, respectively. This reaction is characterized by the equilibrium constant KC, which is defined by the following equation,
In this equation, the brackets stand for molar concentrations. As an example, fig. 5 shows the graphical representation of the experimental data according to eq. (3),
Fig. 5. Formation of the complex between catechol and zinc acetate in methanol at 25.0°C. Graphic representation of Eq. (3). Error bars = 1%.
[L] = [ZnL]e exp [{-(kl*+ kl)} t] + [L]e (3)
where, t = time; [L] = the molar concentration of catechol for any time t; [L]e, [ZnL]e = the molar concentrations in equilibrium (t = oo") and k1* = the rate constant of pseudo first order for the forward reaction rate.
table 1 summarises the optimized values of molecular properties of all the species involved in the reaction described by eq. (1).
Table 1. Calculated molecular parameters and properties using the IPCM method at B3LYP/6-31G(d) level for catecholate
dianion (L2-), zinc ion (Zn2+) and ligand-metal complex 1:1 (LZn), in vacuum and hydroxylic solvents at 298 K
(Gº = Total Gibbs free energy, kcal mol-1; q = Mulliken's atomic charge of the indicated atom, au).
The values of KC calculated in EtOH, MeOH and water at different temperatures are summarised in table 2. It is obvious that these data are important for their comparative values and not for their absolute magnitudes.
Table 2. Calculated complexation equilibrium constants using the B3LYP/6-31G(d) method with the model IPCM, in hydroxylic solvents
( KC = equilibrium constant of Eq. (2); e = experimental permittivity values [ 13,14] ).
Solvent Effects
It is known that the influence of the relative permittivity (m) of the medium on the rate constant of a reaction between two ions may be described [15] by the equation,
lnk2 = lnk2o - (Ne2/2RT) {(ZA2/rA) + (ZB2/rB) - (Z‡2/r‡)} (1-1/e) (4)
In the equation above, k2o and k2 are the rate constants for media with unit and m relative permittivity; N is the Avogadro's number; e is the unit of electric charge; R is the universal gas constant; T is the absolute temperature; ZA, ZB, Z‡ are the charges of the two ions and the corresponding activated complex, respectively; rA, rB, r‡ are the radii of the two ions and activated complex, respectively.
Using the eqs. (1) and (4), the following relationship between KC and e was obtained,
ln KC = ln KCo - (Ne2/2RT) {(ZA2/rA) + (ZB2/rB) - (Z‡2/r‡)} (1-1/e) (5)
In this equation, KCo is the equilibrium constant for vacuum (e = 1). The KC values calculated at 298 K were plotted against 1/e as shown in fig. 6.
Fig. 6. Plot of ln KC against 1/e for the complexation reaction studied at 298K. KC is the equilibrium constant in L mol-1. Square correlation coefficient > 0.9995.
A linear relationship was obtained, as follows:
ln KC = 1129.5 (1/e) + 36.932 (r = greater than 0.9995) (6)
This equation indicates that when m increases the corresponding KC decreases. This signifies that the solvents with the lowest polarity favour the studied complexation reaction. Analysing Eqs. (5) and (6), it is inferred that {(ZA2/rA) + (ZB2/rB) - (Z‡2/r‡)} is a positive magnitude. If we assume that the involved radii are the same [15], that is rA = rB = r‡, it is deduced that (ZA2 + ZB2) > Z‡2 which is reasonable.
Influence of the temperature
The van't Hoff equation, which states the equilibrium constant of reactions increase with temperature if the process is endothermic but decreases if it is exothermic, may be expressed as,
ln KC = DHº/RT + DSº/R (7)
In the equation above, DH° and DS° are the standard heat and standard entropy of the reaction, respectively. The calculated complexation equilibrium constants in hydroxylic solvents between 20-30ºC were plotted according to this equation, as shown in fig. 7. The following expressions were obtained:
Fig. 7. Influence of the temperature (T, in K) on the equilibrium constant (KC, L mol-1) of the complexation reaction
between zinc acetate and catechol in ethanol, methanol and water
In EtOH:
ln KC = -24117 (1/T) + 240.01 (r = 0.9996) (8)
DH° = 47.9 kcal mol-1 (9)
DS° = 476.9 cal mol-1 K-1 (10)
In MeOH:
ln KC = -15779 (1/T) + 201.05 (r = 0.9996) (11)
DH° = 31.4 kcal mol-1 (12)
DS° = 399.5 cal mol-1 K-1 (13)
In Water:
ln KC = -5716.2 (1/T) + 147.87 (r = 0.9997) (14)
DH° = 11.4 kcal mol-1 (15)
DS° = 293.8 cal mol-1 K-1 (16)
From Eq. (7), it is evident that KC increases when DH° decreases and DS° increases. Moreover, from fig. 7 it can be observed that under similar conditions the KC constants decrease progressively as follows,
KC (EtOH) > KC (MeOH) > KC (Water) (17)
Taking this into account and considering the values above obtained for DH° and DS°, it is inferred that the weight of the DS° term on the KC values is higher than that of DH°. These results suggest that in EtOH the reactants are solvated more effectively than in water and MeOH with respect to the complex, or that in water and MeOH the complex is solvated more effectively than the reactants.
On the other hand, it must also be noted that the solvents capability for protonation, which depends on their acidity, is another property that affects the stability of the complex. The pKa values in ethanol, methanol and water at 298 K decrease as follows [16],
pKa (EtOH)=15.58 > pKa (MeOH)=14.26 > pKa (Water)=13.99 (18)
From eqs. (17) and (18) it is inferred that when the acidity of a reaction medium increases the stability of the complex decreases.
Molecular properties of reactants and metal complex
From tables 1 and 2 it can be observed that some of the calculated magnitudes significantly change with the solvent, whereas others show only slight variations. The free energies of all the compounds increase in absolute value in the order vacuum < ethanol < methanol < water. This is indicating the thermodynamic stability of the species increases with the solvent polarity. Moreover, the Mulliken's atomic charges in vacuum also suffer changes with respect to the pertinent charges in solution. For example, the charge qZn = 0.756 of the complex increases its value up to qZn = 1.004. Likewise, qO7= -0.679 of the complex increases (in absolute value) its value up to qO7 = -0.732, while qO7 = -0.769 of the catecholate dianion increases its value up to qO7= -0.828. These results suggest that the Mulliken's atomic charges of the reactants and complex increase with the solvent polarity.
It is evident that in solution the reactants and products are involved in specific solvent-solute interactions such as intermolecular hydrogen bonds (IHBs). The solvation parameters a and b [17,18] are very useful for describing these IHBs. The parameters a and b measure exclusively the hydrogen-bond donor (HBD) and hydrogen-bond-acceptor (HBA) properties of the solvents, respectively. Good relationships were obtained between the free energies of the involved species in the complexation reaction described by eq. (1), and the solvation parameters of the used solvents. figs. 8 and 9 show the increase in thermodynamic stability of the catecholate dianion and complex catecholate-zinc respectively, with the a-parameter of hydroxylic solvents. From fig. 8 and 9, it is observed that the obtained linear equations have good square correlation coefficients (r >0.99). It is worth noting that the straight line slope of the catecholate dianion is higher than the straight line slope of the complex. This fact indicates that the increase of the HBD capability of the solvents favour a higher thermodynamic stability of the reactants with respect to the complex and, therefore, a decrease in the corresponding equilibrium constants.
Fig. 8. Variations of the free energy of catecholate dianion with the a-parameter of ethanol, methanol and water.
Fig. 9. Plot of the free energy of the complex catecholate-zinc against the a-parameter of hydroxylic solvents.
Recently, solvent effects on the conformational equilibrium between two conformations of catechol were studied by Rudyk et al. [8]. It was determined that in primary alcohols both conformations possess a planar structure. fig. 1 shows the non-planar structure of the complex catecholate-Zn(II) computed at B3LYP/6-31G(d). table 3 summarises the calculated properties of the complex in MeOH at 298 K.
Table 3. Calculated structural magnitudes at B3LYP/6-31G(d) for the complex catecholate-zinc in methanol at 25ºC. (Fig. 1, D = dihedral angle between the indicated atoms (º); r = bond length between the indicated atoms (Å); A = H-Bond angle (º); d = interaction distance between the indicated atoms (Å); q =total atomic charge of Mulliken (au)).
Comments from Table 3: (a) the null value of the dihedral angle D-O7C1C2O8 indicates that oxygen atoms bonded to Zn13 are in the same plane; (b) the D-C1C2O8Zn13 angle approximately measures the angle formed by the plane containing the phenyl ring and the plane containing the zinc and oxygen atoms. That is, the phenyl ring is tilted by 18.2º with respect to the oxygen and metal atoms plane.
The influence of the temperature and solvents on the stability of the complex formed by the catecholate dianion and the zinc ion was studied. It was assumed that the formation of the complex takes place by a reaction between ions of opposite charges. An equation was proposed to explain the changes of the complexation equilibrium constant with the medium permittivity. The calculated free energies for reactants and products with the specific solvation parameter a of the solvents were related. Several linear relationships were obtained, which support the increase of the equilibrium constant when the relative permittivity of the medium decreases. The calculations performed at B3LYP/6-31G(d) level using the IPCM method allowed us to prove that the formation of the metal complex implies an endothermic process in which the solvent-solute interactions play a fundamental role. Moreover, it was determined that the complex has a non-planar structure.
This work was supported by grants from San Luis National University, Argentine.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of decrying oppression against Myanmar's democracy leader, the United States got to celebrate her freedom as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomed Aung San Suu Kyi to the State Department Tuesday at the start of her landmark tour of America.
Nine months after they met at the Nobel laureate's crumbling lakeside villa in Yangon, Suu Kyi and Clinton are expected to discuss the political changes in the country also known as Burma and whether Washington should ease its remaining economic sanctions in response to the reforms.
In brief comments open to reporters at the start of their meeting, Clinton and Suu Kyi discussed the Burmese expatriate community in Indiana that she will travel to during her 17-day stay. "There's so much excitement and enthusiasm that you can actually come," Clinton said.
Hours before Suu Kyi touched down in Washington, Myanmar announced Monday a new round of prisoner releases. According to Suu Kyi's party, at least 87 political detainees were freed but activists say they are disappointed that hundreds more remain behind bars.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday the U.S. has yet to identify those freed and declined to comment on whether the U.S. could soon waive its import ban.
Since Suu Kyi herself was freed from house arrest in late 2010, she has transitioned from dissident to parliamentarian. Now confident of her position in Myanmar and free to travel abroad without being barred from returning, Suu Kyi has in the past four months also visited Thailand and Europe, where she was accorded honors usually reserved for heads of state.
She's also assured of star treatment in the U.S. where she's revered by Democrats and Republicans alike. The ceremonial highlight of Suu Kyi's U.S. visit will come Wednesday, when she is presented Congress' highest award that she was granted in absentia in 2008 when she was still under house arrest. She is also likely to be welcomed to the White House.
That's a powerful sign of how a former pariah state has shifted from five decades of repressive military rule, gaining international acceptance. The Obama administration has been at the forefront of the re-engagement that gathered steam when Clinton visited Myanmar last December. In July, the administration allowed U.S. companies to start investing there again.
"For her to come here and collect the Congressional Gold Medal and celebrate with the activists who have stood by her for so many years is momentous," said Suzanne Nossel, executive director of Amnesty International USA, which will host Suu Kyi on Thursday. The rights group hopes at Suu Kyi visit will help energize a new generation of activists.
But the administration is being careful to balance its plaudits for Suu Kyi with praise and recognition for the former general who has made the reforms possible — President Thein Sein. He arrives in the U.S. next week to attend the U.N. General Assembly's annual gathering of world leaders in New York. Any announcement on easing the import ban is likely to take place at that time.
In a sign of that diplomatic balancing act, a key aide to Thein Sein, minister of the president's office Aung Min, who has been at the forefront of cease-fire negotiations with Myanmar's ethnic insurgents, will have high-level meetings at the State Department Wednesday. He will also attend Suu Kyi's Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol.
Suu Kyi is under political pressure from Thein Sein's government to press the U.S. to remove the remaining sanctions — and it's a step that she appears willing to consider, although many of her longtime supporters in exile oppose it, saying reforms have yet to take root and Myanmar should not be rewarded at a time when ethnic violence is escalating in some parts of the country.
Fighting in northern Kachin state between the military and ethnic rebels continues and has displaced tens of thousands people. Communal violence in western Rakhine state in June left scores dead, and Suu Kyi herself has faced some criticism for not speaking out in support of the region's downtrodden Rohingya Muslims who are denied citizenship.
Despite her global standing and April election to parliament, Suu Kyi still has little clout in the military-dominated legislature, and rights activists fear that it is military cronies who will benefit most as Myanmar opens up to foreign investors.
Suu Kyi will have a frenetic schedule in the U.S., combining high-level meetings with award ceremonies and get-togethers with Burmese expatriates and activists who long campaigned for her release.
On Wednesday when she is presented with the congressional award, Suu Kyi will meet with House and Senate leaders. The White House has yet to announce whether she will meet President Barack Obama.
After Washington, she travels later in the week to New York, where she worked from 1969 to 1971 at the United Nations. Suu Kyi will then go to Kentucky to address the University of Louisville, before traveling to meet with one of America's largest Burmese communities in Fort Wayne, Ind. She will also visit San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the War of 1812 in North Carolina
he North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources has established a team of staff and citizen members to plan for the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The team's mission is to develop events, activities, and materials to educate the public about "America's Second War for Independence" and the role of North Carolina and North Carolinians in that war.
The War of 1812 strengthened the young United States and firmly established its position in the world. America held together against a major European power. The boundaries of the U.S. were strengthened and it gained international standing. After the war's conclusion the United States took a more isolationist stance. For the next several decades, the nation focused on internal improvements and exploration, and, pursuant to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, largely withdrew from European and world politics.
While North Carolina is not known as a major theater of operations, the British made coastal forays into the state, landing briefly at Ocracoke and Portsmouth Islands. North Carolinians such as Otway Burns and Johnston Blakeley were prominent in the naval war. North Carolina native Benjamin Forsyth, the brilliant commander of the 1st U.S. Rifle Regiment, died in battle in Canada. "The 10th U.S. Infantry Regiment, comprised mostly of North Carolinians, served in the northern campaign, seeing action at Chateaugay on October 25, 1813 and LaColle's Mill on March 30, 1814, both of which took place in Canada."
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The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire
At the height of his fame, Donald Trump was the caped hero—or was it the villain?—of the national comic book The Eighties. In a time of instant wealth and instant gratification, he was the man with the most toys—skyscrapers, yachts, helicopters, mansions, babes, cover stories, casinos, sports franchises, babes. Gwenda Blair opens her new biography of Trump in 1989, when Trump was, she claims, "the most famous man in America, if not the world." (How about the Pope?) She opens the curtain on a mob scene in which Trump is gleefully signing copies of Trump: The Game, a Monopoly-type board game in which the lowest denomination of money was $10 million and Donald's face appeared on every bill.That was Donald, all right: the brazen hero of a new Gilded Age.
Then, of course, he fell. Trump had bought too many toys, and, like the age itself, collapsed—the human equivalent of imperial overstretch. In the Trump literature of the early Nine-ties, when Trump was in the midst of what bankers euphemistically call a "workout" to repay his debt, the all-conquering tycoon is seen to have finally been brought low by his own folly. The subtitle of Wayne Barrett's 1992 biography (from which Blair has plainly borrowed heavily) is "The Deals and The Downfall."1 Those who had deplored the age took reassurance from the demise of its leading symbol. You can't keep behaving like a selfish jerk forever and get away with it.
Well, not so fast. The Eighties are back, albeit in a new form, and so is the Donald. After a brief interval, the market went back to minting millionaires, and the worship of the market that began with the Reagan administration is now, if anything, more widespread than ever before. Consumption is perhaps a bit less conspicuous—but so is the Donald. As Blair explains, Trump: The Game disappeared from the stores when the real estate market plunged in the late Eighties; but Trump, shorn of many of his properties, emerged with the value of his name undiminished. He's back on the Forbes 400 list, even if only number 368. He's not going to go away. We might as well accept the fact that Donald Trump is the price you pay for living in a marketplace culture.
Trump is an almost sickeningly familiar figure to much of the reading public. Why bother to revisit him? Gwenda Blair, a writer of celebrity biographies (her last book was a biography of the newscaster Jessica Savitch, who was killed in a car crash), has tried to solve this problem by turning Trump's life into the final stage of a multigenerational saga. This is not necessarily a bad strategy. Real estate has been a family business in New York since the time of the Astors and the Goelets in the late eighteenth century. Among the first families of the industry—the Rudins, the Tishmans, the…
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