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Prior to the advent of the internet, of the computer for that matter, teachers and scientists made use of 35mm slide projectors to provide visual evidence to supplement their lectures or discussions. These rotating, circular cartridges would hold numerous slides, each one diligently marching through the carousel like good little soldiers, patiently awaiting their time to shine, before being promptly dismissed and replaced by the next projected image. Well, let me introduce you to the forefather of the PowerPoint presentation – the lantern slide.
Lantern slides come either in their original black and white incarnation, or are delicately hand painted.
Going through the Library's collection of lantern slides (of which there are over 40,000), I was able to pull five that showed the Ainu, two of which were the slide image, but tinted in different colors.
Ainu Women in Traditional Attire - Click image to view full.
A mere half-century separates the Ainu from the picture in the previous post to the ones featured here, yet on closer observation, it is easy to tell that things are starting to change as old traditions die out.
Of the four women, only the oldest, second from the right, is seen with the traditional facial tattoo, called anchi-piri (anchi, "obsidian"; piri, "cut"). Facial tattooing, or any tattoos for that matter, was strictly a rite of passage for Ainu women – one that commenced early in childhood, and once finished, signified that the young girl was now a woman ready to be married. In an attempt to force the Ainu into becoming fully immersed into Japanese society, the tradition of tattooing was banned in the late 1800s.
As for the picture seen here, not much is known about it except that was taken in Hokkaido sometime in the 1950s by German explorer Robert Austerlitz.
An ethnographic portrait of an unknown Ainu woman.
It's an intriguing mystery, none-the-less. The backs of the images are labeled individually from 12840 to 12849. Some are of individual Ainu, sometimes they're in pairs. The views rotate from full-frontal, to three-quarter profile, to profile – quintessentially early 20th-century ethnographic portraits. Each are in their daily attire, the men sporting a full, bushy beard, while the women are seen with their traditional lip tattoo.
What is interesting about these images is that I believe they're of the nine Ainu who were chosen to attend the 1904 St. Louis Purchase Exposition. The clothing certainly matches other photographs from the fair, but the hair styles are slightly different. I think the ones in the AMNH's collection represent portraits of the nine Ainu prior to their display at the fair, and thus have not been "cleaned up" for benefit of the visitors.
I currently have an e-mail in to a reference librarian at the Field Museum of Chicago, where a number of images from the fair are in storage. If I can get a confirmation that the images are of the nine Ainu, then I will be able to move them from the "miscellaneous expedition & ethnographic portraits" box to one bearing their names and information.
Putting names to long forgotten faces.
Currently lacking identification, but not for long.
Pictured above are nine members of the Ainu, the indigenous race of Japanese, primarily found in Hokkaido, Japan's northern-most island. As part of the 1904 St. Louis World Fair, visitors were welcomed to tour the "Living Exhibits,"–collections of indigenous races from around the world, temporarily living in recreated villages. While on display, the Ainu, as well as many of the other people in the assorted villages, taught others their native tongue, arts, crafts, hunting skills, and gave daily demonstrations of their culture and heritage.
The image here, on file in the library of the AMNH, has spotty information on the back of the card. It misidentifies one of the Ainu as John Batchelor, a Christian Missionary who spent over 60 years administrating to health and needs of the Ainu, long before the Ainu were recognized as equals to the Japanese. With help from a report by James W. Vanstone titled, "The Ainu Group at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904," I'd like to finally change the image's description from "husband," "wife," "child," to their names–something that's been missing for over 100 years.
Bete Goro, left behind a pregnant wife so that he could come to the United States. A servant in Rev. Batchelor's house for years. From Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Santukno, wife of Sangyea. From Piratori, Hokkaido.
Yazo, 23 or 24 years old. Husband of Shirake. Lived with Rev. Batchelor for 10 years. From Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Shirake, 18 years old. Wife of Yazo. From Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Shutratek, wife of Kutoroge. From Piratori, Hokkaido.
Kiko, daughter of Kutoroge and Shutratek. From Piratori, Hokkaido.
Kutoroge. Husband of Shutratek. From Piratori, Hokkaido.
Kin, daughter of Sangyea and Santukno. From Piratori, Hokkaido.
Sangyea, husband of Santukno. From Piratori, Hokkaido.
This is only a start as I continue to pull together all the information, photographs, and items from the collections of the AMNH and its library. There's always more to the story behind the image.
Intros and why I love the archives.
This studio image is circa 1900.
Welcome archive browsers. My name is James Rodgers and I am a student at NYU in their Museum Studies program. I have a Master's Degree in Asian Studies with a concentration in Japanese Culture, so expect a lot of Japanese-themed posts and pictures in the upcoming months. For the current internship, I will be going through the library's archives and pulling out any images, letters, scrapbooks, and information on two particular topics: The Ainu of Japan and Bashford Dean, early AMNH contributor and curator. For each group, I will be creating finding aids to help other students and researchers and to make sure that whatever information they take away from the library is factual and correct.
Now about why I love the archives. As seen with the image above of a Japanese jinrikusha driver, there really is no telling what one will come across as you pour through the library's diverse and eclectic collection of photographs, travelogues, correspondences, and other time-lost artifacts. I may not always know the full story behind the images I will post, so if anyone out there has a thing or two to add, feel free to leave behind a response or question.
So enjoy and please look forward to the web site that will contain all the Ainu information I pull together.


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Data from: Temporal dynamics of direct reciprocal and indirect effects in a host-parasite network
Shai Pilosof, Miguel A. Fortuna, Maxim V. Vinarski, Natalia P. Korallo-Vinarskaya & Boris R. Krasnov
1. Temporal variation in the direct and indirect influence that hosts and parasites exert on each other is still poorly understood. However, variation in species' influence due to species and interactions turnover can have important consequences for host community dynamics and/or for parasite transmission dynamics, and eventually for the risk of zoonotic diseases. 2. We used data on a network of small mammals and their ectoparasites surveyed over six years to test hypotheses exploring (1)...
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Data from: Nonrandom dispersal drives phenotypic divergence within a bird population
Carlos Camacho, David Canal & Jaime Potti
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Jennifer A. Dunne, Kevin D. Lafferty, Andrew P. Dobson, Ryan F. Hechinger, Armand M. Kuris, Neo D. Martinez, John P. McLaughlin, Kim N. Mouritsen, Robert Poulin, Karsten Reise, Daniel B. Stouffer, David W. Thieltges, Richard J. Williams & Claus Dieter Zander
Comparative research on food web structure has revealed generalities in trophic organization, produced simple models, and allowed assessment of robustness to species loss. These studies have mostly focused on free-living species. Recent research has suggested that inclusion of parasites alters structure. We assess whether such changes in network structure result from unique roles and traits of parasites or from changes to diversity and complexity. We analyzed seven highly resolved food webs that include metazoan parasite...
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Data from: Lifetime fitness and age-related female ornament signalling: evidence for survival and fecundity selection in the pied flycatcher
Jaime Potti, David Canal & David Serrano
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Data from: Preservation of RNA and DNA from mammal samples under field conditions
Miguel Camacho-Sanchez, Pablo Burraco, Ivan Gomez-Mestre & Jennifer A. Leonard
Ecological and conservation genetics require sampling of organisms in the wild. Appropriate preservation of the collected samples, usually by cryostorage, is key to the quality of the genetic data obtained. Nevertheless, cryopreservation in the field to ensure RNA and DNA stability is not always possible. We compared several nucleic acid preservation solutions appropriate for field sampling and tested them on rat (Rattus rattus) blood, ear and tail tip, liver, brain and muscle. We compared the...
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Data from: Differentiation in neutral genes and a candidate gene in the pied flycatcher: using biological archives to track global climate change
Kerstin Kuhn, Klaus Schwenk, Christiaan Both, David Canal, Ulf S. Johansson, Steven Van Der Mije, Till Töpfer & Martin Päckert
Global climate change is one of the major driving forces for adaptive shifts in migration and breeding phenology and possibly impacts demographic changes if a species fails to adapt sufficiently. In Western Europe, pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) have insufficiently adapted their breeding phenology to the ongoing advance of food peaks within their breeding area and consequently suffered local population declines. We address the question whether this population decline led to a loss of genetic variation,...
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Three Cheers for the Commonwealth
Colin Robertson March 12, 2012 March 13, 2012 Comments Off on Three Cheers for the Commonwealth
Excerpted from ipolitics, March 12, 2012
oday is Commonwealth Day. At the Pearson Building, they will run up the Commonwealth flag, a golden globe set on a blue background. The flag originated from car pennants used at the 1973 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Ottawa.
The 61 spears that form a "C" around the globe on the flag represent not its members but rather the
functional work of the institution – practical, people-oriented and aimed at giving people a hand-up through technical assistance.
It is the Commonwealth's usually overlooked functional work that deserves our first cheer. Commonwealth-supported initiatives range from setting standards and sharing best practices on everything from life-saving to lawyering. While no longer enjoying preferential arrangements, the idea of giving developing nations preferred access, now a principle of the WTO, began with the imperial preferences.
Sports play a big part in encouraging fellowship. The Commonwealth Games were first hosted in Hamilton by Canada in 1930. Every four years they bring together Commonwealth athletes in what are purposely styled the 'Friendly Games'.
The second cheer goes to Canada's continuing contribution.
Born out of the old British Empire, the Commonwealth is arguably the oldest continuous intergovernmental association. That it evolved from Empire to Commonwealth owes much to the initiative of then prime minister Louis St. Laurent and Lester Pearson, then our minister for external affairs.
The challenge in 1948-9 was how to incorporate the new republic of India, the former 'jewel in the Crown', into a group that still pledged allegiance to that Crown. Working with Indian prime minister Nehru and others, St. Laurent and Pearson came up with the London Declaration whereby the Crown is recognized as "symbol of the free association of its independent member nations and as such the Head of the Commonwealth".
The first Secretary General of the Commonweath was Arnold Smith, a distinguished Canadian diplomat and contemporary of Pearson. Appointed in 1965, his ten-year tenure put in place the core political values that culminated in the 1971 Singapore Declaration and the belief that "that our multi-national association can expand human understanding and understanding among nations, assist in the elimination of discrimination based on differences of race, colour or creed."
Non-discrimination and respect for human rights are fundamental to the Commonwealth ideal. With strong leadership from Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker, South Africa was shown the door over its apartheid practices in 1961 (then readmitted in 1994 with the end of apartheid).
In the intervening years, Nigeria and Pakistan were also suspended over human rights violations and Zimbabwe and Fiji are currently outside the Commonwealth for the same reason.
Prime Minister Harper has criticized human rights abuses in Sri Lanka and he has served notice that, without progress, he'll boycott the next Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM), scheduled for Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2013.
The Harper approach is consistent with Canadian leadership since the inception of the modern Commonwealth.
Canadian Senator Hugh Segal is one of the 'eminent persons' who are currently leading the reform movement within the Commonwealth. Inspired by the core values of non-discrimination, the Eminent Persons Group presented 106 'urgent' recommendations, at the Perth 2011 CHOGM. They reported that the Commonwealth was in a state of decay and in urgent need of 'people' oriented reforms, including a Charter reflecting human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Leaders agreed to the need for "one clear, powerful statement" but there was no consensus on recommendations that, as well as the proposed Charter, included the repeal of anti-sodomy laws and the creation of a human rights commissioner.
Punted to study groups, Commonwealth foreign ministers will take another look at the reform plan this fall. It's the kind of difficult file deserving the personal attention of John Baird, who is energetically advancing human rights.
The third 'hurrah' goes to the Head of the Commonwealth, Queen Elizabeth. We celebrate her diamond jubilee this year and her reign virtually tracks the evolution of the modern Commonwealth. Behind the CHOGM curtain, her counsel has been described as wise, pragmatic and progressive.
In this year's annual message for Commonwealth Day, the Queen says we "celebrate an extraordinary cultural tapestry that reflects our many individual and collective identities… however different outward appearances may be, we share a great deal in common."
The Queen's message of tolerance and pluralism captures the original spirit of the Commonwealth. It is one to which Canadians, in particular, can relate. Importantly, it should inspire the Commonwealth leaders as they look to the future. The useful institution is not broken but it does need to be fixed.
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Expensive Errors
By Deborah Gage Print
Securing Company Data in an Era of Remote Work
The Future of Business 5G and Its Impact on Enterprises
What Third-Party Vulnerabilities Exist in Your Tech Stack?
ChoicePoint's security and accuracy snafus prompt lawsuits.
The total cost of all this bad data? The Data Warehouse Institute, a business intelligence and data analysis industry consortium, estimates that data errors are costing U.S. businesses about $600 billion a year. Companies without proper information management and controls are already spending 10% or more of their operating revenue on fixing problems that stem from bad data, according to Larry English, president of Information Impact, a consulting company that specializes in data quality.
ChoicePoint has data on more than 220 million U.S. citizens—about four of five Americans. That information has been used to help families find missing children, law enforcement officials track down criminals, and insurance companies offer quick policy approvals.
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Lee also argues that ChoicePoint is subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which allows people to review and dispute information in their credit reports, and other consumer protection laws that govern the company's pre-employment, insurance-history and tenant-screening reports. For public records—such as those kept by government agencies—not covered by these laws, ChoicePoint allows people a free search of public records once a year.
choicepoint strenuously guards details of its information gathering and processing procedures. Baseline's understanding of how the company works is based on court filings, company statements, and interviews with industry experts and company executives.
ChoicePoint feeds its huge databases with streams of data tapes and compact discs from insurance firms, marketing companies and other commercial sources, as well as public records such as court documents and licenses. But ChoicePoint verifies little of the data in its vast repositories.
Most of the company's systems are "fire and forget," says an industry expert with 20 years of experience in the kind of data brokering and data processing done by ChoicePoint. This means ChoicePoint simply loads data from outside sources into its system and moves on to the next task.
ChoicePoint does check these files for anomalies. For example, if an insurance company that regularly sends updated files with a small percentage of changes—say, less than half a percent—suddenly sends a tape with more than 1% of the data changed, ChoicePoint will spot the jump and ask why.
But the company does not check any of the information that's supplied on tape by outside sources. "We do have a robust QA process to look for duplicate records and other anomalies, but at the end of the day, we have to rely on the organization that provided the information," Lee wrote in his e-mail message. "They created it and only they would know if it is accurate. Once they say it is, we have no basis or manner to challenge the assertion."
In addition to receiving data, ChoicePoint gathers data that it needs to build reports on individuals. The company says it has electronic gateways into some databases, such as some state motor vehicle department files. ChoicePoint also says it employs an army of researchers to verify information on, say, an employment form, and checks their work after it is completed.
And ChoicePoint says it puts the data it collects through a process known as data cleansing. The company uses Firstlogic's Information Quality Suite software, which can drill through files and look for inconsistencies and, in some cases, can fix problems automatically. The software, for instance, will check names and addresses against a U.S. Postal Service file to see if multiple files can be consolidated.
But no data-cleansing product will catch every inconsistency, according to English. In addition, much of what the researchers gather comes from public records, many of which contain errors.
And the way ChoicePoint's computer systems handle data may cause further inaccuracies.
For example, data suppliers in many cases send in new tapes and CDs with updates for ChoicePoint's CLUE database, which stores 200 million insurance records. The data is loaded when it comes in, and the old data is purged. If an error in a file isn't corrected at the source, the erroneous data will be reloaded into ChoicePoint's systems. As the data expert points out: "They simply replace data each month."
Tips on cleaning up your data
Here are some precautions that companies can take to make sure their data starts—and stays—accurate.
PROBLEM: You have sloppy data entry.
RESOLUTION: Double-check everything.
You can purchase or create code that will prompt data entry clerks to double-check an address or the spelling of a name, based on a
comparison with a reference data source. But such tools can also introduce errors, because workers
get in the habit of blindly accepting the software's suggestions.
Tom Redman, president of Navesink Consulting Group and co-founder of the International Association for Information and Data Quality, recommends that companies create a position called chief data officer. This person would be responsible for measuring data accuracy, bringing in tools to keep it clean and, most important, putting in place processes to ensure that data is correct when entered at its source—by redesigning data input tasks and changing worker habits.
PROBLEM: You don't know whether to trust your data.
RESOLUTION: Test its accuracy.
Develop a benchmark for measuring the accuracy of your
data, such as a percentage of error-free records, and monitor it rigorously.
For an organization like ChoicePoint, this might mean thoroughly spot-checking records from a randomly chosen subset of consumer profiles and recording what percentage of records contain erroneous address, employment, insurance-claim or criminal-history data. Addresses can be checked fairly reliably against postal databases.
PROBLEM: You find it difficult to combine data on one person.
RESOLUTION: Map out where the right data is. Find all the places in your enterprise that contain different records referring to the same individual. Establish guidelines on where to get which type of information. Then establish procedures to ensure that a piece of data, such as an address, is consistently recorded every time it appears in a database. One way to enforce consistency is by creating a master data file, where a database pulls information from various data stores and creates a master record for each individual.
—David F. Carr
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Based in Silicon Valley, Debbie was a founding member of Ziff Davis Media's Sm@rt Partner, where she developed investigative projects and wrote a column on start-ups. She has covered the high-tech industry since 1994 and has also worked for Minnesota Public Radio, covering state politics. She has written freelance op-ed pieces on public education for the San Jose Mercury News, and has also won several national awards for her work co-producing a documentary. She has a B.A. from Minnesota State University.


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This combination is a nice way to get your babies greens in.
Chop sweet potato into 1 inch cubes and roughly chop spinach. In a medium pot toss spinach and sweet potato in and fill with water or apple juice (or equal parts) just enough to cover the chopped veggies.
Bring to a low boil and cook for 10 minutes, or until sweet potatoes are tender when poked with a fork.
Drain veggies, reserving part of the cooking liquid.
Pour cooked spinach and sweet potatoes into a food processor and pulse until you reach a smooth consistency. Add a couple of teaspoons at a time of reserved cooking liquid to get a thinner consistency if needed. Alternatively you can use a potato masher for this.
Cool before feeding to baby.
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Life experiences spark NAACP leadership roles
by Bob Watson | August 8, 2016 at 5:44 a.m. | Updated August 9, 2016 at 4:18 p.m.
Nimrod "Rod" Chapel, Jr. poses in his Jefferson City law office. (August 2016 News Tribune photo)
Nimrod 'Rod' Chapel Jr.
Organizations: President, Missouri State NAACP; President, NAACP Jefferson City Branch; past president, Jefferson City Rotary; member, Missouri Kids First; member, Missouri Association Against the Death Penalty; Missouri Bar Board of Governors; adult leader, Boy Scouts of America.
Rod Chapel remembers it like it was yesterday - a conversation with his father, a small contractor.
"He talked about having to hire a lawyer and we were going to go to court," Chapel recalled. "And I said, 'OK. And we're going to win?'
"And he said, 'We'll have to wait for the judge, or the jury, to make their decision.
"So, I understood the power of the judicial system, at a very young age, for fixing wrongs."
That conversation planted the seed for Chapel's decision to become a lawyer.
"I'm a trial lawyer who cares," he said. "I saw (my dad) get pushed around by larger companies. Sometimes it was because he was a small guy, and that's what they do to small contractors.
"Other times, it would be because he was a person of color. But I understood the strain it put on him as a person, as a businessman and, particularly, as a father and a provider,
"And I wanted to figure out how to fix that."
After graduating from Tulane University's law school in 1995, he worked for then-Missouri Supreme Court Judge Duane Benton, who now sits on the federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
"I did that for three years, first as his clerk, and then as his judicial executive assistant," Chapel said.
Benton also is a CPA, and that background was part of Chapel's inspiration to earn an LLM ("like a master's degree in law," he said) - which focuses on taxation issues and allows a lawyer to be a teacher, too.
In August 1998, Chapel moved to Kansas City to work on part of the national Tobacco Settlement Agreement.
In 2005, he returned to Jefferson City, to be general counsel, then a division director at the state Revenue department. He later worked at Labor and Industrial Relations and, eventually was named a member of the state's Administrative Hearing Commission.
After six years there, Chapel went into private practice, representing "real people with real problems," he said.
All of his experiences have been fodder for his continuing interest in the work of the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Chapel, 46, grew up in several towns in Oklahoma - some segregated, some mixed and some predominately white.
Injustice happens when people tell you you can't do something because of the way you look, the religion you practice or the person that you are, he said.
He acknowledged many in today's society point to advances made since the 1960s and think minorities should "just get over it" and not keep fighting.
"I think there are good reasons why people change and evolve," he said, "but we need to make sure that we do that consistently - and that takes effort. We are one society, one people.
"We are all of the human race - just because we don't necessarily understand the dynamics of certain segments of society would not be a reason to walk away from them. I think we've got a much richer existence if we're all together and enjoy each other."
Chapel grew up hearing the story of his father working on his parents' cotton farm, then making extra money by helping a neighbor pick their cotton.
"But the money that they made in 1953 was sent to the NAACP, to help fund the litigation that became known as Brown versus the Topeka Board of Education," Chapel said, referring the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case declaring racially segregated schools
unconstitutional.
"My grandmother was an educator as well as a farmer, and that topic of 'separate but equal' was very close to her," he added.
So being active in the NAACP, he said, "is something that, I would say, is pretty ingrained in me."
He became president of the NAACP's Oklahoma State University Branch more than 20 years ago.
When he first came to Jefferson City, he was an NAACP member but not active in leadership. He became more active after moving to Kansas City and stayed active when he returned to Mid-Missouri.
He succeeded his father, Nimrod Chapel Sr., as president of the Jefferson City Branch.
And this year - after an unsuccessful effort two years ago - Chapel became president of the NAACP's state organization.
"The NAACP was founded on traditional American values," he noted, "life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, being able to keep your property and the fruits of your labor.
"We're saying, 'Apply these to the segments of society that have been left out and have not been allowed to participate - or have to participate on some separate level.'"
He sees the state organization stepping up its presence at the Capitol, especially when lawmakers are in-session.
And he said the NAACP needs to be more active in communities around the state.
People of color, other minorities and women "are a microcosm of Missouri and, to the extent that we're not doing well, Missouri's not doing well," he said.
"The idea has been that, if we can get in a room and start talking about the issues and what's wrong they're going to want to find some way to fix that."
Chapel sees the NAACP's role as helping U.S. society get "better," by "changing what we can change, while we can. The NAACP is for everybody."


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The National Coalition for Legitimacy said on Wednesday that it calls on all individuals and institutions to abide by the constitution and respect the democratic process that elected President Mohamed Morsi.
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By Manar Mohsen
The coalition, which includes the Freedom and Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Watan Party, Al-Wasat Party, and Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya, held a press conference at the pro-Morsi sit-in at Rabaa Al-Adaweya to declare their support for the president.
The coalition repeatedly called on the military to stand by its pledge to protect the nation and remain politically neutral.
"We hear the armed forces will protect those in Tahrir, but what about the citizens here," the speaker at the press conference said. "Do we all not have national ID cards? Are we not Egyptians?"
The statement attacked the opposition for infringing on the democratic process that it everyone participated in during the 2012 presidential elections. It reiterated that the opposition did not have the right to disregard the legitimacy that Morsi had gained democratically.
"There is no way that we will return to square one or allow for anything unconstitutional," the statement read.
A moment of confusion occurred after the speaker made a verbal jab at Minister of Defence Major General Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi, saying: "All Egyptians must abide by the constitution, and the first one who must is Al-Sisi." The crowds, caught off guard by the mention of Al-Sisi, did not clap or applause in response to this implicit attack on the minister. The speaker quickly retracted his statement and apologised.
"This is my fault, I apologise, this statement is not a part of the official statement but I am seeing our men die, and I could not help it," the speaker said.
The statement extended its condolences to the families of those who died in overnight during clashes near Cairo University.
The press conference ended with the crowds chanting against the Ministry of Interior for what they believed was their failure to prevent the Cairo University clashes.
The protesters refrained from commenting on the position of the armed forces toward the current political crisis, however many stated that it was a dangerous situation.
"We are with the army as long as it respects our legitimacy," protester Alaa Zenhom said. "We consider it an institution as any other that should not do wrong, specifically in this case, by going against the legitimacy of the democratic process."
Zenhom warned that chaos would ensue if institutions, including the armed forces, do not follow the democratic path that has been established. He added that military intervention would create "a dangerous precedence of unconstitutionally and illegitimately removing the president."
Protester Awad Noaman said the position of those in Rabaa Al-Adaweya toward the armed forces would remain neutral until the Ministry of Defense releases a statement clarifying its stance.
"If they are against legitimacy, we will die here. If they are in support of it, then they are to protect the nation and make sure they do not take any political sides," he said.
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Wandering about in Rome: Trastevere
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Dear Fiamma,
your interesting column tempts me to participate: I'll not propose to Vagabondo's friends a very exotic wandering but, I hope, an equally charming one. I'll also give you some of my favourite addresses. The walk I suggest is across Trastevere in Rome.
You can reach Trastevere coming from different sides, my advice is to get there from Via dei Pettinari and crossing Ponte Sisto. You'll thus feel you're entering the area frome a priviledged access. As many any important city in Europe, Rome rose near a river, the Tiber, and grew a more important side on the left bank of it, with forums, markets, temples and representative buildings. Meanwhile a more popular part was growing on the right side, that was actually called "over the Tiber" (trans Tiberim), today'sTrastevere. And Ponte Sisto is the very door to that area.
Today the bridge, after a long period of restoration, has again its Renaissance look, in stone and bricks. But true "Trasteverini" still recollect with nostalgia the cast iron bridge as it was made by Piemonteses in XIX century, to consent carriages trafic.
From there you have a syntethic view of the Gianicolo hill, watching over the district. Among pine trees stands out, dominating Trastevere roofs and terraces, the huge Fontana's white stone front, that an English traveller longtime ago called "Rome's brow".
The bridge crossed you arrive in Piazza Trilussa, who was a great Roman vernacular poet. And here it's already time to make a stop, as at the corner with via del Moro there is the Art Cafè, a very trendy place, with its aluminium stools and water running under the bar. It's a vaguely New York like atmosphere in the very heart of Rome, open from 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Going on along via del Moro we find the best smelling bakery of the district, which also sells delicious take away pizza. Ahead on the same street there is a cake shop selling the best Sacher torte in Rome, so much appreciated by the Roman reknowned film director Nanni Moretti, who entitled to this cake the cinema he opened in this district.
If we now go back to Piazza Trilussa and from there we take Via Santa Dorotea, let's have a look at Alberto Costantini's wine bar Cantiniere, were you find exquisite Italian, Alsacian and Californian wines combined with original tasty dishes.
Then Via di Santa Dorotea meets Via della Scala. This one was very known in the seventies because of a group of singers, Stefano Rosso, Antonello Venditti, Francesco De Gregory and many others at the time young musicians gravitating around the mythical Folkstudio, a place that was a cult in Rome.
Before taking Via della Scala we see in front of us via Garibaldi, the upgrading road going to Gianicolo, where many famous artists lived, among whom the recently dead poet Rafael Alberti.
He used to walk along Trastevere's roads but he was afraid of car trafic, he'd say that only Neruda and Guillén were more afraid than he was by Roman trafic. And on his "Roma, peligro para caminantes" he wrote "Who knows if they ever will remember me when I'll be gone" and then added "Ask the cat/ and the broken shoe/ ask the lost streetlight/ ..../and the running water/ writing my name/ under the bridge".
So then, Gianicolo in front of us, on the left Via della Scala penetrating into the very heart of the district, ont the right Via della Lungara, pointing towards Borgo Pio, with the overlooking garden of Chigi's Farnesina, a huge XVI century building designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi, an important Renaissance architect. According to Peruzzi's design, this beautiful palace with rooms decorated with frescoes and facade decorated with terrecotte cupids and festoons, should have been linked to Farnese Palace on the other side of the river, by a bridge that never was built. Still along Via della Lungara you find the Bothanical garden, which I recommand you to visit in spring, and Regina Coeli, the Roman prison, which I recommand not to visit at all. Between these two characteristic places of Rome many v.i.p. of showbusiness live, among whom Bernardo Bertolucci, and many renowned personages of culture, as for instance the writer Fernanda Pivano, a great expert in modern U.S.A. litterature, a friend, among others, of Pavese and Hemingway. She also dedicated a book "La mia casbah" to the cultural life of the district.
She points out thet Roman people in Trastevere are divided into two categories: the ones that when she gave her address would say "Oh yes, I know, near Lincei's Academy." and the ones that would say "Of course, beside Regina Coeli".
Though this portion of the area is nearly entirely residential, we can make nice shopping in Di Giorgio's Wax shop, offering the widest choice of candles in Rome.
Still nearby, just at Gianicolo's foot in Via degli Orti d'Alibert, it's possible to visit several artists ateliers, I recommand the one of my friend, Alberto Gasparri.
Let's now take again via della Scala that'll bring us towards Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere. Here you are easy to lose your way among the many pubs, pizzerias and all sort of premises: we are in the very heart of Roman "movida". So we are obliged to stop for a drink at the Coffee bar alla Scala. Before arriving to Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, at n. 10 of Piazza Sant'Egidio there is Cinema Nuovo Pasquino that gives movies in their original language. In front of it Trastevere's Museum.
Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere is full of restaurants and bars with tables in open air also in winter. The curch, that gives name to the piazza, was probably the first church in Rome to open officially to Christian cult.
Inside, among many important works of art, there are the splendid mosaics by Pietro Cavallini, one of the most original and innovatory artista of the end of XIII century.
But the very core of the district is the fountain in the middle of the piazza. The tub of the fountain seems to be of I century b.c. and was placed in the Piazza in the occasion of the 1450 Jubileum. In 1604 the water was brought there of the ancient Acquedotto Felice. In 1658-1659, under the restoration by G.L.Bernini the fountain was translated in the centre of the piazza giving to the whole place the monumental baroque character we see today.
And the poligonal steps of the fountain basis are used by the tourists and Romans as the stalls of an open air theatre.
For anyone wishing to buy an exotic craft jewel at n. 6 you'll find the nice Pandora sop.
From Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere via della Lungaretta, starts, which is a true axe of the ancient city. Towards south once the road crossed the river by the today "Ponte rotto", went on beside Circo Massimo and on as far as reaching Appia Antica. Towards north beyond the piazza the way goes up along Gianicolo's slope and reaches Porta San Pancrazio, from there the ancient Etruscan way went on towards northern territories.
But let's go on with our walk. Piazza San Calisto's bar is the actual meeting point of alternative people, crowdy at nights, and there you may drink the best coffee with cream in winter and coffee water ice in summer. On the Piazza also open Sant'Egidio's Community premises, a very renowned and powerful christian organization working to recuperate emarginated people, in Rome but also abroad in underdevelopped countries.
From Piazza San Callisto we can go on to Piazza San Cosimato where we find Bar Sacchetti, and at mornings, the colourful open air market. Or we may go towards Viale Trastevere going along Via di San Francesco a Ripa, we find a very cheap fruit shop opened everyday, also on Sundays and holidays, then the delicious Cecere's ice cream and Victory's original dresses. On Via Natale del Grande we find a Kebab oven and Cinema America, with its original '50ies neon lights.
In Via dei Fienaroli the art gallery Il Labirinto proposes high level personal and collective art exhibitions, whilst, in the same roadBibli, a Library-coffee shop, has been being for the last five years a meaningful meeting point, where you find presentations of new books and authors, debates, lectures, live music, together with a good buffet brunch and delicious cakes.
To end with let's pass by Piazza Mastai, that's now pedestrian after the restoration. From there to Via induno, where we find one of the most beautiful and important buildings of pre-war Rationalist period in Rome, by architect Luigi Moretti, it's the l'ex G.I.L. (Fascist Italian Jouth), today scarcely in use and poorly kept.
Last but not least, thereby we find the Cinema and culture center created by film director Nanni Moretti.
Nuovo Sacher.
Here I end my walk, but Trastevere is surely much more than this: It's a wide district, full of monuments, administrative premises, historical places and buildings, with all kind of activities.
Its richness in theatres, cultural associations, ateliers, art galleries, design ateliers choosin more and more often this area to settle because of the opportunity to dispose of lofts out of use, made of this area a real culture and art center in the city.
Donatella Scatena.
Donatella also prepared a Trastevere Map (165 Kb) wit the itineraries, ready to be printed.
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Alex Stewart
Born and raised in London, England to Patricia and Alexander Stewart, Alex was one of seven children. When Alex was fifteen the family moved to Jamaica where he attended high school and began to fall in love with sports. He was an all around excellent athlete but primarily enjoyed Rugby and Boxing. He had been boxing since the age of 8 at times against his father's wishes. When the family moved again to America to settle in Brooklyn, Alex would move as well, however, he continued boxing with his Jamaican team.
Alex won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 1983 and would be apart of the Jamaican 1984 Olympic Team competing in the Los Angeles Games. He went to the Golden Gloves Finals in 1985 and produced one of the most thrilling matches ever fought.
His professional heavyweight-boxing career brought him in contact with some of the greatest names in the sport. Nicknamed "The Destroyer" for his powerful entrance into the professional world of boxing, he would fight Holyfield, Moorer, Foreman and Tyson.
But it was out of the ring where his true nature was revealed.
His strong spirit and courageous character made him a true friend. He was kind and honest with a great sense of humor. Above all things he loved his wife of 31 years, Angella. Together they raised their only daughter, Ajay-Tenille. Alex was a family man and enjoyed nothing more than spending time with them.
In 1991 Alex would retire from the professional boxing world. He remained active by mentoring and training young competitors and giving back to the sport that was so good to him.
Alex is survived by his beloved wife and daughter Angella and Tenille. He will be lovingly remembered by his siblings: Hortens, Dennis, Velma, Grivil, Kay and Tracey. His friend Michael will miss him.
A celebration of Alex's life will be on Tuesday, November 29th at the Pelham Funeral Home, 64 Lincoln Avenue, Pelham, NY from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. Funeral will be 10:00am on Wednesday, November 30th at Oneness Rehoboth Apostolic Church, 125 E 3rd Street, Mt Vernon, NY. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx NY.. In lieu of flowers the family suggests a donation be made in Alex's name to the Lupus Foundation of America.
November, 11, 2016
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UAC Foods gets new MD
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The board of UAC Foods Limited has appointed Dr Oladele Ajayi as the Managing Director of the company. UAC Foods Limited is a joint venture company between UAC of Nigeria (UACN) and Tiger Brands Limited of South Africa.
Ajayi holds a PhD in Mechanical & Process Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom and he is an alumnus of the Advance Management Program of Harvard Business School.
Prior to his appointment, Oladele was the Special Adviser to the Federal Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment and a Non-Executive Director of GZ Industries.
In 1989, he had joined Nigerian Breweries Plc as an Assistant Brewer and following several roles in technical, marketing and sales, both in Nigeria and overseas, was appointed Sales Director of Nigerian Breweries Plc. Thereafter, he was appointed Managing Director of Heineken, Hungary and later Managing Director, Central and East Africa sub-regions for Heineken International.
He also served in many non-executive roles such as Chairman of Sierra Leone Brewery Ltd, Chairman of Brasserries et Limonaderies du Rwanda, External Director of Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd and Director of Brasserrie de Bourbon, St Dennis, La Reunion.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nano.11671_2015.122
Synthesis of copper micro-rods with layered nano-structure by thermal decomposition of the coordination complex Cu(BTA)2
Botao Qu / Xinrong Lu / Yan Wu / Xiaozeng You / Xiangxing Xu
1State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093 People's Republic of China
Cite as: Botao Qu, Xinrong Lu, Yan Wu, Xiaozeng You. Synthesis of copper micro-rods with layered nano-structure by thermal decomposition of the coordination complex Cu(BTA)2 , Nanoscale Research Letters. 10 (2015). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-0769-7
Qu et al., 2015. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
Porous metallic copper was successfully prepared by a simple thermal decomposition strategy. A coordination compound of Cu(BTA)2 with the morphology of micro-rod crystal was synthesized as the precursor. The precursor to copper transformation was performed and annealed at 600°C with the shape preserved. The copper micro-rods are assembled from unique thin lamellar layers, each with the thickness of approximately 200 nm and nano-pores of approximately 20 to 100 nm. This morphology is highly related to the crystal structure of the precursor. The mechanism of the morphology formation is proposed, which would be able to offer a guideline toward porous metals with controllable macro/micro/nano-structures by the precursor crystal growth and design.
Keywords: Porous metallic copper; Thermal decomposition; Lamellar layers
Porous metallic materials have become a burgeoning field in both applied technology and basic scientific research, especially for their significant thermal or electron conductivity, catalysis properties, importance in interface engineering, energy industry, and biomedical applications [1-4]. During the past two decades, the synthesis methods of porous metals evolved with the development of nano-science and nano-technology. Sol-gel, dealloying, and soft-template methods are typical synthetic strategies [5-8]. Among the periodic table of elements, metals of silver, nickel, copper, palladium, ruthenium, titanium, and platinum have been intensively investigated for their porous foam. For example, Walsh et al. used dextran as a sacrificial template to fabricate silver sponges, Yamauchi and co-workers prepared mesoporous nickel by an electroless deposition method in the presence of lyotropic liquid crystals, and Kuroda et al. reported 2D hexagonally ordered mesoporous metals (Ru, Pt, or Pd) by dissolving silica replica [9-11]. In addition to these methods, the combustion technology is a general method to synthesize various porous metals and oxides [12-14]. Compared with porous noble metals [15-17], porous copper was less focused, possibly for its high reactivity of oxidization in ambient atmosphere [18-26].
In this report, porous metallic copper micro-rods (10 to 1,000 μm) with layered nano-structure were successfully synthesized by a thermal decomposition method. Figure 1 shows the proposed synthesis diagram. The coordination compound of Cu(BTA)2 (BTA: bis[1(2)H-tetrazol-5-yl]amine) as the precursor was synthesized, based on the following merits. First, among various coordination compounds that contain high-nitrogen ligands, Cu(BTA)2 is mildly energetic during combustion process, which is favored for both the reaction and the porous structure formation [27,28]. Too high energetic precursors would destroy the porous micro/nano-structure, while less energetic precursors would lead to incomplete decomposition that induces mass impurities. Second, the absence of oxide in BTA prevents the products from oxidization. Nitrogen and carbon can be largely eliminated in the gas form from the material during the combustion process. Third, the Td point group molecule configuration and crystalline morphology of the Cu(BTA)2 may contribute to the micro/nano-structure of the metallic face-centered cubic (fcc) copper. Therefore, the micro/nano-structure could be rationally tuned and tailored by means of a precursor molecule and corresponding crystal growth and design. Finally, in comparison with metallurgy methods, the decomposition is performed at a relatively low temperature with properties of low density and gas permeability originating from the porous feature.
Schematic diagram of the decomposition of a Cu(BTA) 2 crystal to form porous copper.
All chemicals were purchased from commercial sources (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) and were used without further purification. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements were carried out on a Bruker SMART APEX CCD (Bruker AXS, Inc., Madison, WI, USA). Thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) were measured on a simultaneous SDT 2960 thermal analyzer with a heating rate of 20°C∙min−1 under N2 atmosphere. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns were collected using a Bruker D8 ADVANCE X-ray diffractometer equipped with Cu-Kα radiation (λ = 1.5418 Å) at 40 kV and 40 mA. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) characterizations were performed on a Hitachi S-4800 SEM (Hitachi, Ltd, Chiyoda-ku, Japan), equipped with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images were obtained from JEOL JEM-2100 (JEOL Ltd., Akishima-shi, Japan) operating at 200 kV. The electronic semiconducting property f the samples was recorded by the semiconductor device analyzer B1500A from Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, CA, USA). Elemental analysis is measured by Elementar vario MICRO (Hanau, Germany). The Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrum was measured by a VECTOR 22 spectrometer with KBr pellets (Bruker AXS, Inc., Madison, WI, USA).
A mixture of CuCl2 · 2H2O (AR, 0.1 mmol), BTA (99%, 0.1 mmol), and NH3 · H2O (AR, 25 to 28 wt%, 1.0 ml) in CH3CN (AR, 5 ml) was sealed in a Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave and heated to 100°C under autogenous pressure for 48 h. When cooled to room temperature, blue rodlike Cu(BTA)2 crystals were isolated. They were rinsed with CH3CN and dried in vacuum at 60°C overnight. The Cu(BTA)2 was decomposed and annealed in an Ar flow atmosphere at 600°C to yield the porous metallic copper.
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that the crystal structure of the precursor belongs to the monoclinic space group C2/c (Figure 1). The mononuclear complex contains one four-coordinated Cu(II) cation and two BTA anions with the formula Cu(BTA)2. Each of the BTA ligands provides two donor N atoms to coordinate to the Cu(II) ions, exhibiting a distorted tetrahedron coordination geometry (Additional file 1: Figure S1). The Cu-N bond lengths for each ligand are 1.954 and 1.969 Å, and the dihedral angle of two BTA planes is 36.35°. The CCDC no. 1035211 contains the supplementary crystallographic data for the Cu(BTA)2 complex (Additional file 2).
The TGA curve of the Cu(BTA)2 complex shows that there exist clear stages for the thermal decomposition. The material remains stable until the temperature rises to 240°C that the compound becomes decomposed. It undergoes a steep weight loss at 325°C and ends at approximately 340°C (Figure 2a). A minor weight loss was observed within 400°C to 550°C, which could be due to the further decomposition of carbon by-products [28]. It means that the precursor can be ignited at a temperature as low as 325°C to 340°C. The annealing temperature of 600°C was used to achieve higher product purity. During the self-sustained combustion, the Cu2+ ions are reduced to metal Cu0 atoms. These atoms agglomerate into small grains, which assemble into large structures along with the generation of N2- and carbon-containing gases.
TGA curve and XRD patterns. (a) TGA curve of the Cu(BTA)2 precursor. (b) XRD patterns of the Cu(BTA)2 crystals and the copper product.
The XRD measurement reveals that after the decomposition at 600°C, Cu(BTA)2 completely transformed into metallic copper. The diffraction peaks (Figure 2b) can be indexed to (111), (200), and (220) crystal planes of fcc copper (pdf #88-1326). The original morphology of the Cu(BTA)2 crystals was largely inherited by the metallic copper, showing a short rodlike shape, while at the same time, remarkable size shrinkage (up to approximately 90% volume shrinkage) is observed for the metallic copper compared with the Cu(BTA)2 crystal precursor.
The porous feature is confirmed by the SEM measurement. Typical SEM images are shown in Figure 3a,b. A unique nano-structure was observed for the sample. All these copper micro-rods are assembled by loosely piled nano-sheets with the thickness approximately 200 nm. The gaps between the nano-sheet layers are approximately 0.5 to 2 μm. Nano-pores of the size approximately 20 to 100 nm are also observed within the nano-sheets. The porous structures - both the micro-gaps and nano-pores - are believed to be induced by the N2- and carbon-containing gases generated during the decomposition. Interestingly, the piled copper nano-sheets are well arranged parallel to the axial direction. The EDS spectrum showed that the copper product is mainly composed of copper and some minor carbon (Figure 3c). The minor carbon should be from the residual by-products in the decomposition procedure. Elementary analysis shows that the C content is 0.59 wt%. The TEM measurement confirms that a thin layer (approximately 4 nm) of amorphous carbon exists in the outer layer of the copper (Figure 3d). It is still unclear if or to what extent the carbon exists in the copper crystal in the form of an interstitial solid solution.
SEM images, EDS spectrum, and TEM image. (a, b) SEM images of the porous copper layered structure. Red arrows: small pores; blue arrows: gaps between layers. (c) EDS spectrum. (d) TEM image of the copper sample.
To understand how this orientation is formed, we take a closer look at the Cu(BTA)2 crystal structure (Figure 4). The Cu(BTA)2 micro-rods grow in the [010] direction. In the (100) crystal plane, the adjacent Cu-Cu distances are, respectively, 5.9, 6.2, and 7.0 Å, while in the [100] direction, the Cu-Cu distance is as large as 10.2 Å. Therefore, the Cu(BTA)2 presents a layered crystal structure. This layered structure matches well with the layered structure of the corresponding copper. From this clue, the mechanism of the copper micro/nano-structure formation is suggested. The decomposition of each Cu(BTA)2 molecule generates a single Cu0 atom at the position in situ. These isolated Cu0 atoms are highly active to attract each other forming a Cu-Cu metallic bond. The Cu-Cu metallic bond has the length of 3.6 Å, smaller than the Cu-Cu distance in the precursor. So the Cu0 atoms would preferably approach from the short distance in a statistical thermodynamic way, that is, in the (100) crystal plane of the precursor. Thus, it intends to form a Cu layer structure with the thickness in one-atom scale. However, as the Cu-Cu bond formed, it obeys the lowest energy rule to transform into the fcc phase instantly. These initially formed Cu nano-clusters undergo alloying to form bigger crystals. The degassing process during the decomposition may contribute to the layered nano-structure: the decomposed N2- and carbon-containing gases would escape preferably through the gaps between the layers, which may generate oriented pressure to shape the metallic copper.
Schematic illustration of the Cu(BTA) 2 crystal structure and copper transformation.
The electrical conductivity of one Cu micro-rod was measured at room temperature (Figure 5). The electric conductivity is approximately 105 S∙m−1 in the longitudinal direction. It is higher than amorphous carbon (approximately 2 × 104 to 3 × 104 S∙m−1) and lower than pure copper (5.96 × 107 S∙m−1) [29], which is consistent with the theory of the electrical conductivity of composites [30]. In comparison, the copper micro-rod sample was further pressed into a rectangular block with the size of 0.888 × 4 × 12 mm under 8 Mpa for 5 min. The electrical conductivity was found to be 7.4 × 106 S·m−1, which is one order of magnitude higher than that of the Cu micro-rod. It indicates that the electrical property depends not only on the component fractions, size, and shape but also on the porous structure: when intensively pressed, the pores are eliminated, leading to the enhancement of the electrical conductivity [30]. The micro/nano-porous structure and good conductivity suggest that the material may have application potentials in batteries/cells [31-33], sensing devices [34], and catalysis [35].
I - V measurement of a copper micro-rod along the longitudinal direction.
In summary, we report a thermal decomposition method to prepare copper micro-rods with layered porous structure for the first time, by using a well-designed coordination compound of Cu(BTA)2 crystal as the precursor. The shape of the crystals was preserved for the copper product. This allows us to obtain copper with various morphologies by the growth of the precursor crystals of different sizes and shapes, without changing the molecule itself. Moreover, the layered nano-structure is highly related to the crystal parameters of the precursor. It could be expected that the same precursor crystallizes in different crystalline spaces; accordingly, the micro/nano-structure would be tuned.
Additional file 1: Figure S1.
The dihedral angle of two BTA planes in a Cu(BTA)2 molecule. Figure S2. FTIR spectrum of the Cu(BTA)2 precursor.
The crystallographic information file of the Cu(BTA) 2 complex.
Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions BTQ and XRL contributed equally to the manuscript. XZY and XXX designed the research. BTQ, XRL, YW, and XXX carried out the experiments and drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This work was supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2013CB922102 and 2011CB808704), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91022031 and 21301089), Jiangsu Province Science Foundation for Youths (BK20130562), and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20130054).
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Rechargeable Canless Air System Replaces Toxic Dust Remover
By Beth Buczynski on June 15, 2012 in Green Computers and Internet, Green Living
Whether it's for work or pleasure, our laptops accompany us everywhere, providing instant access to the files and websites we hold most dear. All of this mobility puts these precious devices in the path of lots of dust, dirt, hair, and crumbs, which inevitably find their way into the nooks and crannies of the keyboard. For years now, computer owners have relied on canned dust removal products to blast these microscopic particles out of their hiding places. But have you ever looked at the label on one of these cans?
"In the United States, most canned air uses chemicals like difluoroethane, trifluoroethane and tetrafluoroethane – known as hydroflourocarbons – and these chemicals emit harmful gases into the atmosphere," said John Scherer, the former Video Professor. "One can has 3,000 times the effect on the atmosphere than carbon dioxide and the equivalent of burning 100 gallons of gasoline." And you're discharging it just a few inches from your face. Scherer is now CEO of O2 Hurricane Canless Air Systems, a company that's offering a simple solution that's cheaper and safer.
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Instead of using a mix of various gases like most canned air products, the O2 Hurricane electronically compresses the air and blasts it onto the surface being dusted. Not only does this prevent harmful pollutants from being released into the atmosphere, the reuseable device also eliminates the need to dispose of a can when the contents run out. "The estimated number of cans of canned air that are disposed of in landfills annually is the equivalent of 140,000 vehicles," Scherer said. "That's bad for everyone."
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'It's just so short-sighted' - Kedington parents face school transport dilemma
Mariam Ghaemi
Parents protesting over proposals for children from Kedington to walk two and a half miles to Samuel Ward Academy in Haverhill Picture: LUCILLE WHITING
Parents in a Suffolk village are in "panic mode" after an appeal for free school transport was turned down as the local authority deemed a walking route across fields safe.
One of the railway sleepers over the ditch in the rain along the Kedington to Samuel Ward Academy walking route Picture: KEVIN PALMER
Children in Kedington who are starting at Samuel Ward Academy in Haverhill in September are not eligible for council-funded travel as they live within three miles walking distance, according to Suffolk County Council's new school transport system.
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But parents claim it is "ridiculous" to expect children to walk what they say is an "unsafe" route with ditches, a working farm and no lighting.
They appealed for free transport, but in its response to one parent, Jane Chamberlain, Suffolk County Council said the education transport appeals committee "agreed that, for a child pedestrian accompanied by a responsible adult, the route was not dangerous".
Kevin Palmer with his wife Zoe and their children Connor, 18, Hazel, 11, and Zara. Picture: JOHN SOWERBY
Mrs Chamberlain, whose daughter Lola, 11, will start at Samuel Ward in September, said: "I don't know what we are going to do. It's not reasonably practical for parents to walk five hours a day [in two round trips] to take their children to school."
The 43-year-old, who works full-time in a school office in Clare, also has to get her eight-year-old son Joel to Kedington Primary Academy.
The school transport cost for the family, who live 2.8 miles away from the secondary school, would be about £760 for Lola for a year, but there are others who would have to dig even deeper into their pockets.
"I have a friend in the village with five children. They are at primary school now, but once they have all gone up that could cost up to £5,000 a year," she said.
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Kevin Palmer has also appealed for his daughter Hazel, 11, to have free school transport and is yet to hear the decision, but suspects a similar response.
The 48-year-old, who works in pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, said: "I think we are in panic mode. We are trying to desperately work out how to get our kids to school in September.
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"It's just so short-sighted of the council. I feel for them as well. Their budgets have been over the past few years and there's no-where else to go, but I think to put our kids' safety at risk to get to school is unacceptable."
He said from their house the walk over the fields to Samuel Ward is about 45 minutes, adding he didn't have a problem with children walking to school, but it had to be safe.
Suffolk County Council's letter to Mrs Chamberlain also said her work commitments and having children at different schools were not exceptional reasons to provide transport.
It added: "The committee considered that it should be possible for you to make other arrangements for both children to be accompanied to school and to arrange for the transportation of their school bags and equipment."
The footpath has been described as "unsafe and unsuitable" Picture: LUCILLE WHITING
Mr Palmer said he knows of a grandmother who is considering quitting her job to be able to help her family out by taking her granddaughter to school.
In an email to West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock and Nicola Beach, the chief executive of Suffolk County Council, he said: "Instead of looking forward positively to the move to a new school, our students are instead worrying about how they are going to get there and if their parents will stay in work to be able to afford the cost."
A spokesman for Suffolk County Council said after walking the Kedington to Samuel Ward Academy route in May the education transport appeals committee "concluded that the route was not dangerous and is therefore available for a child accompanied as necessary by a responsible adult".
"The next course of action for any appellant that believes the process has not been followed correctly would be to contact the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman," they added.
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Inside Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma's Wedding at Home in L.A.
By Alexandra Macon
Photo: Harper Smith / Courtesy of The Ceremonial Collective
On the Saturday before Christmas, Hilary Duff married singer and record producer Matthew Koma at an intimate wedding ceremony held in the front yard of their L.A. home. The two first crossed paths while working on her 2015 album, Breathe In. Breathe Out. "Matthew and I [actually] met about six years ago," Hilary remembers. Matthew had written and produced a couple of songs that were floating around Hilary's label. She heard the demos and ended up taking a lunch with him in L.A. that lasted two hours. "There wasn't an instant spark, because I think when you're walking into a professional meeting, you know nothing about the other person. I didn't know if he was dating someone…" Hilary says. "And then when we started talking about music, things started sparking and he was being funny enough, not flirtatious, but funny enough to where we started creating a banter and a nice friendship right off the bat."
They dated on and off for a little while, then steadily over the past couple years. Their daughter, Banks, was born in October of 2018 (Hilary also has a son, Luca), and Matthew proposed in a park near their New York apartment. "I'd had a very long day. I think my call time that morning was 4:00 a.m., and by the time I got home, our daughter was already asleep," Hilary says. "We love to take walks together, and so he's like, let's go on a walk, you had a day. Let's just get out and chat and catch up, there's this new park I want to take you to, and it's supposed to be gorgeous." Despite wanting to curl up in bed, Hilary bundled up and the two walked along the water-side park.
"All of a sudden he says, 'I've been working on something for you, and you're going to love it. I really want our kids to know our story and now we can keep adding to this book'." Matthew presented Hilary with a notebook illustrated with sketches of them. "It's our whole entire story mapped out for us to refer back to as we get older and for our kids to know, which is amazing," Hilary remembers. "I get to the very last page, and there's a little piece that I have to lift up and my ring was inside. It was so sweet. It was really special and really simple, which is very much how we are and how we operate. Then it started raining, and it was perfect."
After the proposal, the two started working with Yifat Oren of Oren Co to plan their winter wedding. "I followed her Instagram for years and lusted after her weddings," Hilary says of the woman who counts the Seinfelds, Drew Barrymore, Natalie Portman, and Reese Witherspoon amongst her former clients. "Our wedding isn't over-the-top 'wedding-y'—it's more understated and for me, that's more powerful."
For her bridal look, Hilary enlisted British designer Jenny Packham—known for dressing the Duchess of Cambridge on many different occasions—to create a custom dress. "In Hilary's case, we had a very clear brief of how she wanted to look and the style of dress that she wanted," the designer explains. "She wanted a very accentuated shoulder and a very clean, very beautiful, and to me, very confident look." The final design had very empowered shoulders, and a fish-tail skirt. "And then it's got these cape-like sleeves with a split up the front, which form an amazing train at the back of the dress," Jenny explains. The high neckline was complemented by an open back, followed by a line of 100 buttons.
On December 21st, Hilary walked down the aisle holding her daughter Banks. She and Matthew exchanged their vows in front of family and friends—some were seated and some were standing in a u-shape that was intimate and designed to "feel like a hug," according to Hilary. The actress's Younger co-star Molly Bernard and actor Chris Mintz-Plasse officiated the service, telling stories about the couple and seeing to all of the official ceremony duties. After the couple had said "I do," and was pronounced husband and wife, it was time to party!
The festivities kicked off with a troupe of Christmas carolers entertaining guests with traditional tunes, and then the couple made their grand entrance at dinner. After doing their first dance and cutting the cake, Hilary changed into a gold sequined dress, and the newlyweds danced the night away.
Hilary getting ready with her daughter Banks. She wore a pearl and diamond headband by Jennifer Behr and earrings by Anita Ko.
Adjusting her son Luca's bowtie before the ceremony.
Hilary's mother Susan zipping her into her Jenny Packham wedding dress.
The entrance to the ceremony. The beautiful florals were created by Hollyflora.
The ceremony set-up. Yifat Oren of Oren & Co. oversaw planning for all of the wedding festivities.
Programs on the ceremony chairs.
Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse and Hilary's Younger co-star Molly Bernard officiated the service, telling stories about the couple and seeing to all of the official ceremony duties.
Matthew and Luca make their way down the aisle.
Hilary carries her daughter Banks down the aisle.
The festivities kicked off with a troupe of Christmas carolers coming through the house, entertaining guests with traditional tunes.
The scene under the tent for dinner.
Small arrangements by Hollyflora were placed on each of the long tables.
The newlyweds making their grand entrance at dinner.
Taking their wedding portrait next to an old school Wagoneer with wood panelling.
The couple's first dance.
The back of Hilary's Jenny Packham wedding dress was open from the neck down to the waist, with 100 buttons going from the waist all the way down to the hem.
Cutting the cake!
Dancing the night away.
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