![]() ![]() ![]() Biden Oversees Record Border Crossers in U.S.Comer Demands Documents for VP Biden's Secret Pseudonym: 'Robert L. School Board Mocks Parents Who Support Reopening: They Want Their Babysitters Back (interview with Emily Oster) Emily Oster in Reason, 'Education officials should be working toward making it a reality as soon as possible, not lashing out at parents who have come rely on a service they pay for.Report: DeSantis Super PAC Posts Plan to 'Hammer' Ramaswamy in Debate.Hochul: Sanctuary City NYC 'Didn't Invite' All These Migrants.'They want their babysitters back,' Lisa Brizendine, a trustee of Oakley Union Elementary School District, told her colleagues during a pre-meeting session that they believed. Novak Djokovic Outlasts Biden's Unvaccinated Ban, Returns to U.S. A northern California school board discussed ways to limit the publics ability to speak at meetings and mocked parents who desperately want schools to reopen.Democrat-Run Washington, DC, Sees 27% Surge in Homicides Year-to-Date.Hawaii Wildfire Death Toll Hits 100+ as Biden Flags a Visit 'Soon'.Trump Faces 'Pardon-proof' Majority in Georgia.Feds Raise Concerns About Long Call Center Wait Times as Millions Dropped from Medicaid.Exclusive: Conservative Leaders Call for Impeachment Inquiry.Republican candidate for governor Glenn Youngkin has focused on the incident as evidence that major reforms are needed in public schools to protect children. “We don’t have time to be wasted on these phony trumped-up culture wars, this fake outrage, the right-wing media’s pedals to juice their ratings,” Obama said. Parents are also deeply upset by efforts to implement critical race theory into the public school curriculum. ![]() Obama dismissed the recent controversies as “fake outrage,” and “trumped-up culture wars” although he did not specifically refer to the incident. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Recently tensions between groups of parents and the school board increased after parents say an allegedly transgender individual assaulted a girl at one of the schools. – Loudoun county school board meetings have become tense recently with parents clashing with board members over transgender issues, the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) and Covid-19 mandates. The clientele were parents with their kids in school,” board member Richie Masadas said.A woman sits with her sign during a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) board meeting in Ashburn, Virginia on October 12, 2021. The one-minute and 21 seconds long clip has been shared by Libs of Tik Tok on Twitter and has been viewed more than 80k times. ![]() “I totally hear that because my brother had a delivery service for medical marijuana. The unnamed teacher, whose school district is also not known, also made it clear that she hates those kinds of parents at school board meetings by reading a Dr Seuss parody. “They don’t know what we know behind the scenes, and it’s really unfortunate they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back.” “They forget there’s real people on the other side of those letters that they’re writing,” said board member Lisa Brizendine. “B***h, if you’re gonna call me out, I’m gonna f**k you up. In the video, board member Kim Beede can be heard cursing in response to a comment a parent had posted about her. The president of a California school district was caught cursing on a hot mic during a school board meeting Tuesday after a parent gave a speech knocking masks in classrooms and COVID-19. The board members believed they were alone and were unaware that they were broadcasting the meeting live to parents. In a video obtained by Fox News, school board members can be heard cursing and claiming that parents with children at home are using marijuana at increased rates. California parents are calling for the resignation of the Oakley Unified Elementary School District Board of Trustees after board members made disparaging remarks about parents in an online meeting. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The difference S i = S 2 − S 1 is the entropy production due to the irreversible process. ![]() If we calculate the entropy S 1 before and S 2 after such an internal process the Second Law of Thermodynamics demands that S 2 ≥ S 1 where the equality sign holds if the process is reversible. We now consider inhomogeneous systems in which internal transformations (processes) can take place. For example, Fig.2 shows the TS-diagram of nitrogen, depicting the melting curve and saturated liquid and vapor values with isobars and isenthalps.Įntropy change in irreversible transformations One of the most common diagrams is the temperature-entropy diagram (TS-diagram). The values are indicated in blue in kJ/kg.Įntropy values of important substances may be obtained from reference works or with commercial software in tabular form or as diagrams. The blue curves are isenthalps (curves of constant enthalpy). The black curves give the TS relation along isobars. The red dome represents the two-phase region with the low-entropy side the saturated liquid and the high-entropy side the saturated gas. The red curve at the left is the melting curve. Temperature-entropy diagrams Fig.2 Temperature–entropy diagram of nitrogen. The only condition is that the thermodynamic parameters of the composing subsystems are (reasonably) well-defined. The laws of thermodynamics hold rigorously for inhomogeneous systems even though they may be far from internal equilibrium. The entropy of inhomogeneous systems is the sum of the entropies of the various subsystems. In this expression C P now is the molar heat capacity. ![]() for the performance of heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps.Īccording to the Clausius equality, for a closed homogeneous system, in which only reversible processes take place, Entropy is a key ingredient of the Second law of thermodynamics, which has important consequences e.g. įrom a macroscopic perspective, in classical thermodynamics, the entropy is a state function of a thermodynamic system: that is, a property depending only on the current state of the system, independent of how that state came to be achieved. In the important case of mixing of ideal gases, the combined system does not change its internal energy by work or heat transfer the entropy increase is then entirely due to the spreading of the different substances into their new common volume. The mixing is accompanied by the entropy of mixing. ![]() One of them is mixing of two or more different substances, occasioned by bringing them together by removing a wall that separates them, keeping the temperature and pressure constant. Many irreversible processes result in an increase of entropy. The entropy of the thermodynamic system is a measure of the progress of the equalization. Thus, when the system of the room and ice water system has reached thermal equilibrium, the entropy change from the initial state is at its maximum. In an isolated system, such as the room and ice water taken together, the dispersal of energy from warmer to cooler regions always results in a net increase in entropy. However, the entropy of the glass of ice and water has increased more than the entropy of the room has decreased. Over time, the temperature of the glass and its contents and the temperature of the room achieve a balance. For example, in a room containing a glass of melting ice, the difference in temperature between the warm room and the cold glass of ice and water is equalized by energy flowing as heat from the room to the cooler ice and water mixture. A thermodynamic model systemĭifferences in pressure, density, and temperature of a thermodynamic system tend to equalize over time. He showed that the thermodynamic entropy is k ln Ω, where the factor k has since been known as the Boltzmann constant.Ĭoncept Figure 1. Ludwig Boltzmann explained the entropy as a measure of the number of possible microscopic configurations Ω of the individual atoms and molecules of the system (microstates) which correspond to the macroscopic state (macrostate) of the system. Entropy is therefore also considered to be a measure of disorder in the system. The definition of entropy is central to the establishment of the second law of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy of isolated systems cannot decrease with time, as they always tend to arrive at a state of thermodynamic equilibrium, where the entropy is highest. Entropy predicts that certain processes are irreversible or impossible, despite not violating the conservation of energy. The term was introduced by Rudolf Clausius in the mid-19th century to explain the relationship of the internal energy that is available or unavailable for transformations in form of heat and work. In classical thermodynamics, entropy (from Greek τρoπή (tropḗ) 'transformation') is a property of a thermodynamic system that expresses the direction or outcome of spontaneous changes in the system. Measure of disorder within thermodynamic systems Conjugate variables ![]() ![]() ![]() The Escort Redline 360c has significantly greater sensitivity than just about any other detector. 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Now that he has stepped into the mortal realm, Inai seeks to unite with all the other celestials in an event he calls the Great Confluence. ![]() He instructs others, such as Lanaya, to do his bidding, all while remaining hidden to all but a few. Still, he is able to create rips of space in the Astral Plane, which allows him to pass through them and destroy the Astral Plane over and over again. He is known as the Hidden Ones, and resides in the Hidden Temple, only emerging to take part in the battle of the Ancients on the mortal plane. Inai is the first of the celestials, representing the void. Now he steps from the aether to personally resolve the battle of the Ancients and prepare his allies for what he views as a greater conflict to come. With an expansive perspective on existence, Inai is focused intently on a point in time beyond which he cannot see, when the fabrics of multiple realities are fated to collide. Privy to secrets that would shatter a mortal mind, the Void Spirit observes the workings of the universe from an unknowable vantage, choosing to let carefully groomed servants do his bidding - only emerging from his Hidden Temple into the material plane when he deems that he alone can steer the course of reality along its proper path.
![]() ![]() After threatening to pitch a tent, in a Sierra Maestra-style guerrilla encampment, outside the UN headquarters, or perhaps in Central Park-he relocated, in a gesture of solidarity with African-Americans he declared were oppressed by capitalism, colonialism, and racism, to the Hotel Theresa in Harlem. In New York City to attend the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Cuban prime minister left his mid-town Manhattan hotel in a huff after a dispute with its management. One of the most iconic moments in Fidel Castro’s long career came in September 1960, less than two years after the revolution he led seized power in Havana. When Nikita Met Fidel, and Fidel Met Nikita-New York City, September 1960 And the third presents a glimpse into the Soviet-Cuban dialogue on the explosive topic of US assassination plotting against Castro. The second selection contains conversations between Kudryavtsev and Cuban leaders, especially Fidel Castro, during the run-up to, and aftermath of, the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. The first selection concerns the first meeting between Castro and Khrushchev, which took place in New York City on 20 September, 1960, during the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly. Kudryavtsev, arrived in the Cuban capital in the summer of 1960. Reproduced below are translated documents, or excerpts, regarding three aspects of Soviet-Cuban relations in 1960-61, after diplomatic ties between Moscow and Havana were formally restored and a Soviet ambassador, Sergey M. During a May 2015 trip to Moscow, with the help of friendly colleagues and staff, I was able to gain access to some pertinent materials in the archives of both the former Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee (CPSU CC) and the Russian foreign ministry. Yet, much remains closed on the formative period of their alliance.Īlthough Cuban archives remain mostly inaccessible, despite some recent partial openings and considerable oral history testimony, far more has become available from the Soviet perspective. Much evidence has emerged, especially on the Soviet side, on relations between the two communist countries and their charismatic leaders, Castro and Nikita Khrushchev, climaxing with the October 1962 missile crisis (and mostly secret Soviet-Cuban crisis which ensued in November). ![]() The forging of the Soviet-Cuban alliance in the years after Fidel Castro’s revolution took power in January 1959, in sync with a deepening split between Washington and Havana, was one of the tectonic developments of the Cold War. When Nikita Met Fidel, the Bay of Pigs, and Assassination Plotting New Russian Evidence on Soviet-Cuban Relations, 1960-61: To download this Working Paper, please click here. Careers, Fellowships, and Internships Open/Close.Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition. ![]() Science and Technology Innovation Program.Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative.The Middle East and North Africa Workforce Development Initiative.Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.North Korea International Documentation Project.Environmental Change and Security Program.Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy. ![]() ![]() Sources, facts, uses, scarcity (SRI), podcasts, alchemical symbols, videos and images. Here, we describe the stable close-packed. Element Iron (Fe), Group 8, Atomic Number 26, d-block, Mass 55.845. These bonds do not break in aqueous solutions. Unraveling the atomic structures of ultrafine iron clusters is critical to understanding their size-dependent catalytic effects and electronic properties. Click hereto get an answer to your question Write the electronic configuration of Fe(III) on the basis of crystal field theory when it forms an octahedral complex in the presence of (i) strong field ligand, and (ii) weak field ligand.Atomic no. Coordination compounds are formed when electron rich ligands donate a pair of electrons to the central metal atom and form a coordinate bond. The nature of coordination compounds depends on the ligand to which it has been attached. The names and element symbols are provided. almost no Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticle can be distinguished from surfaces of CNT s due to its low loading content ( Figure 1A ). Distinct from the reference materials, no obvious peaks for longer backscattering paths such as Fe-Fe bonding are observed in the FT-EXAFS spectrum of FeCo-NCH, corroborating the single-atomic. Updated on Here's a list of the chemical elements ordered by increasing atomic number. $ F $ is paramagnetic in nature.Ĭoordination compounds can be neutral, positive or negative. A List of the Elements of the Periodic Table Atomic Number, Element Symbol, and Element Name ThoughtCo / Hilary Allison By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. The new hybrid orbitals are suitable for pairing electrons to form chemical bonds in valence bond theory. ![]() Orbital hybridisation is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals into new hybrid orbitals, the new hybrid orbitals have different energies, different shapes compared to the original orbitals of the element. International union of pure and applied chemistry that is IUPAC name of nickel bound with four chloride ions is tetrachloride nikelate (II). See original paper for the range of these elements from different sources Isotope-abundance variations and atomic weights of selected elements: 2016 (IUPAC Technical Report), Pure Appl. International union of pure and applied chemistry that is IUPAC name of iron with six cyanide ions is Hexacyanoferrate (II). Click hereto get an answer to your question The basic character of the transition metal monoxides follows the order :(Atomic no. List of Elements with Range of Atomic Weights. The international union of pure and applied chemistry that is IUPAC, it is an international federation of national adhering organization and represents chemists in individual countries. ![]() ![]() The central atom when bonded with the ligand forms a coordination complex that is a coordinate compound. Hint: A coordination complex consists of a central atom or ion, which is surrounded by a number of bound molecules or ions that are known as ligands or complexing agents. ![]() ![]() What's Going on at the Reservation on Yellowstone?Įpisode 6 of Yellowstone Season 5 finds the reservation upended as military helicopters fly in and land on reservation property without Chairman Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) knowing about it. That leads to a scene that's both tender and a little tough, demonstrating once again why fans find Beth and Rip a perfect match. When she tells Rip (Cole Hauser) that she doesn't want to share the things she finds beautiful with anyone, he takes her way away from everyone else to an unspoiled meadow with a stream running through it and a perfect view of the mountains, telling her he had scouted it out a year before, when she told him she wanted to find the perfect wedding spot. Hopefully, she’s earning enough respect for the Dutton family and their way of life that she’ll do what’s right instead of what comes naturally to her.What's Going on With Beth and Rip on Yellowstone Season 5?Įpisode 6 shows Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) more at home on the range than she ever expected to be, loosening up during the cattle drive and her time in nature so much that she begins to really enjoy it. Then again, she did hold her own against Beth, and that suggests something deeper inside than she lets the world see. And, frankly, the way Summer slumps around the ranch and continues to dole out her brand of criticism, I’m inclined to agree. Lynelle, who is a little jealous, thinks that John has made a grave error. What remains to be seen is how Summer can aid in the fight. That stands for everything, and all the Jamies and Angelas in the world combined could ever understand its power. Governing for the people by the people means exactly that.īy working his ranch and standing by other ranchers in the state, John represents the people because he is the people. The news anchors ran with it, and John received a free pass for steering clear of the president’s visit. He couldn’t have anticipated that his simple act of kindness and compassion would be such a boon. The hardest part for John was saying goodbye to his old friend and then telling Emmett’s wife that she’d lost her husband. His last words were prophetic, and I’ll be shocked if they don’t portend that John will win the battle making its way to his doorstep. Governor of Montana on the side of a mountain, sleepin’ with his boots on. But every cowboy wants to die with their boots on, so to speak, and Emmett went out doing what he loved. This day damn near proved me wrong.Īs soon as John questioned Emmett’s ability to survive one more gathering, the writing was on the wall that he wouldn’t. Little whisps of time and the world becomes imperfect again. Can’t be sustained over hours, just instances, you know. I’ve come to think perfection only lives in little moments, you know. There was no other place he’d rather be than on his ranch with his cowboys and herd, doing what God intended him to do. He didn’t give two figs that the president was going to be in Montana. This latest adventure with Rip, her father, and the cowboys will renew her passion for the fight, and since Sarah is bringing Jamie’s fight to their front door, Beth will need all of the help she can get. It’s one thing to think less of it yourself, but it’s another thing when someone else dares to suggest it’s anything less than paradise. I think seeing Summer’s disdain for everything the ranch stands for has also pushed Beth over the edge. It shows real growth on her part since the ranch was more of a necessary evil up to the recent past. It says a lot that Beth could find happiness on her family’s land. Rip: I need cows to chase, or there’s no reason to ride ’em. ![]() I don’t need anything else, do you? Alright. Three things that make me feel good and the perfect meadow. Rip: Darlin’, you have a warped sense of priorities, I’ll tell you. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cigarettes, whiskey, the meadow, and you. She’s fought against it most of her life, but with Rip at her side, she’s finding a new appreciation for it.īeth: I mean, I don’t, I don’t need anything else. The gathering has given Beth another chance to revel in what the ranch means to others. ![]() |
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