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originally posted by: cherokeetroy
Just wanted to express my thoughts on negative emotion. Many of us are taught that negative emotions are "bad" and when we feel them it somehow makes us bad. That belief starts a repetitive cycle of even more negative emotion because now you're adding guilt, shame and fear to the mix. Negative emotions aren't bad. They are part of our internal guidance/intuition.
The Queen is preparing for the "dark day" as she marks the 70th anniversary of her reign. Robert Hardman, a Daily Mail columnist, told Sky News that Her Majesty was preparing for the day when she will no longer be around. In a message marking her Platinum Jubilee, the Queen said it was her "sincere wish" that Camilla is known as Queen Consort when Charles becomes King.
"I remain eternally grateful for, and humbled by, the loyalty and affection that you continue to give me.
"And when, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes king, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me.
originally posted by: pteridine
a reply to: crankyoldman
I put PBS on my Scheißliste when they turned from reporting to propagandizing after the 2016 elections. I had not expected them to be so fickle but, on reflection, the corrupt system is where they received their funding, and the survival instinct is strong. These last 5+ years on ATS have been more educational than PBS ever was.
originally posted by: Justoneman
Memory teacher, yep. I recall getting whacked as totally missing the Grenard Reagent if you missed one of the 11 steps. No partial credit and that makes for bad grades. I was asked in Graduate school about research in Organic and I chose PChem instead. I do live for math challenges that Organic didn't get into at all.
originally posted by: pteridine
a reply to: Justoneman
Likely, your prof may have been a "memory" teacher rather than a "mechanism" teacher. Mechanism is the way to go.
Analytical chem treated me well. Work with a local company over summers paid tuition. Perkin-Elmer 303 AA with N2O for refractory metals. Lots of IR and some XRD. Titrations and photometrics along with COD was also in my workday.
originally posted by: pteridine
originally posted by: Justoneman
Memory teacher, yep. I recall getting whacked as totally missing the Grenard Reagent if you missed one of the 11 steps. No partial credit and that makes for bad grades. I was asked in Graduate school about research in Organic and I chose PChem instead. I do live for math challenges that Organic didn't get into at all.
originally posted by: pteridine
a reply to: Justoneman
Likely, your prof may have been a "memory" teacher rather than a "mechanism" teacher. Mechanism is the way to go.
Analytical chem treated me well. Work with a local company over summers paid tuition. Perkin-Elmer 303 AA with N2O for refractory metals. Lots of IR and some XRD. Titrations and photometrics along with COD was also in my workday.
It is easy to fail anyone on any test. Flunking the entire class or everyone getting an A (Harvard) is easy in any subject. It is much more difficult to separate abilities and subject knowledge. (The Dutch word for Chemistry is Scheikunde; the skill or art of separation.) By teaching 'Mechanism,' it is easier to assign points for partial credit. In the case of Grignard reagents, the student may use a Mg Grignard rather than the more selective Cd Grignard. The student understands the concept but has not got it quite right. This deserves a partial credit in my opinion.
A standard chemistry joke was that the PChem folks spent their lives plotting log of something vs. 1/T. I actually did that but never admitted it to the fraternity of fellow poet chemists because it required determining the slope which was outside of the no-math organikers.
Vice President Kamala Harris was greeted Monday by protesters in Guatemala telling her “Trump won” and “go home” —
Geidt will contact the prime minister. The last time a British monarch died, 65 years ago, the demise of George VI was conveyed in a code word, “Hyde Park Corner”, to Buckingham Palace, to prevent switchboard operators from finding out. For Elizabeth II, the plan for what happens next is known as “London Bridge.” The prime minister will be woken, if she is not already awake, and civil servants will say “London Bridge is down” on secure lines. From the Foreign Office’s Global Response Centre, at an undisclosed location in the capital, the news will go out to the 15 governments outside the UK where the Queen is also the head of state, and the 36 other nations of the Commonwealth for whom she has served as a symbolic figurehead – a face familiar in dreams and the untidy drawings of a billion schoolchildren – since the dawn of the atomic age.
originally posted by: nerbot
a reply to: crankyoldman
I find this quite interesting from The Guardian Article. MY BOLD AND UNDERLINED EMPHASIS, and don't forget, the article was from 2017
Geidt will contact the prime minister. The last time a British monarch died, 65 years ago, the demise of George VI was conveyed in a code word, “Hyde Park Corner”, to Buckingham Palace, to prevent switchboard operators from finding out. For Elizabeth II, the plan for what happens next is known as “London Bridge.” The prime minister will be woken, if she is not already awake, and civil servants will say “London Bridge is down” on secure lines. From the Foreign Office’s Global Response Centre, at an undisclosed location in the capital, the news will go out to the 15 governments outside the UK where the Queen is also the head of state, and the 36 other nations of the Commonwealth for whom she has served as a symbolic figurehead – a face familiar in dreams and the untidy drawings of a billion schoolchildren – since the dawn of the atomic age.
Script already written for a female Prime Minister when the Queen dies?
Interesting tha article was updated earlier but not since.
originally posted by: Justoneman
That was written when the Prime Minister was a woman, Theresa May (Pm 2016-2019).