At the very least, Boeing didn't double-charge the government.
They could have, y'know? They could have charged the gov't for things that are "needed", no matter if those things were thrown away in the first place or not.
> Now, now. There is IIRC a story about Oppenhimer > which seems relevant here.
> Apparently during the early nuclear tests > (probably the first - Trinity), just before the > bomb went off, he espied a small parabolic > reflector sitting around.
> He positioned it so that it faced the bomb, > placed the end of a cigarette at the focus and > retreated to the shelter.
> After the bomb was detonated, he came out and > picked up the now-lit cigarette.
> So it's kind of apocryphal, and impractical, but > you too can light cigarettes with nuclear > technology;)
That would be way cool.
I mean, to use a radioactive device to light a cancer-causing delivery system.
> we speak American. So, just to name a few > differences:
> humor instead of humour. > color instead of colour. > favor instead of favour. > behavior instead of behaviour. > honor instead of honour. > center instead of centre. > flavor instead of flavour. > neighbor instead of neighbour.
I'm afraid you are not quite right. The REAL AMERICAN speak sounds something like "Darn !" or "Howdy y'all !!"
There have been lots of talks about manned mission to Mars.
Do you know that we still CAN NOT do a manned mission to Mars? Unmanned, yes. Manned, no.
To put a human being on the spacecraft, you have to add on lots of LIFE SUPPORT, and those things add to the weight.
Add to that the duration of the flight - to Mars and come back, ALIVE - and you are talking about a HUGE VESSEL to put all the air, water and food.
Let us not talk about manned mission right now, let us think of unmanned mission - more than the NASA's silly robot type of mission, but SERIOUS unmanned mission to explore the Red Planet.
I have hope that within my lifetime something like that will happen, that is, of course, World War III doesn't happen first.:)
Since the professor is expressing interest in getting his/her students to study Linux, why not do something in the meantime to make the lives of the people in the Linux community worldwide easier, by producing a utility that is akin to the Norton Utility that runs under the Microsoft Windows?
What Linux _really_ lacks right now is a utility much like the "Norton Utlity" that runs on M$ Windows.
Some of the recent version of NU are really interesting. Their service runs a gamut from disk defrag to NDD to registry correction and much much more!
If the professor's student can hack up a NU like thing for Linux, they not only do the Linux community a favor, they also have learned QUITE A LOT ABOUT THE LINUX OS, its File System (to do defraq) and many other things (to do a Linux optimization thingy).
BTW, are there anyone out there who is doing a NU clone for Linux?
Since the professor is interested in getting his/her students to know Linux better, in the meantime contributing something positive back to the Linux community, why not do the following ?
What Linux _really_ lacks right now is a utility much like the "Norton Utlity" that runs on M$ Windows.
Some of the recent version of NU are really interesting. Their service runs a gamut from disk defrag to NDD to registry correction and much much more!
If the professor's student can hack up a NU like thing for Linux, they not only do the Linux community a favor, they also have learned QUITE A LOT ABOUT THE LINUX OS, its File System (to do defraq) and many other things (to do a Linux optimization thingy).
BTW, are there anyone out there who is doing a NU clone for Linux?
You said: "The Mozilla Organization's site doesn't yet reflect M14's availabilit, but it will soon."
Well.... how soon?
One look at the mozilla nightly builds ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/ and we all know that the M13 was first built sometimes before 12/20/99 but the official M13 release was 01/21/00
Actually, the first nightly build for M14 was at 01/21/00, and now we are seeing the M15 nightly builds.
Let me ask you the question again: how soon?
One has to be cautious not to raise too much hope on projects like the Mozilla. Unlike commercialware, most open-source projects do not have rigid deadlines.
So, please be patience. The Mozilla M14 will be out when it is ready.
If something takes a G4/350 and 256MB of RAM to run "smoothly", that something is obviously bloated.
I have read ars-tech's report on OS X, and yes, I am impressed with the technology. I hope some form of it will eventually be implemented in the open-source arena - whether it be *bsd or linux doesn't matter - but we can forget about the bloatedness.
This world still needs a slim-fast-and-robust OS. It may not be pretty, but as long as it works wonderfully, it will has its place.
Since many of you are talking about the "Office Suits" that run in Linux, I wonder why so few of you are mentioning the Siag Office http://siag.nu/ that just has its version 3.20 came out a few days ago?
Yes, it is not as powerful as M$ Office, and yes, it is not "G-integrated", but that doesn't mean it can NOT be integrated into Gnome.
Somebody just has to roll up their sleave and do the integration, but so far, none is doing that.
Why are there so many people who complain about the non-availability of this and that, and none wants to do something about that?
If all of us keep on doing the complaining part, and none do the coding, how do we expect the open-source movement to be continued?
So many people are bitching about the quality of Rasterman's code it isn't funny anymore.
In fact, many of those who are bitching never contribute even a single line of source code for the betterment of the open-source communities, and yet they bitch away.
The thing that they have chosen not to say is no matter how bad Rasterman's code are, at least Rasterman has done more than them - that Rasterman, through his no-so-quality-coded-Enlightenment, has demonstrated many NEW WAYS to do things !
And we must NOT forget the very one unique thing about open-source - that the source code is available, and if you feel that the source code needs updating, tidying, or "quality control", you can do just that.
I sincerely hope that those who are bitching about the "quality" of Rasterman's code will stop bitching and instead contributing their effort to "clean up" whatever "mess" they think.
While it may be understandable for Linux to have multiple GUI development... While it may even be okay for Linux to have more than one journaling FS, I question the wisdom for Linux to have more than one HA/FT option, because, IMVHO, that will only confuse the users, and the confusion will be turned into a powerful weapons for M$ FUD machinery.
They may say something like this - "See? Linux is so fragmented that even in the HA/FT area it has to have many different implementations of HA/FT !"
My question again, thus : Does Linux really need more than one HA/FT implementation?
Is it possible to pursuade the people behind all those different implementation to merge their efforts and produce a most stable and robust HA/FT thingy for Linux.
> This kind of redundancy and task distribution > could help break linux/unix type systems more > into the upper level corporate server market > where Solaris currently seems to be the trend > do to it's robustness.
I beg to differ, albeit for just a little.
Yes, it is true, the availability of HA (High Availability) and FT (Fault Tolerance) will be good for Linux in general, but we must be careful not to ignore the adage "Too many cooks spoilt the soup" for there are currently (counting the SGI/SUSE announcment) at least THREE different implementations of HA/FT for Linux !!
Linux should acquire HA/FT, no doubt, but Linux should have ONE VERY ROBUST HA/FT and not three or four or five not-very-much-useful HA/FT.
Please allow me to propose that a merge of all these HA/FT efforts to be carried out, so to benefit all the Linux community and to pave the way for Linux to penetrate the corporate world and be used as the OS for the entire enterprise.
I understand that Linux has multiple desktop environments (aka window-like GUI), I also understand that Linux has multiple distros. I can understand the possible need for multiple journaling file system for Linux, but try as I may, I just can't find enough reason for Linux to have multiple HA, Fault Tolerant options.
There is the original High Availability scheme that had been in development for quite some time, and then Red Hat thrown in its own version - sorry I can't remember what's the name - and now SGI and SUSE is coming in with its own version.
While I personally to the "CHOICE IS GOOD, MORE CHOICES IS BETTER" concept, multiple HA/FT option will ultimately confuse the consumer/user of Linux, and that will undercut Linux's ability to gain confidence in the corporate world.
Please allow me to propose that all the available options for HA/FT for Linux to be murged, and in the result, Linux will become the world's # 1 OS with the most robust HA/FT.
I do have lots of respect for Mr. Haldeman. His is the kind of person whose integrity and his dignity will never be compromized by anything.
MR. Haldeman is a Vietnam vet, and he has experienced many unspeakable things back then. Instead of feeling pissed off, (lots of vietnam vet are living the life of being pissed off all the time), Mr. Haldeman channeled his anger, his frustration, his feeling of helplessness and loneliness into strength, and he wrote many heart-wrenching stories to remind the world of our potentially destructive manner.
I respect Mr. Haldeman not because only his writing - which are very good, btw, his stories are of the highest quality, highly recommended - but I respect him because Mr. Haldeman can cut through his hatreds and his prejudices and in his stories, again and again, the hero fought hard against all the injustice, all the craziness, all the mind-boggling stupidities, to achieve the ultimate aim for a human being - to be honest to oneself, and to cling onto one's moral value and never let up one's dignity and integrity.
The message from Mr. Haldeman is clear - that all of us are capable of doing great harm to others, and if we want to become true human beings, we must fight and defeat our prima violent urge, and we must all strive to be a person who, in the end of the day, will come out all the better.
Thank you for bringing up Mr. Joe Haldeman.
Thanks again for this chance for me to say the things I have wanted to say for a long, long time !
> scientific advancement is advancement tat is > scientific
First of all, thank you for saying that.
It is succinct, to the point, and it gives a vvry clear message that "Scientific Advancement" is just that, an "advancement" that is scientific.
Many people have somehow stop thinking that way.
They equate "scientif advancement" with "something that is good", or "something that is moral", or "something that will bring peace".
Not necessarily so.
Almost everything we have can be used to do things that are good to people, or things that are bad.
Like fire. We can use fire to cook, and we can use the same fire to burn people alive.
Like nukes. We can use the advancement in understanding of the nuclear science to make productive things like MRI, or transform onto the power generated by nuclear reaction into electricity, or we can use the nuclear knowledge to make weapons of mass destruction like Nuclear Bombs.
It is ultimately the people, us, who has to decide what we want to use the tool we have for.
We are on the Net. We can use the Net to advance humanities, or we can use the net to spread vicious lies, disseminate prejudices, or get little boys and girls to do kiddie porn for us.
The choice is ours. We can do good if we want to, or we can become the fiercest destructive beast ever existed in time.
I don't think you understand human psyche very well.
> After all, hate is just an expression of > frustration/jealosy.
Hate is many things. Hate has many faces. Hate can come from all places, even places that you can never imagine !
In fact, there _are_ people who like to hate just for the fun of it.
I mean, look at the klans in America. They are white, they have more opportunities than the "colored" minorities, and yet, the klans just lourvvvves to showcase their hate publicly.
Have you ever listen to the hatefilled speech by the klans? I have. I just couldn't understand what motivates those people to hate so much, and yet they do.
And the hatespeech isn't limited to the klans either. Politicians do it all the time, and what kind of "frustration" or "jealousy" those politicians have?
I mean, look at Jesse Helms. Look at him. He is rich, well fed, highly educated, and in some manner, is a cultured person.
But if you listen to his speech, man.... talk about hate, HATE !
What makes Jesse Helms hate so much? What is there in his well-fed, well-lived, wealthy, comfortable life to make him feeling "frustrated"?
Is there any OBVIOUS thing that Jesse Helms jelous about?
No. At least, I can't find anything that worth Jesse Helm's to raise his druff.
I mean, if I am Jesse Helms, I have so much money, I have so much power, my health is good, I have a good family, everything around me is good, I have no reason whatsover to hate or to feel jealous about.
But Jesse Helms still operates under the "HATE" banner !
I hope that by now we should understand that that neigher "Frustration" nor "Jealousy" can explain why people hate others.
> If you have enough food/energy, you won't wage > war.
Hmmm... really?
Tell that to the people who were under attacked by Uncle Sam.
It wages war on Vietnam, on Nicaragua, on Honduras, on so many places, and you like me to believe that America has not enough food, nor enough energy?
Message from the Chair New Technical Subdivision ACS San Francisco National Meeting I&EC and Corporation Associates Consider Joint Vision 2020 Programming Meetings of Interest From the Councilors * Melanie Lesko * Bob Stowe * Kathleen Schulz ACS Professional Liability Insurance Plan I&EC Officers
Message from the Chair
I saw a joke posted recently that read "Y2K, brought to you by the same folks that gave us a two-digit date field!". By now I hope that all of you and your respective workplaces have safely weathered the infamous date roll-over. The joke points out that even when we recognize a problem, we are often so used to our habitual way of doing things that even the solutions fall back into the old ways of doing things. As I move into the Chair position of this Division, I am keenly aware of that tendency. Sometimes it seems as if we are going in circles, instead of in a line directed at our desired future.
The only way out of that predicament is to keep reminding ourselves of what our real goals are, in their essential elements, and why we want them. As Chair, I want to make this Division relevant to you and your careers as well as to my own. The key to any professional society is the voluntary membership and their efforts to improve their professional standing in the community at large. We try to do that in the I&EC Division by providing forums for the exchange of important new information, networking with other professionals, and interacting with the American Chemical Society in developing policy positions for public consumption. We need each member, as always, to help in any way they can to promote our activities in your own self-interest. If it is no longer of interest to you, tell us why, and help us change that. If it is of interest, lend us your support by attending meetings, volunteering to help in one of the many committees required to maintain the Division, and just by encouraging other chemists and engineers to sign up for membership in our Division.
Exciting news from our last National meeting is a strengthening of the visibility and position of our three sub-divisions. Along with our general programming in leading technologies, you may be interested in concentrated programming efforts in Separations, Materials, or Green Chemistry topics. Interact on a more personal level with other scientists working in areas directly related to your interests and job relevance. As much of the world revels in the turn of the millennium, remember that our jobs and interests in the chemical sciences are more important that ever to the fulfillment of many of their dreams. It's going to be a great time to be working in this field. Being an active participant in the I&EC Division is going to be an exciting and fulfilling part of it.
Steven Cooke, Chair
A New Technical Subdivision Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
The I&EC division is pleased to announce the formation of a new Subdivision of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology which will be chaired by Robert C. Haddon, University of Kentucky, with co-chair Joop Schoonman, University of Delft (Netherlands). Elisabeth Lutanie, American Chemical Society, is the Program Coordinator and one of the founders of the subdivision. Research areas covered by the subdivision include
* carbon nanoscience, including fullerenes and carbon nanotubes
* molecular-scale electronic devices, including wires and components
* molecular self-assembly, with particular emphasis on organized structures and machines,
* quantum size effects, including electronic and photonic phenomena
* nanotechnologies, including lithographies, microscopies and manipulators
* crystal engineering, including detailed architectures for electronic and photonic applications
* engineering of nanoscale dots, films, and 3-dimensional structures
* molecular-scale biomedical engineering
The objectives of this Subdivision shall be to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research in the field of advanced materials and nanotechnology, and to encourage interaction and partnership between academic and industrial institutions working on the chemical aspects of this area of science. In addition, the subdivision will work to increase the diffusion of recent research and technology advances through the development of a portfolio of symposia dedicated to topical issues on advanced materials and nanotechnology-possibly but not exclusively in association with national and regional ACS meetings.
The subdivision will also encourage research into all aspects of advanced materials and nanotechnology, and promote the development of interdisciplinary and international scientific collaborations in these areas. This will be fostered by having U.S. and European co-chairs and by identifying a liaison to the American Chemical Society and the Materials Research Society. The subdivision will provide a basis for continuing education in this field for chemists and related scientists (including students).
In addition, the subdivision will further public interest in nanotechnology and advanced materials and bring the importance of nanoscale science and technology and materials to the attention of the chemistry community at a strategic level. The subdivision plans to begin technical programming in the Fall 2000 ACS National Meeting (Washington, DC). For more information on how you can become involved contact Robert Haddon at haddon@pop.uky.edu.
ACS San Francisco National Meeting
San Francisco, March 26-31, 2000: More information about the technical program will be in Chemical & Engineering News Jan. 17 and Feb. 28 issues, or check the I&EC Symposia page on the ACS Server .
* Business Opportunities in the Emerging Technologies
* Emerging Technologies: Waste Management in the 21st Century.
* Field-Enhanced Separations.
* Molecular-Level Characterization in Separations
* Activated Carbon Separations
* Advanced Microfabricated Sensors,
* Applications of Molecular Mechanics to Metal Complexes,
* Applied Chemistry for the 21st Century,
* Leo Friend Award Symposium
San Francisco Symposium Highlight Leo Friend Award: Nontraditional Applications and Methods of Lithographic Patterning
For the past 30 years, lithography has been the key technological driving force that has enabled the remarkable growth in the semiconductor industry; through increased miniaturization, both improved device performance and reduced cost can be simultaneously achieved. Many technological fields outside the traditional arena of silicon-based microelectronic devices can accrue similar benefits through miniaturization, and there are now significant efforts to apply lithographic techniques in these areas, and to devise alternate methods for patterning that potentially offer advantages in simplicity, cost and flexibility. The goal of this symposium is to provide an overview of many of the new lithographic fabrication technologies and applications for an audience unfamiliar with these topics; in particular, the intent is to be accessible to students and younger chemists. To achieve this, we have structured the symposium to first establish the scientific and technological context for lithography with summaries of the states-of-the-art, and views of the future, for conventional lithographic technology, imaging materials and applications. This will be followed by overviews of emerging methods and applications of lithographic patterning from leading researchers in those fields. Descriptions of emerging applications will include recent work on molecular logic gates, micromachining and microtransducers, and biochips. Descriptions of emerging methods will polymer self-assembly, micromirror technology, proximal probe and near-field ithographies, soft lithography, nano-scale embossing, and templating.
Vision 2020
I&EC and Corporation Associates Consider Joint Vision 2020 Programming on Chemical Industry Supply Chain at Fall 2000 National Meeting
A chemical company's supply chain is the critical link between suppliers and producers, and producers and customers. As the chemical industry becomes more globally competitive, issues related to efficient supply chain management, like customer-driven scheduling; low-cost material handling, transportation, and storage; and lean manufacturing-based inventory and work-in-progress management become more critical to a company's success. In addition, business strategies that consider supply chain capabilities; case studies in benchmarking, information systems integration, best factory judging, SixSigma implementation, and change management; and modeling and simulation that support improvements in supply chain effectiveness are beginning to yield some interesting directions for change. Technology Vision 2020: The U.S. Chemical Industry predicts that by identifying change opportunities and "best practices" for chemical industry supply chains, managers hold the potential to increase their process output by more than 30%, reduce inventories by as much as 50%, and reduce costs like transportation, storage, and spoilage by up to 50% - all for little or no capital investment. Corporation Associates representatives will hear summary presentations from three experts noted for their work in this area at the CA open meeting in San Francisco on Monday March 27th. Presenters are listed below.
* Thomas Parry is an Associate Partner in Andersen Consulting's Chemicals Operating Unit. Mr. Parry' work focuses on developing and implementing supply chain, eCommerce and channel strategies. He has extensive chemical and process industry experience and has authored "The Human Element, Creating High Performance Supply Chain Organizations in the Chemical Industry; Creating Value through Integrated Supply Chain Management; and Integrated Supply Chain Management, Supplying the Pieces."
* Professor John T. Mentzer is the Bruce Excellence Chair of Business Policy and Distinguished Professor of Logistics at the University of Tennessee. Professor Mentzer is well known for his research work in supply chain forecasting and classes on sales forecasting management at the University's Management Development Center. His recent publications include articles in "Journal of Business Forecasting," "Marketing Management," "Business Horizons," and "Supply Chain Management Review."
* Scott Barber is Dow Corning's Global Supply Chain Reengineering (SCORE) Manager, a member of the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flegler Business School's Global Supply Chain Management Advisory Board, and a member of the Supply Chain Council. Mr. Barber is currently responsible for creating and managing the SCORE expertise unit and designing supply chain optimization projects for his company.
After the presentation CA's programming committee will decide whether they will co-sponsor a day long panel -- with I&EC's Technology Vision 2020 effort -- on Integrated Supply Chain Management. Plans for the Fall 2000 panel in Washington, DC include a participatory format of presentations and audience questions and answers on supply chain needs, challenges and opportunities for improvement. The panel will also include demonstrations of software programs and models that can improve your company's productivity. John Oleson, recently retired from Dow Corning and co author on the Supply Chain section of Technology Vision 2020: The U.S. Chemical Industry with Hank Whalen, Chair, ACS Board of Directors, will moderate the panel. Check your meeting agenda for San Francisco. I&EC Division members are invited to attend the CA open meeting for this presentation.
Meetings of Interest
ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 20-24, 2000: I&EC Call for Papers
Program Chairs: Ralph C Gatrone, NA, 5411-M Paddock Club Drive, Montgomery, AL 36116, (334) 286-3639, fax (334) 286-3639, e-mail: r.gatrone @worldnet.att.net; Dianna Phillips, Kettering University, SM Department, 1700 West Third Avenue, Flint, MI 48504-4898, (810) 762-9920, fax (810) 762-9796, e-mail: Dphillip@kettering.edu
Submit copy of abstract through Online abstract system (OASys) or by mailing one copy to symposium organizer.
Responsible Care. Nancy Jackson, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS 1349, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (505) 272-7619, fax (505) 272-7336, e-mail: nbjacks@sandia.gov
Functional Nanostructures. Lawrence R. Sita, University of Maryland, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College Park, MD 20742, (301) 405-5753, fax (301) 314-9121, e-mail: ls214@umail.umd.edu
Emerging Technologies: Hazardous Waste Management. Daniel W. Tedder, Georgia Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Atlanta, GA 30322-0100, (404) 894-2856, fax (404) 894-2866, e-mail: daniel.tedder@che.gatech.edu
Clean Solvents. Martin Abraham, University of Toledo, Chemical Engineering, Toledo, OH 43606, (419) 530-8092, e-mail: mabraham@eng.utoledo.edu; Luc Moens, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Center for Chemistry of BioEnergy Systems, 1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, CO 80401-3393, (303) 384-6265, fax (303) 384-6103, e-mail: Luc_moens@nrel.gov
Green Chemistry: Applications in Academia and Industry. Tracy C. Williamson, USEPA, OPPT, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-2659, fax (202) 260-0816, e-mail: williamson.tracy@epa.gov; Paul T. Anastas, USEPA, OPPT, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-2659, fax (202) 260-0816, e-mail: anastas.paul@epa.gov; Mary Kirchhoff, USEPA, OPPT, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-1551, fax (202) 260-0816, e-mail: kirchhoff.mary@epa.gov
General Poster Session. Andrew Bond, Argonne National Laboratory, Chemistry, Argonne, IL 60439, (630) 252-0957, fax (630) 252-7501, e-mail: ahbond@anl.gov
Membranes Gordon Conference
The Gordon Research Conference on Membranes: Materials and Processes will be held at Connecticut College in New London, CT from July 29-Aug. 3, 2000. The Conference Program is available at: http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2000/memmat.htm.
Participants can obtain an application form by accessing the Gordon Conferences web site at http://www.grc.uri.edu/
2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies
Chemists and chemical engineers in countries bordering the Pacific Ocean and in all other countries are invited to submit papers for consideration and to attend the 2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies. Scheduled for 14-19 December 2000, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, it is being cosponsored by the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society of Japan, the Canadian Society for Chemistry, the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Many of the Chemical Societies in the countries that border the Pacific Ocean are Official Participating Organizations. Papers will be presented in symposia and in general oral and poster sessions in the 10 topical areas in which symposia are grouped (see web site for list). A few selected symposia will be for invited papers only. An abstract of approximately 150 words must be submitted for each contributed paper. The Congress abstract form is available for electronic retrieval and submission from the Pacifichem 2000 web site at: http://www.acs.org/meetings/pacific2000. Paper forms can be obtained by contacting the Congress Secretariat. The deadline for invited or contributed abstracts in paper format will be April 3. The deadline for abstracts submitted electronically will be April 14.
From the Councilors
Melanie J. Lesko, I&EC Councilor
As a member of the Divisional Activities Committee (DAC), I reviewed eight other divisions' annual reports. Divisions must turn in these reports before they can receive their allocations back from ACS. Two divisions are fairly weak and may merge with others. DAC is considering re-instating the divisional awards program to provide more incentive to get the reports in on time.
I am also on the DAC subcommittee reviewing secretariat guidelines, and have passed many questions along to our division leadership for their chance to provide input. I think the I&EC's concerns with secretariats operation are merited, but they are not as problematical for us as once thought. The DAC will be making recommendations for revised secretariat guidelines in an attempt to bring some commonality to all of them, but this may not be completely successful. They are a loose association of their own member divisions' representatives, so loose in fact that of the four secretariats none could name all their member divisions.
For the fall 1999 ACS meeting in New Orleans I co-organized a symposium "Issues Facing Women Professionals" with Deborah Carter from Pace International. The symposium had 12 speakers from industry, academia and government, as well as one non-scientist, and was co-sponsored by the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) and the Younger Chemists Committee (YCC). Topics included a futuristic look at the workforce, international travel and assignments with trailing spouses, working in sales, balancing academic or industrial careers and family, finding jobs on the internet, and the new non-traditional careers blending disparate fields like business and physics, or chemistry and law. Attendance was respectable, and the material was valuable and interesting to both male and female audience.
I continue to serve on the editorial board of "Chemistry," which combined the two older ACS publications "Reaction Times," geared toward college students, and "ACCESS," targeted toward ACS members. The articles have continued to be interesting and timely, informative to the students while giving ACS members a chance to sample chemistry fields other than their own. The editorial board meets at each ACS meeting, and by conference calls and e-mail.
Thank you for your continued support in electing me to another term. I appreciate your comments and feedback at any time. I can be reached most conveniently by e-mail at leskom@tamug.tamu.edu.
Robert A. Stowe, I&EC Councilor
The 218thACS national meeting in New Orleans, with its 5,656 technical presentations, attracted 11,734 attendees. The exposition featured 246 companies exhibiting products and services in 392 booths. These numbers are high but are not records, except for the weather, which with its 100 F+ (38 C) and occasional downpours flooding over the curbs (typical of N.O. in the shank of the summer), may have set a record for a "FALL" meeting.
President Ed Wasserman sponsored three Presidential Events at the meeting; on SUN AM, a 7 paper symposium predicting the impact of Food Chemistry in the 21st century and the 3rd millennium; SUN PM, a 5 paper session, organized by I&EC Past-Chair Nancy Jackson on "Visions of Materials", exploring the world of self-assembled materials; and finally, on SUN PM (5:30-7:00) a Presidential Reception celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Younger Chemists Committee entitled "Looking Back to the Future".
Council accepted a new plan for redistricting to more evenly distribute the numbers of members in regions. It also agreed to a new schedule of registration fees for national meetings that will ensure that the meetings break even over a five-year period. A Bylaw change was passed, making member's anniversary date the date of entry into the active membership roll. This will eliminate delays in processing new and reinstated members and reduce the backlog around the current quarterly start dates. We passed another Bylaw change refining and defining the conditions under which Divisions may enter into affiliations with other Technical Organizations.
Since the meeting the election has been held and Attila Pavlath triumphed in a close race over Alan Schriesheim, with only 18% of the more than 153,000 members voting. Pretty sad but not as bad as recent I&EC elections.
James D. Burke, manager of technical recruiting and university relations at Rohm and Haas, Spring House, Pa., and C. Gordon McCarty, retired manager of university relations at Bayer Corp., Pittsburgh, will serve their first 3-yr. terms as directors-at-large. They defeated incumbent Lura Powell, NIST and Valerie Kuck, Lucent Technologies. Pavlath, Powell and Kuck are members of I&EC.
I am now serving on the Committee for Technician Activities which is dealing with a wide range of concerns, problems and programs regarding chemical technicians and their relatively new Division of Chemical Technicians.
The Dept. of Career Services (DCS) continued to expand its services to the membership. The DCS, along with volunteer Career Consultants (CCs), conducted mock interview sessions and reviewed resumes, and the NECH, improved by computerized scheduling, allowed 1000 job seekers to have 3,049 interviews for 513 positions. I don't have the numbers for one-on-one resumes and mock interviews at the meeting but the 1999 year numbers are impressive. Over 1,000 members received one-on-one career assistance, including 541 resume reviews at national and regional meetings, 130 in house reviews, 226 mock interview sessions and 146 career consulting cases.
I had extra duty at the N.O. Mtg., having committed to managing the Graduate Student Award Luncheon and Ceremony. We had sought nominations from the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Depts. at both LSU and Tulane and from the combind dept. at Univ. of N.O. Each department nominated their top graduate student who was planning a chemical career in industry. When the judging was over there was no clear-cut winner; they were all outstanding. We finally decided to give the Award, a one-year membership in the ACS, to each of them. The candidates and their mentors were entertained at a luncheon, overlooking the Mississippi. Many supporting members and guests applauded as our Chair, Robin Rogers performed flawlessly as host, presenting plaques to the Students and Certificates for the schools to the Mentors. The extra cost of five honorees instead of one was covered by additional support by institutional and private gifts. It was clear from the feedback that his event was highly successful and should be repeated. The Graduate Student Awards Committee is studying strategies for continuation.
I believe that I am detecting a groundswell of change amongst the various Divisions and their members. There seems to be a rush to get in on the challenges and rewards of programming to appeal to industrial types, witness the titles and industrial slant of symposia from non-applied divisions. Meanwhile, we in I&EC are striving to identify ourselves and focus our efforts. I believe we are getting the job done but we all need feedback from our loyal members. Getting involved is truly rewarding.
I promised last time to give you my definition of an industrial chemist or chemical engineer. To me it is fairly simple. Anyone with training or education in chemistry or chemical engineering and who is employed in industry is an industrial chemist or chemical engineer.
HELLO out there! Every once in awhile someone responds to these efforts to bring the highlights of the National Meeting to you and to the expressions of my take on sometimes controversial subjects. Thanks a lot - it warms my heart. Let me hear from you. What is your definition of an Industrial Chemist or Engineer? (New e-mail address: rstow@northlink.net. New phone area code: (231) 526-5078. Mail address: Box 173, 5680 Chippewa Dr., Cross Village, MI 49723).
Kathleen Schulz, I&EC Councilor
Happy New Year to all of you! By the time you receive this, I hope each of you is well into a happy, prosperous New Year. First, thank you for re-electing me as your Councilor! I am indeed honored to have the opportunity to represent you and the interests of I&EC Division in the Council. As I said in my statement last fall, it is important that Division Councilors be especially active and visible, since less than 100 of the 450+ Councilors represent Divisions. In that regard, I pledge to continue my record of very active participation by maintaining my record of attending 100% of council meetings, seeking out opportunities and participating in national ACS committees and task forces.
In that regard, so far this year I have agreed to:
* Continue to serve as Sr. Advisor to I&EC's Membership Committee.
* Work with Nancy Jackson to update PR materials for I&EC Division.
* Accept an invitation from outgoing Pres. Ed Wasserman to serve on a task force to evaluate the Society's support to divisions and local sections. The eight member task force, which will be chaired by Paul Walter (ACS Pres. in 1998) was given this charge: "...reflect on our past as a Society, analyze its current state, and recommend a path for future directions. The recommendation of this task force could have significant implications for Society operations well into the next century."
* Serve on the Board of Trustees of the ACS Member Insurance Plans (my second year with that group), to monitor insurance related activities and offerings, and provide input to help assure that ACS insurance offerings meet members' needs.
* Chair the Local Section Activities Committee (for a second year ). This includes participating in leadership conferences (training new local section officers); activities related to National Chemistry Week Task Force and Sr. Chemists Task Force; plus serving on the ACS Advisory Board for Industry Relations.
As you can see, it promises to be a busy year. But, I enjoy these opportunities to represent I&EC and to be sure that the voice of Division members is heard. In that regard, I appreciate hearing your views at any time, via email to kmschul@sandia.gov or phone 505-845-9879.
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> I have been pondering the idea of having more > than one set of heads on a HD it would double > the transferrate and do wonders to the avg. > seek time.
Actually, in a multiple-plate drive, there are more than one set of heads.
But that wouldn't make seek time faster though. For the HD drive mechanism is such that the heads are connected to the arms, which are connected to the servo, which is located in the center, while the plate rotates around it.
The seek time depends on how fast the servo can move the arms, with the head attached at the end, from one sector of the plate to another.
And it is impossible for one hd to have more than one servo mechanism, for any circle, there will only be one center, and the servo located in the center.
Cost wise, the heads don't cost that much either. Yes, relatively speaking, it's more expensive than the plate media, but still it wouldn't double the cost of the drive if there is more than one head for the hd.
> I understand that the heads represent a > sizable portion of the cost of a HD so maybe > thats why we haven't seen any such creatures. > As dual-head drives would cost aproximatly > twice as much as a regular drive but two > regular dirves would also double the space > when RAIDed.
So, currently the only way to speed up a hd is to speed up the seek time, and the simplest way to do that is to rotate the disks faster. That's why Seagate is coming out with the 15K rpm drive.
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The HA (High Availability) options for Linux is increasing in number, and I wonder just which one Motorola is going to use?
Or are they going to roll their own HA?
Anyway, HA-Linux from Motorola won't be here until May, so we'll see.
At the very least, Boeing didn't double-charge the government.
They could have, y'know? They could have charged the gov't for things that are "needed", no matter if those things were thrown away in the first place or not.
> Now, now. There is IIRC a story about Oppenhimer
> which seems relevant here.
> Apparently during the early nuclear tests
> (probably the first - Trinity), just before the
> bomb went off, he espied a small parabolic
> reflector sitting around.
> He positioned it so that it faced the bomb,
> placed the end of a cigarette at the focus and
> retreated to the shelter.
> After the bomb was detonated, he came out and
> picked up the now-lit cigarette.
> So it's kind of apocryphal, and impractical, but
> you too can light cigarettes with nuclear
> technology
That would be way cool.
I mean, to use a radioactive device to light a cancer-causing delivery system.
Yeah... who says Humans aren't intelligent?
> we speak American. So, just to name a few
> differences:
> humor instead of humour.
> color instead of colour.
> favor instead of favour.
> behavior instead of behaviour.
> honor instead of honour.
> center instead of centre.
> flavor instead of flavour.
> neighbor instead of neighbour.
I'm afraid you are not quite right. The REAL AMERICAN speak sounds something like "Darn !" or "Howdy y'all !!"
:)
>> make a big launchpad in Antarctica
> But you would kill the penguins! Get ready to
> change Linux logo.
Silly Linus. Of all the cute animals in the world he chose the Penguins.
I mean, he could have chosen the koala, or the dodo bird, or the bluefin tuna, or Willie, the-killer-whale-who-had-a-movie-to-his-name.
Hmmmm.....
Ah, well... move the penguins to the Artic, and damn the Antarctica !
> They'd protest that for our polluting space with
> deadly radiation.
> Ahh, human intelligence.
Sometimes I really wish I am not a human being, and _that_ one qualifies as one of those "sometimes".
The one who hide behind the AC handle or the one who have put up a quarter of a billion dollars?
I agree with what you said, that NU for DOS is not needed.
But I am NOT talking about NU for DOS. I _am_ talking about NU for windoze.
Have you played with the latest version of NU for windoze?
You'd be amaze how many things they have there. Some of those things are _seriously_ needed for Linux.
And I am not joking.
There have been lots of talks about manned mission to Mars.
Do you know that we still CAN NOT do a manned mission to Mars? Unmanned, yes. Manned, no.
To put a human being on the spacecraft, you have to add on lots of LIFE SUPPORT, and those things add to the weight.
Add to that the duration of the flight - to Mars and come back, ALIVE - and you are talking about a HUGE VESSEL to put all the air, water and food.
Let us not talk about manned mission right now, let us think of unmanned mission - more than the NASA's silly robot type of mission, but SERIOUS unmanned mission to explore the Red Planet.
I have hope that within my lifetime something like that will happen, that is, of course, World War III doesn't happen first.
Since the professor is expressing interest in getting his/her students to study Linux, why not do something in the meantime to make the lives of the people in the Linux community worldwide easier, by producing a utility that is akin to the Norton Utility that runs under the Microsoft Windows?
What Linux _really_ lacks right now is a utility much like the "Norton Utlity" that runs on M$ Windows.
Some of the recent version of NU are really interesting. Their service runs a gamut from disk defrag to NDD to registry correction and much much more!
If the professor's student can hack up a NU like thing for Linux, they not only do the Linux community a favor, they also have learned QUITE A LOT ABOUT THE LINUX OS, its File System (to do defraq) and many other things (to do a Linux optimization thingy).
BTW, are there anyone out there who is doing a NU clone for Linux?
Since the professor is interested in getting his/her students to know Linux better, in the meantime contributing something positive back to the Linux community, why not do the following ?
What Linux _really_ lacks right now is a utility much like the "Norton Utlity" that runs on M$ Windows.
Some of the recent version of NU are really interesting. Their service runs a gamut from disk defrag to NDD to registry correction and much much more!
If the professor's student can hack up a NU like thing for Linux, they not only do the Linux community a favor, they also have learned QUITE A LOT ABOUT THE LINUX OS, its File System (to do defraq) and many other things (to do a Linux optimization thingy).
BTW, are there anyone out there who is doing a NU clone for Linux?
You said: "The Mozilla Organization's site doesn't yet reflect M14's availabilit, but it will soon."
Well.... how soon?
One look at the mozilla nightly builds ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/ and we all know that the M13 was first built sometimes before 12/20/99 but the official M13 release was 01/21/00
Actually, the first nightly build for M14 was at 01/21/00, and now we are seeing the M15 nightly builds.
Let me ask you the question again: how soon?
One has to be cautious not to raise too much hope on projects like the Mozilla. Unlike commercialware, most open-source projects do not have rigid deadlines.
So, please be patience. The Mozilla M14 will be out when it is ready.
If something takes a G4/350 and 256MB of RAM to run "smoothly", that something is obviously bloated.
I have read ars-tech's report on OS X, and yes, I am impressed with the technology. I hope some form of it will eventually be implemented in the open-source arena - whether it be *bsd or linux doesn't matter - but we can forget about the bloatedness.
This world still needs a slim-fast-and-robust OS. It may not be pretty, but as long as it works wonderfully, it will has its place.
There is another group doing almost the same thing, they are the FCPU (Free CPU) people.
Thanks to them, we no longer need to pay hefty amounts of money to get our hands on hardware cores anymore.
Since many of you are talking about the "Office Suits" that run in Linux, I wonder why so few of you are mentioning the Siag Office http://siag.nu/ that just has its version 3.20 came out a few days ago?
Yes, it is not as powerful as M$ Office, and yes, it is not "G-integrated", but that doesn't mean it can NOT be integrated into Gnome.
Somebody just has to roll up their sleave and do the integration, but so far, none is doing that.
Why are there so many people who complain about the non-availability of this and that, and none wants to do something about that?
If all of us keep on doing the complaining part, and none do the coding, how do we expect the open-source movement to be continued?
So many people are bitching about the quality of Rasterman's code it isn't funny anymore.
In fact, many of those who are bitching never contribute even a single line of source code for the betterment of the open-source communities, and yet they bitch away.
The thing that they have chosen not to say is no matter how bad Rasterman's code are, at least Rasterman has done more than them - that Rasterman, through his no-so-quality-coded-Enlightenment, has demonstrated many NEW WAYS to do things !
And we must NOT forget the very one unique thing about open-source - that the source code is available, and if you feel that the source code needs updating, tidying, or "quality control", you can do just that.
I sincerely hope that those who are bitching about the "quality" of Rasterman's code will stop bitching and instead contributing their effort to "clean up" whatever "mess" they think.
That is all I want to say right now.
While it may be understandable for Linux to have multiple GUI development... While it may even be okay for Linux to have more than one journaling FS, I question the wisdom for Linux to have more than one HA/FT option, because, IMVHO, that will only confuse the users, and the confusion will be turned into a powerful weapons for M$ FUD machinery.
They may say something like this - "See? Linux is so fragmented that even in the HA/FT area it has to have many different implementations of HA/FT !"
My question again, thus : Does Linux really need more than one HA/FT implementation?
Is it possible to pursuade the people behind all those different implementation to merge their efforts and produce a most stable and robust HA/FT thingy for Linux.
Does anyone think that is possible?
> This kind of redundancy and task distribution
> could help break linux/unix type systems more
> into the upper level corporate server market
> where Solaris currently seems to be the trend
> do to it's robustness.
I beg to differ, albeit for just a little.
Yes, it is true, the availability of HA (High Availability) and FT (Fault Tolerance) will be good for Linux in general, but we must be careful not to ignore the adage "Too many cooks spoilt the soup" for there are currently (counting the SGI/SUSE announcment) at least THREE different implementations of HA/FT for Linux !!
Linux should acquire HA/FT, no doubt, but Linux should have ONE VERY ROBUST HA/FT and not three or four or five not-very-much-useful HA/FT.
Please allow me to propose that a merge of all these HA/FT efforts to be carried out, so to benefit all the Linux community and to pave the way for Linux to penetrate the corporate world and be used as the OS for the entire enterprise.
I understand that Linux has multiple desktop environments (aka window-like GUI), I also understand that Linux has multiple distros. I can understand the possible need for multiple journaling file system for Linux, but try as I may, I just can't find enough reason for Linux to have multiple HA, Fault Tolerant options.
There is the original High Availability scheme that had been in development for quite some time, and then Red Hat thrown in its own version - sorry I can't remember what's the name - and now SGI and SUSE is coming in with its own version.
While I personally to the "CHOICE IS GOOD, MORE CHOICES IS BETTER" concept, multiple HA/FT option will ultimately confuse the consumer/user of Linux, and that will undercut Linux's ability to gain confidence in the corporate world.
Please allow me to propose that all the available options for HA/FT for Linux to be murged, and in the result, Linux will become the world's # 1 OS with the most robust HA/FT.
Have you tried to get the tarballs today?
Good luck.
The dang place has been overwhelmed !
Oh boy !!
I do have lots of respect for Mr. Haldeman. His is the kind of person whose integrity and his dignity will never be compromized by anything.
MR. Haldeman is a Vietnam vet, and he has experienced many unspeakable things back then. Instead of feeling pissed off, (lots of vietnam vet are living the life of being pissed off all the time), Mr. Haldeman channeled his anger, his frustration, his feeling of helplessness and loneliness into strength, and he wrote many heart-wrenching stories to remind the world of our potentially destructive manner.
I respect Mr. Haldeman not because only his writing - which are very good, btw, his stories are of the highest quality, highly recommended - but I respect him because Mr. Haldeman can cut through his hatreds and his prejudices and in his stories, again and again, the hero fought hard against all the injustice, all the craziness, all the mind-boggling stupidities, to achieve the ultimate aim for a human being - to be honest to oneself, and to cling onto one's moral value and never let up one's dignity and integrity.
The message from Mr. Haldeman is clear - that all of us are capable of doing great harm to others, and if we want to become true human beings, we must fight and defeat our prima violent urge, and we must all strive to be a person who, in the end of the day, will come out all the better.
Thank you for bringing up Mr. Joe Haldeman.
Thanks again for this chance for me to say the things I have wanted to say for a long, long time !
> scientific advancement is advancement tat is
> scientific
First of all, thank you for saying that.
It is succinct, to the point, and it gives a vvry clear message that "Scientific Advancement" is just that, an "advancement" that is scientific.
Many people have somehow stop thinking that way.
They equate "scientif advancement" with "something that is good", or "something that is moral", or "something that will bring peace".
Not necessarily so.
Almost everything we have can be used to do things that are good to people, or things that are bad.
Like fire. We can use fire to cook, and we can use the same fire to burn people alive.
Like nukes. We can use the advancement in understanding of the nuclear science to make productive things like MRI, or transform onto the power generated by nuclear reaction into electricity, or we can use the nuclear knowledge to make weapons of mass destruction like Nuclear Bombs.
It is ultimately the people, us, who has to decide what we want to use the tool we have for.
We are on the Net. We can use the Net to advance humanities, or we can use the net to spread vicious lies, disseminate prejudices, or get little boys and girls to do kiddie porn for us.
The choice is ours. We can do good if we want to, or we can become the fiercest destructive beast ever existed in time.
I don't think you understand human psyche very well.
> After all, hate is just an expression of
> frustration/jealosy.
Hate is many things. Hate has many faces. Hate can come from all places, even places that you can never imagine !
In fact, there _are_ people who like to hate just for the fun of it.
I mean, look at the klans in America. They are white, they have more opportunities than the "colored" minorities, and yet, the klans just lourvvvves to showcase their hate publicly.
Have you ever listen to the hatefilled speech by the klans? I have. I just couldn't understand what motivates those people to hate so much, and yet they do.
And the hatespeech isn't limited to the klans either. Politicians do it all the time, and what kind of "frustration" or "jealousy" those politicians have?
I mean, look at Jesse Helms. Look at him. He is rich, well fed, highly educated, and in some manner, is a cultured person.
But if you listen to his speech, man.... talk about hate, HATE !
What makes Jesse Helms hate so much? What is there in his well-fed, well-lived, wealthy, comfortable life to make him feeling "frustrated"?
Is there any OBVIOUS thing that Jesse Helms jelous about?
No. At least, I can't find anything that worth Jesse Helm's to raise his druff.
I mean, if I am Jesse Helms, I have so much money, I have so much power, my health is good, I have a good family, everything around me is good, I have no reason whatsover to hate or to feel jealous about.
But Jesse Helms still operates under the "HATE" banner !
I hope that by now we should understand that that neigher "Frustration" nor "Jealousy" can explain why people hate others.
> If you have enough food/energy, you won't wage
> war.
Hmmm... really?
Tell that to the people who were under attacked by Uncle Sam.
It wages war on Vietnam, on Nicaragua, on Honduras, on so many places, and you like me to believe that America has not enough food, nor enough energy?
Hmmm.....
Here is what is from the website:
Industrial & Engineering
Chemical Division
Spring 2000
Nancy Jackson, Editor
CONTENTS
Message from the Chair
New Technical Subdivision
ACS San Francisco National Meeting
I&EC and Corporation Associates Consider Joint Vision 2020 Programming
Meetings of Interest
From the Councilors
* Melanie Lesko
* Bob Stowe
* Kathleen Schulz
ACS Professional Liability Insurance Plan
I&EC Officers
Message from the Chair
I saw a joke posted recently that read "Y2K, brought to you by the same folks that gave us a two-digit date field!". By now I hope that all of you and your respective workplaces have safely weathered the infamous date roll-over. The joke points out that even when we recognize a problem, we are often so used to our habitual way of doing things that even the solutions fall back into the old ways of doing things. As I move into the Chair position of this Division, I am keenly aware of that tendency. Sometimes it seems as if we are going in circles, instead of in a line directed at our desired future.
The only way out of that predicament is to keep reminding ourselves of what our real goals are, in their essential elements, and why we want them. As Chair, I want to make this Division relevant to you and your careers as well as to my own. The key to any professional society is the voluntary membership and their efforts to improve their professional standing in the community at large. We try to do that in the I&EC Division by providing forums for the exchange of important new information, networking with other professionals, and interacting with the American Chemical Society in developing policy positions for public consumption. We need each member, as always, to help in any way they can to promote our activities in your own self-interest. If it is no longer of interest to you, tell us why, and help us change that. If it is of interest, lend us your support by attending meetings, volunteering to help in one of the many committees required to maintain the Division, and just by encouraging other chemists
and engineers to sign up for membership in our Division.
Exciting news from our last National meeting is a strengthening of the visibility and position of our three sub-divisions. Along with our general programming in leading technologies, you may be interested in concentrated programming efforts in Separations, Materials, or Green Chemistry topics. Interact on a more personal level with other scientists working in areas directly related to your interests and job relevance. As much of the world revels in the turn of the millennium, remember that our jobs and interests in the chemical sciences are more important that ever to the fulfillment of many of their dreams. It's going to be a great time to be working in this field. Being an active participant in the I&EC Division is going to be an exciting and fulfilling part of it.
Steven Cooke, Chair
A New Technical Subdivision
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
The I&EC division is pleased to announce the formation of a new Subdivision of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology which will be chaired by Robert C. Haddon, University of Kentucky, with co-chair Joop Schoonman, University of Delft (Netherlands). Elisabeth Lutanie, American Chemical Society, is the Program Coordinator and one of the founders of the subdivision. Research areas covered by the subdivision include
* carbon nanoscience, including fullerenes and carbon nanotubes
* molecular-scale electronic devices, including wires and components
* molecular self-assembly, with particular emphasis on organized structures and machines,
* quantum size effects, including electronic and photonic phenomena
* nanotechnologies, including lithographies, microscopies and manipulators
* crystal engineering, including detailed architectures for electronic and photonic applications
* engineering of nanoscale dots, films, and 3-dimensional structures
* molecular-scale biomedical engineering
The objectives of this Subdivision shall be to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research in the field of advanced materials and nanotechnology, and to encourage interaction and partnership between academic and industrial institutions working on the chemical aspects of this area of science. In addition, the subdivision will work to increase the diffusion of recent research and technology advances through the development of a portfolio of symposia dedicated to topical issues on advanced materials and nanotechnology-possibly but not exclusively in association with national and regional ACS meetings.
The subdivision will also encourage research into all aspects of advanced materials and nanotechnology, and promote the development of interdisciplinary and international scientific
collaborations in these areas. This will be fostered by having U.S. and European co-chairs and
by identifying a liaison to the American Chemical Society and the Materials Research Society. The subdivision will provide a basis for continuing education in this field for chemists and related scientists (including students).
In addition, the subdivision will further public interest in nanotechnology and advanced materials and bring the importance of nanoscale science and technology and materials to the attention of the chemistry community at a strategic level. The subdivision plans to begin technical programming in the Fall 2000 ACS National Meeting (Washington, DC). For more information on how you can become involved contact Robert Haddon at haddon@pop.uky.edu.
ACS San Francisco National Meeting
San Francisco, March 26-31, 2000: More information about the technical program will be in
Chemical & Engineering News Jan. 17 and Feb. 28 issues, or check the I&EC Symposia page on the
ACS Server .
* Business Opportunities in the Emerging Technologies
* Emerging Technologies: Waste Management in the 21st Century.
* Field-Enhanced Separations.
* Molecular-Level Characterization in Separations
* Activated Carbon Separations
* Advanced Microfabricated Sensors,
* Applications of Molecular Mechanics to Metal Complexes,
* Applied Chemistry for the 21st Century,
* Leo Friend Award Symposium
San Francisco Symposium Highlight Leo Friend Award: Nontraditional Applications and Methods of
Lithographic Patterning
For the past 30 years, lithography has been the key technological driving force that has enabled the remarkable growth in the semiconductor industry; through increased miniaturization,
both improved device performance and reduced cost can be simultaneously achieved. Many technological fields outside the traditional arena of silicon-based microelectronic devices can accrue similar benefits through miniaturization, and there are now significant efforts to apply lithographic techniques in these areas, and to devise alternate methods for patterning that potentially offer advantages in simplicity, cost and flexibility. The goal of this symposium is to provide an overview of many of the new lithographic fabrication technologies and applications for an audience unfamiliar with these topics; in particular, the intent is to be
accessible to students and younger chemists. To achieve this, we have structured the symposium
to first establish the scientific and technological context for lithography with summaries of the states-of-the-art, and views of the future, for conventional lithographic technology, imaging materials and applications. This will be followed by overviews of emerging methods and applications of lithographic patterning from leading researchers in those fields. Descriptions of emerging applications will include recent work on molecular logic gates, micromachining and microtransducers, and biochips. Descriptions of emerging methods will polymer self-assembly, micromirror technology, proximal probe and near-field ithographies, soft lithography, nano-scale embossing, and templating.
Vision 2020
I&EC and Corporation Associates Consider Joint Vision 2020 Programming on Chemical Industry Supply Chain at Fall 2000 National Meeting
A chemical company's supply chain is the critical link between suppliers and producers, and producers and customers. As the chemical industry becomes more globally competitive, issues related to efficient supply chain management, like customer-driven scheduling; low-cost material handling, transportation, and storage; and lean manufacturing-based inventory and work-in-progress management become more critical to a company's success. In addition, business strategies that consider supply chain capabilities; case studies in benchmarking, information systems integration, best factory judging, SixSigma implementation, and change management; and modeling and simulation that support improvements in supply chain effectiveness are beginning to yield some interesting directions for change. Technology Vision 2020: The U.S. Chemical Industry predicts that by identifying change opportunities and "best practices" for chemical industry supply chains, managers hold the potential to increase their process output by more than 30%, reduce inventories by as much as 50%, and reduce costs like transportation, storage, and spoilage by up to 50% - all for little or no capital investment. Corporation Associates representatives will hear summary presentations from three experts noted for their work in this area at the CA open meeting in San Francisco on Monday March 27th. Presenters are listed below.
* Thomas Parry is an Associate Partner in Andersen Consulting's Chemicals Operating Unit. Mr. Parry' work focuses on developing and implementing supply chain, eCommerce and channel strategies. He has extensive chemical and process industry experience and has authored "The Human Element, Creating High Performance Supply Chain Organizations in the Chemical Industry; Creating Value through Integrated Supply Chain Management; and Integrated Supply Chain Management, Supplying the Pieces."
* Professor John T. Mentzer is the Bruce Excellence Chair of Business Policy and Distinguished Professor of Logistics at the University of Tennessee. Professor Mentzer is well known for his research work in supply chain forecasting and classes on sales forecasting management at the University's Management Development Center. His recent publications include articles in "Journal of Business Forecasting," "Marketing Management," "Business Horizons," and "Supply Chain Management Review."
* Scott Barber is Dow Corning's Global Supply Chain Reengineering (SCORE) Manager, a member of the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flegler Business School's Global Supply Chain Management Advisory Board, and a member of the Supply Chain Council. Mr. Barber is currently responsible for creating and managing the SCORE expertise unit and designing supply chain optimization projects for his company.
After the presentation CA's programming committee will decide whether they will co-sponsor a day long panel -- with I&EC's Technology Vision 2020 effort -- on Integrated Supply Chain Management. Plans for the Fall 2000 panel in Washington, DC include a participatory format of presentations and audience questions and answers on supply chain needs, challenges and opportunities for improvement. The panel will also include demonstrations of software programs and models that can improve your company's productivity. John Oleson, recently retired from Dow Corning and co author on the Supply Chain section of Technology Vision 2020: The U.S. Chemical Industry with Hank Whalen, Chair, ACS Board of Directors, will moderate the panel. Check your meeting agenda for San Francisco. I&EC Division members are invited to attend the CA open meeting for this presentation.
Meetings of Interest
ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 20-24, 2000: I&EC Call for Papers
Program Chairs: Ralph C Gatrone, NA, 5411-M Paddock Club Drive, Montgomery, AL 36116, (334)
286-3639, fax (334) 286-3639, e-mail: r.gatrone @worldnet.att.net; Dianna Phillips, Kettering
University, SM Department, 1700 West Third Avenue, Flint, MI 48504-4898, (810) 762-9920, fax
(810) 762-9796, e-mail: Dphillip@kettering.edu
Submit copy of abstract through Online abstract system (OASys) or by mailing one copy to
symposium organizer.
Responsible Care. Nancy Jackson, Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box 5800, MS 1349, Albuquerque, NM 87185, (505) 272-7619, fax (505) 272-7336, e-mail: nbjacks@sandia.gov
Functional Nanostructures. Lawrence R. Sita, University of Maryland, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College Park, MD 20742, (301) 405-5753, fax (301) 314-9121, e-mail:
ls214@umail.umd.edu
Emerging Technologies: Hazardous Waste Management. Daniel W. Tedder, Georgia Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Atlanta, GA 30322-0100, (404) 894-2856, fax (404) 894-2866, e-mail: daniel.tedder@che.gatech.edu
Clean Solvents. Martin Abraham, University of Toledo, Chemical Engineering, Toledo, OH 43606,
(419) 530-8092, e-mail: mabraham@eng.utoledo.edu; Luc Moens, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Center for Chemistry of BioEnergy Systems, 1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, CO 80401-3393,
(303) 384-6265, fax (303) 384-6103, e-mail: Luc_moens@nrel.gov
Green Chemistry: Applications in Academia and Industry. Tracy C. Williamson, USEPA, OPPT, 401 M
Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-2659, fax (202) 260-0816, e-mail: williamson.tracy@epa.gov; Paul T. Anastas, USEPA, OPPT, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-2659, fax (202) 260-0816, e-mail: anastas.paul@epa.gov; Mary Kirchhoff, USEPA, OPPT,
401 M Street SW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260-1551, fax (202) 260-0816, e-mail:
kirchhoff.mary@epa.gov
General Poster Session. Andrew Bond, Argonne National Laboratory, Chemistry, Argonne, IL 60439,
(630) 252-0957, fax (630) 252-7501, e-mail: ahbond@anl.gov
Membranes Gordon Conference
The Gordon Research Conference on Membranes: Materials and Processes will be held at
Connecticut College in New London, CT from July 29-Aug. 3, 2000. The Conference Program is
available at: http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/2000/memmat.htm.
Participants can obtain an application form by accessing the Gordon Conferences web site at
http://www.grc.uri.edu/
2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies
Chemists and chemical engineers in countries bordering the Pacific Ocean and in all other
countries are invited to submit papers for consideration and to attend the 2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies. Scheduled for 14-19 December 2000, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, it is being cosponsored by the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society of
Japan, the Canadian Society for Chemistry, the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Many of the Chemical Societies in the countries that border the Pacific Ocean are Official Participating Organizations. Papers will be presented in symposia and in general oral and poster sessions in the 10 topical areas in which symposia are grouped (see web site for list). A few selected symposia will be for invited papers only. An abstract of approximately 150 words must be submitted for each contributed paper. The Congress abstract form is available for electronic retrieval and submission from the Pacifichem 2000 web site at: http://www.acs.org/meetings/pacific2000. Paper forms can be obtained by contacting the Congress
Secretariat. The deadline for invited or contributed abstracts in paper format will be April 3. The deadline for abstracts submitted electronically will be April 14.
From the Councilors
Melanie J. Lesko, I&EC Councilor
As a member of the Divisional Activities Committee (DAC), I reviewed eight other divisions'
annual reports. Divisions must turn in these reports before they can receive their allocations
back from ACS. Two divisions are fairly weak and may merge with others. DAC is considering
re-instating the divisional awards program to provide more incentive to get the reports in on
time.
I am also on the DAC subcommittee reviewing secretariat guidelines, and have passed many
questions along to our division leadership for their chance to provide input. I think the I&EC's concerns with secretariats operation are merited, but they are not as problematical for us as once thought. The DAC will be making recommendations for revised secretariat guidelines in an attempt to bring some commonality to all of them, but this may not be completely successful. They are a loose association of their own member divisions' representatives, so loose in fact that of the four secretariats none could name all their member divisions.
For the fall 1999 ACS meeting in New Orleans I co-organized a symposium "Issues Facing Women
Professionals" with Deborah Carter from Pace International. The symposium had 12 speakers from
industry, academia and government, as well as one non-scientist, and was co-sponsored by the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) and the Younger Chemists Committee (YCC). Topics included a futuristic look at the workforce, international travel and assignments with trailing spouses, working in sales, balancing academic or industrial careers and family, finding jobs on the internet, and the new non-traditional careers blending disparate fields like business and physics, or chemistry and law. Attendance was respectable, and the material was valuable and interesting to both male and female audience.
I continue to serve on the editorial board of "Chemistry," which combined the two older ACS
publications "Reaction Times," geared toward college students, and "ACCESS," targeted toward
ACS members. The articles have continued to be interesting and timely, informative to the
students while giving ACS members a chance to sample chemistry fields other than their own. The
editorial board meets at each ACS meeting, and by conference calls and e-mail.
Thank you for your continued support in electing me to another term. I appreciate your comments
and feedback at any time. I can be reached most conveniently by e-mail at
leskom@tamug.tamu.edu.
Robert A. Stowe, I&EC Councilor
The 218thACS national meeting in New Orleans, with its 5,656 technical presentations, attracted
11,734 attendees. The exposition featured 246 companies exhibiting products and services in 392
booths. These numbers are high but are not records, except for the weather, which with its 100 F+ (38 C) and occasional downpours flooding over the curbs (typical of N.O. in the shank of
the summer), may have set a record for a "FALL" meeting.
President Ed Wasserman sponsored three Presidential Events at the meeting; on SUN AM, a 7 paper symposium predicting the impact of Food Chemistry in the 21st century and the 3rd millennium; SUN PM, a 5 paper session, organized by I&EC Past-Chair Nancy Jackson on "Visions of
Materials", exploring the world of self-assembled materials; and finally, on SUN PM (5:30-7:00)
a Presidential Reception celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Younger Chemists Committee
entitled "Looking Back to the Future".
Council accepted a new plan for redistricting to more evenly distribute the numbers of members
in regions. It also agreed to a new schedule of registration fees for national meetings that
will ensure that the meetings break even over a five-year period. A Bylaw change was passed,
making member's anniversary date the date of entry into the active membership roll. This will
eliminate delays in processing new and reinstated members and reduce the backlog around the
current quarterly start dates. We passed another Bylaw change refining and defining the conditions under which Divisions may enter into affiliations with other Technical
Organizations.
Since the meeting the election has been held and Attila Pavlath triumphed in a close race over
Alan Schriesheim, with only 18% of the more than 153,000 members voting. Pretty sad but not as
bad as recent I&EC elections.
James D. Burke, manager of technical recruiting and university relations at Rohm and Haas,
Spring House, Pa., and C. Gordon McCarty, retired manager of university relations at Bayer
Corp., Pittsburgh, will serve their first 3-yr. terms as directors-at-large. They defeated
incumbent Lura Powell, NIST and Valerie Kuck, Lucent Technologies. Pavlath, Powell and Kuck are
members of I&EC.
I am now serving on the Committee for Technician Activities which is dealing with a wide range
of concerns, problems and programs regarding chemical technicians and their relatively new
Division of Chemical Technicians.
The Dept. of Career Services (DCS) continued to expand its services to the membership. The DCS,
along with volunteer Career Consultants (CCs), conducted mock interview sessions and reviewed
resumes, and the NECH, improved by computerized scheduling, allowed 1000 job seekers to have
3,049 interviews for 513 positions. I don't have the numbers for one-on-one resumes and mock
interviews at the meeting but the 1999 year numbers are impressive. Over 1,000 members received one-on-one career assistance, including 541 resume reviews at national and regional meetings,
130 in house reviews, 226 mock interview sessions and 146 career consulting cases.
I had extra duty at the N.O. Mtg., having committed to managing the Graduate Student Award
Luncheon and Ceremony. We had sought nominations from the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Depts. at both LSU and Tulane and from the combind dept. at Univ. of N.O. Each department
nominated their top graduate student who was planning a chemical career in industry. When the
judging was over there was no clear-cut winner; they were all outstanding. We finally decided
to give the Award, a one-year membership in the ACS, to each of them. The candidates and their
mentors were entertained at a luncheon, overlooking the Mississippi. Many supporting members and guests applauded as our Chair, Robin Rogers performed flawlessly as host, presenting
plaques to the Students and Certificates for the schools to the Mentors. The extra cost of five
honorees instead of one was covered by additional support by institutional and private gifts.
It was clear from the feedback that his event was highly successful and should be repeated. The
Graduate Student Awards Committee is studying strategies for continuation.
I believe that I am detecting a groundswell of change amongst the various Divisions and their
members. There seems to be a rush to get in on the challenges and rewards of programming to
appeal to industrial types, witness the titles and industrial slant of symposia from
non-applied divisions. Meanwhile, we in I&EC are striving to identify ourselves and focus our
efforts. I believe we are getting the job done but we all need feedback from our loyal members.
Getting involved is truly rewarding.
I promised last time to give you my definition of an industrial chemist or chemical engineer.
To me it is fairly simple. Anyone with training or education in chemistry or chemical
engineering and who is employed in industry is an industrial chemist or chemical engineer.
HELLO out there! Every once in awhile someone responds to these efforts to bring the highlights
of the National Meeting to you and to the expressions of my take on sometimes controversial
subjects. Thanks a lot - it warms my heart. Let me hear from you. What is your definition of an
Industrial Chemist or Engineer? (New e-mail address: rstow@northlink.net. New phone area code:
(231) 526-5078. Mail address: Box 173, 5680 Chippewa Dr., Cross Village, MI 49723).
Kathleen Schulz, I&EC Councilor
Happy New Year to all of you! By the time you receive this, I hope each of you is well into a
happy, prosperous New Year. First, thank you for re-electing me as your Councilor! I am indeed
honored to have the opportunity to represent you and the interests of I&EC Division in the
Council. As I said in my statement last fall, it is important that Division Councilors be
especially active and visible, since less than 100 of the 450+ Councilors represent Divisions.
In that regard, I pledge to continue my record of very active participation by maintaining my
record of attending 100% of council meetings, seeking out opportunities and participating in
national ACS committees and task forces.
In that regard, so far this year I have agreed to:
* Continue to serve as Sr. Advisor to I&EC's Membership Committee.
* Work with Nancy Jackson to update PR materials for I&EC Division.
* Accept an invitation from outgoing Pres. Ed Wasserman to serve on a task force to evaluate
the Society's support to divisions and local sections. The eight member task force, which will be chaired by Paul Walter (ACS Pres. in 1998) was given this charge: "...reflect on our past as a Society, analyze its current state, and recommend a path for future directions. The recommendation of this task force could have significant implications for Society operations well into the next century."
* Serve on the Board of Trustees of the ACS Member Insurance Plans (my second year with that group), to monitor insurance related activities and offerings, and provide input to help assure that ACS insurance offerings meet members' needs.
* Chair the Local Section Activities Committee (for a second year ). This includes participating in leadership conferences (training new local section officers); activities related to National Chemistry Week Task Force and Sr. Chemists Task Force; plus serving on the ACS Advisory Board for Industry Relations.
As you can see, it promises to be a busy year. But, I enjoy these opportunities to represent
I&EC and to be sure that the voice of Division members is heard. In that regard, I appreciate
hearing your views at any time, via email to kmschul@sandia.gov or phone 505-845-9879.
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I&EC Officers
Chair
Steven J. Cooke
Airgas Carbonic
3700 Crestwood Parkway
Suite 200
Duluth, GA 30096
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Past-chair
Robin Rogers
University of Alabama
Department of Chemistry
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
rdrogers@bama.ua.edu
Chair-elect
Dale Ensor
Department of Chemistry
Campus Box 5055
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN 38505
densor@tntech.edu
Secretary
Luis Nuñez
Argonne National Laboratories
Chemical Technology Division
9700 South Cass Ave.
Argonne, IL 60439
nunez@cmt.anl.gov
Treasurer
Carol J. Mertz
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Ave
Argonne, IL 60439
mertz@cmt.anl.gov
Councilors
Melanie Lesko
Texas A&M University
PO Box 1675
Galveston, TX 77553
leskom@tamug2.tamu.edu
John L. Massingill
Coatings Research Institute
430 West Forest Ave.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
john.massingill@emich.edu
Kathleen M. Schulz
Sandia National Laboratories
PO Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185
kmschul@sandia.gov
Robert A. Stowe
Retired, Dow Chemical
5680 Chippewa Drive
pO Box 173 Cross Village, MI 49723
rstow@NORTHLINK.NET
> I have been pondering the idea of having more
> than one set of heads on a HD it would double
> the transferrate and do wonders to the avg.
> seek time.
Actually, in a multiple-plate drive, there are more than one set of heads.
But that wouldn't make seek time faster though. For the HD drive mechanism is such that the heads are connected to the arms, which are connected to the servo, which is located in the center, while the plate rotates around it.
The seek time depends on how fast the servo can move the arms, with the head attached at the end, from one sector of the plate to another.
And it is impossible for one hd to have more than one servo mechanism, for any circle, there will only be one center, and the servo located in the center.
Cost wise, the heads don't cost that much either. Yes, relatively speaking, it's more expensive than the plate media, but still it wouldn't double the cost of the drive if there is more than one head for the hd.
> I understand that the heads represent a
> sizable portion of the cost of a HD so maybe
> thats why we haven't seen any such creatures.
> As dual-head drives would cost aproximatly
> twice as much as a regular drive but two
> regular dirves would also double the space
> when RAIDed.
So, currently the only way to speed up a hd is to speed up the seek time, and the simplest way to do that is to rotate the disks faster. That's why Seagate is coming out with the 15K rpm drive.