jesler's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=jesler2001-11-20T14:06:40Ztour of duty (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/jesler/writeups/tour+of+dutyjeslerhttp://m.everything2.com/user/jesler2001-11-20T14:06:40Z2001-11-20T14:06:40ZThe soundtrack to the <a href="/title/Tour+Of+Duty">Tour Of Duty</a> television series was released by <a href="/title/CBS">CBS</a> as 4 different compilation albums during <a href="/title/1988">1988</a> and <a href="/title/1989">1989</a> when the show was still being aired. Even in today's saturated market of soundtracks for <a href="/title/everything+under+the+sun">everything under the sun</a>, 4 CDs seems a lot for one show. However, all four album covers state quite honestly: "Songs from the television soundtrack and the era". Consequently, the T.O.D. soundtrack series is a decent collection of tracks from the late <a href="/title/The+Sixties">1960s</a>, and was released almost a decade before the <a href="/title/Forrest+Gump">Forrest Gump</a> soundtrack pulled a similar stunt.<br><br>
<b>Volume I</b> (released 1988)
<ol>
<li><a href="/title/Baby+Love">Baby Love</a> - <a href="/title/Diana+Ross">Diana Ross</a> and <a href="/title/The+Supremes">The Supremes</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Here+Comes+The+Night">Here Comes The Night</a> - <a href="/title/Them">Them</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/We+Gotta+Get+Out+Of+This+Place">We Gotta Get Out Of This Place</a> - <a href="/title/The+Animals">The Animals</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/A+Whiter+Shade+Of+Pale">A Whiter Shade Of Pale</a> - <a href="/title/Procol+Harum">Procol Harum</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Itchycoo+Park">Itchycoo Park</a> - <a href="/title/Small+Faces">Small Faces</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/All+Along+The+Watchtower">All Along The Watchtower</a> - <a href="/title/Jimi+Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Hurdy+Gurdy+Man">Hurdy Gurdy Man</a> - <a href="/title/Donovan">Donovan</a></li>
<li><a href="/title/Time+Of+The+Season">Time Of The Season</a> -<!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></ol>…dimethylpropane (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/jesler/writeups/dimethylpropanejeslerhttp://m.everything2.com/user/jesler2001-11-20T11:10:21Z2001-11-20T11:10:21ZMore accurately known as 2,2-dimethylpropane, and sometimes <a href="/title/neopentane">neopentane</a>, dimethylpropane is an <a href="/title/isomer">isomer</a> of C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>12</sub>. The two other isomers of this molecular formula are <a href="/title/methylbutane">methylbutane</a> and <a href="/title/pentane">pentane</a>.
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H
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H---C---H
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H | H
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H---C---C---C---H
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H | H
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H---C---H
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H
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<a href="/title/Molecular+weight">Molecular weight</a>: 72.151<br>
<a href="/title/Melting+point">Melting point</a>: -16.6<sup>o</sup> C<br>
<a href="/title/Boiling+point">Boiling point</a>: 9.4<sup>o</sup> C<br>
Other names: <a href="/title/neopentane">neopentane</a>, <a href="/title/1%252C1%252C1-trimethylethane">1,1,1-trimethylethane</a>, <a href="/title/tert-pentane">tert-pentane</a>, <a href="/title/tetramethylcarbon">tetramethylcarbon</a>, <a href="/title/tetramethylmethane">tetramethylmethane</a><br>stereoisomerism (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/jesler/writeups/stereoisomerismjeslerhttp://m.everything2.com/user/jesler2001-11-20T03:31:28Z2001-11-20T03:31:28ZStereoisomerism is one of two branches of <a href="/title/isomerism">isomerism</a>, the other being <a href="/title/structural+isomerism">structural isomerism</a>. Structural isomers are the more common form of <a href="/title/isomer">isomers</a> and arise from the different possibilities in which a group of atoms can bond. For example, a functional group such as <a href="/title/alcohol">-OH</a> can often bond to various points in a carbon chain. While the resulting alcohols will have the same <a href="/title/chemical+formula">chemical formula</a>, they differ in structure.<br>
Stereoisomers are a more subtle form of isomer. They occur in two different forms: <a href="/title/geometric+isomers">geometric isomers</a> and <a href="/title/enantiomer">enantiomers</a>.<br>
Geometric isomers arise where <a href="/title/double+bond">double bonds</a> are present. Due to a higher <a href="/title/electron+density">electron density</a> in double bonds as compared to single bonds, the atoms joined by a double bond are not free to rotate. Because of this restriction, two forms of the molecule are possible, and these are differentiated with the prefixes <i>cis</i> and <i>trans</i>.<br><br>
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Cl Cl
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C===C
/ \
H H
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This is cis-1,…enantiomer (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/jesler/writeups/enantiomerjeslerhttp://m.everything2.com/user/jesler2001-11-18T14:34:51Z2001-11-18T14:34:51ZAn example might clear things up.<br>
If a <a href="/title/carbon">carbon</a> atom has four different groups attached to it, then there are two different ways in which these groups can be arranged around the carbon <a href="/title/atom">atom</a>. Such a carbon atom is known as an <a href="/title/asymmetric">asymmetric</a> carbon atom. The two different forms of the <a href="/title/molecule">molecule</a> are known as enantiomers. They are mirror images of each other but cannot be superimposed on each other. The molecules below are both <a href="/title/alanine">alanine</a> (2-aminopropanoic acid), yet they possess <a href="/title/unique">unique</a> bonding arrangements.<br><br>
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NH2 NH2
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CH3---C---COOH CH3---C---H
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H COOH
</pre>Haskell operator binding power (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/jesler/writeups/Haskell+operator+binding+powerjeslerhttp://m.everything2.com/user/jesler2001-11-18T14:12:20Z2001-11-18T14:12:20ZThe following are <a href="/title/operator">operators</a> found in the <a href="/title/functional+programming+language">functional programming language</a> <a href="/title/Haskell">Haskell</a>. They are sorted firstly by <a href="/title/associativity">associativity</a> and then in decreasing order according to their <a href="/title/binding+power">binding power</a> (<a href="/title/precedence">precedence</a>).
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<b><a href="/title/Left+associative">Left associative</a></b>
<ul>
<li><b>9</b> !, !!, //</li>
<li><b>7</b> *, /, 'div', 'mod', 'rem', 'quot'</li>
<li><b>6</b> +, -</li>
<li><b>1</b> >>, >>=</li>
</ul>
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<b><a href="/title/Non-associative">Non-associative</a></b>
<ul>
<li><b>6</b> :+</li>
<li><b>5</b> \\</li>
<li><b>4</b> /=, <, <=, ==, >, >=, 'elem', 'notElem'</li>
<li><b>1</b> :=</li>
</ul>
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<b><a href="/title/Right+associative">Right associative</a></b>
<ul>
<li><b>9</b> .</li>
<li><b>8</b> **, ^, ^^</li>
<li><b>5</b> :, ++</li>
<li><b>3</b> &&</li>
<li><b>2</b> ||</li>
<li><b>0</b> $, 'seq'</li>
</ul>verism (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/jesler/writeups/verismjeslerhttp://m.everything2.com/user/jesler2001-11-18T11:13:12Z2001-11-18T11:13:12Z<p>Verism is the theory that an <a href="/title/accurate">accurate</a> representation of <a href="/title/truth">truth</a> (<a href="/title/verity">verity</a>) and <a href="/title/reality">reality</a> is essential in <a href="/title/art">art</a> and <a href="/title/literature">literature</a>. Therefore, even the <a href="/title/ugly">ugly</a> and <a href="/title/vulgar">vulgar</a> must be acknowledged and included.</p>