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# Reflecting on Our Parents’ Life #

Hello dear friends, I hope this blog finds you in a cheerful mood too. What Were Your Parents Doing at Your Age?Rewriting the Timeline of Success Across Generations At first glance, the question seems simple: What were your parents doing at your age? Yet the moment we pause to answer it, the prompt opens a […]

# Reflecting on Our Parents’ Life #

Synthetic representation of sodium alkoxide

NaOR refers to a general class of compounds known as Sodium Alkoxides. These are strong bases and nucleophiles formed when sodium metal reacts with an alcohol (
), where ‘Na’ is Sodium, ‘O’ is Oxygen, and ‘R’ represents an alkyl group (e.g., methyl, ethyl).
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Common Examples and Key Details:
Structure:
(Ionic compound).
Sodium Methoxide (
): Common example used in organic synthesis.
Sodium Ethoxide (
): Common example used in organic synthesis.
Usage: Frequently used in the Williamso

# Reflecting on Our Parents’ Life #

Hello dear friends, I hope this blog finds you in a cheerful mood too. What Were Your Parents Doing at Your Age?Rewriting the Timeline of Success Across Generations At first glance, the question seems simple: What were your parents doing at your age? Yet the moment we pause to answer it, the prompt opens a […]

# Reflecting on Our Parents’ Life #

Fetal Light

Painting: Moonrise Over The Sea by Caspar David Friedrich A starving moon curls sidewayshiding her skin and bones.She tucks limbs into lotus,chanting beneath darkness.Hungering for spring’s arrival,whispering through frozen teeth.Prayers burrow inside dawn,dipping just a toe in.Growing fuller with every flowerawakening at first light Hello to All who are gathered here in the dVerse Universe, […]

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Storm Thurmond

In August 1957, Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina conducted the longest individual filibuster in U.S. Senate history, speaking for 24 hours and 18 minutes. His marathon effort was an attempt to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, a bill aimed at protecting the voting rights of African Americans.
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While Thurmond held the record for nearly 70 years, his 1957 record was recently surpassed in April 2025 by Senator Cory Booker, who spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes against the policies of the second Trump administration.
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Key Details of the 1957 Filibuster
Timeline: The speech began at 8:54 p.m. on August 28 and concluded at 9:12 p.m. on August 29.
Content: To fill the time, Thurmond read the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, Washington’s Farewell Address, and the election laws of every U.S. state in alphabetical order.
Physical Preparation: To avoid bathroom breaks, Thurmond reportedly took daily steam baths to dehydrate himself. He sustained himself with throat lozenges, malted milk tablets, and diced pumpernickel bread.
Senate Rule Adherence: Under the rules, he was required to remain standing at his desk and was not permitted to sit or leave the chamber. He was granted a brief reprieve when Senator Barry Goldwater yielded the floor for a few minutes to insert a document into the Congressional Record, allowing Thurmond to use the restroom once.
Outcome: Despite his efforts, the Senate passed the bill just two hours after he finished speaking.
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Political Context
Thurmond, then a Democrat and a prominent segregationist, acted alone in this filibuster. Other Southern senators had previously agreed to a compromise to not stage an organized filibuster against the 1957 bill, leading many of his colleagues to view his action as “grandstanding” or personal political maneuvering. Thurmond later participated in the much longer 60-day group filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 before switching to the Republican Party later that year.
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What Bores You?The Silent Things Women Are Tired of Explaining

What bores you? There’s a special kind of boredom that doesn’t look like boredom.It looks like silence.It sounds like “It’s fine.”It feels like explaining the same thing for the hundredth time.When people ask, “What bores you?”It’s not hobbies. It’s not conversations.It’s the repetition.The endless explaining. 1. “No” Is a Complete Sentence No doesn’t need a […]

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Key Acpect

Key Aspects of the Inductive Command
Definition Structure: It defines a type and its constructors simultaneously.
Example (Natural Numbers): Inductive nat : Set := | O : nat | S : nat -> nat.
Recursive References: Constructors can reference the type being defined (e.g., S takes nat as an argument).
Induction Principle Generation: The command automatically generates induction principles (nat_ind, nat_rect, etc.) based on the structure of the definition, allowing for proofs by induction.
Positivity Condition: To ensure soundness, constructors must satisfy a strict positivity condition, meaning the type being defined cannot appear on the left side of an arrow in the argument types of constructors.
Parameterized vs. Indexed: Inductive definitions can be parameterized (e.g., list A) or indexed (e.g., even : nat -> Prop).
Mutually Inductive Types: The with keyword allows for defining mutually recursive types (e.g., trees and forests).
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Related Commands
CoInductive: Used for infinite data structures (streams).
Variant: Similar to Inductive but does not allow recursive references.
Scheme: Used to generate advanced or specialized induction principles.
Fixpoint: Used to define functions that recurse over Inductive types.