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- James Ainsworth pleads guilty to causing crash that killed Edward and Brittany McGrath; sentencing continued to August
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GazetteRebecca: James Ainsworth pleads guilty to causing crash that killed Edward & Brittany McGrath; sentencing continued to August (link)
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GazetteRebecca: If Aug 13 Judge Josephson decides on a sentence more than the recommendation, then Ainsworth is allowed to withdraw his plea and go to trial
GazetteRebecca: They'll do the report and present it Aug 13 at 11 am - sentencing will continue then
GazetteRebecca: Judge Josephson says she needs more info on Ainsworth background, probation will do report - so no sentence for now
GazetteRebecca: Judge says Ainsworth is not allowed to address the family, and written statement is entirely to them so not allowed to present it
GazetteRebecca: Attorney Rubin said his client used other drugs and alcohol earlier,had injury, prescribed painkillers, "not enough" so started using heroin
GazetteRebecca: Ainsworth's attorney is speaking now. Says his client is remorseful and wants to read an apology.
GazetteRebecca: Iris recalls worrying why Brittany and Ed didn't answer their phones, then she saw two officers at the door. "I can't describe the horror"
GazetteRebecca: Iris McGrath said married to ex-husband Ed for 13 years. "He would have moved the ends of the earth to protect them at anytime"
GazetteRebecca: Chelsea spoke for about 25 minutes. Court recessed. Family and friends of Ed and Brittany McGrath wearing purple ribbons today
GazetteRebecca: Chelsea says she can't stop picturing their last moments. Of Ainsworth: "this world would be a better place if that man was never born."
GazetteRebecca: Now Chelsea Ainsworth addressing judge. Said that because Ainsworth got high and drove "I lost half my family."
GazetteRebecca: Juan Reinoso "I do not believe James Walter Ainsworth deserves anything else than to die in prison"
GazetteRebecca: Brittany's partner, Juan, spoke for 40min about losing the love of his life. "Ainsworth not only committed murder, he drove us into madness"
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So impeccable were the programming and execution of the inaugural True/False that Sturtz and Wilson are already talking about spin-off festivals on the coasts. For now, though, they'll content themselves with a killer lineup that includes the Midwest premiere of Murderball, the story of a group of quadriplegic rugby players that earned the Audience Award at Sundance last month.
Three of this year's best offerings:
I Like Killing Flies This one-man effort by Matt Mahurin -- a music-video director and Time magazine illustrator -- begins with the potbellied Shopsin walking toward his corner restaurant with a white motorcycle helmet on. He opens the graffiti-splattered garage door leading into the joint, enters its kitchen and embarks upon an unadulterated, f-bomb-tinged philosophical monologue. The chaos is the perfect introduction to a culinary Karl Rove who relishes 86-ing new customers and who features, at his 35-year-old eatery (which is about to lose its lease), a fusion-food menu of nearly 1,000 dishes. Every time you think you've got Shopsin pegged as a teddy bear at heart, he reduces one of his family members to near-tears with an unprovoked, profanity-laced tirade. And when you think you've got him pegged as a combustible war general, his grace behind the grill borders on balletic. Mahurin's deliberately choppy, colorful style of chronicling this action transforms Shopsin's various creations into objects of gastronomic lust. At the Missouri Theatre at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, February 26. Mahurin will attend the screening.
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family The Hoop Dreams of bisexual love-triangle documentaries, Susan Kaplan's carefully rendered account of romantic triplicate Sam Cagnina, Steven Margolin and Samantha Singh is essentially three parts love story and one part heartbreak. Filmed over the course of nearly a decade in New York City, the film begins with a summation of how gay couple Cagnina and Margolin become bent on finding a committed female to share their lust, love, commitment and, eventually, children. Late in the 1980s, they meet Singh, a beautiful, struggling Indian actress in her hyperexperimental twenties. The first half of the film bounces along as a cheery account of how gloriously this three-way "marriage" works. (Singh technically marries only Cagnina, with the three later staging their own ceremony to cement the bond.) They share a bed and a thriving chiropractic-and-massage-therapy salon, and they have a child. Somewhere along the way, we learn that Margolin has never been totally comfortable with his homosexuality. On the eve of the birth of the trio's second child, he leaves the relationship. The film could be held up by open-minded progressives and fundamentalist Christians alike as Exhibit A for why nontraditional, less-than-hetero unions do and don't work. At the Missouri Theatre at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 26. Cagnina and Singh will attend the screening.
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt It's true that only so much can be done with grainy archival footage and a deceased subject, but cinematographer Lee Daniel and director Margaret Brown show here that the results can be haunting. The late Van Zandt, a Southern-fried Dylan, had artistic credibility but almost no fame, other than a rabid cult following that included Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Steve Earle (all featured in the film). Van Zandt, who died at 52 of heart failure, was a manic-depressive mind-fuck, as calm and brilliant as he was self-destructive and alcoholic. Fittingly, he gets a film to match. The closing line, delivered by Texas musician and close friend Guy Clark, who reminisces about Townes over the course of the film while getting hammered on tequila, is an instant classic. At the Blue Note at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 26. Brown and Daniel will attend the screening.


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- Release Date: Jun 24, 2003
- Summary: This is the first album in five years for the duo of DJ Premier and Guru.
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Positive: 11 out of 17
Mixed: 6 out of 17
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All the Gang Starr trademarks are in place, from Premier's perfect upchoruses to Guru's reedy voice cutting or instructing, and sounding better than ever.
While it's not as immediately user-friendly as the group's early jazz-rap infusions, this album still bubbles with head-nodding boombox pleasures.
While The Ownerz does not spark any new rap trends, it brings back the power of the basics. [Jun 2003, p.153]
Hitting that formula and riding it has drained some of the passion out of this sound.
So while The Ownerz does in some ways succeed in its quest to succinctly define the foundation of basic beats and rhymes, its insistent pining for bygone days ultimately reveals itself as lackluster nostalgia.
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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coolfearthefutureAug 2, 2003This is pure hiphop here gangstarr returns.
BenjaminH.Sep 10, 2003I love Gangstarr, but on The Ownerz, there should be more tight tracks. There are about 5-6 really tight ones, some ok, then some were like, I love Gangstarr, but on The Ownerz, there should be more tight tracks. There are about 5-6 really tight ones, some ok, then some were like, what?? I expected more, but all in all it is hot.… Expand
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Honor Code turned on the afterburners and flew home June 6 in the $1.25 million Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I) at Belmont Park, with last year's Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Tonalist getting up for second.
Honor Code turned on the afterburners and flew home June 6 in the $1.25 million Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I) at Belmont Park, with last year's Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winner Tonalist getting up for second.
The Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I) is on the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) undercard for the second year in a row. With the 2014 edition won by the previous year's Belmont winner, Christophe Clement hopes Tonalist can also win.
Two-time grade II winner Honor Code remains on track for his scheduled start in the $1.25 million NYRA.com Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I) June 6 at Belmont Park.
Maryland Jockey Club vice president and general manager Sal Sinatra is preparing for his first Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes (gr. I) since taking charge last winter.
Private Zone won the $500,000 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II) Saturday, May 2 at the Louisville oval, holding off a stretch challenge from Nates Mineshaft. Bayern struggled in his 2015 debut.
Kaleem Shah's Bayern, last year's Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner, will make his 4-year-old debut in the $500,000 Churchill Downs Stakes (gr. II) on the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) undercard May 2.
After a six-furlong workout in 1:10 4/5 at Santa Anita Park April 25, trainer Bob Baffert is mulling over Bayern's options for Kentucky Derby Week.
Champion 3-year-old filly Untapable, Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Bayern and classic winners Palace Malice and Tonalist are among horses nominated to 10 stakes during Kentucky Derby Week at Churchill Downs.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 490 entries for its 2015 Midlantic 2-year-olds in training sale at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md., on Monday and Tuesday, May 18-19, beginning at 10 a.m. EDT daily.
Shared Belief will make his first start outside of California in the $1.5 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) April 18, co-owner Jim Rome said March 25.
Shared Belief, who most recently won the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), and Bayern, winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) in his last start last November, are among 56 nominees for the April 18 Charles Town Classic.
The stars were out for workouts in Southern California the morning of Feb. 21. California Chrome led the group with a half-mile work in :48 4/5 at his home track, Los Alamitos Racecourse.
The discussion over riding rules brought into the spotlight the controversial start of the 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) during the California Horse Racing Board's Feb. 18 meeting.
Kaleem Shah's Bayern, winner of the 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), has recovered from a hind foot abscess and worked Feb. 16 at Santa Anita Park.
Led by the Haskell Invitational Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 2, Monmouth Park announced a graded stakes schedule worth $3.5 million for 2015. In addition, the popular bonus programs for owners and trainers will return.
Horse of the Year California Chrome, dual champion Main Sequence, and Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Bayern are among U.S. runners nominated for races on the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) card March 28 at Meydan.
Horse of the Year California Chrome breezed one mile in 1:41 2/5 at his Los Alamitos Race Course headquarters Jan. 25 as he moves ever closer to his 4-year-old debut in the $500,000 San Antonio Stakes.
With a top rating of 130, Japan-based Just a Way was crowned the 2014 Longines World's Best Racehorse during ceremonies in London Jan. 20.
Newly crowned Horse of the Year California Chrome drilled seven furlongs at Los Alamitos Race Course Jan. 19 as he continues preparations for his expected 2015 debut next month in the $500,000 San Antonio Stakes (gr. II).
Here is a complete list of the 2014 Eclipse Award winners, as voted on and presented by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association/Equibase, Daily Racing Form, and National Turf Writers Association.
Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred Untapable was a runaway winner for best 3-year-old filly with four grade I victories, including defeating older mares in the Breeders' Cup Distaff.
Sometimes it's easy. Sometimes it's not. The voting for 2014 Horse of the Year fell into the latter category, and the outcome surely will be debated for quite some time.
Casual poll at Gulfstream Park asks, "Who do you like for Horse of the Year?" A majority put the most weight on the Triple Crown races.
Jerry Bossert says the nation's best 3-year-old in 2014 was California Chrome. But will the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner edge Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) victor Bayern in Eclipse Award voting?
Bayern, winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) who suffered a minor crack several days ago, galloped two miles Jan. 12 and may breeze at the end of the week, said owner Kaleem Shah.
Finalists for the 2014 Eclipse Awards were announced Jan. 7 on HRTV at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. Bayern, California Chrome, and Main Sequence were named as finalists for the Horse of the Year title.
Bayern and California Chrome took another step toward a possible early-season rematch when the leading Horse of the Year contenders worked sharply about an hour apart the morning of Jan. 3 at their respective training bases.
For the second straight year, Todd Pletcher, Javier Castellano, and Ken and Sarah Ramsey were North America's respective top trainer, jockey, and owners for 2014.
Both Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Bayern and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) victor California Chrome posted works Dec. 27 with a possible rematch looming that could include Shared Belief.
The California Horse Racing Board is considering a rule change that would result in the scratch of a horse that has been gelded since his last race if that information is not disclosed well in advance of the race.
Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Bayern, a leading contender for Horse of the Year and male 3-year-old honors for 2014, worked four furlongs on Santa Anita's fast main track the morning of Dec. 19 in a bullet :46 1/5.
You voted for the top races of 2014, and the results are revealed in this slideshow. view slideshow
Assuming I have a vote, I will select California Chrome as Horse of the Year on my Eclipse Award ballot. read blog
California steward Kim Sawyer said having the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) as the final race of the day this year created problems in publicizing the reason for the decision to take no action following the race.
Here is your chance to choose the top race of 2014. The BloodHorse.com staff had a tough time narrowing down this year's poll to just 15 races, but here they are and now it is time for you to select the best race.
This year's Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) had it all: a close finish, a thrilling run through the stretch, and a lingering controversy. read blog
Lenny Shulman sits down for a fun interview with Ken Ramsey. Lenny also talks about racing this year's stand outs next year; including Bayern, Shared Belief, California Chrome, Hopportunity, and Honor Code. watch video
Thirty years after winning the first Breeders' Cup Classic, Wild Again is still relevant, counting high-profile runners Bayern, Just a Way, Fed Biz, and Vicar's in Trouble among his headlining descendants in 2014.
Following the controversial non-call in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), the California Horse Racing Board appears ready to change the rule that led to the decision. But it may take awhile.
Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Bayern and Besilu Florida Derby (gr. I) victor Constitution headline 20 horses nominated to the $500,000 Clark Handicap Presented by Norton Healthcare (gr. I) at Churchill Downs.
With his victory in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), Bayern moved into a tie for sixth on the Longines World's Best Race Horse Rankings.
After such a close Breeders' Cup Classic finish, one can only wonder if the outcome would have been different if California Chrome had not raced three wide through both turns. read blog
Lenny discusses the stewards' decision in the BC Classic, new seating at Churchill Downs, and follows up with Breeders' Cup star trainer Chad Brown. watch video
Steve Haskin makes a case for awarding Horse of the Year to Bayern. read blog
The wide-open race for Horse of the Year should make the 2015 annual Eclipse Awards dinner an intriguing event.
But when you really think about it, all the uproar over the incident is not about Bayern's interference. It's about who he interfered with. read blog
Frank Angst examines possible solutions to challenges with determining fouls. read blog
Better calls overall will be made if stewards have discretion. read blog
Baffert again found himself pleading with higher sources to spare him the pain of defeat when it became apparent Bayern was going to have to dig in like he's never dug in before to hold off the challenges. read blog
Syndicated sports show host Jim Rome, whose Jungle Racing owns part of Shared Belief, said he has moved on from the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) but is frustrated by the stewards' decision.
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Rising from the ashes of the Graveyard Studio in Golden Valley, Minnesota, is the FIRE, comprised of the red-hot lefty guitarist, original songwriter and composer Michael ("Noodles") De La Rosa, the scorching...from beyond vocals of Bill Spuda..... The combustible combination of these two musicians have kept FIRE burning!!!
NEW rockin' line-up... coming soon to complete our NEW CD 2014 / 2015
Combining our musical backgrounds, FIRE is a stellar mix of heavy metal, classic hard rock and a spattering of 21st century sounds. Attending our live shows will bring you back to old-school shredding, in-your-face metal/hard rock.
If you like what you hear on our song list and/or video, we would be honored if you became a fan. You will not be disappointed!
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I started playing with the guitar in the early stages up-side down left-handed, and looking like Ernie Douglas of My Three Sons. My first influences, my mom who is an awesome classical nylon string guitarist. My father who is the best classy Jazz Cat…and Jazz bassist in the Jazz world...to include being on several Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Don Ellis, Tommy Flanagan albums, watching him on T.V...Simply amazed me to no end. But most of my style came from my little brother Kenny Marquez, who has 2 gold albums with Allied Artists band Renegade, and in my opinion…is one of the best guitarist in the business today. And my cousin Mark Cervantes… who is the percussionist for the Multi-Platinum Artists "Smash Mouth". From there I used my family background to set my path on the Hwy.of making music. Grew up in the Los Angeles area, and hung around lots of musicians...like Tracy G…of DIO, Audie Desbrow of Great White, and Tony Matusak of Lizzy Borden, and my older brother Ted De La Rosa…one of the valley's unique power hitting drummers who will be in my heart forever! Started working as a roadie for LA's Hottest!! Group..."Miraj" ...with Tony Caggiano, Bill Watkins, and Kiki V. Tony former guitarist for Michael Anthony of "Van Halen", when they were called Mammoth, and Michael's band was called Snake. We did allot of Hollywood. Like The Whisky, the Troubadour and Garzarri's and the Roxy. Seen allot early bands make it...and alot that did not. Worked as a sound man at the old Starwood Rock Club in Hollywood...with acts like...Quiet Riot...Dante Fox (Great White).. Rockkandi… Poison… Yankee Rose..Black Flag..Circle Jerks..and GnR. The scene was getting old. Moved to Minnesota in 90'. The music here was so open for so many acts...totally blew my mind. So started playing with the band" Mystery" for a few years...did a few shows...at the local venues...but was not the right combination. I then put an ad in the local City Pages paper...hooked up with.. drummer Steve Beckman, and Bassist.. Alan Vind, and singer.. Bill Spuda ..The Original FIRE erupted...we played everywhere...went into an Amazing Audio studio...to record our first CD...self titled in 99' and again in 08' to record "Solar"..The past few Years, I've been jamming with different musicians seeking the right people to keep the flames burning... am working to explore a different realm, a new band, and to bring peace and hard rock to the planet... well it is official.....the Flame is burning....and FIRE is back!!!....Michael,Steve and Bill...
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Bridgeport Mayor Admits Defrauding His TownBENTON, Ill. (AP) - The mayor of a southeastern Illinois town faces up to 80 years in federal prison and $1 million in fines now that he's admitted using bogus invoices to skim money from his community.
Fifty-six-year-old Bridgeport Mayor Max Schauf pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Benton to three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstructing justice. Schauf admitted he submitted false invoices, contracts and bills to the town for services and equipment, then took a portion of money from all of them for his personal use.
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In addition to uniforms and sneakers, the Juneau-Douglas High School boys and girls basketball teams should bring their alarms clocks to Anchorage next week.
ANCHORAGE -- Craig's Cinderella story ended prematurely Saturday at Sullivan Arena with a 59-57 loss to the Valdez Buccaneers in the boys Class 3A state basketball championship game. For Valdez, the victory came in Dan Eide's last game as head coach of the Buccaneers and it was the team's second title (the other came in 1988). Eide capped off a 25-year career with over 500 wins and finished his swan song on the highest note possible.
ANCHORAGE -- The Juneau-Douglas High School girls basketball team's season ended Friday morning as the Bartlett Golden Bears handed the Crimson Bears a 58-47 loss in the Class 4A consolation round of the Alaska State Basketball Championships.
JUNEAU - Juneau-Douglas High School basketball player Bryan Hamey has been named to the 2002 Team Alaska Squad, which will be the host team for the Great Alaska Summer Shootout next month in Anchorage.
ANCHORAGE -- Just like pesky garbage bears, the Juneau-Douglas boys basketball team do not go away -- they always come back. On Friday, Juneau overcame a seven-point fourth-quarter lead by the Wasilla Warriors to earn a spot in the state championship game. But Crimson Bears couldn't erase a 13-point deficit in the first quarter as the Bartlett Golden Bears rolled to a 77-64 win to claim the title at the Alaska State Basketball Championships at Sullivan Arena.
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Danny Granger Traded From Pacers To 76ers, Pacers Get Evan TurnerBy: Tobias Roth - February 21, 2014
As the trade deadline for NBA approaches, several teams have made decisions to shake up their rosters, and add new players. In a trade that could end up hurting at least one team in the trade, Danny Granger was traded from the Indiana Pacers to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Granger has struggled with injuries for the past couple of seasons, and as someone who has not been able to play much, the Pacers are likely to see the trade as a favorable one for them. The Pacers got away with a big one when trading away an aging forward in exchange for two other forwards.
The Pacers were able to acquire Lavoy Allen and Evan Turner in exchange for Danny Granger. Evan Tuner can easily be looked at as one of the best, if not the best, of the players for the 76ers.
In other trading news, there have been plenty of rumors surrounding the Lakers, and whether Pau Gasol would finally leave after his continued problems with their coach. However, Steve Blake is the one who has been traded so far.
Rajon Rondo has also been mentioned along with Luol Deng, who was just acquired by the Cavaliers earlier this season. Several other high profile candidates are in the market for a possible trade, meanwhile star players like Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony will also become free agents in the upcoming season.
The ex-Pacers forward has only played in 29 games this season, and only five games in the 2012-2013 season, after continually battling with a knee injury. Despite his recent injury problems, when he is healthy, Danny Granger can be a franchise player.
At one point in his career, he had averaged over 20 points per game in three consecutive seasons, which included a career high of 25.8 points per game during the 2008-2009 season.
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Do global factors impact BRICS stock markets? A quantile regression approach
This paper examines the dependence structure between the emerging stock markets of the BRICS countries and influential global factors. Using the quantile regression approach, our results for the period from September 1997 to September 2013 show that the BRICS stock markets exhibit dependence with the global stock and commodity markets (S&P index, oil, and gold) as well as changes in the U.S. stock market uncertainty (CBOE Volatility Index). This dependence structure is often asymmetric and affected by the onset of the recent global financial crisis. By contrast, the U.S. economic policy uncertainty has no impact on the BRICS stock markets.
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A fluorescence detector has a light source in the form of a halogen lamp, a UV-filter which allows excitation radiation in UV to pass through, and a second filter which sorts out fluorescence radiation, and a detector which detects the through-passing fluorescence radiation. The filters comprise thin straight blocks and also function as light guides and are positioned at right angles with their extensions directed towards a point at which a tubular sample can be placed in close with the ends of the filters distal from the light source and the detector.
1. In a fluorescence detector for measuring fluorescence in a liquid comprising a light source for irradiating the liquid with fluorescence generating radiation, a filter for allowing fluorescence radiation generated by liquid to pass through, and a detector for detecting fluorescence radiation that has passed through the filter and for producing an electric signal corresponding to the fluorescence radiation, the improvement comprising:
an elongated, flat-shaped first light conductor having a first end in proximity to the light source, and a second end adapted to be positioned in proximity to an irradiated region of a liquid-containing tube having an inner diameter approximating the thickness of the first light conductor, said first light conductor having a length which is at least 10 times said thickness, and functioning as a filter to provide a first filter effect which is pervious to ultraviolet light but impervious to wavelength ranges of generated fluorescence radiation;
an elongated, flat-shaped second light conductor having a first short side in proximity to the detector, and a second short side adapted to be positioned in proximity to a detection region of the tube whose inner diameter approximates the thickness of the second light conductor, said second light conductor having a length which is at least 6 times that of its thickness, said second light conductor being pervious to fluorescence radiation and functioning as a filter to provide a second filter effect;
wherein the light conductors are positioned with their longitudinal axes in mutual transverse directions, and wherein in use, the second end of the first light conductor and the second short side terminate almost tangentially with the outer surface of the tube, and the irradiated region and the detection region coincide at least partially in the longitudinal direction of the tube.
2. A fluorescence detector according to claim 1, further comprising an exchangeable cassette for mounting the tube therein.
3. A fluorescence detector according to claim 1, wherein the light source is a halogen bulb contained in a quartz casing.
4. A fluorescence detector according to claim 1, wherein the detector is a photodiode.
5. A fluorescence detector according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the tube is coated partially with a reflective layer, which in use leaves exposed a surface of the tube that is located at a region around a bisector between the two surfaces of the light conductors that are closest to the tube.
6. A fluorescence detector according to claim 1, wherein the filter effects of the light conductors are achieved by producing the light conductors from filter material.
7. A fluorescence detector according to claim 6, further comprising a reference system which includes a fluorescent reference sample mounted in the first light conductor between the first end and second end, a third light conductor having one end directed towards the reference sample, and an intensity monitoring second detector arranged at an opposite end of said third light guide.
8. A fluorescence detector according to claim 1, further including means for pressing the tube resiliently against the light guides.
9. A fluorescence detector according to claim 8, wherein metal inlet and outlet pipes having collared ends are inserted into both ends of the tube, followed by tubular members which are made of a deformable plastic material and fitted over the inserted metal pipes, and plug means which are made of a harder material and are press-fitted into the tube, said plug means being resiliently pressed against the fitted tubular members.
10. A fluorescence detector according to claim 1, wherein the first filter effect has a pass band of between 310-350 nm, and the second filter effect has a pass band between 410-480 nm.
11. A fluorescence detector according to claim 10, wherein the second filter effect is combined with a plastic UV-filter.
12. A fluorescence detector according to claim 1, further comprising a cuvette in the fluorescence detector, means for fitting the carrier device and an attachment end thereof to the fluorescence detector in a specific mounting position, wherein the cuvette is suspended from the carrier device via resilient inlet and outlet lines, so that after fitting the carrier device to the fluorescence detector, the cuvette is pressed by support surfaces provided in the fluorescence detector from a first position to a second measuring position which can be reproducibly well-defined in relation to the fluorescence detector and its support surfaces.
13. A fluorescence detector according to claim 12, wherein the cuvette is made of quartz glass and is reinforcingly supported between the inlet and outlet lines by a bar which joins said lines on one side of the cuvette that lies distal from the support surfaces of the fluorescence detector.
The present invention relates to a fluorescence detector for measuring fluorescence in a liquid contained in a tube, comprising a light source for irradiating the liquid with fluorescence-generating radiation, a filter through which fluorescence radiation emitted by the liquid passes, and a detector which functions to detect fluorescence radiation that has passed through the filter and to produce an electric signal corresponding to said fluorescence radiation.
The invention also relates to a carrier device for a cuvette intended for simple, reproducible replacement in a fluorescence detector.
Many different makes of apparatus for activating and detecting fluorescence radiation from liquids are commercially available. The liquid is introduced into a cuvette or is allowed to flow past a measuring point, where it is irradiated with UV-light from a light source, while resultant fluorescence radiation is sorted out and passed to an intensity measuring detector. In many instances monochromators are used both for producing radiation and for sorting out fluorescence radiation of a given wave-length. Although it is possible to manufacture such instruments with a high degree of sensitivity and therewith allow The detection of small concentrations, such instruments are unavoidably very expensive. Simpler instruments which operate solely with colour filters are also available, although these instruments are not able to satisfy the same high requirements at present.
An object of the present invention is to provide a fluorescence detector which is simple and inexpensive in manufacture but which, nevertheless, will provide high detection sensitivity. The detector is primarily intended to be used with through-flowing samples from small chromatography columns or in so-called flow injection systems, although it can also be used with static samples. In the case of the applications for which the invention is primarily intended, it is possible to use relatively broad wavelength bands for both the incident exciting radiation and the captured emitted radiation. This is possible because of the high degree of sensitivity that can be obtained due to the effective use of the light, and because it is possible to use colour filters in the majority of cases, provided that these filters are suitably constructed.
Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical exchange possibility for cuvettes and samples mounted in exchangeable cassettes.
These and other objects of the invention are achieved in accordance with the invention with a fluorescence detector having the characteristic features set forth in the claims.
One particularly distinguishing feature of one embodiment of the invention is that the filters used have the form of plates cut from filter material and fulfill two different functions simultaneously, namely a filter function and a light conducting function. In this way, there is achieved both a good filter effect for long wavelengths through the filters and favourable collimation, despite the fact that no lenses are required. However, the filter effect can also be achieved by placing separate filters in the beam paths.
With regard to the carrier device or the cassette according to the invention, one characteristic feature resides in the use of an inner comer in the detector, in the form of a surface from which fluorescence exciting light is emitted towards a cuvette or the like, and a surface which is angled in relation to the first-mentioned surface and through which fluorescence light is taken up for detection, wherein the cuvette or like device is mounted resiliently in the cassette and is pressed in towards the two surfaces to take a fully reproducible position when mounting the cassette.
Similar to known fluorescence detectors, there is used a sample cuvette which consists in a thin tube of transparent material, preferably quartz, through which the examined liquid flows. The quartz tube is mounted advantageously so as to abut the short sides of the two filters. Particularly when the tube and associated connections are mounted in a replaceable or exchangeable cassette, an advantage is obtained when the cassette includes resilient means which, when the cassette is fitted, resiliently press the outer wall surface of the tube against the short sides of the tube filters, said filters preferably being mounted in a holder having an inner corner angled at 90 degrees.
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to non-limiting exemplifying embodiments thereof and also with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
FIG. 1 is a sectioned view of a fluorescence detector constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention, with no sample mounted;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a sample position and shows a quartz tube in cross-section and a radiation delivering and fluorescence radiation collecting optical element to those parts that are close to the sample;
FIG. 3 illustrates a cassette having a resiliently mounted quartz sample-tube;
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectioned view of a quartz sample tube;
FIG. 5 illustrates an electric circuit of a photodiode with preamplifier; and
FIG. 6 illustrates a variant of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in which a normalizing device of the two-beam type is arranged.
FIG. 1 illustrates a fluorescence detector in accordance with one exemplifying embodiment, the detector being shown in twice its natural size. Mounted in a holder 1 of solid black plastic at right angles to each other are a first light conductor 2 which also functions as a filter which is permeable to ultra-violet light, and a second light conductor 3 which also functions as a filter which is permeable to fluorescence light, wherein the two light conductors meet at their respective one ends to form an inner comer. A bulb 4 is mounted at the distal short end of the first light conductor, while a detector unit 7 is seated on the distal short end of the second light conductor. These two filters, which have the form of a right-angled block, are rigidly attached in the holder 1, with light-impervious, black thermosetting resin 6 (preferably silicone rubber) surrounding said meeting ends, so that only the their short-side surfaces are exposed. The end of the light conductor/filter 2 that lies proximal to the bulb 4 projects slightly out from the holder 1 and a portion of said projecting part extends into the bulb housing. The bulb 4 is mounted in a lamp housing (not shown) and is there ventilated by a fan, which also functions to cool that part of the filter which protrudes from the holder 1. As a result, only a small amount of heat is conducted to the sample. A reflector 5 may optionally be placed behind the bulb 4. The detector 7 will preferably be a photodiode whose sensitive surface is placed towards the short side of the light conductor 3 and an intermediate plastic filter is provided to eliminate any transmitted UV-radiation that may have successfully passed through the filter effect of the light conductor 3.
FIG. 2 illustrates schematically the corner formed by the two light guides 2 and 3, this view being enlarged 35 times, and a quartz tube 10 fitted therein through which or in which a liquid sample can be passed or stored respectively. Fluorescence-generating excitation radiation arrives in the direction of the arrow towards the tube and generates therein fluorescence radiation, provided that the liquid contained in the tube fluoresces. Part of this fluorescence exits from the tube and enters the light guide 3, where it is filtered to eliminate any UV-radiation that may have been diverted in this direction, by dispersion, reflection or refraction. The actual tube 10 will preferably be free from fluorescence, and consequently the tube is normally made of quartz.
In order to increase intensify, the tube 10 may be provided partially with a reflective coating on its outer surface, preferably an aluminum coating. FIG. 2 illustrates the preferred application of the reflective coatings 20 and 21, each covering 76 degrees with an interspace 22 of 40 degrees. It will be understood that these values are proposed values and thus not critical. It is important, however, that there is found an intermediate space in a field around the location of the bisector 23 between the pupil surfaces of the light conductors 2 and 3, so as to prevent the excitation radiation being directed towards the outlet pupil to any great extent, via reflection.
The radiation geometry has therewith been shown in cross-section. This cross-section is representative of the geometry that prevails over a given length of the tube 10, which considerably exceeds the cross-sectional dimensions shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. These illustrated cross-sections are sections through the thickness of the light conductors/filters 2 and 3, which have the form of elongated plates with their largest extension and their smallest extension shown in FIG. 1.
It will be noted that although it is normally preferred to use cylindrical tubes, it is also possible to use cuvettes and tubes of other shapes when this is practical for some reason or another. It is thus obvious that a tube of square cross-section can be fitted in the same optical system without detriment.
The tube 10 is thus mounted at the point of intersection of the optical light conductors 2 and 3, as shown in FIG. 2. According to this preferred embodiment, the tube 10 is replaceably mounted in a cassette, such as via flexible and resilient steel pipes 11 in a cassette 12 according to FIG. 3. The holder 1 shown in FIG. 1 is mounted together with a cooled lamp housing in a casing in a manner not shown, said casing having an opening into which the cassette 12 can be slid, in the manner of a sliding box. The cassette 12 is secured by means of a screw 14 after having been slid into the opening. The tube 10 then extends obliquely from beneath towards the inner comer in FIG. 1 and is held in resilient contact by the flexible stainless pipes 11.
FIG. 4 illustrates how the tube 10 is sealingly connected to the steel pipes 11. In this regard, the pipes 11 are collared so as to provide a close fit with the inner surface of the tube 10, and a pipe 41 made of plastic-elastic material, for instance FEP, is fitted, followed by an apertured plug. The plug 42 pushes against the pipe 41 therewith causing the pipe to deform and seal in the space between the inner surface of the tube 10 and the outer surface of the steel pipe 11, and is loaded with a spring 43 tensioned with a further apertured plug 44 which is held in place by the tension of the pressure spring 43, by virtue of a bend in the pipe 11. As will be seen from FIG. 3, the pipes 11 are then curved, so that the tube 10 is kept free between connections 13, which permit connection to a liquid source, for instance a chromatographic column. When a quartz tube is used, it is convenient to provide on one side opposite to the tube abutment side a reinforcing bar which joins the pipes 11 to the joins.
The light source used in the illustrated case is a halogen lamp 4 which is mounted in a jig 50 comprising a plate 51 provided with a hole 52 for reproducible mounting. An electrical connector is provided with electrical connections. In the described embodiment, there is used a 12V, 20 W bulb (model Q20 G4) with the filament extending parallel with the entry surface of the first filter 2 and with the axial direction of the tube 10.
It has been found that for normal requirements, it is sufficient to provide a stabilized d.c. voltage for supplying the bulb with energy, i.e. so as to obtain good long term stability over a test period, including any calibration necessary. As will be made apparent below, it is also possible to monitor the intensity by means of a two-beam device.
The detector used is suitably a photodiode, which is beneficial in view of the fact that it has good linearity over a large dynamic range (4-5 powers of ten). As illustrated schematically in FIG. 5, the light-quanta-generated current is passed through a high-resistive resistor (10 Gohm) and the signal obtained is amplified in a preamplifier. The resistor and the amplifier are positioned in the close proximity of the photodiode and are well screened. The amplified signal is preferably led to a voltage/frequency converter, this being suitable as the operations concerned are relatively slow. The diode used is a photodiode. A Hamamatsu photodiode, model designation S 2387-16, was used in one construction.
The combined light conductors and filters are suitably manufactured by cutting commercially available glass filter plates into strips, these plates often being available in square shapes having a thickness of 1 mm, for instance. A width of about 10 mm is appropriate, and the length will preferably be much greater than the thickness, particularly in the case of the UV-filter, which will preferably be at least 10 times longer, preferably at least 50 times longer than the thickness, whereas the intake filter will be at least 6 times longer, preferably at least 10 times longer than the thickness. The cut edge surfaces of the filter strips cut from said plates are ground and polished, without any particular optical tolerance requirements. Suitable filters can have a pass band, the UV-filter somewhere between 300 and 380 nm, the second filter between 400 and 500 nm, although special requirements can be satisfied by individual adaptation of the filters. The best length of the filters is determined in view of the type of filter used.
In one constructed example of a fluorescence detector, there was used a quartz tube which had an outer diameter of 1.5 mm and an inner diameter of 1.1 mm. The thickness of the filter glass used was 1 mm. The UV-filter was made by Schott, type UG5 (pass band 310-350 nm) and measured 49�6�1 mm. The second filter, also a Schott make, type BG 39 (pass band 410-480 nm), measured 12�6�1 mm. The end of the detector was supplemented with a small plastic filter impervious to UV (non-transparent under 390 nm, type KV 389 from Schott).
Comparisons have been made with commercially available fluorescence detectors. It was found that with an irradiated cell volume of 5.7 μl, the detection limit of the standard substance quinine sulphate was 0.010 pg/μl (with the detection limit defined as a signal level reaching to twice the background noise). Sensitivity is therewith essentially on a level with what, according to available data sheets, is said to have been achieved with the best of the tested instruments generally available commercially.
As before mentioned, it has been found that the use of a single-beam system in accordance with what has already been described is generally sufficient for illumination. However, if particularly high requirements are placed on the stability and reproduceability of the measuring process, there can be provided a reference system for measuring the radiation emitted from the bulb, for instance in accordance with FIG. 6, where like details have been identified with like reference signs. There has been drilled in the light conductor 2 a hole 60 which takes-up a small part of its width (less than 10-15%). This hole has placed therein, for instance by embedment, a plug of fluorescent material which when impinged upon by the radiation led through the light conductor emits fluorescence radiation of which a part is captured by a light conductor 3b and led to a reference photodiode 7b, which thus detects a signal that is a measure of the excitation radiation. This enables the following advantages to be achieved:
Because part of the luminescence that passes towards the measuring cuvette is taken-out as a reference, the measured light and the reference light are both taken from the same part of the light source and in the same direction.
Because the reference beam has passed through a substantial length of the light conductor 2, the reference beam will have generally the same spectral composition as the excitation beam that impinges on the sample when the reference beam strikes the reference plug, provided that the light conductor has a filtering effect. In addition, if the light conductor 2 has a filtering effect, the fluorescence radiation generated by the plug will be absorbed as a result of the position of the plug before the radiation can reach the sample, therewith scarcely influencing the background.
The reference plug can be produced from a fluorescent material whose fluorescence properties are similar to those exhibited by samples to be analyzed.
Because the photodiodes 7 and 7b have been placed close together and mechanically mounted in similar ways, several advantages are achieved, for instance the photodiodes can be connected electrically to the same circuit board on which the two amplifiers are mounted, and the two photo-diodes can be readily held at the same temperature.
The plug may be replaced with a mirror positioned at 45 degrees, a total reflecting prism or some light-spreading device, to transmit part of the excitation light through the light guide 3b. In this regard, the property according to the latter point is not relevant and in this case, it is necessary to produce the light guide 3b from a material which will allow the excitation light to pass through.
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