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Critical Review by Tom Milne
SOURCE: "Hard on Little Things," in Sight and Sound, Vol. 56, No. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 218-19.
In the review below, Milne provides a plot summary of Raising Arizona.
Joel Coen is an original, no doubt about that. A B-movie noir with the tang of nightmare terror, Blood Simple led one to suppose that his line of descent was by James M. Cain out of the horror comics. Raising Arizona offers no grounds for changing that view, except in suggesting that somewhere back along that heritage Antonin Artaud must have bred in the bloodlines of both the Theatre of Cruelty and the Theatre of the Absurd.
More comedy than thriller, Raising Arizona at first seems far removed from characteristic Cain territory, with its tale of a latter-day outlaw who decides to settle down and become an upstanding family man. It nevertheless echoes the device which Cain once described as the mainspring of his fiction: "I, so far as I can sense the pattern of my mind, write of the wish that comes true, for some reason a terrifying concept, at least to my imagination … I think my stories have some quality of the opening of a forbidden box."
The forbidden box opened by H.I. McDonnough (Nicolas Cage) in Raising Arizona is no less than the American Dream. A marvelous pre-credits sequence, executed strip-cartoon style in a series of rapid-fire tableaux, establishes Hi, a would-be outlaw branded with a Woody Woodpecker tattoo, as a sad sack criminal who gets arrested every time he attempts to rob a convenience store, then paroled because he uses empty guns for fear of hurting anyone. "I tried to stand up and fly straight," he explains mournfully, "but it wasn't easy with that sonofabitch Reagan in the White House." Emerging a three-time loser, he takes with him a wife in the shape of a policewoman (Holly Hunter) wooed and won during the three-time process of being photographed and fingerprinted.
Marriage, a home and a job follow naturally, but alas no children, since the policewoman proves barren. So what more natural in a land of consumer plenty than to steal one? Especially when newspaper accounts of the birth of quints to unpainted furniture king Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson) feature the father's wry disclaimer, "More than we can handle!" No sooner has Hi proudly introduced his hijacked son to his new home and the mod cons of bedroom, kitchen and TV ("Two hours a day maximum, so you don't ruin your appreciation for the finer things") than the heavens open up in a storm of retribution. Turned into a sea of mud, the open ground in front of the prison heaves, and two prehistoric Frankenstein monsters erupt, turning into redneck convict escapees, former jailmates of Hi's, who elect to use his home as a hideout.
Once more poor Hi finds himself an outlaw, no longer able to accept the slobbishly amoral camaraderie of the underworld, not yet ready for the sophistications of decent society. On a visit with his wife (who proves an eager source of tips on motherhood) and bevy of children (who rampage on an orgy of destruction), Hi's boss Glen (Sam McMurray), reacting angrily to a punch on the jaw when he randily suggests a bout of wife-swapping, determines to turn Hi in as a kidnapper. Only to be forestalled when the two convicts (John Goodman, William Forsythe), reacting angrily when Hi's wife kicks them out of the house, decide to kidnap the baby themselves with a view to ransom. A Laurel and Hardy duo, surprisingly delicate in their social graces despite brutish manners, the pair haven't quite the heart to go through with it. Instead, discovering all sorts of frustrated paternal and maternal yearnings, they agonize over the advisability of leaving Nathan Junior in the getaway car while they raise finance by robbing a bank: "Suppose we go in there and get ourselves killed, it could be hours before he gets discovered."
Meanwhile, the forbidden box opened by Hi is still working its magic, and retribution is on the road in the fear-some person of the Lone Biker of the Apocalypse, a bearded aboriginal armed to the teeth and with features grimed by the fires of hell. First seen as a streak of fire burning up the highway as he shoots up wayside animals for the fun of it, the Lone Biker has accredited independent existence as Leonard Smalls (Randall "Tex" Cobb), a bounty-hunter who switches from escaped convicts to kidnaped baby; but an incredible subjective shot preceding the bike as it races at breakneck speed to a house, up a ladder and through the open window just as Hi wakes in the grip of a nightmare, establishes him as a force released by Hi's dream. Only when Hi defeats the Biker in desperate single combat, and subsequently returns the baby to its bereft parents, do the furies subside.
Raising Arizona is studded with set pieces that are wonderfully funny in their own right, like Hi's first attempt to steal the baby, only to have its siblings set up a sympathetic squall, which ends as a free-for-all of scuttling babies as, each one parked at random as another requires comfort, all five race around like demented cockroaches; or his equally frustrating attempt to steal a pack of nappies, which escalates into a balletic dance for fugitive, pursuing police, rabid dogs and vigilante gunman ("Son, you got a panty on your head," an elderly motorist interestedly remarks as the stocking-masked Hi tries to cadge an escape ride). But the reason that this reductio ad absurdum of Reagan's America works so beautifully is that while its characters do not bleed—the violence, with the biker finally blown into fragments, is pure Tom and Jerry—they have a surprisingly touching vulnerability.
The Lone Biker, so Hi's off-screen voice comments as a grenade casually demolishes a rabbit, is "especially hard on little things"; and there is a very real sense in which the characters are all children, childlike in their humors, whether these make them innocently demanding (Hi and the policewoman), irresponsible (the two convicts), naughtily spoilt (Glen and his wife), comfortably blasé (Nathan Arizona and his wife), or viciously destructive (the Lone Biker, whose secret Woody Woodpecker brand makes him Hi's long-lost brother). Mom and apple pie still rule the American dream, as one of the convicts recalls when he ticks Hi's wife off for not breast-feeding her baby ("He'll hate you for it later, that's why we wound up in prison"), and as the Lone Biker confirms through the tattoo on his arm ("Mama didn't love me"). Is the dream, on the other hand, worth standing up and flying straight for? The sting in the movie's tail is that when Hi has finally sorted himself out and joined society, his reward is a dream of future blessings in which he and his wife, now senior citizens, are surrounded by a mysterious family of children and grandchildren … the first generation of whom bear a suspiciously marked resemblance to wife-swapper Glen and his wife.
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Tolkien's ClassicJ. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. London: George Allen & Unwin, [1937]. First edition, second impression. Octavo. 310 pages. With illustrations by the author. Publisher's green cloth with black designs and lettering. Map endpapers. Publisher's green stain to top edge. Binding slightly cocked, rear board bowed. Some foxing to cloth, with occasional puckering. Top stain mottled; foxing to fore-edge and bottom edge. A few leaves with thin brown stain to bottom edge, with minimal intrusion onto pages. Some pages with mild foxing and with shallow bends; one leaf wrinkled. Inconspicuous British bookstore sticker to front pastedown. Original dust jacket is price-clipped, with "Second Impression" at bottom of front flap. Jacket has a few chips, particularly to the base of the spine, a few short tears, some mild foxing, and moisture waves to front panel. An about very good copy.
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The C.O.W. airing of the grievances followed by the feats of strength
The main awards, the finalists, who'll win, and who deserves to win …
12. Lou Groza – Best Kicker
Finalists: 1. Dustin Hopkins, Florida State, 2. Cairo Santos, Tulane, 3. Caleb Sturgis, Florida
The vote will be: 1. Santos, 2. Hopkins, 3. Sturgis
My vote: 1. Santos, 2. Hopkins, 3. Sturgis
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State, 2. Anthony Cantele, Kansas State, 3. Austin Lopez, San Jose State
Santos should be a lock, nailing all 20 of his field goal attempts while going 12-of-12 from beyond 40 yards. Hopkins has hit 22-of-26 field goals with 9-of-12 from beyond the 40. Sturgis has connected on 20-of-24 attempts with three of the misses on blocks. He hit 7-of-8 from beyond the 40.
11. Ray Guy – Best Punter
Finalists: 1. Ryan Allen, Louisiana Tech, 2. Kyle Cristy, Florida, 3. Scott Kovanda, Ball State
The vote will be: 1. Allen, 2. Cristy, 3. Kovanda
My vote: 1. Cristy, 2. Allen, 3. Kovanda
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Riley Stephenson, BYU, 2. Darragh O'Neill, Colorado, 3. Josh Hubner, Arizona State
Putting kicks inside the 20 might be the most underappreciated skill in all of college football. Considering what Florida's offense does, and with field position vital, Cristy has been a key part to the puzzle. Allen is averaging 48.1 yards per kick with 19 inside the 20 on 41 kicks. Christy is averaging 46.3 yards per kick with 25 inside the 20 on 58 kicks. Kovanda is averaging 40.5 yards per kick with 23 inside the 20 on 38 kicks.
10. Mackey – Best Tight End
Finalists: 1. Tyler Eifert, Notre Dame, 2. Zach Ertz, Stanford, 3. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Washington
The vote will be: 1. Eifert, 2. Ertz, 3. Seferian-Jenkins
My vote: 1. Ertz, 2. Eifert, 3. Seferian-Jenkins
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Chris Coyle, Arizona State, 2. Zane Fake, Ball State, 3. Ryan Otten, San Jose State
Eifert doesn't have the numbers, but he has the big plays for an offense that underutilizes his talents. Seferian-Jenkins has a few more yards than Ertz, but Ertz has two more touchdowns including the season-changer against Oregon.
9. Lott – Best Defensive Back
Finalists: 1. Johnathan Banks, Mississippi State, 2. Dee Milliner, Alabama, 3. Phillip Thomas, Fresno State
The vote will be: 1. Milliner, 2. Banks, 3. Thomas
My vote: 1. Thomas, 2. Banks, 3. Milliner
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Tony Jefferson, Oklahoma, 2. Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Oregon, 3. Jordan Poyer, Oregon State
Thomas led the nation with eight picks, taking three for scores, while no one else came up with more than six interceptions. Milliner has been fantastic with a whopping 14 broken up passes, while Banks has a few more picks and tackles. Jefferson has been like another linebacker against the run.
8. Nagurski – Best Defensive Player
Finalists: 1. Jaedevon Clowney, DE South Carolina, 2. Jarvis Jones, LB Georgia, 3. Dee Milliner, CB Alabama, 4. Manti Te'o, LB Notre Dame, 5. Bjoern Werner, DE Florida State
The vote will be: 1. Te'o, 2. Jones, 3. Milliner, 4. Clowney, 5. Werner
My vote: 1. Te'o, 2. Jones, 3. Clowney, 4. Milliner, 5. Werner
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Khaseem Greene, LB Rutgers, 2. Damontre Moore, DE Texas A&M, 3. Dan Molls, LB Toledo
Greene has been the best defensive player in college football this year. Jones has been the most dynamic defender, but Te'o should win this going away.
7. Outland – Best Interior Lineman
Finalists: 1. Jonathan Cooper, OG North Carolina, 2. Barrett Jones, C Alabama, 3. Luke Joeckel, OT Texas A&M
The vote will be: 1. Jones, 2. Joeckel, 3. Cooper
My vote: 1. Joeckel, 2, Cooper, 3. Jones
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Jesse Williams, DT Alabama, 2. Star Lotulelei, Utah, 3. Johnathan Hankins, Ohio State Jones isn't even the best lineman on his own team – I'm an unabashed fan of Williams - and might be the fourth best blocker on his O line. Cooper has been fantastic, but Joeckel has come up with an outstanding year helping protect Johnny Manziel.
6. Davey O'Brien – Best Quarterback
Finalists: 1. Collin Klein, Kansas State, 2. Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, 3. Braxton Miller, Ohio State
The vote will be: 1. Klein, 2. Manziel, 3. Miller
My vote: 1. Miller, 2. Manziel, 3. Klein
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Tajh Boyd, Clemson, 2. Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois, 3. Marcus Mariota, Oregon
It would be a toss-up between Miller and Boyd if Boyd was on the ballot. A lot will depend on the final weekend with Miller dealing with Michigan and Boyd playing South Carolina.
5. Doak Walker – Best Running Back
Finalists: 1. Montee Ball, Wisconsin, 2. Kenjon Barner, Oregon, 3. Johnathan Franklin, UCLA
The vote will be: 1. Barner, 2. Ball, 3. Franklin
My vote: 1. Franklin, 2. Ball, 3. Barner
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Ka'Deem Carey, Arizona, 2. Stefphon Jefferson, Nevada, 3. Dri Archer, Kent State
I'm fortunate enough and honored to be one of the consultants for this, and it has been amazing how this went from being a slam-dunk for Barner to a wide-open field with lots and lots and lots of options. I pushed for North Carolina's Giovani Bernard, but how can anyone pick against Carey, the nation's leading rusher? In an all-around aspect, Archer deserves a much bigger audience. Partly depending on what happens against Stanford, I'm likely going to pick Franklin in a Most Valuable Player sort of way.
4. Bednarik – Best Defensive Player
Finalists: 1. Jadeveon Clowney, DE South Carolina, 2. Jarvis Jones, LB Georgia, 3. Manti Te'o, LB Notre Dame
The vote will be: 1. Te'o, 2. Jones, 3. Clowney
My vote: 1. Te'o, 2. Jones, 3. Clowney
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Khaseem Greene, LB Rutgers, 2. Damontre Moore, DE Texas A&M, 3. Dan Molls, LB Toledo
Jones has been a dominant pass rusher and a terror into the backfield, and Te'o might be a big more hype than actual production, but it's hard to argue with the signature star on the No. 1 team in the nation. I'm going with the nebulous "great leader" tag for a defense that carried the Irish to a potential dream season.
3. Biletnikoff – Best Receiver
Finalists: 1. Stedman Bailey, West Virginia, 2. Marqise Lee, USC, 3. Terrance Williams, Baylor
The vote will be: 1. Lee, 2. Bailey, 3. Williams
My vote: 1. Lee, 2. Bailey, 3. Williams
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Tavon Austin, West Virginia, 2. Quinton Patton, Louisiana Tech, 3. DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson
This is harder than it appears. Lee seems like the obvious answer, and he might be after the Notre Dame game, but the raw numbers for Austin and Bailey are amazing. Williams might be the best on the lot, leading all the top receivers averaging 18.51 yards per catch. I'm going with Lee mainly because he has been the signature wide receiver of the 2012 season.
2. Maxwell – Best Player
Finalists: 1. Collin Klein, QB Kansas State, 2. Johnny Manziel, QB Texas A&M, 3. Manti Te'o, LB Notre Dame
The vote will be: 1. Klein, 2. Manziel, 3. Te'o
My vote: 1. Not sure, 2. No idea, 3. No clue
Who Got Hosed?: 1. Braxton Miller, Ohio State, 2. Tajh Boyd, Clemson, 3. Marqise Lee, USC
The Maxwell usually goes to one top player, and the Heisman goes to another. Manziel will get one, Klein will get the other.
1. Heisman – Best Player
Projcted Finalists: 1. Collin Klein, Kansas State, 2. Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, 3. Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
The vote will be: 1. Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, 2. Collin Klein, Kansas State, 3. Manti Te'o, Notre Dame
My vote: 1. Not sure, 2. No idea, 3. No clue
Who Is Going To Get Hosed?: 1. Braxton Miller, Ohio State, 2. Tajh Boyd, Clemson, 3. Marqise Lee, USC
This might be the worst Heisman race ever, opening up the door for an unprecedented win by a freshman. No one is doing jumping jacks over the idea of voting for Klein, and Te'o just isn't splashy enough – at least before the USC game. Manziel's performance in the win over Alabama could be enough to get him the honor.
Random Acts of Nutty … Provocative musings and tidbits to make every woman want you and every man want to be you (or vice versa) a.k.a. things I didn't feel like writing bigger blurbs for.
- It's going to be really, really close – there might not be enough bowl eligible teams to fill all the spots. Watch out for the minor bowls to get whatever they can as soon as humanly possible.
- The No. 1 hot head coaching prospect will soon be Northern Illinois head man Dave Doeren. Not only is he a young, rising star, but he was also able to rebuild in a hurry to keep the defending MAC champion dominant. The Huskies are a late stop against Iowa away from being unbeaten.
- In case you were wondering, Alabama is 1-5 all-time against Notre Dame. Georgia has only faced the Irish once in the classic 17-10 win in the 1981 Sugar Bowl to take the national title. Notre Dame beat Florida in the 1992 Sugar Bowl in the only meeting between the two.
- Oregon State faced one Doak Walker finalist, Montee Ball, and held him to 61 yards in a win over Wisconsin. The Beavers faced another finalist, Johnathan Franklin, and gave up a mere 45 yards in the win over UCLA. The third finalist, Kenjon Barner, is up next for the Beavers after being held 65 yards against Cal and 66 against Stanford.
C.O.W. shameless gimmick item … The weekly five Overrated/Underrated aspects of the world
1) Overrated: Jeff Driskel … Underrated: Jacoby Brissett
2) Overrated: Miami vs. Duke … Underrated: Georgia Tech vs. Florida State
3) Overrated: Maryland ... Underrated: Rutgers
4) Overrated: Screamy, overbearing, jerkweed head football coaches ... Underrated: John Gagliardi
5) Overrated: WAC football in 2013 ... Underrated: Big East football in 2014
"If it were me, I'd bet everything. But that's me. I'm an aggressive gambler. Mr. Vegas. Come on. Go for it. Go for it. Yes, yes, there we go. I'm in."
… Ah yes, the Double Digit Home Dog keeps on rolling – Maryland +31, West Virginia +10.5, Baylor +11.5, and with Stanford and UCLA thrown in for good measure, on the way to a nice 6-1 day and 13-2 two-week span to jack up the record to a gaudy 38-20 ATS. Like I'm going to mess with a streak – all in on all the DDHDs.
- Iowa +15 over Nebraska
- UMass +11 over Central Michigan
- Eastern Michigan +20 over Northern Illinois
- Arkansas +12.5 over LSU
- Colorado +23 over Utah
- Washington State +11.5 over Washington
- Wake Forest +12.5 over Vanderbilt
- New Mexico State +29.5 over BYU
- Oregon State +10 over Oregon
And one more, just to throw it out there …
- USC +6 over Notre Dame
Sorry this column sucked, it wasn't my fault … but this was a spectacular group of blurbs. You go find them, you throw your arms around them and you give them a big kiss on the mouth. And no, you don't have to be a girl.
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A chemically sensitive field effect device has its chemically selective system exposed to the material being investigated. The device is driven by a time varying, typically sinusoidal, current source. A protected reference electrode is also in contact with the body under investigation, and is biased at a predetermined DC level relative to the chemically sensitive field effect device.
1. In combination, a chemically sensitive field effect transducer apparatus, means for coupling a sinusoidal drain-source potential to said transducer, and means for maintaining the gate of said transducer at a DC potential equal to the combination of a bias potential plus an electrochemically generated potential by a substance being sensed.
2. Apparatus as described in claim 1 and further comprising a reference electrode maintained at a predetermined DC bias relatve to the source electrode.
3. Apparatus as described in claim 2 wherein said means for generating generates a waveform having a frequency in the range between 10 Hz. and 1 MHz.
4. Apparatus as described in claim 3 wherein said means for generating generates a waveform having a frequency in the range between 100 kHz. and 200 kHz.
5. Apparatus for sensing the presence of a specified substance in a subject comprising:
(a) a chemically sensitive field effect device having respective drain and source connections, a drain to source conduction path, and a chemically selective system overlying said path and modulating current therein in response to presence of said substance in said subject;
(b) a reference electrode coupled to said subject;
(c) means for generating and for coupling to said conduction path a sinusoidal time variant signal; and
(d) means, coupled between said source and said reference electrode, for establishing a gate potential consisting of a bias potential plus the potential generated electrochemically by said specified substance.
6. Apparatus as described in claim 5 wherein said means for generating comprises means for generating a substantially sinusoidal current waveform having a mean value of approximately zero volts.
7. Apparatus as described in claim 6 wherein said means for generating generates a waveform having a frequency in the range between 10 Hz. and 1 MHz.
8. Apparatus as described in claim 6 wherein said means for generating generates a waveform having a frequency in the range between 100 kHz. and 200 kHz.
This invention relates to chemically selective sensors, and more particularly to chemically selective field effect devices popularly known as "Chemfets".
The field of electrochemical sensors is one which occupies continuing research and commercial interest, for both industrial and medical applications. One class of sensor which shows considerable promise is the sort disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,020,830 to Johnson et al. entitled "SELECTIVE CHEMICAL SENSITIVE FET TRANSDUCERS". The Johnson et al. patent describes a field effect device wherein a variably conductive channel extends between respective drain and source regions, with the drain to source current being modulated by a chemically selective system which overlays the channel region. In particular, the chemically selective system often includes an insulator layer, overlayed by a chemically selective membrane which reacts selectively to the ambient substance to be monitored. A reference electrode, suitably biased relative to the device, is coupled to the monitored material to facilitate selective interaction of the material to be monitored with the membrane system, thereby in turn modulating the drain to source current.
It has become popular in the art to classify chemically sensitive devices of the sort disclosed in the Johnson et al. patent by the nature of the chemically selective system, and the ambient materials with which they react.
For example those reacting with ions are often designated "ISFETS", those reacting on an immunological basis are "IMFETS", and so on. As utilized herein, the term "chemfet" shall designate devices of the sort described, irrespective of the nature of the reaction between the chemically selective system of the device, and the designated ambient material. Likewise, the "chemfet" designation shall be utilized for such devices whether or not they utilize separate insulator and membrane overlayments, or simple insulator areas which acquire an oxidation layer or the like while in use, or a variety of other chemically selective systems. Further, the term shall designate unspecified applicable semi-conductor devices, such as field effective devices, Schottky devices, and so on.
A common prior approach to utilization of chemfet devices is to maintain the device substrate at ground potential, to maintain the drain region at a specified DC potential, and to maintain the source electrode at some fixed potential relative to the drain, e.g., ground potential or virtual ground through an operational amplifier system. The reference electrode is maintained at a specified potential relative to the device (e.g., relative to the source electrode). Typically, such a configuration (i.e. "DC mode operation") operates for known devices at potentials in the range of 2 volts, DC reference electrode current in the range of 100 picoamps, and drain to source currents in the order of 100 to 500 microamperes.
Such operating constraints afford no difficulty for industrial or even in vitro medical applications, but provide potential problems for in vivo medical applications. For example, it is contemplated that chemfet devices may be utilized as the active element of an invasive intravenous or tissue catheter-type sensor, wherein the device directly serves to measure physiological parameters such as blood ion concentrations, blood gas tension, or the presence of immunological agents in the body. Generally, the chemfet device utilized in such application will be enclosed by a highly insulating, hermetically sealing material, except that the gate membrane area which overlies the drain to source conductive channel will be open to the ambient materials. In the event that the encapsulation should fail, or that there should occur a breach of the insulator/membrane system, there is an immediate and substantial risk of harm to the patient. In particular, such a fault would expose the patient to DC currents of 10 to 100 times the levels normally considered safe. Further, since the body of the patient would thereby become a portion of the circuit, conventional current monitoring techniques would be difficult to apply, and would in any event be subject to uncertainty regarding the actual path of the currents so generated.
It is, accordingly, an object of the present invention to provide safer modes of operation for chemfet devices, particularly addressing safety problems associated with direct in vivo applications of the devices. It is an associated object to provide such systems and apparatus which are essentially intrinsically safe by virtue of their operation, and which do not require current or voltage sensing followed by open or closed loop corrections and/or alarms.
The principles of the present invention are premised on the proposition that the human body has an inherent higher tolerance for alternating current than for direct current. Accordingly, in accordance with the principles of the present invention, a chemfet device has its drain to source circuit driven by continuously time varying, rather than Dc currents.
In a preferred embodiment, a chemfet-style device has its gate membrane area coupled to a substance to be monitored, for example the blood of a patient. A reference electrode also is coupled appropriately to the patient. The device has its drain connected to an AC source providing current in the range 10 Hz to 1 MHz, at rms current levels in the range 1 to 100 microamperes. The substrate is maintained at fixed potential (e.g., ground) and the source is coupled to a current to voltage converter. The output of such converter is utilized, through a comparator, to maintain the reference electrode at a fixed voltage relative to the device. Preferably, a large resistance couples the comparator to the reference electrode, and thereby limits the DC current exposure of the patient through the reference electrode.
FIG. 1 shows a chemfet device as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,020,830 to Johnson et al.
FIG. 2 shows a circuit schematic for utilization of chemfet-style devices in the DC mode common to the prior art.
FIG. 3 shows a current vs. frequency plot, indicating coordinate areas which are respectively acceptable and unacceptable for in vivo applications.
FIG. 4 shows a preferred embodiment of the principles of the present invention.
FIGS. 5a and 5b show illustrative circuits for preferred implementation of the embodiment of FIG. 4.
Referring first to FIG. 1, there is shown for illustrative purposes a chemfet-style device, in particular one such as is disclosed in the previously cited Johnson et al. patent. The device substrate 102 carries respective drain and source regions 103 and 104, with the conductive channel disposed therebetween. An insulating layer 105 covers at least the conductive channel region between source and drain, and a chemiclly selective system 106, typically a selectively reactive membrane, is disposed immediately thereabove. A hermetic seal 107 insures that only the membrane system 106 is exposed to the ambient substance 101 to be measured. A reference electrode 108, also coupled to the ambient substance, is biased by a dc source 109 at a predetermined potential above that of the substrate 102 and source 104. A dc supply 110 biases the drain to source circuit, and a meter 111 monitors the drain to source current, which is known in the art to be a function of the conductive characteristics of the channel as modulated by the reaction of the membrane 106 with the ambient substance 101.
A more detailed version of this so-called "dc mode" operation of chemfet devices is shown symbolically in FIG. 2. In particular, the dc source 206 maintains the drain electrode 103 at a predetermined potential, with the substrate 105 being connected to ground and the source electrode 104 being maintained at virtual ground through connection to the current to voltage converter defined by operational amplifier system 210. In particular, the amplifier 210 with its associated feedback circuitry (shown symbolically simply as resistor 213, more complex circuitry may be employed as is known in the art) produces an output voltage which is proportional to the drain to source current of the device 106. That voltage is coupled to one input of a comparator 214, the other input of which is maintained at a predetermined reference potential established by resistive divider 215 and 216. Thus, the comparator 214 provides a corrected and hence stable potential to the reference electrode 108.
The substance to be monitored 101, shown in the drawings symbolically as a container of fluid or the like, may in fact be the body of a patient. The device 106 itself may be coupled directly to the patient, for example being located at the tip of a catheter inserted into the venous system of the patient. It will be evident, therefore, that if the device 106 suffers an electrical fault, either in the hermetic encapsulation of the device (107 in FIG. 1) or across the channel-membrane system (105 and 106 in FIG. 1), there will be potential for harm. Breach of isolation conditions supplying reference voltage to the reference electrode 108, whereby excessive current is provided, will similarly subject the patient to risk. The principles of the present invention are addressed to alleviation of this risk. In particular, the principles of the present invention essentially provide time variant or ac current to the drain to source circuitry of the device, and provide substantial dc protection for the reference electrode.
Referring next to FIG. 3, there is shown a depiction of levels of patient exposure to electrical current, as a function of signal frequency, which are presently believed realistic. The depiction set forth in FIG. 3 embodies standards promulgated by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Referring next to FIG. 4, there is shown a preferred embodiment of the principles of the present invention, which in essence provides exemplary, stable chemfet operation which, within constraints and risks thereby entailed, also comports well with the standards set forth in FIG. 3. In FIG. 4, the drain to source current is supplied from an ac source 501, rather than the dc source 206 set forth in FIG. 2. The embodiment of FIG. 4 nevertheless relies on a current to voltage converter which couples a dc biasing/control voltage to the reference electrode 108 via a comparator 214, the other input of which is preset by a voltage divider 215 and 216. In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the reference electrode 108 is, as in the previous case, dc biased; the embodiment of FIG. 4 further provides, as a protective measure, a large resistance 502 which vastly reduces the potential dc current risk to the patient 101 via the reference electrode 108. In the embodiment of FIG. 4, the ac source provides substantially sinusoidal current in the amplitude range of 0.4 volts peak to peak, with a frequency in the range up to about 1 MHz. It will be noted that the device frequency response begins to roll off in the 200-500 kHz range. For such a system, the reference electrode is typically maintained at potentials in the range of �1 volt. In such a system, drain to source currents are typically in the area of a few hundred microamperes rms.
The embodiment of FIG. 4 shows a grounded connection for the substrate 105; it will be appreciated that fixed or adaptive substrate potentials other than ground may be employed as well, depending upon the needs or requirements of the designer.
Referring next to FIGS. 5A and 5B, there are shown, respectively, illustrative circuits for the embodiment of FIG. 4. In particular, the embodiment of FIG. 5A represents an illustrative ac source, whereas the circuitry of FIG. 5B sets forth an illustrative current to voltage converter such as the amplifier system 210 of FIG. 4. In fact, the circuitry of FIGS. 5A and 5B is of quite common pedigree, representing one of many ways to embody the circuitry more generally shown in FIG. 4. The circuitry of FIGS. 5A and 5B is, however, presented for completeness of disclosure, so that those of ordinary skill in the art could not possibly fail to make and use the present invention without extensive experimentation.
In FIG. 5A, an oscillator 501, based on a commercially available model 555 timer, via coupling capacitor 502 produces a time variant waveform which is amplified and shaped at amplifier 503. In particular, feedback capacitor 504 smooths the corners of the wave-form, and resistive tap 505 adjusts the amplitude. A further coupling capacitor 506 eliminates dc components as the waveform is coupled to the drain electrode of the chemfet device.
FIG. 5B shows an exemplary embodiment of the amplifier 210 schematic of FIG. 4. In FIG. 5B, the time variant waveform from the source electrode of the chemfet device is delivered through a dc-eliminating coupling capacitor 512 to a high frequency amplifier 511. The balance of the FIG. 5B circuitry constitutes a handbook style ac to dc converter, producing at output terminal "A" a dc voltage for coupling to the comparator 214 of FIG. 4.
In summary, the principles of the present invention relate to operation of a chemfet device in an ac mode. As used herein, the term "ac" is meant in its broadest possible connotation, that is, time variant, which may be sinusoidal, or periodic, or aperiodic. It will be appreciated that the embodiments set forth herein have at times been broadly schematic and even symbolic, and that the more detailed circuitry set forth has been proferred for illustrative purposes only. Numerous alternative embodiments will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art without departure from the spirit or the scope of the principles of the present invention.
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That Pittsburgh game should have been the end of the Michalak experiment. Period.
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No EE either. He has a bad thumb though. Let's come from behind.
The Reds have a penchant for getting up fans hopes, then destroying them, several times during the season. What a team.
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Well they achieved it. In typical Reds fashion, 2 on last inning, working the pitcher - can't get a run. Wow, classic Reds baseball.
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Italy coach Marcello Lippi's experimental line-up failed to deliver as the Azzurri were held to a goalless draw by Cameroon.
Lippi used the friendly in Monte Carlo to try out some of his fringe players and despite his team dominating the encounter, they were unable to find the finishing touch. Both sides went into the match on the back of first-place finishes in their 2010 FIFA World Cup™ qualifying groups.
Azzurri tactician Lippi, who led Italy to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, tested a 3-4-3 formation with AC Milan striker Marco Borriello returning to the squad for the first time in almost two years. Borriello formed the Azzurri's attacking line alongside debutant Andrea Cossu and Antonio Di Natale as Lippi used the game to evaluate several candidates to complete his FIFA World Cup squad.
Cagliari goalkeeper Federico Marchetti replaced injured Gianluigi Buffon in goal and was never tested by Paul Le Guen's side.
I reiterate that it was a useful game. Did we struggle in attack? Well, let's not forget that we have seven top-level players missing tonight.
The Italians had the first scoring opportunity early on when Di Natale latched onto Andrea Pirlo's free-kick and his header went over the bar. Italy thought they had taken the lead when Giorgio Chiellini fired past Cameroon goalkeeper Hamidou Souleymanou but the goal was ruled out for offside. Cameroon had their first chance midway through the first half but Georges Mandjeck struck the ball poorly from a good position.
At the other end, debutant Cossu fed Di Natale and his left-footed diagonal strike went wide. Italy continued to press forward and their efforts were almost rewarded shortly after the half-hour mark.
Cossu served Di Natale and the Serie A top scorer's strike from the edge of the area was met by a fine clearance from Hamidou. Lippi made three substitutions after the restart, including Giampaolo Pazzini replacing Borriello.
Pazzini got to work immediately and passed to Di Natale inside the area. His powerful strike was cleared by Hamidou. Shortly before the hour mark, Di Natale wasted a good chance with his effort from substitute Claudio Marchisio's assist going way off target.
At the other end, Mandjeck's dangerous cross proved an easy catch for Marchetti. In the 70th minute, debutant Leonardo Bonucci should have broken the deadlock. Cameroon's defence failed to clear a corner but Bonucci could not tap the ball in.
With 10 minutes remaining, Marchetti came off his line to anticipate Achille Webo as he was ready to score from a fast counter-attack. With seconds remaining, substitute Gennaro Gattuso made a crucial tackle on Samuel Eto'o, with the Inter Milan forward ready to knock in the winner.
Italy did not win, but Lippi was not downhearted. "It has been a useful game and this is what counts," said Lippi. "Bonucci and Cossu were making their debuts. They did very well, and this is important. I reiterate that it was a useful game. Did we struggle in attack? Well, let's not forget that we have seven top-level players missing tonight."


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Expanse for poetic wandering
Writer explores mind-set of teen lost in wilderness
"Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition," by Campbell McGrath (Ecco, 113 pages, $23.99)
Most people get lost in history.
It's an old story: While each new day looks bright and airy, the march of days — decades, centuries — turns opaque and heavy as oblivion.
Yet George Shannon, the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, gave the old story a twist. You might say he got lost in history twice.
Shannon is the subject of "Shannon," a book-length poem by Campbell McGrath, the author of seven previous volumes of poetry.
In the summer of 1804, early in the expedition, Shannon strayed after some runaway horses and got separated from his companions. For 16 confused days, he searched for them along the Missouri River, in what is now Nebraska and South Dakota.
He managed in the process both to behold marvelous terrain new to white men and to approach the brink of starvation.
If much of Shannon's life is lost historically (we don't know his birth date, for example), he achieved a modest historical place, as a footnote, by getting literally lost — the only member of the expedition to do so.
McGrath's poem is equal parts a hallucination of malnourishment and a meditation on a new, westering nation's discovery of its own inestimable riches.
The poem takes the form of fabricated journal entries, increasingly disjointed and fanciful as hunger eats into Shannon's rationality.
Temperamentally, the young man — a teenager, actually — who narrates this poem is neither a contemplative nor a poet; he's a likable, inexperienced pilgrim, compelled by deepening emergency to ponder premature mortality.
The poetry lies less in the line-by-line than in the aggregate.
George Shannon is given to plain-spoken delivery, even with momentous matters:
In a country of herds
I wander alone.
On a journey of discovery
I am the lost.
My bones will weather as well
In prairie soil as any
& rest better unconsecrated.
The poem has something of the gentle flow and lift of the plains through which Shannon so haplessly roams. (Had he thought to take bullets before leaving camp, he could have fattened himself on a superabundance of game during his 16-day absence.)
While "Shannon" offers few spectacular moments, it instills a gradual sense of spaciousness and wonder.
McGrath's Shannon isn't much of a believer, though his thoughts gravitate to his Christian upbringing as death nears.
And had his journal entries continued after his rescue, he might have noted that few tales in his religious tradition have more resonance than that of the person who was lost and now is found.
You might say the same for poetry generally. Surely, the sort of task McGrath undertakes here represents one of literature's profoundest pleasures: A poet tirelessly digs up something buried by days, years, centuries, and then he holds it to the light.
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Atheist Revolution sums up some of the facts about this mysterious, theocratic power player in Washington as covered by Bruce Wilson: Here are some details about the group worth knowing: The Family is the oldest conservative Christian organization in Washington D.C. The Family runs (but does not own) the notorious "C Street House" as a [Read More...]
Father Stephen Freeman, a Russian Orthodox priest and blogger, fired an excellent rebuke at all those who apply biblical stories to their lives in hermeneutically reckless fashion. While I agreed with Father Freeman's post, I argued that his criticisms should be extended to all of theology and not just be taken to target only its [Read More...]
Father Stephen Freeman gives a well-deserved epistemological and moral rebuke to the haphazard, self-serving, and hermeneutically arbitrary way that Mark Sanford, like many other religious people throughout history, has taken biblical stories as justifications for his decisions: The problem with such use of Biblical imagination is that it simply has no controlling story. Nothing tells [Read More...]
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I loathe witch hunts over people's personal lives. What interests me are some observations on sincerity and hypocrisy which seem apparent to me watching the bizarrely unself-aware and narcissistic way that Sanford has acted as though he is a character in the Bible or some other morality tale in which he is the star. I [Read More...]
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Creamed Cooked Beef
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Creamed Cooked Beef is easy to make recipe. Creamed Cooked Beef gets its taste from beef mixed with noodles and soup. Creamed Cooked Beef is inspired by many restaurants around the world.
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|10 1⁄2 Ounce (1 Can)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Diced cooked beef
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Cooked peas
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Paul & Nick's Big American Food Trip is finally being shown in Scotland!
Catch it on STV, Mondays, 8pm.
And the lucky pair are off to film Series 4 in the US in May, too.
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Our Cook School chefs get a well-earned break between July 6-19, 2015.
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April 16, 2015
Seniors Present Research at Pennsylvania Academy of Science
Five Wilson College seniors presented the results of their research and one was recognized for her oral presentation at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, held April 10 to 12 at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa.More
April 16, 2015
Alumna Makes $1.2 Million Gift to Wilson Library Project
Wilson College has received an additional $1.2 million gift for its Reimagining the John Stewart Memorial Library fundraising effort from Wilson alumna Sue Davison Cooley, a Portland, Oregon, area philanthropist who contributed $2.4 million to the project last year.More
April 15, 2015
Orchesis Dance Ensemble to Perform April 17, 18
The Wilson College modern dance ensemble, Orchesis, will present its annual spring performance on Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, in Wilson's Laird Hall. Performances will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with a Saturday matinee at 1 p.m.More
April 14, 2015
Wilson Receives $25,000 Grant for Energy-Saving Library Lighting
Wilson College has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund to pay for an energy-saving LED lighting system in the college's renovated John Stewart Memorial Library and new learning commons.More
April 9, 2015
VMT Club Dog Washes Set for April 11, 12
The Wilson College Veterinary Medical Technology Club will host dog washes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12, in the college veterinary building near the Park Avenue campus entrance off U.S. 11 (Philadelphia Avenue). The dog washes are open to the public.More
April 7, 2015
Former President Jensen to Read from Latest Poetry Collection
Wilson College President Emerita Gwendolyn Jensen will read from and sign copies of her new poetry collection at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in the Warfield Hall auditorium. Jensen, who was president from 1991 to 2001 and now lives in Cambridge, Mass., will read from As if toward Beauty, her second book of poems, as part of Wilson's annual Writers Series. The reading is free and open to the public.More
March 31, 2015
Lenfest Wilson Today Challenge Boosts Wilson Fund
Marguerite Brooks Lenfest '55 has reaffirmed her support of the College's Wilson Today plan with the Lenfest Wilson Today Challenge, which matches contributions to the Wilson Fund – dollar for dollar – up to $300,000 for all gifts made by June 30, 2015.More
March 26, 2015
Pittsburgh Zoo President to Speak at 2015 Commencement
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium President and CEO Barbara Baker will address the senior class at the 145th annual Wilson College commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17. Baker, a doctor of veterinary medicine, was nominated by the Class of 2015 as its first choice for commencement speaker.More
March 17, 2015
Wilson Offers Free Financial Aid Sessions
Wilson College will offer free sessions on how to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on Tuesday, March 17, in Wilson's Brooks Science Complex. The sessions will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m. and are open to anyone who is interested.More
March 13, 2015
Major Gift to Fund Innovative Equi-Assist Program
Wilson College has received a major gift that will be used to establish an innovative program that trains students to provide home health care for horses. The new "equi-assist" program will be a concentration within Wilson's veterinary medical technology (VMT) major beginning next fall.More


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The Rose of Tralee International Festival is one of Ireland's largest and longest running festivals, celebrating 56 years in 2015. The heart of the festival is the selection of the Rose of Tralee which brings young women of Irish descent from around the world to County Kerry, Ireland for a global celebration of Irish culture. The festival also includes street entertainment, carnival, live concerts, theatre, circus, markets, funfair, fireworks and Rose Parades. This year's Rose of Tralee is Philadelphia Rose Maria Walsh.
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Ever see an object that just posesses you? An item of such aesthetic perfection that it plagues your thoughts and distracts you and offers no other release other than owning it?
I suppose you must if you're in this particular sect of Micechat.
Anyway, I can't look at this thing without being reminded of how much I want one:
Hundreds of these skulls decorate the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay every year. At one time, years ago, I believe they were offered as a collector's item.
I still want one so bad. I know that if I were to attempt to sculpt one myself it would not be identical and perfect, and the need to own it would be just as plagueing as it is now.
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Fiat cars demand in Europe decline: Linea plant in Turkey cuts production
Citing lowered demand of Fiat cars in Europe, Tofas in Turkey has reduced capacity and number of shifts. Tofas is the local producer of Fiat…
During the last year car export sales brought in $19 billion considering unofficial statistics from Turkish Exporters Assembly. The current market activity has influenced sales of cars which have dropped down considerably as only 1.4 million vehicles found owners in Italy during 2012 as compared to 1.7 million in 2011.
Apart from the low demand of Fiat vehicles, PSA states that though it had cut off all its ties from Fiat following the signing of an agreement with GM, it will continue their collaboration relating to production of commercial vehicles during 2013. Through this collaboration, vehicles like Boxer vans, Peugeot Fiat Ducato and Citroen Jumper are built at a factory in the South of Italy. The Fiat Fiorino which is built by Tofas in Bursa, Turkey will be rebadged by PSA and sold as Citroen Nemo and Peugeot Bipper Tepee.
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