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A small plane crash at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport shut down the airport's largest runway for two hours.
The plane landed just before 6:30 p.m. The Airport Authority says the small plane's landing gear malfunctioned and the plane had to just skid to a landing on the largest of the airport's three runways.
Three people were inside that plane and all three walked away from the crash unharmed.
However, it took investigators two hours to examine the wreckage and then clear it from the runway and during that time, many inbound flights had to be diverted to nearby airports like Sacramento and Oakland.
Many flights were also unable to take-off during that time because some of the larger planes can only take-off from that runway. The airport authority says Southwest Airlines was the most affected by the closure.
The runway reopened just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
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That could mean almost anything - but what it doesn't say is what the story says, "three quarters of convicted burglars used social media to help plan crimes".
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Greenwald added that there's no real time constraint on when he needs the documentation—he could get it the day before the surgery and still go ahead with the scheduled operation.
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ATHENS, Greece, JULY 2, 2002 (Zenit.org).- The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church has decided to set up a commission to examine complaints against the sexual behavior of members of the clergy.
The decision follows on the heels of accusations and scandals that have made recent headlines.
Complaints will be examined by the commission, comprised of three bishops and two laymen (a theologian and the Holy Synod's legal counsel), which will advise Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens.
Accusations will be discussed by the Holy Synod and presented to ecclesiastical courts "without the pressure of television methods," a statement from the Holy Synod last Thursday indicates.
The Church stated that it "condemns, rejects and execrates in the most categorical way all depraved forms of men's carnal life, which reduce man to a bestial situation."


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The Clean-up took place on Saturday, April 20, and the Clean Sweep event was coordinated by the Mayor's Office and Community and Economic Development Department, with support and assistance from city departments and City Council member teams.
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The results of close races in the Nov. 4 election will not be known for certain until all absentee and provisional ballots have been counted. Results posted on the county's Web site show only the tally of poll votes. King County Elections spokeswoman Bobbie Egan said Nov. 12 that 38,000 absentee ballots have yet to be counted and an unknown number of provisional ballots must be validated. Those figures may not be available until Nov. 21. The election will be certified Nov. 25.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (July 28, 2008) – The Organic Trade Association (OTA), which represents the organic industry in North America, has filed a motion for a summary judgment in its case challenging Ohio's "emergency" dairy labeling rule.
"Ohio's rule puts the organic standards at risk and denies consumers their rights to know how their food is grown," said David Gagnon, OTA's Interim Executive Director. OTA's summary judgment motion, which was filed Friday, July 25, argues that consumers have a right to know, and want to know, about the products they purchase, and organic farmers and processors have a right to communicate with their consumers regarding federally regulated organic production practices. The suit seeks to protect consumers' rights to receive truthful information about how organic milk and dairy products are produced, and the rights of organic dairy farmers and processors to communicate truthfully with consumers.
Under the federally mandated National Organic Standards, the use of hormones to promote growth or increase production, genetically engineered organisms (GMOS), antibiotics and toxic, persistent, synthetic pesticides are all strictly prohibited. The standards also mandate a rigorous system for inspection, certification and verification of organic practices, which protects consumers. OTA's suit also maintains that Ohio's dairy labeling rule chooses to ignore the federal Organic Food Production Act (OFPA) as it prohibits states from regulating organic product labeling.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture has until August 15 to file its opposition to the motion. The Organic Trade Association could then file a reply memorandum by August 29. Depositions of Ohio's Department of Agriculture Director Robert J. Boggs and his assistant are tentatively scheduled for the week of August 18. The International Dairy Foods Association, www.idfa.org, has also been filed a similar summary judgment motion.
Joining OTA in its opposition to Ohio's rule is The Center for Food Safety (CFS), which has filed an amicus brief. A non-profit whose mission is to address the environmental, economic, ethical, human health, and social impacts associated with the development and commercialization of agricultural and food processing technologies, CFS has long opposed synthetic growth hormone use. www.centerforfoodsafety.org
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last time Cat Power were scheduled to play in the general
vicinity of the Capital Region (in Tivoli), the show was
postponed, and the ticket-holding community was thrown into
a tizzy. Singer-songwriter Chan Marshalls reputation as
an unpredictable performer led to a mild panic that the
show just wasnt going to happen at all, and fans were beside
themselves. As it turned out, it was that very enthusiasm
and attachment to Marshalls worka blend of grim folksiness,
delicate melodic ache and spirit-rich blues-beholden indie
rockthat led to the rescheduling: The original venue just
couldnt accommodate the anticipated crowd.
On her current swing through the areashes touring in support
of her starkly gorgeous and arresting album You Are FreeMarshall
will spare fans similar fear. Theyve got not one but two
opportunities to catch her this weekend, and both locations
should be able to handle the turnout.
Tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 3), Cat Power will play Time &
Space Limited (434 Columbia St., Hudson). Tickets for the
9 PM show are $15. For more information, call 822-8448.
On Saturday (Dec. 4), shell hit MASS MoCA (1040 MASS MoCA
Way, North Adams, Mass.). Tickets for the 8 PM performance
are $17. For more information, call (413) 662-2111.
you dont know by now, let us inform you: Gypsy is
the classic Broadway hit based on the best-selling memoirs
of Gypsy Rose Lee, who rose to fame with her unique combination
of a lady-like strip-tease technique with an intellectual
viewpoint. The play tells the story of Gypsy and her sister,
June, as they are pushed by their mother to become stars
in the vaudeville show-business world of the 1920s. (Pictured
are Jessica DiSiprio as June and Mary Beth Whitehead as
Gypsy.) As the true story goes, the girls did become famous
under the obsessive direction of their smothering stage
mother. (Mama is one of the juiciest female roles in the
Broadway repertoire.) This production is under the direction
of Orlando Pigliavento, with choreography by Deb Pigliavento
and musical direction by Vince Bonafede.
opens tomorrow (Friday) at the Schenectady Light Opera House
(826 State St., Schenectady), with performances Dec. 3-5
and 9-12. Shows are at 8 PM on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
and 2 PM on Sundays. Tickets are $18 adults, $9 children
under 12. Student rush tickets are also available for $10
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15 minutes before curtain time. For more information and
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in 2002, the Hudson River Theater hosted performers from
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singers in the bel canto style. Well, after receiving a
flood of requests, the theater is bringing them back again.
On Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, the Accademia del
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You remember La Bohème: Mimi, Rodolfo, poverty, love
and consumption. Oh, and a lot of beautiful singing. We
have been promised a revelatory musical experience, in the
sense that the bel canto style is more appropriate to the
material than the Germanic style most contemporary opera
singers are trained in.
The Accademia del Teatro will perform La Bohemè on
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Several other municipal court judges either declined comment or said they would consider the point Stockdale makes in his letter if it is raised during the hearings.
Attorneys for the protesters said they intend to do just that. They already have asked judges to dismiss the charges on grounds the park board rules violate the free speech rights of the protesters.
They say Stockdale's letter raises another weakness in the city's case against their clients.
"Whether it's a violation of the First Amendment or an over-reach by the park board, they are clearly relevant questions," said Rob Linneman, an attorney for the protesters.
The city confirmed today that Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig will be leaving Cincinnati to take a job in Detroit. During Craig's time, the city experienced a significant drop in crime. City officials praised Craig for his attempts to forge better ties between the Cincinnati Police Department and local communities, particularly by establishing the External Advisory Committee, a group of active local community members and business leaders that gives advice on the police department's policies and procedures. City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. said the city will begin a nationwide search for Craig's replacement tomorrow.
Cincinnati Union Bethel (CUB) is selling the Anna Louise Inn to Western & Southern for $4 million, and CUB will be relocating the Inn's services to Mount Auburn. Many Anna Louise Inn supporters are taking the sale as a sign Western & Southern won, while others are glad the extensive legal battles are finally over. The sale came after years of Western & Southern obstructing the planned renovations for the Anna Louise Inn through court battles and other legal challenges, which CityBeat covered here. In a Q&A with The Cincinnati Enquirer, Western & Southern CEO John Barrett reflected on the events, saying his company took the "high road" throughout the controversy — a claim many Anna Louise Inn supporters dispute.
City Council grilled Dohoney yesterday over fixing the streetcar project's $17.4 million budget gap and whether paying for the cost overruns to save the project is worth it. Supporters of the streetcar pushed questions and comments that touted the streetcar project's return on investment, which was further supported by Dohoney's testimony and previous studies from HDR, a consulting firm, and the University of Cincinnati. Opponents suggested the cost overruns were too much and the project, which now stands at $133 million, is too expensive. A final decision is expected by the end of May. The streetcar project's funding comes from the capital budget, which can't be used to fix the city's $35 million operating budget deficit because of limits established in state law.
The city and county governments are clashing over the city's hiring policies for companies bidding on the Metropolitan Sewer District's (MSD) construction projects. The city's laws require construction firms to have apprenticeship programs, which the city says promotes job training on top of employment. But the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners claims the requirements aren't feasible and put too much of a strain on companies. Democratic Commissioner Todd Portune questioned why the city's policy only applies to MSD and not other local government agencies.
The Duke Energy Garden is the latest addition to the Smale Riverfront Park.
A Catholic teacher union will not support Carla Hale, a gay Columbus-area teacher who was fired after she named her girlfriend in an obituary for her mother. Hale says she was fired over her sexuality, but the Catholic Church says she was fired for revealing a "quasi-spousal relationship" outside of marriage. The Catholic Church opposes same-sex marriage, which means all gay couples are in a non-marital relationship under the Church's desired policies.
The Internal Revenue Service scandal, which involves IRS officials unfairly scrutinizing conservative groups, is now nationwide. Previous reports pinned the practice on a Cincinnati field office, but numerous IRS offices around the country, including one in Washington, D.C., were found to be guilty of the practice in documents acquired by The Washington Post.
Headline from The Columbus Dispatch: "Man who killed wife, then self: 'I couldn't take her mouth anymore.'"
The brain catches grammar errors even when a person doesn't realize it.
News junkies probably heard about the warnings issued by Cincinnati City Hall this week, reminding citizens of its "ticket amnesty" program: Anyone with unpaid parking tickets should pay now or possibly have their vehicles impounded by police.
What City Hall didn't announce was that as of last month, 429 of the nearly 62,000 unpaid parking tickets were issued to municipal employees — including some cops and firefighters.
The Republican head of Hamilton County's governing board outlined his own alternative for a 2013 budget on Monday, proposing an austere path forward after rejecting other budgets that would raise some taxes.
Board of County Commissioners President Greg Hartmann said his proposed budget would reduce the size of county government by 30 percent, compared to five years ago. He said he wants the board to approve a budget before the Thanksgiving holiday.
"It is a budget of austerity and investment in growth," Hartmann said.
He added, "It is a structurally-balanced budget," that doesn't use one-time sources of cash to make up for shortfalls.
Hartmann's proposed budget would cut the Sheriff's Department by about $57,000 or 0.01 percent from 2012 levels; reduce the coroner's appropriation by 3 percent or $99,000; cut economic development by 5 percent; cut 5 percent from adult criminal courts; and reduce subsidies to the Communications Center and Sheriff's Department.
Hartmann stressed that it is important to fund public safety as fully as allowable in these tough economic times, as economic development is not possible without it.
Hartmann's budget comes after commissioners rejected three proposals from County Administrator Christian Sigman.
Sigman proposed $18.7 million in cuts, which Hartmann's budget maintained in addition to his own reductions.
Two of Sigman's proposals involved increasing the sales tax to balance the budget.
Fellow Republican Commissioner Chris Monzel said he supports Hartmann's efforts at austerity, but is working on his own budget proposal as well.
"An austerity budget is the way we're going to go, and it's going to be hard," he said.
The board's sole Democrat, Todd Portune, said he too is working on his own proposal that he had hoped to have prepared for the Nov. 5 meeting, but was still making tweaks and hoped to present it by the following week.
He hinted that the results of Election Day might impact how he crafts his budget proposal.
"Tomorrow's results may have an impact as well on the budget that I present as it relates as well to those who are running for county seats," Portune said. "We have in some cases two very different visions in terms of solutions."
Both he and Hartmann are up for re-election. Portune is running against Libertarian Bob Frey. Neither candidate has a major party challenger.
Hartmann, who has actively campaigned for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, had a joke in response to Portune's waiting for the election results.
"I thought you were predicting Romney's win would make the economy go on the right track," Hartmann cracked. "I was thinking that's what you were going to go with."
After three nights of arrests, Occupy Cincinnati protesters Sunday night chose to leave Piatt Park at its 10 p.m. closing time and march on the sidewalks around the park. Eleven members were arrested Saturday night for staying on the square after a rally past the 3 a.m. time allowed by its permit. The group is still waiting for a federal judge to rule on whether or not Piatt Park's 10 p.m. closing time is a violation of the First Amendment.
Chicago Police arrested 130 Occupy Chicago protesters over the weekend, and the group plans to picket Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office in response. Protesters described harsh treatment by police, with some spending more than 24 hours in jail. The picketing at City Hall will reportedly include a nurse's union in response to two nurses and a union organizer being arrested while volunteering at Occupy Chicago.
Streetcar proponents have spent considerably more on their campaign than the anti-streetcar people, probably because Issue 48 is so wide-reaching it has brought out people concerned with things way more important than the streetcar such as regional planning, commuter rail and making Cincinnati not look like it totally sucks.
Also being outspent are the SB 5 supporters, who have seen support decline dramatically in recent weeks as people look around their neighborhoods and see a bunch of regular people whose rights would be taken away. And Building a Better Ohio does unethical things like this, which makes people think they are meanies.
Here's a blog about City Council candidate Chris Smitherman arguing against all the legal experts who say Issue 48 will block all rail construction through 2020.


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I'm selling a few things here, first is my HP laptop/tablet pc. It's one of the convertible units and an "Ultra Portable." The model number is the HP Pavillion TX2110us. It also comes with a very nice clamshell case and two recovery DVD's. The machine will be reset to factory new condition, but all updates will be completed. All bloat-ware will also be removed.
The machine is in very good condition, and was not used all that much. It has been very well cared for. There are a few small cosmetic scratches, but you've got to get pretty close to see them. No cracks, worn spots, etc... Also, the power brick is one of the smallest I've ever seen for a laptop.
Asking: $500 + shipping and 3% paypal
Basic specs:
12.1" touchscreen
AMD Turion 64 x2 dual core TL-62 processor
DVD burner
Rotating screen for use as tablet.
Now comes a very nice MOTU sound interface. It is a Mark Of The Unicorn UltraLite firewire external audio interface. It will also come with an A/C adapter for use with a laptop or such that can't supply the needed power over Firewire, a Firewire cable, and a generic Dynex FireWire Express-Card adapter for use with laptops.
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This is an extremely powerful audio interface made by one of the best companies out there. Build quality is superb as is the sound quality. There are a few cosmetic scuffs on the top of the box and a very very small chip in the black paint on the bottom of the unit.
Does this one have a finger print reader, wireless n, and bluetooth? Thanks, Drew
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One year ago I stopped reading. I thought it was making me too productive. I thought it lacked pictures. I thought it was "corrupting my eyespheres."
It's a been a year now since I "read a blog" or "checked my email" or "was able to put quotation marks around things that didn't need quotation marks". I've managed to stay blind and ignorant, just like I planned. I'm reading free.
And now I'm supposed to tell you how it solved all my problems. I'm supposed to be less enlightened. I'm supposed to be more "real," now. More perfectly unaware of the world around me.
It's been a long year. I've spent the last 365 days with my eyes hidden beneath an opaque sleep mask in order to prevent my inadvertently reading something even as innocuous as the little Ms on M&Ms. It wasn't easy. Even silk chafes after a few months.
Most of my time was spent listening to the radio, listening to the television, listening to my wife ask me what the hell was wrong with me, listening to my boss call me an attention whore before throwing me out of his office, and listening to the sirens of the paramedics appear on the scene of a seven car pileup after I inadvertently wandered onto the highway one night in a desperate attempt to satiate my ice cream craving. Let me tell you, Mr. Magoo cartoons were sorely lacking in the details of the aftermaths of his aimless wanderings.
My plan was to do my job, listen to books, write books commissioned by high-falootin' New York publishers, and wallow in my spare time. In one glorious gesture I'd outdo all quarter-life crises to come before me. I'd find the real Harry, far away from all the words, and become a better me. Which wouldn't be hard to do, considering old Harry came up with this stupid plan in the first place.
So, around this time last year, I packed away all my books, turned off my computer, hid my iPhone, and covered my eyes before completely disconnecting from the written world. In hindsight, I probably should've showered and dressed myself the night before. That first morning was a nightmare. How was I supposed to know sweatpants, a Skynyrd t-shirt, a striped tie, and a parka do not constitute office-appropriate attire?
But as my head uncluttered, my attention span expanded. Before I started this, 10 pages of The Odyssey would've been a slog. Now I didn't have to read it at all. Suck it, high school English. I ignored your mandatory reading list then and I was ignoring it now. The movie told me everything I needed to know anyway. I think. It got hard to follow after about 15 minutes and when I got up to go to the bathroom, I walked right into a wall and rendered myself unconscious for the remainder of the film.
When I first started, I thought I had it all figured out. After all, reading wasn't that important, was it? So what if we're surrounded by words everywhere we go, nearly all the information in the world is written down, and people work tirelessly to make that information available 24/7? This experiment was meant to prove three things:
Yes, it's hard to search for porn on the Internet when you're not able to find the search box. I tried putting my Mac into VoiceOver mode, but it made trips to the local Starbucks very awkward. Nothing scars the average soccer mom like hearing a robotic female voice announce the search results for Lawrence of a Labia, Romancing the Bone, and the accidentally-clicked-on Batman in Robin. Yes, accidentally.
But one big change was snail mail. I used to become filled with such joy at seeing my mailbox stuffed with letters from readers. It's something tangible that I can't seem to shred enough of, no matter how hard I try. Seriously, in an age of nearly all-digital communication, I find myself constantly drowning in a sea of fliers and catalogs I don't remember signing up for. But it wasn't all bad.
In neatly spaced, precisely adorable lettering (I'm told), one girl wrote on a physical piece of paper: "Thank you for giving up reading." Not as an insult, but as a compliment. And I hated that little girl. Weren't you paying attention? I gave up reading. Why would you write a letter to someone who cannot read it? HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF VOICEMAIL, CHILD?
I would've felt bad for not writing back, but fuck her. She knew what this was.
"But how did you learn about current events without Twitter or blogs or newspapers?" First off, weird disembodied quote - newspapers are still around? Hmm, I thought those would've died out by now. Secondly, I used the power of television news to catch up on the world's events. Who needs to choose Twitter or cable news when CNN is able to kill two birds with one enormous, misinformed boulder? Speaking of, early on in the Boston bombing coverage I misplaced the remote, so could someone tell me what happened to the dark-skinned male John King told me to watch out for? Was he arrested? Does anyone know?
The main thing I've taken away from this
stunt experiment is that words are everywhere. It's pointless to try to pretend they don't exist or that you can escape them because you can't. They're a part of our culture. They make knowledge accessible to almost everyone on the planet. We can limit our intake of words and we can reduce our dependence on them, but we can't get rid of them forever. At some point, we just have to accept that words exist and unless we're willing to move to a remote location in the jungle where the natives have never seen words before, we're stuck with them.
It shouldn't have taken such a drastic change to come to such an obvious conclusion, but I'm a child of the Internet. If I've learned anything from YouTube comments and Twitter, it's that when I believe something, I believe that thing to as far left or right as I can go. There is no gray area. Nuance is for pussies. If I'm going to teach myself a lesson, it's going to be by doing something insanely stupid and pointless.
When I return to reading, I might not read well. I might waste time with Us Weekly, or get distracted, or fall straight into the endless abyss of Wikipedia links. I won't have as much time to dick around with real life or introspection or watching Bravo TV.
But at least I'll be informed. And I won't have to worry about freaking out the squares at Starbucks.


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The Titans managed to take down Colts running back Donald Brown a few times on Oct. 28, 2012, but he finished the game with an effective rushing day.
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Colts running back Donald Brown carried just two times for one yard last week against the Cardinals, but rest assured he's fired up at the prospect of playing the Titans this Sunday.
Brown has been a pretty average back for most of his five-year NFL career, but he's turned in some excellent performances against Tennessee.
The most recent was only two games ago, when Brown posted his best outing of the season, carrying 14 times for 80 yards and two touchdowns as the Colts beat the Titans 30-27 at LP Field.


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Skies cleared this morning following a night of wild weather that included the rescue of a family stranded in their car by a flash flood at Waikane Stream; more than 13,000 lightning strikes; and flooding along Kamehameha Highway from Kahaluu to Punaluu.
Forecasters say the worst weather is likely over. But there is still a chance of heavy showers this afternoon and another weather system may move back over the islands on Wednesday.
There were no reports of major flood damage, said John Cummings, a spokesman for the city's Department of Emergency Management.
The city opened its emergency operations center at 7:13 p.m. last night after the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Oahu and closed the center.
The Honolulu Fire Department helped rescue a family who were apparently stranded in their vehicle near Waikane Stream last night. Cumming said.
Kamehameha Highway was closed from Kahaluu to Kaawa Saturday night. There were multiple reports of flooding and ponding on Kamehameha Highway and state Department of Transportation crews were called out to help clear the roads. Four feet of water was reported on the road near Punaluu Stream. Flooding was also reported at Pokiwai Stream.
City crews opened the mouth of Kaelepulu Stream at Kailua Beach Park to prevent upstream flooding, Cummings said.
At 8:46 p.m. rain was falling at a rate of about 4 inches an hour, the National Weather Service said.
"There was a lot of water in a short period of time," said Capt. Robert Main, a spokesman for the Honolulu Fire Department.
Main said firefighters responded to 23 calls between 7:30 p.m. and 11:23 p.m. and had to prioritize their response because of the volume of 911 calls throughout Windward Oahu.
More than 10 inches fell on Punaluu Stream in the 12-hour period ending at 8 a.m. Kahana reported nearly 9 inches. Waihee recored 5.8 inches; Ahuimanu saw 5.3 inches and 4.8 inches fell in the northern Koolaus at the Oahu Forest National Wildlife Reserve.
Main said firefighters responded to Waikane Stream at about 7:30 p.m. He said three adults and two children were stranded when their vehicle stalled while crossing floodwaters on Kamehameha Highway. A mother and child made it to the Kahaluu side of the highway, but the three others in the vehicle were trapped and climbed onto the roof of the vehicle. Firefighters assisted them in getting to the Waikane side of the stream, helped them dry out and eventually reunited the family, Main said.
Floodwaters had receded by the time firefighters arrived at many of the calls Saturday, Main said. Firefighters did help divert water or fill sandbags at homes in Kailua and Kahaluu. They also helped vacuum water from three homes in Kailua, Kaneohe and Kahaluu and responded to one blown roof call.
The storm also created lightning, which was visible throughout Oahu. The National Weather Service estimates about 13,387 lightning strikes statewide between 3 p.m. and 3 a.m.
A storm system in the mid- and upper-atmosphere is responsible for the unseasonable weather, which is more typical of the winter than summertime, forecasters said.
Tradewinds from the northeast are expected to change to Kona winds from the southeast today which could bring humid conditions through Wednesday, when the northeast tradewinds should return.
The sunny weather this mooring could lead to afternoon cloudiness and showers, said Tom Birchard, a forecaster with the National Weather Service.
Rising warm air could mix with cold air in the mid- and upper-atmosphere creating heavy showers and unstable conditions. A funnel cloud was seen over Central Oahu late this morning.
The storm system that brough Saturday's heavy rain is weakening and moving away, but is still over the islands, Birchard said.
"We've still got a pretty good chance of showers developing over the islands this afternoon, but we're not predicting thunderstorms except on the Big Island," Birchard said.
Forecasters are also watching the development of another upper atmosphere storm system which could bring cold, unstable air and more rain back to the state on Wednesday.
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After wet and wild Friday, expect more of same today
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Contralateral breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2-positive families needs to be adjusted for phenocopy rates particularly in second-degree untested relatives
1 Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9LT, UK
2 Genetic Medicine, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, St. Mary's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK
3 NIBHI, Centre for Health Informatics, Institute of Population Health, Jean McFarlane Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Breast Cancer Research 2013, 15:401 doi:10.1186/bcr3382
See related research by Rhiem et al., http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/14/6/R156Published: 26 February 2013
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In the previous issue of Breast Cancer Research, Rhiem and colleagues [1] report contralateral breast cancer risks in relatives of BRCA1/2 mutation carriers as well as those testing negative. The authors quote 25-year risks of 44.1% for BRCA1 and 33.5% for BRCA2. The risks quoted are somewhat lower than might be inferred from previous estimates in BRCA1/2 carriers, which have been as high as 40% at 10 years [2]. This discrepancy may be explained in part by the decision to exclude index cases in which there may have been testing bias to bilateral disease. However, the authors dismiss a second bias of including many non-carriers in their analysis as 'putative' carriers.


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Today is a new day in York County. And I for one would like to start this new day by congratulating state senator-elect Scott Wagner on a well-earned victory last evening. The voters of the 28th State Senatorial District made their voices known. State senator elect Wagner will serve the people of the 28th District well. I certainly wish him well; after all, I am one of his constituents and only want what is best for our district and for York County.
As chairman of the York County Republican Committee it was and is my job to support our Republican nominees. Ron Miller was the Republican nominee going into yesterday's special election. The York County Republican Committee campaigned for and on behalf of the Miller campaign. It was our job to do so. We would have done the same for whomever the nominee. That's the job of our political party, to support our nominees.
We will do the exact same thing after the primary election this May — support whoever our Republican nominee is. The York County Republican Committee does not endorse candidates prior to primary elections; we hold an open primary here in York County. Simply put, the York County Republican Committee will fully support whoever our nominee is going into the general election. And this will remain true going into this year's primary race.
However, we have a new state senator here in York County today. And the time has come for all Republicans, myself included, to support our newest member to the York County Republican delegation: Scott Wagner. I have had the opportunity to meet with state senator-elect Wagner on a number of occasions, and I can honestly say that he will serve the people of York County well. I'm certain he too would like for your support in his new capacity.
Regardless if you were a supporter of state senator-elect Wagner, or even a supporter of state Rep. Miller, the time is now for all Republicans in York County to come together and support the Republican agenda of limited government, fiscal stewardship and individual freedoms. Regardless if you consider yourself a conservative or a moderate, or maybe you identify yourself as somewhere in between the two, all of us must put aside our differences and come to the table as one united Republican Party so we can concentrate our energy and resources by putting the liberal Democrat Party in our crosshairs. This is where the real fight exists.
The talk of who is more pure than who has done nothing but drive a wedge in the only apparatus that can compete with the Democrat Party. If we as Republicans do not figure out a way to work together soon, we will continue to alienate more and more voters, not just here in York County, but all across the nation and drive our party further into the minority. This, my friends, is something that I do not ever want to see happen.
We as a group must provide a Republican Party that is vibrant and relevant enough to win elections in today's society — a type of political apparatus that can put up candidates and who can support those candidates all the way to victory on Election Day. It is up to you and me to start the conversation with our friends and neighbors about a new and improved Republican Party, a party of the people, by the people and for the people.
Once again, I would like to congratulate state senator-elect Scott Wagner on last evening's victory, a truly historic victory. I look forward to working with senator-elect Scott Wagner to help make York County a better place to live, work and play.
— Bob Wilson, York County Republican Party chairman


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Microsoft: X360 HD DVD's fate hangs on Toshiba
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Microsoft will not make any decisions about the fate of its Xbox 360 HD DVD player until it hears from Toshiba, the former company said today. Although rumors have pointed to the Xbox creator developing a Blu-ray add-on for the spring, its official stance will hinge on whether Toshiba continues its own hardware, which is believed to rest inside the Microsoft-branded drive. Microsoft has often followed Toshiba's moves closely and recently dropped its Xbox 360 HD DVD price to match similar discounts for Toshiba's line.
However, Microsoft does not believe that the outcome for the add-on player or HD DVD as a whole will have an impact on the Xbox 360's standing, according to the statement. In addition to a primary focus on games, the console is said to be independent of the success of any one HD movie format through the Xbox Live Video Marketplace, which currently supplies 720p downloads of some of its movie catalog.
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Archive for July, 2011
Facial Hair Friday: Prisons, Potatoes, Pipe Cleaners
You may have seen some of these beards and mustaches before! The mug shots of prisoners at Leavenworth Penitentiary have been featured here and here.
But the images above take facial hair to a whole new level! Staff at the National Archives at Kansas City got together and created Potatriot dioramas (inspired by this post). They kept the prisoners' jumpsuits simple with black and white paper, but then took pipe cleaners and pens to interpret the facial hair, from beards to handlebar to stubble. Truly impressive! Click on the picture to enlarge, or admire the set on Flickr.
You can check out our full set of historic Potatriots dioramas on Flickr. And if you create your own Potatriots scene, send it to email@example.com, and we will add it on Flickr!
Why do we hold the records of prisoners at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas? Find out in this Prologue article!… [ Read all ]
Posted by Hilary on July 29, 2011, under Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: beard, facial hair, handlebar, Kansas City, Leavenworth, National Archives at Kansas City, Potatriots, prison, staff, stubble
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Thursday Photo Caption Contest
I am excited to introduce this week's guest judge, Dominic McDevitt-Parks, who is working on several projects as our Wikipedian-in-Residence this summer. Surprised that we support Wikipedia? Well, it turns out that the Archivist is a big fan of the web site and its work!
Congratulations to Andrew P! Check your e-mail for 15% off in our eStore. Our guest judge chose your caption with the same confidence that he uses when wading into the thorny thicket of editing Wikipedia entries. And although he could only choose one winner among the cacti, Dominic noted that Robert and Pam deserve an honorable mention!
The folks bravely picnicking in the heat while wearing jackets, long pants, and high-necked dresses deserve an honorable mention as well. The original caption reads: "Officers and guests lunch under giant cactus near Fort Thomas, Arizona," February 18, 1886. The photograph can be found in our holdings at National Archives at College Park as part of the records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, or on ARC with the ARC Identifier 530881.
This week's photo is less prickly and more (possibly) kicky! Give us your best caption in the comments below.
Posted by Hilary on July 28, 2011, under Photo Caption Contest, Uncategorized.
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World War I food conservation: "Pan de la libertad"
"What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?," our current special exhibition in Washington, DC, examines the Government's effect on what Americans eat. Government influence was especially visible during wartime, when many food products were reserved for feeding the troops and our Allies.
During World War I, the U.S. Food Administration, headed by Herbert Hoover, urged the American people to voluntarily conserve food, especially wheat, meat, fats, and sugar. Recognizing that a successful program had to reach out to all Americans, the agency distributed printed materials in several languages, including Italian pamphlets in New York City, Chinese food conservation notices in Hawaii, and Spanish recipes in California.
The featured recipes for "pan de la libertad" (liberty bread), using corn, oat, and barley flour instead of wheat, were found in the files of the California State Food Administration, housed at the National Archives at San Francisco. According to a note at the bottom, recipes were translated into Spanish for counties with significant Spanish-speaking populations.
An all-out publicity campaign was waged to educate the citizenry about the need for food conservation and how … [ Read all ]
Posted by Mary on July 27, 2011, under Prologue Magazine, Unusual documents, What's Cooking, What's Cooking Wednesdays.
Tags: california, Food Administration, food conservation, national archives, National archives and records administration, NAtional Archives at San Francisco, recipes, Spanish recipes, What's Cooking Uncle Sam?, wheat conservation, world war i
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The Taxman Cometh: U.S. v. Alphonse Capone
Al Capone—the quintessential American gangster—headed the nation's most notorious organized crime syndicate for more than a decade during Prohibition.
Through smuggling, bootlegging, and a variety of other criminal operations, his "Chicago Outfit" was able to dominate America's illegal liquor trade throughout the 1920s. But did you know that Al Capone was never convicted of violating the National Prohibition Act?
In 1931, Capone was indicted for income tax evasion for 1925-1929. Despite his immense wealth, he had never paid taxes or purchased any assets in his own name.
So when the Internal Revenue Service's Special Intelligence Unit uncovered cash receipts from a gambling operation linked to Capone, the evidence served as the foundation for a Federal case. The prosecution charged that he owed over $200,000 in unpaid taxes stemming from gambling profits.
Unable to strike a plea bargain with prosecutors, Capone attempted to bribe jury members. The presiding judge, however, responded by quietly changing the jury panel prior to the trial.
On October 18, 1931, Capone was found guilty on five counts of tax evasion. A month later he was sentenced to 11 years in Federal prison, fined $50,000, charged $7,692 for court costs, and ordered to pay his back taxes plus interest.
Following seven and a half years in … [ Read all ]
Posted by Gregory Marose on July 26, 2011, under Myth or History, Unusual documents.
Tags: Al Capone, Alcatraz, IRS, National Archives at Chicago, National Prohibition Act, Prohibition, tax evasion
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Facial Hair Friday: Amnesty for this beard, 100 years later
This week saw the 150th anniversary of the first Battle of Manassas, with hundreds of reenactors and spectators ignoring the extreme heat and coming to the Virginia battlefield.
There was another, stranger Civil War anniversary today.
On July 22, 1975, the House of Representatives joined the Senate in voting to restore full American citizenship to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The joint resolution made the restoration retroactive to June 13, 1865.
More than a hundred years earlier, Lee had signed his Amnesty Oath in Lexington, Virginia, on October 2, 1865, the same day he was inaugurated as president of Washington College. He swore to defend the Constitution and all laws that had "been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves."
Lee died in October 1870.
Why did it take so long for his citizenship to be restored if he had signed an amnesty oath? According to this Facebook post from the National Archives at Boston, "Apparently Secretary of State William H. Seward had given Lee's application to a friend as a souvenir, and the State Department had pigeonholed the oath."
The document was filed away with the State Department records, eventually coming to the National Archives, where an archivist came across it in 1970, more than one hundred years later.
Posted by Hilary on July 22, 2011, under - Civil War, Facial Hair Fridays, petitions, Unusual documents.
Tags: 1865, American citizenship, Battle of Manassas, civil war, Lexingon VA, Robert E. Lee
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Former Salem pitcher Brown transitions to college baseball
ATHENS Although Georgia left-hander Jarrett Brown had a rough outing Wednesday night against Georgia Tech, the former Salem High School standout is enjoying his new life as a college baseball player.. In the Bulldogs' 8-6 loss to Tech, the 6-foot-2, 180-pound Brown -- who hadn't
Golf teacher gives back with free lessons
COVINGTON -- PGA professional Wayne Leal is giving back to the community by giving freely of his time by offering free golf lessons to all children between the ages of 5-17 at the Golf Training Center starting in June.. The classes are scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 6 for
Cuffy signs on the dotted line
Rachel Cuffy had an outstanding senior season for the Rockdale track and field team, and it got a little better recently. Cuffy, who at the Class AAAA state track and field meet in Albany finished third in the 200 meters (24.68), and fourth in both the long jump (17-11) and
Darrell Huckaby: Rockdale's loss is Virginia's gain
Our schools have been asked to do more and more with less and less for years and with Sam King's leadership, we have done just that.
Letter/Commentary: Some in Washington hooked on socialism
Addiction to a philosophy or way of life can be just as debilitating and destructive as addiction to alcohol or drugs.
Jeff Meadors: Have school boards overstepped their bounds?
Aren't school boards really about setting policy, ensuring accreditation and student success when all is said and done?
Letter: Our freedom of speech trumps all
Preserve our freedoms in the Constitution.
Twice-wounded Supple among first Americans to reach liberated Paris
Army veteran Ray Rupple walked across France and Germany during his 18 months of combat.
Parents of special needs students have transfer options
Parents and guardians of students who receive special education services in the Newton County School System have options to exercise public and private school choice.
Housing group gets grant to rehab homes
The Family Community Housing Association Inc. has received a more than $300,000 grant from the Department of Community Affairs to rehabilitate homes.
Indian Creek Golf Club purchased, set to reopen in August
Indian Creek Golf Club is under new ownership and is getting a makeover in preparation for an August reopening.
Newton Sheriff's Office offers free gun safety class
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Ben Kight scored perfection on his way to a tournament title this past week.
Kight rolled a 300 game as part of an 803 series to win the singles tournament and highlight action at Sunrise Strikes.
Chuck Tom scored a 300 as part of an 847 series to lead the Lionel Construction/RJ's Pub League, which featured Ed Hammersley's 299-730, Brian Daniels' 256-710, Donnie Stewart's 260-719 and Mike Waite's 258-710. Stewart threw a 299-843, Kight a 252-680, Frank Bash a 268-695 and Carrie Robertson a 268-696 in Smith Springs; and Kay Bowling & Trophy Supply/Clean Cut Lawn Care was led by Pat Mathes' ...


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO)-- The western slope 5A baseball teams showed up in a big way this weekend. Fruita Monument, Grand Junction, and Central high school all went undefeated in the Bill Fanning Classic.
Fruita Monument (3-0) won without inducing a heart-attack for the first time this weekend. The Wildcats defeated Prairie View 9-2 behind Drew Bridges' first start on the mound.
Grand Junction (3-0) won their third straight with a six inning 12-2 beating of Horizon. It was their second mercy-shortened game of the weekend; Junction used three triples in the third inning to take a lead, and they never looked back.
Central (3-0) made life easy on themselves this weekend by scoring in double digits in each of their three victories. The Warriors knocked off Fossil Ridge 13-4; CHS scored 39 runs in the Fanning Classic.
For highlights of all three of these games, click on the video link above.
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|The utility of computed tomography in evaluation of extracranial diseases.
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|The application of CT to the extracranial portions of the body has only been possible since 1975, when technological advances made scanning in less than 20 seconds available to radiologists. Our experience during the first 5 years with body CT have been rewarding and we have demonstrated several significant contributions in the radiologic diagnosis of disease entities that have changed the ideal approach to the evaluation of many patients. The introduction and development of body CT has also been controversial on several issues, primarily related to cost. Increasing clinical experience will improve our definition of the strengths and limitations of CT and allow a more precise definition of the efficient utilization of this new technology. Improvements continue to be reported and it is safe to predict that CT will have further applications to clinical diagnosis in the near future.
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Fundraising success suggests GOP rallying for him
WASHINGTON Mitt Romney and his Republican Party raised $40 million in April, an unexpectedly strong haul in the first month of the general campaign that illustrates enthusiasm within the GOP and threatens President Barack Obama's overwhelming cash advantage.
Since becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Romney has devoted most of his time to privately courting donors so he can prepare for what may be the most expensive campaign in history. His focus appears to be paying off. In just one month, Obama's 10-to-1 cash advantage has shrunk to 2-to-1, partly because the Republican National Committee now is helping Romney. His fundraising numbers may offer the best evidence to date that weary Republican donors who spent months on the sidelines are finally opening their wallets for Romney after a long and bitter primary.
"Fundraising is going extremely well," said Woody Johnson, a Romney fundraiser and New York Jets owner. "This is a very motivated group of people who are giving to this campaign."
The former Massachusetts governor is putting that cash infusion to use quickly. He announced plans Thursday to go on the air soon with his first TV ads of the general campaign, a positive commercial intended to introduce him to voters. He was buying airtime in four of the most competitive battleground states: Iowa, North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio.
Romney's April fundraising figures — a sharp increase from March, when he pulled in just $12.5 million while fending off primary opponents — show that he and the Republican National Committee together raised nearly as much money as the president and the Democratic National Committee, which together brought in $43.6 million last month.
Perhaps more important, Romney's side reported $61.4 million in the bank. The most recent figure available for Obama and the Democratic National Committee showed $124 million on hand at the end of March.
Still, Romney's new numbers don't reflect millions of dollars more raised and spent by pro-Romney super political action committees to help the former Massachusetts governor.
Both Romney and Obama are busy stockpiling cash to make sure they have enough money to reach voters on television, the Internet, by mail and over the phone, and to support a network of staffers across the country.
Obama's team, which boasts more than 600 paid staffers, has been working to strengthen its network on the ground for months. Romney is in the process of expanding his team.
"We're pleased with where we are. We've been able to build a great ground operation in states across the country, which ultimately is what we believe will decide the election," Obama's deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said when asked about fundraising.


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Carbon nanotubes and nanopipes have been shown to have great potential as cellular probes, for use as nanofluidic devices to transport solutions to or from cells. Making these nanopipes able to sense within the cells allows a huge of amount of additional information to be obtained. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a technique allowing greatly increased Raman signals used for trace detection and characterization of biological specimens with extremely high spatial resolution. In this work, both carbon nanotubes and nanopipes have been functionalized with SERS-active nanoparticles to allow development of versatile nanoprobes. Glycine was used to estimate the SERS activity and corresponding enhancement factor (108).
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have shown great potential for use as cellular probes. As "nanopipes" they can be used to transport liquids to or from cells and inject solutions or drugs directly into individual cells and individual organelles within the cells. In addition, because of the small diameters of the carbon nanotubes induce little damage to cells upon penetration. Carbon nanopipes (CNPs) have been filled with water [1], liquid crystals [2], fluorescent [3], and magnetic nanoparticles [4] showing that they can be used for the transport of different types of fluids to and from cells. By making these probes able to sense within the cells, information about chemical interactions within the cells could be found. Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) has this capability. Making carbon nanotubes SERS-active by functionalization with SERS-active nanoparticles, creates the possibility of extremely sensitive study and identification of components of cells. In addition, the nanotubes can be applied to a nanofluidic device where they can serve as an interconnection between a fluid reservoir and the cell, to both deliver and extract fluids. The effects of the fluids on the cells could be studied in situ.
The SERS technique can be used to enhance the Raman signal by factors of up to 1014 [5]. It has two main purposes; the first, to enhance the relatively weak Raman signal which makes it difficult to examine detailed chemical content of many complex specimens, and the second, to get information from the surface of complex materials (monolayers). In SERS, lateral resolution is determined not by the diffraction limit, but by the spatial confinement of the local fields [6]. This trace analytical capability is most interesting for biological studies, allowing molecular identification at the nanoscale. This is especially important because biologically relevant molecules are often available for characterization in extremely small amounts. There are two main mechanisms for the SERS enhancement, electromagnetic and chemical [7-10]. The electromagnetic enhancement concerns the excitation of surface plasmons on nanoscale metal structures, while the chemical enhancement concerns a charge-transfer complex between the metal and the sample to be analyzed.
Usual methods of creating the enhancement necessary for SERS are roughened or patterned metal plates, or spherical nanoparticles. However, these utilize "hot-spots" to create the significant enhancement factors desired. Preliminary results have shown that spherical nanoparticles embedded in the walls of carbon nanotubes produce a weak but observable signal [11].
It has been shown that faceted nanoparticles give a much higher SERS intensity than colloidal nanoparticles [12] due to quadrupole [13] and gradient field effects [14] and so are used in this study. These can relax the selection rules, and cause the appearance of normally forbidden Raman lines, explaining some of the changes observed in the SERS spectra.
Faceted nanoparticles can create these hot-spots individually, removing the need for precise control of aggregation [15].
Two kinds of nanoprobes were created and tested. First, CNPs with nanotriangles attached inside, that allow study of interactions inside the tubes. A suspension of CNPs in ethanol and a solution of the nanotriangles was prepared, allowing the triangles to spread inside the CNPs. Before use, a droplet of this suspension was placed onto a silicon wafer and allowed to dry thoroughly. Although no triangles were observed on the surface of the CNPs with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), the CNPs were gently washed with DI water to remove any triangles on the surface. Nanotubes were observed using backscattered electron imaging with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to scan for gold particles, which did not appear on the outside of the tubes. After evaporation of the water, the glycine solution was deposited onto the CNPs. Because the CNPs are large in diameter, individual tubes were clearly visible.
Second, narrow multi-wall nanotubes with triangles chemically attached to the outside by the Bingel reaction [16]. The Bingel reaction is an example of a [2+1] cycloaddition reaction. The main steps in the process are: First, the nanotubes were immobilized on a surface and transesterified by prolonged stirring in an excess of 2 (methylthio)ethanolfollowed by extensive washing with diethyl ether to form [(COOCH2CH2SMe)2C<SWNT]. Then, by exploiting the gold sulfur binding interaction the cyclopropane group was "tagged" using gold nanoparticles. Samples mixed without the Bingel reaction showed no attachment of triangles to the nanotubes.
Similarly, the CNTs with triangles attached were deposited on a silicon wafer and washed gently with DI water. After evaporation, glycine was deposited onto the CNTs. Raman spectra were taken from small clusters of nanotubes, containing as few as visible with the instrumental setup used.
Any superfluous glycine remaining around the nanotubes during the Raman measurements does not affect the results. The concentration of glycine is too low to be observed by conventional Raman spectroscopy, making it only observable when in contact with the nanotriangles which are only inside the CNT or CNPs. All spectra of glycine were taken while wet, to prevent the formation of crystallites on the surface of the tube during the drying process.
Figure 1. Microscopy of nanotube probes. (a) TEM picture of a triangle and spherical particle inside a nanopipe. (b) SEM image of a triangle and a hexagonal particle attached to MWNT by the Bingel reaction. (c) An SEM image of a triangle inside a nanopipe made transparent by the high voltage (25 kV). (d) An SEM image of the same nanopipe as in (c) with an accelerating voltage of 4 kV, showing nothing in the region of (c), meaning that the triangle is located on the inside of the tube.
A nanotube used to obtain SERS was brought to SEM and observed, showing a triangle on the inside of the nanotube. With an accelerating voltage of 4 kV, no particles were observed, but when raised to 25 kV the walls of the tube became transparent, allowing observation of the triangle, shown in Figure 1.
Corresponding Raman spectra from these two methods are shown in Figure 2. The glycine peaks visible are identical in both cases, and correspond well with previous literature on SERS of glycine. Also visible are the Raman spectra of the CNPs and CNTs, consisting of a band around (1350 cm-1), which is a double resonance band common for carbon materials (D band) and a band around 1600 cm-1 related to in-plane vibrations of graphite (G band). These bands appear different between the CNTs and CNPs because of the difference in their synthesis [17] – the CNTs are mostly graphitic, while the CNPs have a disordered wall structure.
Figure 2. Raman spectra obtained by using nanotube probes. (1) from CNPs with triangles on the inside, (2) from MWNT with triangles attached to the outside, and (3) with no nanotube present, showing the lack of any signal besides from Si. (a) An image of a small cluster of MWNT used to obtain SERS. (b) An individual nanopipe used to obtain SERS.
Four additional peaks from glycine appear, at 817 – 872 (NH2 twist – CH2 twist), 1048 (C-N stretch), 1083 (NH3+ wag), and 1453 (CH2 bend) cm-1. The differences between the regular Raman and SER spectra can be explained by the gradient field and quadrupole effects, as discussed above.
Table I. Frequencies (cm-1) and assignments of bands in the conventional Raman spectra and SERS of glycine.
Regular Raman
SERS, spheres
SERS, nanotubes
816 s, 872 w
817 w, 872 s
NH2 twist + CH2 twist
901 s
950 w
C-C stretch
1033 w
1026 w
1048 w
C-N stretch
1131 w
1175 s
1083 w
NH3+ wag
1229 w, 1273 m
1328 s
1311 w
CH2 wag
1374 w
C-NH3+ stretch
1407 s
COOH sym. stretch
1438 m
1437 w
1453 m
CH2 bend
1513 w
1527 s
NH3+ sym. def.
1590 w
COOH asym. stretch
1612 m
NH3+ asym. def.
Dou et al. demonstrated that glycine interacts with gold nanoparticles through the amino groups [18] which are therefore more affected by the plasmon-generated electric field. Comparison of these results to SERS of glycine in an Au colloid solution shows an upshift of about 5-10 cm-1 of the glycine peaks. In addition, observed SERS peaks correspond well with ab initio calculations from Kumar et al [19].
The enhancement appears to be small, but clearly distinguishable, being the signal from few glycine molecules inside a single tube. While the SERS peaks are relatively low in intensity, it has previously been shown that the presence of carbon near the SERS-active metal can decrease the intensity of the SERS signal by factors of several hundred [20]. Although SERS studies have been done on carbon nanotubes, comparison of the Raman spectra of the CNTs and CNPs showed no changes suggesting a lack of SERS effects.
To give a more quantitative estimate of the SERS enhancement the enhancement factor (EF) was calculated according to [21].
E.F. = ISERSNRR/(IRRNSERS) (Eq. 1)
Where NRR and NSERS are the number of molecules probed by regular Raman spectroscopy and SERS, respectively; and IRR and ISERS are the corresponding intensities. To calculate the enhancement factor, it is critical to estimate the volumes probed by the two methods.
In the case of regular Raman spectroscopy, we assume that the volume probed is a cylinder of 2×5 μm (provided by a 50× objective in the confocal mode with an aperture of 50 μm), giving a volume of 15.7×10-15 L. Therefore, a glycine concentration of 2.7 M corresponds to ~ 2×1010 molecules in this volume, giving a Raman intensity of 30 cps.
In the case of SERS, the signal comes from at maximum one triangle inside the CNP. Because the diameter of the CNPs is approximately 300 nm, the largest size triangle that can enter the tubes is 300 nm edge length. Assuming that the electric field coming from the triangles does not extend to a distance higher than 35 nm [22], the analyzed volume can be considered as a triangular prism extending around the nanotriangle 35 nm in all directions. This has a volume of 8x10-19 L. Then, at a 1 mM or 10-3 M glycine concentration, ~ 480 molecules are probed in this volume, which produce a SERS intensity of 200.
From these parameters, we obtain an E.F.= (200×2.5×1010)/(30×480) ≈ 4×108.
Due to the methods used, it is difficult to control the precise amount of particles that enter or attach to the nanotubes. As observed by SEM and TEM, the CNPs contain at most one triangular particle. The Bingel Rx CNTs tend to contain clusters of particles of which some are triangular. Naturally, a higher concentration of triangles would be more efficient in the signal enhancement. Future work would involve more complex methods to more specifically attach the triangular particles to the inner or outer surface of the nanotubes.
The functionalization of carbon nanotubes and nanopipes for use as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy probes has been achieved. SERS has been achieved using two types of nanotubes and attachment, to identical results. These have great versatility and flexibility for trace detection in biological applications. Also, the CNPs allow liquids to flow and interact inside and can be used for in situ studies. Chemical experiments can be conducted inside the tube, with the reaction products observed by SERS. Combining these SERS-active nanotubes with already existing nano-probing techniques could enable the study of cells with single-molecule sensitivity.
SERS-active gold nanotriangles were synthesized by the lemongrass method used in [23]. First, 5g of finely cut washed and dried lemongrass leaves were put in 20mL of boiling DI water for 5 min to create leaf extract. The gold was synthesized by mixing 10mL of a 1mM aqueous HAuCl4 solution with different amounts of the lemongrass extract at room temperature, and stirred overnight.
Glycine, an amino acid, was used as the SERS test sample as it is simple, has been studied previously in detail [18, 24, 25] and is a useful precursor to more complicated biological samples. Glycine was used as received from Sigma Co without further purification. The final concentration before use was 1 mM, with 10 mM NaCl and HCl to facilitate aggregation. This concentration was chosen because it is too low to be detected at all with standard Raman spectroscopy in the configuration used (a droplet on an Si wafer).
The CNPs were synthesized with a noncatalytic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method using a commercial alumina membrane as a porous template (Whatman Anodisc®), nominal pore diameter: 300 nm±10%, thickness: 60 μm. Freestanding nanopipes were obtained after dissolution of the alumina template in a boiling 1M solution of sodium hydroxide. The diameter of the resulting nanopipes corresponds to the diameter of the pores in the original membrane, and length, after sonication, is generally 10 μm. After synthesis, the CNPs have a disordered wall structure [26].
Raman spectra were acquired using a Renishaw 1000/2000 Raman micro-spectrometer (1200 l/mm grating) in back-scattering geometry. The excitation source was a diode laser (785 nm), focused (50x objective) to a spot size of approximately 2 μm. The spectra were analyzed using Wire 2.0 software from Renishaw. Raman spectra were taken from multiple CNTs of each type and the results shown here are representative of all studied.
A Zeiss Supra 50VP was used to obtain scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images.
Thank you to D. Breger for operating the SEM, D. Mattia for synthesis and preparation of CNPs and operation of the TEM for Fig. 1a, and G. Korneva for performing the Bingel Rx on MWNT according to Ref. [16], and for synthesis of spherical gold golloid. The author also acknowledges Arkema, France for supplying multiwall nanotubes. TEM studies were performed at Penn Regional Nanotechnology Facility. A. Sabur was supported by an NDSEG Fellowship and a Dean's Fellowship. Raman Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy was performed at the Centralized Materials Characterization Facility, Drexel University.
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Former Rutgers coach Greg Schiano gets a Gatorade shower after the Scarlet Knights upset third-ranked Louisville 28-25 on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway. / NJ Press Media file
Rutgers fans storm the field after the Scarlet Knights upset third-ranked Louisville 28-25 on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway. This Thursday Rutgers again is hosting a nationally televised game against a ranked Louisville team, this time for the chance to win the first Big East conference title in program history. / CN file photo.
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Rutgers fans celebrate on the field following the Scarlet Knights' 28-25 upset of third-ranked Louisville on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006 at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway. This Thursday Rutgers again is hosting a nationally televised game against a ranked Louisville team, this time for the chance to win the first Big East conference title in program history. / CN file photo.
Former Rutgers kicker Jeremy Ito celebrates the winning field goal to beat Louisville 28-25 with 10 seconds left in the game at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway on Nov. 9, 2006. This Thursday Rutgers again is hosting a nationally televised game against a ranked Louisville team, this time for the chance to win the first Big East conference title in program history. / CN file photo.
PISCATAWAY — Tim Pernetti sat in his home office on the eve of Rutgers� 2006 triumph over Louisville, preparing to offer analysis for a game he knew had all the makings to be a classic. That evening he received a call from his Rutgers Football Radio partner, Chris Carlin, who wanted to run through some what-if scenarios.
�I remember the night before that game Chris called me and he said, �I think I got the line in case we win tomorrow night,� �� Pernetti said. �I remember he shared it with me and, because I was superstitious and didn't want to jinx it, I said if we get to that point I think it's going to be a great line.��
It got to that point seconds after a 28-yard field goal had given the Scarlet Knights a 28-25 advantage in a battle of Big East unbeatens at High Point Solutions Stadium on Nov. 9, 2006.
�There is now two seconds left,�� shouts Carlin, his voice straining to be heard over 45,000 screaming fans. �Brohm under center, takes the snap, drops back.��
�Yes,�� screams Pernetti.
Carlin: �He is sacked!��
Pernetti: �Yes!��
�And the Scarlet Knights win it,�� Carlin shouts. �There is Pandemonium in Piscataway!��
It was a call that reverberated not just throughout the Rutgers community in the aftermath of the biggest win in school history, but all across the country as the Scarlet Knights finally arrived on college football�s national map.
�I remember going to work on the Imus show the next day and catching a lot of heat for it, which was good,�� Carlin said. �But then I remember listening to (ESPN Radio�s) Mike and Mike and they were playing it over and over the next morning. I did not think it was going to be like that.��
While Pernetti now runs Rutgers� athletics program, Carlin will be in the radio booth once again Thursday when the Scarlet Knights play host to Louisville at High Point Solutions Stadium. The stage is set for another classic, with the winner likely clinching a lucrative Bowl Championship Series bowl berth.
A Rutgers win gives the Scarlet Knights the outright Big East title and the BCS berth that comes with it. A Louisville win would all but officially give the conference's BCS bid to the Cardinals. Big East tiebreaker policy dictates that a three-way tie between Louisville, Rutgers and Syracuse would go to the highest ranked of the three in the final BCS Standings. A possible four-way tie among those teams and Cincinnati � which needs to win at Connecticut on Saturday to remain in the race � would go to the higher ranked of Louisville and Rutgers (which are both 2-1 against the other tied teams this season).
Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN. But many of the 52,000 fans in attendance will be listening to Carlin call the action for the Rutgers Radio Network, which is broadcast on 710 AM, 1450 AM and 610 AM.
Six years ago, Carlin recalls attending a Rutgers football practice leading up to the anticipated affair against Louisville and wondering what his signature line would be if the Scarlet Knights had won. This week, with the Scarlet Knights preparing for their most anticipated game since then, Carlin is mindful that he may have to come up with another call that will linger in the annals of Rutgers history.
�Any broadcaster who tells you they don�t think about it in advance is lying,�� said Carlin, a Scotch Plains resident who has been contributing to the Rutgers Radio Network since 2001 and serving as play-by-play announcer since �04. �I�ve been really thinking about it. I can't make a reference to a particular bowl game because it could be the Orange or the Sugar. I honestly have not come up with one yet.
�But, listen, these are the kinds of moments that when you want to do games you dream of the opportunity to do. I've had a couple of them so I've been fortunate to do that.��
His �Pandemonium in Piscataway�� line was born from Pernetti, who said something similar during the late stages of a 2002 home thriller against then No. 1 Miami.
�Tim in �02 had used the word �bedlam� in the Miami game when there was a blocked punt that Shawn Seabrooks recovered and took it for a touchdown to make it 17-14,�� Carlin said. �He said there was �bedlam in Piscataway.� So I kind of piggybacked off of that, kind of stole it from him. But I just thought about what would it be like if Rutgers actually beat Louisville. And the word that came to mind was �pandemonium.� �
Recalling how thousands of fans came flooding out on the field after Devraun Thompson�s sack capped the win, Carlin added: �It truly was pandemonium. I kind of waited to make sure everybody came rushing out on the field to make sure it was factually correct.��
As the camera 5,000-feet high in ESPN�s blimp captured the flood of fans rushing on to the field, sideline reporter Anthony �Fooch�� Fucilli tried his best to paint the picture for the radio listeners.
�It was like being in Times Square on New Year�s Eve,�� said Fucilli, who interviewed five players, including the Rutgers kicker, Jeremy Ito, who booted the game-winning field goal during the celebration. �It was like the whole emotion just burst, the (Times Square) ball dropped, and everybody shouted �Happy Rutgers!� I remember just grabbing players left and right and shouting, 'Tell me what this means to you?' I remember grabbing Ito and he was being grabbed in so many different directions. It was like being in the ocean when a wave takes you where you don�t want to go. You end up just going with it.
�I never dreamed that people were going to react like that. I thought some people would storm the field but it was just like pure joy.��
Pernetti, who played for Rutgers in the early 1990s and bleeds scarlet, got so emotional that he told Carlin, on the air, to �take the ball and run with it�� because he was at a loss for words.
�I think for any Rutgers person that was ever part of or followed the program, it overcame everybody,�� Pernetti said. �I got emotional about it more out of pride.��
Pernetti said there isn�t a day that goes by that the words �Pandemonium in Piscataway�� don�t ring in his ears. Literally.
�I have a bottle opener at home that my daughter loves to play with,�� Pernetti said, smiling. �She hits the thing and it keeps going 'Pandemonium in Piscataway' with Chris' voice.��
That same bottle opener freaks out Carlin�s dog, a mutt named Snoozer who runs away every time his electronic voice bellows. Perhaps that�s why Pernetti often pokes fun at his former radio partner for not patenting the line, which later became the title for Rutgers� 2006 season-in-review video.
�I should�ve yelled out, �Pandemonium in Piscataway, trademark!� � Carlin said, laughing. �Really, that moment belongs to the Rutgers faithful that had lived through an awful lot. That�s really what it�s about. Look, I had been doing the games in one capacity or another since '01. So it had only been five or six years for me. But a lot of people had been waiting 30 years for moment like that.��
To this day, Carlin said he still hears from fans asking him to shout out his famous line. Even more have inquired about his signature line in the event that Rutgers prevails tonight.
�Certainly a few have come up to me asking, �What's it going to be this week?� � Carlin said. �It�s not going to be pandemonium, I�ll tell you that.��
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