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The concept of recognition and biofunctionality has attracted increasing interest in the fields of chemistry and material sciences. Advances in the field of nanotechnology for the synthesis of desired metal oxide nanostructures have provided a solid platform for the integration of nanoelectronic devices. These nanoelectronics-based devices have the ability to recognize molecular species of living organisms, and they have created the possibility for advanced chemical sensing functionalities with low limits of detection in the nanomolar range. In this review, various metal oxides, such as ZnO-, CuO-, and NiO-based nanosensors, are described using different methods (receptors) of functionalization for molecular and ion recognition. These functionalized metal oxide surfaces with a specific receptor involve either a complex formation between the receptor and the analyte or an electrostatic interaction during the chemical sensing of analytes. Metal oxide nanostructures are considered revolutionary nanomaterials that have a specific surface for the immobilization of biomolecules with much needed orientation, good conformation and enhanced biological activity which further improve the sensing properties of nanosensors. Metal oxide nanostructures are associated with certain unique optical, electrical and molecular characteristics in addition to unique functionalities and surface charge features which shows attractive platforms for interfacing biorecognition elements with effective transducing properties for signal amplification. There is a great opportunity in the near future for metal oxide nanostructure-based miniaturization and the development of engineering sensor devices.
Currently, the efforts of material researchers and engineers are primarily focused on the fabrication of cost effective and highly functional receptors that allow for a substrate to bind in a similar fashion as it is found in Nature. Selective recognition is the main component governing biological functions, such as immune reactions, and catabolic and anabolic enzyme-based reactions. In addition to high selectivity, natural systems have certain limits, including loss of activity in ambient conditions and reduced lifetime and stability. In the case of antibodies, which bind strongly to their respective antigens, the reversibility of the recognition is limited. However, the ionic interaction networks controlling biological reactions can be created to generate nanostructured artificial receptors with an extended lifetime. Different types of analyte-receptor bindings, including affinity-based binding, hydrophobic interactions, hydrogen bonding, and polar interactions, can be employed in the same manner. Especially for pure affinity interactions with the outer surface of the artificial receptor, the nanostructure-based recognition layer would strongly improve the sensor response because of the high surface-to-volume ratio of nanostructures [
Manmade materials have an affinity for protein recognition that is crucial for life sciences, particularly for proteomics studies and clinical examination. Biofunctional molecules, including receptors, antibodies, enzymes and different aptamers, have high capability for these applications; however, the limited resources prevent progress for a wide range of purposes. Recently, a considerable amount of work has been devoted to the synthesis of manmade materials for the functionalization of biomolecules. The synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymers is among these materials that are simple, cost effective and highly selective and have a strong attraction for target molecules [
The detection of target molecules by the selective fluorescent technique in combination with a molecular imprinted polymer technique using a fluorescent reagent or quantum dots has been demonstrated to have excellent performance because of the high selectivity of molecular imprinted polymers and the sensitivity of fluorescence [
Additionally, molecular self-assembly techniques are very important for producing novel attractive materials with excellent features that are highly suitable for the design of sensor devices. These proposed materials are biomimetic at their core and have many similarities to their natural forms for the development of several hundred thousand nanostructures that are derived from all 20 amino acids [
Among various sensor devices, potentiometric sensors are associated with attractive properties, such as ease of use, rapid response, low cost and immediate determination of the target analyte. Generally, potentiometric techniques are well known for the electrochemical transduction of ion selective sensor devices using a molecular imprinted polymer that functions as a selective molecular recognition membrane or as a layer in the sensor device. In this review, we discuss a few enzyme-, antibody- and membrane-based sensor devices using different metal oxide nanostructures as transduction elements for analyze recognition in our laboratory.
ZnO is a II-VI semiconductor material, and it exhibits various well known advantageous properties, such as biocompatibility, high specific surface area, chemical and photochemical stability, excellent light transmission, strong electrochemical and electron communication response and lack of toxicity. Hence, these properties have encouraged scientists to develop effective sensors. Moreover, ZnO has been given more preference over other metal oxide semiconductors due to the simplicity of the synthesis of various morphologies by different growth techniques [
After the successful synthesis of ZnO nanorods using a hydrothermal method, the nanorods were immobilized with the penicillinase enzyme for the selective determination of penicillin. An SEM image of ZnO nanorods is shown in
The potentiometric response of the proposed sensor electrode was measured at room temperature using penicillinase enzyme-immobilized ZnO nanorods as a working electrode against silver-silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) as a reference electrode. The output potential response produced between penicillinase-immobilized ZnO nanorods and Ag/AgCl is directly related to the specific concentration of penicillin inside the solution at the set temperature. The observed change in output potential also depends on the ability of the penicillinase enzyme to hydrolyze penicillin salt. The enzyme-based hydrolysis reaction of penicillin G salt can be described as follows:
The reaction above shows the product of two charged species—hydronium and penicilloate ions—during the enzymatic reaction, and the concentration of penicillin can be estimated by considering either the hydronium ion or penicilloate ion concentration. The output potential is related to the change in the concentration of charged species near the working electrode [
The present penicillin sensor based on penicillinase-immobilized ZnO nanorods has also been shown to have good repeatability after the use of the same sensor electrode for three days. The sensor electrode was washed with phosphate buffer solution prior to the experiment and after the experiment, and the sensor device was stored at 4 °C when it was not in use. The obtained result for the repeatability is shown in
It has been reported that penicillinase is highly selective towards penicillin [
The change in output signal with respect to temperature was also examined to demonstrate the maximum response of the present sensor electrode at a specific temperature. Therefore, a series of temperatures were selected from 20 °C to 80 °C as shown in
Immunosensors are gaining considerable attention for the quantification of proteins, biological toxins, biomarkers and biowarfare species in emergency situations, including food security, pharmaceutical chemistry, environmental monitoring and clinical applications. Immunosensors are typically developed utilizing antibodies or their complementary binding counterparts as biorecognition elements in addition to electrochemical transducers [
The highly charged surface of metal oxide nanostructures and effective electron transfer rate properties support these nano dimensions and facilitate the immobilization of antibodies. An interesting property of metal oxide nanostructures is that the Fc terminal of an antibody is attached to these morphologies, whereas the Fab terminal is unbound and can thus bind with the antigen with enhanced selectivity. For the fabrication of immunosensors based on metal oxide nanostructures, antibodies of interest are immobilized onto an electronically conducting electrode, including ITO. The sensing ability of a device is based on the density of antibodies immobilized on a more favorable surface. There is ample opportunity for the fabrication of immunosensors to be improved using new chemical and physical procedures to enhance the functionality, electrical conductivity and morphology of biocompatible metal oxide nanostructures [
TiO2 nanostructures have been used for the fabrication of label-free optical interferometric sensor devices by studying specific proteins [
The experiment to evaluate the use of antibody-immobilized ZnO nanotubes for the selective detection of C-reactive protein was conducted using different concentrations of C-reactive protein. The potentiometric response was measured for the concentration range of 1.0 × 10−6 to 1.0 × 100 mg/L C-reactive protein. Linear detection was observed for the concentration range of 1.0 × 10−5 to 1.0 × 100 mg/L. The concentrations of C-reactive proteins were prepared in 1 mM phosphate buffer solution. To confirm the complex formation between the immobilized antibody and C-reactive protein, we used a sensor electrode of bare ZnO nanotubes and we added them to the testing solution of C-reactive protein. The response is shown in
In addition to the pH effect, temperature also has a significant influence on the output potential of surface-based immunosensors because of the variation in the mobility of charge on the surface of the transducer.
The interference response was measured for the common interferences present in human serum, and we observed a negligible response towards those interferences. The storage lifetime of a particular sensor device depends on the conditions during the measurement, and during this investigation, we determined that a sensor device could not be used for more than three days; thus, we concluded it can function as a disposable device. The metal oxide nanostructures are highly valuable for the fabrication of immunosensors by immobilizing the monoclonal antibodies for the selective detection of antigens.
ZnO nanorods were synthesized by a hydrothermal method on a gold coated glass substrate, and they were functionalized with an ionophore polymeric membrane for the detection of thallium (I) ion [
Reproducible responses were observed for five independent sensor devices fabricated under the same set of conditions, and the devices were tested at a 1 × 10−4 M concentration of thallium (I) electrolyte. It was observed that the sensor had a highly reproducible response with a relative standard deviation <3%.
The shelf-life of the proposed thallium (I) sensor electrode was monitored for a period of four weeks. The polymeric membrane-coated ZnO nanorod-based thallium (I) ion sensor electrode is highly capable of maintaining the detection range, sensitivity, and repeatability and almost exhibited a Nernst response; however, in the fourth week, the detection range was changed from 1 × 10−7 to 1 × 10−6 M as shown in
ZnO nanocombs were synthesized by vapor-phase deposition in bulk with high porosity in three dimensions with a large specific surface area and favorable biocompatibility for large quantities of glucose oxidase [
After their successful synthesis, CuO nanoleaves synthesized using polyethylene glycol as a growth template by a hydrothermal method were used for the chemical sensing of glucose [
The sensing mechanism of a glucose oxidase-based glucose biosensor is evidenced by the substrate-catalyzed reaction in the vicinity of enzyme molecules. When the experiment is carried out under those conditions, the immobilized glucose oxidase and glucose molecules interact and consequently, a rapid catalyzed reaction occurs.
Additionally, a fast electron communication occurs on the surface of CuO nanostructures because of the presence of glucose oxidase, which results in the rapid oxidation of glucose molecules. CuO nanostructures have the ability to improve the catalytic performance of glucose oxidase molecules. During the interaction of glucose oxidase and glucose molecules in the reaction vessel, reaction products, including d-gluconolactone and hydrogen peroxide, are produced. The concentration of glucose can be estimated based on these two reaction products or the reduction in the amount of oxygen consumed in the oxidation of glucose molecules. Gluconolactone is an unstable molecule that is rapidly converted into gluconic acid, which then reacts with water and is converted into gluconate and hydronium ions as depicted in the following chemical reaction:
Because of the production of hydronium and gluconate ions in the reaction vessel and in the solution, these charges move over the surface of semiconducting nanomaterial resulting in strong electrical signals that cause electromotive generation during the reaction of glucose oxidase and glucose molecules.
The response of different sensors is known as reproducibility and it defines the similar trends of sensor devices. For this experiment, nine CuO nanoleaves-based sensor devices were fabricated by immobilizing glucose oxidase. The currently described sensor devices were tested in 1.0 × 10−4 M glucose at standard conditions of temperature and pressure. The response of these sensor devices was reproducible, and it can be observed that response between sensor devices varied by a standard deviation of less than 5%. The repeatability measures the response of sensor devices used more than once, and for this experiment the same sensor device was used for four consecutive days. The proposed sensor retains its detection range as well as sensitivity, and the results of this experiment are summarized in
Different metal oxide nanostructures have been employed for the development of cholesterol biosensors by immobilizing the cholesterol oxidase on the surface of metal oxide nanostructures. Among these metal oxides, ZnO is widely used for the immobilization of cholesterol oxidase due to the large difference of isoelectric points. A sol-gel method was used to fabricate a cholesterol biosensor with a wide linear range of 5.0 mg·dL−1 to 400 mg·dL−1, small Km (0.98 mg·dL−1) and high sensitivity of 59 nAmg−1·dL·cm−2 [
The 5–3-ketosteroid is the intermediate and it has short lifetime during the reaction. It forms spontaneously via the isomerization of the trans-double bond at the 5–6 position of the steroid ring by an intramolecular change of the proton from the 4–6 β position resulting in the formation of a stable product, 4–3-ketosteroid, as shown in the chemical
The generation of output potential for the fabricated sensor device could result from the afore-mentioned reaction mechanism, which creates a charged environment around the working electrode, and the resulting potential difference can be measured using a pH meter. It has been shown that CuO itself exhibits catalytic properties that can improve the efficiency of cholesterol oxidase and create a rapid and direct electron transfer rate between the active sites of cholesterol oxidase and its own surface. Moreover, the fabricated cholesterol biosensor using a bundle of CuO nanowires was found to be highly reproducible, repeatable, stable and selective (data not shown).
CuO nanoflowers were fabricated on a gold-coated glass substrate by a hydrothermal method [
CuO nanostructures are associated with certain unique properties, including fast electron communication, high surface-to-volume ratio, and well-established transducing features for the production of strong electrical signals. The cadmium ion sensor described here has a wide detection range of 1.0 × 10−9 M to 1.0 × 10−1 M with a Nernstian slope of 29.3 ± 0.3 mV/decade. The regression coefficient value of 0.99 revealed the excellent analytical device properties for the selective sensing of cadmium ion.
A nickel oxide honeycomb-like morphology was fabricated on the nickel foam by a hydrothermal method, and nanostructures were potentially used for the development of a zinc ion sensor [
The optical, electrical and magnetic characteristics of metal oxide nanostructures have been explored and published with improved performance via the addition of nanoparticles of conducting or semiconducting nanomaterials, including carbon nanotubes, graphene, gold and silver. Additionally, quantum dots of different semiconductors have advantageous features for the enhanced sensitivity and low detection limit properties of biosensors [
The functionalization of biosensitive materials by maintaining the stability of material has recently attracted increased attention among the research community. Different strategies have been proposed to achieve the desired goals. The goal of the concept of molecular imprinting is to optimize the selectivity of well-known artificial materials, polymer-thin film coatings, and self-assembled monolayers that have specific functions [
Metal oxide nanostructures-based sensor devices have provided a straightforward and novel route for new functions having a wide range of applications in clinical and non-clinical diagnosis. Different metal oxide nanostructures have shown well known impact in different fields including enzyme electrodes to genoelectronics. The attractive properties of various metal oxide nanostructures give a logical clue about the future interdisciplinary fields is most likely move to a novel generation of electrochemical biosensors. The unique properties of metal oxide nanostructures could lead to the development of new biosensors with improved signal amplification and coding sequence that could be used with biosensitive materials and effective electrical communication for redox biomaterials, such as enzymes that can increase their future diagnostic demands. The favorable and unique characteristics of metal oxide nanostructures exhibit significant interfacial biological recognition events through electronic signal transduction for the development of novel bioelectronics analytical tools with improved new functions. The tightly regulated synthesis of metal oxide nanostructures has a contributing role in the design of novel biosensors. Significant effort has been expended to expose the development and future problems associated with metal oxide nanostructures for the engineering of biosensing devices and the exploration of novel systematic strategies for bio-affinity configuration and effective electrical communication. The wide range of newly prepared metal oxide nanostructures increases the diversity of the biosensor field. Different synthetic routes for the preparation of one-dimensional metal oxide nanostructures are likely to open the door for novel bioelectronics sensing applications. The relative simplicity for the functionalization of the surface of metal oxide nanostructures with specific groups that can be attached to the target biomolecules, even in the presence of impurities, results in the enhanced electronic properties of electroactive materials toward achieving improved charge transfer, which can be a suitable methodology for the development of sensitive biosensor devices. The fabrication of metal oxide nanostructures in diverse morphologies with similar nano dimensions could provide a favorable microenvironment for the immobilization of biosensitive materials that can further amplify the electrical signals. The synthesis of metal oxide nanostructures in different morphologies can be used for several applications, such as sensor arrays for the engineering of functional integrated nanodevices. The attractive surface of metal oxide nanostructures could be useful for the real-time monitoring of biomolecules with multi-sensory capabilities. The testing of novel methods for the development of new biosensors for use in health care settings is in high demand. The development of biosensors that can bind with various biomolecules on the closely packed one-dimensional nanostructure of metal oxides is also needed. .
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Schematic diagram for metal oxide nanostructure-based biosensing devices.
The logarithm of the selectivity coefficient of the thallium ion sensor for different interferents in 1 × 10−4 M [
Representing the durability of thallium (I) ion sensor [
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O Bread of Life, nourish and sustain us as we journey in faith through Advent.
Remembering my mother's Saturday bread-making ritual was an amazing gift throughout my life. She was precise in the way she mixed each ingredient together. The gentle kneading process was a wonderful example of the importance of perseverance. Watching and waiting for the dough to rise gave me a chance to learn patience. We observed the complete transformation when we opened the oven door to see the beautiful loaves of bread. As a family, we were nourished by this bread. Are we willing to enter into a spiritual bread making? Are we ready for transformation?
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The Golden Greek Tortoise group is a somewhat confusing group to identify. Starting in the 90's, several shipments of near-patternless yellowish tortoises came into the country under the name "Golden Greeks". These first specimens varied between near solid cream to pale yellow specimens with maybe a few black center scute dots, to individuals that were solid pale yellow, to a very few that were yellow with peach overtones. These were highly prized for their unique coloration and for awhile several importations landed in the United States. Unfortunately most came in with respiratory problems and overall did poorly and were lost to herpetoculture.
After these initial shipments of golden specimens, the collectors moved on
to other locales, where the T. terrestris were less and less golden color and
more heavily marked with the more typical dark Greek tortoise markings. Some of
these plainer specimens have come into the country over the years but due to
their less attractive coloration, most have disappeared into the pet trade. With the opening of Libya in 2005-6, a few more of the classic "Golden"
colored Golden Greeks entered the country. Luckily, interests in
captive breeding are at an all time high so these have mostly gone to breeders
to try to finally establish this unique species in North American herpetoculture. The most recently imported groups vary between the
types described above to ones that are heavily patterned in the typical "Greek"
black "C" pattern, to ones with the black markings replaced with rich
mahogany brown over a peach tinted shell. Many also had the classic black
mask that the originally described "taxonomic type" specimens were
described as having.
We've predominately set up the high peach phase specimens, selecting mostly reduced pattern individuals as our foundation group. These have a light peach tint to both the skin and shells that in some specimens almost glows! The effect is extremely difficult to capture in a photograph as the peach coloration seems to come out more tannish. Adult size varies by locale and as these specimens are from an as yet unknown locale, we can only guess as too the final adult size. Most our males are between 4 1/2" and 5 1/2", and 7"+ for our females.
All of our initial stock were obtained as subadults and took a few years to mature. We produced our first fertile eggs in 2008 and our girls are just now coming into maturaty. We consolidated our two breeding groups in one higher contrast group in 2012, selling off our darker individuals. Currently we are only working with a small group due to lack of available breeding pens. We're still looking for more breeding stock to increase our colony but animals of the same type are hard to come by. We plan on continuing to purchase select groups of Goldens if and when they enter the country so we can set up the best breeding groups possible. So we hope to have a few extras available for re-sale off and on. Please check back periodically or e-mail us to get on our "Wanted" list if you're looking for breeding stock or a companion animal yourself.
Our small group has been giving us fertile eggs for several years now and so far 2015 is off to a decent start. We are currently incubating several clutches as of mid Feb. Hatchlings should be available by April if all goes well. Let us know in advance if a hatchling is on your wish list as we always sell out.
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Global reuse and adaptation in the creative industries – Three further arguments against intellectual property based on lessons from China
Montgomery, Lucy & Potts, Jason (2009) Global reuse and adaptation in the creative industries – Three further arguments against intellectual property based on lessons from China. In Jayanthi, P L (Ed.) Creative Commons: International Perspectives. ICFAI University Press, Hyberidad, pp. 185-217.
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"It is seldom that there arises an opportunity to plan a new institution of higher learning literally from the ground up. It is doubly challenging to interpret a new concept in academic planning and organization." The opening paragraph of the 1968 Comprehensive Development Plan for the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay references the context within which the original master planning team developed the physical, political, environmental, and academic foundation of the University. An expression of the environmental and social crises of the 1960s, the 1968 Comprehensive Development Plan combined physical planning with formulation of the academic structure and anticipated an ultimate population of 20,000 students. The concept of separate but interconnected theme colleges and the institutional foundation of the campus core was physically applied to a parcel of land northeast of downtown Green Bay. The academic vision was based on exploring personal values, creating opportunities for students to interact with each other as well as the environment, fostering ecological stewardship and promoting environmental research.
The Comprehensive Development Plan called for conceptual and physical elements such as theme colleges, learning streets, and people pockets, all focused on bringing students, faculty, and staff in proximity for informal, chance encounters. These planned spaces occur throughout interior pedestrian corridors in the concourse system, but rarely otherwise on campus. Ground-breaking for the first buildings--Laboratory Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Instructional Ser-vices and the Cofrin Library--took place in early 1968.
The initial physical development patterns of the campus reflect to a high degree the integrity of the 1968 Comprehensive Development Plan, particularly in the academic core. Few of the planned developments or residence communities outside the core campus exist today since enrollment has only reached one-quarter of the 20,000 students envisioned. The 1968 Comprehensive Development Plan was never fully realized in both student population and physical build-out.
The rationale for creating a new Master Plan involves renewing the vision of a vital, dynamic campus that connects learning to life and the college to the community. Thirty-seven years after its founding, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay wisely revisits the principles established by the original Comprehensive Development Plan to revitalize and update strategies for the use of space, allocation of resources, and enhancing the institution's image. The planning horizon for this work is ten years.The 2005 Master Plan addresses many issues created by the 1968 Comprehensive Development Plan. The fundamental character of UW-Green Bay as an ex-urban campus, defined loosely as low-density land use beyond the urban fringe, necessarily distances students and staff from many amenities of an urban setting. The pastoral setting and lack of aggressive development pressure on adjacent land implies remoteness from the City of Green Bay. The university's sports, art, and green-space complexes draw the communities together, but a sense of separateness persists. Furthermore, one major consequence of this distance between city and campus is the enormous reliance on car commuting. A high percentage of students, faculty, and staff depend daily on their automobiles, a situation difficult to supplant with public transportation given the population density of the campus and surrounding areas. The recent master planning process identified primary issues faced by the campus community and the UW System. In addition to these issues, planners were challenged to plan for a campus that anticipates an almost 50 percent increase in enrollment. The nature of this growth remains a critical issue to be resolved.The institution's constituents have indicated a desire to take the next step in development and move toward a comprehensive array of educational, recreational, social, entertainment, retail, and service opportunities on or near campus. However, it is unlikely land in the City of Green Bay and Town of Scott immediately adjacent to the campus will be developed to support the campus sufficiently. This would include housing for students, faculty and staff ; retail and service businesses; and social and entertainment opportunities that campus constituents continually seek. Without these kinds of developments, the campus will remain a car dependent institution which has implications well beyond the planning horizon for this document.
- Establish a plan for future development for use by city officials, students, faculty, and staff
- Identify potential for campus physical growth within the context of indeterminate population growth.
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As Utah State plays its third straight road contest tonight against San Jose State, the Aggies will look to keep the Spartans off a part of their own court: The paint.
How key is the interior battle tonight? In the last match-up, San Jose scored 32 of its 60 points in the paint and shot only a pair of 3-pointers. Twenty of those points came on putbacks, tip-ins or other second chances.
The Spartans actually have the lowest shooting percentage (38.7 percent) in the Western Athletic Conference. They only shoot 31.7 percent from 3-point range. In their WAC schedule, SJSU has only scored 58.6 points per game, and have scored fewer than 55 points five times during James Kinney's seven-game suspension.
The Aggies had to adjust their gameplan a bit at the start of their last contest against SJSU, when news of Kinney's suspension broke only a short time before tipoff. Assuming Kinney still is suspended, expect Utah State to clamp down inside, much like they did against Louisiana Tech, Idaho and Seattle.
Kinney's shooting was one of the factors that could stretch the floor when he was active. Without him, Chris Cunningham (15 points last game) will try to squeeze inside for easy buckets, and DJ Brown (16 points last game) and Xavier Jones (14 points last game) could be the main penetration threats.
Taking away those inside opportunities will force SJSU to become a jump-shooting team something they aren't terribly comfortable with. The Aggies found success with a zone defense against Seattle and Idaho. There could be some more of the same on Friday, mixed in with some pressure.
The biggest problem for the Aggies is not having Kyisean Reed. He scored 10 points in the last game, but more importantly had four blocks and eight rebounds. His physicality on defense was needed against two of the more physical forwards in the league, Cunningham and Alex Brown.
Even on his best night, Ben Clifford probably can't replace the blocks, but he can provide the boards. It will not be the easiest match-up against taller and more athletic guys, but Clifford has shown a lot of effort recently in boxing out. Spencer Butterfield will chip in some rebounds, shooting for his fifth straight double-double.
I wrote about Jarred Shaw's toughness in today's paper - he'll have to prove he's bringing that tonight. Brown is one of the best shot-blockers in the league, so Shaw might have to work harder for his buckets. Last time, he was 5-for-10 from the field with 12 points and 10 boards, but both those numbers might have to go up.
The wild card will be foul trouble: Can the Aggies stay out of it? Shaw had four fouls in his last game, which will probably be too limiting for Utah State's center.
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There were four photographers arrested on Wednesday night, January 16 for reckless driving while chasing Britney Spears' car in the San Fernando Valley, California.
According to law enforcement sources, at around 11:20 P.M. police pulled over a total of eight vehicles driven by photographers that were following Spears' car too closely and traveling at unsafe speed. They also made several unsafe lane changes in and around Mission Hills, California so said authorities.
The four men arrested were identified as Roberto Maceo, 41, and Leanro Gomez, 30, both freelance as photographers, Eduardo Ravalha, 34, works for X-17 and Filipe Texiera, 27, works for Fame.
Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson stated that the four men were taken into custody at approximately 11:30 P.M., booked into Van Nuys jail and each was ordered to post $5,000 bail.
Spears, who according to authorities "was part of the group, but was not driving recklessly," was also being pulled over and interviewed before then released after police verified her California driver's license. The troubled pop star reportedly told officers that one of the drivers might have tried to run her off the road, yet could not identify the car in question. Thus, no action was taken.
The incident, in fact, didn't stop Spears from continuing her late night excursion. She was after that spotted going to Kitson at 1:30 in the morning and spent more than 10,000 bucks on some items, which according to TMZ included a blue $265 Great China Wall sweatshirt, a $90 bottle of Agent Provocateur perfume, a $475 L.A.M.B. handbag and a $95 Blue Anchor hoodie.


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What were the events leading up to this problem? Recent fuel up etc. What do the plugs look like?
brand new plugs when i started it this year it has been doing this
plugs are dark brown on tip
Has the sled been sitting for any length of time
no was stored in garage and had fuel drained before storage has great compression good spark been building sleds for years and this is the first time carb cleaning didnt fix the problem
When you cleaned the carbs did you remove the jets and probe them? Have you inspected the intake and exhaust for critter nests
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yes everything looks good when choke on cant even get it to rev up when its warmed up i cleaned every port in carb and everything looks good
what is starting setting for jet
NEEDLE #3 eclip position 300 main jet40 pilotair screw should be 1.5-2 turns out
It was running fine when parked? Any mods?
thats what everything is set at only mod is breather box not on yet because of bogging problem put it on at first still doing it so took it off to adjust stuff if it bogs should i try leaning out air screw
ran fine last year
At this point you are going to have to rev it to the point it runs poorly and partialy cover the air box to determine weather it is a rich or lean condition.
Thats it. if you modify any part of the intake or exhaust jetting changes must be made. By moding the intake you allowed air to enter with less resistance and changed the mixture.
did that to when you let it bog it keeps running but as soon as i release gas it stalls even with breather box on does the same
It must either run better with the airbox partialy covered or worse.
The plugs are new but are they dry or wet
just did cover box a bit could only get .25 throtle before bog plugs get wet when let bog till stall
That tells us its overfueling. Turn the fuel to the off position and try again, minus the airbox covering. As the bowl begin to empty the problem should clear out
should i turn air screw in quarter turn in at a time until get good rev or is out adding more air
The screws only effect anything under 1/4 throttle
when i turn off gas as bowl emptied it started to rev all the way but fuel emptyed fast and died so how do i stop overfueling
Inspect the float valves. They shut the flow of fuel off.
Think twice before doing that airbox mod
floats move freely even cleaned shaft they ride on needle seats perfect i dont plan on doing airbox mod just off until i get good running so i can get at stuff easy
Valves and seats wear over time. Your best bet is to just replace them both before they become an issue. That is your issue, easy fix, unless you have a float with a hole in it
so you think i should put a new carb kit in it because i bought a new carb kit when i did cleaning and problem still the same
While you have it apart, if you have the kit, it only makes sense to install it
it is all new inside i replaced everything yesterday and i still have same problem i had before put new kit in
Did the kit include a needle and seat?
They usually dont
Are you sure the seats are properly seated? One of your carbs is overfueling, you should be able to tell witch one by the spark plug.
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Bateman, Nicoleta. 2012. Palatalization as overlap of articulatory gestures: crosslinguistic evidence. In Berson et al, eds. Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, February 8-10, 2008. Vol. 4, General Session and Parasession on Information Structure. pp. 25-37.
Bateman, Nicoleta. 2011. On the Typology of Palatalization. Language and Linguistics Compass, 5: 588-602. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2011.00294.x. Wiley-Blackwell.
Bateman, Nicoleta. 2010. The change from labial to palatal as glide hardening. Linguistic Typology. 14(2).
Bateman, Nicoleta, and Maria Polinsky. 2010. Romanian as a two-gender language. In Gerdts, Moore, and Polinsky, eds. Festschrift for David Perlmutter. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Bateman, Nicoleta. 2007. A crosslinguistic investigation of palatalization. PhD dissertation, Department of Linguistics, University of California, San Diego. Available at the Open Access Digital Library, Language Description Heritage collection.
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I was dreaming that I was in some sort of ship with people, we were the ones flying it, then we had to for some reason land on some planet. We knew the beings were waiting for us outside and this was the first time we were going to make contact with another intelligent life force, one of my friends was with me and he felt confident he could go out there and talk to them, we were all at the door of the ship to go outside. He goes out there and all I can remember was him and the being which was a girl with long black hair, he was smiling because he was confident that he could talk to them but they didnt talk, they just smiled, this REALLY creepy music came on, like repetitive music or tones, then her face was focused on and these weird robotic voices were talking or speaking, kind of like the voice of wall-e but creepier. All of the sudden my friend panics and says "they read minds....... THEY READ MINDS!!!!!" and out of nowhere im awake but not awake, this is the crazy part. I wake up but my eyes are still closed my body is paralyzed, i can hear the TV I know im face down with my hands on my sides, my mind goes into this weird trance tunnel, like if somebody is trying to talk to me through telepathy and i want to move but i cant no matter how hard i try, im going "PLEASE STOP PLEASE STOP!" at this point i KNOW im awake I can feel and hear everything but at the sametime I can't move i cant speak i can only move my eyes but they remain shut because i cant open them no matter how hard i try, the voice is still talking to me even though i cant understand a word and inside my mind is like im going through this weird trance tunnel like "BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM" then i finally said "STOP!!!!" and i could finally move and open my eyes...
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this is why i always always always try to remember to act and guard my thoughts,
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there ARE people, children who do...
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This article was published 2/12/2012 (1695 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Against the backdrop of an unthinkable tragedy, the Kansas City Chiefs gave themselves a reason to be proud Sunday -- and perhaps the impetus to let the healing begin.
Brady Quinn threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns, and Jamaal Charles ran for 127 yards in the Chiefs' 27-21 victory over the Carolina Panthers. The win snapped an eight-game losing streak during one of the most difficult seasons the franchise has ever experienced.
The win came one day after Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend multiple times at a residence near Arrowhead Stadium, then drove to the team's practice facility and turned the gun on himself as general manager Scott Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel looked on.
Pioli walked through the press box before the game and said he was doing "OK," though he didn't stop to talk. Crennel was on the sideline coaching his team to an uplifting victory.
"As far as playing the game, I thought that was the best for us to do, because that's what we do," Crennel said, tears forming in the corner of his eyes. "We're football players and football coaches and that's what we do, we play on Sunday."
Cam Newton threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns for the Panthers (3-9), who were informed the game would be played as scheduled while they were heading to Kansas City on Saturday.
DeAngelo Williams added 67 yards rushing for the Panthers, carrying the load with Jonathan Stewart out with an injury. Steve Smith, Greg Olsen and Louis Murphy caught their TD passes.
"You definitely feel for them. What they are going through is tragic," Olsen said. "But we have a job to do. Our job is to come here and prepare to win. They wouldn't expect any less."
Peyton Hillis had a touchdown run for Kansas City (2-10), while Tony Moeaki and Jon Baldwin had touchdown catches. Ryan Succop hit a pair of field goals, including a 52-yarder with 4:54 left that forced the Panthers to score a touchdown to steal the win.
Instead, the Panthers went three-and-out, and the Chiefs were able to run the clock down to 31 seconds before giving back the ball. Newton completed two quick passes to reach the Carolina 38, but his final heave as time expired was caught by Smith short of the end zone.
Panthers coach Ron Rivera greeted Crennel at midfield and gave him a hug.
The game was played in a half-empty stadium before a sparse crowd that could only muster some subdued cheering most of the afternoon given the tragedy that had occurred.
Chiefs players gathered in the tunnel leading to the field for a brief prayer before their pre-game stretching. A few fans held up signs referencing the shootings, and there was a moment of silence prior to the national anthem to remember all victims of domestic violence.
Kansas City police have not released a motive for the shootings, which claimed the life of Belcher and 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins, and left a three-month-old girl, Zoey, an orphan.
"It's been an incredibly difficult 24 hours for our family and our entire organization," Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt told The Associated Press on the field before the game. "We have so many guys on our team and our coaching staff who are really, really hurting."
The emotions were raw even after the kickoff.
Kansas City took the opening possession and marched 74 yards in just six plays, including a 21-yard pass to Dwayne Bowe and a 34-yarder to Baldwin that got the Chiefs to the two.
Hillis powered in to score the first touchdown for Kansas City on the opening possession of a game since Dec. 26, 2010. It was also the first touchdown drive engineered by Quinn since December 2009, when he helped the Browns beat the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.
Hillis ran to the sideline after scoring his first touchdown of the season and handed the ball to Crennel, then gave the affable head coach a big bear hug.
The Panthers answered with a long touchdown drive. The big play came when safety Abe Elam watched Olsen haul in a 47-yard pass from Newton for the tying touchdown.
The Chiefs had tacked on a field goal when the Panthers struck again, this time after Newton completed three passes to convert third downs. The last of them was to Smith in the corner of the end zone from 23 yards.
But Kansas City finished off the half with one of its best drives of the year. It took up the final 7:25 and covered 80 yards.
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Premalatha, and Ramamoorthy, P (1993) Development of PC-based Aeronautical Software (AEROWARE) 13; 13;. In: Proceedings of the Fluid Dynamics Symposium in Honour of Professor R. Narasimha on his 60th Birthday, 1993, Sikkim, India.Full text not available from this repository.
The development of a software package called 'AEROWARE' (AEROnautical softWARE) is described. The organization of the first version of the package, including user interface utilities, is explained. The hardware and software resources needed for the development, are briefly discussed. Recommendations are made for future versions of the package.
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Hogenaar, A. and Steinhoff, W. (2008) Towards a Dutch Academic Information Domain. In: Third International Conference on Open Repositories 2008, 1-4 April 2008, Southampton, United Kingdom.
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This paper shows the development of a Dutch Academic Information Domain (AID). The AID is a new concept that can be used to describe the interrelations between research descriptions, research data and research publications. In The Netherlands, the research information portal NARCIS is already offering access to these three research related information sources. The interlinking of these sources will lead to the realization of the AID. Interlinking is possible by using Digital Author Identifiers, by which names of researchers (in their different roles in the information sources) can be coupled. Besides, persistent identifiers will be used to identify resources independently of their localization. The metadata schema MODS - in a stripped form - will be introduced in order to harvest information objects together with the added identifiers. Eventually, this development will yield new compound information objects that are aggregations of distinct information units. The ideas will be elaborated further within the European DRIVER II project.
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There's a Google product on the GDC show floor that will make many aspiring 3D artists very happy.
As if any Google product doesn't make everyone happy. Google SketchUp is on display and it's, basically, a very easy to use 3D modeling application.
Modeling can be done very easily with very intuitive tools that point-and-click your design into existence without having to manage through a lot of numbers and values. For example, the pen tool creates divisions within polygons and will snap to vertices within the model as well as familiar values so that straight lines can be cut all the way across a cube at the exact same height all the way around. It was actually amazing to see it and it's even more amazing that we've reached a level of 3D graphical development that there is now an application for 'casual' 3D artists.
Of course, with any 'simplified' piece of software, there are limitations. You can model, but you can't animate in SketchUp. Rendering is limited also; the basic stuff is there like rendering out your work in picture or video form but when you think about it there's really no use in rendering your video if you can't animate your work. Basic texture-mapping is also available which is all any beginning modeler really needs. Mind you, these are tiny limitations at most when considering the fact that the software is totally free.
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Coach: Jeremy Earle (fourth season, 23-9)
Last season: 10-2
Class/district: 6A-8
Colors: Blue and gold
Stadium: Dr. Sam Horton Stadium, 4401 W. Cypress St., Tampa
Playoff history: 1975, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013
Last appearance: Beat Largo 25-17; lost 52-48 to Armwood.
State titles: 2010
Season schedule
Aug. 29 vs. Alonso, 7:30
Sept. 5 at Hillsborough, 7:30
Sept. 12 vs. Robinson, 7:30
Sept. 26 at Armwood, 7:30
Oct. 2 vs. Leto, 7
Oct. 10 at Lennard, 7:30
Oct. 17 vs. King, 7:30
Oct. 24 at Chamberlain, 7:30
Oct. 31 vs. Blake, 7:30
Nov. 7 at Steinbrenner, 7:30
Mark your calendar
Jefferson at Hillsborough, Sept. 5: With last year's state runnerup Armwood as the favorite for the top spot in the district once again, the race for No. 2 — and the playoff berth that goes along with it — could begin when Hillsborough hosts the Dragons. Last season, the Terriers led at halftime, but Jefferson scored four touchdowns in the second half to secure a 28-23 win against the district rival, and ultimately take the playoff spot from Hillsborough. Against a Hillsborough team determined not to miss the postseason again, Jefferson could have its hands full.
Huddle highlights
Life after Deiondre: As last year's starting quarterback, Deiondre Porter had a state-high 4,698 total yards (3,199 passing, 1,499 rushing) and 53 touchdowns. Since the Florida signee and Tampa Bay Times' All-Tampa Bay Offensive Player of the Year scored 82 percent of his team's touchdowns and rushed for 708 yards more than the next best Dragon last season, restructuring an offense in his absence could be the biggest mountain Jefferson has to climb.
Front loaded: The Dragons open their season against what could be a tough Alonso team before meeting district rivals Hillsborough and Armwood within the next three weeks. If Jefferson plans to make a statement, it needs to do it early.
Fresh faces: The Dragons return just three starters on offense and four on defense. Replacing Porter and last season's top three leading tacklers with young, inexperienced players is certainly a challenge, coach Jeremy Earle admits, but it's one he and the rest of the coaching staff have embraced.
Rookie QB: Jefferson plans to start sophomore quarterback Cade Weldon, a recent transfer from Berkeley Prep. Weldon, son of former Florida State and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Casey Weldon, has zero starts under his belt, but Earle said he's confident in his QB's athletic abilities. "He loves studying the game," Earle said. "He's a gym rat."
Known quantities
DB Quentin Rogers, Sr.: One of four returning starters on defense, Rogers, who had 25 tackles last season, will be part of a secondary of which Earle seems to be the most proud.
DB Ernest Mills, Sr.: Mills, also a returning starter on defense, will join Rogers in the secondary, trying to add to his 41 tackles, one for loss, and one interception in 2013.
RB Mondreas Lofton, Jr.: The only offensive returning starter not on the line, Lofton will be tapped to carry the load on the ground in Porter's absence. Last season, he rushed for 791 yards and eight touchdowns. Now that he's not sharing the work with Porter, we expect he can do a whole lot more for the Dragons.
LB Ceddrick Knight, Jr.: Since Jefferson graduated its top three leading tacklers from last season, Knight — whose 56 tackles, six for loss, was fourth best on the squad — should lead the way on defense. Knight, 5-foot-10, 200 pounds, also had a pair of sacks and a fumble recovery for the Dragons last year.
ATH Jeremiah Baltrip, Sr.: At No. 81 in the HomeTeam 100, Baltrip excels just about anywhere on the football field. Last season he starred on special teams while adding four tackles and rushing for 40 yards. His size and potential lead us to believe he could have a much bigger role in 2014.
QB Cade Weldon, So.: Weldon has never started a varsity game, but Earle said the former Berkeley Prep backup has all the tools to be successful — even against the tough competition Jefferson will see in the first few weeks of the season. He might not be experienced under center, but his 127 yards receiving and two touchdowns in Berkeley Prep's spring game prove his athletic ability.
LB Ashante Dennard, Sr.: Dennard started just the last four games last season at middle linebacker, but his impact was still grand — accruing 29 tackles, seven for loss, two sacks and an interception. Now that he'll be a more permanent fixture, he should be an even bigger threat to opposing offenses.
WR Taj Jenkins, Sr.: Randy Bradford threw for 264 yards in Jefferson's spring game, and Jenkins was one of his many targets who made a name for himself that night — with an 80-yard touchdown reception on the first play of the game. The 6-foot-1, 165-pound receiver was on the varsity roster last season but didn't make a huge impact. This time around, Earle expects that to change.
RB Cory Walker, Sr.: In addition to Lofton, the 5-foot-9, 175-pound Walker should be a big part of the Dragons' run game. As a junior, Walker rushed 148 yards on 15 carries. In a spring game win against Robinson, he led the way with 41 yards on the ground and a touchdown.
Coach's corner
"In high school football every year, every team makes its own identity. So that's kind of the fun part about it. It's something we're forming now as we speak." — Earle


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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) — Groups trying to develop policy to support West Virginia farms and food businesses will meet in Bridgeport this week to review the progress they've made so far in building the state's food economy.
Farmers, health advocates, agency officials and others are attending the conference to discuss farm-to-table efforts over the past year and to build new partnerships and action plans for this year.
The initiative is led by the West Virginia Food & Farm Coalition and the West Virginia Community Development Hub.
Among the key areas to be discussed are: local food aggregation and distribution; school gardens and youth in agriculture; processing infrastructure; and improving access to healthy local food.
The event gets under way at noon Tuesday in the Bridgeport Conference Center.
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May is National Mental Health Month.
"The purpose of Mental Health Month is to raise awareness of mental health conditions and promote mental wellness for all," said Joan Meis Wilson, assistant director of Health Services, El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency. "Another larger goal of the campaign is to decrease the stigma sometimes associated with mental illness and share information about local mental health resources."
Studies show that nearly one in five individuals in California report needing help with a mental or emotional health problem. According to Meis Wilson, there should be no shame associated with seeking help.
"Mental illnesses are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character or poor upbringing," said Meis Wilson. "Most people diagnosed with a serious mental illness can experience relief from their symptoms by getting help."
Everyone in the community can support the goal of optimal mental health by:
• Connecting with family and friends to feel supported, valued and understood
• Staying physically active; when the body is moving, stress-induced hormones are released
• Making connections to others in the community to feel a sense of belonging and purpose
• Seeking professional help to feel better during times of stress and difficulty in coping
• Understanding the signs and symptoms of someone in emotional distress, and supporting them in seeking help
The Mental Health Division of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency provides crisis services, including operating a 24-hour crisis line for residents, and is a response partner with emergency response agencies during traumatic community events. The division also conducts assessments, and provides adult and children's outpatient services and groups for residents who have a major psychological disorder, such as schizophrenia or major depression.
In addition, the division also coordinates a number of mental health prevention programs in the community and operates the county's psychiatric health facility for individuals who may be a danger to themselves or others due to mental distress.
For more information about the programs and services of the Mental Health Division visit edcgov.us/mentalhealth.
Mental Health Division's main phone lines for the Western Slope are (530) 621-6290 for the outpatient clinic and (530) 622-3345 for crisis services. In South Lake Tahoe the numbers are (530) 573-7970 for the outpatient clinic and (530) 544-2219 for crisis services.


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Corruption has been a part of the music business since Adam was a lad, or at least from when he was any record company employee handing over payola to disc jockeys to play certain records. The strident tone of Mitchell's comments, however, sounds more like the click of a needle off the record than a mere pause.
Karen O'Brien, author of Shadows and Light, Joni Mitchell, the Definitive Biography, knows well how Mitchell has "raged against the machine" many times. "That's nothing new," O'Brien told The Sunday Age last week. "She's always had a healthy disrespect for the industry and how it eats into your creativity.
"What I find slightly worrying is that she is refusing to give interviews for her new CD Travelogue. That hasn't happened before."
To Joni fans (all her fans call her Joni) it would be a future too terrible to contemplate - as O'Brien, a senior BBC journalist and a lifelong Mitchell fan, admits herself. "Some people might say, uncharitably, that all her ideas are gone, that she put all her ideas into the songs of the past 35 years and that she's got nothing else to say," O'Brien says. "I cannot bring myself to believe that, at the age of 59, Joni Mitchell has nothing left to say and nothing left she wants us to hear.
"There are too few examples of really creatively challenging and vigorous intellect in music. I don't think we can afford to lose her."
O'Brien may be speaking for the cultural point of view, but in the land of "junkfood for juveniles", as Mitchell describes hit songs in Taming the Tiger, prophet, literally and liturgically, does not mean profit.
The struggle between fame, fortune and fidelity to a higher cause has always been part of Mitchell's life. O'Brien in her book quotes Mitchell from the 1970s: "The money and success seemed distasteful. The fame and fortune seemed out of all proportion to what I was doing, although there were times when I felt I deserved every bit of it ... I felt a little whorish about selling my soul, putting a price on it." Mitchell need not worry. Her name is spoken of in the same breath as Bob Dylan's.
Her career has been neither Faustian nor folly. Her music has garnered award upon award, from Grammys to Sweden's Polar Music Prize, to induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. She has blazed a path for women songwriters over two generations in an industry dominated by men.
An example of her standing and her reach can be seen in the range of artists who performed at a tribute concert in New York a couple of years ago. They included Cyndi Lauper, Diana Krall, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, James Taylor, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Cassandra Wilson, Richard Thompson and Elton John.
Elton John put the concept of royalty in perspective when, in gesturing to Mitchell on stage, he said: "I've played for the Queen of England and it's not as intimidating as having a great musician there."
To O'Brien, Mitchell is "without a doubt, an iconic, legendary presence of contemporary music".
"She has shown that words and music can have a lasting effect on people's lives," she says. "She's shown you can live by your own lights and that there's no age limit.
"Popkids are built for obsolescence, that's the way they're marketed, but people like Mitchell are the antithesis of that. If she does leave the industry, then that will say a lot more about the industry than about Mitchell, and we'll be the poorer for it."
Joni Mitchell was born Roberta Joan Anderson in 1943 in Canada. Her formative years were spent in various prairie towns; she contracted polio (as did fellow Canadian schoolboy Neil Young around the same time); and she drew inspiration from an unlikely source: an Australian named Arthur Kratzman, who was a teacher at Queen Elizabeth Public School, Saskatoon.
Kratzman told the young Joan, who was an artist before a writer, that "if you can paint with a brush, you can paint with words". He also encouraged her to "write in your own blood", which Mitchell later found out was from Nietzsche. She never forgot Kratzman's teaching, making a dedication to him years later in her first album: "To Mr Kratzman for 'teaching me to love words'."
Her first album, usually known as Songs to a Seagull, was released in 1968. It was produced by David Crosby, who was her partner at the time. Crosby, who had substantial clout in the industry because of his work with The Byrds and Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, was able to get her a deal unprecedented at the time for a female artist. Mitchell had autonomy. As O'Brien remarks, to have creative control was very rare. Like several other songwriters during that time, Mitchell came to notice through other people's renditions of her songs. Many artists were covering her songs, but Judy Collins provided the hit with Both Sides Now.
From that release to the mid-1970s, Mitchell's career blossomed. Her songs, such as The Circle Game, Woodstock, Big Yellow Taxi and You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio gave her commercial success and critical acclaim. Her albums Court and Spark, Miles of Aisles and The Hissing of Summer Lawns all made the US Top 5. But in that success lay the seeds of a secession from the mainstream. Mitchell started to embrace jazz and world influences. By the 1980s, and into the present day, her music has not troubled the higher echelons of the charts.
A turning point was the album Mingus, which was written with the jazz great Charles Mingus. "I was warned by management that it would cost me, that by doing this I would have betrayed an orthodoxy and (no one) would know where to place me," Mitchell commented.
Larry Klein, her bassist whom she married in the early 1980s, told O'Brien: "She certainly felt that no one was happy that she had gone into that area, the jazz people considered her to be a carpetbagger and the rock audience felt betrayed."
The road from betrayal can often lead to the wilderness, but Mitchell continued to produce high-quality work. There was, however, a cost that, O'Brien says, has left her diminished. "There's an emptiness," O'Brien says. "I asked Eliot Roberts (her manager) and he said it's commercial success.
"There couldn't be an award that his woman hasn't received, and any musician who values good strong writing would revere Joni Mitchell. Even young musicians name-check her, but there's something in her that's never quite full."
If her voice is stilled, then something else will never seem quite full. Even if those clouds of Michelangelo are still radiant with sungold, the surrounding light of the sky will seem drained of colour.
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Eldorado Gold Corp. is reducing its 2013 capital budget by $240-million (U.S.) and cutting its exploration budget for the year as a result of declining gold prices.
The miner cut its overall capital plan for this year to $430-million from $670-million, focusing on mine site and brown fields exploration and delaying a full expansion of its Kisladag project in Turkey.
It will also spend $51-million for exploration in 2013 instead of the planned $98.5-million and expects 2014 exploration spending to be at or below the new level.
Chief executive Paul Wright says the company revised the plan to ensure it can develop its business based on a gold price of $1,250 an ounce for the foreseeable future.
At Kisladag, it still plans to replace the existing mining fleet with larger loading and haulage equipment and continue with the electrification of the mine.
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Faculty and Job Opportunities Available in the Dept. of Pediatrics
The Department of Pediatrics at The University of Toledo College of Medicine is seeking a clinical geneticist to be division chief and oversee a program for genetic services in Northwest Ohio that is partially funded by a state supported genetic services grant from the Ohio Department of Health.
The applicant must have an MD/DO and be board certified or eligible in clinical genetics by The American Board of Medical Genetics as well as be eligible for licensure in the State of Ohio. The successful candidate will join a growing department of pediatrics and will be involved in genetic evaluation and counseling of pediatric and adult patients with diverse genetic disorders including inborn errors of metabolism, birth defects, cancer genetics and high risk pregnancies. The candidate will have teaching responsibilities for medical, other healthcare students and residents and play an active role in the pediatric residency program. An independent research program is encouraged and abundant collaborative opportunities exist with clinical and basic science faculty.
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Gloria Allred, the lawyer for a man who accused Syracuse University assistant men's basketball coach Bernie Fine of sexual abuse, said Monday that a report on the university's investigation of the claim is "a complete whitewash."
Bobby Davis, now 41, claims Fine molested him beginning when he was around 12. Fine, 66, was fired in November after the allegations were made public. He has not been charged and denies the accusations.
The report was issued last week by a special committee comprised of three trustees along with members of the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
In a nine-page statement issued Monday, Allred is critical of many parts of that report, including:
-- It failed to criticize the 2005 probe as biased because it was conducted by the university's regular outside counsel -- Bond, Schoeneck and King.
-- Allred said that Bond, Schoeneck and King's determination that Davis' allegations could not be substantiated missed the point. She said the issue should have been determining whether they occurred. "Few cases of childhood sexual abuse can be 'substantiated' because by their very nature these events occur in private under circumstances where there cannot be substantiation, often because the victims are afraid or ashamed to speak out until years after the fact."
-- The contention that the issue was not "swept under the rug" in 2005 does not "pass the laugh test" and "appears to be preposterous on its face."
-- It does not address rumors that Laurie Fine, Bernie Fine's wife, had sex with Syracuse athletes, including basketball players. Allred's statement says, "In our opinion, their can be no benign justification for this omission."
There was no immediate response from the university or the law firm that prepared the report.
Lawrence Fisher, who is representing Laurie Fine in a slander suit against ESPN, issued a statement Monday, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard. In it he said the report helps Laurie Fine in her lawsuit and further proves Davis is a liar.
Allred represented Davis and his stepbrother, Mike Lang, in a defamation suit against Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim.
In the days immediately following the pair's accusations against Fine, Boeheim labeled them liars who were just out for money. That suit was dismissed in May by state Supreme Court Justice Brian DeJoseph but the ruling is being appealed.
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