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|James A. Apffel, Jr., Hongfeng Yin, Thomas P. Doherty
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|Agilent Technologies, Inc.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an interface for transferring fluid streams into a mass spectrometer system. In particular, the present invention relates to a transfer capillary that allows multiple fluid streams to be monitored by a single mass analyzer.
2. Description of the Background
The combination of mass spectrometry (MS) and liquid chromatography (LC) is one of the most powerful methods available for analysis of chemical compounds and is widely used in chemical, environmental, pharmaceutical, and biological research. In a liquid chromatograph, a sample containing a mixture of compounds is pumped through a separation column in a liquid mobile phase. The components of the sample mixture are separated as they pass through the column, and the separated components emerge from the column one after another. A detector is connected to the fluid stream at the column exit to detect the components as they leave the column.
In a mass spectrometer, compounds are positively or negatively charged in an ionization source. The masses of the resultant ions are determined in a vacuum by a mass analyzer that measures the mass/charge (m/z) ratio of the ions. When used as a detector for a liquid chromatograph, a mass spectrometer can provide information on the molecular weight and chemical structure of each compound separated by the chromatograph, allowing identification of each of the components of the mixture.
FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional LC/MS instrument 100. The mass spectrometer 105 contains a special interface 107 to connect the MS 105 to the LC 110. Interface 107 is required because compounds exiting the LC column 112 are dissolved in a liquid solvent and are at atmospheric pressure, whereas the mass analyzer is operated under high vacuum and requires the compounds to be in the gas phase. The interface 107 includes an atmospheric pressure ionization chamber 120, a first stage vacuum chamber 123, and a second stage vacuum chamber 127. The first stage vacuum chamber 123 is typically held at a pressure around two orders of magnitude less than the atmospheric pressure chamber 120, and the second stage vacuum chamber 127 is typically held at a pressure two to four orders of magnitude less than the first stage chamber 123. Effluent leaving column 112 enters the atmospheric pressure chamber 120 through sprayer 130, which nebulizes and ionizes compounds as they exit the column.
Ions leaving sprayer 130 are directed or, depending on the orientation of sprayer 130, attracted toward an ion transfer capillary 132, which is positioned between the atmospheric pressure chamber 120 and a first stage vacuum chamber 123. Ions that enter the transfer capillary 132 are swept into the first vacuum chamber 123 in a stream of gas due to the pressure difference between chambers 120 and 123. The ions leave the transfer capillary 132 and pass through skimmer 140 or other equipment within the second vacuum 127 to focus and direct the ions to the mass analyzer 115. Mass analyzer 115 determines the m/z ratio of each ion.
In many instances, it is desirable to be able to use a singe mass spectrometer to analyze multiple inlet streams coming from multiple LC columns or other liquid phase sample sources. Mass spectrometers are typically more expensive than liquid chromatographs, and thus it is cheaper to use a single mass spectrometer as a detector for multiple LC systems. Furthermore, particularly if the mass analyzer is a time-of-flight instrument, mass spectral acquisition is much faster than LC separation. Therefore, it is possible for multiple LC systems, or multiple parallel streams from a single LC system, to be monitored by a single mass spectrometer effectively simultaneously. This approach is referred to as multiplexing analysis.
Multiplexing analysis for LC/MS has been accomplished by altering interface 107 to allow ions generated from each of the multiple inlet streams to sequentially enter the transfer capillary 132. Designs for such interfaces are described, for example, in Bateman et al., "Multiple LC/MS: Parallel and Simultaneous Analyses of Liquid Streams by LC/TOF Mass Spectrometry Using a Novel Eight-Way Interface," Proceedings of the 47th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Jun. 13-18, 1999, Dallas Tex., pp 2216-2217; Analytical Chemistry, 2000, volume 72, p. 22A; and Analytical Chemistry, 2000, volume 72, pp. 20-24. These interfaces may suffer from problems such as cross-contamination and possible cross-reaction between samples from different fluid streams; mechanical complexity that causes the interface to be expensive and fragile; and slow switching between fluid streams that prevents the effectively simultaneous monitoring of multiple streams.
The embodiments of the present invention provide a transfer capillary and mass spectrometer interface that allow samples from multiple fluid streams to be introduced into a single mass analyzer and multiplexing analysis to be conducted. Switching between ionized samples generated by the different fluid streams is accomplished by the transfer capillary, which allows for fast switching between the fluid streams and reduces the possibility of cross-contamination between ionized samples.
The mass spectrometer interface includes a first chamber through which the multiple fluid streams enter and a second chamber that is in fluid communication with a mass analyzer. The interface includes ionizers connected to the multiple fluid streams. The ionizers generate ionized sample from each fluid stream within the first chamber and direct the ionized sample toward the inlets of a transfer capillary.
The transfer capillary forms a passageway between the first and second chambers. In one embodiment the transfer capillary has two or more inlets, each connected to inlet channels. The inlet channels merge into a single outlet channel that is connected to an outlet. The inlets of the transfer capillary are positioned within a first chamber and the outlet positioned within a second chamber. In another embodiment the transfer capillary has multiple channels, and each channel has an inlet located within the first chamber and an outlet located within the second chamber.
The transfer capillary includes a multiplex selector that allows ions to flow through a selected subset of the channels while retarding the flow of ions through the non-selected channels. The multiplex selector is capable of changing which of the channels are in the selected subset through which ions are allowed to flow. The multiplex selector may be a mechanical gate placed across the channels, a set of conductors that electrostatically control the ion flow, a skimmer with multiple openings surrounded by conductors which electrostatically control which skimmer opening is active, or a pair of electrodes placed between the channel outlets and a skimmer which electrostatically control which stream is directed into the skimmer opening.
The second chamber of the interface is held at a lower pressure than the first chamber. Ions pass through the transfer capillary under the control of the multiplex selector into the second chamber and on into the mass analyzer. The interface may also include a controller for synchronizing the operation of the mass analyzer and the multiplex selector.
FIG. 1 is a diagram of an LC/MS system.
FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an MS interface and transfer capillary in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
FIGS. 3A and 3B are perspective views of a mechanically operated multiplex selector.
FIGS. 4A and 4B are sectional views of an MS interface and transfer capillary having an electrostatically operated multiplex selector.
FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5D illustrate an MS interface and a multiple channel transfer capillary in accordance with embodiments of the invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates an interface 200 that allows samples from multiple fluid streams to be analyzed in a single mass analyzer. Tubing 201, 202 conducts separate fluid streams into interface 200 through fluid inlet ports 205, 206. The tubing 201, 202 and fluid inlet ports 205, 206 may be connected to any fluid streams that contain sample to be analyzed by the mass analyzer 115. The fluid streams may be, for example, effluents pumped from a liquid chromatography system such as an HPLC, a micro-LC, or a capillary electrophoresis instrument. Although interface 200 is illustrated with two fluid streams in FIG. 2, interface 200 and its components may be expanded to accommodate any number of fluid streams.
The fluid streams are conducted from the fluid inlet ports 205, 206 through ionization devices, such as sprayers 211, 212, that nebulize and ionize the samples in the fluid streams. The ionized samples exit sprayers 211, 212 into the atmospheric pressure ionization chamber 120, and pass into transfer capillary 215.
Transfer capillary 215 forms a passage between the atmospheric pressure ionization chamber 120 and the first stage vacuum chamber 123, and can selectively transmit ionized samples from the individual fluid streams into chamber 123. In one embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 2, transfer capillary 215 has inlet arms 221, 222 that each have inlets 231, 232 connected to inlet channels 241, 242. The channels 241, 242 of arms 221, 222 merge into a single outlet channel 250 at point 253. Outlet channel 250 extends through arm 255 to an outlet 257. Transfer capillary 215 may also have conductors 261, 262 located on the inlets 231, 232, and conductor 267 located on the outlet 257.
The inlets 231, 232 of transfer capillary 215 are located within atmospheric pressure chamber 120. Sprayers 211, 212 are positioned proximate to corresponding inlets 231, 232 so that ionized sample leaving each sprayer 211 or 212 only enters into one of the inlets, 231 or 232, respectively. To prevent ions that leave a sprayer 211, 212 from entering the wrong inlet, the arms 221, 222 and inlets 231, 232 of the transfer capillary are arranged so that the ion spray plumes leaving each sprayer 211, 212 do not cross paths. Cross-contamination of ions leaving sprayers 211, 212 may also be prevented by use of a shield (not shown) between sprayers 211, 212.
A potential applied to conductors 261, 262 attracts the ionized samples leaving sprayers 211, 212 to the respective inlets 231, 232. For example, if sprayers 211, 212 generate positive ions, a potential in the range of, e.g., −5 kV to −3.5 kV may be applied to conductors 261, 262 to attract the ions. The first vacuum chamber 123 is held at a much lower pressure, e.g., 10 torr, than the atmospheric pressure chamber 120. Thus, once inside the inlet channels 241, 242 of the transfer capillary, the ionized samples are entrained in a gas stream and swept toward the outlet 257 due to the pressure difference between chambers 120 and 123. Because of the multiple channels within transfer capillary 215, it may be necessary to use a greater pressure differential between chamber 120 and 123 than is conventionally used to create the necessary gas flow rate through the transfer capillary.
During operation, fluid streams enter interface 200 continuously, and sprayers 211, 212 continuously generate ions from samples in the fluid streams. The ionized samples are continuously sprayed into the atmospheric pressure chamber 120. To allow ionized samples from separate fluid streams to be delivered to the mass analyzer one at a time, transfer capillary 215 includes a multiplex selector, such as gate 270. The multiplex selector allows the separate ionized samples from each sprayer 211, 212 to sequentially pass through transfer capillary 215.
In the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, gate 270 is a mechanical device that allows ions to flow through a selected inlet channel, e.g., inlet channel 241, while blocking ion flow in the other inlet channel, e.g., inlet channel 242. Gate 270 sequentially switches open each inlet channel, to sequentially allow ionized samples from the sprayers 211, 212 to pass into the outlet channel 250. Exemplary embodiments of gate 270 and other multiplex selectors will be described below in relation to FIGS. 3A, 3B, 4A, and 4B.
The ions selected by the multiplex selector then pass from outlet channel 250, through outlet 257, and into chamber 123. At outlet 257, conductor 267 may have an applied potential, e.g., 100-300 V, to attract the sample ions and direct the ions to the next stage of vacuum. Sample ions leave outlet 257 and pass through skimmer 140 and additional components, such as ion guides and additional vacuum stages, that focus and accelerate the sample ions into a mass analyzer 115. Mass analyzer 115 produces a mass spectral signal for the sample ions.
As the multiplex selector sequentially switches open channels in transfer capillary 215, mass spectra of ionized sample from each fluid stream are sequentially collected. The spectral acquisition can be synchronized with the switching of the multiplex selector using, for example, control system 290. Control system 290 includes a controller 293 that can be circuitry or a computer processor, as understood by those of skill in the art, for coordinating the operation mass analyzer 115 and the multiplex selector 270.
If the mass spectral acquisition time is short enough, signals obtain from ionized samples generated by each sprayer 211, 212 can be observed virtually in parallel. One of the fastest mass analyzers currently available is the time-of-flight mass analyzer, which can acquire spectra at the rate of 10 to 100 per second. If mass analyzer 115 is a time-off-light mass analyzer, the orthogonal acceleration time-of-flight pulser is synchronized with the multiplex selector switching (with the appropriate delay to account for transit time to the mass analyzer). This synchronization is set so that the orthogonal packet pulsing of the mass analyzer is coincident with the arrival of ionized sample generated by a particular sprayer 211, 212 into the mass analyzer 115. In this case, controller 293 is a computer processor and includes system control, acquisition, and data processing software understood by those of skill in the art. In addition to controlling synchronization of the multiplex selector and mass analyzer, such software will correlate each signal obtained from the mass analyzer with the corresponding fluid stream and reconstruct the acquired spectra, so that the spectral acquisitions for each fluid stream appear to have been simultaneously collected (virtually parallel signals).
FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary mechanically operated multiplex selector, chopper 300, that can be used as the gate 270 illustrated in FIG. 2. In FIG. 3, chopper 300 has a plate 310 that is inserted cross-wise through the arms 221, 222 and corresponding inlet channels 241, 242. Plate 310 can be made of, e.g., metal or plastic. The plate 310 is vacuum sealed to the arms 221, 222 so that ions flowing through inlet channels 241, 242 do not leak out of transfer capillary 215 at the interface between the plate 310 and arms 221, 222. Plate 310 has an orifice 320 that can be positioned within arms 221 and aligned with the inlet channel 241, as shown in FIG. 3A. In the position illustrated in FIG. 3A, the plate 310 blocks the flow of ions through inlet channel 242.
Plate 310 is attached to a support and actuator mechanism, such as a solenoid (not shown), that rotates plate 310. FIG. 3B illustrates plate 310 rotated so that orifice 320 is not aligned with either inlet channel 241, 242, and thus both inlet channels are blocked. Plate 310 may be continuously rotated so that orifice 320 is sequentially aligned with each of the inlet channels 241, 242, allowing ions from each of the sprayers 211, 212 to sequentially enter the outlet channel 250. The diameter of orifice 320 is smaller than the annular distance, d, between the inlet channel 241, 242 and the outer wall of arm 221, 222, so that the vacuum is not broken when the orifice is rotated across an inlet channel.
In other embodiments the multiplex selector operates by electrostatically controlling ion flow through transfer capillary 215. For example, electrostatic gating may be accomplished by appropriate biasing of the inlet conductors 261, 262. The conductors 261, 262 may be sequentially grounded, so that, for example, while conductor 261 is at −3.5 kV and, hence, ions from sprayers 211 are attracted to the inlet 231, conductor 262 is switched to ground, so that ions from sprayer 222 are not attracted to inlet 232 and are slowed or blocked from entering inlet channel 242. Then, the potentials applied to conductors 261, 262 are switched, and conductor 261 is grounded while conductor 262 is at −3.5 kV. Thus, the flow of ions into inlets 231, 232 is switched.
A possible difficulty with sequentially grounding conductors 261 and 262, particularly if sprayers 211, 212 are electrospray ionizers, is that the spray plumes leaving sprayers 211, 212 are disrupted by the grounding. In another embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 4A, an electrostatically operated multiplex selector may be operated without disrupting these spray plumes. Conductive sections 411, 412 are formed on each of the arms 221, 222 of the transfer capillary. Conductive sections 411, 412 may be, for example, metal rings or coils surrounding a section of each inlet channel 241, 242. Leads 421, 422 supply the conductive sections 411, 412, respectively. Upon application of a potential to the conductive sections 411, 412, a field is induced inside the capillary that can retard ion flow. The ionized sample is attracted to and strikes the surface of the charged conductive sections 411, 412, which stops the ions. In operation, one of the conductive sections, for example, conductive section 411, would have a potential set to allow ions to pass through channel 241. This potential may be optimized so that the ions are neither attracted or repelled under normal flow, or may be, e.g., ground or allowed to float. The other conductive section 412 would have, for the instance of positive ions being generated from sprayers 211, 212, a relatively high negative potential, so that the ions would be pulled to the inner surface of the channel 242. These potentials are sequentially switched, to sequentially allow ions to pass through the channels 241,242, into the outlet channel 250, and on to mass analyzer 115.
In another configuration, as illustrated in FIG. 4B, sections of the inner walls of the inlet channels 241, 242 are metalized with, for example, gold, nickel, or gold on nickel, to form conductive sections 471, 472. Conductive sections 471, 472 can be connected to a potential by leads 481, 482 that go through the wall of the arms 221, 222. Conductive sections 471, 472 can be sequentially biased, as described above for conductive sections 411, 412, to sequentially retard an ion stream in all but one of the inlet channels 241, 242, and select the ion stream that will pass into the outlet channel 250. The metalized inner wall sections may advantageously narrow the inner diameter of the inlet channel 241, 242, which may provide greater control over the flow rate of the ions through the conductive section 471, 472. Conductive sections 471, 472 may also be formed by cutting arms 221, 222 in half and inserting a metal capillary tube between the two halves.
FIGS. 5A-5D illustrate embodiments of transfer capillary 215 in which the channels in inlet arms 221, 222, instead of merging into a single outlet channel, proceed in separate channels 541, 542 through the single outlet arm 255. Because the channels 541, 542 never meet, cross-contamination of samples within transfer capillary 215 is prevented.
The embodiment shown in FIG. 5A allows a multiplex selector gate 270 (such as chopper 300 illustrated in FIG. 3) to be placed cross-wise through the transfer capillary 215 in the outlet arm 255, so gate 270 only crosses a single arm (arm 255) of the transfer capillary 215. Such a gate 270 may thus have a smaller overall diameter than the gate 270 illustrated in FIG. 2, and may be easier to implement.
The embodiment shown in FIG. 5B, uses conductive sections 411, 412, located on the inlet arms 221, 222 to electrostatically control ion flow through the transfer capillary 215. Inner metalized conductive sections located on the inside wall of the channels may be placed at any point in the transfer capillary.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5C, skimmer 600 has multiple openings 601 and 602. Each skimmer opening 601 and 602 is aligned with one of channels 541 and 542. Skimmer openings 601 and 602 may be partially surrounded by a conductive material. By electrically biasing the appropriate skimmer opening, a single channel is selected and transferred to the mass analyzer.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5D, electrodes 610 are placed between channel exits 551 and 552 and skimmer 140. Electrodes 610 do not physically block the flow from channels 541 and 542. Electrodes 610 are electrically biased to divert the spray direction. For example, in an embodiment where transfer capillary 215 has two channels 541 and 542, one bias state would divert the spray from channel exit 551 away from the skimmer opening while diverting the spray from channel exit 552 into the skimmer opening. The other bias state would reverse the selection of channel exits.
Arms 221, 222, and 255 of transfer capillary 215 are typically capillary tubing formed from a dielectric material such as glass. The total length of the transfer capillary, from inlets 231, 232 to outlet 257, is generally 5-20 cm, and typically 18 cm, the outer diameter of the capillary tubing is approximately 0.64 cm (0.25 inches), and the diameter of the channels is approximately 200 to 700 μm. In transfer capillary 215 of FIG. 2, in which the inlet channels 241, 242 merge into a single outlet channel 250, it may be necessary to tailor the internal diameter of the channels to balance gas flow and vacuum requirements. For instance, the inner diameter of the two inlet channels 241, 242 may be made half the inner diameter of the outlet channel 250 to ensure laminar flow through the transfer capillary 215.
Conductors 261, 262, and 267 are formed by plating the ends of the arms 221, 222, and 255 with a metal such as gold, nickel or gold on nickel. The conductors 261, 262, and 267 typically extend for approximately 1 cm down the outside of the arms, 221, 222, and 255, respectively.
Transfer capillary 215 may also be a microfluidic device formed using microfabrication techniques in which the channels are cut into a planar dielectric substrate using, for example, photolithographic, wet chemical etch, or micromachining techniques. A second planar substrate is then laid over and bonded to the first substrate. The diameters of channels in the microfabricated transfer capillary 215 are typically in the range of 0.1 μm to 500 μm. The multiplex selector could be, for instance, a miniature mechanical gate, or the channels could be metalized, by deposition of gold or nickel, to form an electrostatically operated multiplex selector.
Any ionization method may be used to ionize the sample in the fluid streams so long as the ions generated from each fluid stream are capable of entering inlets 231, 232 and do not become cross-contaminated. Typically, the sprayers 211, 212 illustrated in interface 200 are coaxial pneumatic nebulizers that utilize an electrospray method for ionization. In these sprayers a high electric field gradient at the end of a hollow needle charges the surface of the fluid stream as it passes through the needle, and a gas with a high flow rate passes through a hollow outer tube surrounding the needle to vaporize the liquid. Other possible ionization methods include atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and inductively coupled plasma.
Interface 200 is illustrated herein with sprayers 211, 212 arranged in a 180� orientation so the sprayers 211, 212 are facing inlets 231, 232 and ionized sample leaving the sprayers 211, 212 is aimed directly at the inlets 231, 232. Other orientations for sprayers may be used, so long as cross-contamination is prevented. Sprayers 211, 212 may, for example, have an orthogonal orientation with respect to inlets 231, 232, as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,495,108 and 5,750,988, both issued to Apffel et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 5,736,741 issued to Bertsh et al., all incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. These patents also describe the design and construction of typical chambers 120 and 123.
Transfer capillary 215 is illustrated herein with two inlet arms, however, the number of inlet arms and channels may be expanded to any number to accommodate any number of fluid streams. If it is desired that spectral acquisition data for each fluid stream appears to be collected simultaneously, the number of inlet channels used, and hence, the number of fluid streams that can be monitored, may be limited by the acquisition speed of the mass analyzer. For a given acquisition speed, the number of channels must be small enough so that signal resulting from each fluid stream can be collected and reconstructed without introducing a delay in the appearance of the spectra for each stream.
When multiplex selector 215 has multiple inlet channels, a technique known as correlation chromatography, which is understood by those of skill in the art, may be used to increase the duty cycle through each channel. In this technique, groups of channels are simultaneously opened to let groups of ions pass through the transfer capillary at the same time. For example, a group of the conductive sections of an electrostatic multiplex selector, such as conductive sections 411, 412, can be grounded together to simultaneously open those channels. The ions that pass through the opened channels mix, and the result is an overlapped spectrum containing data on samples from the fluid streams corresponding to the group of inlet channels that was opened. The set of inlet channels that make up each group of channels opened is sequentially varied according to a pseudo-random pattern. The pseudo-random pattern enables the spectra of the grouped ions to overlap in a way that can be analyzed using known mathematical techniques to extract the individual spectra corresponding to samples from each fluid stream. Methods for deconvoluting overlapped spectra generated by such pseudo-random sequences are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 6,198,096 to Le Cocq, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
While particular embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that changes and modifications may be made without departing from this invention in its broader aspects. For example, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, the point 253 at which the inlet channels merge may be located within arm 255, at, e.g., the mid-point of arm 255, closer to outlet 257. This would allow a mechanical multiplex selector, such as gate 270 illustrated in FIG. 5A, to be placed cross-wise through the outlet arm 255, before the inlet channels merge. Therefore, the appended claims are to encompass within their scope all such changes and modifications as fall within the scope of this invention.
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The Vatican has announced that Benedict XVI will grant a Plenary Indulgence for the occasion of the two-thousandth anniversary of the birth of the Apostle Paul. The Plenary Indulgence will be valid throughout the Pauline Year which is due to run from 28 June 2008 to 29 June 2009. The decree states: "All Christian faithful - truly repentant, duly purified by the Sacrament of Penance and restored with Holy Communion - who undertake a pious visit in the form of a pilgrimage to the papal basilica of St Paul on Rome's Via Ostiense and pray in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, are granted and imparted Plenary Indulgence for the temporal punishment of their sins, once they have obtained sacramental remission and forgiveness for their shortcomings. "Plenary Indulgence may be gained by the Christian faithful, either for themselves or for the deceased, as many times as the aforementioned acts are undertaken; it remains the case, however, that Plenary Indulgence may be obtained only once a day. "In order that the prayers pronounced on these holy visits may lead and draw the souls of the faithful to a more intense veneration of the memory of St Paul, the following conditions are laid down: the faithful, apart from pronouncing their own prayers before the altar of the Blessed Sacrament, ... must go to the altar of the Confession and pray the 'Our Father' and the 'Creed', adding pious invocations in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Paul; and such acts of devotion must remain closely linked to the memory of the Prince of the Apostles St. Peter". "Christian faithful from the various local Churches, under the usual conditions (sacramental Confession, Eucharistic communion, prayer in keeping with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff) and completely unattached to any form of sin, may still obtain the Plenary Indulgence if they participate devotedly in a religious function or in a pious exercise held publicly in honour of the Apostle of the Gentiles: on the days of the solemn opening and closing of the Pauline Year in any place of worship; on other days determined by the local ordinary, in holy places named for St. Paul and, for the good of the faithful, in other places designated by the ordinary". The document concludes by recalling how the faithful who, "through sickness or other legitimate or important reason", are unable to leave their homes, may still obtain the Plenary Indulgence if, with the soul completely removed from attachment to any form of sin and with the intention of observing, as soon as they can, the usual three conditions, "spiritually unite themselves to a Jubilee celebration in honour of St. Paul, offering their prayers and suffering to God for the unity of Christians". Source: VIS


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The latest no-substance scandal to preoccupy Washington — the emails of Donald Trump Jr. — is having no impact on his father's job approval in any of the recent polls.
Rasmussen Reports, the only poll to survey likely voters, has Trump's job approval at 45 percent (July 9-11), exactly the same as it has been for the past two months. In fact, Rasmussen's average rating for Trump job approval has been averaging 45 percent ever since May.
Nor do any of the other polls — that sample "adults" or "registered voters" — show any movement. Trump's realclearpolitics.com average job approval has been about the same (low 40s) for the past few months.
Americans don't care. Trump's base of voters is solid and about what it has been since before the election. All of the noise and furor and even hotheaded accusations of treason are making no difference in the polls.
This lack of response raises a key question: Will voters come to feel that all the Democrats can talk about is the Russia scandal? Will the impact on the Democrats be akin to the way the Republicans destroyed their own reputations by focusing on President Bill Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky?
In that case, despite years of pounding, Republicans failed to lower the president's job approval and only erased their own credibility. Things got so bad that with a Democratic president immersed in scandal and about to be impeached, the Republicans lost four seats in the House and made no gains in the Senate in the elections of 1998.
By devoting all their time to going after Clinton's personal life and doing nothing to project their agenda or pass legislation, the Republican majority in Congress exhausted the public's patience and broke their own momentum.
Now, with the Russia "scandal" entering its second year with no solid evidence of collusion between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the lack of polling gains for the Democrats suggests that they are falling into the same trap. Is it becoming evident to Americans that the Democrats have no agenda beyond "resistance" to Trump? Is the lack of agenda that so crippled Hillary Clinton in her campaign carrying over into 2017?
Donald Trump is such an attractive punching bag that he can play rope-a-dope like Muhammad Ali did to George Foreman. It's easy to be lured into abandoning a positive issue agenda and focusing only on his "scandals." But by zeroing in on this particular scandal, the Democrats risk boring the country to death.
And, if Trump can continue to produce impressive results — 220,000 jobs created, 50 percent cut in illegal border crossings, Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, victory over ISIS in Iraq — and, possibly Obamacare repeal and replacement, he may just leave the Democrats behind stewing in their own juices.


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Last December, I posted a story to my personal blog titled "Windows Home Server is actually useful!" where I had an opportunity to benefit from the power of Windows Home Server's home computer backup and restore capability myself. In that case it was all about "protecting time".
Another example where it can help save time is when you want to put a new/larger hard drive in a home computer. I wrote about how to do this here about a year ago before we even shipped.
Yesterday, like the idiot I can sometimes be, I accidentally killed the partition on the second drive in my main work desktop machine. A developer and I were trying to get a USB key formatted in a particular way and I was using DISKPART.EXE to do the job. DISKPART.EXE is a very powerful, but potentially dangerous tool provided with Windows for working with disk partitions. It's a command line tool that will do precisely what you ask it.
In my case I asked it to delete the partition of "disk 2" and it did it's job. However, I *meant* to delete a partition on disk 3.
Disk 2 is drive D: on my system and it's a 1TB drive that I use for source code enlistments and "extra" backups of all my old stuff. It has about 700GB of data on it. Most of that 700GB is easily replaceable, but some of it is old documents and things from old projects that I am not sure are archived anywhere else. Oops.
I got that bad feeling in my stomach for just a moment. Then I remembered that this computer is backed up by the Windows Home Server in my office. I simply started the Windows Home Server computer restore process, picked the most recent backup, told it to restore the D: drive, and then went home. 700GB of data will take quite a few hours to restore, even over a gigabit network, but I knew it would be done in the morning. And sure enough this morning the process had completed and I had my drive back exactly the way it was before I screwed up.
This is an example of how Windows Home Server's home computer backup and restore capability can "protect data".
There is nothing else out there that even comes close to it's ease of use and power. Kudos to "Q team" for delivering such a kick-butt solution! (If you want to understand this technology at a deeper level we've got a technical brief here).
You may think I'm biased. I am. But I'm not alone in my opinion of this capability. Check out this post from another "Charlie" over on the x(perts)64 blog.
If you have not tried Windows Home Server yourself, what's stopping you? You can download a free 120 day eval version (sign up for the public beta of Windows Home Server with Power Pack 1 to get the latest bits) to install on a frankenmachine or a VM and get hooked. Or you can buy one of the great OEM products available and skip that step :-).
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Davo on target to make it all Saints' day
Northern Ireland captain Steven Davis was a smiling assassin for Southampton yesterday, firing the Saints into the top half of the Premier League table after a 2-0 victory over Bournemouth.
The midfielder, still basking in the glory of leading his side to a first ever European Championship finals, scored his second goal of the season in the derby at St Mary's and a further strike from Graziano Pelle made it an All Saints Day for Southampton fans to cherish.
Davis volleyed in the opener in the 31st minute with a close-range finish from Ryan Bertrand's cross and the Cherries' couldn't find a way back even when Southampton's Victor Wanyama was dismissed with 10 minutes remaining.
Saints boss Ronald Koeman said: "We know we can play fantastic football. If we take that and learn from the second half, we will finish in a high position."
In yesterday's other Premier League clash, Arouna Kone scored a first Everton hat-trick as the Toffees thrashed Sunderland 6-2 at Goodison Park.
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Patrick Falci, an actor residing in New York, portrayed the role of General A. P. Hill in the movie
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Yeah, I know. Gary Sheffield has been a distraction to his former teams, butting heads with management in Los Angeles, Florida and San Diego.
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Sure, he's been described as moody, curt, sour this and sour that. A ''typical'' pro athlete with an attitude to match his enormous talent.
In other words, he's supposedly everything that Brian Jordan is not.
That said, the trade that brought the talented outfielder to Atlanta was a master stroke by Braves general manager John Schuerholz.
It's rare when one player can impact an entire lineup like Sheffield should do for the Braves. That much should be obvious to even the most novice fan.
What kills me is some of the talk I've heard and articles I've read that question the move because of the effect a dour Sheffield might have on the Braves' clubhouse, which in truth, is one of the more staid atmospheres in professional sports.
I've interviewed Sheffield twice over the years and always found him accommodating and forth coming. That's more than can be said for John Rocker, who after the now-famous Sports Illustrated article, would snap your head off for asking the time.
Granted, Jordan's a pro's pro. His competitiveness, leadership and willingness to give it 100 percent every time on the field is going to be missed.
Just the same, give me a player who can potentially hit 40 home runs and drive in 120 runs any time. Numbers like that will make a leader every time.
Watkinsville's King state gym champion
Caroline King of Watkinsville recently won the Level 5 State Championship for compulsory gymnastics in the 11-year-old division.
The meet, held in Augusta, featured the best Level 5 gymnasts in the state.
As a member of Classic City Gymnastics Academy, King posted an impressive overall score of 37.025 to take the individual title.
She was also an all-around competitor in the team competition, helping Classic City to a sixth place finish.
King is the daughter of Lisa and Jonathan King.
UGA track team opens season today
Georgia's track and field team opens the 2002 indoor season this afternoon in Chapel Hill, N.C., at the Tar Heel Elite meet which runs through Sunday.
The Bulldogs, currently ranked 15th in the latest Trackwire 25 poll, placed sixth and fifth at the SEC indoor and outdoor championship meets, respectively, and 18th and 12th respectively at the NCAA indoor and outdoor meets.
The Lady Bulldogs placed fifth and seventh at the SEC indoor and outdoor championship meets, 13th and 25th at the NCAA indoor and outdoor meets.
''We're really excited to finally get going,'' Georgia coach Wayne Norton said. ''We started training in September. Everyone is looking forward to getting started.''
One key change to the Georgia women's roster is the loss of pole vaulter Thorey Elisdottir. A 2000 Olympian, Elisottir did not return to school for her senior season, opting to pursue a professional career in the sport in her native Iceland.
Vols waiting to hear on Stallworth appeal
Tennessee is still waiting to hear from the NCAA regarding its appeal on the behalf of wide receiver Dont Stallworth, who changed his mind about turning pro, but did so after he declared for the NFL draft.
What's there to discuss? The rules are pretty clear on this -- once you declare, there's no turning back. Stallworth has to go pro. ...
Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville had his contract extended one year. Last season, Tuberville signed a five-year contract valued at $1.25 million per year. ... Speaking of Auburn, the Tigers, along with Florida, are still trying to find new defensive coordinators.
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Jeffrey Henning's #MRX Top 10: AMSRS and ESOMAR Conference Recaps, and a Traveller Survey
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Of the 4,393 unique links shared with the Twitter #MRX hashtag in the past two weeks, here are 10 of the most retweeted…
- State of the Nation: Survey for Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust – An Ipsos MORI Omnibus face-to-face survey found that 62% of 2,008 Britons 15 and up believe that government power in Britain is too centralized, 65% would reduce the power of Parliament, and 50% are in favor of a new voting system based on proportional representation.
- 7 out of 10 travellers want to enrich their understanding of the world and have unique experiences – Another Ipsos MORI survey, this one of over 50,000 TripAdvisor users, looked at the psychology of travel choices: 71% said "enhancing perspective" is one of their primary motivations for travel choices, with 62% citing "liberation", 47% citing "immersion", and another 47% citing "relationships".
- Research that sparks – InSites Consulting addresses the myth that "Only expert users can help us detect insights."
- Why Apple really need to do some qualitative market research – Maya Middlemiss of Saros Research looks at Apple's U-turn regarding U2 album installs.
- Are there 4 different types of data scientist? – Matthew Reaney profiles data business people, data creatives, data developers, and data researchers.
- Berlin duo launch a supermarket with no packaging – Leah Borromeo, writing for The Guardian, discusses the launch of an entire grocery store where no foods have packaging, embracing the trends of environmental sustainability and organic food.
- AMSRS 2014: Content is King Down Under – Tom Ewing of BrainJuicer recaps the annual conference of the Australian Market & Social Research Society.
- Obituary: The Traditional Concept, c.1960 – 2014 – Tom Ewing eulogizes the traditional concept: a victim of faith in a rational, verbal world of decision-making.
- Nice Was Very Nice Indeed! ESOMAR Congress Review – Ray Poynter highlights his key takeaways from the most recent annual congress.
- Online Dating Stats Reveal A 'Dataclysm' Of Telling – NPR interviews OkCupid co-founder and data blogger Christian Rudder, author of the new book Dataclysm.
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Disney was a classmate of my mother in Kansas City, MO at Central High School. Of course I didn't identify the city of his birth just the one where he grew up and began his early career. As to Crawford, she also attended school for a number of years and my mother was a friend of her aunt, in Kansas City, MO.


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Chris Wright posted some impressive numbers with Golden State's D-League franchise and earned a return to the NBA on Monday.
The team waived Earl Barron to make room for Wright on the roster.
Wright, a 6-8 forward out of Dayton, appeared in three games with the Dakota Wizards, averaging 20.7 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 2.33 blocks in 31.0 minutes per game.
Barron, a 7-footer who was signed after Kwame Brown was lost to surgery, appeared in two games with the Warriors, averaging 2.0 points in 4.5 minutes. He was originally signed as a free agent on Jan. 13.
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Henrik Stenson took the Claret Jug on Sunday as he held off Phil Mickelson to win the Open Championship. (Francis Keane: WFUV Sports)
Moving Day at the British Open
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2016 Hall of Fame Classic Weekend: Video Edition
Hall of Famers Jim Rice, Andre Dawson, Fergie Jenkins, Rollie Fingers and Ryne Sandberg (left to right) coached in the eighth annual Hall of Fame Classic. (Sabrina Sitton: WFUV Sports)
A Look Back at the Hall of Fame Classic
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Jerry Hairston Jr. had a stellar weekend at the eighth annual Hall of Fame Classic in Cooperstown and WFUV Sports was there for it all. (Sabrina Sitton: WFUV Sports)
"Finally the One:" Reflecting on American Pharoah's Triple Crown Triumph
I'm going to suggest something many of you might think is blasphemous: American Pharoah is not one of the greatest horses of all time.
American Pharoah's connections discuss breaking horse racing's 37-year Triple Crown drought one year after doing so. (Bob Ahrens: WFUV Sports)
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Aphrodite said Psyche could get her husband back if she completed four tasks, the last one being to retrieve some cream from Hades and bring it back to Aphrodite. Psyche passed these tests with the help of Zeus and she and Eros were allowed to be together.


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By Gerald Eskenazi
New York Times, March 13, 1978 Long before any of the teen-age girls who competed yesterday at Madison Square Garden were born, United States women gymnasts earned their only medals in the Olympic Games.
But now gymnasts talk about 18-year-old Kathy Johnson, a perfectly featured 94-pounder who has become one of the world's best performers and a potential winner in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
She earned a near-perfect 9.7 in the final event with a flowing floor exercise to finish second in the American Cup event at the Garden. Miss Johnson was only four-tenths of a point behind Natasha Tereschenko of the Soviet Union.
Miss Johnson had recovered from a fall off the four-inch-wide balance beam, a fall that she immediately sensed had cost her first place. It did. But from the first strains of "Country Roads," the piano accompaniment to her finale, she was in control.
She was the most graceful of the women performers, often making a difficult double-somersault appear easy. She would launch into her spin so effortlessly, wind up erect, so smoothly that the fane hardly realized what she had accomplished.
When she finished with another double somersault the young crowd erupted as noisily as if a Knick had just stuffed a key basket or a Ranger had snapped home a slap shot.
Although Miss Johnson projects a relaxed and almost cool image on the floor, she is intense off of it, rushing through her practice routine in only three hours a day and talking quickly of past injustices.
She is virtually the only world-class contender in this country with the slow return to form of the national champion, 16-year-old Donna Turnbow, who was eliminated from cup competition on Saturday. Miss Turnbow had not competed since last October, when she broke her ankle while practicing a difficult maneuver. The accident had its ironic overtones because Miss Turnbow had tied Nadia Comaneci in an invitation meet before turning to practice.
Miss Johnson and Miss Turnbow have been getting in each other's way since the junior nationals three years ago, when Miss Turnbow was fourth and Miss Johnson fifth.
Neither qualified for the 1976 Olympics, but Miss Johnson won the American Cup competition last year while Miss Turnbow was second. Miss Turnbow then won the national title a few months later and Miss Johnson was second.
That defeat startled Miss Johnson, who was penalized a costly 1 1/2 points because of two falls and a landing on her hands.
"I said to myself I wouldn't ever let that happen again," she said.
She admits, though, that she bowed to pressure in other years, becoming nervous about the crowd, the judges, herself. Even now she talks often about her entrance into a tight little world of gymnastics, a world that expanded in this country in 1972 thanks to Olga Korbut.
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"My coach had never produced anyone famous," she explains. "So when the judges heard my name, they must have wondered who I was. But when they hear that a Russian is about the perform, the judges are already thinking, 'Here comes a 9.6.' " A score of 10 is perfect.
It is surprising Miss Johnson has come this far. World-class gymnasts usually begin their careers while they still have baby teeth. But Miss Johnson did not start until she was 12 years old. By contract, Miss Turnbow began at the age of 9.
Until then Miss Johnson had been content to spend her time "flipping around in the yard -- but I didn't know what I was doing was called gymnastics."
The backyard was in Indiatlantic, Fla., where her father works for NASA and her mother took care of a household that included four brothers.
She became too good for the competition in Florida by the time she was 15, so she left home. She moved in with a couple in Atlanta, where she had met her coach, Fred Martinez, at a similar camp.
"I love gymnastics in a different way from my parents," she said. "It's not that I wanted to leave them. I love them. But I could not place a one-two rating on which I love more."
Now she lives outside of Shreveport, La., and attends Centenary College, where she has a scholarship.
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She said that when she began she looked like an "untrained monkey." Now she has so much confidence she attaches a mystical quality to her ability.
"All I have to do is think about doing it, and I can do it," she said.
When she talks of her art and the way she performs, she employs an odd adjective -- she speaks of "hitting it." Yet that is what she does, smoothly. Her style, in her word, is "class."
"I have more experience and poise than the younger girls," she says. "Class. That's the word. I know what I'm doing. That's why I don't have to practice six hours a day."
She is at the top of her profession in this country, if not the world, but she still worries. She knows she is a few years older than most of her competition and she knows that in 1980 she will be 20 years old in a sport in which Miss Turnbow describes Miss Korbut as "over the hill at 21."
"The audience sees those younger girls and they think, 'Aren't they so cute?' And they think the younger girls should get extra points. But they don't realize that age doesn't matter, that these kids put in long hours. They're not babies."
Miss Johnson is only 5 feet and 1 quarter inch tall ("I had to stretch to make that quarter inch; it's important to me"), but she speaks fiercely of competing in a sport where most of the fans appear to be junior high school girls.
So she reconsiders her statement on gymnastics versus her home.
"In a way," she says, "I've made a choice. I've moved away."
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Can be read here. Really good stuff. His explication on how donors think and why they contribute so much to buildings not artists is quite fascinating and I hope to have a follow up post soon teasing out the implications of it.
An endowed chair is restricted funds, meaning it can only be used to cover one thing. An arts organization is like any other business, generally things work better when you have as few strings on your cash as possible.
I'd much rather see an arts organization aggressively push their annual fund and make it clear that "we use this money to pay artists more" . . . and then actually pay them more.
I think (correct me if I'm wrong here, Adam) where this quibble flows from is that Adam believes that donors aren't resistant to funding people rather than buildings, it's that they're generally unaware that the people are so underfunded. Therefore there's no real need for a new funding model for artists, we just need institutions to use the old model correctly.
Since it comes to us from the University world, I should also point out that at most Universities decisions around who gets these chairs are HIGHLY political affairs.
So before an arts organization started trying to endow seats there would have to be a clear, detailed set of standards around how you qualify the seats, how long people can stay in the seats, etc. Those details would have to be public and transparent, or things can get real messy.
I agree with this, but it is worth pointing out that this idea doesn't just come from the academic world. Many orchaestras, ballet and opera companies all do this (or some close variation of this) and there's probably a lot we could learn from their experiences on how to set up such a thing properly.


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Fourteen-year-old Billy Marvin is a self-declared nerd. It's the late 1980s. His mom works evenings, so his buddies tend to hang out at his house most evenings, watching obscene amounts of television. In his free time, he's busy programming video games on his Commodore 64. His life is relatively mundane. Until Playboy magazine publishes photos of Wheel of Fortune hostess Vanna White.
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Who else has it besides me and Corz? Anyone wanna play later?
oh yeah...i'll have to get that today or tomorrow
i might be up for a little gears later
I have it.
looks like us 4 then...
fuck it, I'll log on
I'm logging on now.
gears or tmnt?
just beat it on single player
if i got it now...i'd be playing for hours. i have to go out of town for stupid work tomorrow
Lemme know when you get it so we can all get together and play 4 player co-op.
What's your gamertag again?
I'll be on it tonight after work
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