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"Dog's Purpose" has solid opening weekend
"A Dog's Purpose" opened over the weekend to protests, mixed reviews and box office receipts that, while impressive, were slightly less than those it expected before controversy arose over the treatment of one of its canine stars.
The film pulled in $18.4 million over the weekend — less than the estimated $24 million expected before a video was leaked showing a German shepherd resisting efforts to have him perform a stunt.
After the video appeared on TMZ, PETA called for a boycott of the movie.
Initially, many of those involved in making the movie — including its director and actor Josh Gad — said the video was disturbing.
Gad, who supplies the voice of the continually reincarnating dog in the movie, posted on Twitter that the footage left him "shaken and sad … As the proud owner of a rescued dog and a fervent supporter of organizations like PETA, I have reached out to the production team and studio to ask for an explanation for these disturbing images."
The days leading up to the movie's release saw a scheduled press preview canceled, Gad go silent, and a well choreographed defense of the movie that included appearances by its star, Dennis Quaid, who insisted no animals were harmed and that the video was misleading.
Even the American Humane Association, which monitors the treatment of animals in TV and movie productions — after suspending the monitor assigned to the film and before its investigation was finished — came out in support of the movie in a PETA-bashing letter published by its CEO.
The studio provided additional footage of the dog willingly performing the stunt during rehearsals to support their stance that he was not being mistreated. The movie's makers also questioned why the video was leaked a year and a half after it was made — and the week before the movie's opening — suggesting something nefarious was going on.
Dog lovers, generally a united bunch, found themselves on both sides of the issue — some saying the video showed the dog was pushed too far and supporting the boycott; others saying the leaked video lacked context, that the stunt was eventually called off for that day after the dog resisted, and that nothing cruel took place.
For many fans of the best selling book, there was a feeling that the movie's sweet, dog-loving message didn't deserve to be tarnished by a video they viewed as dubious.
Forty-five seconds of the video shows the German shepherd being urged to get into the pool, and dipped into it against his will. Another shorter piece of the video — believed to have been recorded on a different day — shows him struggling in the water and going under.
The water in the pool was being churned by outboard motors to create the effect of river rapids.
While the dog had willingly jumped into the pool during rehearsals, the location of where he was entering the pool was changed on the day of filming.
On opening night, there were small protests, including one outside the Arclight theater in Hollywood. Dozens of protesters held up signs that read, "A dog's purpose is to be loved. Period" and they chanted "There's no excuse for animal abuse! Dog's aren't props!"
PETA and others argued that the effects the movie makers were after could have been achieved with computer graphics, but the movie's makers said that would have been too expensive.
Amblin Entertainment and Walden Media's film was released by Universal Pictures, and its weekend receipts were nearly enough to cover the estimated cost of making it, about $22 million.
"A Dog's Purpose" came in second to M. Night Shyamalan's "Split," which tells the story of a man with dissociative identity disorder who takes three teens hostage.
Industry consultants say the leaked video and boycott had some impact on the film's opening, but apparently a minimal one.
"A Dog's Purpose is based on the novel by W. Bruce Cameron, which has spent longer on USA Today's best-selling book list than any dog book since "Marley & Me."
(Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / For The Los Angeles Times)
Posted by John Woestendiek February 1st, 2017 under Muttsblog.
Tags: a dogs purpose, american humane association, book, box office, bruce cameron, dennis quaid, dogs in movies, entertainment, filming, hercules, josh gad, movie, opening, peta, protests, sales, stunt, tickets, video, weekend
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Woof in Advertising: Bouncing boxer
Nothing in the UK says the holiday season is here (and says it more prematurely) quite like the annual appearance of the new Christmas ad from John Lewis.
The chain of upscale department stores goes all out on the yearly ads — presenting memorable ads that range from the soul-recharging to tear-inducing to heart-wrenching.
This year they've gone with the tale of a little girl who wants a trampoline for Christmas and her dog, who — after viewing assorted wildlife try it out the night before — is the first to jump on it Christmas morning.
Buster is played by a real dog, named Biff.
His acrobatics, though, are accomplished with the use of CGI. So too are the playful antics of the wildlife menagerie that tries the trampoline out the night before, including two foxes, two squirrels, a badger and a hedgehog.
The department store spent £ 1 million to make the ad, and will spend a total of £ 6 million on the campaign.
The ad, with the tagline "Gifts that everyone will love," represents a return to gentle comedy after last year's sentimental story of a lonely old man stuck on the moon.
As with previous ad campaigns, this one also raises money for a charity —
the Wildlife Trusts will get 10% of sales of stuffed toy versions of the animals.
The ad is being launched today, kicking off a campaign that will include various social media tie-ins and apps.
Visitors to John Lewis's Oxford Street store will be able to try a virtual reality version of the trampoline, where they can bounce alongside the animals using Oculus Rift goggles, The Guardian reported.
John Lewis says its Christmas ad campaigns have fueled an average 16% increase in holiday sales.
(Woof in Advertising is a recurring ohmidog! feature that looks at how dogs are used in marketing. You can find earlier posts in this archived collection.)
Posted by John Woestendiek November 10th, 2016 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: animals, bouncing, boxer, buster, buster the boxer, cgi, christmas, christmas ad, department store, dog, dogs, dogs in advertising, holiday, john lewis, marketing, pets, retail, sales, season, shopping, stores, uk, woof in advertising, woof!
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A new wrinkle in case of Scottish shar-pei
Whether it's his worried and wrinkly-faced appearance or his sad situation, a shar-pei mix found abandoned at a train station in Scotland, a suitcase at his side, is garnering support, donations and love from around the world — even as his story still unravels.
Now, according to the latest reports, it seems the dog was the subject of an online transaction gone bad.
A woman has stepped forward to say she found the dog for sale online, and made arrangements to pick him up in Ayr, but then went home without him after the dog's seller slipped away before the deal was done.
After making the train trip from her home in Newmachar, Aberdeenshire, to Ayr, and seeing the dog, she had doubts about whether he was the one advertised, and began wondering if the man selling him had stolen him.
"We had been messaging back and forward for a couple of days about the dog. He was supposed to be a one-year-old and his name was Pluto," Fin Rayner is quoted as saying in a BBC report.
After meeting the dog in the train station, she asked the seller if she could take the dog for a short walk, so she could see him in the daylight.
The man insisted on a deposit first — of £150. As she walked away, so did he.
"Before I got to the door, I looked back and he was gone — he had disappeared in his car," she said.
She tried calling him on the phone, she said, and he agreed to come back for the dog. But, after 15 minutes, he still hadn't showed up.
"I got into the station and the dog wasn't settling. He was pulling on the lead and peeing everywhere," she said. "I thought that it wasn't my dog — I didn't want him."
Rayner said her panic disorder kicked in, and she began worrying that she might get caught with a stolen dog.
Needing to get a train, she informed train station officials the dog didn't belong to her and that she was leaving him there. She said a station official suggested she tie the dog.
He was picked up and is now in the care of the Scottish SPCA, which hopes to arrange an adoption in the days ahead.
Already, he has received surgery to correct a problem, common to shar-pei's, in which his eyelashes dig into his eyeballs — all funded by donations from the public, according to the Daily Record.
And he has been featured in a new PETA ad encouraging potential pet owners to be responsible and adopt animals rather than buy them online.
The dog had been advertised on the website Gumtree.
The ad uses the photo of the dog in the train station, and reads, "I'm Kai. I was bought and sold on Gumtree and ended up homeless."
"When people buy a dog off the Internet, they're not only funding breeding but also robbing a homeless animal of his or her chance at adoption," PETA director Mimi Bekhech told the Scotsman. "Unlike animal shelters, breeders don't screen their buyers or perform home checks, so there's no way to ensure that the animals are going to good homes or that the new guardians receive an animal companion who's suitable to their household."Kai is now the star of a new advertisement, the Scotsman reports.
The man trying to sell the dog has not been identified. The suitcase contained the dog's pillow, a toy, food bowl and food.
The Scottish SPCA traced a previous owner through the dog's microchip but were told it was sold in 2013 to someone else.
Since taking the dog in, the SPCA has received offers to adopt him from across the globe. Donations to the Scottish SPCA — which plans to use any excess Kai donations to help rescue other abused, abandoned and injured animals, you can visit this page.
(Photo: Scottish SPCA)
Posted by John Woestendiek January 13th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: abandoned, animal, dog, dogs, gumtree, internet, online, pets, sales, scotland, shar-pei, sharpei, station, train
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PetSmart and Petco to pull China-made jerky treats off their shelves — finally
After thousands of reported illnesses and 1,000 dog deaths, PetSmart and Petco have announced they will stop selling all dog and cat treats made in China.
What took the retailers so long to reach the decision, and why it will take them seven to ten months more to purge store shelves of such items, remain questions worth asking.
So too is why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which has been investigating the treats for years — without determining what about them is making dogs sick — can't tell us much more than "CAUTION," with an exclamation point.
PetSmart said it will pull from the shelves all of the China-made treat it sells by March 2015.
Petco said it will accomplish that by the end of this year.
Both retailers have about 1,300 stores nationwide.
The two national pet retailers' decisions came after seven years of complaints to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about jerky treats from China making pets sick, or worse.
"We know some pet parents are wary of dog and cat treats made in China, especially chicken jerky products, and we've heard their concerns," said Jim Myers, Petco CEO, in a statement.
A PetSmart spokesperson, meanwhile, told USA Today it has been working toward this goal "for some time, and feel it's the right thing to do for pets and our customers."
Taking questionable Chinese-made treats off the shelves strikes us as a pretty simple task, as opposed to "a goal to work toward." You just pick them up and put them in the garbage. And while "hearing customer concerns" is commendable, it shouldn't take three or four years for them to sink in.
The move comes as sales of Chinese made jerky treats diminish, amid increasing public concerns about them.
Five years ago, 90% of the pet industry's jerky treats were made in China, said Lisa Stark, spokeswoman for Petco. Currently, about 50% of the jerky treats sold by Petco are from China.
Since 2007, the FDA says it has received about 4,800 reports of pet illnesses, and 1,000 dog deaths, possibly related to the consumption of jerky treats. The FDA, while issuing warnings, says it has yet to establish any direct link between the pet illnesses and the China-made treats.
Most of the complaints involved chicken jerky, but others included duck, sweet potato and chicken, according to the FDA.
Posted by John Woestendiek May 23rd, 2014 under Muttsblog.
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Woof in Advertising: VW's "Woofwagen"
Pawlitically incorrect as it might be, I do permit my dog to stick his head out the car window from time to time.
While there are those who say that's putting him, and particularly his eyes and ears, at risk, I can't bring myself to forbid him from sticking his nose out the window. To ban him from that activity would be the equivalent of taking someone to an art museum and blindfolding them.
So when traveling at reasonable speeds, and once in a while traveling at unreasonable speeds, I power down the back window halfway to let Ace sniff in the surroundings for a minute or two, usually at his urging — as in, "If I keep smushing my greasy nose into this closed window, he will open it a bit."
I, unsafe and risky as it is, love to see the dog head protruding from the car window, almost as much as dogs seem to enjoy sticking their heads out the window.
To me, the dog head protruding from a car window, while maybe not as iconic as that torch Lady Liberty holds up, is a symbol of freedom and possibilities and soaking up all life has to offer. I have even tried it myself, but I got something in my eye and no longer take part in that behavior. Ace still gets to, though, within limits.
Admitting that will probably bring some criticism my way, just as I'd expect this new ad from Volkswagen might take some heat.
The ad features more than 15 dogs — all hooked up to seat restraints, it is said — but still managing to get their heads out the car window, in some cases well out the window.
(If you're wondering why some dogs appear to be in the driver's seat, that's because the ad was filmed in the UK, for the British market.)
Twenty-two dogs were involved in the filming of the ad, and none of them were equipped with doggy goggles.
Thus those dogs, like my dog, were exposed to the danger of dirt, rocks, dust and debris that could harm their eyes; or ear damage that can result from them flapping too fiercely in the wind; or the possibility of falling out of the window.
The ad makers, judging from this behind-the-scenes "making of" video (below) seemed to exercise care and take precautions with the dogs.
But I'd be interested in hearing what you think. Will the ad be viewed as putting dogs in danger, or letting dogs be dogs? Is it joyous, or worrisome, and do you think it's going to sell many Volkswagens? As for me, I was too busy looking at the dogs to notice the cars at all.
Posted by John Woestendiek October 29th, 2013 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: ad, advertising, animals, automobiles, breeds, car windows, cars, commercial, dog, dogs, dogs in advertising, hanging, head, marketing, nose, open, out, pets, sales, smelling, volkswagen, window, woof in advertising
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Chicago's oldest pet store goes humane
Chicago's oldest pet store has decided to stop selling dogs purchased from breeders.
Sonja Raymond, whose family has been operating Collar & Leash since 1956, says the shop will deal only in adoptable dogs from shelters and rescues, according to CBS in Chicago
Raymond said she'd been considering the switch for five years — after noticing animals coming into the store with genetic defects and incurable illnesses, despite the assurances she received from her suppliers that the pups didn't come from puppy mills.
"You know I had gone on the word of my distributors that I get my dogs from — that 'Oh yeah these people are reputable, I've known them for years," she said. "Within the past year I have found out they lied."
Also pushing Collar & Leash to make the switch was the The Puppy Mill Project, a Chicago-based non-profit organization created to raise awareness about cruelty in puppy mills.
"We'd been in touch with the Puppy Mill Project Founder, Cari Meyers, for a long time, and realize it's time we take this jump with them to help make a statement to put an end to puppy mills," Raymond said.
"We will no longer buy and sell cats and dogs from mills and are proud to align ourselves with The Puppy Mill Project," she said.
"It's my biggest hope that as they become humane, other Chicago pet stores selling dogs and cats will follow in their footsteps, said Puppy Mill Project founder Meyers.
The store will hold a grand re-opening weekend Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7.
Posted by John Woestendiek March 22nd, 2013 under Muttsblog.
Tags: adoptions, animals, breeders, chicago, collar & leash, dog, dogs, humane, oldest, pet, pet sales, pet stores, pets, puppies, puppy mill project, puppy mills, sales, sonja raymond, store
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"DOG, INC." struts its stuff
"Thought Provoking?" It's not like winning best in show at Westminster, but I'll take the sign my book appears under at this bookstore as a compliment.
A friend sent me this photo, taken at the Barnes & Noble in Towson, which shows "DOG, INC.: The Uncanny Inside Story of Cloning Man's Best Friend" getting some pretty decent display (at least better than the bottom shelf of the astronomy section, as was the case at an area bookstore that shall remain nameless).
I can think of no other sign I would like my book to be under — except maybe "New York Times Bestseller."
Alas, it's not there yet, but it did rate the "Page 99 Test," a website by Marshal Zeringue dedicated to the proposition that the quality of a book can be judged by turning to, and reading, its 99th page.
I lucked out in that page 99 of "DOG, INC." contains a revelation — namely who it was that located Genelle Guzman, the last survivor found after 9/11, and held her hand until she could be freed from the mound of debris she was trapped under.
(Clue: It wasn't the volunteer firefighters who took credit for rescuing her on CNN)
If you're wondering what this has to do with cloning dogs, you can click the link to Marshal's blog or, better yet, buy the book and allow your thoughts — and perhaps more — to be provoked.
Posted by John Woestendiek February 15th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
Tags: 9-11, 911, animals, author, barnes & noble, best in show, book, books, bookstores, cnn, display, dog books, dog cloning, dog cloning book, dog inc., dogs, firefighters, genelle guzman, genelle guzman-mcmillan, ground zero, john woestendiek, last, marshal zeringue, new york, page 99, pets, rescue, revelation, sales, sign, signs, survivor, thought provoking, towson, westminster, world trade center
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The Arts & Sciences
Abbott's American Watchmaker and Jeweller An Encyclopaedia for the horologist, jeweller, gold and silversmith.
Chicago. Geo. K. Hazlitt and co. 1894. 8vo. pp. 354, 14 of adverts. Publisher's pale blue cloth. Illustrated with 288 in text engravings. Some marking to cloth, inner hinges starting, lower inner hinge split. Very good. FIRST EDITION. More
Catalog No.4.
Colon, Michigan. Abbott's Magic Novelty Company. 1937. Conjuring and Magic Trick apparatus. Publisher's white pictorial card boards. Numerous black and white illustrations within the text. Slight wear to extremities, owners writing in pencil to upper cover and occasional pages. A good copy. More
Catalog No.6.
Colon, Michigan. Abbott's Magic Novelty Company. 1940. [Conjuring and Magic trick apparatus] Publisher's orange pictorial card boards. Numerous black and white illustrations within the text. Slight wear to extremities, internally clean. A good copy. More
Catalog No.6.
Colon, Michigan. Abbott's Magic Novelty Company. 1940. [Ephemera; tricks, games, conjuring etc.] Pp.544. Publisher's orange pictorial card boards. Numerous black and white illustrations within the text. Internally clean, some dustiness and shelfwear; a very good copy of a substantial catalogue. More
Catalog No.9.
Colon, Michigan. Abbott's Magic Novelty Company. 1947. [Conjuring and Magic trick apparatus] Publisher's blue pictorial card boards. Numerous black and white illustrations within the text. Slight wear to extremities, internally clean. A good copy. More
Lighthouses and Lightships. A Descriptive Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization.
London; T. Nelson. 1871. First Edition. Small 8vo. 322pp. Bound in publisher's bright green cloth titled and decorated in black and gilt to spine and front board. Minor edgewear. A fine copy. Internally clean and fresh, yellow glazed endpapers, signs of erased ownership to front flyleaf. Illustrated with numerous illustrations... More
The Sporting Repository. Containing Horse-Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism; Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects, interspersed with Essays, Tales, and a great variety of Miscellaneous Articles.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1904. 4to. Embellished with 22 fine hand-coloured plates with tissue guard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles, faded, to spine and horse and rider stamped in gilt to upper. Soiling to upper board; internally clean and tight. LIMITED EDITION to 500 copies. Very good. More
Original Watercolour Artwork for the 1959 Paperback Edition of The Dark Frontier.
1959. The watercolour illustration measures 53cm x 34cm and is SIGNED by the artist, Oliver Brabbins, on the lower left. It is mounted and framed, the total size of the yellow metal effect frame is 75.5cm x 55cm. A striking design of the cover for the First Paperback Edition of... More
My Polar Flight. With 45 Illustrations and 2 Charts.
London: Hutchinson and Co., n.d. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo, pp. 292. Simply bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding is bumped and rubbed to extremities, with some markings to cloth, edges foxed. Mostly clean internally, with some leaves spotted, and repair to rear internal hinge. Rear... More
Ski-ing on Water.
London: Frederick Muller, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 143. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dustjacket. Some occasional spotting to the textblock and marking to the edges, slight wear to the cloth. A couple of closed tears to the front panel of the dustwrapper, small loss at... More
The Golfer's Manual. Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland by 'A Keen Hand' and originally Published in 1857 and now Reprinted with an Introduction by Bernard Darwin.
London: The Dropmore Press, 1947. Private Press. Limited to 750 numbered copies. Pps. xi, 84, (1). Publisher's original green cloth spine lettered in gilt, printed paper boards, top edge tinted green, original illustrated dust-jacket and card slip-case with numbered label to spine. Text printed on hand made paper with wood... More
The Aero Manual. A Manual of Mechanically-propelled Human Flight, Covering the History of the Work of Early Investigators, and of the Pioneer Work of the Last Century. Recent Successes, and the Reasons Therefor, are Dealt with, Together with Full Constructive Details Concerning Airships, Aeroplanes, Gliders etc.
London: The Temple Press, 1909. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 4 of adverts, half title, 1 of adverts, plate, 1 of adverts, title page, 1 of adverts, index, 1 of adverts, iv, 157, 3 of adverts. Bound in pale green textured cloth with green and deep red titles and decoration to... More
The History of Medicine.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1912-1922. FINELY BOUND. In three volumes, Octavo. Several sections forming the History of Medicine section from the proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine extracted from the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine and smartly bound at the time in black half calf over... More
Neues Panorama Des Rheins Von Mannheim Bis Coln; and, The Rhine From Maynece To Cologne.
Mainz: Verlag von D Kapp, and Mainz: Joseph Halenza, n.d. [c.1880]. Leporello, or concertina map, in tall octavo boards (30 x 17.5cm; map extends to 242cm). In stiff paperboards with recent red cloth spine, decorative foliate border with titles in black to front board, reproduced to rear board with alternative... More
Peter Blake.
London: Tate Gallery. 1983. Second Impression. Square octavo, pp. 136. Published to accompany the 1983 Peter Blake exhibition at the Tate, with signed "The Owl and the Pussycat" print in original envelope. Paper back with glossy black covers, Some creasing and rubbing to the covers, a very good copy. More
A Philosophical Enquiry Into The Properties Of Electricity, In which is contained a confutation of the solutions which have hitherto been given of it, and the most probable reason of the late surprising experiments. In a letter to a friend.
London: Printed for M Cooper, 1746. Octavo. 32p. Bound in recent patterned paper boards, with title label to spine. Binding shows minor wear to spine ends. Internally clean, title page and p.32 show some tanning. Previous owner's stamp in purple to front free endpaper "Prof Old Liechti". With a broken... More
The Rocky Horror Show: Mask of Columbia.
Los Angeles: Michael White Productions, n.d. [1974]. EPHEMERA FROM ROCKY HORROR SHOW U.S. OPENING. Card cut out mask of Columbia, approximately 26cm x 19cm with removable eyes and mouth, printed with production notes printed on the rear. Produced as a promotional item for the U.S. opening at the Roxy Theatre... More
The Ruhleben Bye-Election - July 1915.
Ruhleben, 1915. FIRST EDITION. Octavo pamphlet, pp. 32. Blue pictorial wraps. Some toning to paper, wraps have detached along the spine and have some nicks along the edges. Very good, a fascinating survival. Campaign book for the election of an M.P. representing Ruhleben internment camp, just west of Berlin, which... More
The Gazetteer of the World. Prominence being given to Great Britain and Colonies, Indian Empire, United States of America. With Recent and Authentic Informations respecting the Countries, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Cities, Towns, etc. In every Portion of the Globe.
London: Thomas C. Jack, 1885. 3 volumes; 4to. Publisher's green half calf with red and green title labels, gilt and blind tooling to spines; gilt rule to boards with decorative title stamped in gilt to uppers; all edges gilt. Illustrated with numerous steel plates, views and maps. Light wear to... More
Better Magic. Containing fifteen tricks by fifteen authors taken from volume one of The Eagle Magician. 'Let us all work for better magic'. Number one.
Minneapolis, The Eagle Magician. 1920. Pamphlet, 21pp. + 3pp. of adverts, publisher's brown paper cover with gold and green title to upper. Black and white illustrations within the text. Slight rubbing to decorative title on upper board, owner's name inscribed to title page, internally clean. A very good copy. More
A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1960. Pp.145. Illustrated by Merritt D. Cutler. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial pictorial dust-jacket. Owner name, else a near fine copy in a slightly edgeworn jacket. A golfing instruction manual from one of the masters of the game; the follow-up volume to 'How to play Your... More
The Scripture Chronology Demonstrated by Astronomical Calculations: and also by the Year of Jubilee, and the Sabbatical Year among the Jews: or, An Account of Time from the Creation of the World, to the Destruction of Jerusalem... Illustrated with a Great Variety of Tables, Maps, and Copper Plates. By Arthur Bedford, M.A. Rector of Newton St. Loe in the County of Somerset, and Chaplain to the Haberdashers-Hospital at Hoxton near London.
London: Printed for James and John Knapton etc., 1730. Folio pp. Title, [2 list of subscribers], vi, [2], 774, [44], [4 index], [17 index and errata], [1 ads.]. Full 18th Century calf, rebacked and recornered with original spine laid on, gilt rule and blindstamping to boards and gilt rules, raised... More
Letters From Iceland.
London; Faber and Faber. 1937. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's bright green cloth titled in red, slightly darkened to spine. Minor edgewear and bumping. In a very good dustwrapper with minor edgewear and creasing, a trifle soiled to the rear panel. Signed by W.H. Auden to the front flyleaf. A lovely... More
Polychromatic Decoration as Applied to Buildings in the Mediaeval Styles.
London: Henry Southeran, 1882. FIRST EDITION. Folio, pp.viii, 32. With 36 very fine chromolithographic plates, designed by the authors and executed by Firmin Didot. Each plate is followed by a leaf with a description. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. Library... More
Portraits. With an Essay by Harold Rosenberg
New York; Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1976. FIRST EDITION. Small folio with photographic plates, many folding. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A fine copy. Famous subjects include; Ezra Pound, Marilyn Monroe, Trueman Capote, Jean Genet, Andy Warhol, Groucho Marx and William Burroughs. More

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Mussel Stock:
3 dozen mussels washed cleaned and scrubbed
½ medium size onion, halved
1 leek, rinsed and halved
1/3 cup dry white wine
3 tbsp lime juice
2 whole garlic cloves, skinned
Mussel preparation
2 tbsp oil
2 red onions, finely chopped
3 tbsp chopped leek, white part only
2 tbsp minced garlic
2 tbsp sun dried yellow ají paste
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp turmeric
2 cups mussel stock
2 tbsp bread crumbs
2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
Chopped parsley
Mussel Stock:
Place mussels in a large pan with water, onion, lemon juice, garlic, leek and dry white wine. Bring to a boil and cook until mussels open. Remove mussels from the pan and discard the unopened ones. Reduce stock to 2 cups and discard vegetables.
Season stock. Open mussels and discard upper shell. Arrange them on a oven pan.
Mussel preparation:
Heat oil in a skillet and stir in chopped onions, chopped leek and minced garlic. Cook until tender and stir in sundried yellow ají paste, butter, turmeric and mustard. Season to taste. Pour mussel stock to mixture and bring to a boil. Cook until mixture thickens.
Spoon this sauce over each mussel and sprinkle breadcrumbs combined with parmesan cheese. Bake in preheated oven at 350ºF until bread crumbs are golden in color. Remove from the oven and sprinkle thyme and chopped parsley..
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WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — Produce managers from Tops Friendly Markets' 131 stores in New York and Pennsylvania toured local farms Wednesday to learn first-hand about the locally grown produce the retailer carries and prepare for the launch of its homegrown campaign.
Produce managers from each Tops store toured Eden Valley Growers, one of the Buffalo areas largest growers' consortiums, along with Amos Zittel &a
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Adam Boutin asked the Naked Scientists: Hello I have a Science question. Newton's Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. According to that, when I stand on the ground and jump up, away from the Earth, then the Earth must also move an infinitesimal distance away from me. Is this really true in practice?I listen to your podcast while I am doing my own science!AdamBoston, Massachusetts U.S.What do you think?
But LeeE - but this doesn't mean that the Earth doesn't all move, albeit by a miniscule amount, surely?Chris
The whole Earth doesn't need to move if just moving a small part of it will suffice. If you want to look at it as a rigid-body problem though, then the Earth moves away from you when you jump up in the air but then starts moving towards you, just as you start moving towards it, as you come down again. In this case, neither of you is stationary while you are in the air.


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What had he been doing all these years? We know he cannot by his very nature have been idle. His was "A working head" in Aubrey's telling phrase. His early brilliance as a classical scholar had secured him a tutorship that was to ripen into a lifelong family connection with the Earls of Devonshire. Chatsworth and Hardwick with their libraries, and the grand tours with his young charges that were to bring him the acquaintance of the leading minds of Europe from Galileo down, all contributed to the enrichment of a mind of exceptional fertility.
And so, it most interestingly appears, did intercourse with the Cavendish family. Those of us who have thought of William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle, as the Captain Mark Phillips of the 17th century should read Hobbes's letters to him. In 1633 he bought him a copy of Galileo's Dialogue. In Paris in the same year he combined inspecting a dressage horse with scientific discussion. The freedom of their relationship is summarised in Hobbes's own words: "though I honour you as my lord, yet my love to you is just of ye same nature that it is to Mr Payne [a scientist, soon to return to Oxford, but then in the Earl's service] bred out of private talk, without regard to your purse".
The same forthrightness is even more remarkably displayed in a letter to the 18-year-old Charles Cavendish whose brilliant career was to be cut short in the first year of the Civil War. Hobbes warns him against sarcasm and tells him how to behave like a gentleman: "To encourage inferiours, to be cheerful with ones equals and superiors, to pardon the follies of them one converseth withall, and to help men, that have fallen into ye danger of being laught at, these are signes of noblenesse and of the master spirit."
The charm of the young royalist officer and his popularity with his men, both well attested, suggest that these words fell on good ground. They are the more interesting as coming from the least sententious of men, indeed one generally regarded as a cynicand a mocker.
It is clear from these two superbly edited volumes that Hobbes recognised his own commanding stature. "The Leviathan," wrote Michael Oakeshott, "is the greatest, perhaps the sole, masterpiece of political philosophy written in the English language." Its author would placidly have acknowledged his assent. Even more remarkably, so would the leading scholars of both the left and the right today.
Yet for all his eminence and for all the extraordinary span of his life - he was born in 1588 and died, still in full possession of his faculties, in 1679 - it is surprising how difficult it is to see him in the round. On the evidence of Noel Malcolm's editorship of these volumes his forthcoming biography should go as far as intelligence and sympathy and erudition can take us.
Hitherto much the most illuminating description of him has been by his friend John Aubrey. That and the painting in the National Portrait Gallery both convey the geniality and wit that must have made him such enchanting company. But the engraving of him reproduced on the back of the jacket emphasises the sternness, the force, the steel that overcame so timorous a temperament and swept it through a dangerous and violent age to such avowals of horrifying and alarming originality.
Apart from Aubrey, Hobbes hardly figures in the main contemporary accounts of Restoration England. He is not even mentioned in Pepys. He is just mentioned in Evelyn, who called on him in Paris during the Interregnum and again in London after his return.
On both occasions Evelyn claims long friendship but he says nothing about him and certainly did not share his views on politics and religion. Clarendon knew him before the Civil War as a fellow guest of Lord Falkland at Great Tew. They met again in Pariswhen Hobbes was mathematics tutor to the exiled Prince of Wales and it was Clarendon to whom Hobbes showed the manuscript of Leviathan before publication. Clarendon's instant disapproval strengthened with the years and led him shortly before his death to write a powerful critique which was published posthumously.
Hobbes's surviving English correspondence, though often lively, is comparatively small beer. There are no exchanges with Selden or Ben Jonson, both of whom he knew. There is far too much about his tedious squabbles with mathematicians such as Dr Wallis who were better versed in their subject than he. For all his deserved reputation as a savant of European stature Hobbes could descend to the meanest pettinesses of academic disputation.
In his European correspondence, on the other hand, he is courteous, learned, acute and even, rarest of his virtues, humble. Marin Mersenne, whose cell in the Palais Royal seems to have been the clearing house of early modern scientific ideas, features prominently, as does the more worldly and adventurous Samuel Sorbiere. The great bulk was with a circle of highly educated Huguenots from the Bordelais, whose careers and personal histories Noel Malcolm has teased out with exemplary editorial patience. The se men were chiefly involved in the translation and publication of Hobbes's works. It was through them that he came on to the list of the great Dutch publisher, Blaeu, now largely known for his sumptuous atlases.
Hobbes's letter to Samuel Sorbiere written in Latin from Paris in May 1646, shows that he had mastered the essentials of learned authorship. He emphasises the importance of what are now called in the trade "advance quotes". He warns against the surly jealousy of tenured academics. "For their public reputation demands that in the subject which they teach no one should have discovered anything which they have not already discovered".
The fluency and elegance of this translation is a fair sample of Noel Malcolm's skill. He has rounded off his Herculean labours with a biographical register that will be of value to all students of 17th-century culture and indispensable to anyone interested in Hobbes.Reuse content


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Landmark Builders of the Triad will begin construction this month on Ralph Lauren's much anticipated 843,000-square-foot office and distribution hub, kicking off High Point's new I-74 Corporate Park.
The Triad Business Journal has been reporting since October that Ralph Lauren was pursuing such a facility. However, it only became official this week as deed records showed that the company has entered into a lease agreement with a subsidiary of Lexington-based Carolina Investment Properties for 116 acres of land at the park. The development, which spans 350 acres northeast of the N.C. 66/Interstate 74 interchange, is in Forsyth County but within High Point's jurisdiction.
Robin Team, president of Carolina Investment Properties, said his company bought the 116-acre parcel of land last week and that the property received final annexation and rezoning approval from city of High Point on April 21. Completion is expected by late 2015.
Team declined to provide a price tag for the facility, but said the building has the potential to be expanded by more than 300,000 square feet. There is acreage available for Ralph Lauren to expand further, but the timeline and size of a potential second facility is undetermined.
"This will be a tremendous facility for the Triad, and it's just further confirmation that the Ralph Lauren folks love the work environment in the Triad and continue to expand their presence," Team said.
As has been the case for months, Ralph Lauren officials have not returned calls about the project. Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) already operates three facilities in High Point: a 1.2 million-square-foot facility at 4100 Beechwood Drive, a 800,000-square-foot facility at 201 N. Pendleton St. and a 343,000-square-foot facility at 4190 Eagle Hill Drive.
The company is High Point's largest employer, with 2,369 full-time-equivalent workers, and also has workers at Rock Creek Center in Whitsett. Loren Hill, president of the High Point Economic Development Corp., declined to discuss any additional jobs that could come with the opening of the facility at the I-74 Corporate Park, but said they would fall under incentives approved in 2012.
"It is great news for the city of High Point that Ralph Lauren Corp. continues to show its commitment to our city – and in such a dramatic way as this latest major expansion," Hill said in a statement issued to the Triad Business Journal. "Our city leadership – the Council, the city manager, and High Point EDC team – have worked closely with both the company and with Robin Team over many years."
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WASHINGTON — The IRS announced today the release of an updated Form 990-EZ, Short Form Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, that will help tax-exempt organizations avoid common mistakes when filing their annual return.
The updated Form 990-EZ includes 29 "help" icons describing key information needed to complete many of the fields within the form. The icons also provide links to additional helpful information available on IRS.gov. These "pop-up" boxes share information to help small and mid-size exempt organizations avoid common mistakes when filling out the form and filing their return.
"We've been reviewing the areas of the form where exempt organizations encounter the most trouble," said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. "One out of three paper filers has an error on their form. After reviewing these trouble spots, we developed this new option to help groups navigate the form. This common-sense approach is designed to make it easier for exempt organizations to avoid problems up front – and avoid getting a follow-up contact from the IRS."
On the new form, the help icons are marked in boxes with a blue question mark. The icons and underlying links work on any device with Adobe Acrobat Reader and Internet access. Once completed, filers can print Form 990-EZ and mail it to the IRS.
Although many large exempt organizations are required to file Form 990-series information returns electronically, the IRS encourages all exempt organizations to consider filing electronically.
In 2016, the error rate for electronically-filed 990-EZ returns was only 1 percent, compared to the 33 percent error rate in paper-filed returns. In 2016, the IRS processed over 263,000 Forms 990-EZ, with the majority of the filings – 139,000 — on paper.
A list of providers assisting with electronic filing is available on IRS.gov.
Exempt organizations should keep in mind that the new help icons do not replace the Form 990-EZ instructions. Filers should review the Form's instructions when completing a return and use the help icons as an additional tool.
The IRS also reminds exempt organizations that Form 990-series returns are due on the 15th day of the fifth month after an organization's tax year ends. Many organizations use the calendar year as their tax year, making May 15, 2017, the deadline to file for tax year 2016.
The 7520 rate for February 2017 has increased to 2.6%.
The February 2017 Applicable Federal Interest Rates can be found here.
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As the United States rings in a New Year, it also welcomes a new president. All eyes are trained on Washington in anticipation of what President-elect Donald Trump will tackle in his first 100 days in office. Trump's initial success will depend on how well he defines his own agenda and how he navigates the difference in details between his goals and the policy priorities of Congressional Republicans. Trump will also need to divide his political capital between the things his administration wants to do versus what it needs to do in the New Year.
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On February 13, 2016, Doug Stanley, partner in the Private Client Services group at Bryan Cave, and Justin Flach of The Commerce Trust Company (an alumnus of the Bryan Cave Private Client Services group), will present "Creating A Living Legacy", addressing estate planning basics to a group of artists. The presentation is hosted by the Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts and will be held at the Regional Arts Commission, 6128 Delmar, St. Louis, Missouri.
The 7520 rate for January 2017 has increased to 2.4%.
The January 2017 Applicable Federal Interest Rates can be found here.
(This is an updated post from December 2015)
With the end of the year approaching, we thought now would be a good time to re-post and update this blog from the end of 2015.
For 2017, the annual exclusion gift amount will remain the same at $14,000 but the lifetime gift and estate tax exemption will increase to $5,490,000 (up from 2016's $5,450,000).
With fourteen days left in the year, many people are still planning how to make 2016 gifts, whether by making "annual exclusion" gifts of $14,000 per beneficiary, or by taking advantage of the 2016 gift tax exemption amount of $5,450,000. Whatever the reason for the last-minute gifting, as the end of the year approaches, people may be tempted to make a "quick and easy" gift to their beneficiaries by simply writing a check. As the year draws to a close, however, if your gift is dependent on utilizing 2016 tax law, beware of the potential trap of making a gift by check.
A gift is not complete for tax purposes until the gift is no longer revocable. However, if you write someone a check, until that check clears, you could always "revoke" the check by alerting your bank to stop payment, or by emptying your account of sufficient funds to pay on the check. Until the check clears the bank, your gift is still revocable. Therefore, if your beneficiary doesn't deposit the check in time for the banking system to clear the check, your gift may not be considered irrevocable until 2017, and you have therefore made a gift in 2017 instead of 2016.
If you are planning to make 2016 gifts over the next 10 days by means of a check, be wary and let your beneficiaries know that they need to deposit that check as soon as possible. Better yet, make the gift by means of a cashier's check, which is considered irrevocable as soon as you hand it over. That way, you don't have to rely on the promptness of your beneficiaries' next trip to the bank, and the promptness of the banks in processing the checks.
(This is an updated post from December 2015)
Need a New Year's resolutions to kick start 2017? Here is an idea you probably hadn't considered: review your estate planning documents.
If you are like most people, you are probably thinking that reading legal documents does not sound like an even remotely enjoyable way to start a new year. But, it doesn't have to be as unpleasant as it sounds. Reviewing your documents does not mean you have to read them cover to cover. If you know what are the most important elements, it is easy to review your will, trust, and powers of attorney regularly to ensure they still comply with your wishes. These documents not only determine who will receive your property when you die, but also likely determine who has the right to make financial and major medical decisions during your lifetime. Needless to say, it is important that you are still comfortable with the designations you have made.
To get you started, below is a basic checklist of items we suggest you review annually (make it a New Year's tradition!).
1. Assess the changes in your life since you last updated your estate planning documents.
Have you gotten married or divorced? Had a child or adopted a child? Moved to a different state? Had a death in the family? Had a major financial event? Any of these life changes may affect your estate planning, and your documents may need to be revised. (more…)
While there is considerable uncertainty among wealth planners and tax professionals regarding how the incoming administration will impact the federal tax code, nearly everyone agrees that change is imminent. With that in mind, we have assembled this chart, which compares current tax rates with President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tax plan, and the House Republicans' Blueprint plan (released in June, 2016). Click here.
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Finding Developers and Women
I've been stewing over this post for a while. It gets a little bit closer to being written every time I meet with an "idea guy" who is looking to find a hacker to build his or her (but typically his) dream site. Interestingly, a lot of these guys spend a decent amount of their spare time at an analogous task: picking up women.
I've always wondered why they don't see the natural parallels. For some reason, the principles that apply to meeting women are a lot easier for people to intuitively grasp than the same principles applied to meeting developers. Unfortunately, most of these guys happen to live in NYC, where there are way more available women than available technical cofounders. But the same ideas apply:
Go into their world. If you're looking for single women, you probably need to venture outside of sports bars. Go to a more female-friendly club or volunteer for a cause. Go anywhere single women congregate. Similarly, I meet way too many "business guys" who only hang out with people like themselves — other business guys — and stick around events and meetups that are dominated by folks who think pointers are the handheld lasers you use to give Powerpoint presentations. If you want to meet the technical co-founder of your dreams, you need to find the places they hang out — technology-specific meetups and user groups, Hackers and Founders, et cetera.
Understand their motivations. Or alternatively, "Don't assume their motivations are the same as yours." In the dating scene, this is obvious — not everyone wants the same thing from the evening's encounter. And as many of us know, variations in motivation and interests can lead to some pretty awkward situations. Similarly, developers often have very different motivations than non-technical entrepreneurs. First of all, many (most) developers aren't entrepreneurs. Given that entrepreneurship can be a bizarre and irrational pathology, this can make for a pretty big delta in motivations, perspectives and interests. Money, for instance, may or may not be a big motivator to an engineer — in fact, I'd say a plurality of engineers I've met would say that making a lot of money would be "nice, but definitely not necessary."
This is a generalization, and above everything it's important to understand the motivations and interests of the individuals you're talking to, not the generalized category "developer".
Show your value. Unemployed, balding 40-somethings have a much harder time picking up women than rich, balding 40-somethings. Truly smart, well-connected business co-founders aren't easy to find. Be that person and demonstrate it early and often.
Speak their language. The number of "idea guys" who don't even attempt to understand the basics of web development is hugely frustrating, both to me and most startup developers. Even if you can't code, take some time and learn the basics. But don't take learning the basics to mean that you actually know anything about making high-level development decisions — it just shows that you care. And like women in bars, technical co-founders appreciate it when you care.
Don't try to fuck on the first date. Pretty self-explanatory. Get to know someone first, then seek a deeper relationship.
We need more hackers building startups and fewer writing black boxes for hedge funds, so I'm being honest when I say I hope more non-technical folks can use the skills they have to recruit talented developers into the startup world.


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|Reviews for Kismet
| Fireleach chapter 8 . 2/25/2013
This is a beautiful story so far. Not just me, but a lot of people, would love to see you finish this story. If you finished it, I bet it probably become the best thane fic on this website. Please write more!
| Shoshana17 chapter 8 . 4/3/2012
Seriously loving it so far. Listen, I know you're probably really busy or just lost interest, it happens, but it would be awesome if you updated. Hope to read the next chapter soon!
| Miyavilurver chapter 8 . 3/27/2012
Hope u update. This is great!
| bonniebeast chapter 1 . 1/16/2012
You go girl.i loved thane in ME2 and so i eent searchin for fics about him.i cant heelp but be dissapointed at the small number ive found.i think youll do great with the characterization and such!
| hadchan chapter 8 . 11/29/2010
I am very sad to see that you've stopped there ! Your fiction is simply great. I hope we will have the pleasure to read more soon or later !
Thank you anyway, this was really wonderful to read !
| MyNameIsAverage chapter 4 . 10/25/2010
No updates with cliffhanger that has me on the edge of my seat.
Not cool.
| Kitsune Kit chapter 8 . 10/21/2010
Oh this is very good! I can't wait for more!
| SashaArcain chapter 8 . 8/21/2010
God damn it wher is the next chapter? I need more Thane and Shepard...
| ThatOtherOtaku chapter 8 . 7/23/2010
Leaving us hanging with a four month hiatus with a cliffhanger like THAT O.O
I really like this fic. It's very, VERY good. :DD You must continue! This is good stuff! xD
| Cartoonmarth chapter 8 . 5/18/2010
continue! D loving the story more and more~
| Shinimegami7 chapter 8 . 5/17/2010
Neat! I can't wait to see where you take this! It's getting very interesting.
| HumansRSuperior chapter 8 . 5/9/2010
Please please PLEASE update this story sooooooooooon! \o/ I absolutely adore and love it and I check back here FREQUENTLY to see if there's more. Get your muses back in gear! ;D You've left us all cruelly hanging! *flail* WANT. MORE.
Please? *puppy eyes*
| LunaMax1214 chapter 8 . 3/27/2010
Oh, you evil, evil wench! You're so terribly good at cliffhangers. You already know I'm a fan, but if more kudos will get me more chapters, I'll spill my guts every time.
DestructoNookie: As defined by , when two fictional characters who, whether or not they even know their own feelings on the matter, attempt to beat the snot out of each other before realizing they should just do The Deed, already.
Needless to say, I do love me some good DestructoNookie. And you write it oh, so well. The way you do it makes it quite obvious they're flirting rather than trying to commit grievous injury. I love it! :)
| aadarshinah chapter 8 . 3/17/2010
very interesting. keep it up
| PashN chapter 8 . 3/14/2010
I like how you portray the characters on this fiction. And a little humor is good for Shepard indeed. *nod* Good to know she's not one of the typecal bad-ass/ super emo sheps that sadly make their way into the FF realm! ;)
And yay for sparring! I almost thought it was possible in-game when Garrus mentioned it, but oh well, you can't have everything in one game.
Keep up the good work. :)
PS. To answer your earlier question: I went to the restroom 90% of the time after talking to Thane! It was embarrasing!:S


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yea, it was funny. But no where near as funny than if Charlie Sheen would have actually been there in person. Come on Chuck cut the man some slack.
#2 May 3, 2012
Charlie Sheen was a "natural" for that role, Charlie Harper. I still watch the reruns. Too bad he went down the dark hole there for a while. He really seems to making an effort to clean up his act, and to redeem himself in the eyes of both his fans, and the public. He sincerely is trying. Some reporter on HLN last night, tried to insinuate that Charlie Sheen is like Charles Manson. that is aweful. Even on Charlie Sheen's worst day, he couldn't be like Charles Manson. That reporter owes Charlie Sheen an apology. I know Charlie Sheen is a PITA sometimes, but I still like him.
#3 May 3, 2012
no tlaent kutcher has ruined the show. I watch the reruns but after watching five minutes of the new version I fave up. Nor funny anymore.
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That guy that plays "Joey" in friends, or John Stamos. Anyways, the storyline is dull, and I feel they really don't know what the heck to do with show. It's most likely run its course. The boy is growing up, Cryer can't sustain the show himself. Maybe they could re-do the show, liked they faked Charlie Harper's death for some reason, or a case of mistaken identity.
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Folding-paper-based preconcentrator for low dispersion of preconcentration plug
DOI: 10.1186/s40486-017-0045-y
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Received: 23 November 2016
Accepted: 24 January 2017
Published: 1 February 2017
Ion concentration polarization (ICP) has been widely studied for collecting target analytes as it is a powerful preconcentrator method employed for charged molecules. Although the method is quite robust, simple, cheap, and yields a high preconcentration factor, a major hurdle to be addressed is extracting the preconcentrated samples without dispersing the plug. This study investigates a 3D folding-paper-based ICP preconcentrator for preconcentrated plug extraction without the dispersion effect. The ICP preconcentrator is printed on a cellulose paper with pre-patterned hydrophobic wax. To extract and isolate the preconcentration plug with minimal dispersion, a 3D pop-up structure is fabricated via water drain, and a preconcentration factor of 300-fold for 10 min is achieved. By optimizing factors such as the electric field, water drain, and sample volume, the technique was enhanced by facilitating sample preconcentration and isolation, thereby providing the possibility for extensive applications in analytical devices such as lateral flow assays and FTAR cards.
KeywordsIon concentration polarization (ICP) Preconcentration Paper FTAR card Separation Extraction
Ion concentration polarization (ICP) phenomena, wherein ion concentrations are distributed at the interface between an ion exchange membrane (IEM) and an electrolyte having an electric potential [1], are intensively studied in the field of micro/nanofluidics [2–6]. In general, ICP occurs near an IEM via the permeation of specific charged ions (cation or anion). The ion enrichment and depletion zones are generated in the fluidic channel [1]. Employing micro/nanofluidic networks, the ICP phenomena are frequently utilized to preconcentrate charged sample analytes [3, 7, 8]. Han et al. have investigated ICP preconcentration of various biomolecules in fluidic systems [9–11]. Moreover, desalination of seawater using ICP phenomena has been reported [12, 13].
Although many studies investigated analytical systems for both analytical and point-of-care (POC) applications [14–16], detecting biomolecules at concentrations below the limit of detection (LOD) is still a critical issue for analytical devices. To address this problem, an ICP-based preconcentrator has been developed [17, 18] for enhancing the LOD. In many cases, the preconcentration plug, particularly used for the delivery of preconcentrated samples to external equipment and devices, needs to deliver the samples with minimal dispersion; however, the dispersion of the sample plug is a critical issue [19]. When the electric field is removed, the force balance between external hydraulic force/electric field and depletion force cannot be maintained. Hence, the ICP preconcentration plug is drastically dispersed in the fluidic channel, which severely hampers the use of preconcentration devices with external analytical devices (i.e., mass spectrometry and sensors).
To extract and separate the preconcentration plug, Chen et al. [7] made use of the difference in electrophoretic mobility and a magnetic valve, however, one still needs simple methods without complex additional components. Recently, Kwak and Hong et al. proposed a paper-based ICP preconcentrator to facilitate extraction. Hong et al. developed a continuous-flow preconcentrator with a bifurcation system to collect and separate the samples [19, 20] Recently, we proposed a paper-based preconcentrator, which preconcentrates FITC—albumin with a high preconcentration factor of up to 310-fold for 400 s [3], however, there are limitations in applying the preconcentrator for using external analytical devices because of dispersion of preconcentrated sample plug. In this study, a 3D foldable-paper-based ICP preconcentration system is proposed for obtaining a preconcentration plug with minimal dispersion. By employing the 3D pop-up structure, the preconcentration plug was concentrated and isolated up to 300-fold, which is directly applicable for POC test kits and FTAR cards.
Device fabrication
Device operation and preconcentration monitoring
Figure 2b shows the sequential process of the operation principle of the 3D folding-paper-based ICP preconcentrator. First, a sample of 10 μL (NaCl buffer of 1 mM) is loaded onto the buffer reservoirs. An electric potential of 100 V/cm using Ag/AgCl electrodes is applied between the buffer reservoirs via a benchtop sourcemeter (Keithley 2410 current–voltage source measurement unit, Keithley Instruments, Inc.). When the electric potential is applied, the sample analytes of volume 10 μL are loaded onto the sample reservoir. They are monitored using an inverted epifluorescence microscope (Olympus, IX-71) and a thermoelectrically cooled charge-coupled device camera (Hamamatsu Co., Japan). After the preconcentration, the outlet reservoir is folded up, and the separated preconcentration plug of the sample reservoir is detached. To monitor the ICP phenomena, fluorescence dyes (Alexa fluor 488, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and an orange G dye (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) with a buffer solution are utilized. The fluorescence and optical images are analyzed using ImageJ (Wayne Rasband, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA). We carried out all experiments at controlled R.T. and humidity (R.H. = 55 ± 5%) to avoid run-to-run experimental errors.
Results and discussion
ICP phenomena and preconcentration
Device optimization
The total preconcentration volume is one of the essential criteria for the ICP preconcentration. As shown in Fig. 4b, the preconcentration factor was monitored based on the total preconcentration volume. The preconcentration factors of 50-, 90-, and 300-fold are measured for volumes of 10 μL (red line), 15 μL (blue line), and 20 μL (black line), respectively. In general, the preconcentrating volume and factor have been considered as a trade-off. If the preconcentrating volume is increased, the preconcentrating factor generally decreases. In Fig. 4b, a higher preconcentrating factor is observed for a total preconcentration volume of 10 μL.
Isolation and extraction of preconcentration plug with folding structure
In this study, a 3D folding-paper-based ICP preconcentrator was developed for preconcentrating charged biomolecules with a small dispersion. A preconcentration of 300-fold for a sample volume of 10 μL was obtained. By optimizing the electric field, sample volume, and outlet reservoir size, the 3D folding pop-up paper-based preconcentrator was successfully implemented for extracting the ICP preconcentration plug with low dispersion effects. This technique can be used in applications involving bioassay and environment monitoring (i.e., lateral flow assay, FTAR card and mass spectrometry).
ion concentration polarization
ion exchange membrane
capillary force
depletion force
electro-osmotic flow
Authors' contributions
KJL helped design, fabricate, and test the device and drafted the manuscript. YKY and SIH reviewed the test methods and results. JL, DL, and CK surveyed the literature on ion concentration polarization. JHL reviewed all the test methods and results and finalized the drafted manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (MEST) (NRF-2015R1D1A1A01059806) and the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (Grant Number: HI16C0272). Kyungjae Lee was also supported by the R&D program of MOTIE/KEIT. [10054570, Highly educated human resources development project on cutting-edge sensor technology for sensor industry acceleration].
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