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Autobiography, Biography, and Theological Questioning
John D. Barbour
Autobiography and biography (which together will be called "life writing") raise theological questions in ways different from systematic or constructive theology. These forms of life writing tell a story that may or may not be correlated with traditional doctrines. They integrate the first order discourse of symbol and narrative with secondary hermeneutical reflections that interpret and analyze the meaning and truth of religious language. The probing and disturbing questioning in a profound autobiography such as Augustine's contrasts with the assurances and settled answers expected of theology by religious institutions and communities. Particular religious questions shape specific genres of life writing such as Puritan discourses, nature writing, or African American autobiographies. The theology in autobiography may be either explicit or implicit and involves both questioning and affirmation, as may be seen in works as different as Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua and Edmund Gosse's Father and Son. Conversion has been a central theme and shaping influence on Christian texts, even when authors challenge this focus and create alternative forms. A central theological question posed by autobiography concerns the authority of individual experience when it contrasts or conflicts with traditional norms asserted by orthodox believers and ecclesiastical hierarchy. In spiritual autobiographies by contemporary writers, we see serious attention given to communal norms for life stories and a search for a distinctive personal apprehension of what is sacred. Autobiographical writing has been stronger in the history of some religious traditions than in others. Yet in the modern world, almost every culture has produced life writing that questions or challenges established patterns of thought and practice. In contrast with autobiography, sacred biography has been an important part of every religious tradition, usually describing an exemplar to be revered and imitated. Its strong didactic interests often curb theological questioning of established norms. While modern scholarly biographies often mute theological questions, some writers raise normative issues and argue for why the subject's life should be valued. As well as the theology explored within life writing, many works reveal a theology of life writing, that is, beliefs about how this kind of writing may bring the author or readers better understanding of God or deeper faith.
Desire, Love, and Romance in the Hebrew Bible
J. Cheryl Exum
In the Hebrew Bible human sexual desire is, for the most part, constructed as male and as dangerous. In the patriarchal economy of ancient Israel, in which women were subordinated to men and younger men to older men, desire poses a potential threat to the preservation of male status, privilege, and hierarchy, upon which the patriarchal system is based. It is viewed warily as an overwhelming urge that, unchecked, can cause a man to lose control and act in ways that might jeopardize his position in the patriarchal hierarchy and, if some texts are to be taken seriously (Proverbs, the story of Samson), even his life. Thus legal texts seek to regulate and control sexual behavior and thereby channel sexual desire in permissible directions; Proverbs responds to the threat that uncontrolled desire poses by offering the young man a patriarchally sanctioned object of desire, personified Wisdom, and narrative texts, such as the stories of Samson and Delilah and David and Bathsheba, provide object lessons in the dangerous consequences of desire. There are few places in the Hebrew Bible where one person is said to love ('ahab) another in an amorous or carnal sense, and in all these cases only one of the pair is said to love. This does not mean that love was not thought of as reciprocated in biblical times, but only that reciprocal love was not a concern of biblical writers, with the exception of the poet of the Song of Songs. The Song of Songs is the only text in the Hebrew Bible in which sex, desire, love, and romance can all be found. This short book, the Bible's only love poem, gives its readers an unprecedented insight into what it is like to be in love from both points of view, a woman's and a man's.
Martin Luther's Treatises and Essays
Mark D. Tranvik
The treatise or essay has played a key role in the transmission of ideas in the Western intellectual tradition and the Church in particular. Generally shorter than a book or monograph, the treatise attempts to examine a topic in a manner that is thorough yet avoids systematic treatment. The tone of the treatise usually avoids polemics and favors instead a more dispassionate treatment of its subject. In the middle ages, treatises in scholastic theology often became highly abstract and lifeless, focusing more on logical precision designed to appeal to the mind (intellectus). Entreaties to the heart (affectus) were often suspect because they were thought to lack intellectual rigor. Martin Luther's "rhetoric of faith" results in a different view of the form of the treatise. Luther's theological revolution centered on justification by grace through faith alone meant that theology was no longer aimed at only the mind. The whole person, mind and heart (intellectus and affectus), was now the proper object of instruction and persuasion. Luther stresses that faith, or pistis in the New Testament sense, involves a trust that encompasses thinking and feeling. Accordingly, Luther's treatises and essays often exhibit this new rhetoric. The tone is often warm and embracing but certainly not to the exclusion of the mind. Evidence of this can be seen in five treatises he composes in the crucial year of 1520. This is the period just before he is excommunicated. To say the least, his future is highly uncertain. It is not surprising that he turns to the genre of the treatise as a format well suited to his program of reform. The Freedom of a Christian, The Treatise on Good Works, On the Papacy in Rome, To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, and The Babylonian Captivity of the Church are the result. Together they comprise a radical proposal for change that envisions a Church grounded in God's Word and sacraments from which springs forth a people freed to love and serve their neighbors in all of their callings.
The Pentateuch
Thomas B. Dozeman
The Pentateuch ("five books") is the title for the first five books of the Bible in the Greek translation, known as the Septuagint (LXX). The more original title is the Hebrew, Torah, meaning "law." The revelation and composition of the Torah is attributed to Moses, which is reflected in the additional designation of the books as the "Torah of Moses." The authorship of the Pentateuch is central to its interpretation in Jewish and Christian tradition. The Mosaic authorship characterized the interpretation of the Pentateuch in the precritical period of research. The study of the Pentateuch in the modern era has been dominated by the quest to identify its anonymous authors and the changing social contexts in which the literature was written.
Ugaritic and Biblical Literature
Mark S. Smith
The Ugaritic texts provide a rich resource for understanding the Late Bronze Age kingdom of Ugarit, located on the coast of Syria. The site has yielded about two thousand tablets in Ugaritic, the West Semitic language of this city-state, and about twenty-five hundred tablets in Akkadian, the lingua franca of the period, as well as many texts written in seven other languages. These reveal a cosmopolitan, commercial center operating in the shadow of two great powers of the eastern Mediterranean basin, the Egyptians and the Hittites.
The Ugaritic texts offer innumerable literary and religious parallels to biblical literature. The parallels are so rich and in some cases so specific that it is evident that the Ugaritic texts do not merely provide parallels, but belong to a shared or overlapping cultural matrix with the Hebrew Bible. Ugaritic literature may not predate the earliest biblical sources by much more than a few decades, but the bulk of biblical literature dates to centuries later. Moreover, unlike the coastal, cosmopolitan center of Ugarit, ancient Israel's heartland lay in the rural inland hill-country considerably to the south in what is today Israel and occupied Palestinian territory. Despite these important differences, Ugaritic and biblical literature are not to be understood as representing entirely different cultures, but overlapping ones.


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Before dying, the store owner makes a statement to police identifying his attackers as young gang members. Tempers flare when the murder investigation reunites Detective Flack with his long-time mentor and friend Sergeant Gavin Moran, who was the first to arrive at the crime scene. Meanwhile, Danny and Aiden investigate the death of an influential movie producer found dead on the canopy of his Chelsea apartment building.
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"I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the year's." –Henry Moore.
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Set monthly goals. When a resolution is fresh in our minds, we tend to approach it with more vigor and commitment. So instead of thinking about the whole year, break it down by month. If eating healthier is your goal, then focus on eliminating sugary beverages and drinking more water in January. In February, fill half of every plate with fruits and vegetables. Focus on one new habit each month and you'll have a whole bevy of positive changes by the end of the year.
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RMK's Super Liquid Basic Concealer (£19) is not an illuminating type of concealer (like YSL Touche Eclat) instead its marketed as a liquid version of their basic concealer.
The texture is quite thick and if offers medium coverage, it lasts well, although I'd say it has a slightly powdery finish so if you have a dry under eye area this may not be for you. I choose the lightest shade 01 and whilst it's slightly too dark it is wearable but probably better for those who are a MAC NC/NW 20/25.
Swatch on the left is it blobbed on, on the right blended in
I also bought Irresistible Lips C 24: Translucent Shiny Pink (£15) .The lipstick has a very wet/slick feel to it. The colour is a beautiful glossy shimmery cool pink but the lasting power is fleeting, I would like to try one of their n range ones as those are meant to be more colour infused.
The swatch on the left is swiped a few times, on the right just once so that you can see that the colour is quite sheer as it looks quite bright in the tube.
I bought my RMK from lookfantastic.com who do ship internationally for those of you outside the UK. A lot of the things I would like to buy from RMK are unfortunately not available online, so my future purchase's of this brand will depend on whether lookfantastic.com expands the range they offer.
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I bought this concealer yesterday after visiting the counter. I know exactly what you mean about the dry texture. Even the SA said it was best applied over an eye cream (I'm still failing in that area!). So far, so good though it is a touch yellow. If this was the colour of my moisturecover it would be perfect!ReplyDelete
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I gave mine to my mum in the end, I still haven't found the right concealer for my undereyes, I bought the moisture cover and do really like it although think I need heavier coverage x
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Hollywood Dodgers wrote a heck of a script in '13
If Hollywood executives in search of the next blockbuster script had only looked to the nearby Los Angeles neighborhood known as Chavez Ravine, maybe they wouldn't have resorted to that one extra remake of a bad TV sitcom.
As it turned out, "The 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers" turned out to be one heck of a flick, replete with a huge budget, an engaging cast of characters, a plot line nobody could predict, and a pulsating soundtrack of stadium cheers.
If Hollywood executives in search of the next blockbuster script had only looked to the nearby Los Angeles neighborhood known as Chavez Ravine, maybe they wouldn't have resorted to that one extra remake of a bad TV sitcom.
As it turned out, "The 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers" turned out to be one heck of a flick, replete with a huge budget, an engaging cast of characters, a plot line nobody could predict, and a pulsating soundtrack of stadium cheers.
The movie, which had a run into deep October, didn't end the way Dodgers fans would have liked, but hey, that's why they make sequels.
"It's disappointing because of all the work that you put in from last winter, planning and trying to put a club together that has some depth," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said after his team was eliminated from the National League Championship Series by the St. Louis Cardinals.
"Going through spring, the long season and then it just comes to a crash ... it's disappointing for all of us."
For a team with a $243 million payroll, a star-studded roster and one of the great ballparks and fan bases in the game, those sentiments came from the heart. The Dodgers were expected to win in 2013, and for the most part they did. After a slow start, they went on an electrifying midsummer run and cruised to the NL West division title. But even after 92 wins in the regular season, a playoff-opening win over the Braves in the NL Division Series, a breakout year by rookie outfielder Yasiel Puig and a second Cy Young Award for ace Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers were left unsatisfied. This can only fuel them for 2014 and beyond.
"What does it really matter, making the playoffs or coming in last place?" Kershaw said after the Cardinals closed them out. "If you don't win the World Series, it doesn't really matter."
But a lot mattered in 2013.
The Dodgers had targets on their classic jerseys from the minute they stepped on the back fields of Camelback Ranch, their Spring Training home. They seemed to be stacked with talent at every position, with a glut of starters and bullpen arms ready to provide the organization with quality depth.
The only thing in their way, it seemed, was bad luck and injuries, and they got plenty of both early in the season. One-time MVP candidate Matt Kemp and starting shortstop Hanley Ramirez were two of several high-profile position players relegated to the sidelines for various lengths of time. Starters Chad Billingsley (Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery) and Josh Beckett (thoracic outlet syndrome) hardly contributed at all, and others, such as outfielder Andre Ethier, were never entirely healthy.
But even though the Dodgers found themselves in last place in their division on June 22, as serious questions about the future of Mattingly hung in the Southern California air, the Dodgers didn't give up.
And they got some help, too.
The Cuban sensation Puig, who had turned heads in Spring Training, was called up from Double-A Chattanooga and immediately put a charge into the team's offense and defense. Puig got the crowds going by hitting for average and power, running the bases with all-out abandon and displaying one of the better outfield arms in baseball -- all at the age of 22 with hardly any American professional experience to speak of.
Kershaw was still Kershaw, starter Zack Greinke was in the midst of an excellent season, Ramirez came back hot, and a switch was flipped. The Dodgers won 42 of their next 50 games -- the best half-century stretch in franchise history -- and practically walked into the postseason, winning the NL West by 11 games, the largest margin in Los Angeles history.
The Dodgers became the first NL team to win 15 consecutive road games in 56 years, the fourth club to finish in first place after being in last place on July 1 or later, and the fourth team to win a division in a season in which they were at least 12 games below .500. They were the third team to rally from at least 9 1/2 games back to win by at least 10 games.
Yes, the ultimate goal for 2013 eluded the Dodgers, and yes, the team and its fans expressed mostly disappointment for a season that had more dramatic up-and-down swings than most two-hour art-house features, but that's what comes in this new high-payroll, high-expectation territory. The Dodgers have already reloaded to some degree in preparation for another run at the title in 2014.
"Obviously, I'm really proud of my club," Mattingly said when the otherwise-very-successful 2013 season ended in the NLCS. "I felt like these guys hung in all year long. They were a great group to be around. I felt like these guys have a lot of fun.
"They do get down to business, sometimes a little unconventional. But they do love to play, and I think they represent the Dodger organization well."
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Book Corner: 5 Cookbooks with Great Fruity Desserts
We can't help but get excited as we start to see fresh fruit in our local farmers' markets. Rhubarb...strawberries...and soon, more! We'll happily serve summer's abundance in a fruit salad, but if you're looking to craft something a bit more ambitious, you'll want some recipes for inspiration. These 5 cookbooks are treasure troves of fruit-filled desserts, from classic pies and tarts to more unusual options.
Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich
"This entire book is filled with lovely desserts, but I especially love the chapter dedicated to fruit. The recipes really respect the flavor of the fruit—they're not too muddled by sugar or other ingredients. The rustic plum tart is just what you want in a summer sweet: simple, delicious, and easy to tailor to whatever fruit is most ripe. The lemon bars are nice and tart and even the dried fruit and nut cake has depth of flavor and real fruitiness. Plus she got me to bust out my ice cream machine, which is no easy feat."—Carrie Vasios, Sweets Editor
Buy it on Amazon, around $23 »
Seasonal Fruit Desserts: From Orchard, Farm, and Market by Deborah Madison
"If you love the idea of keeping it seasonal when it comes to dessert, but get stumped beyond your basic strawberry shortcake or blueberry pie, Seasonal Fruit Desserts by Deborah Madison is for you. The recipes are reverent to what fruit tastes best at any given time of year, and the simple recipes let the seasonal stars shine. Some standout recipes? Hazelnut-stuffed peaches, winter squash cake with dates, and strawberries in red wine syrup. A perfect companion to the CSA or just to challenge your seasonal repertoire."— Jessie Oleson, Cakespy Columnist
Buy it on Amazon, around $16 »
Sunday Suppers at Lucques by Suzanne Goin
"This is one of my all-time favorite cookbooks for pastry, which is remarkable, since the author is a savory chef by trade. The book stresses simplicity in its recipes, and is arranged as a series of three-course meals to cook by seasonal availability, which is really the best possible philosophy when it comes to cooking fruit-based desserts. Goin draws heavily from the wisdom of her pastry chef pals for the recipes, which gives them nice background stories in addition to being deliciously legit."— Lauren Weisenthal, Sweet Technique and Pie Columnist
Buy it on Amazon, around $24 »
Luscious Lemon Desserts by Lori Longbotham
"Lemon: it's for more than just meringue pie and bar cookies on a shortbread crust. If you love tart and sweet desserts, Luscious Lemon Desserts by Lori Longbotham is pretty much a vital volume. Challenge your taste buds with a lemon curd and strawberry tart, or pucker up and dig in to some lemon ricotta gelato. This book is a wonderful mix of classics and outside-of-the-box lemon concoctions, and contains plenty of simple and easy recipes as well as recipes for more complicated, showstopping desserts."— Jessie Oleson, Cakespy Columnist
Buy it on Amazon, around $13 »
Plum Gorgeous: Recipes and Memories from the Orchard by Romney Steele
"Plum Gorgeous is the summer baking book for me. It's a celebration of the fruits of the orchard with recipes both sweet and savory. But it's author Romney Steele's sweets that have me stocking up on stone fruits and berries all season long, and happily baking away in the kitchen The book's namesake dessert, a Plum Gorgeous Almond Tart is perfect with almond cream and little plum halves nested into a buttery, golden crust. And Honey-Lime Peaches with Creme Fraiche Clouds is just as dreamy as it sounds, tasting pretty much like the most gorgeous summer day on a plate." — Caroline Russock, Sweet Technique and Pie Columnist
Buy it on Amazon, around $16 »
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A massive clean-up and resupply effort is under way along the NSW eastern coast as flood conditions ease after wild weather wreaked havoc over the weekend.
The State Emergency Service (SES) says more than 20,000 people remain isolated by floodwaters but the focus has shifted to recovery efforts.
Crews from the SES, NSW Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue NSW are concentrating on Kiama in southern NSW and the Sydney suburbs of Malabar and Chifley, which were worst-affected by storm damage.
About 70 residents will be evacuated from Kiama on Monday because of fears that strewn debris caused by heavy winds is contaminated by asbestos.
More than 170 homes suffered damage, including three that were completely destroyed, when a mini-cyclone ripped through the seaside town on Sunday morning.
Kiama mayor Brian Petschler told AAP that about 70 people lived in the asbestos exclusion zone created by debris from the leisure centre and a house that "blew up" on the edge of town.
The SES said the clean-up effort would begin once the evacuations were over.
In the state's north, more than 20,000 people remain isolated by floodwaters but conditions are easing as swollen rivers disgorge their extra loads into the sea.
An evacuation order has been lifted for the Kempsey CBD, with the exception of some properties.
Councils in the area are urging the state government to announce disaster declarations for the region, where eight rivers are still considered flooded.
Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner toured the area on Monday and said a thorough assessment would need to be conducted before funds are released.
"I'll be reporting to the premier and the minister for police and emergency (services) about what I've seen," Mr Stoner told reporters at the scene.
"So hopefully we speed those disaster declarations along."
On Monday afternoon, the Bureau of Meteorology cancelled a severe weather warning for the mid-north coast after a low pressure trough weakened.
Meantime, a newborn baby was flown to a Gold Coast hospital early on Monday morning after his mother gave birth among rapidly-rising floodwaters before emergency crews could reach her property at Palmvale, in northern NSW.
Further south, the clean-up effort continues in Sydney's east, particularly in Malabar and Chifley.
Savage gusts extensively damaged around 250 properties, brought down several trees and tore the roof off the Malabar RSL Club, which contained asbestos material.
Randwick Council said staff and contractors were speaking with affected property owners in the area and offering to inspect and remove asbestos material.
Council workers are also working to remove debris and trees brought down by the storm.
In western Sydney, Warragamba Dam continues to spill over, adding to flooding from the Nepean and Grose Rivers.
A Sydney Catchment Authority spokeswoman said the dam is expected to continue overflowing for the next few days but it is a "reasonably small" spill.
Minor flooding is expected along the Nepean Hawkesbury River at Penrith and North Richmond later on Monday as Nepean flood waters combine with the Warragamba Dam spill, the BoM said.
Late on Monday, 11 areas were declared natural disaster zones, meaning financial assistance will be unlocked for home owners, businesses and farmers.
The areas are Ballina, Bellingen, Byron, Camden, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Kiama, Nambucca, Port Macquarie Hastings and Randwick.


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Oman's bourse staged a 12.1 percent surge, rebounding from a five-year low, in a mixed week for stock markets around the Arab world, Bakheet Financial Advisors (BFA) said Saturday, November 17.
The best performer was Egypt's Hermes Financial Index which jumped 12.8 percent to 8,727.00 points, up for the fifth straight week, as telecommunications and media shares dazzled, the Riyadh-based investment specialists said.
BFA said the MSM index in Oman climbed to 200.57 points as the government injected 50 million rials ($128.5 million) to resolve a liquidity crunch and trimmed the number of companies trading.
Qatar's CBQ gained 1.3 percent to 210.96 points on the back of investor confidence over end-of-year corporate financial results, while the BSE in Bahrain was up a modest 0.6 percent to close the week on 1,824.56 points.
The only other winner on the week was the BLOM index in Lebanon that closed on 611.77 points, up a slight 0.2 percent.
The other Gulf bourses were down.
Kuwait's KSE index lost 1.8 percent, closing on 1,343.00 points amid an absence of promised economic reforms, the NCFEI index in Saudi Arabia slipped 0.3 percent to 2,341.13 points, and the NBAD in the Emirates by 0.1 percent to 2,497.81 points.
The biggest loss was recorded by Morocco's CSE index, which fell 1 percent to 684.50 points.
Amid the ongoing bloodshed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Jerusalem index of the Palestinians remained stagnant at 226.00 points.
The Tunindex in Tunisia shed 1.8 percent, falling to 1,379.45 points, on profit-taking. BFA said it has still gained 15.7 percent from the start of the year, topping the North African markets.
Jordan's ASE index shed another 0.7 percent, closing on 134.17 points. It has now lost a whopping 19.8 percent in 2000.— (AFP)
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No. 85,142
ESTATE of CANDY JO BECKNER, Deceased,
by LELAND BECKNER, Administrator and Surviving Spouse,
DANIEL L. JENSEN and VICKY K. JENSEN,
1. When a motion to dismiss raises an issue concerning the legal sufficiency of a claim, the question must be decided from the well-pleaded facts of plaintiff's complaint. K.S.A. 60-212(b)(6). Dismissal is justified only when the allegations of the petition clearly demonstrate plaintiff does not have a claim.
2. In a negligence case, plaintiff must establish a duty, breach of the duty, damages, and a causal connection between the duty breached and the damages. The existence of a duty is a question of law, while whether a duty has been breached is a question of fact.
3. As a general rule, in the absence of a special relationship there is no duty on an actor to control the conduct of a third person to prevent harm to others.
4. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 318 (1964) is inapplicable to the facts of this case because the tort did not occur on the defendants' property nor did the tortfeasor use the defendants' car to drive home.
5. The initial requirement for the application of Restatement (Second) of Torts § 324A(a) (1964) is that a defendant undertook, gratuitously or for consideration, to render services to another. Without an affirmative act or an agreement, there is no duty owed under § 324A.
6. Even a limited undertaking by a defendant does not give rise to a duty under Restatement (Second) of Torts § 324A (1964).
7. Under the facts of this case, public policy does not create a duty independent of the Restatement (Second) of Torts.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; C. ROBERT BELL, judge. Opinion filed May 11, 2001. Affirmed.
Michael T. Metcalf and Danne W. Webb, of Miller Law Firm, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, and Dennis P. Wetta, of Smith, Shay, Farmer & Wetta, of Wichita, for appellant.
Craig Kennedy, of Johnson, Kennedy, Dahl & Willis, of Wichita, for appellee.
Before GERNON, P.J., GREEN, and BEIER, JJ.
GREEN, J.: The estate of Candy Jo Beckner appeals the district court's dismissal of its wrongful death claim. On appeal, the estate contends that the trial court wrongly granted Daniel and Vicky Jensen's motion to dismiss. We disagree and affirm.
The Jensens had a son, Nathan, who attended Northwest High School's prom. They allowed their son to host a post-prom overnight "sleep over" party in their basement for 8 to 12 high school students. None of the students consumed any alcohol at the party, and Daniel went downstairs at least twice to check on the students.
Andrew Schaffer attended this party and arrived around 1 a.m. Before the party, Schaffer did not know Nathan or the Jensens. He remained awake all night except for about an hour in the morning between 6 and 7 a.m.
While driving home in his van, Schaffer left the road and struck Candy Jo Beckner who was riding her bike on the shoulder of 21st Street near 295th Street West, outside Wichita. Beckner died as a result of her injuries.
Beckner's estate sued the Jensens for the wrongful death of Beckner. The Jensens answered and moved to dismiss the case for failure to set forth a valid cause of action against them. After a hearing on the motion, the district court granted the Jensens' motion to dismiss the case.
On a procedural issue, the estate asserts that the district court improperly granted the motion to dismiss when it considered material extraneous to its petition. As a result, the Jensens' motion should have been viewed as one for summary judgment. At a hearing on the motion to dismiss, the district judge refused to consider the motion as a summary judgment motion.
The estate's argument is flawed. "K.S.A. 60-212(b) says if 'matters outside the pleading are presented to and not excluded by the court, the motion [to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted] shall be treated as one for summary judgment.' (Emphasis added.)" Goldbarth v. Kansas State Board of Regents, 269 Kan. 881, 885, 9 P.3d 1251 (2000). A review of the transcript and the district court's decision reveals that the parties placed information from Andrew Schaffer's deposition before the court, but the court did not consider these materials. The district court followed 60-212(b)(6) in resolving the motion.
The district judge's knowledge of facts other than those contained in the pleadings are not grounds for a reversal. Ultimately, the judge did not consider documents outside the petition in making his decision. There was no error in the district court's procedural ruling.
"When a motion to dismiss raises an issue concerning the legal sufficiency of a claim, the question must be decided from the well-pleaded facts of plaintiff's complaint. K.S.A. 60-212(b)(6). Dismissal is justified only when the allegations of the petition clearly demonstrate plaintiff does not have a claim. [Citation omitted.]" Miller v. Sloan, Listrom, Eisenbarth, Sloan & Glassman, 267 Kan. 245, 250, 978 P.2d 922 (1999).
"In a negligence case, plaintiff must establish a duty, breach of the duty, damages, and a causal connection between the duty breached and the damages. The existence of a duty is a question of law, while whether a duty has been breached is a question of fact. [Citation omitted.]" McCleary v. Boss, 24 Kan. App. 2d 791, 792, 955 P.2d 127 (1997), rev. denied 264 Kan. 822 (1998).
The first question in this appeal is whether the Jensens had a duty to Beckner. "As a general rule, in the absence of a 'special relationship' there is no duty on an actor to control the conduct of a third person to prevent harm to others. [Citations omitted.]" Washington v. State, 17 Kan. App. 2d 518, 521, 839 P.2d 555, rev. denied 252 Kan. 1095 (1992).
The estate contends that as a matter of law a special relationship existed between Beckner and the Jensens and that a duty may be found in Restatement (Second) of Torts § 315 (1964).
The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 315 provides:
"There is no duty so to control the conduct of a third person as to prevent him from causing physical harm to another unless
"(a) a special relation exists between the actor and the third person which imposes a duty upon the actor to control the third person's conduct, or
"(b) a special relation exists between the actor and the other which gives to the other a right to protection."
Comments to § 315 direct the reader to other sections for the "special relations" upon which the duty is based. These relationships include parent and child, master and servant, possessor of land or chattels and licensee, one in charge of a person having dangerous propensities, common carrier and passenger, innkeeper and guest, possessor of land and invitee, and one who takes custody of another so as to deprive the latter of normal protection. See Restatement (Second) of Torts §§ 314A, 316-20 (1964). None of the special relationships listed earlier are analogous to the relationship between Beckner and the Jensens or between Schaffer and the Jensens. The estate cites no cases where a Kansas appellate court determined a special relationship existed under similar facts to this case.
The estate cites Wood v. Groh, 269 Kan. 420, 7 P.3d 1163 (2000), in its reply brief to support its contention that a relevant special relationship existed. Nevertheless, the estate's reliance on Groh is fatally flawed because Groh is distinguishable on its facts. In Groh, a minor who was shot and her parents brought a personal injury action against a gun owner and his wife, after the gun owner's minor son accidentally shot the victim at a late-night party. Despite the fact that the Grohs locked their gun cabinet, our Supreme Court found that sufficient evidence existed to support the jury instruction on negligent parental supervision because their son was easily able to break into the cabinet with a screwdriver. Critical distinguishing facts in Groh were the existence of a parent-child relationship between the gun owner and the tortfeasor and the court's finding that firearms are inherently dangerous instrumentalities requiring the highest degree of care.
In another effort to show a special relationship, the estate cites to the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 318 (1964) and claims a duty of a possessor of land to control the conduct of a licensee. The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 318 states:
"If the actor permits a third person to use land or chattels in his possession otherwise than as a servant, he is, if present, under a duty to exercise reasonable care so to control the conduct of the third person as to prevent him from intentionally harming others or from so conducting himself as to create an unreasonable risk of bodily harm to them, if the actor
"(a) knows or has reason to know that he has the ability to control the third person, and
"(b) knows or should know of the necessity and opportunity for exercising such control."
Comment b of § 318 provides:
"The rule stated in this Section is applicable where the possessor of a chattel or of land is present when the chattel is being used or the activity is being carried on with his permission, and when, therefore, he has not only the ability to control the conduct of the third person as possessor, but also the opportunity to do so."
In only two instances has Kansas case law addressed this section. In both instances, the licensee was still on the landowner's property or using the possessor's chattel when the injury occurred. See Gragg v. Wichita State Univ., 261 Kan. 1037, 1045-46, 934 P.2d 121 (1997) (§ 318 did not apply because defendants lacked sufficient knowledge to control assailant's actions); Vetter v. Morgan, 22 Kan. App. 2d 1, 7, 913 P.2d 1200 (1995) (car being used belonged to defendant's father, so the defendant had "a peculiar ability" to control the manner in which the car was driven).
Section 318 is inapplicable because the tort did not occur on the Jensens' property nor did Schaffer use the Jensens' car to drive home. We could find no Kansas case extending this duty to cover the licensee after leaving the landowner's property.
Next, the estate maintains that the trial court wrongly granted the motion to dismiss because under the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 324A (1964), the Jensens gratuitously undertook to render services to Schaffer which the Jensens should have recognized as being necessary for the protection of Beckner. The Supreme Court adopted the Restatement (Second) of Torts § 324A in Schmeck v. City of Shawnee, 232 Kan. 11, Syl. ¶ 4, 651 P.2d 585 (1982).
The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 324A(a) provides:
"One who undertakes, gratuitously or for consideration, to render services to another which he should recognize as necessary for the protection of a third person or his things, is subject to liability to the third person for physical harm resulting from his failure to exercise reasonable care to protect his undertaking, if
"(a) his failure to exercise reasonable care increases the risk of such harm, or
"(b) he has undertaken to perform a duty owed by the other to the third person, or
"(c) the harm is suffered because of reliance of the other or the third person upon the undertaking."
The initial requirement for the application of § 324A(a) is that the defendants undertook, gratuitously or for consideration, to render services to another. See Gooch v. Bethel A.M.E. Church, 246 Kan. 663, 669, 792 P.2d 993 (1990). "Without an affirmative act or an agreement, there is no duty owed under § 324A." P.W. v. Kansas Dept. of SRS, 255 Kan. 827, 834, 877 P.2d 430 (1994).
In its brief, the estate glosses over the affirmative act requirement for liability under this section and makes a conclusion that the Jensens took affirmative action toward Schaffer and controlled him. The estate's assertion greatly stretches the facts as alleged in the petition and cannot be squared with existing Kansas case law.
In Burney v. Kansas Dept. of SRS, 23 Kan. App. 2d 394, 399, 931 P.2d 26 (1997), SRS undertook an investigation of Burney as an accused child abuser as required by law. Although SRS performed an investigation, this court found no evidence whatsoever that SRS performed any affirmative act to render services for Burney or entered into any agreement to do so to create a duty under § 324A.
In Meyers v. Grubaugh, 242 Kan. 716, 750 P.2d 1031 (1988), our Supreme Court concluded there was no affirmative action by the defendant and therefore no undertaking upon which to impose liability. The defendant, a State employee, became intoxicated while at work and injured the plaintiff in an automobile collision after leaving work early. Since there was no evidence the employer had taken charge of or assumed control over the intoxicated employee, § 324A was not applicable since the State did not undertake to render services to the employee.
Even a limited undertaking by a defendant does not give rise to a duty under § 324A.
In McGee v. Chalfant, 248 Kan. 434, 806 P.2d 980 (1991), a duty under § 324A was rejected even though there was a limited undertaking by the defendants. Chalfant had been drinking beer at several parties. Cooper and Lett, upon Chalfant's request, took Chalfant from one of the parties to his car. Chalfant was clearly intoxicated at the time. Later, Chalfant injured McGee in an automobile collision. McGee sued Cooper and Lett, claiming liability under § 324A. Our Supreme Court reversed the district court's denial of summary judgment, stating:
"After reviewing the Kansas case law and cases from other jurisdictions concerning § 324A and the duty to third persons for negligent acts of others, we conclude Cooper and Lett did not owe a duty of care to McGee. Cooper and Lett did not take control of Chalfant or intend to; they only agreed to transport Chalfant to his automobile. We hold this does not constitute such an affirmative act as to amount to the exercise of custody or control over Chalfant.
"The extent of the undertaking should define the scope of the duty. Here, Cooper and Lett agreed to take Chalfant to his automobile. We find no evidence that Cooper and Lett agreed to do anything further, such as see that he got home. Thus, although Cooper and Lett had knowledge Chalfant was intoxicated, they did not undertake a duty to prevent him from driving. Therefore, Cooper and Lett cannot be held liable for the negligent performance of a task they did not agree to assume." 248 Kan. at 442.
In Hanna v. Huer, Johns, Neel, Rivers & Webb, 233 Kan. 206, 209, 212, 662 P.2d 243 (1983), two ironworkers, injured when an improperly secured structural steel joist fell during construction of a shopping center, sued the architect. The ironworkers alleged the architect was contractually responsible for safety precautions on the job site and, alternatively, the architect was negligent as to job site safety. The architect appealed the adverse jury verdict. The evidence showed that the architect had no contractual responsibility for job site safety. In addition, the architect did not assume such responsibilities outside the duties imposed by the contract. Our Supreme Court reversed and remanded for judgment in favor of the architect because although the architect rendered services, they were not to the extent of undertaking responsibility for the safety of third parties. 233 Kan. at 218.
On the other hand,
"'"[i]n each of the Kansas cases imposing liability under § 324A, it was clear that [the threshold] requirement was met. In Schmeck v. City of Shawnee, 232 Kan. 11, 651 P.2d 585 (1982), KCPL agreed to and was hired to render traffic engineering services to the City. In Ingram v. Howard-Needles-Tammen & Bergendoff, 234 Kan. 289, 672 P.2d 1083 (1983), the Kansas Turnpike Authority hired Howard-Needles as its consulting engineers to make safety inspections of the turnpike and thus render services to the KTA. In Cansler v. State, 234 Kan. 554, 675 P.2d 57 (1984), there was evidence the county agreed with Kansas State Penitentiary officials and other law enforcement agencies to notify these agencies of escapes from the penitentiary. In Fudge v. City of Kansas City, 239 Kan. 369, 720 P.2d 1093 (1986), the police were obligated by a general police department order to take certain incapacitated persons into custody."'" P.W., 255 Kan. at 834.
The Jensens allowed Schaffer to stay at their home for a post-prom party. This in and of itself is not an affirmative act. If an affirmative act is implied or found, it is a limited act at best. Accordingly, without an affirmative act showing that the Jensens exercised custody or control over Schaffer, no duty and liability existed under § 324A.
Finally, in a letter of additional authority, Beckner asserts Robinson v. Health Midwest Development Group d/b/a Lafayette Regional Health Center, ___ S.W. 2d ___, ___, (Mo App. 2001,) as persuasive authority to establish public policy as an independent basis for liability in addition to a "special relationship."
In Robinson, Felicia Robinson appealed summary judgment in favor of Health Midwest on her negligence claim for personal injuries she sustained from an automobile accident. Robinson alleged that Health Midwest's staff was negligent in part by providing treatment to Verlea Schmidt. Schmidt was given a prescription drug known by the medical staff to cause drowsiness and dizziness but was not warned of these side effects. Ten minutes after leaving Health Midwest's facility, Schmidt drove, crossed the center line of a roadway, and collided head-on with Robinson's vehicle, causing her injury.
The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri reversed and remanded the case not on the basis of a special relationship, but rather on public policy grounds. The Robinson court acknowledged there is no special relationship between a physician and the general public on which to base a duty. However, the court found a duty arose by applying the public policy factors that give rise to a duty cited by the Missouri Supreme Court in Hoover's Dairy, Inc. v. Mid-America Dairymen, 700 S.W.2d 426, 431-32 (Mo. 1985). Robinson, ___ S.W. 2d at ___.
Based upon an analysis of public policy, Missouri case law, and an analogy to its dramshop act, the Missouri Court of Appeals held that "under a given set of circumstances, a fact finder could find that a physician owed a duty of care to a member of the general public to warn a patient not to drive while under the influence of an intoxicating drug prescribed by the physician." ___ S.W. 2d at ___.
Kansas case law and public policy, however, is contrary to the position taken by the Missouri Court of Appeals in Robinson.
In Calwell v. Hassan, 260 Kan. 769, 770, 925 P.2d 422 (1996), bicyclists were injured when they were struck by a car driven by a motorist who fell asleep. The bicyclists brought an action against a physician who treated the motorist for excessive sleep disorder. The plaintiffs alleged the physician was negligent in failing to warn the patient not to drive. After a lengthy discussion on "special relationships," our Supreme Court held similar to Robinson in that no special relationship existed for the physician to warn the motorist not to drive.
In Calwell, the motorist admitted in a deposition that with her condition, she would pull over if she got drowsy while driving to work. The court reasoned the physician's failure to warn not to drive would simply be telling her something she already knew and duty to warn does not arise when the patient already knows of the danger. 260 Kan. at 786-87 (citing Boulanger v. Pol, 258 Kan. 289, 307, 900 P.2d 823 [1995]).
Our Supreme Court declined to impose a § 324A duty on physicians to warn a patient of something the patient is already aware of because "such a rule would subject physicians to liability claims from unknown third parties for the acts of patients over which physicians would have no control." 260 Kan. at 787.
Because our Supreme Court found no duty under very similar facts, Robinson is not persuasive to establish liability on account of public policy. Moreover, Robinson's persuasiveness is diminished because it reached the result by relying on Hoover's Dairy, Inc., a Missouri Supreme Court case, and by analogy to a dramshop statute for which there are no counterparts in Kansas. See Ling v. Jan's Liquors, 237 Kan. 629, 703 P.2d 731 (1985). As a result, Beckner's argument fails.


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It doesn't stand with Stone's acknowledged masterpieces. The history is too fresh and under-digested. And it lacks the larger, obsessive purpose of JFK and especially Nixon, a presidential bio-film that Stone has beefed up to more than 31/2 hours for a new election-year anniversary DVD. But W. does show a master filmmaker plunging into the history and politics that have been his passion for much of his career, even if he has made a movie that will no more please the last Americans with "W" stickers on their bumpers than it will amuse the "Why wasn't he impeached?" crowd.


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Overshadowed by concern about Syria, markets will be hyper-focused in the week ahead on Friday's August jobs report, data that could shape the Federal Reserve's decision on its bond-buying program and determine the path for interest rates and mortgage rates this fall.
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A U.S.-Russian plan to disarm Syria of its chemical weapons has prompted Syria and Iran to point to Israel's reputed chemical stockpile, but Israeli officials have dismissed suggestions that they give an accounting of their country's capabilities.
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Iran has signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, but Shoham said it was "bluffing" and continues to maintain a stockpile of such weapons. In announcing his country's accession to the chemical weapons treaty last week, Syria's ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Jaafari, said his country had held chemical weapons as a deterrent against Israel's nuclear arsenal.
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ChIP Foaming and other woes (archived) - (Feb/01/2009 )
ChIP - Foaming in sonication and other woes - <small> (Jan/27/2005 )</small>Hi all! I was wondering if anyone out there has got any trick to avoid foaming during sonication in the SDS lysis buffer for ChIP assays. Supossedly, placing the tip of the sonicator probe 13 mm below the surface of the liquid should avoid it, but is just not working on my hands. After 10 sec on the first sonication pulse a get lots of foaming, but I like to do longer pulses (20 sec) and foaming is supposed to denature the sample. For how long do you sonicate, and how many pulses? I'm using a Branson 250 sonicator.
Also, which type of vessel do you use for sonication? I use 2 ml eppendorf tubes, but the instruction manual of my sonicator recomends metal or glass vessels, better than plastic ones, because of heating considerations.
And last but not least, have you noticed differences in the sonication quality when using different cell lines? For some reason, I get really small fragments with 3T3 cells but not with 10T/2, and both of them are fibroblast cell lines. I don't change the conditions and sometimes I perform the experiments in parallel
Any thoughts or suggestions will be very welcome. Thanx!
It is tricky to avoid foaming during sonication. I have tried both 1.5 ml (conival bottom) and 2 ml (round bottom) tubes and found 1.5 ml tubes are less likely to produce foam. In addition, according to this protocol, conical bottom improves sonication efficiency.
To avoid foaming, dip the probe all the way to the bottom of the tube.
To avoid heating, hold the tube in ice water during sonication.
Hope that is useful.
Thanx alot for your answer, pcrman. I'm surprised to see that in the protocol you attach the sonication step is performed in RIPA buffer instead of the more astringent 1%SDS buffer. I've tried before to sonicate the sample in RIPA and the results were dismal, 10 kb DNA fragments. Maybe is because I used larger volumes (2-3 ml) corresponding to the final volume of the IP sample? I see that in this protocol the use smaller volumes and then dilute after sonication. I'll try that. Thanx again!
If you want to avoid foaming during sonication, cup horns are the way to go. They utilize indirect probe sonication, and are able to sonicate sealed vessels. Another advantage is that you can do multiple samples at once. The following link gives a better description:
Contact Misonix and they will be able to provide lab procedures for DNA shearing using the cup horn.
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QUOTE (badcell @ Jan 27 2005, 12:12 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->After 10 sec on the first sonication pulse a get lots of foaming, but I like to do longer pulses (20 sec) and foaming is supposed to denature the sample. For how long do you sonicate, and how many pulses? I'm using a Branson 250 sonicator.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hi Badcell,
We use a Branson Sonifier B-30. I had real problems with foaming initially and I came to realise that the chromatin is not shearing properly when it foams up. We were using maximum settings on the sonifier with no luck.
So I tried lowering the settings with the same pulse times. The settings I used and were sucessful are a duty cycle of 30% and power setting to 3. I performed 15 continuous pulses for ten seconds each in 1.5 eppy tubes set in an ice bath to reduce the heat from sonication. We resuspend and sonicate our chromatin in RIPA buffer also.
I would suggest lowering the settings of the sonicator, that certainly stopped the foaming issue and still sheared the chromatin quite nicely.
The cells we work with are CHO hybrids but I am sure different cell lines behave differently. You could try optimising formaldehyde fixation times as I would think cell lines would behave differently to the fixation. (for our cells, 1% formaldehyde in media for 10 minutes exactly is suffice)
hope this helps!
Thanks all of you for your suggestions, they really help!
Nick, I recently tried something similar to what you said: I fixed the cells using a lower concentration of formaldehyde than usual (0.5% for 10 min) and the shearing seemed to improve. I'll try your suggestion to decrease the power of the sonicator and increase the number of pulses.
Sonix, I thought water bath sonicators are not fit for shearing the DNA for ChIP assays, 'coz they're not powerful enough. I checked the webpage you indicated and it says that this cup horns are high intensity sonicators, but will the sample not heat up a lot during sonication? Heating of the sample during sonication, I heard, is supposed to denature the proteins, even break the formaldehyde bonds.
Thanx again both of you for your help!
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Woe, this tip works and solved my foaming problem too! Previously I used a power setting of 15% (setting 3) and got foaming easily. After I lowered the setting to 10% (setting 2), I hardly got any foaming. Thank you Nick!
Here is my result with high and low power (volume 400 ul)
no problemo pcrman,
I always thought that you needed the high setting to ensure proper chromatin shearing. but you don't
I'm using sonication to lyse E. COLI in a protein purification procedure. I'm trying to explain some strange results I observed.
I used a 25ml sample in a sonication test on duty-60%, intensity=6 for 5 minutes, taking samples every minute. Running the crude extract and the insoluble suspension on an SDS-PAGE gel for each time point showed very little difference in sonicating one minute and sonicating five minutes.
In addition, the insoluble and soluble bands were identical, which makes the presence of inclusion bodies less likely.
My lab is relatively new to sonication, so the hope is that the error is ours and not in the experiment. If sonication produced foaming, therefore denaturing the proteins, would this explain the results - at least in part?
Hi mwwall,
Here we are talking about sonicating DNA. It seems that you are sonicating protein, right?
Once foaming occurs, sonicating efficiency goes almost to zero. I found your power setting is very high, have you experienced foaming? If yes, decrease your setting. Your are using 25 ml sample for sonication, that sounds to much to me. For ChIP sonication, the max volume I tried is 400 ul. Certainly the bigger the volume, the lower the efficiency.
I just noticed the photo of you gel pcrman,
there have been some changes to the website, and the inclusion of photos with the messages is just awesome!!!
great to see lowering the settings worked for ya! seems so simple a change doesn't it?
I have been using the Upstate ChIP kit quite a while. Here are some tips which I think are important but not documentated in the protocol.
1) When taking the agarose beads using a yellow tip, cut off its end otherwise you will end up with dry beads only left (because the diameter of the beads is roughly the same of lumen of tip end.
2) After reverse crosslinking at 65C for 4 hr and one hour of proteinase K digestion at 45C, before going to phenol/chloroform extraction, you have to transfer the samples into a new tube because the cap no longer fit tightly on the tube after intensive heating. If you don't, your sample will leak when you vortex.
Thanx for all, although I haven't take ChIP in practice....
There are many nice man tell me the tricky point in experiment...
These help me to improve my exp.
Thanks very much, Everybody...
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There are several reasons for foaming, but there are some main:
wrong vessel (wrong turbulence while sonication), too high power setting of the ultrasonic device, bad vibration behaviour of the system especially used microtips, wrong proceedure and system handling due to bad support by sales.
But foaming is not the only problem to have best results!
If you have any specific questions, do not hesitate to ask. I am very experienced in this by serving ultrasonic users in bio sciences since more than 45 years and Germany, but also worldwide.
We usually propose to use a special set up based on a BRANSON SONIFIER 450 (and OEM units, not other manufacturers, because their over all performance and quality is poorer!) using a special cup horn including a cooling device for full temperature control.
It is no problem to achieve highest ultrasonic power (is not combined with WATT of the power supply....!!!!) if necessary with full temperature control at around 2 - 4 °C. We are able to handle 7 test tubes at a time! Sample volumes smaller 100 µl is no problem!
We know all systems on the market, so we can give recommendations for use of other units to recieve the best goals!
Ask for more details
The use of the right vessel is always a question of sample volume:
The conical tubes (1.5 ml) are good for sample volumes starting around 250 µl,
when using the round bottom one (2 ml) the minimum volume for successful sonication (without foaming - foam is killing hte performance down to approx 30 % left power only!) is around 1 - 1.3 ml.
The recommendation regaring glass or metal vessel is for heat transfer reason only - and usually given by people, who never worked with a system or may not even has seen one except in a brochure!
Count on people who are really experienced, but also know the technology background of the ultrasonic technology!
Ask me for more details in ultrasonic treatment!
HeinMan on Mar 3 2009, 03:59 AM said:
The conical tubes (1.5 ml) are good for sample volumes starting around 250 µl,
when using the round bottom one (2 ml) the minimum volume for successful sonication (without foaming - foam is killing hte performance down to approx 30 % left power only!) is around 1 - 1.3 ml.
The recommendation regaring glass or metal vessel is for heat transfer reason only - and usually given by people, who never worked with a system or may not even has seen one except in a brochure!
Count on people who are really experienced, but also know the technology background of the ultrasonic technology!
Ask me for more details in ultrasonic treatment!
Hi Andreas I need help with a sonication that is not working.. but I'm using a Misonix 4000 sonicator with a microplate cup horn and I need to shear the chromatin of mammalian cells (Saos2 and MCF-7).
No results till now.
I have been using a bioruptor in the past with NO problem.. but this Misonix is killing me!
I use the Branson 450, which is similar to your 250. I also had problems with foaming initially but reducing the power output and increasing the number of pulses solved the problem.
Don't hold the tip too close to the bottom of the tube because you don't evenly shear your chromatin if you do.
Different cell lines certainly can behave differently in sonication based on their size and number. If your cells are small then you get more of them in a dish. The more cells you have the longer you need to sonicate for to fragment more chromatin. Seeing differences in the sonication efficieny between cell lines is certainly not unusual as a result.
Be careful with water bath sonicators because not all of them are powerful enough to shear DNA, and for some the power distribution around the horn isn't equal. Thus, seek some serious advise before getting one - and I don't mean advise from the company who will tell you anything to get you to buy their machine even if it's not suitable. From what I've heard, bioruptor's are supposed to be the best for ChIP, why the switch for whoever it was using the Misonix? First rule of science (and the first 10 rules for ChIP) - if it's working, don't change it!


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- Linked to the dev's web references. Adamlau 05:28, 13 February 2009 (EST)
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On Slackware 13.1, running urxvt 9.07, the second clipboard script's line (modified for xclip instead of xsel)
open (my $pipe,'|-','/usr/bin/xclip -in -selection clipboard') or die;
did not work. Fixed by changing it to
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"Improved Kuake-like behavior in Openbox" section should have its own page
I was thinking of refactoring the urxvt page to have 'Tips and tricks' for non Perl extensions, and create a new section 'Perl extensions'. While I was thinking which should go first in the doc order I noticed that "Improved Kuake..." is like a page within a page. It adds a lot of content to what would be a compact 'Tips and tricks' section, once the Perl exts are moved out. I'm not bold enough to make this edit, what do others think? --StephenB 16:37, 14 August 2010 (EDT)
"Using urxvt with Nautilus "Open in Terminal"
I use Openbox but figured this information is most relevant to rxvt-unicode and so might like to be included on the wiki page. I found that the gnome-terminal package opens xterm by default. This thread in the forums provides a solution.
Install gnome-vfs and gconf-editor and edit the config using gconf-editor
pacman -S gnome-vfs gconf-editor
As normal user run:
Drill down to desktop/gnome/applications/terminal/ and alter the values to:
I removed gnome-vfs (as its deprecated) afterward without any issues as all I needed was the keys created in gconf-editor. I suppose you might be able to manually create the key as an alternative. --James_Robertson 14:29, 27 February 2011 (AEDT)
Does anyone know how to source ~/.Xresources when opening urxvt -e from Nautilus? --Orschiro (talk) 19:46, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
A better alternative to URxvt.colorUL
URxvt.colorUL changes the appearance of ALL underlined text. A better solution would be to use something like this:
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Source: http://nion.modprobe.de/blog/archives/653-URL-highlighting-in-rxvt-unicode.html
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nano /etc/systemd/system/urxvtd@.service
[Unit] Description=RXVT-Unicode Daemon [Service] Type=oneshot RemainAfterExit=yes User=%i ExecStart=/usr/bin/urxvtd -q -f -o [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
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