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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Predicting a Panthers win over Bears
-- I've had more than 100 responses on my blog and via my personal e-mail address to a question I asked online earlier this week in this blog: Will you cheer or boo Julius Peppers Sunday?
It's a totally unscientific sample, but it is interesting.
-- It's hard seeing your ex with another guy at the same party, but that's what will happen to the Panthers Sunday at Bank of America Stadium. Based on my responses, my guess is about 40 percent of the people in the stadium will boo Peppers, about 30 percent will cheer (with some wearing old Peppers No.90 jerseys as signs of support) and another 30 percent will not do much of anything because they have mixed feelings about how everything went down.
-- The Panthers caught a break this week when it was announced Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler couldn't play in this game because of a concussion. Cutler has a big-time arm he can beat you with, while his 38-year-old backup Todd Collins is more of a game manager.
-- With the Bears giving up an astounding 10 sacks last week, it will be interesting to see how often Carolina blitzes Collins today and tries to create some turnovers. Jimmy Clausen is really going to need some short fields to work with if he's going to create much on offense.
-- The Jordan Gross vs. Peppers battle will be a great one to take binoculars for and focus on, but remember that Peppers won't match up against Gross on every down. Peppers said this week he has the freedom to pick what side he wants to rush seconds after breaking the huddle – a freedom he rarely had in Carolina and one of the things he likes most in Chicago.
-- I'd like to see Armanti Edwards both active on Sunday (looks like that will happen) and running from the "Mountaineer" at least a couple of times (who knows whether that will). Hey, with this offense, the Panthers need a few gimmicks.
-- Will this be the week rookie wide receiver Brandon LaFell finally breaks out for Carolina? We keep waiting.
-- I'm 3-1 picking the outcome of Panthers' games so far this season, and I'm about to go out on a limb.
I think Carolina's talent level really isn't that much different from Chicago's despite the two teams' records. I think that the Panthers, as bad as they have sometimes been this season, will get something going today, especially with their running game. I think the Panthers' defense can make the Bears struggle just enough. I think Carolina has the desperation factor in its favor.
My prediction: Carolina 17, Chicago 16.
44 comments:
I hope for Scotts sake that the charlotte observer doesnt start drug testing employees.
- October 7, 2010 at 8:53 PM
- Brandon said...
I think this will be our week to get a win. 20-7 panthers with one of the touchdowns coming from defense or special teams.
- October 7, 2010 at 8:59 PM
The worst wheel of a cart makes the most noise. That is why the yo-yo that cals himself "darin is a idiot" is really "the idiot" of this article and every other.
Panthers will win.
- October 7, 2010 at 9:02 PM
I would love to see our offensive line get their act straight this game & handle Peppers. I can always hope.
- October 7, 2010 at 10:30 PM
I pray the Observer leaves these comments up through the end of the game Sunday. I cannot wait to see what "new revelations", excuses, and amazing football wisdom you losers come up with next to further defend the joke of the NFL - a.k.a. Carolina Panthers. Best of all is knowing you will spend money willingly to witness another debacle. It only deepens the proof -- some Panther fans remain as delusional, arrogant, and ignorant as the owner, front office, and coaching staff. Richardson could not have picked a bigger bunch of suckers to bleed -- then the "all knowing" "non-fair weathered" "football educated" fans of Charlotte. Heck - half of you probably own Bobcat tickets also. Heads up -- the "youth movement" Richardson has sold you on -- is in reference to the fact your children will be grown before this team sniffs the playoffs again. GO BEARS!! And I pray Peppers has three sacks and Chris Harris gets three interceptions. Wait, with Clausen starting ... he may get 4 or 5. Enjoy is Panther fans ... YOU certainly are paying for it!
- October 7, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Anonymous @ 9:02
The wheels came of the Panther cart about 4 years ago. You know, the LAST time they made the playoffs?
- October 7, 2010 at 10:45 PM
Scott - please explain all the talk and concern about the Panthers having a rookie quarterback and nothing but rookie receivers? So what? All the Panthers do is run 3 times then punt. Who cares if Steve Smith is hurt? What has he done in the past year? The Panther's most valuable player is their punter - better pray he doesn't bite it Sunday.
- October 7, 2010 at 10:56 PM
Scott said -> I think Carolina's talent level really isn't that much different from Chicago's despite the two teams' records.
Really? Guess that clearly explains the NFL power ranking for week 5? Bears 11 ...Panthers 31. Good one Scott!
- October 7, 2010 at 11:03 PM
Scott - you were attempting to be humorous correct?
The Browns, the Raiders, the 49'ers, and God forbid, the DETROIT LIONS, all have a higher power ranking than the kitty cats. Talent about the same??? If so, then you ought to be blasting the coaches for losing - versus continuing spouting what Richardson tells you to write. Carolina needs to change their mascot to the Kool-Aid guy ... since it is obvious that is what all of you are drinking!
- October 7, 2010 at 11:11 PM
i am so sick of stupid fans.
"your children will be grown before this team sniffs the playoffs"
how ticked off and ignorant do you have to be to believe this? i am glad our fans care, but come down off the ledge people. in the nfl you are never more than 3 years away form the playoffs...unless of course you are buffalo
- October 8, 2010 at 12:27 AM
Anonymous @ 12:27 - NO DOUBT you are a Panther fan. "In the NFL you are never more than 3 years away from the playoffs?
YOU are the IGNORANT one ... the Panthers have not been in four years ... have not won a playoff game in five. Another idiotic loser defending a losing organization. Geez ... no wonder Richardson can raise ticket prices for this group of bums. You guys are too much!
- October 8, 2010 at 5:25 AM
Anon at 5:25am "YOU are the IGNORANT one ... the Panthers have not been in four years"
Really because I could've swore the Panthers went 12-4 2 years ago and made the playoffs. They may not have won but they still made it. I'm confused by all of the hate for the Panthers. Yeah they're not good right now but is it better to go 7-9 forever or actually build a team up that may suck initially but be a perennial playoff contender. See Colts pre-Manning; N.O pre-Brees; GB pre-Farve.
- October 8, 2010 at 6:29 AM
Where do you come up with it has been 4 years since they made the playoffs? They went after the 2008 season - where they were crushed by Arizona and this "downward spiral" began. We were 12-4 in the regular season. Then last year we went 8-8. So it has only been 2 years since we were in the playoffs. Prior to 2008, our last time in was 2005. That year we made it to the NFC Championship game. That makes it 4 years and 4 games since we won a playoff game. Get your facts straight before you start spewing ignorance.
- October 8, 2010 at 6:37 AM
To the Idiot Bear Fan on here:
Our great Panther fan forgot to mention that two years before that 2005 NFC Championship we were in the Superbowl.
Oh Yeah and did he mention in 2005Carolina destroyed that great Bears defense that was supposed to be so good that year in Chicago? It was Carolina that made it to the NFC Championship when Steve Smith lit the great Bears defense up for over 200 yards receiving and had your little crybaby secondary calling for their Mom everytime Smith made them fall to the ground on a juke.
The Bears fans are now up there with the Cowboys on how both of their teams are in still living in the past for their success.
Go back to your basement and out of Charlotte if you hate North Carolina so much. Moron.
- October 8, 2010 at 8:44 AM
Yeah it looks like the panthers will lose another game. The bears have a defense and the panthers can't move the ball through the air. chicago 24-14.
- October 8, 2010 at 9:29 AM
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- October 8, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- Michael Bacon said...
Good a week as any to pick a win. Even very bad NFL teams usually win a game or two, and not always against weak opposition. I don't even think the Panthers are very bad (bad, yes, but not very bad).
This roster is loaded with young, raw talent. I actually think they might win by 7-10 points.
Has no one commenting here ever heard the phrase "any given Sunday?"
- October 8, 2010 at 10:23 AM
I'm not spending any more of my hard earned money to watch this crap they call football. It's the worst SOAP OPERA going in the NFL starring the Big Cat Jerry Richardson. This show sucks!
- October 8, 2010 at 10:23 AM
Funny how many other "fans" get on here to bag on our team without revealing which team they pull for. Probably Peppers and Delhomme posting up on here because of sour grapes.
Seriously you losers go troll somewhere else, and check your facts - we went to the playoffs 2 years ago you idiots.
- October 8, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- Jason said...
I think the Panthers will win this one as well. You have to figure that the "young" players gained a lot of confidence from last weeks game... (which we should have won if it were not for a muffed punt). The bears are good this year, but no wears close to the Saints. I will be driving down from DC to see the Pep reunion. Hopefully, it will be a loss for him.
- October 8, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Steve said...
The key for a win this week is our O line...Its time for Gross to step up and handle Peppers like he's done for years in practice..
- October 8, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- William said...
Trash talk back and forward all you want, but at the end of the day winning is what matters. Our team is young and fast but they lack experience, so the tougher our games are, the more likely the young bucks are going to learn quickly. and NEWS FLASH BEARS FANS: The "Kitty Cats" have been to the playoffs more than your precious "Teddy Bears" since 1995. If my team had a rich history like the Bears but had only been to the playoffs 3 times in the last 15 years, I think I would keep my bragging to a minimum.
- October 8, 2010 at 2:08 PM
The Panthers can finish the season at 12-4. Simply replace Jeff Davidson with Gandolf.
- October 8, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Um, actually its been noted for a long time now that Peppers used to own Gross in practice. Not the other way around
- October 8, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- October 9, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Relax, he's just making a homer prediction for the NC fans. It's about as close to a winnable game one could want, the Bears' best offensive player is out, the O-line is in disarray and the Bears will be forced to do something they have not done well all year--run the football. It's going to be like a pre-Cutler Bear game, where defenders would put 8 or even 9 guys in the box and dare folks like Jonathan Quinn or Craig Krenzel to beat them in the air.
Alas, if the Panthers are any good, they certainly haven't shown it thus far. When the brightest spot of your season is losing to the Saints by "only" 2 points, that speaks volumes. Williams is running only okay, and Stewart--54 yard fluke TD nonwithstanding--is MIA. Clausen is no Bradford, and the Panthers best offensive player is out, and the other projected starting WR got cut this week for DUI.
So, on one side, you have a 39 year old career back-up throwing to a largely unknown receiving corps. On the other side, you have a rookie QB in his 3rd game throwing to two rookie WR. There are going to be A LOT of screen pass and short slant routes to break up the numerous runs up the middle.
WIth both offenses looking pretty weak, I'd have to give the nod to the Bear defense (6th against the run--and that after NYG gashed them for 190 yards) with many more takeways that the Panther D. Couple that with the Bears special teams who have blocked a kick and scored a TD, and add in the intangible of an exceptionally motivated Julius Peppers, and while it's not out of the realm of possibility for the Panthers to win, it seems likely the Bears will prevail. 20-9.
- October 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Very damn bold Scottie my boy, very bold!
- October 9, 2010 at 2:15 PM
Panthers will win but there won't be 33 pts scored in the game. Both offenses are not very good. Panthers win by a field goal 10-7
- October 9, 2010 at 10:44 PM
- Crohnkiller said...
Wow...panthers stink. Just think. You guys may get a really good draft pick...
- October 10, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Crohnkiller said...
Scott...what dp you really know about football? Panthers arent that bad?? Hmmm..maybe you and john gruden says could start a club. Also, why are there a TON of bears fans in the crowd? Hometown pride i see. The reality is, is the panthers have a very weak fan base
- October 10, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- Curtis said...
Chrohnsdisease, I see you are back with your ignorant posts. Weak fan base? Why are there a lot of Bears fans in the stands? Oh, I don't know...the same reason there are always a lot of Cowboys or Redskins or Steelers fans in ANY stadium in which they play. It's called having generations of fans, larger markets, broad marketing and fan bases outside of the U.S., etc. You have the nerve to come on here and question anybody about their knowledge of football and here you are spouting off about nonsense and having no clue about how football as a business/sport/legacy really works. Get a clue.
And just so you know smart guy, also in any market where the home team puts out an awful product (and let's be clear here, the Panthers are putting out an awful offense this year so far) there are always a drop off in attendance. So don't come on here with your tired a$$ commentary about the Panther fan base because it is weak.
And another thing, for all the stupid a$$ comments you've put on here I yet to see you talk about your pro team. Let me guess...you like whoever is winning. Bet you jumped on the Saints bandwagon last year, didn't ya?
Go away son...nobody wants to hear your garbage. Come back when you have something real to discuss.
- October 10, 2010 at 2:49 PM
Now we know.. its the players game...Peppers all the way. Who is next to go--Williams and Stewart? What a franchise!
- October 10, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Panthers and Bears look like the best of friends. Is this a statement?
- October 10, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- Crohnkiller said...
Curtis..being from philadelphia would make me an eagles fan. It is crohnkiller..nowhere does that say crohns disease. Typical dum$@$$. I know when i go to an eagles game, we never get lots of jerseys from other teams. It all starts with the fan base and it is a fact that carolina has a generally quiet stadium. I hate the panthers and charlotte. Until march when i will be retutning to philadelphia, you will hear me talk crap. The down year comment is bs. The eagles suck right now, but there is a 15 year waiting list for season tickets. When the panthers are losing you guys bail as fans. Once again, weak fan base.
- October 10, 2010 at 3:57 PM
I be pissed off too Panther fans ... the least they could have done (for those of you stupid enough to attend the "game") is provide transportation on short buses back to your vehicles. carolina panthers ... THE JOKE of the NFL.
- October 10, 2010 at 4:13 PM
Nice call on the Panthers win, Nostradamus. LOL 0-16 is looking like a real possibility.
- October 10, 2010 at 4:56 PM
Predictions aren't your strong suit!
- October 10, 2010 at 5:01 PM
well, just as I tried telling you Friday - ONE MAN left Panther stadium in a great mood, counting his millions, and LAUGHING at you morons for even showing up ... Jerry Richardson!
All together now you blind fools ...
Stand and cheer for the Panthers
Stand and cheer for the team
The pride of both Carolinas
And city of the queen
Oh, nothin' could be finer
Than to be in Carolina
For a Panther football game!
Nothin' could be finer
Than to be in Carolina
For a Carolina Panther football game!
PSL owners, THE reason short buses were invented
- October 10, 2010 at 6:12 PM
I pray the Observer leaves these comments up through the end of the game Sunday. I cannot wait to see what "new revelations", excuses, and amazing football wisdom you losers come up with next to further defend the joke of the NFL - a.k.a. Carolina Panthers. Best of all is knowing you will spend money willingly to witness another debacle. It only deepens the proof -- some Panther fans remain as delusional, arrogant, and ignorant as the owner, front office, and coaching staff. Richardson could not have picked a bigger bunch of suckers to bleed -- then the "all knowing" "non-fair weathered" "football educated" fans of Charlotte. Heck - half of you probably own Bobcat tickets also. Heads up -- the "youth movement" Richardson has sold you on -- is in reference to the fact your children will be grown before this team sniffs the playoffs again. GO BEARS!! And I pray Peppers has three sacks and Chris Harris gets three interceptions. Wait, with Clausen starting ... he may get 4 or 5. Enjoy is Panther fans ... YOU certainly are paying for it!
- October 10, 2010 at 6:22 PM
Steve Smith will leave Charlotte by next year; the Panthers will leave within five.
- October 10, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- Curtis said...
I know what your screen name says...I just think it is apropos to associate you with an irritable bowel disease. Being that you finally associated yourself to a team, and it happens to be the Eagles, I think it is even more accurate than I first believed.
And I just remembered, you were the football genius who last year thought it would be a "good idea" to have college teams play pro teams. Wow. Yeah, you definitely have a right to question anybody and their football knowledge. Maybe you ought to be the high IQ fan starting a club rather than Scott and Gruden...
You say you hate Charlotte and the Panthers? And you can't wait to go back to Philly? Well, trust me buddy...the feeling is more than mutual. This city could care less about your dumb a$$ (and just so you know, it is two words and doesn't have that extra S with which you spelled it - nothing quite like a moron misspelling the word dumb a$$ when trying to insult someone).
Don't let the door hit you on the way back yank.
- October 10, 2010 at 6:49 PM
I thought college teams were already playing NFL teams? Aren't the Panthers division II????
- October 10, 2010 at 8:01 PM
- Crohnkiller said...
Curtis...you are such a red neck. Just for your info..look around someday. Charlotte has jobs because of people from the north. Bank of america doesnt hire people from north or south carolina. They move people down from ny and pa. Trust me. People like you are so dumb its amusing. How is it being a low life panthers fan? Shame...
- October 11, 2010 at 12:05 AM
- Curtis said...
I'm from the south and I might be a "red neck" as you say - so what is your point? What you consider "red neck" is what people from the south consider manners. Learn some, it might be useful for you someday. You know, it is not always about who is the loudest in the room that makes the better point.
And I think it is hilarious that despite all the excellent points I make about your silly little comments, all you can do is resort to name calling. Very convenient that you never defend your position after I call you out on it. Just like last year when I called you out on the college versus pro ("Ummm, I didn't say that my neighbor did" - yeah right)...and it will always be that way. Because from childish minds come childish responses.
Face it son, you are far outmatched on here. It is not even fair. Anybody who makes a statement as stupid as "Bank of America doesn't hire people from North and South Carolina" really doesn't earn much respect. I mean, any guesses there on where guys like Hugh McColl (South Carolina) and Ed Crutchfield (North Carolina) and Ken Lewis (Mississipi) were born? In the south. I guess us big ol' dumb red necks ought to consider ourselves lucky to have smart guys like you helping us count past 10, eh?
And in case you want to keep count with us ol' lowly, red neck Panther fans - we have just as many Super Bowl wins as you Eagles fans do. So you can talk about your team and how long you've been around and how many "joyseys" you don't see from other teams in your stands - but where it all counts you are still in the same zero world champs boat as we are.
Calling me a red neck and dumb...from the guy who can't spell "dumb a$$". Too funny.
- October 11, 2010 at 10:56 AM


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Cowlishaw: Win over KSU won't cure Mack Brown's ills
AUSTIN — They're selling postcards for the hanging.
OK, technically, they're just selling burnt orange "Saban 2014" on the streets here, but it's all part of the same thing. People — and I mean a lot of people down here — are ready for Mack Brown to go.
It won't happen right away, and when it does, it won't be directly related to what transpired Saturday night. In the latest surprise in an already strange season, Texas showed up with something resembling defense at Royal-Memorial Stadium and stifled Kansas State, 31-21.
Say hello to first place in the Big 12.
Admittedly, it may not last long for Texas.
If you think the Longhorns suffered a mighty fall in playing for a national title at the end of 2009 and finishing last in the Big 12 South in 2010, K-State is enduring its own fall from grace.
The Wildcats were No. 1 in the BCS last November before losing to Baylor.
This season?
Let's just say Bill Snyder could have tuned in to watch ESPN's College GameDay Saturday morning and seen a picture of himself in the Fargo crowd with a caption reading, "I don't always lose … but when I do it's to North Dakota State."
Kansas State managed 21 points and 390 yards against a Texas team that gave up averages of 42 points and 564 yards in consecutive defeats to Brigham Young and Mississippi.
"That's the kind of defense we wanted to play coming into the season," Brown said.
Brown fired defensive coordinator Manny Diaz after the BYU humiliation, and the defense was only slightly improved last week under new (and former) coordinator Greg Robinson. After a full week under Robinson, the unit was significantly better Saturday night, recovering three fumbles.
"We're starting to really understand this defense and what [Robinson] wants from us," defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat said.
But the defensive performance was not without issues.
Robinson's unit had 10 men on the field for one K-State touchdown. Backup linebacker Steve Edmond, playing after Jordan Hicks was injured, got ejected for targeting, meaning he will miss the first half of Texas' game at Iowa State. Linebacker Peter Jinkens was even flagged for taunting.
I'm sorry, it's too soon for Texas defensive players to be taunting anyone about anything.
It was a win but not exactly an "I told you so" type of win for Brown to beat a Kansas State team that lost Heisman finalist Collin Klein and the entirety of its defensive front. After a bye week, Brown has to get the Longhorns ready for a Thursday game in Ames, Iowa, before the annual trip to Dallas that recently has left Brown's team in tatters.
Texas has lost three in a row to Oklahoma, the last two by 80 points.
Already this is the first time Texas will take at least two losses into the OU game since Brown's 1999 team was 4-2. If the game in Dallas leaves Longhorn fans (and Regents) disappointed, things could unravel quickly.
A rough season took a weird turn late Thursday when the story of UT's pursuit of Nick Saban was made public. None other than former Regent Tom Hicks and another member of UT's Board of Regents had talked with Saban's agent shortly after Alabama won the national title in January. Then Hicks met with Brown to see if he was ready to retire.
Brown informed Hicks he wasn't, and the chase of the nation's best college coach was dropped. The story of Regents run amok was more embarrassing for Texas President Bill Powers than for Brown. Anytime you can get on the opposite side of Hicks in a sports story in the last decade, that's a good thing.
But one-sided losses to BYU and Ole Miss mean Brown may not decide his departure date. Even though he has received the support of athletic director DeLoss Dodds, it's clear that some element of the university's power structure is preparing for Brown's departure.
With the drama building this week, Brown said he told his team, "Handle it any way you like, just beat Kansas State. If it bothers you, ignore it. If you like drama, enjoy it. Just beat Kansas State."
The victory postpones further developments, but it doesn't alter the prevailing view that this will be be another disappointing Longhorn season.
Texas is 22-18 since Colt McCoy left, 2-2 this season.
This team's season and Brown's future will be determined in three weeks. And if that game in Dallas goes poorly, it would only be fitting if a carload of Regents pulls off I-35 halfway back to Austin to see if the coach in Waco is ready to move south.
Follow Tim Cowlishaw on twitter at @TimCowlishaw.
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Tragic Cirque star mourned as a performer and mother
A Cirque de Soleil acrobat who plunged 15 metres to her death in front of a stunned Las Vegas audience was still wearing her safety harness when she hit the ground, according to reports.
An investigation has been launched into the death of 31-year-old Sarah "Sassoon" Guyard-Guillot, a veteran performer who suffered fatal injuries during the climax of Saturday night's performance of Ka at the MGM Grand casino.
Her death is the first reported on-stage fatality in the famed acrobatic troupe's 30-year history.
A Cirque de Soleil spokesman told Variety magazine that Guyard-Guillot, a mother of two children aged eight and five, did not slip out of her safety harness when she fell.
Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration now will examine the safety wire that held her aloft to determine whether it was faulty or incorrectly attached.
During the final battle scene in Ka, a number of performers are suspended by wires from the show's vertical stage.
Audience members claimed that as Guyard-Guillot reached the top, she fell about 15 metres to the open pit below, which is out of sight of the audience. One witness told the Las Vegas Sun that Guyard-Guillot cartwheeled during the long plummet.
Initially, some audience members believed the fall was a choreographed part of the fight scene, until the music stopped and screaming and groaning could be heard coming from the pit.
One audience member, @AnnieR, tweeted that the "wire snapped" and the performer "fell fast & awkwardly at LEAST 50 feet into pit".
"Other actors were visibly upset & horrified. Crew members were calm & one by one got the other performers off stage," she tweeted.
Guyard-Guillot is believed to have died in an ambulance on the way to University Medical Centre.
Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to the French-born acrobat, who was a graduate of the Annie Fratellini Art and Circus Academy.
We are reminded, with great humility and respect, how extraordinary our artists are each and every night.Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte
She had more than 22 years' experience as an acrobat, and also worked as head coach at Cirquefit, a children's fitness and circus program in Las Vegas. She had performed in Ka since the production opened at MGM Grand in 2006.
A tribute and memorial website, Forsasoun.com, has been set up where Guyard-Guillot is being remembered as a friendly and talented performer and a loving mother.
"I can't believe I'll never again see your smiling face behind that mask of warrior paint. Or hear your infectious laugh,' wrote Liz Waterbury.
"I will dearly miss your sky-high platforms, clunking into dressing room D, making those child-sized flared jeans look a foot longer. I will miss you asking me clarification about English cuss words, so you could more effectively banter with Julie and Zula. Most of all, I will miss your unbreakable spirit. You were, and always in my heart will be, among the most badass of badasses. The tiny hard-bodied girl who kept the boys in Climb at the top of their game. If I ever grow to be half the badass that I knew you to be, I can pass into the unknown a happy girl. So much love forever."
Miranda Trenholm wrote: "Sarah, you were a blessing wrapped in angel wings with the heart of gold. May you know how much love surrounds you still."
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte released a statement saying he was "heartbroken".
"I wish to extend my sincerest sympathies to the family," he said.
"We are all completely devastated with this news. Sassoon was an artist with the original cast of Ka since 2006 and has been an integral part of our Cirque du Soleil tight family. We are reminded, with great humility and respect, how extraordinary our artists are each and every night. Our focus now is to support each other as a family.
"We have been working with the appropriate authorities and have offered our full co-operation. Performances of Ka will be cancelled until further notice."
Megan Levy is a breaking news reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, after previous stints at The Age in Melbourne and London's The Daily Telegraph. Email or tweet Megan with your news tips.


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An Oakland father who was denied the transplant he needs to live because of his immigration status now has a host of supporters.
After reading a story by this newspaper about his plight this week, city leaders, immigration lawyers, advocacy organizations and individual residents began looking for ways to help save the 35-year-old's life.
Jesus Navarro has a donor match in his wife and private insurance to pay for a kidney transplant. But UC San Francisco Medical Center refuses to perform the operation because administrators cannot be sure he will be able to afford follow-up care given his status as an illegal immigrant.
On Tuesday, a number of residents from San Jose to Brentwood to Phoenix, Ariz., pledged their time and money to help Navarro, who has a 3-year-old daughter.
Among them was Donald Kagan, who is a partner at a Berkeley technology firm. He received a kidney transplant at UCSF in 2010.
"Ever since then, I feel like I need to give back to those that aren't as fortunate as I am," he said.
Kagan met with Navarro on Tuesday and worked with a social worker to make sure he will be able to keep up his private insurance. Navarro was caught up in an immigration audit and lost his job at Berkeley's Pacific Steel, where he worked for 14 years.
Oakland Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente and San Jose Councilman Donald Rocha also pledged their help.
The Bay Area's Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights is preparing a delegation of faith leaders to discuss transplant issues with UCSF.
The national petition group Change.org is also interested in helping lobby the hospital. Change.org is best known for launching the campaign that helped convince Bank of America to drop its monthly debit-card fee plan.
"What caught my attention was that it's such an urgent story," said Jackie Mahendra, director of Organizing for Immigrant Rights. "Without a kidney, this man will actually die."
Navarro, who had not had any contact with nonprofit groups before this week, said he was overwhelmed by the show of support.
"I'm just grateful for everything," he said.
Contact Hannah Dreier at 510-262-2787. Follow her at Twitter.com/hannahdreier.
If you want to help
Those interested in helping the family can Navarro's friends at 510-982-0604.


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What programming language do you use for the code in the main game?
I was womdering if, when TM PC come out, we'd be able to mod in new games. These would be usable via the arcade machine. The reason I am asking this ks because the format for blocks doesn't look like it is capable of being used to create a new game. Would we even be able to make a new game? If so, would we have to make it i C# ?
The thing I want most is a shaders mod. For example if you go on YouTube and search up Keralis, he does minecraft videos, however he does his "inspiration series" where he goes around his server and looks at modern houses and other builds.He uses a shaders pack/mod which changes up how the game looks and overall it changes the games feel.I don't know if something like this could be achieveable but I hope it can be. I'm hoping to start a world where I create a city and build a bunch of houses and other stuff. Something similar to Keralis' serverThe shaders mod with a modern texture pack would be amazing!
someone can use what the game already has and build from there.
I've look through the code of TM many times never looked at the lighting system.
The thing I want most is a shaders mod.
Microsoft JScript...I'm assuming that the red is Paul Blart: Mall Copscript, can someone please confirm that.
Quote from: TM Charles on November 02, 2016, 06:07:07 PMsomeone can use what the game already has and build from there.That is essentially what a mod is.Quote from: TM Charles on November 02, 2016, 06:07:07 PMI've look through the code of TM many times never looked at the lighting system.Lighting is only one part of a shader.Quote from: A Festive Jimalene on November 02, 2016, 05:47:42 PMThe thing I want most is a shaders mod.I'm sure it will eventually be possible, but shader mods are a bit more tricky to support.It's easy enough to write the shader programs in HLSL. But there are a couple of problems.1. I'm not sure if XNA can build shader programs on the fly. If it can't, then it's going to be tricky to work out how to get the game to load them.2. A much harder problem is data. If someone wants to build a more sophisticated shader, they're likely going to need to pass the shader programs more data than the game currently passes. And writing a mod to build that extra data could be extremely difficult.
Do you know is GLSL is supported as that is what i know the most. If not do you know if they are similar?


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Dihalogenated polyaromatics as precursors for graphene nanoribbon synthesis
The growth of nanotechnology and the need for nanosized materials has pushed material science towards the molecular scale. Bottom-up fabrication of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) exemplifies the utility of synthetic organic chemistry in the fabrication of nanomaterials. Our research is focused on the generation precursors for the fabrication of GNRs with tunable widths and edge states. This collaboration, with Dr. Sarbajit Banerjee at the University at Buffalo, involves the synthesis of a library of dihalogenated polyaromatic molecules. Students gain synthetic and problem solving skills and will be exposed to analytical, physical, and computational chemistry through collaboration with Dr. Banerjee. At UB, the synthesized small molecules will be subjected to graphene nanoribbon fabrication through solvothermal annealing.
Novel ring chemistry of Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6, pyridoxine, reacts with singlet oxygen, 1O2, in aqueous solution at neutral pH resulted in oxidation at the 2- and 6-positions of the pyridine ring and unprecedented ring contraction. Kinetic and low temperature studies provide observable intermediates by NMR spectroscopy. In addition to the 1O2 reaction, novel cycloaddition between pyridoxine and N-methylmaleimide suggest a [3+2] cycloaddition with the 3-hydroxypyridine ring. This research opens the door to new biochemical possibilities for Vitamin B6 and its various forms.
Lithium specific cages
Acyclic organic scaffolds with a 1,3-pattern of polyoxygenation similar to natural polyketides are being explored. In-depth conformational analysis, in concert with experimental results, will enhance our understanding of molecules whose unshared electron pairs, polar bonds, and hydrogen bonding determine overall molecular orientation. Less than ten steps would be required for each scaffold's construction with only several carbon-carbon bond forming reactions. Analysis of the polyketide-like systems will focus on conformational analysis through computational chemistry as well as NMR analysis. Ideally, these compounds will exhibit desirable characteristics such as helical self-association, enhanced binding, or specific metal-binding properties.
Synthesis of enzyme inhibitors to study the degradation of niacin by bacteria
The oxidative degradation of niacin (vitamin B3) to fumarate in several species of aerobic bacteria includes the hydrolytic deamination of maleamate to maleate, catalyzed by maleamate amidohydrolase (NicF). NicF from Bordetella bronchiseptica is currently under investigation by Dr. Mark Snider (Wooster) and Dr. Roger Rowlett (Colgate). A hydrolysis mechanism associated with NicF is proposed and development of small molecule inhibitors which are structurally similar to maleamate should help define the active site organization and mechanism of action of NicF.
Western New York American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium at Niagara University, Spring 2013:
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Rochester Academy of Science Fall 2011 Scientific Papers Day: David Samuel ('12) presented his research, performed in Dr. Hilmey's lab, to a group of faculty and students from Western and Central New York at the RAS Fall 2011 Scientific Papers Day on Oct. 29. Samuel's talk, "NMR Characterization and Mechanistic Implications of Singlet Oxygen Addition to the Vitamin B6 Ring", focused on new products and intermediates of oxidation of vitamin B6.
David Samuel ('12) presents his research at the RAS Fall 2011 Conference.
Rochester Academy of Science Fall 2010 Scientific Papers Day: While at St. Bonaventure, Kirsten Norrell ('10) conducted research with Dr. David Hilmey on the oxidation of vitamin B6. On November 6, 2010, Kristen presented her research at the RAS Scientific Papers Day at RIT.
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New York Jets running back Chris Ivory left Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills with a hamstring strain.
Ivory dealt with a hamstring strain in training camp that kept him out several weeks before being able to step onto the practice field for the first time.
According to Rich Cimini of ESPNNewYork.com, the injury to Ivory is the same hamstring he struggled with in the preseason. Due to the time needed for Ivory to return from the initial injury, the Jets aren't expecting Ivory to get back quickly from this injury.
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Those of us who have no preference for our racing code, Flat or Jumps, are in clover at this time of year.
For the final weeks of one season collide head-on with the opening weeks of another. Gone are the days when the Cheltenham Festival wound up the jumping campaign. In fact, it now feels like just the first course, with mouthwatering fare from Aintree, Ayr, Sandown and Punchestown adding to the menu.
But alongside emerge the first skirmishes of the Flat season, with Doncaster's Lincoln meeting swiftly followed by the Craven meeting at Newmarket, the Greenham meeting at Newbury and a stellar Flat card at Sandown this Friday, which all whet the appetite for the Guineas Festival next week.
For dedicated punters, it all means lots of hard graft. I find that a decision has to made about when to change mindset from Jumps to Flat. My personal cut-off point is when they pass the line in the last on Grand National Day, and this year, that left a tiny gap before an annual sojourn to catch the five days of action at Newmarket and Newbury. Five days that are not so much about backing winners but more an exercise in watching, learning and building a platform of information for the long season ahead.
Sadly, the Greenham meeting was wiped out by the weather for the first time for 50 years. And although the BHA deserves huge credit for re-staging the remnants of Saturday's card on the all-weather track at Chelmsford, they are unlikely to have much bearing on future big races.
Newmarket's Rowley Mile grandstand was also rocked by the most spectacular clap of thunder I have ever experienced to herald a biblical storm moments before the Craven Stakes itself last Thursday. But thankfully, it came too late to spoil an enjoyable extension to three days of a meeting that provides an irresistible mix of Group races, maidens and handicaps. Given that it leans heavily towards races for up-and-coming three-year-olds, the meeting is very much designed for the connoisseur. But in unearthing future winners and nuggets of knowledge, it is priceless.
I have compiled this cluster of horses to follow from the three days:
John Gosden-trained 3yo colt who battled suprisingly resolutely to win on debut, even though he was too free early on. He can develop into a Pattern-class miler.
Powerful, well-bred 3yo colt who tasted victory for the first time in a warm renewal of the Tattersalls Millions Trophy. Trainer John Gosden is now considering a crack at the top Derby trial, the Dante Stakes at York's May meeting.
Welcome return to his best by a 5yo that trainer John Gosden has always suspected is Group One class. He is convinced the entire has the speed to drop in trip to 1m for the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury next month.
It promises to be a long year for Charlie Hills's sprinting star, who improved beyond recognition last season. But victory in the Abernant Stakes was an ideal start, even though he only just held on up the hill.
Sir Michael Stoute's superbly-bred son of New Approach and Group One-winning filly Nannina took the eye with the way he travelled, picked up and battled on debut. He is a banker to win good races.
Finishing strongly to snatch third in a competitive 7f handicap, Sir Michael Stoute's expensive 4yo suggested he can soon make up for lost time after injury curtailed the immense promise he showed as a juvenile in 2014.
Another off the John Gosden conveyor-belt, this 3yo middle-distance filly is earmarked for an Oaks trial back at Headquarters over the Guineas weekend after an impressive maiden win, for which she was significantly punted.
The way this 3yo colt quickened round the field from an uncompromising position to take a warm 10f handicap suggests he could be a Group-class horse to restore the fortunes of brilliant trainer John Quinn after a quiet spell.
A bright future looks guaranteed for William Haggas's handsome, well-regarded 3yo son of Montjeu, given the way he bagged what looked an above-average renewal of the Wood Ditton Stakes for unraced horses.
Emerged from the storm clouds to dismantle the odds-on aspirations of hot favourite Foundation and land the Craven Stakes in sparkling fashion. A classy colt who has improved with every run, he is not to be under-estimated.
A son of Azamour who is a good example of how Sir Michael Stoute has his team surprisingly forward. He defied greenness to get there cosily close home and will improve again.
With give in the ground, Richard Hannon's 3yo winner of the Feilden Stakes should not be dismissed in Group races. He beat three smart rivals, despite needing the run.
With Saeed Bin Suroor's string slow to come to hand, it is significant that this nicely-bred middle-distance prospect was able to take a decent maiden first time out.
John Gosden's favourite bombed in the 10f maiden for 3yos, but he still took the wraps off this half-brother to Eagle Top who ran on nicely and will have learned a lot.
Trainers' title climax mirrors AP's farewell day
The best thing about Leicester City's amazing ascent to the Premier League summit is that it doesn't fit a marketing protoype. It is spontaneous sport, as it should be, evolving naturally.
Similarly with the race for the Jumps trainers' championship. After a year of combat and more than £4.5 million of prize money won between them, mere shillings separate the behemoths, Paul Nicholls and Willie Mullins. Which means a climactic day at Sandown on Saturday to mirror AP McCoy's farewell there 12 months ago.
Mullins has the best horses, so even though Nicholls has trained five times more UK winners, he has done remarkably well to stay in the hunt, especially after a dreadful spell in midwinter. Both men are among the finest exponents of their craft racing has ever seen.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – With the holiday for ghosts and goblins quickly approaching, Georgia College baseball head coach Tom Carty would like to add second basemen and pitchers to the list of Halloween characters. The Bobcat baseball program is partnering up with GC Student Health Services, Bobcat softball, golf and cross country for "Halloween on the Hill" Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m.
Held at GC's John Kurtz Field, the event will give local costumed youngsters a spooky and fun chance to meet and greet with the baseball team while getting healthy treats.
"Mark the Magic Man" will also be on hand, putting on a show at Kurtz Field for the youngsters.
The event will also have face painting and other games. As an extra fun attraction, the Bobcat baseball team will hold a brief bone-chilling intersquad scrimmage with all members of the 2012-13 Bobcats dressed in their own Halloween costumes.
Young ghouls and girls can stick around for autographs and to meet the players after the game, additionally serving as judges to determine the best costume worn by a Bobcat baseball player.
The event is free and open to the public.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Clearly some Halloween stunts are more successful than others. Also: Clearly some people are more intelligent than others.
In the great white north of Canada, a guy dressed in a Ghostbuster costume decided it would be a pretty solid idea to do a back flip off of a cop car while his buddy filmed him. Sure, back-flips are pretty impressive on their own, but adding a criminal element really cranks up the badass. We get it.
Just before he was about to execute the stunt, though, one of the police officers interrupted this meeting of the minds, ordering him to get off of the car. Seems like a good time to listen, right? Apparently not to everyone.
Instead of complying with the officer, the unnamed Ghostbuster flipped over him and lands a perfect back flip. A second officer enters the scene, and the idiot is promptly arrested for criminal mishchief.
Lessons learned: Cops ain't afraid of no Ghostbusters, and gymnastics can't keep you out of prison the way a rash can.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College & State University men's tennis team (16-3, 7-0 PBC) hosted Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tuesday (April 28) with the Bobcats defeating the Golden Stallions 6-3.
Georgia College took two matches at doubles with a victory at the first and second slots.
The No. 2 duo of Justin Pickham (Armidale, Australia) and Erick Siqueira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) defeated Romain Vieillard and Oliver Smith 8-1 at first doubles. At second doubles, the Sao Paulo twosome of Joao Casagrande and Francis Yoshimoto beat Carlos Perez and Martin Cederqvist 8-2.
ABAC won at third doubles when the team of Rainer Leeman and Evandro Rosindo defeated Robert Angelucci (Acworth, Ga.) and Max Beliankou (Minsk, Belarus) in a tight 8-6 match.
The singles matches saw similar results with the Bobcats taking four of six.
At first singles, No. 8 Siqueira was victorious 7-6, 6-2 against Vieillard. Yoshimoto's match saw the same score as he defeated Rosindo at second singles. No. 24 Yoshimoto improved to a team best 15-3 on the season.
Beliankou beat Cederqvist 6-2, 6-4 at third singles. At fourth singles, Leo Bernardes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) defeated Leeman 6-2, 6-3 to round out the wins for GCSU.
The Golden Stallions' Matthew Holland upended Georgia College's Casagrande 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at fifth singles. ABAC's Smith defeated the Bobcats' Angelucci 7-5, 6-1 at sixth singles.
Georgia College is second place in the latest NCAA Southeast Regional Poll sitting behind Peach Belt Conference (PBC) rival, Armstrong Atlantic State University.
The rankings are used to choose the teams that make the NCAA Tournament in May. The Southeast Region will send 12 teams to the tourney. The three conference championship tournament winners receive bids, leaving nine at-large selections chosen from the poll. The Pirates took the PBC Tournament title, with the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) title going to Mars Hill and Anderson University won the Conference Carolinas tournament title.
The Bobcats await the selection for the NCAA Regional Tournaments, which will begin play May 7.
Visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame. The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement.


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NEW YORK, N.Y. - "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee has settled a New York lawsuit against two of the defendants she sued in May to re-secure the copyright to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
A court filing Friday in federal court in Manhattan says Lee's lawsuit against defendants Leigh Ann Winick and Gerald Posner has been dismissed. A lawyer for the two said a settlement with the remaining defendants is likely to be reached next week.
Attorney Vincent Carissimi wouldn't disclose the terms of the settlement. A lawyer for Lee did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
The 87-year-old author sued her former literary agent's son-in-law, Samuel Pinkus; companies he allegedly created; and alleged associates of his. She claimed they had failed to protect the book's copyright.


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Walter L. Adams Jr. questions Richard Clark's perspective in Sept. 30 column
In his Sept. 30 column � �It�s ridiculous to blame embassy deaths on Obama' � Free Press columnist Richard Clark goes to great lengths to justify the Obama regime�s attack on Libya by citing the actions of past Imperial presidents. As part of Mr. Clark�s defense of Obama�s actions, he provides a fairly good accounting of the past 60-plus years of the U.S. government�s seemingly perpetual interference in the affairs of other nations.
Of course, oil has figured prominently in the mix as well as other examples of crony-capitalism.
As I have cited in past guest columns, every single president since 1950 (Harry Truman being the first) has sanctioned, bombed, invaded, occupied and/or regime-changed scores of nations without a single declaration of war from Congress. (Congressional resolutions don�t count!) Consequently, all of these Imperial wars were (and are) illegal under the Constitution.
It is also an inescapable fact that the blood of American military personnel killed in these illegal wars stains both branches of the Big Government Party (Democrat and Republican branches). Add to that the much larger number of wounded and maimed and the trillions of wasted dollars.
Rarely mentioned by the Imperial regime in power or the media are the uncounted numbers of innocent foreigners killed and wounded in these wars. Not one of these wars resulted from a direct attack on the U.S. by another country.
Of course, the beat goes on with more and more wars either in progress (Afghan-Pakistan), by proxy forces (Syria) or just on the horizon (Iran). In many cases, the U.S. has armed various tyrants and terrorist groups, and then later declared them enemies once their usefulness had expired.
For example, the Imperial government armed Al Qaeda and other nefarious groups in Libya and Syria, yet bombs them in Pakistan and Yemen. During the �liberation� of Libya, later-to-be Ambassador Chris Stevens was an �envoy� in Benghazi, helping to arm any group opposed to Gadhafi. It is quite possible one of the groups he helped arm carried out the attack that resulted in his death. Just what kind of insanity is that?
How did we get into such a sorry state of affairs? First of all, many (but not all) presidents have pushed the envelope since the foundation of the country. Abraham Lincoln first put forth the imperialist fantasies about perfecting the entire planet that have become the bedrock of American foreign policy.
By the time of William McKinley and the Spanish-American War, the stage was set for the beginning of perpetual U.S. involvement in other nations� affairs. Although the Spanish-American War and U.S. entry in World Wars I and II came after declarations of war by Congress, involvement in Central and South America and the Philippines was done without such declarations. (See USMC General Smedley Butler�s War is a Racket.)
When Truman sent armed forces into harm�s way in Korea in 1950, Congress abdicated its responsibility by allowing him to do so. At this point in time (2012), the Imperial president can start a war with another country without informing Congress until after the fact. Americans have been lied to so much over the years that far too many now think it�s OK if the president starts a war on his own without consulting anyone!
Mr. Clark says he doesn�t care; it�s the price of doing business, a view with which many Americans seem to agree. Continuation of this method of doing �business� is not working as we are on the brink of bankruptcy, and the military is stretched to the limit.
This addiction to perpetual meddling and war must be ended before it ends America. Perhaps we should try nonintervention and armed neutrality along with what Washington, Jefferson and Monroe advocated: �Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.� This means no more meddling and no more bribery (foreign aid), period.
Sadly, this view is not advocated by most members of Congress, except for the likes of Ron Paul, the only true statesman still around.
In closing, I wonder how Mr. Clark and all those who believe the U.S. government should continue its present way of doing �business� with other nations would react if the shoe was on the other foot and we were the ones being bombed, invaded and occupied by a foreign power?
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Xianxin Hua, M.D., Ph.D.
Xianxin Hua, M.D., Ph.D.
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Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group faculty webpage.
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Hubei Medical College, China, 1983.
Hubei Medical College, China, 1986.
Ph.D. (Cell Regulation)
Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Laboratory of Dr. Joseph Goldstein and Dr. Michael Brown, 1995.
Hubei Medical College, China, 1983.
Hubei Medical College, China, 1986.
Ph.D. (Cell Regulation)
Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Laboratory of Dr. Joseph Goldstein and Dr. Michael Brown, 1995.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests
1) The critical role of the tumor suppressor, Menin, in epigenetic regulation of gene transcription, cell signaling, cell proliferation, and the underlying mechanisms; suppression of neuroendocrine/carcinoid tumors by targeting menin-regulated pathways
2) The interplay of Menin, MLL methyltransferase, and oncogenic MLL fusion proteins in promoting leukemogenesis
3) Reversal of diabetes by inhibiting menin
4) Signal transduction mediated by transforming growth factor beta (TGF-ß) and menin.
Key words: Menin, Men1, epigenetics, MLL, histone methyltransferase, leukemia, neuroendocrine tumors, diabetes, and TGF-ß signaling.
Description of Research
Our research focuses on elucidating the molecular mechanisms whereby menin, a scaffold protein interacting with multiple epigenetic regulators, regulates endocrine cells, including pancreatic beta cells, endocrine tumors, and MLL fusion protein-induced leukemia. In particular, we are interested in dissecting the function of menin, which is mutated in hereditary human tumor syndrome, Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 (MEN1), in repressing beta cells and endocrine tumors and in promoting leukemogenesis.
1. We seek to elucidate how menin suppresses endocrine cells, such as pancreatic beta cells, via regulating histone methylations and expression of pro-proliferative genes. We are also interested in identifying menin-regulated key pathways that can be suppressed to inhibit neuroendocrine tumors.
2. Determining how menin, which acts as a tumor promoter in MLL fusion protein-induced leukemia, cooperates with wild-type MLL protein to promote leukemia and how the menin and wt MLL axis can be suppressed to improve therapy for this aggressive leukemia.
3. Understanding how inhibition of menin leads to reversal of established diabetes in mouse models and determining whether the menin pathway could be explored to ameliorate diabetes.
4. Investigating the interplay between menin, post-transcriptional modifications of menin, and TGF-ß signaling in repressing pancreatic beta cells. As both menin and TGF-ß inhibit cell proliferation, we will test whether menin and TGF-ß cooperate to suppress beta cell proliferation and the underlying mechanisms, using biochemical studies and mouse models.
These comprehensive approaches will provide novel insights into the molecular mechanisms for MEN1 tumorigenesis, regulation of beta cells, and leukemogenesis, shedding light on improving therapy against neuroendocrine tumors, leukemia, and diabetes.
Rotation Projects
1. To identify potentially functional post-translational modifications of menin
2. To investigate how Men1 excision de-represses multiple pro-proliferative genes and upregulates beta cell proliferation
3. To identify functional and epigenetic partners of menin that control leukemogenesis or neuroendocrine tumors.
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Xin He, Postdoctoral Researcher
Bryson Katona, Gastroenterology Fellow
Sunbin Ling, Visiting Student
Jian Ma, Postdoctoral Researcher
Gengchen Xie, Visiting Student
Selected PublicationsMatkar S, Sharma P, Gao S, Gurung B, Katona BW, Liao J, Muhammad AB, Kong XC, Wang L, Jin G, Dang CV, Hua X: An Epigenetic Pathway Regulates Sensitivity of Breast Cancer Cells to HER2 Inhibition via FOXO/c-Myc Axis. Cancer Cell 28(4): 472-85, Oct 2015.
Zhu J, Sammons MA, Donahue G, Dou Z, Vedadi M, Getlik M, Barsyte-Lovejoy D, Al-awar R, Katona BW, Shilatifard A, Huang J, Hua X, Arrowsmith CH, Berger SL: Gain-of-function p53 mutants co-opt chromatin pathways to drive cancer growth. Nature 525(7568): 206-11, Sep 2015.
Matkar S, Katona BW, Hua X: Harnessing the Hidden Antitumor Power of the MLL-AF4 Oncogene to Fight Leukemia. Cancer Cell 25(4): 411-3, Apr 2014.
Matkar, S, Thiel, A, and Hua, X: Menin: a scaffold protein that controls gene transcription and cell signaling. Trends in Biochemical Sciences (TIBS) 38(8): 394-402, Aug 2013.
Austin T. Thiel, Zijie Feng, Dhruv K. Pant, Lewis A. Chodosh and Hua X: The Trithorax Protein Partner Menin Acts in Tandem with EZH2 to Suppress C/EBPa and Differentiation in MLL-AF9 Leukemia. Haematologica 98(6): 918, Jun 2013.
Gurung B, Feng Z, Iwamoto DV, Thiel A, Jin G, Fan C-M, Ng JM, Curran T, Hua X: Menin Epigenetically Represses Hedgehog signaling in MEN1 Tumor Syndrome. Cancer Research 73(8): 2650-8, Apr 2013.
Jing Huang, Buddha Gurung, Bingbing Wan, Smita Matkar, Natalia A. Veniaminova, Ke Wan, Juanita L. Merchant, Xianxin Hua*, and Ming Lei* (*co-corresponding author): The same pocket in menin binds both MLL and JunD, but oppositely regulates transcription. Nature 432(7386): 542-6, 2012.
Yang, Y., Gurung, B., Wu, T., Wang, H., Stoffers, D. A. and Hua, X: Reversal of pre-existing hyperglycemia in diabetic mice by acute deletion of Men1. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107(47): 20358-63, Nov 2010.
Thiel, A.T., Blessington, P., Zou, T., Feather, D, Wu, X., Zhang, H., Liu, L., Koretzky, G., Ernst, P., and Hua, X: MLL-AF9-induced leukemic transformation requires co-expression of wild type MLL allele. Cancer Cell 17: 148-159, 2010 Notes: The work was featured on the cover of this issue of Cancer Cell.
Yuqing Yang, Haoren Wang, and Xianxin Hua: Deletion of the Men1 gene prevents streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia in mice. Exp Diabetes Res. 2010 2010.
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Three Nittany Lions highlight Big Ten Baseball Players to Watch
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State baseball program has placed three athletes on the Big Ten's 2014 Baseball Players to Watch List. The three Nittany Lions garnering the recognition are senior Alex Farkes (Boston, Mass.) and sophomores James Coates (Girard, Ohio) and Greg Guers (Langhorne, Pa.).
Farkes will take on a leadership role for the Blue and White this season, as the catcher looks to make a big impact behind the plate with the pitching staff and in the batter's box. Farkes is coming off a 2013 campaign in which he earned a career-high 32 starts and played in 37 games. The catcher hit .259 last year with 12 RBIs and 18 runs.
Penn State's unanimous 2013 All-Big Ten Freshmen Team selection, Coates, returns for his sophomore season in hopes of building on last year's success. The outfielder impressed at the dish, hitting .295 for the season, while leading the team in runs scored with 27. Coates finished the season on fire, recording a seven-game hitting streak that will carry into the start of the 2014 season.
The third Nittany Lion to be recognized as a player to watch for the upcoming season is Guers, who will be making his Penn State debut this season. The outfielder sat out last season due to NCAA rules after transferring from USC-Upstate to the Nittany Lions. As a freshman with the Spartans Guers started 42 games and batted .309, while compiling 37 runs, 36 RBIs and four home runs.


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Tech Rugby Club Falls Short in Repeat Bid
New Mexico Tech's Pygmies appeared on track Saturday in their bid to repeat their 2008 championship of the Celtic Sevens Tournament in Albuquerque. Emerging from pool play with three straight wins, they had outscored their opponents 97 points to 12. But an encore was not in the cards, and Tech went down hard 33-0 in their semifinal match.
New Mexico Tech's Pablo Laight puts a hit on an Albuquerque Rugby Club player Saturday, May 16, during a Celtic Sevens semifinal match. The Pygmies finished the day with 3 wins and one loss. At left is Tech's Matt Kretz and at right is Nick Aldape.
Seventeen men's teams from California, Texas and New Mexico competed in the seven-man team tournament, a featured event of the annual Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival. Separate competitions were held in women's and high school categories on the expansive Balloon Fiesta Park grounds.
Once again, the tournament was held on graduation day at New Mexico Tech, putting a damper on the Pygmy lineup. Nevertheless the Pygmies got off on the right foot with a 26-12 win over the Clovis Nomads. James Fallt scored two five-point tries for Tech while Dustin Webb was perfect on two-point conversion kicks for a 14-7 halftime lead.
Nick Aldape and Jay Herrera added second-half tries to account for a final score of NMT 26, Nomads 12.
The Pygmies put on a clinic in their second pool match against the Duke City Dragons. Royce Beaudry scored two first-half tries with Matt Kretz and Herrera adding one apiece. Despite a stiff wind, Webb continued his kicking accuracy, hitting all four conversions. Pablo Laight got onto the board in the second half, while Herrera, Aldape, and Bart Hegarty joined in for a 52-0 final score.
The University of California at Riverside slowed the Pygmy juggernaut considerably with aggressive defense in the last pool match. Jay Herrera broke the ice with a try for Tech midway through the first half and fellow captain Royce Beaudry followed suit just before halftime. Beaudry kicked both conversions for a 14-0 lead. Laight's try was the only score of the second half but Tech's defense was secure enough to hand UC-Riverside a 19-0 loss.
Somewhere between their storming pool phase performance and the semifinal round, the Pygmies went off the boil. After a lengthy wait to allow for exhibition matches and the completion of play in three other pools, Tech came out flat against the Banditos of the Albuquerque Rugby Club. By halftime the Banditos held a 21-0 lead, and the final score ballooned to 33-0 as Tech fell away from their pattern of play in the second spell.
The El Paso Scorpions narrowly defeated the Banditos to win the men's championship, the home town Atomic Sisters took the women's trophy, and Eldorado High School beat St. Pius in the youth division.
Tech next sees action at the Midnight Sevens Tournament on June 20 in Las Vegas, Nev. The club posted a 10-3 record during the spring season and posted 20 victories against nine losses throughout the 2008-2009 academic year.


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Martin Luther King Day Tribute Video
Hello. Welcome to Martin Luther King Day. Or I guess it's possible that you're reading this after then. Anyway, with it being Martin Luther King Day and the third ever World Baseball Classic around the corner, I thought it'd be fun to put together a tribute to the great minority figures in baseball throughout the years. Now I realize that Jackie Robinson paved the wave long before Dr. King, but I think we can all see how it would have been much more difficult for the magnitude of the influx of non-white players would have been without his push for civil rights. I thought it especially important in today's game with the minimization of–well, everyone–but especially blacks in youth baseball and thus professional baseball, because it is that much easier to forget how rich a history it is. So anyway, here I give you, boys and girls, my tribute to…aw, I'm too lazy to look it up, so just read the title of the video:
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Kids will go wild for these Kindy Zoos! Kindy Zoos are zoos where animals are typically smaller and easier to handle so that kindergarteners can have the most fun. Examples of kindy zoos include mobile farms and petting zoos. Pet a tiger cub or a kangaroo today!Read more
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As the summer's Gaza war raged, many Israeli believers in Yeshua found themselves being called upon to take up arms in defense of their nation.
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Dancin' fools: Harris wows 'em after 5
Corey Harris and the 5X5
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Though the sky looked dark as tropical storm Bonnie theoretically drew near, the mood I was in last Friday as I walked to the Downtown Mall made the prospect of getting rained on just icing on my moldy old cake. But alas for my temperament, the sky held out for Corey Harris and the 5x5 in the Dog Days of Summer Music Festival at the amphitheater, treating the good crowd of parents and yuppies to a jam-heavy set interspersed with fabulous blues numbers.
I've seen Harris twice at venues around town, and I wondered what changes, if any, he would make to his impressive set for an outdoor performance. But as I began to listen, the tweaking was obvious– in place of the clever blues and world beat numbers that have composed much of Harris' set in the past, Friday's performance was heavy on the instrumental interplay, with one chord change lasting for minutes on end, as the crowd of dancers and onlookers shook their approval.
Composed of Harris on guitar and vocals, Victor Brown on bass and backing vocals, Darrell Rose on percussion, and Johnny Gilmore on drums, the group displays amazing virtuosity. They're all well past the point of just playing well, concentrating now on transcending the limitations of their instruments. Sporting what appeared to be an Ibanez guitar from 1985 (a favorite of shredders everywhere) Harris played sparse licks throughout the entire performance, with nary a complete 6-string chord to be heard.
Starting off with a reggae-flavored tune, Harris brought out his Wawa pedal for the song's "waka-waka..." intro before descending to playing on the song's off beats. When he chose to keep his mouth closed, his guitar aligned with the bass riff, as island-flavored background percussion marched the song on to Corona commercial heights. Next up was a jammier tune that basically consisted of two chords, for which Harris played sustained guitar chords for pretty much all of the song's four minutes, peering at the crowd through thick sunglasses.
"Sister Rosa," from Harris's Downhome Sophisticate, finally got me going with its New Orleans tinged world beat vibe. The crowd seem to dig the tune's up-beat sound as well, as the number of dancers down in front increased by about 30 percent. Harris's voice strayed onto many melodic patterns while the backing instruments kept the same sequence going, one of many things that reminded me why I regard him as one of the best musicians I've ever seen live.
Slower blues numbers put a damper on at least some of the crowd's will to move, but for many– notably a gentleman dancing alone to the pumped-in R&B an hour before the show started– nothing could stop their wandering feet.
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