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The Zhoosh! Brighton Blog
e-petition 'Put Alan Turing on the next £10 note'
In this age of 'celebrity', where people vote to keep in a gay man singing badly on a talent show, it really is refreshing to know that there are thousands (22,573 at the time of writing this) who have voted on an e- petition for an image of another gay man, Alan Turing to be on the next ten pound note.
Unlike X-factor's Rylan Clark, whose contribution to the mankind stretchers to be a bit annoying; it is men like Turing who is not only considered to be the person who sparked the development of modern day computer science, but was also instrumental in cracking the Germans WW2 Enigma Machine. It is because of men and women like Turing, that the Armed Forces were able to impede the Nazis plan to invade the UK.
As entertaining/funny/ annoying (delete as appropriate) as Ryan is, in twelve months time a new pop puppet will be on hand to slip into that role. Here's hoping that in the same time the powers that be will give Turing further recognition for his contribution and sacrifice (Turning committed suicide after a year of undertaking aversion therapy having been found guilty of being a homosexual in 1952.
The next step for Turing's image to be considered by the Backbench Business Committee is for the e-petition to surpass 100,000 votes. The competition is fierce, but if the general public are as passionate about Turing and his accomplishments as they are about keeping Rylan in the game, then there's every possibility that a gay man who ensured the freedom of the UK as well as having the vision of the computer age can grace the back of the next ten pound note.


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Michael Keaton movies have been on the air lately, with "Batman Returns" and now "Beetlejuice," which airs at 9 p.m. today on ABC Family.
In "Beetlejuice," Keaton stars as a bio-exorcist of sorts to rid a deceased ghost-couple's home of its new occupants. Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin star as the ghost couple.
Here's a quiz about Keaton and his career.
1. What is Keaton's birth name? Hint: It's the same as another famous actor.
2. Keaton got his big break in which 1982 film.
3. He turns into a snowman in this 1998 film.
4. Keaton stars in this title role of an honest man who turns into a criminal to pay for his mother's medical bills.
5. He turned in a touching performance in which 1993 film with Nicole Kidman?
6. What dastardly criminal mastermind did Keaton face in the original "Batman" film?
7. He starred as a police officer who needed a bone marrow donor for his ill son in which 1998 film?
8. Keaton divorced this actress in 1990.
9. Keaton was a stagehand on what syndicated TV series?
Answers: 1. Michael Douglas. 2. "Night Shift." 3. "Jack Frost." 4. "Johnny Dangerously" (1984). 5. "My Life." 6. The Joker (played by Jack Nicholson). 7. "Desperate Measures." 8. Caroline McWilliams. 9. "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" (he operated "Picture, Picture").

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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Elizabeth T. Borden
HENDERSON — Mrs. Elizabeth Corbitt Toepleman Borden, 92, passed away at her home on Oct. 15, 2013, after a period of declining health.
Born in Henderson on Aug. 9, 1921, she was the daughter of Frederick Leroy Toepleman and Elizabeth Corbitt Toepleman. She was the granddaughter of Richard J. Corbitt, founder and principal owner of The Corbitt Company, and Jennie Shaw Corbitt, who published "Miss Jennie's Cookbook" and operated The Little Hotel.
She attended local schools in her early years, graduated from Saint Catherine's School in Richmond, Va., in 1939, Saint Mary's Junior College in Raleigh in 1941 and Hollins University in Roanoke, Va., in 1943.
She was a former member and president of the Maria Parham Hospital Guild; former member of the N.C. Museum of Art Foundation Board; a former and long time docent at the N.C. Museum of Art; a former board member of the Vance County Arts Council; former board member of Friends of the Library; and a member of the Henderson Garden Club, ALMA Club, Tuesday Club and The National Society of Colonial Dames of America.
She was a longtime member of The Church of The Holy Innocents, where she served as a member of the Vestry, president of Episcopal Churchwomen and chairman of the Alter Guild.
She enjoyed sailing, golf, skiing, gardening and participated in all these activities for many years.
Mrs. Borden is survived by her husband of 68 years, Albert G. Borden; her daughters, Emily Borden Ragsdale of Jamestown and Wilmington, Mary Borden Currin and husband Benjamin McNinch Currin of Raleigh; a son, John Crain Borden and wife Monica Patchell Borden of Raleigh; four grandchildren, Thomas Albert Ragsdale, Katharine Coffin Ragsdale, Elizabeth Currin Houston and husband Michael and Ellen Corbitt Currin; and her devoted caregivers, Susie Fields, Ruby Venable, Elizabeth Whitley, Cherita Hargrove, Charlotte Harris, Angie Ellington and Pam Evans.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at The Church of The Holy Innocents by Rev. Donald A. Lowery, with reception following in the Parish Hall.
At other times, the family will receive friends at the home, 1930 Parker Lane.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to The Church of The Holy Innocents, 210 South Chestnut Street, Henderson, NC 27536, or to Community Home Care and Hospice, 152 Zeb Robinson Road, Henderson, NC 27537.
Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.
Paid obituary
Brenda B. Adcock
HENDERSON — Brenda Bolton Adcock, 52, of 652 Aycock Road, died Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at Maria Parham Medical Center.
Born in Warren County on Jan. 10, 1961, she was the daughter of Geneva Kimbrough Williamson of Henderson and the late Wright Bolton Jr.
She was a medically retired license specialist for the Vance County School System and was a member of Cary Baptist Church.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Cary Baptist Church by Dr. Al James.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, Alan Grey Adcock Sr. of the home; two sons, Alan Grey Adcock Jr. and wife Romaine and Micheal Wayne Adcock Sr. and fiancee Caroline Hope of Henderson; five grandchildren, Micheal Wayne Adcock Jr., Thomas Joseph Adcock, Austin Grey Adcock, Aidan Dakota Adcock and Robert Earl Webb; one sister, Shelia B. Orr of Henderson; and four brothers, Jimmy Bolton III of Kalamazoo, Mich., Thomas Jackson Bolton, William Lee Bolton and Robert "Butch" Bolton, all of Henderson.
The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the fellowship hall of Cary Baptist Church.
Arrangements are by J.M. White Funeral Home.
Paid obituary
Walter J. Perry Jr.
HENDERSON — Walter J. Perry Jr., 75, of 711 Highland Ave., died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, at Maria Parham Medical Center.
A funeral will be held at noon Friday, Oct. 18, at Progressive Faith Missionary Baptist Church by Rev. Richard Batts. Interment will follow in Blacknall Cemetery.
Viewing will be today, Oct. 17, from 2 to 7 p.m. at E.C. Terry's Funeral Service.
The family will receive friends at 517 East Rockspring Street.
Arrangements are by E.C. Terry's Funeral and Cremation Services, which accepts condolences at email@example.com.
Ponde L. Thornton
WARRENTON — Ponde Leon Thornton, 75, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Arrangements will be announced by R.H. Greene Funeral Home.


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Kyle button is a story from Dansville. He was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer this past spring. He is a teacher at the Ellis B hyde Elementary school. He team teaches with his wife Lynne.
The community has wrapped its arms around the family and this summer raised an incredible amount of money to help them through this in a very short amount of time.
He recently had surgery to remove the cancer after other treatments. (Melinda Rittenhouse the elementary school nurse has been huge in the support process). The surgery was extreme but apparently successful. He will need follow up evaluations and treatment.
The cool thing is. He is a basketball coach in Dansville. One of his goals after surgery was to be at the first game of the season just 2 or 3 weeks after his surgery.
I can be a softy at times. BUT, seeing him on the sidelines Thursday night at the first game was a really cool moment for me and many of those there watching.
Lynne will tell you the power of positive thought attitude and prayer is what has held them together. The support of the community has been incredible and many have lifted this family up.
This is the sunshine on a cloudy day story of the year for me and I think Dansville.
Dr. James Vogler


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The Robsham Theater Arts Center (RTAC) is the first permanent home designed for theater production at Boston College. Built in 1981, the facility houses a 591 seat main theater, a large lobby and exhibit space, a black box studio theater, a green room, scenery and costume shops, dressing rooms, a design classroom, box office, and faculty and staff offices.
The main theater is a traditional proscenium house with limited thrust capabilities. It seats 591 and is fully handicapped accessible. Designed specifically for educational theater, it includes a completely equipped stage house with fly gallery, an orchestra pit for some twenty musicians, adequate wing and backstage space, and state of the art lighting and sound systems.
The building also includes a flexible black box Bonn Studio Theater that will seat 150 - 200. The Bonn Studio is used for Theatre Department workshop productions, as well as a laboratory for dance and theater classes. The academic Theatre Department is in residence at the RTAC, as is the Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble.
The Robsham Theater Arts Center and the academic Theatre Department combine their efforts to present four faculty/guest directed and two student directed productions each academic year.
The mission of the Robsham Theater Arts Center is to be a facility for the use of the University community that is specifically intended for the presentation of the performing arts. The Robsham Theater Arts Center is a department within the Division of Student Affairs and a partner with the academic Theatre Department for the production of dramatic arts programming for the benefit of the University community and as an educative experience for students majoring in theater at Boston College.
Brighton Dance Studio
E. Paul Robsham, Jr. Theater Arts Center
The Brighton Dance Studio (BDS) opened September 2007. It is the first space on campus devoted to dance and dancers at Boston College. The studio includes a large dance floor and two smaller spaces. The large studio is complete with mirrors, sound system, and ballet bares. It is a ten-minute walk from the Robsham Theater Arts Center.
The studio is part of the Robsham Theater Arts Center and managed by Shep Barnett, Associate Director of the Robsham Theater.
The Robsham Theater opened in 1981 with the gala production of Camelot with the well know star of films and theater, Gordon MacRae. Dr. J. Paul Marcoux and Rev. Joe Larkin, SJ were able to see the realization of their dreams, after many years of presenting plays in a variety of campus locations none of which remotely resembled a theater, they now had a beautiful state of the arts theater facility for their use. RTAC staff is proud of the facility and the level of professional services offered. Over the years, there have been many changes to the RTAC, such as adding a permanent location for the box office to sell tickets for Theatre shows as well as for all student events, updates to the sound and lighting system, and the addition of the Brighton Dance Studio, and many more. The Robsham Theater continues to honor the memory of E. Paul Robsham, Jr. who was a student at Boston College around the time the theater was built.
Contact Us
Robsham Theater Arts Center
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Ave
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3815
Phone: (617) 552-4800
Fax: (617) 552-2740
Dr. Howard Enoch
Director Lecturer in Lighting and Theatre Management, BA University of Kentucky, MFA Boston University, Ph.D. Boston College
Sheppard Barnett
Associate Director, Robsham Theater Arts Center
Lecturer in Technical Theatre and Laboratory Associate, BA Tufts University, MA Emerson College.
George Cooke
Technical Supervisor
Kim Principi
Box Office Manager
Ellen McDonald
Marketing & Operations
Carly Silva
Graduate Assistant
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Boston, MA (February 2, 2011)—Boston College's Robsham Theater Arts Center recently underwent a system overhaul that involved JBL's new VerTec subcompact line array elements. The system is one of the first to use JBL VerTec VT4886 subcompact line array elements, with 12 VT4886 loudspeakers forming a single, center array supplemented by two JBL VPSB7118DP 18-inch powered subwoofers suspended directly behind the array, with six additional AC15 speakers along the lip of the stage. The system is driven with Crown Audio I-Tech HD amplifiers and BSS Audio Soundweb processing. System management is handled via the Harman HiQnet System Architect communication protocol and software for remote control and monitoring. SIA Acoustics of New York served as the system design consultant, with Boston Light and Sound performing the installation. "The project started because the original sound system had become outdated," said Adam Shulman of SIA. "However, after looking at the venue and its current and future needs, we realized there were some additional requirements—the project needed to encompass not only the PA but the media infrastructure as well. The RTAC is also a teaching facility, so it is critical that the students are able to access and use the equipment in a way that's reflective of how things are done in the real world. As a result, the theater's patchbays, racks and cabling were alsosubstantially overhauled."
"The system needed to provide even coverage, support the spoken word very well and provide moderate to high SPL for more dynamic productions," stated George Cooke of the Robsham Theater Arts Center. "I suggested going with a line array system because it would perform well in the space, and give students the opportunity to work with an industry-standard loudspeaker configuration." Shulman continued, "We looked at the JBL VT4886 and found a number of compelling features that made it very suitable for this project. The product performs as well off-axis as well as it does on-axis—often, loudspeakers will be fine on-axis but compromise off-axis performance. And vertical dispersion is where the rubber meets the road. If a single element performs badly in this regard, the issue is severely compounded when you stack the elements in a line array. Throw, consistency, coverage—all of these commonly used metrics are the result of directivity. Many speakers fall apart off-axis, horizontally or vertically [especially important in vertical arrays]. The VT4886 combines good off-axis response, compact size and proportionally high output, and these were the primary factors in selecting it here."
The loudspeakers were placed in an unusual configuration—the main loudspeaker system encompasses 12 VT4886 loudspeakers in a single line array above the stage. "As it turned out, the excellent horizontal coverage of the VT4886 loudspeakers enabled us to place them in a single 12-box array exterior to the catwalk area," Cooke noted. "Although most installations would place arrays on both sides of the stage, we ran an acoustical analysis and determined that a mono cluster would work wonderfully in the Robsham Theater. This is unusual, but we didn't need a stereo image, and
we get real 120-degree coverage out of the VT4886 loudspeakers."
The mission of the E. Paul Robsham, Jr. Theater Arts Center, a Division of Student Affairs, is to facilitate the learning and formation of our students. The Robsham Theater Arts Center is the primary facility for the University Community to use for artistic, cultural and lecture presentations. We believe the arts to be a crucial element of educating the whole student in the Jesuit and Catholic mission for higher education.
The E. Paul Robsham, Jr. Theater Arts Center, RTAC, as the facility is known to the general public is a nexus for learning and formation at Boston College. RTAC provides an open accepting diverse environment for students, in particular, and the University Community as a whole to present differing views and ideas while engaging in meaningful discussion.
In harmony with the Jesuit Catholic tradition of Boston College, the E. Paul Robsham, Jr. Theater Arts Center instructs and guides students in the presentation of their art, their cultures and their ideas to a broad audience in a professional manner. In doing so, RTAC encourages student learning and formation in a respectful sharing of these endeavors while enhancing skills they will use throughout their lives.
The E. Paul Robsham, Jr. Theater Arts Center enhances classroom learning by teaching students the common workplace practices they will need to work meaningfully in their professional careers. RTAC is an environment in which students will grow intellectually and spiritually by participating in the presentation and observation of new ideas.
Student Learning
1.Provide a safe place where students are allowed to express their artistic abilities.
2.Provide opportunities of involvement in many areas of artistic production.
3.Set specific goals and strategies as an outreach to underrepresented student groups.
1.Developing the student body on the nuances of event production.
2.Development of students in all aspects of event production to include; production management, stage management, scene building, costume shop design, marketing events, and ticket sales.
3.Technical development with regard to lighting and sound management.
4.Post-mortem event production assessment and reflection.
1.Create and sustain partnerships that support student learning, especially with Academic Affairs and the Division of Mission and Ministry.
2.Provide student support to improve readiness to learn and identify and remove barriers to learning.
1. Create and sustain business ethics regarding box office ticket sales.
2. Post-mortem event reflections based on real numbers of tickets sales.


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Mark Krikorian, the leading theorist of immigration restriction in America, offers a surprising, but honest, implicit ackowledgement of how much his own vision of a walled-off America primarily under threat from border-crossing immigrants comports with the isolationist foreign policy of George McGovern in the headline of this item attacking our own Max Boot on National Review's The Corner.
"Come Home, America," is Krikorian's headline.
"Come Home, America" was McGovern's campaign slogan in 1972.


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An apparatus (10) is constructed having a cylindrical enclosure (16) within which a disc-shaped wicking element (18) is positioned. A well or recess (22) is cut into an upper side (24) of this wicking element, and a glass cover plate or slip (28) having a protein drop disposed thereon is sealably positioned on the wicking element (18), with drop (12) being positioned over well or recess (22). A flow of control fluid is generated by a programmable gradient former (16), with this control fluid having a vapor pressure that is selectively variable. This flow of control fluid is coupled to the wicking element (18) where control fluid vapor diffusing from walls (26) of the recess (22) is exposed to the drop (12), forming a vapor pressure gradient between the drop (12) and the control fluid vapor. Initially, this gradient is adjusted to draw solvent from the drop (12) at a relatively high rate, and as the critical supersaturation point is approached (the point at which crystal nucleation occurs), the gradient is reduced to more slowly draw solvent from the drop (12). This allows discrete protein molecules more time to orient themselves into an ordered crystalline lattice, producing protein crystals which, when processed by X-ray crystallography, possess a high degree of resolution.
1. An apparatus for growing crystals from dissolved crystalline material in a selected quantity of fluid comprising:
an enclosure:
fluid support means disposed for supporting said selected quantity of fluid in said enclosure;
a programmable gradient former for selectively generating a flow of control fluid having a selectively variable vapor pressure such that when said flow of control fluid is exposed to said selected quantity of fluid, solvent in said quantity of fluid is varied;
absorbent vapor diffusion means positioned in said enclosure, said vapor diffusion means being disposed to continuously absorb said flow of control fluid from said gradient former and exposing said selected quantity of fluid to said selectively variable vapor pressure; and
a discharge opening in said enclosure for passing control fluid therefrom.
2. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said absorbent vapor diffusion means includes a sintered glass disc having at least one recess disposed in an upper surface thereof, and said selected quantity of fluid is a drop suspended in said recess, whereby walls of said recess generally surround said drop, providing an increased surface area from which said vapor pressure from said control fuild is exposed to said drop.
3. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein said enclosure comprises an elongated tubular member having an open upper end, and said sintered glass disc is disposed in said open upper end, and at least one control fluid inlet tube in communicating relation with a bottom surface of said disc, and a control fluid exit tube being disposed in a lower region of said member, whereby said flow of control fluid is absorbed into said sintered glass disc and is conveyed outwardly by capillary action toward interior walls of said member where the control fluid drains downwardly along said walls and exits therefrom via said exit tube.
4. An apparatus as set forth in claim 3 wherein said fluid support means includes a transparent plate sealably disposed over said absorbent vapor diffusion means.
5. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including:
crystalline material concentration detection means disposed proximate said selected quantity of fluid; and
a computer coupled to said crystalline material concentration detection means and to said control fluid generation means, for detecting concentration of said dissolved crystalline material in said selected quantity of fluid and regulating said vapor pressure responsive to detected changing concentrations of said dissolved crystalline material.
6. An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including crystal nucleation detection means positioned proximate said selected quantity of fluid and being coupled via said computer to said gradient former, for detecting nucleating crystals in said selected quantity of fluid and regulating said vapor pressure responsive to detected nucleating crystals.
7. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein a control fluid inlet tube and a control fluid outlet tube are coupled to said member, and at least one said sintered glass disc is positioned on a bottom interior side of said enclosure a spaced distance from interior walls thereof, whereby control fluid flows through and around said sintered glass disc in a direction from said inlet tube to said outlet tube.
8. An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein a transparent region is provided in said disc for observing said drop therethrough.
9. An apparatus as set forth in claim 8 wherein a camera is disposed proximate said enclosure for monitoring said drop.
10. An apparatus as set froth in claim 6 wherein said crystal nucleation detection means includes a light scattering detector.
11. An apparatus as set forth in claim 5 wherein said crystalline material concentration detection means includes a refractometer.
12. An apparatus as set forth in claim 3 wherein a plurality of recesses are provided in said sintered glass disc, and said fluid support means includes reservoirs disposed in said recesses, and a transparent plate is provided for covering said open upper end of said tubular member, with said sintered glass disc being supported in said enclosure a spaced distance from said transparent plate, providing a diffusion region wherein said vapor from said control fluid traverses to said reservoirs.
13. An apparatus adapted for use in a microgravity environment for growing crystals from crystalline material dissolved in a selected quantity of fluid comprising:
a housing having at least one elongated enclosure therein;
absorbent vapor diffusion means positioned in one end of said enclosure, said vapor diffusion means being provided with a semi-circular vapor diffusion region generally oriented toward an opposite end of said enclosure;
fluid extrusion and support means disposed in said opposite end of said enclosure for extruding and supporting said selected quantity of fluid proximate said semi-circular diffusion region;
gradient former for continuously generating a flow of control fluid having a diffusive vapor with controllable properties, said flow of control fluid being in communicating relation with said absorbent vapor diffusion means so that said diffusive vapor is exposed to said selected quantity of fluid; and
vacuum means communicating with said absorbent vapor diffusion means, for drawing control fluid therefrom.
14. An apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein said fluid extrusion and support means comprising a syringe for extruding a drop of fluid containing said dissolved crystalline material, said drop being disposed on an end of said syringe.
15. An apparatus as set forth in claim 14 comprising:
crystalline material concentration detection means disposed proximate said drop of fluid and being coupled to said control fluid generation means, for determining concentration of dissolved crystalline material in said drop and regulating vapor pressure of said control fluid responsive to detected changing concentrations of dissolved crystalline material in said drop; and
crystal nucleation detection means disposed proximate said drop of fluid and being coupled to said control fluid generation means, for detecting nucleating crystals in said drop and regulating said vapor pressure of said control fluid responsive to detected nucleating crystals in said drop.
16. An apparatus as set forth in claim 15 wherein said absorbent vapor diffusion means comprises sintered glass.
The invention described herein was made by employees of the U.S. Government and may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for Government purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
This invention relates generally to hanging drop crystal growth methods and devices, and more particularly to a crystal growth apparatus wherein evaporation rate of solvent in a hanging drop containing dissolved protein is precisely controlled by a flow of control fluid made to have a variable vapor pressure.
One of the major limiting steps in the determination of three-dimensional structures of macromolecules by the technique of X-ray diffraction is the ability to grow relatively large (0.5 mm) high-quality (diffraction limit of 3 angstrom units or better) crystals of the macromolecules of interest. A knowledge of the three-dimensional structures of various enzymes has great potential in the area of drug design, i.e., development of new enzyme inhibitors, and is of fundamental importance in the field of molecular biology.
Recently, researchers involved in protein crystal growth have reported growing protein crystals in a microgravity environment that are many times larger than similar crystals grown in a gravity environment. They used a method known as diffusive mixing, wherein a solution containing dissolved protein is allowed to mix with a solution containing a dissolved solvent and precipitating agent. As there are no disruptive convection currents in a microgravity environment, mixing of the two solutions is achieved by diffusion, allowing a slower approach to the critical supersaturation of the dissolved protein, causing larger crystals to be grown. For more information on growing protein crystals in a microgravity environment, see "Protein Single Crystal Growth Under Microgravity," by W. Littke and C. John in Science, 1984, Vol, 225, page 203.
Another similar diffusive method of growing crystals is the liquid diffusion method in which a solution containing dissolved protein to be crystallized is placed in a dyalysis bag. This bag is constructed of a semi-permeable membrane which will allow smaller solvent and precipitating agent molecules to pass through but blocks larger protein molecules. This bag is immersed in a solution containing a precipitating agent for the protein, which then diffuses through the bag and lowers the solubility of the protein. As the saturation point of the dissolved protein is approached, crystal nucleation occurs, creating tiny nucleii of crystals around which additional crystalline material is deposited.
Problems with this method are that no provisions are made to control the rate at which critical supersaturation is approached. Thus, the rate of crystal growth cannot be precisely controlled, often resulting in numerous smaller crystals being formed having a structure that is something less than ordered. These crystals do not provide resolution necessary under X-ray crystallography to adequately determine their molecular structure.
One of the most popular crystal growth methods, known as the hanging drop method, involves the placement of a small droplet of protein solution on a glass cover slip, with this cover slip being inverted over a well of solution and sealed. The solution in the well contains a precipitating agent that is also present at a lower concentration in the protein droplet (usually 50% of the reservoir concentration). The function of the precipitating solution is twofold. First, the solution in the well is initially at a lower vapor pressure than the protein droplet. Evaporation then proceeds at a rate fixed by the difference in vapor pressure between the protein droplet and the reservoir and the distance the vapor must diffuse. Second, the precipitating agent lowers the solubility of protein in solution, presumably by competing with the protein for available solvent (usually water).
Thus, as evaporation from the protein droplet progresses, the solution becomes supersaturated with protein. under appropriate conditions of pH, temperature, etc., crystallization of the protein or macromolecule then occurs. The exact conditions for crystallization are established by trial and error, with serendipity often being an important factor. A review and a more in-depth description of the vapor diffusion method, as well as other protein crystallization techniques, may be seen in Preparation and Analysis of Protein Crystals, by A. McPherson (1982), Wiley, New York. Again, problems with this method are a lack of control over the rate at which drop size is changed and the inability to reverse the process to increase drop size.
Applicants' device as described herein controls vapor pressure, in turn determining crystal growth rate, in a crystal growth apparatus utilizing the hanging drop method. It has been shown that nucleation rate and crystal size are highly dependent upon the rate at which critical supersaturation is approached. Slow approach to critical supersaturation shows a marked decrease in crystal nucleation rate and a corresponding increase in crystal size and quality.
It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a crystal growth apparatus for allowing researchers to controllably approach critical supersaturation in a hanging drop containing dissolved protein material. This is done by either adding or removing solvent in a vapor phase to or from the hanging drop.
In accordance with this invention, a crystal growth apparatus is constructed having an enclosure which houses a wicking element. This wicking element is provided with a flow of control fluid generated by a device that selectively and controllably alters parameters of the control fluid and thus vapor therefrom. This vapor is exposed to a quantity of fluid containing dissolved crystalline material and interacts therewith to controllably lower the solubility of the dissolved crystalline material, causing it to slowly solidify into relatively large crystals having an ordered structure.
FIG. 1 is a cut-away view of a crystal growth apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a top view of the crystal growth apparatus as shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a top view of a crystal growth apparatus for growing crystals in a plurality of hanging drops.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 3.
FIG. 5 is a cut-away view of an alternate embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a side planar view of a crystal growth apparatus of the present invention for use in a microgravity environment.
FIG. 7 is a partially diagrammatic, partially cut-away view of an alternate embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a graphic representation of three examples of rising gradients.
FIG. 9 is a graphic representation illustrating the differences in size between crystals grown by methods of prior art and crystals grown by an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a graphic representation comparing the quantity of crystals grown by methods of prior art to the quantity of crystals grown by an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a crystal growth apparatus 10 is shown which regulates the evaporation rate of solvent from a suspended drop 12 of fluid. Drop 12 contains dissolved crystalline material, usually a protein of interest, and a selected quantity of precipitating agent specific for the crystalline material. This process changes the size of drop 12 by evaporation, and, as the concentration of dissolved crystalline material and precipitating agent is inversely proportional to drop size, increasing or decreasing drop size by adding or subtracting solvent thereto respectively decreases or increases the concentration of dissolved crystalline material and precipitating agent.
Apparatus 10 consists of a crystal growth chamber 14 coupled to a conventional programmable gradient forming apparatus 16. Gradient former 16 is of the type used in the field of liquid chromatography and functions to regulate the concentration of a substance such as a precipitating agent or a pH altering agent in a flow of solvent. This solvent, or control solution, when exposed to drop 12, establishes a vapor pressure gradient between itself and drop 12. Thus, if the control solution has a low vapor pressure and drop 12 has a higher vapor pressure, solvent will evaporate and pass from drop 12 into the control solution. Conversely, if drop 12 has a lower vapor pressure than the control solution, solvent will evaporate from the control solution and be absorbed into drop 12. In this manner, solvent is added to or subtracted from drop 12 by evaporation or absorption to decrease or increase concentration of dissolved crystalline material therein. The control fluid is provided as a continuous flow to crystal growth chamber 14 where vapor therefrom is exposed to drop 12. As is known, if the critical supersaturation point of dissolved protein in drop 12 can be slowly and controllably approached, fewer nucleation sites of crystalline material will form, which aids in forming fewer and larger crystals which possess a highly ordered structure. Accordingly, once the protein solution in drop 12 achieves a desired concentration (generally slightly supersaturated), growth rate of crystals formed therein is regulated by maintaining this concentration throughout the growth phase of the crystals.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, crystal growth apparatus 10 consists of a container 16 provided with a disc-shaped wicking element 18 constructed of an absorbent vapor diffusion means which consists of an inert absorbent material, such as sintered glass. Disc 18 is fitted into an upper, open top side 20 of container 16 and has a well or recess 22 cut into an upper side 24 thereof. This well provides clearance for drop 12 while allowing drop 12 to be positioned closely proximate to walls 26 of well 22. Due to the sintered glass configuration of walls 26, a large surface area is provided from which vapor may diffuse to and from drop 12. Drop 12 is suspended from a cover plate 28 supported by disc 18 and is sealed from ambient atmospheric gases by a layer of sealant 30, such as an inert silicone grease, which is positioned between cover plate 28 and disc 18. An inlet tube 32 coupled to gradient former 16 (not shown in FIG. 2) provides the flow of control fluid which, due to capillary action, is continuously wicked into disc 18. Spent control fluid flowing from disc 18 drains down side 34 of container 16 and is directed out of container 16 by an outlet tube 36.
As an alternate embodiment to the present invention, FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a crystal growth apparatus 38 in which a container 40 is shorter in height, with a plurality of sintered glass discs 42 resting on an interior bottom surface 44 of container 40. A cover slip 47 having a protein drop 48 disposed in suspended relation therefrom is sealed as described over each of discs 42 and wells 50. A cover plate 46 is then positioned over open upper side 49 of container 40. Inlet tube 52 is coupled to programmable gradient former 16 and allows the control fluid to be passed into container 40 where it circulates through and around discs 42. Outlet tube 54 allows the spent control fluid to be passed out of container 40.
For growing crystals in larger quantities of fluid, FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of this invention in which a plurality of beakers 56 containing fluid within which crystals are grown are positioned in openings 58 of a sintered glass disc 60. Disc 60 is placed in an open upper side 62 of a container 64, with a cover plate 66 being positioned over disc 40 a spaced distance to provide a vapor diffusion region 68 between plate 66 and beakers 56. Control fluid is conveyed to disc 60 by a plurality of tubes 70 which branch from a supply tube 72, in turn coupled to programmable gradient former 16. Container 64 is also provided with an outlet tube 74 through which spent control fluid exits.
For use of this type apparatus in a microgravity environment, crystal growth chambers 78 are constructed as shown in FIG. 6. In this embodiment, each of growth chambers 78 contains a semi-circular sintered glass wicking element 80 positioned in a capsule-shaped cavity 82 cut into a housing 84. A syringe 86 is positioned to extrude a drop 88, which adheres to end 87 of syringe 86 and positions drop 88 closely proximate a semi-circular surface 90 of wicking element 80. Drop 88 is so positioned in order to reduce vapor diffusion time between drop 88 and element 80. An inlet tube 92 in housing 84 is coupled between sintered glass element 80 and programmable gradient former 16 and conveys a supply of control fluid to element 80. Exit tube 94 in housing 84 is coupled to a low pressure vacuum source 96 to draw spent control fluid from element 80. Vacuum source 96 actively removes control fluid from wicking element 80 to prevent the control fluid from flooding cavity 82.
It is to be noted that in the above described embodiments of this invention, and as shown in FIGS. 3-6, a plurality of crystal growth chambers or beakers may be incorporated in a single chamber or housing and supplied with a control fluid from a single gradient former. Additionally, and as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, a computer 98 may be programmed to provide appropriate concentrations of control fluid responsive to conventional methods of determining concentrations of solutes in the drops, such as a refractometer 100. Refractometer 100, in conjunction with a light source 102 or 103, is used to determine these concentrations of solutes in fluids by measuring changes of refractive index of the fluid in drop 88. Still further, a light scattering detector 104 may be used to detect crystal nucleation in drops 88, which in turn may be coupled to provide an electrical output to computer 98, causing gradient former 16 to adjust the concentration of precipitating agent in the control fluid responsive to light scattering apparatus 104. As shown in FIG. 6, refractometer 100 and light scattering apparatus 104 may be coupled proximate the drops by fiber optic cables 106 and 108 to detect these changes in light (coupled via fiber optic cable 110) from light source 102. In one application, a single gradient former 16 (FIG. 6) responsive via computer 98 to a light scattering detector 104 and refractometer 100 may be coupled to a single crystal growth chamber 78 for regulating concentration of control fluid supplied to a plurality of crystal growth chambers 78. This would be done when it is desirable to screen a particular protein for crystallization parameters. Conversely (FIG. 7), a single refractometer 100 and a light scattering detector 104 may be coupled via computer 98 to a single gradient former 16 to individually control crystallization in discrete crystal growth apparatus 10.
Another method for monitoring crystal nucleation is shown in FIG. 4. In this embodiment, discs 42 are provided with a transparent glass bottom 120. A light source 122 is positioned on one side of a transparent container 40, with a camera 124 having a "macro" lens 126 being positioned on an oppposite side thereof. Camera 124 may be a video camera coupled to a monitor (not shown) or a video recorder (not shown) or may be of the still type for recording sequenced exposures.
Operation of the described embodiments of this invention is generally dependent on how gradient former 16 is programmed to function. Three examples of one type gradient, a rising gradient, are graphially illustrated in FIG. 8. As shown, time necessary for a 2% NaCl solution to increase to 4% NaCl may be varied from 50 to over 400 hours. These type gradients are useful when it is desired to initially draw solvent from a hanging drop at a relatively high rate and thereafter reduce the rate of evaporation of solvent from the hanging drop as critical supersaturation of the subject protein is approached.
FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate crystal growth results obtained in a model system consisting of protein drops formed by adding 10 microliters of a 25 mg/ml hen egg white lysozyme solution to 10 microliters of 4% (W/V) NaCl in 0.1 m sodium acetate buffer, pH4, at 25� C. The NaCl concentration in the drop is therefore initially at approximately 2% and slowly increases as it attempts to equilibrate with the gradually increasing concentration of NaCl in the control fluid. Hen egg white lysozyme crystallizes at approximately 3.9% concentration of Nacl, meaning that approximately one-half of the solvent (water) in the drop is removed to initiate crystal nucleation. For this model system, a gradient was selected which approximates gradient 126 of FIG. 8. This system grew tetragonal, prism-shaped crystals having characteristics which are graphed to the right of dotted lines 128 in the graphs of FIGS. 9 and 10. These crystals which are shown to the left of dotted lines 128 were grown by methods of prior art, which have fixed gradients of 4%. As shown, fewer and larger crystals were produced by embodiments of the present invention utilizing a gradient having a relatively slow rate (approximately 90 hours) of increasing NaCl concentration from 2% to 4%. This allows protein molecules time to orient themselves into an ordered crystalline lattice. In contrast, crystals grown by methods of prior art tend to be grown at a faster rate (less than 40 hours) as the water in the protein drop attempts to equilibriate at a constant maximum rate as set by the reservoir of 4% NaCl solution.
Crystals are grown in embodiments of the present invention by positioning a drop of fluid (FIGS. 1-4 and 7) containing dissolved protein and, in most instances, a precipitating agent, such as polyethylene glycol or ammonium sulfate, at one-half the concentration required to cause crystallization of the dissolved protein, on a cover slip 28 or 47. This cover is then placed over a sintered glass disc 18 or 42 and sealed as described by a layer 30 of inert silicone grease, with the drop suspended in a well 22 or 50 of disc 18 or 22. Inlet tube 32 or 52 of the growth chamber is coupled to gradient former apparatus 16, which is programmed to provide a flow of control fluid as described. This establishes a vapor pressure gradient between the control fluid and the fluid in the drop, causing solvent in the drop to evaporate and become incorporated into the control fluid. This reduces the size of the drop and gradually increases concentration of protein until crystallization occurs. At this point, as determined by empirical research or by refractometer 100 (FIGS. 6 and 7), gradient former 16 is adjusted to optimize conditions of crystallization. The time required for evaporation of solvent from the drop to cause the protein to become concentrated to the saturation point is variable, depending on the particular protein to be crystallized and the precipitating agent used and usually takes from 12 to 150 hours. As stated, this is necessary in order to produce highly ordered protein crystals for application in X-ray crystallography. Also, once protein in the drop becomes slightly supersaturated and crystal nucleation occurs, as detected by light scattering apparatus 104 (FIGS. 6 and 7), or camera 124 (FIG. 4), the vapor pressure gradient may be adjusted by computer 98 to barely maintain a supersaturated condition in order to prevent more crystal nucleii from forming and to cause dissolved protein in the drop to slowly be deposited around existing nucleii. Additionally, light scattering apparatus 104 and refractometer 100, in conjunction with computer 98, can be used to incrementally adjust the vapor pressure gradient on an infinitesimal level to create a condition in the growth chamber wherein the depletion of protein due to deposition of the same around crystal nucleii precisely matches the evaporation rate of solvent from the drop. In this case, the conversion of dissolved protein to solid protein governs the rate of change of the vapor pressure gradient to allow the slowest rate practical of deposition of protein around the crystal nucleii, allowing macrocrystals of high quality to be grown.
For growing crystals in a microgravity environment, and referring to FIG. 6, crystal growth chambers 78 are each provided with a syringe 86 having an end 87 from which drop 88 is extruded and supported therefrom. A low pressure vacuum source 96 is coupled to outlet tubes 94 and serves to draw spent control fluid from growth chambers 78. Once established in microgravity, syringes 86 are operated to extrude drops 88, and the apparatus is operated as described above.
From the foregoing, it is apparent that the applicants have provided an apparatus within which relatively large protein crystals of high quality may be grown and which may be computer controlled to reduce operator interface therewith. Further, this apparatus may be adapted for use in a microgravity environment, where convection currents and other disruptive effects induced by gravity are eliminated.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--- The University of New Mexico men's tennis team took down San Diego State Friday afternoon at the Linda Estes Tennis Complex. The win put the Lobos at 12-7 on the season and 2-0 in the Mountain West Conference. New Mexico secured the win with ease after taking an early advantage sweeping all three doubles matches.
Carl Ho and Joe Wood were the first Lobo duo to defeat their Aztec opponents, winning 8-2. Jadon Phillips and Phil Anderson followed suit, downing their opponents 8-6. Finalizing the sweep was Conor Berg and Ben Dunbar who edged past SDSU 8-8 (7-3.)
New Mexico also had a good afternoon on the singles side, taking 5 of 6 matches. In the Lobos no.1 spot, Jadon Phillips topped San Diego's Giovanni Vaglietti 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
The Lobos will continue conference play next weekend where they will travel to Fort Worth, Texas to take on TCU. The match against the Horned Frogs is set to begin at 6 p.m. MT on Friday April, 8.
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1. Jadon Phillips (NM) def. Giovanni Vaglietti (SDSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. Ben Dunbar (NM) def. Tim Schulz van Ender (SDSU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Javier Pulgar (SDSU)def. Carl Ho (NM) def. 7-6, 6-7, 3-2 RET.
4. Conor Berg (NM) def. Andre Feliz (SDSU) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
5. Joe Wood (NM) def. Juan Florez (SDSU) 2-6, 6-5, 6-2
6. Jose Sierra Short (SDSU) def. Mads Hegelund (NM) 6-2, 6-1
1. Phillips/Anderson (NM) def. Vaglietti/ Nicholas (SDSU) 8-6
2. Berg/ Dunbar (NM) def. Pulgar/ Schulz van Ender (SDSU) 8-8, (7-3)
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Growing up, I was admonished at regular intervals to eat my vegetables. This was usually at suppertime, as I stared morosely at a steaming pile of mashed turnips on my plate. Now, I know that the turnip is nutritious and palatable to some, but it is never going to be on my "Favorite Foods" list. Fortunately, I've discovered a place where you can eat your vegetables, along with other assorted goodies, and have a great time doing it.
That place is Jason's Deli, a neat delicatessen/health bar occupying about 5,000 square feet of 1091 Hamilton Place in Johnson City. Jason's is a mecca for those diners who have special dietary needs. Their versatile team of cooks can adjust any of their menu items on request.
Their motto is "Good Food Made Right, Here," and Jason uses fresh ingredients, many of them organic in origin.
Being a "health bar" means Jason's has an outstanding salad bar, several gussied-up baked potatoes, excellent pasta dishes and a good selection of various deli sandwiches. These last includes their signature Muffaleta sandwich. The full-sized version takes a tall stack of ham, hard salami, provolone and Jason's own olive relish mix, and piles it on a 9-inch loaf of New Orleans muffaleta bread. Believe me, one of these can easily feed two hungry diners for $11.99.
For my vegetarian friends, may I recommend Jason's newest offering, the Zucchini Grillini ($6.59)? The Grillini features a succulent mix of grilled zucchini slices mixed with red onions, roasted red peppers, kalamata olives and roma tomatoes all grilled on 9-grain artisan bread. Though Jason's offers the baked chips with this sandwich, try the fresh fruit as a side order.
For those wanting "something turkey" for lunch, Amy's Turkey-O ($5.49) fills the bill quite nicely. Here, Jason's takes a generous portion of turkey breast, adds sliced avocado, red onions, roma tomatoes and jalapeno pepper jack cheese, served up on a toasted onion bun with a dollop of stone-ground mustard. A side order of baked chips rounds out the meal.
If you can't decide from what's on the menu, Jason's creative kitchen staff can help you create a special sandwich of your own. For starters, you can choose an organic wheat wrap, an herb foccacia, sourdough New Orleans baguette, the 9-grain bread, honest-to-goodness Jewish rye bread, even a bagel or a croissant.
For your sandwich filler, choose from premium ham, smoked or oven-roasted turkey breast, tuna salad, roast beef or chicken salad with almonds and pineapple. Then choose how hungry you are: a whole sandwich created this way is $5.99, a "lighter portion," or half sandwich size, is just $4.99. Yes, Jason's does a classic deli-style Reuben sandwich ($8.39 whole, $6.89 lighter portion) complete with a half pound of thin-sliced corned beef, aged Swiss cheese, tangy sauerkraut and Russian dressing. You can get it classic style on grilled rye bread, or get it Mystery Diner-style on sourdough.
If you don't want corned beef on your Reuben, try sliced smoked turkey breast instead, then swap the Russian dressing for stone-ground mustard and pay a buck fifty less. Those looking for a heart-healthy alternative can't beat Jason's Savvy Chicken Salad Wrap ($4.99). To an organic whole wheat wrap filled with the aforementioned chicken salad with almonds and pineapple are added sliced red onions, leaf lettuce and roma tomatoes. The result weighs in at a modest 354 calories and tastes absolutely yummy!
Jason's also offers healthy pasta dishes. Their new Zucchini Garden pasta ($7.29 for a whole portion, or $5.99 for a lighter portion) starts with bowtie pasta and adds a succulent mixture of grilled zucchini, roasted tomatoes, organic spinach and artichokes, then tops the dish with bubbling aged Asiago cheese. (Oh, go ahead; get the whole portion. You can skip dessert just this once.)
Still, the dessert menu is worth a peek, containing as it does Jason's decadent dessert bars at $2.29 apiece. My current favorite is white chocolate/raspberry. Their cream cheese/pecan style bar is also good, and I must try the chocolate caramel bar on another visit. Jason's delivers any of their creations for a nominal fee and does catering as well.
I must admit, given the variety of healthy and delicious dishes on offer, eating my vegetables isn't a chore anymore, not when I can have them at Jason's Deli.
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Chris Coleman hailed Gareth Bale's commitment to Wales after the world's most expensive player raced back from his unveiling at Real Madrid to join up with the national squad ahead of the World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and Serbia.
The 24-year-old's protracted record-breaking 100million euro (£85.3million) move from Tottenham to the Spanish giants was finally confirmed on Sunday, and the following day saw him presented to more than 20,000 Real fans at the Bernabeu.
The winger could have been forgiven for wanting to stay in the Spanish capital to soak up the experience of becoming one of the club's 'Galacticos', but instead he had already informed Wales boss Coleman he would be catching a flight back to the UK and linking up with the national squad that night.
Wales' hopes of qualifying for next summer's finals are all but over, yet Bale considered it important he turn up for his country, and Coleman believes he is a shining example to his team-mates.
He said: "If we are to get better and climb the rankings, we need all our players here. Even if they have little knocks, or are maybe being put under pressure by their managers, we need them to be strong and to say they are turning up.
"That is what Gareth has done. If it is good enough for him it is good enough for all of us.
"I'm delighted with his attitude but it doesn't surprise me. I know the type of lad he is, he is passionate about Wales.
"The fact he called me to say he was on his way to Real Madrid, and he had the unveiling to do, but then he would be catching a flight back (to join the Wales squad), speaks volumes for him."
Coleman also thanked Real Madrid for allowing Bale to travel back and join up with Wales.
He said: "Credit to them, they have not put any barriers in front of him, there has not even been a conversation.
"I know Carlo Ancelotti's right-hand man Paul Clement very well, he coached with me at Fulham, so that will be good for us going forward, the fact that we have a connection there and a relationship."
But Coleman made it clear he will not risk Bale's fitness over the course of the qualification double-header.
Bale has not played since July and a foot injury prevented him from playing any part in Wales' friendly against the Republic of Ireland last month.
Wales' fans will be keen to see the game's most expensive player in action when they face Serbia in Cardiff on Tuesday, but Coleman has made it clear his star man will not play 90 minutes in either fixture.
Bale joined in with his team-mates as they trained in Hensol on Tuesday afternoon, but Coleman said: "We will not risk Gareth or anyone else.
"We will have a look and we will monitor how he goes in the next couple of training sessions and if he is going okay.
"He has no chance of playing 90 minutes in either game, we know that before we even had a conversation.
"How much of a part he can play will be determined by how he reacts over the next 24 to 48 hours in the training sessions.
"He will be with the group, he will be doing some specific work. But in the main, he will be doing a tactical session with us."
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Phoenix Suns' bench play gives starters some much-needed rest
PHOENIX -- Most NBA teams, at least the good ones, do not have to rely on strong bench play to be successful. It's not needed. The combined talent among the starters is more than enough to make up for a lack of production by the reserves.
The Suns are not one of those teams.
To be successful, the Suns must get positive contributions from all of their players.
"Well, they're big," head coach Jeff Hornacek said of the bench. "There's going to be times when we need our starters to play big minutes. We've had a tough schedule recently. We're going to hit March and March is going to be an even bigger emphasis on having that bench play well for us to give those guys minutes. You can't play 82 games with five guys. It's a whole team game."
It was the bench that helped lead the Suns to a 117-103 win against Denver Sunday.
The collection of Leandro Barbosa, Alex Len, Marcus and Markieff Morris as well as Ish Smith outperformed their counterparts in points (55-35), rebounds (24-10) and assists (11-1). Plus that unit was on the floor the entire fourth quarter -- aside from Channing Frye's two-and-a-half minutes of court time -- to outscore the Nuggets, 33-24.
"We finished good. We kept the tempo up," Markieff Morris said.
It was the third time against Denver and fourth time this season that the Suns' bench scored better than 50 points in a game.
"They deserved to be in there at the end. They carried it the rest of the way," Hornacek said.
The Suns have the fifth-best bench in the NBA, scoring nearly 37 points per game (36.9). They are one of only three teams with winning records to have their bench play ranked in the top 10, joining San Antonio (No. 1, 45.4 points per game) and Memphis (No 10, 33.5 points per game).
"They have been there for us a lot of time this year," Frye said of the Suns' second unit. "That is great that they got those minutes to get there and guys like Goran (Dragic) who are constantly throwing their body around and falling all over the ground and stuff, get some rest."
Dragic certainly needed the break.
Having logged the most minutes of any of his teammates this season�and more than 37 minutes per game since Eric Bledsoe has been out, he appreciated the front row seat to the win.
"It was good," said Dragic, who played a season-low 24 minutes. "Guys played great. It means a lot if (the bench) can close the game. It was nice. Me and (P.J.) Tucker, we were sitting next to each other and we were talking, �Man, I don't know when was the last time we sit out the fourth quarter and just watched.' It was good."
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A songbook and CD instructional kit containing a bevy of contemporary hits arranged for trumpet.
This volume of Hal Leonard's Instrumental Play-Along series contains 15 of today's hottest hits arranged for trumpet. The collection includes a full-accompaniment play-along CD with tempo adjustment software so you can sound just like a pro, and adjust the tempo without changing pitch.


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2006-07: Won doubles match over La Salle with Clarke to start the season...was injured causing her to miss the spring season. 2005-06: Compiled impressive records of 16-3 in doubles and 11-5 in singles as a sophomore...went 15-3 with Lisa Fung-Kee-Fung, including victories over Bucknell, American and Colgate at No. 2 in Patriot League contests...pairing won eight straight to open the season before falling in the ITA East Regionals...went 9-4 in spring singles play, spending the majority of her time at No. 3 and moving to No. 4 for league matches...won in league play against American. 2004-05: Won at first singles and first doubles in first collegiate match against Delaware State...settled into the top half of the singles lineup and posted 10 wins as a freshman...went 5-5 at No. 1 doubles with Fung-Kee-Fung...started at both singles and doubles in every Patriot League match...first career league singles win was three-set victory at No. 3 against American.
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The Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Sawyer has been named the 1999 John Hus Award Recipient for his distinguished career in parish ministry, administration, and education by the Governing Board of the Moravian Theological Seminary Alumni/ae Association.
Sawyer will be receiving this award at the Alumni/ae Association's annual luncheon and meeting on Thursday, March 11. The luncheon will take place in the Haupert Union Dining Room at 12:15 and will be preceded by a reception in the lounge at 11:45 a.m.
Born in Bethlehem, Sawyer received a B.S. in business administration from Lehigh University in 1935 and a B.D. from Moravian Theological Seminary in 1938. Sawyer received his M.A. in English literature from Lehigh University in 1948, his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1956, and in 1968, an honorary D.D. from Moravian Theological Seminary.
During his ministry, he served as pastor at Moravian churches in Coopersburg, Nazareth, Philadelphia, Upper Marlboro, and Winston-Salem, and he started Calvary Moravian Church in Allentown.
He has held offices on numerous boards serving as president of the Eastern District Board, vice-president of the Provincial Elders' Conference, vice-president of the Board of Church Extension, and secretary of the Board of Trustees of Moravian College.
In addition, he was a member of the Board of Christian Education, the Board of Trustees of Moravian Theological Seminary, and the Board of Trustees of Linden Hall.
Sawyer spent six years at Salem College as professor, college chaplain, and head of the Department of Religion and Philosophy. He also served as the executive head of Moravian Preparatory School and Moravian Seminary for Girls in Bethlehem and was instrumental in bringing the two schools together to form Moravian Academy. Beginning in 1974, he served as director of stewardship and deferred giving for the Eastern District Executive Board. Since his retirement in 1980, Sawyer has continued his dedicated service in the ministry as interim pastor for various congregations. He was consecrated bishop in 1986. He and his wife, Elizabeth, have three children.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – The UNC Wilmington men's basketball team beat UNC Asheville on Sunday 67-59. Click the video player in order to see our game highlights from Trask Coliseum.
WILMINGTON, NC (UNCW) — Sophomore forward Cedrick Williams scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to power UNCW past visiting UNC Asheville, 67-59, in the men's basketball season opener for the Seahawks Sunday at Trask Coliseum. It was UNCW's 11th straight victory over UNCA.
The Seahawks, who opened at home for the first time in four seasons, take the road for their next three contests, beginning Tuesday with a 7 p.m. test at former Colonial Athletic Association rival Richmond. The Bulldogs now stand 1-1 after opening the campaign with a win over Western Carolina Friday night.
Williams, out of Murfreesboro, Tenn., led three Seahawks in double figures with his total. Senior forward Keith Rendleman added 14 points and nine rebounds and newcomer Tyree Graham chipped in 12 points off the bench. For Williams, it was his first career double-double.
Senior forward Jeremy Atkinson poured in a game-high 17 points for the Bulldogs, who shot just 34.5 percent from the field, including 2-for-17 from behind the 3-point line. D.J. Cunningham and Trent Meyer both collected 11 points for Asheville.
In a back and forth home opener for the Seahawks, no more than six points separated the two teams and the contest still hung in the balance until sparks began to fly with 2:24 remaining. With the Seahawks ahead, 56-55, Rendleman was fouled on a field goal attempt and Cunningham was tagged with a technical foul after the play. Rendleman made both of his free throws to push the lead to 58-48 and Tanner Milson sank both of the technical free throws to extend the margin to 60-55. On the ensuing possession, the Bulldogs missed an attempt and Graham tacked on a three-pointer on the other end of the court to give the Seahawks a 63-55 cushion with 1:40 on the clock. UNCA could get no closer than six points the rest of the way.
After battling to a 27-all draw in the first 20 minutes, UNCW used a thunderous dunk by Williams and a bank shot in the paint by Luke Hager to build a 36-31 lead at 15:16. But Rendleman picked up his fourth personal four at 13:05 and Atkinson drained a long three in front of the UNCA bench to tie the game at 37-all with 12:46 remaining.
UNCA used a seven-point outburst to get the score back to 50-45, but Williams scored a bucket inside and added both ends of a bonus situation to slice the lead back to 50-49 with just under six minutes showing. The two teams traded buckets before the Seahawks broke away late.
Both teams came out frosty in the early going, combining for 8-of-24 shooting, before the Seahawks inched out to a 13-8 margin. Williams followed up his own shot in the lane with 10:21 to go in the first period to give the Seahawks an early advantage.
UNCA rallied to grab the lead, however, with a 10-2 spurt over the next four minutes. Cunningham did most of the damage, scoring six points in the run, and a floater in the lane by reserve forward Will Weeks gave the Bulldogs an 18-15 edge with 6:35 remaining in the first period.
UNCW still trailed by six points with 2:39 left in the first half until back-to-back triples by Dylan Sherwood and Graham and another baseline jumper by Sherwood pulled the Seahawks even at the break.
GAME NOTES: The Seahawks shot 39.0 percent from the field and 71.4 percent at the free throw line…It was Buzz Peterson's first season-opening win in three tries at UNCW…The two teams combined for 43 turnovers…Rendleman fouled out with 48 seconds remaining…UNCW pushed its series advantage to 15-8 over UNCA…Buzz Peterson is now 9-6 lifetime in season openers…The Seahawks stand 114-78 against the Big South Conference…Tyree Graham, Luke Hager and Chris Dixon each made their debuts at Trask Coliseum.
CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) – Peyton Manning made sure John Fox's return to Carolina was a successful one, throwing for 301 yards and a touchdown to lead the Denver Broncos to a 36-14 win over the Panthers on Sunday.
Manning threw his 420th touchdown pass to move into a tie for second place on the NFL's all-time list with Dan Marino. He trails only Brett Favre (508).
Manning had plenty of help from his teammates.
Von Miller harassed Cam Newton all day and Trindon Holliday returned a punt 76 yards for a touchdown as the Broncos (6-3) won for the fifth time in six weeks. The Broncos sacked Newton seven times, including once for a safety, and Miller pressured him into an interception Tony Carter returned 40 yards for a score.
Fox, who coached the Panthers for nine seasons, downplayed his return all week, but celebrated with a few fist pumps Sunday.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – Notes from over the weekend:
New Hanover defeated Pinecrest on Saturday in the state soccer playoffs. The game was tied at 1-1 after overtime. The Wildcats won the game in a penalty kick shootout 4-3. New Hanover will face Green Hope High School on Tuesday at 6:30 in the 4-A East Finals of the NCHSAA.
Cape Fear Community College defeated Mid Atlantic Christian 114-41 on Saturday in women's hoops. It was the first home game for the SeaDevils. This is the first season for women's basketball at Cape Fear Community College.


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Vt. court affirms sentence in '04 ex-wife deathThe Associated Press | June 21,2013MONTPELIER - The Vermont Supreme Court is affirming a minimum 14-year prison sentence for a man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2004 death of his wife whose body was found outside their Bethel home.
William "Al" Kimmick had filed a post-conviction relief claim that he had ineffective counsel during the 2005 sentencing phase after his conviction on the manslaughter charge filed after the death of his wife 41-year-old, Kathyrn Kimmick.
The body of Kathryn Kimmick was found frozen in a car outside her Bethel apartment on Jan. 23, 2004, about three days after she died. An autopsy found she died of blows to the head.
William Kimmick fled to Taiwan after his wife's death, but he surrendered and returned to the United States.
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Lincoln's Plan For Reconstruction
June 1955 | Volume 6, Issue 4
The State of the Union
In his annual message to Congress in December, 1863, in fulfillment of that provision of the Constitution which requires that the President shall "give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union," Lincoln addressed himself to the question of reconstruction. He did not deal in quibbles or generalities, but came up with a plan. Anyone who knew Lincoln would have known that his design for a restored Union would not be hateful and vindictive. It would not rule out the very spirit of reunion. His view had never been narrowly sectional. Born in the Southern state of Kentucky of Virginia-born parents, moving thence to Indiana and Illinois, he was part of that transit of culture by which Southern characteristics, human types, and thought patterns had taken hold in the West and Northwest. Though he was antislavery and of course antisecession, he was never anti-Southern.
He had said in his first inaugural: "Physically we cannot separate," and on various later occasions he had returned to this theme. As he wrote in his annual message of December 1, 1862, to "separate our common country into two nations" was to him intolerable. The people of the greater interior, he urged, "will not ask where a line of separation shall be, but will vow rather that there shall be no such line." The situation as he saw it, in "all its adaptations and aptitudes . . . demands union and abhors separation." It would ere long "force reunion, however much of blood and treasure the separation might cost."
Thus Lincoln's fundamental adherence to an unbroken Union was the point of departure for his reconstruction program. One could find, in the earlier part of his presidency, other indications bearing upon restoration. In an important letter to General G. F. Shepley, military governor of Louisiana (November 21, 1862), he advised strongly against what came to be known as "carpetbagger" policy. He did not want "Federal officers not citizens of Louisiana" to seek election as congressmen from that state. On this his language was emphatic: he considered it "disgusting and outrageous ... to send a parcel of Northern men here as representatives, elected, as it would be understood (and perhaps really so), at the point of the bayonet."
While in this manner disallowing the idea of importing Northern politicians into a Southern state as pseudo-representatives in Congress, he also repudiated the opposite policy of Fernando Wood of New York which would accept Southerners in Congress prematurely—that is, before resistance to the United States was ended and loyalty assured. To mention another point, he had, in considering the formation of the new state of West Virginia, expressed his view that, in the pattern of the Union, only those who were loyal—i. e., who adhered to the United States—could be regarded as competent voters.
To these points—the indispensable Union, loyalty, and the unwisdom of carpetbaggism—one must add Lincoln's fundamental policy of emancipation and his non-vindictiveness in the matter of confiscation. Taking these factors together the historian has, before December, 1863, the ingredients of the President's reunion program.
In announcing that program on December 8, 1863, Lincoln issued two documents: a proclamation, and a message to Congress. In his proclamation, having the force of law, he set forth the conditions of a general pardon and the terms of restoring a Southern state to the Union. In his accompanying message he commented upon his plan, telling more fully what was in his mind and defending his course by reason and persuasion. The offer of pardon (with stated exceptions) and restoration of rights (except as to slaves) was given to anyone in a seceded state who would take and keep a simple oath. Phrased by the President, this oath constituted a solemn pledge to support the Constitution of the United States "and the union of the States thereunder." The oath-taker would also swear to abide by and faithfully support all the acts of Congress and all the proclamations of the President relating to slaves unless repealed, modified, or declared void by the Supreme Court.
So much for the oath, with pardon and restoration of rights. The next element in the proclamation was re-establishment of a state government. This again was intended to be simple and practical. Whenever, in a seceded state, a number not less than one-tenth of those voting in 1860, should re-establish a republican government, such a government, according to Lincoln's proclamation, would "be recognized as the true government of the State."
Turning from the proclamation to the simultaneous message, we find Lincoln setting forth the reasons and conditions of his policy. In this he addressed himself to various questions that he knew would arise. What about the oath? Why the ten per cent? What about state laws touching freedmen? Why preserve the state as it was? How about state boundaries? Why was the President assuming the power of reconstruction as an executive function? He started with the obvious unwisdom and absurdity of protecting a revived state government constructed from the disloyal element. It was essential to have a test "so as to build only from the sound." He wanted that test to be liberal and to include "sworn recantation of ... former unsoundness." As for laws and proclamations against slavery, they could not be abandoned. Retaining so far as possible the existing political framework in the state, as Lincoln saw it, would "save labor, and avoid confusion." He did not, of course, mean by this that the system in any state was to be permanently frozen for the future in unchangeable form.


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It's open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday until Dec. 22.


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WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross sophomore forward Adam Schmidt (Warrington, Pa.) has been named the Team Travel USA Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week for his five-point performance in a two-game series versus Bentley on Feb. 24-25. Schmidt posted four goals and one assist for five points on the week. This is the first time in his career that he has earned this honor, while this is his second career weekly award as he was named the Rookie of the Week on March 14, 2011.
On Friday, he scored the first goal of the game and also added an assist in the 2-2 tie. On Saturday, he tallied three goals including the game-winner for his first career hat-trick in the 6-4 victory. Schmidt has posted at least one point in eight straight games as he has seven goals and nine assists for 16 points over that stretch. Schmidt leads the team this season with a career-best 15 goals and a career-best 32 points, while he is tied for first with a career-best 17 assists. His career-best six power play goals also lead the team. For his career, he has 21 goals and 32 assists for 53 points in 70 contests.
The No. 5 seeded Crusaders (17-13-4, 15-8-4 Atlantic Hockey) will square off against the No. 12 seed Army (4-21-7, 3-19-5 Atlantic Hockey) in a best two-out-of-three Atlantic Hockey Tournament first round series at the Hart Center on March 2-4 at 7:00 p.m. The Crusaders are 7-0-1 in their last eight games as they have outscored their opponents by a 37-13 margin. With a series win, the Crusaders will qualify for the quarterfinals as they are their looking to earn their third NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students/seniors and may be purchased by calling (508) 793-2573 or visiting the Holy Cross Ticket Office located in the Holy Cross Field House during business hours (9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.). The Crusaders swept the Black Knights this season winning by a 3-1 score on Dec. 10 in Worcester, Mass., while they won 6-1 on Feb. 10 and 4-2 on Feb. 11 in West Point, N.Y.


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The teenager accused by police of shooting a man in downtown Charleston is now also accused of robbing the man he allegedly shot.
Antuane Jamal Means, 18, of North Charleston and another suspect robbed Tyrek Varns and then shot him inside an apartment on Lee Street on Nov. 13, according to police.
Means was initially charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. Now, police have also charged him with armed robbery.
Varns told an EMS worker he knew the person who shot him, the police report states. He was taken to Medical University Hospital for surgery. Varns was awaiting trial on charges of abusing a child.
In 2010, North Charleston police charged Varns with infliction of great bodily injury to a child after they said he and two other teenagers held an 18-month-old boy by his ankles and beat him. The child received five rib fractures, lacerations to his liver, spleen and pancreas and bruises to his chest, back and abdomen. Varns was free on $80,000 bail and awaiting trial on the abuse charge.
Police are still looking for the other suspect involved in his shooting, who is described as a black male wearing a yellow construction vest and a baseball cap with a black brim.
Anyone with information about the second suspect can call Charleston Police at 577-7434 or Crime Stoppers at 554-1111.
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Join my challenge for Lent in 2013
On Wednesday, I was at Stacks, by favorite local eatery, when I noticed a man coming in. He had what appeared to be dirt on his forehead. Then I saw his wife and several others with cross-shaped smudges on their foreheads. It dawned on me. It's Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. I should have known; I was busy getting my remarks together for our Ash Wednesday service later that evening. It moved me to see the public witness of those Christians. They were literally marked for Christ. It made me want to go to an earlier service so I could join them!
Why do we bother with Lent and Ash Wednesday and Shrove Tuesday and Holy Week and Palm Sunday and all the "stuff" that's coming our way in the next 46 days? It has origins in the earliest of Christian churches, probably as early as 200 C.E. Shrove Tuesday is also known as Fat Tuesday because it is traditional to have pancakes and other sweets to use up any fats and sugars in the home prior to the lean weeks of Lent. Lent is 40 days (not counting Sundays - because they were considered "little Easters") of prayer and fasting in order to share in the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. It's 40 days because that's how long Christ was tempted in the wilderness.
But back to my original question, "Why bother with Lent?" What can our post-modern culture gain from this ancient practice? Well, I can't answer that for everyone, but I know why it's important to me. Beyond the superficial New Year's Resolutions I come up with, Lent is a time to really step back and take a good look at myself. Resolutions may be losing weight or getting out of debt. Both of those are just symptoms. Lent is when I look inside myself and say, "What's broken? What hurts? What keeps me from enjoying life in Christ? What grudges am I holding onto? Where am I on my spiritual journey? Am I the person God intends me to be?" During Lent, I intentionally take the time to do self-examination. In my prayer time, then, I can begin to work with God to change from within. But, it's not just about me. Lent is also a time when we are called to care for the poor and oppressed among us. So now I must turn my gaze outward, and ask some of the same types of questions. "What's broken with society, my world, my community? Who is hurting? What prevents others from enjoying a life in Christ? What prejudices surround me? Who's holding a grudge that's literally eating them alive? Where are my friends and family and congregation in their faith journey, and how can I be of assistance to them as they move toward the cross? Is my world what God intends it to be?"
Tough questions. I don't want to face them. But like the bare trees outside that must be cut back in order to bloom in spring, I must turn inside and begin the process of pruning in order to prepare for new growth. I can give up chocolate for Lent - but seriously, is that going to make any kind of spiritual sacrifice on my part? I'll just chomp down on a huge chocolate bunny on Easter day. What lesson is learned?
But if I give up.....
• negativity
• shopping for anything other than the ACTUAL necessities of life
• electronics - phones, iPads, computers, etc. except when necessary for our work
• media - newspapers, magazines, television, internet
and spend all that time changing my world - interior and exterior. What would happen to me? to my world? Grace, perhaps?
That's why I bother with Lent. Do you? Drop me a line and join in my challenge - Lent 2013! I pray we all have a holy and blessed Lent. I'll pray for you. You pray for me. Let's change our world!
• Reach the Rev. Caren Bigelow Morgan, pastor of Waxhaw United Methodist Church, at 704-843-3931.


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Los Gauchos al pastor is the best
It's because they're ugly and can't read good
Grew up in UA, went to Watterson. Great rivalry, but I'm still proud to call UA home.
I haven't commented on 11W since before DJ left (pours malt liquor out in homage), not out of outrage or anything but because I AM IMPORTANT AND BUSY. But seriously, have we as an Ohio State community commented on how Ross looks like the Fresh Prince? No? Just me? OK I'll be going home.
Sarah, here is a new show from JJ Abrams on NBC. Basically, electricity doesn't work anymore. I think it looks pretty decent:
That is also one of my favorite pictures as well. I think that one may be off of the Dispatch website which actually sells a small copy of it. However, there is a very similar, but in my opinion far superior, picture taken by an SI photographer. I went so far as to track the photographer down, compliment him on his work, and ask him if I could buy a copy from him. He told me he wasn't able to sell it to me due to SI's rules. I couldn't have been more disappointed.
Uh Indiana is going to be really, really good. They return Zeller and Watford which means that all of their top 5 scorers are back from last year. I am also pretty sure their recruiting class was pretty good this year. They have five new guys coming in three of which were rated inside the top 100 by ESPN.
Has anyone heard anything on Jabari Parker? He just one the Gatorade High School Player of the Year as a Junior. What are the odds that we land Jabari Parker in next years recruiting class?
I'm pretty sure that face that Kahn makes at the end of the clip is the same face the BCS officials make at the end of every college football season as they lord over the rest of us plebs.
Any post with a title as epic as "The Wrath of Con" needs a link to the original KAHN clip:
Please note the "evil-gasm" at the end.
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Can anyone here give a detailed break down of what sort of defense to expect if Mike Stoops is hired?
I remember playing Youngstown Mooney back in high school and I know that for as long as Mooney has been around their philosophy has been "The Quarterback can't throw from his back". Does Stoops mimic this high pressure philosophy? Does he blitz linebackers or use stunts with the line for pressure? Do the d-backs play man or zone?
I would love to see OSU play more man press and blitz the backers.
Brady Hoke Philosopher King:
I couldn't possibly love one comment in that video any more:
"Whether you are an OFFENSIVE LINEMAN or defensive lineman you better be able to run". Can't wait for Urban Meyer to not recruit slow, fatasses on the O line.
Ya Gene Smith has a ton of credibility. Look at that solid track record:
1) In June he said there would be no more violations or suspensions...
2) In the spring he said that Tress would be our coach...
3) He had a meeting with the football team in early October and told them there were no more suspensions...
But yea let's take his word at face value.
Sorry to be bitter but this man has zero credibility. Anyways, with all that said, I still hope that we do go to a bowl game. The underclassmen could use the practice and the seniors could use a nice send off. Plus declining a bowl invite is kind of a big FU to the Big Ten as we would not be contributing anything to the bowl revenue but would be sharing it. (I suppose we could always decline to share in the revenue and maybe that is what we would do if we banned ourselves from a bowl).
+1,000 for the Usual Suspects reference in the RDS picture.
Great write up Chris. I totally agree about paying attention to this team even though it is still football season in most fans' minds.
Chirs, were we in man the majority of the night? I know you made the comment that the defense was, "a tough and extended as you've come to expect when Matta has the horses to not save energy in zone." Did you notice any zone?
Bobcat, as far as Ross goes, I believe I saw Baptist (one of the bball writers for the Dispatch) re-tweet one of Ross's tweets that said he would be back on the team in December. That assumes obviously that his grades go smoothly. So I think you are correct, if things go according to plan he should be back by B1G season.
Dear 11W,
Basketball season starts in two weeks. Please update the basketball Buck's schedule for the new season. Even ESPN has our current schedule up.
Keep writing about BB. That article was awesome. If people don't like hearing about the basketball team they can EAD.
Johnathan Hankins is putting in some serious work.
As the divine channeler of Mr. Warren G's eternal soul DJ has a responsibility, a holy obligation if you will, to swing for the fences every single week. If he goes down in flames so be it. Better to die with your dong in your hand than lead the timid life of an SEC fan. I think Teddy Roosevelt said that.
By the way, the Warren Harding sections have become one of the few highlights in the smoking crater that is this football season.
Hankins has been one of the bright spots on the defense. Especially in the first half against Nebraska he was swallowing people up and a wrecking ball in the middle. (There was a second half to that game? I blacked out. Sorry I'm not sorry.)
However, the man deserves a better nickname than Big Hank. I get it; it is an easy jump from Hankins to Big Hank. However, this country has never been about doing the easy thing. This country was founded on killing red coats, xenophobia, and beer. I'll be damned if we can't come up with a better nickname for Mr. Johnathan Hankins.
And so I propose for a man as glorious as this ravishing beast:
The only acceptable nickname is Bubba Biscuits. Let that one roll off the tongue and tell me that it doesn't instantly feel right. We need to make this happen for Jon, for Ohio State, for Amuuurica.
If we could get Chris Petersen that would be absolutely incredible. Take a step back and honestly evaluate the Coach:
1) Boise beats teams that they are supposed to beat (with the exception of Nevada last year). Not only does Boise beat teams they are supposed to beat, they absolutely curb stomp them into the ground with the hatred of Derek Vinyard. That shows you that he has very disciplined teams. Yes, I know that he is not playing against Big Ten or SEC schools on a consistent basis. At the same time he does not have the talent of an average SEC school or a top Big Ten School.
2) More often than not Boise State beats teams that have more talent. This is the best indicator of a great coach. Sure you can destroy Idaho (go back to growing our nation's potatoes NERDS), but beating a team that you have no business even being in the game with (see Oklahoma during the 2006 season) means that a coach is innovative and has some balls. You can't beat a more talented team without a clever X's and O's scheme and taking risks, two ideal traits in a head coach.
3) Finally (and to me this is the most astonishing thing of all), he gets high school boys to come playing in FREAKING IDAHO. I know that Idaho is actually a vastly underrated state especially when it comes to natural beauty such as mountains, forests, etc. However, it is not warm, there are no major cities in the state, the girls cannot possibly be as attractive as a Big Ten or Pac-10 school (NO ONE DENIES THIS), you are not playing anyone in major cities, and let me reiterate that point about the women. If you were a decent player from the West Coast wouldn't you go play at UCLA or Arizona if you weren't good enough to play at USC? I would. What is Chris Petersen doing out there?? Is he Jedi Mind Tricking them? Has he learned how to achieve Inception?? I must learn his secret and he must be our head coach.
Johnny Tremain FTW!!!


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I love how you started this off, describing the scene at the little pizza shop/bar - Sarah's right- you paint a really good picture about what the show was like.
Gah Hilarious! I really liked the facebook part- i couldn't stop laughing at the pic you put up with sally talksomuch.
I had no idea we were writing about the same thing!! I like how you wrote yours though - it was cool getting the two POVs
I have never watched the Jay Leno show before but you've got me intrigued! I'll have to tune in : )
Haha I like the way you started this - I am 21 years old and I still have all my soccer trophies from elementry school on my desk at home
I think it has been about 4 years since the last time I bought a CD - Looking back, I miss the excitement of waiting for my favorite artist to come out with an album and then falling in love with almost all the songs. Now, I only buy singles off itunes that I hear on the radio - I'm probably missing out on tons of other great songs but I'll never know because I don't buy the whole album!
sorry about the weird clicking sound on the video - i think it's the wind hitting the mircophone.
Haha they must have Kyle - either that or their coffee!
I added the link - sorry about that! I was having problems with the internet earlier so I forgot to add it.
About the photos, there should be a photo of the flyer that I added... I see it when I preview but let me know if it's not showing up. As for photos of the game itself, I intend to be taking some later this week as more zombies get involved : )
This is a rather funny story (seeing as no one was hurt). I'm intrigued to see where this lawsuit goes.