Do you want to know how much pee you're swimming in? A scientist at the University of Alberta has some answers for you. (Those who wish to remain blissfully ignorant, keep scrolling.)Stock Photo via Anne Lepesant

Do you pee in the pool? Maybe its a habit yououtgrew,but for every potty-trained graduate ofage-group swimming there are a dozen more older and mature swimmers that would still rather just let it go than get out during practice. After all, most swimmers only ever get out of the pool to pee right before the hard setwe see you, slackers, but were not debating the actual sizes of your bladders here. In fact, we applaud your willingness to walk all the way to the toilet, because as Dr. Xing-Fang Lifrom the University of Alberta has discovered, your teammates that stay put havent stopped answering natures call in your shared aquatic field of play, the pool.

So, do you still want to know how much pee is in a pool? Well, assuming youre swimming in a standard eight-lane, 25 yard pool, which holds approximately 220,000 gallons of water, youre also swimming in about 20 gallons of urine. Your best friends backyard pool, which likely measures around 20 feet long by 40 feet wide at about five feet deep, probably contains onlytwo gallons of pee. In either case, this translates to approximately 1/100th of 1% of the pools total volume. Peanuts, right? Well, it turns out its not that simple.

Even a volume as tiny as 1/100th of 1% of the pools volume can be a hazard to patronshealth. How? Well, when urine andchlorine bond in their objectionable union a whole host of unsavory compounds known asdisinfection byproducts are born. Such byproducts include thechloramines floating in the air that swimmers and pool-goers breathe in, giving pools that classic chlorine odor, to cyanogen chloride, a chemical so dangerous it is classified amongchemical warfare agents,to nitrosamines, substances which are usually carcinogenic. While theres not enough evidence to say whether the nitrosamine levels in pools increase risk of cancer, one Spanish study founda trend inbladder cancers in some long-term swimmers. Apparently, even peeing in the pool can generate bad karma that might bite you back in the very organ you sneakily relieved during that social kick your coach was nice enough to pencil into the workout.

So how did scientists determine these volumes in the first place? Well, if it leaves your body, it had to find its way in somehow, so in the case of pee, scientists followed the Yellow Brick Road back to artificial sweeteners which leave a distinct and traceable residue in pool water. For this study,Dr. Xing-Fang Li measured the amounts of acesulfame potassium, or Ace-K for short, in competition pools, hotel pools, and hotel hot tubs in two Canadian cities. University of Purdues Dr. Ernest Blatchley III equated peeing in the pool to second-hand smoke, saying that the habit is disrespectful and potentially dangerous. However, as Blatchley points out, any pool open for wide-spread or public use is definitely absorbing its fill of urine. Essentially, pee in the pool is a foregone conclusioneven a joke among many swimmersso best prepare to deal with it.

Any swimmer or swim parent can tell you how much worse air quality tends to be in natatoriums than at outdoor pools. Without open air and sunlight, airborne compounds like chloramines build up and are more concentrated, making breathing more difficult, especially for those with respiratory issues such as asthma. Whats more, urine isnt the only unpleasant substance finding its way into common waters via the human body. Oils on the skin and in the hair, and products used on the body such as lotions and hair gels, all contribute to the sump that pool water can become if both patrons and aquatics directors and staff do not take the necessary precautions to side-step inadvertentlyadulterating the seemingly pristine waters within which weswim.

Thankfully, the path to a cleaner pool is simple. First, if you gotta go, just get out of the pool and go, or go before practice, or hold it. Your choice! Second, actually take a shower before getting in the water like the sign in the locker room says. It might seem redundant to shower before getting in the pool, but by rinsing off whatever residue is on your skin and hair before getting in the water, youre doing everyone in the pool, on deck, and in the stands a favor. So there you have itthere really is a lot of pee in the pool, but with any luck, well keep a few gallons out!

The original study this information is drawn from can be found here. For further scientific reading about chloride formation in swimming pools and other disinfection byproducts, click here.

Reid Carlsonoriginally hails from Clay Center, Kansas, where he began swimming at age six. At age 14 he began swimming club year-round and later with his high school team, making state all four years. He was fortunate enough to draw the attention of Kalamazoo College where he went on to

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Veronica Branch, 56, a government procurement expert, describes her dream date as an educated man who has traveled some, has his own means and wants a companion who is his equal. Alan Oakes, 59, a government IT manager, is looking for someone who laughs easily and is intelligent but not too engrossed in their work. The pair agreed on everything necessary to make a great long-term relationship, and that this thing called sparks is for crazy youngsters. Or is it? If not sparks, then what would it take for them to make a romantic connection? We sent them to Ophelias Fish House on Barracks Row to find out.

Veronica: I got there early. Im always early. He was just a little late, and he said that time management was one of his issues.

Alan: She was a charming, attractive lady. There wasnt a love connection, thats for sure, however, and I say that because the type of lady Im attracted to is someone who is fairly active.

Veronica : He was well-dressed and looked friendly.

Alan: She was a widow. Fortunately for her, she had been in a very good marriage and lost him about three years ago. We talked a lot about that. It was still very obvious that the pain of losing her spouse was present.

Veronica : I could see why we were set up. We had a lot of things in common. Hes a government worker, and so am I. Hes financially responsible, and so am I. He has children and I have children.

Alan: Shes originally from Philly, and my ex was originally from Philly.

Veronica : He said he was a Catholic, and Im a Christian. I go to a nondenominational church.

Alan: We were together about two hours, and for probably the first hour we discussed our past relations. I had been married about 15 years and divorced about 12, but I said my ex and I are friends. We occasionally this is true meet and do things together.

Veronica: I told him Im a widow. Its been only three years. But Im good. God is good. Ive worked on becoming a full person. And with grief support for a couple of years, it really helped, spiritually, physically, mentally. Its not a difficult conversation now.

Alan: It didnt bother me. I wanted her to feel comfortable and relaxed, and I didnt mind talking about it. That was a large part of her conversation her husband, who she said was her best friend. I complimented her and her marriage, and that she was in such a satisfying marriage.

Veronica : He talked about his ex, that they have a great relationship, and he talked about his daughter. Hes a proud father. There werent any lulls in the conversation.

Alan: Once she mentioned how close and how satisfying her marriage was, I wanted her to know that there wasnt any current angst between me and my ex. That sort of cleared the air, that there was no lingering anger over any past relationships.

Alan: Ive been dating more than she had. She said I was her first date in three years. She asked candidly how she could spot a man who was, for example, not sincere in dating.

Veronica : We also talked about the politics of the day. We both have a little anxiety about our country right now.

Alan: I asked her about her definition of the chemistry thing. I told her with the women I have met it seems like ladies want bells and whistles on the first date. I told her thats basically not true of men. Even though we are visual creatures and our eyes can light up, men arent into that instant chemistry.

Veronica : I feel that only crazy young people can have that kind of craziness. Not that I think you cant find love, or that its not romantic, but its a little bit more evolved.

Alan: Were mature people who are, I guess, out in the singles dating world, so we agreed, based upon our situation, that we dont need to beat around the bush.

Veronica: Were there sparks? That is so young. I would say we were in the friend zone.

Alan: I think neither of us felt the wow factor. But shes a gracious lady. She asked to stay in touch, and we swapped numbers.

Veronica: I called a friend of mine to come and get me. You cant be too safe, and you just dont know if people are crazy.

Alan: Her escort was already there. We went outside and he honked, and she introduced me to him. We shook hands, it was all very gracious, and I gave her a hug, and off to the vehicle she went.

Veronica: I could have driven, but if things go south, now you know where I live and know what my car is.

Alan: Ive dated ladies in their 50s who are angry at their ex-spouse and angry at the dating scene. This was not like that at all. It was a nice, friendly date.

Veronica : He brought me a flower and a valentine card. A good date is a good date.

Rate the date

Veronica: I would give it a 3 [out of 5]. Like I said, we were more in the friend zone.

Alan: Id say a 4, in terms of friendliness, relaxation and respect for her.

Update

The two have not been in touch since their date.

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Youve probably heard of physics engines in games. But what about chemistry engines?

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wilds technical director, Takuhiro Dohta, talked about some of the open-world games design philosophies at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The anticipated title launches soon (it might even be out by the time youre reading this). Itll be available as a launch title for the Switch on March 3, and its coming out for the Wii U that same day. We gave it a score of 100/100 in our review

Dohta said thatNintendo decided that its new Zelda needed a chemistry engine. If physics engines dictate how objects influence the way things move, a chemistry engine could be in charge of how objects change each others states.

Basically, Breath of the Wilds physics engine has three rules:

So, fire (an element) can set a tree (a material) on fire. But a tree cant change the state of another tree. However, water (another element) can put out a fire.

Above: Its all connected.

Image Credit: GamesBeat

But Zelda lets playersget more creative than that. This interaction of elements and objects is one of the keys that makes Breath of the Wild such an interesting game. It lets players experiment and find unique solutions to problems. For example, you could fan a giant leaf at a sail on a boat to move it, or you could throw a sword toward a group of enemies during a storm to attract a lightning bolt in their area.

Dohta admitted that this kind of chemistry isnt real chemistry. Little of it would scientifically work in the real world. However, a sense of in-game logic dictates theway everything interacts. In real life, a leaf, no matter how big, couldnt make enough wind to move a sailboat. But in the game, it makes sense once you become familiar with theitems mechanics.

Nintendo wants people to feel like geniuses when they play Breath of the Wild, and this chemistry engine makes those ah ha moments possible.

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With the NBA trade deadline in the rear view mirror, the Celtics will have to turn to the buyout market if they are looking to make changes to their roster.

Talking to CSN Celtics InsiderA. Sherrod Blakely, Danny Ainge explained why signing players who have been bought out can be a risky move for a team like the Celtics.

Well weigh each guy that comes on the market and see if that can be a boost to our team, explained Ainge. At the same time, I like our team. Bringing in new players sometimes messes up your whole chemistry, and it shifts somebody into a different role that theyre not accustomed to doing. You better know what youre getting.

We brought in Michael Finley, Sam Cassell. . . PJ Brown turned out to be a very good asset to us. Most of the time it sort of disrupts things. At the end of the year you go, wow, we probably shouldnt have done that. Even though on paper it looked like a great acquisition, it wasnt as good as everyone thought it would be.

Chris Mannix breaks down the Boston Celtics deciding to stand pat at the trade deadline, and how the C's were not very close at all to getting Paul George.

For the second straight season the trade deadline came and went with no moves from the Boston Celtics.

President of basketball operations Danny Ainge continues to look at the big picture as his team moves forward with their roster intact.

It wasnt for lack of trying, last year and this year, said Ainge. We came away with Al Horford in the summer. We drafted Jaylen Brown, Jaylen just continually getting better. Im very excited about the future of both those guys. We were also able to get Ante Zizic, who is having a terrific year over in Turkey. I think that our future is looking good.

We hope to have another good summer this year, whether we use the draft pick, whether we trade the draft pick. I think we cant go wrong, as long as we dont screw it up and pay too much for certain assets.

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John White Webster was known as something of ahot-head. And, as a professor of chemistry at Harvard College, he certainly liked to blow things up. But he could not seriously be considered a suspect in the caseof Dr. George Parkmans death. After all, as Harvards President Jared Sparks said, Our professors do not often commit murder.

Dr. Parkman was a very prominent Bostonian, famous for, among other things,his false teeth. He was the benefactor of Harvards Medical College and had endowed thechair of anatomy occupied by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. His nephew, Francis Parkman, would grow up to be Americas first great historian. One moresolid fact about the doctor: he was last seen on this Earth walking towards the Medical College on the afternoon of November 23, 1849.

An eminent Bostonians disappearance occasionedone of the earliest uses of forensic evidence in the American courtroom.

Two days after Dr. Parkman was last seen, Professor Webster admittedthat hed had an interview with him thatafternoon and paid him several hundred dollars. So, his pockets full of money, Parkman must have been robbed on the way home. Had the desperate cutpurses done something even worse?

An eminent Bostonians disappearance was real news. A reward was posted. Enter the Medical Colleges janitor, Ephriam Littlefield, who testified that he heard Webster and Parkman arguing. On his own, Littlefieldbegan excavating the privy vault under Websters rooms. Dr. Parkman, onepresumes? Yes, or at least parts of him. Constable Derastus Clapp promptly arrested Webster. More bodily remains were found in Websters laboratory, in the stove and in a tin box, including those famous false teeth. The teeth were identified by Dr. Nathan C. Keep, who had made them for Parkman. This was one of the earliest uses of forensic evidence in the American courtroom.

Stewart Holbrook gives a fine prcis of the scandal and trial. John Webster didnt make enough money to pay for his famously lavish entertainments. He had gone deeper and deeper into debt with Parkman, a real estate tycoon known for extracting every penny he was owed. Webster had even sold his rock collection to help pay off his debt, though it had already been mortgaged to Parkman. Unfortunately, he sold it to Parkmans friend Robert Gould Shaw, grandfather of the Robert Gould Shaw who commanded the first all-black regiment in the Civil War.

Defense attorneys, including Pliny Merrick, were later sharply criticized for not vigorously cross-examining Littlefield. Webster claimed that Littlefield moonlighted as a resurrectionist, one of that infamous crew who illegally supplied bodies to medical colleges for anatomy lessons. Albert I. Borowitz details the charges laid out against the defense by A. Oakey Hall, later a Mayor of New York (and another Harvard man, obviously). But as Borowitz notes, Halls points were blunted by the fact that he hadnt actually attended the trial.

Capital crimes in Massachusetts where presided over by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, Lemuel Shaw (Harvard, Class of 1800), who was also Herman Melvilles father-in-law. Shaws three-hour charge to the jury in the Webster case is considered one of the greatest expositions of the law of circumstantial evidence ever delivered. The jury found Webster guilty after three hours of deliberation. He appealed, to no avail. Just before swinging from the hangmans rope in 1850, he confessed to the crime.

The case was long remembered. Twenty years later, Charles Dickens named the murder room as the one place he really wanted to visit in Boston, much to the chagrin of locals. And attorney Ben Butler, who was not a Harvard man, was soon admonished by a judge to tread lightly with awitness.

Dont you know hes a Harvard man?

Yes, I know, your honor; we hanged one the other day.

By: Stewart Holbrook

The American Scholar, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Autumn 1945), pp. 425-434

The Phi Beta Kappa Society

By: Albert I. Borowitz

American Bar Association Journal, Vol. 66, No. 12 (December, 1980), pp. 1540-1545

American Bar Association

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Over the last few years, the 00s emo revival has been snowballing. With comeback tours, reformations, emo nights and new artists adopting the sound, its now somehow bigger than ever. In the last few months, the quiet hum of emos comeback has grown to a scream, and its here to stay. 2020 is the new 2005, so in this fortnightly column, Marianne Eloise, whos been covering the revival since 2016, will round up (some) of the near-daily emo news: from new shows to new songs to cryptic clues.

Its been another huge two weeks for the 00s emo revival, and naturally, My Chemical Romance have been pretty much dominating the entire conversation. With their US tour being announced, on sale and sold out within a matter of days, US MCR fans have been completely bankrupted in the last fortnight.

That also means that some of the smaller news has been swiftly forgotten in the midst of MCR mania (it really is 2006!). Hayley Williams has also been incredibly busy, releasing two new songs, debuting the cover of her album, and putting us all through an emotional wringer.

Here are some of the highlights from a very emo fortnight:

While The All American Rejects havent strictly gone anywhere, they have teased that they might throw their hat in the nostalgia ring. When a fan tweeted that their 2005 album Move Along is an underrated powerhouse, they quote tweeted him to say, Cheers bud, shes turning 15 this year... think we are gonna do a real tribute for it, sound like a plan? A lot of fans got very excited very quickly, offering to empty their bank accounts if the band do a full tour, but they havent yet announced anything officially.

While The Used and My Chemical Romances relationship has been at times fraught, the two bands have a long history. A lot of fans just want to see them working together again specifically, with The Used supporting on the comeback tour.

It looks like it might just be a reality. On their current tour, Bert McCracken joked a few separate times that The Used could be supporting MCR, at one point saying, You can probably catch us on tour with My Chemical Romance in the fall. Well see. he later said, Im not saying Im joking. Come on, you know me, Im a kidder. but who knows? Maybe its a double bluff.

On January 29, MCR dropped another cryptic video entitled A Summoning. At 13 minutes long, the video announced a US tour while stirring up nostalgia in their oldest fans. Its jam packed with references to key moments in MCR history, like Im Not Okay, The Black Parade era, dead friends and colleagues, Helena, Killjoys, Life On The Murder Scene... etc. Its full of the cult-y imagery of the previous teaser videos, and at the end, announces the US tour dates. Naturally, the dates sold out in minutes, with additional shows being added in LA and the extremely high resale prices becoming very controversial. Still, its all just testament to how loved My Chemical Romance are in 2020. Their fans are not to be reckoned with. Plus, many believe that the sounds heard in A Summoning will be part of new music.

As The Format split in 2008, singer Nate Ruess is probably better known by many as the singer of pop band Fun., which he formed with Jack Antonoff. But The Format were pretty formative for a lot of baby emos, and after years of silence, this week they surprised everyone with an impromptu acoustic performance at a screening of their 2007 concert film Live At The Mayan Theatre. They havent announced new music just yet, but if youre in the US, they will be playing five shows in March and April.

After releasing the vicious, beautiful song Simmer a few weeks ago, Hayley Williams gifted fans with some more news and music. She teased a new song with a video entitled Simmer Interlude that saw Williams-as-monster wrapping her human self in a cocoon. She also tweeted, theres more to the story. Its almost never what you think.

The song, Leave It Alone, is far more subdued and less unnerving than Simmer. A heartfelt rumination on grief and loss, it relies primarily on strings and Williams voice. The video shows her waking in a cocoon as a scaly, butterfly-esque creature in Bjrk-like costume and makeup singing, 'Now that I finally wanna live/the ones I love are dying'.

We then see her emerge from the cocoon, and human Hayley walks around the woods, where we also see a body under a sheet. It marks the continuation of an incredibly raw and emotionally generous era for Williams, cemented by her debuting the cover for Petals For Armor, which features her makeup-free looking at the camera. Not keen to let her fans rest for a second, on February 6, Hayley released an eerie video for more upbeat song Cinnamon, a poppy testament to being home alone and free. And then she released the first half of her album, with two brand new tracks! She never stops!

That's all for this fortnight check back in two weeks' time for the latest in the world's emo revival news

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The UC Davis department of chemistry is hosting the 17th annual R. Bryan Miller Symposium on Thursday and Friday, March 16-17, at the UCD Conference Center off Old Davis Road.

The Miller Symposium celebrates the contributions of UCD professor R. Bryan Miller, who laid the foundation for the departments thriving pharmaceutical chemistry and chemical biology programs. The symposium features invited speakers from industry and academia from across the country who will share cutting-edge research that will interface between chemistry, biology and medicine.

In addition, the student poster session and opening receptions, coffee breaks and lunch provide ample time for networking.

This event is open to the public, and all proceeds from ticket sales will benefit poster awards and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as ensure continuation of the conference. Tickets range from $10 for UCD students to $50 for faculty and staff to $75 for the general audience.

For more information and to register, visit http://www.conferences.ucdavis.edu/miller.

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The Claremore boys basketball program is too busy winning games and conferences to worry about posting one of the best seasons in school history.

Last Friday, the Zebras wrapped up the Metro Lakes Conference title with their 55-45 win at Tahlequah. Tuesday, they recorded their 20th win in 22 games with a 48-42 victory at No. 7 Collinsville.

Friday night, the Zebras get a playoff warm-up game at Skiatook before hosting them the following Friday in the first round of the Claremore 5A Regional.

Nope...not enough time to pat themselves on the back. They got business to take are of.

Honestly, we really havent got caught up in the records or anything like that, said head coach Tommy Nolan. I think what we try to preach to the kids is we take it a day at a time, a practice at a time, a possession at a time and a game at a time. I told our coaches that when the dust is settled and when the season is over, well start digging down into the record books. We know (this season) is up there. Its been a special season. These kids deserve the recognition. Its definitely got to be one of the best winning percentages Claremore has had.

Talk of records may have not crossed the coaching staffs minds, but they are getting talked about. The Zebras are ranked No. 3 in the state. They will host a regional, which means they are one of the favorites to be one of eight teams at the state tournament.

Conference title check.

Winning a playoff game is next.

We accomplished a goal, Nolan said. We knew it was important. But weve got to maintain that momentum going into the playoffs. We want to make sure the kids enjoy it along the process, but as a coaching staff, weve got to stay focused and keep these guys as focused as we can.

At times this season, fans can tell this is a special team with lofty expectations. The senior-heavy team is full of athletes who have played together for years. Through those years, they have developed a chemistry almost a melding of the minds where they know where each other is going to be on the floor.

Sometimes, its just downright eerie.

The chemistry is there, Nolan said. And the guys who havent played with them as long, you can tell the chemistry has been built throughout the year in practice. These guys love to play. When they get done with practice, they stay around and play. You can tell they have built a chemistry together. They are able to read off one another and get to the right spots. They feed off each other.

And its not just Chemistry 101. There are other reasons why this team is 20-2.

Chemistry is very important, Nolan said. This team has been very unselfish. They relish in the success of the other guys. Its helped with the chemistry on the floor.

Last years early exit in the first round of the playoffs was a tough pill to swallow. Now, the Zebras are a year older and a year wiser. And that first-round game will be on their home floor against Skiatook at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24.

The other regional game will be Edison vs. Bishop McGuinness at 6:30 p.m. The winners will play at 7 p.m. Saturday.

If the Zebras hold court and are regional champs, they are just one win away from a trip to state.

Our first goal was to win the MetroLakes. Now it is to win a playoff game, Nolan said. There are a lot of good teams on that board behind you. And weve got a tough region. Weve got a couple of good teams coming in and a really good team from the west side of the state. When you get into the playoffs, anything can happen. We want to worry about winning that first game and then focus on trying to win the regonal and whatever happens from there on happens.

The Zebras wont be looking to rest players for the regular season finale at Skiatook. They may try some different rotations, do a little more substituting, try some new things. But Nolan wants his team to be that snowball rolling down the mountain gaining momentum and growing as it goes.

We will have a week, Nolan said. Theyve got plenty of time of rest after (Fridays) game. We just need to make sure we go out and execute and keep working together.

Nolan says this is a passionate group. They celebrate their wins as a team, celebrate their individual successes with no jealousy. They jump around and sing in the locker room after a game. It has been one of those seasons.

Its a joy to be around, Nolan said.

But when it all eventually comes to an end, either in the regional or area tournaments, or standing on the podium while holding the gold ball, it will be sad for everyone knowing it is over.

Thats the tough part of coaching, Nolan said. You build relationships. Its not just the scoring and the defense and what they do on the floor, in the halls and in the classroom. You build strong bonds and relationships with these guys. You hope when all is said and done, in three years or four years, that theyll come back around and be a part of the program because they are a big piece of the success we had.

Thats what we enjoy is seeing them become young men, and hopefully, some of the things weve instilled in them they can carry on later as they become husbands and fathers themselves.

PLAYOFFS

5A Girls Regional

At Shawnee

Thursday, Feb. 23

6:30 p.m. - Claremore vs. Tulsa Memorial

8 p.m. - Shawnee vs. Durant

Saturday, Feb. 25

1:30 p.m. - Regional championship

5A Boys Regional

At Claremore

Friday, Feb. 24

6:30 p.m. - Edison vs. Bishop McGuinness

8 p.m. - Claremore vs. Skiatook

Saturday, Feb. 25

7 p.m. - Regional championship

4A Districts (Area II)

Friday, Feb. 17

Oologah at Victory Christian (girls 6:30 p.m., boys 8 p.m.)

Claremore Sequoyah at Rogers (girls 6:30 p.m., boys 8 p.m.)

Saturday, Feb. 18

Inola at Miami (girls 6:30 p.m., boys 8 p.m.)

4A Districts (Area IV)

Friday, Feb. 17

Muldrow at Catoosa (girls 6:30 p.m., boys 8 p.m.)

3A Districts (Area II)

Saturday, Feb. 18

Dove Science at Verdigris (girls 6:30 p.m., boys 8 p.m.)

Kellyville at Chelsea (girls 6:30 p.m., boys 8 p.m.)

2A Districts (Area II)

Friday, Feb. 17 at Liberty

Foyil vs. Libert (girls 6:30 p.m., boys 8 p.m.)

Saturday, Feb. 18

Winners play Christian Heritage (girls, 6:30 p.m, boys 8 p.m.)

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For the first time, scientists have watched a chemical reaction happen from beginning to end without any missing pieces. Kang-Kuen Nis lab at Harvard University chilled molecules to within a millionth of a degree of absolute zero and used a Kerplunk!-style array of lasers to document the reaction as it happened.

Taking molecules to extremely low temperatures can be called ultracold chemistry, and it not only slows the particles down, but allows them to be manipulated in ways they cant be at higher temperatures. The molecules are essentially in a hypothermic coma that reduces their movement to the lowest possible speed.

One of the ways solid materials mislead us is by suggesting the particles in them arent active, but solidity and liquidity are usually the result of chemical reactions themselves. Within an ice cube, molecules move less than they do in liquid water and steam, but they still move very fast compared with what the Harvard lab calls the quantum crawl of near-zero Kelvin.

Ni has used ultracold chemistry to do a de facto Crispr drawer on molecules, combining impossible pairs that are so cold that they lack the normal resistance to bonding. This led to interesting work by itself, but the scientists in Nis lab realized they were seeing something else amazing: Instead of a before and after, where molecules were separate and then together, they were seeing what happened in the middle for the first time ever.

That new understanding will inform future research into how molecules combine and split. Both the observation of splitting and the molecule manipulation are made possible by ultracold chemistry, which slows a chemical reaction from a trillionth of a second to a huge, leisurely millionth or more.

Its amazing that scientists were observing anything within that trillionth of a second to begin with, which they did using powerful and extremely fast lasers. With microsecondsmicro is metric for a millionththe same level of laser power can document a hugely increased amount of data about the reaction. One microsecond is a million times longer than the chemical-bonds phase of a naturally occurring chemical reaction. Imagine if you sneezed in a very cold room and your half-second sneeze extended to 139 hours.

Nis research team is excited to see what else its near-absolute-zero facility will help reveal. The ability to slow reaction observation time by a factor of a million offers tantalizing possibilities in every field of science, but perhaps most of all in quantum physics, where the measured impression has always been that a few things are somehow happening simultaneously.

Is that truly the case, or is there billionth-of-a-second microthread processing that just appears smooth and simultaneous? If we slow particles enough, can we identify why observing them changes their outcomes or even stop that from happening? And what will having this power mean for changing isotopes, making new molecules, and more? The possibilities are limitless. Nis team published its paper in Science, and lead author Ming-Guang Hu summed it up nicely: Without this technique, without this paper, we cannot even think about this.

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DUBLIN, Jan. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "IoT in Chemical Industry by Technology Type (Enabling Technology and Operational Technology), Chemical Verticals (Mining & Metals, Food & Beverages, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Paper & Pulp), Region - Global Forecast to 2024" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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The Global IoT in Chemical Industry is estimated to grow from USD 48.9 billion in 2019 to USD 77.9 billion by 2024, at a CAGR of 9.7%.

It is largely driven by the increasing emphasis on technology for various industrial applications, such the growing use of IoT in the manufacturing process and the introduction of AI base models in predictive analytics for asset management and condition monitoring.

The key players profiled in the report include as Siemens AG (Germany), General Electric Co (US), ABB Ltd (Switzerland), Rockwell Automation, Inc. (US), Emerson Electric Co (US), Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Japan), Honeywell International Inc. (US), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan), Schneider Electric SE (Germany).

Enabling technology is expected to be the fastest-growing type segment of the IoT in Chemical Industry market, in terms of value, between 2019 and 2024

The enabling technology segment is projected to register the highest growth, in terms of value, during the forecast period. The growing concern toward the reduction of risk associated with chemical and metal industries, rising environmental concerns due to chemical release from the plants, and the rising emphasis on circular economy are driving the demand for digital transformation, which is leading to the growth in the IoT in Chemical Industry market.

Chemical verticals segment is estimated to register the highest growth rate, between 2019 and 2024

The chemical verticals segment is estimated to register the highest growth rate, in terms of value, between 2019 and 2024. This is owing to the increase in chemical production across various regions and rise in demand for specialty chemicals in advanced engineering processes.

The chemicals segment is expected to reach USD 5 trillion in next 5 years. This also reflects the growing chemical production facilities and infrastructure globally. The increased number of chemical refineries and production plants is expected to impact the market positively since new plants are highly anticipated to adopt technologies such as IoT, big data, augmented reality, and industrial robots.

Rising customer demand from food & beverage and pharmaceutical industries and the growth in chemical production are likely to drive the demand for IoT in Chemical Industry in APAC

The APAC IoT in Chemical Industry market is estimated to witness significant growth during the forecast period. The growing chemical production in China and increasing urbanization and industrialization are driving the IoT in Chemical Industry market in the region. In addition, the rise of mining and metal companies in the region will further drive the IoT in Chemical Industry market.

APAC has some of the highest growing countries in the world. This is possible due to the growth in industrial infrastructure and increased foreign investments. Various plants and production facilities are anticipated to start in the region in the coming years. Greenfield projects are likely to integrate new processing technologies, thus further boosting the growth of the IoT in Chemical Industry market.

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Key Topics Covered

1 Introduction

2 Research Methodology

3 Executive Summary

4 Premium Insights 4.1 Attractive Growth Opportunities in the Chemical 4.0 Market4.2 Chemical 4.0 Market, By Region (2019-2024)4.3 APAC: Chemical 4.0 Market, By Enabling Technology and Country4.5 Chemical 4.0 Market, By Operational Technology

5 Market Overview 5.1 Introduction5.1.1 Market Evolution5.1.2 Elements of Chemical 4.05.1.2.1 Cyber Physical Systems5.1.2.2 Industrial Internet of Things5.1.2.3 Cloud Computing5.1.2.4 Cognitive Computing5.1.2.5 Data5.1.3 Essentials of Chemical 4.05.1.3.1 Technical Requirements5.1.3.1.1 Connectivity5.1.3.1.2 Sensor Technology5.1.3.1.3 Automation5.1.3.1.4 Data Analytics5.1.3.2 Organizational Requirements5.1.3.2.1 Digitization Strategy5.1.3.2.2 Workforce Optimization5.1.3.2.3 Change Management5.1.3.2.4 Cross-Industry Collaborations5.2 Market Dynamics5.2.1 Drivers5.2.1.1 Increased Emphasis on Efficiency and Optimization5.2.1.2 Increasing Adoption of Industrial Robots5.2.1.3 Increasing Demand for Industry-Specific Solutions to Drive the Growth of the Market for IoT in Manufacturing5.2.1.4 Increased Emphasis on Regulatory Compliances5.2.1.5 Growth of the Semiconductor Industry and Other Supporting Industries5.2.1.6 5G Communication5.2.1.7 Circular Economy5.2.2 Restraints5.2.2.1 High Capital Investment Required for Transformation5.2.2.2 Low Adoption Rate of Technologies5.2.3 Opportunities5.2.3.1 Industrial Growth in Emerging Economies5.2.3.2 Enterprise-Wide Integration Leading to Enhanced Efficiency5.2.3.3 High Emphasis on Digitization By Governments Globally5.2.3.4 Advancement in IoT, Cognitive Computing, and Additive Manufacturing5.2.3.5 Real-Time Data Generation and Data-Driven Process5.2.3.6 Better Working Conditions, Superior Sustainability, Increased Energy-Efficiency, and Environmentally Sustainable Production and Systems5.2.3.7 Food Safety, Spoilage, and Contamination5.2.4 Challenges5.2.4.1 Threats to Data Security and Other Cybersecurity Risks5.2.4.2 Skill Gap5.2.4.3 Lack of Infrastructure5.2.4.4 Challenges in Information Technology and Operational Technology Convergence5.2.4.5 Low Adoption Rate of Industry 4.0 Infrastructure in Small- and Medium-Sized Industries5.2.4.6 Employee Pushback and Change Management5.2.4.7 Transparency, Ethics, and Regulatory Compliances

6 Chemical 4.0 Market, By Type 6.1 Introduction6.2 Operational Technology6.3 Distributed Control System (DCS)6.3.1 DCS Provide Safe Execution and Control of Critical Process, Which are Not Possible to Control Manually Due the Risks Involved6.4 Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)6.4.1 Increasing Number of Factories are Generating Demand for Micro and Nano Plcs6.5 Manufacturing Execution System (MES)6.5.1 High Rate of Adoption of Mes is Due to Its Increasing Benefits in Process and Discrete Industries6.6 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)6.6.1 Ability to Integrate All the Critical Business Information Across an Organization is Boosting the Adoption of Erp Solutions in Smart Factories6.7 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)6.7.1 Shift Toward Development of Scada App for Smartphones and Tablets is Likely to Encourage Chemical 4.0 Market Growth6.8 Plant Asset Management (PAM)6.8.1 Increasing Demand for Software Solutions Capable of Determining Failures in Advance is Favoring the Market for Pam6.9 Human Machine Interface (HMI)6.9.1 Evolution of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the Growing Demand of Smart Automation Solutions are Driving the Market6.10 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)6.10.1 Rising Demand for Efficiency and Productivity in Manufacturing Plants Across the Globe is Promising for the Market6.11 Enabling Technology6.12 Industrial Robotics6.12.1 Traditional Robots6.12.1.1 Cartesian Robots6.12.1.1.1 Cartesian Robots Help With A High Degree of Mechanical Rigidity, Accuracy, and Repeatability6.12.1.2 Scara Robots6.12.1.2.1 Scara Robots Provide Higher Flexible Reach6.12.1.3 Articulated Robots6.12.1.3.1 These Robots Cover A Larger Work Envelope6.12.1.4 Other Robots6.12.2 Collaborative Robots6.12.2.1 The Robotics Industry Players are Focusing on Designing Collaborative Robots as Per the Requirements of Smart Manufacturing Facilities6.13 Machine Vision6.13.1 Machine Vision Will Be Able to Reduce the Risk of Humans to Get Exposed to Hazardous and Toxic Conditions in Chemical Industries6.14 Internet of Things (IoT)6.14.1 IoT is Gaining Traction With Its Ability to Enhance Product Knowledge and Production Efficiency6.15 3D Printing6.15.1 The 3D Printing Market is Experiencing Growth With Strong
R&D Regarding New Print Materials and Technologies6.16 Big Data6.16.1.The APAC Region Holds Immense Potential for the Growth of the Big Data Market6.17 Machine Condition Monitoring6.17.1 The Technology is Helpful in the Reduction of Maintenance Costs By Optimizing Machine Performance6.18 Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR)6.18.1 The Implementation of These Technologies is Increasing in Various Industries, Including Chemical6.19 Artificial Intelligence (AI)6.19.1 The Major Factor Contributing to the Growth of the Market in the Ai Segment is the Ability of the Technology to Reduce Human Errors6.20 Digital Twin6.20.1 APAC is the Fastest-Growing Market in This Segment

7 Chemical 4.0 Market, By Industry Vertical 7.1 Shift in Revenue Streams Due to Megatrends in Chemical Industry7.2 Introduction7.3 Metals & Mining7.3.1 Rising Demand for Preventive Maintenance is Encouraging the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Solutions in the Mining Industry7.4 Food & Beverage7.4.1 The Implementation of Automation Technologies is Growing in This Industry7.5 Chemical7.5.1 Petrochemicals & Polymers7.5.1.1 The Growth of the Petrochemicals & Polymers Segment is Opening Up Opportunities for the Adoption of Industry 4.0 Solutions7.5.2 Specialty Chemicals7.5.2.1 Data Analytics Have Immense Scope in This Segment of the Chemical Industry7.5.3 Fertilizers & Agrochemicals7.5.3.1 The Growing Demand for Organic Chemicals is Expected to Drive the Market7.5.4 Others7.6 Pharmaceutical7.6.1 Increasing Demand for Industrial Automation to Ensure Product Standard is Driving Digital Transformation in This Industry7.7 Pulp & Paper7.7.1 The Ongoing Digitization of the Paper Manufacturing Process is Expected to Drive Chemical 4.0 Adoption in the Industry7.8 Used Cases

8 Chemical 4.0 Market, By Process 8.1 Introduction8.2 Research & Development (R&D)8.2.1 Reduced Product Development Time8.3 Manufacturing8.3.1 Leveraging Technology to Improve Production Process8.4 Procurement8.4.1 Inventory Management Complements Procurement Process8.5 Packaging8.5.1 Achieving Sustainability Through Automation and Technology8.6 Supply Chain Management and Logistics8.6.1 Faster and Flexible Distribution8.6.2 Maintaining A Large Amount of Data8.6.3 Automation as A Solution8.6.4 Warehousing for Profit

9 Chemical 4.0 Market, By Region 9.1.1 Introduction9.1.2 APAC9.1.3 Europe9.1.4 North America9.1.5 Middle East & Africa9.1.6 South America

10 Competitive Landscape

11 Company Profiles 11.1 Siemens AG11.1.1 Business Overview11.1.2 Products Offered11.1.3 Recent Developments11.1.4 Winning Imperatives11.1.5 Current Focus and Strategies11.1.6 Threat From Competition11.1.7 Siemens AG's Right to Win11.2 General Electric Co.11.3 ABB Ltd.11.4 Rockwell Automation, Inc.11.5 Emerson Electric Co.11.6 Yokogawa Electric Corporation11.7 Honeywell International Inc.11.8 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation11.9 Schneider Electric SE11.10 Fanuc Corporation11.11 Fortive11.12 International Business Machines Corporation11.13 Cisco Systems Inc.11.14 Microsoft Corporation11.15 Stratasys Ltd.11.16 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company11.17 Qualcomm Inc.11.18 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd11.19 Texas Instruments Inc.11.20 Atos SE11.21 3D Systems Corporation11.22 Denso Corporation11.23 Other Players

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June 5, 2017 9:19 PM By EdBenkin

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) Chemistry is the key word for the Eagles at OTAs. The team is hoping to find the right mix in the laboratory before the start of the season.

The Eagles kicked off another round of OTAs on Monday as they continue to move closer to training camp. There are a host of new skill players on offense whom the Eagles are hoping will result in an upgrade in point production. For offensive coordinator Frank Reich, it comes down to the right recipe for both the newcomers and the returning players.

Its like youre making a meal and youre bringing in fresh ingredients, said Reich. But youve got your old staples and youre trying to put together a recipe thats going to taste good. Its going to look good. Add the right seasoning, try to do things, isolate guys, try to do things in formations, taste it a little bit, see if it tastes good and work it a little bit more. Thats kind of what were doing right now is going through that process.

The process has been helped by quarterback Carson Wentz. The second-year signal caller has taken over a leadership role on the team. Wentz has complete confidence in the new players as well as his teammates from a year ago and has little fear that they wont be prepared for the start of the season.

Its still a process, Wentz said. I think were still just under a hundred days now until game one. Weve still got to keep building this thing, but things are starting to click for a lot of guys.

One of the key ingredients to the 2017 offensive recipe is wide receiver Alshon Jeffery. The former Chicago Bear is expected to make a major impact with the receiving core. Jeffery also believes the chemistry is growing on the offensive end both on and off the field.

It shouldnt take that long, said Jeffery. For the most part, we are clicking together and we are getting to know each other. Were also hanging out and getting to know each others personality.

Wentz is quick to point out the chemistry isnt restricted to the offensive side of the ball. While the competition will heat up at practice once training camp gets underway in July, the quarterback sees a strong bond between players throughout the roster.

Theres such a comradery between the offense and defense and the special teams, Wentz said. Were all in this together. Ive really had that feel. Its a competitive environment but at the end of the day, were all one big team. That comradery makes it fun to go out there and practice.

Now, its up to the players and coaches to find the right recipe for 2017.

Ed Benkin has been reporting sports for KYW Newsradio since April 2004, but hes long been a familiar face in the KYW newsroom and around the Delaware Valley. Born in Philadelphia and raised in South Jersey, Benkin attended Cherokee High School in...

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Book World: Weike Wang's 'Chemistry' charts a young woman's toxic reaction to stress

Chemistry

By Weike Wang

Knopf. 211 pp. $24.95

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Weike Wang's "Chemistry" is the most assured novel about indecisiveness you'll ever read. Consider its opening lines: "The boy asks the girl a question. It is a question of marriage. Ask me again tomorrow, she says, and he says, That's not how this works."

The boy is Eric; the girl, our narrator, goes unnamed. Both are graduate students in chemistry: He has just graduated; she has one year left. They have been together for four years, and their relationship has reached the point where whenever she invites friends over for dinner, they assume she will announce her engagement. But when Eric really does propose, she hovers, uncertain and unnerved.

Eric is cheerful, capable, from small-town Maryland. (The narrator wonders "why he left a place where every ice-cream shop is called a creamery to work seventy-hour weeks in lab.") Their relationship is bashful and enormously endearing. He compliments her vials. When he gets the job offer he's been hoping for, he puts a doily on her head and dances her around the kitchen. So why won't she say yes?

The title "Chemistry" also, of course, alludes to love. But in Chinese the word for "chemistry" translates to "the study of change." The novel is equally about the narrator's slow self-transformation and her relationship with Eric. Both have arrived at a catalytic moment: "the indecision each reaction faces before committing to its path."

Her best friend is a successful doctor, her lab mate miraculously efficient, and the narrator finds it difficult not to compare their careers with her own, which seems to have stalled. In high school she was an award-winning student. As an undergrad she became fascinated with synthetic organic chemistry, not quite anticipating that as a graduate student her job would require, say, repeating step No. 8 of a 24 step synthesis for months, "just so I can get the yield up from 50 percent to 65."

"Chemistry" is narrated in a continual present tense, which, in conjunction with Wang's marvelous sense of timing and short, spare sections, can make the novel feel like a stand-up routine. (Compare "the boy asks the girl a question" to a classic setup like "a horse walks into a bar.") Personal crises are interrupted, to great effect, with deadpan observations about crystal structures and the beaching patterns of whales. The spacing arrives like beats for applause.

But the present tense also suggests the extent to which the past is, for this narrator, an ongoing anxiety. It's hard for her not to contrast her immigrant parents' phenomenal will unfavorably against her own. After all, her father made it from the backwaters of rural China to graduate school and America. The narrator explains, "Such progress he's made in one generation that to progress beyond him, I feel as if I must leave America and colonize the moon."

Her parents expect nothing less. Growing up, her father instructs, "Tell me the time in arc second per second or don't tell me at all." When she confesses to her mother that she's leaving graduate school, her mother screams, "You are nothing to me without that degree."

"Think small," the narrator counsels herself, "think doable, think of something that might impress no one but will still let you graduate and find a job." But she can't think, she doesn't know what she wants, and if she can't decide, she may lose everything: Eric, her career, her self-worth.

Despite its humor, "Chemistry" is an emotionally devastating novel about being young today and working to the point of incapacity without knowing what you should really be doing and when you can stop. I finished the book and, after wiping myself off the floor, turned back to an early passage when the narrator asks her dog, "What do you want from me? You must want something."

It doesn't.

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Fisher is a freelance writer and Chinese-English translator.

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COLUMBIA As assistant soccer coach Don Trentham split Missouris players into groups during a team practice, he called the names of two of his top forwards: sophomore Sarah Luebbert and senior Jessica Johnson.

"Sarica!" Luebbert remembers the coach yelling before catching himself. "Oh, I mean Sarah and Jessica. Youre on this team!"

Luebbert loved Trentham's slip-up. She calls herself and Johnson a dynamic duo the two scored a combined 15 goals in 2016 and she wants the nickname "Sarica" to catch on.

Though Missouris players have not yet started calling the two forwards by their combined name, Luebbert and Johnsons chemistry is essential on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball.

Head coach Bryan Blitz trains his players to aggressively defend the whole field, comparing his style to a full-court press in basketball. The defense begins with the forwards, and Blitz said Johnson and Luebbert embrace this mindset.

"You might score 20 goals, but if you dont defend, you won't start," Blitz said. ... "If you do both (offense and defense), thats when you can start. And thats what those two exhibit for us."

Luebbert is coming off a monster 2016 season in which she scored 10 goals, including four game-winners. She led the Tigers in points and was named SEC Freshman of the Year.

Johnson also put up solid numbers, tallying five goals and five assists. Luebbert said the senior excels when fighting for the ball.

"Sarah's direct success was because of all the dirty work Jessica does," Blitz said.

Heading into her final season with Missouri, Johnson has emerged as a leader. Luebbert said she has a calming presence; the senior doesnt have an in-your-face style, which makes her more relatable to teammates.

"We all are leaders on this team as seniors," Johnson said. "Definitely getting into that and growing into that role has been pretty awesome so far."

Blitz said he asked Johnson to lead the offense in 2017. He does not want to put too much pressure on Luebbert after her standout freshman year, and he stressed Johnson's improved finishing abilities, which will complement her speed.

"Shes really fast, so its fun to use our speed against other teams," Luebbert said. "We both really like to work together to try and confuse defenders and switch positions and play off of each other."

The sophomore vividly remembers working well with Johnson during a specific play during the 2016 season. Missouri was playing a road game against Mississippi in its SEC opener, and the two forwards were running toward the Rebels' goal with the game tied at zero.

Luebbert took the ball at the side of the field and quickly crossed it to Johnson, who took a shot in front of the goal.

Ball met net, and the Tigers were on the board.

Luebbert still smiles when thinking of the play. It was "Sarica" at their finest, and its a sight Missouri fans could get used to in 2017.

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Mar 9, 2017; Raleigh, NC, USA; Carolina Hurricanes forward Valentin Zykov (39) celebrates his first period NHL goal with forward Sebastian Aho (20) and defensemen Brett Pesce (22) against the New York Ranger sat PNC Arena. Mandatory Credit: James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports

New York Rangers: Brendan Smiths Report Card as a Ranger by Timothy Haggerty

On their current road trip, the New York Rangers won two-of-three games despite injuries to important players on the roster. However, the loss of these players has made it difficult for the Rangers to maintain a set lineup.

These shifts to their lines and pairings have threatened the chemistry that the teams worked on all season. It will be essential for the Rangers to run lines as consistently as possible before the start of the postseason.

Both Rick Nash and Michael Grabner are expected to return to the lineup tonight against the Detroit Red Wings.

Nash missed Thursdays game against Carolina with an upper-body injury. He is slated to play tonights game against Detroit with Mika Zibanejad and Pavel Buchnevich.

At points throughout the season, Nash has also played with rookie Jimmy Vesey. With Nashs absence due to injury earlier this year and with Zibanejad jumping around from line-to-line, there has been little consistency for Nash and his linemates.

Michael Grabner has missed five games due to a hip injury. The 29-year-old has been one piece of a key line for the Rangers this year.

Grabners line with J.T. Miller and Kevin Hayes has arguably been one of the most regularly played lines on the roster. Grabner has played some of the best hockey of his career on a line with Miller and Hayes.

Jesper Fast is currently on the Injured Reserved with a shoulder injury. The 24-year-old doesnt score all that much, but Fast is arguably one of the Rangers most prominent forecheckers and adds much needed two-way play on the Rangers fourth line.

Having him back in the lineup in the future will add depth on the Rangers fourth line on both the offensive and defensive end.

On top of the issues the Rangers have faced on defense, they have been impacted by the loss of Dan Girardi and Kevin Klein.

Both Girardi and Klein have been placed on the Injured Reserve and are out indefinitely (Klein for his back and Girardi with an ankle injury). The addition of Brendan Smith, who the Rangers picked up before the trade deadline, and Steven Kampfer, who the Rangers acquired in the Dylan McIlrath trade have kept the Rangers afloat in their absence.

Finally, it was announced yesterday that Henrik Lundqvist would be out for two to three weeks with a lower-body injury. More specifically a muscle strain, this shouldnt be a huge concern for the Rangers, as Lundqvist will be back in time for the playoffs.

Lundqvist is the Rangers most vital piece in the defense. Because the teams most prominent issues stem from their play on the defensive end, they will need Lundqvist to be at his best entering into the playoffs.

In looking ahead, for the Rangers to have any chance moving into the playoffs they need a 100% healthy roster.

With such competitive Metropolitan Division this season, it is vital that the Rangers have every asset on their team at full strength.

They also need to establish some kind of consistency to the lines that they are running.

It seems that head coach Alain Vigneault has been working all season to try and establish what pairings he wants to run on a consistent basis.

He has been changing up combinations in part due to the inevitable injuries the Rangers were bound to face, but has also done it at points when it seems unnecessary. There have also been scenarios where combinations that were effective that were not given the time to fully develop.

While the Rangers players are capable of playing with anyone on the roster, there is a period of adjustment. Additionally, the longer lines are played consistently, the more players will be able to predict their linemates moves on the ice.

Vigneault needs to make a finally call on his lines. He needs to begin to run consistent pairings that are as close to those that will be played in the postseason.

The return of Nash and Grabner to the lineup tonight should be the start in an effort toward these goals of health and consistency on the roster.

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Marwin Gonzalez is so versatile that the deep Astros can rest players at will and insert Gonzalez into the lineup.

Marwin Gonzalez is so versatile that the deep Astros can rest players at will and insert Gonzalez into the lineup.

April 3: Astros 3, Mariners 0

Record: 1-0

April 3: Astros 3, Mariners 0

Record: 1-0

April 4: Astros 2, Mariners 1

Record: 2-0

April 4: Astros 2, Mariners 1

Record: 2-0

April 5: Astros 5, Mariners 3 (13th inning)

Record: 3-0

April 5: Astros 5, Mariners 3 (13th inning)

Record: 3-0

April 6: Mariners 4, Astros 2

Record: 3-1

April 6: Mariners 4, Astros 2

Record: 3-1

April 7: Royals 5, Astros 1

Record: 3-2

April 7: Royals 5, Astros 1

Record: 3-2

April 8: Royals 7, Astros 3

Record: 3-3

April 8: Royals 7, Astros 3

Record: 3-3

April 9: Astros 5, Royals 4 (12 innings)

Record: 4-3

April 9: Astros 5, Royals 4 (12 innings)

Record: 4-3

April 10:Mariners 6, Astros 0

Record:4-4

April 10:Mariners 6, Astros 0

Record:4-4

April 11:Astros 7, Mariners 5

Record:5-4

April 11:Astros 7, Mariners 5

Record:5-4

April 12: Astros 10, Mariners 5

Record: 6-4

April 12: Astros 10, Mariners 5

Record: 6-4

April 14: Astros 7, Athletics 2

Record: 7-4

April 14: Astros 7, Athletics 2

Record: 7-4

April 15:Astros 10, Athletics 6

Record:8-4

April 15:Astros 10, Athletics 6

Record:8-4

April 17:Astros 3, Angels 0

Record:9-4

April 17:Astros 3, Angels 0

Record:9-4

April 18: Angels 5, Astros 2

Record: 9-5

April 18: Angels 5, Astros 2

Record: 9-5

April 19: Astros 5, Angels 1

Record: 10-5

April 19: Astros 5, Angels 1

Record: 10-5

April 20: Astros 2, Angels 1

Record: 11-5

April 20: Astros 2, Angels 1

Record: 11-5

April 21: Astros 6, Rays 3

Record: 12-5

April 21: Astros 6, Rays 3

Record: 12-5

April 22: Rays 6, Astros 3

Record: 12-6

April 22: Rays 6, Astros 3

Record: 12-6

April 23: Astros 6, Rays 4

Record: 13-6

April 23: Astros 6, Rays 4

Record: 13-6

April 25: Astros 4, Indians 2

Record: 14-6

April 25: Astros 4, Indians 2

Record: 14-6

April 26: Indians 7, Astros 6

Record: 14-7

April 26: Indians 7, Astros 6

Record: 14-7

April 27: Indians 4, Astros 3

Record: 14-8

April 27: Indians 4, Astros 3

Record: 14-8

April 28: Astros 9, Athletics 4

Record: 15-8

April 28: Astros 9, Athletics 4

Record: 15-8

April 29: Athletics 2, Astros 1

Record: 15-9

April 29: Athletics 2, Astros 1

Record: 15-9

April 30: Astros 7, Athletics 2

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When the New York Giants made Evan Engram the 23rd overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, it was met with some controversy. Not only did the Giants pass up the opportunity to upgrade the offensive line, but the scouting report indicated Engram was much more of a receiving threat than an all-around tight end.

However, its hard to argue that the Giants arent subsequently entering the 2017 season with one of the most complete receiving corps Eli Manning has ever had.

Engram, the addition of Brandon Marshall, and the development of second-year slot receiver Sterling Shepard are compliments to Odell Beckham Jr. that will be dangerous at every level.

Engram has the speed to be a potential matchup nightmare against safeties and linebackers. So its good to hear that he and Manning are developing chemistry with one another at organized team activities (OTAs).

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The first-round draft pick made some noise out and showed his growing chemistry on the field with quarterback Eli Manning, a fellow Ole Miss alum.

Engram had a handful of catches, and they all came from No. 10, the best coming on a nice back-shoulder play down the sideline. It was just one of many great catches made today at the QDTC.

While the Giants offense will still live or die with the development of the offensive line, its encouraging to know the Giants will have more than just Beckham helping Eli in 2017.

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Normally its a pretty solid assumption that whatever revolutionary new battery chemistry has just hit the news is going to crash and burn sometimes literally. Maybe the thing uses some outlandishly expensive metal as a catalyst, or it has to be supercooled to be well-behaved, or you have to fastidiously mind the outgassing lest the thing explode. Now theres a new battery chemistry in town, and it comes from the mind of John B. Goodenough (pictured below): the same guy who came up with the cobalt-oxide cathode that powers the lithium-ion battery chemistry we know and love. Goodenough predicts that the new chemistry will have triple the energy density of lithium-ion cells.

Lithium-ion batteries have been in the news lately because things Samsung puts them in tend to explode. They even had some washing machines that apparently blew up out of sympathetic embarrassment. So its probably wise to reserve judgment until something can be manufactured at scale. Other battery chemistries have come before, and failed. Lithium-air batteries are a great example of a very interesting battery chemistry that we cant use, because its development has been hamstrung by engineering problems we cant yet solve.

This new chemistry has one important difference from the lithium-ion model: It uses sodium instead of lithium. Sodium and lithium are both alkali metals, with the same +1 charge. But sodium is a whole lot more abundant than lithium, which could make the new battery chemistry less expensive than lithium-ion cells.

Then theres the exploding. Lithium-ion batteries are plagued by the formation of metallic lithium dendrites that spread like kudzu between the anode and the cathode, which causes a runaway reaction and shorts out the cell. Bang. To avoid this, Goodenoughs new battery chemistry uses an annealed glass matrix as an electrolyte. This presents several possible advantages over most liquid electrolytes, namely that it wont splash horrible battery liquid all over you if the casing is somehow breached. The glass mats also defy the formation of dendrites, because the anode never reacts with the mats.

Im a big fan of glass mats, because they have extremely shiny physical properties. Goodenough and colleagues used fiberglass sheets as the electrolyte matrix, and electroplated them with metallic sodium (or lithium) as the anode. Their build then packed the remaining cavities with carbon. The contact surface between the metallic anode and the glass mat is so tight that its actually classified as wetting.

Goodenough is betting that the new battery chemistry will be, well, good enough [I was waiting for this. -Ed]. In his words, a safe, low-cost, all-solid-state cell with a huge capacity giving a large energy density and a long cycle life suitable for powering an all-electric road vehicle or for storing electric power from wind or solar energy.

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Hockey, like a live telecast, is a lot more fun when the red light is on.

Call it scoring goals, potting ginos, ripping the twine or just lighting the lamp. No team in the country does it as well and as frequently as the Endicott College men's hockey team.

Streaking into the first round of the Division 3 NCAA tournament, the Gulls (23-3-2) bring a relentless and ridiculous offense to meet host Hobart Saturday night (7 p.m.).

Just check out this second-year program's ranks in various offensive measurements: they average 5.00 goals per game (first nationally), convert 29 percent of their power plays (second in the country), have 367 total team points (first nationally), lead the nation in assists (227) and they average43 shots on goal per game.

"Top to bottom, it's a lot of unselfish guys that respect their roles," sophomore Ryan Dougherty, the Gulls' captain. "No one's worried about who's putting it in the net. They're worried about how many times we're putting it in as a team."

Endicott prides itself on being a team that can score with all four lines and that's true: the Gulls have seven players with 10 or more goals, and five players that have more than 28 points (which would lead Hobart's individual ledger).

Nevertheless, the Gulls' top line has been the most dangerous trio in the country. Sophomore Cam Bleck uniting with Jason Kalinowski, a transfer from Hockey East's UNH, and fellow sophomore Tommy Besinger has made magic on the ice.

Bleck's 21 goals lead the team and rank fourth nationally, Kalinowski has 11 goals and 24 assists (13th nationally) and Besinger is the country's third-leading scorer with 48 points on 17 goals and 31 assists (also third in the nation).

What makes this trio so dangerous?

"Speed," Bleck said. "We move the puck well, we get a lot of shots to the net and we're all on the same page."

"I think we just like to play fast," echoed Besinger, who transferred to Endicott from West Point. "We think shoot first. We're not out looking for the perfect pass; we're looking to get it to the net. The majority of our goals are pretty sloppy because we get it to the net, then try to make things happen."

Endicott came within an eyelash of winning its conference title last year in its first varsity season, losing the championship game at home. Besinger played the last seven games of that year after his Army discharge came through, notching six goals and eight points in those limited contests.

The slippery-skating Milton native loved Endicott right away when he was looking to transfer from West Point. The Gulls have another ex-Black Knight, last year's captain Connor Costello, on the roster that made the transition even smoother.

"I knew a few of the guys and coach was great about understanding how long it takes. From my first weekend here I felt like I was part of the team," said Besinger. "Once I saw this campus and this rink, I couldn't turn that down."

The trio combined for the game-winning goal in last Saturday's thrilling conference championship win, with Kalinowski springing Bleck with a pass from the seat of his pants with only nine seconds left in regulation.

"Kal's been making plays like that all year," said Bleck, who believes his line's success has come in part because the team hasn't had to make many changes.

They started by manufacturing a 3-3 tie at No. 1 ranked Norwich in December and haven't looked back; Blec has scored in five straight games and Besinger is in the midst of 12-game point streak, having been held off the scoresheet just three times all year.

"We haven't had to switch things up too much, and that's got the chemistry going. We've practiced together every day and everything has clicked," said Bleck. "What's really huge is that we don't have to rely on one line, so there's no pressure on us."

Sophomore Ross Olsson (17 goals) is a huge part of that depth for Endicott, along with junior Jack Musil (13 goals) and sophomore Josh Bowes.

Then there's junior defenseman Logan Day, who's as a good a two-way rearguard as there is in the country. His 15 goals, 22 assists and 37 points making him the kind of puck mover that all hockey coaches covet.

"You look at the scoring and power play success, and I think it's connected to 3-4 phone calls I got from recruits last spring saying 'Coach, I'm in.'," said head coach R.J. Tolan. "You get great players, and all of a sudden my theories on the universe look pretty good."

Tolan has built one of the country's most formidable Division 3 teams in the blink of an eye. While deferring credit to his players, the way he and his staff have brought them together and fostered a culture of consistency is no small part of Endicott's success.

"Right when I got here and saw everything, I'm thinking 'How does something this great fall into your lap?'," said sophomore Tommy Daniels. "The you meet 30 guys that become as close as family, and one day after another it's been better than the last."

GOALS FOR GULLS

Some Endicott hockey offensive factoids:

Goals per game: 5.00 (1st nationally)

Power play: 29 percent (2nd nationally)

Leading scorer: Tommy Besinger (48 points, third nationally)

Double-digit goal scorers: Seven

Total shots: 1,206

Team points: 367 (1st nationally)

Team assists: 227 (1st nationally)

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STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) -- The Chancellor and onlookers signed a bright purple beam that was placed on top of the new Chemistry Biology Building at UW Stevens Point.

"Today recognizes that the building is not going to get any taller, we're at the highest point of construction," Director of Facilities and Planning for UWSP Carl Rasmussen said.

The $75 million project isn't opening its doors until Fall of 2018, and will be the first brand new academic building on the UWSP campus in more than 45 years.

"Its been intended not only as a science on display facility but in some respects kind of an academic centerpiece for campus, for everyone," Associate Dean for Budget, Personnel and Facilities for the College of Letters and Science Todd Good said.

The 176,500 square-foot facility will be the new home for the university's Chemistry Department and part of the Biology Department.

It will have 39 teaching laboratories along with 19 additional research laboratories.

"The natural sciences and the biology, chemistry and natural resources are really a centerpiece of this campus and one of its academic strengths. We have over 2500 students that are biology or natural resources majors or minors," Good said.

With that many students at the school interested in science programs, the facility could also help the college recruit future biologists and chemists.

"It really signals a commitment that the state, that the college that the campus has to student learning at UW Stevens Point," Good said.

For professors like Paul Hladky, who is the chair of the Chemistry Department, it means getting to use updated technology needed for scientific research in 2017.

"The idea that I'd be back here and I'd see something this phenomenal built on campus is just fantastic," Good said.

Hladky said the layout of the new building is going to be more beneficial to teaching, with the educational laboratories being more open, so all students can see the instructor during class.

He also said that since the building is brand new, it allows the labs to be tailor-made to what technology will benefit students and teachers most while in a classroom setting. He sees it as just one more draw to a school that already has a strong science department.

In total, the building will have five new lecture halls, 58 new laboratories and 45 new faculty and staff offices.

If construction runs on-time and they don't ruin into bad weather, Rasmussen says the building should be complete by the end of 2017, with the building opening up for classes in fall of 2018.

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Drew Smyly opened his career as a Seattle Mariner with two scoreless innings in which he did not give up a hit, walking one and striking out two, but his post-game comments were reserved for heaping praise on catcher Mike Zunino. As 710s Brent Stecker reports, Smyly gushed:

Hes great. . .he really makes so many pitches look like strikes. Hes fantastic with receiving. It was eye-opening to me the first time I threw to him how well he was able to receive and make balls look like strikes. Thats huge from a pitching standpoint.

Weve all known for some time that Zunino is special defensively, but its fun to hear a new guy in the organization raving about him, like having a house guest who knows exactly what your Eames chair is and reminds you that hey, you actually have something pretty amazing hanging out in your front room. Smyly didnt need a ton of help from his battery-mate in the first inning, striking out Tyler Naquin on three pitches before getting first pitch outs (groundout and flyout) with his next two batters. He followed that in the second by striking out Edwin Encarnacion on three pitches before walking Yan Gomes on four straight pitches. Zunino was able to pick off Gomes trying to steal (?) though, and with a flyout from Bradley Zimmer, also first-pitch swinging, the inning came to a close. So clearly Smyly has been sitting on this praise for some time, since Zunino had very little to do with his performance today. Given they have spent such a short amount of time together, what might inform Smylys enthusiastic review?

Looking at catchers Smyly has worked with in the past might provide a clue. In 2016, Curt Casali caught the majority of Smylys starts. Casali is rated as a plus framer by StatCorner, even ahead of Mike Zunino, although Zunino is a little better at getting pitches outside the zone called a strike. However, because the Rays situation at catcher was in flux last year, Smyly wound up throwing to four different catchersCasali, Bobby Wilson (who also graded out just a few ticks worse than Zunino for framing), Hank Conger (who graded in the bottom third), and Luke Maile, who is a promising defensive prospect but caught just 14 innings last year. The catching situation wasnt any clearer in Tampa Bay in 2015, with Casali again getting the lions share of innings, followed by Wilson, Conger, and Maile. Casali and his 30% K rate have spent a lot of time bouncing between the majors and AAA, however, which makes Tampa Bays desire of Jess Sucre a little more understandable.

So its not like Smyly was throwing to poor receivers in Tampa Bay, but he certainly wasnt throwing to anyone with an iron grip on the starting job. As anyone who has to work closely with other people will tell you, having competent co-workers upon whom you can depend alleviates a tremendous amount of stress. Its hard enough to do your own job without worrying about someone elses ability to do theirs. Pitchers tend to be control freaks; hopefully, knowing that he can rely on Zunino to make the strikes look like strikes and the balls to also look like strikes will help Smyly focus on the task at hand. And for a player who has struggled as mightily as Zunino, its always nice to be reminded of what you can do well. As Edgar says, everyone needs someone to tell them they are good. Its early yet, but the Smyly-Zunino battery looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

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