Experience, chemistry has led Marshall to another run – Battle Creek Enquirer

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Marshall seniors (clockwise from bottom) Nikki Tucker, Taryn Long, Jill Konkle, Georgianna Pratley, Carlee Long.(Photo: Al Lassen/Enquirer file)

MARSHALL - There are two types of chemistry - the kind that comes naturally and the kind that is developed over time.

The Marshall girls basketball team has both types of chemistry in spades.

The defending Class B state champion Redhawks (22-2)will play Grand Rapids Catholic Central (24-1) on Tuesday in a state quarterfinal at Otsego High School.

It's a big game with a trip to East Lansing's Breslin Center on the line.But Marshall's core group of five seniors - Nikki Tucker, Jill Konkle, Carlee Long, Taryn Long and Georgianna Pratley - have played in their share of big games. They've also played in a few little ones, as the quintet began embarking on this journey when they attended Marshall's youth basketball camp as second graders.

"We kind of looked at those kids and said, 'You know what, we can do something here,'" said Marshall head coach Sal Konkle."Some of them went on and played AAU, but we always tried to keep the core group together. Some of them dropped out or got hurt... There's a bunch of kids that used to play, but the five of them stuck with it and I'm glad they did."

In this undated photo are five members of the Marshall varsity girls basketball team. Seniors Carlee and Taryn Long, Jill Konkle, Nikki Tucker and Georgianna Pratley have been playing together since third grade.(Photo: Courtesy of Sal Konkle)

Part of the secret of Marshall's success is the five Redhawk seniors knowing their roles and not caring who leads the team in the stat column each night.

Senior forwardNikki Tucker is the closest thing Marshall has to a star. An All-State pick as a junior, she is committed to play at Division II Embry-Riddle University and leads the team in scoring at close to 14 points per game.

"Nikki is by far the most consistent for us," Sal Konkle said."When she was little, she wasn't one of the starters. When it was seventh or eighth grade she became a starter because she got serious about it."

Senior guard Jill Konkle is the coach by proxy on the floor. Also an All-State pick as a junior, she tends to draw a lot of attention from opponents. That was the case in the regional final, when she scored two points in a 22-point victory over Otsego.

Marshall beats Otsego, repeats as Regional champions

"As long as she does all the other things we need, becausewe need other people to step up and score," Sal Konklesaid of her daughter. "Jill understands that she doesn't need to score for me to tell her she had a good game."

It goes without saying that identical twin sisters Carlee and Taryn Long have a specialintuition when playing together. The two senior guards take pride in pestering opposing backcourts while also chipping inon the offensive end.

"I feel like we just know where each other is. We don't even have to talk about things," Carlee Long said."If we have to switch on a screen, we just automatically do it. It's easier for us."

Added Taryn Long, "We've honestly wanted to win state since third grade... It's always been our goal...We just like winning together."

Redhawks get past Otsego, 47-25, to win Class B regional crown. Wochit

Senior center Georgianna Pratley has been a big weaponfor Marshall. The 6-footer brings a constant energy off the bench and has helped the Redhawks not skip a beat when one of their starters is in foul trouble or needs a spell.

"Georgie is another kid that plays hard all the time," Sal Konkle said."She understands her role and she comes in and does her job."

Some teams have relied on star power to carry them in the state tournament, but Marshall knows it's success has been driven by the fact the team has been greater than the sum of its parts.

"It's not because they are so talented basketball-wise. It's just that they understand the game so much and share the ball so well," Sal Konkle said. "It's by committee.That's the way they've played since they were little and that's the way we like it."

Nick Buckley can be reached at nbuckley@battlecreekenquirer.com or 269-966-0652. Follow him on Twitter:@NickJBuckley

MHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

CLASS B QUARTERFINALS

At Otsego High School

TUESDAY: Marshall (22-2) vs. Grand Rapids Catholic (24-1), 7 p.m.

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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), also known as armed antibodies, are positioned to be a significant source of next-generation oncolytic therapies. There has been explosive growth in ADC R&D, especially since the development and subsequent marketing approval of Mylotarg (gemtuzumab ozogamicin; withdrawn from market in 2010), Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin), and Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine). Estimates place the global ADC market at $10 billion annually after 2024 with seven to 10 new commercial ADC launches projected in the next decade.

ADCs marry the selective targeting properties of antibodies with the potency of highly cytotoxic small molecules. The antibody targets and adheres to a selected antigenic cell-surface receptor, ideally only expressed on the target cancer cell. Once an ADC binds to its target cell, the cell internalizes the ADC through endocytosis, and the cytotoxic payload is then released in the lysosomal cellular compartment to provide precise, selective delivery to cancerous cells.

The development of ADCs brings many challenges, however. Multiple disciplines across drug development must engage to successfully discover, develop, evaluate and eventually manufacture a therapeutically relevant ADC. To illustrate, large macromolecular ADCs have a complex architecture whose assembly, manufacture, and analysis presents challenges for organizations without significant experience in biological conjugation, optimization, and the development of the payload-linker (PL; a component used for antibody attachment and subsequent release of the small molecule payload).

For many companies, outsourcing this component of ADC development may make sense. In this article, we will focus on the complexities of developing ADCs with an emphasis on the nature of the PL.

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Behind MLB chemistry: How teams try to sniff out ‘bad guys’ | New … – New York Post

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TAMPA Lets start by dispelling one misperception: Goose Gossage does not spend spring training chasing kids off his lawn.

The Hall of Fame closer, a Yankees guest instructor, smiles and jokes his way through his time George M. Steinbrenner Field. He befriends anyone and everyone whose path he crosses. That he sounds like a troglodyte in interviews has no bearing on his actual behavior.

Now lets blow up one misperception championed by Goose himself: Baseball is not, as he put it recently to NJ.com, being run by a computer.

Actually, in accordance with the dramatic evolution of statistical analysis, mastery of a players intangible and unquantifiable qualities may be more important than ever. Old-school detective work and, really, guesswork remain prominent as front offices try to determine not only a players value on the field, but also his assets and liabilities in the clubhouse.

I do believe that especially if youre in a large market and you bring aboard someone that is a massive problem, that has a lot of issues those issues become everybodys issues, and they do drain on you, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. They drain on the collective over the course of spring training and the 162-game regular season. Your teammates problems become your problems, which becomes an issue, a distraction and a fatigue factor thats going to come with it.

I do think that prevents you from being the best you overall can be. I believe in that. Whereas 20 years ago, you can bring anybody in and survive that. Now I dont think its as easy with social media, TMZ and stuff like that. Because youre too busy instead of talking about the game and the results and the competition, youre too busy talking about something thats going on off the field or not game-related constantly. Its a pain. Its a problem.

It is, be it positive or negative, real. Some analytics enthusiasts have attempted to conflate the rise of the drastically improved measures with the pooh-poohing of concepts like chemistry and culture. The new generation of front-office executives, these enthusiasts profess, worry only about the concrete.

Nope. You wont find a GM, no matter how analytically inclined, who doesnt possess a strong interest in how a player interacts with others.

Matt Klentak, who became the Phillies GM in the fall of 2015, still is in his 30s and carries the reputation of a modern thinker. Asked how much he contemplates the personalities of his players, Klentak said, I think its incredibly important, and I think particularly for us, where we stand right now, there are so many young players that are either in the big leagues or on the cusp of making the big leagues. Making sure that those players are entering an environment that is supportive of the growth and the learning that needs to take place, its critical.

In Klentaks second full season running the Phillies, he acquired a bevy of veterans Joaquin Benoit, Clay Buchholz, Howie Kendrick and Michael Saunders on one-year contracts. The group collectively (albeit some more than others) carries a strong reputation as leaders.

That was not an accident, Klentak said.

The methodology to research a players character hasnt undergone anything approaching the sort of transformation weve seen when it comes to a players performance. Nevertheless, some obvious updates have become standard operating procedure. Teams will check out a prospective free agents social-media accounts.

But it doesnt mean that if theyve got a pristine social-media record, then [it will prevent] all of a sudden when you come over here, next thing you know, all hell breaks loose, Cashman said. You try to use everything in your disposal to try to form an opinion, but it doesnt mean the opinion is going to be accurate. Nor does it mean the opinion is going to hold.

The players are scrutinized to a degree weve never seen before in this game, Klentak said. And with that comes accountability. I dont know if that by itself is a bad thing. But I think the way we construct a roster, the way the manager manages a group of 25 men, has to account for all of that.

CC Sabathia, who has started his 17th year of work in a major league clubhouse, sees the upside of such scrutiny.

Everybody just knows who the bad guys are now, he said. Before, it would have to take something to happen. Now, it can be a tweet. It can be anything. Its not a big deal. You root them out faster.

The changes in statistical analysis allow the teams to manage risk like never before.

Youre in a better position to assess what really is taking place on the field, where before it was opinion on something that youre seeing 50 to 75 feet in the stands away, Cashman said. Its someones opinion on how they perceive someones play and action and stuff over the course of a small sample period. Now you have full access to kind of dissect and peel the onion on someone and get a real educated position on what actually that play is and how it projects moving forward.

On the aspect of a players personality, however, the risk hasnt gone away.

You can never predict how someones going to react to big money, Cashman said. Someone whos hungry playing for a year-to-year versus how they act when they get a five-year deal with big-time money. Does it change their interest and effort? Are they going to become content? You cant predict stuff like that.

I think most teams are looking for an edge, however they can get one, Klentak said. And if it comes in the form of elite scouting, or better analytics departments and technologies, or in the form of nutrition or player development were all looking for competitive advantages. If the environment for the players allows them to perform at a higher level, that creates an advantage.

The optimal environment, with an optimal group of 25, represents baseballs final frontier. And it always will require a human touch to be as right as possible.

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CARSON, Calif. Steady progress continues for the LA Galaxy as the five-time MLS Cup champions prepare for a visit to Santa Barbara, where they will take on Armenian side Alashkert FC in a closed-door scrimmage on Saturday at Westmont College.

The Galaxy are coming off a week in which they played their first two matches of the preseason, a 1-1 tie with Club Tijuana last Tuesday at StubHub Center and a 1-0 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes last Saturday in Las Vegas.

Head coach Curt Onalfo said the team is improving as he envisioned.

I think every time you play a game the next week, the training gets sharper, he said Tuesday. I think today was a good example of that. I think were getting better each day and the team chemistry is building well also.

Now its about fine-tuning and utilizing the remaining games to continue to get match-fit, get sharper make sure our movements keep getting better.

There are some pieces missing French midfielder Romain Alessandrini still is awaiting a work visa and Gyasi Zardes is recovering from a knee injury but Onalfo has liked what he has seen from a team that underwent a number of off-season changes.

Onalfo admitted he and his staff will face some tough roster decisions prior to the regular-season opener on March 4 at home against FC Dallas. The Galaxys final preseason match is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25 against Portland at StubHub Center.

Everybodys showed well in making the job difficult, he said. Its just a matter of seeing how the rest of the preseason goes and making those final decisions.

Jermaine Jones, one of the teams biggest off-season additions, said the Galaxy will have a new look, but that may not be such a bad thing.

I would say last year the Galaxy was always the team with the names Gerrard, Keane, Dos Santos is still here, he said. I think this year theres not one player we try to push out and make the focus on him. You could have three main players, but it doesnt mean you win championships.

Its important we trust each other and believe that we can make something possible. I think thats the most important thing. I see the team is hungry. You want to prove people wrong, that a younger team with maybe not the names wins championships.

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(CBSDFW.COM) If there was a magic trick to make wine smell and taste better, Dilek Caner would know. Shes a master of wine, the only one in Texas, and a member of an exclusive institution with only about 338 members worldwide.

CBS 11 enlisted her expertise to help wine enthusiasts salvage wine that may not taste or smell its best.

Students from the Dallas Wine Center put four win hacks to the test.

Mandatory disclaimer: No one can transform Two Buck Chuck into a $4000 Chateau Margaux.

Still simple do-it-yourself hacks can help you get more grape for your buck, so to speak!

THE CHALLENGE: REMOVING SULPHUR

A common complaint is the odor of sulphur in wine. Its there for a reason: to preserve vino.

That burnt match-stick [odor] in your nose, Caner says is nothing to be afraid of, though it may be unpleasant.

It takes just a penny to fix it she said. Make that a well-disinfected copper penny issued before 1982.

After 1982 you have a lot more zinc in there, Caner told CBS 11.

Just drop a few of those pennies into your glass of wine and leave them there for a good ten minutes. The copper reacts with the sulphur, lifting the smell.

Students also put The Wand to the test. The product made right in Grapevine claims to remove sulphur, allergens and even your wine headache.

Our fine group of tasters gathered at Estilo Gaucho in Frisco.

Caner picked a Riesling, a wine high in sulphur content. Tasters were served three glasses of the same wine.

Glass number one: wine straight from the bottle. Glass two: wine treated with the pennies. The final option: Riesling treated with The Wand.

Three out of four tasters preferred wine treated with The Wand.

And remember to swirl the wine in your glass before drinking. Aeration can drastically change the taste, Caner says

THE COMPLAINT: WINE THATS TOO TANNIC

Tannin-rich wines often give you a puckering sensation when you sip.

The compounds are meant to preserve red wine for long-term aging, but also provide complexity and astringency.

Caner picked a bottle of Borolo Batasiolo to test out two other hacks that tackle this problem.

She recommends aerating the wine to improve its taste. Allowing wines to breathe can help to soften them.

That is actually saturating wine with oxygen, Caner said. Those oxygen molecules are starting to interact with tannins and making them a lot softer.

The larger the surface area exposed to air, the faster the aeration.

The first hack, involved aerating the wine by pouring it into a decanter. Caner decanted the wine twice.

She treated another batch, using the The Wine Clip 2.

The magnetic clip attaches to the neck of the bottle. It claims to age the wine and improve taste instantly.

According to Caner, the Wine Master community is divided on products like it.

Four out of five tasters preferred the glass that was decanted the old-fashioned way.

If your wine tastes too oakey or cardboard-like, Caner says it is because of an organism which can infest some corks.

The odor makes it into the wine. While it is not harmful, it can give the wine a corky taste.

Caner says the flaw occurs in one out of 15 bottles.

If you are stuck with a wine that tastes corky, saran wrap can help. Wrapping a spoon with saran wrap and dipping it into the wine can get rid of some of the corkiness, she said.

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What's love got to do with it?

Not much if the stars are aligned and you got great style.

OK, it takes more than that to build a successful relationship, but this Valentine's Day, we're putting our favorite famous duos in the cosmic hot seat. We tapped celeb astrologer Lisa Greenfield, expert incouples compatibility readings, to break down how well stars (of the Hollywood variety) really get along, according to their Zodiac sign. And because we're fashion obsessives, we looked at said couples' style chemistryto see if they are really, truly destined to share a lifetime...in same closet.

That's real love.

Beyonc (Virgo) and Jay Z (Sagittarius)

Compatibility:"These two have some of the strongest compatibility ties that help cement a couple and make them feel and act as a team. The recent eclipse lights up both their charts in a profound way, making this a pivotal year for them," said Lisa.

"For Virgos like Bey, it's a time of slow growth, even though they are still tempted to do life at their usual speed.If they focus that energy outward, they can make profound changes that lasts for generations.On the flip side, Jay Z, and fellow Sags, are meant to play a humanitarian role, one that is just starting to come together. Hova, in particular, will fair bestif he leans on his partner to help him transform the world in daring, entertaining and shocking ways.

"If they team up while they shift on a personal level, they will be able to channel it into real, lasting change that defies expectations."

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Style Chemistry: Whether Jay is in Tom Ford or a snapback and white T-shirt, he complements his significant other's style in a more supportive capacity, never outshining her. His consistent wardrobe choices creates a solid base for the many variations of Queen B. Contrast is necessary; you don't want to look too matchy-matchy, after all. And whileBeyonc can rock a yellow dress, mix-matched lingerie or Ivy Park-anything, she'd look just as good wearing white tee, too. The style force is strong here.

Other Matches for Virgo:Pisces, Capricorn; Aries and Aquarius for fun

Other Matches for Sagittarius:Taurus, Capricorn

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Amal Clooney (Aquarius) and George Clooney (Taurus)

Compatibility:"This eclipse signals a major shift for these two. This eclipse hits Aquarius Amal in a way where she will have to choose between personal obligations and helping the world. Her biggest shift is to let go of needing to do it all perfectly and to let him take the lead and shine at home.As for George, this eclipse strengthens his dedication to commitments," noted Lisa.

"When they back each other up, they learn how to become a real force together, rather than using errors to tattoo each other. He's in a difficult moon cycle right now, which can make him feel unappreciated, but she can give him the key to a better mood with just the right compliment and heartfelt admiration. This frees them of some of the worst power struggles and lets them each shine at their respective roles."

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Style Chemistry: Amal and George are picture-perfect when it comes to the fashion department. When she wears a red dress to the Met Gala, he wears a red pocket square. When he wears a casual suit in Cannes, she wears a feminine frock on a yacht in Cannes.When she wears a glam gown, he wears an equally dapper tuxedo. Wardrobe wise, they are always in sync, if not working at it.

Other Matches for Aquarius:Libra, Leo, Pisces, Gemini

Other Matches for Taurus:Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn

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Tom Brady (Leo) and Gisele Bndchen (Cancer)

Compatibility: "This eclipse and the epic Super Bowl win by the Patriots are all tied into their relationship. As a sensitive Cancer, Gisele wants to feel safe but just as visible as him.As a Leo, Tom will have more career and travel opportunities this year, which could bring on difficulties for the relationship. It's important for them to put a firm foundation down so they don't wind up coming undone down the line. With their attention on romance, rather than the day-to-day duties, shared life and responsibilities, they can set up a long-lasting union," Lisa predicted.

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Style Chemistry: One could be wearing a trash bag and the other a burlap sack, and they'd still be one of the most beautiful couples, ever. If there's one thing to be said, it's that they know how to wear a uniform wellTom in his football gear and Gisele in her model-off-duty ensembles. They may come from different worlds but they know how to coordinate for an occasion, in their own respective ways. The coolest thing about their style chemistry is that it's effortlessoff the clock, these two basically live in athleisure.

Other Matches for Leo: Sagittarius, Libra (watch out for Capricorn, who may just frustrate the proud lion beyond all belief).

Other Matches for Cancer: Virgo, to balance them while they feel their way forward.

For more readings from Lisa, check back here every month for her style horoscopes and follow @TruthInHand.

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‘Fifty Shades Darker’ Lacks Chemistry, Pretends to Have Meaningful Plot – ABC News

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Starring: Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson

Rating: R

One out of five stars

An epic and intoxicating exploration of the human heart and psyche. Thats how no one will ever describe the demoralizing cinematic effort titled "Fifty Shades Darker."

The first 10 minutes of the film offer hope. Director James Foley, whos great when he has a reasonable script to work with, does his best to frame a story that pretends to have a plot. Dakota Johnsons Anastasia Steele is starting her dream job at a publishing company while fending off overtures from her S&M-loving, freakishly handsome, billionaire ex-boyfriend, Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan). It also becomes immediately apparent that Anastasias boss, Jack (Eric Johnson), has more than a professional interest in his new assistant.

It seems like a compelling story is about to ensue -- seems being the operative word.

I suppose the catalyst for the alleged plot is Christians efforts to get Anastasia back into his red room or, at the very least, do whatever it takes to win her back. For the uninitiated, the red room is Christians dungeon, the place where he takes his submissives, aka subs, ties them up and then employs nipple clamps and all sorts of devices that look like they came straight out of the Spanish Inquisition.

But hard as it might be for Christian to give up his predilection, hes willing to do that, if it means winning Anastasia back. And...

Oh, why am I even bothering? After watching those first 10 minutes, heres what watching the rest of "Fifty Shades Darker" is like: watching paint dry.

Christian orders Anastasia to take off her underwear. We see Dakota Johnsons breasts, her bare butt, a close-up of Jamie Dornans abs. They simulate sex. The paint dries.

Christian orders Anastasia to take off her underwear. Christian asks Anastasia to try a, um, wearable sex toy. We see Dakota Johnsons breasts, her bare butt, a close-up of Jamie Dornans abs. They simulate sex. And the paint dries some more.

Christian orders Anastasia to take off her underwear. Anastasia warms up to the idea of being submissive again. We see etc. etc., and they etc.

The paint is almost dry. Then somebody almost dies. A famous actress slaps another famous actress.

Is it over yet? Wait -- what? Theres going to be a third movie? NOOOO...!

I guess if the goal was to make the sex in "Fifty Shades Darker" more graphic and shocking than in the first movie, they succeeded. Too bad the sexual chemistry between Dornan and Johnson is like the sexual chemistry between a leprechaun and a sasquatch, neither of which actually exists. Which is exactly the point.

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The B-F-F (Bloom-Fleurent-Fleurent) line at the University of New England has already celebrated 51 goals between them in 2016-17. (Photo by David Bates Photografix Studio)

No doubt you gain chemistry on the ice by being good friends off the ice, said UNE sophomore forward Brady Fleurent.

If that is the case, the B-F-F line must be REALLY good friends off the ice just based on what they have been able to do offensively this season. To date, Brady leads the nation in points with 45 on 16 goals and 29 assists, while brother Trevor has recorded 16 goals and 17 assists for 33 points. Newcomer Ryan Bloom has 19 goals and 14 assists for 33 points. All three players have surpassed the prior school record for points in a single season and all expect to be adding to those numbers in the five remaining regular season games and upcoming CCC playoffs.

While the line combination of freshman Ryan Bloom, the B, and sophomore Brady and senior Trevor Fleurent, the two Fs have been terrorizing their opponents all season long, ironically it was a different B that was on the line that switched during the season and since then the chemistry has taken off. Bloom has taken the spot of Dylan Bengston, the teams fourth-leading scorer, and Trevor Fleurent is not surprised that the freshman has fit in so well between him and his brother.

I had the chance to watch Bloomer during the captains sessions and really thought then that he could be a good fit with Brady and me. He and Dylan are a lot alike in terms of their ability to score goals, so it wasnt a big change for us but it has been a great fit as we just connected right away.

I dont really have to think about where Ryan is going to be on the ice, noted Brady. I am obviously used to playing with my brother, but now we all just know where each other is going to be on the ice so it is just a matter of getting the puck there and being creative in our game.

While the B-F-F line has been very successful in five-on-five play, opposing teams may want to note that they are even more effective on the power play. Brady with six, Trevor with eight, and Ryan with five power-play goals account for almost 50 percent of the teams scoring with the man advantage, and as a group UNE is clicking at a 31.5 percent success rate.

We have definitely seen teams try to match up lines on us and be more physical, stated Bloom. We just stay with our game being creative as a group.

They may slow us down five-on-five sometimes, said Trevor. But we just make up for it on the power play where we have been deadly some nights.

While all of the scoring has certainly got the three of them a lot of attention and accolades this season, the focus has shifted a bit to what all that offense needs to be a driver for winning hockey games and competing for a CCC championship.

We are really focused on winning our last five games, said Bloom. We want to earn a home playoff game, which means being in the top four in the conference so we cant take anything for granted.

Three of the teams final four league games are on the road, where UNE has struggled for positive results. All of the linemates agree that the mental side of the game needs to be addressed if they expect to see the future success they are all striving for.

I think it is a mental preparation thing, noted Brady Fleurent. Honestly, I dont think we have been really ready to play some nights away from home and our fan base. We need to really be ready to play our game form the opening faceoff and make sure we bring the same intensity on the road that we do when we play at home.

Some nights, especially at home it seems like everything we throw at the net goes in, said Trevor Fleurent. On the road we are looking and hoping for some bounces some nights. We need to carry that mindset of what has worked at home anywhere we play.

For Trevor, a senior, these are his last few games in a standout college career that has already seen him pass the century mark in points and by seasons end, he will have done the same in games played as well. He and his linemates know exactly how he wants this ride to end and as all best friends do, they are more than happy to share the ride and make sure the team goal is achieved.

Ryan and I have more college hockey to play, said Brady. This is it for Trevor and our great group of seniors that have done so much to build the program here at UNE. We have a blast playing together and really want the end of the season to be special for them as we pursue a home playoff seed, conference championship, and who knows what else before it is all done.

Either way, the B-F-F line is going to continue to do what it does best, which is play fun and creative hockey, score a lot of goals, and, hopefully, reaching the goals that these BFFs have talked about so much in their time together away from the rink.

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After the Loyola boys basketball team started the season 5-5, the Ramblers' players received a writing assignment from the coaching staff.

"They had us write our thoughts about basketball and everything in general and about our season, how we were playing," said senior forward Julian DeGuzman, who lives in Chicago.

The responses were brought up in a discussion between players and coaches in a Florida hotel when the Ramblers were in Naples for December's Gulfshore Holiday Hoopfest.

DeGuzman said that he learned his tight bond with teammates Ramar Evans, Matt Lynch, Kris Lampley and Kai Khasu may not have been ideal for the Ramblers' team chemistry. DeGuzman said some teammates may have felt excluded by the friendship between him and a couple of the other seniors.

DeGuzman, Evans and Lynch, all starters, have been friends since elementary school when they met playing in a Rogers Park youth league. DeGuzman said that for the good of the team, it became time for the group to branch out a little more.

"Those guys are my childhood friends, so it was kind of natural for me to be around them," DeGuzman said. "But I realized I am with them a lot. Since then, I've been catching myself and maybe we'll split up at team dinners, and I'm just trying to be around other kids."

DeGuzman said other topics were discussed in the meeting, including the team playing too selfishly and too fast and teammates being able to critique one another without eliciting anger.

The exercise clearly proved to be productive because Loyola responded by reeling off 10 straight victories before it fell 46-37 to Fenwick on Jan. 31 in Wilmette.

DeGuzman's play on the court has been solid this season and also was a factor in the winning streak. He's averaging 8.3 points and 3.6 rebounds and at 6-foot-3, he has held his own in the post both offensively and defensively.

After the loss to Fenwick, which dropped the Ramblers to 6-2 in the Catholic League North, Loyola coach Tom Livatino praised DeGuzman's defensive effort against Fenwick's 6-5 forward Jamal Nixon, a four-year varsity player, who finished with 13 points and just two rebounds.

"(DeGuzman) has good feet. Nixon is a tough cover," Livatino said. "I thought Julian played him really well. That's big praise. The games we watched (of Fenwick), Nixon is a really good player. But so is Julian."

Livatino continued: "(Offensively) Julian is crafty, he has an assortment of moves, an ability to put it on the floor, score in the post and knock down the jump shot. He's having a really good year."

Livatino has told DeGuzman he is particularly hard to guard when he is more efficient with his post moves.

"Coach Livatino said sometimes I do too many spins and head fakes, and he's stressing getting the ball and going right into my move instead of all this extra stuff that I do," said DeGuzman, who said he is hoping to play college basketball and that Division III schools like Denison (Ohio), Lawrence (Wis.), Wabash (Ind.), Loras (Iowa) and Knox have shown interest.

In college, even at the Division III level, DeGuzman likely will have to play a little farther from the basket. But Lynch, who has been an AAU teammate of DeGuzman's with Fundamental U, said he believes DeGuzman will be able to make the adjustment.

"(DeGuzman) has a good shot, and I've noticed that over the past year in practice, he's improved and is capable of shooting the 3," said Lynch, who lives in Chicago. "He's got OK handles for a (post player). He's experienced playing that outside spot because (in AAU) we had someone bigger than him, and that pushed him out to the wing."

In memoriam

Before the Fenwick game, Loyola held a moment of silence for former boys basketball coach Jim O'Donnell, who died unexpectedly on Jan. 30 at the age of 76. O'Donnell coached the Ramblers from 1980-88 and won two regional titles. He was a longtime history teacher at the school and, even after his retirement from teaching, remained the public address announcer for Loyola football.

"He was a very, very good basketball coach, who had excellent teams," Livatino said. "He loved Loyola, loved the kids he coached. He was one of the best coaches we've had at Loyola. A tremendous loss. He was a great guy and it was a very sad day for our basketball program."

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STORRS >> Considering the way the starting five is clicking these days, it may be hard to believe that the starters for the top-ranked and undefeated UConn womens basketball team had some uncertain moments.

With the Huskies going after their 99th consecutive win with Southern Methodist coming into Gampel Pavilion on Saturday (2 p.m., SNY), the on-court chemistry between Saniya Chong, Kia Nurse, Katie Lou Samuelson, Napheesa Collier and Gabby Williams has never been better.

Since the start of 2017 began, when the five starters are on the court together they are outscoring the opposition by an average 43-15 per game in just over 17 minutes per game. If that were to be projected over 40 minutes, it would come out to 100-35.

Yes, the time when UConns top five players were outscored in three of the first seven games seems like an ancient memory.

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None of them were playing a role that they were accustomed to, so you cant just throw people in the mix and go, OK, act like youve been here for two years, UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. It takes time to develop that. With each practice and each game you could see their comfortable level (growing) with each other and that is what is supposed to happen during the season, they are supposed to get better and more cohesive. Right now that is where we happen to be.

I dont discount the impact that Saniya has had in terms of she adds a little bit to what that group is doing and she detracts nothing. Having Saniya in the starting lineup, her role seems to have grown because she has made it grow. We have one more distributor of the ball who only helps you and doesnt hurt you. I think that has added a lot.

Certainly the competition level in recent weeks cant compare to what the Huskies faced in the early portion of the schedule when seven of the first 12 games came against ranked opponents. Still, the fact that Collier, Chong, Nurse, Samuelson and Williams have combined to shoot 60 percent from the field in the last seven games including a staggering 72 percent inside the 3-point line is not simply the case of the Huskies squaring off against overmatched opponents.

We were getting a lot of playing time in terms of offensive and defensive things and then it kind of started flowing from there, Nurse said. Obviously the first couple of games it got a little bit shaky for us but we found it a couple of games into the season. Now it is continuing to grow stronger and stronger.

UConn posted at least 30 assists in the last two games, a feat that hasnt happened with the Huskies since the 1994-95 season and the run of seven straight games with at least 90 points has also tied a program mark set during that iconic 94-95 campaign, It has set the Huskies up to go after win No. 100 in a row on Monday when No. 6 South Carolina comes to town.

Chong missed the Kansas State and Ohio State. She had 10 points and five assists in 32 minutes against Maryland in her second game back and that Huskies have been riding the play of their top five players ever since.

In the beginning of the season we have to figure out what works with each other and get that connection, Chong said. Over time everybody knew their role and knew what we needed to get done so that is pretty much every day in practice having it happen.

That very first game we didnt know what was going to happen, how we were going to react with other. Us coming out with the win was pretty great but after that game, we knew what we had to do and go from there.

UConn has used the same starting lineup in each of the last 12 games, but that streak could be at risk.

Samuelson missed Fridays practice due to illness and Auriemma wasnt certain if she would be able to play against the Mustangs.

I dont know about (her status), Auriemma said. It is certainly not going to be regular business, either she is not going to play at all or she is going to play some minutes, that would be depending on how she feels (Saturday) at shootaround.

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Inert helium may form stable compounds inside giant planets such as Jupiter, seen here by NASA's Juno spacecraft on Aug. 27, 2016.

Deep within giant planets, helium may form stable compounds with other elements, a new study finds something that was long thought never to happen in nature.

Helium is second only to hydrogen as the most common element in the universe; it exists in abundance in stars and gas giants. However, whereas hydrogen easily reacts with other elements to form compounds such as water, helium is a member of a group of elements known as the noble gases that do not bond readily with other elements.

Although helium is the most chemically inert element known, scientists have found a few instances in which it can form compounds with other elements. Still, until now, all known helium compounds either were highly unstable or were ones where the helium and the other elements barely interacted with one another. [Element Number Two: Facts About Helium]

Now lab experiments reveal that, at the kinds of high pressures that are found within gas giant planets, helium can form stable compounds with sodium.

"One more traditional assumption that helium does not form stable compounds has fallen," said study co-author Artem Oganov, director of Stony Brook University's Center for Materials by Design in New York and head of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology's Computational Materials Discovery laboratory.

Previous research suggested that "rules of classical chemistry break down at high pressure," Oganov said. This led study lead author Xiao Dong at Nankai University in Tianjin, China, and his colleagues to investigate whether it was possible "to break yet another rule and discover stable compounds of the most unreactive element helium," Oganov told Space.com.

The international research team searched for stable helium compounds by running calculations on two supercomputers. These machines included Tianhe II in Guangzhou, China, which is currently ranked as the world's second-most-powerful supercomputer.

Their results predicted two stable helium compounds. One is NaHe, which consists of one helium atom and two sodium atoms, while the other is NaHeO, which consists of one helium atom, two sodium atoms and one oxygen atom.

In experiments, the scientists successfully synthesized NaHe by squeezing its components between two diamonds at pressures of about 1.1 million times Earth's atmospheric pressure. The team's calculations predict that the compound will prove stable to at least up to 10 million times that pressure.

Crystal structure of NaHe, which resembles a 3D checkerboard. The purple spheres represent sodium atoms, which are inside the green cubes that represent helium atoms. The red regions inside voids of the structure show areas where localized electron pairs reside.

"This work gives a spectacular triumph of theory," Oganov said. "This very surprising compound was first predicted by theory, and only then made experimentally."

The helium atoms do not actually form any chemical bonds with the sodium atoms. Still, the presence of the helium atoms fundamentally changes the chemical interactions between the sodium atoms, forcing electrons to pair together, despite their natural tendency to repel one another.

"It is a very bizarre new kind of compound, in which helium atoms make a huge change in the way sodium atoms interact with each other," Oganov said.

To imagine what NaHe looks like, picture a 3D checkerboard of black and white cubes. In the centers of the black cubes are helium atoms, in the centers of the white cubes are pairs of electrons and at the corners of all the cubes are sodium atoms.

The calculations suggest that the other predicted helium compound, NaHeO, would be stable from 0.15 to 1.1 million times Earth's atmospheric pressure. Its structure should be similar to that of NaHe, but in place of electron pairs, it would have oxygen atoms.

These findings could "have implications for planets and perhaps also for stars," Oganov said. Although it remains uncertain what effects such helium compounds might have, researchers can no longer assume that helium is simply inert, he said.

The scientists detailed their findingsonline Feb. 6 in the journal Nature Chemistry.

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The surface of Jupiter, a planet which might have helium compounds

Heres a popular high school chemistry fact: Helium atoms dont interact with other atoms to create compounds. Well, that fact might need some reevaluating.

An international team of scientists think theyve created a stable helium compound, meaning one composed of both helium and sodium atoms together. The discovery would be wild not only because of the way it goes against some of our basic assumptions of chemistry, but would also help scientists better understand the way atoms act in the high-pressure centers of gas giant planets.

Chemistry changes when you apply high pressure, and this can be achieved inside our Earth and on different planets like Saturn, study co-author Ivan Popov, a doctoral student at the Utah State University, told Gizmodo. But this, chemistry involving helium, is a book changer. Other noble gasses, like xenon and argon, have previously been shown to bond with magnesium under high pressures.

So, chemistry lesson: Atoms are positively charged nuclei surrounded by negatively charged electrons. The more positive protons in the nucleus, the more electrons the atom can hold onto. The electrons are sorted into layers, called shells. Atoms bond by sharing electrons in their outermost shells, but if that shell is full, they normally wont bond. Noble gasses like helium or neon are atoms with full outer shells, so bonding with them is like trying to hold hands with someone already toting a pair of bowling balls. Thats why the new studys result is so interesting, if it holds up.

Ad hoc, it sounds pretty wild, Reinhard Boehler, a research scientist at the Carnegie Institute for Science in Washington, DC told me from his car when I described the studys results to him.

In their study, the researchers loaded helium gas and sodium crystals into a cavity between a pair of diamonds, and squeezed the atoms at super-high pressures. The resulting compound was a solid arrangement of alternating sodium and helium atoms in a cube shape, with electrons shared between them. Its not a real bond in the sense of the ionic and covalent bonds you learned about in chemistry, explained Popov. But [the helium] does stabilize the structure. If you take those helium atoms away, the structure will not be stable.

If this sounds familiar, it may be because last week, researchers announced theyd produced metallic hydrogen using a very similar high-pressure experimental setupthough other scientists had a lot of doubts about that result. This time around, at least one scientist found the results more convincing. This is much sounder science, Henry Rzepa, a professor at Imperial College, London, who was initially skeptical when I told him about the new study,said. This helium compound is a breakthrough. He pointed out that, of course, other scientists would need to complete similar experiments in order to verify whether a helium compound had actually been found.

Rzepa further noted that this compound isnt your standard mixture of bonded elements you learned about in chemistry class, but an electride. Such molecules consist of electrons dispersed within a crystal structure, but the structure itself is somewhat mysterious to us. We have long suspected that a quite different chemistry, controlled by rather different if not very different rules, must exist under extreme conditions such as ultra high pressures, he said. This [sodium-helium compound] offers a tantalising glimpse into this new frontier of chemistry.

That means these compounds wont have much use on Earth, and can only exist under strange conditions like those at the center of gas giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn. The helium-sodium compound could therefore give us insight into what chemistry might be like inside other planets, the papers authors write, since those gas giants have plenty of helium.

So, at least one pair of eyes thought this wild compound really could exist. We will update the post if we hear any dissenting opinions.

Correction: This article has been edited to correct Ivan Popovs university affiliation.

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Chemistry is a branch of science that deals with chemical elements and compounds, and how these things work together. It is the study of the materials (things) that make up our bodies and everything in the world around us.

Before 1600, people studied substances to figure out how to do things such as turn lead into gold, but no one managed to do that. This was called alchemy. Alchemists (people that did alchemy) did discover some useful things, though. Sulphuric acid and nitric acid were two substances that they discovered. Only a few elements were known. Some of them are mercury, silver, gold, and carbon.

Chemistry began as a true science during the 1600s. This is when chemists discovered the simplest substances that make up all other substances. These simple substances are called elements. One of the things that they learned is that gold and lead are two different elements, so you can not change one into the other by a chemical reaction. The first element discovered after 1600 was phosphorus, a strange white glowing solid.

Elements were discovered more and more rapidly. People separated the air into many parts and isolated the noble gases from it. They also processed special minerals from a mine in Sweden to get rare earth metals. Radioactivity was also discovered. Today chemists have discovered 118 different elements. Some are very common, like oxygen. Many are very rare and expensive, like platinum. Some cannot be found on earth and can only be made in labs, like rutherfordium.

Since the 1920s, the increased understanding of physics has changed chemists' theories about chemical reactions. With smaller and faster computers, chemists have built better tools for analyzing substances. These tools have been sent to study chemicals on Mars. Police also use those tools to study evidence from crime scenes.

There are several types of chemistry. Analytical chemistry looks at which chemicals are in things. For example, looking at how much arsenic is in food. Organic chemistry looks at things that have carbon in them. For example, making acetylene. Inorganic chemistry looks at things that do not have carbon in them. One example is making an integrated circuit.

A large area of chemistry is polymer chemistry. This looks at plastics. One example is making nylon. Because plastics are made of carbon, polymer chemistry is part of organic chemistry. Another area is biochemistry. This looks at the chemistry of living things. An example would be seeing how arsenic poisons people. Biochemistry is also part of organic chemistry. There are many other small branches of chemistry.

The basic unit of an element is called an atom. An atom is the smallest building block that you can cut an element into without the element breaking down (turning into a lighter element, for example through nuclear fission or radioactive decay). A chemical compound is a substance made up of two or more elements. In a compound, two or more atoms are joined together to form a molecule. The tiniest speck of dust or drop of liquid, that one can see is made up of many millions or billions of these molecules. Mixtures are substances where chemicals are mixed but not reacted. An example would be mixing sand and salt. This can be undone again to produce salt and sand separately. Chemical compounds are changed by a chemical reaction. An example would be heating sodium bicarbonate, common baking soda. It will make water, carbon dioxide, and sodium carbonate. This reaction cannot be undone.

A mole is a very large amount of atoms (602,214,150,000,000,000,000,000 atoms). The atomic mass of an element can be used to see how much of the element makes a mole. For example, the atomic mass of copper is about 63.55. That means about 63.55 grams of copper metal has a mole of atoms. The atomic mass of chlorine is about 35.45. That means 35.45 grams of chlorine has a mole of atoms in it.

Moles can be used to see how many molecules are in chemical compounds, too. Copper(II) chloride is an example. CuCl2 is its chemical formula. There is one copper atom (63.55) and two chlorine atoms (35.45 2 = 70.90). Add all the molar masses of the elements together to get the molar mass of the chemical compound (63.55 + 70.90 = 134.45). That means in 134.45 grams of copper(II) chloride, there is one mole of copper(II) chloride molecules. This concept is used to calculate how much chemicals are needed in a chemical reaction if no reactants (chemicals that are reacted) should be left. If too much reactant is used, there will be some reactants left in the chemical reaction.

Acids and bases are common chemicals. Acids release H+ions when in water, and bases release OH ions when in water. Acids can react with bases. The H+ ion is taken from the acid by the base. This makes water, H2O. A salt is also made when an acid and a base react together. An example would be reacting hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Hydrochloric acid releases H+ and Cl- ions in water. The base releases Na+ and OH- ions. The H+ and the OH- react to make water. There is a solution of sodium chloride (NaCl) left. Sodium chloride is a salt.

Chemistry is very useful in everyday life and makes up the foundation of many branches of science. Most objects are made by chemists (people who do chemistry). Chemists are constantly working to find new and useful substances. Chemists make new drugs and materials like paints that we use every day.

Many chemicals are harmless, but there are some chemicals that are dangerous. For example, mercury(II) chloride is very toxic. Chromates can cause cancer. Tin(II) chloride pollutes water easily. Hydrochloric acid can cause bad burns. Some chemicals like hydrogen can explode or catch fire. To stay safe, chemists experiment with chemicals in a chemical lab. They use special equipment and clothing to do reactions and keep the chemicals contained. The chemicals used in drugs and in things like bleach have been tested to make sure they are safe if used correctly.

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Thank you for your interest in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno.

We are a teaching- and research-oriented department offering degrees in Chemistry (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.), and Chemical Physics (Ph.D., jointly with the Physics Department), including bachelors degree emphases certified by the American Chemical Society (the Professional Emphasis and the Environmental Emphasis). As a relatively small department, we are able to provide close interactions among students and faculty. Many of our undergraduates and all of our graduate students participate in state-of-the-art chemistry research, working with a faculty mentor. Our graduates go on to employment in academia, industry, and government; many of our Bachelors degree graduates are admitted to high-ranked graduate chemistry programs, medical, or dental schools.

The Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce thatDr. Samuel Odoh has recently joined our faculty as an Assistant Professor in Theoretical Chemistry. Samuel was most recently aPost-Doctoral Fellow in the group of Professor Laura Gagliardi at the University of Minnesota, where he was applying modern computational chemistry tools towards the design of novel and well-characterized supported molecular catalysts, porous materials for gas capture and storage, as well as for exploring novel reactivity in compounds of f-elements. He was also involved in developing computationally affordable and accurate methods for treating strong electron correlation in molecular systems. Samuel obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2012 at the University of Manitoba, Canada in the group of Professor Georg Schreckenbach. Prior to that he earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and University of New Brunswick, Canada, respectively. His graduate research focused on the use of computational electronic structure methods to study the properties of actinide elements. At the University of Nevada, Samuel will develop and apply computational chemistry approaches to tackle challenging energy-related problems, and advance our understanding of strong electron correlation in solid-state materials as well as the optical properties of large systems.The Odoh group will focus on the: (1) extension of multi-reference quantum chemical methods to the treatment of solids and thin films, (2) development of efficient algorithms for extending time dependent density functional theory to the treatment of large systems, and (3) computations-guided design of catalysts for the oxygen evolution and CO2 reduction electrocatalytic reactions. Information concerning all of our faculty can be found here. Information about our exciting ongoing series of seminars is here.

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Jeremy Grantham warns eventually only the rich will procreate as chemicals leave the poor sterile – CNBC

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High-profile investor Jeremy Grantham warned in a letter that falling birth rates in the developed world could accelerate in coming years due to increasing chemical toxicity, allowing only wealthy people to have children.

In recent years, economists have raised concern about the impact on economic growth of slowing birth rates in the developed world. Grantham, who co-founded GMO in the 1970s and is famous for calling the last two major market bubbles, said that trend is poised to accelerate due to increased chemical toxicity in the environment and food products.

"This interference is growing at such a rapid rate that if left alone it is likely to leave us sterile in a few decades with only the rich able to easily afford the healthy lifestyles and the exotic medical help required to have babies," Grantham said.

While acknowledging that changes in lifestyle choices is responsible for at least some of the slowing birth rates, Graham said increased chemical toxicity is making it harder for women to conceive and lowering sperm counts in men.

"The net effect of choice and postponement combined with the recent decade of 'help' from toxicity has been an unexpected and accelerating decline in delivered fertility in developed countries, as well as the critically important China and India, with new annual cohorts of babies already declining in absolute numbers, not just growth rates," Grantham said.

He also pointed to dramatic population declines in some species of insects as an example of how increased chemicals in the environment can hurt reproduction rates.

He ended his letter by warning that major chemical companies could soon be hit by widespread bans on some of their key products.

"The bottom line is this: either endocrine disrupting chemicals will go out of business or we will!" Grantham wrote.

Grantham gained influence as an investor after correctly calling the dotcom bubble in 2000 and the market's dramatic downturn in 2008. GMO has struggled in recent years, however. It reported $62.1 billion in assets under management at the end of 2018, down from about $124 billion in June 2014.

Grantham has long expressed public concern about environmental issues, including launching the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment in 1997. His firm also runs the GMO Climate Change fund.

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Members of My Chemical Romance, The Darkness, Gogol Bordello and more have joined forces for a special charity cover of a Ramones song.

The cover of I Believe In Miracles by the freshly formed #rockforhope collective will raise funds for coronavirus relief efforts.

The group includes My Chemical Romances Frank Iero, The Darkness Justin Hawkins, Gogol Bordellos Boris Pelekh and Eugene Hutz, The Donnas Brett Anderson, Frank Turner, Plain White Ts Tom Higgenson and Rival Sons Michael Miley. The line-up is completed by Gorilla Biscuits Walter Schreifels, MuteMaths Roy Mitchell-Crdenas, and Flogging Mollys Nathen Maxwell. Watch a performance of the cover created in lockdown below.

On a GoFundMe page created to raise money for the Partners In Health organisation, the band shared a statement about the project. This is a very special punk-rock song and we hope that it brings positivity to peoples lives at this difficult time, they wrote. We are also raising funds for the Partners In Health COVID-19 charity. Our motto is simple: Watch our video. If you enjoy it, please donate. If youre not in the position to give, share it with someone that is.

In a press release, Pelekh added: Rock for Hope was inspired by my mom whos in her mid-sixties and a staff nurse at New York Presbyterian in Queens. Her hospital became a central hotspot of the pandemic in New York City and her unit was repurposed for COVID-19 patients.

The cover isnt the first charity effort to be created by stars during the coronavirus pandemic. Last month, the likes of Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding, Coldplays Chris Martin, Bastille, Mabel and Dave Grohl joined together to cover Foo Fighters Times Like These to raise money for Comic Relief and Children In Need.

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Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area and Joe Fann of NBC Sports Northwest got together this week to discuss the big NFC West showdown in Week 10.

The San Francisco 49ers (8-0) face the Seattle Seahawks (7-2) on Monday night at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara. F

ann has a unique perspective from both sides. He spent four years covering the 49ers for 49ers.com before moving on to his current role as the Seahawks Insider at the beginning of training camp. Maiocco has covered the 49ers for the past 25 seasons.

The two Insiders shared their views of this pivotal NFC West matchup.

MAIOCCO: Joe, the 49ers might be the only unbeaten team in the NFL and theyre atop almost everyones power rankings at the midpoint of the season, but they have very little room for error.

I think there is more pressure on the 49ers to win Monday night even though they own a two-game lead in the loss column. The 49ers have yet to play either of the teams that defeated Seattle. Kyle Shanahans club faces both of those teams, Baltimore and New Orleans, on the road in back-to-back weeks in early December.

Plus, its vitally important for teams to win home games within their division. That puts the pressure on the 49ers because the last thing they want is to face a must-win game Week 17 in Seattle.

That said, the Seahawks have to feel as if they are in danger of seeing their division hopes slip away with another loss, right?

FANN: If the Seahawks have any hope of winning the division, they have to win this game. But whats funny about it is that a win not only keeps them alive in the NFC West, but it puts them in the drivers seat.

Seattle is in a nice spot to where, at 7-2, this isnt a must-win game in sheer terms of making the playoffs. The Seahawks should have a good shot at a wild-card spot with a 3-4 record down the stretch. Pete Carroll loves to utilize the us against the world mentality. He already jabbed at the media for thinking the story is already written through eight games.

The Seahawks, as 6.5-point road underdogs, are somewhat playing with house money. Nobody expects them to win, which you can guarantee is being talked about within Seattles locker room. But they also probably watched last Thursdays game between the 49ers and Cardinals and said to themselves, These guys are beatable.

Do you think Arizona exposed a few deficiencies within San Franciscos roster or do you chalk that close game up to a short week and playing on a Thursday?

MAIOCCO: What Ive come to learn is that there is no such thing in the NFL as a bad win or a good loss. The Cardinals played the 49ers tough, no doubt. Arizona always has been a problem for the 49ers, for whatever reason. The 49ers' win on Thursday snapped an eight-game head-to-head losing streak against the Cards.

And even though the 49ers were not at all satisfied with their performance, they were thrilled with the victory. Coming off the field, it might have been the happiest Ive seen the team this season. Maybe they were just relieved to get out of there with a victory.

Richard Sherman did his best afterward to bring his teammates back down to earth. That was not championship football, he said. Sherman knows the 49ers cannot play as they did against Arizona and expect to beat his former team.

The biggest issue facing the 49ers this week is finding a way to compensate for the season-ending loss of linebacker Kwon Alexander, who was a spark plug for this team. One teammate even called him the heart and soul of the defense. The 49ers did not look the same after Alexander left the field with a season-ending pectoral injury. Rookie Dre Greenlaw steps into the lineup Monday to make his first start. I'm sure the Seahawks will find a way to test him repeatedly.

The Seahawks have won six games by seven or fewer points, including an overtime victory at home against Tampa Bay on Sunday. Whats going on there?

FANN: Winning close has kind of become a ritual up in Seattle, much to the chagrin of its fans. The Seahawks only have one comfortable win all season (Week 4 vs. Arizona). Theyre notorious for making games closer than they should, especially against inferior opponents.

And yet, somehow they always seem to find a way. This season its been Russell Wilson who has carried the team. Hes got 25 total touchdowns (22 passing, three rushing) to just one interception. Wilsons QBR (78.5) and quarterback rating (118.2) are both tops in the NFL, and hes the current betting favorite to win MVP.

The defense is to blame for most of Seattles struggles, and its why many fans feel uneasy about the team. Seattle ranks 22nd in points allowed, 25th in yards allowed, 24th in net passing yards allowed per attempt and 23rd in rushing yards allowed per attempt. Just two weeks ago, Matt Schaub carved up the Seahawks for 460 passing yards, and things werent any better against the Buccaneers on Sunday.

Seattles biggest issue is the pass rush has been non-existent. The Seahawks havent been able to get pressure without blitzing. The defensive line has only nine collective sacks through nine games, and linebacker Mychal Kendricks leads the team with three.

But while the Seahawks always seem to play down to inferior opponents, they also almost always find ways to keep games close against the NFLs elite. Much of that, again, is due to Wilsons magic.

Im curious to see how each team approaches this game. Its the biggest contest for the 49ers in five years, and its a clear opportunity for Seattle to take the reins back in the division it mostly dominated from 2013-16. Do you think theres a chance this game reignites what used to be one of, if not the best rivalry in the NFL?

MAIOCCO: I doubt the head-to-head series ever reaches the heights it did during the era you reference because of the men in charge.

Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh loved to compete against each other. Or, actually, maybe they hated it. Im not sure. I know that there was always added juice to Seahawks-49ers games because of the history those men had, beginning when they were at USC and Stanford, respectively.

Everything seemed a lot more personal in those days. Now, it seems as if its more personal for the fan bases of the two teams. The 49ers are becoming relevant again to the point where I think we can actually return to calling this a rivalry.

The biggest storyline now, as it was a year ago, is Richard Sherman. Fans of the 49ers had a bitter dislike (is hate too strong of a word?) for Sherman. Now, he is playing at a high level for the 49ers and firmly established as a team leader for a team on the rise.

How is he regarded in Seattle?

FANN: This game has all of the makings records, primetime stage, etc. to reestablish the rivalry, especially among the fan bases. But I think this game will have to be a classic in order to truly do so.

As for Sherman, Seahawks fans are split. Theres a large contingent that appreciates what Sherman meant to the best stretch in franchise history. He brought the swagger to the Legion of Boom and helped turn the Seahawks into a villain, something rarely (if ever) said about a Seattle sports team. That group also understands that it was Sherman who was pushed out of Seattle, not the other way around.

Others, while still acknowledging his importance in franchise history, resent him for his bashing of the organization and Russell Wilson, in particular. Seth Wickershams hit piece on ESPN still strikes a nerve. So does Shermans quote in 2018 about Wilson saying, Ive seen him throw five interceptions in a game, too. Many viewed that as an unnecessary potshot, which, in fairness, it probably was.

Harbaugh is gone, but I think Sherman is polarizing and outspoken enough to stoke the flames of the rivalry. Quick tangent, its still wild to me that Sherman, the man who once ate Thanksgiving dinner on the 50-yard line at Levis Stadium, is now a central figure in the championship-caliber team San Francisco has built.

Anyway, you mentioned the 49ers have little ro
om for error, and yet, theyre massive favorites in this game. What is something within this matchup that might make 49ers fans nervous and give some optimism to Seahawks fans?

MAIOCCO: Ill give you a couple aspects of this game that could enable Seattle to leave the Bay Area with a victory.

1. The 49ers must compensate for the loss of Alexander. Its going to take the 49ers a period of time to make the adjustment to the rookie linebacker who takes his place.

2. The 49ers have moved to a wide-nine defensive alignment, which creates bigger run lanes between the tackles. Opponents average 4.7 yards per attempt against the 49ers. Chris Carson could have a big day.

3. Their most dynamic offensive weapon, tight end George Kittle, is banged up with a knee issue. I expect him to play, but he might not be moving as well as normal.

4. The 49ers expect to get three offensive starters back from long absences due to injuries: fullback Kyle Juszczyk (knee), left tackle Joe Staley (fractured leg) and right tackle Mike McGlinchey (knee). While that might sound like a boost to the 49ers, it could take those players a while to work back into game form.

5. Then, of course, theres the Wilson factor. As well as Jimmy Garoppolo is playing, Wilson is on a different level. Wilson has the uncanny ability to make things happen when the situation is breaking down around him. He always gives the Seahawks a chance to win. And if Carson is providing a threat on the ground, that will make Wilson even more dangerous.

Lets end it with this, Joe ... you know both of these teams very well. What has surprised you about these teams entering Week 10? And how you expect them to approach one another?

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FANN: I cant say Im surprised by the 49ers. I remember being on your podcast back in July and saying I was bullish on their chances this season. Now, I didnt expect an 8-0 start, but that roster is loaded from top to bottom.

If there is a surprise, its how well Emmanuel Moseley, Daniel Brunskill and Justin Skule have played in place of Ahkello Witherspoon, Mike McGlinchey and Joe Staley, respectively. The overall health of the secondary must also be a welcome change of pace for 49ers fans as well.

As for the Seahawks, Im surprised at just how feeble the pass rush has been. Ziggy Ansah hasnt been a factor and teams are doubling Jadeveon Clowney without consequence.

I expect Seattle to lean on Chris Carson. I dont anticipate Seattle dropping Wilson back 40 times against San Franciscos vaunted pass rush (unless the game script calls for otherwise, obviously).

The Seahawks will also aim to limit the 49ers rushing attack and hope for a poor decision or two from Jimmy Garoppolo. If Garoppolo is as sharp as he was against Arizona, the Seahawks may not stand a chance.

I ultimately think it will take a perfect performance from Seattle in order to win. Wilson has to continue to play at an MVP level, and the Seahawks must win the turnover battle. Selfishly, I hope this is one that goes down to the wire and is a classic that sets the table for an equally important game in Week 17.

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