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The Camdenton Lakers hosted their Ozark Conference rival on Thursday night, and with no love lost between the two teams, and bragging rights at stake, the Lakers looked to snag their fourth win of the season.
Despite a late Waynesville rally, the Lakers managed to hang on to their lead to send the Tigers packing after a 6-4 win.
"It's always great to get a conference win and win against a rival like Waynesville. They're always a challenge," Camdenton's coach Matt Moulder said. "I didn't think we played particularly well, and had a lot of things we could have done better. We love to get wins, but we still have to continue to work hard."
Camdenton took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, and added on another run in the second to maintain their lead at 2-1. In the third inning, the Lakers' bats went to work, scoring three runs for a 5-1 lead.
Over the course of the next three innings, the Tigers would attempt to mount a comeback, but the Lakers' defense held firm, allowing just one run scored in each inning.
With Camdenton leading 6-4 after six innings, Waynesville had one final chance to tie things up in the top of the seventh, but once again, Camdenton's defense held their ground to hold back the Waynesville surge and win the contest.
"We hit well early, and stranded some guys and had a couple of base-running blunders," Moulder said. "We hit the ball, we just didn't put it all together enough to put up the number of runs we would like to have."
Jake Voorhees led the Lakers with 2 RBI's, with Cory Simpson, Jordan Webster and Kyle Rizer following behind with one RBI apiece.
The Lakers used three pitchers in the match, with sophomore Brett Lange leading off the first three innings, followed by Jake Decker and later Simpson for two innings apiece.
Simpson threw three strikeouts while the other two struck out two batters each. Up until Tuesday night, Simpson had not thrown yet this season, as the team is trying to approach his return cautiously due to an injury he is still recovering from.
One area that Moulder sees as a problem for the Lakers has been their inability to stop the run. Opponents have been able to steal bases on the Lakers, and it's something Moulder and crew want to fix.
"We're not doing a good job of holding runners, and we're not giving Voorhees a chance to throw guys out," Moulder said. "It's something we're aware of and something we need to work on."
The Lakers have a short break before they make the long drive to play West Plains next week Tuesday before returning home to take on Camdenton's rival, the Lebanon Yellowjackets, on Thursday night.
Lakers slip past Waynesville in 6-4 win
The Camdenton Lakers hosted their Ozark Conference rival on Thursday night, and with no love lost between the two teams, and bragging rights at stake, the Lakers looked to snag their fourth win of the season.


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MIT researchers built upon previous research into colored dyes from the 1970s and created special glass panels. Each panel absorbs a different wavelength of light and carries it to solar cells. The result: the first potentially viable solar windows.
The new research is reported in the July 11 issue of the journal Science. In it, the researchers detail how the build up their novel "solar concentrator". Explains Marc A. Baldo, leader of the work and the Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, "Light is collected over a large area [like a window] and gathered, or concentrated, at the edges."
By clustering solar cells around the edges of the specially prepared sheets of glass, the new method provides a unique alternative to expensive rooftop solar cells. They are also much more efficient than their rooftop brethren. The special glass panels concentrate light 40 times standard sunlight before delivery directly to the cell. Further different designs to absorb different wavelengths are available, so by using windows with several stacked glass panes, absorption can be optimized across the entire visible wavelength.
The system is so simple to manufacturer that the inventors expect it to be deployed within 3 years at little cost over standard window costs. Furthermore, it can be added to existing solar panels to help concentrate sunlight for virtually no additional cost, and would increase their efficiency by a modest 50 percent, according to the authors.
Baldo's team includes Michael Currie, Jon Mapel, and Timothy Heidel; all graduate students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Shalom Goffri, a postdoctoral associate in MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a sponsor of the research is very pleased with their progress.
Dr. Aravinda Kini, program manager in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences in the DOE's Office of Science, states, "Professor Baldo's project utilizes innovative design to achieve superior solar conversion without optical tracking. This accomplishment demonstrates the critical importance of innovative basic research in bringing about revolutionary advances in solar energy utilization in a cost-effective manner."
In the paper, Professor Baldo addresses current methods for improving efficiently, stating that, "track the sun to generate high optical intensities, often by using large mobile mirrors that are expensive to deploy and maintain. He comments that additionally "solar cells at the focal point of the mirrors must be cooled, and the entire assembly wastes space around the perimeter to avoid shadowing neighboring concentrators."
As he points out, even methods today considered to promote efficiency are clumsy and expensive. His team's process is extremely simple in comparison with no moving parts. The windows are painted, in essence, with a series of two dyes. Combined, the dyes absorb light of a specific wavelength and then retransmit it at the edges of the window.
The previous work in the 1970s involved a similar principle but lost too much energy during transportation. The MIT engineers were able to take their expertise in lasers and organic light-emitting diodes and apply it to making a mixture of two special dyes which work much better. Says Jon Mapel, "We made it so the light can travel a much longer distance. We were able to substantially reduce light transport losses, resulting in a tenfold increase in the amount of power converted by the solar cells."
The research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation in addition to the DOE. Professor Baldo is associated with MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, and Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.
Mr. Mapel, Mr. Currie and Mr. Goffri have founded a company Covalent Solar, which looks to make good on the researchers' promise to bring the technology to market within 3 years. The company is progressing nicely, winning the Energy category ($20,000) and the Audience Judging Award ($10,000) in MIT's $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. The new design is especially heavy to the tinted-glass heavy urban settings and follows a trend of incorporating wind and solar power into less obtrusive urban-ready designs.

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The Lafourche Parish Civil Service Board sided with the parish's former spokesman Logan Banks in a wrongful termination complaint against the parish administration.
The Lafourche Parish Civil Service Board sided with the parish's former spokesman Logan Banks in a wrongful termination complaint against the parish administration.
On Wednesday, the board unanimously ruled Bank's firing in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Isaac was improperly handed by Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolph, who declined comment after the meeting.
Banks, who served as the parish's spokesman for 11 months, claims he was made a scapegoat for political reasons following the government's attempts to communicate the conditions in Kraemer and Bayou Boeuf following Issac.
The ruling effectively reinstates Bank's employment and could lead to him receiving back pay since he was fired. His annual salary was about $44,000, not including benefits.
Banks declined to say whether he would seek to work for the parish again. His old position was filled late last year. He also declined to say if further legal action will be pursued, only noting he will be "discussing the next steps" with his lawyer.
He also thanked the board for "doing the right thing."
The spokesman acts as a liaison for media and develops outreach efforts for the local government.
The board discussed the decision in a closed executive session before agreeing Banks' termination failed to meet the guidelines set forth in a civil service manual dictating the process for firing an employee.
The board's previous meeting included three hours of testimony tied to Banks' complaint.
Randolph characterized Banks as "aloof" during the storm and said he was fired as a culmination of poor job performance during his entire employment. She said his failure to accurately portray the conditions in Kraemer and Bayou Boeuf was the final action that led to his dismissal.
The testimony featured several parish employees who said Banks was slow to produce news releases, and he failed to grasp some of the technical aspects of the job.
His employment file includes no written review, though a review took place, Randolph said. But that evaluation was not properly processed because Randolph said Banks did not turn it in to the correct person.
Banks denied shortcomings in his job performance and said he was fired after embarrassing Gov. Bobby Jindal in the wake of Isaac.
The night and early morning of Aug. 30 saw Isaac dump massive amounts of rain into the watershed that drains areas, including north Lafourche. Water pressed against the levees protecting Kraemer and Bayou Boeuf.
There were plans to evacuate those communities, but that didn't happen. Instead a small army of residents, parish workers, jail trusties and officers worked through the night into the morning fortifying the levees.
Though their efforts were successful, there was some overtopping of the levees in places. Phone calls from residents to New Orleans media and a news release from Gov. Bobby Jindal's office the following day sent rumors flying.
Banks said he was ordered by Randolph's husband, George, to quell those rumors.
The Daily Comet and The Courier quoted Banks as saying there was no evacuation and the situation was under control.
Randolph said Banks' statement was not approved, and it incorrectly downplayed the situation — warranting his termination.
Because the story contradicted reports of an evacuation, but was truthful, Banks argued he was made the fall guy when Jindal's office called inquiring about the discrepancy.
Randolph admits to speaking with Jindal's spokesman Kyle Plotkin but said Banks' job failures led to his firing.
At Randolph's request, the Daily Comet and The Courier corrected the article to clarify the governor's statements.


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From madness to seizures, to crime and lack of sleep, people have long blamed the full moon for a range of problems. Research, on the other hand, has found little evidence over the years to support these anecdotal accounts of the moon's powers over the human body and brain.
But scientists in Switzerland decided to look again at one of those putative effects — disturbed sleep — and were surprised to see there might be something to the claim after all.
Christian Cajochen, who studies circadian rhythms and sleep at the University of Basel, says many friends who work in big sleep clinics tell him their patients sometimes complain of not being able to sleep during a full moon. Over drinks one day, he and some colleagues realized they already had some data that could put that long-held bit of folklore to a test.
"We were sitting outside a pub, and we were looking at the full moon" when they hatched their plan, Cajochen remembers. In an unrelated earlier study, the scientists had collected detailed observations on the sleep patterns of some 30 healthy people — young and old, men and women — as they spent three days sleeping in a lab at various times of the month. The sleepers had been in light-controlled rooms, so were shielded during the study from any changes in daylight — or moonlight — outside the lab, and hadn't been asked anything at all about the moon.
In their current study, published this week in Current Biology, Cajochen and his colleague looked back at that old data set and did some number crunching to compare how the people slept at different stages of the lunar cycle.
"We found that people who entered the lab during a full moon slept, on average, 20 minutes less than people who came in during the new moon phase," Cajochen says. Deep sleep was also significantly reduced among people who were in the lab during a full moon, versus those at the lab during a new moon. And the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin also declined during a full moon.
Though the results were statistically significant, Cajochen says they might not hold up in a much larger study. And until and unless he or others can replicate the findings and figure out a proposed mechanism for how the moon might have this effect, Cajochen says he's "still skeptical."
So is Fred Turek, a chronobiologist at Northwestern University. "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," Turek says, adding that the new study falls far short of providing that evidence.
"We don't know whether humans have a clock mechanism that allows us to synchronize our physiology to the lunar cycle," agrees Frank Scheer, a sleep researcher at Harvard Medical School. On the other hand, Scheer says, we know a lot about human circadian clocks, which program our bodies to the daily rhythms of day and night. We know where that clock is located in the brain, and we understand some of the neural and molecular pathways involved.
And until someone finds a lunar clock in humans, the mystery of the moon's effect may just be something we have to sleep on.
A full moon is often blamed for a whole range of human problems, from a lack of sleep to seizures. Some even say there are more crimes on a full moon night and more accidents. But there is no scientific evidence to back these claims.
Still, as NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee reports, some sleep researchers in Switzerland have decided to take another look.
RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: Christian Cajochen is a sleep biologist at the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel.
CHRISTIAN CAJOCHEN: We were sitting outside a pub, actually, and we were looking at the full moon. And we asked ourselves whether the full moon really had some influence on human sleep.
CHATTERJEE: He says his colleagues who work in sleep clinics say patients often blame their sleep troubles on a full moon, and so Cajochen had an idea. He and his colleagues had done a previous study, where they'd collected detailed information on the sleep patterns of healthy adults in their sleep lab. They knew the dates of the experiment which took place over a long period.
So Cajochen dug up that data, and looked to see if there was any association between the phases of the moon and changes in people's sleep patterns. To his surprise...
CAJOCHEN: People who entered the lab during full moon slept, on average, 20 minutes less than people who came in during the new moon phase.
CHATTERJEE: They also found that deep sleep was reduced by 30 percent during a full moon. Cajochen says he didn't believe what he was seeing.
CAJOCHEN: I was like, wow, this can't be.
CHATTERJEE: After all, other scientists who looked at this have failed to find a link. Cajochen says he's still skeptical, even though he's just published his findings in the journal Current Biology.
At least one sleep researcher says it's just a statistical fluke. But Frank Scheer, who studies circadian rhythms at Harvard Medical School, is less dismissive.
FRANK SCHEER: Well, I think it is an interesting finding. It's a small study. It's performed in 33 subjects. So it will need to be replicated in a larger study to see if these findings hold true.
CHATTERJEE: Scheer says, to date, researchers haven't been able to find any evidence that the moon influences our bodies, not even the menstrual cycle.
SCHEER: Of course, it is the first thing one would think about, because it also has a rhythm that is somewhat close to the lunar cycle.
CHATTERJEE: But, he says there's no evidence that it's in sync with the moon. On the other hand, Scheer says, we do know that the sun influences the human body in many ways.
SCHEER: So we understand quite a bit about workings of the circadian clock, the biological system that regulates our day-night rhythms and physiology and behavior.
CHATTERJEE: And that could mean that if the moon does have an effect, it may be too subtle to detect, given the much greater effect of daylight.
Now, it's a different story for some animals. Scientists have found lunar - or circa-lunar clocks, as they call them - in a range of marine animals.
TOBIAS KAISE: It was shown in corals, in worms, in insects, in fish.
CHATTERJEE: Tobias Kaise is at the University of Vienna. He says many marine animals synchronize their feeding and reproduction with the lunar cycle. And that makes sense, because their lives are dependent on tides, which are controlled by the moon. But Kaiser says even these circa-lunar clocks are poorly understood.
KAISE: You know, the great mystery of circa-lunar clocks is that nobody knows anything about the molecular basis of the circa-lunar clock. It's not understood in any organism.
CHATTERJEE: And as for the great mystery of the moon's effect on humans, that seems like something we just have to sleep on.
Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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European Commission
Brussels, 13 March 2013
Questions and Answers on proposed Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Management
Why is the Commission proposing a Framework Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Management?
The uncoordinated use of coastal and maritime areas is currently resulting in competition for maritime and coastal space and inefficient use of marine and coastal resources. On-going uncertainties and a lack of predictability regarding appropriate access to the maritime space have created a suboptimal business climate for investors. With rapidly increasing demand for maritime space for new activities, such as renewable energy and aquaculture installations, the EU needs to ensure coherent planning of maritime activities at sea. Increased use of coastal and marine areas as well as risks related to climate change and natural hazards to which coastal areas are extremely vulnerable, put pressure on coastal and marine resources. They require integrated and coherent management to secure sustainable growth and preserve marine ecosystems for future generations.
Cross-border co-operation on maritime spatial planning (MSP) and integrated coastal management (ICM) in EU marine regions and sub-regions is essential as marine ecosystems, fishing grounds, marine protected areas as well as maritime infrastructures, such as cables, pipelines, shipping lanes, oil, gas and wind installations, etc. run across national borders. The planning of major investments and applicable policy processes in sea basins needs to be considered on a cross-border basis. For example, offshore energy grids are necessary to the development of renewable energy sources. Yet, coordination between Member States is far from being systematic, and the current inconsistencies between existing systems prevent efficient cross-border planning.
The risk is also high that Member States establish a multitude of different systems operating in different timescales which will make cross border cooperation almost impossible.
What do Member States have to do to implement the Directive?
Member States will be asked to draw up maritime spatial plans, which will map existing human activities and identify their most effective future spatial development at sea, and develop integrated coastal management strategies which will ensure coordinated management of these human activities in coastal areas. They will have to fulfil minimum requirements which are of procedural nature: develop maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies, and establish appropriate cross-border cooperation among them.
The Proposal respects Member States prerogatives to tailor the content of the plans and strategies to their specific economic, social and environmental priorities, as well as their national sectorial policy objectives and legal traditions. The planning details and the determination of management objectives are left to Member States. The EU will not take part in these processes.
The aim of the action is for Member States to establish a process or processes that cover the full cycle of problem identification, information collection, planning, decision-making, management, monitoring of implementation, and stakeholder participation.
How is the proposal related to the Commission's Europe 2020 strategy and Blue Growth initiative?
Maritime sectors are active in emerging areas where innovation, sustainable growth and employment contribute to the EU 2020 objective. MSP and ICM can boost maritime growth by facilitating the development of Blue Growth sectors, such as renewable energy, aquaculture or maritime tourism, in a context of increasing competition for space and limited ecosystem resources.
MSP and ICM increase the stability, transparency and predictability of the investment climate where they are implemented. MSP and ICM will give operators certainty about possible economic development, the applicable policy processes and the necessary procedures. The risk of investments being delayed or plans having to be changed repetitively will be reduced.
A reduction of 1% in costs leads to positive economic effects ranging from EUR 170 million to EUR 1.3 billion by 2020. Furthermore, accelerating investments in wind-farm and aqua-farm activities by 1, 2 or 3 years are likely to generate between EUR 60 million and over EUR 600 million by 2020.
Planning is a Member States competence. Does the initiative lead to an overreach of competences by the Commission?
The Commission has always strongly stated that Member States should retain the full competence of what and where to plan. For that reason, the Commission is proposing a Directive which safeguards proportionality and subsidiarity by leaving the flexibility for implementation to the Member State.
Some Member States have already put in place MSP and ICM processes. Has this been taken into account by the Commission?
Some Member States have pioneered MSP and ICM and have developed efficient planning and coastal management mechanisms. The Commission has worked closely with Member States experts in drawing up its Proposal so that the existing systems can be incorporated consistently within the minimum requirement proposed by the Commission. Specifically the Directive allows for its transposition and implementation to build upon existing national rules and mechanisms to the greatest extent possible. For ICM, the coastal management strategies should build on principles and elements set out in earlier EU initiatives such as Council Recommendation 2002/413/EC and Council Decision 2010/631/EU
Member States who made early efforts to develop MSP/ICM will be at an advantage, not at a disadvantage.
Does the Proposal add a new layer of regulatory complexity?
On the contrary, current sea space management often leads to overregulation and complexity. In some countries one needs to contact up to 8 administrative agencies before having the permit for an aquaculture site. Administrative complexity has also prevented Europe to install more offshore wind energy sites.
Transposing and implementing the Directive will allow Member States to coordinate their administrations on the basis of integrated planning and management processes. This constitutes a huge simplification and costs-saving exercise for the administration, as well as for investors. The use of a single instrument to balance maritime activities and available space and to coordinate policies in coastal areas reduces regulatory complexity and ensures that measures proposed in the context of specific objectives of existing EU law (renewable energy, Motorways of the Seas, various environment laws, reformed Common Fisheries Policy, etc) are facilitated by the overall planning underway for a given sea area and integrated management of applicable policies. This also strengthens coherence with and ultimately simplifies the overall regulatory framework.
Therefore, Maritime Spatial Plans and Integrated Coastal Management Strategies will help reach the objectives of the Renewable Energy Directive, the Motorways of the Sea initiative, several pieces of environmental legislation and the reformed Common Fisheries Policy.
Does the Directive impose new obligations and new objectives to national sectoral policies like transport, energy or fisheries? Are we creating duplications?
Maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies will not set new sectoral policy targets. They aim at integrating and linking the objectives defined by national or regional policies, at identifying steps to prevent conflicts between different sectors and at contributing to the achievement of EU objectives in maritime sector policies.
MSP will not result in more restriction or duplication of objectives for shipping. It will support the growth of maritime transport through a more efficient organisation of space: for instance Member States will be able to better coordinate developments regarding shipping lanes and ports. Administrative costs for shipping companies will decrease as they will be less likely to fight unplanned decisions, lose time due to inefficient changes in shipping routes, or undergo uncertainty concerning the timing of infrastructure developments.
ICM will contribute to better coordination between different policies and therefore not create additional obligations, but rather facilitate the implementation of existing legislation and obligations. This is particularly relevant because ICM addresses the land and the sea simultaneously. Linkages between the 'dry side' (land) and 'wet side' (sea) of the coast are such that integration of different policies that address either land or sea will facilitate the management of human activities in coastal areas, making it easier to achieve objectives across different policy domains.
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"The handsomest shop in Canada" resided in Toronto in the early 20th century, the world's largest purveyor of fine barbery tools. Jones Bros. and Co., Limited supplied chairs barbers could "absolutely depend on", mirror cases, shoe shine stands, portable massage machines and, of course, straight-blade razors.
In the early 1900's barbery was an art and barbershops were opulent. Barbers were still considered professional men to be respected in society, but still not to the degree that they were before then. 'The Barber's Manual' by A.B. Moler, published in 1886, explains how, in ancient times, barbers were the foremost men of their tribes. People were superstitious about their hair, believing spirits entered and exited through their manes, so barbers were perceived as medicine men who could banish bad spirits by giving a good haircut.
In Egypt, Before Christ - so the story goes - a barber was sent to shave Joseph's face before he met with Pharoah so the king wouldn't be offended by a "dirty" face. And, in the third Century, Alexander the Great ordered his soldiers to be clean-shaven so they couldn't be pulled to the ground by their beards and speared to death.
All this before shaving even became a fashion, which eventually happened in Rome when barbershops became hubs for men to exchange news and a boy's first shave became his official foray into manhood. Julius Caesar, the Roman Empire's chief executive officer, was notoriously clean-shaven.
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Barbery ultimately became an essential service during the Roaring Twenties, when families moved from farms to cities and men began working in office spaces. A need for speed brought "The Terminal Method', or the quick shave movement born out of train-station barber shops that would shave men clean on the fly. Being the booming time for business that it was, the '20s also bore the first patents for disposable razors by both Schick and Gillette.
Without discrediting the convenience of an at-home shave, the emergence of two-blades affixed to a plastic handle may have contributed to the decline in the art of barbery. And it is an art! Performing a straight-blade shave is not for the faint of heart. From which razor to choose (Jones Bros. offered dozens including "Money Maker", "The Demon" and "Canuck"), how to treat the skin, and effectively remove hair without harm is a definitive skill.
The Barber's Manual lists numerous solid tips: "Hold the razor loosely in the right hand with the handle between the little and third finger; the length of strokes should be from 8 inches to a foot-long glide across the skin; muscle control is acquired by continual practice!" And, on dipping your badger-hair brush in shave cream instead of your hands, "too many fingers in the froth spoils the broth".
Fret not, modern men, the art of shaving is not all lost. In fact, it is once again a rising trend.
Bridging the old and new schools of barbery is Pamela Hackwell, resident hairstylist and luxury wet-shave artist at Gotstyle in Toronto. The first thing you notice when you walk into her space are the two aqua blue chairs reminiscent of those described in the Jones Bros' booklet. Beyond those, though, Pamela only borrows one trick from the old-school: time.
"Most men - especially in the urban core - are under time constraints", laments Pamela. However, time is what most positively affects a successful shave and a clear complexion. She spends about 45 minutes with each man. "I slow my vibe down so he can become more relaxed; it's much better, and I want it to be a luxury experience."
Besides, skin prep is the most important aspect of a shave - razor burn, bleeding and ingrown hairs are most often the results of a quick dry-shave. Pamela uses aromatherapy in her towels, eye patches to soothe the delicate eye area, and her own line of certified organic creams and oils to treat the skin before her blade emerges.
A common misnomer among men with bumpy complexions is that they've produced pimples from too-oily skin. The opposite is true: their skin cells are over-producing oil to protect in the absence of sufficient hydration. "The biggest thing that would eliminate so many problems for men is a simple moisturizer, applied twice per day to their face, whether they have beard hair or not." Hydration will soften the stubble and nourish skin cells, which will prevent ingrown hairs.
Men who aren't in the vicinity of Pamela or a quality barbershop can employ her tips:
1. Lay a steamed towel over your face prior to shaving to open pores so that hair will extract more easily.
2. Steam your shave cream - the heat will assist the product in getting beneath the hair cuticle so stubble can lift easily.
3. Shave only the direction of your hair - not simply down on your face and up on your neck - because every man's hair grows in differently.
4. After your shave and a fresh layer of moisturizer has been massaged into your skin, apply a cool towel to close pores and lock moisture in.
5. If you have a full beard, condition it in the shower the same as you do your head of hair - beards prevent moisture from reaching the surface of your skin, so you need to hydrate proactively.
6. Look for all-natural face products, as non-natural creams enter your bloodstream immediately after you apply them
Pamela recommends Fendrihan.com, an online purveyor of fine shaving tools like badger hair brushes and quality shave creams. Next time you're planning a trip to Toronto, consider giving Pamela a call at Gotstyle (416-856-8185) for 45 minutes of pure bliss.


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- Wash the zucchinis and cut them length wise into quarters then cut the quartered pieces into 1 inch lengths. You may have to cut the zucchini into finer strips, keep the length and width in proportion.
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Dustin Travis West, age 42, of Knoxville and formerly of Oak Ridge, passed away Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.
Dustin Travis West, age 42, of Knoxville and formerly of Oak Ridge, passed away Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center.
He was born July 9, 1970, in Louisville, Ky.
Dustin was employed with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the Janitorial Department. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was an avid reader and also loved to cook, but his passion was music and playing the drums. In past years, he has played with various bands.
Dustin had a kind heart, a sweet spirit and a gentle soul. He was generous with his time in helping others. He was always willing to help with holiday dinners from cooking to cleaning up. He was very devoted to his family and will be missed by all.
Dustin attended Cedar Hill Elementary School, Jefferson Junior High School and Oak Ridge High School. He graduated from Laurel High School in Knoxville in 1989. While in high school, he worked one summer at Yellowstone National Park. He also had an Engineering degree from Pellissippi State Technical Community College.
He was preceded in death by his father, Glenn Russell West; grandparents, Glenn and Ellen West; Pappaw, John Wallace Precise and best friend Randy Brown.
He is survived by his mother, Kaye Precise Habenschuss and stepfather, Tony Habenschuss, of Oak Ridge; his brother, Rusty West and wife, Shari, of Oak Ridge; sisters, Jennifer West Hill and Laurel West Madden and husband, Edward, all of Oak Ridge; maternal grandmother, Ruth Travis Precise of Oak Ridge; and several nieces and nephews whom he adored, Jessica, Brandon, Stephanie, Aaron, Austin, Logan, Braden, Reagan, Hayleigh, Eden Kyleigh, Ethan, Jackson, Landon and River.
He will be missed by the family pets, on which he lavished his attention. He will also be greatly missed by his bandmates, "pub" family and friends, especially his close friends, Brandon, Scott, Kitt, Tom, Tony and numerous others.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, 2013, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The funeral will follow at 7 p.m. with Bishop Brent McGavin officiating.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Oak Ridge Memorial Park.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements. An online guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.


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In my search for David Ridgely Howard, I took a picture of a couple of books at the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA. I found one of the books on the Heritage Books Website.
The First and Second Maryland Infantry, CSA
I think there will be some useful information in one or both of these books about my subject. Will this lead me to who his parents are? Don't know. But, it will help find out some of his stories while in this unit. Perhaps, why or how he got from Baltimore, Maryland to join the C.S.A. Have ready seen some hints that he was in Richmond, Virginia. Of note is the reference to Culp's Hill and the Weldon Railroad. Culp's Hill is an easy find, but like my Civil War hero (re-enactor) told me, the smaller battles are mostly unknown. My searching for that latter battle, hasn't found much. Only that he was shot in that battle, for the 2nd time, perhaps.
The First and Second Maryland Infantry, C.S.A. – Robert J. Driver, Jr. the First Maryland Infantry was formed from Marylanders who chose to cast their lot with the Confederacy against a Union government that had invaded their state and established martial law, forcing those who disagreed with the invasion of the South to join the Confederates or to submit to what they considered as tyranny. Organized at Harpers Ferry, they fought in the first battle of the war at Bull Run, and distinguished themselves for their valor. The Marylanders fought in the Shenandoah Valley under Jackson, bringing new honors to their fame.
During the Seven Day Campaign they made an outstanding charge across open fields to help break the Union lines at Gaines's Mill. Disbanded in 1862, they quickly reorganized and gathered new recruits to become the Second Maryland Infantry. These gallant Marylanders defended the Shenandoah Valley during the winter of 1862-63, and then fought in the battle of Winchester in 1863. Joining Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, they charged up Culp's Hill on July 2-3, losing half their number. In June 1864, the Marylanders charged without orders and closed a gap in the Confederate lines at Cold Harbor. Defending Petersburg, they were in several counterattacks to recover the Weldon Railroad. During the winter of 1864-65 the Marylanders were constantly called on for picket duty, while others around them deserted. They fought to the last at Petersburg in April 1865, and the survivors surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. 2003, 6×9, cloth, index, 581 pp.
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LOWELL -- A Lowell father and son are being held on bail after prosecutors allege the pair used a bat and a shovel to beat a relative who returned to their Lowell home to retrieve his possessions.
Defense attorneys for Douglas Cowart, also known as Douglas Hansen Sr., 47, and his son Douglas Hansen Jr., 18, argued in Lowell District Court on Thursday that the two acted in self-defense.
Both pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the Jan. 30 incident at the Hansens' home at 64 Butterfield St.
Judge Ellen M. Caulo ordered each held on $200 cash bail after defense attorneys noted neither has a lengthy criminal record.
Prosecutor Joseph Posner said Lowell police met with the alleged victim, who said he used to live at the 64 Butterfield St. home but moved out last week. When he returned to retrieve some of his belongings, the father and son demanded he return his keys and became enraged when he didn't, Posner said.
The younger Hansen allegedly grabbed a baseball bat and began swinging at the alleged victim, while the father used a shovel to try to hit the victim.
While the father missed, the younger Hansen connected, hitting the victim in the arms, chest and back, Posner alleges. With the victim down, the father was able to use the shovel to hit the alleged victim in the arm, Posner alleges.
The alleged victim had brought two friends with him, who were screaming at the father and son to stop, Posner said. The beating stopped when the witnesses said they were calling the police.
The alleged victim was treated at the scene by ambulance personnel. He was not seriously injured.
Defense attorney Michael Talty, who represents Douglas Hansen Sr., told the judge that the alleged victim -- a relative by marriage who had been allowed to stay at the house -- was the aggressor. Talty said the alleged victim tried to assault the father and son with a box cutter.
Talty said police allegedly saw the victim texting a message that he was going to kill the father.
"I don't know why he (the alleged victim) wasn't charged,'' Talty said. He anticipates the charges will be dropped because the alleged victim will have Fifth Amendment rights not to testify.
Defense attorney Paul King, who represents Douglas Hansen Jr., said his client agrees with his father's statement. The son showed him some cuts on his stomach where the alleged victim cut him with the box-cutter knife, King said.
The next court date for both is Feb. 21 for a pretrial conference.
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When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training for K-1 in 1994.
What ranks and titles have you held? 2006 PRIDE Open Weight Grand Prix Champion
Do you have any heroes? My father
What is your favorite technique? I'm a striker.
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Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? Yes.
What was your job before you started fighting? I was a police officer, and was then promoted to Special Police which is an Anti-Terrorist unit called ATJ LUCKO. I then ran for the Croatian Parliament, representing the capital city of Zagreb, in 2003 and I was elected. I was fighting already when I was a police officer. I'm currently serving the Croatian Parliament (the equivalent of US Senate). So, it's not like I did something before I became a fighter. I've been a fighter all through my career as a public servant.
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There will be an update on Columbia Football on gocolumbialions.com released every Tuesday evening in 2013. The features will include updates on the team's off-season workouts, dates to remember and other team information that will keep you in the know about the Columbia Football program!
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We only have two more Tuesday Updates before the summer break. Stay tuned for updated rosters, two deeps and biographies! Have questions??? Tweet them @columbialionsfb and use the hashtag #TuesdayUpdate.
Talking About the Final Spring Practice
Coach Mangurian breaks down the final spring practice:
This weekend we finished phase three of our football calendar. The off-season started January 29 and ended Saturday Night (May 4). The players have done what we have asked them to do. I can honestly say that we got all they had to give. That's how it should be. For the most part, they feel good about where they are, and I agree.
That being said, we still have a long way to go.
I thought we played solid Saturday. We were very basic in our calls. Obviously we have installed some new schemes into our defensive package with the addition of Chris Rippon to the staff. We went to great lengths to keep our terminology consistent for the sake of the players, but there was an adjustment. The last two weeks of spring practice I felt we became more comfortable with our responsibilities and started playing more physical. I thought we continued that Saturday night.
I was very pleased with the way our defensive line played. Wells Childress was disruptive and physical in both the running and passing game. His football awareness has improved. Nick Melka was productive and dependable. Nick has a high effort and disciplined playing style. Chad Washington has become much more consistent as a player. Chad has improved as a run defender and made more progress as a pass rusher.
Niko Padilla continues to improve his skills to match physical strength. Toba Akinleye played closer to his potential in the scrimmage. Toba can be a disruptive pass rusher, but has shown an ability to be a "3 down" player. Eric Stock, Roy Schwartz and Hunter Little are unselfish and dependable. When they are on the field, you are going to get all they have. JD Hurt started off well this spring but missed the last week. With three incoming freshmen joining this group and the return of Seyi Adebayo, we should feature a bigger and more athletic D-Line than a year ago.
Our linebackers are in transition. Losing Waller and Murphy is significant. Zach Olinger is the established veteran of the group; we won't really know who is playing beside him until September. Brian East played significant snaps for us last year and we feel confident in his ability at outside linebacker. Brian had a good offseason and the new schemes fit his skill set. There will be a training camp battle at inside linebacker between Marc Cieslak, Ray Pesanello and Vinny Pugliese. John Brady has proven position flexibility at either inside position.
Max Keefe will also work at outside linebacker. Max made huge jumps in the weight room this off season, and continues to make the transition from safety in high school to outside linebacker for us. Jacob Ardron improved throughout the spring. We feel good about the four incoming freshmen. The linebackers will be younger, but bigger and stronger, with decidedly more depth.
Our secondary continues to evolve. Sophomore Travis Reim and senior Marquel Carter are two returning starters in the defensive backfield. Corner Malcolm Thaxton missed part of the spring but came back the last week and played well. Matt Cahal who played some as a freshman last year, improved throughout the spring.
The starting spot opposite Reim will be decided in training camp. Thaxton, Cahal and Bruce Grant will compete. Bruce moved over from offense in the offseason. He has great speed and range. He had a productive spring, and like Cahal and Thaxton, played a little "nicked up". These guys all know what is at stake, if you miss time, someone will take your spot.
Carter, Mingo, Patmon and McCarthy took most of the work at safety. Right now, Patmon has the edge at the other starting safety position. Mingo had a strong spring after moving over from corner. We moved Kal Prince to safety at the end of spring. Kal is another guy with good speed and range.
Spring practice is the opportunity for upperclassmen to establish themselves before the freshmen show up. Mike Skalitzky got everyone's attention this spring. He took advantage of every opportunity. Josh Foster continues to improve at corner. With five freshmen coming into the defensive backfield, training camp should be very competitive. Depth in the secondary and in the linebacking corps is critical. Most of our core special teams players will come from these two groups.
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The worst-case scenario is that eight to 15 bald eagles per year would die as a result of the 48-turbine project New Era Wind Farm near Red Wing, the Fish and Wildlife Service said in a letter to state regulators Wednesday.
Federal officials have decided to let a proposed southeastern Minnesota wind farm pursue a permit that would allow for accidental deaths and injuries of bald eagles.
The worst-case scenario is that eight to 15 bald eagles per year would die as a result of the 48-turbine project New Era Wind Farm near Red Wing, the Fish and Wildlife Service said in a letter to state regulators Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of birds die each year while flying through wind farms nationwide.
The federal agency said its estimate for the New Era Wind Farm does not reflect the effects of possible strategies to reduce the number of eagles killed and, if a permit is eventually granted, the goal would be a much lower figure, the Star Tribune reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/S8wTcb ).
The company has said it estimates one eagle would be killed per year.
The project, which still faces several regulatory hurdles, has drawn national attention as one of the first to test the federal government's disputed new strategy for managing the lethal conflicts between wind turbines and birds or bats by allowing some eagle deaths.
Several similar federal permits are in the works, but none has been granted. The Goodhue County project is the furthest along in the process, said Kelly Fuller of the American Bird Conservancy, who maintains that the site is inappropriate.
"That is too many bald eagles," Fuller said of the new Fish and Wildlife estimate. "This is the kind of project that could be an enormous black eye for (the) wind industry."
Peter Mastic, owner of New Era, did not immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press on Thursday.
New Era Wind, previously known as AWA Goodhue Wind, applied for a permit four years ago. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is expected to hold hearings on it later this year. The project has already faced legal actions and resistance by many residents of the mostly agricultural area.
The letter from the Fish and Wildlife Service and comments by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources came in response to the company filing a bird and bat protection plan, which the PUC has yet to consider.
Tony Sullins, field supervisor for the regional Fish and Wildlife office, said in the letter that about 418 bald eagles live around the project's 20-square-mile footprint. Documents said the area has about 10 active nests, and opponents say they recently identified two more.
Even the worst case is not enough to endanger the local bald eagle population, Sullins wrote, so the agency is willing to consider the company's request if the permit includes strategies for significantly reducing potential kills.
Sullins told the Star Tribune possibilities include moving turbines away from risky spots, turning them off during migrations or other times when there are a lot of eagles in the area, and removing animal carcasses and roadkill, which draw birds scavenging for food.
Along with bald eagles, a few golden eagles have been seen in the area, though their main range is in the western part of North America.
The risk to them is low, Sullins said, one to two possible deaths over the 30-year life of the project. But the law does not provide for permits to kill golden eagles in this part of the country, so if one were to collide with a turbine, the U.S. Department of Justice could prosecute.


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Every now and then (or, actually, rather often) you come across a story which once again exemplifies why governments should keep their paws off anything remotely related to technology. It seems that not knowing anything about technology is one of the prime reasons why governments the world over fail so spectacularly when it comes to technology-related lawmaking. The latest in the series? France. My southern neighbours (I never acknowledged Belgian independence) are thinking about extending their piracy levy, normally found on CD-Rs and mp3-players and such, to cover tablet computers as well. However, tablet computers running Windows are exempt.
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When: Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Office of Veterans Services, C4C, room S482
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More than six years after returning from a tour in Iraq, Clay, a University of Colorado senior and Army veteran, still finds his heart racing when he hears sounds that remind him of the battlefield.
Clay, 33, who asked to be identified by only his first name, said military training taught him to control various situations at hand, but as soon as he was in combat -- he realized he couldn't control anything.
"You're at the mercy of the environment, which can be hostile, unknown, uncertain," he said. "You're faced with challenges that can be hard to manage day in and day out. After doing that for several months, then coming back to society at-large, the game has changed again."
After years of struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, Clay attended a Yoga for Vets class, offered by CU's office of Veteran Services. The office began offering free weekly yoga classes in the fall to help student veterans deal with mental and physical challenges after serving in the military.
"I got the impression that yoga would help find a sense of calm in day-to-day activities," Clay said. "The most enlightening thing I've discovered is that the only thing we can control in our lives is our breath."
The class is offered in partnership with the Give Back Yoga Foundation -- a nonprofit that offers yoga to those who can't afford it -- to student veterans and their families on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Center for Community, room S482.
"It really fits what we're about in finding as many ways as possible to help students transition from the military and service environments they were in to college," George Ballinger, director of CU's Veteran Services, said.
Yoga for Vets Instructor Karyn Robinson was inspired by the impact of yoga on military personnel after her son, a Navy SEAL veteran, raved about a class he took in training.
"They're in such an intense environment, some for years at a time, and that can really become how you are -- on alert," Robinson said. "Yoga, specifically, is one of best training when working with PTSD -- in teaching vets how to be present, in the right here, right now."
Jason Badon, a CU freshman and Army veteran, said he went to a yoga class seeking relief from his physical pain caused from multiple injuries.
"I have to be careful what I do because of the injuries," Badon, 37, said. "In yoga, it helps me work muscle groups that I'm not working myself."
Though he started going to the weekly session for physical relief, Badon said he found that yoga fits into his holistic approach on health that he's adopted since his injuries.
Badon said some of the meditation and breathing techniques he learned in yoga have translated easily to other parts of his life, helping him reduce his pain and stress.
"I'm always in pain, so I've learned to turn on music when I'm walking on the track... meditating and dealing with the stresses of life," Badon said.
"Since going off my pain meds, my entire approach has been holistic. I started eating better and taking care of myself."
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On a busy 13-game night there were a ton of fantasy developments, including timetables being delivered on Andrea Bargnani and Kyle Lowry, big nights by Ed Davis and C.J. Miles, value swaps in Brooklyn's frontcourt, Byron Mullens panic, the Washington guard movement, Ricky Rubio's nearing return and so much more. So let's do this.
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Moments before tip-off against the Nets there were big announcements on the status of Kyle Lowry and Andrea Bargnani, which was foreshadowed by 24 hours of radio silence. Lowry was diagnosed with a partial tear of his triceps and will miss 10 days by the most recent report. Somehow there was no mention of his right hand injury and it goes without saying that his ankle could use some rest, as Lowry has officially crossed the line into injury-prone player. There has also been a growing focus on his bad attitude in Toronto, which was a concern coming out of Houston that was somewhat mitigated by the so-called relationship Dwane Casey has with him. Obviously, the relationship isn't good enough to get the selfish play and lackadaisical defense out of Lowry's system, but it's still early. Jose Calderon is set to go on another tear while auditioning for his eventual trade out of town.
Bargnani's injury is much more cloudy, but also much more serious as he has a torn right elbow ligament and a strained right wrist. Beat writer Eric Koreen shared an anecdotal 1-2 month timeline for similar injuries, and at a minimum it sounds like he'll miss more than the 10 days noted in the same announcement for Lowry. So let's get down to business. I have no problem cutting Bargnani because it's not even clear if he'll be a legitimate fantasy force this season. It's obvious he is one of the main problems in Toronto, as his defense and rebounding have become so insufferable that virtually everybody is calling for him to lose minutes. With his injury history and likelihood of being traded, I see no reason to pass up on a free agent in 12-14 team formats with him sitting on the outside of the top-125 when healthy this season.
Bargnani's injury, along with Amir Johnson's one-game suspension, left Ed Davis free to live up to the hype he has been getting around here. Davis responded with a season-high 24 points, 12 rebounds, and three steals in a whopping 45 minutes of action. If you're reading this for the first time, it's probably too late for you to grab him and you should probably be following us on Twitter. I also made a beeline to see if Jonas Valanciunas (15 points, 6-of-6 FGs, four rebounds, two blocks, 26 minutes) was available as I'm considering him a must-own player in 12-team formats. This injury to Bargnani is very likely to mark the changing of a forgettable era for the Raptors, and Valanciunas is the future.
Calderon predictably went off for 10 points and 15 assists to go with some other goodies, while DeMar DeRozan had 11 points on 5-of-13 shooting with five boards, two assists, four steals, and one block. I like him as a slight buy low candidate because he'll be asked to carry more load in both the short and medium-term for the Raptors. Mickael Pietrus bombed with just five points on 2-of-8 shooting in 28 minutes, and inconsistency takes a lot of the shine off when he can't stay on the court. Linas Kleiza (knee) did not play and he's a poor man's Pietrus.
With all of the wing injuries in Toronto, it was telling that rookie Terrence Ross was only able to muster seven points on 3-of-8 shooting with two rebounds, two steals, and one three in 21 minutes. As you can see the versatility is there, but the minutes and touches aren't -- even with a red carpet rolled out in front of him.
Dealing with Deron
Deron Williams has disappointed with mid-round value on the year, and last night was no different as he hit just 5-of-16 shots (including two threes) for 12 points to go with four assists. His shot selection has been garbage this season, he looks overweight, and he is an injury risk. Conventional wisdom says it's a buy low moment, and based on his current value it certainly is, but I just don't like being in the D-Will business.
Joe Johnson scored 23 points and hit four threes. You guys know where I stand here, so try to sell him high if you're on the same page. Gerald Wallace tweaked his right knee in Tuesday's game, and he played like a guy with a tweaked knee last night with nine points on 2-of-5 shooting, one rebound, three assists, and one steal in 25 minutes (zero fouls). I said it yesterday but hang onto Andray Blatche (14 points, nine boards, three assists) until further notice. Kris Humphries (11 points, two boards, 18 minutes) is radioactive in both league and fantasy circles, and the shine is long gone for an average player at best on a playoff team. Blatche may simply slide over to the four when Brook Lopez reportedly returns on Friday.
King of the Kiddie Pool
Omri Casspi (illness) didn't play in last night's loss to the Pacers and Daniel Gibson (elbow) did play, but Gibson is a non-factor on the basketball court right now and could probably use a few weeks off. This opened the door wide-open for C.J. Miles to continue his tear, as Miles scored 28 points for the second straight night with a season-high six 3-pointers. I'm not cutting anybody with long-term value to grab Miles, who has plenty of problems in Byron Scott's eyes (defense, shot selection, effort) and will have Dion Waiters to contend with. It's also worth noting that the Cavs went limp in the second half because of those same gripes that Scott has with Miles, so the contrast of what he's getting and what he wants is going to be fresh in his mind after last night's 31-point swing. Eventually, Miles will find himself on the wrong side of that equation.
That said, if you have dead weight or a low-end player with no upside, Miles is the perfect fill-in as he's being forced to produce right now for the kiddie-pool deep Cavs.
Otherwise, everybody for the Cavs struggled and played with low energy, sparking some truly bad fantasy lines. The best advice is to consider that this could be a fairly common occurrence this season, but to throw last night's specific results out for evaluation purposes.
The Best Excuse for No Offense is a Good Defense
Lance Stephenson left last night's win over the Cavs with what is being called a "moderate right ankle sprain" and it's possible he will miss some time. Unfortunately, it doesn't really matter in fantasy leagues with the Pacers turning into the old Bears and Ravens squads of football seasons' past. They're wearing teams down with their defense and hoping their key guys can scratch across enough points to make it work.
George Hill can get his (17 points, 5-of-16 FGs, seven boards, three assists) but he can't get anything going for anybody else. David West (18 points, nine boards, seven assists, one steal, two blocks) is the only other consistent option the Pacers have right now, so the two players get their numbers and everybody else is usually on their own. Paul George has done much better within that framework lately and had another huge night with 27 points on 10-of-18 shooting, three treys, seven boards, and three assists, but he'll need to stay in sync with Hill and West's offense or look forward to inconsistency.
Roy Hibbert (four points, 12 boards, one steal, three blocks, five turnovers, 1-of-7 FGs) gets the ball in awful spots, which is everybody's fault, and nobody respects the offense as a whole so he goes through a maze of dive-bombing guards and unstressed defenders. Ben Hansbrough (six points, one assist, 17 minutes) was promoted to backup PG over D.J. Augustin, who made Jimmer look like Jordan the other night, but the fresh blood did nothing for Gerald Green (1-of-8 FGs, two points) or anybody else on the bench.
Sometimes You're the Bug
The Clippers tangled with the Bobcats in Charlotte and eventually won, but it was a lot closer than the two team's recent play would have suggested. Jamal Crawford's mini-slide continued as he hit just 2-of-12 shots for nine points and turned into a facilitator with eight assists. He also added three rebounds, one steal, two blocks, and a triple, so the night wasn't a total wash. Doc and I have bet on opposite sides of Chauncey Billups' impact on Crawford. I feared Billups would cut into Crawford's minutes and touches, while Doc believed Billups was a bug on Crawford's windshield.
Matt Barnes made another appearance on the radar with 19 points, three treys, four boards, and two blocks, and he has been playing at a mid-round level for two weeks now. The same thing is true for Eric Bledsoe (13 points, eight rebounds, one steal, two blocks, one three, 22 minutes), so don't be afraid to give both of them a look despite their shaky bench roles. I need to see Lamar Odom (five points, nine rebounds, two steals, three blocks, 24 minutes) do much more, many more times before I put him on a watch list in the vast majority of formats.
Manic Mullens
Give me all of your Byron Mullens panic. I get it, he's not that good, but he's also not nearly as bad as many people would like you to think. An easy target playing the shooting guard role on offense most of the time, he is called soft and on defense he's not delivering highlight-reel blocks. Over the past two weeks he has been clinging to 14-team value, but that takes into account his worst slump that included an injury-shorted game for good measure. He's still a top-100 value on the year and what goes down must go up, and we saw signs of that as Mullens woke up from a dreadful first half to finish with 19 points on 8-of-15 shooting, two threes, eight boards, two assists, and one block. Even with Bismack Biyombo (39 minutes, 10 points, nine boards, two steals, no blocks) stepping up, the only remaining big men are DeSagana Diop, Brendan Haywood, and Tyrus Thomas. The Bobcats run much of their offense through Mullens, and he's going to compete on defense well enough to keep a substantial role barring a massive face-plant.
Jeff Taylor (15 minutes, zero points) might have turned back into a pumpkin last night, while the bench triumvirate of Ben Gordon (eight points, 3-of-11 FGs), Ramon Sessions (11 points, 3-of-10 FGs, three assists, and Gerald Henderson (12 points, four boards, two assists, 4-of-9 FGs) all struggled to gain traction with none of them topping 24 minutes. I like them in the following order: Henderson, Sessions, Gordon. Sessions and Gordon can be dropped in 12-14 team formats, while Henderson should be held a little bit to see if he can retake his starting position from Taylor.
Gushing Media Overreactions – Warriors Edition
The Warriors beat the Heat last night and it wasn't hard to see it coming, as they've been playing with confidence and the Heat could care less at this time of the year. True to that oversimplified thought process, the Heat played relaxed basketball and got sniped. They fell asleep so bad on the game's final play that Draymond Green was allowed to easily score the game-winning bucket, which prompted all sorts of back-scratching tweets from media gushing over Mark Jackson. I'm calling it here right now – if the Warriors make the playoffs you can pretty much write in Jackson's name for Coach of the Year, which is typically reserved for unproven coaches that ride young teams to improved records despite making stupid mistakes by the bushel. This, of course, makes him perfect for the award.
Klay Thompson was the beneficiary of the lax Heat defense as he put up 27 points on 11-of-21 shooting with five threes, seven boards, four assists, two steals, and one block. I basically dared you to move him at your own risks, and this is why. He's a great shooter playing in an offense with guys that can find him and he has as much leash as anybody in the league. David Lee went for 22 and 13 and is playing well enough offensively that his defensive lapses are being swept under the rug.
Harrison Barnes (18 minutes, eight points, three boards) is taking a step back but he'll eventually get another bite at the apple. As long as the Warriors are winning and Lee is scoring, it's bad news for Carl Landry (four points, three boards, 18 minutes) because Jackson and GSW ownership can fight back some of the criticism for championing Lee. Jarrett Jack (20 points, four rebounds, four assists, two threes, one steal, 31 minutes) is showing why he needs to be on the floor and should be owned in all 12-team formats with late-round value on the year. He might slow down, but with upside in the event of a Stephen Curry ankle injury in tow there's more than enough meat to that bone.
Draymond Green is stealing minutes from the whole bunch in his defensive stopper role, and aside from the game-winner he had seven points, seven boards, two steals, and a three in 30 minutes. He won't get this much run every night but on nights that he does there will be some fantasy losers, which were Barnes and Landry tonight.
One thing to keep an eye on is that entering last night the Warriors had beaten teams with a combined 45 percent winning percentage, and in their much ballyhooed four-game road winning streak those teams had won just 36 percent of their games. Naturally, I'm happy about my Warriors winning and they're playing well, but when they start playing solid competition more often things won't be this good. I wouldn't change my approach too much knowing that, but if trends start to emerge (such as Landry resuming his role when David Lee cools off) be ready to react.
Late-Arriving Team
The Heat had one guy playing defense last night, LeBron James, and when that happens it's a recipe for failure. Dwyane Wade was a turnstile most of the night, but owners are just happy he came away from a potential concussion unscathed. He left during the second quarter after taking a shot to the dome and started the second half, finishing with 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting, four rebounds, five assists, and three steals. Chris Bosh played less defense than David Lee, which is saying something, but again owners don't care when he's posting 21 points, 13 boards and a full stat line. LeBron had 31 points and a full line to go with a shoulder injury that shouldn't be serious, and Ray Allen hit 6-of-10 shots for 14 points, four rebounds, four assists, one three. He and Shane Battier combined for one of the ugliest last-second defensive possessions you'll ever see, and it had nothing to do with any sort of deception by the offense. They just blew it.
Pelican Droppings
The Pelicans gave the Thunder a run for their money last night, but eventually took a four-point loss. Austin Rivers started and scored 12 points on 4-of-14 shooting with two rebounds, four assists, one steal, and two threes in 38 minutes. It should tell you all you need to know about his season that this and his less spicy effort on Tuesday are causing owners to keep tabs on him. He needs to take much larger steps forward to be worth adding in most standard 8- and 9-cat formats. Al-Farouq Aminu started again with middling results, scoring eight points with six rebounds and a steal in 22 minutes. Just watch him for now until he gets his confidence back. Anthony Davis (11 points, four rebounds, one steal, one block) came off the bench and played 28 minutes, and it's not surprising he struggled on the tail-end of the back-to-back after taking time off for his ankle injury.
Thunder beat writers grumbled about Scott Brooks' rotations tonight and it almost cost the team a win, but what else is new? Serge Ibaka was messed with in a seven-point, six-rebound, three-block effort in 23 minutes, but we need to see more shenanigans from Brooks before we'll get overly worried here. Now that folks have gotten a taste of what Ibaka is capable of he won't be able to pull the rug out without facing heavier-than-normal scrutiny. Kevin Durant scored 35 points in a typical effort, Russell Westbrook had 14 points, four boards, and nine assists, and Kevin Martin completed the comeback with 17 points, six rebounds, two threes, and a steal.
Right Back on Schedule
Both Jeremy Lin and James Harden were able to play despite a pair of ankle injuries, and both were productive for owners. Harden had 31 points on 10-of-20 shooting with a full, albeit mild stat line by his standards. Lin scored 10 points with five rebounds, six assists, and one block, falling back into his pattern of versatile, mid-level lines in his 28-35 minute role.
Patrick Patterson got back in owners' good graces with 13 points, four rebounds, three assists, three blocks, and one three, while Omer Asik had an efficient night by his standards with nine points on 3-of-6 shooting (3-of-4 FTs), 16 rebounds, one block, and just two turnovers. Carlos Delfino hasn't come through for owners taking the chance on him this week, scoring just two points on 1-of-5 shooting in 14 minutes. That's the life of a streaky bench shooter. Chandler Parsons is back to doing his thing, posting 18 points on 7-of-14 shooting with eight rebounds, three assists, three treys, and one steal in the Rockets' home win over the lowly Wizards.
Wonder Wall
Nene said before the game that he was still adjusting to playing in back-to-back games and in the last one "he couldn't jump." So while Emeka Okafor (19 points, six rebounds, two steals, two blocks) got hot in his return to his hometown, I'm still not too worried about Kevin Seraphin's 18-minute, four-point, four-rebound, one-steal, one-block night. Both Nene and Okafor are prime injury risks, and I've always viewed Seraphin as a second-half of the year guy anyway. I'm not dropping him for Miles under any circumstance, but Ed Davis would tempt me and I could go either way. If my fantasy squad could use a shakeup or some short-term production, I'd probably opt for Davis. But any scenario taking the long-view trends toward Seraphin with Andrea Bargnani's timetable still cloudy and Amir Johnson's impact still looming.
John Wall will have his injured left knee examined on Friday and it will be a turning point for his season, for better or worse. Jordan Crawford (17 points, eight rebounds, five assists, three treys) and Bradley Beal (20 points, four rebounds, six assists, two steals, three treys) are must-own players right now and Beal is a few good games away from being a must-start guy. Martell Webster (16 points, seven boards) might be worth a look for spot-action in deeper formats, but he has enough issues with production and staying healthy that I'm not too excited about his long-term prospects. Nene scored 13 points with nine boards, three assists, and no steals or blocks in his 23 minutes, and he needs to cross the 25-minute threshold, produce, and play in back to back games before I'm moving on him in standard 8- and 9-cat formats.
Nugget Inertia
The Nuggets lost a tight one in Minnesota last night, and at 11-12 they can't seem to get all of their pieces moving in the right direction at once. Ty Lawson hit just 6-of-15 shots but finished with 17 points, four rebounds, and 11 assists, while Andre Iguodala continued to plummet with two points on 1-of-9 shooting, five rebounds, seven assists, one steal and one block. I looked at all of his misses from last night, and he looks a bit lackadaisical, a bit lethargic, and a bit unlucky all in one. My preseason concern about he and Lawson having difficulty sharing the ball isn't evident just yet, but it's telling that the two haven't been able to get hot at the same time and that many on the team have struggled, in general.
Kenneth Faried bounced back from a very slow night to score 26 points with 14 rebounds and three steals. Owners should know by now not to panic. Danilo Gallinari hit 9-of-13 shots (including four treys) for 24 points and needs to do this much more to assuage owners' fears that he's going to be a mess. Corey Brewer scored 14 points with two threes and a block, but that's cutting things pretty thin for owners trying to ride the wave in standard leagues. He's not must-own material with lines like that.
Crazy Beats Consistent
The Suns squeaked out a last-second win over the Grizzlies when Goran Dragic (12 points, five rebounds, eight assists) got fairly lucky on a dribble-drive, closing the deal with 0.5 seconds left on a multi-pivoted layup. Shannon Brown needed somebody to remind him that he's Shannon Brown as he hit just 5-of-19 terribly conceived shots for 15 points to go with seven rebounds. Give him a look while his volume is higher. Marcin Gortat made some decent plays late but the numbers still aren't back, and he finished with 10 points, eight rebounds, and a steal in 34 minutes. I have a feeling when the ice thaws between he and Gentry we'll see the Gortat of old, and not until then.
Jared Dudley reminded us of why folks had him ranked as a solid late round value to begin the year, scoring 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting with nine rebounds, five assists, three steals, and one three in 43 minutes. I've noted his slow starts a million times around here, and I have no problem taking a flier on him in 12-team formats. Markieff Morris (11 points, four rebounds, two steals, two blocks, one three) moved to the bench and played well, so Gentry brought him right back into the starting lineup at the half. It's a mess, but Morris is worth owning with the hopes he lands on the right side of Gentry's plans. Morris' current counterpart, Luis Scola, struggled mightily with four points, one rebound, one steal, and one block in 13 minutes. He was humming to start the year and had recently picked things up, so holding him until we can figure out what went wrong is a decent play. Michael Beasley is so bad I'm not even going to tell you how bad he did.
The Grizzlies were predictable, though Mike Conley's slump continued to irk owners. Conley scored seven points on 3-of-8 shooting with six assists, two steals, and a three, and I am zero percent concerned about this. Rudy Gay went for 21 and 11 with two steals and two blocks, Zach Randolph went for 18 and 10, and Marc Gasol had six blocks to go with 15 points and just two rebounds in the loss.
Return of Rubio
Ricky Rubio's return is reportedly coming on Saturday, so we'll get to see the new-look lineup and rotation that I think will work something like Alexey Shved at SG for about 23-27 mpg, Luke Ridnour and J.J. Barea each logging about 20-24 mpg in either guard slot, and Rubio starting off at 24 mpg and slowly rising. I think the guards will bleed into the small forward slot and Dante Cunningham will play swing minutes backing up all three frontcourt positions. Andrei Kirilenko will play as many minutes as he can handle, but if things are going well that will be in the 28-32 mpg range. Derrick Williams will be a DNP-CD threat and Greg Stiemsma will see his nominal minutes against penetrating teams and teams with larger frontcourts. Malcolm Lee left last night's game with a right knee injury and I would be somewhat shocked if he kept a rotation slot when Rubio returns, healthy or not.
Shved, Barea, and Ridnour will all see their minutes fluctuate within the flow of each game, but this framework will allow each of them to have a shot at low-end 12-14 team value. I like them in this order for current production in standard 8- and 9-cat formats: Shved, Ridnour, Barea. In formats that don't penalize bad field goal percentage, I like Barea over Ridnour. Over the long-term, Shved is my preferred play because he has big-time upside and might already be better than Ridnour (he's already better than Barea). He's also the most durable, with Barea holding the long-term edge over Ridnour in that category as well. And yes, Ricky needs to be owned in all formats.
Last night's pre-Rubio return game looked fairly normal. Ridnour had 15 points, two threes, and four assists, Nikola Pekovic went for 22 and 11 with two blocks, Kirilenko scored 18 points with four rebounds, two assists, four steals, and one block, and Kevin Love tried to do too much and failed following his contractual outburst in a 3-of-17 shooting effort. Love finished with eight points, 14 rebounds, one assist and nothing else. Shved scored eight points on 3-of-10 shooting (no threes) with two rebounds, five assists, and two steals, and Barea got hot with 17 points, five rebounds, eight assists, and two steals in the win.
Ersane in the Membrane
Larry Sanders was a late scratch due to an illness, which is what happens when the opponent in question is the Sacramento Kings. Ekpe Udoh (wrist) did not play and Mike Dunleavy (knee) dressed but did not play, which cools me off on the idea of dropping him a little bit. I'm only looking at average to above-average free agent pickups in 12-team formats if I'm looking at a drop.
The big story out of Milwaukee though is the re-emergence of Ersan Ilyasova, who took advantage of the absences and the dreadful defense of the Kings to post 16 points, a season-high 14 boards, two steals, two blocks, and a three in just 24 minutes. I've managed to hang on everywhere I own him, and as readers know I've had this week pegged as my final evaluation of sorts. He's passing right now with flying colors, so it will take a major fall-off to knock me off my ownership. Marquis Daniels put up numbers with 10 points, six boards, and three assists, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute had a season-high 17 points with six boards in 26 minutes. I give very little credibility to lines posted against the Kings, so all of them essentially maintain the status quo after tonight's easy win.
Train Wreck
DeMarcus Cousins was suspended for punching O.J. Mayo in the crotchal region on Monday, and even his most ardent supporters in Sacramento are fed up with his antics. He spent yesterday on Twitter talking about how everybody has it out for him, and team-sponsored Sacramento talk radio spent the last 48 hours teeing off on him. It looks like the nice-guy approach isn't working, but Keith Smart knows what his pay grade is and he's not going to make any major moves here. And DeMarcus will continue to do what he wants, including act as an uber-talented good news/bad news player for the Kings.
Marcus Thornton also missed last night's game due to the health of his mother, and fantasy owners should most certainly cut him some slack for his recent lack of production. He is going to try to return to the team for Friday's game in OKC, but that's not going to be a foregone conclusion. As for the idea of dropping him, I just wouldn't do it. He's a top scorer in this league with a fairly friendly fantasy game and eventually whether it's by injury or Keith Smart accidentally getting the smart basketball players on the floor, he's going to be relied upon once again. Owners can't find that kind of upside on the wire too often, so just stay the course.
Tyreke Evans (knee) returned to action but decided on his own that he wanted to come off the bench, which should be a clue about who wears the pants in Sacramento right now. He played 23 minutes and immediately went into ball-hoggy bad-shot mode and finished with 17 points on 6-of-15 shooting, seven rebounds, two assists, and five turnovers. Evans needs to play for a no-nonsense coach with standing and maybe he'll tap into half the potential he has at the moment.
Francisco Garcia predictably disappeared last night after a big 25-point Monday, scoring three points on 1-of-5 shooting with five boards and two blocks. He should be shooting threes for a contender and nowhere near this train wreck. Jason Thompson sucked up Cousins' touches and finished with eight points, 15 boards, two steals, and a block, and is still worth owning in most formats. John Salmons played much worse than his 16-point, one-assist, two-block line suggested, and while he's playing better than last year's disaster he is a mess on both sides of the court on most nights. Travis Outlaw (six points, four rebounds, 1-of-6 FGs) started, played 16 minutes, and is still one of the worst contracts in the NBA. Aaron Brooks is regressing every night, giving up points on defense left and right and at times single-handedly stalling the offense. He hit 3-of-11 shots for 10 points, six assists, one steal, and one block and he played much, much worse than those numbers suggested.
Isaiah Thomas and Jimmer Fredette combined for 26 minutes while the Kings made a mockery of NBA basketball, and both looked good during their time on the court. I've bagged on Jimmer's defense all year, and it's still bad and his offense has come in garbage scenarios, but at least when the Kings trot out the duo the team looks like they've played the game before.
Turning Back the Clock
It sounds like Stephen Jackson will return sometime in the next week or so, and then Kawhi Leonard will return sometime after that, but Gary Neal didn't feel like waiting to fade into oblivion in a five-point, 2-of-9 shooting night. Tim Duncan turned back the clock to post 22 points, 21 boards, one steal, and six blocks, as the first round value rolls on. Tony Parker scored 22 points with seven assists, and Manu Ginobili had eight points, six boards, five assists, two threes, and one steal. It wasn't enough as the Jazz handled their business at home and won on a Mo Williams game-winning shot.
Carry on My Hayward Son
It was a good thing that Mo hit that shot, as his shot selection and game management left a lot to be desired down the stretch. He finished with just eight points on 3-of-9 shooting, three rebounds, and four assists. Randy Foye kept things going with 13 points and three treys, and Al Jefferson scored 21 points with four boards and four assists.
The fantasy developments on the Jazz side were the return of Derrick Favors (foot), and the big game by Gordon Hayward. Dealing with Hayward first, he was big late and finished with 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting, seven rebounds, six assists, four threes, and a block in his 29 minutes. Regular readers will know that I'm the guy with his finger in the dike over here, and this is the style of line that I envisioned for Hayward toward the second half of the season. I have him as a must-own player in all formats for the chance he duplicates last season's late top-40 run, but one read of our game blurb from last night will tell the other side of that story.
Favors' return was mild, as expected, as he posted six points, two boards, and one steal in 12 minutes. Paul Millsap, on the other hand, was as mild as a ghost pepper with 24 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, one steal, and one block. This would be a good time to try to move Millsap, as Favors should ramp up his minutes and Ty Corbin lacks the flexibility to ensure they don't come out of Millsap's bucket. I'm not down on Millsap's overall value, as I think the Jazz will eventually get their heads screwed on straight and go back to Millsap consistently, but we are undoubtedly at a peak on his graph.
Thursday Night Lights
CHA @ ATL: The throwaway game will bring a lot of fantasy focus to the Bobcats' side of the box, as Byron Mullens and Gerald Henderson owners want to see where things are heading. Bismack Biyombo gets a chance to show whether or not he has any staying power, too. I haven't seen Kyle Korver available in too many of my leagues, but I'd be all about picking him up before he gets back to his pre-injury form.
LAL @ NYK: J.R. Smith's (back) status is "up in the air" as of yesterday morning. I can't imagine he wants to miss the Lake Show. We'll be waiting to hear about Pau Gasol's status, and if you need a primer on tonight's game read the first part of my Dose from yesterday. Since then, Kobe went on ESPN and told Stephen Smith that he was pretty sure Mike D'Antoni would be changing his system to match the personnel.
SA @ POR: Nicolas Batum (back) went through a full practice yesterday, but Terry Stotts said he is not yet "100 percent." Wesley Matthews (hip) did not practice, and between the two he has the better shot of not playing on paper. In reality, Matthews is a nut-bag when it comes to playing through injuries. Sasha Pavlovic was the spot-starting winner last time out, though he'll be a risky play whether it's one or both starters out ahead of him. Damian Lillard (ankle) didn't practice but he said he would play and it sounds like his absence was precautionary. It would be funny if Pop rested his big guns on the tail-end of a back-to-back, but it seems like a little much for him to test those waters after DNP-gate last week.
I'll be chatting tonight at 9 PM ET, so bring your questions and together we'll get ready for Friday night.


text: A total of eight teams, including three from Siskiyou County, are taking part in the two-day 2013 Marble Mountain Baseball Tournament in Scott Valley beginning today. The early season event, hosted by Etna High, gives the schools some good early season competition. Yreka, along with Tulelake, are the other Siskiyou County teams taking part. Games are being held in Etna and in Fort Jones The host Lions are 2-3 for the year and dominated Bonanza in a two-game sweep at home on Tuesday. Etna also downed Yreka in a scrimmage match in Yreka last Friday. Lions head coach Collin Krueger said that it's a fun event for the players as they get to play in front of the home fans early in the season. After all, he said, Etna's home contests are a bit limited this season. Following the tournament the Lions will be at home only three more times in the regular season. All three of these games are league doubleheaders."I think its great for our kids for sure," Krueger said. "It's a good early season event for us and our fans." He added that the games will be a challenge and will give them good early season experience as they get ready for the Shasta Cascade League season.The Lions are the defending SCL league champions. Yreka is currently 1-3-1 for the year. Head coach Jason Freitas said he is looking forward to his team hopefully putting things together and performing well at the tourney versus good competition.This includes former longtime Northern Athletic League rival West Valley and league opponents Central Valley and Anderson. While the squad has struggled a bit as of late he believes the team has the talent to bounce back and perform well at the tournament. These early season games are great preparation as the squad refines their game and hopefully make positive strives as they look to defend their NAL league title, he said."Every games important right now," Freitas said. Games will be held both at the Fort Jones Field and at the baseball field at Etna High. Below is a tournament schedule and a list of the teams. Pool A Etna, Anderson, Tulelake,Modoc Pool B Yreka, Hoopa, West Valley, Central Valley Friday Etna versus Modoc, 9 a.m. at Etna, Yreka versus West Valley, 9 a.m., at Fort Jones Tulelake versus Anderson, 11 a.m.,at Etna Central Valley versus Hoopa, 11 a.m., at Fort Jones Modoc versus Tulelake, 1 p.m., at Etna Yreka versus Central Valley, 1 p.m., at Fort Jones West Valley versus Hoopa, 3 p.m, at Fort Jones Etna versus Anderson, 5 p.m., at Fort Jones Saturday Central Valley versus West Valley, 9 a.m, at Etna Modoc versus Anderson, 9 a.m., at Fort Jones Yreka versus Hoopa, 11 a.m., at Etna Etna versus Tulelake, 11 a.m., at Fort Jones 4th place game, 1 p.m. at Etna 3rd place game, 1 p.m., at Fort Jones 2nd place game, 3 p.m., at Fort Jones 1st place game, 5 p.m., at Fort Jones


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Ernesto RiosAlumni, Class of 2006
An avid traveler, Ernesto Rios explores the urban landscape and the everyday objects found within to twist conventional notions of reality and engage the imagination of the viewer. He has been working with a diverse palette of tools developing his work in drawing, sculpture, photography, video, animation, virtual reality, code and sound. Rios has shown his work at distinguished galleries and Museums in Mexico, Cuba, England and USA.