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Area News Digest
Taken from the news columns of area newspapers.
Triathlon to test strength, endurance
COZAD—Strength and endurance of participants will be tested on July 15 when the Johnson Lake Triathlon is held. The event starts with a 1500-meter swim in the waters of Johnson Lake, soon after the swim, the athletes or team members will bike 24.9 miles and to conquer the triathlon, there will be a 6.2 mile run to finish the competition. There will be age and gender divisions that will receive medals for top finishes. Top three individuals will receive trophies for their efforts, and there will also be team divisions consisting of two or three members with women, men and coed divisions being available for participants. A rainout day is set for Aug. 28 in case of inclement weather.—reported in the Tri-City Trib.
Oldest Custer County church closes doors
BROKEN BOW—The oldest church in Custer County officially closed its doors June 17 when the congregation voted unanimously last January to decommission the church. It was time they said as their congregation was getting older and the upkeep becoming hard, but the decision wasn't easy as many grew up between its walls, as did their children. The congregation celebrated their last communion together as a congregation on that Sunday, and wanting to finish big, 50 people or more joined their voices in song for the last time. Organized in 1879, the Westerville Methodist Church carries the distinction of being the oldest church in the county. The membership is now seeking out new church homes.—reported in the Custer County Chief.
Juvenile attempts robbery with BB gun
OGALLALA—An attempted robbery of Ogallala Kwik Stop was thwarted when the cashier told the subject he was calling the police. According to Ogallala Police Chief, a man with his face concealed and carrying a gun walked into the local convenience store and demanded cash. The cashier was able to see the subject was using a BB gun and told the subject he was calling the police, at which time the subject fled on foot. Officers arrived but were unable to locate the suspect. However, a witness observed a vehicle and the license plates. Video was obtained from the surveillance cameras and a positive identification was made. A 16-year-old suspect from Lisco was arrested with more arrests expected.—reported in the Keith County News.
Groundwater allocation approved
CURTIS—The Middle Republican NRD Board of Directors approved 7-4 a 60-inch five year ground
water irrigation allocation at their recent meeting after hearing or receiving written testimony. The newly adopted revised rules and regulations provide for an allocation similar to what is currently in place which expires at the end of this year. The new allocation provides for 60 inches of water over five years with a base allocation of 12 inches for any given year beginning with the 2013 irrigation season. Other revisions to the rules and regulations adopted include changes to supplemental well acres, compact call year response and certification of non-use.—reported in the Frontier County Enterprise.
Distance learning equipment a reality
ARNOLD—Members of the Arnold School Board recently voted unanimously to purchase portable distance education equipment at a cost of $7,000. The new equipment will set the school up for distance learning for three different classes going on at three different sites. Another perk is that the school will get $1,000 per each Distance Education Unit (DEU) incentive back from the state. All totaled, the school will be getting several thousand back for its distance learning which includes Spanish, web design, dual credit English and journalism. The new equipment could also open some advanced math classes.—reported in the Arnold Sentinel.
Oconto Q-125 features unique souvenirs
CALLAWAY—Oconto is celebrating its 125th birthday in 2012, culminating in its annual Fun Day Q-125 celebration July 6-8. Special memorabilia is being offered including special pottery, a rifle raffle, Q-125 belt buckles and Q-125 pictorial postmarks. The commemorative belt buckles are engraved with 1887-2012, and being prominent are Oconto public buildings including the train depot. It also depicts a tornado that hit the town in 2000. It is a limited edition run and No. 256 will be auctioned at a banquet. In honor of the post office history and Q-125, a special pictorial postmark has been commissioned as the post office was in danger of closure but has since been spared.—reported in the Callaway Courier.
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March 17, 2008
Complete Release in PDF Format
The Schedule
Game No. 32
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. (PDT)
2008 MasterCard National Invitation Tournament
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at the University of Mississippi Rebels.
at the Tad Smith Coliseum, Oxford, Miss.
Radio: KTMS 990/1490-AM
Television: ESPNU
UCSB Returns To Postseason For First Time Since 2003
UC Santa Barbara will play in the 2008 MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, marking the first time since the 2002-03 season that the Gauchos have taken part in postseason play. That year, UCSB also played in the NIT, losing a heartbreaking overtime game at San Diego State in the first round.
Gauchos Travel To Ole Miss In First Round
The Gauchos, a No. 7 seed in the NIT, will travel to Oxford, Miss., to play the University of Mississippi, a No. 2 seed in the first round of the tournament. UCSB has never played the Rebels, who open tournament play with a 21-10 overall record, and a 14-2 mark at the Tad Smith Coliseum. Ole Miss is led by guard Chris Warren, who is averaging 15.5 points and just over four assists per game. Forward Dwayne Curtis is averaging 15.1 points and a team-leading 9.3 rebounds. In all, the Rebels have four players averaging double-figures in points, and three players averaging 5.5 rebounds or more. Ole Miss opened the season with a 13-0 record. They have posted wins over Clemson, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Their only home losses have come to South Carolina and Auburn.
Gauchos Make Fifth Appearance In NIT
UCSB will be making its fifth appearance in the National Invitation Tournament. As noted above, the Gauchos last played in the NIT in 2003 when they lost a first round game in overtime at San Diego State. Santa Barbara also took part in 1989, 1992, and 1993. The Gauchos have not fared well in the NIT, posting an 0-4 record. In 1989, they dropped a 70-62 decision at Wichita State. In 1992 and 1993, UCSB hosted Arizona State and Pepperdine, respectively, and lost by scores of 71-65 and 53-50.
On The Record
UCSB enters the National Invitation Tournament with an overall record of 23-8. The Gauchos finished with a Big West record of 12-4, tying with Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Northridge for the league's regular season championship.
Gauchos Set New School Standard For Wins
A Feb. 20 win at Pacific gave UCSB its 20th victory of the 2007-08 season. The Gauchos win at Long Beach State in the regular season finale was the Gauchos' 23rd of the season, breaking the previous school record for wins set in 1987-88 when they finished 22-8. This marks the ninth time in school history that the Gauchos have won 20 games in a season, the eighth in the modern era, and the first since the 2001-02 campaign. For head coach Bob Williams, it is the second time that he has led the program to 20 wins, the first being in 2001-02. Santa Barbara also hit the 20 victory plateau in 1991-92, 1989-90, 1988-89, 1987-88, 1970-71, 1960-61, and 1940-41. Williams and Jerry Pimm are the only coaches in school history to lead more than one team to 20 wins.
Harris Named Big West Co-Player Of The Year
UCSB senior guard Alex Harris was selected as the 2008 Big West co-Player of the Year, along with Cal State Fullerton's Scott Cutley. Harris, who finished the regular season averaging 20.2 points per game, was also chosen First Team All-Big West for the second consecutive year after leading the Gauchos to a share of the league's regular season championship. He is the fourth UCSB player to earn the Big West Player of the Year award, joining Brian Shaw (1988), Lucius Davis (1992), and Branduinn Fullove (2003).
Not To Be Forgotten
While Alex Harris was UCSB's only First Team All-Big West honoree, three other Gauchos were named Honorable Mention All-Big West. Junior forward Chris Devine, a two-time Second Team All-Big West choice, senior forward Ivan Elliott, and sophomore guard James Powell were each accorded Honorable Mention recognition. Devine is second on the team in scoring at 12.2 points per game, and rebounding at 5.3 per game. He also leads the team in steals (38) and is second in field goal percentage (51.0%). Powell is third on the team in scoring at 12.1 points per game, and he paces the team in three-point baskets (73), is second in assists (2.7 per game), and second in steals (35). He is also second on the team in three-point field goal percentage at 45.6%. Elliott is averaging 9.7 points per game. He leads UCSB in overall field goal percentage (56.6%), three-point field goal percentage (47.3), and rebounding (5.6 per game).
Probable Starters - Notes
G - Justin Joyner - Has had more turnovers than assists just twice this season.
G - Alex Harris - Needs 12 points to become UCSB's all-time leading scorer.
G - James Powell - Made 20-of-34 shots from three-point range in last six games.
F - Chris Devine - Had season-high 11 rebounds in Big West Tourney game vs. UC Irvine.
F - Ivan Elliott - Has 48 career blocked shots and needs one to move into UCSB top-10.
Probable Reserves - Notes
G - Nick Quick - Has attempted eight shots in just 16 minutes of action.
G - Jordan Weiner - 15 out of his 17 field goals are from three-point range.
G - Paul Roemer - Played 482 minutes this season after playing just 132 as a freshman.
G - D.J. Posley - Had career-high six steals in Big West Tournament game against UC Irvine.
F - Nedim Pajevic - Has had four or more rebounds in six consecutive games.
F - Sam Phippen - Scored two points at Utah State, his only points since Dec. 1 at LMU.
F - Beau Gibb - Oxford, Miss., native going home for NIT game.
After Shaky Start, UCSB Rebounds To Tie For Big West Crown
The Gauchos needed a strong finish to earn a tie for the Big West regular season title. After winning its first Big West Conference game this season, 79-64 over Long Beach State on Jan. 3, UCSB dropped a pair, to Cal State Northridge and at UC Irvine, to fall to 1-2 in league play. Following wins at Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly, the Gauchos were 3-2, but a home loss to Pacific dropped them to 3-3. After the 1-2 start, Santa Barbara went 11-2, and it won nine of 10 Big West games after starting 3-3. The only loss in the final 10 league games was a home defeat to Irvine. The Gauchos also closed the regular season with six straight Big West wins, and seven straight conference road wins. In fact, the only loss over the final seven regular season games came in an ESPNU O'Reilly BracketBuster game at Utah State on Feb. 21.
The Bob Williams File
Bob Williams is in his 10th season as the head coach at UC Santa Barbara. This year his team recorded an overall record of 23-8 and a Big West mark of 12-4. The 23 wins are a new school record. In 2006-07, the Gauchos were 18-11 overall and 9-5 in league. Williams has led Santa Barbara to winning records in six of the last seven seasons, the only exception being a 2004-05 team that was ravaged by injuries. He has guided UCSB to a pair of postseason appearances. In 2002-03, the Gauchos went 18-14 overall and 14-4 in league. The 2002-03 Big West mark earned Santa Barbara its first-ever Big West regular season championship along with a trip to the postseason National Invitation Tournament. Additionally, the success earned Williams his second Big West Coach of the Year award, his first coming after an impressive 1999 campaign. In 2001-02, Williams guided UCSB to its first Big West Conference Tournament title ever and first NCAA Tournament appearance in 12 years. Including this season, Williams' UCSB teams have posted a 163-130 (.557) overall record and an 100-64 (.610) record in Big West games. Prior to his arrival at UCSB, he spent eight years at UC Davis and in those eight years, his teams recorded 20 or more wins five times and a 158-76 record. In Williams' final season, the Aggies went 31-2, won the NCAA Division II National Championship, and he was named NABC Division II Coach of the Year. Including two seasons at Menlo College, Williams has a record of 352-230 (.605) at four-year schools. Finally, dating back to the conclusion of the 2005-06 season, Williams' Gauchos have posted a 49-22 (.691) overall record.
Eight-Game Streak Was Longest In A Long Time
UCSB's eight-game winning streak, which was ended at North Carolina on Dec. 22, was the longest that a Gaucho team has put together since Bob Williams became head coach in 1998-99. It was also the longest winning streak since the 1988-89 team opened the year by winning 11 consecutive games, and it equaled the second longest streak in school history. Santa Barbara also won eight games in a row in 1971-72, 1960-61, and 1940-41.
Speaking Of Streaking
UCSB's longest winning streak in 2007-08 was eight consecutive games, the longest since the 1988-89 season when the Gauchos opened the season with an 11-0 record. On the other side of the coin, Santa Barbara's longest losing streak this season has been two games. the Gauchos have dropped consecutive games just one time, when they narrowly lost to Cal State Northridge on Jan. 5, 88-84, and then at UC Irvine on Jan. 10, 66-63.
32 Ties A Record
UCSB's first round game in the National Invitation Tournament will be the Gauchos 32nd game of the 2007-08 season. The 32 games played will tie a school record for most games played in a season, a mark previously set in 2002-03, the last time the program made an appearance in the NIT. Also, assuming James Powell, Justin Joyner, and Ivan Elliott are in the starting lineup for Santa Barbara's first postseason game in five years, they would each tie the school record for games started in a season at 32. The record is currently held by Mark Hull and Nick Jones, each of whom started all 32 games in 2002-03.
Road Trip!
In 2007-08, the Gauchos equaled their all-time best record in true road games by going 10-4. They had a five-game road winning streak ended at Utah State on Feb. 22. Still, UCSB won its last seven Big West road games. Most recently, the Gauchos have posted road wins at Long Beach State (70-68 in overtime on Mar. 8), at Cal State Northridge (77-66 on Mar. 6), and at the University of the Pacific (60-53 on Feb. 20). Prior to the win over the Tigers, the Gauchos won at UC Davis, UC Riverside, Cal Poly, and Cal State Fullerton. They also have victories at Eastern Washington, Ball State, and Loyola Marymount. In addition to Utah State, Santa Barbara dropped road games at North Carolina, Stanford, and UC Irvine. In 2006-07, the Gauchos also recorded an all-time best 10-4 record on the road. Dating to the 2005-06 season, UCSB has gone 24-10 in its last 34 true road games.
The Gauchos At Home
UCSB completed its home season on Mar. 1 with a 73-55 win over UC Riverside, giving it an 11-3 record at the Thunderdome in 2007-08. The Gauchos opened the season by winning their first seven home games, stretching a two-season home winning streak to nine, but they went 4-3 to end the campaign. On Jan. 5, Cal State Northridge defeated UCSB 88-84, ending the nine-game home winning streak. The Gauchos also dropped games to Pacific (71-58 on Jan. 24) and UC Irvine (65-59 on Feb. 9). This season, Santa Barbara logged home wins over Cal State Fullerton, Cal Poly, UC Davis, Long Beach State, UC Riverside, UNLV, San Francisco, Montana State, Utah Valley, Pepperdine, and Cal Poly Pomona. The nine-game home winning streak that was ended by Northridge, was the longest the program has had since it won 15 in a row bridging the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons. The Gauchos did end on a two-game home winning streak.
Top One-Two Punches
Alex Harris and Chris Devine set a school record last year for most points by two UCSB players in a single-season. This year, Harris and Devine have combined for 973 points, a figure that would rank fourth all-time, if not for the fact that Harris and James Powell have combined for 981, the third most by a one-two punch in school history. Regardless of what happens, Harris will be the only player in school history who has been a part of two out of the top three one-two punches.
Take Me To Your Leaders
While only four players (Alex Harris, James Powell, Chris Devine, and Ivan Elliott) have led the Gauchos in scoring this season, the same has not held true for the other statistical categories. UCSB has had eight players lead or tie for the team-lead in steals, six lead or tie for the team-lead in rebounding, five lead or tie for the lead in assists, and six have led or tied for the team-lead in blocked shots.
Starters From The Start
UCSB's starting lineup has been pretty consistent this year. There has been very little change. Three Gauchos have started all 31 games, and two others have started 30 of 31. Senior forward Ivan Elliott, as well as sophomore guards James Powell and Justin Joyner, have made all 31 starts for Santa Barbara. While they have been the only staples in the starting lineup, senior guard Alex Harris and junior forward Chris Devine have started 30 of the 31 games. Harris missed the home opener on Nov. 15 against Cal Poly Pomona with a thumb injury, and Devine was absent from the Nov. 24 home game against Montana State. He attended a funeral in his native Alaska. Outside of the regular five, two other players made starts for the Gauchos. The interlopers were D.J. Posley, who started in place of Harris on Nov. 15, and Nedim Pajevic, who started in place of Devine on Nov. 24.
The Interlopers
As mentioned above, UCSB has had the same starting lineup in 29 of 30 games. The only two players to start a game, outside of the regular five, have been forward Nedim Pajevic (Nov. 24 vs. Montana State), and guard D.J. Posley (Nov. 15 vs. Cal Poly Pomona.
The Steal Curtain
The Gauchos had 14 steals in their Mar. 14 Big West Tournament game against UC Irvine giving them 266 on the season, extending their new school record. The previous record of 236 steals was set in 1998-99, Bob Williams' first year as head coach of the Gauchos. In the last eight games, UCSB has had 85 steals, an average of 10.6 per game. In a Feb. 14 win over Cal Poly, they tied their season-high with 16, equaling the third highest total in school history. They also had 16 on Dec. 5 against Pepperdine. UCSB has had 10 or more steals seven times this season, including four times in the last eight games. Last year, in 29 games, UCSB had just 180 steals.
Plenty Of Turnover
UCSB opponents are averaging 18.2 turnovers per game in 2007-08, an increase of 4.8 per game over the 13.4 they averaged in 2006-07. Last year, a Gaucho opponent had 20 or more turnovers just once, 21 by Pepperdine in a double overtime game. In 2007-08, UCSB has forced 20 or more turnovers 10 times in 31 games, and only three opponents have had fewer than 15. The highest total by a Gaucho opponent this season was 28, in the opener against Northwestern State. On Mar. 14, in the Big West Tournament contest against UC Irvine, the Gauchos forced the Anteaters into 23 turnovers, the third most by an opponent this season.
Rebounding Remorse
The Gauchos enter National Invitation Tournament with an average rebound deficit of 3.2 per game. After outrebounding three consecutive opponents to end the regular season, UCSB was beaten badly on the boards in the Big West Tournament by UC Irvine, 38-26. It marked the sixth time this season that the Gauchos have lost the rebounding battle by a double-digit margin. On the other hand, UCSB's largest rebounding margin this season has been nine, on Jan. 19 at Cal Poly.
Shooting Blanks
UCSB picked a bad time to have its worst shooting and second-lowest scoring game of the season. The Gauchos made just 15 out of 47 shots in their Big West Tournament game against UC Irvine, 31.9%. Previously, the lowest percentage for a game was 32.1% in a Jan. 24 loss to Pacific. In the three games prior to the loss to Irvine, UCSB had made 71-of-141 shots, 50.4%. Finally, the 50 points scored were the second fewest scored by the Gauchos this season. They tallied 48 in a Nov. 11 loss at Stanford.
Dialing Long Distance
UCSB made four three-point baskets on Mar. 14 against UC Irvine. On the season, Santa Barbara has now made 234 three-point baskets, a new school record. Previously, the school record was 219, set in 2002-03. On Mar. 1, in a home win over UC Riverside, the Gauchos made 11-of-19 shots from beyond the three-point arc, 57.9%. It was their highest mark since making 60.0% in a Jan. 12 win at Cal State Fullerton. It was also the 10th time this season that they have made at least 50.0% of their three-point attempts. For the season, Santa Barbara is shooting 41.3% from three-point range, the top mark in the Big West Conference, and well above the school record of 40.3% set during the 2001-02 season. Entering the NIT, UCSB has made 10 or more three-point baskets nine times, including a season-high 12 in victories over UNLV, Utah Valley, and Ball State.
Some Magic Numbers Aren't Quite As Magical Anymore
UCSB limited UC Irvine to just 55 points in the Big West Conference Tournament on Mar. 14, but the Anteaters won, becoming the first team to score fewer than 61 points and beat the Gauchos. Santa Barbara is now 15-1 when holding an opponent to 61 points or less this season. Finally, UCSB attempted 29 free throws last Friday, eight more than Irvine. The game ended another statistical streak. Prior to the loss, the Gauchos were a perfect 11-0 when they had more free throw attempts than their opponent. They are now 11-1.
UCSB defeated Long Beach State by a mere two points in the final game of the regular season on Mar. 8. The margin of victory over the 49ers was the Gauchos smallest this season. In the second-to-the last game, on Mar. 6 at Cal State Northridge, they won by 11 points, 77-66. On the season, 15 of UCSB's 23 wins have come by margins of 10 or more. The largest margin of victory for Santa Barbara this season came on Dec. 19 at Ball State when the Cardinals fell by a 79-52 count. On the other side of the coin, the Gauchos have lost eight games this season, four of which have come by double-digit margins. The largest margin of defeat that UCSB has suffered this season was a 105-70 loss on Dec. 22 at top-ranked North Carolina.
Double Dipping
Alex Harris has scored 10 or more points in all 30 of his appearances this season. In fact, dating back to the 2006-07 season, he has scored 10 or more 36 in 36 consecutive games. James Powell and Chris Devine are second on the team with 20 double-figure scoring efforts, and Ivan Elliott is fourth with 15. In all, eight different UCSB players have scored 10 or more points in a game at least one time in 2007-08.
Double-Double Dipping
UCSB's list of double-doubles this season is a short one indeed. This year, just one Gaucho, Nedim Pajevic, has had a double-double. He had 10 points and 10 rebounds in a Nov. 20 win over San Francisco. That has been the only double-double recorded by a Gaucho player this season. In 2006-07, Chris Devine had five double-doubles, and Ivan Elliott had one. In fact, prior to Devine's 11 rebound performance against UC Irvine in the Big West Tournament, Pajevic's 10 rebounds against San Francisco were the most by a UCSB player this season, and the only double-figure rebounding performance by any player. Devine's effort gives the Gauchos two double-figure rebounding efforts through 31 games in 2007-08.
The Harris Poll
Senior guard Alex Harris was named Big West co-Player of the Year, First Team All-Big West, and Second Team All-District 15 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. He enters the NIT as the Gauchos leading scorer at 20.2 points per game, a figure that ranked second in the Big West Conference. In the team's loss to UC Irvine in the Big West Tournament semifinals, Harris made just 3-of-13 shots from the field, but he finished with a game-high 17 points, making a pair of three-pointers and 9-of-14 from the free throw line. In the regular season finale at Long Beach State, he scored 21 points, including a tie-breaking free throw with less than a second to go in overtime to give UCSB of the Big West regular season championship. On Mar. 6, in a pivotal game at Cal State Northridge, Harris scored 25 points and had a team-high seven rebounds. He was 5-for-13 from the field overall and 3-for-7 from three-point range. He enters the NIT having scored 1,676 points in his career, second on UCSB's all-time career scoring list. The program's all-time leader, Carrick DeHart, finished his career with 1,687 points. Harris joined DeHart as one of just two players in school history to score 1,600 or more. In addition, Harris has now scored 607 points on the season, the fourth most all-time. It marks the sixth time in UCSB history that a player has scored 500 or more points in a season and Harris is the only player to have accomplished the feat twice. In fact, he is the only player to score 600 or more twice. He had 611 last season, the third most all-time. Harris has scored 13 or more points in all 30 of his appearances this season and he has scored in double-figures in 37 straight dating back to the 2006-07 season. He has led or tied for the team-lead in scoring 23 times this year, going for 20 or more 15 times, and 25 or more seven times. He scored a season-high 31 points on Jan. 19 at Cal Poly. The 1,218 points that he has scored in the last two seasons are the the most scored by a Gaucho player in a two-year span. Harris is second on the team in three-point baskets with 72, the fourth most in school history. By making 2-of-9 in the last game, he has now made 70 out of his 159 attempts, 42.9%, fourth on the team. Harris has made at least one three-point basket in 29 of 30 games. In addition, he has hit two or more 22 times, and three or more 10 times. Harris made a career-high six three-point baskets, in eight attempts, on Dec. 7 against Utah Valley. In his career, he has now hit 192 out of 476, 40.4%, the third most makes and the fifth highest percentage in UCSB history. In addition to his 31-point game at Cal Poly, Harris scored 29 points on Nov. 24 against Montana State. In that game, he had career-highs for free throws, 15, and free throw attempts, 18. Harris has gone to the free throw line 215 times, the most in the Big West and a new school record. In addition to scoring, he has become one of the team's most dependable rebounders. Harris enters the NIT averaging 3.8 rebounds per outing, but in the last nine games, he averaged 4.5 per game and had at least five five times. He had a season-high eight rebounds on Nov. 24 against Montana State, and seven on three occasions. The durable Harris has played in all but one game during his career at UCSB. He missed the Gauchos Nov. 15 home opener against Cal Poly Pomona, but has played in, and started the other 30 games. In fact, he has played at least 28 minutes in all 30 of his appearances in 2007-08.
The Devine File
Junior forward Chris Devine was named Honorable Mention All-Big West. Before fouling out of UCSB's Big West Tournament game against UC Irvine, he had eight points, a season-high 11 rebounds and a pair of steals. He completed the regular season on a positive note, scoring 17 points and collecting seven rebounds in an overtime win at Long Beach State. It was Devine's highest point total since he had 18 on Jan. 12 at Cal State Fullerton. In the last three games, Devine has made 11-of-18 field goal attempts, 61.1%, a marked improvement over the three games prior to the last three. In those three contests, he averaged just 6.0 points, making 6-of-20 shots from the field, 30.0%. It marked the first time this season that Devine had scored fewer than 10 points in three consecutive games, and the stretch came on the heels of a stretch in which he had 15 or more in three straight, his longest such streak in Big West play this year. Devine is averaging 12.2 points per game, second on the team. He has scored 10 or more points 20 times in his 30 appearances this year, 10 times in the last 20 games. He scored in double-figures in the first 10 games of the season. He scored a season-high 24 on Jan. 5 against Cal State Northridge, and his other 20 point game came at Ball State on Dec. 19 when he made 9-of-10 shots and had 22. On Jan. 24 against Pacific, Devine became the 22nd player in UCSB history to move past the 1,000 point mark. He enters the NIT with a career total of 1,129 points, a figure that ranks 18th all-time. He needs six to move into 16th-place. Devine is second on the team in rebounding at 5.3 per game. He has had seven or more 12 times, and in addition to his season-high 11 in the Big West Tournament, he had nine on Dec. 1 at Loyola Marymount. Devine is second on the team in field goal percentage at 51.0%. He leads the team in steals with 38. He has had two or more steals 12 times and four in a Dec. 22 game at North Carolina. In a Mar. 6 win at Cal State Northridge, he made his ninth three-point basket of the season, his first since he made a pair on Jan. 12 at Cal State Fullerton. Devine has now made nine this year, one more than he had in his first two seasons combined. He is also second on the team in free throws made (99), and free throws attempted (127). Devine attempted a season-high 10 in the regular season finale at Long Beach State. Although he missed UCSB's Nov. 24 home game against Montana State to attend a funeral in his native Alaska, Devine has been the program's workhorse during his first three seasons. When he missed the game against Montana State it was the first DNP of his career. He has played in, and started, 30 games this season. He has also played in, and started, 88 games over the last three seasons. His 88 starts over the last three years are the most of anyone over that span. Devine played 20 or more minutes 28 times this season, and 30 or more on 13 occasions.
Old Buddy, Old Powell
Sophomore guard James Powell was named Honorable Mention All-Big West. He struggled in the Big West Tournament scoring just four points on 1-of-6 overall and 1-of-4 from three-point range. Powell finished the regular season by scoring in double-figures in six straight games, the longest streak of his career. He cooled off a bit from three-point range in the final two regular season games, making 4-of-10 in wins at Cal State Northridge and Long Beach State, but overall he closed with a rush from beyond the three-point stripe. In a Mar. 1 home win over UC Riverside, Powell made a career-best 7-for-8 from outside the arc, scoring 24 points, one shy of his career-high. In the game before that, Feb. 22 at Utah State, he made six out out 10 three-point attempts. In the last six games, including the Big West Tournament, Powell has connected on 20-of-34 three-point tries, 58.8%. Powell's recent three-point binge has pushed him past Alex Harris and into the team-lead with 73 three-pointers, tying him for third on UCSB's all-time single-season list. Powell is second on the team in three-point field goal percentage at 45.6%, a figure that ranks third on the school's single-season list. He is also now shooting 40.7% from three-point range for his career, the fourth best mark in school history. Powell made six three-pointers and scored a career-high 25 points in a Jan. 30 win at UC Riversde, and in addition to his 24-point game against the Highlanders on Mar. 1, he had 24 on Nov. 15 against Cal Poly Pomona. He enters the NIT ranked third on the team at 12.1 points per game and in the last seven, he has averaged 15.0 per outing. In all, he has been in double-figures 20 times this season, all in the last 28 games, and he has scored 20 or more six times. Since scoring a total of 17 points through the first three games, Powell has averaged 13.2 points per game. Since opening the year by going 2-for-12 from three-point range, Powell has made 71 out of his last 148 attempts, 48.0%. He has made at least one three-point basket in 18 straight games and 28 times in 31 games this season. He had made two or more in 10 straight prior to the last game, and he has done so 22 times this year. Powell has hit three or more 10 times. On Nov. 27 against UNLV, he made what was then a career-high five three-point baskets, all in the second half. His final three against the Runnin' Rebels came with less than a second to play and gave UCSB a 63-60 win. Powell is averaging 2.2 assists per game, second on the team, and he has had two or more in 13 of the last 18 games. He tied a career-high with six on Jan. 5 against Cal State Northridge. He is is second on the team with 35 steals and he has had two in three of the last five games. Finally, Powell is one of three Gauchos to start all 31 games.
Ivan The Good
Senior forward Ivan Elliott had nine points, four rebounds, two blocked shots, two steals and one assist in the Big West Tournament loss to UC Irvine. He did have one of his poorest shooting performances of the season, making just 2-of-8 from the field and missing his only three-point attempt. Elliott finished the regular season with a rush, averaging 14.7 points and making 17-of-21 field goal attempts, 81.0%, in wins over Long Beach State, Cal State Northridge and UC Riverside. He enters the NIT as the team's fourth-leading scorer at 9.7 points per game. Elliott leads the team in rebounding at 5.6 per game, and blocked shots with 29. Also, despite making just two out of eight attempts in his last game, he paces the Gauchos in field goal percentage at 56.6%. In the regular season finale on Mar. 8 at Long Beach State, Elliott had 12 points and made all five of his field goal attempts, including a pair of three-pointers. In each of the games prior to that, he scored 16. He scored 68 points in his last five Big West games, an average of 13.6 per game. Over that span, Elliott made 27-of-35 shots from the field, 77.1%. Elliott scored a career-high 22 points in a Feb. 7 win over Cal State Fullerton. He has scored 10 or more points 15 times this season. Elliott leads the Gauchos in three-point field goal percentage at 47.3%. After a brief slump, he has returned to form from beyond the arc in recent games, making 4-of-7 in the last four. Elliott made a career-high three three-pointers on Nov. 24 against Montana State, and he has made two on seven other occasions. In 2006-07, the native San Franciscan made just 5-of-13 shots from three-point territory, but this year he has drilled 26 out of his 55 attempts. Overall, in the last 11 games, Elliott has gone 47 out of 73 from the field, 64.4%. In the last 12 games, he has made 45 out of his 62 two-point attempts, 72.6%. He has had six or more rebounds 18 times this season, but has totaled just seven in the last two games. He had a season-high nine rebounds on Jan. 24 against Pacific, and Dec. 28 at Eastern Washington. Elliott has 31 steals on the season, 16 of which have come in the last 10 games. He had career-highs of four steals and four assists on Feb. 14 against Cal Poly. Finally, he is one of three Gauchos to have started all 31 games during the 2007-08 regular season, playing 18 or more minutes in every game and 25 or more 21 times.
Justin Time
Sophomore guard Justin Joyner has played with a broken bone in his wrist for the entire season, yet he continues to quarterback UCSB at the point guard position, and he was one of three players on the team to start all 31 games. Joyner lead the Gauchos in assists, at 3.6 per game, and the Big West in assist-to-turnover ratio, at 2.04-to-1.00. Joyner had three points, three assists, and one steal in the Big West Tournament game against UC Irvine. He is now averaging 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. He has had more turnovers than assists in just two games this season (Four turnovers and two assists on Nov. 11 at Stanford, and four turnovers and three assists on Mar. 6 at Northridge.), and in his last 23 games, he has 88 assists and just 39 turnovers. He has had just 21 turnovers in the last 13 games, a span of 353 minutes. Joyner has had a season-high seven assists twice, Dec. 7 against Utah Valley and Feb. 10 vs. UC Irvine. In the Feb. 9 game against Irvine, Joyner also had a career-high 16 points, making 4-of-6 three-point attempts. In all, he has produced three or more assists 21 times this season. In addition to his pair of seven assist games, he has had two games with six assists and three games with five assists. Also, after going 0-for-5 from the field over a five game span, he has gone 17-of-37 in the last eight games, 45.9%. He has improved his overall field goal percentage to 38.5%. In fact, since opening the year by making just 10 of his first 37 shots in the first nine games, he has hit 32-of-72, 44.4%, in the last 22. Joyner has made 16 out of 51 three-pointers this season, with 11 coming in four games, two apiece against UNLV and Ball State, three at Fullerton and his career-high four on Feb. 9 against UC Irvine. Since opening the year by making just two out of 12 three-point attempts over the first six games, Joyner has gone 14-of-39, 35.9%. He is averaging 2.6 rebounds per game and has had a season-high five on four occasions. Joyner is tied for third on the team with 34 steals, including 14 in the last eight games. He has tied his career-high with three steals on four occasions this season and is generally considered one of the best defenders on the team. Not only has Joyner started all 31 games this season, but his 57 starts in the last two years are more than any player on the team with the exception of Alex Harris and Chris Devine. He has played at least 20 minutes in every game this season, and 25 or more on 22 occasions.
A Piece Of The Pajevic
Senior forward Nedim Pajevic is averaging 5.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. He had five points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal in the Big West Tournament game against UC Irvine. He finished the regular season with two of his best showings in Big West games. In the season-finale at Long Beach State, Pajevic tied his season-high with 26 minutes played, made 3-of-4 shots from the field, including his only three-point attempt, scored eight points, collected four rebounds and had three assists. In 20 minutes on Mar. 6 at Cal State Northridge, he had seven points and five rebounds. Pajevic made 3-of-6 shots overall against the Matadors, including his only three-point attempt. The five rebounds equaled his highest total in the last nine games. Pajevic has been solid on the boards in recent games, averaging 4.5 per game in the last six and grabbing at least four in each. Through 31 games, Pajevic has had four or more rebounds 17 times. He had a personal-best 10 rebounds on Nov. 20 against San Francisco, recording a double-double in the process as he also scored 10 points. Pajevic's double-double against the Dons is the only one recorded by a UCSB player this season. He scored his season-high 16 points in the second game of the year, a win over Harvard, and he has had 10 or more six times, the last time coming on Dec. 22 when he had 12 in a loss at North Carolina. By making eight of his 14 shots in the last three games, Pajevic improved to 46.8% overall from the field. Finally, the transfer from Weber State is averaging 1.8 assists per game. He had a season-high five on Nov. 15 against Cal Poly Pomona, and then again on Feb. 7 against Cal State Fullerton, and he has had three or more assists nine times despite never playing more than 26 minutes in a game.
Roemer Charges
Sophomore guard Paul Roemer continues to give the Gauchos valuable minutes as a reserve in the backcourt. He has played in all 31 games, averaging 15.5 minutes per game. He was scoreless in nine minutes against UC Irvine in the Big West Tournament. Roemer is averaging 2.3 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game. He also has 26 steals and eight blocked shots. He had a career-high 12 points, on four three-pointers, on Jan. 10 at UC Irvine. In addition to his 12-point game at UC Irvine, Roemer went for 10 in the season-opener against Northwestern State, his only other double-figure game this season. He had a career-high five assists on Feb. 7 against Cal State Fullerton, and a career-high three steals on Dec. 22 at North Carolina. In recent games, Roemer has also become one of the team's top shot blockers. In 2006-07, Roemer played 132 minutes in 16 games. This year, he has played in 30 games, logging 482 minutes.
Strike A Posley
Junior guard D.J. Posley was one of the bright spots in UCSB's Big West Tournament defeat to UC Irvine. He had four points, one rebound, one assist, and a career-high six steals to help the Gauchos claw back into the game. Posley is now averaging 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game. Despite ranking eighth on the team in minutes played, he is tied for third with 34 steals and he has nine in the last three games. Prior to the six-steal performance against Irvine, his career-high was four on Jan. 30 at UC Riverside. Posley has also had three steals twice, and two three times. The four points he scored last Friday were the most he has scored since he had six on Jan. 26 against UC Davis. Posley scored a season-high seven points on Dec. 5 against Pepperdine. He has also had six points three times. The Chicago-area native has made five three-point baskets this season, but none since he drained his only attempt on Jan. 10 at UC Irvine. He has played in 27 of 31 games, missing four during February with a bad case of the flu.


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DENVER (AP) Jim Tracy wants a chance to put the pieces back together.
The manager of the Colorado Rockies will meet with Bill Geivett, the team's director of major league operations, Friday to discuss the direction of a club that just completed its worst season ever.
The Rockies' 98-loss debacle featured a historically awful starting rotation that won just 20 games at Coors Field, a realignment of their front office, a pitching coach that quit midseason, devastating injuries to Todd Helton and Troy Tulowitzki, among others, and an uncertain future for Tracy.
``Ace'' acquisition Jeremy Guthrie, who was brought in to eat up innings, went 1-5 and flirted with a 10.00 ERA at Coors Field before being traded to Kansas City for Jonathan Sanchez, who posted an 8.59 ERA at home.
Jhoulys Chacin, Jorge De La Rosa and Juan Nicasio, who are expected to anchor the rotation in 2013, spent most of this season on rehab. And the two prized prospects the Rockies obtained from Cleveland in the Ubaldo Jimenez trade, Drew Pomeranz and Alex White, both went 2-9 overall and 1-5 at home.
The Rockies were so desperate that they adopted a four-man rotation and a 75-pitch limit for two months and placed Geivett, the assistant general manager, in the clubhouse while GM Dan O'Dowd refocused his energies on the minor leagues.
There were a few bright spots, like youngsters Jordan Pacheco, D.J. LeMahieu, Jose Rutledge and Wilin Rosario, who logged a lot more innings behind the plate than planned because of Ramon Hernandez's injury-plagued season.
Rosario's power - 28 homers - was offset somewhat by 20 passed balls, hurting his chances of winning NL Rookie of the Year.
The loss of Helton to a hip injury and of Tulowitzki to a groin injury for most of the summer and Michael Cuddyer to a right oblique strain in August softened the Rockies' lineup and its chances of weathering all that poor pitching.
``That was the hardest part, all the injuries,'' slugger Carlos Gonzalez said. ``It's hard for any team when you lose your shortstop, your right fielder, you first baseman, your top three guys in the rotation. That's hard.''
Gonzalez said he's so eager to get this bad taste out of his mouth that ``I won't rest. Maybe a couple of weeks and then start working again, start thinking about next year, about being better as a player and make this team better.''
It'll take a lot more than the determination of their All-Star outfielder.
The Rockies will look for upgrades all over but they also hope all the innings logged by their youngsters will pay off next season.
``This is a better place to learn. There is no better,'' Pacheco said. ``The game is quicker and comes at you fast. I think we've all taken our bumps and bruises this year and know what to expect next year.''
The rebuilding of the Rockies, whether or not Tracy is in charge - he's under contract for next season at $1.4 million - will most likely begin with changes to the coaching staff and then the front office will focus on fixing the pitching problems, then a porous defense and a lack of run production.
``It's going to be an interesting offseason,'' Tulowitzki said. ``Obviously, what we had in this locker room did not work. With that being said, in professional sports there are usually changes. ... And there should be moves made after a year like this.''
Tracy is hoping he'll still be in charge after this weekend so he can get a chance to turn things around next year.
``There's been a lot that's taken place here this year, yet ... we don't lose baseball games from a lack of effort or intensity,'' Tracy said. ``The growth that has taken place in relation to several of the younger players on this team, offense is not a problem here. And it won't be next year. It won't be a problem if there's nothing added; that's how good these young players are.''
The pitching, now that's another story.
The Rockies have to retool their rotation and hope Pomeranz and White become the workhorses they envisioned when they parted with Jimenez, who tamed Coors Field like no one has since.
``There's been a lot of guys who have become special pitchers who were 2-9 after five months of service time at the major league level,'' Tracy said. ``You go to the Atlanta Braves staff with (Steve) Avery and (Tom) Glavine. Go back and look how they did their first five months and it became a year after year after year type thing.''
Veteran position players such as Cuddyer and Dexter Fowler could be trade bait as the Rockies seek more starting pitching so they can avoid another free-fall in 2013.
``You don't get an opportunity to play baseball in the month of October if you screw it up in April, May, June,'' Tracy said. ``And that's what we did.''
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Since Muslims are devoted to the Qur'an, every single verse is like a building block that shapes their characters. Muslims are therefore always predisposed to good and auspicious things. They make no distinction of their own between subjects, but evaluate all things in the light of the Qur'an.
Some people may regard certain issues as only minor by evaluating them on an individual basis. The fact is, however, that not all behavior thought to be individual may be compatible with the Qur'an. Some people may have their equilibrium disturbed by minor matters and be led into lack of submission to Allah, while one sees others being led in that direction by sickness, death or loss of possessions. Yet so long as one is on one's guard, by way of the Qur'an, against the snares set by satan, then these are all issues that can easily be overcome by someone who adopts Allah as his friend and guide.
Good and evil are clearly distinguished from one another in the Qur'an. Allah constantly commands people to do good and behave well in His verses. He describes how one should respond to evil with good and adopt the path of forgiveness, how it is more auspicious to renounce one's rights even if right is on one's side, and many other such moral virtues. Allah describes how evil is not equivalent to good in the following verse:
A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will be like a bosom friend. (Surah Fussilat, 34)
Some people may be unexpectedly affected by small things in day-today-events. An event that seems very great and important and might be expected to impinge on a person's earthly desires may not always affect some people at all. Yet an unexpected but very minor matter can become something that has a far greater impact on earthly desires.
For example, damage to a very valuable possession or loss of property does not have a negative impact on that person. He confronts the incident with great fortitude, thinks it is all for the best and says that such a state of affairs may have come from Allah. He reflects that there is nothing that cannot be made good and that the loss concerned is not in fact all that important, thus exhibiting a most proper submission to Allah.
However, the same person may be negatively affected in an unexpected manner by someone else's words or gestures. And they may not display that same submission to Allah. For example, he may be upset by a friend's behavior, words or gestures and attach his own meaning to them. He may believe that the other party is secretly doing these things to annoy him, is trying to upset him without other people realizing and is applying a cunning technique and using false language to put him in a difficult position, all out of jealousy. He starts looking at everything the other party does for clues that might constitute evidence of this. A very minor matter may become amazingly important. A person may become swept up in it since he has nothing else to occupy his mind. He constantly allows the subject into his thoughts and develops various alternatives concerning it. He may then trouble himself by making various deductions from the other party's behavior and ascribing meanings to it in the light of his own preconceptions.
He forgets that the other party is a helpless entity totally under the control of Allah and that everything he does, his every gesture and character are all ordained in Allah's destiny. He ignores the fact that Allah may have created the person he is dealing with in order to test his moral values and that he needs to be the one who displays a mature attitude. The fact is that Allah reveals that He makes people the subjects of testing for others:
"... We have made some of you a trial for others to see if you will be steadfast? Your Lord sees everything." (Surat al-Furqan, 20)
Everything is the subject of the testing of a person for the Hereafter. As the verse says, a believer has a duty to exhibit fortitude. Evaluating matters with a clear, unfettered conscience and never forgetting that these are the subjects of the test is a sign of a Muslim mindset.
It is a grave mistake for someone to evaluate matters along the lines of "this matter is one thing, while that is something different." There are no great or small matters. Everything is an integral whole. And one of the fundamental subjects on which Muslims are tested throughout the course of their lives is to display proper moral virtue for Allah's approval and to put Allah above one's earthly desires. A believer has a lifetime responsibility to think and behave like a Muslim, in a way that Allah will find pleasing.
A person encounters a variety of human characters in the course of his life. They are all very different. Allah describes many human characters in the Qur'an. Associaters, hypocrites, pagans, believers… No people are the same. The characters people display are directly related to their fear of Allah. But the moral nature of other people must never be allowed to affect a true believer. They must not put him in error. In one verse on the subject Allah says:
"So be steadfast. Allah's promise is true. Do not let those who have no certainty belittle you." (Surat ar-Rum, 60)
A Muslim must never adopt other people as models and adapt to an error they are making. A person may say he believes in Allah while in his heart his fear of Allah is very weak; no other person can know. Only Allah knows. For that reason, if a person sincerely believes, the true path is crystal clear. One cannot take the moral values of others as one's own measure.
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After years of stockpiles and capacity constraints, a sea change in US crude flows began last week when the Seaway Pipeline expanded to 400,000 b/d. The pipeline marks the first capacity to link the oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, and the Texas Gulf Coast.
This is expected to usher in a new period of crude enlightenment, a "renaissance" as some are calling it, albeit more pragmatic than artistic. (That is, unless one considers the hum of a drilling rig to be a beautiful ballad, pipeline blueprints an architectural achievement or the energy analyst a great philosopher.)
Nearly a year ago, as a markets reporter trying to make sense of my new beat covering US Gulf Coast crude oil, my editors and managers used words like "unprecedented" and "shifting" to describe the exciting times to come in the US crude industry.
"You will learn to love it," one of my colleagues said.
There are new developments that will change everything, industry folks said.
They were right.
In the next three months, awaited pipeline capacity will flow to the Gulf Coast region, relieving long-constrained crude production.
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One million b/d of pipeline capacity, most of it new, will connect Eagle Ford shippers with the Gulf Coast refining region. This is far more than what is currently being produced from the South Texas shale. But, in 2013, production levels are expected to rise beyond the Bakken Shale's in North Dakota to 1.18 million b/d.
In addition, Midstream Partner's Longhorn reversal project, that will run from Crane to Houston, Texas, will soon bring as much as 225,000 b/d of capacity online from the Permian Basin.
Upon flooding the Gulf Coast market with cheap, light sweet crude, the new pipeline capacity will cause pricing spreads to shrink — with Louisiana Light Sweet (LLS) narrowing to West Texas Intermediate (WTI), and WTI eventually gaining to Brent.
The LLS-WTI spread is expected to narrow to just $5/b, the cost of the tariff rate, in the second half of the year. That compares with Platts assessment Monday of LLS at WTI plus $16.50/b, down already from last year when it reached above the plus $20/b-mark.
While the WTI-LLS spread narrows, LLS is also expected to trade well below Brent, as the Gulf Coast light sweet benchmark comes more into parity with WTI.
The WTI-Brent spread, which to date has been the typical indicator of Gulf Coast spot prices, narrowed sharply last week. On January 11, the day of the Seaway expansion's completion, the ICE February Brent contract traded at a premium of $16.88/b over the NYMEX February light sweet crude contract, its lowest level since September 20, 2012.
Adding more new supply to the Gulf Coast crude pool, Heavy Canadian crude such as Western Canada Select will also soon flow south on Seaway, sources have said.
As refiners gain access for cost-advantaged crudes, current record-breaking Gulf Coast refinery operating rates are expected to reach higher.
Tuner Mason analyst John Auers expects an increase of well over 1 million b/d of domestic light crude runs along the Gulf Coast, mostly displacing imported lights and mediums.
"The early stages of the US crude supply renaissance benefited a minority of US refining capacity in the middle portion of the US," Tudor Pickering analysts wrote in a note released Monday. "However, midstream bottleneck alleviation is quickly bringing this crude to the coasts, particularly the Gulf Coast, where 9 million b/d of capacity awaits."


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Taking the Ultimate Plunge
by Pamela S. Turner
Tanya Streeter takes a last breath. A moment later, the water closes over her head. Her destination is 160 meters below—a depth no human has ever reached on a single breath.
How deep can a "free diver" go? No one really knows the human limit. "Sometimes I think I don't want it to be me who finds out," says Tanya. "On the other hand, I believe so much in our body's responses." Recently, a free diver drowned during a record attempt. "There are a lot of good free divers who are very safe," says Dr. Richard Vann, a dive physiologist at Duke University Medical Center. "But it takes training and practice."
It's All in the Training
Our bodies are well adapted to sea level or moderate altitudes. by studying free divers like Tanya, scientists have discovered that we also have a remarkable ability to survive below sea level, even under pressures many times greater than at the surface.
When Tanya is at sea level, she's at the bottom of an "ocean of air" 800 kilometers deep. Scientists call the weight of the air pressing down upon her "one atmosphere" of pressure. Because water is heavier than air, just 10 meters of seawater equals one atmosphere of pressure. At 160 meters, Tanya faces 17 atmospheres of pressure (16 atmospheres of water pressure, plus one atmosphere of air pressure).
The Test
It's August 17, 2002. Tanya, wearing a nose clip, steps onto a heavy sled attached to a weighted cable. She wraps her arms across a T-shaped bar. She takes rapid, strong breaths to flush carbon dioxide from her lungs and replace it with oxygen. Then she packs—takes small gulps of extra air. Tanya gives a nod to her husband, Paul, who releases the sled. She slips quickly into warm Caribbean water.
As Tanya moves down, water pressure increases. Most of her body isn't noticeably affected. A human body contains a lot of liquid, and liquids aren't very compressible. Gases, however, are easily compressed. The air spaces in Tanya's body—her lungs, ear canals, and sinuses—soon feel pressure.
Water presses on Tanya's sensitive eardrums. She blows into her nose, which is blocked by the nose clip. Air is forced from her lungs into her ear canals. This makes the pressure inside her ears equal to the water pressure outside (divers call this equalization).
Tanya is now 20 meters down. . .then 30 meters. . .then 40 meters, past the depth limit of recreational scuba divers. Her heart rate slows. Her body pushes more blood into her heart, lungs, and brain. Less blood reaches her arms and legs. Scientists call this the "dive reflex." All life began in the sea, and this reflex may be an evolutionary relic of our watery past.
The water pressure compresses Tanya's lungs, and she pushes more air from her lungs into her ears. She never exhales, because she needs every bit of the air in her body to protect her ears. With the air spaces in her body tightly compressed, Tanya is much less buoyant. The sled speeds up. If it goes too fast, Tanya won't be able to push air into her ears fast enough to offset the increasing water pressure. Her eardrums would burst. Tanya reaches up and opens the valve on a lift bag attached to the sled. The sled slows. Her depth: 60 meters and dropping. At 80 meters, Tanya's lungs are the size of her fists. Blood pulled from her arms and legs fills the space left by her compressed lungs. The blood keeps Tanya's chest wall from collapsing.
One hundred meters. Little sunlight reaches the diver at this depth. Tanya's heart rate is slow, perhaps only 40 beats per minute, compared to 60 at the surface. She pushes air from her mouth and throat into her ears. 110 meters…130 meters. Tanya's heart rate drops to 30 beats per minute. She is surrounded by absolute darkness. With a clunk, the sled hits a plate at the bottom of the cable. One hundred sixty meters!
A Record Dive!
"During a dive, I am only thinking about where I am, whether I should slow down or speed up," says Tanya. "On that dive, I stopped to take it all in and think about the fact that I may never again be that deep. . .that nobody may ever be that deep. It was very special, very peaceful."
After a two-minute trip down, Tanya spends 15 seconds at the bottom of the cable. She blows a kiss to a camera hanging below her (for proof of her world record). There really isn't much to see. The sea floor lies in eternal darkness 2,100 meters below.
Tanya reaches up and opens a valve on a lift bag from the sled. She inflates it and begins a quick trip up. As she rises, water pressure decreases. Air moves back down into her lungs. Blood is pushed out of her chest cavity. Her eardrums equalize by themselves as the air in her body expands.
At 30 meters, Tanya releases her air bag and swims slowly up. Although the dive is almost over, the last few meters are in some ways the most dangerous. During her dive, Tanya's body has been using oxygen. She has very little left in her body. If she doesn't have enough oxygen when her lungs re-expand, her lungs will suck oxygen out of her blood and away from her brain. Tanya could lose consciousness. Divers call this "shallow water blackout."
Shallow water blackout usually happens in the last 10 meters of a dive. That's because pressure changes are most intense near the surface. When Tanya comes up from 10 meters to the surface, the pressure is suddenly cut in half, from two atmospheres to one atmosphere. (When Tanya rose from 160 meters to 150 meters, she was going the same distance, but the change from 17 to 16 atmospheres of pressure was slight.)
Thankfully, Tanya has enough air left to make it back. She breaks the surface to cheers from the dive boat crew. She's just broken both the women's and the men's world record!
As a child, Tanya says that she believed she could breathe underwater. Perhaps she can't, but this dive was surely the next best thing!
- free dive: The act of diving underwater while holding one's breath.
- lift bag: A bag with its own air tank.
- What substance in Tanya Streeter's body is the most affected during the descent of her free dive? How is it affected?
- What is one of the dangers Tanya Streeter faces during her ascent? Why?
- Tanya Streeter has trained for a long time to free dive so deeply. Many people who enjoy exploring the ocean learn how to scuba dive. When people go scuba diving, they wear tanks of oxygen connected by a tube to a mouthpiece. This equipment gives scuba divers a supply of oxygen when they are underwater. What is another environment where humans use special equipment to breathe?


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The Marvelous Boy
The Family Romance of the Imposter-Poet Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770) is one of the great enigmas of English literary history. Born posthumously the son of a humble Bristol schoolmaster and brought up in straitened circumstances by his widowed mother, educated at a charity grammar school and apprenticed to a lawyer as a scrivener, Chatterton fabricated between the ages of fourteen and sixteen a large quantity of verse purporting to be the work of a fifteenth-century monk called Thomas Rowley, carried out under the patronage of Sir William Canynge, a celebrated mayor of Bristol. Chatterton claimed to have transcribed this poetry, which was written in a plausible pastiche of late Middle English, from old parchments found in the muniment room of the parish church of St. Mary Redcliffe, where his father had been a lay clerk. The Bristol bourgeoisie, delighted by these relics of local history, accepted them with eager credulity, and it was not until more sophisticated literary judges such as Horace Walpole inspected the Rowley poems that serious doubts about their authenticity were aroused.
At this point Chatterton obtained a release from his apprenticeship, and early in 1770 he went to London to try to make his fortune as a poet and journalist in more contemporary idioms. After eking out a precarious living for some months by this means, on August 25 he was found dead in the garret where he lodged, lying on a bed surrounded by shreds of torn-up paper. He was aged seventeen-and-a-half. Evidence of arsenic poisoning led to a coroner's verdict of suicide, but almost at once controversy commenced among those who had known him over the cause and circumstances of his death. Had he taken his own life because of poverty, or despair of achieving his literary ambitions, or shame at the imminent exposure of his forgeries, or a combination of all three motives? Or was it, indeed, not suicide at all but accidental death, caused by an overdose of medication for venereal disease, or simply by food poisoning (Chatterton was fond of oysters and August had been a bad month for them)?
The more dignifying theories prevailed. Within a few decades, as Louise Kaplan reminds us, Chatterton had become a kind of patron saint or martyr to the Romantic poets. One of Coleridge's earliest poems was a "Monody on the Death of Chatterton," first drafted in 1790, with the subtitle, "A Monody on Chatterton, who poisoned himself at the age of eighteen—written by the author at the age of sixteen." Keats dedicated Endymion (1818) "to the memory of the Most English of Poets except Shakespeare, THOMAS CHATTERTON." Wordsworth, in one of his most famous poems, "Resolution and Independence,"
…thought of Chatterton, the mar- vellous Boy,
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Sabres defenceman Tyler Myers will miss the rest of the season after breaking a bone in his leg during the team's 5-1 loss to Montreal Thursday.
Friday's announcement by general manager Darcy Regier marks a disappointing end to what's been a forgettable season for the high-priced defenceman. Myers has struggled with consistency at both ends of the ice while in the first season of a seven-year, $38.5 million contract he signed before the start of the 2011-12 season.
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You've got your Galaxy S4, raided the Play Store for the best Android apps on offer, and now you're ready to go - but why not give your new phone an instant upgrade with our selection of the best accessories on offer, from wireless speakers to the fanciest cases.
Take some quiet time: Bose QC20
The QC20 in-earphones feature Bose's StayHear+ tips that's won't only stay fitted but also offer passive noise cancellation.
The active silencing unit uses dual microphones to monitor background noise and produces the opposite sound to give you the feeling of utter silence. Its rechargable battery manages 16-hours of active noise cancelled sound.
At the touch of a button you can hear surrounding noise if needs be thanks to Bose's Aware mode. And thanks to the Bose TriPort space the bass is fantastic for the size of the buds. Coupled with active equalisation that makes for stunning sound.
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A night on the tiles: TecTiles
Samsung's TecTiles area great little accessory, and contain an NFC tag that can, via a special app, program your S4.
For instance, place a programmed TecTile on your bedside table, and it can activate specific settings when touched by your phone - setting an alarm and turning the phone to silent, for example.
You can also set them to launch an app, check you in on FourSquare, or even tell your friends when you've got home.
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Tune in to your TV: Google Chromecast
Google's smart TV dongle is the perfect way to get your favourite videos from your S4 onto the big screen.
The HDMI gadget lets you watch Hulu, YouTube and Netflix shows, and the Galaxy 4 is the perfect remote, giving you an easy way to escape the chains (and prices) of your cable or satellite subscription.
You'll even find your S4 is ready to go with Chromecast - the apps above all have controls built in, and they're incredibly easy to use. Crucially, you really do just use the S4 as a remote, so you're free to go off and do other things once you've told the TV what to show.
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The UK government is moving forward with a badger cull to attempt to eradicate cases of bovine tuberculosis that have been affecting the badger population. Farmers are saying the badgers are infecting their cattle, and the government's response has been to simply shoot the badgers.
The government lacks sound scientific evidence to prove that killing the badgers would alleviate the tuberculosis problem. There is no reason to kill these badgers in this way, especially with vaccination trials underway.
Write to the UK's Prime Minister asking them to halt all plans to kill the innocent badgers and find better ways to control the tuberculosis outbreak.
To the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom:
I am writing to address the plight of badgers in the UK. Because many of them have come down with tuberculosis, the government is moving forward with a mass badger cull. However, there is has been no research that can support the fact that killing them is the most logical idea.
Before you move ahead with the badger cull, I urge you to come up with a solution to the tuberculosis outbreak that doesn't involve any loss of life.
Please do not allow any innocent badgers to be killed for frivolous reasons that don't yet have any base in science.
Thank you for your consideration.