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Tiny Epic Mechs: Portable and quick miniature combat
September 30, 2019 - by Christopher Jarvis
Tiny Epic Mechs is the latest game in the Tiny Epic series to be fulfilled from its Kickstarter and head out to retail. If you're unfamiliar, Gamelyn's Tiny Epic games pack away into a box about the size of three DVD cases stacked together, yet the modular components often fill a table and offer medium-length, fairly weighty play experiences. Every game in the series is a completely different theme and play style, although — a bit like the Final Fantasy series — there is common DNA throughout many of the titles.
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Miniature of the Month: Kethalas the Elf
September 29, 2019 - by Allen Stroud
A Grenadier cast from the late 1980s and early 1990s, this lead figure came as part of a group of four ordered from eBay back in 2015 or 2016. I've always been a fan of the Grenadier castings from that period and, despite their age, this little group of elves really holds up well alongside modern plastics, white metal, and resin. The moulds were eventually bought by Mirliton, and you can still purchase some of the old figures as new from them.
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TriggerShoot: better gameplay with iPads and tablets
Anyone who's used a tablet will know that gaming can sometimes be tricky. Getting your hands around it and pressing the screen at the same time takes real skill (or giant hands). This problem is magnified when paying anything that requires quick reactions, such as shooting games.
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Jack Dire is a designer making big waves in the board game world. He's already had a great deal of success with Kickstarter with five projects funded so far — including the brilliant card game Superfight, not to mention Red Flags, Blank Marry Kill, and You've Got Problems.
Testament: The Order of High Human
Testament is a new survival/horror PC game. Set in a dark fantasy world called Tessara, it has a unique take on the classic day/night cycle. Drawing inspiration from the games Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, daytime in Tessara is drawn in shades of grey, populated with non-player characters (NPCs) and monsters — many who are more than they appear. There are fights to win, adventures to be had and puzzles to be solved.
Lyra: handheld gaming powered by Pi
The Raspberry Pi has already gained a reputation as a vehicle to emulate classic video game consoles. Lyra takes this one step further by allowing you to play the classics on a portable device – bringing the history of gaming right into your hands and allowing you to carry hundreds of games around in your pocket.


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Leonid Kogan - RTF Recordings in 1959
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First Pressing LP & First Master Release!
Violinist Leonid Kogan, accompanied by pianist Andrei Mytnik, performs compositional works by Richard Strauss, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Ravel for these recordings in Radiodiffusion-Television Francaise, 1959.
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Leonid Kogan, violin
Andrei Mytnik, piano
Violin Sonata in E flat major, op. 18
1. I. Allegro ma non troppo
2. II. Improvisation. Andante cantabile
3. III. Finale. Andante, Allegro
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
24 Preludes op. 34 (arr. for Violin and Piano by Dmitri Tsiganov)
1. No.. 10 in C sharp minor. Moderato non troppo
2. No. 15 in D flat major. Allegretto
3. No. 16 in B flat minor. Andantino
4. No. 24 in D minor. Allegretto
3 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet
5. The Montagues and the Capulets
6. Dance of the girls from the Antilles
7. Masks
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
8. Tzigane
Recorded November 26, 1959

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ATLANTA, May 19, 2016 – Aptos, Inc., (formerly Epicor Retail), a recognized market leader in retail technology solutions, announced the winners of its Aptos Engage 2016 Think Differently Awards program. The program recognizes retail companies and their leaders who are creating growth and value by onboarding new ideas and differentiating capabilities.
Award winners were recognized in critical areas of business transformation, including omni-channel execution, customer engagement, cloud computing and collaboration – and their use of Aptos retail technology to drive growth and innovation. Winners were honored at the opening night awards gala at the Aptos Engage 2016 user conference that took place at The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, May 2-5, 2016.
Mike Starkey, senior vice president of Information Systems at Performance Bicycle – presented with the Save the Sale! Award for leveraging technology to improve customer service, resulting in saved sales amounting to 3%+ comparable same-store sales per day.
Ralph Niebles, vice president of Information Technology, and CFO Anne Wiseman of The Art of Shaving – presented with the Pacesetter Award for supporting exceptional corporate growth via the Aptos singular commerce platform in the cloud.
John Hnanicek, chief information officer at The Vitamin Shoppe – presented with the Passing the EMV Gauntlet Award for achieving EMV point of sale payment technology migration.
Mike Holland, chief information officer at rue21 Inc. – presented with the Cloud Prowess Award for leveraging Aptos technology in the cloud to support real-time reporting and analysis across its retail operations and 1,200 store locations.
Leon Zekaria, president of Windsor, Inc. – presented with the Aptos Way Award for its long-term relationship with Aptos, and their culture of collaboration, charity, partnership, growth, and ongoing development.
Steve Williams, chief information officer at Boot Barn Holdings Inc. – presented with the Speed-to-Value Award for quickly providing scale via the Aptos singular commerce platform in the cloud as the foundation for rapid growth and expansion.
John Hazen, senior vice president, Direct-To-Consumer & Omnichannel at True Religion, Inc. – presented with the Singular Commerce, Seamless Experiences Award for leveraging the Aptos technology stack and the cloud to elevate the in-store customer experience.
Jennifer Centazzo, chief operating officer at Lakeshore Learning Materials – presented with the Customer Engagement Award for leveraging technology to better serve customers and drive sales with compelling promotions that meet the unique needs of different customer segments.
The Partner of the Year Award was presented to Capstone Integrated Solutions, a firm specializing in implementing and supporting store systems. CEO and President Joe Domer accepted the award on behalf of the company.
In addition, several Aptos employees were honored with Outstanding Customer Commitment Awards, recognizing their contributions to their retailer clients success, with others receiving Outstanding Commitment to Community Awards for their support of RetailROI.
Retailers are in a race for survival and they need to think differently – to redefine and reinvent their business – and were committed to partnering with them to do just this, said Aptos CEO and Culture Leader Noel Goggin. In this fast-paced and demanding environment, we cannot lose sight of our global community goals, which are greater than ourselves. Im very pleased to congratulate and honor all of this years award winners who demonstrate excellence – both personally and professionally – locally and globally.
The inaugural Aptos Engage 2016 user conference featured four days of interactive sessions, presentations, networking and one-on-one consultations on leveraging Aptos solutions and developing strategies to address the new realities of retailing and to engage customers differently in 2016 and beyond. Aptos Engage 2017 will take place May 1-4, 2017, at the Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Fla.


Last month, I held Dragonfly Photography's annual holiday mini sessions! It was an amazing day filled with some of my favorite kiddos dressed in the cutest outfits... Some came in matching pajamas and others dressed in their holiday best... They made me smile all day! It was also great to see new faces join the Dragonfly Photography client list and it was so awesome to take their photos! With Christmas right around the corner, I wanted to share some of my favorite photos and highlights from this festive day - I hope you enjoy!


Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC.P) Private Practice; Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; Supreme Court Approved Child Custody Mediator; Parenting Apart Facilitator for the 5th District Courts; Extensive training in addictions, child development and effects of divorce on children; NBCC Certified Counselor and NBSC Certified School Counselor.
Rate: $80/hour. Will travel to all areas of Idaho (subject to travel reimbursement).
Certified by the internationally recognized Cooperative Parenting Coordination Institute, Supreme Court Approved Child Custody Mediator, specific parenting coordination training in custody, child development, attachment theory, bonding, grief & loss, coping styles of children, relocation, overnights, alienation, and domestic violence. Practicing law in Idaho and Utah since 2001 with significant legal experience with high conflict divorce.
Rate: $200/hour. I am willing to provide services in Fremont, Clark, Butte, Blaine, Jefferson, Madison, Teton, Bingham, Bonneville, Caribou, Bannock, Power, Bear Lake, Franklin, and Oneida.
Licensed Attorney, Licensed Professional Counselor, 20 years expereience in family and criminal law. Performs parenting time evaluations and child custody mediations. Experienced in child attachment and development issues.
Rate: $150/hour. Will travel to all areas of Idaho (subject to travel reimbursement). Will also do Parenting Time Evaluations.
Has worked in mental health/developmental services since 2000, with extensive experience working with children, individuals and families. Experienced in case management, communicty-based mental health services, child development, famiy dynamics, and parental alienation. Is clinical supervisor for mental health therapists.
Rate: $150/hour. Office in Boise and Nampa. Willing to travel; fee based on location. No travel fee within 50 mile radius of either office.
Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in private practice; Supreme Court approved Child Custody Mediator; Parenting Apart Facilitator for the 5th District Courts; Certified Eldercare Coordinator; Certified Trainer of Eldercaring Coordination; Certified Eldercare Mediator; Extensive training in addictions, child development, and effects of divorce on children.
Rate: $150/hour. Will accept clients on a sliding fee or pro bono basis. Will travel to all areas of Idaho, subject to travel reimbursement.
Practicing family law in Idaho since 1984. Certified by the Idaho Mediation Association and by the Idaho Supreme Court for Child Custody and Civil Mediation. Has served as a "Special Master" in custody/paternity cases since 1997 and as Guardian ad Litem for children in high-conflict custody cases. Has completed all training necessary for Washington GAL certification. Extensive continuing education in high-conflict divorce issues, child development, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental health issues affecting family dynamics, ethics, and interviewing techniques. Helped draft and develop original proposal for modifications to Idaho Civil Rules enabling use and control of Parenting Coordinators.
Will accept clients pro bono and on a sliding fee scale, based on circumstances and financial need.
I have extensive experience as an attorney practicing family law including divorces, custody disputes, child support, contempt, guardianships, conservatorships, and termination of parental rights. As a child custody mediator, I have experience negotiating resolutions to disputes. I have also worked in law enforcement for over seven years as a police officer and investigator.
Rate: $150/hour. Willing to consider sliding fee or pro bono cases depending on the circumstances of each case.Areas willing to serve: 6th Judicial District, Bonneville, Bingham, Cassia, and Minidoka counties – subject to travel reimbursement.


By the end of "Finding Dory", the latest wildly successful, hilarious, and heartbreaking Pixar movie, it starts to become clear that the forgetful blue tang's memory is stronger than she realizes.
Throughout the film Dory is sparked by flashbacks of her childhood and the brief time she spent with her loving parents before she was fatefully separated from them.
It's not clear exactly what type of condition causes Dory's forgetfulness. She claims to have short-term memory loss, but I'm not sure a marine biologist or any other underwater doctor would diagnose the problem quite like this.
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Jake "The Snake "Roberts. The "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. Razor Ramon. Mr. Perfect.
What do these wrestlers all have in common?
They're all iconic performers. They're all WWE Hall Of Famers.
The momentum in a wrestling match can swing in an instant.
All it takes is one right move or one reversal to bring a competitor back from the brink of defeat to a momentous victory.
2016 didn't start out with a bang for us. It started with a bark.
On January 1st my wife woke up before me to head out to the mall and do some post-Christmas shopping. Just as I was waking up and heading to the kitchen to pour a cup of coffee, I saw her walk back up to the door in the garage.
She was holding something completely unexpected – a puppy.
The dog had ran out into the road as she was heading to the store. Being the incredibly kind-hearted woman she is, she pulled over to see if she could help the dog back home.
Are you suffering from reboot fatigue?
It's a new phrase for the current entertainment landscape where it seems you can't get on Twitter without reading about a new reboot or remake of a classic TV show or movie.
You've seen the stories about shows like "Full House" (now redubbed "Fuller House") and "The X-Files" coming back to our screens. Shows you didn't even realize anyone cared about are being relaunched for a new generation to not really care about them all that much.
Though I may be suffering from a little fatigue from reading about reboots and relaunches and remakes every day, that doesn't mean they're a bad thing.
You might say they're just a side effect of our MORE MORE MORE binge watching culture. Instead of being satisfied with a great story we demand another and another.


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Lady Tries To Kill Herself In Port Harcourt After She Was Dumped By Boyfriend (Video)
"I Was Misinterpreted On Operation Amotekun, I Did Not Say It's Illegal" – Malami.
"I can't wait to wed him, he's not after my money" — 80-year-old British woman, who's planning to marry her jobless 35-year-old Egyptian boyfriend, says (Photos)
"We will have 10 children" – 46-year-old 'Oyibo' lover getting married to 23-year-old Nigerian reveals how they will raise their kids
Comotion as son-in-law impregnates mother-in-law during 'Omugwo'
King Oluwo of Iwo And Estranged Wife Throw Jabs At Each Other In Public
King Oluwo of Iwo and estranged wife, Chanel
King Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi and his estranged wife, Chanel have dragged each other on social media to the shock of many people.
Recall that the Jamaican queen, who was wife to the Oluwo of Iwo kingdom was sent packing from the palace last weekend alongside her child allegedly without food or money to embark on a trip to Lagos from Iwo where she would head for Canada.
Well, things took a rather awful turn this morning when the estranged wife, Chanel took to her Instagram page to accuse the royal father of trying to tarnish her image.
"Maturity speaks. Since the Oluwo of Iwo has gone to the media to air his dirty laundry, I have remained silent. He has gone on a personal mission to destroy my character with fabricated stories….i have remain silent. As a mother of a small baby, all of this is unnecessary and very immature. Out of respect for the stool i have not spoken of what i went through in the last 4 years. Please let MATURITY rule. If a king does not RESPECT himself or his stool….who else will? People of God, let us be honest with ourselves, this is not the Ist or the last time that we have watched this individual fabricate and publicly destroy someone….kings are supposed to uplift and not oppress. love and light."
And the King responded to her post thus:
"The Horse is waiting but you can't force the passenger!!! To who cares to listen….ticket has been provided since 18th of December, 2019, 5 star hotel fully paid till date of travel!! And ask yourself a question….can a Canadian be stranded in Nigeria even if a ticket is not provided?? The Candaian embassy and Government is one of the most responsible in the world. If someone chooses to stay back for whatever reason, its none of our business. The needful has been done by providing the necessary travelling arrangements."
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Ride impressions: Royal Enfield twins
Many Royal Enfield enthusiasts are attracted by the slow and methodical pulse of the single-cylinder engine.
The new Interceptor and GT (pictured) parallel twins have a 270-degree crank like the new liquid-cooled Triumph Bonnevilles, so they are a totally different heartbeat. And unlike the 500 singles, you don't need to schedule a slot in your diary to reach 100km/h. They will reach 100km/h in about six seconds and cruise all day at highway speeds in a relaxed manner with very little vibration or hand/feet tingle.
The 648cc twin is oil and air cooled with a modest 47 horsepower or 35kW at 7100rpm and 52Nm of torque at 4000rpm. It doesn't sound like much, but the midrange is smooth and meaty. The engine is mated to a super-slick, six-speed gearbox and clutch with a moderate pull, so it is easy to use in traffic.
With such moderate horsepower there is not a lot of point in spinning it out to the red line every shift. I found these bikes yield satisfactory results if you short-shift through the gears and ride around town in fourth or fifth at 4000rpm.
Out on the highway, they cruise without stress at 4000 revs in sixth. Since the engine pulls lustily from 3000 revs, you can roll on the throttle without having to drop a cog. Despite pushing the bikes along up and down hills, they yielded impressive economy of 3.6 litres/100km. That means range of almost 350km from the 12.5-litre tank.
The twin cradle frame and twin-shock suspension set-up is as traditional as it gets, but it works. It's not the lightest 650 out there, but the frame and suspension combine to provide a light-steering, agile bike.
I found the American-made Grabriel shocks a little on the soft side for my 80kg frame, even after pumping up the rear preload to the fourth of five settings. The brakes are Bybre which is a discount Brembo offshoot and they have braided steel lines for good feel. Still, a second front disc would be welcome.
Despite the heft, the bike is easy to lift on to the centre stand with a convenient handle beside the seat like on old bikes. There has been a lot of pent-up demand for these bikes since they were announced almost two years ago. Thankfully the excitement and hype are justified.
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Mentolat
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73.08°W
The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Mentolat.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Mentolat.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Mentolat.
The Global Volcanism Program has no synonyms or subfeatures listed for Mentolat.
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
Volcán Mentolat is an ice-filled 6-km-wide caldera in the central part of Magdalena Island across the Puyuhuapi strait from Puerto Cisnes. An eruption about 7000 years ago produced a pumice and scoria layer that extends to the SE. A young-looking andesitic lava flow on the W side of the volcano may be its most recent product. Historical reports by Serrano describe an eruption at the beginning of the 18th century that could refer to this lava flow.
Fuenzalida R, Etchart H, 1976. Evidencias de migracion volcanica reciente desde la linea de volcanes de la Patagonia Chilena. In: Gonzalez-Ferran O (ed) Proc Symp Andean & Antarctic Volcanology Problems (Santiago, Chile, Sept 1974), Rome: IAVCEI, p 392-397.
Gonzalez-Ferran O, 1995. Volcanes de Chile. Santiago: Instituto Geografico Militar, 635 p.
Moreno H, 1985. (pers. comm.).
Naranjo J A, Stern C R, 2004. Holocene tephrochronology of the southernmost part (42° 30' - 45° S) of the Andean Southern Volcanic Zone. Rev Geol Chile, 31: 225-240.
1710 ± 5 years Unknown Confirmed Historical Observations
5010 BCE ± 50 years Unknown Confirmed Radiocarbon (uncorrected)
There is no Deformation History data available for Mentolat.
There is no Emissions History data available for Mentolat.
Volcán Mentolat is an ice-filled 6-km-wide caldera in the central part of Magdalena Island, across the Puyuhuapi strait from the town of Puerto Cisnes. A young-looking andesitic lava flow on the west side of the volcano may be its most recent product. Historical reports describe an eruption at the beginning of the 18th century that could refer to this lava flow.
Photo by Oscar González-Ferrán (University of Chile).
Title: Argentina, Chile
Country: S America
Map Type: Navigation
Title: Monte Melimoyu
Publisher: Instituto Geografico Militar- Chile
There are no samples for Mentolat in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection.
IRIS seismic stations/networks Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Mentolat. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice.
UNAVCO GPS/GNSS stations Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Mentolat. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player.
Large Eruptions of Mentolat Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).


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Fiscal Warning Clouds On Horizon, But For Now 2017 Budget Is Balanced
by Christine Stuart September 2, 2016, 4:30 am January 21, 2021, 6:55 pm
State Comptroller Kevin Lembo earlier this year at a press conference (CTNewsJunkie file photo)
State Comptroller Kevin Lembo said Thursday that the 2017 state budget is currently in line with projections, but there are some fiscal warning clouds still on the horizon.
At the moment income tax withholding is on pace to meet budget targets, but Lembo said more data is necessary.
"The biggest source of revenue volatility is in quarterly income tax filings," Lembo said. "Those workers have earnings closely tied to Wall Street and in turn, their tax payments are subject to the ebb and flow of the stock market. We will have a more complete revenue picture once quarterly payments owed September 1 have been accounted for."
In fiscal year 2016, several major revenue categories fell far short of budget targets.
"I will be carefully monitoring economic data that impacts state revenue and will adjust my estimates accordingly in future letters," Lembo said.
Aside from revenue, the General Assembly told Gov. Dannel O. Malloy it has to find an additional $186.8 million in savings. Late last month, Office of Policy and Management Secretary Ben Barnes admitted that achieving those savings will be a challenge.
"While that target is not at a historically high level, it follows successive fiscal years of significant cost cutting with each year's target becoming more challenging to achieve," Lembo pointed out in his monthly letter to the governor.
As far as the economic recovery is concerned, Lembo noted that Connecticut continues to recover jobs lost in the Great Recession, but still lags behind the national average.
"We remain on a relatively slow path to recovery," Lembo said."The state is adding back jobs, but has yet to achieve the type of wage growth required to jumpstart the economy."
However, it's too soon to draw conclusions about this data, Lembo said.
"Increased growth throughout the economy and diligent monitoring of state expenses will be required to maintain a balanced budget moving forward," Lembo added.
Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, was skeptical about Thursday's report, which Lembo is mandated to compile and release based on data provided to his office.
"Connecticut is already facing a deficit, but the state Comptroller and Democrat legislative leaders won't admit it until after the November elections," Fasano said. "We've seen this movie before, and it ends in post-election tax hikes."
Fasano said Connecticut will experience its first deficit in late November following the Office of Policy and Management's monthly letter to Lembo.
The reduction in revenue collections at the end of 2016 will carry forward to the current year, according to Fasano. He said that means the state is likely already running a deficit in fiscal year 2017.
"Democrat leaders in Connecticut need to admit that we are facing a deficit now so that we can start to work together to close these shortfalls," Fasano said. "The longer they wait to admit the truth, the worse the problem will become."
But a spokesman for Malloy said it's much too early to be drawing those conclusions.
"We're in a new economic reality and we plan to take all necessary steps to balance the budget," Malloy spokesman Chris McClure, said. "We have been, and will continue to be, proactive about limiting spending to what we take in – just like the households we represent."


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AC Projects Delivers Mining Crusher
Logistics firm AC Project & Forwarding has delivered a mining crusher to Santander Port in Spain.
The over-dimensional unit measured 7 meters long, 2 meters wide and 3 meters high and weighed 50 tonnes. Transport to the port was handled by AC Project's Bilbao office.
"The AC team was in charge of delivering to Santander on a free-on-board basis, from where the cargo will be further shipped to Russia," a spokesperson for AC Project & Forwarding said.
Based in Barcelona and Bilbao, Spain, AC Project & Forwarding is a member of the Projects Logistics Alliance which connects prequalified project connects forwarders in 88 countries.
Photo: Mining crusher. Credit: ACPF


Dam is a good word to describe an excellent energy resource.
NorthWestern Energy wants to buy 11 hydroelectric facilities across Montana, including five dams in Cascade County, for $900 million to provide electricity to its customers in Montana.
Customers' bills are expected to rise 4.22 percent initially, or an average of $3.53 per month for a typical customer. But customers should benefit in the future as acquisition of the dams contributes to stable power prices, company officials say.
We strongly support NorthWestern Energy's acquisition of 11 dams, which can generate 633 megawatts of power. The five dams in Cascade County pour $8.05 million in property taxes each year into Cascade County coffers, making up an important portion of the county's tax base.
If Montana's Public Service Commission decides later this year to approve the sale from PPL to NorthWestern, the South Dakota-based utility will look very much like the old Montana Power Co. did.
We believe Montana legislators made a big mistake in 1997 when they voted, and Montana Gov. Marc Racicot signed, a bill to deregulate much of Montana's energy picture, a move heavily promoted by utilities, industry and others. A supposed heavy competition for Montana's electric customers did not materialize. The result was higher prices for residential users, even if industrial plants that used large amounts of power were able to obtain beneficial deals with suppliers. Our opposition to energy deregulation was firm and unwavering, both then and now.
Deregulation was a mistake for Montana, said Bob Rowe, chief executive officer of NorthWestern Energy. In 1997, he was a member of Montana's Public Service Commission.
The Montana Power Co., which pushed deregulation, quickly sold its dams to PPL Corp., and its wires and poles to NorthWestern, before leaping into the fiber-optics business and declaring bankruptcy after changing its name to Touch America. It was a sad end to a company that had been rock solid.
Buying back the dams won't eliminate bad memories about deregulation — Montana's Legislature partially re-regulated energy in 2007 — but it should be a real benefit to NorthWestern customers down the line.
It's almost as if much of the Montana Power Co. has been patched back together.
We support the dam acquisition. This green power, coupled with wind and thermal power, will mean NorthWestern Energy will gain about half of its power from renewable energy sources.
Great Falls-area residents can appreciate this storybook ending, as well as the stabilizing effect it would have on area property taxpayers.
Area residents can appreciate the historic as well as the financial significance of the dams. Beginning more than a century ago, workers gouged earth, moved rocks and poured concrete to build five hydroelectric dams on the Missouri River in and near Great Falls.
Paris Gibson, founder of the Electric City in 1884, envisioned an industrial city powered by electricity generated by multiple dams. And that's exactly what happened.
Electricity became available to citizens in the early years of Great Falls, even if industry provided the major incentive to dam Black Eagle Falls, Rainbow Falls and, eventually, the historic Great Falls of the Missouri River, where Ryan Dam was built. Cochrane and Morony Dams were added in the middle of the 20th century.
Other dams in the sale portfolio are Kerr Dam on the Flathead River; Thompson Falls on the Clark Fork; Mystic Dam on West Rosebud Creek, and Madison Dam on the Madison River, along with Hauser and Holter dams on the Missouri River upriver from Great Falls.
We think hydropower is an excellent resource. This planned sale looks to be a good one.
If the Public Service Commission refuses to allow NorthWestern Energy to buy the dams and add them to the company's rate base, a different out-of-state firm would be the likely buyer. We think it's better to keep power generated by these dams closer to home.
It's hard to see a downside to this transaction, but the PSC will take a very close look at the proposed sale, as it should.
We are optimistic about the outcome.


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JON BLANCHFIELD
(Kathy Legan*)
#20 Brisbane
*Sometimes wrongly credited in Australia to British light music composer Geoffrey Henman (b. c.1894), who wrote a movement called Lavender Girl (ASCAP Title Code: 420013201) for his High Street suite.
Charted in Brisbane in March 1968.
Brisbane singer and TV host Jon Blanchfield had seven charting singles in his home city from 1967 till 1971, including Upstairs Downstairs, a song the Bee Gees gave away, recorded with the participation of the Gibb brothers.
Now working in management (and known as John instead of Jon), one of his clients is Normie Rowe: see the announcement at NormieRowe.com.
See also She's My Baby.
PATTY MICHAELS
(Kathy Legan)
Single on Epic, one of three singles by Patty Michaels, an entertainer with a long and varied career that began when she was five years old. Read her full story, Lavender Girl by John Greco and Phil Milstein, at Spectropop.
The songwriter Kathy Legan seems to have come and gone without trace. Six of her compositions are listed at BMI.
THE ORANGE BICYCLE
Same title but not the same song as 'Lavender Girl' by John Blanchfield.
B-side by London band. See Ever Heard Of - Orange Bicycle at ClassicRockPage.com.


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"Live Science" featured Pace University's dean of graduate programs Daniel Baugher in "Why Impatience May Hurt Your Heart"
Now that the holiday season is here, nearly everyone's patience will be tested at one time or another. Long lines, crowded malls and unbearable travel delays are among the reasons why some people will lose their cool.
But those episodes of impatience can trigger physiological responses that may sabotage your health. "Being impatient could cause anxiety and hostility," said Daniel Baugher, dean of graduate programs at Pace University in New York City who has studied personality and social psychology. "And if you're constantly anxious, your sleep could be affected, too."
Baugher said living in the hyper-paced, technology-obsessed 21st century has left many people short on patience. "They seem to want everything yesterday," he said. "People expect things to be done more quickly."
But some individuals may simply be hardwired for impatience. "Everyone's tolerance threshold is different," he said. "We all feel impatient when certain things happen, but some more than others."
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Chris Dyson Architects has submitted plans to build this new family home around an existing 1970s house in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Most of the original building's structure - with the exception of the roof - will be retained as part of a £300,000 project to create an 'environmentally friendly' five-bedroom home.
The 320m 2scheme in Townsend Lane will boast a raft of 'green' features, including grey-water recycling, and will be finished in off-white render.
Practice founder Chris Dyson is in no doubt the proposed overhaul of the Wright family's current home ( pictured below) will 'wake up the sleepy suburbs'.
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When Tom sets up shop at these events he often has his family there with him giving sales help and making sure people know what they are buying and how to take care of it. Although he doesn't sell cymbidiums, which so many people grow here, he sells many other genera of cool and cold growing orchids that will thrive in the Bay Area. These are not going to be cheap plants like the stuff at the big boxes. But they are going to gorgeous, unusual, and healthy and you will get good, clear advice on how to grow them. And they are reasonably priced for what they are. He is a good source for Masdevallias, Odont. hybrids, Coelogynes, Australian Dendrobium hybrids that grow outdoors here, and some stuff you will never have seen before.
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Mavic leads the way with rim graphics that don't peel off when you jet-wash your bike. Granted it's not the most important aspect of a wheel but it is one reason why Mavic wheels cost more.
Reduced spoke tension can cause the straight-pull Zicral spokes to unhook from the non-driveside of the rear hub. Mavic has since installed small plastic grommets to cure this but the best option is to get a metal Mavic spoke key (not the plastic one supplied) and tension the spokes after the first couple of hard rides.
On the trail the Crossmax ST give a more compliant ride than the other wheels on test, with an obvious weight advantage. Steering precision isn't as good as the Specialized wheels, nor do they roll as fast, but they have a good track record providing you're a wheels-on-the-ground, get-the-power-down type of rider. Good thing too, as replacement rims are £85 a pop.


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Walks & Maps
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Searching for Heaven's Secrets February 2017
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Searching for the Source January 2017
Purton to Sharpness passing Purton Wrecks December 2016
Epney along the Severn's banks November 2016
Woodchester Park August 2016
Laurie Lee Centenary Celebrations (2014)
Walking the Land Associated artists worked to develop a series of walks to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Stroud's celebrated writer Laurie Lee (1914 – 1997) which were celebrated throughout 2014 with a host of events in Stroud and the valleys, Gloucestershire. Our walks covered the ground that was familiar to the writer around the Valleys of Slad and Stroud as well as taking in the longer walks that took him as a young man far away from his home landscape. In May, we took a 6 day walk from Slad to Southampton. In mid-summer, we walked across the Franco/Spanish border to echo Lee's walk to volunteer to fight with the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War.
Walking with Artists
We regularly walk over a large area of the Cotswolds, but this may give you a flavour of the countryside, the terrain and distance:
Where we walk/1
This part of the Cotswold Hills presents intimate valleys and broad vistas over the Severn Vale to the Black Mountains and Wales. Local flora includes bee orchids and other meadow flowers, and we often get a glimpse of Spotted Woodpecker, deer and a variety of other wildlife. The walk is full of variety, with plenty of climbs and decents through a variety of terrain. We start our walk from Edge, near the Cotswold Way and walk over the unique limestone grassland of Scotsquar Common. This leads us to little used footpaths that snake through beechwoods and over fields outlined by dry stone walls and all the while offering exciting visual treats to draw, photograph or just to gaze. After a welcome break for lunch at a local pub, we continue walking through the beautiful but little known paths of Painswick Valley, returning to Edge in the late afternoon.
Mostly on footpaths, through woodland and fields. Undulating with some steep accents and descents.
Distance approx 8km
Mills and Yew trees
Painswick is a gem of a Cotswold village, set with stunning views of hills and vallleys at all compass points. We start at Painswick's churchyard, famous for it's amazingly sculptural yew trees, that are the subject of local legend. We leave the village, walking through narrow streets that are lined by stonebuilt cottages, houses and mills. Shortly we cross stiles and streams, finding ourselves on footpaths and tracks that lead away from civilization and into a visualy stimulating countryside. Our lunch break will be at a country pub after which we continue our circular walk returning to Painswick in the late afternoon.
Starting in a village, the walk is mostly on narrow lanes and footpaths that lead through woodland and fields. Undulating with some steep accents and descents.
Commoner's Rights
We start at high elevation to walk across the National Trust's Minchinhampton Common and Rodborough Common, known for prehistoric earthworks, big skies and views over Stroud and the surrounding valleys and countryside. We pass through charming villages of Pinfathings and Box, with overviews of Nailsworth – a former cloth town which is now a centre for the arts. Its surrounding hills are very enticing. From Box you descend into a valley which has been recolonised by otters. Lunch is at a country pub famous for it's atmosphere, delicious pies and real ales. Our return leg takes us through Nailsworth, along narrow lanes and woodland trails.
Mostly over the grassland of the Commons, along footpaths, through woodland trails and narrow lanes. Undulating with some steep accents and descents.
Distance approx 10km


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No team has ever surrendered a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals, so for the Cleveland Cavaliers game four at home was as important--at least in a practical sense--as a game seven. Cleveland led the defending champion Golden State Warriors 55-50 at halftime and still led 83-81 with just over 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. During the next nine minutes of play, LeBron James shot 0-4 from the field (two attempts were three pointers from well behind the arc) with a turnover. James split a pair of free throws with 1:12 remaining to cut the margin to 96-89. James scored six points in the final minute--on three uncontested drives--to pad his final scoring total to 25 points but at no time during the final 1:12 did Golden State lead by fewer than seven points, a comfortable three possessions cushion.
Thus, Golden State won 108-97, closing out the game (and likely the series) with a 27-14 run down the stretch, while James was largely invisible, save for three late, inconsequential buckets.
James, a four-time NBA regular season MVP and the self-proclaimed "best player on the planet," disappeared from sight during a pivotal fourth quarter that likely decided the outcome of the NBA Finals. Some people have suggested that James was tired, but the reality is that previous greats of the game shouldered equally heavy burdens in terms of minutes played and overall responsibilities. That decisive nine minute fourth quarter stretch was an opportunity for James to grab this series by the throat and force his will upon the proceedings. In such a situation, Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant would have gone down shooting--or they would have attracted so much defensive attention with their aggressiveness that their teammates had wide open shots.
James did not do that at all. He shrank from the moment, in the biggest moment of all. Maybe he will have a monster game five on the road, maybe not--but game four was an opportunity to extend the series to at least six games and to plant at least some doubt in the Warriors' minds.
James' final box score numbers look tremendous: 25 points on 11-21 field goal shooting, 13 rebounds, nine assists. Seemingly the only blemish would be his seven turnovers, but there are good reasons that I do not rely on statistics--whether basic or "advanced"--to evaluate players.
I remember an NBA Finals telecast from decades ago during which Bill Russell noted that what matters is not so much how many points a player scores but when the player scores them. Russell was speaking specifically about the impact that Julius Erving had not only because Erving was a high scoring player but also because Erving scored at crucial moments when the outcome was up for grabs.
Watching James play for more than a decade has given me at least some insight about why some of Wilt Chamberlain's contemporaries rank him below Bill Russell even though Chamberlain's individual numbers dwarf Russell's. James has repeatedly demonstrated that context and timing matter more than raw statistics. The Cavaliers built their game four halftime lead even though James was quiet during the first 24 minutes (seven points); this demonstrates that the Cavaliers are not solely dependent on James to be productive and competitive but it also represents a wasted opportunity: if James had been aggressive in the first half, the Cavaliers may have opened up a double digit lead that would have given them a bigger cushion and also possibly affected how the Warriors played in the second half--but, instead, the Warriors were understandably quite comfortable at halftime, as Golden State Coach Steve Kerr noted after the game.
Russell once said that after the outcome of a game was decided, he would sometimes let Chamberlain score. It was all psychological warfare to Russell, who wanted to placate Chamberlain and let Chamberlain feel satisfied about winning the personal duel as long as Russell's team won the overall war. In a recent ESPN the Magazine article, Jackie MacMullan wrote that Kobe Bryant--inspired by this Russell tactic--used to pull a similar "rope a dope" on Tracy McGrady and LeBron James. Bryant laughingly told her that he would "neither confirm nor deny" this, but MacMullan claims to have verified this with several of Bryant's former teammates and coaches.
James has an almost unhealthy awareness of his personal statistics. When his teams lose, he is quick to blame injuries or his teammates' lack of production or any factor other than his own effort. The most infamous example of this is the final playoff series of his first stint in Cleveland, when he churlishly responded to questions about his indifferent game five performance by stating that he had "spoiled" the fans with his excellence over the years. I cannot recall Russell or Erving or Jordan or Bryant blaming the fans for a playoff loss or calling the fans "spoiled" by their own greatness.
Chamberlain, like James, was the best player on two championship teams while also falling short in several other trips to the NBA Finals. Chamberlain was much more dominant than James and for the most part Chamberlain fell short against another greatest player of all-time candidate (Bill Russell) who was surrounded by Hall of Fame teammates led by a Hall of Fame coach, while James has lost to some teams/players that cannot be compared to Russell and his Celtics.
Ultimately, based on the available footage I have seen, the people from that era who I have interviewed and the research that I have done, I give more credence to those who state that Chamberlain was more dominant than Russell and a better all-around player than I do to those who claim that Chamberlain was overrated--but James has provided vivid proof that gaudy individual numbers in a losing cause do not necessarily prove that a superstar is blameless and has been saddled with an insurmountably inferior supporting cast.
Not surprisingly, the media coverage of game four spun in many directions--but without question the most bizarre take was offered by Mike Wilbon. Wilbon is a respected and accomplished sportswriter but I have never understood why ESPN touts him as some kind of basketball expert. Wilbon often gets his facts wrong and his analysis is typically way off-base.
When SportsCenter host Scott Van Pelt asked Wilbon for his perspective on game four, Wilbon ignored James' disappearing act and then blasted Kyrie Irving (who scored a team-high 34 points on 14-28 field goal shooting while committing only one turnover in 43 minutes) in a way that Wilbon probably has not blasted anyone since he used to blame Kobe Bryant for supposedly shooting too much. Wilbon declared that he had never seen anyone play as selfishly as Irving did in the fourth quarter and that under no circumstances should Irving take more shots than James. Then, mercifully, Wilbon's microphone went out and Van Pelt turned to Brendan Haywood in studio. Haywood, who was a teammate of James and Irving last year after winning a ring versus James in the 2011 Finals, tried to be diplomatic but he completely disagreed with Wilbon, noting that Irving had a great game and that someone "has to have that Michael Jordan moment" when James "is not being aggressive."
Haywood concluded, "I like the way he (Irving) played," adding, "If LeBron was asking for the ball on the block or getting into the lane and being aggressive then I would say 'Hey Kyrie you have to defer.'"
Haywood then rightfully put Van Pelt on the spot and asked Van Pelt what he thought of Wilbon's commentary. Van Pelt wanted no part of directly attacking his more famous and influential colleague but at least Van Pelt had the guts to say, "I don't understand why LeBron doesn't take it to the hoop every time he has someone smaller on him."
That is the issue in a nutshell. This series' impact on James' legacy is not based on how many points James averages or how good his supporting cast is compared to Golden State's supporting cast; James, as his team's best player, has an obligation to relentlessly attack the paint to score and his failure to consistently do this tarnishes his legacy, particularly since James has fallen short in similar fashion on this stage several other times. If James relentlessly attacked the paint, he would (1) score, (2) put Golden State in foul trouble and (3) force Golden State to double team him, which would in turn enable Cleveland's role players to shine.
James built this roster and hired this coach. James cannot blame his teammates when he spends most of the game--including the decisive nine minutes of the fourth quarter--standing passively outside the three point line or else driving with the primary intention of passing even if his teammates are not open. Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson both said it repeatedly during the telecast: James must drive or post up with the intention of scoring and then only pass if the pass creates an advantage.
There is so much talk about how this series could impact James' legacy that it is easy to forget that the "other" team in the series is not only on the verge of capping off a record-setting 73 win season by winning back to back titles but that squad features a great player who is building his own legacy. Prior to scoring a game-high 38 points in game four, Stephen Curry had not covered himself in glory in the 2016 Finals and it is fair to ask why his play was not as scrutinized and criticized as James' play or as Kobe Bryant's play had been in years past. Typically, an MVP is expected to perform at a high level in the Finals--and Curry is not "merely" an MVP but he is a two-time reigning MVP who is just the fourth point guard (Bob Cousy, Magic Johnson and Steve Nash are the others) to win a regular season MVP. Curry's pedestrian performances in games one and two could perhaps be excused by the fact that his team won so easily that greatness was not required but in game three Curry played poorly when his team had an opportunity to deliver a knockout punch.
The interesting thing about Curry is that he has been the best, most consistent regular season performer in the league the past two years but his postseason play has not quite matched that level and he clearly does not have the size, strength and two-way maximum potential possessed by James. Put another way, James' best game would clearly be better than Curry's best game. We expect less from Curry despite the accolades he has received and thus we are more apt to give Curry a pass. That does not mean that it is wrong to criticize James for the shortcomings that I detailed above, but it does mean that two-time MVP Curry should be expected to perform at an elite level and he should be criticized when he fails to do so.
The main thing that can be said in Curry's defense--and this is far from insignificant--is that Curry does things to help his team win that do not show up in the boxscore; Curry moves without the ball, he sets screens and he is always active. Curry will make the pass to initiate an action even if it is likely that someone else down the line will get the assist. James orchestrates things such that his passes lead directly to shot attempts, increasing the chance that he will get an assist. That is not necessarily a bad thing but his team would be better served in many instances if he posted up, drew a double team and then passed to a teammate who then made a skip pass for an assist. Hakeem Olajuwon and Kobe Bryant opened things up for their teammates during championship runs by consistently making those kinds of plays and they were both deadly passers even though their assist totals were not always gaudy.
I have watched LeBron James intently for his entire NBA career. I have seen many of his games in person and during his first stint in Cleveland I had the opportunity to speak to him before and/or after some of those games. There is no question that he is smart, driven and supremely talented. He is one of the greatest basketball players of all-time, without question or hesitation.
Yet, he is also the most puzzling and frustrating of the truly great players who I have had the opportunity to witness firsthand. The only historical analogy that I know of for the way that James' individual numbers give an inflated reckoning of the true quality of his performances would be Wilt Chamberlain. Perhaps that comparison is not at all fair to Chamberlain; many of Chamberlain's contemporaries swear that Chamberlain was much better than Russell and that if their situations had been reversed Chamberlain would have won just as much as Russell did. There will never be a definitive answer to that question and I mean no disrespect to Chamberlain, a childhood hero of mine who is perhaps my favorite basketball player whose prime took place before I was born.
All I can say is that my impression of James matches up with the critiques that some people provided of Chamberlain; the Chamberlain critiques may not be fair but from firsthand knowledge I know that it is fair to say that James has not maximized his individual talent or his championship potential, based on his inexplicable reluctance to attack mismatches in these Finals and in previous playoff series. The bottom line is this: if LeBron James is unwilling or unable to catch the ball on the block, drop step to the baseline (or quickly spin to the middle for a jump hook) and score/get fouled until the Warriors are forced to double team him then he is not as great as his supporters say he is, no matter what individual numbers he posts. Draymond Green, Andre Iguodala or Harrison Barnes cannot stop an aggressive, engaged James in the post, nor can any of them can stop James from catching the ball at the elbow, taking two power dribbles to the hoop and scoring. Jordan and Bryant were not as physically imposing as James but they both controlled games and series by aggressively and relentlessly attacking from the post and/or the midrange area. James' inconsistent midrange game and his default tendency to passivity when facing elite teams in playoff series are two major reasons that he must be ranked below Jordan and Bryant in pro basketball's Pantheon.
Labels: Bill Russell, Golden State Warriors, Julius Erving, Kobe Bryant, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Mike Wilbon, Stephen Curry, Wilt Chamberlain
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You may have heard the cliche "A series does not start until the home team loses." By that way of thinking, the 2016 NBA Finals have not started even though the defending champion Golden State Warriors enjoy a 2-0 lead. Don't believe the hype, because 31 teams have previously fallen into a 2-0 hole in the NBA Finals and only three of those teams came back to win the series: 1969 Boston Celtics (in the last of Bill Russell's record-setting 11 title runs), 1977 Portland Trail Blazers (in the first title of what may have become a dynasty were it not for Bill Walton's balky feet and knees), 2006 Miami Heat (in the last of Shaquille O'Neal's four title runs, as Dwyane Wade emerged as a superstar).
Cleveland may very well extend this series but it is highly unlikely that the Cavaliers will beat the Warriors four times in five games. Channeling Rick Pitino, it is fair to say that Bill Russell, Bill Walton and Dwyane Wade are not walking through that door.
No, the future Hall of Fame Cavalier who is walking through that door is LeBron James, whose NBA Finals record is about to drop to 2-5.
The excuses for James are adding up even more quickly than his turnovers and missed shots. I was going to wait to recap this series until it was over but (1) as noted above, the overwhelming likelihood is that this series is over (in terms of outcome, if not duration) and (2) so much nonsense is being spewed that I feel compelled to provide some correction.
A Sports Illustrated piece suggested that the Cavaliers' problem is that James is saddled with the weakest supporting cast that he has ever carried to the NBA Finals? Really? We are supposed to believe that the supporting cast that went 12-2 during the Eastern Conference playoffs--the supporting cast that includes two All-Star caliber players in the prime of their careers, plus a host of talented veteran role players--is the problem? In the many years that passed before LeBron James won his first championship, I repeatedly asked the question, "How much help does LeBron James need to win a title?" During James' first stint in Cleveland, he had a 66 win team and a 61 win team--and those teams coasted to the finish line because they had lapped the field or else they could have easily won several more games. The Cavaliers had so much talent at that time that guys like Shannon Brown and Danny Green--who both later played significant roles for championship teams--could not even get on the court. Yet James could not even take those teams to the Finals.
Now, James has even more talent around him than he did back then. He has his hand-picked roster and his hand-picked coach. Until Kevin Love suffered a concussion in game two, the Cavaliers were fully healthy.
No, the "LeBron James does not have enough help" story line belongs squarely in the fiction section, because it is not plausible as non-fiction.
ESPN's Brian Windhorst decided to bury the lead. Instead of focusing on how poorly James is playing, Windhorst started his post-game two analysis with this sentence: "LeBron James once destroyed the promising core of Gilbert Arenas, Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison by beating the Washington Wizards three years in a row in the playoffs." What exactly does that have to do with the 2016 NBA Finals? Windhorst then went on to wax poetic about how James supposedly dismantled the Pistons and the Celtics, capping off with the bizarre comment that the San Antonio Spurs "had their souls crushed in the 2013 Finals and James performed the coup de grace personally in game seven. He will always have that one and the Spurs will probably never fully get over it."
Sure. The Spurs were so soul-crushed that they routed James and his Miami Heat 4-1 in the 2014 Finals, posting historic margins of victory that looked like they would stand for decades but may be eclipsed by the end of this week as the Warriors obliterate James' Cavaliers. I think that Tim Duncan finds some comfort in his five championship rings and his 2-1 Finals record over the self-proclaimed "best player on the planet." If Duncan's soul has been crushed he is hiding it very well.
As for the Wizards, that overrated collection of unfocused talent dismantled internally, exemplified by Gilbert Arenas challenging a teammate to a gunfight, not realizing that this teammate was a Crip who a few short years later would be sentenced to 23 years in prison for manslaughter. The quirky media darling Arenas is lucky that Javaris Crittenton did not blow Arenas' head off. The Wizards were never going to make it past the second round even if they never faced LeBron James.
No, I am not giving James credit for dismantling the Wizards.
As for the Pistons, while James had a tremendous series against them in 2007 it is clear that the Pistons were at the end of their run by the time James arrived on the scene; Larry Brown had already departed and key members of the championship core soon followed him out the door as well. Bizarre decisions such as trying to build around Rodney Stuckey had more to do with Detroit's decline than anything that James did.
No, I am not giving James credit for dismantling the Pistons (and it is odd that Windhorst believes that the Cavaliers' victory against the eighth seeded Pistons this season is somehow an extension of James' alleged dismantling of the Pistons).
What about the Celtics? The Celtics' Big Three (plus Rajon Rondo) was put together to win immediately, not sustain excellence. The Celtics captured the 2008 title and returned to the Finals in 2010. James did not take the Cavaliers to the Finals at all between 2008-10 and he did not win a championship until 2012, after he fled to Miami to play alongside Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
No, I am not giving James credit for dismantling the Celtics.
Windhorst's paean to James fits in with ESPN's modus operandi for years: praise James no matter what (don't forget which network hosted the ill-considered "Decision"), while also taking shots at any potential or perceived rival to James (hence the ridiculous attacks on Kobe Bryant by Henry Abbott, Michael Wilbon and others over the years).
Forget the Wizards. Forget revisionist history. The stark truth is that LeBron James has already been on the wrong end of two of the most lopsided losses in Finals history: a sweep in 2007 and a loss by a historic ppg margin in five games in 2014. Now, James' Cavaliers have lost by an unprecedented margin in the first two games of the 2016 Finals. This is not just about James' Finals record but also about how poorly he has performed on the sport's biggest and most important stage.
Windhorst's ESPN colleague Dave McMenamin, whose reporting has improved in recent years, found the real story of the 2016 Finals, quoting a source close to the Cavaliers as saying after game two, "No heart, no toughness, no resilience. Those three things are LeBron included."
Yes, that is about right. At times, James has been the biggest and tallest player on the court. There is no one in the series who can guard him one on one in the post. As Shaquille O'Neal would say, it should be "barbecue Bay Area chicken" when James gets the ball. Instead, James has been content to drift outside to (1) watch Kyrie Irving put on a dribbling exhibition, (2) drive to the hoop tentatively only to pass the ball instead of trying to finish at the rim or (3) hold the ball in the post, enabling the Warriors to dig in and smack the ball away.
James needs to either (1) go quickly to the hoop after he catches the ball in the post or (2) when he catches the ball on the perimeter, immediately drive to the hoop with the goal of scoring, not passing.
Although James has made some highlight reel worthy defensive plays, overall his defense has been atrocious. Many of the layups given up by the Cavaliers are the result of James being out of position.
I don't care if James averages a triple double in this series, which he may very well do. The numbers he is posting are meaningless because he is not playing in a way that would give his team a realistic chance to win.
If the Warriors are going to play small, James has to punish them in the paint. The Oklahoma City Thunder proved that the Warriors have no answer at either end of the court when faced with players who have size and athleticism. If the Thunder could have figured out how to stop throwing the ball away at the end of games then they would have dethroned the Warriors.
The Cavaliers absolutely have enough talent to beat the Warriors but they lack the right mindset to even compete at this level--and that starts with James.
One more point must be made. I have tremendous respect for Jerry West as a player, executive and talent evaluator. West, who went 1-8 in the Finals as a player, sympathizes with James, who (as mentioned above) is about to fall to 2-5 in the Finals. West recently said that it is ridiculous to criticize James for his Finals record. It is understandable that West would stick up for James; as a consultant to the Warriors, West probably does not want to give James any added fuel/motivation and on a personal level West is no doubt offended by the idea that a great player should be judged by his Finals record. While West would be right to say that he personally should not be judged by his Finals record, James' Finals record is much different (and much worse) than West's.
Here are West's scoring averages and field goal percentages for each of his Finals appearances, along with the results of those series and some parenthetical notes:
1962: 31.1 ppg .456 3-4 Boston (lost by three points in game seven)
1963: 29.5 ppg .490 2-4 Boston
1965: 33.8 ppg .424 1-4 Boston (no Elgin Baylor)
1966: 33.9 ppg .515 3-4 Boston (lost by two points in game seven)
1969: 37.9 ppg .490 3-4 Boston (lost by two points in game seven); won NBA's first Finals MVP and is still the only player from the losing team to win the Finals MVP
1970: 31.3 ppg .450 3-4 NY
1972: 19.8 ppg .425 4-3 LAL (Chamberlain won the Finals MVP)
Keep in mind that West was a 6-3 guard playing in a more physical era when shooting percentages were lower and the three point shot did not exist in the NBA. West elevated his game while facing the greatest dynasty in NBA--if not professional sports--history. Three times, West's L.A. Lakers lost to the Celtics by three points or less in game seven. West's only lopsided Finals losses came in 1965--when Elgin Baylor did not play due to injury--and 1973, West's last full season. A bitter irony for West is that his worst Finals performance took place during his only championship run, as injuries restricted West while the Lakers capped a then-record setting 69 win season with a seven game triumph over the Knicks.
West was a tremendous Finals performer who was at his best when it counted the most. It is not his fault that his teams failed to win more than one title.
Here is a recap of James' Finals career to date:
2007: 22.0 ppg .356 0-4 San Antonio
2011: 17.8 ppg .478 2-4 Dallas (fifth leading scorer in series after winning regular season MVP)
2012: 28.6 ppg .472 4-1 OKC (first championship, first Finals MVP)
2013: 25.3 ppg .447 4-3 San Antonio (second championship, second Finals MVP)
2015: 35.8 ppg .398 2-4 Golden State (squandered 2-1 lead)
2016: 21.0 ppg .421 0-2 Golden State
In the Finals, James' field goal percentage consistently drops (other than in 2014), his turnovers increase and he often refuses to attack the paint even when there is no one on the court who can guard him. He has won two titles and two Finals MVPs, but he has also lost to teams led by Finals MVPs Tony Parker, Kawhi Leonard and Andre Iguodala. Overall, James has failed to place his stamp on the NBA Finals. The narrative suggesting that James has carried inferior squads to the Finals and thus should not be blamed for losing in the Finals ignores the reality that when James' teams reach the Finals it is his game that regresses. The above numbers are suggestive and illustrative but they do not tell the complete story. Watch the games with an educated eye and ask yourself some questions:
The Cavaliers have an All-Star point guard and LeBron James is their best post-up threat, so why does James insist on bringing the ball up the court against the Warriors? Consider this: The Chicago Bulls became a championship team when Michael Jordan stopped trying to get triple doubles and ceded the ballhandling duties to Scottie Pippen. Pippen initiated the offense and Jordan went to work in the post.
Why is LeBron James often standing by the Oracle logo when the Cavaliers are on offense? Every possession during which James does this is a wasted possession. If the Cavaliers do score on such a possession it is "offense by accident," because when James is that far away from the paint the Cavaliers are playing four on five. I don't want to hear about how badly James's teammates are supposedly playing when James is a conscientious objector on so many possessions.
Why does LeBron James hold the ball when he catches it in the post? No Warrior can guard James in the post. If he would catch the ball and immediately power to the hoop, he would score or get fouled almost every time. That would take a mental and physical toll on the Warriors. It would slow the game down, put the Warriors in foul trouble and allow the Cavaliers to set up their defense. When James holds the ball, he invites the Warriors to trap and recover, which leads to turnovers and rushed shots.
Why does LeBron James often pass the ball after driving to within two feet of the hoop? During one sequence in game two, James drove to the hoop but instead of finishing strongly, he passed the ball outside. The possession ended with Irving driving to the hoop and getting stripped after reaching the same spot where James had been a few seconds earlier. Such passes by James are not unselfish and they do not make him a pass-first player. The smart play is for the person with the highest percentage shot to shoot the ball. The self-proclaimed best player on the planet should be unstoppable in the paint, particularly when he is the biggest player on the court.
LeBron James is one of the greatest players in pro basketball history. That will not change even if he does not win another NBA Finals game. However, his inability or unwillingness to consistently rise to the occasion on his sport's biggest stage will forever be a baffling blotch on an otherwise sterling Hall of Fame resume.
Labels: Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, Jerry West, LeBron James


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Evan Healy, holistic aesthetician and founder of the EvanHealy skin care products, sings the praises of bentonite clay: "I think clay is the unsung hero for acne: clay is a living mineral, it's one of the oldest healing materials on earth, and it's present everywhere." Rich in calcium, iron, magnesium, and silicone, it's no wonder that clay is a popular mask ingredient. Additionally, it draws out dirt and other skin impurities (think blackheads). Healy explains that it performs like alphahydroxy acid without damaging the epidermis. For this recipe, I used Redmond Clay (one 10 ounce jar is $10.87).
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