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Westmont Magazine Out of the Ashes, Faculty Homes Go Solar
All 41 Faculty Homes in Las Barrancas Are Equipped with Solar Panels for Efficient and Inexpensive Power
Workers have installed photovoltaic panels on the roofs of 41 Westmont faculty homes in the Las Barrancas neighborhood, the first fully solar community and largest residential project in Santa Barbara County. These photovoltaic panels convert solar radiation into direct current electricity, generating more than 157,000 kilowatt hours each year. The panels will satisfy the electrical needs of the entire neighborhood while eliminating more than 3,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the environment. Ben Siebert, CEO of Planet Solar Inc. in Santa Barbara, says that's the equivalent of removing more than 10 million car miles off the roads over 25 years of service.
"Westmont has been an important and valued influence in our community and is continuing its leadership by spearheading this project," Siebert says. "We're hoping that other communities will do the same. Together, we really can reverse global warming."
The 14 homes that were destroyed in the Tea Fire were prepared for the panels during reconstruction, and the other homes have been retrofitted with brackets. Russell Smelley, Las Barrancas Homeowners Association president, says it was an important environmental step for the community. "The people liked the green nature of the project," he says. "In a year from now the utility company will begin paying people for the solar energy. We wanted to do a great project for the whole neighborhood."
Seibert says the solar panels will last forever, although the inverters, which cost about $2,000, will need to be replaced about every 15 years. Seibert, who installed his first solar project in 1983, says the Las Barrancas project's carbon dioxide reduction equates to 52 acres of fully grown trees.
Westmont officials praise Santa Barbara city and county planners and building officials for expediting the reconstruction of more than 200 buildings and homes that were destroyed in the November 2008 blaze. Seibert says the Santa Barbara Community Environmental Council (CEC) has been instrumental in assisting solar projects in this city. "Santa Barbara is the birthplace of Earth Day and has always been an environmentally friendly city — the only city with a Fossil Free by 33 policy," Seibert says.
The CEC, which runs the Fossil Free by 33 program in Santa Barbara, has set an ambitious goal for the region to become carbon neutral by 2033. Community-supported energy is a major component of the CEC's detailed plan that includes medium-scale solar, wind and possibly ocean energy projects.
Westmont has also incorporated green elements in Adams Center for the Visual Arts and Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics, which will use natural sunlight and ventilation and have roofs with natural vegetation growing on them.

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Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 > Mar 7, 2017 20:30:51 GMT
Mar 7, 2017 20:26:44 GMT Arthur Pringle said:
I recall the edits in the scene where Oz, Wayne & Moxey watch the stripper in the pub, every time the stripper was about to open her legs or similar there was a jarring cut I also remember that Bomber exclaiming 'Lesbian Lust?!' was silenced.
I wonder what the people who made these shows think of this censorship? If I'd made something I wouldn't be happy seeing it vandalised for daytime viewing.
Yeah remember that scene one too Art...
Maybe that pub's on the list for our forthcoming Newcastle meet. LOL!
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Sometimes in 1973, sometimes in the 80s
Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 > Mar 7, 2017 21:01:10 GMT Dirty Epic and Steve Austin like this
Post by Gene Hunt on Mar 7, 2017 21:01:10 GMT
Mar 7, 2017 20:30:51 GMT Dirty Epic said:
Yep... along with a few other fleshpots.
Gene Genie.
Trust the Gene Genie
Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 > Mar 7, 2017 21:05:15 GMT via mobile
Just hope The Portland's not shut for renovation mate.
Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 > Mar 7, 2017 21:09:24 GMT Dirty Epic likes this
Post by Steve Austin on Mar 7, 2017 21:09:24 GMT
They cut a bit in last night's episode (A Law For The Rich, repeated on Yesterday) where Oz breaks into Thornley Manor and opens the front door; "What are you'se peasants doing on my property". They cut the bit "The notice clearly states that members of the working class will be exterminated, now p*** off", that's the best line of the episode and is aired on a digital channel at approximately 11.15pm. Why cut it? It was aired in full on terrestrial tv at 9.15pm originally. What's the point?
Better. Stronger. Faster.
Suppose it's easier for UKTV to show the same edited episodes regardless of the time it's being shown also the bonus for them is the 20-25 mins of advert time it gives them.
Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 > Mar 7, 2017 23:05:44 GMT Del Boy, Dirty Epic, and 1 more like this
Post by Arthur Pringle on Mar 7, 2017 23:05:44 GMT
I don't like the idea anyway of showing shows or films that were intended for an adult audience in the afternoon. The swearing is part & parcel of the show, not something gratuitously added for shock effect, it's how people speak. Having said that, no one uses the f word, 'friggin' being the closest they get.
The only way round it is to no longer make swearing taboo, do it gradually of course, start with weather forecasters saying 'I'm afraid it's going to be f*****g freezing today so wrap up warm' on breakfast tv
Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 > Mar 8, 2017 7:07:57 GMT via mobile Arthur Pringle likes this
Post by Dirty Epic on Mar 8, 2017 7:07:57 GMT
Think the best one was when ITV4 showed Sweeney 2 on Xmas Day a few years back in the afternoon uncut and with the F-words all present in their glory. Mind you from what I can remember there where no complaints probably the only viewers being fans only too happy to see it uncut.
Also anyone remember those dire 'TV versions' of Hollywood blockbusters which were around in the late 1980's. Absolute tosh I remember watching Lethal Weapon once and the line 'Rayann get in the yellow car' when it was a white Cadillac...
Back to AWP wasn't frigging cut from the 1988 showings too?
Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 > Mar 8, 2017 7:17:31 GMT via mobile
Haven't they had a few faux pas on Breakfast TV in recent years Art?
Auf Wiedersehen Pet 1983 > Mar 8, 2017 13:19:13 GMT The Saint, Del Boy, and 1 more like this
All members,
I'm excited to announce that we now have a dedicated Auf Wiedersehen, Pet board right here on 4:3tv. It is fully dedicated and has individual sub boards for Series 1, 2 & 3-5.
As this thread has been a general discussion about all series of AWP I'll leave it where it is and lock it now to retain continuity.
Please focus all AWP discussion over in the Auf Wiedersehen, Pet board > Here - Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Board
I aim to do a full location report on AWP in the near future so look out for that.
What are you waiting for? Get on over and start populating the boards with AWP talk!
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Taking its cue from George Orwell's famous novel 1984, the Obama administration is mining customer data from major Internet vendors and collecting telephone records of millions of U.S. citizens indiscriminately — regardless of whether they are suspected of a crime.
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It sickens me to read the lies, misrepresentations and defamation posted daily by the same core group of malcontents who enjoy creating problems within the party and it is also true that these lies have influenced people while I have devoted my time to productive work.
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If Timothy McVeigh succeeded, then why don't we apply our foreign policy on terror to our home grown terrorists? Why don't we allow China to cluster bomb Norman Oklahoma to weed out those who might do us harm? Why don't we set up check points in Tulsa to search for suspicious activity?
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California Teenager Arrested With AR-15, 'It' Clown Mask, Police Say
San Leandro Police seized a "fully-loaded" semi-automatic rifle with a drum round magazine, as well as an "'It' clown mask" from an unidentified teenage driver earlier this week.
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A teenager was pulled over this week in northern California while in possession of a loaded AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and a clown mask similar to the one seen in the hit horror film "It," police said.
The unidentified teen driver was pulled over at around 12:05 p.m. on Sunday, according to the San Leandro Police Department. Officers seized a "fully loaded" AR-15 rifle hidden in a bag in the vehicle's backseat. The weapon had a 50 round drum magazine with a single bullet in the chamber. They said they also found marijuana in the vehicle.
"This was a great traffic stop that took an illegal and dangerous weapon off the street," San Leandro Police Department said in a statement. "This is another positive outcome in keeping the citizens of San Leandro safe."
A mask of Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the form assumed by the evil antagonist of Stephen King's novel "It" and its screen adaptations, was also found in the vehicle, authorities said. Police propped the grinning red-haired clown mask on the hood of a squad car alongside the loaded AR-15. The mask was similar to the version of the clown villain from the 2017 blockbuster adaptation of "It" and its 2019 sequel.
San Leandro Police pulled over a man with and AR-15 and 'It' clown mask. Photo: San Leandro Police Department
It's unclear where the teen may have been heading with the firearm and mask. Detectives nonetheless took possession of the mask as evidence in the instance it had been used in a robbery or other crime.
"The mask was found inside the vehicle, however, it was not accompanied by a costume," Lt. Liquat Khan, a criminal investigations commander for San Leandro Police Department, told Oxygen.com on Wednesday. "Believing that the mask may have been used during a commission of a prior crime since a rifle was also recovered, the officer took the mask for 'observation' in the event a nearby agency was investigating a crime involving a suspect wearing a similar mask."
The suspect was booked into a local jail on several drug and weapons charges. Police stated that the driver couldn't be identified because of their age.
"The defendant is a juvenile, therefore their name will not be released," Khan added.
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Heat President Pat Riley Addresses Offseason Moves
Pat Riley met with the media on Saturday to discuss Miami's moves thus far this offseason
By Larry Walansky	• Published July 16, 2016 • Updated on July 16, 2016 at 3:45 pm
Miami Heat president Pat Riley met with the media on Saturday to discuss topics including Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.
It has been a tremendously busy offseason for Riley and the Heat. After chasing Kevin Durant and re-signing Hassan Whiteside, Miami saw a franchise player in Wade depart.
"Obviously we've had a tough summer. Period," Riley said near the start of his news conference.
It has been reported that Wade and Riley did not speak even once during contract negotiations. Wade met with owner Micky Arison instead and ultimately took a deal with the Chicago Bulls. That contract ended Wade's 13-year career with the Heat.
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"My responsibility to make it happen. I didn't make it happen. I have great regret that I didn't immerse myself in it," said Riley.
While it is likely that Miami will pay tribute to Wade during the season and at the end of his NBA career, there is no question that this new contract changes some future plans. No longer can Wade or the team refer to the All-Star as a "Heat Lifer". Wade will also not go down in history as the longest tenured Miami player. That title is now held by Udonis Haslem who will enter his 14th year with the Heat next season.
"I'm gonna miss what I might have had planned for (Wade) and his future and how I saw the end going for him," Riley added.
In terms of Bosh, Riley didn't provide much new news. The big man is still a question mark heading into next season. A blood clot issue is derailed Bosh's career and the team simply can not count on big minutes from Bosh at this time.
"I know Chris wants to play, and we would be open to that. But this is still fluid. There's not an answer," said Riley.
With the loss of Luol Deng and Joe Johnson this off-season, the Heat find themselves needing a new starting forward. This need is even more evident if Bosh can't play. That points to Justise Winslow getting the nod in only his second season in the NBA.
"Are we ready for Justise Winslow to start at the 3? I am," an emphatic Riley stated.
When Deng was offered a deal from the Los Angeles Lakers, the Heat were still hopeful of signing Wade and even Durant. That made the task of matching or beating an offer on Deng nearly impossible. The Lakers ended up giving Deng a contract that was simply too pricey for Miami's plans.
"When Lu told us he was getting $72M, there was no way-- That train left the station," said Riley on the Deng situation.
Without Wade and the aforementioned other veterans, Miami could take a step back next season. Riley believes the team still has enough talent to make the playoffs however.
"I don't think there's any doubt that we can compete for a playoff spot," Riley added.
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Producers: Georges Schoucair. Myriam Sassine. Co-producers: Antoine Khalife, Marie-Pierre Macia, Claire Gadéa Screenwriters: Ahmad Ghossein, Abla Khoury, Syllas Tzoumerkas Line producers: Abla Khoury - Lara Chekerdjian Production Supervisors: Christian Eid- Jessica Khoury DoP: Shadi Chaaban
Cast: Karam Ghossein (Marwan), Boutros Rouhana (Najeb), Adel Chahine (Kassem), Issam Bou Khaled (Mohammad), Sahar Minkara (Joumana), Flavia Juska Bechara (Rana)
Lebanon, July 2006. War is raging between Hezbollah and Israel. During a 24h ceasefire, Marwan heads out in search of his father who refused to leave his Southern village and leaves his wife Rana preparing alone their immigration to Canada. Marwan finds no traces of his father and the ceasefire is quickly broken, forcing him to take shelter in Najib's house, his father's friend. Marwan finds himself trapped under the rain of bombs with Najib and a group of elders, friends of his father. Tension rises inside and outside of the house. Suddenly, a group of Israeli soldiers enter the first floor. Trapped in their location as well as by their own fears, the next three days sees the situation spiral out of control.
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Ahmad Ghossein is a filmmaker and video artist. He directed several documentaries, short films and videos such as: Operation Nb… (Best Director Prize at BIFF 2004), My Father is Still a Communist (Moma, Berlinale, Best Short Film in Tribeca Doha Film Festival 2011) and The Fourth Stage (Forum Expanded- Berlinale 2016). Ahmad was selected among the 4 Lebanese filmmakers of Lebanon Factory, and co-directed White Noise with Lucie La Chimia, a short that opened the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes International Film Festival 2017. Following Cannes, the film screened in BFI London, Sarajevo, Cinemed and Fribourg Film Festivals among others.


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Upon completion, they attend a five-month basic course of instruction at the Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center in Dam Neck, Va., where they receive training in: electronic, anti-submarine, anti-surface, anti-air, amphibious and strike warfare; counterintelligence; strategic intelligence; air defense analysis; and combat mission planning.
From there, INTEL Officers embark on a 30-month operational fleet tour.
This is typically an assignment with an aviation squadron, with an air wing staff or on board an aircraft carrier or amphibious command ship.
Promotion opportunities are regularly available but competitive and based on performance.
It's also important to note that specialized training received and work experience gained in the course of service can lead to valuable credentialing and occupational opportunities in related fields.
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Pre match music next season.
2 More players linked to Forest..
Are we gonna sign a central defender?
What areas do we actually need to improve?
Billy wants to be a red!
A Calendar Special Clough Comes To Leeds 1974 !
so are we boycotting the lower bridgford end ???
bridgford lower -boycotted by forest fans ????
Who will be the strongest team in the Championship this season?
Can you take under 4's to friendly matches?
Is Natalies 2 weeks up yet?
what was the first LTLF thread.
Jason Statham NOT a Forest Fan.... apparently.
Starting line up so far!
Crazy 'ol Hassan is at it again.
Billy Sharp`s odds to Doncaster keep getting smaller.
Happy to be proved wrong?
Derbyshire - 20 goal-a-season striker?
2 for 1 Capital Cup Tickets?
Scouting - Has NFFC cast its net wider?
All the cons are Brian Rice..
Lascelles - loan, keep or sell?
Financial Fair Play. Are we in trouble?
Does anyone else miss Chris Gunter?
CHEAPEST way to get to Walsall and back?
A bit of nostalgia ... when football wasn't expensive!
Is anyone at tonight's game and online?
Can we update the picture of Lansbury in the sponsor banner to show his new barnet?
Who's going to be our new striker?
How far ahead do Forest plan ahead?
But what if we don't go up/finish top 6 this season?
official website & emails not working?


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Israeli Columnist Glick Slams US Foreign Policy Fantasies
Published August 25, 2007 at 12:56pm
Caroline Glick, famed columnist at the Jerusalem Post, blasts the "fantasists" in the US for once again ignoring the threats by radical Islamic leaders threatening not just Israel, but all of Western civilization.
Column One: The rise of the fantasists
…The fantasists ignored completely Osama bin Laden's declarations that his goal is to conquer the world in the name of Islam. They disregarded the political and cultural milieus marked by inexhaustible envy towards the West and the US that gave rise to al-Qaida and its sister organizations. Rather than acknowledge the reality of real war with real enemies, both camps of fantasists argued that instead of slaying these twin dragons, the US should appease them by serving them Israel for lunch.
These voices were relegated to the margins of public debate until the lead up to the 2004 presidential elections. Ahead of those elections, backed by George Soros's financial muscle, the fantasists had an enormous impact of the debate in the Democratic Party. Politicians who until then had supported the war generally, and in Iraq particularly, clamored to decry it…
… A BRIEF look at recent statements by Iran's leaders and its terrorist vassals suffice to show how cut off these views are from reality. Last Saturday, Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said, "America and its followers are stuck in a whirlpool and they sink deeper as time passes. A dangerous future is predicted for them." Wednesday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signaled that Iran will share its nuclear know-how with others saying, "If nuclear energy is something good, all nations should enjoy it on the basis of law."
In an interview with Britain's Independent, Iraqi Shiite terror boss Muqtada al Sadr admitted that his group trains with Hizbullah. Sadr said, "We have formal links with Hizbullah…. We copy Hizbullah in the way they fight and their tactics, we teach each other and we are getting better through this."
On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of last year's war against Israel, Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah told Iranian television that Hizbullah acts at Teheran's pleasure. "I am a lowly soldier of the Imam Khamenei. Hizbullah youths acted on behalf of the Imam Khomeini… and sent their blessings to the Iranian people," Nasrallah said.
On August 6, Osama Hamdan, Hamas's representative in Lebanon, told al-Kawthar television that Hamas is preparing for war not because expects it Israel to attack, "but because the final goal of the resistance is to wipe this entity [Israel] off the face of the Earth. This goal necessitates the development of the capabilities of the resistance, until this entity is wiped out."
What is it going to take for America to come back to its senses?
And, how can the democrats claim that they will protect America when they still believe the real threats to America are coming from inside the White House?


Staples has become the second major chain to announce the mass closing of stores this week, providing the latest evidence of how the retail landscape is being remade by shifts in American shopping habits. The nation's largest office-supply company said Thursday that nearly half of its sales are now generated online, and it is working aggressively to cut costs and become more efficient.
The agency is one of a handful of development and marketing companies to carve out a niche in bringing the web to the physical world. These companies are helping retailers, restaurants and a range of other organizations with a stake in a physical place to use connectivity to rethink the way we engage with the world around us.
Findery, a map-based social networking service started by the co-founder of popular photo-sharing site Flickr, launched a mobile app on Thursday. Caterina Fake, Findery's founder and Chief Executive, is hoping there's room for a specialized service that appeals to a different set of Internet users' sensibilities.
Greg Sterling: Yahoo has started to integrate indoor maps into its newly upgraded mapping product. Even though Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer didn't want to go head to head with Google in "local" (read: maps), Yahoo has been improving its mapping and local search user experiences of late.
The flare-up over food-delivery fees is only one part of the story of local apps and how they are changing the character of food here in Seoul. We are seeing a split between the most and least popular stores, with some of the more commonly reviewed stores receiving prominent billing, while others with fewer reviews are placed further down the rankings.
The Boston Globe is laying off the remaining half-dozen correspondents who provide its Your Town local coverage tracking life and government in Massachusetts cities and towns, sources confirmed today. The paper plans to retain its Your Town sites, which also aggregate news from local sources, a person familiar with the cuts said.
Google has been automatically upgrading Google Place listings from the old system to the new Google Places dashboard. The latest conflict is that there are duplicate listing issues and Google needs you to step in, fix the issue and then complete the upgrade process.
Noah Weiss, Foursquare's VP of product management, divulges the numberic system he uses to rate his weekends and ensure peak creative output. The product manager for Foursquare aspires to "awesome," which to him, means balance: a mixture of social activities sprinkled with some relaxation and maybe even some work.
Top stories of the week include Square and Bookfresh, CommuteStream, LevelUp and Foodler, Muber, SounderPoster 3.0, Amtrak, Caribou Coffee, IMGuest.com, Mastercard and Syniverse and Stylinity.
Tags: big data Boston Globe Findery Flicker food delivery Foursquare Google Hyperlocal media Indoor Maps Nokia Privacy Staples Yahoo!
Very interesting to reading..thanks for sharing it….


Europe's leading e-infrastructures, EGI, EUDAT, GÉANT, OpenAIRE and the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Europe, invite all researchers, developers and service providers for three days of brainstorming and discussions at the Digital Infrastructures for Research event.
Designed with research communities in mind, the Digital Infrastructures for Research 2016 event aims to foster broader adoption of digital infrastructure services and promote user-driven innovation. The Call for Participation will open in early April with an invitation to all researchers, developers and service providers to submit abstracts for presentations, training sessions, workshops and demonstrations.


Unique graphics for an enhanced cardistry experience. The ORIGIN cardistry deck is much more than just another deck of playing cards.
We started with a clean slate, and as cardists, we crafted our deck in our own image. During two years, we tested different papers, coatings and ways to cut cards. Worth it!
Clever, simple and elegant: meet the "SWIVEL BOX". Make a statement by just opening the deck.
"How many cards do we need in a deck?" That is one of the many questions we asked ourselves when developing this product. Nothing was left to chance.
The Origin cardistry deck features a unique geometric design that will make your deck stand out from all others. A Single design is repeated on each card for an enhanced cardistry experience. So why is it better then all the other playing cards out there? Well, because they're not playing cards anymore. With one single purpose, this object is now the perfect tool for cardistry.
We needed high-end techniques and top quality expertise to live up to the picture we had in mind. Our design is perfectly centered and the thin borders on the backs make a clear distinction between packets, for cleaner cuts and displays.
The deep colors and crisp contrasts, only possible with the latest technology in offset printing, really make the design pop out.
The Origin cards are designed with fanning in mind: different patterns come to life, rhythms and connections, depending on the way you fan.
The spinning motion is accentuated by the center piece of the design: the colors merge into a mesmerizing whirlpool, wrapping around the fixed blank spot in the center.
After 2 years of research and hard work in close collaboration with Cartamundi, we finally found what we were looking for.
We chose a premium quality paper with a softer stock, for easier pressure moves right out of the box. Our cardboard is also whiter than our competitors', so the deep colors of our design pop out even more.
We developed a new varnish designed for our art form: the "cardistry finish". The cards feel broken in, right out of the box for a better fanning experience. We also care about the planet, so the varnish we use is environment friendly.
We used a brand new knife that was specifically forged for our deck. The edges will feel smoother and the design will have almost no offset, with a nearly perfect alignment.
Coolest. Box. Ever. No need to say more.
We challenged everything, even the number of cards that we use, and we discovered that an odd number of cards makes faro moves easier, as you can shuffle one half into the other while maintaining total control.
Need to record a move on your phone? Just use the extra card we included and fold it as a phone stand with our app "My Shuffles".
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Zelda Williams is acknowledging some major truths about mental health.
In an extensive interview with Teen Vogue, Robin Williams' daughter talked about how she prioritizes mental health, what it's like to be an advocate and the hard work it takes to manage a condition.
She told the publication that one of the ways she focuses on her own mental health is by speaking about it openly. She hopes that by doing so, it helps people recognize signs of mental health issues.
In the same way that there are people who are happy, and it's just easy, you have to work very hard at being happy when it's not how you're programmed to be. It takes therapy, or you take medication. It can take a lot of work. I try and tell people that as hard as it can be, it's a lot harder to work at being happy, than it is to just be sad. I really hope they continue to work at it, and take the time.
Williams is spot on that managing mental health issues takes time and effort through professional support. Experts agree that treatment ― through therapy, medication, lifestyle changes or a combination of all three ― can make a world of difference.
The star has been a longtime advocate for mental health, but acknowledged that she has received more attention for her outspokenness since her father's death by suicide in 2014.
Ultimately, Williams said that she's glad that more people are starting to realize the severity of mental health and the stigma surrounding it. Nearly one in five American adults will experience a mental health issue in a given year. But despite the fact that it's incredibly common, there's still a negative stereotype that mental health conditions are shameful. Public testimonies from celebrities help to change some of those attitudes.
We love that Williams is one of those advocates.
Read the whole interview over at Teen Vogue.


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Catching up with 'DJ Carol'
Children's Respiratory Infections Surge – What Parents Need to Know
Parents, Secure Your Edibles!
A Joint Effort
"Kids Are Not Just Little Adults"
A Tough Act to Swallow
Photos by John Rizzo By David Levine and Melissa F. Pheterson DJ Carol doesn't spin records at dances anymore. At 81, Carol LaChiana has put away her doo-wop oldies and her red tambourine in...
A surge in pediatric respiratory infections has been making headlines. Not only is the number of cases unusual, so is the timing.
With Halloween approaching, parents should be on the lookout for "cannabis candy," which contains THC, a compound found in marijuana.
Arun Sharma's knees used to ache constantly. But thanks to St. Anthony Community Hospital, he's getting his kicks out of life again.
Meet Dr. Chris O'Brien, pediatric hospitalist with Maria Fareri Children's Healthcare Services at MidHudson Regional Hospital.
When eating became difficult, Jay Gala turned to Good Samaritan Hospital for help. Thanks to our physicians, he's enjoying meals again.
An Open-and-Shut Case of Restoring Health
When Marilynn Carroll's heart valve was malfunctioning, Good Samaritan Hospital offered the perfect solution.
Totally Pumped
Marcella Franks is now able to do things she enjoys, like taking walks and shopping with her daughter-in-law Kathy. Photo by John Halpern When a faulty heart valve left a 77-year-old woman breathless, Good...
The Art of Good Health
Photos by Kenneth Gabrielsen Thanks to the advanced technology and medical talent at Westchester Medical Center, a COVID patient is back on his feet, putting new beauty into the world. By Deborah Skolnik Abraham...
One Transplant Alters Two Lives
Milinda Mejorado, RN, (left) was inspired by the exceptional treatment her son received as a new liver recipient at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital and Westchester Medical Center, where she now works full-time. Photos by...
ABOUT WMCHEALTH NETWORK
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 13,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The Network has Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. Today, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org.
WMCHealth includes Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, the Behavioral Health Center, MidHudson Regional Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Anthony Community Hospital, Bon Secours Community Hospital, HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus, HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary's Avenue Campus, and Margaretville Hospital.
WMCHealth Physicians includes the medical practices of Advanced Physician Services and Bon Secours Medical Group.


Why there is thin mesh appears on certain images, covering the whole area of the image ?
It has happened to me a few times, but I don't remember how it got solved.
did you maybe enable the grid in the view menu?
No, I did not. The mesh is very thin, mostly visible on white background, and not on every photo.


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The Song Stuck in Your Head is Actually Helping to Improve Your Memory
By Ashley Lall June 28, 2021
alzheimer's,
brain,
Most of us have had the experience of getting a catchy jingle, pop song, or TV show theme song stuck in our heads. Up until now, we might have labeled this as one of the pitfalls of the human brain, but a team of researchers from UC David TK UC DAVIS? suggest that it's actually one of the most powerful ways our brain creates lasting memories.
Earworms and Memory
Previous studies have been done linking music to the memory centers in our brain. The most recent research aims to find out, for the first time, how an "earworm" — another word for a song that gets stuck in your head — could impact long-term memory.
For the new study, the researchers worked with 31 people. The subjects first listened to music they weren't familiar with. One week later, they listened to the same music again while watching clips of a movie they'd never seen before. In the next part of the experiment, they also watched movie clips without music. The subjects were then asked to remember as many details as they could from the movie as they listened to the same music. They were also quizzed to test their recollection of the songs and how often they experienced each of the songs as an earworm.
According to the results of the experiment, those who reported getting the songs stuck in their heads experienced near-perfect retention of the movie details. In fact, their memory of the movie details were found to be just as good as when they first saw the movie. Most of the subjects also reported what they were doing when the earworms entered their minds, and according to their reports, they did not think about the movie while having the song in their head. In other words, the brain seemed to be able to store memories of the movie associated with the music without the person having to think about the movie each time the song played in their head.
"We typically think of earworms as random nuisance beyond our control," said Benjamin Kubit, lead author of the study. "But our results show that earworms are a naturally occurring memory process that helps preserve recent experiences in long-term memory." Pretty interesting!
The researchers are excited and hopeful about their findings, suggesting that these results may aid in the development of music-based interventions for those suffering from dementia and other neurological disorders. According to them, using music could be one avenue for helping people remember events, people, and daily tasks.
So the next time you have something important to remember, try playing a catchy tune in the background. It could help you preserve those memories for the long haul!
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Where does our anti-missile and new military technology come from?
Trump to troops: we're not suckers of the world.
Will Trump order our military to fire on caravan women and children?
Remember when Republicans said Democrats were weak on Defense and Russia is our enemy?


Fantastic event. The venue created an amazing atmosphere. Lots of room to dance. Incredible sound.
Impressed with the Castle for a concert venue. Relatively small compared to other open air venues but gave a nice feel and even stood at the back good views.
Fantastic location for a gig. I am disabled & was assisted to get to designated area. Assisted with chair setting up & at the end assisted to pack away.
Fabulous scenic venue for an open air concert. Great stewarding, ample standing room with ample specified seating areas. Served quickly at bars.
We went to see a production here which couldnt have been in a better setting.
Tremendous concert, great sound & setting.
One of the best gigs i have ever been to. The Castle is brilliant.
Great festival in a fantastic, atmospheric setting. As an evening venue it was out of this world.
Attended the 'Castle Roc' concert with my 10 yr old daughter and the venue was excellent.
Everything A1, a very different venue that makes the show feel so special.
Well done all. Incredible atmosphere and never enjoyed myself at a gig so much.
At the end of the concert, everybody walked through the castle gates with a smile on their face, as it was an amazing concert.
The venue is awesome and was well managed.
Never been to a concert quite like it, rustic, relaxed, great staff. Totally blown away.
Cracking place!. Like no other. I'll be back.
For a gig with around 1000 people this place is an incredible setting, i'd say its world class.
What a special venue. Heartfelt thanks to the venue and security staff who made sure my 9 year old son and his friend had a great experience.
What a fantastic show and the atmosphere was brilliant .. didn't stop dancing all evening ..It's a fantastic place to hold these sort of things .. well done to the organisers.
Had a fantastic time. Lovely friendly relaxed atmosphere, reasonably priced food and drink.
The setting is heavenly, no too loud, bar & food better (& cheaper) than most.
Really friendly atmosphere and a great venue, well done to all the organisers and volunteers hope it continues for years to come.
A joy of a venue with fantastic people and performers.
Came away thinking "such a great night", stunning place.
Venue was enchanting and beautiful.
Staggeringing beautiful concert venue. Atmospheric, relaxed & really good beer!
It is a fantastic event in one of the most atmospheric settings around.
I don't do reviews, but seeing a concert at this venue was just so incredible.
Brilliant venue, sound & atmosphere!
Brilliant night on Friday. Amazing location.
I have seen Jools Holland over 70 times but Chepstow was the best Jools concert ever!
The venue is amazing and Castell Roc's organisation and execution of the concerts was exceptional.
Went last night to see the show at Chepstow Castle..Absolutely outstanding.


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Q: Organizing React routes into separate components I'm trying to find a way to organize my routes to assist the dev who might be taking over my work in the future. I thought of separating my <Route /> entries into separate components and then just load those into a main component similar to how users are assigned groups.
The issue is that when using more than one component only the first one works. This might not be the most react way of doing this so I'm also open to alternatives.
Original route arrangement
const AllRoutes = () => {
    return (
        <Switch>
            {/* public routes*/}
            <Route path={'/about'} component={AboutView} />
            <Route path={'/project'} component={ProjectView} />
            <Route path={'/contact'} component={ContactView} />

            {/* auth routes */}
            <Route path={'/login'} component={LoginView} />
            <Route path={'/logout'} component={LogoutView} />

            <Route component={Error404View} />
        </Switch>
    )
}

Separating the public routes from the auth ones:
const PublicRouteGroup = () => {
    return (
        <>
            <Route path={'/about'} component={AboutView} />
            <Route path={'/project'} component={ProjectView} />
            <Route path={'/contact'} component={ContactView} />
        </>
    )
}

const AuthRouteGroup = () => {
    return (
        <>
            <Route path={'/login'} component={LoginView} />
            <Route path={'/logout'} component={LogoutView} />
        </>
    )
}

This way I can use it as such:
const AllRoutes = () => {
    return (
        <Switch>
            <PublicRouteGroup />    {/* This works */}
            <AuthRouteGroup />      {/* This doesn't */}

            {/* This 404 is not a route group */}
            <Route component={Error404View} />
        </Switch>
    )
}

Flipping <PublicRouteGroup /> and <AuthRouteGroup /> only changes the order:
const AllRoutes = () => {
    return (
        <Switch>
            <AuthRouteGroup />      {/* This works */}
            <PublicRouteGroup />    {/* This doesn't */}

            {/* This 404 is not a route group */}
            <Route component={Error404View} />
        </Switch>
    )
}

Update #1
This is thanks to @skyboyer. By moving the <Switch> to the child components and removing it from the AllRoutes component each component started to show. It appears adding the <Switch> in AllRoutes is allowing only the first hit to show which is as <Switch> does. But now by removing it it shows the 404 at the end of each page as well.
Basically, it looks like this:
const AllRoutes = () => {
    return (
        <>
            <Route component={AuthRouteGroup} />      {/* This works */}
            <Route component={PublicRouteGroup} />    {/* This also works */}

            {/* This 404 is not a route group */}
            <Route component={Error404View} />        {/* Always shown at the bottom */}
            {/* Even putting the 404 in its own RouteGroup yields the same issue */}
        </>
    )
}

A: It appears this current set up of treating components like OOP classes you can extend from is the wrong approach. I've instead made use of arrays since these can be acted upon by the spread operator. It still accomplishes the same goal of organizing routes across an infinite number of groups which was what I was after.
Create the array for each group
const public_route_group = [
    {path: '/about', component: AboutView},
    {path: '/project', component: ProjectView},
    {path: '/contact', component: ContactView},
]

const auth_route_group = [
    {path: '/login', component: LoginView},
    {path: '/logout', component: LogoutView},
]

const error_route_group = [
    {component: Error404View}   // No path required
]

const user_routes = [
    ...public_route_group,
    ...auth_route_group,
    ...error_route_group
]

Create the routes
const AllRoutes = () => {
    return (
        <Switch>
            {user_routes.map((route, idx) => {
                return <Route key={idx} {...route} />
            })}
        </Switch>
    )
}

I figure this can also be modified further if you're using nested objects in your array.
I'd like to thank @skyboyer for providing an insight into this problem.

A: How about having it without Swtich at top-level
  <Route component={PublicRouteGroup} />
  <Route component={AuthRouteGroup} />

so they are rendered unconditionally. And then having extra Switch in your components like

const AuthRouteGroup = () => {
    return (
        <Switch>
            <Route path={'/login'} component={LoginView} />
            <Route path={'/logout'} component={LogoutView} />
        <Switch/>
    )
}

But why id did not work?
The reason is how Switch works:
React.Children.forEach(this.props.children, child => {
  if (match == null && React.isValidElement(child)) {
    element = child;
    const path = child.props.path || child.props.from;

    match = path
      ? matchPath(location.pathname, { ...child.props, path })
      : context.match;
  }
});

See, even if AuthRouteGroup is not a Route, Switch anyway looks to its props.path. And once undefined for props.path matches any path and Switch renders only first matching Route you are getting only first component rendered.
[UPD] "does-not-match-any-route" View will work only at top level of Switch. Also there are no way to know if some nested children of sibling element has matched current route or not. So only way I see is listing all routes in single place.
Alternative that looks rather poor is having special route "/error404" and redirect user to it from inside of other components(but who should decide? and where? and when?).

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Throwback Thursday, 80s style. Experience the 1980s like never before. We'll have you sweating out your perm in no time as the DJ spins the hottest throwback tracks. Grab your posse and join us, a group of students from Algonquin College's Event Management program, for a totally fun-filled retro evening in support of the Ottawa chapter of the Children's Wish Foundation.
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Guest Post: On Japan's Bond Market And Its Economy
Submitted by Nick Ricciardi
On Japan's Bond Market and Its Economy
Over the past few weeks there has been a new round of articles and commentaries predicting doom for Japan's economy. Yet, as usual, Japan's bond markets have shrugged off these fears.
Japan's capital markets and its macro-economy are replete with confounding puzzles. But they are all rooted in two basic misconceptions that Japanese hold concerning their debt. Moreover they are understandable if analyzed from a perspective of both the public and private sectors. Doing so gives us insight into why Japan's public debt offers the lowest yields of any nation when its debt/GDP ratio is the highest, why Japan's corporate credit spreads are so narrow and its yield curve almost flat, why Japan's bond prices are less volatile than those of other industrialized nations when its economy and stock market is "leveraged" to global growth, and why the yen tends to strengthen when Japan's economy turns down.
These conundrums (to paraphrase Alan Greenspan) are inter-related. To address them let us first consider the two misconceptions.
(a) The Japanese regard their public debt as safe. Japan is the world's most financially unconstrained nation. It has a fiat currency and full control over its money printing press. It has issued all its public debt in yen, and over 95% of it is held internally. Japan's government – unlike Greece's – cannot be forced to default involuntarily. Furthermore, there is near zero tolerance for voluntary default among its citizens. Hence its government bonds contain insubstantial default risk premia, despite the pricing of sovereign CDSs in London and the admonishments of rating agencies in New York.
(b) The Japanese are confident their debt will not be inflated away. 18 years of Keynesian spending to prop up its post-bubble economy has imparted a mild deflationary bias to its economy. Heterodox monetary measures (such as "helicopter money") could swiftly reverse this, but Japanese understand that radical reflationary measures will not be on the agenda for the foreseeable future. Risk aversion of its governmental institutions, aging of its population, political gridlock, composition of its debt holders, and collective memories of its post-war hyperinflation of 1946-49 are powerful forces for maintaining purchasing power. Moreover, nearly two decades of below trend inflation have further conditioned its bondholders to discount the risk of future inflation. Hence Japan's bonds contain inadequate inflation risk premia.
These two misconceptions are pervasive and self-fulfilling. Japanese institutions, politics, and culture will need to transform before they can be jettisoned. (All nations have misconceptions about finance; there is nothing anomalous about Japan.) Since default and inflation risk premia are almost absent, and its bonds are mostly internally held, Japan's government bond yields effectively become the rent that Japan's private sector (the bondholders) charges the government to hold its debt. A unified basis for resolving Japan's macroeconomic puzzles lies in reframing them along aggregate private / public sector lines.
Consider the true cost of Japan's government debt. Japan has just under 1000 trillion yen of government debt and a GDP of just under 500 trillion yen. Since the average maturity of its debt is slightly more than seven years, Japan pays about 75 basis points in annual interest costs. With deflation running at 50 basis points a year, Japan pays out a real yield of 1.25% per annum on its debt. This equates to a real payment of 12.5 trillion yen, or 2.5% of its GDP paid (mostly) to its beleaguered private sector. This is a very high real yield despite the "sticker shock" of 0.75% for 7-year debt. In fact 2.5% of GDP is a greater real public sector wealth transfer than that demanded by the US's more vibrant private sector. If this amount of required wealth transfer stays constant, and Japan's private sector outlook remains the same, then when its public debt levels double its bond yields will need to halve. However, a real 2.5% wealth transfer is probably too much going forward as Japan's private sector outlook will most likely become bleaker.
The private sector consists of households, corporations, and banks. Due to its harsh demographics Japan's household saving rate is expected to turn negative within the next few years, even as its consumers spend less. The nation's annual public sector deficits of around 30 trillion yen will, therefore, flow to its firms and banks. This stream of excess corporate wealth will prevent prices of capital goods and non-residential land prices from falling, even as domestic demand for final goods falters. The corporate sector may do reasonably well in this environment, but it is hard to see how this will translate into greater optimism about the future. Since the nation no longer runs a significant trade surplus, Japan's excess supply capacity will likely build, and the long term expectation for yen-based capital will most likely drop. This should put significant downward pressure on required real wealth transfers, and, hence, even more downward pressure on bond yields, in the coming years.
Japan's bank's legendary insensitivity to yen-based credit risk also makes sense when examined along public / private sector lines. For the past 15 years much of Japan's public debt has shown up in the corporate sector in the form of excess profits. This has papered over most potential credit problems. Policymakers also contribute to credit safety by opposing discontinuous change and by propping up weak firms to prevent bankruptcies. Japanese banks have also become inordinately overcapitalized as excess private sector wealth remains trapped in the banking system. These factors – unique to Japan – have conspired to keep yen credit spreads low. As Japan continues to spend far more than it taxes, corporate credit spreads will likely shrink further for most of its large corporations.
Japan's yield curve is not as flat as it appears. Yield curves are steep in the industrialized world mostly due to inflation risk premium in North America and Australia and default risk premium in much of Europe. Since these risk premia are minimal in Japan, and natural GDP growth is lower, Japan's curve should be flatter. Yet when you look at the yield curve in absolute terms, it really is steep. Japan pays its bondholders (i.e., its private sector) roughly 7.5 trillion yen ($90 billion, or 1.5% of its GDP) each year to finance its public debt for an average of seven years, instead of zero to finance it via overnight rates. By comparison, the US pays roughly 2.7% of its GDP per year to finance its public debt for six years, but over half of this payment represents an inflationary premium. We can expect Japan's yield curve to flatten in the coming years as its public debt levels rise, provided Japan's basic misconceptions about its debt remain.
Analyzing interest rate volatility along these public / private lines helps us understand the remaining puzzles. Given Japan's Mount Fuji-sized debt, a 50 basis point move across the yield curve represents a 5 trillion yen change (or 1% of GDP) in annual financing costs of Japan's debt, an enormous amount of wealth for Japan's private sector to incrementally give up or receive. The same move in US rates would have less than one third the comparable impact. Japan's greater sensitivity to rate changes means that as global economic conditions improve, yen bond yields can be expected to rise far less than those of the West; and the corresponding Japan/West yield differentials will widen. Since changes in interest rate differentials have long been the main driver of the yen, when global economic conditions turn up, the yen will likely weaken, amplifying Japan's economic rebound and further fueling its stock market rise. Conversely, weak global economic conditions will lead to convergence of Japan/West interest yields, causing upward pressure on the yen, and downward pressure on its economy and stock markets. This explains why Japan's equity markets are more volatile than those of other large nations while its debt markets move less. And it helps explain the seemingly perverse behavior of the yen strengthening when times are tough. A change in bond yields packs a more powerful punch in Japan than anywhere else. By appreciating the force of this punch we are then able to predict its ripple effects.
To summarize, as can often be the case in Japan, things are not as they appear. From a Japanese perspective, its bonds are cheap, its corporate credit markets are sound, its true yield curve is steep, and the yen's tendency to strengthen in the face of economic adversity is to be expected. Japan is in the midst of a wild experiment in pushing the limits of fiat money. Incorporating the ways its public and private sectors balance will lead to insights at substantial variance with prevailing views. I see this as the key to understanding many of Japan's macroeconomic anomalies.
I conclude with a medium-term prediction. By 2016, Japan's long-term bonds will yield less than 1%. When Japanese policymakers undergo future campaigns to "get control of the deficits", bond yields will spike and most likely undermine the intermittent austerity efforts. Future austerity attempts will represent extraordinary opportunities for intrepid investors to buy long term JGBs. As for the risks to this prediction, "sudden stop" behavior of investors is a risk with all debt refinancing. But this tail risk for has long been overstated for Japan's public debt. Barring natural disaster, calamity, or war, we can expect many future fakeouts and false alarms before Japan's bond prices truly collapse. The stakes are most likely too high, the misconceptions too large, and monetary and fiscal fixes too powerful for a bond crash to occur on its own accord anytime soon.
Nick Ricciardi is a private investor based in Kyoto. He can be reached at npr@gol.com


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Mylar balloons blamed for Whittier power outage
By Sandra T. Molina | smolina@scng.com and Brian Day | bday@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: April 17, 2013 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 8:17 a.m.
Mylar balloons are blamed for a transformer explosion and power outage Wednesday, officials said.
The outage began just before 10:40 a.m. when the balloons struck a power line along Earlham Drive, east of Painter Avenue, according to Whittier police and Southern California Edison officials.
Nearly 2,800 customers initially lost power, though several hundred saw power restored within seconds, SCE spokeswoman Nancy Rodriguez Casanova said.
Jen Juarez, who lives around the block south of Earlham Drive, was inside her parked car when she saw about three mylar balloons hit the electrical lines above the southern corner of Painter Avenue and Earlham Drive.
"I heard an electric something, and I saw the balloons hit the lines, and one line fell on my car," she explained.
Juarez, who is pregnant, ran out of her car.
"I was scared," she said.
She added that an Edison worker at the scene told her she should have stayed in the car.
"He told me I could've died," she said.
That incident hit close to home, as she was friends with Joel Ramirez, who died in November 2011 when he picked up a downed power line at his Whittier home.
Jenna Bishop, who lives on Earlham Drive, was in the shower when she heard a loud noise coming from outside.
"First the power went out, then it tried to come back on, and I heard a metal grown," she said. "I don't know any other way to describe the noise. "
Gil Hodges, who lives nearby, said he heard, "a very bizarre thump. "All but 183 customers had power restored within the hour, she said.
All customers were expected to have their electricity back on by 6 p.m., according to Edison.
Mylar balloons can damage power lines when they come into contact with the utility equipment, Rodriguez Casanova explained. Anyone who sees such a balloon stuck against a power line is advised not to touch it, but to call SCE or 9-1-1 immediately.
Brian Day | reporter
Brian Day has covered crime and breaking news for the Southern California News Group since 2007. He's a graduate of California State University, Fullerton and Cerritos College in Norwalk. He loves dogs and has a pet German shepherd, which in turn, has a pet cat. Brian is a local news junkie, a licensed drone pilot and a part-time science geek with an unfortunate predilection for puns.
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Williams, Scott: Masters-winning team call it quits
October 10th, 2017 / Kyle Evans
With a recent addition to his personal life by way of a new baby boy, Byron, popular Aussie Adam Scott is now making cuts to his professional one.
After several years together Adam Scott and long-serving caddy Steve Williams are set to part ways, with the veteran confirming that he would not be on the Australian's bag next season.
Adam Scott and Steve Williams (Credit: www.golffile.ie)
The decision comes after Scott expressed a desire to end the job-share arrangement that has seen the 37-year-old use two caddies for the past couple of seasons.
"I'm not going to caddie for Adam next year, he'll return to having a full-time caddie," said Williams.
"He's had a job-share where he's had two caddies for the past two seasons but he wants to return to one caddie next season."
Williams has been caddying for Scott part-time, usually at the main tournaments, for the past two years and full-time prior to that.
But it was Englishman David Clark, who was the other part of the arrangement, and was on Scott's bag at the most recent major, the US PGA Championship.
Williams, 63, is close to retirement.
But he did agree to caddy for American Danielle Kang at the Women's New Zealand Open last week, in what was his first venture into the women's game.
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Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals: Warriors Survive 51 Point Night From LeBron James
Shane Acedera
Everyone said that the Cleveland Cavaliers needed to play near flawless basketball for 48 minutes in order to have a chance to defeat the mighty Golden State Warriors. They did exactly that. And then they lost in overtime.
At +650, the Cavaliers opened as the biggest underdog in the NBA Finals in the last 16 years. To put that in perspective, Cleveland was a 'mere' +360 underdog when LeBron James made his first NBA Finals appearance against the San Antonio Spurs in 2007. But this season was different. The Cavs traded Kyrie Irving before the start of the season and then overhauled half of their line-up at the trade deadline. From the Cavs' 2016 title team, only LeBron James, Kevin Love, J.R. Smith, Kyle Korver and Tristan Thompson were on their 2018 Finals roster.
There have been 156 teams in NBA history to have fielded 20+ players in a single season. Only three have made the NBA Finals and those teams are the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2014-15, 2016-17 and from the current season. This year, the Cavs have fielded a total 22 players during the entire season, the most by any team which made the NBA Finals.
Heavy Favorites
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Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors have kept the core of their dynasty team. But despite that, they finished with only the third best record in the league at 58-24. Still, the Warriors overcame the tough challenge of the Houston Rockets to set up a fourth straight title showdown with LeBron James and the Cavs.
While Cleveland entered game 1 with plenty of new faces, the Warriors opened the 2018 NBA Finals without 2015 Finals MVP Andre Iguodala who has been out with a knee injury since Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals. While not a big scorer, Iguodala is considered an integral part of the Golden State machine and his absence was felt in the last five games of the Rockets' series where the Dubs needed to win Games 6 & 7 to advance.
Still, the Warriors were heavy favorites to beat the Cavs not only because they have home court advantage but because they obviously have more depth than their Eastern Conference rivals. Not to mention that the Warriors beat the Cavs by a total of 89 points in the first four games of the last two NBA Finals which were also played in Oakland.
History wasn't also on Cleveland's side in Game 1. Since 2005, the road team has only been 1-12 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Not only did all but one road teams lose Game 1, they lost big. They averaged just 86.3 points per game while the home team averaged 98.4 points per game during that period. Overall, road teams were a -157 in the past 13 Game 1's.
But the Cavs have LeBron James and while many call the fourth installment of the Warriors vs Cavaliers rivalry as perhaps the most lopsided one, the presence of the best basketball in the planet gives them the slimmest of chances to pull off the major upset.
Chances In The Endgame
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King James isn't just having a spectacular postseason. He may be having the best individual playoff performance of all-time. LeBron James has scored 612 total points in the current postseason. That's the most by any player in NBA Playoff history prior to the NBA Finals. He is the only player to have played 15 or more games and averaged 30 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game and is one of 9 players in NBA Playoff history to average at least 30 points in a 15 or more game playoff campaign. James has done it four times and only Michael Jordan ( 8 times ) has done it on more occasions.
For all the lofty expectations, LeBron James delivered a Game 1 for the ages. Cleveland's King poured in 51 points on 19-32 shooting from the floor, including 3-7 from behind the three point line and 10-11 from the free throw line. King James added 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. With James playing at his mighty best again, the Cavs had the Warriors where they wanted to.
Cleveland was in control for most of the first half. The Warriors managed to tie the score at 56-all at the half after Steph Curry buried a buzzer beating three pointer from the carpark. The Cavs also withstood Golden State's third quarter storm, trailing by only six points at the end of three quarters. Then Cleveland poured out everything it had in the final stanza.
Three free throws by Klay Thompson gave the Warriors an 89-82 lead with 9:32 left to play in the game. But instead of giving up, the Cavs rallied to tie the score at 94 apiece. The Dubs threatened to pull away again at 100-94 but King James put the Cavs on his back to give Cleveland a 106-104 lead with 32.1 seconds left in the game. But Steph Curry refused to waive the white flag as he connected on a three point play to give the Dubs a 107-106 lead with 23.5 seconds left to play.
End Game Blunders
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A Klay Thompson foul with 4.7 seconds left made it look like the Cavaliers have pulled off the huge upset. But George Hill, a career 80% free throw shooter, missed the back end of two foul shots. A make would have given the Cavs the lead and put serious pressure on the Warriors. But he missed. And that wasn't just it.
The Cavs got another chance to steal the game when J.R. Smith collared the offensive rebound. But instead of going for the shot or giving the ball to LeBron James, he dribbled the ball back towards midcourt, perhaps thinking the Cavs had the lead. Instead, the buzzer sounded and the game went to overtime.
The Warriors outscored the Cavs by 10 points in the overtime period. They assisted on each of the five field goals they made in the extra period. The Dubs shot 5-5 from passes including 3-3 from behind the three point line. They also shot 4-4 on uncontested shots while contesting all of Cleveland's 9 shot attempts in overtime.
The Cavs shot 2-9 from the floor during the OT period with LeBron James going 0-4 while being defended by Steph Curry or Kevin Durant. Interestingly, LeBron James is 6-26 ( 19% ) all-time when defended by Stephen Curry in the NBA Finals. King James was 2-5 with one turnover against Curry during the overtime period of Game 1.
As a result, the Warriors escaped with a 124-114 win in overtime to take a 1-0 lead in the best of seven 2018 NBA Finals. Golden State is looking to win it's third title in the last four seasons and is hoping to make it two in a row against their rival Cavaliers. The Dubs beat the Cavs 4-1 in last year's Finals.
Epic Performance Went For Naught
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It was a sorry loss for the Cavs who played excellent basketball for 48 minutes and put themselves in a perfect position to steal Game 1 in the endgame but perhaps it just wasn't meant to be.
With the Cavs up 104-102 with less than a minute left in the game, an offensive foul call on Kevin Durant was reversed to a blocking foul on LeBron James. Durant made two free throws to tie the game at 104-104. Then George Hill missed a free throw and J.R. Smith erred in the final play of regulation. James was held to just two points and without a field goal in the overtime period.
Despite the loss, LeBron James delivered another epic performance. He scored 24 points at the half, his 5th playoff game with at least 20 points in Oakland. He has had more 20 point first halves in Oakland than any Warriors player in the last 20 seasons. He also recorded his 109th postseason game with 30+ points, tying Michael Jordan's record. It was also his 8th 40+ game of the current postseason, matching the record set by Jerry West in 1965. It was also his 7th 40+ scoring game in the NBA Finals, just three off West's record of 10.
With 51 points, James becomes only the 6th player in NBA Finals history to score 50 or more points in a championship game. He is also the first to do so since Michael Jordan in 1993. But James is also the first player to lose a Finals game while scoring 50 or more points. King James is now 1-8 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals with his only win coming in 2011 against the Dallas Mavericks.
Incredible as he played, we know that LeBron would rather trade all those accolades to steal one from the Warriors. The Cavs try to claim home court advantage as they visit the Dubs again in Game 2 on Sunday.
Shane Acedera has been writing online sports articles since 2003 but have been a writer and a blogger since high school. an office employee by day and a sports storyteller by night.
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