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Let's go. It's time!
anyone watching the mavs at spurs??? wow 20+ point lead. Never thought the spurs would allow so much turnover...
Dallas pulls off the upset I'm glad this is happening too many of the sports media keeps acting as if the spurs were still the same team of 2007
Well according to dub fans, if you win 1 game on the other teams home court then your now favorites. So i guess Dallas vs Blazers since the series are over
On a side note, I was dragged to a dodgers game and I've never seen such incompetent staff at any sports arena. Ever. Been in a line for 30 minutes to get food without moving and the parking is ridiculous. They ran at of dodger dogs at a stand.
On a different note - I think Portland wins this won. Lamarcus and blake unstoppable. Interested to see the adjustments tomorrow and hopefully doc counter in game unlike preacher
Game 3 should be a win to get home court again!
I'm shocked. The Spurs look scared, like they did in 2011 against Memphis. Maybe they really are vulnerable this year.
Not really. In games where the lower seed wins the 1st game on the other teams home court in the 1st round of the PO's they (GSW) have a .455% of winning the series. On the other hand, whoever wins game 3 has a high probability of winning the series. Which would work out to be a .897% for the Clippers and .697% for the Warriors.
Huge game for either team. Go clips.
Game 3 would be the deciding factor especially for the dubs after they got beaten by 40 points. if they got beaten again in 3 there done in 5...anyway watching the portland vs houston game i just can't decide whose gonna win in this series LA is dominating the houston frontline......
Harden and Curry? ...I hope the casual fans remember these playoffs when they vote for their starting all-stars next year. SMH.
We need to play with the pride of the blazers tomorrow. Cold as ice
Lamarcus > blake??? Not sure anymore but maybe
I'm just glad that we're seeing lots even head to head matches lots of series tied you know? I remember in 2012 when teams were just getting swept, and it's like yeah we knew that was gonna happen tooooo predictable, but this keeps things interesting, never thought POR would take 2 games from the rockets, and washington 2 IN chicago. I like these playoffs.
LA is playing out of his mind. Wonder how long that will last.
He is avg 44 ppg in the PO so far.
Hopefully the players just ignore the atmosphere of Oracle and Doc does what he does. With the correct adjustments and focused mindset, I think we walk away with the W. GO CLIPS!
You're hoenstly going to rag on a team that was one rebound away from winning the NBA championship last year? Pfft, kids these days have no concept of respect. Were the Spurs "done" after Golden State took one of their home court (and nearly took another)? Of course not. Until the Spurs are actually knocked out, I won't ever count them out of any series.
Also, I'm glad to see people here acknowleding the greatness of Aldridge. My Blazers should finally get out of the first round this year, provided they don't utterly choke at home.
The Setting
Game three at the Oracle. The floor is polished. Gold playoff T-shirts have been draped over seat backs. Fitz and Barnett are preparing their notes. Curry and company are huddled in the tunnel, interlocked and shimmying in concert. The spectators have arrived, and the stadium is full. (This isn't Los Angeles where fans wander in mid quarter.). The atmosphere is electric...charged by 20,000 passionate, exuberant fans united in their love for their team and antipathy for the rival Clippers. Its going to be great night for the Warriors and their fans.
The Advantage
Though Warriors fans would have preferred a closer game on Monday, there is a certain mental advantage that benefits the Warriors here. The Warriors will be angry and their intensity will be very high. They will have their fans to buoy that intensity through the full 48 minutes. The Warriors also realize that they are a team that it is very difficult to beat twice in a row. It just doesn't happen to them very often unless the other team is the Spurs. Conversely, the Spurs have to do something they haven't done in two seasons: beat the Warriors at the Oracle. Moreover, there is a certain natural complacency mixed with timidity that often strikes teams who come off of a route. You can see the swelling of overconfidence on this Clipper fan board, and though the players are professionals, well, they are also human, and they too are likely to come in dangerously confident. It's something we've all seen time and time again.
The Prediction
Curry and Klay will have a big night together for the first time in this series. Green will have a big game, and he will frustrate Griffin. Jordan will have a great game for the Clippers, and Paul will do well on the offensive side of the ball as well. Harrison Barnes will throw down a rim rocker that fires up the whole arena, and Steve Blake will have a strong 3rd quarter that will establish him as one of the Warrior's important reserves for the remainder of the series.
Final score: Warriors 109 Clippers 101
Hey Rick, I'm going to admit something to you fan-to-fan, I'M SCARED! This game is gonna be awesome. Love the gold, the screaming, the raining & pouring that Klay and Curry gonna be showin'. But let me tell you something. Our Clippers are BETTER than the Spurs, better then OKC, better than the Heat. This is one of the best all around teams I have ever seen. An unmatched offensive potency, with one of the most rugged defenses. So GS better bring it, cause my Clips are ready to play! May the best team win! This is gonna be one of the best series we've had in a decade so get ready...
This one will not be very close. GSW will come out with a lot of energy and take the lead briefly in the first, but then the Clippers will go on their customary run and won't trail again after the first. Clipps to go up by at least 20 with the final score maybe closer than the game really was.
If we'd kept home court this would be over in 5
Let me just say I'm glad Portland is beating the Rockets like they are, I don't like Patrick Beverly, not after he injured Westbrook and took him out of action for last year's postseason, that's DIRTY, like when the Dubs ejected Griffin, I hope Rockets lose the series. Aldridge is owning them LOL.
All season long I have been hoping that Warriors face the Clippers in the playoffs. They both play an exciting brand of basketball and they have a visceral mutual contempt that makes this a very heated rivalry. The entertainment value of this series is off the charts.
Unfortunately, when Bogut went down the last week of the season, my feelings changed. I did not want them to face the Clippers without him. But injuries are a part of basketball and as Kurtis Blow once said, "These are the breaks."
You've read my posts, so you know how I feel about the Clippers. But I respect their talent and Doc has really shored up a lot areas that needed work. For the sake of basketball fans in general, I hope this series plays out close and ends in 6.
If I had wings I could fly. Don't dwell on the shoulda coulda wouldas!
I think it'll still be over in 5, but there's a chance that the refs will seriously rig game 4 after GSW looks bad in two straight games.
I wanted the Rockets to win because they matchup pretty well with the Spurs. Not sure if the Blazers can do anything against the Spurs.. LMA is playing out of his mind but part of that is that the Rockets defense is just godawful. Anyway, I didn't expect Dallas to "pull a Clippers" and blow out the Spurs tonight, so maybe the Spurs aren't as scary as I think.
Anyone else think the NBA will have Marc "Clipper Hater" Davis ref this game?
Exactly. Who says we can't win two in GS and close out at home. Yes, GSW is a good home team, but Blake's shown that when he stays in the game, he's unstoppable.
The Clippers have deliberately shut down Curry so the Warriors are going to have to win with either Lee or Thompson. I just don't see how they can stop the Griffin/Deandre combo in the paint without Bogut. Splash brothers better get used to the Smash brothers.
I really don't care about the spurs. Our guys athleticism can compensate for our lack of experience and fundamental. I'm more worried of OKC since we might have a hard time stopping Durant and Westbrook. And OKC gets a lot of calls too.
Then my friend we better hope memphis win against OKC
Athleticism is highly over rated. Maybe I'm saying this because I put mine somewhere ten years ago and haven't found it yet. BUT. Fundamentals give reliable results. Guys with good fundamentals don't have to depend on power or speed which tend to go as you get tired or hurt. Zbo and Marc aren't athletic but they are sound and can ground you down. When you depend on fundamentals it's easier to correct a mistake because the problem is maybe moving a foot or taking a longer step. The match however is really Pop vs Doc.
Back to GSW The difference between Wilt and Jordan is this. MJ would kill your mother to win while Wilt would open the door for her and give her roses. If we would enjoy running over Jackson's mother with a dump truck we will win. It's all about imposing your will. Bogout Schmogut it shouldn't matter. We are the better team.
It will be a battle of coaches
Shut down or at least slow Curry. Keep a body on him. There is a difference between hurting someone and injuring them. If they cheap shot Blake HURT Curry
DJ needs to own Jermaine like he did, with athleticism ( did I just contradict myself?)
It would be better to come from 20 behind in the last five and win by one that have a steady lead of five. The idea is not to win but to hand them their hearts on a paper plate and let them know that they don't even deserve china.
If we do this I don't think the Splash Brothers have the heart to come back but it's about imposing your will. Barkley said f**k home court advantage. You have to win two in the road and a champ does.
We will now see what this team is made of. There is a difference between a pretty highlight reel dunk and a "Sniff my mid posterior parts while it's in your face" dunk.
SEeK AND DESTROY
For some reason I can't say
"Sniff my a** while it's in your face" dunk. It gets deleted.
How's about "Inhale the perfumed scent of my Hanes boxers as they rapidly abrade your nose. " dunk
Maybe "My butt don't really smell that bad" dunk will pass censorship
Are you trying to write a short story or trying to be a narrator? Stop with the theatrics and bullsh*t! The warriors fans can't save them, I don't care how good ur fans are. If the bobcats had fans like the warriors I can guarantee they still wouldn't beat the heat. It comes to down to chemistry, good defense, and a good coach! Something the warriors don't have,
So please save the bullshit theatrics I can't stand posts like this.
Clippers are winnin this series 4-1 or 4-2 hands down.
Actually I kinda like his writing style. It does give one a sense of excitement.Ii would however remove the parentheses about LA fans. It ruins the flow. In the first line I would suggest "expected a closer game" everybody prefers a closer game. Also timidity isn't quite the right term. How about hubris or maybe sloth. Winners by 40 aren't timid. I would also lose the bit about the players being professionals. Finally with the use of the word "swelling" I would consider a pe*** joke. something like maybe
Swelling like that of a 14 year old boy who's hopes will finish long before the game is over.
Good job B+
Clippers 115 warriors 108 enough with the chat chat , warriors are done
The reason the Clippers lost game 1 was not because of refs but because Blake Griffin
Chris missed Blake. Chris was tired that is why his decision making was off. That Is why he turned it over. Not saying that Blake is better than Chris , but Chris needs Blake to succeed and vice versa
"The reason the Clippers lost game 1 was not because of refs but because Blake Griffin"
That is slightly odd logic because the reason Griffin didn't influence the game was because of the refs
the only reason the spurs got that far was because an injury to westbrook opened up the west...recount the spurs history since 2007 for me...post it year by year and u tell me how it looks. also history doesn't care about almost winning...theres no trophy for being a rebound away..kid
Your expectation that I should respect a rival team is not shared by everyone. If you care so much about my negative perception of the Spurs and care to see a more favorable opinion of them there are a number of spurs forums you can visit.
I also have to address this to you and fans of other teams...this is a Clippers forum, not s Spurs forum, not a Warriors forum, and clearly not a Blazers forum. As Clippers fans we view other teams as rivals and you are going to get opinions that may not make you happy. If you think I'm being disrepectful then this is not the place for you.
Also, the spurs have a great history, but previous history does not determine the future. That is to say the Spurs have 4 championships, but that doesn't mean that history will give them more. There's an old saying "your prior accolades do not excuse your present indescretions."
Nice. I like it.
DOdgers..every year they "study and improve" the parking lots,every year they get worse. Every year the concessions workers are a year older and a year slower,30 minutes, you hauled arse. Don't go to a Dodger game hungry.
REFS are : Ken Mauer,Eric Lewis, Ed Malloy ,Bennie Adams. NO Clipper killer Davis (isn't it a wonder that he is never investigated by the NBA for making sure we lose every game he refs?).
We only need to take 1 there really. I expect the crowd believes they win the game, not the team. IF the crowd decided we would be undefeated this year (DickLame has us confused with Faker fans). So they'll be all lathered up in the fine drunken Oakland tradition. Honestly, what I would do, is CP3's hammy is still off, rest him and take game 4 to get our homecourt back.
But,CP3 has that secret drive that makes him the best PG in the league,he won't let this one get away. It will be close. 108-105 Clippers.
First, the Warriors are not the Bobcats and the Clippers are not the heat. Silly boy.
Secondly, unlike the Clippers, who have lost 3 out of the last 4 to the Heat, the Warriors have played the Heat evenly the past two seasons.
And of course you care how good the Warrior's home court crowd is. That's why teams fight for the home court in the regular season, and that's why posters like ClippersDA say things like, "If we'd kept home court this would be over in 5." He is right to despair. Admit it. You are very, very nervous about losing home court advantage. Tonight the best fans in the NBA will be congregating in the church of the Oracle, and the good reverend is going to have them all praising JC. And by that I don't mean Jamal Crawford.
Obviously, every good team has it stars. LeBron, BG, MJ, Kobe, Dirk, Shaq, Hakeem, Bird, etc. Even Lionel Aldridge. Take these guys out for most of the game and the team loses. Duh. That is why they are "stars." This argument bores me. Griffin taken out by the refs gives the game to the other team. This is not rocket science.
If Blake were not that important, he would be on the bench, not paid top dollar, not do commercials and he would not be Blake. But then the refs would not bother to foul him out.
I'm nostalgic for the days when you weren't posting here. Every time I look you are posting. Luckily for me an ignore button exists.
brothers is to the warriors what Davis is to us.
Haha, I love that you've given up arguing that your players will win this game. It's now become, "Our fans will save us!". At no point on Monday did your team look in sync, while we are firing on all cylinders.
Better keep hoping your fans will win this game because your players are outmatched.
BTW, your crowd is not on the same playing field as Memphis and OKC, not worth trying to brag about.
I'm going to enjoy it tonight when the crowd is going nuts only to be silenced by Blake or DJ throwing down some thunder bolts over a David Lee or Jermaine O'neal. It will be quite the scene.
Your prediction of Curry and Klay finally putting it together at the same time, and Green having a big game and frustrating Griffin is laughable. What's next Bogut not being injured? Baron coming out of the stands to lead another Cinderella run. David Lee playing good defense. Iggy becoming a marksman from deep.
We aren't hoping things that haven't happened yet to magically get put together during the Playoffs. We expect Blake to dominate, because he has dominated this year. We expect for CP3 to dissect your defense because that is why he is universally regarded as the best point guard in the league. We expect DJ to dominate on the boards because he led the league in rebounds all year.
I think Paul should rest his hammy tonight, but if we come out ready and focused like last game he should be fine, he's had 2 days of rest after only what 29 minutes? And he said it was fine even then.


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Although it's uncertain what exactly Aiken County Council will decide to do with Project Jackson, one thing is for sure; residents will have a public forum to express their own views.
The item pertaining to the North Augusta Tax Increment Financing plan, commonly called the TIF, unexpectedly went from being a resolution to an ordinance on Tuesday night. That means a public hearing must be held on the second of three readings.
With a resolution, Council can call for a public hearing, but it's not required, and only one vote is needed.
Resolution vs. Ordinance
According to the S.C. Municipal Association, an ordinance is a law made by local governing bodies but can also be used to adopt a rule or policy that may have a "significant impact or an extended duration." A resolution is simply a "formal expression of opinion, will or intent" voted on by Council, states the Association's website.
County Administrator Clay Killian said the decision was made to make the plan an ordinance after consultation from outside legal counsel. Council decided to take the advice, finding it a safer approach because the item regards an exchange of funds coming back to the County, Killian said.
Much, if not all of Council seemed very comfortable with the idea, mostly because it will give the public a chance to be heard on the issue.
"I think it's the best thing; it's full disclosure," said Councilman Andrew Siders.
North Augusta Councilman Fletcher Dickert said that it was a bit disappointing that it switched from a resolution to an ordinance; however, he could understand part of the County's rationale on the matter.
Though a public hearing wasn't scheduled along with the Project Jackson item on Tuesday, Dickert said that there were many people there to speak publicly about the matter. He stated that the change from resolution to ordinance meant nobody could do so since it was the first reading, and they will have to wait until the next meeting.
Council response
Last week, Aiken County Board of Education agreed to a limited role in funding Project Jackson through the TIF, and approval of participation from Aiken County Council is the next step to move the proposal forward. Project Jackson has been presented as a major economic development along North Augusta's waterfront, which will include a baseball stadium, convention center and more.
In the spring, Council initially turned down the Project Jackson proposal. Some Council members who were hesitant before seem more willing to give the project more consideration this time around.
Councilman Andrew Siders, who abstained from the vote in the spring, said that a lot of his questions have been answered though he still has a few more. He said both North Augusta City Administrator Todd Glover and River Club President Steve Donohue gave very informative presentations which addressed both sides of the issue.
Councilman Sandy Haskell, whose district covers a portion of North Augusta, supported the project before and still feels confident in the idea. He said it will help expand the tax base of the County, which will positively impact property taxes. Haskell believes that it will benefit not just the City of North Augusta but all of Aiken County.
Not everyone seemed to be on board with the idea. County Councilwoman Kathy Rawls commented on the condition of the land in the proposal. According to TIF law, those funds are to be used to improve a blighted area, and Rawls said during the meeting that she feels her district would better fit that criteria.
Glover quipped that maybe she should look into a TIF.
Rawls disagreed with Glover's statement that Project Jackson was similar to the fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes agreement that the County has with Tognum and that Council voted on Tuesday.
"I do not agree that it's the same as Tognum because it benefits the County as a whole," Rawls said. "I think your project is going to benefit North Augusta."
Dickert said he was quite pleased with the presentation Glover made at the meeting.
"As far as the outcome of it, I think Todd Glover knocked it out of the ball park, no pun intended," Dickert said. "We feel it's a win-win for the City, the County and the School Board."
The first reading passed under the consent agenda. The County is in the process of scheduling the second reading and public hearing.
Amy Banton is the County reporter for the Aiken Standard and has been with the publication since 2010.

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The time is near my friends. Post highlights, interviews and news stories in here and let's all enjoy a Clippers all star weekend!
Here is to hoping for a few CP3 to BG32 lobs, and a bunch of rest...
Something tells me Steph Curry is gonna chuck away in losing fashion when the ball should really go to Blake and Durant.
NBA TV's David Aldridge just did a 1 on 1 with Griffin apparently but can't find it yet. Maybe it's not released.
I think DA recorded a bunch of interviews today with players and NBA TV will air them either tomorrow or throughout All-Star week.
Okay just found it on NBA Gametime which I DVR'd. Nba TV.
Just wondering if I am the only one that hates all star weekend?
I'd much rather watch Clipper games than the all star weekend but it is nice to see the skills challenge and the 3-pt shootout!
Who is going to start for kobe? When is that announced?
A whole weekend and only 3pt contest and skills challenge worth watching. Dunk contest will suck as usual. Celebrity all star game trash. i don't think they even have one celebrity playing. Rookie Soph games has been unwatchable. The all star game is only worth watching last 5 minutes. So we have less then a hour of NBA allstar game is wort watching.
Allows our players to get some rest. That Is what I like about it.
Hopefully Durant, Harden, Curry, Lillard, Parker, LMA, and Dwight get tons of minutes to wear themselves out and CP3 and Blake get lots of rest!
Doc Rivers says that Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan are the ones who need time off during the All-Star break, because of all the minutes they are playing.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-cli ... z2tAXfZL9K
I miss the early 2000s days of the dunk contest, back when Vince Carter, Jason Richardson, & Desmond Mason put on amazing shows. The dunk contest hasn't been good in years. It's a shame what's become of it recently.
http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blog ... rc=desktop
BG should come out publicly and say he'll only do it if Lebron does it
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-clippe ... witterfeed
Great read on CP3's emotional departure from New Orleans 3 years ago. Wow can you guys believe it's been that long?
I agree. But I felt Blakes Dunk Contest was actually good. Derozan has some nice dunks
and so did javale.
http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-p ... -clippers/
Jamal Crawford interview.
I did like the Blake's contest, but I am a bit biased. Since that year, there hasn't been any memorable single dunks, let alone an entire good-competitive contest.
Isn't strange last year Crawford was on a lot people's list of all star snubs? So what does he do this season? He averages more in points, assists, and rebounds, but it seemed like his name was never even in the discussion for an all star bid. I know DJ was in the all star conversation this year so that might have split the vote for a 3rd Clipper to get in, but it's still a shame that JCrossover got overlooked again.
Like the focus Blake is putting on rest and maybe its why DJ did not want to do the dunk contest. Everyone should be healed up and ready by Tuesday.
Los Angeles Clippers All-Star Central page will be posting interviews and all other things about Blake and Paul during the weekend
NBA TV in 30 min is having all star media day. Tons of interviews and coverage.
CP3 on NBA TV now.
Chris Paul and Stephen Curry connection
http://www.nba.com/clippers/full-circle ... star-stage
Nice article....but I think curry is overrated aside from shooting and I think he is a bit of a punk.
On a side note, does anyone notice whenever they show an all star'a highlights is always against the clippers?
http://www.nba.com/clippers/#/story/new ... ard-part-1
Comments from opponents about the Clippers.
Was fun first day. Mason Plumee would be a great backup what an athlete for us.
Can we sign Arne Duncan as a Chuck Hayes-type backup big?
Article as comments about the following:
Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard on DeAndre Jordan's improvement
Houston Rockets guard James Harden on the Clippers' growth under Head Coach Doc Rivers:
Portland Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge on Blake Griffin's development
Oklahoma City Thunder Head Coach Scott Brooks on the competition in the Western Conference
Toronto Raptors forward Terrence Ross on Blake Griffin's performance in the 2011 Slam Dunk contest
http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/all-st ... ard-part-1
NBA 10 greatest dunkers of all times
Blake at #7
Do you guys agree with the list?
http://msn.foxsports.com/southwest/list ... all-time#1
John wall just said blake should have come in third in dunk contest in 2011. What is the point of making a comment like that?
Seriously, we've arguably had the most brutal first half of the season, playing the most games and two 7 game road trips. I'm excited for the guys to get some R&R going into the lighter third of our schedule.
Hopefully the league has some trades today to get things buzzing.
Wall doesn't like Blake because Blake's delayed rookie year robbed him of ROY. Lost count of the times he cried "but he's not really a rookie". Pretty funny how Beal has already overtaken him as the star of their franchise.
I don't hate it,I just don't give a crap about it. I would rather no one from my teams ever makes it so they can rest.
It all started in 1982 when,during the NFL pro game,I ran out real quick during half time to get something to eat and I was t-boned by an old dude in a Buick,I was driving my 3 month old brand new Mazda RX-7. Took the entire left side of the car out. I was going to kill the guy but couldn't get out of my car.
Since then, never a pro-bowl and rarely an all star game from any sport. Bad mojo
I don't hate it but I think it is pretty dumb...............................but I generally ended up getting sucked in anyhow.
Wall's been running his mouth all year. I guess if you can't make yourself relevant on the court, you might as well make yourself relevant by talking ****.
Allstar D league playing right now.. We need to try signing a 10 day contracts on one of the big guy in this all star.
http://www.nba.com/clippers/#/story/hal ... ke-griffin
http://www.nba.com/clippers/#/story/new ... ard-part-2
Some people need to get over their lack of relevance. Shooting off ones mouth does not a better player make you, but rather makes you look line an arseho**.
http://www.nba.com/clippers/#/story/reg ... ion-brooks
I really hate that Paul isn't starting but it sounds like Scott brooks is still thinking about his injury as a factor in how he is approaching the game. Maybe that had something to do with it I don't but the shooting guard excuse, we have no center and it's not like curry is a real point guard
My gosh Karl got Big
Blake talking about the Dunk Contest
http://www.nba.com/clippers/griffin-tal ... est-format
They just showed the top 10 plays of the first half of the season and Blake's over Humphries was #5
Am I the only one that thinks that Paul George's dunk during that clippera game was overrated
You're just hating because it was against us. I thought that was an awesome dunk.


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In just three years, Dancing with the Aiken Stars was grown from a fairly small event that sold out quickly to a spot at the area's largest venue, the USCA Convocation Center.
The fundraising event, inspired by the hit TV show "Dancing with the Stars," just keeps getting bigger and last year more than $90,000 was donated. This year's goal, according to organizers, is to top $100,000.
For months now, 10 groups of dancers have been practicing, learning their steps, polishing their costumes and overcoming an amateur's fear of dancing in public.
Thursday night they take the stage.
The larger venue allows organizers to sell seats in the bleachers, which are still available. The event starts at 7 p.m.
The dance contest itself is where the money is raised – each vote costs $10. And even though the dancers haven't stepped foot on stage yet, their fans have already started voting on the event's website, www.aikendancers.info. So far several thousand dollars have been given, a good sign it's going to be a successful fundraiser for the Child Advocacy Center of Aiken County and the Community Medical Clinic of Aiken County.
Voting online ends 5 minutes after the last dance. Voting at the event ends 10 minutes after the last dance.
For more information about the event, go to the event's website. Arena seating is just $22 for adults and $20 for children. Tickets are available at the Convocation Center box office, the Child Advocacy Center at 4231 Trolley Line Road, Community Medical Clinic on Greenville Street and at 3 Monkeys Fine Gifts downtown on Laurens Street.
This year, the event won't be broadcast live on ASTV Channel 95 on Atlantic Broadband Cable. However, it will be aired later and DVDs of the event will be sold.
Dancer Bios
Beth Barranco & Buzz Rich
"No Parking on the Dance Floor"
Beth is a registered nurse, proud wife of a police chief, mom of four dogs and the future winner of Dancing with the Aiken Stars.
Buzz is a retired Aiken Blues Brother, a recovering attorney and an aspiring piano man.
Aja Vaugh & Ahmed Samaha
"Do You Love Me?"
For Aja, travel is her window to the world, fitness is her motivator and life is living.
Ahmed is a loving father and husband, a diehard Dawgs fan and a loyal USC Aiken Pacer educator.
Lydia Sudick-Bibeau & Cody Anderson
"Everybody Talks"
Lydia is an appraiser of fine and decorative art, dealer of old master paintings and an avid polo player.
Cody works for Shellhouse Funeral Home, a board member of the historic Green Boundary and has a dead sense of humor (no pun intended).
Lisa Tharpe-Bernard & Brad King
"The Best Things Happen When You're Dancing"
Lisa works for URS corporation, has performed in the Aiken community since 1998 and is the mother of eight children.
Brad is a singer, actor and karaoke enthusiast; a massage therapist, deejay, insomniac, puppeteer and unfortunate owner of two left feet.
Lyddie Hansen & Leo Muniz
"Whatever Lola Wants Lola Gets"
Lyddie is a wife, mother, grandmother and a potential member of the Dancing with the Stars protective program for when she needs to go into hiding after this show. She's also a crazy cajun who can't tell Betty Ryberg "no."
Leo is a very reluctant dancer.
Rick McLeod, Cam Scott, Julie Adams, Susie Player
"In the Jailhouse Now" and "I Got You"
Rick is a true Clemson farmer, good cook but not a chef, has magic fingers (females only) and is a wild turkey hunter.
Cam is an architect, a Clemson fan, the non-athletic father of three very athletic boys who is married to a very understanding wife.
Julie is an artist.
Susie is a teacher, college counselor and a volunteer.
Anne Thomasson & Wesley Hightower
"Proud Mary"
Anne is a jack-of-all trades, master of none and a work in progress who believes she was a Jack Russell in an earlier life.
Wesley is a very busy business owner who loves to shag.
Connie Young & David Stinson
"Little Grass Shack"
Connie is still rocking, is an extraordinary gardener and a coffee lover.
David is a Realtor to the "Stars" and a dog lover who prepared physically for Dancing with the Aiken Stars by digging a new vegetable garden.
Aileen Hord Daly & John Tiffany
"Tango of the Sexes"
Aileen is an F.E.I. dressage rider, mother of girls, volunteer diva, rescue dog angel and a lucky wife.
John is a pediatrician, the father of future Roger Federers (aka tennis dad) and a lucky husband.
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Hillary is part-owner of Vinya's Dress Shop and a clothes horse.
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Breigh is a baking fanatic and the best wife ever.
Morgan is not a fan of arts and crafts.
Rakesh does the best cartwheel in town and owns a local business.
Carl is a vice president at MAU Workforce Solutions and an aspiring pilot.
Jim plays soccer and tennis.
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Findmypast.co.uk have been steadily adding parish register transcriptions to their website, but until now there hasn't really been much to get me excited. That was until last night when I read the news that they had added over 1.4 million Hampshire parish records.
This is great news for my research, having online access to these records is going to be a great boost to my research and especially for tracing my MITCHELL ancestors. Of course these are only transcriptions and would need checking against the original parish register entries, but they represent a great finding aid and starting point.
These records are the work of the Hampshire Genealogical Society and I suspect they are the same records that they publish on CD, which I have previously used at the Hampshire Record Office. Ironically I was very close to buying a couple of the CDs at Who Do You Think You Are? Live last month, but decided I couldn't justify the cost.
According to the website the collection features:
- 574,192 baptisms (covering the period 1752 to 1851)
- 153,011 marriages (covering the period 1754 to 1837)
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That's quite the H.S. backcourt.
I posted this a while back , but no one recognized it. You see Doc brought back the face-up game from Blake and the ability to bring the ball up the floor. Doc just brought out some of Blake's Hidden Talents
I remember seeing this before. All I can say is Blake is a late bloomer. He can barely jump back then.
That Is a crazy backcourt, Rose and EJ. Blake missed a couple of dunks but he still had passing and dribbling skills.
I thought Rose went to Simeon.
Blakes free throw form looks good there, I wonder why he changed it
If I recall correctly, Blake injured one of his knees in college and the rehabilitation after helped strengthen his legs.
Nice vid
Pretty sure that's an AAU game. Doesn't look like a high school gym. Plus, in the corner you can see all the college coaches sitting there. Also, EJ went to school in Indiana not Chicago, so he and DRose must have played on the same AAU team.


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I wish we could bring him back he is one of my favorite Clipps, a good back up and just 32 years old.
I definitely wouldn't mind him back with us as a back up.
I know he's a former fan favorite, but does this really belong with Clippers news?
I've been crossed with Kaman for a while now, he seems to think everything is someone else's fault. I know he's in a bad situation, but he's been the same if not worse since he left here. Willie Green could go blame the world; but he just shows up, knows his role, and tries his best. Kaman's game hasn't changed and he's just older. He could have chose to come here on a minimum deal, but I think he would of just complained about something or other.
If he were to land here during the offseason, I would hope that Doc and him have a long conversation about roles and expectations prior.
It's not a clippers news it's more on Flakers but being a former, I still like him very calm player one of our former best. He can contribute but I just don't know of his injury.
ever since we traded him. all this dude is nag. he should be a woman. you choose this team. get over it. the season is almost over.
He hurts his value every time he opens his mouth. He probably cost himself a mil or two with how he's handled this season...Where if he would have been noble about it all year, he'd get some respect in the summer.
Too bad he also mouthed off about the Clips when he got traded because we could use him for 2mil per season. But I do not want Kaman back after he tried to talk $hit on us 3 years ago.


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Five Clippers on the ballot for the first time ever!!!
The only real choice is between JJ and Jamal, since we have 3 guards on the ballot and you only get to vote for 2 guards.
I picked Jamal because I think he deserved a spot last year.
Also, Barnes is available as a write-in. Support your Clippers, guys!
And make sure to vote daily!
I've been voting a lot for Crawford and Redick since I know CP3 will make the team anyway. Can you imagine having 5 Clippers on the All Star team.
I don't know why but I can't vote. I tried every possible browser and I just can't.
That's a good point, but I'm still giving mine to CP3... remember how close Lin got to starting last year with all the China votes?
You know you need to set up an account to vote on the website, right?
If you're still having problems, I believe you can vote by text too.
I voted several times.
Blake will probably still get more votes than clove this year, and he deserves it
I've been doing the same thing! And I feel a little shameful for the completely biased voting, but I would absolutely love to have Redick sneak in! (I also vote in Dudley every time for added measure).
I understand why they shape out the ballot so each voter has to pick three frontcourt players to two guards, but it's frustrating that we have 2 frontcourt players and 3 guards on the ballot!!! I throw in Anthony Davis for playing like a monster this season each time just to fill it.
Anyone else voting for DJ? My votes have been DJ, Crawford, Reddick, Blake Griffin, David Lee.. Haven't vote for CP3 since i know he will make it
Ummm you guys realize that voting only matters for starters right? Therefore, its completely pointless to vote for Redick and Crawford(if they are getting in they are going to be reserves which get voted in by coaches). Not to mention wasn't Lin close to CP3 in terms of votes last season?
yeah its going to be CP3 currant kobe blake and howard no matter what
i think someone else should get it over kobe but kobe still deserves to be a reserve
Kobe doesn't deserve anything if he doesn't play but obviously he is a starter lock. His popularity is immense.
How does Kobe Bryant lead CP3 in voting by like 100,000+ votes?
All star voting is a popularity contest. It never goes to the person who plays best at a position rather the player who can receive the most votes. I hear Steve Nash got more votes than Damian Lillard, BS right?
I know its a popularity contest but this needs to stop. I feel if you're injured you shouldn't be on the ballot until you play a game, or shouldn't have any votes count for you. Monta Ellis is playing really, really well as are a lot of other guys that deserve a spot right now more than Kobe.
Regardless of who gets votes, CP3 and Blake should both be starting this year. Blake is playing better than he has recently, but Kevin Love is being overlooked as the 5th starter on the team IMO.
Love, Monta Ellis, Aldridge, Westbrook all deserve back up spots. One could make a case for Dragic, DeAndre, Lillard, Cousins and so forth as well.
East will be Hibbert, Wade, George, Lebron and like Bosh starting cause the East is trash haha
Is it still looking good for blake to start? I'm worried that blake haters will fit love in.
No chance Love makes it in. Blake is more popular and plays on a much bigger market. If Love played in LA and Blake played in Minny it might be the other way around.
Blake's an All Star stud. Always has good games and highlights. Nobody wants to see Love taking 3 point shots in an All Star game! lol
Don't kid yourselves... the only reason anyone watches the ASG is for the rebounding.
Hell yes I'm voting for DJ
LOL!!! You gotta have someone grabbing rebounds with all that defense going on.
Speaking of which. I hope JJ still has an opportunity to compete for the 3 point contest.
Never Seemed to hurt KG, I just think people vote for their Favorite player, I love Kevin Love, I vote for him every year, I don't like Lebron, I don't vote for Lebron, the Big Market thing is just an excuse for small market Teams, It doesn't seem to hurt Durant, that guy's stuck in Oklahoma. Besides Kobe who's built equity, there isn't really a bad choice for the starters, everybody was getting in anyway given their stats and Team records. I would swad Aldridge for Howard though.
Blake is Popular, he Dunks on MF'aaaas, But his Team is Always top 5 in the West, he's always 20/10, people need to except this.
I aw a count somewhere this weekend and BG32 is way behind Love. We need to vote a few times a day ,each of us,to make sure BG gets in.
But I would rather none of our guys are in the ASG. Chances of injury are slim,but they are there.
anyone know the vote count as of now?
i think K love aldrige, and duncan will be the reserve bigs
with blake and howard starting
and lollard should get a bid as well
as well as steph
and jordan
Not sure where you saw that, but here's the 1st pass on the voting as of 12/12:
Lurker posting.
Don't look now. Curry just passed Paul.
Definitely the injury swayed voters. He wasn't even gonna play in it anyway
Not very surprising. Curry is the trendy player this season and CP3 is in the midst of a backlash in popularity. Either way, Paul should still be injured for the ASG and the game will miss his elite passing.
Good for Curry he deserves it IF Paul can't/won't play. I'll trade Paul's participation in the ASG for a deep run in the PO's any day. Hope that happens.
The highlight of my all star game would be if dj participated(and won!) in the dunk contest
The way the season has gone I can't really say I would be happy with a Warrior taking Paul's spot. Lilard I can handle but I have a whole new level of for GSW players and fans.
Wait where are you all seeing this? Need to make sure Paul starts, even of he can't play.
Blake in danger too. Ugh.
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1. Hello there, Stephen Curry. Curry moves past Chris Paul into the starting lineup for the All-Star Game which is a testament to his growing star power. It's also enough to make you wonder about Chris Paul's popularity. The guy has commercials everywhere, is regarded as the best point guard in the league, plays for a team in LA, and has a team with more wins.
So why would he fall off? Well, for starters, Curry is more fun to watch right now. Paul has evolved past the lightning and flash guard he was in 2008. He's smarter, wiser, stronger. He makes the right play 90 percent of the time. Curry on the other hand is a turnover machine because he's always looking for a flashy dribble or pass. Throw in the insane shooting, and a fanbase that yields the internet like a gaitling gun, and here you are.
2. Kevin Love's making a run at Blake Griffin. Paul isn't the only Clipper struggling in returns. Love has shortened the gap to just over 17,000 votes. You have to think Griffin's attempted murder of dunk on Kris Humphries will get him a push in the next few days, though. Love is the more deserving candidate, however. He's been the best power forward in the league, and if he's not, it's LaMarcus Aldridge, who is 80,000 behind Love. You have to think those three plus Anthony Davis are splitting votes from each other.
Yuck, Stephen Curry is just not an exciting player unless he's jacking up 3's. I won't be expecting any lobs to Griffin if he starts.
What happened? How did kevin gain on blake? And wasn't cp3 way ahead?
I have a sneaky suspicion that if you traced IP addresses on a lot of the votes for Curry and Love, they'd trace back to Los Angeles. There is a large voter base that is envious right now of the Clipper success. We need to vote.
The Warriors also have a larger fan base than the Clippers sad to say. They really have a die hard fan base.
Also I think the CP3 injury played a role.
Everyone vote for cp3 and blake. The indignity of Chris not being voted a starter is horrible
Here are the voting results released today:
Eastern Conference
LeBron James (Mia) 1,076,063
Paul George (Ind) 899,671
Carmelo Anthony (NYK) 702,869
Roy Hibbert (Ind) 385,964
Chris Bosh (Mia) 304,986
Kevin Garnett (BKN) 164,021
Joakim Noah (Chi) 128,201
Andre Drummond (Det) 120,844
Tyson Chandler (NYK) 101,637
Jeff Green (Bos) 96,336
Luol Deng (Cle) 90,730
Carlos Boozer (Chi) 80,271
Paul Pierce (BKN) 72,581
David West (Ind) 61,612
Brook Lopez (BKN) 58,477
Dwyane Wade (Mia) 718,109
Kyrie Irving (Cle) 652,522
Derrick Rose (Chi) 323,099
John Wall (Was) 278,516
Ray Allen (Mia) 190,086
Rajon Rondo (Bos) 133,448
Deron Williams (BKN) 95,309
George Hill (Ind) 89,428
Lance Stephenson (Ind) 77,364
DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 68,985
Western Conference
Kevin Durant (OKC) 1,054,209
Dwight Howard (Hou) 509,116
3. Blake Griffin (LAC) 500,964
Kevin Love (Min) 483,031
LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) 404,793
Tim Duncan (SA) 385,342
Anthony Davis (NO) 223,956
Pau Gasol (LAL) 207,213
Andre Iguodala (GS) 192,616
Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) 156,792
DeMarcus Cousins (Sac) 148,604
David Lee (GS) 141,509
Chandler Parsons (Hou) 135,387
Omer Asik (Hou) 101,372
Kawhi Leonard (SA) 91,859
Kobe Bryant (LAL) 844,538
Stephen Curry (GS) 677,372
3. Chris Paul (LAC) 651,073
Jeremy Lin (Hou) 471,980
James Harden (Hou) 338,788
Russell Westbrook (OKC) 260,499
Tony Parker (SA) 195,328
Damian Lillard (Por) 162,363
Klay Thompson (GS) 108,404
Ricky Rubio (Min) 97,265
Any chance Paul can catch curry? Need to keep blake ahead of love
So much for all those who said "I'm not voting for CP3, because we KNOW he'll start anyway".
Should be ashamed of themselves. F*cking travesty if some shooter beats him out.


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Mario Garcia, an East Aiken School of the Arts fourth-grader, couldn't stop smiling after meeting and chatting with his four new teachers on Tuesday – a month into the school year.
They're actually volunteers – Aiken Rotary Club members Collette Ball, Liz Stewart, Monica Key and Chrissey Miller.
Over the rest of the school year, they will rotate weekly 30-minute reading sessions with Mario and three other children.
The youngster said he likes to read chapter books, but acknowledged, "I'm not a reader like my brother."
That's the point of the Rotary Readers project. A total of 43 Rotarians, spouses and other volunteers will join dozens of fourth- and fifth-graders who can benefit from the sessions.
"I think about all the things our country and society need," Stewart said. "The most important is to set up these children for success. Reading is such a critical component ... and we can add new dimensions to their lives."
Principal Lisa Fallaw and faculty members created the project in collaboration with Rotary leaders. The club members will help the children reach grade-level reading skills. A team of four also will work with kindergarten students – determining if children that age will benefit as well.
Librarian Melanie Starks and guidance counselor Meredith Cassels led some ice-breakers for the adults and the students – such as asking each to make two statements of which one was true and the other not so true.
The kids were certain that Stewart couldn't like surfing yet were really surprised she does, indeed.
"It's great to see the kids get excited about this opportunity," Starks said. "You'll see their personalities emerge as the children get more comfortable and really have a good time. This is a chance where they can have someone with them who cares."
Ball serves as Rotary Club's literacy program coordinator.
"It's such an honor to be part of Rotary," she said. "There are statistics about the number of children that cannot read by the time they finish high school, but have gotten by. We need to reach them at an early age."
The Rotary Readers program is serving as a pilot effort, club president Joe Shields said in a press release. With Fallaw, "we've developed what we think will be a fun and exciting way to help youngsters at this crucial age," he said.
Potentially, the concept could spread to other Aiken County schools.
Superintendent Dr. Beth Everitt, a Rotary Club member, said in the release that "this effort will open new horizons for our students and help to set the stage for their future success."
Senior writer Rob Novit is the Aiken Standard's education reporter.
He has been with the newspaper since September 2001. He is a native of Walterboro and majored in journalism at the University of Georgia.
STAFF PHOTO BY ROB NOVIT Mario Garcia, an East Aiken fourth-grader, is joined by librarian Melanie Starks, center, and Aiken Rotary Club volunteer Monica Key, right. Mario and dozens of other students will take part in weekly reading sessions with Rotarians.×


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The first 3 cards of the Tarot provide an amazingly powerful and concise story of the genesis of the created universe as we know it! The very first card of the Tarot is The Fool, numbered "0". The old fashioned word for "0" is "cipher" which also means "mystery" or "puzzle". Mystics and mathematicians agree that zero is not really a number, but more an idea of complete and utter stillness and silence. Zero is neither a plus nor a minus, neither yang nor yin, but a portal to both and to all things, a state of pure potentiality, of emptied-ness and no-thingness--innocent, open and poised. Sounds like Source Energy--the indestructible essence of all things, including you and me--doesn't it? A perfect entry point to the profundity of Creation and the Tarot!
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It is responsible for nearly 600,000 deaths each year, mostly from heart attacks. Millions more are at increased risk because of certain biological and behavioral risk factors. Some of these risk factors cannot be changed, such as age, sex, and family history, while others can be altered to reduce risk. These modifiable risk factors include smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, and physical inactivity.
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With a fierce in-ring style and insatiable appetite for improvement, a local boxer hopes to knock out his dreams at the professional level.
Javier Frazier, a 21-year-old three-time South Carolina Golden Gloves champion from Aiken, is attempting to duplicate the success of Paul Williams, another local product who twice earned the WBO welterweight championship.
A fast-riser in the boxing ranks, Frazier began his career in 2008 under the tutelage of LeRoy Green at the Aiken Boxing Club. Frazier said the sport instilled discipline in him at a time in his life when he needed direction.
"I wasn't a bad kid, but I did some things I shouldn't have," he said.
Although boxing helped Frazier get on the straight and narrow path, convincing his mother to let him take up the sport was a challenge, he said.
"My mom would tell me, 'Boy, you already got a screw loose. I'm not about to let other people knock you around,'" he said. "But eventually she saw that (boxing) was good for me."
Frazier currently trains at the Warrior Boxing Gym under William Pope, who said Frazier leaves everything in the ring during his bouts.
"Aggressive, very aggressive fighter," Pope said. "He fights with bad intentions."
Frazier said he patterns himself after Williams as a boxer and current WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. from a business and marketing standpoint.
He'll make his professional debut on Feb. 16 at Fight Club University in Columbia.
The process of acquiring a professional boxing license is an easy one, Frazier said. He simply has to pay a small fee to the South Carolina State Athletic Commission and pass a physical and blood test.
The hard part, he said, will be building on the dedication that has gotten him to this point and surrounding himself with a strong support system once he goes pro.
As he makes the transition to being a professional, Frazier said he must avoid complacency.
"I don't want to be slack," he said. "I have to continue to improve. The money would be nice, but I know that the money's going to be there if I keep working hard."
In addition to improving himself as a fighter, Frazier said he is also striving to become a better man. He is currently working toward earning his GED after not earning his high school diploma from Aiken High School, where he briefly attended.
Frazier said his improved maturity will make him a better father to his two young daughters, Zaniya and Mya, ages 1 and 11 months, respectively.
Inside the ring, Pope said Frazier is capable of becoming even more dominant.
"He can always learn new things," he said. "The thing about boxing is that you never know it all. If he just continues to work hard and listen to his trainers, he'll continue to get better. But he's a beast. You'll probably be seeing him on TV one day."


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Wow what an excellent presentation
Many Thanks
hello from Edmonton, Alberta
Where are we between the OS Kernel, File Systems and Solid State Memory Technology. Hard Disk Drives have embedded controllers. Some applications use the concept of an I/O Controller. How much isolation (abstraction) does the application programmer need, want, have available. Micrium provides approaches to [some of] these issues, it would be good to walk through a few slides on where we are ... http://micrium.com/
Might like to see an OS Kernel walk thru on here sometime ...
Thanks Eric, Micrium, Digi-Key, Design News ... Here is the Micrium info on Digi-Key web site -
LINK -->> http://www.digikey.com/US/EN/techzone/microcontroller/supplier/Micrium_Inc__1072.html
Catching up
Thanks for this course Eric.
Using Hynix PoP flash with hardware as well as software ECC
thanx for your guiding lecture....
I just want ask u one que. that practically which is batter FAST,BAST & k...?
And why...?
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The link works great!
@Eric: Thanks for the link.
Thanks everyone for attending! I hope you did learn a thing or two! Feel free to leave any questions, I'll try to come back once in a while.
kentj, thomd: here it is: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2TcyTIEcTbUMFQ3MUlienVQLU0/edit?usp=sharing
Kentj. ThomD: Hold on, i need to find a way to share it.
Seconded for the animation - the arrows can be a little hard to follow :)
kentj: I also have a version with *AST slides animated, if you'd like. No audio, though.
Thank you Eric and all participants
Today's slides about the *ASTs do require the audio portion to follow. :-)
@Eric: This is true, but sometime you need to look from a different angle, let say a generic overview.
@Anatoliy1086: most embedded file system products will have manuals that details how to use them.
@Eric: Any way it is just one side of the 'development medal' I am hoping that I will find soon some manual for embedded system too.
@Eric: Your nobius source is wonderful, I just was looking for some thing like that. Thank you very much!
@kentj: Glad you could learn a thing or two. You might even be able to grab more info if you can understand the slides I had to skip. The K-AST article would help for that.
@Anatoliy1086: has both FS design and usage, but it's not specific to embedded systems, unfortunately.
A colleague recommends this: http://www.nobius.org/~dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf
@Eric: The slides for the week were very informative. I have a lot of notes to take before I close them.
Eric can you recommend some books or websites where is more in dept about FS?
Thanks Eric and Lauren for a Great imformative Week!
ThomD: You're welcome, I hope it wasn't too confusing, I might have had a tad too much material to cover in that lecture!
@eric: Thanks again - very good information here.
ThomD: A good implementation should at least refresh blocks that go over a certain threshold of correctable read errors.
Regarding bad block management, some NAND vendors recommend "scrubbing" when the corrected error count gets close to the maximum detectable. FTL or controller firmware should handle that function.
Alaskaman66: it does seem scary when you see those 4 (MLC) or 8 (TLC) charge levels, but ECC really does its magic :)
Thanks, Atlant. Four states gives two bits stored; eight states yields three bits. Didn't know how the electronics worked it out..
Hi rikaspinall - There are 3 additional resources in the "educational resources" section on this page. We'll also be sending out an email to you all early next week with some more resources.
Link to KAST paper: http://nyx.skku.ac.kr/publications/papers/KAST.pdf
Thanks, Anatolly
I have found additional inof about traide-offs in FTL designs:
Design Tradeoffs in a Flash Translation Layer
rikaspinall: I don't remember having seen some example code, but I'll post a link to the paper detailling KAST.
@eric: True - though some can be determined through experimentation. :)
This series has been great. Would you have any good books/appnotes/online sources which would supplement this knowledge? I'd be interested in example code or routines too. Thanks Eric - Rik
Thank you, everybody!!
Thank you all.
kentj: Good choice in that case, yes.
ThomD: I unfortunately don't know. There are also other types of FTLs, and usually companies will not really give much detail about what they're using.
Thanks Eric and and Lauren. Great lecture.
Lots of information with great comparisons. Thanks, Eric
Thanks EJ LM DK & DN
Thanks, Eric. Very informative, as usual. Much to think about and research further...
Thank you Eric.
kostya: I will post a link to an article that details it, as soon as I have a minute.
Thank you for an informative session.
Thanks Eric, good series and gives me things to look out for.
Given that most of our current designs are only reading, probably wear and RAM usage are our biggest concerns.
THanks Eric.
Excellent breakdown on the various penalties! Some OS have built-in Flash Translation Layers (WinCE, Nucleus, Linux has many) - can you say which is which?
Thenks. It's been a very useful set of lectures
Great indeed, thanks a lot!
Thank you Eric & Lauren.
Have a Nice Weekend.
Thanks Eric - excellent.
I'll review this series again later.
I would use BAST. I need to write very seldom, just read many. (WORM)
Thanks Eric Great series
Thank you Eric for the great presentation, thank you also Lauren.
Thanks Eric!
Thank you again for presenting this series.
Great presentation, thanks so much
KAST - low wear and low RAM usage
Need to review and understand better before selecting FTL.
"Thrashing", not "Trashing" ;-)
NOR Flash
The client's software engineer handles the NAND programming, but I'm trying to come up to speed on these issues to assist with integration and system troubleshooting.
A FAT file system can notify the underlying FTL when it is no longer using a block through a "discard" interface. After that, these blocks no longer need to be wear leveled.
Don't know
NAND: Yes, with a Flash-specific filesystem (UBIfs) that *STILL* uses an FTL (UBI).
@ca028: Irradiation gives uncertain results.
@Alaskaman66: typical block erase take ~700 usec, program takes ~200 uses
caa028: Sorry, I don't know.
Bad blocks is real pain, it requires additional software control
@Atlant - how about irradiation? will that "free" the trapped charge?
Static Wear Leveling for the win!
caa208: Yes, irreversible. The stray charges get trapped in the gate dielectric.
Alaska: So (conceptually), the floating gate can have 0 electrons, 33 electrons, 66 electrons, or 100 electrons.
Is this charge trapping problem irreversible?
I'm using FRAM on my devices but flash drives for updating firmware.
Alaska: Each cell can have four (or eight) possible levels (amounts) of charge on the floating gate and the read amplifiers can distinguish all of those levels.
Late arrival
@ThomD: thanks.
MLC and TLC: are the multiple bits stored as different voltage levels, or do you actually read out multiple bits at same voltage?
@Kentj: Flash Drives (USB) have a controller with the NAND, so they handle ECC in that controller (if any)
Not using
Using NAND. Ran into the BER issue a few chip revisions ago. Software engineer was convinced ECC was unnecessary, but after much back and forth with vendor, datasheets, and ONFI standards finally saw reason.
No using any at this point.
Not using yet
Does a flash drive use NAND flash? If so does it have built in ECC?
Using NAND and NOR type
Hamming in hardware
Not Using any right now.
Same here...
Not implementing at that level, so its handled by the hardware I'm interfacing with.
Not using yet.
Not used NAND Flash so far.
not sure
I love Digi-Key for checking data sheets.
Would like to hear more about parts with built-in ECC - such as Micron M60 (4 bit ECC) and ClearNAND - and flash translation layer changes to match this.
@Alaskaman66: You need to check the data sheet. Different sizes and different manufacturers have different speeds.
How long does itntake to do a complete erase operation?
Audio coming.
@alanta luck has for the last six years, but i expect, as they get worn, they'll start giving problems. just replace the boards. again, they are not being used that much, only once a mission, not continuous random access.
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drrowley_lpe: If your system is running successfully with ECC, consider yourself *VERY, VERY* lucky. Most NAND Flash absolutely depends upon ECC to handle the routinely-occurring single-bit errors.
And your luck won't hold.
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mRlu2012: Dont feel bad; we have 260 inches so far this winter.
On the flavored coffees, they finally took the sugar alcohol out of the "sugar free" flavorings. Sugar alcohol is still sugar for diabetics.
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@mRlu2012: Thanks. Good to know. I thought I was going to have to spec in a new part.
developed 4GB and 24GB nand flash cards, with systems up to 480GB, with no ECC. Found ECC to be very processor time heavy and complicated. each page does have crc. it several hundered missions, there has been no errors detected. the flash are setup to write in sequence, not random, and in each mission, only one page will be used.
Hello from Cedar Park TX
Yes, Ramtron was acquired by Cypress.
hi all
Greetings from eastern Mass. Another 12 inches of snow on the ground!
Hi from upstate NY. We have an unidentified luminescent opject in the sky. I think it may be sol but we see it so seldom I can't remember.
Thanks for the headsup on the slide deck Lauren
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@bitbanger55: When I checked the data sheet for Cypress FRAM it turned out to be the Ramtron data sheet so either Cypress bought Ramtron or it is mismarked on the Digi-Key website.
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Hello every body.
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@Deb C great, can't wait to see your tweets!
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@Lauren....thanks, I just started following on Twitter.
@drw36: FYI - I used PowerPointViewer 2007 and PCF-XChange 4.0 to create an 872 KB PDF.
Interesting. Very interesting.
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@bitbanger55 - I saved it with LibreOffice and it shrank to 327K. But all the graphic elements now have a badly offset shadow. Looks like I'm viewing a 3D movie without the 3D glasses. Saving as pdf shrank it to 1.8M and that looks fine.
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@StephMcGUBM - I second @ucschmidt's motion. Two minutes would be acceptable, five minutes would be better. If starting the audio stream before the hour is a problem, I would rather have music start at the hour, and the presentation two minutes later.
Happy Friday!
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I saved today's slide deck as a PDF, and the file size is in line with other days (less than 1MB).
Sorry everyone about the last minute slide deck update. I don't know why it's so big, my version is in .pptx and takes only 377KB. I've checked and they do look fine, however.
OpenOffice saved it and compressed it almost 10-1. Even though I said save it in original format. So there must be a bunch of bloat in the original.
looking forward to see how/if the slides have been corrected
I downloaded the slide back on 3/5 and the PPT package was 1.2 MB. What happened ?
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Day 5 slides seem to have lots of NAND flash technology background - it will be interesting to hear in the lecture how much of this an embedded system designer needs to actually deal with vs. it just being nice to know.
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Let's put the final nail in the coffin by eliminating them in the 1st round
I was just coming here to post that! Glad we didn't give the fraud the time of day.
"Mama, there goes that man... holding a pink-slip"
That's awesome. Where's the neighborhood troll at?
i can't wait to beat them in the first round!
LMAO clown. Tried to jump ship last year to Clippers or Nets jobs..
On the topic of coaches.
Why the hell would we want a glorified version of Vinny the Black? GOod thing we didn't express interest.
He isn't a coach. He is a preacher and a hypocritical one at that. VDN over Mark Jackass any day. At least he isn't a scumbag.
wait, wasn't this news already widely known? weren't the options down to Mark Jackson, Brian Shaw, George Karl, Lionel Hollins or resigning VDN?
we have a few new fans jk.. I don't think the hate was as strong in the beginning of the season.
I never recall Mark Jackson's name in any coaching selections.i recall Byron Scott -- who was almost signed , B Shaw, Karl, Hollins, and Doc Rivers
This. Don't take my word for it. I've only been a fan since Dmiles
Agreed, I can't remember his name in the mix.
When I heard the story yesterday, I just found it comical...I would have seen him going to the Nets, since he's from New York City and he worked for their TV broadcast team. Having Doc here, I'm just glad "Pastor" Jackson didn't bring his sideshow down the coast. He's the Bay Area's problem...we're doing just fine with Doc.
Maybe that had something to do with what Blake said to O'neal; something like "even your coach would prefer to have us as a team".
Wow, Mark Jackass' ego is absolutely unbelievable. He just fired ANOTHER assistant today.
Newsflash, Jackass: it's not your assistants' fault that you have no concept of the X's and O's and think you can pray your way to wins.
I am glad he is firing all these people. It causes chaos and so when we play them in the playoffs. Their bench will be full of chaos.
To be fair, all that preparation only got them a season split and one of their "wins" was a rigged game. That being said, I doubt they'll be prepared any better without him considering all the chaos with that staff.
It's a moot point IMO, because I'm still convinced that we will play the Blazers in the first round.
I'm getting more comfortable with the idea of playing GS, however I'd still take Portland over them any day... hopefully it works out that way.
What did he do?
The clippers should be the one to get him fired its only right after what he did to blake
That's awesome. Clippers need to sweep GS, get Jackson and then turn down his request to join the Clippers coaching staff.


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A Denver Democrat wants potential gun buyers to pay for their own criminal background checks, and pump the savings into mental-health treatment.
But state Rep. Lois Court said Monday she hasn�t done any research yet to see whether her proposal is feasible. She said she needs to talk with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation � the state agency charged with checking the backgrounds of customers to see if they are eligible to purchase firearms � before she decides whether to introduce a bill next session.
�The argument from a lot of people, including law-abiding gun purchasers, is the issue is, mental health,� Court said. �So let�s ask them to be part of the solution.�
The number of Coloradans purchasing firearms in recent weeks has increased so dramatically that the time to process an application has jumped from an average of 23 minutes to seven days. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has a backlog of 11,000 applications.
The Colorado Department of Public Safety, the umbrella agency over the CBI, plans to ask lawmakers for a $500,000 supplemental appropriation for more staff members and technology to handle the checks.
Currently, the CBI does not charge a fee to perform a criminal background check on gun buyers, but does so for other purposes, including performing checks on teachers before they are hired. Taxpayers pick up the cost of performing gun-sale checks.
Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, a Colorado Springs Republican and gun owner, said he would reserve comment until he saw a specific bill.
Former Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, proposed in 2010 making gun buyers pay for their own background checks to help balance the budget. If gun owners had paid the $10.50 to cover the processing fee, it would have generated an estimated $1.6 million a year in revenue for the state.
Republicans called it a �poll tax� and even Democrats didn�t like the idea. At the time, Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate.
�It didn�t go anywhere because nobody wanted to upset the gun people,� said former Rep. Jack Pommer, a Boulder Democrat who served as chairman of the Joint Budget Committee at the time.
Gun are expected to be a hot topic when the legislative session opens Wednesday, marking the first time since the Columbine High School shootings in 1999 that the issue is expected to take a center stage.
Some lawmakers wanted tougher gun laws after a shooting at an Aurora theater in July that left 12 dead and 58 wounded.
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Two weeks after 13-year-old Dylan Redwine went missing in Vallecito, law-enforcement officials said they have few clues as to his disappearance or possible whereabouts.
The search has moved from the wilderness surrounding Vallecito to indoors where investigators can evaluate evidence and follow up on tips and possible sightings, said Lt. Ray Shupe, spokesman for a task force made up of multiple agencies assigned to the case.
�We have no new leads or new information to report to the public at this time,� Shupe said in a news release Monday afternoon.
Possible sightings of Dylan have streamed in from across the country, he said, but there have been no confirmed sightings since he went missing Nov. 19. The FBI has been helpful at prodding agencies in other jurisdictions to follow up on possible leads, Shupe said.
Meanwhile, Dylan�s disappearance continues to weigh on Vallecito residents.
�It�s still on everyone�s mind that happens to come into here,� said Rolland Healy, owner of Vallecito Lake Country Market. �There are obviously still some people who are really optimistic, and, unfortunately, some people who are pessimistic about it.�
Residents have freely discussed the many possibilities that could explain Dylan�s disappearance, everything from foul play to Dylan running away and succumbing to the elements in the rugged outdoors that surround this remote vacation getaway 20 miles northeast of Durango.
�This is a wilderness area,� Healy said. �Even an animal in the forest could be involved, because we have a lot of those up here.�
The thought of foul play �is very foreign to us,� said Donna Atkinson, owner of the Pine River Lodge.
�It is definitely not fading away,� she said. �Everyone here at the lake is very worried about this little boy. We want Dylan to be found safe and sound as soon as possible.�
Authorities executed a search warrant last week at the house of Mark Redwine, the father of Dylan, but the father is not considered a suspect, said Capt. Jim Ezzell, chief investigator with the La Plata County Sheriff�s Office.
When contacted Monday, Mark Redwine declined to be interviewed, saying, �At this point, I think I�ve said as much as I need to say.�
He added: �The community�s been great. My problem is my ex-wife. She seems to have all the answers, and she seems to be the one everybody wants to listen to.�
Mark Redwine and Elaine Redwine divorced in 2007. Dylan and his mother moved to Colorado Springs this summer, along with Dylan�s brother, Cory.
They have had a protracted divorce with court proceedings occurring in almost monthly since 2005.
Mark Redwine had a run-in with the law nine years ago, and both he and Elaine Redwine filed restraining orders against each other in 2008.
Mark Redwine was ticketed for child abuse, menacing, trespass, assault and disorderly conduct in 2003 in Adams County. All of the charges were dropped except disorderly conduct, which Mark Redwine pleaded guilty to.
The incident involved an argument between Mark Redwine and his neighbor after the neighbor�s kid broke either Cory or Dylan�s toy truck. The two argued on the neighbor�s property until Mark Redwine left the residence and the neighbor called the police.
Mark Redwine filed a restraining order against his son, Cory, and Elaine Redwine in July 2008. Elaine Redwine filed a restraining order against her ex-husband on the same date. Dylan was listed as a protected person in both orders. Both of the orders were dismissed in December 2008.
Elaine Redwine told Nancy Grace on her CNN-affiliated Headline News legal affairs program Monday night that both she and Mark Redwine had taken polygraph tests. She said she had passed.
Both parties took a polygraph early on in the investigation, Shupe said, but authorities cannot release results.
Dylan returned Nov. 18 to visit his father as part of a court order. Upon landing at the Durango-La Plata County Airport, he texted his mother to notify her of his arrival. The text ended with an emoticon that was interpreted as a scowl, she said.
Ezzell declined to discuss the family dynamics and whether Dylan was disappointed he had to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with his father.
Mark Redwine said he left the house about 7:30 a.m. Nov. 19 to run errands, and that was the last time he saw his son. He returned about 11:30 a.m. to find Dylan gone. In an interview with The Denver Post, Mark Redwine said he returned to find a dirty cereal bowl near the sink, the television was on Nickelodeon, and his son�s fishing pole was missing.
Ezzell declined to comment about the statements.
�It�s a tough case, but we�re doing everything we can,� he said. �We just ask the community to help us out if anyone out there has information that they think might be related. Don�t discount it. Just send the information our way, and we�ll check it out.�
Robert Nickell, who lived next door to the Redwines for about seven years, said they were �average� neighbors.
�We didn�t get to know them too well,� he said. �I wasn�t around them that much. I didn�t associate with them that much. They had their circle of friends and I have mine. I go to church on Sunday, and they go somewhere else.�
Nickell, who is now 88, said he was shoveling snow from in front of his mailbox, and Elaine Redwine came over to help him.
�I thought that was mighty nice of her,� he said.