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Not familiar with Kinect.
No vision applications at this moment.
N/A algorithms. looking for ideas.
Hello from OR
Thanks Jeff
Thanks Ann
Turn off your phone
oh that connect
interested in embedded systems vision for robotics
Im not familar with connect
I Received my Tee shirt from the 1st semester today wahoo
Picking up another week
What kinds of algorithms are you looking for for your applications?
I'm looking for facial recognition algorithms and other motion and distance detection algorithms.
Currently I am thinking of working on Security applications with vision.
I am very familiar with the Kinect and have used it.
Hi good to be here...
I'm one of the few people on the planet who has never used Kinect.
Great lecture
Thanks Jeff; Very informative lecture
good day to all
good info
thank you
Catching up
Tried to download the SDK from this page:
The link to the SDK /VM does not work. The Demo does download.
Please re-try the download now. There was a web hosting service outage earlier that now appears to be resolved.
Jeff, thank you for today's lecture, very informative
How many of you are familiar with Kinect, and how many have actually used it?
Familiar with it, never used
What kinds of vision applications are you thinking about working on?
None at this time
Thanks. Look forward to more information. We are currently developing motion based Human/Machine interfaces with our test equipment and this information is beneficial.
Thanks Jeff.
Thanks, good session
OK everyone, I'm going to sign off for now. Please join us tomorrow for Eric's presentation on 2D and 3D sensors.
Also, if you were unable to access the audio, please read the chat comments below regarding audio for hints on possible work-arounds.
See you tomorrow!
@JEFF: I found a light at the end of the tunnel for the question on Shannon/Nyquist interval. In a compression environment it is possible to reconstruct analog image from digital from sub-Nyquist/Shannon samples. In addition, Shannon/Nyquist interfal is a sufficient condition, but not necessary in discrete signal processing. That is cool news.
@JEFF: Could you suggest an innexpensive way to detecting 3D position in a limited space?
You're not in the forefront unless most questions get answewred with "Gee I dunno..." lol
People tend to foregt that small point!
Got the software -- will work with my cameras. Hope to see what I can do with an Autonomous Vehicle app. -- which ios where my embedded work is really going.
WILL be hoping to hear if you're familiar with the Leap sensor; 0.01mm repeatable position precision, between 32 and 200 frames per second, uses between 2% and 5% of a generic PC's CPU time running the algorithms that actually extract position data from the sensor's data stream...
The Leap sensor is very intriguing. So far, however, Leap Motion has not published details of how it works, so we won't be covering it this week. We're looking forward to hearing more about it ourselves.
what do you sugest for develop a simple face detection software?
Nice job.
I WILL be hoping to hear if you're familiar with the Leap sensor; 0.01mm repeatable position precision, between 32 and 200 frames per second, uses between 2% and 5% of a generic PC's CPU time running the algorithms that actually extract position data from the sensor's data stream... Range limitation is the chief drawback (at the moment); their initial product is designed as a desktop-worksurface solution, only monitors an eight cubic foot volume (which STILL manages to yield around 3.25 giga-bits of position data, if you do a ten-micrometer grid across the back surface of an approximately two foot radius field-of-view)... But that will be tomorrow's discussion, re "Fundamentals of Image Sensors", right?
Excelent start.! . In the next sessions, will you talk about how to select the lighting system in your vision application?
Any new requirement for image sampling besides the Shannon interval in 3D space, considering the advances in compression techniques?
I'll be hoping for recommendations re "tool-box" applications that I can open up and apply to images stored on my PC -- stuff like edge-detect and segmentation, things that let me try out approaches without having to waste huge amounts of coding time only to find "well THAT doesn't do what I expected/needed"...
How do FPS rates equate to hardware processing power required?
how much of the processing time is taken up with artifacts in teh video? How do you normalize the video stream to possibly get an average?
@JEFF: Any new requirement for image sampling besides the Shannon interval in 3D space, considering the advances in compression techniques?
if there is low light, are there good IR algorithms? How does that coem into play?
One technique for low light is TDI (time delay and integration). See Wikipedia for info.
I've used Cognex vision systems for very precise applications. I was struck by how functional their "drag and drop formulas into a spread-sheet" application generator was...
Can you post what we should download -- and from where?
Downlaod this for Thursday/Friday:
@Zwilrich For those of you that had audio problems, downgrade your Flash Player b/c the latest version (11.4.402.265) does NOT work.
How does distance data mess with 2d data when processing objects and determining location in a physical space?
@Jeff Just starting with OpenCV. Any suggestions for enhancing low light situations? Any good technical articles.
Low light is a real challenge -- if the sensor can't see the scene well, it's tough to intepret what's going on in the scene. One solution in some applications is to add lighting -- which is becoming much more practical now due to LED lighting options. Another is to consider a different kind of sensor with better sensitivity, or front-end processing to improve the quality of the capture images.
Ann, will we be able to access a copy of this chat?
For those of you who had audio problems, the archived version is now available.
Yes, CMUcams are great for classes in robot vision, for example.
You can access archives of each day's lecture on this page:
I will miss tomorrow. Will this site have a recording somewhere?
Great presentation. How far down can vision be scaled? Within range of high-end MCUs?
Excellent question. Jitendra Malik of U.C. Berkeley, a luminary in vision rseearch told me that people often overestimate the resolution required for vision algorithms. Some basic funtions, like face detection, can be performed with fairly low resolution. And if you don't have fast motion, you may be able to get by with a low frame rate, too. Low resolution X low frame rate = low data rate, and now we're getting into the realm of things that can be done on relatively low-end processors -- even MCUs in some cases. Check out the CMUcam as an example of this.
Thanks for the links. I never knew these were available! My world just opened up!
@ckapsalis - this is it.
What would be the best low cost tool to start development of embedded vision application?
Great question. There are many option. One of the most popular environments for vision algorithm/application development on the PC is OpenCV. On the Embedded Vision Alliance website, you can download a free OpenCV kit that will get you up and runnnig quickly -- all you need is a PC, a webcam, and the free VMware player.
Right here
@aranjbar: This *is* the Live Chat page, so you actually are participating. So things are not as bad as they seemed initially.
Thank You, excellent!
Where is the classroom chat page?
Downlaod this for Thursday/Friday
Interesting, Thanks!
thanks Jeff!!
Too much fluff, not enough substance. And I'll never get this hour of my life back.
@Jeff Just starting with OpenCV. Any suggestions for enhancing low light situations? Any good technical articles. Sorry I couln't get the audio.
Great presentation, thanks Jeff!
ObeDon, come back tomorrow, I suspect there will be info about WHAT and HOW to get past the audio issue(s).
In general I wish the QA session were broadcasted as well. The way it is the QA isn't usebale for me at least
Thanks Jeff! Maybe tomorrow I won't miss the first 10 minutes due to the craptacular Flash Player! :D
thanks for the presentation
Register for What?
Link please!
Great presentation! Looking forward to listening the rest of the seminar.
energy management
Thanks Jeft
Great start, thank you!
What would be the best low cost tool to start development of embedded vision application?
Why not let him to talk? very hard to read these questions and comments on a chat page?
@ckapsalis - You are on it.
Thanks Jeff and Ann for the great introductory session. You certainly have my attention for the rest of the week. See all tomorrow.
Yes great job Jeff And Ann. Thank you very much.
Where to download example code for Thursday/Friday class.
thanks, the swimming pool app is great
No I won't make it to Boston
For us that could not get the audio working - it was not a rewarding presentation. Perhaps we can try again tomorrow with success.
Thanks Jeff - have a conflict in 5 min so will catchup on chat afterword.
wish I could have heard it....
Great info.. Thanks Jeff.
Thanks Ann and Jeff. Thanks to all.
Very cool presentation. Great job!!
thanks, Jeff.
Thanks Jeff
Where is the live classroom page?
Awesome presentation!
Is anyonegoing to the Vision Summit in Boston nextweek? (I am)
"Thanks to the emergence of high-performance,low-cost, energy efficient programable processors, this is changing..."
Can you provide a list of processors that work best for these algorithms?
Nice job Jeff. Looking forward to the rest of the classes.
good stuff. Thanks Jeff. And thank you Digi-Key!!
Flared one: As well. I guess I was thinking of photos and face recognition etc.
I don't do vision products myself, but my conpany does. One person actually designs vision algorithms. This class will give me a better insight into what goes into a vision system for embedded products.
Good class!
Great session! I look forward to the rest of the week.
For Mac folks, I was unable to get Safari or Firefox to work, but the audio is streaming fine via Chrome
DaveWR, I know of a sensor application using IR which is reproducibly precise to within 0.01millimeters (ten microns).
Seems to be a problem with browsers or Operating system. Safari on OSX Lion will not playback audio. Running IE9 on Parallels Guest OS works fine. So it does not look like its the flash version per se.
** Slide 17 **
This session has been incredibly helpful!
(remind me not to do THAT again, during the presentation) 257, FWIW... ("MOST of them quality posts"??)
When I was working at a company using industrial-strength lasers to mark barcodes, etc on metal, PC boards, etc, field engineers having to fly out and reFOCUS the stupid lasers was THE most common (and expensive) remediation required. "barrel/pincushion" is NOT trivial, if you look at the optics.
Electrical Engineer (hardware)
Manuael: I think IR tends to "smear". It is less precise.
** Slide 16 **
flared0ne has 257 posts; most of them quality posts.
Is infrared data easy to compute than nomal color data?
Since this is broadcast on blog talk network, is there any way to pick up the audio on a network feed?
www.blogtalkradio.com or equivalent
for anyone who used to do TV/monitor repair, the corrections look really familiar.
** Slide 14 **
@flared0ne How many posts do you have?
@flaredOne: You achieved PLATINUM status by a greater level of participation in the DKCEC. Congratulations.
** Slide 13 **
Not that I have ADHD or anything, but -- oh, look a chicken! (actually, what DOES "platinum" mean beside my name??)
@DaveWR Thanks for the Flash archive link!
Luckily this IS archived, so the opportunity isn't lost -- I'm getting some good stuff out of it, so it's worth coming back, guys...
All archived versions:
Please let participants know next time, which browsers and versions work with audio, and many users are not on Windows or IE.
Maybe this can work:
Let us know.
Audio working fine here - with latest Flash player update...
You can also find open source software for the Kinect here: http://openkinect.org/wiki/Main_Page
Microsoft also has a very nice SDK for the Kinect: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/
Turtlebot is a Kinect based open source robot: http://turtlebot.com/
@Jeff, sorry, I really was looking forward to this subject. I will have to listen to the audio later at home.
Swimming pool safety -- awesome (and chilling)...
** Slide 12 **
No. Not familiar with Kinect
No problem with audio. I have been experiencing issues with Flash for other online presentations.
Flash Player 11.4.402.265 DOES NOT WORK!!!
Flash Player 11.3.300.271 DOES WORK!!!
FYI - I'm sending an email to technical support regarding this audio problem.
I attended the last sessions also with no problems.
** Slide 11 **
I attended the last class without issue - what has changed?
Flash 11.4.402.265 did not work in Firefox 14.01 for me. Flash 10.3.181.34 in IE 9 does work.
Cannot connect to audio. If they upgraded Flash in the last two weeks I have to wait till the next version of the Photon browser is released. I can not attend these conferences at work. sorry.
If you haven't already checked it out, Microsoft has released a significant amount of useful info on their website -- search for "Kinect SDK".
I upgrade one machine just so I could test. The machine with
The latest Flash:
Does not Work!
Flash 11.3.300.270 -- Does work
I just sign up for these classes so I can get the Slide Deck because I have never been able to hear the audio (IT is blocking the radio site). This is the third Design News/ Digikey class I have missed because of lack of access to the audio.
Kinect is a great controller.
A reminder, if you've got additional questions for Jeff, he will answer them here in the second part of the show.
Important with "gestural inputs" that you not have to THINK about what to do, you do what you've LEARNED works in the real world, let the computer figure it out, now it can SEE what you're attempting.
Looks like we need a test to verify audio before the next class.
I have version 11,3,31,232 installed, no problem on either IE or Chrome.
** Slide 10 **
The latest Flash is :
Maybe that is the issue.
There's no video presentation to get, sorry, @eceballos
@DaveWR I have FireFox 15.0.1 and Flash Player 11.4.402.265 and it does NOT work. Must have been a Flash Player update that killed it. My IE 8.0 with Flash Player 11.3.300.271 works fine.
Just finished the Mozilla update... still no audio there (Mozilla 15.0.1, flash 11.4.402.265). Chrome wtith 18.104.22.168 works fine...
have only seen adds for Kinect, no experience... yet?
Need help, does't know how this classroom works. I got the slides but no audio or video presentation. Thanks.
the audio is not working for me on mozilla
flash 11.4.402 does NOT work for me on Firefox.
but then IE does not even let me get on this page to post on the chat.
sensor platforms/WSN's
** Slide 9 **
Yes, I am familiar with Kinect. Yes, I own and use one.
Interested in security applications.
Looking for pattern recognition algorithms.
Not familiar with Kinect
Currently using vision for real-time control of our process.
Custom algorithms.
@Ann: have not used Kinect, no vision applications currently being worked on, so no applicable algorithms.
the design news website is loopy today. it sends me an email, but does not know that my email exsists.
For those of you just joining us, please let us know:
thanks Zwilrich
If you right click on the Design News radio band it will tell you your flash version.
Flash 11.3.300.270 works for me.
Still no audio in firefox or IE
If you right click on the Design News radio bad it will tell you your flash version.
@caa028 I have FireFox 15.0.1 and it still doesn't work. I had to switch to IE 8.0. Maybe it's a Flash player issue with FireFox.
no problem for me with IE 9
Yeah. IE10 on Win8 works with latest flash player. Firefox 15.01 with latest player fails to work on same machine.
** Slide 8 **
Jeff, are you at all familiar with the Leap Motion sensor?
hello from ottawa
@Bill.Whitehead - their website is "cloud based"... this could be causing problems for some users (subset of servers is affected)
I work mainly in automated imaging systems
no audio ie8 or chrome
** Slide 7 **
Are you familiar with Halide, for doing much-more-easily portable multi-core programming??
Yeah I had to switch to IE
No audio here either, have had no trouble before.
** Slide 6 **
@Lawson - still running 14.0.1... now updating to 15...
No Audio. Neither in IE or FireFox. Is the server saturated?
Firefox 15.0.1 Adobe Flash 11.3.300.270 -- works ok
@caa028 Yes! Same for me! FireFox always worked, but they just updated to 15.0 so maybe they broke something.
VLIW=Very Long Instruction Word
VLIW - very long instruction word
Had to switch from Firefox to get audio
very long instruction word
For Chrome users, IE Tab is your friend in this case.
@mbm - I am using Chrome on Windows 7 and am having no issues with audio.
What does VLIW stand for?
Field Applications Engineer, Iowa. Audio worked after Flash update.
Aha! I just updated Adobe Flash
IE 8.0 audio works fine. Dear Lord, I can't believe I'm using IE right now...
Looking to do non-contact motion detection, gesture recognition.
Are the algorithms you're talking about all dealing with Kinect sensor inputs??
audio used to work in Firefox for me (all the previous sessions - no problems)... now something has changed on design news or blogtalk...
no audio - chrome user
I work in imaging systems for the marine market
project leader for OEM
FireFox audio doesn't work! Maybe the latest update broke something...
Working at an R&D/innovation institution , focusing on Smart Environments
Switched to IE still no audio
This issue was sent to technical support about two weeks ago. Although they responded, but we dd not resolve the problem. I believe this began occurring after the latest Adobe Flasher update.
Using Firefox 15.01 -- latest Flash -- no problem.
I had audio issues with safari, but with chrome I can hear the audio
**Slide 5**
Aquaculture; utilizing line scan cammera to count Shrimp; plankton recognition systems.
try with Chrome
Video security
Switched to IE, now hear audio. Must be latest flashplayer plugin in Firefox is problem.
Electrical Engineer (Hardware&Software)
Try Chrome if "no audio" (if you have it loaded)
EE sensor and vision apps
for low cost experimenting, try Arduino 8X8 frame grabber project with a sync separator chip to do most of the work.
Electronics Engineer, working w/ embedded systems and DSP on embedded platforms
Control Systems design engineer for off-road construction equipment
Hardware Architect
I've never had a problem with audio until today. I had to switch from Firefox 14.01 to Internet Explorer. With Firefox I just got "BlogTalk Radio" then "Buffering". Tried refreshing, exiting and login, etc.
Working in Research & Education
Pressed F5 still no audio.
Security product
ok, now I have audio with Chrome
does anybody have the audio, first one to reply is fine.
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Familiar with Kinect -- set up a MS Station with it etc. Interesting stuff.
For those of you just joining us, please let us know the industry you're working in.
Electronics Engineer
system engineer
Hello from Curitiba, Brazil! :)
I have briefly used the Kinect SDK, but only as far as the example codes.
I have interest in gesture recognition applications, both in custom embedded hardware and in smartphones. The algorithms I would be interested in are gesture identification and tracking in real time video.
NO audio try hitting F5
test engineer
I like the description "makes OUR reality 'machine readable'..."
I hear the promo of blog talk radio then silence.
Electronics Engineer.
finally got audio after multiple refresh attempts and switching from Firefox to Chrome...
I still cannot get any audio for any of these classes because my IT department blocks the site where the audio comes from. I have been trying for six weeks to get IT to unblock to no avail. Any chance Digikey coud provide another method of getting the audio so I could attend any of these classes? Right now, I can only look at the Slide Deck.
Advanced Product Development Engineer
Advanced Product Engineer
No audio.
I think there's a problem guys. Never had an issue with the 20+ classes I've attended.
Just says "Laptop Radio" then it's forever "Buffering".
Electronic Engineer, Looking to do some projects on Imagings.
Senior Research Scientist
don't know kinect.
hi, everyone.
VP Development (And another $2.50 gets a cheap coffee)
job title is Sustaining Engineering Project Leader
@Ann - R&D Engineer
systems/software/hardware engineer
Still no Audio after refresh.
No audio after promo message for me too.Refreshed several times. Audio has been fine on previous sessions. Today different. No company to block stream, I'm at home.
I'm running firefox on windows xp, no audio
Fairly familiar with Kinect, have researched it, looked at length at Microsoft's SDK; not specifically planning to use it. I'm signed up as a wanna-be developer for the Leap Motion "crowd-sourced" development project. I've been looking at OpenCV, interested in what tools you can point out.
Anyone not getting audio, you MAY want to try opening a different browser window -- I've found Chrome tends to work without hiccups. Or (what was it?) F11, perhaps?
For those of you just joining us, please let us know your job title.
Hi everyone.
I expected a vedio as well.
Hi Jeff, welcome to our courses.
constant buffering is usually fixed with browser refresh
@caa028 Same here.
No audio aside from the initial "Laptop Radio" tagline...only perpetual "buffering"...I'm on a standard Quest DSL connection, no corporate firewall, etc
Every time I refresh, I hear "blog talk radio", then nothing
No audio, from different browsers (safari and firefox on Mac).
Audio is good in Canada
No current vision application
Just getting the "laptop radio" after refresh... the player says "buffering"
Looked into Kinect. Have not bought one yet. Possible facial recognition app.
@gschmick @prabakarkg Same here. Says "Buffering". Never had a problem with any class before...
Audio is working here
No vision apps so far.
No audio, and I'm sitting at home...
Volume is good here!
no audio here
Same here. No audio.
No current Vision Application.
Yes, I am familiar with Kinect, and done a few things with it. Evaluating various technologies and seeing how we might apply them to our industry... security devices.
I refreshed, still no audio, except for the recorded intro
If you're having audio issues, please note that some companies block live audio streams. If you don't hear any audio, try refreshing your browser. The show will be archived and available on this page.
no audio.. it says "BUFFERING"..
have some interest with Arudino vision projects for game control
Does anyone have audio yet?!
still no audio here
Currently developing OpenCV code for object detection.
hello everyone
I have a Kinect/XBOX 360. I'm an embedded Software Engineer and use everything from 8-bit CPU to FPGA.
Kinect use - Yes
Programmed using open source tools on Linux and OS X
Used to demo vision ideas to high school students doing robotics
common knowledge of capabilities, never worked with
I don't have audio either (just the promo comes up once).
I just started using the Kinect and OpenCV for an indoor robotics project.
no current vision applications, just preparing for future projects/interest.
No Audio after first message
Hello from Utah
Not familiar.
Am I the only one not getting any audio?
it started. refresh and try again
hello from sunny miami.
Hello from Irvine, CA
I'm not getting audio. Has it started?
Hello from Houston
Billerica, MA here.
Hello from Germany
Hello from MN
Hello everyone!
Hi All!
Hi from CO
Hi from New Jersey
Hi from Portlandia
Hello from Upstate NY
Hi MBDent, I'm in Placentia too.
Hello All from upstate NY.
Hello from Albuquerque. Anyone else from New Mexico here?
@schap!: where in NY are you?
Hello all
Hi Jeff, can't wait to hear the presentation.
hello all from overcast Edmonton, AB.
Leaves are turning, geese are gathering to leave, wish I was going with them.
Hello, Burlington MA
Hello from New York
Hi from Boston, MA
Hello from Michigan
Hello from Minneapolis, MN
Howdy folks!! :)
Beautiful day in Casper, WY
I'm in Placentia too.
Hi All From California
Hello from Raleigh, NC
"BDTI certified" logo on the second slide... what is the actual value - is it a new standardization/certification body or just "group of engineers helping...."?
Hello everybody from Ottawa, Canada
Hello from Placentia, CA
Hey from Boston!
Hello all from Folsom CA
Good afternoon everyone.
Hi all, fron Mexico City
Hello from Chicago
HI all, from Calgary Alberta.
Hello, all.
Hello from Bucharest, RO
Oh, Jeff, you're HERE already -- sorry, didn't read and catch up before I stuck my foot in it...
Good morning!
Hey, guys! I'm ba-a-ack! I'll be very curious to see if Jeff is familiar at all with the latest CV product almost-on-the-market, coming from Leap Motion! Saw the Kinect in his slide deck -- the Leap device is about 200 times more precise... But I'll keep quiet (mostly).
hi all
@Jeff Me too.
Can't wait to get started!
Good morning, everyone
Good Morning ANN and JEFF.
Hello everyone from SUNNY San Jose, CA.
69°F Now with a High of 79°F.
@fwjava - he may not be asking about this webpage... but actually "lost"... ;)
Hi, everyone. I am wating...
Good afternoon, everyone
If you're here for the embedded vision training you are in the right place
Hello, Am I in the right place?
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Grimwood denies having any responsibility for the accident. He claims Webster was negligent and assumed the risk of injury by attempting to manually lock a self-locking device. Webster was standing about 8 feet away and moved into harm�s way while Grimwood was looking the other way, said Grimwood�s defense lawyer, Benjamin Wegener of Grand Junction.
�Mr. Webster walked in there and got himself pinched,� Wegener said during opening statements Tuesday.
Webster�s lawyer, Randal Kelly of Denver, said Grimwood was unfamiliar with how to operate the machinery, and he failed to look out for Webster�s safety.
�If you�re going to operate equipment, you need to know how it works,� Kelly said.
Webster, who was 28 at the time of the accident, suffered injuries to his head, neck, chest and left shoulder, including a spinal fracture, tear of his left vertebral artery and partial paralysis of the nerves serving the left half of his torso.
He is seeking $3 million to cover lifetime-care expenses and $1 million to cover lost wages for the remainder of his life, based on a $30,000 salary that would adjust with inflation. He is also seeking damages for pain and suffering, but Webster�s lawyer has not yet assigned an amount.
Grimwood�s defense lawyers question whether Webster suffered injuries or financial losses to the extent he claims. He reported good movement and minimal pain about two months after the accident, Wegener said. But he was in an automobile accident in October 2009, after which he began complaining of severe pain and injuries.
His medical bills went from about $50,000 before the automobile accident to more than $100,000 after the crash, Wegener said.
Webster sat in a reclined chair with a back support and a neck support pillow Tuesday in District Court.
The case is being overseen by District Judge Gregory Lyman.


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American League Division Series: Game Three
October 3, 2011 – Comerica Park – 8:37 p.m. ET (TBS, WCBS 880 AM)
YANKEES (97-65, 1-1 in ALDS)
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner LF
Pitching: CC Sabathia LHP (0-0, 4.50 in ALDS)
TIGERS (95-67, 1-1 in ALDS)
Austin Jackson CF
Ramon Santiago 2B
Delmon Young LF
Miguel Cabrera 1B
Victor Martinez DH
Magglio Ordonez RF
Jhonny Peralta SS
Alex Avila C
Brandon Inge 3B
Pitching: Justin Verlander RHP (0-0, 9.00 ERA in ALDS)
UMPIRES: Gerry Davis (CC) HP, Dan Iassogna 1B, Ted Barrett 2B, Bill Welke 3B, Tony Randazzo LF, Eric Cooper RF.
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Yankmeister: I don't think the last series of the regular season is meaningless. It certainly wasn't meaningless to the Rays. And take any sport. I've played hockey and watched a lot of professional hockey. And the team that gets into the playoffs early and rests many of its players waiting for other teams to qualify often are beaten in the early round because the team they are facing have had to scratch and claw to get in right up to the end and get carried into the playoffs on a wave of momentum nd emotion where the other team who qualified early and rested is not ready mentally. Physically rested but not mentally and emotionally ready. And by the time they get ready they're knocked out of the series. Two philosphies. Is one better than the other? If they couldn't hit Verlander why could the Tigers hit CC? He's supposed to be our ace. Certainly Tex was well rested. Certainly ARod was well rested. What have they done in this series? The Yankees couldn't hit Fister either.
Hey gang! The whole season rests on the shoulders of the one starter we've questioned all year, AJ Burnett. He had a fairly strong outing the last time he pitched. Is this the AJ we'll get tonight and the one that blows up in the 4th or the 6th inning? We won't have long to wait. Also we've got to get some hits and runs and support our starting pitching. We've only done that in one game in this series. We came into the series flat with the "rest our best players" strategy and now I think we're paying for it. The Tigers came in tired but on a roll and it shows. Hope this doesn't turn into a "told you so" party.
Another good night for Posada but the zone was tight & we struggled to scratch those 4 runs out before Soriano coughed up that homer – definately a poor poor pitch to Young especially when you know he's an aggressive hitter. But trouble is you can't go 1-5 with RISP, i don't care who's on the mound, you're playing in October you're not there because you're a muppet who doesn't know what you're doing! Still, got to hope we get the AJ which fools you into believing he's an elite pitcher rather than the Triple-A pitcher he's too often appeared as.
Haven't seen it yet (will be watching it when i get in from work) but i think this sort of proves why i don't trust Soriano, if he was using the time to audition for the closers job with the Yankees he's failing miserably. Hopefully we get the good AJ tonight, because if not, we're going home!
Come on Bob. This is not entertainment for a Yankee fan who wants the team to win. Entertainment only for the casual observer who has no emotional attachment to either team.
There was a time when you wanted Jeter at the plate in a clutch situation. Not any more. He strikes out way too much. Chance to be the hero in the 9th and blew it. AGain!Disappointing that the guys who should have come through didn't. It's down to AJ now tomorrow. Don't like our chances.
I wish we could dump ARod and his salary for the next 5 years. This will continue to be a nightmare the older ARod gets and more injury prone. All that money tied up in one broken down player. We can't even get Verlander out of the game to try to hit someone else. We're going to have to be dealing with their closer in the 9th. I still fear the outcome of this game. We've been playing catch up all game.
You're right itdibo. Why not Robertson? We have to win this game. Soriano is too much of a risk in this tight game. Bad decision. Girardi saving Robertson for the 8th but now Tigers are ahead in the 8th so all he can do is keep the score where it is and hope the Yankees can tack on another couple of runs.
The problem with CC not starting well you have to go to the bull pen early and then anything can happen like Delmon Young's home run off Soriano. Just think the Yankees are getting something going and the Tigers jump out to the lead again. Where's the Yankee's home run power gone in this series? Detroit showing more power than the yankees.
Smoltz says "we have exhausted 14 pitches here" referring to the number of pitches Verlander had to throw to get the 3rd out. "We" certainly doesn't sound objective to me. He shouldn't be covering these games. He has an obvious Tiger bias. Gardner comes through again. Too bad Jeter couldn't have got a hit and got Gardner home for the go ahead. Now it's crunch time.
The way this game is going I can't watch it. You know where it's going. You can feel it. We're losing the game in every aspect. They are just better than we are. I don't care if we won the most games in the regular season. When it comes down to it these other teams only one or two games less, so big deal. Lets face it.
I agree seeknay. Ian Kennedy won 21 games this year. Amazing. And he couldn't pitch for us and we traded him. We kept Hughes and Joba and what have they done lately? The only pitcher the system has really developed is Nova. The three Bs aren't ready yet. They showed that. Will they be ready for next year? Who knows. The Rays do a good job at developing their talent at the minor league level. Historically we haven't and usually have had to trade for players or pick up free agents. Colon and Garcia did well all season, better than expected, but at their age they're tired at the end of the season and can't really contribute to the post season. And when CC can't get it done either we're in deep do-do. Man are these commentators ever biased toward the Tigers. It's sickening.
Anyone think Girardi's strategy of resting his regulars in the last series was a good idea and losing the last three games of the season? Yankees are being outpitched, outplayed, outhit, and ouhustled. Up to this point they are not as good a team as the Tigers. They are not as hungry as the Tigers. They're lacking desperation. If they lose this game Girardi can't go with the same lineup. He's been status quo for the first three games and it isn't working except for the first game. Detroit's ace certainly doesn't seem to have been affected by the 2 1/2 days rest like CC.
And just think. We get AJ next! Maybe after CC tonight he couldn't do much worse. I'm tired of listening to the biased comments of these guys on TV doing the commentary. Who picked them anyway? Were they picked for their objectivity? Was that even checked out?
Our only hope in this series was two appearances by CC and 2 wins. Hasn't happened. Ain't goin to happen. The way this game is going we're screwed royally. Better start working on next season. I don't really want to watch this game tonight. It's going downhill in a hurry.
The first rain out has screwed up Girardi's plan for starting pitching. CC was supposed to pitch the 1st game and the 4th game on 3 days rest. Now it's all screwed up and CC is not pitching strongly tonightbecause of the change in his days between starts and his false warm up for the 1st game. The advantage has gone to the Tigers' favor. When you split the first 2 games at home then there is no real plus in having home field advantage. Tigers win two at home and it's all over.
Posada got a single. But other times at the plate he looks like a little leaguer. He lets two fast balls go across the plate and doesn't swing and then a change up and he still doesn't swing. Three strikes and he doesn't even swing his bat. That's awful. |Girardi going with the old tried and true lineup and has left out Montero who has been hitting well for them and Chavez who can hit if he's playing. I don't think Chavez could do any worse than ARod. I'm sorry. Management doesn't owe ARod anything. If he's still injured then don't play hi.
If the Yankees don't advance to the second round a lot of the blame can be placed on the middle of the Yankee lineup. Guys like Tex and ARod have done nothing at the plate yet. Being paid millions of dollars and doing nothing. I hope they get embarrassed when they pick up their pay check. I doubt it!
CC not doing well on 2 1/2 days rest. He seems to be really off tonight. Over 50 pitches already. He's not going to be in long unless he can really get this turned around.
CC can't get the call on a lot of pitches that other nights with other umps he would get. Really bad calls. No wonder there are so many walks, however, CC needs to know what is being called a strike and adjust.
I'll tell you that Smoltz and these commentators have a real Tiger bias. CC is not really on his game tonight. This could be a tough night because Verlander is not going to give up many runs. Jeter hits into DP again.
Tex swings at anything and everything out of the strike zone. He needs to be patient and wait for a good pitch. Better to walk than to strike out.
Good evening all you Yankee bloggers. This game is critical for the Yankees especially. They need to win this one. CC needs a strong performance and the bats need to wake up, particularly the middle of the lineup. If they don't get it going soon they'll be getting more rest than they need sitting at home and we'll have nothing to blog about or hope for. A big game for the Yankee team and the fans. Whether they get to the world series may well depend on the outcome of this game tonight.


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Not sure if anybody posted about this already, but I would love to see this happen.
Clippers reached out to Matt Barnes! Both sides working on deal
Happy Matt might be coming back and potential to get OJ too!
PS-What happened to the message board format!?
idk but i would rather have oj in my team but i think he might want money and the other teams can give him that.
if the price is right, sign OJ!
I have NEVER liked this guy...what is it about him people are so keen on? He was horrible in Memphis and while he started hot last year in Dallas, he was a non-factor at the December 2012 game vs. us at staples. He just seems like a name with nothing to back itu p.
oh yeah i noticed this too, I thought i press something and the avatar and message board switch.
Rather have Affalo to be honest.Mayo seems like he has a bad attitude and isn't consistent at all.Affalo is a very good fit for us.We need defense and 3 point shooting and Affalo gives us both.Mayo is the better scorer but we don't need that because we have Crawford who is instant offense.
He needs to be the primary option on offense or at least close to it, otherwise he sputters badly. I would rather have J.J. Redick over him.
Yeah I made it like that so that the the posts are on the left side which makes it especially easier to read if you are on a smaller screen (like a phone). It takes a little getting used to, but I'm sure you will in no time
As for OJ Mayo- not so sure about that guy.... My gut feeling says no. Poll up in a jiffy.
yea i hear j.j. reddick doesn't plan on returning to the Bucks. I would rather him over mayo and Afflalo over both.
I read this as should we reach out and try to sign him, and in my opinion we should try to sign everyone that we can. If we don't try we might end up with no one
Now it's being reported that Kyle Korver will join Deron Williams in Brooklyn, according to @Mike Mazzeo.
i think ur right ^ we should try to sign everyone that we can first
Well if we get OJ Mayo, that would end the Afflalo scenario.
While I think Afflalo may be a better fit for us, if we can get Mayo without giving up Bledsoe, I'm all for it. He gives us a nice 3rd scoring option and helps space the floor well.
Him, delfino, or swaggy P. We just need more shooting prowess in our roster.
Well we have a 14% chance of getting him then.
We need defense too and that's something those two can't spell.
^^^^ i find this funny but the lakers are trying to feel younger by adding some swagger
The Lakers have inquired about L.A. native Nick Young, according to agent Mark Bartelstein. They had interest in Young last summer as well
Perfect team for him.
Haha, yep. No d for swaggy and "D"elfino. I was merely working with what was available on the market that can help space the floor lol
Unfortunately, the only way we'd get a 2 way player that can shoot and play d is if we trade bled for one (Afflalo).
I don't want to see Nick Young in a Lakers uniform.
Why not, it'll look good on him.
please no Mayo. I think people are just remembering rookie year mayo, and all of his potential and all of that. This guy has gone down hill since his rookie year. He's not really that good.
OJ Mayo > Reddick. That's for sure.
IDK about Afflalo though. I really like both, more offense with Mayo, but more defense Afflalo.
Mayo is younger and will come cheaper. And defense can be tought under a good system with Doc and CP3, not so much offense thats why I'm leaning more towards Mayo over Afflalo.
AND, Mayo is a WAY better 3 point shooter.
all this talk is making me confuse. look i think chris mullen said it better "Offense Wins games but defense wins championships" in this case Affalo could be the guy.
actually, bledsoe would be the guy
i agree but thats if we keep him. i think now that cp3 will stay we will trade him.
Signs Barnes and Mayo, trade Bledsoe and DJ for say Afflalo and whatever else Orlando offers and we win a ring. RING RING RING BANANA PHONE!
I don't see us signing both Mayo and Afflalo. I'd prefer that Afflalo + Nicholson + 1st round pick deal.
LOL !!!! BANANA PHONE! what's your plan B if we don't get MAYO or trade Dj and Ebled??
"Toronto had offered DeMar DeRozan and Andrea Bargnani to the Clippers, but they declined due to Doc Rivers' desire to keep Bledsoe and DeAndre Jordan" !!!!
No, defense can improve with the right system and coaching.
Offense not really. And like I said mayo is younger and is about to hit his prime.
Defense isn't something that can't be changed/improved. Remember that, and its not Like Mayo is a bad defender to begin with.
OJ got completely called out by one of the best coaches in the league for his lack of effort last year. I don't think his attitude is one of a winner and if he can't play under Carlisle, I doubt there is a coach that can get the effort out of him.
Thats true we do have Doc and his staff t improve defense.
i agree. he is the sniper we need. solid defender as well. in case we trade ebled, he can play some point guard. by the way, welcome aboard.
Mayo is a very good offensive player and a good defender as well. I'd like to have him, but i'm not sure how well he'd fit in. As long as we have Jamal Crawford coming off the bench, our 3rd option offensively is going to have to come at either the SF or C position, otherwise there will be a clash with minutes. OJ is a combo guard at only 6'4, so he can play either SG or PG. He's just like Crawford in the sense that he has the ability to play point but you'd prefer him not to. He's also undersized to play SF just like Crawford, so I don't see how having both him and Crawford could work out.
Crawford comes off the bench, not to mention he's 34. That's how he'd fit in.
I really like Mayo because he's ridiculously efficient in catch and shoot situations. He was one of the best (or even the best) shooters in this category last year, playing with dallas awful point guards. He could easily be our starting 2, making a 4-man rotation on the wings with Afflalo, Barnes, Crawford and Bullock. Realistically speaking, the ideal clippers squad this year IMO is:
CP3 / Green / FA
Mayo / Crawford
Afflalo / Barnes
Griffin / Odom
I say realistically because I don't believe we'll be able to trade DJ for a clear upgrade. I'd rather not trade him, thus.
OJ, Afflalo, or REddick are my choices. Either one of these guys would be a good 2 for us
BR said we're gonna meet with OJ, that alone tells me our FO is trying to make moves so I'm happy.
He would fill the starting SG spot pretty well. He wouldn't be as expensive as Affalo and you can still package Bledsoe and Jordan for a quality big man or two.
I do like the sound of that.
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA 1m
Once, Doc Rivers was close to coaching O.J. Mayo in Boston. Late last night, he talked to Mayo about possibility of playing for Clippers.
Would love Mayo! If he accepts 5.5 mill MLE take him immediately. CP3+Blake need to recruit the fu** out of him.
O.J. would be awesome. Make it happen.
Can someone explain one thing to me? If we were willing to go over the luxury tax (which seems inevitable) then what in the CBA keeps us from just offering a guy like OJ $7 or $8 mil? Why do we have to use the MLE if we're gonna be tax payers anyway? (I'm not necessarily saying we should do that, just asking why we can't).
It makes things harder for big markets to form super-teams.
Sam Amick tweets-
In wake of the widely-expected Chris Paul news, I'm told Clippers' second call last night was to OJ Mayo.Doc Rivers has serious interest.
Sign & trade with Dallas involving Bledsoe possible RT @notoriouskro: @sam_amick Would signing Mayo require them to move Butler or Bledsoe?
I get that but what's the rule that actually prohibits that?
You can't offer a player more than what you have in cap. If you're not a tax paying team (we aren't yet) you get a full 5.5 million dollar mid level exception to spend on 1 or multiple players. If you DO pay taxes you get the mini mid which is about 3 million. Teams under the cap get both the available salary to spend AND full MLE. So we can't offer Mayo 7-8 million because our MAX is the 5.5 mill MLE. Although a 2 million dollar paycut may be worth it to play under Doc with BG+CP3 for years and chances at titles.
I think there's a hard cap around $73 mil that they call the apron. If you're over it, you can only use mle. That said, I don't see how the nets can sign everyone and add korver too.


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I have written before about Ellen NICHOLLS and how she was causing problems in my research. In brief, the problem was that I had a baptism record for Ellen which was in the right place, with the correct spelling of her name, but the baptism was too early compared to other records. I had found no marriage record that would give me her father's name.
I had accepted this baptism as the correct one, my justification was that her father died not long after her birth, and I have no idea where Ellen was in the 1851 or 1861 census, certainly not with her mother. I saw this as a good enough reason for Ellen not to know her exact age.
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I wanted to have her father Thomas NICHOLLS as my 4x great-grandfather. His occupation was given as excavator, and to me this sounded like he was building the local railway. I wanted to be able to say that one of my ancestors helped build part of England's railway network.
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Of course this is not the way to build a family tree. We can't pick and choose our ancestors, but in my defence I would say that the baptism was a pretty good match for my Ellen NICHOLLS.
What I discovered at the Centre for Kentish Studies today has left one branch of my tree looking decidedly unsafe. I was looking for a burial record for Thomas in the Chiddingstone parish registers, but what I found was a burial record for Ellen instead. The age was correct, she was just two years and nine months old, she was buried on the 7th February 1844.
I was gutted that I had made a fundamental mistake, I was feeling guilty and ashamed that I had been caught out. My desire to have a railway navvy in my family tree had lead me down the wrong route.
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Over the past two weeks, Twitter has utilized similar icons for the World Cup, tiny flags that appear within a tweet when a user uses the hashtag of a competing team's abbreviation. After determining that Twitter users sent over 74 million tweets about Ramadan in 2013, the company opted to create similar icons for the Islamic holiday.
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[Admin Edit] New Clippers Topbuzz members- please post in this thread to introduce yourself and get a nice welcome from existing members instead of posting a new Welcome topic. Thanks and welcome to CTB!
Umm, the reason I joined this site is due to the lack of clipper fans in my area. Everyday someone who used to be a suns fan began reping the lakers, which made me sick. So I drank alot, and then...I seen several members of this site along side David ride in motorcycles. He told me to get in the b*tchseat, and I did. That is why I'm here.
Welcome to the site hope your exited about the off season different seeing us do so much huh.
i know what you mean man. i live in la and im the only clipper fan i know personally. everyones a laker fan and they always bagg on me cause im rooting for the team thats supposedly "the joke of the nba". but i think we can do something extremely special this offseason. i expect one more huge suprise to occur and then maybe some signings of roster fillers. but anyways, you and me have the same scenario. i joined cause i wanted to interact with people that are as big of a clipper fan that i am. welcome and i hope you enjoy clippers.topbuzz!
I live around L.A too, (btw im not new lol, I did this so others would introduce themselves), yeah Laker fans tend to be ignorant here.
One time some Laker fans, came up to me and said " you don like them clips", me being puzzled as to why they surrounded me told him, umm yeah i guess. He then explain, "you don been dumb in the head for pickin them ol clips, caz this here kobe is gon beat you team by himself. I just sat there starin at him, I noticed that he and his friends had old Kobe Bryant jerseys and were drooling. pretty soon I got up and slowly walked away....true story.
Welcome again ENJ to CTB!
haha thats cool.....i was born and raised in l.a. but i moved to san bernardino county and yea...the reason i joined this is cuz same i have no one to talk to about the clipps and all. my friends and family are all lakers fans. and yea
^^Welcome to CTB melaneeo0!
yo guys dont worry im a college student now but back in my high school the clip nation had a nice following and we had WARS with the faker fans especially during that playoff run...the clips are on many of us young guys' radars...
You think that there are not so many Clipper fans out west... try Tallahassee, Florida! But that's ok, everybody loves a winner, and pretty soon, everybody's is going to be a LOT more aware of the LA Clippers. Including some expert analysts who need to dig maybe a little deeper sometimes. It's been really enjoyable talking up the LAC on CTB this past year, (I'm a LONG time bball fan, but made the Clipper conversion with the advent of Al Thornton) so El_Nino_Jesus, melaneeo0, I'm sure my fellow CTBers will always make you feel welcome, just as they've always done with me. You've come to the right place.
Welcome Melaneeo0. I like your avatar.
Welcome Melaneeo0. I like your avatar.
haha thanks i got it from someone
haha thanks i got it from someone
...me? I had that same avatar since the day Brand left us. No worries, I changed mine a few minutes ago. I was just getting confused is all. I found a better one. Thornton flying while Kobe looks on. Keep it and represent...enjoy it!
My avatar doesn't have a clipper in it, whats upppp with that!
haha. road dogg is that dude though
old school wwf>wwe
...me? I had that same avatar since the day Brand left us. No worries, I changed mine a few minutes ago. I was just getting confused is all. I found a better one. Thornton flying while Kobe looks on. Keep it and represent...enjoy it!
sorry clipper joe i was going to tell you but i forgot who i got it from. and thanks. cuz i dont know how to make the pic less then 20 kb. lol if you can can you show me?
melanie dont worry, its cool as long as the j, o, double e has approved, but hey if you don't like your user pic I can make you one you'd like just pm me.
New to the site, just saying hello to everyone. I personally cannot wait for the game against the sixers when Kaman destroys Elton Brand and we win by 25 pts.
Yo Buddy we've already met but hey welcome!
Welcome Kaman does. Better not get hurt over there.
Its better him playing basketball and improving and keeping in shape then being in michigan shooting ducks.
Seriously I think people are reading way to much into this with him getting hurt. He can injure himself playing summer league ball with scrubs. At least he can practice with better talent. Hopefully he develops a bond with Dirk and we make a run for him in 2010 offseason. Dirk would be a great replacement for Camby!
and he learns how to defend his 3-pt shot so dirk doesn't light us up this year haha
Welcome KamanOwnsYou! I'm going to be excited to watch Germany take on team USA- that will be interesting indeed.
Only two members of this site have made introductions in this forum....interesting.
Excuse the rude
Melaneeo0 welcome
ENJ: to our opponents, "GET READY TO S**K IT !!!!!!!"
Degeneration Clipp rules
For the thousands in attendance....and the millions watching at home....Were back Baby....leeeeeeeeets GET READY TO S**K IT!!!
I can assure you that the Germany squad is very poor...Behind Dirk and kaman there are only mediocre players. If the USA team plays versus Germany I bet an American win by more than 20 easy
^^Yeah sure doesn't look like they got any help in the backcourt.
Hey all, I was trying to follow the Clips frenetic offseason, stumbled upon this site, and got hooked.
I don't know anyone in my area who talks seriously about the team here except me. So I'm glad to see that there's a lot of nice, enthusiastic, and intelligent fans on this board.
Clipper Nation to me seems like this crazy underground cult that is shunned by popular opinion... and I can't wait 'til we slowly but surely take over the world.
Happy to be here. Can't wait for the season to start!
Welcome to CTB OhMEohMy- great to have you on board!
Welcome aboard man! great to have a fellow pinoy here..
Yes, welcome to our cult....i mean "group". Hopefully both of you will find this site as interesting, informative and as fun as we all do.
haha, this is the exact same way i came upon the site and like you am now hooked!
Lakers topbuzz is blocked (dont care) but clippers is an approved web site at work
Glad to have good fans like you on board!
I too stumbled onto this site.. I'm glad to be here too..
Proud to be a CLIPPER Season Ticket Citizen Since 1994
Welcome and I hope that you can constantly contribute to our discussions!
Welcome to top buzz. I hope to hear that alot with the twin davis and gordon.
Welcome man!!
Yeah it's great... I love this forum. It's good to finally have a bunch of people who I can talk to that share my happiness and sorrows about a team. I know maybe only like 1 or 2 real Clipper fans in real life.
And yeahhhhhhh we're gona take over the world!! CLIPPER NATION!!
I'm happy to join this community. I am still a member of the ESPN board.....but I think it's more of a message BORED the past few seasons there. Everyone hates everyone and I was so tired of it. Anyway, I'm happy to be visiting a great new board.
As for me, I'm 27 (will be 28 in December). I am a Clippers season ticket since 2000-2001 season. This is going to be my ninth season with the team. I love our team this year. I'm always supportive of the team.
I was, and still am, very pissed about Elton leaving. I am planning to be one of the hell givers when he arrives. I can't wait to see Corey...that's a good guy there. I'm sorry he didn't fit in MDSR's plans.
Anyway, it's nice to meet everyone. Ask me anything you'd like. Thanks.
Whats up tim glad you could come on board. Is that u in the pic.
Hey tim. It's me Carlos. I've been on here for a little while. It's cool here. It's good to keep up with the Clippers news and rumors.
Hahah, i thought i twas Tim Thomas -.-''.
Welcome to ClippersTopbuzz!
Lots of action going on here, you;ll like it a lot better =D
Welcome again Tim- great to have you aboard!
Oh yeah....I already like this better. The boards are active and I'm happy to see that.
Yes....that is me. It was last year in Iloilo, Philippines. I was actually sick at that time...I was in the hospital the day before, because I had a parasite.
Anyway, I'm a little bloated now....because I've gotten lazy and less friends to work out with. All my friends are having babies and have no time. It also doesn't help that gas prices made me change my priorities. Suddenly, a gym membership isn't so important because it's out of the way from my house
Anyway, I'm happy to be back and I hope to see you all at games every once in a while. Take care ok. See ya around.
Seems there is a surge of new people (including myself). lol We are the Clippers new draft class. I call Deandre Jordan.
Good to have you on.
Welcome, ok the welcome is over, let's call him "TrashTalkinTim"
Welcome Tim!! So I can see your filipino!! Well its good to have filipino Clippers fans next to me and Jay.r.


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A rash of vehicle break-ins throughout the Aiken area this weekend has officers urging residents to lock up their cars and put away their goods.
Break-ins were reported to the Aiken Department of Public Safety on Foxwood Drive, Casaba Drive, Cottonwood Drive, Cottonwood Circle, Partridge Drive, Price Avenue, Banks Mill Road, Columbia Avenue and Lundee Drive. All incidents were reported on Saturday morning.
In nine of the cases, the vehicle was unlocked, according to reports. In two of the incidents, a window was shattered. In another two incidents, the reports did not indicate if the vehicles were secured.
Wallets and purses were reported missing from many of the vehicles, according to reports. A baseball bag and a pair of handcuffs with the owner's name engraved on them were missing from other vehicles.
In all the incidents, the victims reported that their glove compartments or center consoles were opened and rummaged through.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office also reported six vehicle break-ins on Saturday and Sunday on Oak Street and Turnbull Street in Gloverville, Lundee Drive in Aiken, Augusta Road in Warrenville and Jefferson Davis Highway in Graniteville.
At least three vehicles were unlocked, according to sheriff's reports. Money, tools, a stereo and audio equipment were reported missing, while other vehicles weren't missing anything.
No arrests have been made in the city break-ins, said Capt. David Turno, a spokesman for Aiken Public Safety.
Several of the break-ins happened in the area of Lundee Drive, Casaba Drive, Foxwood Drive and Partridge Drive. Police believe the same person or people are responsible for those incidents.
Two break-ins happened on Price Avenue while the victims were at an event at the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center.
"Right now, we can't connect the other locations," Turno said. "We don't have anything to tie all those together at this point. It could be one group, it could be multiple groups."
Turno urged residents to take some simple precautions to avoid becoming a victim of a break-in.
"A lot of times, people do leave (cars) unlocked, and it's just an opportunity for people to go through," he said. "We always encourage people to lock their cars and don't leave items of value in plain view."
Anyone with information about these crimes is asked to call CrimeStoppers of the Midlands at 888-CRIME-SC. Callers can remain anonymous and will be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
Teddy Kulmala covers the crime beat for the Aiken Standard and has been with the newspaper since August 2012. He is a native of Williston and majored in communication studies at Clemson University.


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Preliminary results from some of the 22 exploratory wells drilled in the Mancos shale formation in the San Juan Basin show commercial potential for production, said industry executives who visited Farmington this week.
Ken McQueen of Oklahoma-based WPX Energy Inc. told the Albuquerque Journal that two wells the company drilled in 2010 in a dry natural gas section of the Mancos have produced 2 billion cubic feet of gas so far. He described the area as an �attractive target� to pursue.
�These two wells are in the top 10 best wells drilled by WPX to date,� he said. �They�re quite extraordinary for us.�
Energy development companies were hopeful about the prospects for liquid natural gas and oil in other sections of the Mancos formation.
Mancos shale is sandwiched between soft sandstone layers in the San Juan Basin that producers have been exploiting for decades. Modern drilling techniques allow resources trapped inside the rock-hard shale to be tapped. Three dimensional imaging helps pinpoint gas and oil deposits, while hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling can access the deposits.
�I�m bullish on the Mancos,� said T. Greg Merrion, president of Merrion Oil and Gas Corp. in Farmington. His company is partnering with Denver-based Bill Barrett Corp. to drill exploratory oil wells in the area.
�We�ve already seen a number of wells drilled that are economic,� Merrion said.
Eight companies have received permits to drill 45 wells. Almost half of the wells are producing or ready to produce. Among those are a dozen wells being developed by Canada�s Encana Corp. The company has invested $100 million in the Mancos play.
More exploration must be done on the geology of the Mancos and the best drilling methods for the area compared to other shale formations before more companies move aggressively into the play, said BP America Vice President Darryl Willis.
�There�s a uniqueness (to each shale formation) that we need to understand. Tens or even hundreds of wells are needed before we can develop an unconventional (shale) play,� Willis said.
State regulators also have to develop rules for horizontal drilling in New Mexico�s portion of the San Juan Basin. The federal Bureau of Land Management was working on a new environmental analysis and management plans for groundwater, air quality and surface disturbance for when production escalates.
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Iran wins, Israel loses in turmoil
Nervousness in Israel over the turmoil in Egypt stands in sharp contrast with jubilation in Iran. Whereas for Tehran pent-up popular anger is an opportunity to break regional isolation as the United States drops the ball on the nuclear issue, the biggest worry for Tel Aviv in losing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak - its only friend in the Middle East - is that the new realities may compel America to reset its regional sights. -
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Al-Qaeda banks on the chaos theory
The unrest in Tunisia that led to the toppling of the president has not as yet translated into a viable opposition capable of effecting sweeping change. Similarly, the protests in Egypt lack an effective political leadership. Al-Qaeda ideologues and strategists are thus playing a waiting game, banking on further chaos before they make a move - as they did in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan. -
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Washington expected Afghan President Hamid Karzai to be a tame US surrogate. Instead, he has turned out be a nationalist, trying to find regional solutions to Afghan problems by reaching out to Pakistan, Russia and Iran. His jilted American suitors are now branding him a tin-pot dictator and stirring up ethnic Panjshiris to oppose him politically. -
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Voice of moderation silenced in Pakistan
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NATO politics driving Afghan war
Member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization say they are in Afghanistan because operations there against the Taliban-led insurgency are vital to their security. But highly placed sources insist that the real motive behind NATO's Afghan war is a desperate bid to keep a moribund military alliance alive. -
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