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If you're looking for easy home decor crafts, than this project is for you. Learn how to cover a glass vase with yarn from Heidi Borchers - it's a great way to add a whimsical touch to a boring piece. Use a variety of fun colors to spice up your space.
For this project, use Aleene's Tacky Double Stick Sheets as your adhesive. This product goes on smooth and is completely dry, so you don't have to wait for the vase to dry before you get started. Next, select yarn from your stash (this is a great way to get rid of odds and ends you would otherwise throw away). Wrape the yarn around the vase and watch as a boring vase becomes makes an exciting statement. This craft takes so little time to make, you can create a few for friends in no time. Don't throw away a cracked or chipped vase - cover it with yarn instead!
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Last week's challenge was quite helpful in giving my family history a little bit of focus. The danger however is that I am going to get carried away with doing new exciting stuff, and ignore what I am really ought to be doing.
So this week I am going to attempt to process all the Framfield burial records that I gathered at the East Sussex Record Office last month. I have two pages of burials transcribed from the Framfield burial registers, totalling around forty entries in total.
These are from the period 1890 to 1983 and mainly cover the Hemsley family, but there are also a few Drivers, a couple of Trowers, and a handful of others including one Gasson (probably very distantly related).
The "processing" is in parts, firstly copying these entries on to my parish register transcription spreadsheet, so that I can get rid of the paper copy. The second part is taking each entry and entering it in my family tree if possible.
This second part is likely to be the time-consuming part as I know that some of these people won't be in my family tree and it will be tempting to try to add them in just so that I can "use" the information I have. I am going to try to avoid adding any new people as much as possible, that is a task for another day.
I have already decided that a future job will be to go through my transcription and make sure I can distinguish which entries have been used, then some when down the line I can work on those that haven't been used.
There is a third part, which is not quite so onerous, that is to make sure I update my to-do list by removing any of the burial records that I have found from the list and noting those that I wasn't able to find.


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This is the second of three special Christmas editions of the Postcards from Australia series of posts I ran earlier in the year.
This postcard was sent by William Joseph Henry BATEMAN and his family in Australia to his dad back home in England to wish him Season's Greetings for Christmas 1912.
Although the picture is not really what we would call a Christmas scene, I do like the little verse:
As a token sweet
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After many months of toil.
The grains of wheat have vanished, they probably fell out years ago, but I do wonder if someone might have tried to grow them at some time!
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Turn Back The Clock – 1924
The Giants have been time traveling this year. We've gone from 2012, to the 1962 team reunion, to turning back the century to 1912, to the 2002 team reunion, to our final time-stop – 1924. Although the game didn't go the Giants way, the team still looked great in the red, white & blue (& gray) of the New York Giants road uniform. This jersey, and the jersey and hat from our 1912 Turn Back The Clock game, can be purchased on the Giants web site.
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ahhh… Lincecum is in there this time! Good Job!😀
Those are soooooo stupid. It's bad enough to see NY on them but in dodger blue and with yankee pinstripes?? Too much to handle!
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I *love* the old uniforms! It honors the history of the teams and the sport. And the black and white photography is the perfect complement. Lopez, Posey, and Vogelsong all look right at home in those uniforms. I think it's the clean-shaven, short hair, old-time Americana look that does it. Side notes: Either that's an illusion of the camera angle or Javi has *freakishly* long fingers (see the picture of him pointing). And second…why are Zito's pants up under his armpits? I thought he was joking at first, but they're still like that in the team picture. That doesn't look…comfortable. Maybe he's particularly long waisted? Thanks, as always, for sharing such great pictures.


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Not trying to attack this guy, but I feel like this guy seriously lacks attention and is just using this forum to get it.
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Me... (Sorry ClipperSam) Where do I sign my name at?
lol. i just think he likes to push people's buttons and get a reaction. he constantly contradicts himself and no matter what people tell him, he tries to pass off his opinions as facts. that bothers a lot of us on here. he constantly claims to be a long time clipper fan yet constantly bashes the fo or players and coaches eventhough that coach and players have helped turn our franchise around from the depths of failure and mediocrity to becoming a feared team. as a long time fan even through the worst of times, i am happy we are no longer late night comedic fodder for late night shows. we will keep improving and hopefully that leads to a title.
the poll will show what's really real lol.
I apologize as well.
If this gets at least 15 votes, then this dude should get the picture. lol
@ this thread!!!
Sam... I am voting yes... but I do believe in your potential... if only you had the right coach!
LMAO well he must be doing something right if he is getting all this attention
I respect everyone on this board and may disagree at times. Never do I call people names such as moron or homer. There's no place for it on here if you ask me. It's time for this kid to get a CTB coach and mature. That's the bottom line.
I nominate Clipper Joe or Cleepers for Sam's head coach!
Clipper Joe has been trying to groom him, but proving to be a tougher task.
+1 on the YESSSSS
How many times per day can we vote? I'll be back.
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Across the road from the bus shelter the footpath leads across a wheat field, still green at the moment, but if the sun stays out long enough it will soon be turning golden-yellow.
The path follows a more or less straight path south towards the parish church at Poynings, but a little less than halfway it splits in two with one path continuing south and the other path heading west.
I followed the path west, this field was of grass, kept short by the sheep. A simple wooden bridge took me over a ditch, over a stile into a field of taller grass.
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Young feeling it.
Wow watching Bazemore go down was scary. I hope he's ok that looks pretty bad.
Horrible-looking injury for Bazemore. I know he's annoying but you don't want to see that happening to anyone.
I can't abide by people who speak in the third person - too obnoxious
Bazemore can go back to towel waving until he heals, it's not like the lakers are doing anything. Don't wish injury on anyone tho
He has gotten some nice bounces today though
Poor Bazemore. I don't like the guy, but I hope his injury is not serious.
Only 3 people on the Laker bench. They need to take it to them right now.
Baby just makes me sad
Lol, Wesley Johnson shot attempt
This game is quickly becoming frustrating. Turning it over constantly and playing down to competition again.
JJ is playing well, hitting his shots.
Cut down the turnovers, easy blowout...
How many times are we going to turn it over? This is getting ridiculous.
If we end up only splitting the season series with this horrible Lakers team, we'll never live it down.
CP bingo!
There we go that's better.
Blake's euro-stepping now?
This is more like it. 8-point lead with Blake needing to do a free throw. I hope this is the real start to the blowout.
It may be closer than we expected it to be, but I don't think there's any chance we lose this game. We'll eventually pull away and win easily.
He's done it plenty of times before, it's part of his arsenal.
CP3 will take that shot all day. Too easy.
Yeehaw, it's a 13-point lead! Lol Keep it up, Clips!
Stop fouling three point shooters!!!
It wouldn't be a Clipper game without us stupidly fouling on a three-pointer.
Blake shouldn't over dribble!!! Why does he do that
Ugh that felt like an unnecessary extra pass to dj
It's great to see Sir Paul McCartney rooting for the Clippers.
Jim Buss had better not ignore the Clippers. Things change. And you can't sell the present based upon the past.
Good aggressive start to the 2nd half for the clipps
Disagree - the dopes who root for that franchise will forever be suckers for Jim Buss because they just love to live in the past.
So true. It would do the Lakers good if Jim made some good moves to better the team next season. Getting rid of MDA would be a good start.
Speaking of MDA, he sure was in a rage just now after his team turned over the ball too many times resulting in easy buckets for the Clips.
Watching JJ shoot is such a beautiful thing. Swish!
I love jj mid range game
Too much redick
Dj lookin like shaq there lol
Woot, DJ with a rebound and jam!
Meh... as fun as it is to rag on Pringles, this isn't really his fault. The Lakers' current mess is entirely due to Kobrick and ownership, and they're stuck with Jimbo and Jeanie for a looooong time regardless of who the coach is.
Also, MDA's system helps inflate scrubs' stats giving them artificial trade value which can somewhat help the Lakers rebuild.
DJ's shooting looks worse than ever
Blake jumper not workin today
It seems like Hubie Brown has more good things to say about the Lakers than the Clippers. What a hater?
Another thing - who would the Lakers fire Pringles for? Phil isn't coaching anymore and he's with the Knicks. Pop, Thibs, Doc, Carlisle, and Spo are all taken. Additionally, why would the Van Gundys want to come out of retirement for that mess? They could go the assistant route I guess, but they should have done that before Steve Clifford went to the Bobcats.
Cp wetting today
CP is getting his 3 ball together nicely recently.
That was an obvious charge. Horrible no call.
Chris Paul seems to have regained his shooting accuracy, hopefully this is not a one-off but will carry over into the remaining season games and playoffs.
Damn ref missed the charge call on Meeks. Griffin was clearly planted.
Lol if that's not a charge I don't know what is.
BG with the POTTY mouth. Angry at the non call on D. Also got hacked hard on O.
lol! Refs still trying to protect that franchise to avoid embarrassment.


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Didn't want to start a whole new thread, so I figured I'd put it in here.
I don't think there is any question that Doc is a far superior coach to Vinny. I also thought that there wasn't any question that our key players have improved vastly under Doc after having their growth stalled by Vinny for a year.
When Vinny got Blake, Blake had been carrying our team (which wasn't very good) and then got blessed with CP3. He automatically gave all the responsibility to CP3 without a second though. He relied heavily on veterans, because he could not coach up the younger players.
If I asked you who would you rather have defending the rim this year K Mart or DJ it would sound like a stupid question. This was not the case two years ago. It would have been Lamar last year, but Lamar has too many things going on this year to be depended on. What was different from my viewpoint? Doc gave DJ a goal, a set place to head to with some obvious key points to focus on.
During the offseason a lot of us wanted Blake to work with Hakeem. Doc wanted him to work from the elbow and face up more. It seems to have worked pretty well.
It is still up to the player to put in the work, but Doc is definitely giving direction.
^^^ Doc is a proven coach that demands, and gets respect. That has been the single most important part of having him here. Of course, that is just my opinion. He made guys like DJ put on their big boy pants and take everything seriously. I guess wanting to trade him as soon as he got here substantiates what I'm saying. VDN didn't stall anyone's growth, he had a team in "win now" mode and we had liabilities when it came to crunch time. When teams were feasting on "hack-a-DJ" in the regular season and playoffs with wonderful success, it made it easy to sit out the liabilities.
Blake was NOT "vastly improved" by Doc (LOL), BG worked on his game relentlessly in the off-season just like he has every off-season. If anything, lets give credit to Bob Thate who has really improved BG. Without Blake hitting his shots, Doc would have to alter the offense...Or shall I say...Gentry and Lue???? Hmmm. Seems like our offense resembles more of a tribute to the Suns than say...The Celtics? Just say'n.
Funny that you say VDN was Blessed with CP3 cause by my estimation, Doc was blessed with a 54 win team that ranked in the top 10 in both offense and defense when he came here. Also, VDN didn't have young players aside from Bledsoe and a lot of players that were released or packaged away. By my estimation, Bledsoe was a hot commodity when he left here. What did Doc do? get more veterans to WIN NOW! We had a group of veterans that were in the rotation cause it was WIN NOW when VDN was here! So now you're saying Doc can coach them up? Where are they? The team seems just as old, if not older than the team VDN had.
Tell me something, would Doc have every took a chance on our team when VDN took over? Hell no! Doc isn't about developing players, he's about accumulating the most prime talent to give him the best opportunity to win. that's why he came here, the closest thing to a sure thing. Doc is giving direction and bring able to get respect from players makes it easy for him to tell his players what he wants from them and what they need to work on. But lets not get things twisted, Doc wasn't there developing anyone. BG has always had the work ethic do the things to improve him game and someone telling him to do them isn't what made BG successful.
DJ was given a goal for sure. Not a new goal, but a goal for him to concentrate on what he can be great at. That was to grab boards and anchor. Doc didn't tell him to improve his offensive game, he basically told him not to worry about offense and become our version of Perkins. Doc didn't hype him up as being a future offensive player, but a central piece on defense. In short, he asked him to do less than he wanted so he can be better at what this team needed...REBOUNDING.
Here's another thing. What would you think if we got swept in the first round? How about the second round? This team is more stacked and experienced than any team VDN had. Keep that in mind if Doc doesn't meet your expectations. People said all we needed was a real coach to lead this team. Well, we got him. Time will tell but Doc has arguably the deepest team in the league, most of his old staff, and a season removed head coach.
The west is also more stacked this year than ever
And we're a higher seed than ever before? What's your point?
Rose wasn't MVP candidate till VDN was let go. BG was never in any MVP consideration till VDN left. I'm seeing a trend of all star becoming superstars as soon as VDN left
Here's another trend:
Both were up for that award in their 3rd-4th year of playing. Like i said, great players mature right around that time.
Too bad blake couldn't mature last year on his 3rd year
Ranked 1st in 3 point defense with Rivers as coach.
27th in 2012 with VDN as coach.
26th in 2013 with VDN as coach.
Much bigger improvement in defensive schemes with Doc as the coach. Our RS record is not noticeably better mainly because our starting SG has barely played, our players were getting used to a new system and coach, CP3 was out for so long and we had no capable backup bigs at the beginning of the season(this is on Doc tbh).
Our offensive schemes are definitely more Gentry inspired than Doc inspired though. Those Celtics teams were not that great offensively aside from one season but they didn't have the offensive players we had but yea the huge improvement in 3 point defense, plays out of timeouts, the respect Doc has from his players, etc makes him a big upgrade over VDN.
What about overall defense?
He sat on the bench his first year.
So technically, this is his third year. That's why he got ROY in his second season.
Giving direction and motivation is part of developing. The player still has to work on his craft, but it tells him what to work on. If I tell you to go work on a car that is having issues without any clues to what the issues are it's going to take you a while, but if I tell you to go work on the brakes it could save time and make your efforts much more effective. VDN just used the black tape to cover up the service lights.
If VDN told DJ go get better with no direction. Dj did but it was too little in too many categories. It was not enough to cover up the lapses. Even you have said something like you didn't want to get excited with DJ's improvement because of the flashes he showed early last year.
Doc told DJ concentrate on rebounding and defense. DJ still had to do the work, and concentrate on his areas of concern.
You also have to use the season to work out the kinks, not on getting winning streaks during the season. I was in awe of the streak, but most of us know that we should have been working DJ in some of those games during the 4th. Lamar was going to be Lamar, it would have been nice to show some confidence.
Let's not confuse developing players with a rebuilding project. Doc helped develop Rondo, Perkins, and Avery in my opinion (Perkins got sent out and never seemed as useful). Yes, he relied on Garnett, Allen and Pierce; but that doesn't take away from the work with the other 3. If I was Doc and I see the rebuilding project Boston has going on, and I see the chance there is here I'd take it too. Why not? Especially if you see the potential in the young players and the core.
Doc was ok with sending KG to La for DJ before he got traded when he was going to be in Boston with DJ, so maybe it's not all smoke and mirrors when he says he wouldn't have traded KG for DJ. Maybe it is but unless you know Doc personally I doubt you know the real truth.
6th in the league defensively vs 8th last season but last season we had a lower defensive rating(not sure if I would attribute this to teams getting better offensively or teams getting worse defensively). I will still take this team handily defensively over last season though.
Our defensive rating this season is not as good as it could be because at the beginning of the season we were horrible defensively(ranked 30th). This was due to our players learning a new system and because
we had horrible backup bigs like Mullens play big minutes. Last season our defense relied too heavily on generating turnovers and we constantly gave up open 3s. Not to mention our defense completely collapsed towards the end of the season and when we couldn't force turnovers our defense got exposed badly.
This season we are elite at 3 point defense, getting steals and transition defense. We still have some weaknesses last season though like defensive rebounding, rim protection and boxing out. Last season we were actually better at rebounding and boxing out.
Giving direction and motivation is part of Coaching and managing. That's not developing in the sense of making a player better in terms of improving basketball skills. Using your metaphor, if someone told me to fix the brakes on my car when i know the drums are grinding metal to metal...What's the point? I'm the one who's going to fix it in the end. And while I'd appreciate the thought, I'm putting in the time, not the person telling me the obvious. That's how I see BG. BG was going to do it anyway. In terms of DJ, I see it as Doc telling DJ not to worry about his peers getting straight A's in school and just worry about the 3 classes he's good at. he's telling him excel in those classes you're good at while you may get straight A's, you'll be top in those classes. Doc isn't showing him how to rebound better, he's telling him to concentrate on rebounding and he'll be top of the class. Doc is showing him how he wants him to anchor the defense but as someone posted not too long ago, the stat of measurement for points in the paint is bad for him. That's the only thing Doc is showing him and the rest of the players how he wants his plan to work. But that is what coaches do. They implement their offense and defense and teach the guys but they don't develop them in terms of skillset. They develop them to fit into their schemes, plans, or philosophy.
Thanks for the info.
The biggest difference is that now when we lose a game, posters here actually hold players accountable for weak performances (as some of us always did) instead of screaming for the coach's head as a knee-jerk reaction.
We'll see how much better Doc is (or not) in the playoffs... especially if Memphis sneaks into that 6-spot. Until then, this thread is opinion and speculation.
We may have been better at boxing out (not sure how you can substantiate that), but we're slightly better rebounding team this year then last years with 42.8 rebounds per game compared to 41.6.
Vinny del negro is better to be honest
Technicaly this is Blakes 4th year. He sat on the bench his first (that doesn't count) then he was with baron/mo, then CP/mo, then CP/Bled and now CP/collison.
I meant it in playing time on the court. The ROY award marks his first season playing, so technically, this is his third year playing even though he's been in the league four years.
Yeah, but that number is bound to go up when you factor in that we were 19th in pace last year and we're 8th this year. Our defensive rebounding % is up 1%, but our offensive rebounding % is down 3.8%.
That's probably because the players' performance is no longer overshadowed by the utter ineptitude of VDN.
Well if we played to last years pace, I think we'd even be a much better over all rebounding team then last years.
That Is due to pace though isn't it? Pretty sure our DRB% is lower and our league ranking is lower in that regard.
I'll take a basically break even defense compared to last year for a few reasons. First we don't have Bledsoe and Odom who were our best defensive players last year, we've replaced them with clearly inferior defenders like Collison and Turkoglu and achieved a similar result. Second I think the shape of the defensive performance is important come playoff time. Last year's defense thrived on creating turnovers but struggled to defend threes, but I think once the playoffs come around teams become become less careless with the ball and use more and better shooters, so I think a team defense that focuses on forcing misses is more likely to hold up over the course of the playoffs.
OK, so are you saying we have a substantially worse team than last year? Because our record is very similar, despite ridding ourselves of a monumentally inept coach.
As of right now, we are last year's Denver... stellar at home, so-so on the road. Doc hasn't proven anything yet, but to be fair he won't get a chance to until the playoffs, so I'll wait and see.
Our RS record is not noticeably better mainly because our starting SG has barely played, our players were getting used to a new system and coach, CP3 was out for so long and we had no capable backup bigs at the beginning of the season(this is on Doc tbh) but yea all that really matters is how far we get in the playoffs. Even winning the 1st round is not a guarantee every team in the playoffs is tough unless you play in the East.
We've had a more injuries this year but despite that our point differential is better and there is a good chance we still finish with more wins. Obviously we're going to be measured mostly by post season success more than anything though and how we do there is yet to be seen.
I don't think coaches add too many regular season wins, even really good ones, especially if you have a guy that can manage the game from the floor like Paul, but sometimes adding a couple wins is the difference between being among the best of the best and merely very good.
Top 10 Rebounding teams:
Portland - Pace 13th
GSW - Pace 5th
Denver - Pace 3rd
OKC - Pace 9th
Pacers - Pace 19th
Houston - Pace 7th
Detroit - Pace 10th
Minny - Pace 4th
Bulls - Pace 29th
Kings - Pace 14th
Maybe, maybe not.
I don't think the injury excuse really flies, partly because our record without CP3 is very similar to our overall record with him, and partly because we now have a supposedly elite coach and system - like the Spurs, who never seem to miss a beat when somebody goes down. And for the record, our starting SG played even less last year
If Vinny was never allowed excuses by some people here, the $7,000,000 man certainly shouldn't be allowed them.
All will be revealed in the playoffs.
It doesn't matter
Different team
Different expectations
Different circumstances
Count it again.
1st year- Roy
2ns year- 2nd round exit
3rd year -1st round exit
4th- docs year!
Vinnyball works in the regular season against all but the best opponents, and we had talent, which are the sole reasons why VDN was able to put up a comparable record. Honestly, the West was also slightly worse last year than it is this year. And his record was further inflated by a rare undefeated month against an extremely weak stretch of the schedule.
This year, there's not a huge difference in the record, but system-wise and execution-wise, there's a HUGE difference. We're no longer outcoached before the ball is even tipped. And unlike Vinny, Doc knows how to win in the playoffs and has the ring to prove it.
But only just. Vinny's pretty-much "all-rookie" team took Doc's pretty-much "all-star" team to 7 games with 7 overtimes the year Doc (with Thibs) got his ring.
I'm not even trying to say that Vinny is better... I'm glad we have Doc. But the gulf in ability is not nearly as vast as Vinny-haters make it out to be.
Judging by our record against Miami and Indiana, it actually appears to work better than Docball.
Well if you are being judged based on your total grade point average then why isn't that considered development. DJ is a better player this year then last. Let's not worry about your C classes, let's get A's where we can to raise your average. Now he has a 3.5 compared to a 2.0. How does that not constitute as helping his development? I don't think DJ heard the grinding and all he knew is Vinny kept reaching over and cover up the Service light.
As far as Blake goes I think he's a once in a decade type player. I think he would improve one way or another, but to give him some direction like telling him I want you to face up more or that he will be used at the elbow can definitely help. After that Blake can go work on those things that will help him from there the most. He also can get advice and feedback on what can help him there.
I'm not talking development strictly from a skill set perspective, but as a total package.
VDN was a terrible Coach IMO. Doc is a Great Coach. Really can't compare the Two.
1. Lets talk injuries. This team has been injury riddled this season. Someone can always
say "That's just an excuse", well it's a good one. At one point Willie Green had to run PG. Enough said...
In spite of all these injuries we are still fighting for the number 2 spot in the west. That's
great coaching.
2. VDN never got the players to buy in... Cp3 wanted him fired, DJ didn't do anything but pout
in the playoffs, Crawford mentally shut down. By the end of the season you could tell
by the teams energy they were tired of VDN. They never respected him.
Part of being a coach is having your players buy in. If you can't do that then you aren't being
3. Doc brung in the right people. The coaches job is to make sure the team has
the defensive and offensive schemes to win a championship. People are saying
"Well it's alvin Gentry running the offense". Yea but who hired him. Doc is the head coach
he has to put the right people in place to be successful.
Hiring Alvin Gentry was a genius move. Our offense is 10 times better than the
"Run and Gun" offense we had under VDN. That's why no one picked the
clippers to win in the PO because historically run and gun teams who don't
have a half court offense get shut down in the PO when the game slows down.
4. Developing Players. Although Clipper Joe somehow thinks DJ and Blakes "Work ethic"
got them better (which is true) but I'm sure a coach who has been playing or coaching
in the NBA for over 25 years (As long as DJ has been alive) probably has more than
a "Few" techniques and things to teach blake and DJ.
To assume Doc's 25 years of NBA experience (13 seasons as a player) doesn't translate
into teaching Blake and DJ new ways to get better is RIDICULOUS. Just working on your
"Jump shot" doesn't make you better. Understanding Sets, Positioning, Play recognition,
etc... plays a big part. Basketball isn't just a "Physical" game. It's a game of strategy.
5. I could go on and on, but there is no point. VDN sucks as a HC and is out
the league for a reason.
^ Haha! Willie started at SG most of the last 2 years!
CP3 wanted Vinny fired? Did he tell you that?
And how were we more "run & gun" under Vinny when we were 19th in pace last year and 8th this year?
Seems to me that "IMO" is the only relevant part of your post, because actual facts are nowhere to be found.
Once again... until Doc takes this team to the WCF (the very thing that Vinny was derided for not being able to do), he has proven nothing. He's being paid five times what Vinny was making, he should be held to AT LEAST the same standard.
Wow vinny still has fans?? That is surprising. He would be excellent front office person but he doesn't seem to have the "it"
Factor for coaching
To add to this, last off-season was the first off-season since Blake has been in the league that he wasn't rehabbing or their wasn't a lockout. So you're actually very correct, but Blake actually never had time to work in the off-season all the previous years. I mentioned this many times, but people kind of ignored it, but you can't actually improve your shot if you don't have he time to work on it. He finally got the time and he's as hard working as they come.
Blake's problem his first few seasons in terms of improving as much as we'd hoped was not related to Vinny, it was related to injuries. Vinny helped set up the whole Bob Thate situation and wanted Blake to improve his shot, but remember Blake started working out late with Thate because of injury and one of the hardest things to do is change your shot while playing games. We talked about this at length last season as to why he was so inconsistent. If you've ever worked on your shot, when changing form, you get worse before you get better and you are best not playing competitive games because your goal isn't form but making shots and your body tries to revert back to what is the status quo and it builds inconsistency in your shot.
Vinny to me wasn't as terrible a coach as people said, he also had more roster issues than Doc has in terms of balance. What he did lack were the out of timeout skills, the versatility in the offense to keep it moving, a consistent defensive system, and he might have been more partial to veterans than he should have been.
...but what is also true is that Doc is more clear about the expectations of players. They said "Blake, this is how we want to use you, so this is what you need to work on". DJ, this is how we want to use you, etc, etc. Vinny seemed more lax in directing player improvement / expectations and letting them do their thing. So you had DJ coming in and wanting to be an offensive player for example.
Where I would disagree is that Doc isn't about developing players as both his Orlando and Boston jobs, when he got them didn't really say that. The whole Avery Bradley over Ray Allen, keeping Rondo instead of getting a veteran PG, doesn't seem like he has any issues with developing players. I think anyone coming into this saw that there was development still needed with guys like Blake and DJ. So I wouldn't say he has no interest in that, but sure he isn't about developing a whole team at this stage in his career in comparison to earlier.
People who say Vinny is a bad coach are just being ignorant. Of course he's not as good as Doc and wasn't the right coach for our team going forward, but he's a good coach who can make 80% of current NBA teams better.
Vinny was the right choice when we signed him. Stop comparing him to Doc.
I wouldn't say better. I think he's an average coach, so he can maintain the status quo on most teams who are just playing to their capability, but he won't elevate a team beyond that. That's what his problem was, he can't make a team overachieve and he's generally not going to win a series that becomes about the battle of coaching and adjustments because the talent is pretty even.
Vinny wasn't a good coach and he wasn't a bad one. If you want to win a championship, you ain't gonna get it with Vinny. If you want to make the playoffs and that is it then keep him. Obviously you see where the clippers were and where they wanted to go.
It's not about Vinny still having some fans. It's about the people who didn't like VDN and thought he was the problem. Cleepers and myself tried explaining that since the beginning. I'm indifferent towards VDN but I never thought he was the problem you guys were making him out to be. All indicators prove that Doc is just marginally better than VDN was at this point in the season.
That's where we disagree. Doc is light years ahead of Vinny in my opinion. I don't think it's close. I also don't think it's that hard to see. I think there is much more consistency too.
Vinny's team had a decent defensive rating that was predicated on some defensive juggernauts on the bench taking advantage of playing against opponents bench players.
Vinny's team had no defensive scheme to fall back to.
Vinny's team had a 17 game win streak in November that cushioned the fall after the All-star break.
From Kmart to Blake their never seemed to be good sense of confidence in Vinny and the system or lack thereof.
Limiting minutes of players that have proven a year later to be worthy of more minutes is not a good sign.
Vinny's offense was very predictable which came to be an issue during the playoffs.
Vinny relied too much on veteran players rather then a system or motion offense to be able to help off nights.
In all honesty I think last years team reached it's heights in spite of Vinny. I think if we had a coach like Doc all last year we would have made the Western Conference Finals at a minimum.
Added a poll- do you guys think Doc Rivers is a better coach than Vinny Del Negro? If so, is he much better or just a slight upgrade, or do you think it remains to be seen?
I think if we had Vinny this year, we'd be a lock for a championship.
Not really true... but do you see where I'm going? Vinny got absolutely no credit from most posters here for our best-ever winning %, sweeping the despised lakers "superteam", winning our first ever game-7 on the road, etc, etc, etc.
People are quick to cite injuries and roster-balance issues in defense of Doc, but Vinny was afforded no such courtesy.
Again, I'm happy we have Doc and I think he's a very good coach, but that doesn't mean that Vinny was the reason we didn't go further in the postseason than we did the last 2 years.
I'm also happy with my wife, but that doesn't mean I have to badmouth every girl I ever dated. I'm in the "thanks for the memories" camp.
this pretty much sums it all up.
he was a good coach but you can't tell me he wasn't out coached by Lionel Hollins last year. he adjusted after the first two games and the rest is history


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Monday lineup vs. PHI
Phillips 4
Cabrera 6
Votto 3
Rolen 5
Gomes 7
Bruce 9
Stubbs 8
Hernandez 2
Cueto 1
*Dusty Baker said the club has not decided on a starter for Thursday against the Cubs. "Soon," Baker said.
I think it will be Travis Wood, who has a 2.82 ERA over his last 10 starts and a 0.63 ERA over his last four starts. He last pitched on Friday and worked eight scoreless innings.
*Homer Bailey (right should inflammation) threw for the first time today since he was shut down over two weeks ago. Bailey threw on flat ground and made 30 throws from 60 feet. He will increase the intensity and distance each day.
"When you don't throw for two weeks and all of a sudden throw, it's kind of like sitting on the couch for a long time and then walking," Bailey said Monday. "The first few steps you're like 'oh man.' After that, it's all right, I'm good. It was pain free. Everything was nice and loose. Granted, it's only day one but definitely they're good signs."
*Outfielder Chris Dickerson (right hand/wrist surgeries) is eligible to come off the 60-day disabled list on Tuesday but that's not even close to happening. Dickerson, whose rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville got scrubbed last week when he was sore following batting practice, got a cortisone shot in his wrist Sunday.
"It's sore today and hopefully some of that point from the shot will go away and I can start swinging again tomorrow," Dickerson said. "It's not exactly following the plan of being out four-to-six weeks. I've talked with specialists from all disciplines and when you get into the wrist, it's very delicate. And it can be very touchy sometimes."
*Baker will have a deeper bullpen with Bill Bray joining fellow lefties Arthur Rhodes and Daniel Ray Herrera. The Phillies starting lineup tonight features four lefty hitters and two switch hitters. A fifth lefty is on the bench.
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*Through three games of his rehab assignment at Louisville, Ryan Hanigan is 1-for-11 (.091). Hanigan is scheduled to DH for the third time tonight in the game at Norfolk.
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Catching up to this one. Came here after the Brush DC motor lectures.
Have used solar in several remote applications
hello all from Edmonton, Alberta
let us see the next topic for energy harvesting...
much appreciated, excellent sir paul...
the lesson reminds me when i was in university for all engineering subjects...its great!
now i am in slide 12...
here i am now to begin the class...
i am now downloading the educational materials for reference while sir paul discussing the subject matter...
good evening sir Paul...
here i am again for another continuing education...
thanks again...
First lecture and a great one to get the brain in gear. Thanks for the review!
Thank you Paul!
Apple hitting head - that's momentum, not force... depends on the velocity and mass (velocity - on time/distance of fall, if we ignore the air resistance)
Slide 8 - aren't we suppose to convert from Kg to Newtons?
Very familiar with SI
Great to have access to the recorded sessions!
Missed the live version
Taking the class offline
Learned the SI units and use them all the time.
Hello from Sunny Mazatlan Mexico. Just catching up with the courses.
Thank you Paul.
Solar and mechanical force
Interested in solar and piezo harvesting energy
Hello from Oregon
Just catching up
See y'all tomorrow (today, now)
Nice talk, thanks Paul.
I am considering energy harvesting for small microcontroller projects which require very low energy. Smart sensors in general really.
The limitation of Solar Impulse is the human factor - pilot fatugue! Else it will keep on going!!
Got to see Solar Impuse few days ago - it is in San Francisco bay area getting ready for US cross country tour.
This is interesting & useful topic.
Catching up after day's work!
Good session, thanks
:) bye for now :)
good day to all :)
thank you for a good info
Good talk Paul !
Paul, Yep spot on but I take your point about this class focusing more on naturally occurring energy. It's interesting stuff! A lot of what you are covering are points we are looking at to see if we can interject our type of tech into these markets or applications. Thanks for a good intro, see you in class tomorrow!
So long for now, see everyone tomorrow...
I did not know the pilot valve was powered.
I alway thought it was mechanical only.
On the light in Boston I wanted to say that in waterheaters that have a standing pilot they use a thermalcoouple to actualy power the relay so if the pilot went out the valve would close. I would think they could use one that was modified to be perhaps parabolic in shape and coated to reflect visible light but absorb IR for heat to power the thermalcouple.
Ahhh - I see your point. Yes perhaps Beta Voltaics
is just like a solar cell in its energy relationships.
I'm enjoying this topic
Paul, we like to compare the Betavolatic idea to the likes of Photovoltaics but we are using an isotope rather than the sun. :) this way it is a little easier to explain.
Mark, yeah that is the key, trying to find a good application of devices that can ultilize such low power over a decent amount of time 25+ years
There are products that harvest ISM Band RF energy. Energy
from your WiFi access point can be harvested.... There are products
on the market today that do it. Power is real low, but it works.
Thanks on the Betavoltaics definition. I'd never heard this term before, although I know that the isotope generation is used on various space craft, althogh I'm not familiar with the details or whether such systems are commercially available.
I had heard that harvesting energy from a commercial wireless source (broadcast or Pwr co) without consent is stealing. Even from a cellphone. Even though wireless is all around us, I have not seen any legal position regarding harvesting indiscriminately.
Betavoltaics.. this too is cool, but a bit esoteric
for our class. Technically, betavoltaics might be
classed a battery, not the collection of energy which
happens to be hanging around.
ok, thank-you.
@MarkSHarris - Betavoltaics are energy sources whereby the energy is obtained from an isotope that is used in conjuction with a semiconductor. This way the energy is subject to the isotope (half)life as opposed to standard batteries etc...
The SI document is great - I don't have the link here
but I will try to find it for you.
@desnotes Many years ago I heard of a farmer getting arrested for power theft. He had a big loop in a barn under a transmission line. He used it to light the barn.
Desnotes: Good question. I have heard of schemes that use air core inductive coils to steal electricity, but one has to be under a high voltage power line. And the electric utility did consider it stealing. Howwever, if a UAV flew near a power line long enough to charge its battery, I doubt anyone would care.
Getting back to the gas lamps. The light of the
lamps are quite bright and the cell is right there under
it. Thus I would assume that energy is converted even
at night... also, at night, one would know if the lamp
is on or not for safety reasons.
Paul, can you please indicate (a link ?) again how to get the document with the extensive SI conversion appendix ?
'Harvesting' electric power from power lines can
be a dangerous proposition depending upon how
close you get. I think it would be considered stealing....
I suppose that depends on your point of view.
I have always wondered how well microwave energy transmission
works - how dangerous it is in the field, and what losses are encountered.
Clearly, such systems are a bit beyond our scope this week, but I am
interested to know how they work. Any thoughts?
Is electromagnetic radiation harvested from power lines considered stealing?
There was a Darpa experiment that demonstrated power transmission via microwaves between two of the Hawaiin Islands.Precursor study for orbital solar power farms...
Thermal energy is interesting as a flow of heat like heat is
a fluid. 'Heat' flows from here-to-there, and in so doing
causes PN junctions to generate energy!! That is what a TEG
is and they work quite well.
For thermal energy harvesting, the heat sink effective thermal resistance should match the TEG for maximum power output
yes, good point
Thermal energy can be supplied by various isotopes (PU 238) Much longer lived than batteries
what energy is legal to harvest and what energy is illegal?
Slide 20 numbers.... no hard answer here.
Size of circuitry and energy conversion apparatus
vs amount of energy harvested. There is such a
wide variety really.
Thank you
How about inductive energy harvesting from hi tension lines? Say for a small UAV?
@Paul Do you know if those gas lamps get significant energy from the gas light compared to the solar energy? Can the system get by with smaller battery and solar cell?
Thermal energy extraction, there are lots of methods.
I think the Wednesday class will talk about TEG's these
are really interesting for thermal energy conversion - and
they are GREAT.
What is betavoltonics, that someone mentioned?
Can anyone explain how the energy density is derived for the applications on slide 20?
Loved the gas lamp gas saver example. Thanks for the refresher.
I'm interested in thermal energy extraction.. need 3-5W continuous. Based on your one summary page, equates to 500 cm^2... Hmm, I might actually have 500 cm2, but cost effective? I'm sure this is highly dependent on deltaT. Great intro preso today.
Bio sensors are powered thermally, there is a company
making a small cell that does just that and fits on your
wrist. I'll try to mention it in the next days.
thank you
This is a very interesting application for us as a medical device design/manufacturer. With devices getting smaller and heading toward personal monitoring, we have to keep in mind various ways that they can be powered by the person wearing them. Thanks for an interesting first day!
Excellent, I'll be back tomorrow.
Tidal energy is interesting. We won't get into it,
but the El-Sharkawi book in the day-5 bibliography
chapter 6 is a GREAT source of info on all this!!!
Fun refresher course!
A temperature difference can produce energy. Are any bio-sensors powered this way?
Thanks paul, looking forward to the rest of the week.
good application there with the gas lamp ... good intro / overview, look forward to next set of classes ... take care Paul and Anne ...
Will there be any coverage about Betavoltaics during the week?
Thanks Paul, for the great intro/summary on the importance of energy related calculations
You will be talk about AC control motor?
Thank you,
Thanks Paul and Ann. Audio was very clear for me today.
furnaces sense similar condition as a requirement (gas / no spark )
Thanks, Paul.
bye for now
What about microbial energy ?
Thanks Paul, much appreciated. Can you discuss energy harvesting vs energy conversion?
Thanks Paul" Looking forward to tomorrow
Thank you Paul for the intital review. i look forward to the next session.
Except with the audio issues..... Nice conferent
Thanks ill be here tomorrow
Thanks, see you tomorrow
Thank you Paul, great presentation.
thanks Paul
Thank you, Paul and Ann.
Great stuff, Paul! Really looking forward to the rest of the week, too.
Thank you Paul for the presentation
Thanks Paul
do photons try to return to their source?
Great Presentation, be here tomorrow.
Good lecture!
See you tomorrow.
maybe, you should contact the TI mcu team. They might be interested in an evaluation.
How about tidal energy? Any applications?
I had a friend that had problems with her watch stopping every weekend. They found that she didn't move enough on the weekend to keep it wound.
great summary, looking forward to looking at the different sources of energy harvesting!
lost sound
I am interested in harvesting heat energy from steam piping to power sensors and DAQ (strain gages, thermocouples)
unfortunately, your presentation is so fragmented as to deny the ability to follow it. Looked interesting! Thanks anway.
Anybody have a ultra low power device they are looking for an energy source to power it?? We deal with nano watts of power and are looking for applications to link with
Plane is too slow for my taste.
Vibrations from motors and gears on our machines
Yes, want to use energy harvesting to power an induction heater
@wonohkim I still have sound
Not looking at energy harvesting yet.
Not yet.
how about wind energy
is it only me?
Today's next audience question isHave you been thinking about clever energy sources for your application?
no audio
think of all that energy in the Boston Marathon today??
depends how high your blood pressure
someone then might want to see "CALORIES"?? (4.1840 joules??)
Lost sound.
Sorry Ann...no better answer for heart energy question
not sure
If I remember correctly a car battery or a stick of dynamite contain about 1 MJ; approximately the same as pulling the car for 150 m in slide 9.
Don't have a particular application in mind. Learning the technology to see if it can be applied in our sensor systems.
~1 mW
Apparently a new update for Adobe Flash was pushed out recently. Fixed the issue with Firefox.
Today's next audience question isDoes anyone listening have better calculations for the energy and power produced by the heart?
7.5 kW
m W
less than 10 miilliwatt
Low tens of milliwatts
do not have design or project in mind yet....unsure of energy needs
Micro W
Energy levels on the order of mobile devices or automotive devices.
Today's next audience question isWhat energy or power levels does your energy harvesting application require?
Yes SI was reqd in college & is the standard in all analytical chemistry work.
Yes, during the first semester (electrical engineering) in field theory + a sensors&measure lecture.
I get one second of audio then nothing. Logged out, etc.
Have not read SI unit system
slide 5
yes, of course (about SI)
slide #5
Today's next audience question isHas anyone listening actually read or reviewed the SI unit system?
Hello, Sound finally started.
I'm using crome...no issues with audio....some issues with posting
no sound?
SLIDE # anyone?
log out and relog in
FYI -Firefox with the updated Adobe Flash is giving me issues. Had to switch to Chrome to get the audio.
Good Morning all from CA
"try reloading the page...in IE" - sound, finally
Hello from Romeo
posts not all working....interested in solar....no plans yet
Piezo based
using a tomato or grapefruit as a power source to monitor air and water conditions and transmit data to host
Interested in energy from noise (traffic, factory, etc.) How to turn mVolt levels to 3 Volts or more.
hi oll
None so far
Wireless charghing (WLC)
A quite interesting topic.
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pedometer energy generator?
nothing to hear, here, either
@mykl317 try reloading page
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Hello from Seattle! I still don't have audio.
conservation of matter and energy rules!
@Flux-capacitot did you log in and hit arrow on gray bar?
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Hello from Milwaukee!
dont hear anything
Checking in from Battle Ground, WA
audio up
My favorite site for converting various units is http://www.onlineconversion.com/
Hi all - Audio is live!
Any audio yet?
Hello from British Columbia!
Thanks. That conversion is not on my HP-48
Greetings from sunny CA
BTU = .29305 watt-hours
1 kilowatt hour = 3 412.141 479 9 Btu
Hell0 from Mexico
Hello from Chicago
Can anyone convert BTU's to KWhrs?
Hello from Montreal, all set to go
good afternoon from SW Michigan
not since I talked with Avogadro....
Spring has been since the 21st of March with 12 hours of sunrise and sunset
You are right everyone, its Yocto, has anyone
actually ever used this dimension in a real application?
I have not.....!!
almost 70 in sunny Buffalo... this won't last ... but it looks nice out there.
Spring has been since the 21st of March with 12 hrs of sunrise and sunset
Good Day All
Bright and sunny in Valdez at 31 deg. Morning to all
Yotta=10^24, Yocto=10^(-24)
Hello from Philadelphia, no audio yet...
14 hrs 54 mins daylight
Hi from Massachusetts....spring may be on the way.
Hello from Albuquerque.
Hello from SLC, 20 minutes to go
Slide 6, isn't 10-24 supposed to be yocto. Looks like a typo.
Hello from California, only 30min left ...
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Aloha from Montana
Hello :)
Hello from Brazil.
Hello from cloudy Atlanta.
Never mind, now posts are going in, confounded internet.
howdy all
It looks like the chats are gated, or broken. I can't post to Day 3..5
Better late than never ....
Coffee hansn't kicked in - make that Portlandia! :)
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Hello from Goshen, IN.
Greetings from Raleigh, NC
@gordonmx: The slide deck has not changed since it was originally posted.
Hello from So. Cal. Lets get our energy on!
I download the slides last week. Have they changed?
Ready !
Good morning from Mobile, AL
to all :)
Slide # 9 - The analysis seems flawed.
Blood moves over the entire body with the same pump stroke, not just one section of vessel. At a bare minimum the acceleration of the entire mass needs to be accounted for. Also - vein walls are distended storing energy.
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Spring is about to happen. Maybe today for Aurora Ontario.
Looks like slides are fixed.
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Good morning from Portland Oregon.
Good morning y'all! Still waiting for Spring to show up here in the Midwest...
Slide not ready yet...
Your right It's a little early.The slides aren't up yet.
Never complain when I wake up see daylight.
And I can't download slide deck either..
0 Dark 30 here in Valdez, but we're gaining about five minutes of light per day.
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Please bring back Pierre! He's a great fielder and base runner. He's one of the few players that make things happen once he's on base.
Pierre has limitations as a late inning replacement because of his defensive shortcomings. He could pinch hit or pinch run, but they would then need to use another player as a defensive replacement.
I love little Juan, but he's a defensive liability. Teams ran on him too much. He had a nice year and had productive at-bats (sorely lacking in their lineup) but unless they expand the rosters, he's not worth keeping.
Pierre won games for us with base running. What a valuable tool for late in a tie game. I like the guy.
Don't mind losing Schneider. We have Kratz. However, Pierre was amazing for us.
Pierre hits around .300 R & L. Why he was platooned & didn't bat leadoff is beyond me. Lousy manager, GM & scouting.
I too liked Pierre. I liked his base running and he seemed like a good clubhouse guy. Nice to the hot season starting.
Pierre had a great year, but he had it as a starter for most of the year. Look what he did after the deadline when he was a bench player mainly. We can't have on the bench a no power, no arm, guy for OF. Not about liking, about best fit for team.
The Giants win two WS in three years. Why weren't the Phillies able to do this? Oh, that's right, the Phillies have Ruin and Charlie.
I would love to see Juan Pierre back. He is the perfect lead-off hitter. Oh! wait we have Rollins the perfect selfish, who cares about the team, my stats count player. And you know Manuel will not move him down in the line up. Do you think Bochy would put up with that nonsense? Amaro–Detroit is in need of a closer, maybe you can unload that ridiculous contract you gave to Papelbon. There is no other team in baseball that would take that contract. Why are you still the GM–your record is a downward spiral. You were given a championship team and 4 yrs. later we are barely a break even team. Oh! what is the Phillies payroll? It is absolutely embarrassing. Please do the right move for the team and move Manuel to another position in the organization. He admitted he slept thru last year–he says he is going to take a more active role in 2013. Not sure that is a good thing!
Juan should be back if for no other reason to mentor Galvis how to bunt for a hit and slap to left. Can't move Rollins to 2nd in the order. He can't take pitches, move the runner, or keep from popping up.