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Flat Iron Caregivers LLC, doing business as Caring Senior Service of Boulder, opened at 1369 Forest Park Circle, Suite 205, in Lafayette. Pat Abernathey is agency director of the company, which is the 50th franchise for 21-year-old San Antonio-based Caring Senior Service Inc. and the second in Colorado; an office in Fort Collins has been open for about a year. The company provides services for homebound seniors including cooking, cleaning, transportation, bathing, dressing and other daily-living needs. The Lafayette office will serve all of Boulder and Broomfield counties as well as parts of Adams and Jefferson counties.
Sport and outdoor fabric company Cocona Inc. said it raised $15 million in new funds, with the H.I.G. Growth Partners global private-equity firm taking a 34 percent stake in the company. Boulder-based Cocona will market its patented drying fabric technology, and build its brand with the new funds. Cocona plans to hire five new people this year to support growth. Craig Burson, H.I.G. Growth Partners' managing director, will join Cocona's board of directors. Cocona fabric technology also is used in shoes and sleeping bags.
Michael Gilliland, a founder of Sunflower Farmers Market, was sentenced Jan. 8 in Phoenix to 30 days in jail and one year of probation after pleading guilty to one count of attempted pandering. Gilliland was to serve two separate 15-day jail terms at a Maricopa County Jail location in the Phoenix area. The sentence comes after Gilliland's 2011 arrest after soliciting sex from a woman whom he believed to be 17 years old. Gilliland resigned from his post as chief executive and chairman of Sunflower Farmers Market after the arrest. He started the natural grocery store chain in 2002. Sunflower was bought by Phoenix-based Sprouts Farmers Market in March.
Virtual office services company Office Evolution recently sold its first franchise to entrepreneur Matt Edgar, owner of EdgarHart LLC in Denver. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Edgar plans to open the first franchise location this summer in the Cherry Creek neighborhood of Denver. An address has not been announced. Boulder-based Boulder Office Partners LLC, doing business as Office Evolution, has eight company-owned locations in the Denver metro area.
Barbee James of Boulder has launched Jezi Jeans LLC to produce a line of matching jean jackets for pet owners and their dogs. James also is owner of Details Design Studio in Boulder, which focuses on "green" interior design. Jezi Jeans' products will be designed in Boulder, made from cotton grown in Texas and sewn in Los Angeles. James plans to donate 10 percent of profits to causes supporting American veterans. The matching denim dog coats feature a standup collar, Velcro closures and a pocket that displays a paw print, the company brand. The company is named after James' mini-labradoodle, Jezibella. The brand paw print is a replica of a muddy paw print Jezibella planted on James' back pocket during a walk. The jackets also feature custom-designed buttons and rivets shaped like dog-bone treats.
During the Invest in Lafayette Holiday Contest, held Nov. 18 through Dec. 31, shoppers visited 159 Lafayette businesses, accrued $57,000 in sales receipts, and submitted 334 entries for a drawing. Contest participants saved four receipts, each totaling $10 or more, from four different Lafayette businesses, and submitted them for a chance to win one of seven gift baskets filled with Lafayette products. Each basket was valued from $300 to $500. Winners of the drawing were Michael Gallagher, Lee Sacry, John Bowlick, Angela Chartier, Robert Higgins, Becky O'Brien and Jenny Conlon.
The city of Boulder's Planning and Development Services Center will be testing extended business hours and advance appointment scheduling this year. The services center, which had been closed for lunch from noon to 1 p.m. daily, will be open during the lunch hour beginning Monday, Jan. 7. The services center will be continuously open and available to customers from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays. Anyone who enters the services center before 4 p.m. will be served. In addition to the new hours, customers who are working through land-use review and technical document processes will be able to schedule an appointment with a project specialist ahead of time by contacting Karlin Goggin at 303-441-4053 or email@example.com.
NeoMedia Technologies Inc. has granted Progressive Insurance a license to NeoMedia's patents related to mobile barcode resolution. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Boulder-based NeoMedia (OTC BB: NEOM) is a pioneer in 2-D mobile barcode technology that can transform mobile devices with cameras into barcode scanners. Progressive will use NeoMedia's intellectual property in its mobile offerings for personal and commercial autos and trucks, motorcycles, boats, recreational vehicles and homes. Progressive, the fourth-largest auto insurance company in the United States, is held by The Progressive Corp. (NYSE: PGR), based in Mayfield Village, Ohio.
Boulder-based Innovo LLC, a provider of mobile-applications software for the hard goods wholesale distribution industry, partnered with San Diego-based Trade Service Co., a provider of standardized product and price information to the electrical, plumbing/PVF, HVACR, and industrial MRO markets. Under the partnership, Innovo will deliver Trade Service-enhanced content through Innovo mobile apps.
Broomfield-based Noodles & Co., a chain of fast-casual restaurants, hired Boulder-based TDA_Boulder as its advertising agency of record, including media. Noodles' most recent agency had been Carmichael Lynch, Minneapolis. First work, breaking in January, will introduce a Noodles & Co. brand repositioning as "Your World Kitchen," which will be backed by a $1 million first-quarter budget to include out-of-home, radio, digital, print and in-store advertising and social media marketing.
Arcady Capital Co., a Wichita, Kansas-based private equity firm, acquired Mountain Molding LLC for an undisclosed amount. Mountain Molding, located on the Interstate 25 frontage road east of Longmont, is a custom plastic injection molding, tool-making and contract manufacturer serving industries including medical-device manufacturers, security and pet products. Arcady Capital Investments I LP, in partnership with management, provided the equity capital. Enterprise Bank & Trust provided the senior debt financing and Fortitude Capital LLC led the subordinated debt financing.
Boulder-based Without Limits Productions bought the long-running Boulder Stroke & Stride race series for an undisclosed sum. The 11-year-old summertime swim-run series has had nationally known athletes such as former Ironman world champion Tim DeBoom and Pearl Izumi-sponsored athlete Cameron Dye, both of Boulder, as participants. The race series is scheduled for 10 weeks starting in June, and features a 1.5-mile swim event and a 5-kilometer run. The company plans to increase participation by spending money to improve various small race details.
Carlile Bancshares Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, closed on the purchase of Colorado Community Bank on Dec. 28. Carlile paid $65 million to buy Yuma-based Colorado Community Bank's parent company, Washington Investment Corp. The purchase price was a two-part transaction totaling $65 million, $35 million cash and $30 million in notes. Colorado Community Bank has 17 locations in the state, including one at 351 Coffman St. in Longmont. CCB has $485 million in assets. The bank entered Longmont in March 2010 when it acquired Liberty Savings branches there and in Northglenn. Carlile's combined assets will be $1.8 billion, with 36 branch locations including 21 in Colorado and 15 in Texas.
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I have recently been looking for family history events to attend in the UK, and I came across the GENEVA website. I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else before so I thought I would share it with you.
GENEVA describes itself as "an online calendar of GENenalogical EVents and Activites" and is run jointly on behalf of GENUKI and the Federation of Family History Societies. Most of the events seem to be located in England, although any events relating to UK and Ireland family history can be included.
It is not a comprehensive list, as it relies on the event organiser submitting the details of their event. Some of the events are society conferences, like the Sussex Family History Group conference on March 20th next year, so make sure you check details and membership requirements before attending. The calendar provides links to the event website where available.
Some are national events, like Who Do You Think You Are? Live next February and The Family History Event in May 2011, some are commercial family history fairs, whilst some are lectures or educational events.
There is a real mixture of events here, and certainly enough to keep me busy in between visits to the archives and visiting ancestral homes and churches (especially now winter is coming). If you are looking for family history events in the UK, then this calendar is a great resource.
I think my next event will be the West Surrey FHS Family History Fair and Open Day on the 31st October at Woking, Surrey. As well as lots of family and local history societies attending, I notice there will also be several postcard dealers as well, could be an expensive day out!


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Susan Miller�s excitement about picking up an old friend turned into a bit of stress when she struggled to find a parking spot at the Durango-La Plata County Airport nine days prior to Thanksgiving.
�That surprised me � I had to drive around the lot, but I finally found one,� said Miller, who lives in Farmington.
For the Thanksgiving weekend, only the early birds are likely to find parking at the Durango-La Plata County Airport. Travelers are urged to arrive two hours before their flight.
On regular weekends, the main parking lot has been filling up by Thursday, the credit card or long-term parking lot is full by Friday, and the overflow parking lot is at capacity by Saturday. So the rush is expected to be exponentially worse during the holiday weekend.
Ron Dent, airport director, advises travelers to get a ride to the airport rather than drive themselves and to always think a few steps ahead, such as printing boarding passes and paying luggage fees online before arriving at the airport.
Security lines at the airport have been extending outside the door.
In the mad dash to board the plane, airline passengers have been known to leave their cars in the loading and unloading zone with their keys still in the ignition.
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The airport can accommodate 1,000 parked vehicles, but the problem is, the airport has been growing by about a 1,000 passengers a month.
Boardings are expected to be up 5 percent for the year, totaling about 185,000. Departing airplanes are averaging loads of 75 percent capacity.
�Our boardings are booming, up 10 percent in the last two months,� Dent said.
�We boarded 17,412 passengers in October, that�s equivalent to our summer months two years ago,� he said. �This used to be a shoulder season. We�re not seeing that any more.�
The airport expects to take in about $1 million in parking revenue this year, which is a lot considering it costs $6 to park a day. Parking should cover about a third of the airport�s total operating costs.
Parking, however, is not a simple business.
One reason why the airport contracts with a management company, Republic, is that people are so savvy at cheating the system and getting out of paying the parking fees.
Because the airport has a lot of land, it is likely to build a seasonal overflow lot in the near future, which would be in addition to the planned $6 million expansion of the terminal, Dent said.
A short-term solution might be to provide public transportation to the airport, but Dent estimates that only about 40 percent of the passengers come from Durango. Most passengers come from around the region, such as Farmington, Pagosa Springs, Bayfield, Silverton and even Telluride.
And, it also would be difficult to coordinate public transportation times with airplane departures since airplanes can be subject to last-minutes delays and travel changes.
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For ease of travel, Dent also suggests catching a ride with a private airport shuttle, which range from $15 to $30 or more for a one-way ride, according to an informal survey of local services.
John Nadolny of Animas Transportation is gearing up for a crazy holiday rush, anticipating a big demand from college students.
�They all think they can wait until the day of,� he said. �I get some panicked calls � �My ride didn�t show up. My flight leaves in a half an hour. When can you get here?��
Some start celebrating the holiday early and are in no shape to drive themselves.
�A young lady I picked up said, �Geez, I thought I would be sober by now,�� he said.
A perk to using a private shuttle is that travelers won�t have to worry about digging their car out of the snow when they return to Durango from a winter trip. They can have a warmed-up shuttle to pick them up if they have made a reservation.
�It becomes a convenient thing more than anything,� Nadolny said.
People also will go to extremes to save a buck. In bicycle crazy Durango, it�s not unheard of for travelers to pedal the 14 miles out to the airport.
The airport will store the bicycle in a warm spot if the traveler makes arrangements ahead of time, Dent said.
Of course, people are much less likely to cycle to the airport in the winter, but another option is to catch a ride to the airport and then leave a bicycle there for the return trip home.
From the airport to Durango, �it�s all downhill,� Dent said.


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Aug 5 2011, 04:59 PM
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Hardcore BUSTie
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Christine, first ... my god ... such short mat-leave
Do a google search for an article about breastfeeding in The Atlantic a few years ago. The author takes a very close look at research that was published in the 1970s and has since been disproved but remains the focus of many breast feeding advocates. The author, in the end, breast feeds anyway, this is by no means an anti-breastfeeding piece, but it did alleviate some of the sadness I felt about babyFookie and his breast-milk free life. If I could have breast fed, I would have. No question. However, the pressure on women to breastfeed has, I agree with Zelda, gotten a bit nutty. Happy mom = happy baby. The End.
BabyF is happy, healthy, smart as hell, and is coming up to 18 months with only one ear infection (and I suspect that has more to do with the amount of time he spends with his head under water at pools and lakes etc. than a lack of breast milk).
Don't worry about this. Do what works for your family.
Aug 5 2011, 09:50 AM
Post #42
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Posts: 325
Thanks Zelda, you're absolutely right, I could definitely benefit from some breastfeeding classes/ consultations. I'm notorious for worrying way too far in advance about the what-if's! And neither me or my husband were breastfed, yet we're alive and healthy!
Aug 4 2011, 09:35 PM
Post #43
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Cristine, I think the best think you could do for now is try not to worry. Easier said than done, but right now you should focus on getting a reasonable amount of info to prepare.
For example, sign up for a BFing class or a session with a lactation consultant. I did that, and I learned about the different holds. It was very helpful when the time came (although nothing can compare with the real deal of actually nursing!)
I had an overabundance of milk for which I am grateful, but I have known women who struggled with supply issues even when everything should have worked out perfectly.
If this happens to you and you have to supplement with formula or even (worst case scenario) you end up bottle-feeding....IT WILL BE OKAY!!!!!
Listen, BFing is a wonderful thing, and I'm glad I was able to BF Elliott for almost a year (although I started supplementing with formula at 3 months when I went back to work). But you know what? There is a lot of HEAVY duty pressure on new moms these days to BF at all costs. Frankly, I think the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction, and I have been shocked at (speaking candidly) some of the almost women-hating attitudes I have found among some serious lactivists. (Not ALL lactivists...but some.)
I had a friend with high blood pressure who had to be on meds that prevented her from BFing...so she exclusively formula fed. And you know what? The sky didn't fall on her or her baby.
Do what's best for you, your baby, and your family. But remember that no matter what, your dear baby is going to get fed....maybe exclusively breast milk, maybe breast milk and some formula, whatever...but it will be OKAY.
Aug 3 2011, 02:36 PM
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Hello to all of the nursing mommies, a friend of mine just scared me and said she had to supplement breastmilk with formula until her baby was 4 weeks because she didn't fully start flowing until then. I only get 6 weeks of maternity leave so I was planning on being a milking machine during that whole time! What are everyone else's experiences in that department? I gotta start asking around.
Hope everyone is well!
Aug 1 2011, 05:58 PM
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Hello ladies!!! i do not usually post here and hope not to have a reason to in the near future. i am only 18 and about to start my freshman year of college, ha ha. I can't imagine doing college and trying to raise a kid at the same time, so major props to those of you who have. Anyways, funny story to share! i had a dream last night that i was pregnant. And it felt sooooo real like i could just literally feel this living thing in my tummy. It was so wild. Then I woke up... and found my cat sleeping on my stomach. How funny is that? lol!
Jul 16 2011, 04:48 PM
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Congrats, Laurenzorro! I'm so happy for you! You must be due around the same time of year I was due. What is your due date?
And yay for being in the second tri, Cristine! Doesn't it feel great to reach that milestone? Just wait until you start feeling kicks!
And congrats also to you, Divala. It is completely understandable how you are feeling about your pregnancy. I was initially pregnant with twins (IVF pregnancy so we knew it was highly possible), and I have to admit that I felt some relief when I found out that only one baby had made it past 8 weeks. I know that it sounds awful, which is why I wouldn't admit that to just anyone. Yes, I felt a loss, and I sometimes still feel sad about the baby we lost, but an even larger part of me was okay with it, even glad that it turned out that way. Having twins is scary - both in pregnancy, and then after the birth. There are definite advantages too, but the constant cheerleading about how wonderful it will be, must get tiring, because it will not feel "wonderful" at all times. Many people don't even realize that there are higher risks in pregnancy for someone carrying twins. I am glad you found this thread and you can share your feelings in a place where you won't be judged.
Makenna is 4 months old tomorrow and is doing very well. She doesn't sleep through the night anymore, but we have been co-sleeping lately, which has made life and sleep much easier. I love waking up to her smiles and coos.
Jul 12 2011, 03:23 PM
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Thanks Julie! Congratulations Lauren!!
I am 13 weeks along, I had my last exam a week ago and could clearly see the baby's fingers! This time the doctor gave me a DVD, which I've surprisingly only watched a few times. Still have all my 1st tri symptoms. That's it for now...
Take care ladies.
Jul 8 2011, 11:01 PM
Post #48
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Wow, so much good news on here!
Catsoup, I feel for you on the cluster feedings! Hang in there, it will get easier and/or you'll learn to cope on less sleep. Oh, and newborns are SUPER noisy. What's weird is when they get older and a little quieter and you find yourself putting your hand on them to make sure they're still breathing. (For me, not tonight - Henry has a cold so he keeps waking himself up sniffling, poor little dude.)
Cristine, sounds like things are humming along....thinking good thoughts for you and baby! And yeah, the early weeks I remember feeling like I didn't really even feel pregnant. Don't worry, there's plenty of time to feel pregnant.
Laurenzorro, congrats, how exciting! Thinking good thoughts for you and baby too!
Divala, congrats on the twins! That is so wonderful. One of my good friends from college had identical twin girls, similar deal to yours. She did end up delivering several weeks early, but the girls are three now and developmentally right on target. One thing she did find annoying (understandably): when people learned she was carrying twins she had a number of nosy people who either assumed that she had taken fertility drugs or wanted to know "so are they natural, or what?" People say the rudest things to pregnant women!
It sounds like Catsoup has the 411 on a lot of great local resources. Another reason to check out the moms of multiples groups is that a lot of those clubs have their own consignment sales (with two of everything!) and/or equipment or clothing swaps.
Don't worry too much about not knowing what you're doing - get as educated as you can before the kiddos arrive, but as I told a friend of mine recently, the thing they never tell you is that until the baby arrives, nobody really knows anything about being a mom or dad. The people who think they know - they don't. There's a lot of improv involved and a lot of figuring out what works for you. That said, other people (relatives or friends) who have kids and whose parenting styles seem in tune with what you want for your own are great resources.
One thing I've learned is that it's OK to be dumb. I felt like such an idiot in a lot of those early days - all the books say things like, "you know your baby best, you are the expert on your baby" and I was like, "I don't know JACK! I am a complete dumbass! I can't read my baby's signals at all!" With support, you figure it out.
Jul 8 2011, 05:16 AM
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Hey everyone!
It's been a long time since I visited this board since I decided to not focus as much attention on gettin preggers....
and now I'm back and 5 weeks along!! Just found out yesterday, had first round of blood tests this morning....amazed at how different I feel already! Keep pinching myself cause it's so unreal.
Have been bursting to tell someone so you ladies will tide me over for the time being!
Jul 2 2011, 03:42 PM
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Yay Catsoup, congratulations!!!!!
Michelina, I'm 12 weeks and I'm going in on Wednesday for my final ultrasound with the fertility doctor... then I'm switching to a regular OBGYN going forward. I will be taking a video home with me this time! Same old symptoms, I can't wait to see if the 2nd tri will treat me better.
Most everyone in our families know now, and our friends are finding out one by one... no big Facebook announcements. Everyone is thrilled, which feels kinda weird cuz I don't even feel pregnant! I've been spending a lot of time with the kittens (they're 4 weeks now) and making sure that the runt in the litter is getting enough nourishment... poor guy hates a bottle.
I hope everyone else is well!!
Jul 1 2011, 03:06 PM
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Diva! Hello! Congrats on the wedding! I knew you were getting married this spring and hope everything went well! And congratulations on the pregnancy. I completely understand what you're feeling about the twins. Yes, it's exciting but holy shit, talk about overwhelming! At our first ultrasound, one of the first things I said (maybe even the first) was "there's only one in there, right?" because the idea of twins scared the beejeebus out of me. I will say you have plenty of time to get adjusted to the idea and plenty of time to learn about babies. I have no personal experience with multiples but I've heard that finding a multiples support group can be very helpful.
Since you're in the same place as me, I'm happy to make some local resource recommendations. We took three classes at Amma Maternity in Edina and found them to be very helpful. My partner had never held a newborn (and barely held a baby of any age) and he's now changing more diapers than me and is a terrific parent already. There's a consignment sale thing called Just Between Friends that we went to (they happen in different 'burbs every months) and we got a ton of stuff (clothes, toys, gear) for fairly cheap. I found Bellies to Babies consignment in Richfield to be okay for maternity clothes shopping, as is the one in Hopkins (can't think of the name). I also found a lot of my maternity clothes at Kohl's (and I'm not a Kohl's fan usually). Please let me know if there's anything else locally you are looking for. I'm happy to share my experience.
We are doing pretty well and adjusting to live with Baby G. I'm exhausted a lot of the time (of course) and still fairly emotional, although both have toned down some in the last couple days, thank goodness. She likes to cluster feed, especially between 1am-4am and that has made for a few mommy meltdowns. Last night she did not cluster feed and that was wonderful. We're having her sleep in our room and we're both having a tough time sleeping through all her noises. Who knew newborn sleep was so damn noisy?
Jul 1 2011, 01:17 PM
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Please tell me that no positive is ever too light! I got a positive today at 15 dpiui and I'm trying not to get too excited since it is way early! Of course, the one time I buy cheap generic tests is the time I get a positive... and I really hope it's reliable! I'll keep you posted.
my advice is to wait few more days... then you will be sure.
Jul 1 2011, 12:46 PM
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Hi, everyone, and congrats to all the new moms and moms-to-be! I really need to come around these parts more. I had no idea Catsoup was even pregnant!
As it turns out, I'm 11 weeks along with mine, and they're going to be identical twins. The Giant pretty much nailed it on the first shot after we got married in April, and then my egg had to go and divide itself, so now we're having 2. I wasn't on any fertility meds, either, but apparently twins ran on my mom's side of the family many generations back (all dead and gone before I was born). Sure, we're happy and everything, and in a good position to have kids, but I'm still trying to get over the shock of having twins. That's not something you plan for. We would've liked to have the choice to have more than one, ideally we'd have one of each if we had 2, but I guess this means that, as long as 2 healthy babies come out of me, I never have to be pregnant again. 2 kids is our absolute limit. So if it's true that twins deliver 3-4 weeks earlier than single pregnancies, I'm going to be due mid-late December. I just hope it's not on the 24th or 25th. I was born on a holiday and it sucks. I don't want to do that to my kids, who'll already have to share a birthday with each other.
I'm having a ton of ultrasounds done, since I'm in a higher risk category because of the twins, my age, and the twins sharing a placenta. Not to mention that I'm not exactly in the best of physical shape to begin with.
I'm really glad I stumbled on this thread. I'm hoping you guys can be real with me and not all "hooray, more babies for everyone!" The fact is that I'm scared to death. I've never changed a diaper or prepared a bottle, or anything besides occasionally feed my neices or nephew - and neither has the Giant. And what if they've got developmental issues? I'm in awe of any parent who has the strength and patience to raise a child with any developmental issues, but I don't know that I have the patience for it myself, especially with two of them. The only response I've gotten to any of my concerns is "oh, you'll know exactly what to do when they're born." Like I'm going to somehow magically have any kid of maternal skills. I don't know, it just kind of gets me how everyone is SO EXCITED about it, but they're not any of the people who will have to do any of the work once they're here. My parents are over the moon about it, which I'm actually okay with because they've committed to babysitting at least 2-3 times a week. It's just everyone else who seem to think I'm more excited than I am forcing me to be all squeally about it are really getting on my nerves. Yes, the Giant and I are excited, but we're also scared, overwhelmed, and a plethora of other emotions. Our life is going to change forever in 6 months, and it's really hard to get used to the fact that I won't be able to come and go as I please and spend money on the stupid shit that I've gotten used to, and other people depending on me and my lack of ability.
Thanks for letting me vent. I haven't been around Bust much lately, but I've always really liked everyone's badass realness. YOU are the kind of moms I want to associate with.
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Jul 1 2011, 11:02 AM
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Speaking of names, I giggled when Catsoup mentioned using the name Zelda because I remembered that you had considered using it, Zelda. Mr M and I actually were considering using Elliott for a boy. It's a fantastic name too!
Jul 1 2011, 10:59 AM
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Yay!!! Congratulations, Catsoup! And yes, fortunately she waited until the move was over and not just days before! Enjoy your little bundle and take care of yourself too! (I know, easier said than done....) :-)
Cristine, so happy to hear your 10-week ultrasound was great! I couldn't believe how clearly the baby could be seen at that point. Truly amazing. You must be just about 12 weeks now! How are you feeling?
Jun 30 2011, 05:00 PM
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Congrats, catsoup! SO happy for you all! Wow, an early surprise. Better than going overdue, I think. :-)
The name Zelda is up for grabs, y'all! ;-)
Jun 30 2011, 04:19 PM
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Catsoup YAYYYYYYYYYY!
Welcome babycatsoup.
Glad everyone's doing well and baby waited until after you had moved!!!
Giant hugs to you. So happy.
Jun 28 2011, 09:19 PM
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Hooray, baby Catsoup! And congrats Catsoup and Mr. C! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy....will love to hear all about it when you catch your breath.
And yes, they come when they wanna come, eh?
(love and hugs to mama Catsoup!)
Jun 26 2011, 09:07 AM
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Congratamulations baby Catsoup!
Can't wait to hear more!
Jun 25 2011, 08:06 PM
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The baby was born Monday (much to our surprise since I was only 37 weeks and we had just moved into our new house two days before)! She's doing well, I'm doing well, and Daddy is doing well. She has jaundice and has to be in a light therapy bed at home for the next couple days (hopefully will be done Monday) but we're all doing well.
More later. Hope you all are well.
Oh and we did not use the name Zelda.
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he's still young.. plus he's small... He'll be okay.
Actually Clippers have the same # of wins as OKC now..
Oh WoW! Updated It.
But did it look like the game set him back?
Yeah, you're right. I guess I'm just spooked with all these injuries lately. We need every Clips player healthy and ready for a deep playoff run.
Unfortunately some people have very short memories, lol.
Clips also are tied for least losses at home with indiana. We have the best home record in the west
That so called coach nick really has it in for blake lol. What a clown. Umber he thinks he could school blake one in one huh? Picking him apart watching the suns game with no regard for the fact he's injured. Speaking of, we need him for playoffs. I'd hate to eat a game, but we might have to in order to keep him healthy.
I'm looking through his tweets now, and I'm not seeing where he said he thinks he could school Blake one on one. You should post the exact offending tweet.
Also, while Nick has problems with Griffin, he doesn't really "have it in" for him. No, that honor belongs to Westbrook, who Nick loathes so much he said he would take 25 year old Derek Fisher over him (says it near the end of the video below).
Anyway, all Blake needs to do is win a championship, and that should shut most of the haters up.
Where was coach nick when blake was beasting without chris paul or beasting with chris paul? He only says something when Blake comes back from an injury. People only can kick others while their down, and blake's "down" was still 23 points
Memphis in the playoffs with doc I am fine. Memphis or any team for that matter with Vinny? No thanks
Anyway, all Blake needs to do is win a championship, and that should shut most of the haters up.
Coach nick is just a wannabe trying to make it in the nba through his YouTube videos. Best of luck to him but probably not going to happen
@ArashMarkazi: Jamal Crawford is out tomorrow. Danny Granger likely is too.
75% is really good though. Plus there is two days rest after that game and it continues like that for some time during this home stretch. Good Time to get everyone healthy. I am excited
Wow great news. yep perfect game to come back. 6 more to knock the rust off.
Collison was bawlin last night!!!
It was so scary watching him in that last grind in the fourth was like walking on glass. He had big play with the putback but Doc does not need to have him limping around going further. Shut him down for Dallas and with the days off if he is not 90% or better also the Laker game. Let him return against OKC.
Yeah, I didn't like watching Blake struggle to move. He definitely needs the rest at least on the second night of a back to back. Get some treatment and heal up.
Great game.
So is Duds ahead of Hedo and Glen now. Is it just depending on the match up. Is Glen only going to be used to back up DJ, I think that might be good he looks a bit confused when moving from 4 to 5 or vice versa.
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Good comments and discussion by attendees and lecturer -- thanks for archiving! ... Also, there should be no Green Orion Slave Girls ... just sayin' ...
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very good information
For those of you interested in learning more about embedded vision, I recommend the website of the Embedded Vision Alliance, www.embedded-vision.com, which contains extensive free educational materials.
For those who want to do some easy and fun hands-on experiments with embedded vision first-hand, try the BDTI OpenCV Executable Demo Package (for Windows), available at www.embedded-vision.com/platinum-members/bdti/embedded-vision-training/downloads/pages/introduction-computer-vision-using-op
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Thank you.
really great presentation Michael. Thank you very much, it was a great summary of common vision gotchas.
See you next time.
Good presentation. Again, alot of information and could use a bunch of follow up courses on just this one presentation.
It is amazing what you can do with a FPGA and a good optical sensor.
I'm sure there are better and faster implementations of these algorithms out there that are proprietary.
There are asics that specialize in this type of image processing that have been developed.
good session, thanks
My understanding is that professional level three-chip cameras are great for high quality requirements, but may be too expensive for most embedded imaging applications. They are worth considering, though, to determine if the resulting quality difference is worth it.
Then there are special cameras mounted on constantly moving platforms -- satellites or aircraft -- that use a 'pushbroom' array of sensors instead of a matrix on a chip, to continuously image a ribbon path over a planet's surface. (Studied such for my Space Systems Engineering Masters degree).
Ah, I should close my chatting at this time. Thank you, all.
Thank you Michael and all.
Thanks, Alaskaman66. I thought it might exist (the algorithm). I also read with interest a relatively new kind of DoD radar mounted on a helicopter that supposedly could see human bodies (combatants) through brush. Acronym was "FOREST, something like that. Very expensive, and very limited availability of course. Radar Image processing of such a radar signal would be interesting. Then there is the topic of "Sensor Fusion".
clintpatton: I am wondering, what differences are at DIP and ISP? Does a book covers that?
Thanks for the presentation, Michael. Uncovered a lot of stuff going on "under the hood." (or bonnet)
Sturio color cameras get around the entire bit averaging overhead by using a set of dichroic filters that seperate out the incident light image into red, green and blue colors. This triple image is then applied to three (B&W) sensor chips. Wouldn't this be a better solution for a machine vision camera. And don't forget that the color seperation could probably be something other than RGB, or just two colors, or more than three. How would one determine from the application what the best pre-image conditioning should be?
ok I will look into that, yes that's the one I just found on amazon, 3rd edition, thanks!
Authors Rafael C. Gonzalez and Richard E Woods
noor811: I got the book used by many universities called Digital Image Processing. I have found it good so far
ok thanks for the presentation and chat
My current project is to interface a Digilient Atlys Xilinx FPGA board with an Aptina Image Sensor that Digilent also supplies, first I would like to put frame data into DDR3 frame buffer, then display out from frame buffer to HDMI monitor. My previous attempt with the Spartan3ADSP1800 starter board and an Aptina/Micron image sensor headboard failed since the sensor did not want to talk back (no ACK) signal coming from I2C interface when analyzed with a logic analyzer, I assume the problem could by the wiring and the voltage requirements of the headboard, I should have better luck with the Vmod sensor by Digilent
I need to sign off now, but thanks again for listening and for all your comments. I enjoyed it.
Wahaufler: Removing fixed images from scenes.. This sounds like the methods used for moving target detection in look down, shoot down radar. So I think the signal processing algorithms already exist. A simple version is used in automatic asteroid tracking, where non moving point sources in three consecutive images are tossed out, and the only thing the computer identifies is whatever has moved.
Ok, thanks
noor811: Believe it or don't the Wikipedia articles on these topics are actually pretty good, giving the various formulae to convert between the various color spaces.
What are some good references (online or books) that explain ISP blocks such as Bayer to RGB converter and/or RGB to YUV converter, enough to implement an algorithm myself? A great book that I found on Amazon Kindle: Design for Embedded Image Processing on FPGAs
I thought I read about a camera that provided access to the RAW data before the ISP; a tap as it were. Anybody know of such? wahaufler
Yes, most DSLRs will let you do this. Also, if your code runs embedded in on a main application processor, you might get a tap to RAW data
wahaufler: Many of the camera chips can provide "raw" data if you can figure out their data sheets. Omnivision cameras certainly can.
In the Star Trek (TOS) pilot "The Cage", when Vina plays the Green Orion Slave Girl, the dailies kept coming back with her "not green", no matter how green they made her makeup. They couldn't figure out what was going wrong until they talked to the film processing lab. It turns out the lab thought something was going wrong in the photography or lighting so they were color-correcting Vina back to something approaching normal flesh tones. Whoops! ;-)
I thought I read about a camera that provided access to the RAW data before the ISP; a tap as it were. Anybody know of such?
Good answer, thanks.
wahaufler: You bring up a good point: For many embedded vision applications, "automatic anything" is often the wrong choice. We often have full control over lighting, exposure, focus, etc. and anything the camera attempts to do to "automate" these is probably wrong.
Understood, thank for answering my question :)
What about lossless compression algorithms, like Tiff or bitmap? Can one go back to the original raw image from such an image type? Alaskaman66
These do not lose any data, but they are almost always applied after the data has gone through the main ISP, which converts the RAW data to RGB or YUV data. You can't go all the way back to RAW.
Interesting story about an "Automatic White Balance" failure:In the Star Trek (TOS) pilot "The Cage", when Vina plays the Green Orion Slave Girl, the dailies kept coming back with her "not green", no matter how green they made her makeup. They couldn't figure out what was going wrong until they talked to the film processing lab. It turns out the lab thought something was going wrong in the photography or lighting so they were color-correcting Vina back to something approaching normal flesh tones. Whoops! ;-)
@Michael, whats a good kernel size for the ISP pipeline, does the size stay the same for every ISP block? for example 3x3, 5x5, 8x8 ?
That's a complicated question, and it depends on the algorithm, the sensor resolution and the optics. For example, a good Bayer demosaic needs at least 7x7, a sharpening kernel probably 3x3 or 5x5, a spatial NR kernel could be much bigger --our biggest is 128x64! It depends on the characteristic scale of the feature being processed. Obviously with high megapixel sensors, a given feature requires bigger kernels.
I'm going to open a can o worms here. As one interested in the problem of capturing images of elusive creatures -- that's right - sasquatches -- my mind goes to the problem of focussing on a furry and thus already somewhat fuzzy body behind branches which may fool the auto-focus of a camera to lose focus on the object of interest in the background. I suppose avoiding the use of auto-focus in this context is the lesson here, but is there any other kind of special processing that might be useful in this context, say to avoid losing detail on the fur in the noise reduction processing. I played with the idea of stitching images across time or space to somehow remove the foreground branches and leaves. This would require a special multi-camera setup, I suppose. Not likely in this context.
Provided for your serious thinking of a potentially silly topic.
Xilinx and probably Altera's ISPs are expensive, I would like to create my own..
@Michael Tusch What kind of DRC algorithmes are usually used in ISP? moulay
It depends on the camera sophistication. The general term is "tone mapping", and this can mean fixed gamma, content-adaptive gamma, histogram modification or very complex algorithms which try to mimic the human vision system, such as "Retinex" and our own one we call iridix
Very good exposition. Any references for HDL models of algorthms for FPGA implementation? lvruffino
Both Altera and Xilinx offer pretty good basic ISPs with some of their development kits --I don't have the exact reference but they are described on their respective sites.
I heard you expand/define ISP as Image Signal Pipeline whereas the slide defined it as Image Signal Processors. I suppose either is valid and interchangeable? Sorry if this was already asked. Great Presentation! Thanks! wahaufler
it's actually interchangeable. I think is the Processor which has a Pipeline inside it, meaning a sequence of transforms to a data stream
What about correction for optical, mechanical, and pixel vignetting effects? In analog days this kind of shading error was corrected with scaled parabola signals added to the baseband video at horizontal and vertical rates. Gradient shading errors were corrected with scaled saw tooth signals added to the baseband video at horizontal and vertical rates. Feature extraction such as that required for OCR might benefit from shading correction. OCR binarization algorythms attempt to deal with adjacent pixel levels changed due desired feature brightness dealing with both noise and background brightness changes (perhaps due to background artwork). I haven't seen anything about shading correction outside of telecine/live studio video camera enviornments.What, if anything, is done either in the camera itself or in digital post processing to correct shading errors or, indeed, is shading correction even desirable in computer vision processing?Thank you for a very informative presentation.
Are there different sets of algorithms that would produce a given image protocol, say a Tiff image? Alaskaman66
This is really independent of algorithm --it's just a file format. The native data inside a TIF is either RGB or YCbCr, the same as JPEG, H.264 etc
Are some colors easier to work with than others?
There are some characteristic colors, like skin tones, grass etc which can be used as cues. But actually the most useful thing is see what the AWB algorithm is doing as it searches for the correct colors. This info is handy for vision algorithms
I enjoyed this presentation. Missed day 1 and Day 2, but so far, definitley my favorite Digikey class so far.
@Michael Tusch What kind of DRC algorithmes are usually used in ISP?
@jack212 - Black and white are easiest.
Thank you
Very good exposition. Any references for HDL models of algorthms for FPGA implementation?
Why "Image Signal Processors"? Is there really any "signal" processing involved - image is digitized before any processing is done... caa028
I have to agree with you: it's all digital! I guess it's an analogy with DSPs
Thanks a lot!
I heard you expand/define ISP as Image Signal Pipeline whereas the slide defined it as Image Signal Processors. I suppose either is valid and interchangeable? Sorry if this was already asked.
Great Presentation! Thanks!
@Atlant, demosaic...gotcha!
Very Informative. Thank you
Thank you Michael, Very interesting
Michael, Chuck and Digikey
Thanks for a great presentation!
thanks again
Great. thanks everyone for joining and hope it was useful
Thanks Michael
@Atlant, although of course you might want to cluster multiple physical pixels together to construct each produced pixel, for example to improve a camera's low-light performance, or to use digital zoom techniques in lieu of an optical zoom. This is what Nokia's PureView technology does, for example: www-dot-embedded-vision-dot-com/news/2012/03/05/nokias-808-pureview-technical-article-and-several-videos-you
Thank you Dr. Tusch
dipert: If your demosaicing algorithm (for each pixel) is R + ( G1 G2 )/2 B, then if you're dealing with the image at teh RGB level, you *CAN'T* get the individual values for the G1 and G2 pixels; they were lost when you averaged to two green pixels.
Thanks Michael and Chuck.
thank you Michael
thanks! very interesting presentation
Thanks for the insights.
thansk for the webinar Michael
Great content, Michael. Gives me ideas on what to look for in new cameras being evaluated.
Thank you Michael!
Thanks, Michael.
Excellent lecture! Thank you Michael.
For the next webinars: The JW Player audio plugin seems to have a problem, in that it stops streaming, and has to be manually started. Any suggestions on whether this is a JW Player issue or a browser issue?
@Atlant, I don't understand your point. The "native" color (portion of the visible spectrum) for each pixel is the color of the filter above it. It's not common (though I suppose there may be reasons for it in some cases) for further interpolation of that particular color for that particular pixel to occur. So if you throw away the remainder of the data for each pixel, which by definition has been interpolated, you can reconstruct the original RAW data.
dipert_bdti: That's only true if your Bayer filter somehow allocated only one raw pixel to each produced pixel. But if, for example, your produced pxels include a red pixel, a blue pixel, and the average of the two diagonal green pixels, you *CAN'T* recover the data from the two individual green pixels; it was lost forever.
@Alaskaman66, see here for more info on Bayer pattern sensors, as well as the Foveon alternative: www-dot-embedded-vision-dot-com/platinum-members/bdti/embedded-vision-training/documents/pages/selecting-and-designing-image-sensor-
Thanks for holding this class
@Alaskaman66, with a conventional Bayer pattern sensor, each pixel natively captures only one of the three primary colors (red, blue, or most commonly green). Interpolation algorithms from nearby pixels' captured data are used to calculate an approximation of the "missing" data at each pixel, thereby transforming RAW into a lossless BMP or TIFF equivalent (and assuming that no other image processing takes place, such as dynamic range expansion or compression, etc). I suppose that if you knew the the original Bayer pattern, you could throw away the interpolated "missing" data and resurrect the original RAW...
audio seems steady now
jon: Me too, just very recently.
my audio is continuosly dropping out
what are the hot topics in image processing these days?
@caa028: Why "Image Signal Processors"? Is there really any "signal" processing involved - image is digitized before any processing is done...The ISP applies algorithms to sequences of pixels, very similar to how more familiar digital signal processing algoirhtms (like audio filtering) work.
Compression always changes data
Is DRC done by time gating individual pixels?
caa028: Nobody say that "signal" processing has to be done in the analog domain.
@caa028: Yes, ISP = Image Signal ProcessorFrom Aptina's web site: "Digital image signal processors (ISPs) and SOCs use algorithms, or well-defined step-by-step instructions, to adjust the raw data an image sensor collects so that the processed image or video is more visually pleasing than the original. Put another way, SOCs and ISPs make the image look more like what the mind's eye sees, eliminating image blemishes, compensating for poor lighting conditions, or even correcting for a shaky hand or for bad focus." (see www-dot-aptina-dot-com/products/image_processors_soc/ (change each "-dot" to ".").
Why "Image Signal Processors"? Is there really any "signal" processing involved - image is digitized before any processing is done...
Are there different sets of algorithms that would produce a given image protocol, say a Tiff image?
Alaskaman: Yoou can decompress losslessly, but other steps in the image pipeline have already taken steps that threw away data. E.g., even demosaicing (may) lose a certain amount of data irrecoverably because it (may) average neighboring pixels.
What about lossless compression algorithms, like Tiff or bitmap? Can one go back to the original raw image from such an image type?
Never use ISP?
I got audio to work... Needed to update flash.
little late
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too many ambiguous abbreviations... ISP - image signal processor/internet service provider/...
Never used ISP
@caa028 - Ditto
Gatineau, Quebec. A little closer to the mic please!
don't about it
Hello Michigan
NSL22, Be sure the player's speaker is not muted. Try turning up its volume
Made it on time today...
Hello from Newport Beach, CA
NSL22: Audio's up, but somewhat muffled.
Not used an ISP
Sound is poor
Audio is loud and clear...
I hear nada.
Good to hear you.
Please speak up
Hello everyone!
here we go!
Atlant: No we're fine Got about 250 inches so far this year with another big storm on the way
I hear you Atlant! Plenty of snow in my yard! from outside Boston
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The Lego Kiosk is really neat.
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hi everyone!
Another heart-rate-from-video application for iOS-based hardware is Cardiio (www-dot-cardiio-dot-com). And there are any number of conceptually similar apps (such as Azumio's Instant Heart Rate, see www-dot-embedded-vision-dot-com/news/2011/07/28/azumio-successfully-takes-pulse-investors-and-phone-users-alike) which leverage a smartphone's camera and flash for close-quarters analysis
Sure would be fun to visit the salvage yard and part out a 2013 Cadillac XTS and all of its electronics, on a sunny summer afternoon!! :)
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Hi Everyone. In case anyone missed it yesterday, I'll take this opportunity to respond to a question from Monday's session. Several people asked for references on the example applications I described on slide 7 in Monday's presentation. Please note that there are multiple commercially available products in each of these categories. I'm including just one example of each here. (Please note that I have mangled the URLs since valid URLs are apparently rejected by the chat software. Replace the "-dot-" with a simple "." In each instance and you're good to go.)
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Pill identification: www-dot-pillidscan-doot-com
LEGO augmented reality kiosk: www-dot-metaio-dot-com/kiosk/lego/
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Automatic panorama image stitching: www-dot-cs-dot-bath-dot-ac-dot-uk/brown/autostitch/autostitch.html
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Reviewing day 3 slides - good caveats against wasting resources on futile efforts at data necromancy.
Getting slides. :)
See you tomorrow.
Sl;ides now!
Why ask the question "Is it ok to share data with Digi Key." If only answer is yes?
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I've kinda been saying this since the start of the season, but Jamal puts it quite nicely:
http://www.orangeville.com/sports-story ... ence-ross/
Redick - 16.4 points, .464 FG, .374 3FG, .917 FT, 2.1 Reb, 2.3 Ast, .8 Steals, 1.1 TO's
Crawford - 17.9 points, .413 FG, .364 3FG, .835 FT, 2.3 Reb, 3.1 Ast, .8 Steals, 1.9 TO's
I was giving him a hard time for his twitter controversy before the season. It looks like he accepts his role on the team and I'll eat crow and apologize.
Numbers don't lie.
And there is a strong case here for the best as far as complimenting each other.
Having a starting 2 guard who plays off the ball really well,
and the other playing extremely well with the ball in his hands
is a great 1-2 punch.
We have the best guard tandem in the league by a mile too.
We can make an argument for best PG and SG tandem.
Problem is our SF tandem sucks. Blake Griffin and DJ are great but their backups are D league caliber.
Were strong at the 1, the 2, the 4, and this season the 5. If we can strengthen at the 3 and back up the 4 and 5 properly then we are really ballin'. Easier said than done though.
I was writing my post at the same time as you and didn't see yours, else I would have left it to you as you said it better
Another article on the subject:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-cli ... z2rO4hp0hd
I wouldn't Call Turk Dleague Caliber. He actually is filling the backup 4 quite
Doc probably will use Turk and keep Blake Or DJ on
the floor at all times.
Redick is possibly the best 3 point shooter we have had since Steve Novak.
A PF shooting 36% and not a good defender is pretty terrible. Somehow though he's been better than all of Jackson, Mullens and Jamison.
He wasn't going to give us anything though. Signings like this one and Steven Jackson were exactly what we should have expected. I still don't understand this signing by Doc or the Jamison one for that matter.
We aren't using Mullens or Jamison at all, so we should honestly be looking to move these guys. Mullens has been horrible, but his deal is only $1 mill per year for 2 years so we should find some takers there who are looking to get out from a long contract and rebuild.
Not to get off my own topic, but I don't think we could expect Turk to jump right in and score better than 36% out the gate. The fact he hit his first couple of baskets was a surprise, to be honest. But Turk is kinda passing my eye test. His activity, defense, rebounding and jumper all look sharper than Jax and maybe even Jamison. Not to mention his ability to pass. It's enough to make me at least somewhat intrigued.
I think someone brought this up in another thread but Turkoglu resembles the Odom from last year: low scoring, but provides rebounding and passing.
He hasn't been atrocious, but he's been about what I expected at a low cost signing. We should really expect much from him.
I do expect more from him...the more he plays.
It's like Mullen, Jamison, Hollins or any of these guys though. We would all like them to do better, but chances are we can't rely on them to have good performances. If we are relying on the to be difference makes then we are in trouble. There's a reason why these guys get paid the little that they do.
Love the SG combo of JJ and JC they give the much needed double edge scoring we lacked with the injured Billups. If we can get Dudley flowing with the second unit and a upgrade back up C before the break things will run great. Even if Dudley falls flat Bullock built some strong chemistry with Crawford and Collison with the second unit.
The best thing about turk is he 90% makes the right play, he doesn't try to force anything, he just plays with the natural flow of the game and that helps not cause problems
I have to admit that I do like the tandem. I have always wanted us to get a bigger two guard, and though I liked both of these guys still wanted at least one bigger guard. Offensively these guys will work any other two guard combo, since they are so good at what they do. I don't think I see anyone else runs so well off of screens and be so active like JJ. I think Jamal has the sickest handles in the NBA by far.
Defensively they have been playing slightly better than expected; but still see them as a liability on the defensive end.
When they're hot yes.
As I said before Jamal and JJ are the Ying and Yang of nba sgs. They are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of how they play but we need what each brings .
I agree... jj and jamal are quite a dual and love seeing them in action either them taking turns or together.
By them doing what they do, allows Blake and Chris to score more easy.
glad I read through, was about to post exact same words. High BB IQ, experience does a lot for a guy. As well as he's been playing, you hope he can get into better shape, get that vertical jump above 3" and he'll be a good player for us.
Just like Lamar last year (at least for me), even with the lack of offense and lack of athletism, you just feel comfortable with them on the court.
Haha, so true, best guard tandem, one of the best starting PF's, pretty good C, but below average SF tandem and then just awful backup big men.
This team is just balancing out the roster away from being REALLY REALLY good. Right now, when healthy the team is REALLY good. Gotta get that second one in there.
Of course if he is still the turkoglu before he is still in the Magic, but because he is losing his touch he is with us now......as back up
Even fat Odom and Turiaf are way better than Jamison, Hollins and Mullens.
Turiaf is ok on the right system/team. He wasn't that much better than Hollins last year. Doc's system is different from last year, so I would take a shot if he is available.
Bring back Odom, and hope for a team that falls out of the playoff race to make players available/buy them out. KMart, Haywood, Okafor,Turiaf, Stiesma (played decent with Doc in Boston) etc...
Hollins ain't that bad. Jamison is this year's Grant Hill. One year too many. I hope I'm wrong because he can't hit his toe. Neither could Hill. As far as Odom he was a good rebounder but Lawler commented several times how much better the offense flowed with Hill instead of Odom. Dudley may be second unit because the second unit has all the offense something offensive.
Collison and CP3 are arguable the best PG tandem but this is problematic. Collison is too good to get limited minutes behind CP3. Unless Doc plans on a lot of three guard sets his talents are wasted. Wouldn't it be nice if we were paying him maybe $6 mill so we could trade him for a good SF. In reality he's worth maybe $3 mill easy if his present playing is an example.
No it wouldn't be good to be paying him $6M (if you mean $6M/year) because we can't trade him for a good SF since no one would give one up for Collison. There's a plethora of cheap good enough PG's that no one is willing to pay $6M for Collison right now, let alone trade a good SF for him. So you're right, he's worth like $3M, maybe more depending on the team, he's $1M off that, which isn't crazy. We would just be stuck paying way to much for a guy who will get about 14 MPG as a backup when Paul is healthy.
If we really wanted to get enough contract money in a deal involving Collison to get a SF, you just package him with Dudley or Barnes, but then who is the teams backup PG. You're not getting back the same value as Collison in any other available backup PG.
Turiafs defense was slight years ahead of Hollins last year. He is definitely an upgrade in that area.
Remember when this thread was about our awesome 2-guard tandem?
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Eric Bledsoe is playing great in the Suns, really wish he could have stayed with the Clips, but I am loving Reddick right now!
I feel like we could have gotten more than bledsoe. He did not loom this good during that stretch when he started when Paul went down. Frustrating.
I agree, I was never sure how good he actually was and when CP3 was out he did only ok. So I concluded he is either not all that or hasn't realised his potential yet. Well it seems it was definitely the latter. I have haven't seen him play for the Suns so far but those numbers are pretty impressive. I am pleased for him.
We should have at least gotten Afflalo for Bledsoe. Afflalo looks like a top 5 SG this season.
Let's see where Afflalo ends up at season's end. Not many competitive teams in the east. Let's see how he does against the tougher WC teams. The rumored deal for him and Andrew Nicholson for EB + Butler never materialize either because it was just a rumor or neither team was really interested in that deal.
The last 2 games he's 13-31 .419%, so lets wait till the end of the season to compare numbers.
Is Bled injured? He didn't play tonight.
Brused thigh? Something like that.
he has a bruised left shin and is day to day, but says it hurts when he walks. he has missed the last four games.
i have him on my fantasy team and its killing me this week as i also have rondo, kobe, tobias harris, and jimmy butler hurt this week.
I think the clippers didn't want the deal partially because they thought we would be better in the bigs department (odom was not considered a crackhead at that point).
The Suns really miss having Bledsoe in the lineup, but had a decent win tonight over the Magic (we couldn't beat them).
I miss bledsoe so much, it kind of hurts to see him doing so well for another team, but he seems like a great guy and teammate and I'm happy for him.
Bledsoe tears it up in his first game back, comes off the bench still scores 19 and gets a few steals, leads when to win. He is already looking like a top 10 point guard, I think he ends the seasons being a top 5 pg.
Jazz announcers were saying how he is about to be elite
Afflalo just got 43 points last night against the 76ers. Redick is nice but Afflalo looks great now. Every Time I see Afflalo's stats on Sportscenter, I can't help but think "We should've got him."
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What if you could free that, open it? Let go of ego and status, let everything go and smell the wind, feel with your dimming senses for what's out there, growing. Let your resonances merge and play and come back changed . . . telling you new things. Maybe you could find a way to grow, to change once more inside . . . even if the outside of you is saying, "What, what?" and your teeth smell.
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