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A soccer ball struck Jared Engelken in the head last year during a game. It gave him a black eye.
The Durango High School student went to the school nurse, who suspected he had been in a fight. She called the school counselor.
�I just had to reassure her it wasn�t anything like that,� Engelken said. �I think it�s pretty easy to get help if you need it.�
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The program was developed in response to the Columbine High School shootings in April 1999. The shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, told peers they were planning something, Morris said, but no one reported it because students didn�t know who to tell.
�I see that we�re having more conversations, which is really positive,� she said. �We�ve got to fight complacency.�
Students need to be aware about their own safety, said Dan Riecks, who was a sophomore at Columbine High School during the 1999 shooting. It is one of the hardest things to teach middle school and high school kids, he said.
�The best prevention that we have is peers,� said Riecks, who is now 30 and works as a truancy clerk at Durango High School. �The more eyes peers have on each other, the more programs that they�re involved in, the better.
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Doc traded Bledsoe cause we needed someone other than DAMN Billups to start. Dudley has been a flat out dissapointment, he was supposed to be goo and start. Barnes was put in the starting lineup out of necessity. You're trying to twist my words, truth is we would have lost in the 1st round with Vinny, cause it was a constant adjustment battle between coaches. Vinny would have never given a chance to DJ to be so good, our 3 pt defense would still be the worst in the league rather than BEST and our offense would have no flow. Jameson, Mullens=Dissapointments, they were supposed to be good, and our big men off the bench. Honestly I have no idea what you're trying to say... If you're saying that Doc is not better than Vinny you're delusional, give Doc at least one more year for the players to memorize the system, they said it themselves they barely got to know what kind of team they were till the playoffs with all the personnel changes.
Truth is we go as far as our superstars take us... Blake won us game 7, CP3 won us game 1, Defense won us game 4, CP3 lost us game 5, team lost us game 6...
Starts with the 5 players on the court. Any coach can set up a gameplan, it is up to the players to execute that gameplan. I am pretty confident doc was yelling at CP3 to turn the ball over late in the game. I am pretty sure he didn't yell at CP3 to foul Russel while he shot that 3. It comes down to how the players execute every play. Obviously to be a championship team you need a identity and that identity is yet to be determined.
As i said when VDN was our coach and i will say it while Doc is our coach. The players are the ones who aren't getting it done, and without VDN as an easy scapegoat some people are coming around to what me, you joe and a few others were saying back in those days. It's very easy to blame the coach and think changing him would have changed everything. But its very apparent now that the flaws fall around the core set of guys we have. I still find DJ as a liability for us no matter his improvement and i still think we need 2 elite wing defenders and the 2 and the 3 spot. The problem was never our coaching it was our surrounding of players and that in my eyes is still there.
"Truth is" nothing...You don't know when we would have lost in the playoffs with VDN. That's your truth...errr...Opinion. I never said VDN was better than Doc. Didn't you read any of my posts...That's plain ignant.
Touche. While I would always advise caution in using the "anybody but _______" philosophy, I do agree that there are many, many more clear upgrades available at the owner position than there ever were at the head coach position.
That is just out of necessity at this point. It has to happen, if our owner is not forced out and gone than following this team will be impossible. As long as DTS owns this team we won't even have half decent players come and sign with us. If he remains the owner i will not just go and follow another team, i will stop following basketball in general.
Doc traded Caron for Reddick essentially. He could have kept bledsoe and stayed away from Dudley, but he didn't. He replaced Billups with Reddick. Doc made every deal happen. He put a core together that he thought would work. It didn't, how could you sit there and give him so much praise for getting us to where we got this year yet not point out his obvious short comings as well? WE were supposed to be in the conference finals, ask some we were suppose to be a championship team. We fell short, whether we get there with VDN or not is a moot point he is not our coach and it doesn't matter what he could've or couldn't have done.
I DO know, cause lat year we lost in the 1st round, and previous year we got swept in the 2nd...
So in order to take what you said seriously, did you guess that we would lose in the first round last season, and second round the year prior? Cause if you didn't, what you just said makes absolutely no sense.
What about Mullens?
Does Jamsion count?
According to your rationale, coaches should not be held accountable for any player that doesn't produce the same as he did the year prior. Not buying that. Those are the types of moves coaches get fired for.
Vinny had a damn limit! That's what I'm saying! And had not CP3 turned it over we would've been up 3-2 in the 2nd damn round. Doc took our next to worst 3pt defense and turned it to the BEST (by the numbers). With Vinny's game to game defense change Golden State would've run away with the win. IN THE 1ST ROUND! That's how I KNOW Doc is better.
Vinny had a limit? Are you a moron? How the **** do you know? And speaking of stupid, explain this sentence:
"Doc took our league next to worst 3pt defense and turned it to the BEST (by the numbers)."
I assume you meant Clippers, not league....Is that right, stupid?
ClipperJOE: What's your answer to the poll question in this thread?
The argument stands as is. When VDN was coach everything was pinned on him and the players were only being held back by him and than a change of coach would magically make us champions.
Now here is where things get tricky here for a lot of folks. Doc comes in, his team comes up short and he manages to only accomplish what VDN had accomplished here in L.A. but all of a sudden Doc is being praised and that all the short comings fall on the players.
What's my point? Why is there a double standard when it comes to judging people. Obviously the problem wasn't just the coach that is all that is being presented here. All i see is people flipping words here and trying to pretend we are arguing VDN is a better coach, when in reality were just saying that the coach wasn't our one major flaw from when VDN was around.
I didn't take the poll. But if you like to look, I answered it on several posts in this thread.
I agree. There are/were more factors in play. My point is that, Doc earned the right to get the "benefit of the doubt" and VDN hasn't and did not get it. With that being said, if he under performs year after year, he doesn't get a pass or anything.
You are right, the coach wasn't the only major problem we had. BUT the coach was the only major problem we could easily change. Which we have. Which is one big step in the right direction.
The only difference between the two coaches, the players respected Doc Rivers they believe in him while Del Negro the players threw him out of the bus when they are losing even the culprit why the Clippers lose the series because of the players always choked.
A coaches job is to get the most out of his players.
DeAndre Jordan got exponentially better under Doc.
Blake Griffin jumped into the elite category under Doc.
Chris Paul became a better team player this year and trusted his teammates more.
Jamal Crawford won 6th man this year under Doc.
Darren Collison proved he can be a starter this year as opposed to last year on the Mavs.
Matt Barnes became a starter and made a huge impact later in the season.
JJ Redick proved to be an important piece for a title run even with an injured back.
All those players got better from the previous year.
Can he draw up a play to perfection?....Check. Can he create the deadliest offensive/defensive combo system in the league?....Check. Can he get his players to believe in a system?....Check. What more does a coach in this league have to do before the blame can be taken off his shoulders?
This is the a National Basketball Association. There are no guarantees in this league. Sometimes **** just happens and we happened to draw the short end of the stick.
I was hoping you would spare me.
And having a coach that players respect is extremely important. Probably the most important attribute a coach can have.
League worst 3pt defense ie worst 3pt defense in the league, that was his "limit" along with not developing an offensive system. 3 years under him, 3 years no halfcourt offense, and no 3pt defense = LIMIT what else would you call that HUH? Limit, Weakness, Incapability, Incompetence, Ineptitude SAME DIFFERENCE! Now can you stop lobbying for Vinny? His agent paid you or something?
Dude, that's a warning.
I let you get away with the STFU stuff once already on this thread because you've been here a while and I know that Joe has no problem taking care of himself, but any more posts like that and you're liable to be banned. If you can't debate without insulting other people, you need to either brush up your debate skills or re-examine the point you're trying to make.
And Joe, there's no need to respond in kind.
Sorry, didn't really intend it as an insult. I'll remove it straightway...
We are in full agreement here. 11-12 we were at best a second round team, bad defense, stagnant offense, CP gets injured at the end of game 5. We were already severely disadvantaged vs a team like SA, and the 1-2 wins we could have gotten in a 5-6 game series loss died with the CP injury and non-existent defense on every Spur not named Tony Parker.
Last season, again, going into the playoffs, and with Billups was back starting and not being so good, I said this team only goes far if everything works out perfectly (when does that happen?). If Billups played like 11-12, if they figured out defense and if Odom's shot starts clicking (lol). Primarily though I said what I always say, we had to defend. We were the worst defensive team in the playoffs and wasted two great offensive games by Paul in game 5 and 6 because of terrible defense and required two real pod ones and a game winner to win game 1 and 2. Blake getting injured in practice after game 4 also kind of killed our chances. That was a great chance to get to the WCF and get creamed by SA, which at least perception wise would have made it seem like we were actually being successful, maybe kept Vinny his job (maybe not).
This year we were a 50/50 second round exit, we got the wrong 50.
I think some people are more wildly disappointed (not this year as much as the previous) because they gloss over some of the glaring team building flaws of this team, or hope just playing hard will overcome it. A solid backup big with size, a big the can shoot (consistently) and wing defense has been an issue for some time. 11-12, backup big man was okay, we had no bigs that could shoot, none with size, and Blake's shooting was much worse. Last year, again, no big that could shoot, none with size, and Odom could defend, but offense, well..
This year, Davis was not bad in comparison, but obviously we still haven't gotten another big man with size that is playable. Still lagging on the wing defense. We'll see what happens this off-season, but I'm not totally sold yet, I didn't like the lack of urgency in getting proper bigs this year, and the decision making of signings like Mullens and Jamison. I'm fine with taking reasonable chances that don't pan out. Dudley made sense but didn't work, that happens, even to the best of teams, I'm more skeptical about signings where I have to dig deep to figure out how it isn't terrible.
Good job, mate.
Bash the trolls all you like, but let's keep it civil among ourselves.
Yeah, I figured this would come back to me. No problem, I'll choose my words more kindly.
Cavaliers Expected To Interview Vinny Del Negro
The Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to interview Vinny Del Negro for their head coaching vacancy.
Del Negro has previously been a head coach with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers parted ways with Del Negro last season after their first round exit.
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http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... -Del-Negro
I thin he's a better fit with the lakers
He'd fit better with a younger team to get them over the hump.
Vinny is great with young talent. Look how Blake, Rose, Bledsoe and Noah turned out.
The Cavs are gonna have a roster full of young talent.
None of those players truly developed until they got to play for a far better coach than Vinny.
The Cavs are the dumbest franchise in sports if they hire VDN. They might as well have just saved money and kept Mike Brown. Look for Kyrie and Wiggins/Parker/Embiid to demand out ASAP if Vinny is their hire.
Not true at all. VDN coached these guys at their early stages of their careers. Most stars flourish is their 3rd/4th years in the league. Rose and BG were already putting up star numbers under VDN. Noah credited VDN for his improvement when he left. Bledsoe's stock was at an all-time high under VDN. Too bad Doc wanted a Shuttlesworth clone and settled.
Players under VDN were developing under him unless you think those players miraculous fully developed in training camp the following season VDN was canned. lol
Rose averaged 20/4/6 in the year before his MVP season where he averaged 25/4/7.7
Those numbers increases would've happened regardless of who was coaching him.
Bledsoe was every bit as good in his last year here than he was last season on PHX. Becoming a starter will produce better stats.
Joakim was averaging a double double in Vinny's last year in Chicago.
I will give you the Blake argument though because Doc really did enhance his game quite a bit, but I still think Blake reached his full potential as a rookie and sophomore.
Personally, I thought Vinny was a perfect fit to replace Doc in Boston. Like Joe and Caps already said, he's great at developing young talent.
vinnie let paul run the show ,
he called some plays but it was all paul..
and vinnie did not assemble the team..it was the general manager..
remember vinnie was on the spurs and he learned a lot over there..he is just new to coaching,
he did an ok job..
but we did not have a strong center....if dj was as good then as he is now,...things might have been different..
Its DJ's fault he is a slow learner.
He openly admitted that he ran the "Chris Paul offense." That doesn't even qualify as coaching in my book - it's a done-to-death lazy non-strategy utilized by countless incompetent coaches for decades that consistently fails against good teams and in the playoffs.
And you coached professionally when? You seem to know what you're talking about, that's why I ask. Plus, how long has it been that Doc got the the finals? Seems like he's also been plagued by consistently failing against good teams since his big three got old.
For all those thinking I'm bashing Doc, don't go there. I'm just using the same rationale as he is.
Never said I did. I've just watched this league long enough to know that relying on one player to do everything is not a successful formula. Even LeBron couldn't do it on his own, so CP3 certainly wasn't going to be able to.
One-on-five isoball can win regular season games, but team play and systems win championships. Just look at the Spurs. If their strategy was to run the "Tim Duncan offense," they might not have won any championships and they would certainly be in a rebuilding process right now. Instead, Popovich has created an unselfish, team-first culture and that's why they keep winning despite their stars aging.
Doc has a ring. How long has it been since Vinny got further than the second round? Oh, never? And it took two complete fluke wins for him to barely eke out his only playoff series victory? That's what I thought.
Wow, miss a few weeks and Vinny is a subject again. I thought we were past this. Vinny is not a championship coach at this point in his career. All the things we can argue are subjective, even if we actually knew both of them personally. We don't know about what actually goes on behind closed doors. Vinny could actually be great, but doesn't get everyone's ears (I don't think that's the case, but that's my opinion) or he just rides on the basics and depends on the players.
Are we going to start talking about Larry and Dunleavy too. Let's move on.
Just a thought:
isn't kinda funny that Doc won his ring in his first year and wasn't able to win another after Thibs left the team? Not saying I credit Thibs but you have to admit, the Celtics won the chip on defense...That's what they were known for. Food for thought...HOMEBOI.
Doc said it best IMHO, "Winning isn't easy" Our team still has holes, and if you really think that getting a chip is as easy as getting a renown coach like Doc Rivers and THAT'S it... It ain't easy and I still see our team improving, learning the system, getting better pieces, improving from within (DJ's fts). I'm just going to enjoy the ride, cause it is FUN to watch our clippers now, we had game 5 in the bag if anyone remembers. By next year with the system under our belt, I say there is NO WAY anything even REMOTELY close to such an atrocity happens.
They were still in the top 5 defensively after Thibs departure.
I would say that just off the vision test we were better defensively. I know we moved down a spot in regards to defensive rating, but still think we were a better team defensively.
Very true. But he left the blue print.
So it's safe to say the difference in defense was minimal. We can also say we had the best offense which by the way, is Gentry's asset. He's now sought after by teams. Just presenting the other side.
I agree but getting the WCF was the next step and we failed. Under the old regime, we got just as far. We had the highest payroll of all time, the highest paid coach in the league, and arguably the best team and we still couldn't get over that minor hump that was very achievable.


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LA is a beast. I just wonder if he could play center though.
What if Howard agrees to a pay cut?
If we could get him at or below DJs price that would be a deal too good to be ignored. I just dont think thats going to happen thouhg. Lakers will throw the biggest paychec to keep him and im sure we couldnt find a taker on DJs contract anyway to make room for the guy
And what to you think the odds of that happening are. He'll take a pay cut if decides not to sign with Lakers anyway, but nothing even close to what DJ is getting paid.
And what to you think the odds of that happening are. He'll take a pay cut if decides not to sign with Lakers anyway, but nothing even close to what DJ is getting paid.
Slim to none but it's possible... I mean Howard gets to stay in Los Angeles, join a team with Blake Griffin and CP3, and if Howard is chasing the title than it's safe to say that Clippers have a better chance than Lakers.
Don't get me wrong, I rather Clippers not pursue Howard because Clippers can offer that money to future free agent small forward (James... Also a possibility) but just imagine if Howard does decide to join Clippers and Howard does accept a pay cut... That would be the biggest slap in the face to the Lakers. LOL
Howard will join the Rockets though.
Howard will join the Rockets though.
What cookie jar?
We gave barnes his career. Odom was drafted by the Clippers. Turiaf has played more years on different teams than he did with the lakers. Butler is a Wizard before he's a Laker.
nah, the lakers are the ones picking up our guys fresh off a stint with the Clippers.
Ron harper
Josh powell
Steve Blake
^ Maybe he was referring to their BRIAN Cookie jar
Heck, why not offer him the veteran's minimum. Maybe he's dumber than we think.
i may not like howard, but if he somehow took a paycut to sign with the clips ( never would happen) and we got rid of DJ, then we would be a force if we also resign cp3. i have to give credit where credit is due, howard is at least 5 times the player DJ will ever be, based on DJ's attitude. imagine a lineup where our inside threats were howard and bg, with cp3 being the conductor. hell, if they somehow got howard, cp3 would take less money to resign. i also believe if this happened, sterling would go over the cap to bring on the shooters we need. DJ+ebled could net us a young talented 2 or 3. even butler's expiring contract is a trade chip. again, howard is not coming, but this is a hypothetical scenario.
it would be a slap to them but frankly dont want us meddlng in their cookie jar anymore. Lets focus on players that will male this team better not players that will piss off the lakers.


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Businesses on East Second Avenue are playing musical chairs as 2nd Avenue Sports, 1st Southwest Bank and Durango Antique Market get new digs.
1st Southwest Bank has been searching for a place to build a new Durango headquarters since Kent Curtis was appointed president and CEO in June, Curtis said.
The owner of the lot catty-corner from the bank�s current location at 679 East Second Ave., which houses 2nd Avenue Sports and Point to Point Graphics, decided to sell, and the bank bought the property in February.
The lot was home to Durango Antique Market until the market moved downtown next to Seasons Rotisserie & Grill two weeks ago in response to the sale.
1st Southwest Bank plans to demolish the existing structures on the corner next to the city�s downtown parking lot and construct two buildings with three residential units, a parking lot and a drive-thru window for bank customers.
One of the buildings will house the bank and a residence on top of the bank with the drive-thru in the middle of the parking lot. The second building will contain 2nd Avenue Sports, two residences and another commercial venue. All of the spaces, including the residences, are spoken for, Curtis said.
2nd Avenue Sports owner Gary Provencher is excited about the move and ready to get out of his current building, which he describes as a bit of an �eyesore.�
Provencher initially was concerned with finding a new place because of the sports store�s moniker, and for good reason: Only so many buildings exist on East Second Avenue.
The shop�s new building will be across the parking lot from its current structure, and while it will be about the same size (6,800 square feet), Provencher has designed the space to fit his needs.
The new building will have a shipping and receiving garage in back, twice as many bike work stations and a sidewalk surrounding the building for those trying out new bikes.
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Durango Antique Market owner Nikki Morrissey originally was upset her business was being uprooted from its location of 12 years, but it may have worked out better than she hoped.
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FTW -- Have you ever met any Bikers? FTW has a different meaning to the 1%. ( F**k the World) This really tipifies the Clipper Nation. BTW one day I'll tell you about the time I was drunk for two days and ended up in a Biker Bar 120 miles away from home. LUCKILY I knew one of them so I'm still alive although at the time my shoe was full of my own urine.
PGLBJ-- Please God LBJ
FQM-- Fourth quartrter meltdown
DP- Draft Pick
WCP-- Where is Cherokee Parks?
one more
THAR--Too Hip is Always Right
Nice list, FIFTY. Though I think +1 means to agree with a post, whether or not a rep point is awarded. -1 would mean to disagree.
EJ - Eric Jr, Eric Gordon's nickname
DJ - DeAndre Jordan
BD - Baron Davis
BG - Blake Griffin
Cakeman - A nickname for Chris Kaman; can be either affectionate or derisive, depending on the context
Bingo - Same as +1; phrase borrowed from Ralph Lawler
Rhino - nickname for Craig Smith
(I also suggested PM, but it's already there)
FML - no explanation necessary. it makes its rounds roughly around or before the allstar break, when the season begins its downfall. also can be used in-game, during our fourth quarter meltdowns. also works during the preseason, when prized rookies injure themselves.
Luv it, #50. Hey, just added a new one!
Since I don't make any decisions when it comes to the board, maybe david can sticky this up.
I added a few of your suggestions guys. FML, STH, DP and -1 for disagreeing
I wanted to stay away from adding player names though, just in case of trades/expiring contracts... we don't want to keep coming back just to update nicknames.
jarca= just amazingly reppin clippers achievement
Sure thing CJ- you and Journey feel free to sticky threads as you see fit. I'll sticky this one up.
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Please do us and yourself a favor and stop messing with the Trade Machine. It can be dangerous for some.
I can't believe ESPN actually put this rumor on Sportscenter. There is no way I would trade Griffin for Melo. The only player I would trade Griffin for would be Lebron. Melo doesn't have near the upside or versatility of Griffin. If Melo wants to play here he can wait until he is a free agent and have his agent work a sign and trade to the Clippers for lower pay. I truly believe we have the best chance to win this season without making major roster changes. We could use another solid backup big but aside from that we should be fine.
But Mullens isn't even our worst player according to that awsome website. He's 12th out of our 15 players.
So I'm confused, is he our worst player or is your stats argument a little flimsy? Or is it C.) All of the above?
Confused you are, lol....that goes without saying. Stick to your way of evaluating players it seems to work for you just find....simple nothing advanced
That's impressive, your Basketall knowledge-to-Arrogance ratio is off the charts. Usually people who are basketball stat prodigies are usually a little arrogant, but nope not you....very very humble.
Then again my Truth-to-Sarcasm ratio isn't very good, so take it with a grain of salt.
Please no trade , melo is a cancer and has no heart !! No no no
Take it easy with tense lol. JDud had his two game resurgence. He'll be out of your way once JDud goes cold again. J/k
What a brilliant piece! Perrin FTW!
And Doc Rivers shot down the bogus rumor that is as well
Thank you....I do. You're on my grain of salt list.
Love ya Doc.
^ Very cool then!
He or you don't have to take it easy with me, lol. I enjoy the repartee. Especially with you Jaca.
Um,gee Doc,what do you really think about this? Like the rest of us,ya think it is stupid?
Love ya Doc.
horrible trade. I'm sure denver never looks back on getting rid of Melo
Hahaha Doc showing no mercy.
^ Actually, I think he's showing a lot of mercy by using the term "that network" instead of calling out Broussard directly. Reminds me of the Bill Simmons beef last summer... "I would call him an idiot, but I'm too classy for that".
EDIT: Here's the video of Doc commenting on this "rumor"...
http://www.nba.com/clippers/video/2014/ ... p4-3095457
Bill Simmon part is still my favorite
@ArashMarkazi: Doc Rivers on Blake-Melo trade talk: "Please. It's so stupid. Let's move on. It's just so stupid."
I LOVE DOC SO MUCH MORE NOW! I'm glad he shut all this stuff down! He loves Blake
Brown is a SG and not a very good one at that. We need a PG.
we need to use the power of twitter and get the clippers to notice gilbert arenas
Or not.
No...and no to players that have not played in a game this year.
D rather take a chance on an NBDL talent than Gilbert bang bang Arena
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never seen him play but i wouldn't mind giving him a try. has nice stats. gilbert arenas is probably less of a gamble though
Maalik Wayns D-Leauge stats
12.4 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists
Hahaha what? Gilbert Arenas? He'd be a net zero for the team and that's being generous.
A kid that I went to high school with named Scott Suggs plays for the Knicks D-League affiliate. He is about 6-5 or 6ish and is a sg/pg
I agree any player we get has to be in game condition (don't want to pick on stephen Jackson but...)
Thing is we've seen Wayns play and he's not bad. Why the hell isn't he ready yet?
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nba_t ... ef:nbahpts
Doc says that the rumor is stupid as we all knew it was apart from maybe the OP (Laker fan). Watch the vid, we can forget this tread.
Ok, I was wondering, is there any humanly possible way we can make a trash trade for Melo if New York calls it quits?
BTW, talking about backup pgs, you guys didn't see Wayns beasting in training camp? He had a similar skill set to Collison's. Penetrate for layups, and I saw him shoot and make some 3s.
Now somebody on Rant Sports wrote an article with the headline PHILADELPHIA 76ERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT TRADING FOR BLAKE GRIFFIN, now that he's "rumored to be on the trading block."
How about this trade for Carmelo? Of course, the Clippers should pull this trade off after Andrew Bynum rediscovers his love for basketball after playing for Doc Rivers. Also, the Clippers can sign Okafor after the Suns release him later this year. This would make our starting lineup the following:
SG: JJ Redick
SF: Carmelo Anthony
PF: Blake Griffin
C: Andrew Bynum
I wouldn't trade DJ with the year he's having. I think this year for him can be a new trend for him in play. He looks like he's hit his peak and he will ride this for a few more years.
I agree Deandre is having a great season as he's going to potentially lead the league in rebounds and FG%. But I don't think his free throws will ever get to a reasonable state. That is why I think now is the time to pounce on trading high on him. If we can land Carmelo, I think it's worth it because, quite frankly, the one thing we are missing is a go to scorer in the 4th quarter. We have CP3, but if teams force him to give it up, it's a game of roulette as to who takes the shots. Carmelo is just what the Clippers need...but not at the expense of Griffin. CP3, Griffin, and Carmelo can win multiple titles with role players and key vets surrounding them.
I have been very anti Melo, but good point.
I'm not nearly as sold on Carmelo being a "go to scorer" as you are. He does score in bundles, but to get 20 points, he often has to take nearly 20 shots. That's highly inefficient, and it takes the rest of the team out of the game as well.
I say Carmelo is not worth trading for at all. Let's not make the same mistake as the Knicks and trade away half our team just to get a third star. Let him come here through free agency after this season, where we can pay him closer to what he's actually worth.
Deandre and Dudley for melo.
I'd rather just trade DJ straight up for Horford and keep J Craw and Dudley.
I love Al Horford. I think him and Blake would be a FANTASTIC duo. Much better than Melo and Blake.
you said it, he is FA in a few months why not wait, he will come to us if he wants to win. or go to lakers if he wants money.
Melo will thrive with CP3, I doubt it will take him 20 shots to score 25 with CP feeding him the rock.
I wouldn't trade BG for him though.
We need to not repeat history with Carmelo. The Nuggets received a kings ransom. As a part of the deal, the Knicks sent Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov and a 2014 first-round draft pick to the Nuggets. That was a bad mistake and we would be committing it again, albeit on a lesser scale, if we gave up Crawford, DJ, and Dudley for Carmelo. Let him hit free agency. If he really wants to win a championship then he'll join us at a discount, but if he wants to get paid then he'll go to the Lakers and get money there
I love how defensive broussard got about everyone laughing at him.
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If you're planning a visit to Vatican City any time soon, be sure to carry lots of cash with you.
Tourists and pilgrims can now only pay by cash after card payments were blocked by Italy's central bank.
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Maybe you saw the seven-minute film �Sterling�s Special Love Holds� last week, and, maybe, if you weren�t paying close attention, you were perplexed.
Who is this Sterling kid, you queried, and what makes him a star?
This is a story about a lovable, strong-willed kid. Or maybe it�s about parents desperately battling his rare condition. Or it�s about films that celebrate a child�s indomitable spirit. Take your pick � it�s all here.
The 11-year-old with a slow-growing tumor in his skull is the leading man in a short film that was shown at Durango Film. The movie is called �Sterling�s Special Love Holds� � perhaps because �The Love Bug� was already taken.
To get a sense of what Sterling Bachman�s all about, it helps to know why he�s called �The Love Bug.�
�Because I have lots of love in me,� he answers, in a manner that�s anything but boastful.
�He�s got seven marriage proposals already,� says his father, Bob Bachman, �because he�s genuinely interested in other people. And people can sense that instantly.�
On the morning after a long day of travel from their home in Connecticut, the Bachmans � Cindy (mom), Bob and Sterling � are sitting in the lobby of General Palmer Hotel for an interview. They�re embarking not only on a weekend of movies and panel discussions involving the festival, but it�s their first real vacation together. Ever.
The reason for that, and the reason that Sterling became a movie star, is not only empathy for his fellow man, but his physical condition.
He has neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow in the nervous system. In his case, a tumor developed where the optic nerves cross.
Doctors discovered the tumor after Sterling had his first seizure when he was 18 months old. Dozens of seizures would follow � and trips to doctors and emergency rooms, and 53 MRIs.
At 20 months, Sterling lost his vision, except for an ability to detect shadows. Off and on for the next nine years, he endured chemotherapy in a constant battle to keep the tumor from growing. About a year ago, the tumor eased up, and he�s been off chemo since. Also, after a 40 percent boost in one medication, he hasn�t had a seizure in four years.
The Bachmans have been presented with many possible treatments, tried some, and had some actually work.
�Any parent who�s been down this road will exactly understand what I�m talking about,� Bob Bachman says. �You end up making decisions for which you have no preparation ... and so what do you go by? It�s a strange land to live in.�
Recently, they connected with Stephanie Angel, a New York-based filmmaker who, three years ago, created a unique niche with her Angelight Films. The 31-year-old collaborates with children who have brain and spinal-cord tumors. When Angel was 7, her 5-year-old sister died of a brain tumor.
The films are a method of self-expression for the children, and a way of warding off the feeling of being a victim, Angel says in a phone interview from Connecticut, where, she says, she�s freelancing for her �day job.� She makes the Angelight films when time and money allow. Three of the films screened at last year�s Durango festival.
The kids have the ideas, and with her 10 years of experience, she makes them reality. Sterling, for example, came up with the film�s themes � music, eating pizza with friends, typing in Braille.
Sterling gets to help toss dough at a local pizzeria, then pick toppings. When the pizza arrives, his friends are stunned to see there are marshmallows baked on.
�I didn�t even try it,� Sterling says with a laugh.
In the final scene, Sterling and his music instructor, Billy Ayres, are singing about a train, and about �toot, toot,� which in this case refers to body-noise humor. They can barely finish the song they�re laughing so hard.
There�s another purpose for the Angelight films, Cindy says.
�It�s a gift for parents that they will always have,� she says. �The film is just an amazing way of doing that.�
The easing of the seizures gave the Bachmans enough confidence to get on a plane with Sterling for the first time. They call it �a series of amazing miracles� that, with their now-middle-school-aged boy, they are attending a film festival in Durango.
To understand him even further, it helps to know why they also call him �The Tank.�
�Given all the things he�s been through,� Bob says, �he has never complained about anything once. Ever. He�s just unstoppable.�
But you�ll remember him more as The Love Bug � for his ability to smile, and most of all, his empathy. The clerk at the hotel, the person walking past, the journalist pestering him with questions � he finds it important to reach everyone around him in a meaningful way.
�He often does this thing where he says, �Group hug,�� Cindy says. Sterling gathers everyone in the vicinity, including strangers. �He�s a very loving soul.�
One of Sterling�s favorite sayings came to him when he woke up one morning. He sings it more than speaks it:
�Another new day come my way, I can�t wait to see the people today.�
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Roggenkamp, a former North Augusta city councilman, passed away on Dec. 27. He was 85.
Roggenkamp, originally from Louisville, Ky., served two consecutive terms on City Council starting in the late '70s and, in 1983, announced he wasn't seeking re-election.
Tom Greene, former North Augusta mayor, said Roggenkamp was an intelligent councilman. Roggenkamp had both a bachelor's degree in physics and a doctorate in theoretical physics. Greene said that Roggenkamp had the ability to look at a lot of problems the City had at the time analytically, which helped council make good decisions.
"He was really a fine man," Greene said. "While he was on City Council, it was one of the strongest councils we had at that time, and he was such a huge contributor to that strength."
Current North Augusta Mayor Lark Jones said Roggenkamp was part of a group that cared more about the City than themselves, which set a standard for future council members.
"What we're able to do today is based on a solid foundation that people like Paul had a part in laying down many, many years ago," Jones said.
Roggenkamp was very involved in his community. He not only served on the North Augusta City Council but was also on the Area Two School Council of Aiken County.
Margie Shealy knew Roggenkamp through her husband, Carl, who served on the school board for about eight years.
"He (Roggenkamp) was very brilliant and was a good, inspiring father – a wonderful family person," Shealy said.
He was a member of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, where he was a lay reader, Sunday school discussion leader and served on the vestry as senior warden a few times. He was also in charge of the memorial garden.
Roggenkamp was also a U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II.
Roggenkamp's 35 year career started in Chicago at E.I. DuPont de Nemours Inc., and he moved to North Augusta in 1953 to work at the Savannah River Plant.
His interest in the science of the world prompted him to become a fellow of the American Nuclear Society, as well as a member of both the American Physical Society and Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Katherine, and five children.
A memorial service will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church.


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That Is What I Am Talking About... Working out with a future teammate.
Hope he's available when our turn comes around.
It'll be dope if we get him. I got a feeling he can be decent
Its about confidence and opportunity. DJ was drafted as a project and as most bigs was suppose to be molded. Doc gave him the confidence and playing time he missed in the VDN era and the learning behind Kaman.
Bullock getting thrown into the wind by fans is strange they want instant production with no minutes. Dudley, Granger, Barnes, Redick, Crawford, Collison and even Green had priority over him majority of the time. Doc gave him chances but he has yet to be given a true test.
Year two should see a boost of Reggie to see what we have or move him to fill a need.
He was the one that actually scouted for Olshey. Olshey picked the guys that sacks went out and scouted. He did the dirty work.
So he's the one that saw more potential in Aminu than George. Yikes
And he also found your "borderline all-star" Bledsoe at #18, so let's not cherry-pick.
Don't really understand the anti bledsoe sentiment. Is it to make you feel better since we got raped on the Dudley and Redick deal?
You're gonna see on a couple of months why that trade was good for us.
We can't afford a $13mil backup PG.
The problem with Bullock and the reason i was never sold on him for our team is he is pretty much strictly a catch and shoot player with a little D. We needed him to be able to attack the rim off the dribble and he couldn't do that, We needed Bullock to be a slasher which our team had none of.
Bullock was never suppose to be a slasher he was a 3 and d guy in college and always will be in the league. He did well against Durant and Melo in the regular season
Its not about the regualar season. Its about the PLAYOFFS! There are no Regular Season Champions.
Bullock is a scrub. No conscious chucker who doesn't have nba range it seems. If a team was willing to give us a useful Piece for him we should have done it.
I bet his value won't be as high next season.
If you read my post and the post I was quoting, you'll see that the point I was making is that he was a great find for an 18th pick. Nothing "anti-Bledsoe" about that, but if picking holes in my posts makes you feel better, have at it
We need to draft a point guard. Collison is out of here.
No way. We can get a serviceable back up point guard through free agency on the cheap. As we've seen the starters play the bulk of minutes in playoffs.
I'd use it to draft athleticism or size. I'm against shabazz because i think he will struggle at next level.
Point guard is just about the last position we should be drafting, as it's the least important position on the court. We need wings, and until we get those, we're a second-round exit at best no matter how deep we are at PG.
Defense, that's what we need, and we should be drafting for a center above all.
bit off topic but Blake was miles ahead of where Gordon is
glen is a nice shooter..
can he defend???
Gordon is coming out after his freshman year. If he came back to Arizona for a sophomore season like Blake, he may be more prepared for NBA. He is a raw product and will be a stud if drafted by the right team. More players should stay for a second year like Blake did.
I don't understand why everyone seems to think that Glenn Robinson III is a good shooter. He shot 30.6% from deep last year on 2.9 attempts per game, while Bullock in his final collegiate year shot 43.6% from deep on 5.8 attempts per game. Who sucks at shooting now? I can understand if you would want GR3 for his jaw dropping athleticism, but just know that he is not a shooter.
BPA preferably at a spot of need. I think we trade JJ or Jamal during the offseason. If we find a PF that can play some minutes at the 5 then it works.
We need athleticism on the wings. That Is why I am licking my chops on this kid. Maybe he can be our Bledsoe 2.0 and that is one of the few 2.0s that are actaully referred to as a good thing
so many good options for clips:
smart, ennis, saric, nuric, la vine, mcdaniels, payton, napier, bosdanovic inglis..
That's very true but give Bullock some time. He's a rookie and it takes time to get used to the NBA, don't expect him to be great in the playoffs when for half of it he didn't even suit up. I still think that we can develop him into our future starting SF, I'm not saying it'll happen this season or even the next but I can definitely see it happening, he's just a project. His D was solid during the year and it's only going to get better under Doc Rivers. As far as his 3, he's forsure not scared to pull up no matter how far or close the defender is, which is a good thing. Let me explain. If he gets better behind the arc we can use him in crunch time moments. It's just a matter of how much work he puts in. Hopefully he takes advantage of having a full healthy summer and works out with BG.
It would be extremely ballsy of Doc Rivers if he traded up to get Aaron Gordon and slide him into our starting SF spot even though he's a natural PF. Gordon has the defensive ability to guard the 3 & 4 spot immediately and has the ball handling, athleticism, and jump shot to play the 3 spot on offense.
He has a good chance of being a Kawhi Leonard for us. Kawhi is a better 3pt shooter, but Gordon can be a better rebounder and post defender against big SF's like LeBron and Melo.
Obviously this idea is insane and won't happen, but I would totally do this trade if the price is right and if Doc was crazy enough to consider it.
I kind of like the idea of taking Kyle Anderson from UCLA. Such a unique player at 6'9", ridiculous handle, vision and a jump shot. If we could develop him and put him in a position to succeed, guy is an X factor.
Anybody know anything about Adreian Payne or Dwight Powell? They look like interesting candidates for the draft, am I reaching?
Can Truly Be Our Kahwi Leonard. I am high on this kid.
agree that the idea of adding bigs such as Adreian Payne or Mitch McGary is appealing, and.... wary of their health issues.
think the inverse is true @pg, as given Paul's health/injury history, and Collison's contract status, that Shabazz Napier makes all the sense in the world. Personally think he might have some Stephen Curry to his game.
do like Glenn Robinson quite a bit, as think it was a mistake to drift away from Lob City, as Showtime worked just fine for the Lake Show. Robinson reminds me some of when Hardaway came out, and unfortunately went one pick in front of us. Also happen to think that (a starting) sf is a big need for us.
as far as speculative picks, would lean toward the likes of DeAndre Daniels and/or Isaiah Austin.
re: Doc and his personnel skills, am wary, and hopeful that Sacks has some sack, and the proverbial eye for talent.
and a big fan of both Jamal and Willie, and.... if we're moving anyone @sg, do think JJ is (way) overpaid, if someone would take on his contract.
For everyone wanting Glen Rob III, do you admit Bullock isn't NBA quality? They are essentially the same position/draft spot. Obviously I know Reggie is a shooter, while Glen is an athlete, but still virtually would play the same position.
we don't need a shooting guard...
any other position..
Dudley for SACs 8th Pick
I thought Boston had the 17th pick? I wouldn't make this trade unless Doug McDermott or Zach LaVine drop to that spot. Otherwise, I don't think it's worth it especially if we can swing Glen Robinson III with our current spot. Doug McDermott would be a great pickup for Clippers especially if we end up with Paul Pierce. Pierce can show McDermott the ropes for 1 or 2 years before McDermott takes over the 3 spot.
The only way I'd do this trade is if Zach Lavine is available at the #17 spot.
If not then I'd rather trade Barnes, Bullock and our 28th for the Kings 8th and draft Aaron Gordon.
I see all these team are working out players except the clippers. Why is that?
The Lakers are probably gonna draft Aaron Gordon with the #7 pick. Although, if we get the #8 pick, maybe we can get Marcus Smart with it.
I would think the Lakers would rather have a PG, but if we ended up with Marcus Smart I wouldn't be crying.
i would rather go after kyle anderson than marcus smart. we don't need another SG.
Smart is a PG.
I would want to trade up for Aaron Gordon for his hustle, insane athleticism and defense. He's a good passer too. He's a small forward at the nba level not a power forward I think. My biggest concern is he is almost as much a liability at the line as DJ. You can't win a title with bad foul shooting. That concerns me.
i always thought he was a shooting guard. every time i saw him play he was scoring 20-30 points. i like the guy don't get me wrong but as a UCLA fan i would love to have kyle anderson.
I like Kyle Anderson a lot, but I think Zach LaVine will end up being the better player from UCLA.
yeah LaVine has some talent. i think he's going to get picked earlier than people think. that vertical impressed a lot of people. if kyle anderson was quicker he would be so much better.
Kyle Anderson reminds me of PHX Grant Hill which would be exactly what this team could use. Who knows, maybe if we are lucky Anderson will turn out to be like the Pistons Grant Hill.
I like Kyle Anderson, mostly for his versatility and ability to play multiple positions, something that this team is lacking in.


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Excellent details Thanks Eric
still getting caught up.
hello all from Edmonton, Alberta
Good presentation and walk-thru. The slides, especially diagrams and use of coloring along with the lecture are much better than reading an article or Comp. Sci. text and help greatly to supplement those.
Thanks Eric
From application to application each metric has its priority and have to be weighed on system requirements and HW design.
A Dios
Looking forward to tommorrow
Late, but I'm here
Thank you. See you tomorrow.
thanks Eric, the journaling FAT solution is interesting to look into.
Thanks Eric but too late, it was chosen for me! LOL Cya tomorrow
Thank you Eric
Thanks everyone for attending, see you tomorrow for the lecture titled "Choosing the right storage media"!
gaun: yes, since it means more writes to the device it will result in more wear, but with proper wear leveling this shouldn't be a problem (SD cards implement wear leveling).
Diagnostics, if they are run everytime a card is inserted would mean that you'd have to wait several minutes each time, so I wouldn't run them everytime, if at all. With a journaled FAT, you wouldn't have to run diagnostics at all since it wouldn't be possible to corrupt the FAT metadata (which is what diagnostic tools check).
@eric : Does journaling cause wearing of the flash? Also should a diagnostic be run everytime a card has been inserted? If yes what types?
gaun: assuming you don't overwrite existing data and just append to a file, you should be fine if you're using a journaled FAT volume, assuming your backing device cannot replace an existing sector with unrelated garbage.
@mharkins: thanks
@gaun, Then I'd use the supercap to buffer the battery. If its critical, then go towards redundancy. If you're writing new data (new file), then I'm thinking you'll have a minimum of three sectors to right out to complete a file closure. All depends (as it so often does! :)
You also have to make sure that you battery-backup can suffice at any time for your application, which might not be easy to prove and may require that you limit the size of your biggest writes.
@mharkins: I too am using SD card. A portable medical device which is worn by the patient can have a lot of failure from vibration to battery falling off. So a super cap is one option.
@Gaun I'd be afraid that a super cap wouldn't have enough storage capacity for a complete file update. My guess is you'd be better off using a battery, but a lot would depend on the file hardware you're interfacing to. I'm interfacing with SD card, and that's a lot of current at times.
mharkins: ;-) !
@Atlant, Or you can use MS's approach. Just ship it!
Atlant: yes, of course, testing is always the hardest part!
gaun: I must admit that I'm not an expert with regards to hardware, but I suppose "a super capacitor or something" could help! The key is you need to be able to have a grace period where you're allowed to finish your ongoing FS operations.
> I wouldn't recommend writing your own filesystem unless you have lots of spare time on your hands!
It's the testing that kills you! Just doing the power-cut testing (and the resulting failure analysis) is hard, hard work!
kentj:> Does anyone here now know if you need a 32-bit processor for FAT32 or will a 16-bit work?
In theory, any "Turing complete" processor can do anything so yes, as long as you have enough "compute performance" and buffer memory, any processor can be made to process any file system.
gaun: FAT with a journaling module would be relatively safe, but you would have to implement something in your application to provide absolute data safety, if you're using a logical journal. Some other FS exist and provide more reliability than FAT at the cost of compatibility with major OSes, which might or not be a problem, depending on your application. I wouldn't recommend writing your own filesystem unless you have lots of spare time on your hands!
@eric: In your mitigation strategies for preventing corruption you had mentioned that a Brown voltage can be detected and data written to the disk. Should this be done using a backup power like a super capacitor or something?
just catching up
jcabas: not very much, LFN entries have a checksum against their associated short file name in order to ensure they really belong to following normal directory entry, but there aren't any checksums on the FAT table. Some disk checking utilities will be able to detect some amount of corruption, however.
@eric: Any other FS's for embedded which is at least relatively safe? Also if regulation and compliance need safety without corruption would you recommend writing own filesystems for embedded devices?
Thanks Eric great presentation.
Thanks, Eric.
THanks Eric another great presentation.
Thanks to DN and digikey et. al.
does FAT32 do any error checking of its fat/diretory structure to avoid/signal coruption at all ?
gaun: ZFS would, as they checksum everything, but it's of course not a very good fit to embedded systems
Thanks Eric. Lots of information..
[QUESTION] Eric: Are there any other file systems which is able to detect a corruption?
[QUESTION] Eric: In the case of FS corruption especially in medical devices I need to take care that the vital signs data is written correctly. In this even a detection of a corrupt filesystem is fine. Can this be ensured?
Thank you, Eric and Lauren!
Thank you
Thank you also Lauren
Thanks Eric and Lauren
RMR: At the level of the filesystem, essentially all filesystems just act as though each file is a "bag of bytes". If there's any sort of record-oriented structure imposed on the file, it's imposed from a higher level than that of the filesystem.
Excellent as always! Many thanks.
Thank you Eric!
gaun: I'll talk about wear leveling on day 5.
thank you that was great!
Thanks Eric!
Thank Eric.
Thanks Lauren and Eric.
Thank you, Eric!
Very informative lecture!
thank Eric
Very interesting. Thanks so much.
Thank you Eric.
Great presentation Eric... Thanks
Excellent. Danke schon.
Thanks Eric and Lauren; Very smooth web presentation
Thanks! I really liked the alignment challenge slides--well written and identifies a great point.
Thank You
Thank you for today's presentation Eric
[QUESTION] Eric: For safety could you elaborate on wear levelling for SD cards and flash file systems?
Intermittent (mechanical) I/O failure at read/write operations leads to data corruption
better late than never
@Alaskaman66 : Glad you liked the DSP book. You can also refer to "The data conversion handbook" by Analog devices. You can google it.
Cache Miss - Data not found in Cache, so processor has to eventually do a Memory I/O
Cache Hit - Data found in Cache
Under CPM there were 2 file types sequential and another type with predefined record size. Is this still a factor?
Do they survive?
What is meant by "cache miss"?
Hi all
Eric I am not currently doing file work but if I were, as you say it would depend on the application. Having said that most work I do involves relatively small data rates so efficiency would be a priority.
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And if there is less than 392 bytes total size... The first BufFill() will wait forever?
hello from melbourne australia
512 - 120 = 392
hello from Greensboro, nc
It does not start on 0 in 512 buffer
Requires two sector writes to get the full 512 bytes
You need two sectors for that much data
hello everyone
Smaller file size is also important
consistant performance
Size and speed/performance
size and cpu utilization
Latency and CPU load
Concerned with low usage of Ram and ROM.
latency is big here as well
speed & size
Reliability and data integrity is foremost
for a file system, I care most on the use of RAM.
Small latency
performance is more important
Sorry.....have not used embedded file systems, yet.
1. RAM/Rom2. CPU usage
Latency & CPU Usage, spcifically for low power applications
memory usage
I would look more for throughtput
Currently, mostly focused on Ram Rom usage. Throughput isn't an issue so far.
I care most about latency
cpu usage
We care about all performance factors in balance.
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Yes, good audio.
@Kentj....no problem
Kentj: I mentioned this yesterday but one thing to be careful of is that not all USB sticks actually flush everything out to the underlying Flash Drive in a predictable amount of time. We saw some that didn't flush until another write came along and pushed things through, seemingly no matter how long you waited!
So test, test, and test some more!
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Audio is up, and it is good
@Deb C: Thanks, I wasn't watching.
Hi All.
Here we go, audio is up!
@Atlant, Yes I agree. FOr instance, we have a fixed file name that we respond to. Simplified a lot of code. We don't use long file names. Removed a ton more. Don't need to create a directory, just update, Etc Etc.
Good afternoon all from cloudy and cold Toronto
Audio is up, here.
Gaun: Started reading your ref on DSP for scientists and engineers. Think that would be one to add to the old library
mharkins: That's kind-of what I was implying. If you're creating a FAT32 volume (that is to be read by others), then you only need to implement those features you want to support.
But if you want to work with the general case of "All FAT32 volumes using all possible combinations of features", then there's a lot more work to do to get it right.
In my project I want to make as much as possible automatic, but it looks like I will have to have the user push a button and watch an LED change from red to green so they know when to take the flash drive out.
Hello again from Cedar Park
@Atlant I was going for the smallest code size possible. Thus the path I took. I did investigate a whole bunch of different implementations including the linux open source examples. Most were overly complicated for what I needed, or used too much address math instead of simple structures and pointers, for me to wrap my feeble mind around. Chan did a good job on his code.
I was learning Ubuntu Linux. It was easier before the latest revision.
Happy huMp day, y'all.
@Kenj Yes, I've trained assemblers too, and it might be the interest level that helps. Sometimes I'll be talking to an installer. Some of these guys don't realize that you can buy screwdrivers that have blade widths less than a half inch. When it comes to computer literacy to the level of reformating an SD card, it was just an issue. So to make the product as user friendly as possible....
"sorces" -> "sources"
Helo from Chicago
gaun: Don't forget that you can always refer to the Linux (open-source) sorces and see how *THEY* implemented FAT32!
@gaun There's a lot to consider to implement from scratch. That'd be tough IMO. I started with a copy of CHan's system (one of the best written IMO) then stripped out what I didn't need, and added the functions I needed to interface on the level I needed.
Good Morning from Valdez
Cluster has been the same (not size though) since the DOS days but some things have changed slightly. Like block used to be a sector on a track.
hello, from Richmond, BC
gaun: A lot depends on how "high fidelity" you want your implementation to be. Writing (Creating) a valid (readable) FAT32 volume can be a lot easier than being able to read every possible FAT32 volume in the world.
Hello to all
@mharkins: I have experience showing assemblers how to troubleshoot. It helps when they actually have an interest.
Kentj: There are limits to both aspects (the size of individual files and the size of the overall device). The biggest single factor in both is the "cluster size" for the device. Search the slide deck(s) for that term.
@mharkins: How hard was it to implement? I am thinking of implementing FAT32 from scratch and would want to konw how complex does it get.
@Atlant: That's what I was wondering. I did see that slide but wasn't sure if it was file size or device size. So I guess even FAT16 might work for my purpose.
@Kentj Well, it could be that your Joe User is smarter than mine! :) THe people I sometimes deal with don't know how to insert the card right. I think of them as sales men! (which come to think about it, must of the one's I have trouble with are! :)
Kentj: Either yesterday's or Monday's slide deck listed the explicit size limits for the various file systems.
@mharkins: I've talked Joe User through formatting a USB flash drive but even I haven't used SD cards yet.
@Atlant: I did. I must have missed that one.
And have you ever tried to talk Joe User through formating a card! LOL
Kentj: See yesterday's slide deck.
@Kentj Our application uses an SD card for customers to easily configure the product, and copy configurations between product (product is an HVAC thermostat). SD cards 2Gs and under are Fat16. I initially released with Fat16 only, but the smaller SD cards are getting tough to get in the field, thus the Fat 32.
mharkins: Because the rest of the world does?
Are the size limits on the different FATs file size or device size?
Greetings from Massachusetts
@mharkins: Why use FAT16 and FAT32? I'm new to FAT so "inquiring minds want to know."
I was trying to get 1M readings per second off of two 24-bit ADCs, and a 32 bit counter. But even after offloading the host communications from the PIC32 it looks like I'm going to have to settle for 500K
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@KentJ -- Asymetric Multi Processing -- ASMP -- hey you're at the bleeding edge! Congrats!
@KentJ I just finished implementing Fat16/Fat32 system in a renesas r8c part.
hi from Montreal
Greetings from eastern Mass. Cold rainy 37°F.
Starbucks please!!!
hello from Timisoara, Romania
@DaveWR: Thank you. I'm using a PIC32 and a PIC24. I wanted to use the PIC24 for USB and Ethernet, downloading firmware updates on a flash drive while using the PIC32 for the rest of the instrument.
Signing in from Chicago. At least it stopped snowing here.
@KentJ -- Even an 8 bit MCU will work. Just more overhead -- more cycles to load RAM etc.
Hello from Tennessee.
Does anyone here now know if you need a 32-bit processor for FAT32 or will a 16-bit work?
hello, everyone
Hi everyone from Toronto.
hi all
Howdy folks!! (From the hills of Southwest Missouri!) :)
Hello from Sunny Lake Simcoe Ontario Canada
greetings from SLC
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@erhk: I'm originally from Washington state but have been down here in Richmond, TX for almost a year. I'm still learning where everything is in relation to where I am. I have a grandson living in El Paso though.
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Whatever problems existed yesterday for the slide deck link seem to have been fixed. From a quick skim of day 3 topics this looks like some good real world practical stuff.
Today slide deck is working... getting slides
getting tomorrow's slide deck!
Hi from Portlandia
Actually, Monday was http://downloads.deusm.com/designnews/CEC-March-4-Day-1-File-Systems.ppt . But Tuesday was http://downloads.deusm.com/designnews/CEC-March-5-Day-2-Files-Systems.ppt and apparently Wed picked up Tuesdays link spelling mis-match.
http://downloads.deusm.com/designnews/CEC-March-6-Day-3-Files-Systems.ppt works as a link.
The embedded link is spelled 3-File-Systems . The working link uses Files-Systems, same as Monday and tuesday.
Slide deck download for March 6 Day 3 is an error: 404 at 2013-03-05 10:04 (GMT-5).
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Here is another postcard sent back home from Australia by William Joseph Henry BATEMAN. I know nothing about the artist or publisher of this card (although I do like the picture), and the message on the back is more important than the picture on the front.
As you can see from the date this one was written at the same time as the one I showed you a couple of weeks ago. Presumably sent in the same envelope to save postage. This one was sent to William's sister May (or Dorothy May) BATEMAN.
Dorothy May BATEMAN was my great-grandmother and would have been about 18 years old at the time. It is interesting to note that she is not at the same address as her parents, presumably she was in domestic service in Brighton, Sussex at the time. It would be interesting to find out who else was also living at 45 Preston Grove in 1907.
The mention of "one of little Willie photo's" is referring to William Joseph Henry's first son William Thomas Henry BATEMAN who would have been almost eight months old when this card was written. I wonder what the reason was for Annie (his wife) being "not up to much"?


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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about ordering a copy of the marriage licence allegation for James GEARING and Ann HOWLETT, who may be my 5x great-grandparents. I was hoping this might prove that the marriage in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London on the 30th September 1797 is the correct one.
The marriage licence allegation arrived last weekend, but unfortunately it doesn't really prove anything either way. The allegation shows that both James and Ann were over 21 years old and James had been living in the parish of St. Martin in the Fields for at least four weeks, and would be marrying in the same parish.
The only thing that might throw a spanner in the works is that Ann would only have been 20 years old, but James may not have known his intendeds true age, or may have just lied to save time and trouble (and probably money).
The only saving grace might be the signature of James GEARING that is on the bottom of the allegation, it might not even be his actual signature. At some stage I might be able to tie that signature up with a known copy of the signature of my James GEERING (although I don't think I actually have one at the moment).
The marriage licence allegation is a pre-printed page with the details written in by hand. The actual allegation reads:
Appeared perfonally James Gearing and made Oath, that he is of the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields in the County of Middlesex a Bachelor of the age of Twenty one years and upwards and intendeth to marry with Ann Howlett of the same Parish a Spinster of the age of twenty one years and upwards and the he knoweth of no lawful Impediment, by Reafon of any Pre-contract, Confanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful Means whatfoever, to hinder the faid intended Marriage, and prayed a Licence to folemnize the fame in the Parifh Church of Saint Martin in the Fields and further made Oath, that the ufual Place of Abode of him the appeaser hath been in the faid Parifh of Saint Martin in the Fields for the Space of four Weeks laft paft.