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This projects home is now on github.
LCD2USB is a open source/open hardware project. The goal of LCD2USB is to connect HD44780 based text LCD displays to various PCs via USB. LCD2USB was meant to be cheap and to be made of easily available parts. It is therefore based on the Atmel AVR Mega8 CPU and does not require any difficult to obtain parts like separate USB controllers and the like. The total cost (without display and pcb) are about 5 to 10 Euros. LCD2USB currently comes with a simple demo application that works under Linux, MacOS X and Windows.
LCD2USB is currently supported by lcd4linux (LCD2USB support is built-in), LCD Smartie (requires a seperate driver), and LCDProc (LCD2USB support is built-in).
Every now and then i have spare PCBs available. Send me an email if you are interested.
LCD2USB makes use of several projects to achieve this goal. LCD2USB is based on:
The hardware of the LCD2USB interface consists of the Atmel AVR Mega8 CPU, a cheap and easy to obtain microcontroller with 8 KBytes flash (of which ~3k are used in this application) and 2 KBytes RAM. The processor is surrounded by few parts, mainly connectors to interface to the PC and the LCD.
A power LED (LED1) indicates that the system is powered via USB. The system clock is derived from a 12Mhz crystal. This frequency is necessary due to the fact that the software USB implementation requires a precise timing with respect to the USB.
The USB interface of the LCD2USB interface is based on a pure software implementation and uses three pins of the AVR (PC0, PC1 and PD2). This software implementation supports low speed USB only which is signalled to the PC by resistor R1. The current version 1.1 of the LCD2USB operates the USB data lines at 3.6V which complies to the USB spec and increases compatibility over version 1.0.
The USB connection may be done via a USB B style connector. This is the square connector that is typically used for USB devices (unlike the flat A style connector used at USB hosts). The USB connector is to be mounted at the solder side (the rear side of the PCB without the white printing). Mounting it to the component side may damage the LCD2USB or even the PC when plugging it in. Alternally a cable may directly be attached to the component side of the board as depicted in the image below.
The whole device a so called bus powered device. This means that the complete device is powered directly from USB. Therefore the AVR and the LCD are powered from the USB VBUS signal. This signal can deliver max 500mA to a device. The power supply is filtered and buffered by C3 and C6.
The LCD2USB interface supports several different HD44780 based text displays. It supports single controller displays (tested with 16*2, 20*2 and 20*4) and dual controller displays (tested with 27*4 and 40*4). The LCD2USB interface uses the 4 bit interface provided by the HD44780.
Two different connectors (JP1 and JP2) are present to interface to most common HD44780 displays. The extension connector JP6 expands JP2 for the dual controller display connectors as used on e.g. 40*4 displays. See figures for details. Since the power supply of the 40*4 connection varies from the 20*2 connector style, the solder bridges SJ2 and SJ3 allow to adjust the power supply polarity on JP2. The default setting is for the 20*2 style connection. The following image shows how to change the settings for a 4x40 display:
Warning: Using the wrong polarity will most likely destroy the LCD, the interface and may even damage the PCs USB port. Please make sure, that the connector of the display matches the signal layout on the LCD2USB board. You might want to use a USB hub between the LCD2USB and your PC during the first trials. This lowers the risk of damanging the PC if you didn't get the LCD power supply correctly. However, you may still damage the LCD2USB, the LCD and your hub.
Special care has to be taken with displays with backlighting. The LCD2USB has been designed to draw at most 75mA which is fine for typical LCDs with LED backlighting. This value is also reported to the host PC via the USB configuration. The LCD2USB interface hardware is able to supply up to 100mA via its software adjustable backlight control. This is a limitation of the transistor T1. If the backlighting draws more than 100mA, transistor T1 has to be replaced (see the section "part list remarks" below for more details) and special care has to be taken not to overload the USB which can source at most 500mA in total to a bus powered device. An increased backlight current should be reflected in the USB configuration of the device by adjusting the value of USB_CFG_MAX_BUS_POWER in the file usbconfig.h of the firmware sourcecode. You'll then have to recompile the firmware to make it signal its increased power consumption via USB. These firmware changes may not be necessary with all PCs but some may even shut down the power supply for a device that actually draws more current than its USB descriptors indicate.
The firmware is uploaded using the standard 10 pin AVR ISP connector (SV1). A separate programming cable is required to load the firmware onto the LCD2USB. A simple do-it-yourself cable will be sufficient. A PC software like e.g. Ponyprog or UISP will then be used to upload the firware via this cable to the AVR on the LCD2USB device. The programming cable is only required once, since the firmware is permanently stored in the AVRs internal flash memory.
Connector JP3 provides the serial interface of the AVR. This connector is meant for debugging purposes only and must not be directly connected to a PCs RS232 interface. Instead a level shifter (e.g. MAX232) must be inserted.
The latest PCB version includes the two zener diodes to increase USB compatibility. Furthermore the power supply inductor has turned out not to be neccessary and has thus been removed to make space for the new zener diodes.
I sometimes have spare PCBs. Send me an email if you want to buy one of them.
You can get all parts directly via the lcd2usb part list at Reichelt. This list is for the V1.1 pcb and includes the following parts:
|Reichelt Part No.
|Conrad Part No.
|12Mhz crystal, HC49U package
|2.2k ohm resistor
|1/4W 2,2k
|68 ohm resistor
|47 ohm resistor
|220 ohm resistor
|4.7k ohm resistor
|1/4W 4,7k
|22pF ceramic capacitor, 2.54mm
|100nF capacitor, 5.08mm
|10μF electrolytic capacitor
|BC547C transistor
|10μH inductor
|SMCC 10μ
|push button
|10 pin ISP connector
|display connector
|display connector
|display side connector for JP2/JP6
|4 pin debug connector, display side connector for JP1
|LED 3mm green
|USB-B print connector
|Atmega8-16 DIP
|socket for IC1
|3.6V zener diode
Additionally required: Display, USB cable
The crystal should be in the small HC49U package. You can use a crystal in HC18 package, but you'd then have to mount it from the rear pcb side.
C1 and C2 should have their pins 2.54mm (1/10 inch) apart, C3 and C5 have their pins 5.08mm (2/10 inch) apart.
Although T1 is labeled BC547C, a BC547A or BC547B will be fine as well.
The cathode of LED1 faces the R5 label. The long leg of the LED is thus close to JP1.
Resistor R4 is the current limiting resistor for backlighting. The 47 ohm in the part list is a useful and secure value for some LCDs with low power LED backlighting. Some displays already include the current limiting resistor and/or require a higher current. The symptom usually is a very dark or even barely visible backlighting with R4 at 47 ohms. You can lower the value of R4 in order to increase the backlight current and thus the brightness. Please consult the datasheet of your display for its backlight power requirements and in order to select the correct current limiting resistors. The BC547 transistor T1 may not be sufficient for displays requiring backlight currents > 100mA. A user has reported success by replacing T1 with a BS170 MOSFET and driving the backlight with 240mA.
If you are familiar with Atmel programming you probably know what you are doing. The Makefile in lcd2usb/firmware/Makefile assumes, that you are using a simple stk200 compatible printer port adapter. This is e.g. the same one as sold by emedia for the BlueMP3 device.
Connect the assembled device (no display required yet) via USB to the PC. It will not be detected yet, since it doesn't contain the firmware. Connect it via the download cable and the programming adapter to the linux pc with installed uisp tool and type "make fuse; make flash-nodep" to upload the firmware.
If the Makefile doesn't work for you you can also flash the device manually using avrdude and the aforementioned stk200 compatible printer port adapter with the following parameters:
avrdude -c stk200 -p atmega8 -U lfuse:w:0x9f:m -U hfuse:w:0xc9:m -U flash:w:firmware-avrusb.hex
As of LCD2USB version 1.4, download via usb with the USBasp tool using avrdude is supported as well. Type "make avrdude-nodep" to upload the firmware this way.
To manually upload the firmware using the usbasp just use the follwing command:
avrdude -c usbasp -p atmega8 -U lfuse:w:0x9f:m -U hfuse:w:0xc9:m -U flash:w:firmware-avrusb.hex
If your are familiar with a different AVR programming system you can of course use that one as well. But you'll probably have to do some minor adjustments in the Makefile.
For simplicity reasons, the LCD2USB interface only uses USB control messages. More efficient and faster bulk transfers are only available to high speed devices. A USB control message for a low speed device consists of exactly 8 Bytes. The first byte indicates the control type and has to be set to a fixed value for vendor specific commands like the LCD2USB is using for its own purposes (non vendor specific commands are e.g. used to request the device name and id etc). The remaining seven bytes are the request type (1 byte), a value (2 bytes), an index (2 bytes) and a length field (2 bytes) for data being transmitted with the control transfer. The LCD2USB protocol does not send extra data, thus the last two bytes should be 0 for compatibility reasons. The remaining four bytes (two bytes value and two bytes index) are left for the data transfer. These are used to transmit up to four data bytes per transfer. Four HD44780 command bytes or four HD44780 data bytes can thus be transferred during one USB transaction.
Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Name C C C T T R L L
CCC = command type 0 (000) = echo 1 (001) = command 2 (010) = data 3 (011) = set 4 (100) = get 5 (101) = reserved for future use 6 (110) = reserved for future use 7 (111) = reserved for future use
TT = target id R = reserved for future use, set to 0 LL = number of bytes in transfer - 1
The target id has different meaning for the different requests. For command and data transfers it is a two bit bitmap indicating which of the two possible controllers supported by the LCD2USB interface is addressed. Both controllers may be addressed at the same time (e.g. to setup user defined characters).
For set and get operations the target id specifies the value to set or get. Currently supported values are:
set 0 - set brightness set 1 - set contrast get 0 - get firmware version (msb = major version, lsb = minor version) get 1 - get button bitmap get 2 - get detected controllers
See the testapp source code delivered with the LCD2USB firmware archive for further details.
The LCD2USB interface was originally developed for use with lcd4linux. In the meantime LCD Smartie and LCDProc have been extended to support the LCD2USB as well. The LCD2USB software archives contain a little demo application that can be used as a basis for further LCD2USB ports. Currently Linux, MacOS X and Windows are supported by this application.
Harald Körfgen wrote a LCD Smartie plugin for LCD2USB finally allowing the LCD2USB to be used under Windows as well. Here's what he writes about his plugin:
LCD2USB-smartie.zip contains all the necessary source files requried to compile the driver with Microsoft ® Windows Server® 2003 R2 Platform SDK, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition and LibUsb-Win32. LCD2USB.dll is the resulting file.
In order to use the driver libusb-win32 has also to be installed and the LCD2USB.dll has to be placed in the "displays" directory of LCD Smartie and it will be auto-detected and automatically be used. He has only tested his driver with a 20x4 display yet, so feedback is welcome.
Problem: The device seems to work fine, it is detected correctly by Linux, but i get various error messages when accessing it from the test application.
Solution: Make sure that you run the test application as the root user since the standard user may lack the rights to access all aspects of the lcd2usb hardware.
Problem: The device is not properly detected. Linux reports an error like "device not accepting address" in the system log but the LCD displays the init message (LCD2USB VXX.XX).
Solution: The USB interface is not working at all. Your AVR is very likely running at the wrong speed. Please make sure that the fuses are set correctly. If this doesn't help, the zener diodes may be too slow (see next problem).
Problem: The device is not properly detected. Linux reports an an error like "device descriptor read/all, error -71" in the system log.
Solution: The device is working partly and the USB transfers are unreliable. This was often caused by "slow" high current zener diodes which i had on the Reichelt part list some time ago. These slow diodes are easily recognized as they have thicker wires than the other parts. You can just try to remove the zener diodes and the device will work if your host PC copes with 5V on the USB data lines (most PCs do, especially older ones). Also using a USB hub between a device without zener diodes and the PC may lead to a working setup even if the PC does not accept 5V on the USB data lines. Otherwise you need faster diodes as a replacement like the one available from reichelt under part no "ZF 3,6". These are also part of the current part list and are known to work.
This projects home is now on github.


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CraftPerspectives Symposium | Prototyping Fashion's Futures
Museum of Contemporary Craft
Saturday, May 31, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
May 30 – 31, Museum of Contemporary Craft is hosting a series of programs and events to open up themes relating to sustainability, ingenuity, and entrepreneurship explored in Fashioning Cascadia.
Prototyping Fashion's Futures is a half-day symposium conceived as a think-tank to envision how Portland can become an incubator for the slow fashion movement. Through various conversations, presentations, and events, this symposium asks: In the way that this region has transformed the fields of transportation, energy, and food, how can we harness this momentum to innovate the apparel industry?
9am: Check in
9:15am: Opening Remarks by First Lady of Portland, Nancy Hales
9:30am: Morning Keynote Presentation by Gretchen Jones, designer for Pendleton Woolen Mills and winner of Project Runway
10:45am: short break for coffee and refreshments
11am: Panel Discussion | The Business of Fashion with panelists:
Elizabeth Dye, independent designer, Portland
Jennifer Guarino, Chair of the Maker's Coalition and VP Leather Goods, Shinola Detroit
Britt Howard and Rosemary Robinson, owners of Portland Garment Factory
Davora Lindner, co-founder of Prairie Underground, Seattle
2:30pm: Afternoon Keynote Presentation by Otto Von Busch, Swedish artist, designer, researcher and activist, currently on the faculty of Parsons The New School for Design, New York
$30 public rate for the symposium, including a light breakfast
$20, ADVANCED PURCHASE public rate for the symposium, including a light breakfast
$15 for Students / MoCC Members / the PNCA Community (faculty, staff, alumni) / and AI Faculty
a limited number of FREE tickets will be released to PNCA and AI students. First come, first served!
When & Where
Museum of Contemporary Craft
724 NW Davis Street
Saturday, May 31, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (PDT)
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Breaking up with someone is sometimes a hard thing to do…it's awkward, uncomfortable, unpleasant, etc. (add all the rest of the weird emotions that you feel when breaking up with someone…or getting broken up with)
Well good news! There is now an app that will do the breaking up for you!
For those of us who are sometimes a little bit awkward and not too great in dealing with confrontation this could be our saving grace!
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However, if he/she really ended up being a jerk and screwed up in a big way…I think a break up text would be just fine.
Do you think it is okay to break up with someone in a text? Have you done this/had this done to you?
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The Wesleyan study looks at the number and frequency, but not the depth to which political attacks have sunk.
Not only are fewer people smoking, but among people who smoke, the frequency has plummeted.
On top of all that, the frequency of climate shocks seems to be rising.
Dr. Greenberg also indicates that the frequency of splurges can change depending on where you are in relation to your goal.
There is also the question of the frequency of major new decisions.
It was only years later that the ones in the smaller compartment had been adjusted to the other frequency.
The amount and frequency of the whiskey for consumption in this country were astonishing.
They have also crossed occasionally in the spring, but without any regularity or frequency, and generally in very small parties.
Let there be no excess in the number of classes and frequency of lectures.
Under the conditions observed there, the frequency of short-sightedness seemed to diminish with increasing age.
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Founded in 1992, Armand Serra's Crazy Pig Designs set out to design 1000 different versions of the skull ring design. Having just reached the 1000 mark, the 1000th ring is titled "Smooth Skull". To celebrate the occasion, this version refers back to the one of the most celebrated and earliest designs, but with a shallower eye socket which creates a smooth surface, hence the name. To finish, "CRAZY PIG 1000″ is engraved inside the ring, which is now available through Crazy Pig Designs, priced at £200.
Crazy Pig Designs [MAP]
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Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Tex.) says he's willing to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Obama should the White House implement new gun regulations through executive action.
"The White House's recent announcement they will use executive orders and executive actions to infringe on our constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms is an unconstitutional and unconscionable attack on the very founding principles of this republic," Stockman said in a statement. "I will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House, and even filing articles of impeachment."
Obama is currently reviewing options laid out by Vice President Biden's task force on gun violence and will announce his plans this week.
The administration is weighing executive action in addition to recommending legislation to Congress. Recommendations to the Biden group include making gun-trafficking a felony, getting the Justice Department to prosecute people caught lying on gun background-check forms and ordering federal agencies to send data to the National Gun Background Check Database. More far-reaching changes, such as reinstating the ban on assault weapons, would require congressional approval.
"My starting point is not to worry about the politics, but to focus on what makes sense and what works," Obama said at a news conference Monday.
Stockman won Texas's heavily Republican new 36th district in the fall, beating Democrat Max Martin by 44 points. The accountant and conservative activist served one term in Congress in the 1990s. During that time, he accused President Bill Clinton in a Guns & Ammo magazine article of raiding the Branch Davidian compound in Waco to justify a ban on assault weapons. The article came out just after the Oklahoma City bombing; he later said he regretted the timing.
"My positions ... in the '90s were considered more rebellious," Stockman told the Dallas Morning News during the 2012 primary. "A lot of people are coming around to that view." He rarely gave interviews or attended candidate forums, running a low-budget campaign that included tabloid-style attacks and signs suggesting he was up for reelection.
He was one of 12 House Republicans who refused to support Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) in this month's vote for speaker of the House.
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Obama weighs 19 possible executive actions on guns
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From: KSCALES To: TIMKIENTZLE
> I'd be interested in hearing about this new OSTerm/68k. I always
> thought OSTerm/Tascom had a lot of potential, but fell down in
> the details (file transfer bugs, emulation bugs, etc.). I'd
> be interested to hear that someone addressed those problems.
Hi, Tim –
Yes, OSTerm/68K has been considerably enhanced compared with OSTerm/6809
and TasCOM. The current official release is version 2.2.0; however a few
folks have a "beta test" version 2.2.1.
I don't have a complete list of the changes, but will list the ones that
come to mind… (I've included some of the known limitations, too.)
– (prompted) ASCII file transfers are now fully implemented. (Vaughn
added them to the menus when he started working on them, but hadn't
yet finished the code.)
– Y-batch no longer resets the filelength to 0 on ASCII transfers.
(Side-effect: sometimes the xmodem padding will not be stripped.
Perhaps a future release will cover this.)
– provision added for 3 external protocols. These are defined by the
user in the osterm.config file, and become bound into the standard
OSTerm Transfer and Filepicker menu sequences, just like the native
protocols, so they appear fully integrated to the user. (I use Zmodem,
Kermit Binary, and Kermit ASCII).
– ANSI emulation has been enhanced to include all of the normal
IBM/BBS sequences, 16 foreground and 8 background colours (with
correct palettes).
– VT100 emulation has been significantly enhanced:
– host programmable tabs (also, user settable in config file; default
is the VT100 standard default)
– scrolling regions (Version 2.2.0 only has absolute origin mode;
V2.2.1 beta has relative origin mode, too).
– User selectable "Newline mode" and "Autowrap at margin" added
– many other changes/fixes too numerous to mention to bring it in
line with the VT102 "ANSI" mode.
– limitations: special character sets not supported; 80×24 mode only.
– improved ANSI/VT100 keyboard emulations (e.g., "left arrow" and "ctrl-B"
are differentiated), with online "Keyboard Assignments" menu
– can generate a true "line break"
– RTS/CTS or XON/XOFF flow control supported.
– "Rate adjust" lock to suppress autobauding for modern high-speed modems
– separate Options file for each port (/t0, /t3, etc.)
– "Echo to file" (buffer capture) now strips linefeeds AND ANSI/VT100
control sequences. Also allows append-to-file.
– A "binary" emulation mode has been added, to enable capture of all
received data, but only printing "safe" characters to the screen.
– Remote Mode can be enterred directly from command line:
osterm -r
(or) osterm -r=/dd/directory_path_to_use
– 7-bit mask (oops; bug in V2.2.0; fixed in V2.2.1 beta version)
– numbers expanded to 24-digits in autodialer
– a "graphical front end" for mouse addicts and to make it easier for
casual users. This is, frankly, a bit "clumsier" than we would like,
but since our plans are to evolve OSTerm/68K away from its current
K-Windows dependency, we implemented this as a separate module ("OST")
to avoid putting more K-Windows stuff into the main program.
– significantly improved manual written by Colin McKay.
– many other tweeks and enhancements.
Hope this provides the info you wanted.
Cheers… / Ken
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The recipe for this bread pudding was created by the Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania's Central Bar & Grill's former pastry chef, Alison Barshak. She is now the executive chef at Striped Bass in Philadelphia.
- Yield
- Serves 12
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/4 cups whipping cream
- 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
- 2 tablespoons bourbon
- 2 cups milk (do not use low-fat or nonfat)
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 8 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1-pound unsliced egg bread, crusts trimmed, cut into 1-inch pieces
- Stir sugar and water in heavy large saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Mix in corn syrup and lemon juice. Increase heat and boil without stirring until syrup turns deep amber, brushing down sides of pan with wet pastry brush and swirling pan occasionally. Remove from heat. Pour in cream (mixture will bubble up). Stir over low heat until caramel is melted and smooth. Increase heat; boil until sauce is reduced to 1 2/3 cups, stirring often, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Mix in pecans and bourbon. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm before using.)
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine milk, cream and sugar in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to boil. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; stir until smooth. Beat eggs and vanilla in large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in chocolate mixture. Add bread cubes. Let stand until bread absorbs some of custard, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes.
- Transfer mixture to 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Cover with foil. Bake until set in center, about 45 minutes. Uncover; cool at least 15 minutes.
- Serve pudding warm or at room temperature with warm sauce.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories1045
- Carbohydrates82 g(27%)
- Fat78 g(121%)
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Hengist and Horsa come to us encompassed with Gothic traditions that belong to other nations.
Thus was completed the fifty-sixth year since Hengist and Horsa first landed in Britain.
The blood and the tradition of Hengist and Horsa are in his veins.
The town was named after himself, Horsa, and the Saxon word Ham, signifying a home.
The former were Engist and Horsa, the latter are engines and horses.
In the sixth year after, Hengist and Horsa fought a battle against Vortigern in the plain of Ægelsthrep.
If Hengist and Horsa supplied the rum, who, we are justified in asking, came down with the sugar and lemon?
In 1659 a writer had described this tomb of Horsa as having been destroyed by "storms and tempests under the conduct of time."
Historians now regard Hengist and Horsa, stallion and mare, as nicknames assumed by Jutish braves on the war-path.
The pretensions of Hengist and Horsa to be the immediate descendants of Woden would seem to imply their mythical origin.


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Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jan 29, 2016
A new design for gigantic blades longer than two football fields could help bring offshore 50-megawatt (MW) wind turbines to the United States and the world.
Sandia National Laboratories' research on the extreme-scale Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor (SUMR) is funded by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program. The challenge: Design a low-cost offshore 50-MW turbine requiring a rotor blade more than 650 feet (200 meters) long, two and a half times longer than any existing wind blade.
The team is led by the University of Virginia and includes Sandia and researchers from the University of Illinois, the University of Colorado, the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Corporate advisory partners include Dominion Resources, General Electric Co., Siemens AG and Vestas Wind Systems.
"Exascale turbines take advantage of economies of scale," said Todd Griffith, lead blade designer on the project and technical lead for Sandia's Offshore Wind Energy Program.
Sandia's previous work on 13-MW systems uses 100-meter blades (328 feet) on which the initial SUMR designs are based. While a 50-MW horizontal wind turbine is well beyond the size of any current design, studies show that load alignment can dramatically reduce peak stresses and fatigue on the rotor blades. This reduces costs and allows construction of blades big enough for a 50-MW system.
Most current U.S. wind turbines produce power in the 1- to 2-MW range, with blades about 165 feet (50 meters) long, while the largest commercially available turbine is rated at 8 MW with blades 262 feet (80 meters) long.
"The U.S. has great offshore wind energy potential, but offshore installations are expensive, so larger turbines are needed to capture that energy at an affordable cost," Griffith said.
Barriers remain before designers can scale up to a 50-MW turbine - more than six times the power output of the largest current turbines.
"Conventional upwind blades are expensive to manufacture, deploy and maintain beyond 10-15 MW. They must be stiff, to avoid fatigue and eliminate the risk of tower strikes in strong gusts. Those stiff blades are heavy, and their mass, which is directly related to cost, becomes even more problematic at the extreme scale due to gravity loads and other changes," Griffith said.
He said the new blades could be more easily and cost-effectively manufactured in segments, avoiding the unprecedented-scale equipment needed for transport and assembly of blades built as single units.
The exascale turbines would be sited downwind, unlike conventional turbines that are configured with the rotor blades upwind of the tower.
SUMR's load-alignment is bio-inspired by the way palm trees move in storms. The lightweight, segmented trunk approximates a series of cylindrical shells that bend in the wind while retaining segment stiffness. This alignment radically reduces the mass required for blade stiffening by reducing the forces on the blades using the palm-tree inspired load-alignment approach.
Segmented turbine blades have a significant advantage in parts of the world at risk for severe storms, such as hurricanes, where offshore turbines must withstand tremendous wind speeds over 200 mph. The blades align themselves to reduce cantilever forces on the blade through a trunnion hinge near the hub that responds to changes in wind speed.
"At dangerous wind speeds, the blades are stowed and aligned with the wind direction, reducing the risk of damage. At lower wind speeds, the blades spread out more to maximize energy production." Griffith said.
Moving toward exascale turbines could be an important way to meet DOE's goal of providing 20 percent of the nation's energy from wind by 2030, as detailed in its recent Wind Vision Report.
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Others had their own special cemeteries, where they were buried in coffins as elaborately carved as those of royal family members.
Dozens of the best surviving specimens have taken up residence at Orange County's Bowers Museum as the centerpiece of "Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt."
There's a dog so well detailed that even its floppy ears are prominent. An ancient cat has been laid to rest with its little paws drawn across its body, creating an image eerily reminiscent of a human's funeral pose.


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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 25.143 Friday, 21 March 2014
Date: Friday, March 21, 2014
Subject: America's Shakespearean Devotion
[Editor's Note: This article appeared in The New York Times. –Hardy]
Measuring America's Shakespearean Devotion
By William Grimes
New York has been handed a surplus of Shakespeare over the last six months. To celebrate the 450th anniversary of his birth, there were eight Broadway and Off Broadway productions on offer — enough, surely, for even the most ravenous Shakespearean appetite. But to a 19th-century American, this stuffed schedule might well look like slim pickings.
Two hundred years ago, Shakespeare accounted for one-quarter of all dramatic productions in cities up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Philadelphians, between 1800 and 1835, could see 21 of Shakespeare's 37 plays. In the decade after the Gold Rush, Californians stood in line to see a raft of them. Some were presented in the palatial Jenny Lind Theater in San Francisco, where miners, the historian Constance Rourke wrote in "Troupers of the Gold Coast," "swarmed from the gambling saloons and cheap fandango houses to see 'Hamlet' and 'Lear.' "
Americans were mad for Shakespeare. For the evidence, look no further than "Shakespeare in America: An Anthology From the Revolution to Now," to be published by the Library of America next month, just in time for that big birthday.
The collection, edited by the eminent Shakespearean James Shapiro, a professor at Columbia, begins with a parody of Hamlet's soliloquy written by an anonymous Tory in 1776, responding to the Continental Congress's demand in 1774 that all colonists sign on to a boycott of English goods. It starts: "To sign or not to sign? That is the question." The book ends with "Nets," a 2004 work by the poet and visual artist Jen Bervin that highlights selected words in the sonnets, eliciting unexpected meanings and associations.
There are discoveries and surprises along the way, like Lord Buckley's beat-era "Hipsters, Flipsters and Finger-Poppin' Daddies," an extended riff on Shakespeare's most famous speeches ("I came here to lay Caesar out, Not to hip you to him"), and "Shakespeares of 1922," a vaudeville sketch by Lorenz Hart and Morrie Ryskind. But for many readers the real eye opener will be the heated love affair, richly documented by Professor Shapiro, between ordinary Americans and the most exalted writer in the English language.
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Professor Shapiro, in his introduction, leads off with Grant's brief turn on the boards, which he rightly calls "one of the more memorable episodes in the history of Shakespeare in America." The year was 1846, the place was Corpus Christi, Tex.
To distract the troops, a theater was hastily constructed and a production of "Othello" put into motion. James Longstreet, the future Confederate general, was originally cast as Desdemona, but was judged too tall for the part. The shorter Grant took his place. "He really rehearsed the part of Desdemona, but he did not have much sentiment," Longstreet later recalled. In the end, Grant was replaced by a professional actress at the insistence of the officer playing Othello, who, Longstreet wrote, "could not pump up any sentiment with Grant dressed up as Desdemona."
It was not fanciful to think that ordinary soldiers might enjoy a Shakespeare play. Americans in the 19th century absorbed him whole from earliest childhood. "There is hardly a pioneer's hut that does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare," Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in the 1830s. "I remember that I read the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin."
Shakespeare's words fell on fertile ground, thanks to the American education system, which stressed public speaking as an essential acquirement in a democracy and regarded Shakespeare's works as a gold mine of political and moral set pieces.
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Women seized on Shakespeare as a way to construct a homemade version of a college class. In the second half of the 19th century, women's Shakespeare clubs began popping up all over the United States, from Worcester, Mass., to Waxahachie, Tex., some 500 of them in the peak years from 1880 to 1940.
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Americans claimed Shakespeare as their own partly because he spoke to the grand questions that stirred the nation. "Issues like immigration and race that couldn't be dealt with directly could be confronted through Shakespeare," Professor Shapiro said. "We didn't have a language to express our feelings about these troubling questions. There probably wasn't another writer on either side of the Atlantic that allowed audiences to work through issues and divisions as he did."
With the rise of a more robust American literature, the influx of immigrants outside the Anglo-Saxon tradition, and the spread of other forms of mass entertainment, Shakespeare lost his grip on the common reader. Professor Shapiro's anthology includes Maurice Evans's preface to a cut-down version of "Hamlet" that he presented in 1944 to an audience of G.I.s in the Pacific with the assumption that most of them had never seen a Shakespeare play. "We could not presume any on their part any knowledge of the tragedy or any familiarity with the conventions with which it is usually associated," Evans wrote. General Grant must have spun in his grave.


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The England international has lauded his side's 1-0 victory over current Premier League leaders Arsenal and, despite being written off, says the Reds are still title contenders
David Moyes' men risked falling 11 points behind the Gunners had they lost at Old Trafford, but claimed victory thanks to Robin van Persie's 27th-minute header to move up to fifth place.
Jones is adamant the win is a sign that United remain a force to be reckoned with in this season's title race, and hopes to use the victory as a springboard after an otherwise unspectacular start to the season.
|Manchester United are 9/2 with BetVictor to win the Premier League
people that is why we were champions last season," Jones told to PA Sport.
"We weren't champions for nothing. We thoroughly deserved all the points we got last season. This is a step in the right direction going into a busy period.
"People want us to fail because we have won the league so many times. United won the league long before I was here. Everyone hates the best clubs, it is as simple as that. We enjoy that and relish the test we get thrown at us week in, week out."
Jones, who began the match in central midfield before moving to centre-back following injury to Nemanja Vidic, was full of praise for his side's attitude against Arsenal and says United fully merited the victory.
"Everyone put in a shift and dug deep," he added. "We thoroughly deserved the three points. The gaffer set us up in a certain shape all week. He went round individual players and prepared us really well. It has shown that has worked.
"It was one of those games, no matter where you play, it was just a great game to be involved in. It was a feisty affair with tackles flying in and the crowd were up on their feet. When you get a win like that, it just makes it ever so sweet."


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Title: On The University Carrier
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What HGTV has to do with your judgmental Aunt Susan
The other week, I was watching an episode of House Hunters featuring an unconventional buyer. As an intensely passionate cyclist, his priority in finding a home was not a kitchen with granite countertops, or hardwood floors, or an open floor plan. His priority was finding a home with an ideal space to house his bike workshop.
In other words, he wanted something different than everyone else – and that mere notion, the mere notion of wanting something the least bit unconventional – damn near gave his realtor a heart attack. Despite her client making his needs clear, she continued to take you him to one conventional home after another, and then had the nerve to be annoyed when his sole focus remained on finding a home with the perfect bike workshop.
News Flash: People HATE dealing with folks who have the audacity to be different
If you've ever tried to do anything the least bit unconventional – choose an unexpected career, date outside your race, state an opinion that differed from most people of your gender or cultural background – you've likely experienced this phenomenon yourself.
The truth of the matter is, people HATE dealing with folks who have the audacity to be different. It makes them uncomfortable. They are quick to tell you what they think of you and your choices based on their own experience, and for most extremely judgmental individuals, that experience is typically pretty limited.
Intellectually, you know this already. But that doesn't make encountering it any less painful. It doesn't take the sting out of a comment made by a judgmental parent or peer). It doesn't soothe the hurt of dealing with a small-minded church member or family friend.
While the following seven strategies may not erase all the pain and frustration of dealing with critical individuals in your life, they can serve as guidelines for getting out of almost any confrontation relatively unscathed.
Don't ask for permission
So often, people (especially women) attach an unintentional question mark at the end of a statement when sharing their thoughts, opinions, or future plans. Be wary of this, as it makes it sound like you are looking for feedback. Be confident in your decisions and state them as facts, not an invitation for additional commentary!
Address your discomfort within
That said, occasionally when someone says something hurtful, that hurt may exist because their comment actually struck a cord with one of your inner beliefs. To find out what made you so uncomfortable, ask yourself, Why am I feeling uncomfortable with his/her comment? Why am I unhappy about what he/she just said? What is it about it that is bothering me?
Don't address it right away
Just because someone makes a snappy comment, doesn't mean you have to address it right away. Instead of responding immediately, ignore the comment or change the subject, giving you time to figure out if it's even worth addressing once you've cooled down a bit, and if so, to decide the best way to address the issue.
Choose your battles
Not every snide comment or eye roll needs to turn into World War III. Choose your battles wisely and save your valuable time and emotional energy for when you need to stand up for something that really matters.
Channel your inner Dave Chapelle
Develop a sense of humor when dealing with the small-minded folks in your life. When you think about it, it can be somewhat amusing when someone's opinion is so off base with what you believe or have experienced. Be amused, rather than angry, next time someone tries to tell you what's best for you.
Avoid them
If there is one person in your life who makes you miserable every time you talk to them, time to go back to the basics and start avoiding the mess out of them! Talk to them as little as possible, see them even less. And if you can't avoid the person, attempt to avoid any controversial subjects anytime the two of you are forced to interact.
Ignore them
And if you can't avoid them? Ignore them. Easier said than done, I know. But I read a great story online the other day that illustrates the power of this tactic beautifully:
Buddha was well known for his ability to respond to evil with good. There was a man who knew about his reputation and he traveled miles and miles and miles to test Buddha. When he arrived and stood before Buddha, he verbally abused him constantly; he insulted him; he challenged him; he did everything he could to offend Buddha.
Buddha was unmoved, he simply turned to the man and said, "May I ask you a question?"
The man responded with, "Well, what?" Buddha said, "If someone offers you a gift and you decline to accept it, to whom then does it belong?"
The man said, "Then it belongs to the person who offered it."
Buddha smiled, "That is correct. So if I decline to accept your abuse, does it not then still belong to you?"
The man was speechless and walked away.
You don't have to live your life the way everyone else expects you to. Think outside of the box. Love who you love. Dream a bigger dream.
Whatever you do, don't spend another moment of your one and only life not being deliriously happy and true to yourself just because you're afraid of what the masses (or even a select few) might think of you.
You deserve better.
Are there folks in your life who disapprove of any choice that is different than one they would make for themselves? What strategies have you found to be successful in dealing with their criticisms? Does your strategy differ based on the person/their relationship to you? If so, how?


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The Honorable Ricardo Guzman Wolffer, Federal Court of Appeals Judge and renowned author, expressed the importance of Scientology to the future of Mexico and the world: "Today we open the doors of this beautiful new Scientology Organization, which I see as a commitment to take L. Ronald Hubbard's message to everyone. I am of the idea that it is through individual change that one can change the world. This Ideal Organization gives everyone the chance to learn the truth within. It is the entrance to a new bright future."
Dr. Jesus Corona Osornio, doctor of religious philosophy and author, also addressed those packing the streets and sidewalks before 85 Juarez Avenue. "This new Scientology Organization," he said, "represents the emerging, multicultural Mexico of today. Mr. Hubbard took a very novel, revolutionary approach to spirituality. As an engineer, he employed highly precise technological tools to illuminate spiritual phenomena. The result is a definitive resolution between science and religion. In doing so, he salvaged religion. Spirituality lives in the 21st century and in that regard, Mr. Hubbard has made one of history's greatest contributions to mankind."
Ms. Laura Chapa, Senior Advisor for Special Education to the Federal Ministry of Education of Mexico, further spoke of the solutions Scientology offers: "I believe that with the opening of this new Organization, leaders of all sectors of society will have the same realization I had: that you have the solution. And so I also believe that what will come from this new Organization is a turning point for our nation."
In closing the dedication ceremonies, Mr. Miscavige said to the crowd of thousands: "I cordially invite you to step across that threshold and consider what's waiting inside. For therein lies not only all I referenced for a drug-free, crime-free, literate and prosperous Mexico, but all else to spark that revolution of the spirit for which Mexico has been waiting so long."
With those words, and joined by local Scientologists who led the drive to build the new National Organization, Mr. Miscavige cut the ribbon, ushering in a new era for cultural change and freedom in Latin America.
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David Craig, Eastlink senior director of Internet operations and engineering, said the company is waiting for provincial go ahead to use satellite technology to reach people still unable to access high-speed Internet service.
By Kirk Starratt
Frustration is growing over lack of high-speed Internet service in parts of Kings County. One Huntington Point man is so annoyed with the situation he called a public meeting last week.
Mike Innis said it is extremely difficult trying to do school work, pay bills or run a business without high-speed Internet. All local service providers, including Eastlink, Aliant and Cross Country, have told him the service is either not available in his area or their engineers are working on it.
"Here it is 2012 and we're still hearing the same excuses," Innis said. He has written a letter to Darrell Dexter challenging the premier to run his office for one day, on a low-speed dial-up connection as Innis has to run his.
Nearly three years after the Dec. 31, 2009 deadline the provincial government set to have service available to everyone in Nova Scotia who wants it, there are still rural pockets of Nova Scotia without high speed Internet service, including several in Kings County.
Kings West MLA Leo Glavine is irate about the low speed of the introduction of high-speed.
"We're less than a third world country in many ways here," Glavine said, in regard to Internet connectivity.
Glavine said he thinks government is oblivious to the need to get the service out to everyone who wants it.
With hundreds of Nova Scotians unable to connect to high-speed two years past the 2010 project extension, Glavine wonders if the commitment of former Premier Rodney MacDonald. Glavine said he would be embarrassed if he were the minister responsible.
"Rural Nova Scotia has been the recipient of poor service absolutely," he added.
People from across the county attended the public meeting at the Hall's Harbour fire hall Nov. 21, many expressing great frustration with a lack of service availability and poor customer service when they call to inquire.
People at the meeting shared stories of neighbours having hard-wire service while they couldn't get it. Some complained they couldn't access the fixed wireless systems put in place by Eastlink as part of the provincial government contract, even though they had a clear line of sight to a tower. One man said the Better Business Bureau suggested he pay $11,000 to have cable run to his home.
Many laughed out loud when Innis asked how fast their dial-up service is. Many in attendance signed a petition for Eastlink high-speed Internet service as they entered the hall.
New options
The fixed wireless technology was supposed to make the Internet accessible to all in the province, but service providers soon realized the geographic challenges of the line-of-sight technology, as pointed out by David Craig, senior director of internet operations and engineering for Eastlink. Since that time, he said the company has been working with the Department of Economic and Rural Development to find a solution. He said the challenges are no different in other regions.
"I completely understand the frustrations people have," Craig said. "I'd love to be able to say this is what we're going to do and when, but I can't."
He said the company has built approximately 107 towers in eight counties in the western end of the province, including 10 in Kings, connecting around 7,500. The province has contributed approximately $2.2 million to the initiative while Eastlink has invested around $30 million.
There is now satellite technology that could be used at a commercially available price point, Craig said. The price wouldn't change from fixed wireless: a $100 installation fee and $46.95 per month. However, he said Eastlink has yet to get the provincial go-ahead as satellite technology wasn't acceptable under the original provincial government contract.
Another possibility for the Hall's Harbour area would be to build a tower on the other side of the bay to beam a signal to residents.
Although he couldn't make an on-the-spot commitment Nov. 21, Craig said Eastlink needs to hold a trial for the satellite technology and the Hall's Harbour area could be considered. One man said there were more than enough willing participants in the room for a trial run.
Push for action
Innis said pressure has to be put on the province. He asked for volunteers willing to serve on a committee to help address the lack of service and clear up misinformation.
Glavine, the only elected official in attendance, said he could contact Department of Economic and Rural Development the following day.
The MLA said he would like to see reps from the two service providers holding the provincial contracts, Eastlink and Seaside, serve on the committee with citizens. He said he would like to see the group sit down with the minister and deputy minister responsible to discuss the lack of service and see if it can be addressed over the next six months to a year.
Craig said Eastlink would be happy to participate in the committee and that the company hasn't done a good job in regard to communicating with the public.


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Oh, forgot to mention, I think it's highly, highly unlikely this happens. Thorn would have to do a serious sales job and then some.
SAS is saying the Nuggets really want Iguodala, which changes things, if true. Denver's leverage is slipping every day in this situation.
I have to say I don't like this trade at all, though I do like, as someone in the previous post said, that Thorn is doing his due diligence.
As Kate Fagan wrote, there is a feeling of optimism creeping back into this franchise. Sure, this is due to arrival to Collins, Turner and Thorn BUT also Dre winning gold in Istanbul.
In his Q&A Collins said he wanted the team to have multiple double digit scorers, I think he was talking about six players or so, but he did not envisage there being one major scorer. So getting Anthony may be not what he wants.
It seems to me that there is a connection between Dre and Collins - one that has be created and maintained over the summer and that can only be a good thing. I personally would like to see where it can go.
On a personal level I'd hate to see Dre leave. As a Brit I had no exposure to basketball at all until I saw Dre's dunk at the All Star game. That's when I started following the Sixers and I think his commitment to the franchise in comparison to Melo's apparent reluctance/refusal to contemplate signing an extension here is a very good reason as to why Thorn should not do the trade.
I appreciate the fact that you started rooting for Sixers just because the you saw Iggy's dunk at the all-star game more then some drunkard who hopped on the bandwagon in 2000 when the sixers started winning. It's random moments like that which can make a fan, I like that.
Brian, I love the new format. It's much, much better this way. Please don't change!
Fellas, Iggy is a nice player but we're talking about Melo here. No contest, I mean cmon!
A core of Melo, Jrue, and Turner would be incredible, and also highly unlikely so I won't get myself all worked up.
There's no trade w/out an extension, so I don't think you have to worry about that. As for Collins plans for the team with multiple double-digit scorers, I'm sure he'd amend that expectation if they got Melo.
Would Anthony change his mind about signing an extension with the Sixers if Igoudala stayed? After the great word of mouth from the Istanbul WCH, that Igoudala received from his teammates, is it inconceivable that he might be interested in some sort of a Jrue/Igoudala/Anthony/Brand core. Turner, Young, possibly Speights form a better package for the Nuggets IMO (far better than the Nets one)... I'm baffled why nobody speaks of this scenario...
Brian, it seems to be said a lot that to build a team best the superstar should be gotten first than put the pieces around him [Durant?]. Is Carmelo considered a superstar? Maybe Derek could chime in about using the tier system as it is used on draft night; Is Carmelo on the 2nd tier? I like Iggy but if Carmelo is gettable it makes sense to me because of his age.
And if Denver wants Iggy, Carmelo wants N.J., we want Favors than Thorn has to get creative with adding a 4th team to get it done. That would sure be fun on the trade machine ? If N.Jersey wants a p.g. in return maybe L.Will. works for them?
This is what drives me nuts. The Sixers should be pushing hard as hell to get this to happen between the two teams. Why can't they just say "We are going to rebuild the right way"
If Billy King is out there making stupid decisions with first round picks and a potential talent like Favors why isn't Thorn jumping all over that? Do they really think Brand and Iggy are going to lead us somewhere?
Everyone but Jrue and Turner should be offered to make this happen. Is having a .500 team that important to management? *sigh* I just realized it is.
The only problem I see with that logic is what would the Sixers really get if they just threw their hat into the current four-team deal? I mean, look at the other two teams in it right now. Charlotte's getting Devin Harris, which, I want no part of him. And Utah is getting Boris Diaw?
Say it becomes a three-team deal, the Sixers maybe get Favors, an expiring from NJ (Humphries) and what else? The picks will still be going to Denver, imo. There's really nothing on either roster that's all that great.
Now maybe I make the deal anyway, but I don't think the haul we'd get in return would really be anything more than Favors, at least not the usable stuff.
I'd be pretty excited if the team got Favors and still kept Turner and Jrue.
That is a complete backcourt and big man all on rookie pay that could be spectacular together. Just let Brand's contract come off the books and put the pieces around them.
I would have hoped that we are getting involved to be part of a 3 team trade where we would get youth(Favors?) but with Thorn running the show and his track record of acquiring stars in there prime, I believe he is going after Anthony.
If they had Melo this year, wouldn't Collins be able to hide Carmelo better than anyone? He fits the offensive mold for Collins' system, but how would our defense be?
Think about the starting lineup. He might have some trouble hiding three below average defensive players (Brand, Melo, Whoever else starts). I don't know if I want trouble for a win-now move like Melo. I'd like more answers than questions if we're inking him to a huge deal. You ink Melo with a better core in place, not a questionable one.
Melo doesn't really need to be hidden on the defensive end. He's not a stopper and he's not as versatile as Iguodala, but he's either a bit below average (PER against) or better than average (dMult), depending on which advanced metrics you like.
Of course, Iguodala helps you hide other players' deficiencies on the defensive end, Melo won't do that for you.
Does he?
When did he become this supreme elite defender? He hasn't even been voted to an all defensive team and we treat him like he's Dennis Johnson/prime Ron Artest.
Jrue is in the backcourt now, he can defend the opponents PG which is increasingly important in the new NBA. Perimeter defense isn't as important as interior defense and according to a lot of people on this blog we should have had the best defense in the league last year with Sammie and Iggy on the court.
I have no idea why we are so high on someone who is a 3rd option and has lead us to a .500 record at best. IN THE EAST.
When did he become this supreme elite defender? He hasn't even been voted to an all defensive team and we treat him like he's Dennis Johnson/prime Ron Artest.
He's a quality defender and always has been. There are better ways to evaluate defenders than if they win a popularity contest created by tv broadcasters. It's like evaluating a baseball players defense cause he wins a gold glove. If you're relying on 'all defensive teams' to evaluate defense, then the flaw is the choice.
The Nuggets have also queried the Golden State Warriors about including Stephen Curry in a deal, according to The Denver Post.
Now, go get Stephen Curry Rod Thorn
He is a good defender, but he is not Michael Jordan in his prime or Gary Payton or something.
Andre I is a good player, but his reputation is just tarnished because of his being thrust into the star role on the team and his larger then deserved pay.
If his contract was like 15 million lower there would be no annoyance here.
And yeah, go get Curry to put next to Jrue and Turner.
If his contract was like 15 million lower there would be no annoyance here.
Oh right, I forgot he's over paid.
But you'd give Carmelo the 25 mil per year extension it requires to get him to agree to a deal and not consider him overpaid?
He is overpaid.
Melo doesn't deserve a Max contract either. 3 years 65 million is fine for Melo.
The pros and cons are simple. The best case scenario is us moving Iggys contract and getting Favors and some expirings and maybe some picks.
If we can get Melo for Iggy and spare change, lets do that and just flip him by the trade deadline.
The cons are we get Melo and sign him to a giant contract and are stuck in .500 town until Brands contract runs out. It's a lateral move unless Favors is included for us.
Any criticism of Iggy is seen as anti Iguodala rants here and I have no idea why. He is what he is.
I guess we'll keep him and get to a .500 record again and get swept in the playoffs by miami. Then we can pick some project loser like Thad in the mid rounds and the cycle will continue until Evan Turner and Jrue get fed up and leave.
3 years 65 million is fine for Melo.
So you believe carmelo is worth 22 million a year but Iguodala isn't worth his contract and your argument that he isn't a good defender is that he didn't make all nba defensive teams yet?
My argument is that people are highly overrating Andre's contributions to the team with his defense.
He is good, but not as everyone is saying.
I don't even want Melo, I want the team trade everyone but Jrue and Turner and end up with Favors and some other pieces.
He's been a supreme elite defender basically his entire career. If you want to knock Iguodala for shot selection last year, or whatever other nonsense on the offensive end, that's fine, but he's a game-changer as a wing defender, pretty much always has been.
I'm high on him because he's a very good player. Melo's a very good player as well.
Melo has also "lead (sic)" his team to 6 first-round exits in 7 playoff appearances. For his career, he's led his team to a sparkling 10-25 record in the first round of the playoffs.
If you want to discuss the pros/cons of this deal, at least try to put a little bit of thought into it and don't turn it into another idiotic anti-Iguodala rant. We aren't comparing him to a guy with a track record like Kobe here.
Think about this though, since Denver has gotten better, Karl's philosophy was to stick an absolute stopper out there with him. Dahntay Jones and Afflalo are the two guys I really remember and then they put a bunch of enforcers at the 4 like K-Mart and Birdman. Pretty good people to protect you, no? I feel like he actually is a little worse than those numbers, so I doubt he's average.
Are we entrusting the role of stopper/spot-up shooter to Evan Turner? That kind of takes an opportunity out of his hands. Plus, is this the frontcourt you want with Melo? I'd kind of like a little more toughness (Reggie Evans mold, not Reggie Evans) instead of guys like Speights, Hawes, and Brand. It would be a win-now move too.
This shouldn't really be strictly about Iguodala vs. Melo, as this team doesn't get in a top spot based on either person solely. It's that Melo doesn't do it unless Collins is a miracle worker, so why bother? I wouldn't mind trading Iguodala in a Favors package, but why take on Melo if he's not making a HUGE difference.
I agree w/ you 100%, and with or without Melo, this front court is pitiful. Until you fix that, everything else is window dressing.
Dont most of these comments lead to the conclusion that we should really be trying to get Favors and not Melo in a deal?
If we invest in Favors over Melo we would have a good chance to be strong defensively in the back court and front court. We'd lose Iguodala but gain Favors. This would shift our strength defensively from the back court to the front court. And we still have Holiday holding it down defensively at PG.
We also would have much better financial flexibility, or I should say control financially as we move forward.
It would take time for this to happen, and there are no guarantees, but thats how teams are built. And we wouldn't be locked in past rookie contracts if players dont pan out. We'd probably also take a step back this year as the young core develops and get another solid draft pick to help round out the core.
Brian, you've had a lot of good posts with analysis based on Melo vs Iguodala. What about Favors? NJ wants Melo. Denver wants Iguodala. Shouldnt we push to be the third team in that deal to try and get Favors as was originally rumored?
Dont most of these comments lead to the conclusion that we should really be trying to get Favors and not Melo in a deal?
Well yeah, but 'we' are not running the sixers, and the sixers seem to think swapping Iguodala for Anthony is a good idea.
Fortunately (for some of us) Carmelo Anthony doesn't like the idea of playing here long term.
This is what is so maddening because the Sixers keep saying they don't want to the be the facilitator in the deal when they are in the perfect spot do so.
Melo isn't the target, you may think I want him, but I don't. Favors it the guy I'm after. Favors, expirings, and picks.
Tear down and build up. How is getting Favors not a positive in the rebuilding process of the team?
"IT BOGGLES THE MIND" - Frank Grimes
Interesting analysis, Brian. The cautionary tale from the Sixers' recent past is still the 05-06 Sixers. All the arguments about Carmelo could be made about Iverson that year: took all the shots and scored relatively efficiently (same as Carmelo last year), put up an unreal 26+ PER, made the game easy for his teammates on offense. Yet the team still wound up 38-44 and out of the playoffs. Without question, Carmelo is a #1, go-to offensive player. But is he the guy you want to build your franchise around for the next several years?
The key to the trade might not be Iguodala but what else the Sixers send to complete it. There's another cautionary tale from the Nuggets' own history. Back in 1984, they shipped out a superstar, Kiki Vandeweghe, coming off a 29 PPG season (with a 61% TS%), in a 5-for-1 trade. The centerpiece of their return package was Calvin Natt, who had a career year in 84-85 and led the Nuggets to the West Finals. Natt got hurt two years later and his career was mostly over, but the Nuggets also received a backup PG who blossomed into a star for them, Fat Lever. Vandeweghe, meanwhile, gave the Blazers some productive years but the team won exactly one playoff series while he was with them, only achieving real success in the early 90's after he left.
For me, the crux of the matter comes to this: is Carmelo, as great a scorer as he is, a franchise cornerstone? If the Sixers trade for him and somehow put all the right pieces around him, can he lead a good team to greatness? A fair assessment of his career to this point says no, though players can change. But the Sixers really need to think hard about this, because trading for Carmelo and signing him to an extension will set their franchise path for years to come.
Is there any difference between Anthony in Denver and KG when he was in Minnesota? KG couldn't get it done in the west regardless of his ability and it took being surrounded by 2 other 'top 20' players to get him to the promised land. Any reason that Carmelo isn't exactly the same case?
I think there's a difference there, though the W/L resumes are very similar. I remember KG not getting out of the 1st Round for what seemed like an eternity and then teamed up with Sprewell/Cassell and made a conference finals. Very similar to Carmelo and Chauncey.
I think there's a couple of differences though. KG was an upgrade on both ends of the floor, and though some of Melo's defensive metrics aren't terrible, many stats pointed to KG being the best player in the league for a couple of years. KG was a tad older than Melo so maybe Melo's prime is still ahead of him.
Basic difference- Celtics had pieces to win-now, Sixers aren't close.
Rich, I agree with you, I wasn't thinking sixers really though. I was thinking KG/ Carmelo in a vacuum. In that they aren't the kinds of guys who can win without other top 20/25 pieces around them.
Yeah, they are very good comparisons. Can anyone in the league win without a Top 20/25 player though? Maybe Wade did it that one year?
That one year Wade did it, he had this guy named Shaq who wasn't over the hill just yet :)
Kevin Garnett won 50 games with Wally Z as the #2 option offensively and then Hudson as the #3 and Rasho as the #4.
Pretty silly to compare the 2.
KG had no one most of his career. Melo has had HOF players and fringe HOFs and elite NBA "role" players.
How many playoff series did Kevin Garnett win 'on his own'?
Did the Favors deal just die, because that deal would be done if the Sixers were willing. I just read the quote that they 'weren't interested' in being a third party facilitator. So the Sixers completely squashed that deal?
I haven't seen anything that indicates that there ever was a Favors deal for the sixers. The only things I've read regarding Favors to the sixers are baseless blog speculations and hopes and that one article that wasn't anything more than a writers speculation that evolved.
The only deal I've heard that is 'legitimately' supported as fact is the four way deal agreed upon between the nuggets, jazz, bobcats, and nets that supposedly is not held up by Anthony but by The Nuggets trying to milk more from the stone.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is where it stands right now. That's the only legit rumor, the rest is just noise.
I think this depends entirely on what you think of Evan Turner. If you think Turner can be as good on offense as Brandon Roy, then why in the world would you do this deal? We now have our great scorer (hypothetically) and Iguodala can be his Pippen-lite - which by itself doesn't get you that far but with Holiday maybe it does. On the other hand, if you're pessimistic about Turner like me, then you may well want to do this deal. Now that we're guaranteed to be mediocre, we won't be getting great draft picks anymore, and as this summer has shown, it's not easy to get a great scorer through free agency. And, if Turner doesn't turn out, he'll lose trade value, so you'll end up having to make a move like this anyway because Iguodala will be the only valuable asset we'd be willing to move. The moral of the story, in my view, is that we should have picked Cousins.
Any conclusions about what Turner might or might not be in the NBA are entirely premature
Very true, which means this trade is premature.
Trading for Anthony without keeping Iguodala is a fools errand in general in my opinion :)
Just to play devil's advocate, getting Melo now could take the burden off Turner to have to score like Brandon Roy, and let him mature into a role more like what Iguodala plays right now, playing defense, making plays for others and scoring efficiently.
Except Turner will never be as good a defender as Iguodala. Anyway, I don't think Carmelo will sign an extension here.
True, but he could be a better scorer, even a better overall player eventually.
Well if so, we shouldn't be trading for another big-time perimeter scorer.
Definitely don't want too many guys who can score on the perimeter.
Hollinger predicts 43 wins for the sixers Insider Article
Saw that, odd when MSM people are more bullish on the team than I am. Actually, it kind of worries me.
43 wins sounds about right to me.
My feeling on Turner is that I want to see what he is while given a chance to be a relative #1 option. With Carmelo, I'm positive that he doesn't get that chance. I'm more skeptical on Turner but I am excited to see him play and with or without Iguodala, I think he gets that chance. I want to give him as much freedom on offense as possible to see what he can do, not restrict him. Signing Carmelo is almost cheating yourself on Turner.
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