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The Nationals have acquired outfielder Jonny Gomes from the Reds in exchange for minor leaguers Bill Rhinehart and Chris Manno, a subtle move designed to add a veteran bat to their bench in advance of Sunday's trade deadline.
Gomes, 30, was hitting .211 with 11 homers, 31 RBI and a .336 on-base percentage in 77 games with Cincinnati this season. A career .244 hitter in parts of nine big-league seasons with the Reds and Rays, he could wind up serving as a right-handed platoon option in left field alongside Laynce Nix.
Gomes' 2011 salary is $1.75 million, but the Reds are covering some of the roughly $600,000 he's due the remainder of the year. He'll be a free agent at the end of the season, and he could qualify for "Type B"
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- Cwj - Jul 26, 2011 at 11:09 PM
I like it.
- Anonymous - Jul 26, 2011 at 11:15 PM
- Anonymous - Jul 26, 2011 at 11:17 PM
^ i agree.WHY? i hope he proves me wrong
- dunbarbw - Jul 26, 2011 at 11:25 PM
Because our OF depth consists of Werth, Bernadina, Nix, Ankiel and Hairston. Against LHP he's hitting.333/.439/.537. He'll platoon with Nix and Rizzo may resign him for next year. The reliever (key word being reliever) is in Low A and does anyone think Rhinehart was going to be a factor longterm?
- Anonymous - Jul 26, 2011 at 11:27 PM
Stairs now toast?
- Stranded_in_Philly - Jul 26, 2011 at 11:31 PM
- Eugene in Oregon - Jul 26, 2011 at 11:34 PM
Anon @ 7:27:One can only hope…
- CBinDC - Jul 26, 2011 at 11:51 PM
WHY WHY WHY ???????? does this make any sense at all please explain someone
- Les in NC - Jul 26, 2011 at 11:56 PM
I know the 40% of batters in the SAL that had to face Manno and could do nothing but strike out against him are happy to hear that. But I have to say that I am not.Are more meaningful trades in the works? Why trade anyone if we only get a bench player?
- NatinBeantown - Jul 27, 2011 at 12:48 AM
Calm down folks. This is getting a minor value, and fills a need for the big club, in exchange for guys very unlikely to ever see DC. Are they worthless? No. But you don't get major league players for free. If Gomes fills the role we had hoped for Stairs, it's a nice pickup. If he makes Type B status, even better.
- bdrube - Jul 27, 2011 at 12:53 AM
Put me in the "no sense" group. Why trade away any minor league depth for a spare part? Guess this also means Nix isn't going anywhere.
- JaneB - Jul 27, 2011 at 1:07 AM
Really? Who do we DFA to accommodate someone with nit much better upside than Stairs? At least we didn't give up anybody real.
- JaneB - Jul 27, 2011 at 1:44 AM
I guess this means Stairs is gonna get traded. Where are my Nats and what did Davey do to them?
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 1:56 AM
The question may not be Why did Rizzo get this guy? so much as Why did Cincinnati need to get rid of him so cheap?Funnier would have been if they'd taken Cutter Dykstra for him.
- Mark L - Jul 27, 2011 at 2:23 AM
The only way anyone likes this at all is if they are clueless about the Nats minor system. In exchange for getting a complete mediocrity, the Nats gave up an unhittable closer and a power hitter with an OPS of .980!To be honest, the Nats never really liked Rhinehart, they treated him like an organizational guy and he wouldn't cooperate by becoming a big time power hitter at Harrisburg. Chris Manno was a big time prospect that should have been at Harrisburg for quite awhile. And they get what, maybe a draft pick who at best would maybe produce as well as the 2 guys they gave up?This is amateur hour!
- SCNatsFan - Jul 27, 2011 at 2:35 AM
The real question is what did Gomes do to upset management in Cinn to be banished to the Nats
- Nats Outsider - Jul 27, 2011 at 2:43 AM
Wow. Just what we need: Another outfielder who flirts with Mendoza. The scary part of this for me is that Rizzo and others in the Nats organization may feel they have now addressed the team's needs in the outfield. On to the next issue!!And, SCNatsFan, what Gomes has done to upset Cincy's management is to hit .211. I can only think of one team that might consider that acceptable. Yep, that one.
- Mark'd - Jul 27, 2011 at 2:46 AM
Somethings up with Bernadina
- dunbarbw - Jul 27, 2011 at 2:58 AM
Woe is us! We traded a reliever doing well in Low A! Where will we ever find another!?Seriously what is everyone's deal with relief pitchers? You guys on here act like they are as hard to find as a good hitting catcher.
- Anonymous - Jul 27, 2011 at 3:08 AM
Mark L, you are way off on your assessment of this situation. Manno is a 22 year old in low A. He is a relief pitcher and he was a 26th round selection. Rhinehart is 26 and SHOULD be dominating AA. Neither of those guys are big pieces to the future equation.Gomes is a type B free agent at the end of the year. That means a sandwich round pick which should be greater than the 2 players lost in the deal.If Gomes accepts then you have a cheap platoon option to limit Harper against tough lefties. Gomes absolutely murders left handed pitching. If he was good enough to be a part of a playoff contender the last couple seasons he is definitely good enough to be a power bat off the bench for us as we approach credibility.
- sjm308 - Jul 27, 2011 at 3:26 AM
Would you rather have Gomes, who at least can play a position or Stairs? The two players we let go were both favorites of the minor league fans but what kind of future does a 26 year old have who has not made it past AA? The relief pitcher has great numbers but they are at A level and he is 22. I think we have plenty of relief pitchers at higher levels so this young man was definitely blocked in our system and good luck to him with the reds. Again, we get rid of Stairs and maybe, just maybe Davey has that big hairy chested guy sitting next to him.For what it is worth, the game tonight was dismal and DC Wonk never made an appearance in 308. We really are struggling right now and I honestly don't know how to fix it.
- sjm308 - Jul 27, 2011 at 3:32 AM
JaneB – stairs will not get traded, he will just be let go and Davey probably had nothing to do with this, this sounds like Rizzo all the way. If the numbers for Gomes facing left handers are factual then this is actually a steal. Folks, I realize both of these guys were fan favorites at the minor league level and yes both of those teams are now weakened with their loss but now someone else gets to fill those spots and maybe we find a diamond in the rough. We sure were not going to bring up Reinhart this year so that would have put a 27 year old at AAA at the best and what kind of future does he have with every position being blocked? He is not replacing Morse, or Harper or Werth. You can't use him so maybe we got the most that we could for him. We all know relievers have a short shelf life and Manno was super for Potomac but its low A people!We got an established veteran who has been in playoff races for two players who will probably never see a major league field.
- Scooter - Jul 27, 2011 at 3:57 AM
Heck, Manno wasn't even at Potomac; he was at "low" A Hagerstown. And if memory serves, Bill Rhinehart has gotten Nats fans excited before but sort of stalled.On the face of it, I like the trade. My only hesitation is, I remember what happened the last time a right-handed outfielder was stunned to be traded from Cincinnati to Washington.sjm308, do you do day games? I'll be somewhere in the 300s on Thursday.
- sjm308 - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:07 AM
Scooter I love day games but I am going tomorrow as well as tonights game.I will be at the afternoon game on Aug 3rd vs the Braves sec 308 seats 1-5.Man was this game a disappointment,am guessing that was all hashed out in another article but for the first time in a long time I left after the HRod homerun and did not see our 9th inning.
- SonnyG10 - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:09 AM
If they'll just let Stairs go, I think this can be a good deal. We really need another right handed pinch hitter off the bench, especially if Hairston is starting a game. There have been times when we've had nothing but left handed options to pinch hit. So we had to give up a couple of low level minor leaguers…big deal. They'll be replaced by the new crop of draftees.
- Whatsanattau - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:10 AM
Hairy chest? Can we get a picture? Rime art? Meaningless. Manna? An excellent minor league reliever in A ball, 3 years away at best. Gomes 500+ at bats last year wit 20 + home runs. Good trade for players who would never wear a MLB uniform. (don't give me that "great prospect" rap. A minor league reliever prospect in A ball has such little exposure to pro hitters that it doesnt prove anything. )
- Whatsanattau - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:13 AM
Auto spell correction sux. RhinehartManno.
- Scooter - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:32 AM
Smashing, sjm. I'm at all the weekday daytime games this year. Looks like our tickets for the 3rd are in 310, so I'll be able to find you.Seats 1-5, sounds like you like to stretch out. I like you more every day.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:44 AM
C'est plus la même chose, Scooter. Speaking of which, am I the only one to whom it did not occur that Mark L was serious?
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:48 AM
that would be, in re: RH former Reds outfielders
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:52 AM
Wassanatta, I thought "rime art" and "manna" were a little obscure, but interesting. FWIW.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:53 AM
Then again, nowadays "Exquisite Corpse" is a good zombie movie.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:02 AM
but I digress…"undroit"
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:06 AM
I don't pay so much attention as some, but I don't remember seeing anything from the hitting coach describing a philosophy of taking lots of first and third strikes. And yet, quite a bit of the lineup seems to be taking a first strike, and guessing with two (and guessing wrong about half the time, which is why guessing is deprecated, to begin with, probably). Or is that just me?
- Scooter - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:07 AM
Sec 3, My Sofa said…C'est plus la même chose, Scooter.Okay, I admit I may not know all them fancy words the kids use in the hip-hop these days, but I'm guessing what you said loosely translates as "Kearns stinks."I about got it?
- Scooter - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:10 AM
And as to your latest, you failed to a) use the word "lost," b) refer to an opposing pitcher as "Cy _____", or c) call for Epstein to be DedFA.Ten points from Hufflepuff.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:18 AM
Oh, and CBinDC, to answer the question:"He'll be a free agent at the end of the season, and he could qualify for 'Type B'."Sometimes a bird in the bush is worth two in the hand.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:24 AM
Ok, Cy-rano de Bergerac, Brian Epstein was Discipline For Artists.And Beauxbatons Academy of Magic sniffs in the other direction from your Ufflepoof.
- Sec 3, My Sofa - Jul 27, 2011 at 5:26 AM
I'd still be there if I hadn't gone out for the swim team.
- Will - Jul 27, 2011 at 7:56 AM
Let's just hope Gomes was as devastated to leave Cincinnati as he seems to say in the article. Then, we can offer him arbitration at the end of the season, he'll reject it, and the Nats can walk away with a compensatory sandwich pick, and all parties will be better off.If he accepts, and I hope Rizzo did his research and knows he won't (or has a gentleman's agreement for him to reject it), then this is a completely and utterly stupid and nonsensical deal by Rizzo.
- dale - Jul 27, 2011 at 9:58 AM
This move gains us nothing for now, (come on, Rizzo, another one dimensional hitter, who really can't field that well either?), and we lose Manno, who was actually dominating at the level he played at. This move smacks of giving DJ a tool box kind of player, just so DJ can now have right handed outfielder other than Hairston. The Reds lose nobody and gain a chance for a good reliever, I would prefer their position in this trade.
- Nats Outsider - Jul 27, 2011 at 11:49 AM
sjm308 said, "For what it is worth, the game tonight was dismal and DC Wonk never made an appearance in 308."Half right, sjm308. The game was incredibly dismal — the worst I've seen all year. But DC Wonk was there, in front of the Union Pub beer stand, as advertised. So was I. Sorry I didn't get to shake hands with you.
- natsfan1a - Jul 27, 2011 at 12:04 PM
fwiw (which is not much), my reaction to the trade last night was similar to that of dunbarw, Beantown, sjm, and whattsa. (Well, not being an armchair GM type I didn't think of the type B angle.)
- natsfan1a - Jul 27, 2011 at 12:30 PM
What's a Hufflepuff?
- NatsLady - Jul 27, 2011 at 12:59 PM
I'm ok with it, FWIW. Sounds like a fun type guy, hard worker who might put a little spark in the team, which is looking pretty flat right now. I agree with the poster who said the turning point was blowing the 8-run lead in Chicago.Gomes is most probably here for two months to shore up the outfield, maybe hit a few dingers, while Rizzo works on more long-term plans.
- Anonymous - Jul 27, 2011 at 3:01 PM
An absolute blockbuster of a deal. Should get the Nats one game closer to .500.
- Anonymous - Jul 27, 2011 at 4:37 PM
One other thought on this: Laynce Nix is just on the cusp of Type-B status. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/07/eli.htmlSo perhaps keeping Nix in a strict platoon with Gomes, with Hairston off the bench, so Nix only faces righties (.289/.326/.531) is enough to get him over the hump and make this a two-for-one comp. pick deal. The lack of real RH options off the bench means Nix has had just enough ABs against lefties this year to drag his OPS down by 50 points.


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Lamar Cardinals coach Pat Knight shouts to the court during the first half against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Coleman Coliseum. / Kelly Lambert, USA TODAY Sports
INDIANAPOLIS - He is a homegrown Hoosier dispatched amid the endless plains of Texas football country, grinding away at a school that's a thousand miles from the basketball kingdom in which he was raised.
Pat Knight is also a fired coach given a second chance. He's grateful for that.
It comes at Lamar University, in Beaumont, Texas, and it comes with something Knight has always sought - the chance to construct a college basketball team from scratch, and do so his way. It comes, too, with the latest opportunity for the son of a coaching legend to outrun the stigma that has, predictably and unfailingly, trailed him since he first picked up a basketball.
"You want to know what's hard?" asks Knight, in his third season at Lamar. "What's hard is trying to play high school basketball in the state of Indiana when Bob Knight is your dad."
Yes, he still hears the taunts, the sneers. Hears them every game he coaches on the road. He's heard them all his life.
Why don't you throw a chair?
Why aren't you as good as your old man?
"I kind of wish they'd get more creative, to be honest," Knight says with a laugh. "It's been 30 years. Let the chair thing go."
Knight, who coached the Cardinals to the NCAA Tournament in his first season before a 3-28 record last year, visit Hinkle Fieldhouse to face Butler for the regular-season opener Saturday. It's no accident Knight is back, albeit briefly, in the state where he grew up, played high school and college ball, and where he started in college coaching.
Indiana is home. Always has been.
"You can take the kid out of the state, but you can't take the state out of the kid," he says proudly.
When Knight draws up Lamar's schedule, he looks for non-conference games in Indiana and the Midwest, aiming to return to his roots, widen his recruiting net and show his players what college basketball is like in the heart of hoops country. He brought his team to Purdue last December to face good friend Matt Painter's squad. (The Cardinals lost 72-39.) He hopes to add a team like Louisville, Ohio State or Kentucky in the years to come.
"It's great for our kids to see that type of atmosphere," Knight said. "There's just no better state to play a college basketball game in than Indiana."
Still, he can't believe its been 12 years. Crazy, he says, he's been out of the Midwest for that long. Crazy it's been more than a decade since he and his family packed up and left all they knew for the dry, desert plains of West Texas.
It took time, sure, but he's long come to grips with his father's controversial firing from IU in 2000. He's got better things to do than hold grudges. He's got a program to build.
"Life is short," Pat Knight says. "You move on."
He wishes his dad were the same way. He harbors hope his old man will appease Indiana and return to a game one of these days, if only to hear the deafening roar from the Assembly Hall crowd one more time.
Pat Knight has been urging his dad to do that for years.
"As his son, and as a former player, I'm not telling him not to go," Pat says. "You saw the reaction he got when he went back to Ohio State (in 2011)? I told him he'd get that reaction times 100 if he went back to Indiana.
"I've tried, man, I've tried. Me and (former IU players) Scott May and Quinn Buckner, we've tried. We're working on it. But the guy just doesn't budge. It's really not a big deal to him. He's always done it his way, and right now, he's pretty content just hunting and fishing."
At this point, Pat Knight can't say if The Return will ever happen.
"He is Indiana basketball," he continues. "We all get fired. It happens. To me, his legacy there outweighs that. And it's not like any of us are getting any younger."
After leaving Bloomington, Knight spent seven-plus years working as an assistant under his father at Texas Tech, then assumed head coaching duties when his father retired in February 2008. He lasted three seasons in Lubbock, never reaching the NCAA Tournament, and was fired after a 13-19 campaign in 2010-11.
He was offered a fresh start at little-known Lamar, a program located on the other side of the state that hadn't enjoyed a 20-win season in two decades. Knight turned their fortunes around quickly. The Cardinals won 23 games his first season - probably best known for an infamous rant from Knight late in the year - and earned their first NCAA Tournament berth in 23 years.
Seven top players from that team were gone last season, and the Cardinals, starting three freshmen, bottomed out. The team won a single conference game and just three all season.
"It was terrible," Knight said at the team's media day last month. "No one is more upset about last year than I am."
But the challenge staring at him in the offseason was one he's always wanted: Build a program up from nothing. So he went to work, bringing in seven new faces, including five junior college transfers.
Nevertheless, outside expectations remain low: The Cardinals are picked to finish last in the Southland Conference for the second straight year. Knight remains optimistic.
"Ever since I took this job, this is really the year we've been waiting for," he says. "This is the year we have our first true recruiting class."
For a larger blueprint for his program, he looked no further than the previously little-known school from his home state that has steadily become, in his words, a brand name in college basketball.
He looked to Butler.
"Growing up, if you weren't good enough to go to Indiana or Purdue, you'd go to Ball State," Knight said. "Butler just wasn't a popular school to go to back then. Now, look at them. The credit goes to the coaches they've had and the guy that probably doesn't get enough credit, their athletic director Barry Collier."
His long-term goal, simply stated yet improbable in its undertaking: "I want Lamar to become the next Butler."
The elder Knight visited a few of his son's early-season practices. College basketball's No. 3 all-time wins leader watched from the bleachers, scribbled down notes and let his son work. Before he left, Knight spoke to the team and passed his thoughts along to Pat, who's as eager as anyone to move on from last season's nightmare.
It will take time. He knows this. For Pat Knight, escaping the shadow has never been easy.
"To me, it's not a curse," he says. "I came to terms with it a long, long time ago. I'm Bob Knight's son, and I'm proud of it."
Zak Keefer also writes for The Indianapolis Star.
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The issue with improving this team to be more competitive as it fights for a playoff berth is not who is the starting power forward.
Would I want Rudy Gay over Harrison Barnes? Hell, yes; however, the team is in need of help in the paint, not on the perimeter.
Teams with big front lines will continue to give the Warriors trouble until a healthy Bogut returns, Ezeli shows rapid improvement, Biedrens develops some offensive game, or the team acquires via trade a long (read: tall) and athletic big man.
The thing that Rudy Gay does bring to the Warriors is the ability to both create a shot off the dribble as well as move and set up away from the ball for a perimeter jump shot. The Warriors are lacking in the ability to create shots off the dribble.
Grizzlies exploring Trade Options with Gay
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We also have to take into consideration the financial ramifications that someone like Gay would bring. Yes, at this point, Gay is a more established player, but is he $14M more established than the potential of Barnes? And what do the Warriors give up for him? Andris and Jefferson? They've already chuckled at the offer, so it would have to be one of those players along with a young player like Klay Thompson or Barnes a with a filler. The Warriors just don't have the pieces to land a person like Gay in the first place and any trade will for him would break up the core of this team that is 22-12. I'd much rather have them ride this team for the season and see how far it gets them, especially when Bogut returns. Next year, Biedrins and Jefferson will be sought after commodities since they're both sizable expiring contracts. Those two can get them back a better play than Gay if their is a team looking to shed salary like Memphis this year.
+1 to both you gents, another solid thread we've got here!
I'm a little busy so my responses will come later, but you both make solid points. I'll say this for now: until we get some consistency outta the starting 3 spot, this will continue to be a relative topic until the trade deadline or Gay's transaction to another team (whichever comes first). GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS DIE HARD |
Or Barnes emergence happens really quick.
You make some great points 32. If this trade went down, I wouldn't curse the sky. After all it is a upgrade of talent over potential, and I've always been a fan of that. Curry Klay Gay Lee Bogut IS siick on paper. Even Conf. finals worthy? I still would be against the trade due to Gay's contract (not in favor of paying a non-all star like he's Kobe) and threat to chemistry (idk if Gay's ball-stopping would fit in). The Warriors have GREAT chemistry and are having a great season...any move that may change that I'm weary of. I think the plan they have with prospect Barnes and future expirings is a good one with flexibility. But if this is the route they took I couldn't fault them either. Just sometimes GMs get too clever for their own good and don't think about how different moves impact the team.
Damn, man. If Rush and Bogut were healthy and this trade went down it would've been nuts.
Curry Thompson Gay Lee Bogut Landry Rush Jack off the bench.... championship From "we believe", to "we belong", to "we gon beatcho ass!"
Until the team gets rid of AB and RJ, salary will be a huge issue. Gay is paid like he is a top 5 player which he certainly is not. Barnes has at least three years to show how good he really is and is on a rookie contract right now.
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Another loss dominated by a surplus of production out of the swing spot. Gallo, Chandler, and Corey Brewer ate us up with a combined 48 points (on 50%), 17 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, and only 4 combined fouls. Can we acknowledge that our biggest weakness is defending the SF spot yet? Denver's starter (Gallo) shot 58%, despite his season average being 41%. By comparison, when the Grizzlies whupped the Spurs in an overtime victory on Friday, not only did Rudy Gay get you 23 and 6 (on 50% shooting), but he SHUT DOWN the 3 spot for San Antonio. Kawai Leonard? 6 points in 38 minutes, 33%. Stephen Jackson? 7 points in 19, nothing but cheapies (free throws and three's) and couldn't get off but 3 attempts from the field. So how about a friendly wager, for cred points. Anyone wanna bet me that Rudy Gay (the Monta Ellis doppelgänger) will shoot below 40% tonight against the Clippers (since, on the court, chucking has been anointed his issue by several people in this thread)? I'll bet that not only does Gay shoot in the high 40's to low 50's, but I'll bet Caron, Matt Barnes, and Crawford (when playing with Paul and Bledsoe) will shoot below 50% combined. Any takers? GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS DIE HARD |
A lot of their wide open shots came when we couldn't get a rebound, because we didn't have big guys in. So, they grab offensive rebound, our defense is scattered at that point, and toss the ball out to a wide open shooter.
Yes, their wing players had a good game, but, no, it wasn't because of our wing players playing bad D, but because we wanted to play small ball with team that is a good rebounding team with good centers. It's that simple. Stats will tell you that, but the game tells you that we should have played Ezeli more, even if it meant him fouling out. And I'm not gonna take that bet, cause usually one of those Clippers guys is gonna shoot real ugly, usually one at least has a bad night, and shoots something like 2-14. On the other hand, I'm not against Gay. But, like yesterday, Harrison can do what he does, when given minutes. Next year, I'm hoping, numbers will be really close for those two. And how can you guard their wing players, with our SF players, when for the big part of the game we played Klay on SF position, while our PGs were both PG and SG? You can tell that I'm not a fan of small ball, but, to be real here, that's what is killing us. We can live with that when opposing team is not far from us, when it comes to centers, but we can't play with two PFs (some will say that Lee is even undersized) against good centers. I like small ball in some little stints, but otherwise...it's gonna cost us games. |
Are we supposed to believe that these booming swingman numbers that are present all throughout our losses are just coincidental?
Look, I'm not saying Harrison Barnes is a terrible defender. But, again, let's give Memphis' SF his dues: Barnes is nowhere near Rudy Gay defensively. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS DIE HARD |
No, you are supposed to see that we play small ball, and with three guards throughout most of our games. So, Klay on opposing team's SF, equals a lot of points for that guy.
I'm not saying he is bad defensively, I just believe that we would be sorry if we do that, cause Harrison might in the end be better than him. If not better, than close to that for sure. Anyway, what's the point of trading for him, if we are going to play with 3 guards? I believe that if Harrison was on a team, where he would be one of first options on offense, for instance if Bobcats took him instead of MKG, that he would be putting up pretty much the same number as Gay does, in his first year. Here, Curry and Klay are the shooters, and they are going to take 15 attempts even on bad nights, add there Lee, and our two bench guys that use ball a lot, there really isn't enough chances for Barnes, he needs to use those shots he gets, and you are getting out of rhythm when you are spelled for a while. I'm of a opinion that Barnes would be even better on offense, if he wasn't respecting some of veteran players too much, and standing at the side, waiting for his turn, cause in the end, he is a better talent than some of our team's top players. So, I'm trying to say, that I would rather give him that time, to make him feel more comfortable, improve his defense etc, before the POs, than bring in a new guy, that won't wait for his turn on offense, cause he thinks he is a star, and should have a lot of balls coming his way. That, on this team, with this many scorers, might ruin the whole chemistry. And I'm not saying Gay is not a good player, or a star, he is, just when I look the whole picture, I see more risk than possible profit coming out of it. |
So, long story short, you believe Harrison Barnes will someday be as good or better than Rudy Gay?
Cause that's a BOLD statement. Gay is putting up 18 points sharing the ball with ZBo and Gasol. I think it's fair to say he'd still put up 16ish in Golden State, which is nearly double that of Barnes. Klay Thompson is best suited as a spot-up shooter; adding Rudy Gay to this offense would help him more than anyone else, except maybe Lee (who set up the Black Falcon jam, mind you). While I admire the zest for Harrison and (I feel the need to repeat this since I'm seemingly championing the call to trade him, but): I really, really like the kid too. It's just the same thing I was saying this past summer: I love Klay Thompson's game... But I like Andre Iguodala's more. Likewise, I love Harrison Barnes' tools and high-ceiling... But I like Rudy Gay as a player more. We'll just have to see who lands Gay and observe his effect on that team. I refuse to agree with the sentiment that Gay is anything near as bad as Monta Ellis (despite the heady usage rates). It'll be interesting to see what his game translates to outside of Memphis' slow scheme where he's always been. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS DIE HARD |
Gay kind of forces his way to the 18 PPG, pretty high usage rate. The thing, is if we know he will share the ball and only shoot when we need him to, great. However, there is no guarantee he won't ball hog here either.
Ball hog?
He's putting up 16.5 attempts per game. Curry leads us with 16.4, Lee follows at 15.5, and neither Ler nor Curry strike me as a black hole... And all 3 of these guys are within 1 attempt of each other. I know he has a high usage rate, but you must concede that that number will decrease given Golden State's superior backcourt to Memphis. Gay handles the ball on a semi-regular basis for the Grizzlies (which displays his versatility), but he'd have a much different role here. Monta Ellis finished his Warriors career chucking 19.0 attempts, after two prior seasons of 20.1 and 22.0. THAT'S a ball hog. Gay is nothing close to that. He's averaged 16 attempts every year but his rookie year and he's always been the best overall offensive player on his team. You can't compare Rudy Gay to Monta Ellis. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS DIE HARD |
He still puts up a high usage rate because usage rate is any end of an offensive possession, which include possessions. But ignoring that, my definition of a ball hog is shooting when it starts to hurt your efficiency and the teams efficiency. I think he should be deferring me. But that may also maybe a product of their offense which is very slow. He may be in fact forced to shoot a bunch of bad shoots because they are near the end of a shot clock. I don't know, lots of question marks. |
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- November 2012: GloboSol annual report The Gambia - Tiloo - The success-story started in 2006 when a Swiss woman Elena Steger-Kassama, together with her Gambian husband, introduced solar cooking and baking to his family. From humble beginnings she developed a project of admirable diversity with an infallible flair for the sensible and the practicable. Soon Elena Steger also managed to generate the financial means for the various projects mostly on her own initiative. In August 2011 a big aim was reached: the project founded its own association named Solar Association Tiloo. This step into independence fulfilled the general wish of GloboSol, that we entertain in the long run with each supported project, namely to become unnecessary. More information on the project...
- June 2012: Two representatives from Santa Maria Sense Fronteres spent 25 days living and working with the Integrated Cooking Method (ICM) in a little community of 400 people in The Gambia. We promoted solar, efficient and retention cookers, using participative methods and involving all the community. A young local woman was interviewing between June and December the ten families who tested the integrated cooking system. Our main objective was to discover how and how much the ICM can improve the life of the rural communities and the environment.
- November 2012: Tilo Tabiro expands Integrated Cooking Method to Four More Villages in the Gambia - This year Tilo Tabiro has expanded to four more villages in The Gambia in addition to the existing ones. We have trained 483 women in 10 villages this year, namely Jarra Toniataba, Foni Kanlagi, Foni Sangajor, Kartong, Siffor, Siyone,Ker Cherno, Kerewan, Gunjur and Bakau. We set up an enterprise to some of these villages in other to sustain the project and trained women in both panel and box cookers and also introduced Rocket Stove as well. All these are being enjoyed by the women of these communities. Also introduced to President's International Award Youth Enterprise and Skill Centre where we taught students the basic knowledge of solar cookers. We are working hard with in developing the solar cookers to the highest level. We the "Tilo Tabiro" group have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with our Ministry of Energy in 2010 and we are working in partnership with Gambia Women's Finance Association (GAWFA). We have three trainers and Yasanou Jobe as our new financial controller and Mr. Malcolm Gee and Lamin Sawo as the country coordinators. We have not receive funds from The Gambia government and we had poor response from the donation letters sent to some institutions within the United States, but the conducive environment in The Gambia made life easier than it would have been if it were otherwise. We have limited funds. The major problem we are facing now is finance. It will be of great pleasure to receive more support in cash and kind in other to help and safe women and our environment especially for the future generations. This will also help us to expand to much more communities.
- January 2011: Solar Project Tiloo, founded in 2006, started a new program at the end of 2009: 7 pilot schools in different regions received one solar oven each. They obliged to use the oven for one year in various ways. In doing so they have to earn at least 1,250 Fr. by selling solar products. When the contractual aim is successfully reached, the students receive a certificate and a new solar oven, which is then in turn given by them to another self determined school under the same conditions. In this way a snowball-effect is started designed to engender the countrywide distribution of the solar oven among the young generation. On 23rd January 2011 that moment was attained: The first certificate ceremony was celebrated with public figures, representatives of seven schools and guests from all over the country.
- December 2009: Audio interview with Lamin Sawo where he discusses AHEAD's large-scale solar cooking project in The Gambia where 900 families are now regularly using solar cookers to cope with rising food prices and government restrictions of cutting trees.
- July 2009: Reports in the Daily Observer newspaper indicate that Gambian President Yahya Jammeh is aware of solar cookers and has discussed solar cooker use in his country. During a 2008 meeting with representatives of Motech Industries, Inc., a leading solar power company based in Taiwan, Jammeh expressed his support for solar energy use, including his desire that "98% of provincial schools have solar power so that they can link to the Internet." In response to a question from the reporter, Jammeh mentioned that solar cookers are very much a possibility for his country as well.
- August 2008: The nongovernmental organization Adventures in Health, Education, and Agricultural Development (AHEAD) recently conducted solar cooking trainings in five villages in The Gambia and plans to expand this summer. Malcolm Gee led workshops to train 12-15 women per village in the construction and use of panel-type solar cookers. Eighty women were trained, who in turn will train others. The women cooked meals of fish, rice, and vegetables in the cookers, and are experimenting with other traditional dishes. They have formed a trainers' cooperative called Tilo Tabiro.
- January 2008: Gambian president speaks of need for solar cookers - The Daily Observer
The History of Solar Cooking in The Gambia
An organization in the United Kingdom, the Gambia Fellowship Association, has been promoting solar cooking in the Gambia for a number of years. Four units to produce cookers have been developed by the group with assistance from the British High Commission, the Gambia Energy Department and the British Foreign Office in London. The organization has also made a film about solar cooking which is shown from time to time on Gambian television.
Another group, the Boka Loho Organization, in the Gambia itself, has built and demonstrated solar cookers at agricultural shows and other gatherings. They produce cookers, train users, and also work with schools in the promotion' of solar energy usage. An individual, Mr. Saikou Jarra, has also promoted solar cooking for years in his area of the Gambia. Other organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, seems to be active as well, including the Ministry of Trade and Industry which has trained women's groups as users and carpenters in the making of box cookers. One of the early/promoters was an organization called Rescue Mission, which disseminated 200 cookers in the early 1990s through demonstrations and classes.
For some years, a British woman, Rosalyn Rappaport, has been spreading solar cooking in Western Gambia, working through the Methodist Agricultural Mission, the Gambia Renewable Energy Centre and the Women's Solar Cooking Club of Marakissa. Initially, they only had a small number of box cookers, which women shared, taking turns using the devices. Many women worked in the fields, and the larger box cookers were difficult to transport, requiring a cart at minimum. Ms. Rappaport decided to try the panel cooker which is much lighter in weight. Women there invented a variation that used string to hold the folded sides of the cooker together. After systematic testing to see if the panel performed well enough (it did!) the panel came to be more widely used. The panel is made locally, and a substitute for the plastic bag was found in a product used to package sugar (Solar Cooker Review - August, 2002).
In a more recent report, Ms. Rappaport, described the ongoing development of solar cooking projects in the Gambia, particularly the Marakissa Solar Cooks Club. The group has been in existence for a number of years, and members use both box cookers and the panel cooker (CooKit). They have engaged in demonstrations in a number of villages and towns. Originally (see above) they had difficulty locating plastic bags for use with the CooKit, but have recently found a local manufacturer of inexpensive bags. Local women use an existing Methodist church network, and have attempted systematically to follow up with newly trained cooks to assess progress made. Reports thus far have been favorable, and most food used in the country lends itself well to solar cooking. (Solar Cooker Review - March, 2002).
Other Gambians have indicated their interest in solar cooking by corresponding with Solar Cookers International; that number includes persons affiliated with government and non-governmental organizations.
[Information for this section was taken originally from State of the Art of Solar Cooking by Dr. Barbara Knudson]
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Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations
Ninety-five percent of the population in Mali and The Gambia burn fuel wood to supply their daily needs, particularly for cooking. The dependence on fuel wood causes enormous strain on the environment, economy and on individual health.
Eighty percent of The Gambia was covered by dense forest and woodland in the 1940s. Only 8% remains today. Similarly in Mali, trees are being cut 20 times faster than they are replaced. Cheap fuel sources are not available and as the forests disappear the lives of the people who depend on wood for cooking become more difficult.
For instance, women and girls are responsible for procuring fuel wood and they must travel farther from home as wood becomes more scarce. This task demands many hours and minimizes opportunities to attend school and participate in income-generating activities. In other areas, it is no longer feasible to gather wood. Families in these areas can spend one-third of their yearly income on wood and/or gas.
In addition to the negative environmental and economic impact of fuel wood dependence, women and children suffer from health problems caused by cooking inside small, enclosed kitchens that often lack windows or other ventilation. Cooking fires give off toxic smoke also known as household air pollution (HAP). Every 20 seconds a person somewhere in the world dies from IAP.
See also
- Discussion of northern Africa's suitability for solar cooking
- Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables
- January 2009: Solar Project - Gambia - Elena Steger-Kassama
Articles in the media
- April 2005: Workshop for Fresh Solar Cooking Technology - The Independent (Banjul)
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The Gambia contacts
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A fun mixed league with 6-end games. Dedicated to Jim and Marie King, long-time members and supporters of mixed curling. The Spirit of Curling Award will be bestowed on a team that mentors new curlers, exhibits fair play and good sportsmanship, and makes the game enjoyable.When: 1st and 2nd half, Friday 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM
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The Bay Area Baseball Extravaganza Concludes with a Trip to AT&T Park
First things first – Welcome back from the All Star Break in style Angels!!! Okay, okay. So the Angels' All Star Break lasted a little longer than that of most other teams…pretty much until Wednesday, round about the 3rd inning actually. But after a crazy comeback win against the Rangers Wednesday and shutting the Rangers out on Thursday, I think I can cut the Angels some slack. After all, who among us hasn't experienced "vacation lag"? I know I'm experiencing it this week!
So, about that vacation. We wrapped up the Bay Area Baseball Extravaganza with a visit to the beautiful and luxurious AT&T Park on Monday night to take in the Giants vs. Dodgers game. And if I was late enough to the game that I missed first pitch, so were all of these fine folks. Hmmm…I think L.A. has been unjustly maligned on this point ;) :
Late for the game? How does this happen on vacation? We went for a bike ride late Monday morning on the Marsh Creek trail in Pittsburgh, CA, along marshes and canals off of San Francisco Bay. It was so beautiful and fun that we didn't hit the car again until 24 miles and a few hours later. So much for catching batting practice, but darned if we didn't have a blast:
AT&T Park is gorgeous, from the front gates to the seating areas to the view out over the right field all to the tops of ships in McCovey Cove.:
My college friend and his partner, Giants fans, both, accompanied us to the game and clued us in to some of AT&T Park's finer details. For example, I had no idea that the grates in right field are open to the public walk that runs between the stadium and McCovey Cove. Fans strolling by are invited to stand and watch some of the game free of charge. Very cool:
There is not a bad seat in the house, certainly not our second row seats in the club section just above left field – vacations are for splurges after all! And there are lots of fan friendly touches in the seating sections. Club section ushers politely only allow fans past the doors to their seats in between plays and at bats, so seated fans don't miss a pitch. In the outfield "bleachers" there are wide, lower concourses in front of the seats, so fans can pass by without blocking anyone's view.:
If the Coliseum is no frills, AT&T Park is all frills possible. The food is phenomenal and there is quite a diverse selection. And in the club section, there are full bars with actual bartenders! I ordered an Irish coffee to keep the chill away in the later innings, and the bartender wisely never touched the Bailey's while preparing my drink. Eureka!
Though I was amused to note that for all its frills, AT&T Park is still a mixed use facility. Note that from this vantage, in a different uniform, Cody Ross could be playing goalie:
Being on vacation, I was really out of the loop on trade news. Imagine my surprise, when this friendly face appeared on the Jumbotron in Dodger Blue. Welcome back to sunny Southern California, Juan, and best of luck to you!
When you're not really cheering for either side, a competitive game is the most fun to watch, and this game was better than the 5 to 0 shutout score would lead one to believe. The Dodgers made a couple of really good plays and had several strong hits, but just couldn't string any of it together long enough to get on the board. The Giants played very well throughout.:
So with all of this wonderfulness, were there any drawbacks AT&T Park? Just one actually, and it really surprised me. I love Giants fans. I went to the Bay Area to stay with and attend the game with two of them. I have rabid Giants fans in my family. I attended playoff parties with scores of them in Paso Robles and count several in their number as friends but, oh my goodness, when they all get together in one large group at AT&T Park, an awful lot of them choose to be dicks. In the club section for crying out loud! Not in the "we all came to get drunk and obnoxious but can't name more than a handful of players on the team" section. Now I don't know where the "we all came to get drunk and obnoxious but can't name more than a handful of players on the team" section is at AT&T Park, but they must have one. All ballparks have one. We certainly do. ;)
I am not some delicate flower that cannot cope with heckling. Hello, how much time do I spend at the ballpark? Cheering. Heckling. Being passionate for your team. All are very important, traditional parts of the game for home fans and visiting fans alike. But isn't it supposed to stay in the stands? In my experience at the Big A with rival fans and walking through Dodger Stadium and the Coliseum in Angels gear, the concourse, the bathrooms, the food stands, the ticket lines, etc, are all neutral ground, free from any of the fan on fan heckling that may or may not be going on in the seats.
Not so at AT&T Park. Walking through the concourse on the club level, past the carving station, the full bar and other wonders, Seth turned to me with a huge smile and said, Wow, this makes the club level in Anaheim look pretty plain. And he's right. I love the Big A, but it is nowhere near this luxurious. A random Giants fan heard us and said loudly, that's because the Angels suck as his friends all nodded and laughed and it wasn't friendly laughter. Really? We weren't even talking to him. "Not when they play the Giants…not in 2002." Well that wasn't nearly as funny, apparently, and the group of them quickly dispersed.
Random jerks and an isolated incident, right? Well, not for the Dodgers fans in attendance. I saw three separate instances of lone Dodger fans being heckled, and not in a "we're friends who came together and are giving each other grief" way either, by small groups of Giants fans while we walked to our seats. I saw more instances later. On the concourse! On the club level!! For all I know, this goes on in reverse at Dodgers stadium, outside of the aforementioned "we all came to get drunk and obnoxious…" section. But the impression I got is that some Giants fans are wearing their new World Series title a lot more gracefully than others.
I'm not saying that the Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown mean kids "We're number one! We're number one!" vibe ruined my trip to the ball park. I had an amazing time. What I am saying is that amenities are lovely, frills make any experience that much more special, and given the chance to return to AT&T Park again as a baseball fan with no real ties to either team, as I did on this occasion, I would do so in a heartbeat. But as for attending a game as an out of town fan of the visiting team? I'd take the Coliseum over AT&T Park any day.
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Awesome! This park is on my bucket list. Heard nothing but great things. Thanks for sharing your experience! And from what I hear, your experience isn't isolated. The Dodgers/Giants rivalries is one of the more violent ones (as we know via Bryan Stow) and the few die-hard G-men fans I know can be pretty mean (just being honest). I like the Coliseum too but only because every time I've been there I've been overfilled with Fat Tires.
Thanks Jeff! You should defnitely go if you get the chance. It's a must have experience for baseball fans I think – and no wave or beach balls. Yay! I know this rivalry is violent, though I do think of the Brian Stow beating as more a factor of the thugs who commtted the crime just being violent (I think they might have done the same thing at another game given the right amount of booze) than about this specifc rivalry. Oh well, if I ever go to AT&T Park for an interleague game, I will just make sure my wit is appropriately sharpened ahead of time. :)
— Kristen
Wonderful pictures. I cannot stand idiot fans!!! Every team has them, but some stick out more than others. The ballpark there looks gorgeous. I would love to go there some day, but for now I'm staying in the midwest.
Ron – Thanks! I would highly recommend a vist when you get the chance, but the midwest is full of it's own baseball treasures, so I'm sure you have plenty to see closer to home. Next season, I hope to go stay with either one of my cousins near Kansas City and see at game at the K or visit our friends in Cleveland and see a game at Progressive Field.
— Kristen
Love the photos and i think heckling should be kept in the stands.
—Mark Gauthier
Thanks Mark!
— Kristen
Very nice pictures Kristin! I had not realized that the Wednesday game with Kershaw and Lincecum was a weekday game. Had I realized it earlier, I might have made the drive with a friend. One of my Dodger fans who works for United, hopped a plane after his shift ended at 9:15 am and went to the game. He is used to the abuse from Giant fans as he said it was worst at Candlestick Park. I had forgotten Rivera was an Angel before until you reminded me.
Thanks Emma! That would have been fun, to run up to San Fran just for the day. I was surprised to see Rivera go to a National League team becuase while his bat is still solid, he is often slow and stiff in the outfield. But he's a good guy and I hope that he works out for you all. With Kemp's speed and range in center, maybe Rivera will work out okay in left.
— Kristen
Beautiful ballpark indeed. if Pittsburgh can pull off the miracle and make the playoffs I think we'd see two of the best NL parks in playoff action.
I dd not know the Pirates park was nice too, Bluejaysnest. All of the ballparks are on my future must travel to list, but maybe I will have to move that one up.
— Kristen
Looks like you had a great vacation. Love the pics and the travelogue. I hope to get to that beautiful stadium one of these days, but will try to avoid the "random jerks."
We did Jane. It was lots of fun! I think you will really enjoy AT&T Park when you yet get the chance.
— Kristen
More pics and a great trip in all. I love the Cody Ross photo the best (former Whitecap), and the Charlie Brown reference made me chuckle! Thanks again for sharing your adventures.
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Thanks Mike! – I'm pleased my goofy references gave you a chuckle. I didn't know Cody Ross was a Whitecap. I love his story and am thrilled to see him continue to shine.
— Kristen


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funny how reiser4 beats these claimed-to-be-revolutionary filesystems.
funny how reiser4 beats these claimed-to-be-revolutionary filesystems.
I'm very aware that anecdote != data, but reiser4 is the only file system I've had where a bunch of files have irrevocably disappeared, and this was when it was supposed to be reasonably usable, not back when it was expected to be unstable, I'd guess sometime not too long before hans was caught. I'd be pretty wary about trusting it again.
I've had the same happen on Reiser3. Afterwards. I moved to EXT3 (and then EXT4) which haven't disappointed me after several years of intensive use (including multiple power failures and dying hard drives).
Unless Reiser developers (is it even under development nowadays?) ensure that it works reliably under all conditions, I wouldn't touch this with a 10' pole. Reliability >> speed any day of the week.
What's the significance of the SQLite test on an SSD? I'd expect it to be seek-bound on a conventional disk, but that's just a guess...
As the BKL removal patch for ReiserFS was just merged it would be nice to have a version of the test executed comparing ReiserFS BKL vs. BKL free to see the impact. It would also be nice to note for future reference which is used in the test.
SQLite makes a gazillion small changes to a single file. Worst-case scenario for a lot of journaling-schemes.
What's the difference ReiserFS and Reiser4?
I like to try this some day...Raiser=Razer
What sort of crack is being smoked here?
You link goes to "pub/linux/kenrel/people/edward"
And the email link you posted here is a email _from_Edwards_ talking about how Reiser4 is broken in _2.6.32_ due to changesto the kernel introduced since 2.6.31.
That post says that Reiser4 support is broken in 2.6.32, not that it has anything to do with anything specifically to Zen. So I have to assume that it's the 2.6.32 reiser4 patch in the link you posted that is broken.
One guy posting broken patches and saying he will get around to fixing the problems in his spare time is not something gives me any confindence at all in the state of Reiser4.
drag, the latest resier4 patch FROM EDWARD is NOT BROKEN.
The stuff in ZEN on the other hand has been broken for ages and I am afraid since Micheal had problems is still broken.
So, for you: Edward was able to create an unbroken patch for 2.6.32. A patch that is working flawless here. He also posted a series of patches for -mm on 2.2.2010. If you want to look into mailing list archives.


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- The default radio stations for the Steed are:
- GTA IV + Episodes from Liberty City: Liberty City Hardcore.
- The police radio calls the Steed an industrial van (because it's based on one) instead of a truck. Because it's a van, it doesn't have beeping reverse tone on trucks.
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In all my years I've never understood why anyone would want to spend the day at the beach. I love the beach at sunset, with a walk along the shore. But what do you do a whole day long?
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The beach--it is awesome. Boogey boarding, knee boarding, body surfing, chilling in a chair or reading a book on your towel, munching on sandy pretzels or drinking from a soda can with sand around the bottom. Awesome, I tell you.
--the girl who lives AT the beach and yet, due to two small kiddos, has not been at all this summer. :tears:We just hit the New Buffalo beach for the day last week and it was wonderful. Until it got too hot. My daughter hates being "dirty" so we had to overcome that hurdle, but everyone finally left happily with bribes of chicken nuggets at McDonald's. Wish I could squeeze in one more beach trip before school starts, but I don't think that will happen!
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He is scrumptious. He is squeezeable. He is like warm bread dough my fingers ache to knead. He is...
Summer weather was late in coming to Maryland but it has showed itself with enthusiasm and my baby boy has been introduced to humidity and sweating. And now he has these goo ponds that fester deep in the folds of his fluffy fat skin, down between the softness where oxygen never ventures, and they're gross.
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Market Basket's Greek tragedy: From start to finish
Caught in the middle were 25,000 employees and 2 million customers waiting week after week for stores to return with happy workers and shelves full of fresh vegetables.
No, it took a reported $1.5 billion or so for Arthur T. Demoulas to settle the standoff with his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas.
Word finally came late Wednesday that ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas would regain power, paving the way for boycotting customers and idled part-time workers to return.
"I'm running this company with the philosophy, very strong philosophy, that there's only one boss in the company," he said, according to minutes of a company board meeting. "There's not two. There's not three. There's not five. There's only one boss in the company."
That led then-Director Nabil El-Hage to reply: "In my religion, only the Pope is infallible."
A family feud began after the death of George Demoulas in 1971. He and his brother, Telemachus Demoulas, had already built the chain, known then as Demoulas Market Basket, into a successful business, according to previous accounts in the Union Leader.
A Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled in the 1990s that heirs of George Demoulas had been cheated out of millions by Telemachus Demoulas and his heirs. Telemachus Demoulas died in 2003, before the lawsuit and subsequent appeals were settled.
Then on June 23 of this year, the board fired him and named Felicia Thornton and James Gooch as the chain's co-CEOs.
Series of rallies
On July 18, workers held the first of about a half-dozen rallies in Tewskbury, Mass., demanding the return of Arthur T. Some warehouse workers and drivers loyal to him began disrupting deliveries to stores, resulting in more than a half-dozen employees receiving termination letters.
"The perils of family business," said Neil Niman, chair of the economics department at the University of New Hampshire.
On Aug. 17, Gov. Maggie Hassan and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick met with both Arthur cousins for four to five hours in Springfield, Mass. and followed up with phone calls.
Asked about the demeanor of the two cousins, Hassan said: "Everybody was professional and constructive. Clearly, this has been a long dispute."
"You try to avoid destroying family wealth or the mental health of your children," Niman said.
As for who came out on top of the Demoulas family feud, "I would think Arthur T. wins in the end," Niman said. "The family feud is essentially over."


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Longitudinal Study of Generations, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000 [California] (ICPSR 22100)
Principal Investigator(s): Bengtson, Vern L., University of Southern California-Los Angeles
The Longitudinal Study of Generations (LSOG), initiated in 1971, began as a survey of intergenerational relations among 300 three-generation California families with grandparents (then in their sixties), middle-aged parents (then in their early forties), and grandchildren (then aged 15 to 26). The study broadened in 1991 and now includes a fourth generation, the great-grandchildren of these same families. The LSOG, with a fully elaborated generation-sequential design, allows comparisons of sets of aging parents and children at the same stage of life but during different historical periods. These comparisons make possible the investigation of the effects of social change on inter-generational solidarity or conflict across 35 years and four generations, as well as the effects of social change on the ability of families to buffer stressful life transitions (e.g., aging, divorce and remarriage, higher female labor force participation, changes in work and the economy, and possible weakening of family norms of obligation), and the effects of social change on the transmission of values, resources, and behaviors across generations. The study also examines how intergenerational relationships influence individuals' well-being as they transition across the life course from early, to middle, to late adulthood. The LSOG contains information on family structure, household composition, affectual solidarity and conflict, values, attitudes, behaviors, role importance, marital relationships, health and fitness, mental health and well-being, caregiving, leisure activities, and life events and concerns. Demographic variables include age, sex, income, employment status, marital status, socioeconomic history, education, religion, ethnicity, and military service. With the addition of Wave 7, in 2000, this collection supercedes LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF GENERATIONS, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997: [CALIFORNIA] (ICPSR 4076).
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Bengtson, Vern L. Longitudinal Study of Generations, 1971, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000 [California]. ICPSR22100-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-05-12. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22100.v2
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Subject Terms: activities of daily living, aging, caregivers, children, death, drug use, education, employment, ethnicity, family history, generations, grandchildren, grandparents, household composition, institutional care, intergenerational relations, interpersonal relations, life satisfaction, marital status, mental health, military service, parents, physical condition, political affiliation, race, religion, self concept, siblings
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Geographic Coverage: California, Los Angeles, United States
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Sample: Families were recruited by enlisting a grandfather over the age of 60 who was part of a three-generation family that was willing to participate.
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Vogelsong looking to shake road woes vs. D-backs
Arizona's McCarthy hoping to continue success from last start
Baseball stadiums not named AT&T Park haven't been kind to Ryan Vogelsong this season.
The Giants righty is 2-2 with a 3.33 ERA in eight starts on the shores of McCovey Cove, but has compiled a 2-1 record with a 4.88 ERA in six starts on the road. The 36-year-old will look to make himself at home Saturday at Chase Field.
Losers of six consecutive games and nine of their last 10, the Giants certainly hope for that to be the case; having Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" applicable to a team's performance is never a good thing.
That's been the case with this June swoon, though, and the Dodgers have drastically narrowed the gap in the National League West -- what was a 9 1/2 game lead for the Giants on June 8 is now just a four-game advantage.
Vogelsong gets the next chance at halting the slide, but he'll likely have to pitch better than he has of late. After his May 24 start against the Twins, his ERA sat at 3.20. In four starts since, it's jumped to 3.94 as he's been tagged for 15 earned runs in 23 2/3 innings in that span. In his only start against the D-backs this season, Vogelsong was tagged for four earned runs on seven hits in five innings in the Giants' 6-5 loss on April 10.
He'll be opposed on the mound by Brandon McCarthy. After two successful seasons with the A's, McCarthy struggled last year, his first with the D-backs. His effectiveness has nosedived this season; his ERA currently sits at 5.18 and he's just 1-9.
He excelled in his last outing, though, surrendering three earned runs on seven hits in seven innings against the Brewers on Monday. The right-hander was knocked around to the tune of five runs on six hits in 6 2/3 inning on Opening Day, March 31, vs. the Giants.
Giants: Bochy hopeful for Pagan to return
Angel Pagan arrived in Phoenix before the rest of his teammates, and he is looking to be back in the Giants' lineup before they leave.
Pagan was out of the lineup Friday for the fourth straight game for the Giants' series opener against the D-backs at Chase Field, but manager Bruce Bochy said Pagan could play Saturday.
"He'll take some fly balls, he's going to take some [batting practice]," Bochy said before Friday's game. "Then we'll see where he's at. If all's good, then there's a good chance he'll play tomorrow."
Pagan has been dealing with lower back stiffness, and being out of the lineup has hurt the Giants.
Gregor Blanco and Juan Perez have been playing in Pagan's place and have hit .185 (5-for-27) in the four games Pagan has been out.
"Life was tough without him last year," Bochy said. "We're struggling a little bit right now, but that's going to happen."
D-backs: Owings on the rise
The D-backs selected Chris Owings in the first round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft. That investment is starting to provide a pretty good return.
Owings has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, raising his batting average to .282 from .270 in the process. He's been rewarded with more consistent playing time; he's started five consecutive games after not starting back-to-back games against the Dodgers last weekend.
Only Paul Goldschmidt (.312) and David Peralta (.314) have higher averages among Arizona regulars than Owings.
Worth noting
• The Giants have lost six consecutive games. Prior to this skid, they hadn't lost more than three consecutive games.
• One reason for the suddenly narrow gap between the Giants and Dodgers? The D-backs' performances against both. Arizona is 4-4 this season against the Giants, but just 4-10 against the Dodgers.
Ryan Hood is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ryanhood19. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.