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A member of the afrocentric persuasion.
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Derived from the word Moon and Cricket. An African American Male who only perfers to come out and socalize during the evening hours.
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Used as a deragatory term for a black person. Similar to porch monkey, nigger, or coon.
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racial slur for an african american male.
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Derogotory term for "colored people". Basically the same as saying Nigger
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Black people that come out at night to raise hell and make alot of noise, like crickets after you turn off the lights to go to sleep thats when they come out.
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(This use to be README.zones.)
Also see Fed MCAT and the Zone Authority.
This README file contains three sections; section 1.0 gives a quick summary
of using the Scommands with the SRB zone implementation so that users can start
using the Scommands right away. Section 2.0 gives a primer of the SRB zone
implementation which gives a more detailed explanation of the design behind
the Federated MCAT implementation. And section 3.0 answers some SRB Zone
Administration questions.
1.0 SRB Zone implementation in Scommands
The Federated MCAT implementation allows users to access resources and data across zones. In version 3.0, most existing operations including Sput, Sget, Scp, Sbload, Sbunload, Sregister, container operations, etc are supported across zones. The only cross zones command not supported is Sreplicate. For now, users should use Scp to copy data across zones.
Most of the modifications in the Scommands for the Federated MCAT implementation involve providing options or defaults for determining a zone for the command and the user's home zone.
The user's home zone can be specified in the .MdasEnv file using the keyword 'mcatZone' or using the env variable mcatZone. If these methods were not used to specify the user's home zone, the srbServer will query the MCAT for it which causes the srbConnect() call to be a bit slower.
In addition to the user's home zone, most operations can involve certain interzone operations. The zoneName of an operation is determined in three ways:
1) Implicitly specified by the SRB paths involved in the commands - As described in more detail below, the first entry in a SRB path specifies the zoneName where the metadata is stored. e.g., for a SRB file with path /z1/x/y/z, z1 is the zoneName of the file. Therefore, for operations involving files and collections, the zoneName of the operation is implicitly specified by the SRB paths.
"Sput -S s1 foo /z1/x/y/z" - upload the local file foo to SRB and create foo in mcat Zone 'z1', in resource 's1' of 'z1'.
"Sget /z1/x/y/z/foo" - download the SRB file foo stored in zone 'z1' to the local file system.
"Scp -S s2 /z1/x/y/z/foo /z2/a/b/c" - copy the SRB file foo in zone 'z1' to the resource 's2' of zone 'z2' and register the new file /z2/a/b/c with mcat 'z2'.
2) Explicitly specified with the -z option - Some Scommands do not involve any SRB path, so one needs to use a new -z option. The -z zoneName option explicitly specifies a zoneName.
"SgetR -z z1" - list the resources in zone 'z1'
"Smkcont -z z1 -S s1 cont1" - make a container named 'cont1' in zone 'z1'
3) Use the cwd (current working directory) to implicitly specify the zone - if the -z option is not used, the Scommands will try to get the zone through the cwd of the Scommand session.
For example, if the current working directory is /z2/x/y/z, then Slscont will list all containers belonging to the user in zone 'z2'.
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2.0 SRB Zone - A Primer
What is an SRB Zone?
An SRB Zone (or zone for short) is a set of SRB servers 'brokered' or administered through a single MCAT. Hence a zone consists of one or more SRB servers along with one MCAT-enabled server. Any existing SRB system (version 2.x.x and below) can be viewed as an SRB zone.
Why are there SRB Zones?
The idea is to allow both local control and at the same time broad-area collaboration. With previous SRB versions, collaboration is done via one MCAT for the virtual organization. But even if a site has local data (a non-MCAT SRB server) and local users, their SRB MCAT interactions would still go to a central MCAT, which could be very remote. This slows the interactions and makes the local site dependent on a remote site (e.g. they can't run SRB operations during preventive maintenance at the MCAT site). While this is acceptable for many, it can be a problem for some SRB projects. The solution is the federated SRB, where multiple MCAT system can collaborate, and also function independently.
Is MCAT Zone a purely administrative concept?
A MCAT zone is both administrative and physical - physical in the sense that each MCAT zone has exactly one MCAT. It is also administrative as it gives a autonomous administrative features to each zone. One zone can join a federation of other zones only if they agree to do so.
What is the idea in defining a zone?
With a zone-based implementation, one can now view individual SRB system as a zone and SRB Version 3.0 (and above) will allow for federating across zones.
What are the main emphasis on for designing this zoned-SRB system? Is it Improving reliability, search effectiveness and/or storage capacity of MCAT metadata?
In the order of importance 1) Performance - large latency for a worldwide grid with a single MCAT 2) Local control - organizations want to have more control on the data and resources that they are share worldwide. 3) Scalability of the MCAT.
In the zone design, is it only for replicating MCAT data or can it also be used for fragmenting MCAT metadata and linking them between federated MCATs?
The first version of the federated MCAT design is going to be a very basic design. Each MCAT zone can operate entirely independently from other zone. Most MCAT metadata is not replicated except for the zone, user and user group info. The basic functionality provided by this design is to allow a user in one zone to access data and use resources in other zones in the federation. In the first version, we are providing basic zone-to-zone access mechanism. In later development, we plan to make it more transparent to use resources, build collection, manage data and apply methods seamlessly across zones.
Can you briefly give an insight to the federation algorithm that you have devised for zone federation?
It is difficult to describe the federation algorithm. Maybe an example is the best way to do it. Suppose there are 2 zones, A and B in the federation. A user in zone A wants to copy a file /A/home/john.sdsc/foo in zone A to a collection /B/home/john.sdsc/foo1 in zone B in the resource RB in zone B. She will issue the following Scommand to a server in zone A: Scd /A/home/john.sdsc Scp -S RB foo /B/home/john.sdsc/foo1 Then, the SRB servers will do the following steps: 1) The server in zone A which we will call server A, upon receiving the user request, parses the source and destination file names. 2) With the /A root path, it knows the source path is a zone A file so it queries the zone A MCAT for the needed metadata for this file (file location, file type, access control, etc). 3) With the /B root path, it knows the destination path is a zone B path which implies resource RB is a zone B resource. so it queries the zone B MCAT for the needed metadata for source RB (the host address of the resource, type of resource, etc). 4) Once these info are known, server A will open the source file in its own zone and remotely create the destination path. Then it can start moving data. 5) When the transfer is done, server A will do a remote registration of the file just created with MCAT B.
Can users connect to remote zones directly?
They can but shouldn't. If they do, they can operate OK within that zone but will not be able to do cross-zone data movement. If they first connect to their own local zone server, then all zone operations will work fine.
How does one identify a zone?
There is a zone-name given to each SRB zone. This is a char-string which identifies uniquely a zone.
How do I name my zone? How can I be sure that no other zone exists with the same name?
There is a Zone Authority which can be queried to see if a name is already in use. We also ask every SRB administrator to register their SRB zone-name with the Zone Authority. The Zone Authority is available at http://www.npaci.edu/dice/srb/zoneAuthority.html
Are there user name restrictions?
In the current version, it is assumed that there are no user name (name@domain) collisions between zones. For example, there will never be a jane@sdsc from zone A and also from zone B. So, you need to keep the domain names unique too.
What do you mean by federating across zones?
In a SRB federation there will be multiple zones (each with their own MCAT administration). In such a set up, one can register users across zones (i.e, in multiple MCATs) and these users can access data across zones (i.e.e, access data from two or more zones). Hence a federation provides a means for SRB systems (zones) to allow interactions between the zones without foregoing their autonomous nature.
How does a SRB system as it is currently run (Versions 2.x.x and below) different from the zone-system advocated by the SRB Versions 3 and above.
The old SRB systems (of one MCAT and multiple resource servers) is the definition of a zone. The main difference between the old system and the new one is that the new one allows for interactions between two such systems whereas in the old system no interaction is allowed and also if one wants to copy files between them, one needs to do that outside the SRB (eg. do an Sget from one SRB system and do an Sput into the other system).
Are all new SRB MCAT installations also Zones?
Yes. Starting with SRB 3.0, each SRB-MCAT installation will also be a Zone. You can start with it as a non-federated SRB system and then later, if you wish, federate with any of the other MCATs. For existing SRB systems, they can run as is but will need to have a zone-name when they upgrade to 3.0.
Does one zone know about users in another zone?
Yes. If two SRB zones federate, then they will exchange their user identifications. Hence one zone knows about users in the other zone.
Does a user have a home zone?
Yes. Every SRB user has one and only one home zone. They are aliens in other zones (no dual citizenship in SRB zones).
Does it mean that my certificate or passwords get copied in multiple zones?
No. All sensitive information about a user is kept only in the home zone.
How do zones exchange user information?
There will be zone-user information exchange routines which can be launched periodically to do this.
Does one zone know about a srbObject in another zone?
Yes, provided a user uses /zone-name/home/..... to access the file.
What is the authentication mechanism used between zones?
For starters, we need to give a bit of background on how authentication and authorization work in the current single MCAT system. Currently, there can be any number of SRB data servers run by SRB users with "admin user" privileges. A normal SRB user can log onto any SRB server using his/her own credential and will be able to access data residing on any servers in the system. To be able to do this, we have a fairly robust set of server-server operations including all the basic posix I/O operations, third party transfer, server-directed parallel I/O, etc. For server-server operations, the initiating server authenticates itself using its "admin user" credential and issue requests on behalf of the normal user. In a nutshell, the only difference in privilege between a normal user and an admin user is admin users can perform operation on behalf of other users but normal users cannot. The implication though is admin users can do everything, including reading and modifying other user's data.
Hence, in a zone-based system, we need to be very careful about extending the "admin user" privilege across zones. A zone probably does not want any foreign admin user to have full admin privilege in its zone , i.e., don't want foreign admin users to be able to perform task on behalf of all users. So, we limit the privilege of a foreign admin user to be able to perform task on behalf of only users from its own zone. But the implication is if a normal user logon to a foreign zone, he/she can access only data and resources in this zone. To access data and resources in all zones, the normal user has to logon through their own zone. Briefly, a user logged into his/her home zone
What operations can a user perform, when connected to one zone, on an srbObject in another zone?
The user can perform copy, get, put, posix type functions such as open, close, read, write, and metadata access. These translate to Sput, Sget, SgetD, Smeta, Sufmeta.
Can a user put a file into another zone?
Can one zone talk to another zone which is using a different port number?
In the current implementation we expect all federating zones to use the same port numbers. We will relax this restriction in a future release.
How can a user know about resources, data, collections or containers in another zone?
Many of the Scommands (eg. SgetR, SgetD, SgetColl, etc) have been augmented with a -z option which can be used to query across zones.
A zone contains information about Domains, Resources and Metadata of srbObjects, list of administrators within the Zone etc. Does it contain other information too. Could you also briefly explain how is this information structured within a zone?
A MCAT zone has a fully functional MCAT which contains all metadata of everything that it manages locally including Domains, Resources and Metadata of srbObjects, list of administrators within the Zone. In addition, in a federated environment, it also contains information on other zones (a zone table which contains info such as zoneName, the address of the MCAT enabled server in that zone, etc), external user and user group info from other zones , etc.
Also where is the information of administrators account is stored within a zone? Is there a special kind of administrator user-type?
Administrators info is stored in the user table. They are just a special kind of user. Sensitive info such as passwords are only stored locally for local administrators.
When you federate metadata stored on MCAT server, do all information such as Domains, Resources, Administrators and File description get equally federated or can they be selectively federated? E.g.. replication/federation of only File Description metadata portion of MCAT metadata.
They are selectively federated, not by functionality as you suggested, but by data and resource controlled by the zone.
They are selectively federated, not by functionality as you suggested, but by data and resource controlled by the zone.
Can a user register a srbObject in one zone in another zone?
Can a user register a Collection in one zone in another zone?
Can a user see user-defined metadata for a srbObject across zones?
Can I register a resource in more than one zone?
Is a zone-name attached to each srbObject?
Not in the initial phases of the implementation. We plan to do that at a later stage as we add more features to the zone system.
Can I use the zone-SRB to provide scalability for MCATs?
This is one of the design goals for the zone-SRB. One should be able use multiple MCATs and load-balance them by having them run at geographically different locations and distributing users across them in different home-zones.
I have a MCAT which is getting awfully big, how can the zone-SRB help me?
This is a a good application for the zone-SRB. What you can do in this case is "semi-retire" the old MCAT (i.e., no more additions are allowed except querying) and start using a new MCAT for ingestion/registration of new srbObjects and collections. With this setup, one can access the old collection and srbObjects through the new MCAT (with some delay) but get access to new srbObjects and collections faster than would have been possible with a single large MCAT. Hence, a large system, might "retire" an MCAT every year and start using a new MCAT with good level of performance.
How can I get some information about zones?
Two of the Scommands have been extended to provide Zone information. Stoken Zone [value] will provide metadata about Zones. SgetU -Z <user> will show the Zone Name for a user.
The Java admin tool (under MCAT/java) can also be used to display Zone information.
3.0 SRB Zone - Administration
(Administrators will also need to be familiar with the other sections of this document.)
Who can ingest a new Zone name or modify Zone information? Only a SRB administrator can do that.
How can a SRB administrator perform these tasks? If the SRB Administrator is using the Scommands interface, then she can do this using the Szone command. Using this command, an SRB administrator can ingest a new zone (both local and remote), modify the metadata about existing zones, change or insert a zone for a user, modify all the metadata about a zone.
The Java admin tool (under MCAT/java) can also be used to more easily perform these tasks via its GUI. It can be used to create zones, modify zones, display zone information (local and remote, overview and in detail), and delete zones. There is also an option to modify modify a user's zone (under modify user). New users are ingested as local-zone users, but the remote admin account will need to be modified to be of the remote zone.
How does one set up a federation of zones? You use either the admin command-line utilities (Szone for most functions, and 'Stoken Zone' to list Zones) or the Java admin tool to do this (see the new set of Zone operations and new Zone option under modify user).
As of SRB 3.3, there is a new script, zoneingest.pl, (under the MCAT directory in the release) that will do steps 2 through 6 for you using as input the 'Stoken Zone' output from the remote zone. See the script (and the paragraph below) for more information.
If two SRB zones are to be fully federated you will need to do these steps once on your zone and the remote administrator will need to do them once on his/her zone (see 'Repeat 1-6 on the remote zone.' paragraph below). If you are using zoneingest.pl this 'utilities/bin/Stoken Zone > zoneFilename' will be run on each zone and the resulting zoneFilename files will need to be exchanged (physically copied) between the two SRB zone hosts.
Or, if you are using the install.pl script for testing, it can perform these steps (1-6) for you.
In the example below, the remote zone is 'B'.
- Create a local zone with a name of your choosing. If you've installed a new MCAT or if you've upgraded an existing MCAT to 3.0, a local zone called 'demozone' will exist. You can rename it to your zone name. You may also wish to update some of the other attributes of your zone.
- Add a Domain matching the one used by the admin at B.
- Add the Zone B admin user in the B domain (e.g. srbAdmin@B), as a sysadmin user type; use an arbitrary (and long) password, as their real password is in the MCAT at B.
- Add a Location for the remote zone host B
- Add a Zone (of type remote) for B
- Change the zone for the B admin user to zone B. This will give the admin user limited access to the local MCAT; they will be able to read it to synchronize.
Repeat 1-6 on the remote zone. The zone B administrator will need to perform these steps for your zone on the B MCAT. That is, you do steps 1 thru 6 to include B's zone in your zone, and the B administrator does steps 1 thru 6 to include your zone in his/her B zone.
If your Zone is to be real (i.e. not just for testing), you need to register it with the Zone Authority (as described in an above section).
Run Szonesync.pl as described below.
A check is to run utilities/bin/Sls /zoneName/home/srbAdmin.zoneName which will list the contents of the remote zone.
Must all zones in the federation use the same port number ?
No. All servers within a zone must use the same port number, but each zone in the federation can have their own port number. For each server, the port number of its own zone is determined by the "srbPort" parameter defined in the .MdasEnv file or in the "runsrb" script. The port number of foreign (external) zone is determined by the port number metadata associated with the zone in MCAT. These zones metadata is created by sys admin using the "create zone" tool.
How does one upgrade an existing MCAT to version 3.0?
Like other upgrades, use one of the scripts provided in the MCAT/data directory (such as 212to300patch.psg), using it as the standard-input for the command-line sql utility, for example 'psql < 212to300patch.psg'.
Once that completes, your local zone will be called "demozone".
You can operate a 3.0 system like this if you wish. That is, you can run the current SRB software but without doing inter-zone operations. You'll have a zone called "demozone" which will be largely unnoticed.
If you then want to make use of the zone capabilities (form a federation with other zones), you need to perform the steps outlined above under "How does one set up a federation of zones?".
What other administrative tasks are required?
Once you have multiple zones federated together, you need to
periodically run a script, Szonesync.pl, to ingest information from
the remote zones. This could be done as a cron job. See the
script for more information. This is highly configurable since
zones can be run in various modes (see Fed MCAT).
Also see Fed MCAT.
See the Zones Testing writeup for a description of how one might test SRB zones and more information on how zones should operate.


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Awesome work and great details.
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Thank you! The technique is simple and fun! If I can figure it out, I may try to make a process video.
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They serve hot steaming plates of Disappointment...
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Cape Coral resident Marc Brennan photographed and then speared this lionfish Feb. 24 at Charlie's Reef.
Reporting lionfish
To report a lionfish, go to the U.S. Geological Survey�s Nonindigenous Aquatic Species page: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/SightingReport.aspx
USGS lionfish reports for Lee and Collier counties through February 2013
� July 9, 2010, 96 miles west of Marco Island
� July 9, 2010, west of Cape Romano, 2.33-inch lionfish
� June 13, 2011, 97 miles west southwest of Sanibel, 8 lionfish, no lengths available
� June 17, 2011, 50 miles west of Sanibel, 7-inch lionfish
� June 17, 2011, 47 miles west of Sanibel, 2 lionfish, no length given
� June 3, 2011, 30 miles west southwest of Sanibel, 10-inch fish
� Nov. 10, 2011, 85 miles west of Naples, 2 lionfish
� Nov. 10, 2011, 103 miles west of Bonita Springs, no other information available
� Jan. 20, 2012, off Boca Grande, no other info available
� May 27, 2012, Sanibel Causeway bridge, 2.5-3 inch lionfish
� May 29, 2012, 50 miles west of Marco Island, 3 lionfish ranging from 6 to 8 inches
� June 11, 2012, 95 miles southwest of Cape Coral, 15.48 ounces
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� June 11, 2012, 57.5 miles west of Sanibel, 2 lionfish, no other information available
� June 12, 2012, 95 miles west of Marco Island, six lionfish, no lengths given
� July 14, 2012, 18 miles southwest of Sanibel, 14-inch fish
With all the media hoopla about pythons in the Everglades, another nasty non-native species is being overlooked.
While the U.S. python invasion is mainly restricted to the Everglades, lionfish have become established along both coasts of Florida, including Lee and Collier counties, throughout the Caribbean and Bahamas and to a lesser extent off North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
�Both pythons and lionfish are cause for great concern,� said Lad Akins, director of special projects for the Reef Environment Education Foundation. �Both are having detrimental effects. The difference is that lionfish are under the surface, not accessible to most people.
�The oceans are much more connected than terrestrial habitats. When a lionfish spawns, its eggs drift for 25 days before they settle down in a new location. So the invasion of lionfish is much more widespread and interconnected than the pythons in the Everglades.�
In Lee County�s most recent official report, a Cape Coral diver emailed The News-Press that he killed two lionfish Feb. 24 on Charlie�s Reef 30 miles west of Redfish Pass.
One of the fish was a juvenile the size of a half-dollar coin, which raises the question whether it swam in or is the product of a local breeding population.
�It�s difficult to answer,� said Amanda Nalley, spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. �These guys are spreading around.
�They�re prolific breeders: A female produces 30,000 eggs per spawn and can spawn three times a month. �
Natives of the Indo-Pacific, lionfish, which have no known predators, eat large numbers of juvenile snapper, grouper and other recreationally and commercially important fish species and can become a habitat�s dominant species in a matter of weeks.
Florida�s first lionfish reports were in 1985 near Dania, possibly the result of accidental or intentional releases.
Since divers discovered a single lionfish off Key Largo in January 2009, the species has spread throughout the Keys.
�Lionfish populations are increasing,� Akins said. �The good news is that where local control efforts are in place, the numbers are being knocked down pretty substantially.
�If you go to Molasses Reef off Key Largo, you�ll have a hard time finding lionfish. If you get off the beaten path, you�ll find the numbers are extraordinarily high.�
Among local control efforts are lionfish derbies, in which teams of divers and snorkelers compete to see who can kill the most lionfish.
Since 2009, REEF has sponsored a series of derbies in the Keys, Palm Beach and Broward counties and Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.
Derby divers have removed 4,811 lionfish from Florida and 4,411 from Green Turtle Cay � lionfish derbies are similar to FWC�s 2013 Python Challenge, during which participants killed 68 Burmese pythons.
�We are in the midst of plans to deal with lionfish that will be on the level with our python efforts,� Nalley said.
Lionfish are so plentiful, and so tasty, that they�re showing up in restaurants � in 2011 and 2012, commercial fishermen harvested 12,464 lionfish in Florida with a dockside value of $57,970.
Unfortunately, commercial fishermen can�t target the species because lionfish hang out on structures such as reefs and wrecks, which makes net fishing impossible, and they don�t readily take baited hooks.
So, the lionfish that end up in restaurants are by catch, harvested after they swim into stone crab and lobster traps.
Recreational divers reported the first lionfish off Lee County June 17, 2011, 47 and 50 miles west of Sanibel.
To date, divers off Lee County have reported 11 lionfish to the U.S. Geological Survey�s Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species website, while divers off Collier County have reported 21 lionfish .
�What we need to do is become the predators of these things,� said Mike Campbell, head of Lee County�s artificial reef program. �We need to hunt them, target them, keep them from competing with native fish.


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It could easily be said that your fanbase (the ones proposing the trades) could easily view Gordon as less than what your front office does (the ones actually doing the trading) which is what is enticing us to ask for a lot. Considering that we've offered him something near the max and have been persistent that we are willing to pay him the max through matching, it's a little tough to say Demps doesn't believe Gordon is worth the max.
Regardless, this isn't quite the CP3 situation. CP3 was going to be gone in a year and there was nothing we could do about it. We didn't really have much leverage because there were only certain places he would be content with going to, so a lot of options were crossed out.
Gordon on the other hand will be forced to play at least 3 years which gives time to fix the situation (not the big point, but I do believe Gordon can be swayed), but also gives time to find better assets than Kendall Marshall (who with Rivers is an awful pairing defensively) and maybe a later lottery pick.
Gordon's too big of an asset to just let walk away for some mediocre asset that might not even be better than what we have currently, and agreeing to a lowball Phoenix offer would clearly be shortsighted and giving into the demands of a RFA, which would be stupid. The Hornets hold all the leverage here whether you want to believe it or not.
In this situation... 2 firsts and a recent lotto pick is not a low-ball offer. Thats what needs to sink in. When teams sign and trades RFAs they typically get nothing close to that level of compensation. The level that some fans on this board think the hornets deserve (Gortat, Marshall and 2 unprotected picks) is completely unheard of EVER when a team is losing a RFA in a sign and trade. What I am telling you is the most you should expect... is a haul given the circumstances and more than what I think the Suns should offer.
The Suns already put their necks out by offering Gordon an overpaying contract. To expect them to also give up MORE than he is worth in trade... despite being a free agent, is something that will not ever, ever, ever happen. I unequivocally guarantee that if Gordon is traded it will be for NOTHING like the high amounts some here are expecting.
If I was in the Hornets shoes I would do exactly what you said. Say "Screw it, we arnt going anywhere for a few years anyway, tough it out with Gordon on this bad deal, if anything just to save face from the CP3 trade". But if the Hornets do decide Gordon is being too much of a ****** in the media and decide to trade then it will be, at best, on a level similar to what I laid out.
Maybe I'd think more of Marshall if I thought he could fit well next to Rivers.. I just don't see him ever being able to be kept on the floor long alongside Rivers, so I have a hard time selling myself on him for us. I think there's better out there, or there will be down the line.
I agree the Suns shouldn't give up too much for Gordon. You guys would be a borderline playoff team again and if you don't have many draft picks, it'll be pretty hard to really improve and be anything more than a lower seeded playoff team (just my opinion, I could be wrong).
The thing with the latest Gordon interview was that he originally didn't want to even talk about free agency, so it's not like he's going out of his way to bash the Hornets. He just seems really disrespected and honestly 3 years of being the highest scoring and highest paid player of a franchise should quiet him down. If his ego becomes a problem, then just ship him out when a good offer comes around. A team will get desperate eventually and take him and give up some assets.
The Hornets are just giving up too much leverage and control if they agree to a sign and trade or let Gordon walk. Too many other options out there to settle for a sign and trade with just one team and he's too good to just let walk.
I think it's most likely he's matched and we just make the best of things unless Phoenix is willing to really go all out for him, which would not be smart.
The keep Gordon. All I can say is that you'll have him for three years then he'll leave for nothing.
Eric Gordon's contract with the Suns will have ; 1) a player option on his third year. 2) a trade clause .. He can only be traded with his approval. 3) a backloaded contract right about the time ARivers & ADavis.
I agree with all this, except that I dont think that its a lock that there will be better down the line. If Gordon does not become significantly more durable then he will be untradable on that contract. Not only will New Orleans be unable to get assets for him, but they'd have to surrender assets just to get rid of him (obviously, Suns would potentially be in the same boat if they got him). So its still a big risk for the Hornets to take, but given their current cap situation and phase of their rebuild, its a risk they can probably afford.
Well, maybe not a lock for better overall, but I think there's a lock for a better fit being found eventually. Marshall just wouldn't be a good fit for us with Rivers at SG. But Joe Johnson was just traded.. some team will be desperate enough to take him considering his age and talent, despite any injury problems. Two teams offered him max contracts this off season after only playing 9 games in one year.. his talent is just too big to be viewed as untradable.
Right now we just need to get all the assets as possible, and losing Gordon would be losing a big asset.
I just want the 11th to get here /:
How the hell is John Wall, Ty Lawson, Ricky Rubio, Jennings, Dragic all better?!
Did you not see Lowry play before he got injured? And by placing him in the same category as Holliday/Kidd/Lin you just lost all credibility. Lowry is way better than them.
That's like comparing Anthony Davis and Arnett Moultrie.
John Wall, Jennings, Lawson, Dragic (as a starter), Lin(before being injured, since you used that on Lowry) all put up better stats.
Holiday put up slightly worse stats but they were very close/comparable.
And ask anyone if they would rather the far better passer in Rubio or Lowry?
Not everything is statistics I will give you that, but saying Lowry is anything better than a top 15 point guard is reaching.
Last edited by RyanM; 07-08-2012 at 03:52 AM.
This is all so LOLWORTHY!
To clear things up for you guys, this is what will happen.
Suns will try for a sign&trade and offer a couple picks and marshall. NO will say "Nahhh, we want more"
Suns will say "nope".
EG will then sign offer sheet.
NO will match.
EG will play out his contract, NO will be on the rise with Davis coming into his own in a few years.
EG will be UFA.
NO lose EG for nothing.
Anyone who is anyone is fully aware that the only reason EG wants out is because he is scared the football team is gonna put a bounty on him.
Have fun ladies.
Edit: For those who think it was poor management to offer EG the max...what's wrong with forcing a max deal on a fellow rebuilding conference team?
Last edited by lolworthy; 07-08-2012 at 05:15 AM.
Is it the 11th yet? And here I thought some of the new Hornets fan posters were bad... I'll never understand why people bother to register to fight on a forum for a couple of days over some topic of limited/perishable relevance. Give it a rest and go dawdle on your own team's forums where everyone will agree a second round draft choice plus some overpaid veteran is more than enough trade value for Gordon.
"Hornets means nothing." - Tom Benson
lol, gotta love people that tell you what your team should do and go on to prove they have no idea what they are talking about.
#1) Gordon's deal from the Suns will have a player option on the fourth year. His deal MUST be at least 3 years by rule.
#2) He can't have a no trade provision in his deal. He will have a right of refusal in the first year if the Hornets match, and then a right of refusal in the last year for a whole different reason. But his contract can not have a no trade clause.
#3) They can not back load a maximum deal. It is, in words, a MAXIMUM deal. Aka, the maximum he can make each season. This isn't the NHL.
#4) Don't try to tell us what we should do. We have it covered.
Ha, so true. Unfortunately, I crossed the line of calling the Hornets "we". And fortunately, the true "us" don't have a say in this either way.
To clairify:
"Then keep Gordon then, he'll leave blah blah sky is green"
Don't tell us(fans and Hornets) what we(Hornets) should do. We(Hornets) have it covered. For so many so obvious reasons.
Nope he is right, you guys suck. And I beginning to think it's trickled down to the fans also. All these PHX fans cominng over here trying to convince us that the player we planned to build our franchise isn't worth anything and that we should just give him away is pretty comical in my book. Dell Demps should match and play him a season before fading him off to the highest bidder next season.
I would be curious on your thoughts of throwing Ty Lawson in that group. A guy who for his three year career has averaged about 50% from the field. I don't think there is any question Lawson is better.
I find it interesting that even a Rockets fan is jumping on the Lowry is better than Dragic bandwagon considering the Rockets themselves seemed to want Dragic(which started most of this mess that lead to Lowery being traded in the first place). And if we're talking stats, Dragic was better than Lowry when he took over.
Talking stats and Rubio is difficult considering this was his first season, a shortened season, one that he got hurt, and one that he started on the bench. But I would think any basketball fan can see that Ricky Rubio is an exceptional basketball player that would have to be placed well above Lowry. Personally, I don't see how that's debateable, but if people want to argue about it, go for it.
Lowry is a very good PG. He's not top ten. 15ish is certainly fair and nothing to be upset about. Last time I checked that is very good, and apparently worth a lottery pick.
I didn't mean Lawson. I would take him over Lowry for sure, but saying that some of the other guys were better than Lowry is foolish when Lowry was having an All-Star caliber season this past year before his injuries. I do think he will become more injury prone in the future due to his body type, but right now he's clearly a top 15 PG.
Another delusional Rockets fan, Gordon would be the face of your franchise and we aren't gonna accept a bunch of scrubs for a top 5 (at worst) SG (when healthy). The Hornets will match his Suns offer and he'll shut his mouth and play ball and keep everything g behind the scenes.
Just because Phoenix got fleeced, doesn't mean the Hornets will. I doubt they were in as good of a position as the Hornets are in now. The Hornets have a ridiculous amount of capspace next summer, even if they match Gordon and they can afford to match no matter how disgruntled he is. The Hornets aren't gonna let an asset like Gordon walk for nothing, and damn sure won't trade him for a bunch of scrubs.
You really have no clue. Like I said above, just because you are still upset the Hawks raped y'all and stole Joe Johnson for nothing doesn't mean the Hornets will get raped also. If that's the best Phoenix offers, we match, and he either gets over all the bull****, or he plays for a year and we trade him for a good return. You are delusional if u think a young guy as talented as Gordon is with 3 years remaining on his contract wouldn't return much. Any team in the league would trade for a player of his caliber with 3 years remaining on his deal and that's not even arguable. The only thing that would de rail it would be another injury filled year and the Hornets are in a position to take that gamble.
You sir, have no clue what you are talking about, so I'm not even gonna bother telling you how stupid your comments are but I will teach you how max contracts work. You can't backload a max contract. It's a small increase (4.5 or 7.5 with Bird Rights) every year, so please go back to your Suns board where u and phrazbit can fantasize about trading us the Lakers 1st and Shannon Brown for Gordon. Anybody who says we will have him for three years and let him walk is clearly an idiot.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply for Financial Aid?Complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a Renewal FAFSA and submit it online as soon as possible AFTER January 1st. Be sure to submit your FAFSA/Renewal FAFSA online in time for the Federal government and Athens Tech to process it (about four weeks) before your expected registration time. You must apply online by using FAFSA on the Web at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Apply for financial aid at the same time, or even before, you apply for admissions into the college.
What is the Title IV School Code for ATC?
ATC's Federal Title IV School Code is 005600. This number must be used when completing the FAFSA in order for Athens Tech to receive your financial aid application.
Do I need to reapply for financial aid each year?
Yes. Each year you must renew your FAFSA for the appropriate academic year and submit the documents that are requested by Athens Tech. You must also maintain satisfactory academic progress in order to qualify for aid each term.
Can the Office of Financial Aid estimate if I am eligible for Title IV Aid?
The Office of Financial Aid cannot determine the amount of your awards until the results of your FAFSA has been received from the federal processor. Your eligibility is determined by your FAFSA's information you and your family supplied on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The Federal government determines your "Expected Family Contribution" (EFC) according to a formula supplied by the U.S. Congress and then forwards this information to the Office of Financial Aid. Only then can the Office of Financial Aid begin to determine the amounts of your awards. If you know your EFC from your SAR and your enrollment hours for the term, you can go to our Pell page to estimate that semester's award.
Why do I need to complete a Verification Worksheet and submit a copy of my Federal Income Tax Return?
Each year, the Federal Processor selects at least 30% of the financial aid applicants to a particular school for a process called verification. The school must verify the information that the student provided on his or her FAFSA. These documents are required to verify that information. You can go to our Verification page for additional instructions and information.
Can a veteran receive both VA Benefits and federal/state financial aid?
It is possible, but some veterans' benefits require state aid to pay first.
How do I apply for the HOPE Scholarship, HOPE Grant, or the Zell Miller Scholarship?
A student must complete a FAFSA application online in order to determine eligibility for HOPE. If you are an Associate Degree student and have prior college credit or just out of high school, a Hope Evaluation Request should also be submitted.
Do I have to be full-time to receive HOPE?
There is not a minimum or maximum number of enrollment hours for a student to receive HOPE. A student will be paid HOPE according to the number of enrollment hours (capped at 15 hours). However, transients are only allowed up to a total of 15 hours per term, including hours at their home college and host college.
Why has my HOPE 'maxed out' or 'capped out'?
Please refer to the Hope limits and checkpoints section on this site for an in depth explanation.
How many hours must I take to be classified as a full time student for financial aid purposes?
12 credit hours or more is required to be considered full-time status.
What is Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)?
Satisfactory Academic Progress is a set of federal, state, and institutional guidelines for students receiving financial assistance. If a student fails to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress, he/she will be placed on warning or exclusion status.
Can I appeal my SAP status if I am suspended from financial aid for failing to maintain satisfactory academic progress?
Students who feel they have extenuating circumstances that have contributed to their failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress may appeal the status according to the guidelines established by the Financial Aid Office. This policy can be found in the ATC Student Handbook and Catalog or online under the Satisfactory Academic Progress section.
What happens to my financial aid status if I withdraw from school?
Students who withdraw from school while on financial aid may have their awards reduced. Depending upon when you withdraw from school, your awards can be reduced and you may be required to repay a specified percentage of any aid you have received in the term in which you are withdrawing. Check with the Financial Aid Office before withdrawing from school to see if withdrawing could have an effect on your awards.
How can I get my financial aid transferred to another school?
Students transferring to another institution will have to make a correction to their current year FAFSA by adding the institutions Federal School Code (005600). Students must also contact the institution and complete any necessary forms to determine eligibility.
What type of financial aid can I receive as a transient student while I am a student at ATC?
A student wishing to take a transient class another TCSG College may be eligible to receive HOPE at the HOST school if the student is eligible for HOPE at Athens Tech. If the student is eligible for Title IV (Pell) aid, Athens Tech will need the HOST school to send Athens Tech an enrollment verification form after Drop/Add of the semester. This allows Athens Tech to award the students' Federal Aid at that time during the semester. Students will be required to pay for any fees or book costs that HOPE does not cover while a transient student. Athens Tech does not provide enrollment verifications for any Federal aid to non-TCSG institutions.
I probably don't qualify for aid. Should I apply for aid anyway?
Yes. Students often think they do not qualify for aid and prevent themselves from receiving the financial assistance that is available. The Financial Aid Office offers a variety of financial aid programs with different eligibility requirements.
Can I apply for a student loan?
Athens Technical College does not currently participate in any federal student or parent loan programs (e.g. Direct Loans, Stafford). Any student loan for which a student wishes to apply must be a private student loan which will disburse funds directly to the college. Private loans are for 'gap' financing or as a last resort to pay for educational expenses, such as outstanding tuition, fees, and books. The college does not certify loans for living expenses as it is our policy not to encourage students to incur additional debt for their college education. Students who have existing student loans will have to meet additional criteria to remain eligible for Title IV and HOPE funds.
If I don't attend class, what happens to the PELL Grant and HOPE Awards for the semesters listed on my award letter?
Your award notice does list awards for the entire award year. However, if you withdraw from school, do not attend class during a particular term, or not enrolled full-time, you cannot receive those estimated awards. Classes that are not eligible for financial aid are those you do not attend, do not make, do not start, or not required under your current program of study.
If I moved to Georgia less than 1 year ago, can I qualify for the HOPE Grant?
If you graduated from high school as a non-resident of Georgia, you must be a Georgia resident for 24 months prior to the first day of classes of the school term to be considered eligible for HOPE Grant.
If I get married after I complete my application, can I change my marital status?
No, the student's marital status is effective for the award year as of the date the application is submitted. During the Application Renewal period for the next award year is when a student can update his/her material status.
When will the Pell Grant refund checks be ready?
Pell Grant refund checks are made available at the cashier's window. The dates are available at the Financial Aid Office page.
What is an ISIR or SAR?
An Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR) is the processed electronic copy of a student's financial aid application. The college receives a copy of the ISIR as long as the student has listed the school code on the application. The Student Aid Report (SAR) is the processed application the student receives either in the mail or by e-mail.
Why can't I receive Pell Grant for learning support classes?
Federal regulations require a student to be fully accepted into an eligible program of study before receiving Pell Grant. Applicants who are admitted on a learning support studies basis are ineligible to receive federal financial aid until they reach provisional admission status.
How much money do I have to make to qualify for Pell Grant?
The income limits vary from student to student. Eligibility is based on several factors including the number of family members, number in college, and family income.
I live on my own - why do I have to include my parent's income?
The federal aid application requires parent's income for students who are under 24 years of age unless the student:
already has a four-year degree or beyond
is married
has children
other dependents who receive more than half of their support from the student and live with the student
is an orphan or ward of the court
is active duty military or
is a U.S. veteran
Why can't I use my Pell money in the bookstore to purchase books?
Yes. One day prior to the start of the semester, you can use up to $450 (if available) at the Athens Tech's bookstore.
What is the difference between HOPE Grant, HOPE Scholarship, and Zell Miller Scholarship?
Georgia residents who are attending a Georgia public technical college to earn a certificate or diploma are eligible for HOPE Grant regardless of high school graduation date or grade point average out of high school. Other eligibility requirements may apply.
HOPE Scholarship is a merit-based program for Georgia residents who are attending a Georgia public technical college to earn an associate's degree. Click qualifications for the eligibility requirements.
Beginning 2011, the Zell Miller Scholarship is a merit-based program for Georgia residents who are attending a Georgia public technical college to earn an associate's degree. Click qualifications for the eligibility requirements.
HOPE Scholarship is for Georgia residents who are attending a Georgia public technical college to earn an associate's degree. To qualify the student must be a 1993 or later graduate of a Georgia high school and have a cumulative "B" average at the time of graduation (3.0 or 80 in college prep; 3.2 or 85 in technical curriculum track). The student must maintain the "B" average at each checkpoint.
How will dropping a class affect my financial aid?
If the course is dropped within the drop/add period (usually the first three days of the semester), the class is not counted for financial aid purposes.
Do I have to attend full time to receive the Pell Grant?
No, however, the amount of Pell Grant you receive each semester is based on your enrollment. For more information, go to our Pell page.
Why can't I take classes that are not listed in my program of study?
According to Federal and State Regulations, HOPE Grant and PELL Grant can only cover classes required for the program of study you are enrolled in. The curriculum is outlined in the college catalog (available to all students on-line at www.athenstech.edu ).
Students who are HOPE Scholars and enrolled in a DEGREE program are able to take any DEGREE level class and it will be covered by the HOPE Scholarship.
I never attended these classes, will I be charged?
Students who fail to show up for a class they signed up for are reported by the instructor to the Office of Registration & Records as a 'No Show'. As a result, the student is removed from the course and not charged for the tuition cost for that course. Being a 'No Show' will not affect your Satisfactory Academic Progress.
I totally withdrew from the college and now I have received a Pell check, is this money really mine?
Pell Grant is pro-rated based on the time actually spent in class when a student totally withdraws from school. Please see the Return to Title IV refund section of this website.


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"We pushed him to 124 pitches, but he wants that; he's got that mentality to be a top-tier pitcher in the Major Leagues, and to be in that category, you've got to go out and go eight innings, go complete games," Gonzalez said. "And he wants to do it. And that's more than half the battle, for me."
Despite posting a 1.89 ERA in his past five starts, Wood was disappointed after allowing two earned runs in seven-plus frames against the Pirates on Wednesday. With a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the eighth, he walked Gaby Sanchez and surrendered a ground-rule double to Travis Snider before being lifted. The Pirates would eventually win the game, 3-2.
"If you want to go deep in games and be one of the best in the league, that can't happen in the eighth inning," Wood said. "It's inexcusable and it stinks. ... One minute you're carving them up, going along nice, and then all of the sudden, you go back out there for the eighth and you hang a breaking ball and it's a whole new ballgame. Those things can't happen at this level."
Mets: Gee aiming to emerge from rough patch
Gee has surrendered four earned runs in back-to-back outings and five of his past seven starts. The stretch has upped his ERA from 2.56 to 3.84.
Gee went down in May with a right lat strain that sidelined him for more than two months before returning on July 9 to limit the Braves to one earned run in seven innings of work at Citi Field. But he simply has not been the same since.
"It's been very frustrating," Gee said following his most recent outing, a loss to the A's. "But all you can do is try to take the positives from each outing and keep working hard, and try to turn it around."
Braves: Everyday Freddie
Freddie Freeman leads all Major Leaguers with 1,182 innings played in the field this season, missing only two of Atlanta's 1,184. Freeman and San Francisco's Hunter Pence are the only two players in the NL to start all of their team's games in 2014.
Freeman has never played more than 157 games in a season and appeared in 147 contests in each of the past two seasons. He is on pace to surpass those numbers.
Worth noting
• Braves catcher Evan Gattis hit his 20th home run on Sunday, giving him back-to-back 20-homer seasons to begin his Major League career.
• Mets center fielder Juan Lagares entered Sunday leading all Major Leaguers with a 3.3 defensive WAR this season.
• Four of Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson's 16 home runs this season are against the Braves.
Joe Morgan is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.