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Best lenses for the 24M-Pix Nikon D7100: Best standard and portrait primes and zoomsBy Kevin Carter - Tuesday October 08 2013 Lens Recommendations
This is the second part of our lens recommendations for the Nikon D7100 where we've analyzed nearly 60 Nikkor and third-party standard and portrait prime and zoom models to assess their optical quality. Read onto find out which of these lenses are the best performers when paired with Nikon's ultra-high resolution 24-Mpix APS-C format semi-pro model.
Introduced earlier this year, the Nikon D7100 has a 24Mpix APS-C format CMOS sensor in line with both the new D5200 and entry-level D3200 models but what makes this particular model stand out is the fact this is the first stock DSLR from the firm to omit an optical low-pass filter (OLPF).As we've previously disclosed in part I, this configuration is capable of revealing extraordinarily high levels of fine detail at low ISOs. In fact, with certain lenses we revealed the new camera is capable of achieving an increase of up to 50% percent in sharpness over the firm's previous 16-Mpix D7000 model.
As a 24Mpix APS-C format camera, the D7100 has an equivalent pixel density to that of a 56-Mpix full-frame 35mm camera without a blur filter (OLPF) in place and is therefore particularly demanding on the quality of the lens mounted. However, while certain models may well be able to out-resolve the sensor and offer significant benefits in detail rendition and sharpness other, lesser quality lenses may also benefit, just not so much.
The labs have analyzed the optical performance of nearly 60 standard and portrait prime and zoom models made by Nikon and third-party makers, including 15 primes between 40-60mm in focal length, a further 20 primes between 70 and 135mm and 23 zooms from the earlier 17-35mm to the newer 24-85mm. As we mentioned in part I, Sigma has yet to ship the high-speed 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM A in Nikon mount, and we're still waiting to analyze the Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, but they should arrive soon and both will be analyzed and added to the database.
Best short telephoto for the D7100
Best standard prime lenses for the D7100
Best Standard zoom models for the D7100
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This is part one of our lens recommendations for the Nikon D7100 where we've tested over 120 Nikkor and third-party prime and zoom models to assess image quality. Read onto find out which of these lenses are perform best when paired with Nikon's 24M-Pix APS-C format semi-pro model.
Added by blprafast | March 26 , 2014
18-105 still not listed in comparison ?
Is there any specific reason why the standard 18-105 is still not listed anywhere in these recommended D7100 lens lists ?
It's not in:
Best Standard zoom models for the D7100
Neither under:
Best Zoom models for the D7100
I mean it's been tested on the D7100 a long while ago, I can review the results separately and by comparison it beats a bunch of lenses that are otherwise in the lists. In fact it seems almost a tie with the previously top of the list 18-135 and the new top of the list 18-140.
Is there just something wrong with the 18-105 on D7100 ? (I doubt it) I've noticed a similar question on these boards a long time ago (october 2013 I think) and the reply was that it would be added soon ... still not. Maybe it's the producer pushing the new 18-140 kit model over the old 18-105 one ?
I don't have anything at stake in this, I have the 18-105 on my D7100 already and I know how much bang-for-buck you get out of it. But several acquaintances now opted for the new 18-140 even though they didn't need the extra reach, just based on the absence of the 18-105 from these lists and even though the D7100 + 18-105 were sold in heavily discounted kits.
Don't get me wrong 18-140 is good ... I liked it myself, but why is 18-105 not here to make the comparison ?
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Added by Sophie - DxOMark | April 01 , 2014
Re: 18-105 still not listed in comparison ?
Thanks a lot for posting your question.
The DxOMark score for the 18-105 (10) is a bit too low to show it off in the ranking.
Another important consideration is that these reviews are not updated when we publish new results. If you need to access a specific ranking for one camera and check every available results, you can then check the ranking page and then use the filter tools to match your specific needs.
Best regards.
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Re: 18-105 still not listed in comparison ?
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Re: 18-105 still not listed in comparison ?
Thanks a lot for posting your question.
The DxOMark score for the 18-105 (10) is a bit too low to show it off in the ranking.
Another important consideration is that these reviews are not updated when we publish new results. If you need to access a specific ranking for one camera and check every available results, you can then check the ranking page and then use the filter tools to match your specific needs.
Best regards.
The DxOMark score for the 18-105 is 16, not 10.
As such, it would beat the last lens in your "Best Standard zoom models for the D7100" list. It would also tie with the second and third lens from the bottom.
Maybe you meant to say that the 18-105 doesn't qualify as a standard zoom because it's too long (at 105mm)?
If so, then it should definitely be in your "Best Zoom models for the D7100" list, where it would place in the middle of that list.
But then you could say that list is for long zooms (even though the title missed to specify that fact) and the 18-105 doesn't qualify because it's too short (at 18mm).
Added by Sophie - DxOMark | April 14 , 2014
Re: 18-105 still not listed in comparison ?
You are right: it scores 16 on the DxOMark score rating and 10 on the sharpness point of view.
Thanks for you remark, we will try to update our next ranking by taking it into account.
Added by sharon1 | January 20 , 2014
Sigma art
Hello, I have the D7100 and I want to buy a new prime lens by Sigma.
Sharpness is very important for me , I want a DX crop sensor lens not a full-frame lens.
Is it right that the Sigma 30mm 1.4 art lens performs the best at sharpnes as a DX lens on the D7100 with a sharpness of 15?
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Added by Emilie_DxOMark | January 23 , 2014
Re: Sigma art
Please have a look to our D7100 lens recommandation, it should be helpfull for you:
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The DxOMark team
Added by Mentatmark | October 14 , 2013
Lens use on my D7100 for 15k shots
Most to least:
Nikkor AF-S DX 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 VR II Outdoor daytime events 6k
Tamron SP 17-50mm F/2.8 Di II XR VC LD Aspherical IF Lowlight/indoor events 5k
Nikkor AF-S 85 f/1.8G Landscape/outdoor portraits/low light 2k
Nikkor AF-S DX 35 f/1.8G Street/landscape indoor lowlight 1.4k
Nikkor AF-S 50 f/1.4G .7k
Tamron SP 10-24MM F/3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical IF Street/architecture 0.029k (usually on D5100 as second body)
(All counts just for D7100)
The 18-200 has been a busy lens this Summer, but the 17-50 will catch up before December, I think. The sharpness of the 17-50 over the 18-200 as well as the low light performance make this likely.
The 85 is my favorite prime for its sharpness, the 50 least because of focus hunting in low light. The 35 also ends up on the D5100 second body as needed. I also have a 20yo Quantaray 70-300 f/3.5-5.6 macro, but it is no longer kept in my bag, and only used if nothing else will do.
Added by Jurcek | October 08 , 2013
Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM Nikon Sharpness 12? (D7100)
Could you explain the result of sharpness for Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM Nikon? When I have compared it to Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G, Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF and Samyang 85mm f/1.4 Aspherique IF, Sigma was given the lowest score of 12.
But after I have reviewed all measurements for sharpness that you published I can't find such large differences.
Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM even got the same sharpness result as Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical [IF] Nikon. I own both and the difference is immediately noticeable in favor of Sigma.
d7100 d600 d3x
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G 16 20 19
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF 14 16 15
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 Aspherique IF Nikon 14 17 15
Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM Nikon 12? 18 16
I assume that there was a typo and that the result is 15...


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Pups are not clones. They are different, some very subtly, but different....there should be general uniformity yes! But always there will be a more dominant pup and a stronger drived pup and one who is happier being a lap pup....one who is the least likely to fight the other pups...watching litters from day one, you can see the ones who fight harder for the nipple, who push the others out of the way. The one who snuggles with you first. THIS type of observation helps the breeder know what personality is more likely to suit the working home, the companion home, the LE home.....I knew in my K's that my favorite female was going to be the best suited for a companion home, even though she had very nice drives for toys and food....but she was the most snuggly pup....the pushiest female went to a working home, the female I liked for myself was really the best fit for a companion home due to personality - not drive....the boys were so so close, it was hard to chose - two were to be shipped....so other factors played a role...one pup was gorgeous, drivy, a little long - one was a tad more into tugging - one was in between...all had drive. They are all working towards titles, even the "pet" one who is outstanding in work...
No one can spend a few hours and understand the subtle differences in pups like a breeder who watches them from the beginning. I have had and will have litters whelped by co-owners - I (will) trust their observations in helping place the pups because they will understand the dynamics of the litter much better than I can.
|if this is a quality breeder then there should be enough uniformity to the pups that it isn't an issue.
I'm among those that want input on which pup I'm getting. I conferred with the breeder regarding which pups I liked prior to getting Djibouti. When she advised against a drop dead gorgeous guy b/c she felt he was a bit shy & would be overwhelmed by my household I took her advice & I'm very, very glad that I did.
I liked Djibouti's litter very much. I'm sure other pups would have also suited me nicely but he was my preferred pup. Again, I conferred with the breeder & she felt that he was an excellent choice, especially for the high crime, chaotic urban neighborhood I live in.
I appreciated her advice & input. She was spot on. I'll ask for her help/advice when choosing my next pup, but I also enjoyed ultimately making my own decision.
When the pups are ready to go home, go visit right away. Chances are some buyers can't get there right away, so maybe you move up in line? I doubt they would make you wait for others slow to get there.
I'm sure it makes us feel better to sift through the puppies to pick the 'right' one. Whether it's a beneficial practice or not. So do folks think the last dog is a dud? I say no, make it what you want.
Originally Posted by kallie View Post
Hey Jamie
cltyus "but then when I look in threads they say that "no responsible breeder will let you pick""
I'm sorry but that is bull, I "personally" want an input in what pup I get. Then again I always go and see the pups and see how they interact. I don't want a breeder that picks for me with me having no input..Just me, but I want to pick my pup, not the breeder. I want the breeders input, but not my pick
I agree
|Well as if right now, I'm just praying that everybody on the list doesn't want a pup so I can get one lol
|So Kallie, if you were on the list 7th down from the "pick" you'd have two pups to choose from? How do you get first pick, pay more? Highest bidder gets first dibs?
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I think Jen answered well for me
I told him that we do our best to match the right puppy with the right owner. Of course we do not sit back and let the buyer make a choice with none of our input But we do not pick the puppies for the buyers without their input; that is not fair to them IMO.
cltyus "but then when I look in threads they say that "no responsible breeder will let you pick""
I'm sorry but that is bull, I "personally" want an input in what pup I get. Then again I always go and see the pups and see how they interact. I don't want a breeder that picks for me with me having no input..Just me, but I want to pick my pup, not the breeder. I want the breeders input, but not my pick
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There are many good breeders who allow the buyer to chose the pup. In any litter there will most likely be several pups that would meet the buyer's requirements. I have no problem with a breeder allowing a buyer to chose a pup from a group that would meet their needs.
My Mayhem was selected this way.
I have also had breeders chose for me. Kayos was a perfect choice for me. Havoc, not so much but we have grown together.
Puppies do a lot of developing in the first 2 years, well after they have left the breeders.
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Originally Posted by tommyt View Post
I am moving back to Toronto and joining your club. My fuel bill is about the same, insurance about the same although it is high because of charter. Howeever, my summer dockage is double, my winter storage double, and I could easily drink my quota in the bar in a week. Hell, I will even bring a car for you to share when it rains.
Can I get free medical if I live aboard for the summer?
And I have to tell you that my club is in the top five most expensive out of the 20 or so in this city. The club next door, Alexandra, has rubber cube docks, no restaurant, and a modest kitchen for the members. Here's their prices. Keep in mind they are essentially in the identical 90-seconds to the lake locale, right downtown:
Full club membership entails the following fees:
CREWING MEMBER Dues $40.00 + Initiation Fee $0.00 + GST $2.80 = $42.80
ASSOCIATE MEMBER Dues $100.00 + Initation Fee $150.00 + GST $17.50 = $267.50
* Initiation Fee $1500.00
* Mooring Debenture $600.00 (Refundable*)
* Building Debenture $2000.00 (Refundable*)
* Annual Dues $420.00
* Summer Mooring $1.00/sq. ft. (e.g. 10 ft. x 30 ft. boat = $300.00)
* Winter Storage** $1.20/sq. ft. (10 ft. x 30 ft. = $360.00)
*The debentures are refundable following notification in writing to the club of the member's decision to resign membership and will be redeemed in the order of the waiting list as each new senior member is accepted.
**Winter storage includes lifting out and launching on the days the club brings in a mobile crane.
A Cheque in the amount of $2054.40 ($1500.00 initiation fee + $420.00 membership dues + $134.40 GST) must accompany an application for senior membership, with the balance due within 30 days of the acceptance of the application.
After the first year costs will be annual membership dues, summer mooring and winter storage fees.
The Alexandra Yacht Club is a self-help club, which means that we do all our own maintenance, upkeep and repairs. All senior members must contribute a minimum of 16 work hours per calendar year.
For more membership information contact: Don Hood.
As for the medical, sorry, no. But our drugs are a great deal cheaper!
I am moving back to Toronto and joining your club. My fuel bill is about the same, insurance about the same although it is high because of charter. Howeever, my summer dockage is double, my winter storage double, and I could easily drink my quota in the bar in a week. Hell, I will even bring a car for you to share when it rains.
Can I get free medical if I live aboard for the summer?
My 15 ton, 40 foot boat costs approximately two-thirds the total expense I would have yearly with a $35,000 car when you consider depreciation, insurance, maintenance and fuel.
My yearly fuel bill is about $300-$400, my club membership is about $1,500. my summer dockage and winter storage is about $1,600, and I have to spend $35 per month at the club restaurant. My insurance for this boat is $1,400 a year.
Total: under $5,000 per year. I figure the yearly cost of a sedan is close to $8,000.
Now, as I am currently equipping the boat, I am spending a fair bit on gear and services, but I consider that "home improvement".
Also note that if I lived in that nice new car, I would be considered homeless. If I lived on the middle-aged sailboat, I would be considered wealthy.
Funny world, isn't it?
(My 33 footer cost less than $3,000/year at the same club, so I imagine a 25-footer would be economical compared to that.)
I like this thread and agree with a lot of what is said. I'm 25 and bought my first sailboat almost two years ago. I never grew up around the water or boats; I just had the dream that it was something I wanted to get into. I'm the only one in my family that sails and none of my friends have been into sailing. I'm always trying to share sailing experiences with others to get more people involved. I love taking out my family (have 4 brothers) and friends; I just wish they were as enthusiastic as I am. The worst excuse I had a friend give me about not sailing was that he had some type of clan meeting in his World of Warcraft online game. He preferred to spend his day sitting at a computer killing virtual monsters with his virtual friends rather than spending a beautiful day sailing on the water! What is wrong with some of these people? I guess if that's their thing, then be it. He has since given up that addiction and realized how much of a waste it was. I like my video games too, but that tends to be more of an off sailing season hobby of mine.
Some people may say sailing is too expensive, but then others say it's not. I tend to agree that it does not have to be that expensive. Yes, it can be costly, but if it is something you really want to do, I'm sure a lot of people could work to make it happen. I'm not rich, but I think I am fortunate for what I have. I've worked very hard to get where I am today and to make my dreams happen. There are lots of used sailboats that will cost money, but aren't always as far out of reach as many initially believe. I do have to admit though; my boat has cost me more than I first thought, but not too much. It's not cheap to own a boat, but a small day sailor is probably within many peoples' reach. If you don't want to buy a boat, then there are many crew opportunities and ways to get involved without buying your own. I live 75 miles from the bay and like zz2gta said, you will rarely ever find someone that sails other than at a marina or at a town near the water. Turns out zz2gta lives just a mile or two down the road from me, so there are at least 2 young sailors here in land locked Leesburg, VA. We are also two young people that have gone out and made our dreams of buying our own sailboats true. I'm sure if there was more interest, more young people would realize that this is an accessible sport that is so different compared to everything that is common out there today.
|Jesus Christ. Which one's the thirteen-year-old?
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the boy, now 17, here he's on his way to pinning the kid and placing 5th in the state. (now weighs all of 127.85 lbs)
in a band, of course... they're biggest hit? "AAAAAAARRRRRRRGHHHHH, EWWWWWWWWWVHDJ"
thats all I can make out of it.
and finally, the cuban and her 13 year old.
|He doesn't know the half of it, and I hope to keep it that way until we are in international waters...
I guess he's resigned then to the prospect of having to work his passage! (g)
That is the S/V Kajama, a 1930 "tall ship" used for booze cruises around Toronto in the summer, and an extremely familiar sight to us as it leaves and returns to Toronto Harbour right in front of our club. Despite the fact that the sails are 99% "for show, not go", and it is inevitably stuffed with gawking lubbers, we think she adds something to an evening's cruise around the Toronto Islands.
Launched as the Wilfried in Rendsburg, Germany in 1930, the Kajama traded under sail for nearly 70 years. She was a familiar ship in ports from Northwest Spain, through western Europe, and as far north as Norway and Russia. In 1999, Kajama was delivered transatlantic by Great Lakes Schooner Company and restored to her original profile.
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Canisius women's basketball coach Terry Zeh has announced that Margret Halfdanardottir (Hafnarfjordur, Iceland) has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Golden Griffins for the 2014-15 season.
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It's around lunchtime in Aspen's roaring Fork Valley, and I'd like nothing more than to tell you where I'm spending the afternoon. Only I can't, because—as I myself have just accepted—I don't know. I spent the past 40 minutes riding in the back of a Sno-Cat (fine) and then hiking (skis strapped to my back, but also fine) up the spine of a 12,392-foot peak. The so-called plan, known only to me, was to ski down the legendary Highland Bowl and then celebrate my accomplishment in, at minimum, a bar-serviced hot tub. This notion, however, appears to have been predicated on my live arrival at the summit, and as the panoramic Rocky Mountain–top view I had been enjoying disappears into a dark snow cloud, I soberly recall that my expedition began at the suggestion of an Aspen Times sex columnist whose dog, I knew damned well, was on the antidepressant Lexapro.
The wind whooshes and I steady myself with my poles, trying to enjoy the bitter cold. The thin ridge I'm ascending falls off so precipitously on either side that a few minutes ago, I couldn't bear to look down. Now I have no choice. All I can see is my own lumbering ski-boot tracks. One unfortunate tilt to the left or right and the phrase early retirement takes on a whole new meaning.
Life-threatening was not what I had in mind when I planned my trip to Aspen. Then again, I was, upon my departure, between apartments and living out of a Manhattan Mini Storage unit. Aspen, I thought, promised something safe and familiar, a respite. It was a place I'd been going to since I was a child in Denver in the 1970's. There were lots of beautiful destinations within striking distance, but Aspen, in the eyes of many Denverites, was not only the most picturesque mountain town around, but also the most authentic. Unlike resorts such as Vail or Breckenridge that were erected for ski tourism, Aspen has real history in the 19th-century American West. In 1893 it was the nation's silver-mining capital, with six newspapers and a population of 12,000, when it went bust after the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act (which had briefly switched the country's monetary standard from gold to silver). Remnants of that era still exist in the limestone buildings that line the downtown streets, and in the splintered Smuggler's Mine chutes outside town where I used to climb.
As I became, by some measures, an adult, I continued to return to Aspen, and it was always the first place that came to mind whenever I was asked to name my favorite spot in the world. Usually I went in the summers, camping and hiking for several days in the shadow of the purple-hued Maroon Bells mountains, and then returning to town to partake of the wonders of plumbing and the excellent classical music put on by the Aspen Music Festival. Aspen, for me, was always a place of contrasts: rugged and pristine, sophisticated and simple.
But as the years went by, I began to notice that more and more people had their own opinions about Aspen, and invariably they were quite different from mine. While I continued to see Aspen as the eccentric, arts- and civic-minded town where Hunter S. Thompson once ran for sheriff, promising he wouldn't eat mescaline while on duty, the wealth and celebrity Aspen had attracted since the days I started going—from Jack Nicholson to the Saudi Prince Bandar—created the impression that Aspen was like a Beverly Hills in the hills. The truth was, I thought, as my flight began its vertiginous descent into the snow-covered valley, I hadn't been back in several years, and I had no idea what I would find.
When I stepped onto the tarmac, the late afternoon sun was bathing the valley in a pink-and-gold light. Behind me, the windows of the multimillion-dollar houses on Red Mountain glinted like diamonds. Along the edges of the airfield, snow was piled easily 10 feet high. This was a disquieting reminder that it had already been a historic ski season. (So much snow had fallen that the town had to hire trucks to cart it away. "I've been here 30 years and I've never seen a winter in which people actually said, 'No more,' " Lon Winston, the director of the Thunder River Theatre Company, told me.) Disquieting, I say, because in my rush to get out here, I'd neglected to pack anything to ski in.
"Correct," I said into my cell phone, to a man I'd been referred to. "Pants, gloves, hat, goggles, jacket. I have nothing."
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"No worries," the voice on the other end said. "See you in fifteen minutes."
I hopped the shuttle to my hotel on the outskirts of town, the Aspen Meadows Resort. A sprawling property designed in Bauhaus style, Aspen Meadows is best known as the home of the venerable Aspen Institute. Founded in 1950, the institute has—especially in the almost four years since its president, Walter Isaacson, inaugurated the Ideas Festival—vaulted to the top rung of world conferences, filling the town each summer with more VIP's and plainclothes security men than an underground bunker during the apocalypse. Bill Clinton, the Dalai Lama, and Jordan's Queen Noor are among the hundreds of luminaries who have passed through for public panels and talks under the same white tent that the Music Festival uses for its performances. When you throw in the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Jazz Aspen Snowmass, and the Aspen Writers' Foundation, no place in the world remotely as small as Aspen (population 6,000) can boast such high-powered cultural institutions. I was pondering this outside the new and spectacularly designed Doerr-Hauser event and art space when a Jeff Spicoli–style van pulled up in front of me, and out jumped a sunburned, long-maned man wearing ski pants and a black turtleneck. "Sorry I'm late," said Lorenzo Semple III, 41, shaking my hand. "You caught me right as I was coming off the Bowl. Absolutely epic." He slid open the van door, revealing two hanging racks of ski apparel. "Suit Yourself," he said, stating the name of his business. Aha, I thought: I've arrived.
As I assembled an outfit, Semple and I covered an array of topics I'd never found so riveting—for example, lawn mowing, which he does all summer. Semple was dramatic in a good way, a true enthusiast, and it didn't surprise me to learn that he is the son of legendary screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Three Days of the Condor), the man he calls "my hero," and who first brought him to Aspen more than 30 years ago. Semple still has some Hollywood in him—he ended a cell-phone conversation with a phonetic kiss, "Mwah"—and I couldn't help but think he perfectly embodied the grit and glamour that make Aspen so unique. "I have two religions," he said. "Mountain biking and skiing. This year my goal is to get 200 runs on the Bowl. So far I'm at 152."
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Everywhere I went, people were talking about "the bowl"—which, in an outdoor fantasyland like Aspen, is nothing to shrug off. Ice climbing, ice fishing, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing to a mountain chalet—it's all here. Plus, Aspen is one of the only resort towns in North America with four separate ski mountains, 5,285 acres of terrain, all of it world-class. But the Highland Bowl—on Aspen Highlands mountain, a free 10-minute shuttle away from town—is one of the largest bowls in the world that is entirely "in bounds," meaning that it is maintained by the ski patrol. It had only fully opened in 2002, after I'd last skied Aspen, and I knew this time I would have to take it on.
That night I rode into town. Strung over Main Street was a colorful banner advertising the week's events: the Junior National ski races, a concert by pianist Stephen Hough, a reading by Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo, and the public radio fund-raising drive. I hopped out at Galena Street and walked toward the historic Elks Building in the center of town. Window after storefront window gleamed with shiny jewelry and designer clothing: Zegna, Gucci, and Dior, all staking their sidewalk claims. The old Ute City Pub I used to love was now, to my dismay, a Burberry. Still, it was all but impossible to be depressed. Though it had been snowing on and off and the temperature was in the twenties, the dry air was crisp and invigorating, and the scenery in all directions—the mountains, the valley, the cozy lamplit streets—was simply staggering. "You know, just another day in paradise," I overheard a man saying on his cell phone as he passed me, and I found myself nodding hello.
I had dinner plans with an Aspen fixture named Tim Mooney, who had chosen the low-key Topper's Aspen restaurant, a small, warm joint off the beaten path that serves pasta and brick-oven pizzas. When I arrived, he was at a table in back, shaking his head at an item in the Aspen Daily News police blotter. (My favorite during my stay: Stranger Found Sleeping in Aspen Home.)
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Mooney had a story like those of many residents I met. He arrived in Aspen in 1970 during a stopover on a road trip and never left. Since then he's had many careers: he was a tour manager for Aspenites John Denver and Jimmy Buffett; he was a ski instructor for 23 years (and served for many of them as Jack Nicholson's private teacher) until he was famously fired in 2001 for chainsawing trees on the mountain to make a new ski trail. In his honor, residents now call the run "the Dark Side of Mooney." In his latest incarnation, Mooney is a real estate broker with Sotheby's, which he admits "isn't the best way to make a living at the moment." But despite the downturn, the average home price in Aspen is $4.3 million; a $40 million spec house is being built on Red Mountain; and at Aspen's sister mountain, Snowmass, a colossal $1.3 billion new base development—nearly a million square feet of new condos, houses, commercial spaces, and time-shares—is set to open this year. "The incredible power of this little town," Mooney said, shaking his balding head and putting back a Merlot. "About fifteen hundred people vote in Aspen. Last year there was $2.5 billion in real estate transactions."
We talked about how much had changed since the time both of us began coming here more than three decades ago. Back then, about a hundred babies per year were delivered at Aspen Valley Hospital; now the average is more than 300. Growth and development had always dominated local politics, and in that regard, nothing has changed—at least nothing for the better, in Mooney's view. "We used to have a mom-and-pop ski town with old European-style hotels. Now, we have these new parked cruise ships at the base of Aspen Mountain," he said, referring to the luxury hotels that have opened in the past several years. Mooney believes a setback in the battle against overdevelopment was the death in 2005 of long-time Aspen resident and activist Hunter S. Thompson. When Thompson was alive, Mooney and a group of regulars met weekly in Hunter's kitchen at Owl Farm, in what many describe as "the command center of Aspen politics." There they strategized about how to keep out what Thompson called the Greedheads, and limit development. In 1995, for example, the group successfully campaigned to prevent 737's from flying into the airfield—today there are more than 150 commercial flights per week but no 737's—using a now-celebrated campaign poster designed by the late artist Tom Benton, with the slogan There is Some Shit We Won't Eat.
Now there's a new fight brewing over the expansion of the airport runway. "Hunter would have been vicious about this," Mooney said. "We lost the most powerful voice there was standing up for the little guy against big business."
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While we were eating, his phone rang. It was his friend, painter Paul Pascarella, another Thompson pal, who was coming to town for an exhibition of his work at the Magidson Fine Art Gallery, one of the dozens in Aspen that feature artists of national repute. "That's the funny thing about this town," Mooney said. "I don't need to go to New York or Los Angeles to find out what's going on. They come to me."
I spent the next several days living so far above my means I almost expected to be arrested, which may not have been entirely unfortunate. I was, after all, homeless, and the Pitkin County Jail, I learned from the riffraff I was carousing with, has beautiful views, great meals, and free painting classes offered by Aspen artists. (One of the town's most recent soap operas was the re-election of local icon and sheriff Bob Braudis to his sixth term, never mind that he campaigned for a time from an alcohol rehab center.)
I skied the fresh powder on Aspen Mountain, or Ajax, as the locals call it, and had one of the best meals of my life at Montagna, inside the luxurious classic Aspen ski-in, ski-out hotel, the Little Nell. There, 34-year-old wunderkind chef Ryan Hardy, a southwest finalist for the 2008 James Beard Awards, lists his olive oils on the menu like wine, and cooks up his delicacies with produce and meat—I devoured a juicy lamb sausage with rapini and mustard—from his own nearby organic farm. Another night, I went out to the Richard Russo reading at the Given Institute, a state-of-the-art conference center nestled into the oldest residential neighborhood in Aspen, where many of the homes still have the old Sears-catalog frames. Inside, the lecture-hall setting was formal—"Thank you for inviting me to the UN," Russo joked when he took the podium—but the feel of the event was small-town tea party. Ski instructors, restaurant managers, former mayor Helen Klanderud, and others gabbed in the atrium before the event.
Afterward, a big group flocked through the snowy streets to the Victorian home of Lois Smith Brady, frequent author of the popular New York Times Vows column. A small, quick-witted blonde with a generous wine pour, Brady wove her guests together, and by the end of the night I found myself with her, Russo, and several others in the kitchen, all of us but Russo pledging to do the Bowl together later in the week. I tottered back to my hotel and, entertaining notions of missing my return flight for the next several years, decided to take a ride "down valley" the next day, where the area's most rapid development has been taking place.
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The ripple effect of Aspen's eminence and high price tag has kicked off the gentrification of formerly low-income, mostly Hispanic towns like Basalt and Carbondale, which today have nearly $1 million average home prices and attract people from all over the country. Aspen residents now head to Carbondale the first Friday of each month for the First Fridays Art Walk, in which the whole downtown is closed for gallery openings, and parties pour into the streets. Architect Michael Lipkin had a major impact on the area's development, founding and building a planned community called Willits. Twenty-two miles from Aspen, Willits is a New Urbanist town similar to Florida's Seaside, which was created by classmates of Lipkin's from the Yale School of Architecture. "The concept was to develop a community where everything is within walking distance," said Lipkin, who moved to Aspen from Manhattan in the 1980's.
Willits now has 1,800 residents, and represents a brand of sane and sustainable development. There's a lake, soccer fields, and a running path winding through a long park. At its end is a traditional gridded "downtown"—complete with a general store serving gourmet sandwiches and sporting on its brick façade a fading painted replica of an award-winning Conoco ad from the 1950's. Next door is a strip of restaurants, above which sit two floors of New York–style loft apartments with million-dollar mountain views. Among them is the stylish Nouveau American restaurant Crave, which stole its chef from Aspen's venerable Hotel Jerome.
I would have stayed, but I had dinner plans back in Aspen at a new restaurant called Social. Situated in the same downtown building as long-standing Aspen favorite Elevation, Social is also owned by the same team, which includes Gunnar Sachs, son of legendary international playboy Gunter Sachs. A sleek lounge with banquettes, silver globe chandeliers, and a floor-to-ceiling wine rack sitting behind a glass wall, Social serves tapas-style plates—the Kobe meatballs, Boursin-cheese mashers, and caramelized-onion jus were just the ticket for me. Social's affable manager and co-owner Denise Walters—a wicked snowboarder who just completed her third move to Aspen, this time from New York—then took me downstairs to Elevation, where we continued to eat, and drank an açai martini that's so delicious the bartender has to hide the Brazilian nectar because the staff keeps sneaking off with it.
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All around us, people were talking about where to go next. Some were heading to the bar at Matsuhisa, the Nobu restaurant owned by billionaire Aspen resident Michael Goldberg. I'd been hearing about Goldberg's three-year-old music club, Belly Up Aspen—the town's first contemporary-music dance venue, which brings in world-class acts (MSTRKRFT, Seal, Cake) year-round. Just then my phone rang. It was Mooney, who was having a drink a few blocks away at Pacifica Seafood & Raw Bar. When we got there, the painter Pascarella, a bearded man with a knowing smile, was being toasted on the occasion of his gallery opening. More martinis were had until someone at the bar, recognizing Mooney, came over and offered us tickets to the show at Belly Up. Minutes later we were there, thumping along to the strobe lights and electronic music. In the corner above the dance floor, tucked into the back of the booth, was Goldberg himself, a giant of a man (his brother is the hulking pro wrestler known simply as Goldberg), surrounded by beautiful women.
The place was still rocking around midnight, but I had to be up in a few hours. I was going to meet Mac Smith, the head of the Aspen Highlands Ski Patrol.
The sky was dark when my alarm went off. I checked my e-mail to find that Lois Smith Brady and the others who had promised to join me on the Bowl had canceled. I dressed and stumbled into the Highlands shuttle.
The streets were almost empty, the lights from the Sno-Cats the only visible movement on the mountain. I made my way to the bowels of the Highland base building, following the smell of coffee to the patrol conference room. About 20 people—varying in age from their twenties to fifties, all but three of them men—were gathered around, buckling their ski boots and eating muffins. These were the elite of Aspen, the chosen few who survived Mac Smith's infamous boot camp and were then selected for the most highly regarded patrol in Colorado.
Smith has a huge gray walrus mustache and long eyebrows, one of which turns up and the other down. At exactly 7:55 a.m., he strode into the room with a long lope and leaned against the back wall. Soft-spoken but businesslike, he jumped straight into a rundown of fences and signs to mend, and a follow-up report on a "lost missing person yesterday," who was found and then somehow lost again. Then he turned it over to his staff snow-and-weather expert, a barefoot, gnomelike man with a ZZ Top beard and taped toes, who spoke for nearly half an hour about trade winds and pressure systems, then finished by saying, "That's about all I have."
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"Okay, let's go," Smith said, and within a minute the room was empty.
I rode up the lift with Smith, a native of Basalt, who was monitoring the radio strapped around his chest the whole way. When I asked him about the history of the Highland Bowl, he surprised me by getting emotional. He tried to open it first in 1984, but three of his patrolmen were killed while purposely triggering an avalanche. It took him four years to get back the strength to attempt the challenge again. On the day the Bowl opened, he laid three wreaths for his friends. "It's kind of like a dream you don't know will ever come true," he said. There have been no deaths since.
When we got to the top, we skate-skied over to the patrol station, a solar-powered cabin hovering on wood stilts. Soon a drill was being organized to train two black Labrador "dog techs" to rescue avalanche victims. With a devious smile, Smith suggested I volunteer to get in "the hole," to which I first agreed, then changed my mind after seeing the tiny chamber six feet under I was going to be buried in. While Smith laughed, I took up a shovel and helped bury two rookie patrolmen. The dogs had never been tested before on the mountain but within a minute of being set loose, they had located by scent both sites, and stood barking above them.
Finally, it was time to do the Bowl. I put on my helmet and goggles, and strapped my skis onto my back. "Good luck," Smith said, as I headed to the Sno-Cat that would take me up the first third of a mile of the two-mile hike.
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The sky was just beginning to cloud over as I got off the cat and began my ascent. Within 20 minutes, there was no trace of life around me. My world had been reduced to wind. I remembered how Smith had told me he'd used more than 10 times the amount of dynamite to control the snow this year than he ever had. I'd also been told how Aspen resident Neal Biedelman, a world-renowned mountaineer who survived Everest with Jon Krakauer, had nearly been buried alive earlier in the season while skiing out of bounds. (For the record, Aspen would finish the season with 510 inches of snow; the average per year is 300. For the first time in history, it opened for an encore day of skiing in June.) That's it, I thought as I stepped blindly into thin air, this is my Everest.
Then I heard a noise. Someone was coming up behind me. I looked over my shoulder to see Semple. "Right on," he said, giving me a thumbs-up and hoofing by. Even as he disappeared into the cloud ahead, I knew then that I'd be okay. When I reached the summit, the sky began to clear and I stood gasping at the 360-degree view. At last one thing was wonderfully clear: as disparate as the interests and impressions that define Aspen are, the staggering physical beauty of the place was the reason they existed at all. Minutes later, I was knee-deep in champagne powder and falling once again for the town I knew and loved.
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When to Go
Aspen is a year-round destination, with great hiking and mountain biking in summer. Ski season runs from Thanksgiving through April. High season, and maximum powder (15 inches per week on average), is between January and March. The best deals can be found in November and April.
Getting There
The closest airport, serviced by Frontier, United, and Delta, is Aspen/Pitkin County Airport. American Airlines and US Airways fly to both Eagle County Regional Airport and Grand Junction Regional Airport. In Aspen, the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (970/925-8484; rfta.com) runs complimentary shuttles to the mountains.
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Check stayaspensnowmass.com for a wide range of house and apartment rental information, ideal for families and groups.
Where to Stay
Aspen Meadows Resort
Great Value 845 Meadows Rd.; 800/452-4240; dolce-aspen-hotel.com; doubles from $310.
Hotel Jerome, A Rock Resort
330 E. Main St.; 970/920-1000; hoteljerome.com; doubles from $515.
Hyatt Grand Aspen
415 E. Dean St.; 970/429-9100; aspen.hyatt.com; doubles from $575.
Little Nell
675 E. Durant Ave.; 888/843-6355; thelittlenell.com; doubles from $810.
Sky Hotel
709 E. Durant Ave.; 800/882-2582; theskyhotel.com; doubles from $459.
St. Regis Aspen Resort
315 E. Dean St.; 970/920-3300; stregisaspen.com; doubles from $1,100.
Where to Eat and Drink
Cloud Nine Alpine Bistro
Aspen Highlands; 970/923-8715; lunch for two $50.
Crave Kitchen
231 Harris St., Basalt; 970/927-2837; dinner for two $70.
304 E. Hopkins Ave.; 970/544-5166; dinner for two $106.
Matsuhisa Aspen
303 Main St.; 970/544-6628; dinner for two $150.
675 E. Durant Ave.; 970/920-6330; dinner for two $120.
Pacifica Seafood & Raw Bar
307 S. Mill St.; 970/920-9775; dinner for two $130.
304 E. Hopkins Ave.; 970/925-9700; dinner for two $75.
Sundeck Restaurant
Aspen Mountain; 970/544-9345; lunch for two $25.
Topper's Aspen
211A Puppy Smith St.; 970/920-0069; dinner for two $40.
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What to See and Do
Amen Wardy 210 S. Galena St.; 800/228-5987; amenwardyaspen.com.
Aspen Institute
1000 N. Third St.; 970/925-7010; aspeninstitute.org.
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Aspen District Theater; 970/925-7175; aspensantafeballet.com.
Belly Up Aspen
450 S. Galena St.; 970/544-9800; bellyupaspen.com.
Magidson Fine Art
525 E. Cooper Ave.; 970/920-1001; magidson.com.
Regal Watering Hole of Aspen
220 S. Galena St.; 720/275-3876; regalaspen.com.
Ski Equipment Rental
800/525-6200; aspensnowmass.com; rentals from $34 a day.
Ski or Snowboard School
877/282-7736; aspensnowmass.com; lessons $169 a day.
Suit Yourself Mobile Skiwear Rental
Obermeyer and Scott USA; 970/920-0295; from $55 a day.
Where to Ski
Comprehensive information on Aspen Highlands, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, and Snowmass, including package deals and lift tickets, can be found at aspensnowmass.com.
970/925-1940; aspenchamber.org; Jan. 8–11.
ESPN Winter X Games
888/649-5982; aspensnowmass.com; Jan. 22–25.
First Fridays Art Walk
Main St., Carbondale; 970/963-1680; carbondale.com; resumes Feb. 6, 6–8 p.m.
Aspen-Snowmass Celebrity Downhill Weekend
888/649-5982; stayaspensnowmass.com; Feb. 27–28.
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888/649-5982; stayaspensnowmass.com; June 19–21.
Aspen Summer Words
Red Brick Center for the Arts; 970/925-3122; aspenwriters.org; June 21–26.
Aspen Music Festival
970/925-3254; aspenmusicfestival.com; June 25–Aug. 23.
Aspen Ideas Festival
Aspen Institute; 970/544-7916; aifestival.org; June 29–July 5.
Aspen Arts Festival
970/925-1940; aspenchamber.org; mid-July.
Jazz Aspen Snowmass
June 18–20, Benedict Music Tent; Sept. 4–6, Snowmass Town Park; 970/920-4996; jazzaspen.com.
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The whole thing started with the least of expectations. I had a rod and some time to kill due to a delayed appointment. I made some casts. I caught nothing. I drove to the appointment. Delayed again, for another hour.
I google mapped. I found nearby water. I tried a new fly.
On my first cast I caught a mayan cichlid. Sweet.
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A largemouth bass with a middling amount of heft liked my offering. OK, cool.
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What an ornery little cuss.
This became interesting. The fly I had tied on looked similar to a juvie peacock, proving the cardinal law of fish: Everything eats everything. Could I make some sort of slam out of this?
My cell phone rang. I had to meet my appointment in 15 minutes. I was five minutes away.
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By Richard Clarke
Arsène Wenger has charged his team with the task of putting some history into Emirates Stadium this season.
Arsenal are just starting the fourth campaign at their 'new' home and a process of 'Arsenalisation' is under way. The Club provided scarves for every fan at the first home game of the Premier League season on Saturday to boost the atmosphere.
Pictures and graphics have already starting appearing in the concourses as the Club puts its unique mark on Emirates Stadium - something, of course, that 96 years of history did all by itself at Highbury.
Although Wenger is a firm supporter of Arsenalisation, he knows that trophies are also a crucial factor in a ground's mystique.
"You want to transfer the history of the Club somewhere into the walls, and create a new history with the results," said Wenger.
"At the moment we have maybe not achieved that, not outside or on the pitch. My job and that of the team is to create it.
"Highbury had a natural soul because of all the history. We have to create history here first by winning titles but also by making the place warm so you feel the history of the Club.
"The history of this Club we left behind in a different building. But it is important that in this new place the history and the values of the Club are kept alive."
As part of Arsenalisation, there will be a Highbury Shrine, 12 'Greatest Moments' walls on the concourses and, hopefully, 32 legendary players linking arms around the eight cores on the exterior of the stadium. It is hoped the changes will make Emirates an iconic stadium and Wenger is backing the plan wholeheartedly.
"I have met so many people who have been going to Arsenal for 50 or 60 years and had their heart and soul at Highbury," he said.
"We have to give them something back here where they think 'that is part of what I have experienced my whole life'.
"They want to see the faces of the players they have seen - Tony Adams, Patrick Vieira, Cliff Bastin. That has to still continue here.
"The desire is there but not only from me, the board want to do it and personally I find it a fantastic idea."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Per Mertesacker says it was crucial for Arsenal to start well in Saturday's win over West Brom.
Arsène Wenger's side took the lead after 26 minutes through a Mikel Arteta penalty and the Spaniard sealed the win from the spot 25 minutes from time.
Mertesacker was delighted to get back to winning ways and wants the team to build up momentum ahead of the Christmas period.
"It's a different mood than after the Swansea game," he told Arsenal Player. "Everybody is happy that we had this win today. We deserved it because we took the initiative from the beginning. We wanted it today and you could see this on the pitch.
"It was a fantastic win for us to [get] a little bit of confidence back. I think we have climbed the league table. That's the beginning. We have to keep on going like this. That's very vital for the next few weeks.
"We want to climb up the table. In this period, you have to win these games. December is very busy for us during the Christmas period. Let's see how [well] we can cope with the situation. It's good to have this game now. We could see we are ready. We want to do it and we want to behave as a team."
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text: I have to say, that now that AI has been here 20 games, I think we made out like bandits on the trade. The combo of AI + Stuckey, has provided a lot more than Chauncey + Stuckey, because Stuckey would have been limited to coming off the bench, or one of them would have had to play out of position. While AI is a 1 in size, he's a natural 2. Can you imagine how dominating AI would be if he was 2 inches taller? Anyway, 20 games in, even if the record doesn't reflect it yet, I think we're better this season because Stuckey gets to play more, and the boatload of capspace in the offseason, and AI really does make the game fun to watch. No hard feelings to any Billups fans, but watching Chauncey play for 6 seasons had really become a snore fest.


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ROLLINSFORD - Police are ask area residents to help locate a Portland Avenue man in connection with an alleged domestic incident at his home Jan. 13.
Warrants were issued for John L. Pownall, 45, of Rollinsford, who is wanted for one count of harassment and four counts of simple assault on an unnamed woman who was treated at Wentworth Douglass Hospital in Dover, according to police.
After the incident, Pownall allegedly fled his home and may have headed to the Hampton area. He is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds and has brown eyes and hair, according to police.
Harassment and simple assault are both Class A misdemeanors, which could result in up to a year in jail for each charge, if convicted.
Anyone with information about Pownall is encouraged to contact the Rollinsford Police Department at (603) 742-2724.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by mikhail1973, Jun 24, 2013.
As an NBA player, you ideally want to get more rings than you give.
"He just couldn't replicate what Billups gave me.." ....... ....... ....... .......
Not many have hardware like him.
I wonder if Rodney gives her hugs after she makes dinner, does the laundry, etc....
No, he saves those for the neighbor's wife after SHE makes dinner and does the laundry.
Well, well well.... lessee... so far.... so called the worst franchise at the table has both coach( definitely a top dog, please save me from fan fantasies aka Laimbeer) and GM and the best team without "head" has hired....somebody without previous experience...
The statue thing is just too weird. NBA rumors: Joe Dumars candidate for New Orleans GM spot, found inside a Pelican statue - Detroit Bad Boys
That is really bizarre.
This looks like some bad blood going on. Stan Van Gundy, coach of Detroit Pistons, says Dan Gilbert has some selfish interests - ESPN
Saw that the other day. SVG could have easily ignored making any big comments but he went out of his way to stick up for Detroit. Having been to the Palace a few times, I think the Pistons playing downtown would be better in general, but yeah, Dan Gilbert should totally be worrying about his own problems - like drafting #1
The league must be salivating at the thought of a Detroit/Cleveland feud.
No doubt. This is one where two cities could be trash talking about ping pong balls for the next decade.
Detroit Pistons officially name three assistants; John Loyer retained, Wallace not | Detroit Free Press | freep.com THIS is HORRIBLE. How the hell is Loyer allowed anywhere near this franchise? His bafoonery literally helped ensure that we lost our pick, yet Sheed who was clearly a positive influence in the development of our big men's skill level is shown the door? Pure stupidity.
This makes me so mad. I was trying to like Stan Van, now I can't stand him.....
I agree, I kind of want him to fail as well.
As much as I loved Rasheed, we don't know how effective he really was. Of course he was loved by the players, but I really want to see this team starting to win. Also, we don't need a coach for the big men, we have Stan Van Gundy. We need a coach for the freaking guards.
Hooper can continue being our mascot now.
Because, it was probably in his coaching contract, that as a placeholder until the end of the season, he would be compensated. This is the organization's acknowledgment that they are fulfilling their obligation. Loyer will be paid for the responsibilities that he upheld. SVG has the knowledge base to make the right decisions. Priority number one is to provide that knowledge down the chain. Priority number two is that all share in the systems offerings (offensive/defensive) that made each exposed to what it takes to be a winner. Priority number three is that those millionaires will have to adapt, listen and implement or SVG will find those that will. Winning is not magic. It is placing your best assets in the right system. Age makes no difference.
What about the guy above SVG who makes a lot more than millions? Why isn't he instinctively tough to control, corral or influence? To my water carrying eyes he's done more to harm the team than any player.
how so ernie?
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Returns Policy
We offer a 30 Days Return Policy. This means any item/items bought from us can be returned within 30 Days of purchase. Please note that returned item/items must be unused and unopened, still have all packaging and returned as new.
Under the United Kingdom's Long Distance Selling Regulations you have the right to cancel your order for any item purchased from The Cosmetic Practice, for a full refund within 30 days.
To cancel your order please email firstname.lastname@example.com with your order reference number in the title. If however your order has already been processed, you will need to return the order to us. We recommend you send any item back to us recorded so you have proof of delivery as you are responsible for the goods until returned to ourself. All items must be returned unused and unopened, with all packaging intact.
Please read the Return or Exchange an item section below.
Return or exchange an item
If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, simply return the item or items to us in their original condition* within 30 days of receipt. We will issue a refund on receipt, or exchange the item for a different product if preferred. Please note:
The item is your responsibility until it reaches us. For your own protection, we recommend that you send the parcel using a delivery service that insures you for the value of the goods.
The cost of returning the item to us is your responsibility.
The parcel can take up to 7 working days to be returned to our Warehouse, unless sent via special delivery.
Please send back to:
The Cosmetic Practice
32 Durham Road
See below for our returns form
Faulty Item
If the item you received is faulty, please contact email@example.com quoting your order number, your name and address, details of the product and the reason for return, and whether you require a refund or a replacement. We will then advise on how to proceed with the return. You have 30 days from receipt of the faulty item to return it to us.
I received the wrong item
If the item you received is not what you originally ordered, please contact email@example.com quoting your order number, your name and address, details of the product and the reason for return, and whether you require a refund or a replacement. We will then advise on how to proceed with the return.
We do not refund postage costs. If you have tried the product and are unhappy with the results, then please contact us immediately via email firstname.lastname@example.com to ensure that you are using the correct and appropriate product for your skin's needs. It is also imperative that you follow the directions given. Some of the products we sell may have temporary side-effects for some people and these are usually resolved after a few weeks of use. We offer advice by e-mail or phone if you need help choosing the right products before you buy. We will not refund or replace products that have been used or opened for hygiene reasons. If you have a reaction to a product, then please tell us and we will inform the manufacturer of the product so that they can update their adverse incidents of the product. We will not however refund against such a product that you have shown sensitivity to. Please ensure when ordering make up, the colour you choose is correct as the product cannot be returned.
Lost Parcels
We will replace lost orders in full.* Please contact us if you believe your item has been lost in the post. Where possible we will give you a tracking number for your item - please check that your depot is not holding your item. Please note that it can take up to 10 working days to deliver your order, longer during busy periods such as Christmas.
*NB): If you believe your item is lost please contact us. We will check the delivery address that you supplied with you. If you have entered any part of your delivery address incorrectly on your order, including the postcode, then we are not able to claim against the loss with Royal Mail, and consequently cannot refund/replace your order. We use the address for delivery that you supply, so you must ensure that your delivery address and postcode is 100% correct. Please enter the digits carefully! If you are unsure of your delivery postcode, then check online at www.royalmail.com using their online postcode checking facility.
Order Processing
Most of the products in the shop are carried as stock items. If an item is in stock it will usually be posted to you the same or next day. If an item is out of stock, it will usually be posted within 5 working days of your order being placed. You should expect your delivery within 10 days of placing your order. However, during especially busy periods of the year such as Christmas, please allow 15 working days for your order to reach you. If you have not received your order within 10 working days of payment, then please email and we will track your order.