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i like Eric Gordon from the LA Clippers. EG would really mesh well with Iggy since Gordon doesn't dominate the ball. Describing Gordon game: he's a good defender, gets to the line, and can hit the perimeter three.
Yeah, what he said (if he's right about eric gordon)
Gordon is kinda small though. He's an inch or 2 smaller than Jrue I believe. I want a guy thats going to be able to match up on the defensive side of the ball with other 2's. Unless you feel Jrue should guard the SG on D and Gordon on the PG, i wouldn't think Gordon to be an ideal fit.
He's an inch shorter than Jrue, his wingspan is 2 inches longer (at the time both were measured for the draft).
He's got some meat on his bones, though, which can negate height disadvantages somewhat, with proper technique.
He is technically undersized, but I don't see that as an issue with JH and AI9 around him.
Hmm...not sure I know the guy but
A. Good finisher at the basket
B. Good range from distance
C. Good enough defensively to guard the second best player between the SG/SF on the opposite team
D. REbounds at a league average level (at least) for the position.
E. Can create without the ball...hit the catch and shoot open shot well
John, you're looking for the perfect player - top 10 talent. I'd say Kobe in his prime was the best 2 in the last 6-8 years (and obviously MJ before him). He combined all of the attributes you mention, and morphed into a post presence in his older age. (but that's not allowed)
There are multiple types of 2s aren't there? There's the "big" 2 who can also play the 3, which is Iguodala or Wade. These guys play a more physical, drive the basket, get to the line. There's the creative, smaller 2s, kevin martin, iverson who was less a spot up shooter, but could create, ginobli.
There's the long distance 2's, like reggie miller in his oldschool days, ray allen, there's the stopper, distributor 2's.
I think it all depends on your team. The best FIT for the sixers without iguodala would have to be someone physical, tough, can create, defend the perimeter - basically iguodala (which i'm assuming is your point).
No, that's not really my point at all. The main weakness people point out with Iguodala is his jump shooting, I figured people would go with better shooters as their ideal SGs, so I just wanted a couple of names to do a side-by-side comparison with Iguodala. Gordon, Joe Johnson and Mayo are all good examples.
Sorry, I misread your post. Keeping all things as is, and playing out the rest of their contract -
Kevin Martin/ Stephon Curry/ Morrow/ Brandon Roy, ariza?!?! /
Hey he asked 'ideally' :)
I was just giving the traits I think need to go with an Iguodala. Most important (i think) is the shooting range
I reside pretty firmly in the "Iguodala's a small forward" camp, so...
Joe Johnson (just a terrific player; my top choice)
O.J. Mayo (good and young, so we'd have him and Jrue for quite a while)
Stephon Curry (though I guess he's playing PG right now; also good and young)
Eric Gordon (also good and young)
Good list. Keep 'em coming guys.
Give me Morrow [rest. free agent] for Thad over the summer [3 mill. per to start?] or reach for the sky and go after Mayo. Would Memphis turn this down; Thad, Spieghts and #6 for Mayo and #12? They may lose their entire starting frontcourt, [Randolph on his last year] Gay [ overpayed by somebody] and can draft Henry to play the s.g. . But is Mayo a future star, I am not sure but he does defend.And a simple fallback would be Azuibuke, but Brian mentioned adding nobody older than Iggy and he may be 27 y.old.
I was pretty high on Mike Redd before all his injuries, I like that kind of great outside shooters, ala Ray Allen and, back in the years, Allan Houston
now I like JJ and also Gordon, even if he's not at those levels (yet) obviously
Question, if you could give up the same assets for Mayo or Turner, who would you get?
If I'm not giving up Jrue or Iguodala, I'd probably take Mayo to play between them. If I have to give up Iguodala, I'd take Turner.
With Jrue and Iguodala at the 1 and 3 respectively, I would be very ok with Kevin Martin.
Marcus Thornton
Co-Sign on OJ Mayo and Eric Gordon.
Marcus Thornton
Co-Sign on OJ Mayo and Eric Gordon.
Is Redick ready to start? Orlando may want to cut salary over the summer and his defense has improved.
Does Reddick shoot like this on another team, in another system? I think he probably does, but it's a legitimate concern. Look what happened to Courtney Lee.
Personally, I think Reddick would be a nice fit between Jrue and Iguodala, not sure he could handle starter's minutes, but I'd look into it. Not sure we have anything ORL would want, though.
How bad is Reddick defensively?
Good question. His numbers look good on 82games.com (14.7 PER against).
I'm wondering if he'd be easier to hide at the two than Kapono was at the three. Here's an interesting comp.
I'd love to get a shooter who could start and contribute something else besides shooting. I mean, it doesn't have to be much, but just be an average rebounder, or pick up a couple steals or something. Not sure any of those guys fit the bill, though.
If only you had access to some sort of video to see how Reddick does defensively and against whom :)
By the by, can we expect similar production from Anthony Morrow in a starter's role? Probably not. We need someone who can curl and create. How's our boy Rip doin?
Old and crappy
To add to D's list:
Ben Gordon(should work with Jrue)
Manu Ginobli
Kevin Martin(athough kind of soft)
Brandon Roy!
I veto ben gordon - he isn't a starter - he can't play starters minutes and i don't think he stands up defensively
i would prefer Eric Gordon over OJ Mayo. OJ Mayo dominates the ball a lot, and that could be a problem since we already have two ball handlers in Holiday and Iggy...
Mayo and J. Johnson would be perfect alongside Jrue and Iggy. Others worth mentioning include: Stephen Jackson, Jason Richardson and if his shooting wasn't a fluke Corey Brewer.
I don't think Iggy is exclusively an SF though so if we are talking about guys he can play well with on the wings there are a number of SFs that deserve consideration like Granger, Batum, Battier, Webster, possibly even Ariza and Gay...
I don't know if anyone else agrees with my theory but I believe Iguodala would accept not being a primary (or secondary) ball handler and still be a great asset on any team, so i don't know that that's such a concern about this new SG, I think Iguodala would adjust his game accordingly, I believe the sixers are the ones who wanted him to be the primary ball handler and right now they ahve few others
I agree... But it might take some time to adjust his game...
I think it would take some time, but no more than half a season...again...Andre Iguodala was never really the primary scorer on any team he played for until the past couple seasons, in high school or in Arizona...I think he fits into the great complimentary player role really well...taking open shots and alley oops and receiving on fast breaks, he also has great court vision and can be a strong rebounder.
I think he was thrust into this primary scorer role by the franchise and fans expected cause his contract got bigger that his game would somehow change...if the sixers added a back court player who could be a primary scorer I think Iguodala would adjust just fine in about half a season, if not sooner
I don't think it would be an adjustment at all for Iguodala to not be the primary scorer. He's done it the past two seasons whenever someone else on the team got hot. I do, however, think having the ball in his hands is important. He makes plays for other people. I think he'd work well with Mayo (that's where this discussion started, right?) Mayo has gunnerish tendencies, but that may not be a bad thing considering he shoots a high percentage and the Sixers could actually use a go-to scorer.
Would anyone trade TYoung for CBrewer?
I don't think we need to. We can probably get Brewer + an asset for Young...
Young is better, but Brewer is a far better fit.
Brewer was vastly improved this past season, but he's still a below-average three-point shooter. I like his defense, but does he really stretch the floor for you?
If he can keep up his play from the second part of this season the answer is YES. If not we have a problem...
But isn't a lineup of Jrue, Brewer and Iggy at least tempting on the defensive end... They can all guard multiple positions
I like Brewer, but he is a pretty bad fit here. Our biggest problem is that we can't stretch the floor. Brewer/Iggy might be the worst 3 point shooting 2/3 combo in the NBA.
Not now but still developing like Young but fits our preferred defensive model...... If Minny gets the 2nd pick and drafts the Ohio st. kid, Thad could be a fit with them. Maybe as Xsago said we could get Brewer, plus ....................................
The 6'10 guy who plays for the knicks? I'm pretty sure he's not a 2 or a 3 and that he's a soft 4
Nah, I think he's a three.
A soft three
We want a stable situation and good character guys, I vote for J.R. Smith !!
lol!!! Hopefully Ed. S. won't hear you :D
Didn!t the offense look better with Kapono starting the end of the year? A similar catch and shoot guy is more important than a guy that can make plays off the dribble to me, that is why W.Johnson may be as good a fit as everybody we mentioned and hopefully he falls in our lap without giving up assets.
True, W. Johnson would be a great fit, but is he worth a high lottery pick? I'm worried about his ceiling, not his game...
Always liked that guy. Then again, I always liked Vernon Maxwell too...
There were rumors around the trade deadline that the Grizzlies were looking into dealing Mayo. What to you guys think about trading #6+filler for Mayo? I would do it, wonder if Memphis would.
Assuming we land at #6, yeah, absolutely. If we get into the top 3, then no, depending.
"Filler" isn't going to get you Mayo
Jrue might, Iguodala might, but filler isn't
#6 + Lou + future fist could possibly get you Mayo. Worth it?
Depends on how much that future first is protected...I'm not sure it's enough, it depends on what Heisley really intends with his roster that is young and competitive, Mayo is a huge part of that, #6 in this years draft might never be as good as Mayo is now...Lou Williams is a back up...so the protection orr lack thereof on the #1 is paramount - and Heisley caringa bout building a winner or not as well
I'm aware filler alone wouldn't get Mayo, but the #6 has a lot of value. Again, I'm not sure they would do it, but considering the rumors about them willing to trade him +Thabeet for Monta Ellis and being turned down, I don't know, and they may have payroll concerns about giving him an extension that would be alleviated by swapping him for a rookie... But its all just speculation, who knows if they would do it.
6+Lou for Mayo? I'd do that in a second. 6+Lou+future first? Depends how strong the protections are on that future first, those things make me nervous cause they get protected for a few years, then the protection dissapears.... 6+Thad? Don't think I would go that far.....
6+Thad for Mayo after the season Thad had is a no brainer to me - Mayo is already a better player than Thad, fits the sixers like a glove and starts right away...#6 might not fight perfectly or be ready right away.
As for thad, at this point, he probably is at the nadir of his trade value - if you could get mayo for him - with the #6 I say it's worth it
Does the #6 , plus Thad and a future #1 get you Turner [#2] ?
That depends on who gets the #2 of course but I'm going to say no...
On one of Jonathon!s [draftexpress] webcast!s he brought up the idea of Minn. taking Favors at #2 to compliment Jefferson/Love. It makes some sense because Henry may be there with their next pick and Rubio/Turner may not work. If Turner is there at 3 and Gold. St. gets that pick it could get very interesting.
Highly Unlikely. 3 maybe, but the top two this year are so highly rated it will take more then that.....
Its funny how workouts change a g.m.!s mind. Turner can!t show all he can do in 3 on 3 settings where Favors is an athletic freak.It only takes one g.m. to get the ball rolling.
Another long shooter that is a f. agent this summer is T.Outlaw.
Kevin Martin would probably be my #1. He's usually efficient offensively, and although on defense he's not that great, he does score well without needing the ball in his hands at all times. One of our problems is that Iguodala and Brand need to dominate the ball to score - you need someone that contrasts that, who can run off screens and score that way. Joe Johnson relies on too much iso and Ben Gordon is too small (besides, we have Lou Williams, who sin't much different from Gordon). So I pick Martin. Another (more realistic) option could be Rudy Fernandez.
I am a big Rudy fan but he has dissappointed with Roy out; it is his time to step up and he hasn!t. But he works for me if it doesn!t cost much.
what about rudy fernandez? i dont particularly like him but hes got some size and plenty of steals it seems and can shoot
actually, salmons would be the best fit, bring him back
I remember Brian saying recently not trading for, or signing anybody older than Iggy, it makes sense in a lot of ways. Actually it may make sense to just play Lou and Meeks this year to get another decent pick next year, as long as Willie sits.
If its just anyone other than Kobe/Wade than Brandon Roy followed by Joe Johnson.
Damn Brian, think you asked the right question...
In terms of a guy who could be ready tomorrow, Joe Johnson strikes me as the best fit. Good size, can get his shot off, plays some D, good shooter, good rebounder and passer, and low maintenance. Would love to have that guy. He's 28, which is older than Dre but not by much. And he'll likely be available, but I don't know if we'd have what it takes to get him via sign/trade. (Sammy would actually be a great fit in ATL, but good luck convincing them of that.)
Of the young guys, Mayo would be a great fit for the team. I would trade the #6, Lou and a top-5 protected #1 next year (that's me being overconfident, god knows why) to make that happen.
Joe Johnson.
Can shoot, handle, defend, pass.
Pretty much the ideal SG IMO. Only problem will be his salary.
And age
Re the Sixers /Iguodala/SG:
1. I don't care which position UIguodala plays. As long as the other guy is a shooter and does not need to dominate the ball to be effective.
2. Iguodala's problem is not his shooting. It is his shot selection.
3. I would not give up 2 #'s for mayo or Gordon. They might be bad for several years, and cannot give away #1's unless they are top 20 protected forever.
4. I would target Rudy. He could really thrive if he is the 3rd best guard in your backcourt and Jrue/Iguodala are creating openings for him to shoot or drive.
5. I would have given Carney a run at starter. If you can get plus defense and the ability to hit the open corner 3 from your SG that would be enough for now. I'd much rather spend our assets on a long term answer at C.
"2. Iguodala's problem is not his shooting. It is his shot selection.
54.6% adjusted on catch and shoots, more efficient than 78% of the league.
34.4% on jump shots off the dribble. More efficient than only 31% of the league.
Iguodala's more adaptable than people think. The problem this year was Thaddeus Young vastly underachieved from what we needed.
QAre you saying taking the ball out of Iggy!s hands and letting him be a catch-n-shoot guy is the way to go? In that case Turner makes sense.
I'm saying it would help his efficiency tremendously, and his lack of a jumper may not be as big of a hindrance as most believe, and that Iguodala's not a good enough half-court player to be our focal point, and it hurts his efficiency asking him to do so.
Turner would be great, just from a sheer talent perspective. Hard to make happen, though.
I think simply "handing Jrue the keys" might help Iguodala tremendously.
Jrue has to be handed the keys in order for us to add a Henry or Morrow type player than, it makes sense. Does a Lou and Jrue backcourt allow this or is Iggy not confident of Lou taking more control offensively?
Lou is more of a scorer than a shooter. I don't think you can have 3 ball dominant players in the backcourt.
But Jrue/Lou/Thad could work for stretches with the 2nd unit. Especially if Thad improves his jumper.
Adding a guy ready to step in and contribute, [W.Johnson?] may allow Iggy to allocate his shot attempts immediately rather than looking to score a lot early next year. Thad!s big scoring stretch 2 years ago was probably putting that thought in Iggy!s head a bit but if he only followed up this year.
I think this supports my point. Iguodala is not a guy who can't shoot. He's a guy who takes a ton of shots off the dribble- which is his weakest area (next to taking shots 5-15 feet on the run, where he is brutal.) Also, Iguodala took more spot up jumpers his first 2 years. he was more effective at generating more inside shots in 2008/9. Last year he took too many shots off the dribble- partly due to EJ.
Of course I don't have synergy, but I'm pretty sure the stats bear this out.
This discussion took a different turn than I had planned for, but I'm glad it did. Good thoughts and contributions from everybody. The post I'm working on tonight really doesn't have a whole lot to do with what talked about though.
I was just about to write something about Iguodala the SG. I still will, because I think it's a topic paramount to the future, regardless of whether we draft someone like Johnson or stay and retain Thad.
You know my stance. We've talked about it quite a bit before.
Joe Johnson, Kevin Martin, Brandon Roy, OJ Mayo, Eric Gordon.
Watching the Utah game the other night,and seeing Korver operate made me think this team sorely lacks a guy that plays really well off the ball, catch and shoot type player. Willie Green tries to do that but he usually ends up hitting the side of the backboard. Rip was great at that in his prime but hes really declined.
If i had to go with one 2 guard I guess itd have to be Joe Johnson. Jrue, JJ, and Iggy would be a very physical 1-3, and Joe Johnson is a guy that can really fill it up.
Is Johnson really a deadly shooter from long range anymore, or is it still just reputation?
36% last season from three, 36.9% last season. Hasn't shot 40% since his last year in Phoenix, and only did it one time, in his walk year.
Didn't know that. We all know that somebody is going to overpay for Joe Johnson after this season, I just think he's one of the only 2's in the league with a respectable jumper. I think I see the point you're making here, there aren't really that many great shooters leaguewide out of the 2 guards that are head and shoulde above what Iggy gives you overall.
Speaking of shooting guards, think OKC is kicking themselves for taking Harden over Curry? He was lazy/invisible last night...
Because of his role, JJ has to force lot of difficult 3's late in the clock when the offense stalls. If he was asked to be more in the old Suns role he would be 40% or better.
Sort of like Iguodala's issue with shot selection, but with a better jumper.
Kyle Korver isn't a starter
I don't think I said he was, just saying that type of shooter is a quality I'd like in a starting guard...
Iguodala can be the "shooting guard" if the 3 is a good perimeter shooter, such as when he was paired with Kapono. Trading for a quality swingman who can knock down jumpers won't be easy. Other than Holiday, the guys the Sixers would be willing to trade don't have as much value as they thought/hoped. Green? Speights? Williams? Smith? Even Young's value has dropped.
Don't think Williams and No. 6 would be enough to land Mayo.
Tom, you didn't report to us your latest news!
Report: Jordan contacts Rutgers about coaching job
By: Tom Moore
The Bergen (N.J.) Record, citing a "source familiar with the athletic department," reported Wednesday that former 76ers coach Eddie Jordan has contacted Rutgers about its vacant men's basketball coaching position.
Jordan, who was fired after a 27-55 season with the Sixers, played on Rutgers' Final Four team in 1976 and is a former Scarlet Knights' assistant.
Jordan will be paid $6 million over the next two seasons by the Sixers. His career NBA coaching record is 257-343.
Wasn't this 'news' about a week before Jordan got fired?
I think it was more of a connect-the-dots thing a couple weeks back. I just like the image of Jordan grovelling for a job.
Correction, grovelling for a college job.
WOuld you let Eddie Jordan coach an 8 year old team?
Only if they are going to bite as puppies
Tom, do you get the feeling that an Iguodala deal before next season is still a possibility? Perhaps draft night? If Golden State lands in the top 2, that backcourt of Curry,Ellis,Wall/Turner would be awfully crowded...I wouldhate it, but it seems like an Ellis for Iguodala deal could be plausable.
I hope not.
And Ellis for Iguodala deal would be awesome...in this regard
TONS of Iguodala haters would love it cause they think Ellis is exactly what the sixers need, everything that Iguodala is not, and then they'd watch Ellis play with his volume shooting and usage and piss poor shooting percentages and passing and realize how much greener the grass was.
I mean, I expect Iguodala to be gone in this off season, but for Ellis would just be the icing on the cake of terribleness
On the other hand (that's OTOH for those of you who can't be bothered to type entire words), why would Don Nelson WANT Andre Iguodala when he has the perfect player for his system in Monta Ellis?
When people talk about building this team around defense...
it sort of goes to pot if Iguodala and Sam are gone. Having a good defensive PG and a bunch of sieves for teammates does not project well.
Agree 100%.
When people talk about trading for Monta Ellis, are you under the impression they care about defense?
Holy crap. Ellis played 2,600+ minutes, took 1,406 shots and finished the year with 0.0 offensive win shares? How the hell is that possible?
Cause he's freaking terrible
hence why trading iguodala for ellis would at least provide comedy because iguodala haters would love it cause ellis averages so many points - but it would make the sixers SO much worse - plus
think about the rebounding and defense of that trio
And doesn' monta ellis have like a massive usage rate?
10th highest in the league.
But, really, 3 of them (Eddy Curry, Patrick Mills, Brian Cook) play so little they don't count.
Well, at least Ellis doesn't have poor body language.
And you know he isn't afraid to take a shot...plus he scores over 20 points pergame - so you know he's awesome
Born leader, and according to Eddie Jordan, he's one of your best offensive players, ergo, he is also one of your best defensive players.
Can't argue with that kind of logic :)
I have to double check my sources, but I believe he also, "bit as a puppy."
That's too much.
I don't read local papers so thanks to swag bucks i found the source of this
Damn thing published on my birthday
Minny is said to LOVE Iggy, and they have some nice pieces we could possibly get from Kahn.
Mainly Kevin Love. Say we could get Kevin Love and their pick for Iggy and our pick (or some combination of our non Jrue players)
I'd do that deal in a heartbeat, mainly if their pick is higher than ours. Say they have the 2nd and we have the 5th or something.
I am in favor of trading Iggy, but not for a bunch of crap. I'd rather get GS' pick and Biedrins or Morrow whatever instead of Ellis.
Imma still hope for the number one pick and a chance to see the J. Walliday combo experiment.
If they got Wall and immediately traded holiday I'd be very angggrryyy.
Minny is said to LOVE Iggy, and they have some nice pieces we could possibly get from Kahn.
By Whom?
OJ Mayo, Eric Gordon, JJ Reddick in that order
COY - scott brooks - 27 game turn around most important thing for ESPON to mention in the alter i received
Is 'more wins than last year' the primary voting for COY to you?
Nate McMillan should have won that. His team exploded and he still got to the playoffs in the west.
Maybe it's more of a result of the deep roster that has been assembled there? But then you can say the same for the Thunder with Kevin Durant's leap into superstardom.
Think there's a good chance Iguodala gets traded this summer. Also depends on who is calling the shots for Sixers.
It all depends on what we can get for him.
Hopefully there are more than one team that over values him/just needs one more piece to be a contender and doesn't care/is dumb.
Like I've broken record repeated in my posts, basically every player can be moved except Jrue and I will be fine with it. AI9 is a great SF, but if we get a great offer, take it.
Do you have any 'inside info', whether you choose to share it or not, or do you just feel that Iguodala will be traded this off season?
Do you think it's dependent on whether or not Mr Stefanski keeps his job?
This is awesome, I will puke if the Sixers even think about bringing in this clown for an interview.
He's a better coach than mo cheeks, tony dileo, or eddie jordan
in fact he's probably better than every coach the sixers have had SINCE larry brown
Sorry I don't want any more of a 15 win teams leftovers. Noone from that organization should be hired here. I'd rather have Mo/DiLeo although DiLeo as a coach is something you can't expect
Oh I see, it's Franks fault the team was disgusting and massively injured with massive player overhaul and frighteningly young.
Sure they only had 15 wins, but i like their roster for the long term hella more than the sixers roster...just looking at the wins and losses ignores quite a bit.
But Ed Stefanski came from that organization.
Watch that organization that you mock and belittle, because they just got a great new owner who is going to spend cash and gets to move to brooklyn.
It defies logic that you would defend Lawrence Franks coaching credibility, yet completely rip apart JVG's. If you had your pick of coaches, would you put Frank ahead of Van Gundy?
They are two entirely different people with different situations, I have no interest in either of them coaching the sixers...
But then again you think Iguodala for ellis is 'plausible'
Plausible implies that the deal is "superficially fair" In the NBA world it's an entirely realistic scenario. I also said that i would hate it. I'm sorry that you misinterpreted my post.
Pretty sure I didn't misinterpret, possibly you don't know what superficially or fair mean though.
It's only 'superficially fair' if one is a true moron...a straight up trade is an anal violation of the sixers.
I think league wide it wouldn't be considered as lopsided as you're making it out to be. I wouldn't be a fan of the trade but it's not an absurd thought, at all. I think a lot of the bickering you get involved with on here could be avoided if you didn't state your opinion as fact all the time, rubs people the wrong way.
Yeah, and what I really want from you is your opinion on my personality.
If a lot of people around the league saw it as fair, then those people would be morons.
Everything I write is inherently my opinion, i just believe it strongly, if you need me to spell it out for you each and every time, that sounds like a comprehension problem on your part.
Eddie Jordan is from that branch too....nuff said.
Career .483 winning percentage. Very solid. Then again, wins and losses apparently don't matter. No thanks.
Don Nelson is the career leading coach in wins
So he must be an awesome coach?
Career .557. You tell me.
Trading Iguodala is retarded unless you are also able to get rid of Brand. Or if the deal is just amazing such as Minnesotas 2nd overall pick and Kevin Love.
Ideal would OJ Mayo. Pairing him up with Jrue and Iguodala for the next 5 years would really be a special backcourt.
Iggy can definetly be traded during the off-season. With so many teams with cap space, and only so many quality free agents; i expect Iggy and the Pistons Tayshaun Prince to both be targets for teams that could strike out in free agency--the Twolves, Kings, and Clippers.
Teams may actually prefer Prince even though he may not be the player that Iggy is. Prince is still a quality SF that a team can get for a nice one year rental while preserving their cap space for 2011.
Of course he CAN be traded, but should he be, and should the sixers accepts 20 cents on the dollar or demand quality back (Monta Ellis is 20 cents on the dollar, if that in terms of ability)
Mikael Pietrus...
Check out this footage of Donald Sterling. The Clippers owner is a creep...


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Jersey 'will have to share data with UK'
JERSEY will have little choice but to hand over information to the UK tax man about UK residents who have bank accounts here, says the Island's leading adviser on international affairs.
JERSEY will have little choice but to hand over information to the UK tax man about UK residents who have bank accounts here, says the Island's leading adviser on international affairs.
Colin Powell was in London on Wednesday to speak to UK officials about a rift that has developed between the Island and Westminster over the provision of tax data.
Mr Powell said the UK had 'unsurprisingly jumped on the bandwagon', after the Island indicated it would sign up to an agreement with the USA designed to prevent American citizens evade tax.
The decision by the Island to sign an 'inter-governmental agreement' with the US on the Foreign Accountant Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) prompted the UK to act to secure the same type of agreement.
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The End Is Nigh!
Several months ago somebody quoted, regarding safety levels and the la collet the site, that jersey "can do what it wants." evidently not, please stop this stupid arrogant facade, jersey does what it,s told! There you go everyone, get your teeth in to that. Ps, I,m just playing devils advocate here.
Why if the UK 'unsurprisingly jumped on the bandwagon'does the article contradict itself 'The UK's move came out of the blue'.
It can't be unsurprising and out of the blue at the same time !!!
the future
We are so regulated in Jersey there will be not one single tax evader in the data. Therefore no loss of business so why is it a crisis ?
What's the point of opening an offshore account in Jersey then?????? Why do you think people do it in the first place.........
Gross Interest (ability to earn more due to interest on interest)
No sles tax on financial advice (a £1m portfolio managed at 1%saves £2k on a £10k cost)
Thats two legitamate reasons.
Sam de St Pierre
Forgive of if I'm wrong but doesn't Jersey already have an obligation to inform the UK of relevant income earned by UK-residents, apart from certain non-doms, under the EU Savings Tax Directive, to which Jersey signed up several years ago. A directive which the Jersey authorities do nothing to police or enforce, with the result that Jersey financial institutions can effectively decide either to follow or to ignore it. Of course, Jersey will say that we uphold our obligations , whilst failing to do a thing to ensure that the banks and trust companies stand by their legal obligations.
Wrong. Jersey hands over a cheque but no names or details as it has refused to adopt automatic exchange of information under the EUSD, unlike Guernsey and the Isle Man who switched to automatic exchange last year.
That decision by Jersey has, in my view, been crucial in relation to this latest move by the UK. Lets think about it. The EU (and UK) say they want automatic exchange. Jersey says no. Jersey then says yes to the US's request. UK and EU not surprisingly get upset at that.
It's not hard to work out. Another misguided and arrogant decision by the States of Jersey with massive cost implications.
But the UK does get the tax (at 35%) under the EUSD...so it will not gain anything. It is nit only Jersey that with hold the names, places within th EU (such as Austria) do it to!
The UK itself is the biggest Tax Haven in Europe, they should start by looking at home first...
Pip Clement
No surprises there.
Should read, CONTINUE to hand over information.
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the sooner we have an election the better.
We need to sharpen up very quickly.
Told you so means nothing now. We need to put the finest heads together to get ahead.
Gino, agree we need an election but please do not even consider standing. You speak the biggest loan of drivel and have absolutely nothing to offer. You do not qualify as one of the "finest heads".
Same Ol
Our new broom here in Guernsey ended up with an even bigger load of incompetents than the last lot.
All the reasons most people want to become a politician are ironically all the reasons that most people never should.
Please, not you again
Giving data to the UK makes no difference to tax evaders. A huge amount of these individuals live in Jersey and commute to either work or run their businesses in the UK purely to avoid paying tax. Also, there are many loop holes in Jersey even if one gives data out on these individuals, one can easily still get away without paying as no one is monitored on how long they actually spend in the UK annually so its easy to avoid paying UK tax. There is also the tax free "dividend" on shares or loans to oneself from one's company, another easy way of avoiding tax. Unless the loop holes and actual laws are changed, providing data on people will not help or change anything.
#10 Gino - We had an election and this lot were what we got, why on earth do you think another election would deliver some mysterious group of 'finest heads'? However I'm sure you will agree that if we lift the lid on government secrecy it will all come right.....
On a less facetious note its all a storm in a teacup, if the business is legit HMRC shouldn't get too excited about the data they receive.
10 Hopefully this means you wont be wasting our time by standing again Gino
I have a nasty feeling that many naive posters on here are in for a shock
We have nothing to fear, Jersey's finance industry is already heavily regulated, nothing will change...blah blah blah
I suspect there's quite a few Jimmy Carrs getting a little nervous
If Jersey is so convinced of the quality of it's regulation then why did Jersey politicians rush over to the UK for crisis talks when the asked for the same data to be provided about their citizens evading tax. It is so abundantly clear that Jersey IS in fact a tax haven. If this were not the case then the States who have no worries whatsoever in handing over the information.
Simple Sid
Do we believe they didn't anyway?? Who trusts a Goverment ??
Let's get real for a minute and consider what areas will not be affected by this proposed legislation; the funds industry, trusts dealing in asset protection, property holding, confidentiality, all non-UK client business, employee incentive schemes, wealth management, CI listings, infrastructure, tax efficiencies permitted by HMRC etc etc
What remains is a nominal amount of individuals who did not scarper c.10 years ago with the dawn of EUSD. Assuming they are not already fully disclosing, good ridence to them.
From what I have read I thought the US and the UK were after the details of people with trusts and companies as well.
C Le Verdic
They are the ones who have been sitting pretty until now and congratulating themselves that only mugs have bank accounts.
Agreed, maybe if some of this lot go forth and multiply elsewhere and take their immigrant scrounging cleaners and the like with them we will have a bit of common courtesy and decency back.. AND less of a drain on OUR taxes!!
Anyone who has not been here ten years send them packing and pronto I foresee a mess to clear up and a big one we have enough of our OWN poor and disadvantaged being bullied out of the way to accommodate relatives and families of low paid immigrant workers who quite simply take the piss and couldn't give a toss about anything other than handouts and what they can get clear the lot out!!!!
I take it you include Doctors, Nurses etc in this 10 year purge?
Doctors and nurses are not 'low paid'
Rentokil: Doctors and nurses are underpaid in comparison to lawyers.
The money will soon be flowing out of Jersey or if you listen to Jersey Finance then we will lose nothing as we are well regulated and all the cash/ schemes is clean.
I think we all know that we are guilty of facilitating tax avoidance and therefore monies and business will move. The question is how much and what are the implications for Jersey ?
Lawyers in Jersey know that US Fatca will harm us financially, therefore UK plus europe will only add to the problems.
Finest heads?!!!? Here lol don't be silly Gino......
I was brought up and educated in Jersey years and left nearly 12 years ago. I still have a bank account on the island and was informed over a year ago that the bank would notify H.M.R.C. of the amount of money I have there. So what's new?
Never mind the party's over here come's the hangover........
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There's a boat in the morning, if you can get on it.
I have been saying it for a long time now but politicians, government officials, JFSC, Jersey Finance have not listened to my arguements. It is over, finished. Jersey is bankrupt stock. No sane finance business will buy into Jersey now.
C Le Verdic
Colin Powell, eh?
I wondered where the man who changed the island had disappeared to.
There I was thinking he must be keeping his head well below the parapet!
The usual band of people missing the issue. See jervan's email. Tax avoidance is a fancy way of HMRC trying and failing to capture a quantum of monies. The more interesting thing is how they allow companies who clearly make money in the UK not pay tax, and are fully aware of Amazon, Ebay etc. HMRC have an agenda of targetting individuals tax and not companies, which demonstrates how tax is not quite a level playing,field
Another step to the Channel Islands incorporation into the UK.
do they know ian christmas is still on full pay in prison. they do now
father christmas
NO not Ians Dad but i wish i was after all the Tax Payers Money that he has been receiving since he was charged & NOW FOUND GUILTY even worse if it is true that he is still getting paid DISGRACEFULL what about all the honest old age pensioners who have all PAID THEIR DUES FOR YEARS & the people who was here in the OCCUPATION
Agreed, this is why Jersey needs a clear out top to bottom.
Finding Me;Mo
With the UKs HMRC looking at credit reference agencies to provide data on 'spending patterns' of up to 2 million UK people (The Telegraph 3/12/12). That raises significant questions about the access to data held by UK credit agencies on bona fide Jersey residents.Are they Jersey Data Protection registered? Can they scour data on US as well??Will the cow tow of our Ministers (inevitable) expose Jersey people to external scrutiny in the process?
Are our politicians looking out for their own citizens or will this be 'Save the Finance Industry at any cost!'?
Any return comments based on 'if you have nothing to hide...etc' are unworthy.

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Balaraju, JN and Srinivasan, A and Yoganandan, G and William Grips, VK Effect of Mn/Mo incorporated oxide layer on the corrosion behavior of AA 2024 alloy. Corrosion Science, 53 . pp. 4081-4092. ISSN 0010-938XFull text available as:
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The oxide layer formed over AA 2024 using 10 wt.% H2SO4 (plain oxide, PO) was modified by Mn/Mo oxyanions (permanganate/molybdate modified oxide, PMMO) as an alternative to Cr(VI) ions to enhance the corrosion resistance. The corrosion current density values obtained for PMMO was found to be 2.8% and 1.4% of hydrothermal treated oxide (HTO) and PO respectively after 168 h immersion in 3.5% NaCl solution. The electrochemical studies showed the higher barrier layer resistance for PMMO. The improved corrosion behavior of PMMO was observed based on the damage function calculated. Similar observations were confirmed by continuous salt spray test.
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Match Report Fred. Took me less than a minuite to find it. http://www.batleybulldogs.co.uk/2017/04/10/bulldogs-38-36-rochdale/
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Of course, New York is not one thing. It�s especially not, or mostly not, Manhattan, which is only the third most populous borough (after Queens and Brooklyn) of the big five. To New Yorkers in Rego Park or Cypress Hills, Manhattan is �the city� the place they come to, through the bridges and tunnels lightly reviled by sophisticated Manhattanites, for a day�s work. Sometimes, their last day: few of the firemen and policemen killed on Sept. 11 died in the borough they lived in. New York, like any big city or small town, is an overlapping series of neighborhoods. We feel closest to the place where we shop, get our dry cleaning done, take a walk or drive through, surrounded by buildings that are our unspoken friends, as much as the familiar faces of folks we see every day but have never been introduced to.
My neighborhood is TriBeCa (for Triangle Below Canal Street, and if you don�t mind I�ll drop the second and third capital letters from now on). You may have seen us on TV recently: we�re not far from the former World Trade Center. How not-close? Well, these days, anyone who lives or works in lower Manhattan brags about how close they are to Ground Zero. I live on Hudson Street, three blocks above Chambers Street eight blocks from the northern hem of the World Trade Center complex. Or maybe we�re closer. In a recent interview in The Guardian, Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein said that the explosions �happened six blocks away from our offices in Tribeca.� Since the Miramax offices are three blocks north of us, perhaps we�re only three blocks away. (That Harvey, always crunching numbers.)
Non-New Yorkers don�t know how short Manhattan�s north-south streets are. So, to put it in terms the American driving public can understand, we�re four-tenths of a mile away from the great crematorium. Tribeca is the nice place near the awful place: Beverly Hills down the block from Bosnia. But proximity to an instant cemetery gives us a vicarious creepiness, what with the acrid stench of compressed steel and flesh, and the constant police presence; a few weeks ago a three-foot concrete barricade was erected around the Western Union Building across the street, presumably because of the telcom companies and government agencies housed there. So we feel as if we are close enough to the new Gettysburg to be part of the new war effort. Or at least an upmarket extension of Afghanistan: what the performance artist Reno calls �Tribecastan,� and I call Ground Plus One.
Tribeca is a mix of low-rise housing and looming old warehouses, renovated into one of the city�s snazzier real estate grabs. I like it, in part, because I live there; but also because the architecture venerable, solid, ornate suits me; and, even more so, because Tribeca is shouldered, sometimes elbowed, by other neighborhoods with personalities as different from each other as Omaha from Islamabad.
To the east is Chinatown, where I go to buy low-sodium soy sauce and rent Hong Kong videos from Cantonese immigrants who speak no English (including, �I don�t speak English�). To the north is trendy SoHo or, as we hardy refugees to the southern tip of the island call it, Canada. To the southwest is Battery Park City, possibly the first attractive housing project since the Pyramids. Spend a few hours in any of these neighborhoods and then try, I dare you, to still hate New York.
Battery Park City is a stroller�s balm on a summer day. Walk down the mile-and-a-quarter promenade past the lovers on the lawn, the kids in their rubberized playground, the skateboarders pretending that Manhattan is Manhattan Beach, the al fresco diners at Steamer�s Landing. Stop to admire the imposing bandshell of the World Financial Center�s Winter Garden; it has enough wonderfully wasted space to remind me of the dear dead original Penn Station. And across the plaza, the Hudson River, potent and polluted, Circe seducer of the first European settlers to this tiny plot of land nearly 400 years ago. Sit on a bench, stare out at the river and watch the history of American exploration, immigration and commerce surge by.
When we take outlying relatives on a Battery Park walk, we stop in the small park at the north holding The Real World, Tom Otterness� playfully satiric sculpture garden. The witty images a fat cat borne on a huge coin by oppressed little men, the teetering Babel of a miniature skyscraper (protected by a moat where odd creatures lurk), the iron dog eyeing an iron cat eyeing an iron bird eyeing an iron worm all testify to a Boschian view of predatory capitalism; and the kids love it. And walking through the Winter Garden plaza, we make sure our visitors read the legend, from poet Frank O�Hara, that snakes along a balustrade: �One need never leave the confines of New York to get all the greenery one wishes. I can�t even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there�s a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life.�
And South is ... was ... the World Trade Center. But that neighborhood is also famous for the best shopping and browsing this side of Istanbul.


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The Pac-12 Conference fined Arizona coach Sean Miller $25,000 on Sunday for his actions following the 18th-ranked Wildcats' loss to UCLA in the semifinals of the conference tournament.
The Pac-12 said Miller was fined for confronting a game official on the floor and for acting inappropriately toward a staff member in the hallway.
"Even in tense and trying moments following a game, we expect Pac-12 coaches to conduct themselves in a professional manner," Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement. "Our coaches represent their teams, their universities and our conference. We expect them to set an example for our student athletes and to meet the highest standard of sportsmanship and behavior on and off the court."
Miller received a technical foul late in Arizona's 66-64 loss to No. 21 UCLA on Thursday for arguing that Wildcats guard Mark Lyons should not have been called for a double dribble because Bruins guard Jordan Adams touched the ball.
Miller apologized after the game for getting a technical so late in a close game, but added that he did not cuss or challenge the officials and went on a rant that became an instant online sensation.
"The reason I got the technical foul is because I said, 'He touched the ball. He touched the ball. He touched the ball. He touched the ball. HE TOUCHED THE BALL,' " Miller said during his postgame news conference. "That's a hard one when you work August, September, October, November, December, January, February, and here we are.
"My man over here (senior Solomon Hill), he's never coming back here again. His coach gets a technical foul. Didn't cuss. Didn't challenge him."
In its statement, the Pac-12 said its officials are graded on game performance and future assignments are determined by the grading process and coaches' feedback. The conference also said it has warned Miller about inappropriate postgame comments toward officials before.
"The Conference has a formal system of evaluation and feedback in place for coaches to express concern about officiating," Scott said. "Coaches play a significant role in the overall officiating program and are expected to address concerns through the structure provided. Threatening, intimidating and unprofessional conduct will not be tolerated."


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Addressing Second Stimulus Package During Growing Economic Concerns
... >> there's something on with the white stuff dripping off. i need a homer! i need a homer. >> keep the eye on that. >>> meantime, congress is back in session. and with the government seizure of fannie and freddie and buzz about a second stimulus package, economic concerns are obviously a central theme heading into election day. here now with more, house majority leader steny hoyer joins us this morning from washington, d.c. congressman, good to have you back on the program. welcome. >> thank you, carl. good to be with you. >> the general take, over and over again, has been -- it's a shame we had to do this, no one wants to do this, we're not choice. happy about it, but we had no the bigger issue now is how these things are structured going forward. do you agree with that? >> i think that's accurate. i think i talked to secretary paulson on sunday. i agreed with the action. he didn't want to take it. i don't think anybody wanted to take it, but it appeared to be necessary. and i think there's going to bring some stability. i think the market reflected at least a positive response initially, and we have to see where we go from here. >> yeah. did you have a feeling this was going to happen when they first came to the hill? >> well, we certainly hoped it wouldn't come, but you know, we passed a regulatory bill last year, in 2007, sent it over to the senate. unfortunately, it didn't pass until this year, so, we tried to act, and of course, in the first six years under republican leadership, we passed a bill through the house, which most democrats voted for, to try to bring tighter regulation, and it languished and didn't pass in the senate when the republicans were in charge and took a long time when the democrats were in charge. so, we're hopeful that this will stabilize the market. i think it's too early to say exactly what the next steps are going to be. secretary paulson agreed with that and says let's see what happens. >> yeah. everyone -- i mean, it's almost a moot point to try to assign blame at this stage of the game. >> i agree with that. >> but senator mccain and governor palin have a piece on the op ed page of the ""journal"" today saying for years congress failed to act, and that's what the real problem was, that reform wasn't put in place earlier, saying it was really the failure of congress and the success of fannie and freddie's lobbyists. >> you know, it's interesting that the failure of congress to act -- senator mccain continues to deny that the republicans were in charge of the congress for the first six years of this decade. and very frankly, they still control the presidency. so, we haven't been able to take any action without the president's approval, and very frnk frankly, his party has been very resistant to change. as i said, we passed a bill in '05 through the house with significant democratic support, overwhelming democratic support, but the republican senate didn't pass it. we then passed a bill when we took over in may of last year, also sent that to the senate. it got tied up. very frankly, there was disagreement between senator shelby, the republican ranking member, on the direction we wanted to go. and frankly, we were in agreement essentially with secretary paulson. so, it wasn't a disagreement in terms of the administration and ourselves, at least secretary paulson. it was a agreement in the senate. but having said all that, i think you're right. assessing blame, it's very interesting, but what really is going to be important for the american public, for the housing industry, for people who want to get homes and stay in homes, is how we stabilize this market. >> yeah. leader hoyer, the ""journal,"" another piece here -- i don't know whether you saw this -- patron saint of fannie mae. and they've got eight instances about representative barney frank and his enabling of fannie mae. so, it is tough to assign blame. i guess it depends on which paper you read. >> let me say, there's no doubt that we believe fannie mae and freddie mac were important institutions that provided homeownership in this country. they've served that purpose. obviously, with the collapse of the home market, they were the biggest holder of paper, and they took the biggest hit. there's no doubt about that. but the fact of the matter is, they accomplished the objective that the congress and the american people wanted, and that has facilitated a large number, millions and millions of people, being able to get into homes. >> now we're heading into the last couple months of the presidential campaign, and the term second stimulus is coming up again and again. first one, whether you like it or not, certainly helped the data during the summer. >> that's correct. >> do you think a second round has some political legs? 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Published: August 3, 2014 at 8:32 PMGreat article. My family and I have been going to Cedar Point every year for about 10 years and we love it. A true thrill park as opposed to a theme park, Cedar Point never disappoints. Staying at The Breakers really enhances the experience as well and is substantially less to stay at than Disney or Universal. (Although it needs a serious room update/makeover.) And I agree on the outrageous food prices.
Published: August 3, 2014 at 8:42 PMWe agree mostly on tour coaster assessments for Cedar Point.
I love, love, love Millenium Force (I like Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion, as well). Top Thrill is great for the 18 seconds it lasts. I'm still a fan of Magnum XL. . . we went the year it opened, and I rode with my mom after a very long wait. Raptor is great, but I think the last time I rode it, I swallowed a bug, and it was on the little video. Mean Streak is rough. My neck didn't care for Maverick as much on the turns, but the drops were fantastic. Mantis, well, I wasn't comfortable, really, either. I like Wicked Twister, a lot.
Food prices will always annoy me, but for the cost of a ticket, not a bad time, really.
Published: August 4, 2014 at 12:03 AMGemini is actually a steel coaster. It has steel tubular track with wooden supports, similar to Cedar Creek Mine Ride.
Published: August 4, 2014 at 1:12 AMIt's always great to hear a first-timers assessment of my home park. It is tempting to become a bit defensive, but I think you gave everything a fair, honest review of your experience. Blue Streak is not the biggest, tallest, fastest woodie in the park, just the oldest, and for the locals it was just about everyone's first coaster of any kind. We all long for the days before the inner seat padding when all you had was a lap bar, a seat belt and an occasional few moments of gravity to keep you in the seat. Still my favorite. Sorry you skipped Wicked Twister, but glad you got all the others in. As far as the rest of the old coasters, remember that when built they were all cutting edge technology- Corkscrew was the first coaster in the world with three- count 'em three- inversions.
Published: August 4, 2014 at 3:01 AMAs a northern Ohio native I really enjoyed reading your unbiased perspective on Cedar Point. I am used to people putting CP on a pedestal and experiencing it through rose colored glasses.
I wanted to add a note that Gemeni is actually not a wooden coaster. While the support structure is wood, the track is tubular steel and therefore it is classified as a steel coaster.
Published: August 4, 2014 at 3:34 AMI'm taking your advice a giving Disney/Universal a reprieve this year to visit both King's Island and Cedar Point instead (actually, I was just waiting until all three kids hit that magical 54" height requirement - what good is a coaster park if you can't ride all the coasters?). I appreciate your reviews and commentary, and look forward to visiting the Roller Coast in about one week....
Published: August 4, 2014 at 6:57 AMIt's a shame you had to wait so long for Maverick. Perhaps the wait time biased your opinion of the ride. Because of the capacity (trains only carry a maximum of 12 riders per cycle), the line does tend to move rather slow. I do think Cedar Point should consider modifying the restraints to the softer padded style OTSRs that Kings Dominion added to Intimidator 305. With all of the twists and turns on Maverick, it would be nice to not have that hard plastic digging into your neck. The newer restraints on Intimidator 305 solve that problem very well.
It's a shame you missed out on Wicked Twister. It looks similar to most other Intamin inverted impulse coasters, but is the tallest and fastest of the lot. Plus with the backwards spike straight, it makes for a slightly different experience (V2 is also pretty interesting with its 45-degree forward spike to avoid local height restrictions.
Mantis is getting near the end (as are many stand-up coasters). What once was a popular novelty is now just a painful check in the box on the coaster bucket list. Riddler's Revenge is still the best of the bunch, but even that one can be painful.
Iron Dragon, or Dragin' Iron as it is affectionately called, is also near the end of its usefulness. Maintaining Arrow suspended coasters is becoming increasingly expensive, which is why many, like Big Bad Wolf, are being retired. Also, the experience is not any better than what you can get on an inverted coaster, and aside from the out-of-control, will the swinging car fall off the track, feeling of the ride, there's really not that much appeal to the coaster type anymore.
Blue Streak is actually a pretty good woodie, considering how old it is and the weather conditions it is subjected to in the harsh winter along Lake Erie. Cedar Point has done a pretty good job keeping it running rather smoothly over the years. Mean Streak is a completely different story, and whenever you ride ANY roller coaster that has a trim brake on the first drop, you should worry. If The Point is no longer staking claim to the coaster record (now 3 behind Magic Mountain), Mean Streak would be a prime candidate for removal or replacement.
The food can be pricey, but Cedar Fair's new All-Day Dining Deal can be a pretty decent bargain, assuming you're group is willing to share. We did it at Canada's Wonderland and Kings Island over the past few weeks, and it really worked well. Guests pay a flat fee up front ($30) and are able to get selected entrees at specifically identified restaurants throughout the park every 90 minutes through the day. In most cases, the deal pays for itself in three meals, but can be a real value if you spend an entire day at the park, and are diligent in grabbing a meal every hour and a half. For a party of 3 or 4 that's willing to share a plate and simply nosh throughout the day, it can be a real money saver over plunking down $15-20 for each person for lunch and dinner. Depending on how you drink in the park, the refillable cup might also be worth the up-front costs. Typically they cost $15, but some parks have discounts if you buy more than one or pre-purchase the cup online. The cup allows for unlimited refills on the day of purchase/activation, and $0.99 refills on every day after that. You have to drink a lot to make the cup a good value, but considering how much a fountain soda (pop for those in Ohio) costs in the park (typically $3 or more), it can be a good value if you don't like drinking water exclusively.
Published: August 4, 2014 at 7:17 AM@Russell - I agree with most of your points. I loved Mean Streak when it first came out but then it got really shaky. After complaints they added the trim break and it got worse. What was once a fun and out of control feeling woody because very ho hum.
For those that want a little history about coaster building check out the Cedar Point museum near Skyhawk. They have the original model of Mean Streak. I always liked looking at that. Plus it makes for a nice AC break in the middle of a hot day.
Iron Dragon - That's needed to go for a long time. I have friends who still love it though but I can't figure out why for the life of me.
Mantis - My trick for that is to crouch slightly right before they lock you in position. Then the bicycle seat never bothers me during the ride.
I'm glad you liked Millennium Force. My favorite ride ever was on a Halloweekends. My wife and I were row 1 in the dark. The fog and lights were out for the event stuff and the car was dipping in and out of the fog. It was simply amazing.
Published: August 4, 2014 at 6:25 PMThree weeks from right now I will be making my maiden voyage to CP and can't wait. Your top four are the ones I want to ride the most, but with 2 weekdays after schools have started we can hopefully avoid any 90 minute waits. I'm actually looking forward to Wicked Twister since they bent the track on V2 beford I rode it. I've noticed that parks with lower ticket prices than Disney make up for it with higher costs for food, parking, lockers, etc.
Published: August 5, 2014 at 6:27 PMNice review. Cedar Point is a great park which I've visited three times although I will probably never go there again due to the long ride queues. On my first visit I had to wait 2 1/2 hrs. to get on Millennium Force. Subjectively, I prefer Intimidator 305 but objectively, I think that MF is the better coaster due to the greater variety and nicer scenery. Maverick is unquestionably rough albeit one of the better coasters I've ridden. The fact that it has a single rider lane is a plus although the single rider with whom I was paired insisted on sitting in the back and because I knew that it was going to be a rough ride, I declined to sit anywhere other than the front and as a result had to wait longer and ended up stuck on the lift hill for 45 minutes. Raptor is one of the better inverts I've ridden, Blue Streak is a delight and Gatekeeper is excellent but not as good, in my opinion, as X-Flight. I expected to like Magnum much more than I did; the airtime was such that I kept getting whacked on the legs by the lap bar and that detracted from the ride experience. As to Mean Streak, I found it completely lacking in airtime and thrills; it's just a bumpy old coaster with nothing to recommend it. I prefer Kingda Ka to Top Thrill Dragster not only because of the extra hill but because my elbows never got banged up on KK the way they did on Dragster. I did not dare to ride Mantis due to my back problems. I had gotten as far as the loading station and when I saw how the riders were positioned, I changed my mind, realizing that this was an invitation to disaster.


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'There's some closure to it, but there's an awful lot left unexplained,' Sonya Walger aka Olivia says about the drama which is cut too early.
"FlashForward" will finally reach the D-Day, April 29, 2010. While everyone waits to see if their flashforward visions come true, Mark uncovers the date of the next blackout, and Simon, with Demetri, attempts to stop it from happening by breaking into the NLAP mainframe.
The season finale, called "Future Shock", will also be the end of the series because ABC decided not to continue the sci-fi due to low rating. It's unknown whether the May 27 episode will provide answer to the show's mystery or not because the network laid the verdict after the episode went into production.
However, Jack Davenport who plays Lloyd Simcoe said that it would indeed end in a high note. "Do I think the story could have gone further? Sure. No-one intends to do [just] one season - especially not with a grand concepty show like this. I don't think it will be unsatisfying, but it will not answer all the questions. The producers had to be mindful that they may only get one season, so there are some satisfying wrap-ups," he said.


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|Gloria Thiele (left), Robert Lechtanski and Karen Semenuk at a brown-bag presentation on Y2K last week. Photo by Bob Kalmbach
The unknown in the mix, he said, is the human factor.
Manmade problemsnot Y2K-related computer snafuswould result, for instance, if everyone decides at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 1 to see if they really have water by turning on faucets, by picking up the phone to see if they have a dial tone, by turning on all their lights to assure themselves that they really do have electricity.
Actions such as these would stress those service systems at any time, not just shortly after midnight Jan. 1, he explained.
Lechtanski told those attending the program on Y2K & You, sponsored by the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FASAP), to plan for the rollover just as you would for an advancing winter storm or blizzard or the threat of severe weather or an ice storm that might bring down power lines.
You need to be prepared, but dont just do it for Y2K, he stressed. We had 30 inches of snow in 14 days last year. And remember the ice storm of 1997?
Lechtanski advised putting together a care package for yourself and family that includes enough non-perishable canned or dried food for three to five days, flashlights and a battery-operated radio, as well as extra batteriesand a manual can opener. What good would an electric opener be, Lechtanski asked, with no power? He also suggested putting new batteries in flashlights and radios and turning them on to see how long the batteries last. That will give you an idea of how many extra batteries you might need to have on hand to make it through the emergency situation.
And dont forget calming foodsmaybe a chocolate bar or special herbal teaand toys and games for the kids that arent dependent on power from that socket in the wall.
Other things to consider in preparing for the rollover include making sure you have on hand checking account and credit card records for the past two months and the amount of cash youd normally have on hand prior to a long weekend. Individuals with special medication needs might consider filling prescriptions a week or so ahead of time if they expire near the start of the new year. And top off the gas tank after that final errand.
Lechtanski also suggested using Y2K preparations as a chance to get to re-know your neighbors. Take a walk around the neighborhood. Check on those, such as the elderly, who may have special needs or concerns. Youll find people who are willing to help you out, and maybe someone who could use a bit of help or assurance from you.
The key in all this, Lechtanski stressed, is to not wait until the last minute, and to simply approach your advance preparation as you would for similar situations that might cause a brief interruption to your everyday life.
Also speaking at the program in the Pond Room at the Michigan Union were Karen Semenuk, a FASAP counselor, and Gloria Thiele, the Universitys Y2K coordinator.
Thiele assured the audience that the University is prepared for the rollover and announced a hotline that will be activated this week that members of the University community can call for updates during the rollover weekend1-877-UM-Y2K-OK.
Confident of a glitch-free rollover period (Dec. 31Jan. 3), Thiele cited the information on the back page of the Nov. 22 Record and encouraged audience members to shut down computers and disconnect other electrical appliances before leaving campus for the holiday break. Reduced electrical use will ensure that the University can support a temporary failure if that becomes necessary, she explained.
Thiele also called attention to the ad that appears on page 20 of this issue of the Record (www.year2000.umich.edu), which includes a checklist of things to do before heading home for the winter holiday season, as well as the hotline number and information about radio stations that will broadcast special announcements should any problems be encountered at the University.
Semenuk addressed the human side of the move to the next century, noting that individual and collective overreaction may likely be more of a problem than any physical problem as people deal with the extra stresses that the move to the new millennium seems to have engendered.
Individuals should address their anxieties and determine their comfort zonewhat it will take for them to approach Jan. 1 in a relaxed mode. Information is the best solution to most of the anxiety, Semenuk said, with the worst-case scenario being someone who normally suffers from high anxiety who at the same time possesses little credible information. Individuals need to act and prepare according to what will make them most comfortable, she said.
She also noted that a bit of anxiety is to be expected. Weve come to trust technology, she explained, plus we generally have a sense of being in control of our lives. We just dont have all the answers to the five Wswho, what, where, when and why. The only one defined is when.
We like a sense of certainty, Semenuk explained, adding that she has seen Y2K described as trying to nail a cream pie to the wall.
Reaction and over-reaction are the greater issues, she added. We need to be prepared in a reasonable way. We need to be prepared, not surprised.
The FASAP program will be repeated 34:15 p.m. Dec. 13 in the Henderson Room, Michigan League. For information, call 936-8660.


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