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Balestier Khalsa made it five games in the Great Eastern-YEO's S.League without defeat on Thursday after playing out a 0-0 draw with SAFFC.
By Gabriel Tan at the Jalan Besar Stadium
In a fairly even game that saw both sides create a fair share of openings, Warriors striker Fazrul Nawaz missed arguably the best chance of the match six minutes after the break when he sent a free header from six yards wide.
Balestier also had an excellent chance to grab a winner in the 76th minute when substitute Andrew Tan was sent racing through on goal, but he could only send a lob over as both sides had to settle for a share of the spoils.
However, the result means the Tigers have now gone their last five league games unbeaten, and came off the back of last week's impressive 1-0 win over Albirex Niigata.
While Darren Stewart's men had done extremely well to see off the White Swans at the weekend despite playing just under an hour with a man down, the victory came at a price as both captain Paul Cunningham and midfield general Park Kang-jin picked up cautions that saw them suspended for Thursday's game, along with winger Zulkiffli Hassim who was sent off.
That meant a total of six first-teamers, including experienced defender Jaslee Hatta and midfielder Ridwan Jamil, were absent from the Balestier line-up, although it did allow Stewart to hand starting berths to promising Prime League duo Helmi Mazlan and Suria Prakash.
Eight minutes in, Cunningham's absence almost proved costly as his replacement in the heart of defence, Yusiskandar Yusop, failed to pick up the run of Marin Jonjic, who looked set to latch onto a deft through-ball by Mislav Karoglan and sneak in through on goal. Fortunately for the visitors, Zakariah Nerani was alert to the danger and smothered well and the winger's feet.
Ten minutes later, the Tigers custodian was called into action once again when Fazrul found space down the right and made his way past Yusiskandar, although his left-footed snapshot was confidently gathered by Zakariah.
Despite both sides enjoying an even share of possession, SAFFC were certainly finding more joy in their attacking third early on, and had another chance in the 29th minute when Karoglan screwed a low shot wide after Fazrul had neatly slid the ball into his path.
Nonetheless, it was Balestier who came closest to scoring six minutes later when Kim Min-ho floated a lovely ball in behind the hosts' defence, only for the rampaging Ruhaizad Ismail to fire just past the far post.
With Suria struggling to make any sort of impact, Stewart decided to bring on Patrick Paranjody eight minutes before the break, and shortly after coming on, he nearly made an instant impact when he narrowly failed to reach a cross-cum-shot from Hamqaamal Shah, who had done well to force his way down the left and into the opposition area.
Six minutes into the second half, Fazrul then wasted a glorious chance to open the scoring when he sent a free header from inside the six-yard box wide, after Tatsuro Inuio had delivered the perfect cross to the back post.
With the Warriors strikers looking increasingly out of sorts, midfielder Shukor Zailan, who had scored a cracking volley in their last game against Woodlands Wellington, then took it upon himself to threaten the opposition goal.
First, he fired in a 25-yard drive in the 61st minute that smashed into Goran Subara, although referee Leow Thiam Hoe waved away the hosts' protests for handball. 12 minutes later, Shukor let fly from distance again and this time his piledriver looked like it was heading straight for the top corner, only for Zakariah to claw it away at the last moment with a fantastic flying save.
14 minutes from time, Balestier then had their golden opportunity to edge ahead when Kim bravely went in for a header on the edge of the box and nodded the ball on to Tan, but with only Shahril Jantan to beat, the 25-year-old inexplicably sent his lob way over.
With time running out, SAFFC mustered one final effort to grab a winner and having replaced the misfiring Fazrul with Erwan Gunawan, Warriors boss coach Richard Bok must have thought he had made an inspired switch after a long-range drive from Inui deflected straight to the substitute, who had taken up a good position inside the area. However, he could only watch as Gunawan completely missed the ball despite having a clear aim for goal, wasting the last chance to steal the points for his side.
SAFFC: Shahril Jantan, Ruzaini Zainal, Eddie Chang, Daniel Bennett, Zulfadli Zainal Abidin, Marin Jonjic (Hafsyar Farkhan 85'), Noh Rahman, Shukor Zailan, Tatsuro Inui, Fazrul Nawaz (Erwan Gunawan 72'), Mislav Karoglan.
Balestier Khalsa: Zakariah Nerani, Helmi Mazlan (Andrew Tan 68'), Yusiskandar Yusop, Goran Subara, Syed Thaha, Ruhaizad Ismail, Shafuan Sutohmoh (Rahim As'ari 90'), Tengku Mushadad, Hamqaamal Shah, Kim Min-ho, Suria Prakash (Patrick Paranjody 37').


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PHOENIX — Ai Miyazato took the LPGA Founders Cup lead on a hot afternoon in the desert, playing a late four-hole stretch in 5 under for a tournament-record 9-under 63.
Returning from a whiplash injury sustained in a five-vehicle crash in Thailand, the Japanese star was comfortable in the heat Thursday as the temperature soared into the 90s. She birdied the par-3 14th, made a 20-foot eagle putt on the par-5 15th and birdied the par-4 16th and par-3 17th to open a two-stroke lead.
"It's just beautiful out there," Miyazato said. "It's just always nice to play in this tournament. It's very enjoyable and I just had a good feeling this morning. I was just very happy to be here. The weather is just awesome and I was like, 'I'm going to do this today.' And there you go, I shot 9 under. I hit the ball well and my putting was really good and I think I had good course management."
The nine-time LPGA Tour winner was hurt three weeks ago while riding in a caravan of players on the way to the Bangkok airport. She withdrew the following week in Singapore as a precaution because of stiffness in her neck, shoulder and back.
"Right after Thailand, it was really hard," Miyazato said. "Singapore was one of my favorite tournaments and I was really disappointed that I couldn't play, but I just tried to get nice and easy after that because my neck and my lower back were sore.
"I think I had a nice time off and now I feel fine. Just totally feels good."
Comfortable in the area, Miyazato has a home in Phoenix at the Legacy Golf Resort and tied for second last year on Desert Ridge's Wildfire layout, a stroke behind Yani Tseng.
"I'm just staying home nice and relaxed and it makes me feel good," Miyazato said. "It feels like a hometown."
She set up her eagle with a 3-wood from 232 yards.
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South Korea's Jee Young Lee was second, opening with a 65 in her first tournament since September.
"No golf like two months, and then I come back to Orlando and I train hard," Lee said. "Work hard and practice hard."
Candie Kung, Brittany Lang, Gerina Piller and Pornanong Phatlum were three strokes back at 66, and Lexi Thompson, Jiyai Shin, Sandra Gal and Katherine Hull-Kirk shot 67. Shin, her hair dyed orange a year after showing up at the event with a blonde look, won the season-opening Australian Open.
"I didn't hit the putts on the center of the face at all the whole time," Kung said. "I have absolutely no idea how those balls went in, but I was able to miss my shot close to the hole. I hit about two shots on the clubface today. ... I just laugh about today. I actually get mad when I hit it solid all day and don't make a single putt. It's weird. It's golf."
The top-ranked Tseng, riding a 22-event, 50-week winless streak, had a 70 in the featured group with No. 3 Stacy Lewis and Paul Creamer. Lewis opened with a 68, and Creamer, also shaken up in the accident in Thailand, shot 69.
"It was ugly," said Lewis, the winner in Singapore for her fifth victory in her last 22 tournaments.
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(Tim) Recent tests showed South African runner, Caster Semenya, had three times the normal level of the male hormone, testosterone, prior to her latest competition. This led sports authorities to order what are widely being called "gender tests" to determine whether, when she blew her fields away in recent races, Miss Semenya had an unfair advantage. An errant fax number brought what should have been a private matter into the public eye.
Returning to Johannesburg following stunning victories at the World Athletics Championships, Miss Semenya told reporters...
of her coach's pep talk prior to her races:
"I called my coach and my coach told me 'you can do it, man'," she said. "You lead from start to finish. You can do it, girl," she added, recalling her coach's comments.
"I took a lead in the last 400 and I killed them. They couldn't follow the race. It was good man. I saw gold at the last 200," she said, smiling as she spoke.
That's how the London Telegraph reported it.
The clip of her adulatory reception in Jo'burg is painful. This poor girl's life is being ruined and she appears to know it.
> This poor girl's life is being ruined and she appears to know it.
Isn't this what feminism is all about, being mannish? Everyone's celebrating a manly woman "killing" other women who just couldn't be quite manly enough, despite their best efforts.
"I killed them" -- sounds rather like a male expression to me. I'd expect a feminist to think so, too.
Speaking of killing, the authorities are worried about whether she had an unfair advantage over normal women when merely running, but society has no problem with normal women fighting in combat, and don't think that puts normal women at a serious disadvantage over real men out to kill them.
What a world.
And her coach is an East German, Ekhart Arbeit, and the actual limits for testosterone are set at a few times the usual MALE level--no the lower female level of the hormone.
It's still preliminary and based on anonymous sources for the most part, but it doesn't look good for (?) her.
I dare suggest that upper level sports is going to need to go to monthly drug/ dope testing to get any semblance of credibility, including mandatory DNA tests for female athletes.
I think feminism can be more fairly said to be about providing women (and men, too, for that matter) the opportunity for access to the full range of human experience. It has nothing to do with trying to ape men.
Competitive sport gives women the opportunity to use our physical abilities to their fullest. Like men, we are built to run! Many of us find it a joy to see how far and how fast we can go, and to participate in the excitement of racing. I don't see anything "mannish" about it. Just because men are generally (but not always) stronger and faster doesn't mean they get a monopoly on the pleasures of physical exertion and competition. It simply does not follow.
"I killed them" sounds like a natural expression of exultation in competitive triumph. It may not be in the best taste to say so out loud (for either sex), but "I killed them" is an expression of a universal human emotion.
> mandatory DNA tests for female athletes.
That would be intolerably sexist. Don't the men need DNA testing to make sure no females are sneaking in?
> It has nothing to do with trying to ape men.
That's debatable. It certainly looks like what's happening from this side of the street. I see manly females everywhere these days. Part of feminism is renouncing traditional femininity.
> Like men, we are built to run!
Are you also built to fight?
> Many of us find it a joy to see how far and how fast we can go, and to participate in the excitement of racing. I don't see anything "mannish" about it.
Well, go ahead, but it doesn't look particularly modest or lady-like. And when you "kill" the competition, make sure to do so with a quiet and gentle spirit.
Maybe you don't see anything mannish about today's female warriors, either...?
You missed a major point of my post -- the ludicrousness of protecting normal women from a super-manly-woman in a mere footrace, while normal women are not to be denied the right to fight to the death in combat against real men. What's wrong with this picture?
If it is demanded that women be treated as the equals of men in the military, certainly they are not going to sweat a manly woman in the next lane on the track?
Correction; the anonymous reports do state that her testosterone level is three times that expected of a woman. Not quite sure what that is, or how it compares with a man's, but looking at "her" physique, I'm guessing it's getting up there with that of Lyle Alzado in his prime.
Keep in mind that this is the level she attained during competition, when good East German coaches have their charges "de-juiced" enough to pass tests.
I've got nothing against women enjoying running--but I think Maggie and I both would agree that if the desire to run fast starts to "require" obtaining the hormones of a man, there is something amiss.
Fair enough?
> if the desire to run fast starts to "require" obtaining the hormones of a man, there is something amiss.
They didn't seem to care a whole lot in Johannesburg, not to mention the majority of the continent. To suggest anything might be amiss is automatically called sexist and racist.
But how is it sexist when the incident is all about women versus women?
And how is it racist, when her own village school principal didn't figure out she was a girl until 11th grade? ...or when the other girls in school always gave her a hard time about looking like a boy?
"You can do it, man..."
In the inclusive sense of the word, no doubt.
Bike Bubba, I might very well agree with you, but, frankly, I am finding this Caster Semenya issue confusing. The existence of "intersexed" individuals who are born with both male and female traits provides a definitional challenge. I don't know if Caster Semenya has an "intersexed" condition, but if she does, how do we figure out which box to place her in? If she is a woman who simply has higher levels of testosterone than most women, why do we not simply treat her as having an athletic advantage (such as abnormal height in a basketball player) rather than placing in a different sex category? I don't know enough to answer these questions -- but I think the powers-that-be need to come out with some kind of clearly comprehensible, bright-line standard.
Michael I understood the point of your post, but chose not to address the women-in-combat issue because I am an agnostic on that issue. I do not know what is physically required in a modern war, and I do not know whether some women are able to do what is physically required. I have simply never studied the issue.
But I do see a distinction between athletic competition and women-in-combat. We know for a certainty that the best men will always outperform the best women in most sports. Therefore, segregation is necessary in order to foster competition. But we don't only put the "best" guys in the military, so perhaps it is possible that above-average or exceptional women may in the middle-of-the-pack in terms of whatever abilities are required.
Maggie, agreed that it can be confusing, but look closely at the data; she's coached by the East German who juiced generations of Schwartzenegger-esque women sprinters, she's dropped seven seconds from her 800 time in recent months, she's built like a linebacker, and she's got extremely high testosterone.
Whatever the status of her DNA, that combination of factors leads me to suspect "better living through chemistry" as at least one factor.
> But we don't only put the "best" guys in the military, so perhaps it is possible that above-average or exceptional women may in the middle-of-the-pack in terms of whatever abilities are required.
Thanks for the reply, Maggie.
I have two sons currently in the military. One is a Drill Instructor at Basic Training. Not surprisingly, there are lower physical fitness standards for all women. More is expected of all men. In other words, more is required of effeminate men than masculine women, regardless of natural ability.
Dear Maggie:
Female high school athletes have more knee injuries then their male counterparts; why?
Warmly, David
> Maggie, agreed that it can be confusing, but look closely at the data
It's likely both, one leading to the other:
She was born abnormally masculine.
Because of that, someone decided she was a good candidate to be made into an unbeatable Super Woman, with a little help from modern science.
Bike Bubba, Oh yes! I DO agree that drugging is definitely a possibility! I was thinking the very same thing! I am not sure why that possibility is not being discussed more.
I don't advocate differing fitness requirements for the sexes. I have looked at a number of different fitness requirements for police work, firefighting, the military, school fitness, and the sex differences always seem arbitrary.
I have also looked at fitness requirements to determine combat readiness. There are also different requirements on age. I am pretty sure any moderately fit woman should be able to meet (and exceed) the minimum male requirements for her age group. But I will certainly concede that doesn't prove that women add value in combat. I just don't think that fitness requirements really tell us anything either way.
According to "The Complete Book of Running for Women" by Clare Kowalchik, women are more susceptible to knee injuries due to our larger quadriceps angle (the sharper angle at which our hips come down to our knees), which puts more stress on the knees. There is some speculation that the fact that a woman's quadriceps are stronger than her hamstring puts more stress on the knees as well. Another factor is greater looseness of the joints among women, especially during ovulation and pregnancy.
I am not sure I see what you are driving at. I will note that the benefits of running are legion, and one can avoid injury by wearing proper shoes and by increasing one's speed and mileage gradually.
One other thought: I was moved to break my usual silence because of my own personal experiences as a distance runner for 25 years (since I was 13). Those experiences are utterly contrary to the notion of trying to be a different sex, i.e. trying to be "mannish." Distance running forces me to be very conscious of my body and what it can do. That includes consciousness of being in a female body and all that entails. It's perhaps hard to explain but I find myself constantly awe-struck at how my body has the capacity to grow babies AND move my body over the ground for long distances (my effectiveness at the latter compromised to some extent to accommodate the former, yet able to do both).
I have never once in my life found myself crying into my pillow because I couldn't outrun the fastest guys in my peer group. It was never about them.
>I am pretty sure any moderately fit woman should be able to meet (and exceed) the minimum male requirements for her age group.
With all due respect you are mistaken. The minimum male fitness requirements that involve upper body strength are generally beyond the ability of pretty much all normal women.
Let me get this straight; exercising for women is a plot to make us male? You really believe women shouldn't do sports?
And here Karen is again demonstrating a serious deficiency in reading comprehension.
And Maggie, who with every word shows us just how different the sexes are - undeniable, bedrock differences shown in things like the reasons we women are more susceptible to knee injuries and how we cannot be both superior athletes and bear children.
Marvelous, simply mavelous the way you both make the opposite case to that you intend.
Dear Maggie:
Why is there a greater looseness in the joints among women?
I actually may be mistaken, since I am only relying on google, and it has been a while since I looked at this.
I was looking at basic combat readiness standards for the army here: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=u.s.+physical+fitness+charts&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g10
This test is based on a 2-mile run, sit-ups and push-ups. You will have to take my word for it, but I just did 34 real push-ups, which is the minimum requirement for my age group (37-41). My only training is that I do about 10 push-ups twice a week as part of a very light weight program.
There may be other tests that I am not aware of (though no one seemed to know of any in a conversation I had with some military guys in another blog conversation).
Again, I do NOT claim that this means I am evenly matched with a fit man my age. For example, I am unlikely to be tall enough. Also, when I do push-ups, I am not lifting as much weight as a man, since most men are heavier. I simply question the usefulness of these fitness tests at guaging a person's effectiveness at the task to be accomplished.
I do not understand why you think my words undermine the case I am making. I never claimed that women have the same athletic capabilities as men. I have consistently stated the opposite.
My case is that a woman who runs will reap rewards in terms of physical health, mental and emotional fitness, and enjoyment of life (as will a man). Running is probably the best recipe for cardiovascular fitness -- which is important for women since heart disease is the number one killer of women in America. It is also great for promoting bone density, which is something women in particular have to be concerned about. The fact that men may be faster (at least the ones who match my training) is irrelevant.
You ask why women have greater looseness in the joints. I think you know the answer. (I also think you knew the answer about women's greater susceptibility to knee injuries.)
I suspect you are trying to make some kind of argument, but you are doing so by implication rather than stating outright what you mean. Come on, don't be shy! Spit it out!
A good picture of physical differences: the average male candidate for the Air Force Academy can do over ten pull-ups. Only 1% of female candidates can even do one--they were tested with a flexed arm hang. (I did 13, but didn't make the cut for other reasons)
I'd assume the Army and Marines have similar results. Now consider whether one just might want to have that kind of strength when trying to get over a wall before being shot in the infantry, or whether that kind of strength might be useful when trying to get a wounded friend out of the line of fire.
Miss Semenya would probably be OK, thanks to "better living through chemistry" and possibly other factors.
As Mr. Bubba correctly notes historically pull ups were part of the fitness requirement to enter service, at least in my service. Women generally could do one or none so consequently all they had to do was hang from the bar for a modest specified time.
Additionally I find that most civilians substantially overestimate the amount of pushups they actually do as most of their pushups would be disqualified for lack of form. I've watched a number of young women, quite fit for their age, struggle to crank out 10 or 12 pushups using proper form.
"she's coached by the East German who juiced generations of Schwartzenegger-esque women sprinters, she's dropped seven seconds from her 800 time in recent months, she's built like a linebacker, and she's got extremely high testosterone."
As they say, correlation does not equal causation, but it does stand up and shout "HEY! LOOK OVER HERE!"
I was on an Army ROTC scholarship in college for nursing. There were different standards for physical fitness for me as a woman than for my male peers. I met them every time, but I never for a moment thought I could carry any of my male peers out of the line of fire if they were injured.
I recall being a hindrance on more than one challenge course because, not only couldn't I lift myself over an obstacle with brute strength, I was usually too short to be of any good. About the only thing I could compete equally with them on was marksmanship.
Incidentally, I lost my scholarship when a knee injury made my knee too unstable to run on without significant mechanical bracing. Kind of hard to sneak up on the enemy when you have to worry about your hinges squeaking.
To me, the issue is arriving at standards that actually will measure effectiveness in combat. If no women can meet those standards, so be it! (There are also questions about combat roles. I believe it is the Israeli army that uses female snipers, and I have also heard that small stature can be useful in certain roles on board ship. Snipers and navy combatants are perhaps unlikely to have to drag injured men around on their backs or engage in hand-to-hand combat with a male enemy. On the other hand, an argument could be made that any soldier needs to be able to do these things. On the third hand, I wonder whether every male soldier is able to carry an injured fellow soldier. On the fourth hand, perhaps they can.)
I was surprised to see no pull-ups in either my local police or army fitness standards. I agree that pull-ups are very difficult for women. That may be where strength differences between the sexes are greatest.
I firmly believe that push-ups, however, are well-within the ken of all women who put in some effort. I am quite sure I am using proper form, because I was taught, coached, and relentlessly critiqued by my father, a Marine Corps veteran. (I can do a proper salute, too.)
There are undeniable inherent limits to what women can achieve compared to men in terms of strength and speed. However, there is also the issue that most women don't make efforts to reach their potential in terms of upper body strength. Women (myself included) tend to focus more on cardiovascular fitness while giving upper-body strength short shrift.
Again -- my main point is that, for purposes of sport and physical pleasure, these differences are irrelevant. The fact that men have greater capacity for running and weight lifting doesn't mean that running and weight lifting makes you "mannish." I have outrun men, including military men and male athletes, all my life. That doesn't make me a mannish, either. It makes me a woman who put in the training to achieve a certain result. Because I am doing it in a woman's body, without chemical assistance, my running is, by definition, "womanly."
I am praying that in your pursuit of running and the achievements and accomplishments you have gleaned from it that you are ultimately doing it for God's glory and not your own.
> Let me get this straight; exercising for women
> is a plot to make us male?
> You really believe women shouldn't do sports?
Hello Karen,
Sorry, you haven't quite got it straight, but no matter. There are hundreds of so-called sports. I think we were talking about running, mostly, and I never said women shouldn't run. [I wouldn't want my wife running like they do in those big competitions, though.] If she wants to run around for the health benefits of running, fine. But she doesn't need to be "killing" anybody over it.
Since you brought it up, let's look at the Olympics, which started in Greece in 776 B.C. The ancient competitions involved training for warfare: running events, a pentathlon (consisting of a jumping event, discus and javelin throws, a foot race and wrestling), boxing, wrestling, and equestrian events. Men only. Women never competed in the Olympics until 1900 in Paris, supposedly in tennis, sailing, croquet, golf, ballooning, and equestrian. I doubt they were dressed like many of today's female athletes. [Gymnasium comes from the Greek "to exercise naked."] Comparing the Olympian women of 1900 and athletic women of 2009, I'd be forced to say there has been a noticeable shift towards mannishness. But that has more to do with feminism than mere "exercizing."
Since greater suceptibility to injuries have been mentioned, I though this quote interesting:
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics [Athens, 1896], said, "It is indecent that the spectators should be exposed to the risk of seeing the body of a woman being smashed before their very eyes. Besides, no matter how toughened a sportswoman may be, her organizm is not cut out to sustain certain shocks."
>"I think feminism can be more fairly said to be about providing women (and men, too, for that matter) the opportunity for access to the full range of human experience. It has nothing to do with trying to ape men."
Feminism is evil. It has no good fruit. God did not intend that women have access to the "full range of human experience". No more did He intend for men to have such access. This is clearly seen in His commands concerning the subordination of women to men, slaves to masters, children to parents, and citizens to governments. Every subordinate is denied access to the particular experience of his authority. Aside from this there are physical realities that, by design, preclude each sex from enjoying the full experiences of the other. You cannot deny that feminism seeks to make women "ape" men. Your own words show that you believe that anything a man can and should do a woman can and should also do. You maintain that as she advances into a man's "range" of experience she should still be considered to be "womanly". Logically, this brings us to the conclusion that the dominant lesbian partner is as "womanly" as the recreational jogger.
The sins connected with feminism have destroyed our families, our churches and our culture. They have brought us rampant divorce, fornication, adulteries, abortions, poverty, violence, disease, and etc. A doping African woman using "male" hormones to enhance her performance is just one more casualty in the war. A war not between male and female but between fallen man and God.
Mary, Thank you! I do believe that, despite the arrogance of some of our more famous athletes, sport is for a humbling experience for most people.
Michael, Hmmm . . . Not sure when running (or any other sport) shifts to "mannishness." I think it only becomes "mannish" when a woman starts using chemical enhancements to stimulate the development of artificial male characteristics. Until she starts doing that, it isn't "mannish" because her body is simply responding naturally as a woman's body to the rigors of exercise.
It sounds like you are saying it is okay for women to exercise but not to be too competitive about it? I don't really see why that should be. Competition is fun and motivating and character-building and inspiring.
If we are worried about injuries, we should also get rid of all the masters' competitions and tell the elderly to stop being so active!
Maggie, most men of moderate fitness are able to take another man of similar size in a "fireman's carry" and carry them fairly easily.
For another (hilarious) demonstration of this principle, google "Wife carrying" or "Estonian Carry." Our friends in Finland came up with a contest where a man carries his wife (minimum weight 135 lbs.) over a course of approximately 300 yards with hurdles and water traps. The winner gets his wife's weight in beer.
So yes, men are more or less physically able to move some fairly significant burdens that women, by and large, are not able to carry.
>>So yes, men are more or less physically able to move some fairly significant burdens that women, by and large, are not able to carry.
With all due respect to those engaging in such a weighty discussion in which so much truth is being discovered by so many, let me throw in my two cents:
If the above sentence is anything other than self-parody or sarcasm, it's apparent we've become a nation of idiots.
And yes, yes, I do love you, Bike Bubba.
No matter what the case is, I still feel bad for her. They should have investigated this before the race.
> Our friends in Finland came up with a contest where a man carries his wife
A sport where the girls can't ape the boys -- hopefully!
> men are more or less physically able to move some fairly significant burdens
She ain't heavy, she's my better half.
It is catching on in the U.S., too -- the North American Wife Carrying Championship takes place on Saturday, October 10 at Sunday River Ski Resort, Newry, Maine. [Probably too late to begin training.] Maybe it will be an Olympic event someday!
Dear Maggie:
Yes, I was building toward something. You commented: "Like men, we are built to run."
My response: No, not actually. Women were created by God with a different design. I could spell it out but I think you get it.
Can women run? Sure. Can they benefit from it? Some of them can. Were they made to run? No.
Warmly, David
I figured that's what you were getting at, David! I disagree (that we weren't made to run and that only some women benefit from running), but I think I have probably said my piece ad nauseam. Either way, the floodgates have opened in the last 30-40 years such that women have taken to distance running with a vengeance.
If I were truly mischievious I would bring up the fact that women's boxing is to be an Olympoic sport in 2012!
> If I were truly mischievious I would bring up the fact that women's boxing is to be an Olympic sport in 2012!
But that wouldn't be mannish, or aping men, naturally. I suppose it is also motivating, character-building and inspiring to beat other women about the head and shoulders.
Reminds me of several news stories I've seen about female athletes getting concussions much more than men, and the terrible long-lasting effects from them.
Olympic wife carrying....just how would the homosexuals go about entering that...flipping a coin I suppose.
Thanks for the before bed chuckle. :)
Is is not ought.
>>If the above sentence is anything other than self-parody or sarcasm, it's apparent we've become a nation of idiots.>>
Well, we do have women in combat, women in firefighting roles, women jail guards for men, and most people aren't speaking up. And look who was elected as President.
>>women jail guards for men...
Sometime in the past couple of years, I was in jail visiting an inmate in a tiny room in the middle of the cell block. When the visit was over, a female guard was escorting me out and we passed one of the cells. She stopped and turned to face the inmate visible through the door (head to toe), and I followed her gaze.
There stood a grown man looking at us with some hostility and completely unclothed. As in stark naked.
Sadly, to me it was stark but to her it was obviously mundane. It was horrible, seeing that snapshot of the minutes and hours and days and weeks and months and years of her life.
I asked her if she found it hard to work in such an environment and she said she did. I said I was sorry and left her there where I'm guessing she is, still.
Pity the woman, but fault you and me, men, who have allowed it, and continue to allow it each hour of each day around our nation. It's utterly despicable that we tolerate such a thing.
But don't ask me what to do about it. Maybe start by preaching and teaching and observing Biblical sexuality in our homes and churches and the businesses and classrooms under our authority?
That's one possibility, albeit a very unpopular one.
I'm young, well it doesn't see so much so more as I think I'm quickly approaching middle age. Why did women change so much in the 20th century. Our roles are different, the clothing left modest behind a long time ago, women have jobs only men should have, women are marrying women, women have children without ever meeting the baby's father... What happened?
Tim, that scenario is common. My sister-in-law used to work in a prison like that, and it was a daily occurence.
She suffers from manic depression now, due probably in part to the things she experienced there. Yes, we've lost our minds, it seems.
Is it really that hard to believe that women might enjoy many traditionally male activities for their own sake? That it is not tied to the idea of being "like a man" so much as the intrinsic enjoyment and challenge of the activity?
As for women's greater risk of knee injuries or concussions etc, I just don't see the relevance of the comparison. If I want to determine whether to participate in a particular activity, I would look only at MY degree of risk and compare it to the benefit of the activity in order to determine whether it is a risk I am willing to take. That men may have lower risk is wholly irrelevant to the cost-benefit analysis I would make for myself.
Dear Maggie,
Wanting to walk the fine line between being a gentleman (and it's almost a definition of a gentleman, that he never inflicts pain), and warning day and night with tears (which is most certainly not gentlemanly), I believe I should say publicly that my daughters are nothing like you, and that this truth makes my heart skip--no leap--with joy!
They love being daughters, sisters, mothers--in short, women--and they don't spend their days spitting in the eyes of men who think that's good. They're not brash. Has anyone else noticed how that word's dead, now? They're not pushy broads. They don't usually have a chip on their shoulders, and if they do occasionally, it's got nothing to do with wishing to be a man.
If you despise them thinking they must wear denim skirts and have hair halfway down their backsides, I understand. Stereotypes are useful to ideologues.
I hope one day you'll join them, and the world will live as one...
The very proud, but even more grateful father of Heather and Heidi and Michal and Hannah; and the loving and admiring husband of Mary Lee, who ain't gotta work on Maggie's farm no more...
I appreciate your reluctance to inflict pain and share the same reluctance. Therefore, I am happy to reassure you that (a) I am only puzzled by your words, not pained; and (b) I have never harbored any thoughts, feelings, or stereotypes about your family members or their wardrobes one way or the other.
I would also appreciate not being stereotyped.
With that said, I sense that I have overstayed my welcome here and will therefore sign off.
Dear Maggie,
And yet what you should be doing is not doing a cost-benefit analysis, but rather looking to the Scriptures and asking whether this activity honors God and speaks truth about creation or lies. Women in combat for example lies about the very order of creation and lies about the gospel. Ephesians 5 tells us that men represent Christ and women represent the church. Christ laid down His life for His bride; He didn't ask the church to fight and die for Him while He hid in the synagogue and taught. When we send our women to fight for us as men, we lie about the very nature of the gospel.
What activities or events do men and women do that lie about the creation order of men and women and how God created men and women. I get a kick out of the typical evangelical desire to never offend with our words but be content to preach with your life and wait until someone asks you what is so different about you then turning around and doing everything just like the world to be sure that no one ever notices a difference. Is women boxing lying about the nature of women as created by God. I would submit that it is, whether or not it is done competitively or not. Is running? Doubtful when done for recreation. However, if it turns women away from the natural use of their bodies, it can be.
I would say the same about a man being the primary caregiver to young children. Is there anything inherently wrong with this? Eeeeyyhh. Maybe not. But I wouldn't grant that to you without some serious and significant conversation. In most cases it will be lying about the order of creation and the nature of man who was created to provide for and sacrifice himself for his wife and his family.
You can extrapolate from there I am certain. Let the attacks on my misogyny begin...
> Is it really that hard to believe that women might enjoy many traditionally male activities for their own sake?
Like drinking? The media's been really highlighting the alarming rise of drunk driving by women. I could say something about the facts that women are not able to hold their 'likker' as well as men, but I'd expect you to object.
> That it is not tied to the idea of being "like a man" so much as the intrinsic enjoyment and challenge of the activity?
Whatever. It would be nice if you could just acknowledge that there has been a great blurring of any distinctions between the sexes in the last 50 years, and it hasn't been because men have taken up knitting. It is an inescapable truth. Ask your local tattoo artist.
Thanks for the discussion.
> She suffers from manic depression now, due probably in part to the things she experienced there.
Yes, but take into consideration what a wreck she'd have been under patriarchy, marooned at home with a bunch of rug rats, baking cookies, cleaning messes, and other mindless drudgery. How much better to be achieving one's full potential -- doing meaningful, rewarding work.


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PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh State took down the No.1 team in Division III men's hockey last week.
Now the Cardinals will try to do it all over again.
Fresh off a road win over Oswego, Plattsburgh hosts the new No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll, Norwich, tonight in both teams' final game of the first semester.
"It takes two great efforts to play the two No. 1 teams right back-to-back," Plattsburgh defenseman Paul Puglisi said. "But it's good, too, just kind of keeping that same intensity up. You know what it took last game, so you know what it's going to take again."
Norwich (9-0) went on the road last weekend, beating Skidmore 7-3 and Castleton 2-1. Travis Janke (5-12-17) is tied for sixth in the country in points per game, and Colin Mulvey is another scoring threat, with eight goals and eight assists so far.
The Cadets rank in the top 10 in both scoring offense and scoring defense, and their power play is eighth in the country with a 27.8 percent success rate.
"Norwich, like Oswego, has a big senior class," Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. "The forwards are really explosive like Oswego's. One thing we want to do is don't give momentum by taking penalties. We can't get into the box and let them get momentum going by getting on the power play.
"They forecheck well, so it's a real good college-hockey style of hockey. They play hard without the puck."
Plattsburgh lost to the Cadets 3-0 in last year's PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout and later tied them 4-4.
The seventh-ranked Cardinals (7-2-1) are currently shorthanded on defense. They started the Oswego game with five true blueliners, and then an already banged-up Mike Grace got hurt and missed part of the game. Forward Nick Jensen switched to defense for that game.
Emery said Brandon Beadow and Anthony Calabrese will both still be out this week. Whether Jensen has to play defense again will depend on the availability of Preston Kaye, who has missed the last eight games. Emery said that will probably be a "game-time decision."
The undermanned defense helped hold the high-scoring Lakers to just one goal.
"So we know what it's going to take. It's going to be another hard-working game against a great team," Puglisi said. "But just knowing that Chewy (goalie Mathieu Cadieux) is going to be pretty rock solid back there helps out our confidence a lot, too."
The Oswego game could prove to be a turning point for the Cardinals. They tied Cortland the night before, leading Emery to say they still needed to find their identity. He also questioned the leadership.
Puglisi, a senior captain, was one who took notice.
"Yeah, absolutely. Being one of the leaders, not only on the defense but just for the team, I feel like when he calls you out, I mean, you need to really step up," Puglisi said. "So him calling us out, that makes me really kind of perk up and listen, know I gotta turn it around."
Plattsburgh sometimes dresses nine or 10 freshmen, along with a handful of sophomores, so Emery said it's not surprising it's taking some time for the team to figure out its identity. He and Puglisi both said the Cardinals took a step in the right direction against Oswego.
"So as far as establishing our identity, I think it's going to take more than one game to really establish it," Puglisi said. "But I think we're on our way."
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GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Three candidates are in line to serve as the interim president of Colorado Mountain College while the school carries out a search for a new permanent president.Board members Mary Ellen Denomy of Battlement Mesa and Pat Chlouber of Leadville presented three names in a special telephone meeting of the trustees Wednesday afternoon. The trustees agreed to interview all three candidates by phone during the board's next regular board meeting, which is set for 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Monday at the CMC central services building, 802 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs.The agenda includes a time for public comment shortly after the start of the meeting.The three candidates under consideration for the interim president's position are:• Charles Dassance of Ocala, Fla., president of College of Central Florida from 1996-2011. He holds a PhD. in higher education administration from the University of Virginia.• Dennis Michaelis of Waco, Texas, president of McLennan Community College from 1988-2009. He holds a PhD. in higher education administration from Kansas State University.• Lin Stickler, executive vice president at Colorado Mountain College from 2006-2010. She holds a master's of public administration from the University of Colorado.The presidential search is under way following the Dec. 27 resignation of former president Stan Jensen, who was awarded a $500,000 severance. College officials have refused to make public the resignation agreement, or to explain why Jensen was awarded a severance three times as large as what would have been due under his employment contract.An open records request filed earlier this month by the Post Independent seeking the resignation agreement was denied by Julie Hanson, general counsel for CMC with the Glenwood Springs firm of Beattie, Chadwick & Houpt."CMC denies the request, as a resignation or separation agreement is not a public record," Hansen stated in a written reply to the Post Independent.During Wednesday's meeting, Chlouber said she had brief conversations with Dassance and Michaelis, and told fellow trustees, "You'd find them both to be highly capable, and wonderful communicators, which we really need at this time, who can have a calming effect with the staff."Board members debated the merit of hiring a former insider who knows the college and the district versus a person who arrives with a blank slate.Board president Glenn Davis said of Stickler, "I have nothing but the highest regard for Lin's work." But he noted, "People employed previously end up with camps of supporters and camps of detractors, and we need to recognize there may be issues based on her prior involvement with the college. We may wish to pursue candidates that don't bring any baggage."Trustees agreed to assemble a list of questions that would be asked of all three candidates in separate, 20-minute interviews. They are expecting to pay the person selected a wage comparable to Jensen's $198,000-a-year salary, along with a housing allowance and other benefits.Wednesday's telephone meeting was attended by six of the seven CMC trustees, who represent taxpayers and voters in the college's six-county district.Trustee Anne Freedman of Basalt did not attend and has announced her plans to resign for health reasons. Because she resigned close to the end of her second term, which would end in November 2013, the trustees can appoint a replacement rather than hold a special election.Freedman said she will still continue to serve as a Basalt Town Trustee.Other topics on the trustees' agenda for the regular meeting on Monday include approval of a three-year strategic plan, tuition and fees for the 2013-14 academic year, the presidential search, and an executive session to discuss the sale of the college's former central services headquarters building at 831 Grand Ave. in Glenwood Springs.
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Somerset has allowed only 43 points through five weeks this season, a paltry 8.6 points a game.
Last week, Richland put up 70 points against Bishop McCort. The Rams haven't scored fewer than 43 points this season and average 52.4 points per week.
Those numbers represent just one intriguing trend entering tonight's meeting of undefeated LHAC teams at Herlinger Field.
"Obviously it's a big task in front of us," said Somerset coach Bob Landis, whose defense contained a traditionally potent Johnstown offense last week, using a combination of team speed and physicality to win 28-7. "Richland is ranked third in the state for a reason. They're a very good football team. Offensively and defensively they're a senior heavy team and they have a ton of big-game experience."
While the Rams' offense is exceptional with area leading passer Matt Shaffer at quarterback, one of the region's top backs in Tanner Solarczyk and a big-play receiver in Kyle Flick, Richland's defense is among the best too.
Richland has given up 52 points, or 10.4 a game.
"We've had extremely high expectations," Richland coach Brandon Bailey said. "Our kids are grounded in the fact that our expectation is that every play we go out and perform at a high level. Our goal on offense is to score a touchdown. Our goal on defense is to make the other team punt it."
The plan has worked almost flawlessly through five weeks.
"Offensively they do a lot of things well," Landis said. "If you commit guys to cover the passing game they hurt you with their run game. If you commit guys to the run game they hurt you with the passing attack. They're very balanced. Coach Bailey has done a fantastic job with them. It's one of those deals where you need to be prepared to cover every inch of the field."
Somerset's offense lost veteran quarterback Tanner Stull to injury, but sophomore Dylan Barnes didn't miss a step in his two starts.
Last week at Johnstown, the Golden Eagles were held in check during the first half, but had success when bruising back Matt Boyer was featured in the second half. Once Boyer got going, it opened up the field for Barnes, who also had a big game on the ground.
Barnes has 201 rushing yards on 27 carries, a 7.4 average. Senior Boyer has 247 yards on 25 attempts, 9.9 a run. Stull had gained 315 rushing yards before his injury, and the Eagles have 985 rushing yards as a team. Barnes is 8 of 16 passing for 194 yards and two touchdowns.
"I've known about Dylan Barnes since he was in second grade," said Bailey, whose son Karsen and Barnes competed in various youth sports leagues years ago.
"He's an outstanding athlete. He's very smooth, very confident. It's a luxury for them to have such a quality backup as Dylan Barnes.
"My son is in the same grade. I would watch him play basketball in the Windber Rec league and East Hills. (Years ago) He was doing things that a lot of kids in the sixth grade can't do. It causes a problem. The Boyer kid is a big tough kid. You've got to respect that and keep people in the box. That means you put your defenders on an island in the secondary."
Shaffer has thrown for 1,096 yards, 15 touchdowns and four interceptions, and Flick hauled in 22 passes for 489 yards and seven scores. Solarczyk has 611 rushing yards on 66 carries, a 9.3 average.
According to Bailey, with 58 career touchdown passes, Shaffer is only six TD passes away from the District 6 record shared by his coach (Bailey had 64 touchdown passes at Forest Hills), Tyrone's Steve Franco and Forest Hills' Travis Rearick. Flick is nearing district all-time marks in receiving yards, receptions and receiving touchdowns.
"This is a huge game for our program with the development of the program," Landis said. "We're playing the No. 3 team in the state for the lead in the LHAC. As far as a regular season game, this is the biggest game we've had at Somerset in a while.
"I think the attitude is that we have an opportunity in front of us," Landis added. "We've talked all week about taking advantage of the opportunity in front of us. It's going to be a great atmosphere up there."
Greater Johnstown at Bedford
Bedford has outscored its past two opponents a combined 103-10.
Kody Blevins had a big role in last week's 54-10 win at Westmont. Blevins returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown as time expired in the first half, a potential 14-point swing that put the Bisons on the winning track.
Blevins also had a long rushing touchdown and a pass reception for a score for the 4-1 Bisons.
"He certainly ran the ball extremely well and obviously with the interception as well," Steele said. "He's building confidence and coming into his own. We have several ballcarriers that we feel are doing a nice job for us so it's not like defenses can key on one player."
Johnstown has dropped two straight to slip to 2-3. Last week the Trojans couldn't handle Somerset's running game in the second half, and Johnstown was hurt by 18 penalties for more than 140 yards.
Trojans sophomore quarterback Jeremy Updyke has completed 41 of 82 passes for 559 yards, four touchdowns and four interceptions. He threw for 227 yards against Somerset.
Johnstown has scored only two touchdowns in the past two weeks after scoring seven TDs at Westmont in a Week 3 victory.
"Success breeds success and we're happy to be 4-1," Steele said. "We take it one week at a time. Certainly Johnstown presents a lot of challenges."
Penn Cambria at Cambria Heights
Heights (1-4) has lost three straight since its dramatic 36-35 win over Westmont in Week 2. During the losing streak, the Highlanders have scored only one touchdown and 10 points. Last week Forest Hills blanked Heights 42-0.
Penn Cambria (0-5) is winless, including shutout losses the past two weeks against Bishop Guilfoyle (36-0) and Bishop Carroll (21-0).
Opponents have outscored the Panthers 121-22.
Central Cambria at Forest Hills
The Red Devils have won four straight since a season-opening loss at now undefeated Somerset, including three straight hard-fought, close victories over Bishop Carroll (17-7), Cambria Heights (10-7) and Penn Cambria (16-13).
Central Cambria has rushed for 922 yards, with three different runners gaining at least 200 yards. Junior quarterback Will Seymour has 273 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns, despite being slowed by a nagging injury last week. He's passed for 429 yards and a pair of scores.
Forest Hills has won the past six meetings of the teams, including two playoff games, and the Rangers are 19-2 against the Devils since 1996. Central Cambria posted wins in 2007 and 2008.
The Rangers (3-2) beat Cambria Heights 42-0 last week, but were routed 40-14 at Bishop Guilfoyle two weeks ago.
Quarterback Joe Donoughe has passed for 776 yards and five touchdowns, and he's rushed for 313 yards and seven scores.
Conemaugh Township at Windber
Windber's lineup will be intact as the Ramblers try to rebound from a loss at Ligonier Valley while renewing a Somerset County border rivalry against Conemaugh Township.
Last week the Ramblers dealt with injuries to quarterback Devon Tomlinson, running back Dustin Blough and back Dan Tomlinson.
"We're going to be at 100 percent. A couple of guys we'll keep an eye on early and see how they're doing," Windber coach Matt Grohal, whose 3-2 team fell 33-26 at undefeated Ligonier. "They progressed well through the week. They're banged up but we'll have everybody."
Devon Tomlinson has passed for 641 yards and eight touchdowns while rushing for 146. Blough and Dan Tomlinson have combined for 543 rushing yards.
Ramblers receiver Matt Barkley leads the area with 27 catches, 501 yards and five touchdowns.
"We're probably six turnovers away from being 5-0," Grohal said. "Even in a loss, we got better against Ligonier. We've played a killer schedule up to this point. If we can protect the ball and play mistake-free football, we're a good football team. The two times we lost, we turned the ball over seven times. You're not going to beat good football teams if you turn the ball over at that rate."
Township (1-4) beat Blacklick Valley 40-6 last week.
Quarterback Bruno Rosa has been back the past two weeks after an injury, and he's passed for 272 yards and two touchdowns. Austin Myers leads the Indians with 311 yards and three touchdowns. Jake Formica has 11 catches for 189 yards and two scores.
"This is a fun week around here and I'm sure it is in Windber too," Township coach Sam Zambanini said. "You can throw out the records. Our guys play harder when it's a rivalry game, especially when it's Windber."
Windber won last year's meeting 19-6, but Township had won the previous five games in the series, including twice in District 5 competition.
Portage at Blacklick Valley
Portage (3-1) had an open date because the Mustangs originally were to play Rockwood last week.
Blacklick is winless in four games and coming off a one-sided loss to Township.
Portage has 1,141 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns on the ground, an average of 285.3 yards per game and 8.8 per run. Both Luke Dividock (415) and Cody Kephart (416) have more than 400 rushing yards. Michael Bryja has passed for 362 yards and five touchdowns.
Blacklick has lost nine fumbles in four games. The Vikings are led by senior Garrett Smith's 265 rushing yards and 124 receiving yards.
Conemaugh Valley at Meyersdale
Meyersdale (4-1) picked up a forfeit win over Ferndale last week. The Red Raiders fell to Portage 43-28 during their most recent on-field action.
Meyersdale's ground game has produced 1,049 yards and 18 touchdowns, with Gavin Berkley gaining 450 yards and scoring eight times.
Conemaugh Valley (1-4) lost to Shade in the Jays' first night home game. Sophomore Brandon Galasso has 104 carries for 407 yards and a touchdown. Junior Anthony Hutzell has 262 rushing yards and a touchdown.
North Star at Shade
Thomas Miller is among the area leaders with 730 rushing yards and eight touchdowns for the 3-2 Cougars. As a team, North Star has 1,053 rushing yards, an average of 210.6 a game.
The Cougars fell 26-12 at undefeated Berlin last week, snapping a three-game winning streak.
Shade (3-2) has two straight shutouts, 32-0 at Conemaugh Valley and 26-0 over Ferndale in a game halted at halftime.
The Panthers have 1,113 rushing yards, an average of 222.6 a game, with four runners gaining 230 or more yards.
Homer-Center at United
Undefeated Homer-Center travels to winless United.
The Lions had their best showing last week in a 14-13 loss to Saltsburg. United had allowed 103 points in the two previous games.
Homer-Center pounded Purchase Line 37-14 last week. The Wildcats haven't allowed more than 14 points in a game.
Ligonier Valley at Saltsburg
Ligonier (5-0) held off a non-conference challenge from Windber last week, 33-26. The Rams have used a balanced ground game to produce 1,055 yards and 15 touchdowns. Collin Smith (262), Dereck Croyle (271) and quarterback Scott Fennell (298) each have run for more than 260 yards. Fennell has passed for 622 yards and six touchdowns to go with his six rushing scores.
Saltsburg (1-4) notched its first win last week at United. The Trojans have stayed close to Marion Center (21-18) and remained within two touchdowns against North Star (28-14) and Penns Manor (28-12).
Berlin Brothersvalley at Northern Cambria
Berlin has rushed for 1,480 yards, nearly 300 a game, and possess the area's leading runner in sophomore Braden Fochtman (1,042 yards). The ground game has been anchored by a relatively young and inexperienced line that has progressed throughout the season.
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St. Joseph's Academy (2-3) of Boalsburg had an 18-man roster listed on MaxPreps. Wolves junior quarterback Phillip Fenstermacker completed 46 of 84 passes for 620 yards, eight touchdowns and four interceptions.
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T's music is much more colourful but frankly all she does is accentuate each beat with her arms and it gets extremely repetitive and annoying about 1 minute in. Would love to see her use her body / feet more to the music.
Both are very talented obviously. Still, they are young and can change with time and improve artistically wise. So, to me for now it's hard to tell who is the most artistic. They are currently very dependent on their choreographer and their personnality will develop soon. In this area some grow up faster than others but it doesn't mean that the ones who take more time to develop will get less artistic. Anything can happen for them, depending on their coaching team, their personnal developement, their choices...
For now and after watching these programs, I can't say that I was impress by either of them artistically wise. I've had a preference for Liza whose style is for me more original, the way she presents herself, her energy, how she puts her arms, and overall look. She is kind of more "exotic". Adelina looks more like a ballerina but I don't find her very gracefull as the swan. Her arms are not particularly beautifull, she doesn't move them like a ballet dancer would do in the part. The reference in skating being Oksana Baiul, I can say that Adelina is not at all at Oksana's level.
Actually choosing swan lake is very risky for a skater because it can reveal the lack of balletic qualities that could be hidden otherwise with another balletic or non balletic music.
At present, I like Adelina more. However, I actually think Liza has more of a presence on the ice, and I think she has more artistic potential. But unfortunately, she reminds me of Plushenko a lot. I thought a young Plushenko had a lot of potential but he never developed it by having any good choreography.
A lot of us have said for quite a while now that there is far too much emphasis under the current system on the technical side and a better balance needs to be found between the technical and artistic sides of skating. A by-product of that is that the coaching of junior skaters is now firmly geared up to producing more technically gifted skaters. Consequently, compared to years gone by, today's juniors artistry is less developed than previous generations. Sotnikova and Tuktamysheva are typical examples of this change in emphasis. Now, if people have a problem with that, the answer is not to criticise Sotnikova, Tuktamysheva, and their coaches. Instead, the answer is to do what a lot of us have doing for some time and calling for a change in the marking system. As stated, the balance has moved far too much towards the technical side and this has mean't that compared to years gone by, programs have become rather dull and boring - a bit too much of a jumping and technical competition.
As stated, I think both Sotnikova and Tuktamysheva are very gifted artistic skaters and will improve as time goes by. Cohen and Kwan were better artistically at the same age, but that is simply because they were brought up under a different system in which there was greater reward for artistry. Had Sotnikova and Tuktamysheva been brought up under the old system, then right now they would almost certainly be better artistic skaters than they already are. Blame the system for that however, not them or their coaches. I would love to see the balance redressed in favour of more artistry as the programs from 10 years ago were far interesting to watch than they are at present.
I think that if the current system remains as it is, don't be surprised to see more and more technicians coming through rather than proper all-around skaters as time goes by. Sotnikova and Tuktamysheva are early evidence that that is likely to be the way of the future.
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That's one of the main reasons people accuse COP of taking a lot of the beauty out of skating. Because the emphasis is skewed much more towards 3-3s and big jumps, a lot of the attention paid to things such as presentation and artistry have been set to the side in favor of learning stacking the jump arsenal.
I really hope that both girls will continue to develop and grow and that there will be better artistry, choreography, etc. in the next few years.
I think I'd maybe be more impressed with Liza's skating if she looked more mature physically. Watching her compete last season, she just still looks like such a little girl out there, very tiny, all legs, and a bit ungainly. Adelina looks young too, but is significantly taller and sturdier than Liza and no longer has that colt-ish look about her, which helps her presence on the ice a lot, I think.
Of course, in another season or two, I'm sure Liza will grow up significantly and I may feel very differently about her skating once she does. Watching recent videos of Polina Agafonova, now that she's finally grown up, her skating all of a sudden looks a lot more impressive.
For me what made the fgure skating in Kwan era was the fact that there were completely different athletes who competed with her successfully despite not having even a slight chance of matching up artistically such as Slutskaya. Not everyone is an American style ballerina. Thank God to that!!!
A skater certainly has a right to have no style
I do not doubt the current system encourages points and not overall artistic impression. Still, if you have an artistic inclination, no system can kill it. See Nagasu, who has artistry and personality on ice despite mediocre choreography; and she showed that she "got it" at 14 already. See Jason Brown ( add any superlatives, the kid's got artistry in spades). See Anna Ovcharova ( sadly missing these days...). Sure a skater could develop artistry, but some just have it. So far IMO Adelina does not listen to music, despite her regal, balletic presence; Liza does, so I'd bet on Liza being more interesting later ( if she ever gets good choreo).
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improving my ballad- like lines
If you want to compare age wise than you'd need to look at current programs.
I think that Adelina has all of the makings of becoming an absolutely beautiful skater. And I think Elizaveta has all of the makings of becoming a very dramatic charismatic skater.
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When Kwan became the symbol of artistic skating? Did I miss something?
What I like most about Adelina's presentation is her confidence. No, she doesn't have the most graceful positions or the most fluid movements but she projects a lot of confidence in her skating that is very nice to see. I like Liza's arm positions a lot. She has a softness and lightness in her skating that I really love.


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The Board shall assume responsibility for debts incurred in the name of the System so long as those debts are for purchases made in accordance with adopted Board policy, and current administrative procedures regarding contracting and purchasing. The Board shall not be responsible for debts incurred by persons or organizations not directly under Board control. The Board shall not be responsible for any other unauthorized purchase or debt. All vendors are charged with the responsibility to discover an individual or an organizations authority before any purchase, contract or debt is incurred. Persons making unauthorized purchases shall assume full responsibility for all such debts.
The System utilizes four forms of purchasing: check requests, approved credit card transactions (including Procurement Cards), petty cash disbursements, and purchase orders.
All System employees engaged in the purchasing processes are to conduct themselves fairly, objectively, and will observe the confidentiality of the decision-making and award processes so as to serve the best interests of the System.
Purchases are not authorized from an employee or members of an employees family, nor are purchases authorized from a company in which an employee or his or her family member owns a five percent (5%) or greater interest. For purposes of this policy, a family member (natural, foster, adopted or step), means a spouse, child, in-law, sister, brother, mother, father, grandparent, significant other or life partner.
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The records administrator of the System shall maintain a list of local government officers of the entity and shall make that list available to the public and any vendor who may be required to file a conflict of interest questionnaire.
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Professional services include, but are not limited to: accounting, technology, financial, auditing, architecture, landscape architecture, land surveying, medical, optometry, professional engineering, legal, real estate appraising, or professional nursing.
Professional service providers are independent contractors retained to provide services to the System when regular employees, within the scope of their employment, cannot provide such services.
Procurement of professional services must be conducted in accordance with the Texas Government Code for Professional Services, to the extent applicable. This requires that contracts for the procurement of defined professional services may not be awarded on the basis of competitive bids. Instead, these contracts must be awarded on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications to perform the services, so long as the professional fees are:
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