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Figure skating isn't so popular in Europe and US because currently we don't have such "stars" like Yuna, Mao, Kwan or Slutskaya. If we have more single skaters who win competitions (especially ladies because this discipline has always been the most popular) Europeans and Americans will be much more interesing in fs.
And I agree with some of you that there should be more programs to current music like for example Takahashi's "Swan lake" Programs like this one may attract the attention of young people.
Popularity of skating in the US is in the lap of US Figure Skating.They were given suggestions in an open forum at GC from various delegates from all over the U.S.6 years ago(and I imagine at other times as well )and chose not to take any of them.
And, I don't think FS has or would suffer. Over the years, there have been countless skaters--both male and female--who combined the difficult jumps with grace and artistry.
Careful. I made them a bit sensitive to this issue. (See old locked threads).I never said to make it only about the jumps! Of course the other elements (both technical and artistic) play a role.
I for one agree with you, but to a more extreme degree. It is too bad there is not a way to combine the technical elements and "extreme" skating to form a "different" less artistic more athletic type of event. (Of course, as was pointed out to me last time, this would not be "figure" skating per se.) The way I look at it, ice dance emphasizes beautiful edges and artistic interpretation over jumps/spins. Too bad there isn't a discipline on the other side stressing jumps/spins over edges/art. (A kind of "extreme" skating event.) I also did inline and have spoken to teen boys on the skatepark (skaterbois) who do skateboarding/inline on ramp jumps and they really did admire my 360s and 720s. I spoke to them and found that most would be interested in an "extreme" type sport (even on ice), but the "artistic" side turns them off....WAY off.
Point is that I actually asked teen boys and this is what they said they would be interested in.
As to what could the ISU do.....get rid of Ottavio!!!!! Stop letting all the old men make the decisions if you want to attract a younger audience.
1) It must lend itself to linear (as opposed to vertical) movement.
2) It must be at a beat the skater can maintain.
3) You must be able to discern the melody and flow despite music cuts.
4) The skater must be able to effectively interpret it.
That's a tall order to fill. I suspect that most skaters and their coaches don't have strong music backgrounds. Their knowledge of musical genres is probably limited to western classical music standards and pop music produced within their lifetimes. When you combine limited knowledge of music with eligible skating music requirements, you wind up with the overuse of certain musical warhouses like "Carmen" or "Otonal".
If NBC or anyone else wanted to make money they would have used this free market research to promote Johnny Weir and everyone in US figure skating would have benefited. But what was the story in the following days/weeks? The biggest (only) tour in the US doesn't want Johnny Weir because of who he is. That was in all the press and on mainstream entertainment shows where plenty of people who don't watch figure skating got to see what appeared to be a discrimination issue in figure skating. Americans love discrimination right?
Anyhoo, the fact is everyone in the US seemed to be watching the Vancouver Olympics, so not capitalizing one way or another was a monstrous missed opportunity. The night after the Men's SP I was watching Letterman. The SP came up in the conversation he was having with Ewan McGregor. Dave was complaining that they were all dressed like Edward Scissorhands and Ewan commented that there was an American who wore a waistcoat (vest) but it didn't seem to help him (Abbott). Okay, they were making fun of their outfits, but the point is they both were watching it and it came up in their conversation when neither of them had the agenda to promote figure skating or NBC, which is not Letterman's network. For US figure skating to waste their two week window of opportunity that only happens every 4 years by being catty about Johnny and propping poor Evan up on that couch for the entire day after he won when he needed a nap, just to continuously explain the "quad controversy" was silly. People know where they stand on quads even if they only watch every 4 years. What happened was that Evan seemed baked and Johnny came across as the tortured artist who was victimized by his sport. Who wants to support a sport that treats it's own like crap?
That's the thing. People want to like their athletes. They want to care about them. So it follows that they need to have star quality and/or be likable. People really loved Brian Boitano and Michelle Kwan. Figure Skating soared while they were around. But they weren't the only champions then or since. Everyone with a World Championship or Olympic gold medal does not have the kind of success those two had. So I personally don't think it's about medals tbh. When they played All That Skate LA on TV, my mom, who still watches figure skating now and knows all the current skaters, was sooooooo happy to see Michelle Kwan skate. It was like her favorite kid came home from college. She never even recognizes Tara Lipinski when she pops up. Forget about Sara Hughes. (I almost forgot who she was.) Kristi Yamaguchi who easily could have been forgotten by now, won the popularity contest known as "Dancing with the Stars". Evan didn't although he competed on the show directly after his Olympic win. Figure skating needs to be a sport for the people who run it, but it's a performance for most of the people who enjoy it now, or have enjoyed it in the past. So, imo, you need stars, not medals. And if your star happens to be a non-American, so what? I don't remember anyone changing the channel when Philippe Candeloro was on because he was French.
I really wish people would get over the whole "How can we homophobic teens to love figure skating?" nonsense. You never see ballet fans suggesting the dancers be more X-games like, or classical music fans suggest hot dogs be served during concerts, etc... We love skating because we get it. Obsessing over how to get haterz to conform is just retarded IMHO. There, now I've said it, and I do feel better.
Well, if you don't care what anyone else thinks except people already in the figure skating community (who "get it"), then I think that pretty much explains the problem right there. If you want to attract new members maybe you need to ask people outside the figure skating community and listen to them, not dismiss them and lecture them on why their opinion is wrong (or "homophobic"), just because you don't agree with it.....
Fact is, many people don't like art in their sport. Some people just don't like acting or "dancing" in the sense of portraying emotion through movement to an audience. Personally, I am not good at it. It makes me feel "weird" and extremely uncomfortable, (and I am not a homophobic teen).... So under the current system, someone like me, (or "homophobic teens") who enjoy the technical aspect of skating but are uncomfortable with the artistic are left out because a certain element of fans/skaters (like yourself) love that aspect of the sport so much that you refuse to even consider the possibility of separating it in order to form a new discipline that might appeal to a different set of skaters.....
My point was not to resurrect a dead horse. My point is that I actually asked some non "figure" skaters who happened to be good at skating why they don't pursue figure skating. (Most were adolescent males who could probably do very well in the athletic department). And this is what they told me.... Now, if you want to argue/discuss etc this issue, maybe you should ask an outside audience why figure skating turns them off (if, indeed it does. Some of you have suggested that the general public watches it to make fun of it because they actually like it. Kind of like listening to Abba.)
So the point of this is why don't you ask someone outside of the figure skating community what turns them off about figure skating and work from there. The teen boys I asked at the skatepark mentioned the artistic side of the sport. Maybe a different demographic might say something else...
I think there's also a difference between "resurrecting" or growing figure skating as a participatory sport vs. as a spectator sport.
Some people are coming at this question as fans who really don't care what the skaters do with their blades as long as there are exciting tricks and/or entertaining performances to watch, with music they enjoy listening to.
Others don't care so much about who's watching, but rather who wants to do it.
Of course there will always be overlap. People who skate are more likely to be interested in watching elite skating than the average nonskater. Viewers who enjoy watching skating are more likely to try it themselves, or suggest it to their kids, than people who are unaware of, indifferent to, or hostile to the sport as currently presented in the media.
But there are also a lot of areas where the two are almost mutually exclusive.
For example, in my area right now there's lots of participation at lower levels, along with our fair share of successful competitors. My club is looking at record membership for this year and next. But a large part of the growth is due to participation in synchronized skating at lower levels.
That's good for clubs, good for USFigureSkating, good for the skaters, good for coaches, good for the local rinks . . . but it really doesn't do anything for fans who watch skating on TV. It's not going to bring in more TV coverage or advertising dollars. It's not even going to bring in any more boys.
Where's the proof in that?You never see ballet fans suggesting the dancers be more X-games like, or classical music fans suggest hot dogs be served during concerts, etc..
I'm only speaking from my own experience. I don't actually know any "non skating fans". Skating used to be extremely popular from the 60s thru to the late 90s. Pretty much everyone watched it at least casually. I know tons of people who used to be fans but have dropped the sport like a hot potato because of all the idiotic changes in recent years.
Figure skating is so closely linked to the Olympics, and Olympic sports are simply not popular here in the US in off-Olympic years.
I recall back in the early to mid 1990s how my local affiliates would always pre-empt the World Figure Skating Championships for high school basketball. I mentioned that one time at work about my frustration, and I got laughed at for even watching figure skating. I've never admitted to watching figure skating since. It is hard to be a fan of a sport if you are going to be mocked.
I have a whole rubbermaid container of figure skating videos in my basement that I taped 15 to 20 years ago. I've often wondered if it wasn't time to let that all go. I even have to admit that my interest isn't what it once was, and I was quite an avid fan years ago.
Almost everyone I know watched all those pro events that were always on in the 90s. $peedy killing pro skating is just one of the many reasons why people IMO need look no further than him to answer the question of why skating is in such a shocking free fall decline. I also know that this will be hotly denied and ridiculed here, but in my personal experience, tons of average people who used to watch skating casually and now don't, all without exception complain about COP and say it ruined the sport and made in unwatchable. But yeah, I'm just an idiot. What the sport needs is not to win back the huge audience it lost, but to alienate it's core group by reaching out to a demographic that never liked it or anything even remotely resembling it.
One thing I wonder about is who does the marketing for skating.
I see a lot of arenas 1/2 filled or 1/3 filled on tv. When I commented on it on one thread someone in Japan replied that although there were many empty seats on tv, they had been unable to obtain tickets to NHK after several attempts. I had the same experience when I went to Worlds Exhibition in Washington DC. I tried to buy tickets as soon as they were available, but could only get nosebleed seats, yet the arena was pretty empty when I went.
I also so a letter in IFS from someone with extensive PR experience and contacts in the host city who tried to volunteer for one of the U.S. Nationals, but was turned down when she revealed that she was not a USFSA club member.
Maybe the "old boy" network is just too thick.
I'm not so sure that I agree with the basic concept of taking figure skating further into pop culture - the 'marketing' that is called-for by the original poster. Why? Skating is fine now. It is no worse -- just as delightful -- as it was in the 60s and 70s, when I discovered it via ABC Wide World of Sports (brief telecasts in those days - 1 or 2 hours, maybe twice a year).
Skating is a classy sport and should stay thus. 'Class' doesn't have to be marketed a-la pop culture, IMO.
If what some people want is to return to the big-payout days of the mid-1990s, post-Tonya/Nancy, it just ain't gonna happen. BUT there will always be a fanbase of folks like most of us on the FSU board who learned to love the sport through the limited viewings in 1960s/70s/80s TV.
I was in grade school and middle (then "jr high") school in the 1960s/early 70s. I was hooked 2-3 years before Peggy Fleming skated in Grenoble, so we can't even give credit to the phenomenon of Peggy's win. No need for fancy-schmancy "marketing" to hook fans. Just the art of skating on TV, with beautiful classical music - plain & simple. For me it was the joy of seeing something beautiful and 'feminine' on TV, similar to ballet, which I also came to adore in those years.
p.s. ABSOLUTELY NO to vocals, which would open the door to rap and the antithesis of what, to me, is the most attractive quality in skating. It's bad enough to have the 'wailing woman' vocalizing in Artur Gashinski's SP...or the screecher in Kawaguchi/Smirnov's old 'Dying Swan' SP!
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On the national front, UCLA senior economist David Shulman predicted that growth in U.S. Gross Domestic Product would be a sluggish 1.3 percent during the third quarter of the year and 1.5 percent in the fourth. That is expected to jump to 2 percent next year and possibly above 3 percent by 2014.
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Vegetables: You're probably not going to have a whole lot of time to worry about your five-a-day while you're nailing plastic over the holes in your roof, but that's no reason to abandon any pretense of a healthful diet. Fruit and vegetable juices have the double benefit of providing vitamins and supplementing your water supply. There are also more varieties of canned vegetables and fruit than you can shake a stick at.
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State Rep. Jerry McPeak said the system by which the state grades schools is "flawed beyond making whole."
While we won't go that far, we agree it is vexing.
Area educators are frustrated with the system.
But we understand the appeal of having a simplistic, easy-to-identify grading system for our schools. The A-F system is something everyone who has a child in school can understand.
What we don't understand is how the grades given can be so flawed.
This is akin to a teacher giving a student a "D" grade when the student made a "B." It just doesn't make any sense.
State Superintendent for Public Instruction Janet Barresi issued a written apology for the "delay and confusion." She said the wrong grades were left up after they were discovered to "ensure transparency in the process."
We agree with this move.
McPeak cited a study critical of the A-F system. The study was issued by the University of Oklahoma's Center for Education Policy and Oklahoma State University's Center for Educational Research and Evaluation.
Their report found:
• Very small differences predicted by letter grade.
• Errors in classification.
• Letter grades hide low test performance of poor and minority children.
Barresi doesn't agree with those findings or criticism of the system.
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Jackson Browne's feisty new album Time the Conqueror is full of the singer-songwriter's musings about sex, politics, war, love and faith. Rock Daily caught up with Browne recently and asked him to tell the stories behind the tracks on Time the Conqueror. Click above for the stories behind "Giving That Heaven Away," "Where Were You?" "Going Down to Cuba," "Far From the Arms of Hunger" and the title track, and follow below for more insight into Browne's excellent new record.
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Perhaps I've been scarred in childhood. I have always loved the holidays, but right after Thanksgiving, my Dad used to threaten to hang a twinkling 'Bah Humbug' sign over our driveway.
He was protesting all the costly spectacle, which I happen to love. But I was bummed on Monday to see holiday lights on Veteran's Day (see photo). I'm feeling a bit wistful for the excitement of a short but thrilling holiday season, the kind where you anticipate the specialness of house lights and decorations.
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With any classic game there's always the fear that, upon later revisiting that game, you'll find that your fond memories have been viewed through a pair of rose-colored glasses. As tastes grow and mature with technology, there's always the risk that a game will start to sour, unable to keep up with the times. Many games avoid this downfall with timeless design, like Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Others, sadly, do not fare quite so well. Resident Evil: Code Veronica X, I am sad to report, is one of the latter.
This poor aging is almost inexplicable, given that Code Veronica was a case of so many firsts for the Resident Evil franchise. It was the first to appear outside of a Sony platform, premiering on the short-lived but long-loved Dreamcast, although it would make its Playstation 2 debut not long after as the enhanced Code Veronica X (the version this HD update is based off of). It also marked the first Resident Evil title to abandon the static, pre-rendered backgrounds of the original trilogy in favor of a dynamic rendering engine that made the environments out of the same 3D polygons as the characters. It marked so many crucial firsts for the series that it's a shock that it isn't remembered with the same fondness as the original trilogy or even RE4.
The main problem, ironically, is in Capcom's HD remastering of the title. The treatment is woefully uneven in the game's prerendered cut scenes, with some shots looking stunning and others hidden behind a cloak of low-resolution pixels. The other problem rears its blocky head during the game itself. Simply put, while Code Veronica was a beauty back in 2000 on a standard definition television, blowing those low-poly models up to 1080P makes it easier for you to see every harsh vertex and muddy texture on display. These sorts of low-resolution titles were made to be played on big, chunky tube TVs, where scanlines and glowing phosphors could compensate for any graphical shortcomings. Razor sharp LCD televisions bring forth every last wart, especially on an eleven-year-old title.
Compounding the hideous graphics is the return to Resident Evil's infamous tank-style controls, where walking forward means pushing "up" on the analog stick no matter what your character's orientation is on the screen. While this was the norm back in the late 90's and early 00's, it feels absolutely miserable on modern consoles. Simply put, they feel floaty and imprecise, and only make the game more difficult than it needs to be. Maybe it's the years of being weaned on its contemporaries, but trying to go back to this style of control is difficult and frustrating.
It's sad because, at its core, Code Veronica is a fantastic Resident Evil game…hell, it was a fantastic game in its time. Key words: in its time. While it may be deserving of every bit of praise that was heaped upon it 11 years ago, trying to update it for modern consoles simply throw its shortcomings in sharp relief.
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Mikhail Grigorenko, one of the biggest names scheduled to participate in the Traverse City prospect tournament this week, will not suit up for the Sabres after being ruled ineligible.
"Grigorenko was deemed to be ineligible for the tournament because of the number of NHL games he appeared on the Sabres' roster in the 2012-13 season," the team announced in a release this afternoon.
The center, selected 12th overall in the 2012 draft, skated in 25 games for the Sabres during his rookie year. He had a goal and four assists while shuttling between Buffalo and his junior team in Quebec.
General Manager Darcy Regier has already said the 19-year-old will spend all of this season in Buffalo, and the tournament would have given the organization a good chance to view his offseason growth.
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Jo Ann M. Gora has served as Ball State University's 14th president since 2004. She quickly demonstrated her commitment to putting students first by declining an inauguration and instead establishing a scholarship fund for 25 high-achieving students. She led the development of the university's Education Redefined strategic plan, which was implemented from 2007 to 2012. The cornerstone of that plan is making immersive learning opportunities available to every student.
In the last six years, more than 20,800 students completed more than 1,250 immersive learning impacting citizens in every Indiana county under the mentoring of faculty from every university academic department. Gora has increased Ball State's commitment to emerging media, campus diversity, and developing nationally ranked academic programs. The strategic plan was the basis for the university's successful capital campaign, Ball State Bold: Investing in the Future, which topped its $200 million goal by more than $10 million. The university celebrated its conclusion by introducing 55 Bold Celebration Scholars in March 2011 at the Indiana Statehouse, repeating the successful model of the scholarships awarded at the beginning of her presidency.
The success of that plan led to Gora's leadership in the development of Ball State's new strategic plan, Education Redefined 2.0: Advancing Indiana, passed by the University's Board of Trustees in December 2012. It continues Ball State's emphasis on student success with an even sharper focus on its distinctiveness, and it guides the university through 2017, to the cusp of its centennial. In April 2013, she announced the launch of a new capital campaign, Cardinal Commitment: Developing Champions, which will raise $20 million by the end of 2014 for upgrading and renovating athletic facilities.
Gora was one of the 12 charter signatories to the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment in 2006. In May 2009, Gora and other officials broke ground on the largest geothermal district energy system in the United States, and Phase One, which allowed Ball State to shut down two coal-fired boilers, was dedicated in March 2012. When Phase Two is finished in 2015, the system will heat and cool more than 45 buildings on Ball State's campus, saving the university $2 million a year while reducing its carbon footprint by nearly half. For its sustainability commitment, the university has been ranked for four straight years in The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges, and has earned a Second Nature Climate Leadership Award. In 2010, Ball State was named the Technology Innovator of the Year by the Hoosier Environmental Council.
In May 2009, Gora received the Mira Trailblazer Award from TechPoint for her significant and lasting contributions to technology innovation in Indiana. In late 2008, Ball State announced its Emerging Media Initiative, which funds more research in emerging media, assists Ball State faculty and students in launching new businesses, and helps companies, especially those in Indiana, to improve their emerging media capabilities.
Fifty-four Ball State programs have been nationally recognized since 2007, including accounting, architecture, the online master's program in business administration, educational leadership, graduate programs in education, insurance and risk management, landscape architecture, music, nursing, sales, and the master's program in urban and regional planning. Leading the way in national recognition is undergraduate entrepreneurial management program, which has been ranked in the U.S. News & World Report top 15 every year since 1999.
Since Gora's arrival, more than $520 million of completed or current construction and renovation has changed the face of Ball State's campus. Notable new buildings include the David Letterman Communication and Media Building, the Music Instruction Building, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Kinghorn Residence Hall, Park Residence Hall, and the Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass.
President Gora began serving a four-year term on the American Council on Education's Board of Directors in 2011. She is a member of the Association of Governing Boards' Council of Presidents and is on the advisory committee of the Association's executive search arm. She was a charter member of The New York Times/Chronicle of Higher Education higher education cabinet. She is immediate past chair of the Mid-American Conference Presidents' Council and immediate past co-chair of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership. She serves on the boards of First Merchants Bank, Ball Memorial Hospital, and the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
Gora was named one of 2007's most influential women in Indiana by the Indianapolis Business Journal and one of 15 "Women of Wonder" in the spring 2008 issue of Indiana Minority Business Magazine. In 2005, she received a Torchbearer Award from the Indiana Commission for Women for her commitment to higher education. The award is the highest honor given by the state of Indiana to Hoosier women who have overcome or removed barriers to equality or whose achievements have contributed to making the state a better place in which to live, work or raise a family. She also received a Sagamore of the Wabash, Indiana's highest civilian honor, in 2005. In 2008, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Yeungnam University in South Korea.
Gora came to Ball State from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she had been chancellor since 2001. Previously, she served for nine years as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Old Dominion University in Virginia. She earned her bachelor's degree in political science from Vassar College and master's and doctoral degrees in sociology from Rutgers University. She has published two books, The New Female Criminal: Empirical Reality or Social Myth? and Emergency Squad Volunteers: Professionalism in Unpaid Work, as well as numerous articles in the fields of criminology, medical sociology, and organizational behavior. She has recently co-authored two book chapters on campus sustainability initiatives.
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Chris Leonard came out of Purcellville, Va., in 1989 with a scholarship to West Virginia University as its first accomplished 3-point shooter in men's basketball.
"That was my thing," the 6-foot-4, 185-pound guard said from Fairfax, Va., where he's employed by that huge, wealthy county. Gale Catlett was his coach through 1992.
Leonard was strictly the long-range gunner on teams that posted records of 26-5, 16-12, 17-14 and 20-12.
Leonard completed his four-year career with an even 200 3-point goals and a total of 1,255 points. His remarkable percentage accuracy average is a school-record .417.
He played in 107 games, including 59 starts, and averaged 21.1 minutes per outing. He made 404 field goals in 875 attempts (46.2 percent), and 86 of 102 free throws (82.8 percent).
Ironically, Leonard also had an even 200 rebounds to equal his 3-point shots made. He ranks No. 5 among all players in total 3-pointers made.
"I spent hours upon hours of shooting practice from behind the line," Leonard said. "It was tedious work out there and not really fun."
But he recommends to youngsters to really work at it if they want to be successful at 3-point shooting.
Catlett coaxed all he could get out of Leonard.
"The 3-point shot really brought a lot of players into the mix in regards to strategies for college," Leonard told WVU's John Antonik for his excellent story last year on the 25th anniversary of the 3-point shot.
"They were still trying to figure out how to utilize it (when he was playing). But it was this weapon now that you got the extra point if you shot if from behind that line and colleges were trying to scramble to get as many kids as they could who could do that."
Leonard said it's no fun playing 1-on-1 or 3-on-3 in basketball practice.
"I came to (WVU) campus with the ability to shoot the threes," he emphasized. "But the coaches really helped me."
Leonard, a graduate of Loudon Valley High School, played in one NIT and three NCAA tournaments as a Mountaineer.
"I really enjoyed very much my years at West Virginia," he said. "I left with so many fond memories.
He got a bachelor's degree in sport management and a master's in public administration.
"These have helped me tremendously in my chosen career," said Leonard. He has a well-paying job as the director of the department of neighborhoods and community services for Fairfax County, Va. Leonard's wife Stacie also has two degrees from WVU. She is teaching chemistry in area high schools.
The Leonards have three daughters: Megan, 15; Ashley, 13; and Abby, 10. All three already are playing basketball.
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A comment from an Oyster Bay Patch user (see below): We have power on Locust Lane, off Mill River and Capital Hts. The downtown restaurants were open last night - Harborside deli, La Nonna's and Lourdes. Gulden's Bakery and Cafe was open during the day. Supposrt your local shop owners who are making every effort to be open for our needs!!! Bernsteins was open on Tuesday selling anything they had to help out - it's great to live in a small town!
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671,360 LIPA customers are without power across Long Island as of Thursday. Lights are on, however, throughout downtown Oyster Bay from Bayside Avenue to the Oyster Bay Public Library. East of the library remains dark, though a LIPA worker on the ground said that crews are steadily working to restore power on Cove Road.
Crews have been seen working at the intersection of Berry Hill Road and South Street and at multiple locations along Pine Hollow Road and 106. Traffic lights are back on along Main Street and South Street downtown, though the traffic light at Hess is still out as is the traffic light at the intersection of 25A and 106. Thankfully, traffic crews have now put traffic cones up to block left hand turns at that location.
Many businesses in Oyster Bay have reopened and life seems to be slowly returning to normal. Restaurants, the post office, some hardware stores, and some banks have reopened in Oyster Bay Village up South Street/Pine Hollow Road to Morgan Gentry's, after which the power is still out. The OBEN Public Library, CVS, Rite Aid, and all other stores in the two strip malls in Pine Hollow are closed with the exception of Mid-China and Stop & Shop. East Norwich shopping centers are still dark, though La Pizzetta is open.
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Support for biodiversity, water and energy and the fight against climate change are key areas for Community development cooperation, as stated in the European Consensus on Development . Environmental sustainability is also one of the Millennium Development Goals.
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22 August 2011 - The World Water Week takes place between 21st and 27th August in Stockholm. It is a forum where experts gather together to discuss how they can make sure that people in some of the world's poorest countries can access water to drink and basic sanitation facilities.
EU implementation plan for disaster risk reduction in developing countries 2011-2014
This implementation plan, approved the 16 February 2011, complements the EU strategy and intends to become a tool for increased EU aid effectiveness in disaster risk reduction support for developing countries.
Thematic Strategy Paper and Multi-Annual Indicative Programme 2011-2013
This strategy, covering implementation of the Environment and natural resources thematic programme for the period 2011-2013, builds on the 2007-2010 Strategy and the mid-term review that was carried out in 2009. The indicative amount available for the period 2011-2013 is approximately €517 million.
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For the period 2007-2013, the EU's activities in these areas are financed through two types of instruments:
- the implementation of the policy at national and regional level is supported by geographical instruments, such as the European Development Fund (in the ACP countries), the Development Co-operation Instrument (in Latin America, Asia and South Africa), and the European Neigbourhoud & Partnership Instrument (in the neighbouring regions),
- a specific thematic programme, addressing issues not priorities under the geographical instruments as well as issues common to groups of countries not belonging to a single region.
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The world's poorest are those most directly dependent on natural resources for their daily survival and therefore most vulnerable to environmental hazards, including the effects of climate change. This is why the European Commission has made the protection and sustainable management of natural resources a key priority in its poverty reduction policies.
The EU is the strongest international advocate of sustainable development and decision-making that takes full account of environmental and social aspects. The EC has ratified all the major Multilateral Environmental Agreements, including the Conventions on Biodiversity, Desertification and Climate Change. The Commission is also involved in several international processes, such as the UN Forum on Forests, the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management and the UN Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea.


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Nebraska's chief medical officer and director of the Department of Health and Human Service's Division of Public Health is stepping down to take a new job.
Dr. Joann Schaefer will join Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska as a vice president for the insurer. Schaefer's last day serving on Gov. Dave Heineman's cabinet will be March 8th.
The 45-year-old Schaefer was appointed by Heineman in 2005 after serving as the state's deputy chief medical officer for three years. Before her work for the state, Schaefer practiced family medicine in Omaha following her graduation from Creighton University Medical School in 1995 and served as a tenured associate professor at Creighton's medical school.


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Alyson Morse is one of the top sprint kayaking racers in the nation. As part of the Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Racing Team, she was a national champion in two events and competed at junior world championships.
She has a busy training and racing schedule that takes her to other areas of the country. "I've been blessed with a mental attitude to push myself hard," she said.
Morse got into kayaking when she attended a summer camp with her younger brother. She loved it and stuck with the sport. She trains year-round, even in tough weather conditions.
In addition to water training, she trains on dry land and on some days does both. During the peak season, that's an average of five hours a day, and as many as seven hours during double-training days.
This year, Morse is once again working toward the goal of going to the junior world championship. She'll be participating in various trials and training camps in Oklahoma City or Lake Placid, New York.
While kayaking is a major focus, Morse also has a weekend job and is active with a youth group. She is a mentor in training. She is active with the National Honor Society and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
To keep up with all her commitments and maintain an excellent GPA, Morse said she has to give up social time and other extras. "It's a delicate balance," she said, adding that she learned self-discipline when she attended online school.
"Alyson takes the same work ethic everywhere she goes," said her English teacher, Lynda Richards. "No matter what Alyson is doing, she does it with full effort and attention to detail."
Morse credits her faith and work ethic for her success. She acknowledges her schedule can get overwhelming so learning time-management was important.
"My proudest part is growing into a more independent and mature person," she said. "It's because of my kayaking, my youth group and my job."
She plans to attend Oklahoma City University and be part of the sprint kayaking program. The university has a world-class training facility including a man-made canal for the sport. Her goal is to study kinesiology or exercise science and work with Olympic athletes.
"I've gone to different Olympic training centers in the summer and got to meet many trainers," she said. "It's a really cool job."
Alyson Morse
Category: Athletics
Education: Senior, Peninsula High School
Parents: Craig and Sarah Morse
Activities/achievements: sprint kayaking national champion (1,000m bantom and 500m junior), Olympic Hopefuls Regatta, international regatta champion, ranked No. 1 nationally for juniors; equestrian competition Mason County champion, state qualifier, Leadershow high point trophy; National Honor Society; Arbor Day photography contest winner.
Favorite teacher: Lynda Richards, English, "because she will never give up on her students. She has fun, yet still keeps her classes efficient and on task. I have not only learned academically in her class, I have learned life skills."
Best thing about high school: "No matter if I am feeling well or not, coming to school, being around the staff and other students, my day becomes better."


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Program in Italian American Studies organized a trip to Southern Italy and
Sicily during the first week of March 2003. The trip's theme was "Magna
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John Carroll University students, faculty, alumni, and many members of the
Italian American community in Ohio participated in the trip.
The journey began in Rome and continued to Naples, visiting Cuma, the first Greek colony in Italy, Poseidonia, Paestum, the Magna Graecia Museum in Reggio Calabria where the Bronzi of Riace have their home. Finally the group reached Sicily, where Greek civilization had its greatest influence, visiting places such as Giardini-Naxos, Taormina, Syracuse, Agrigento, Selinunte, and Segesta. The trip ended with a visit to Palermo and to the enchanting mosaics of Monreale and Cefalu.


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The City of Newark-Division of Fire, West Licking Joint Fire District, City of Heath-Division of Fire, Madison Township, and C-TEC Adult Education have collaborated to form The Central Ohio Firefighter Testing Consortium. The Consortium's goal was to streamline a system which allowed departments to minimize pre-employment testing costs for entry-level firefighter positions across both departments while deploying a valid, standardized testing process with the aim of supplying both departments with an applicant pool that possesses the skills and abilities to be successful in this role. The Consortium members are excited about the collaboration between local agencies, not only to cost share, but to promote a standardized testing process for candidates.
The Consortium developed and will annually administer a two (2) day a pre-employment testing process that is comprised of a written exam and physical ability test. Candidates with the required certifications will pay one fee, and take one written exam and one physical ability test, and potentially qualify for employment with multiple departments. Registration, administration, and reporting will be managed by C-TEC and removes the burden from the departments. The development of the Consortium also allows the departments to share the cost of testing, which has continued to increase, while the funds of many departments have decreased.
In addition, member departments benefit from a recruiting standpoint. Not only can the member departments cost share on the advertising for the test, but the Consortium also hopes that since candidates can potentially qualify for employment with multiple departments by paying a single fee and participating in one testing process, more candidates will participate.
The Consortium hopes that as the word spreads about the benefits of the group effort, other departments will join the Consortium to further the cost saving, promote a standardized testing process, and further collaboration among local departments.
The 2014 Consortium testing will occur on Friday, October 10th and Saturday, October 11, 2014 at C-TEC, 150 Price Rd. Newark. Registration will begin on July 1st, 2014. To register visit http://www.c-tec.edu/AE/index.php/central-ohio-firefighter-testing-consortium-cpat/ or for registration information call 740-364-2261. All candidates must register to participate in the testing process by August 15th prior to 9:00 am.
For more information please contact Erna Holland at 740-364-2282 or eholland AT c-tec DOT edu


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It was an editors' choice for "Guiding Lights," in the October issue (page 88).
It's a fantastic piece and in very good company with other intelligent and singular lighting pieces. Congrats Christopher!
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The Kyrgyz Republic has a concentrated HIV epidemic, with around 67% of HIV cases relating to injecting drug use and high prevalence also among populations of men who have sex with men (MSM) and sex workers.
Official data indicates that most people living with HIV are in the cities of Osh and and Bishkek where poverty and unemployment, alongside high levels of injecting drug use, have been driving forces in the spread of HIV.
In 2010 there were just under 3000 registered cases of HIV, however UNAIDS estimates a total of 9,800 which equates to an adult prevalence rate of 0.3% in a population of 5.5 million.
Anti AIDS Association (AAA) is a membership organisation of local community based organisations (CBOs). AAA also directly implements programmes of organisational capacity building for CBOs and provides technical support on HIV prevention and care and support programmes, operational research, and empowering MSM, sex workers and PLHIV to meaningfully contribute to national policies affecting human rights and access to health care.
In 2007, AAA and other Alliance partners in Central Asia secured World Bank funding to implement a project to reduce the spread of HIV and mitigate its impact in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The project – part of the Central Asia AIDS Control Project (CAAP) –expanded access to HIV prevention, care and support services. It increased the involvement of affected communities in programming and policy development, and strengthened the capacity of networks of people living with HIV to effectively support and influence national responses. By the end of 2008, the project had been implemented in three of the four focus countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan). It had provided care and support services to more than 3,200 people living with HIV, supported 26 local groups, and conducted 43 advocacy events across the region. With the project's support, eight new groups of people living with HIV were incorporated as legal NGOs.
AAA is working towards expanding their programmatic scope to deliver a comprehensive response to HIV, including integrating sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and TB interventions into their HIV programmes.
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Free Dance (2nd group) is going on right now...
ETA: This stream runs about one skater/team behind real time.
Last edited by Sylvia; 12-26-2011 at 05:51 PM.
Live stream currently is showing the final group of Pairs FS and then Ladies FS today.
Ladies FS has started (stream is running about 1-2 skaters behind real time).
Play-by-play thread in Kiss and Cry forum: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=81799


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Beachside Bungalow...walk to beach...gourmet kitchen! in Juno Beach
- bedrooms 3
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- sleeps 5
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Walk to the beach, restaurants, deli, fitness gym, and several parks with kiddy play and nature in abundance! St. Louis Cardinal's Spring training baseball stadium just 7 minutes away!
SLEEPS 5 COMFORTABLY, 2 bedrooms each with two twins (can be made into king), adjoining room has single bed with private exit to fenced back yard with outdoor shower. Easy 20 minutes to Palm Beach Worth Avenue and two hour drive to Disney/Orlando & Everglades National Park.
Fishing pier, theatres, state park with canoes and hiking nearby. Enjoy the patio umbrella table for meals or cocktails. Perfect for family vacation or tranquil personal retreat.
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Cathy Shea 561-775-9912
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This property is uniquely located just one block from the ocean. The private patio is perfect for outdoor dining or just relaxing watching the birds. There is a shared BBQ gas grill and the back is fenced for privacy and includes an outdoor hot/cold shower. Perfect for after your beach swim!
* Private Outdoor Shower & laundry line for beach towels
* Fully equipped kitchen: pots/pans, utensils, glass top stove, toaster oven, coffee pot, blender, dishes, etc.
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* Screened patio with gorgeous garden view
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Beach is one block away...Juno Beach is one of the last tranquil, uncrowded beach towns in South Florida. We appreciate the easy access to Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale and Miami without the traffic. If you love nature, you'll find plenty to do here...beach combing, bird watching, swimming, fishing, boating, surfing, kayaking, picnicking, golf, etc.
We also have Whole Foods Market and the famous Gardens Mall just a 10 minute drive.
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TV Ratings for Friday 12/21/2012:
"How I Met Your Mother" renewed for a 9th season:
"The Walking Dead" renewed for a 4th season: Mazzara leaves as executive producer.
What a crappy time to be a couch potato! Everything is in reruns!
I'm watching Downton Abbey Seasons 1,2 and 3 now. I gather season 4 is coming up? What channel is it on in Canada, and when does it start? (I don't want to read the whole thread)
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I watched "The Sound of Music" last night for the umpteenth time.
I remember as a child my parents taking us to the "drive-in" to see it. The same drive-in is still there.
Hey - I watched Sound of Music too - hadn't watched it for decades. I still remember the family going to see it at the theatre, but as usual my Dad made us late so we missed the whole first part and arrived while Mother Superior was singing Climb Every Mountain, then we stayed for the beginning of the next showing until we had see the whole film out of order. Typical of my Dad - he was always the cloths horse of the family and never gave himself enough time to get ready. (Unfortunately that is a habit I picked up for many a year - still working hard to overcome it.)
Being late, I mean. I have never been a cloths horse.
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Nashville soundtrack on Amazon for $3.99. Bought it last night. Connie sounds better than the tv version (which isn't that hard to do).
And who still watches "How I Met Your Mother"?
Season 4 has been announced, but not aired anywhere in this universe -- since it hasn't been filmed yet.
Season 2 of Bomb Girls starts on Wed., Jan 2 on Global.
I really must watch the last episode of season 1 again before that to remind myself how things ended. They were still on the Global web site the last time I checked.
They recently re-aired the season 1 finale and I watched it to refresh my memory. Can't wait for more - I was so afraid the one run was all we were going to get.
Kennedy Center Honors and Led Zeppelin honored: I don't know if this belongs here but Heart and a choir nailed it when they peformed Stairway to Heaven. Dayum!
Here is an article about the upcoming Bomb Girls. Hope the gets even better!
Arrow will be back in January and The Following starts January 21st. I am excited about this new show of Bacon's. it is about time one of his tv projects turns into a hit.
I saw Back To The Beginning and loved it. Anything is better than watching re-runs.


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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Aeros v Milwaukee - 3/25
After three-quarters of a season of inconsistent, up and down, roller coaster play, dare we say... they're on a roll? No, we dare not.
Last night's game against the division leading Milwaukee Admirals, who quite frankly didn't have a ton to play for with their 17 point lead over the rest of the division and a depleted roster, was still one of the best of the season. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever heard Constantine speak as effusively about his squad as he did last night. You can see those quotes in Andrew's Chron article here.
The Aeros said donnez-nous quelques buts to the Admirals early in the first period with markers from Pouliot and Noreau. On receiving a stretch pass from Schultz from deep in the Aeros zone, Pouliot flew down the left wing, beating the Ads defense and fending off a slash to get a shot off over the glove of goalie Drew McIntyre, who gambled and went low on the shot.
The Aeros regrouped in the Ads' zone after the face-off and 31 seconds later, Noreau ripped a shot from the point past McIntyre, who was looking for the puck through a ton of traffic at his doorstep. Calisse!
So, here, you're thinking, "Okay, what do the Aeros do with an early lead?" Yeah, they choke it away. But no, they press on and play well.
Pouliot potted the third unanswered goal, his second on the night, tipping in a Mojzis shot from the point.
But midway through the third, the Ads' finally got enough traffic to get Schaefer moving and down prematurely, and Kelsey Wilson popped one over him into the net. Perhaps there was some concern about a come-back by the Ads, but with only 8 shots on goal in the first two periods, it seemed unlikely.
And indeed, Kolanos sealed the deal with a sneaky little power play goal from the bottom of the circle off a pass from Locke, who extended his scoring points streak to 10 games. The K-Train celebrated by throwing himself 3 feet in the air into the glass and came down kinda hard. Seriously, I love the big cellies but don't get yourself hurt there, Ovechkin.
Stars were 1-Pouliot (2 goals!), 2 - Mojzis (2 assists), 3 - Wilson (one goal). Sorry homers, but in a 4-1 game, and someone with a goal and an assist like Noreau had, all three stars should have gone to the Aeros.
Now the Aeros have a 3 point "cushion"(that's not particularly soft) between them and Peoria. They face another 3-in-3 this weekend, starting at home on Friday against Rockford, and then up-up-and-away to Peoria and Rockford Saturday and Sunday.
The team is one game into a series of 8 games in 11 days. Then they get a few days off before San Antonio will attempt to play spoiler for the final 3 regular season games. No rest for the weary.
3 comments:
- Fred Trask said...
You say "The team is one game into a series of 8 games in 10 days" and that really hit home. 8 games in 10 days will decide the Aeros season.
Will they go on to post season play or not?
Does anyone see anything wrong with that scenario? This schedule has been insane and that is what David Andrews SHOULD apologize for, not the DOG call for pitching a puck over the glass.
Anyway, fantastic game, go Aeros and smack adversity right in the teeth.
- March 26, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- Ms. Conduct said...
Actually, I just realized I did the math wrong (wot? me?) it's 8 in 11, but still... effing brutal this time of the season.
And yeah, what's scary is that they could just as easily be out of it with a bad string of games. But they're playing like they know that. And I think from Lynn on down, they've made it clear that they think this team has the goods, so that's gotta put some confidence in their back pockets.
You're right about the schedule. I can't believe I didn't think to ask about that.
- March 26, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- AdmiralsShortShifts said...
For the record, we voted for Tony Hrkac for third star of the game. He didn't do a whole lot - but he brought his own cheering section from Concordia University that was often louder than the rest of the Bradley Center combined.
I'm with you guys - the Home Team deserved no star for that game.
- March 26, 2009 at 1:28 PM