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I can't resist, much as I should, from pointing out that hoping for KO to place in the top five or six, is only as forlorn as hoping that Kevin Reynolds would win the FCC .
We should probably be a little gracious re: Maggie's apology.
Osmond is terrific. Great jumps, difficulty of in- betweens, presentation, joy of skating- everything one wants to see in an up- and - comer. The four "hopefuls" - Osmond, Gold, Tuktamysheva and Sotnikova- are expected to have a steep learning curve; too much so, in my opinion. They are great talents, and more consistent than not. Looking forward to seeing Osmond at Worlds, and wishing her years of success.
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As a Canadian I just want to add my two cents. Osmond is a great skater and the first skater (with the exception of Rochette) that gives me hope for Canadian ladies since I started following skating 20 years ago, BUT as soon as she won Nationals all the hype that was built up, and going on and on about her makes me nervous. Everytime there is a skater with talent they seem to get suffocated by commentators, media and fans. I wish people would back off a bit and give rising talent the opportunity to rise instead of assuming they are going to rocket to the top. That way when they don't rocket to the top they aren't turned into failures or let downs. It just brings back memories of Jennifer Robinson at Worlds ('96 I think) being interviewed by Rod Black then while she is standing right beside him he turns to the camera and says "We will be right back with so-n-so discussing the state of Canadian ladies figure skating. I felt so bad for her, but she handled it gracefully. I would have said things that would have gotten me in trouble then walked off. It was like she went from Junior to being expected to be a top tier senior. I always felt that the way she was pressured in the earlier part of her career held her back because she got more criticism than constructive support. I just hope that doesn't happen to the new Canadian ladies.
My advice is to sit back cheer for all of them, celebrate achievements and victories and back off and let them figure out and learn from difficulties.
I hope no one takes offence by what I said/feel I just worry for some of these young skaters that it almost seems forgotten that they are human, have emotions and feel pressure.
Who in the world expected Jennifer Robinson to be a top tiered skater in 1996? If FSU existed, there would've been a long ass thread named "NO WAY WOULD JENNIFER FRIGGIN ROBINSON GET PCS SCORES LIKE JEREMY ABBOTT--JOSEE SHOULD GO TO EDMONTON!!!!"
If a skater starts her senior career by winning her first two senior internationals and does so in a fashion that appears deserved and is crowd pleasing you simply cannot avoid attention because of it. No way to avoid lots of conversation...it's exciting. I don't see a lot of expectation by way of, say, a medal in London or Olympic gold, but rather, as others have pointed out, conversation about potential and maybe hope. No worries there.
Ravi and Slipper are doing their part to manage all of this. She's not doing tons of press nor is she making a lot of appearances. They have her focussed and they are keeping expectations of her very realistic by not pressuring her to get a top 10, by not changing/upgrading her programs and goals for the year. Steady as she goes. Still, she's an athlete and competitor so it's healthy to have goals. So the team talks about getting 170+ in each comp, qualifying for London and reaching top 10. Those are realistic stretch goals which she should always have.
So I think she's in a good place. Happy to hear your thoughts on what behaviors/conversations you'd like to see or not see. Like specifics. All I can tell you is that not talking about her is probably not a realistic expectation.
It appears she has a great team behind her with Ravi et al. and wonderful family support. They've done a terrific job so far (as has she) and there's no reason why it shouldn't continue with incremental goals set for her. She's won my support over with her big jumps and showmanship, and her delight in what she does so evident in her performances. I wish her the best of experiences at Worlds this year.
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Technically, hype is a deliberate strategy to promote something. I don't believe anyone set out with a plan to generate hype. Although there were the odd fan at GS who would become too enthusiastic, making unrealistic predictions. In many threads at that site, much of discussions/arguments were actually negative. Many people could not accept that Kaetlyn had defeated more experienced skaters at SCI. There was talk of home ice advantage, and accusations of Skate Canada conspiracies. Posters would tear apart Kaetlyn's skating in an attempt to make her appear inferior to the other skaters. Especially their favorites. Yet like a movie star with a scandal leaked to the media, in the end the overall attention (negative or not) boosted Kaetlyn's fame, rather than sink it. Ironically, you could say the negative posters helped draw more attention to Kaetlyn (although these posters would accuse Kaetlyn's fans of creating the hype). In the end, no one will remember who said what, but certainly everyone will remember Katelyn's name.
A word of warning...if at Worlds, Kaetlyn again outscores some of the favorites, I expect yet more arguments/attention to follow. There is no way you can stop it.
People who said Skate Canada was bad judging are just as unrealistic as folks who said Kaetlyn is a top contender for Sochi. The truth is closer to something in between. My take is that Kaetlyn is a good competitor with promise to capitalize on more talented ladies' mistakes in the next several years. If she can become consistent with her jumps, she can probably compete with the best of them. I think there are big tests and challenges ahead.
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Albuquerque, N.M. - Nancy Heacock, 56, formelry of Thief River Falls, died on November 2, 2012 at Albuquerque, N.M.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24 at Johnson Funeral Service in Thief River Falls, with Reverend Bob Dahlen officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Thief River Falls.
Visitation will from 9:00 A.M. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday prior to the service.
Nancy Ann Battleson-Heacock was born on July 2, 1956 in Thief River Falls, the daughter of Milton W. and Sylvia (Burian) Battleson.
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Nancy graduated from Lincoln Senior High School in 1974, and later attended Compassion Christian Center Bible School in 1975. Later, Nancy moved to Raton, N.M. She met and married David Powders and to this union no children were born. The couple settled in Albuquerque, N.M. Nancy attended Albuquerque Community and Technical College, graduating as a nursing assistant and phlebotomist, as well as becoming a Licensed Real Estate Agent. She was a hostess and training assistant at Gardunos of Albuquerque.
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Chisholm - Evert Rangvald Westberg, 98, formerly of Thief River Falls and Gatzke, died at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Chisholm on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.
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Evert Rangvald Westberg, the son of the late Peter and Anna (Lund) Westberg, was born on May 24, 1914, in Linsell Township of Marshall County, near Gatzke. He attended Elm Park School and completed the eighth grade. Evert and his family farmed on Randeen Ridge until February 1939, when he married Anna Dahl in Middle River. In 1941, Evert and Anna bought a farm near Gatzke. By this time, they had two sons: Duane and Darell.
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What if the Marlins are Brilliant?
I know there's another thread discussion how the Marlins may be employing an unorthodox strategy that could still result in economic profit, but I'm wondering if this unorthodox strategy could be part of a long-term plan for winning in cycles. Isn't this a reasonable plan?(it's a cycle, so step 1 = step 5):
1. Win the World Series (or at least be really good)
2. Trade anyone making any money for top prospects
3. Wait a couple years for the top propects (and other drafted prospects) to form a solid core
4. Supplement the solid core by signing some top dollar free agents
5. Win the World Series (or at least be really good)
It seems to me that what I've outlined is really a simplified rebuilding strategy that any smaller market team follows, but the Marlins are just more extreme, expecially in steps 2 and 4. There's pretty much no chance of stringing together division championships like the Twins did in the 00s, but it does give you a real shot at the World Series every five years or so.
I recognize the Marlins just did step 2 without doing step1, but you've got to expect that the cycle won't always work.
They probably were too eager with the new stadium and tried step 4 without a solid core. They have good young talent, but beyond Stanton, most of that talent was undeveloped or not quite good enough. If they had waited to make a big splash this year, maybe it would be a slightly different story?
Their two World Series Runs definitely fit that model, they just didn't wait long enough (or draft/develop a strong enough core) this time.
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I should also say that this model really is hard on fans. It is a hard sell, regardless of how well it works, to dump all the familiar faces on a Championship team for prospects.
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The Marlins got rid of a bunch of ****ty contracts and a guy who was one year away from free agency, its only a good move though if they actually spend that saved money on other assets.
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I'd buy it more if they actually got top prospects. Had D'arnaud and/or Syndergaard been included I'd buy it, but I don't think that package they got back was too impressive considering.
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The A's Model of running a franchise... Yeah I can see it... But then again... I can't... The Marlins went out and spent to debut the new stadium... They were hoping the team would contend and excitement would follow and jersey's, ticket sales and the whole nine yards.
It all went terribly wrong... Ozzie aligned himself in the Castro admiration society and that was just the beginning. Heath Bell couldn't close a game... Stanton couldn't stay healthy... Hanley was his same old Hanley self... Josh Johnson never really came back to full power. Bonofacio, Morrison... nobody could stay healthy...
They tried for a little bit... Acquired Carlos Lee... But do to impatience... They over reacted. There would have been no harm in running that lineup out again in 2013 and seeing if things go better.
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It will be interesting to see if the players sent to Toronto have better seasons in the Great White NorthCody Christie
I don't know what to think about the Marlins -- primarily because of their ownership.
But I do wonder if constructing a winning franchise is like constructing a building. The foundation has to be solid or all the embellishments and frou-frou you add later doesn't matter.
What if the Marlins saw that their core group of players was never going to be the basis for a championship? Weren't they then correct in tearing out that foundation and starting over?
I've wondered the same about the Twins since the 2010 post-season. Was the foundation solid enough that all they needed to add was embellishments? Was it fairly solid but just needed some shoring up? Or was it so shaky that it needed to be ripped out and rebuilt?
I've been depressed about this team since October 2010 because I feel like they need to be doing something fundamentally (or foundationally) different in constructing this team if they were ever again to have post-season success. Instead, in 2011 all I saw them try to do was add a few (not many) embellishments. And this year I felt like all they were doing was putting on some braces.
I wonder if the Twins can ever construct a winning edifice unless they rip out the foundation and start over? By that, I mean less about the actual players they have and more about some of the philosophical underpinnings of the organization (e.g. their approach to pitching, their use of statistical analysis, their adherence to the 50% policy on salary, etc.)
Is it possible to remake those policies to strengthen the foundation while still adding frou-frou to the top of the structure? Or do you have to be prepared to topple the structure and rebuild that foundation from the ground up? In a way, I've thought that was a bit what Terry Ryan and TK did in the early 2000's -- my understanding is that they came up with a plan wherein they instituted and coordinated a plan across the layers of the organization. But maybe that plan is now shaky and they need to rip it up and create a new one from the ground up?
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I really don't understand how the Marlins are brilliant. They made several awful moves last year and this year they gutted their team. The only thing that is brilliant is that they could make some serious money this year due to having an incredibly low payroll. Probably <20 if they trade Nolasco.


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There's a big difference between doing a jump in practice and doing it in a program. Brian Orser, Brian Boitano, Jozef Sabotchik (SP?), Christopher Bowman could all do quads in practice.
There's a big difference between doing a jump in practice and doing it in a program. Brian Orser, Brian Boitano, Jozef Sabotchik (SP?), Christopher Bowman could all do quads in practice.
A rotated 3A on 2 feet is worth much more than a clean 2A. Now that the ladies can do a single 3A in the SP, it has to be tempting to go for it.
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mirai_nagasu @Tenis_Den they're still half a turn cheated lol!
I agree with all of this, my ideal 3A would be Tonya's entrance with big "step up" into the jump, Midori's height and ice coverage with Mao's in air position.
Since we're not able to make a Frankenstien's triple axel i'd take Midori's especially the later ones with the wrap gone from the first rotation.
Mao's takeoffs are not attractive.
Does the fact that Nagasu is after the off season benning big tricks (and not looking for a relocation) mean that Nagasu and Carroll are fine again?
Mao's position in the air is indeed to die for, and I don't mind her take off one bit: it's one of those times when actually seeing the effort is nice.
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Midori's is still the best for sure. I loved the ones she did between '89 and '92. The ones she did as a professional have a different timing to them and she wraps a bit more. Still they're amazing though. I don't think Mao's sitting on the edge so long is unnatractive but it is a little unorthodox. People always seem to bash her triple axel but I agree with Berthesghost, the most amazing thing is that she has been able to land them every year since the age of 12 Also impressive is the fact that she has kept this jump at all through all the major growth spurts she's had. Mao's is never going to look like Ito's or Harding's. She does it her way because of her build and strength to weight ratio. She is not muscular so had to find a different way of doing the jump. Nothing wrong with that at all IMO. At least she's still out there landing them. That compilation video shows just what an incredible achievement this jump is in ladies skating.
Mao was lucky her body didn't change much during puberty. I think she's about the same height and weight now as she was when she won the GPF in 2005, maybe like 1 inch taller and 5 lbs heavier, but it's really not a big change when you think of how drastic some peoples bodies change during puberty. That probably helped her keep her 3a over the years.
Mirai I think actually has a good build for 3a where she has broad shoulders and a strong upper body. The speed she carries into her jumps will also help her pull the jump off.
Melissa Bulanhagui made a very respectable attempt in 2009.
Bulanhagui's attempted a 3A the last 3 summers at the Liberty club competition (2007-2009). Even though her jump has been called < by the technical panel each time, I'm glad she's been going for it! I'm just waiting to see her attempt 3A in a competition besides Liberty now.
Actually, Mao's take off has become more attractive this season with her new technique. In the new video, she takes less time on the entry edge, and uses more speed going into the jump so she doesn't have to bend down as low/for as long.
She's barely taller and almost as skinny as Zijun Li http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/9f06dddd01.jpg who is itty bitty. Mao's keeping her 3a may have something to do with not really letting her body go through puberty, she still is built like a 14 year old. Last season didn't she have to lose like 3 kg to get that jump rotated or something? In any event, back to Mirai, I hope she doesn't go to any extreme or unhealthy measures to master the 3a. I sometimes wonder about Mao, she's been so focused on the 3a these past two seasons and has also become alarmingly thin.
^^Mao seems to be the same size as Yu Na, judging from podium pictures. Could Zijun Li have been wearing skates but not Mao in that photo?
I guess the hard thing for a lot of people to accept is why God would allow me to go running through their yards, yelling and spinning around.
Mao is not slightly taller than ZiJun. IMO. She's considered tall for a lady skater. She was very thin as a junior skater, then gained a little weight during her mid-teens but then became very thin again, but she doesn't have the body of a 14 yr old.
It's amazing how we all can look at the same thing but see so many different things! I never in a million years would have guessed Mao hasn't grown since 2005, nor that she's tall for a skater. lol


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A couple of weeks ago I went through some of what Apple might pursue if/when making a less expensive iPhone for emerging markets. The gist was, like the iPod mini/nano, Mac mini, and iPad mini, Apple would never build something cheap out of cheap parts, but would remove expensive, higher end elements to produce something that still had fantastic build quality, but wouldn't cost as much. Now iLounge's Jeremy Horowitz, who typically has excellent sources, has reported what he's hearing. Here are the bullet points:
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Right now Apple has free on-contract iPhones. If any of this pans out, they'll have inexpensive off-contract as well. That may matter a bit in North America, but it'll matter a lot in the rest of the developing world.
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I guess that as soon as Apple starts using plastic again we will no longer see references to "cheap plastic", "plasticky" or "cheapo" in reference to polycarbonate phones.
If this is true, I foresee people realising that polycarbonate is a much superior material for mobile phones than the bend-prone thin aluminum Apple has been using.
If they use that soft plastic stuff then I would honestly prefer that. It's easier to grip and less prone to damage. I don't like plastic on phones (my galaxy s2 is plastic) unless it's got that soft plastic stuff which feels great in the hand but not used anymore.Considering it's only the back cover really affected by this plastic I don't see the huge big deal. if it really saves on money, but I really don't think it will be worth it for apple to do this unless they take the current iphone 5 and literally just change the back cover. Considering this will be coming out arround the same time the new flagship would, this would take the place of the 4s and at the 100-150 price point, it still would be too expensive for a year old model with cheaper materials. I really am not sure what apple is gaining by making a new cheaper model when it is one of the only companies smart enough to use a previous year flagship as the cheaper device. This means you are getting a premium device, but not the most modern. If i compare the iphone 4, the free iphone, to a number of free android phones you will NOT have the same quality (unless the android phone is on sale). The cheap phones that come out with android are generally crap, run slow and are just not worth it. if you used the previous years high end models as the cheaper phones however, there is more value. I am sure this also saves the company some money as it's not a new model, it's a model they have been producing already. The android market would be much better on the low and medium end, if they did this. I am not biased in anyway toward or against apple, but I think this is one of apples biggest strengths, that and the product life which, from this article I see the iphone 3gs is STILL supported with updates. that's 3 generations ago. My best friend bought a photon 4g a year ago and at that time it was one of sprints best phones, and that didn't even get a jelly bean update...This story rings true for MANY none flagship android phones and even some flagships. the life of an android phone as referred to updates is barely if at all, apple to live through it's 2 years. You can root but rooting should only be done because you want to tinker, not because you want to be on a current version of software, that should be a given for at least 2 years if not more. Even android tablets suffer from this, and tablets are not on an upgrade schedule. when you purchase one you intend on having it a long time. This comes with making "cheaper models" rather than a couple different but similar enough models and using previous models as the "cheaper models". I will never buy a cheap android phone and would rather a previous or current year flagship if I have to. I know too many people who "hate" android, but they don't actually realize that it's not android they hate, it's their phone which was built extremely cheaply and freezes by just opening up an app.
Yeah, Apple"s budget/cheap iPhone is made from plastic, therefore plastic must not be cheap. Makes sense O-o
So Apple is going the Android route with multiple current devices now? I thought Apple's current stable of one current and two prior versions to cover multiple price points was sufficient. Or, do some of these targeted "emerging markets" have LTE already? Some well-established markets (I'm looking at you, England!) have /just/ rolled out LTE...
For the last few years they've had 3 phones to sell, because they keep the two old models around, but I think a better idea is to sell a new cheap 4" one and a new premium 4" one, and kill everything else. I hope that's what they're doing.
This all makes sense. I had originally thought that a low-cost iPhone would need to have a smaller screen. Made from the same touchscreen panel that the Retina iPad mini might eventually use. But now I'm thinking that there are at least two reasons why Apple wouldn't want to do that (smaller screen than 4", using iPad mini Retina screen technology).
Reason 1: Using the same 1136x640 screen across all late-model iPhones would, you guessed it, give Apple better economy of scale on the touchscreen component. Larger component orders -> lower cost per unit. Same as ever. And I've come to realize that a physically smaller 1136x640 screen would make some tap targets inconveniently small. Non-starter.
Of course, there's a chance that Apple could cut costs by using the 4/4S-sized 960x640 screen. They could use the same basic LCD panel technology and dot-pitch. But that would require "letterboxing" HD video because it would be 3:2 instead of 16:9. And that would reduce the low-cost iPhone's appeal as a media consumption device.
Reason 2: Maybe there never will be a Retina iPad mini. Or maybe Apple won't need to ship a Retina iPad mini for years. The 1x resolution screen looks fine because the pixels are all smaller than on the full-sized iPad. And if you really want Retina in all its glory, Apple can upsell you to the full-sized iPad.
Because, after all, the full-sized iPad is supposed to be the high-end model, with more power and better features than the low-end iPad mini. Same as the MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro lines. So maybe, for the time being (say the next 2 or 3 years) Apple won't put a Retina screen in the iPad mini. And maybe they won't put Retina screens in the MacBook Air for a few years. (But that's a different thread.)
I don't believe this rumor personally. Just doesn't make sense for how Apple normally operates
iLounge doesn't just say thing.
They are selling their current phones - deemed "premium" by pretty much everyone - in record numbers pretty much everywhere. This includes emerging markets where the device is available. It seems odd to me that they would really feel the need to dilute their line of products with another phone that is the same but a little different.
Besides, I've always heard that the screen is most of the cost of the device and yet that's not where they are skimping according to this rumor. So assuming the screen is the same but the case isn't - just how much "cheaper" can anyone expect it to be? Doesn't seem like they would get all that much wiggle room out of it - unless they cut into their margins.
It makes no sense for Apple to start playing the margins game when they are at the top of their own game and can set the rules on their terms. My guess is if this phone gets made that it doesn't come to the US.
Another possibility is that this is simply the first step for Apple to move all of their phones away from glass and aluminum while retaining the market perception of "premium" materials.
I don't use Apple phones btw (well, for work I do). I think the squared body and glass is uncomfortable to hold and the OS experience is subpar. Still, I respect Apple's accomplishments.
In the case of the 5 I'd say the aluminium milling process is very expensive. That and they can use a cheaper camera and smaller storage in the cheap model.
Love the site, but honestly, Rene, what's up with the constant reusing of the iPhone 5 mockup photo? It worked about 9 months ago when the iPhone 5 was an unknown, but it's time to update the graphic.
Because they don't have a photo of this cheap iPhone.
Apple's "cheap" is basically mid range or high end for everyone else.
If the iPod touch 5th gen is $299, a version with cellular radio is going to be $130 more. So, around $400 to $450 for off contract pricing.
This seems to be very close to my suggestions of a few weeks ago. It was Steve Jobs who once called the iPod Touch, "the iPhone without a contract". My idea was to base the lower priced iPhone on the iPod Touch. They share the exact same screen, but the iPod has a lower spec camera, then use plastic for the case.
The screen is usually the most expensive component, so it still makes me wonder why an iPhone is priced at more than double the price of an equivalent iPod Touch.
NAND are not the same in iPod Touch. Screen is worst on iPod Touch. No 4G, or 3G Qualcomm chipset means it is quite alot of cost saving here. No Cell Network Antenna and tuning required.
While they look similar on a high level. Fundamentally they are very difference devices.
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I ran across this video interview of Shephard Clark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qr-3wmMhQI For me it was pretty wild, but I know there are still a lot of Shephard Clark fans out there that will love it.
I ran across this video interview of Shephard Clark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qr-3wmMhQI For me it was pretty wild, but I know there are still a lot of Shephard Clark fans out there that will love it.
I can't open the link. Is he working for the Equal Opportunity Employment agency?
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Ugh, that was weird and so pretentious. Shep looks like he's pushing 50, and the woman seems to have had so many face lifts & Botox injections that she can't move her mouth to talk anymore. I remember seeing him perform at my local rink when he was about 13 years old. What did he say about his skating career ... that he beat out 4 people who went on to become Olympic gold medalists? That he did quad loops? It was so annoying that I stopped watching it before the half-way mark.
Yeah, that was weird. I remember Shep as being hot looking back in the day, he looks awfully doughy here, and the eyebrows? Why is he being interviewed?
He had a nice lyrical quality as a skater, and nice long lines, but he wasn't a consistent jumper, he had those low tight spinny kind of jumps. Funny that he should brag about his jumping ability, he certainly wasn't noted for it when he competed at senior nationals.
I remember Dick Button laying him out at one nationals (Clark was a perennial top10 finisher, but never medalist). Button said he should either make some serious changes to his training or give up competing. Clark did eventually move to Boston, but it was very late in his career. He competed at nationals until he was 28.
Thanks for the link. Shepherd said that people often spell his name wrong... and he's right
Wow, his eyebrows are fascinating. I actually think his eyebrows are the strangest thing about the video (other than the host ). Otherwise, I think Shepherd's passion and enthusiasm about his projects and about helping people and stray cats is quite exemplary. At least he's doing something with his life beyond being greedy and materialistic. He seems to have a strong faith and optimism after coming back from wanting to commit suicide. More power to Shepherd. I fondly remember enjoying watching his skating.
Shepherd's references to records he set during his skating career is also very interesting. I think Shepherd's record of sectionals wins and consecutive Nationals appearances speaks for itself. What about his references to difficult jump combinations? Is a 3-axel, 3-loop something that is still considered impossible, and is he the only person or one of a few to ever complete this combination cleanly?
I wish Shepherd lots of good luck with his many projects, and with trying to incorporate figure skating with his ambitious endeavors.
Well, he didn't used to look like that when he was a teen to twenty something skater. I listened to the whole recording here, and I'm still not sure what he does.
When you are up to your arse in alligators it is difficult to remember you were only meant to be draining the swamp.
Wiki entry (which sounds very much like he wrote it himself ) doesn't say.
I also found this extremely odd piece: http://www.inmag.com/profiles/shepherd-clark.html
Er, what?
I kinda miss Shepherd at Nationals; there was always such suspense with him. Would he show up? Would he have trained? Would he have a program or would he just go out there and kind of wing it? Would he skate to the 1812 Overture again?
Wheee! You never knew what you would get with him.
ETA: Ah, here is a fairly recent article about Sir Shepherd the jewelry designer, so I guess that is still what he does: http://www.prlog.org/11753430-sir-sh...u-del-mar.html I guess this is his website? http://shop.houseofshow.com/main.sc
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."-- Albert Einstein.
I like how they call him "former figure skating champion" when his highest finish at Nat's was fourth. As for his skating, I liked the fact that he did a layback spin.
My job requires me to be a juggler, but that does not mean that I enjoy working with clowns.
Shepherd has always been like an eccentric gay character from a Dickens novel set in the 19th century. Still will never forget being at 2000 Nationals, where rumor had it that was inviting other male skaters up to his room to see jewel collection and one skater brought his mother up with him. (Hey, she wanted to see the diamonds. ) .... Oh and then the teary-eyed w/d mid-SP, cringing in pain, to a standing ovation as he took a lap around the rink waving to the crowd while crying.
He actually was a very talented skater.
Time was, without Shepherd, there would have been very little representation from the South at Nationals!
I couldn't bring myself to watch the entire video. (I hate it when people act like their pets are miniature people -- I think it's disrespectful.)
But I don't have any problem with Clark calling himself a champion figure skater. He made it to Nationals for many years and even won the pewter medal and he's one other competitions. He was an elite figure skater and that's what "champion" means to most people not involved in the sport.
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Clark was US junior champion, so I assume that's what he means if he referred to himself as a US champion. He also won a couple of senior B events and plenty of regional and sectional titles over the years.
I actually really enjoyed this interview. He seems very excited about his art, skating and jewelry, it's nice to see such passion. Sure he's unique but in the art world he's very normal. He's just proud of himself and should be, it's extremely hard to get a pewter medal.
He's turned into Norma Desmond.
I don't have a problem with him being proud of his skating, and I knew that he was into jewelry design, but I find this interview disturbing. His appearance, treating his cat like a person, the random interview topics, the set, the bizarre looking interviewer - it's as if he's sunk to doing anything for attention. This isn't arty, it's just weird.


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In May, 2011 the Museum took delivery of ex-Santa Fe Railway ALCO PA-1 locomotive #59L. The locomotive joins the Museum's Historic Santa Fe Collection, and is one of two ALCO PAs repatriated from Mexico in 2000 through the efforts of William Withuhn of the Smithsonian Institution and noted railway preservationist Doyle McCormack.
The #59L and its running mate #62L, are now among the rarest early generation diesel locomotives in the U.S. Through an agreement with the Smithsonian, #62L was painstakingly restored to Nickel Plate Road livery and numbered 190 by Mr. McCormack, while #59L was to have become part of the SI's collection. Plans for the Smithsonian unit changed, and the locomotive sat in a rail yard near Portland, OR for almost 10 years. When it appeared that #59L was headed for an uncertain fate, the Museum expressed interest in acquiring and restoring the locomotive.
Through the generosity of the Smithsonian and a commitment of transportation by the BNSF Railway, the locomotive was donated and moved to the Museum's new home in Frisco, TX. The unit was offloaded from flatcars and reassembled onto its trucks, where it awaits movement to the Museum's 12.5-acre facility to be completed later this year. The PA-1 will be meticulously restored to its original Santa Fe grandeur of the 1950s, when it could be found powering the line's famous fleet of Chief streamliners.
"It's the successful end of a 26-year saga to rescue AT&SF 59…Now it's the beginning of a new role for this great American icon thanks to the Museum of the American Railroad." --William Withuhn, Curator Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution
Having reached sanctuary in Texas, the Museum is developing a comprehensive plan for restoration of the unit's carbody. The locomotive is in need of extensive repairs as a result of a 1981 derailment while in service in Mexico. Work will include repair and replacement of the underlying carbody truss work. Fortunately, the locomotive's platform (frame) and forward vertical posts are undamaged, providing an excellent base along with reference points for structural repairs. The use of truss work in #59L's carbody design is essentially that of a bridge; once these damaged members are repaired and/or replaced, the locomotive's exterior panels can be fabricated and applied.
Watch this page for details about the upcoming restoration of Santa Fe ALCO PA-1 #59L, and ways you can contribute to this exciting one-of-a-kind project to preserve a legend!
Click here for the compelling story of the repatriation of ALCO PA-1 #59L - Saved by Bill Withuhn.
Bill Withuhn, Curator of Technology and Transportation, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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We are very grateful to those individuals and organizations that enabled us to acquire and move the #59L to its new home in Frisco. Obviously, much work lies ahead in order to restore this historic locomotive to its former Santa Fe grandeur.
We will tackle this massive project in phases. Phase One will entail repairs and restoration of the cab/nose section of the unit. This will involve replacement of several exterior compound steel panels on the cab roof and nose, along with the underlying structural skeleton to which they are attached. A replacement nose door will be located or fabricated and installed (the original door was stolen just prior to movement to Texas). Additional components are being repaired such as the MARS signal light, the signature rooftop number boards, horns (2 LESLIE A200-156), and cab controls. The locomotive's pilot and anti-climber will also be repaired/replaced as part of Phase One work.
After initial repairs to the forward section are completed, work on the carbody will begin. This is undoubtedly the most challenging part of #59L's restoration. The carbody's underlying truss-work was heavily damaged in the 1981 derailment when the locomotive essentially rolled on its side/roof. Using the undamaged vertical posts just ahead of the cab side doors as a reference point, the truss-work will be realigned and/or replaced in order bring the carbody into tram from front to rear. All vertical truss members will be made plumb to the side sills and roof sills. Once symmetry of the truss-work is reestablished, the locomotive will receive ballast to compensate for the loss of its prime mover (engine and main generator). This will achieve its original service weight and compress the truck suspensions. A full set of locomotive prints has been secured from ALCO Engineering Archives, which provides great detail of all aspects of the locomotive's design and dimensions. Plans are also being developed to fabricate a suitable substitute for the side air intake grills. A sample of the original stainless steel grills is being used to develop a cost-effective replacement design.
After structural integrity of the locomotive's carbody has been restored, we will move toward the application of new roof and exterior side sheeting, including the stainless steel floating panels that were unique to Santa Fe versions of the PA-1s. Final cosmetic work will entail painting the locomotive in DuPont's Imron polyurethane enamel in the classic Santa Fe Warbonnet scheme (see Project F-7).
The locomotive will be placed on permanent exhibit at the Museum's new facility in Frisco. Interpretation will include its contribution to the post-war streamliner era of railroading and the legacy of Santa Fe's famous Chief streamliners to California and Texas. The locomotive's years of service as Delaware & Hudson #16 "M.A. Davis," and National Railroad of Mexico DH-16 will also be included in its interpretation.
The ALCO PA-1 diesel locomotives, particularly those used on Santa Fe, enjoy a very loyal following. The Museum of the American Railroad is proud to be the steward of one of a handful still in existence - and the only unit to be restored to its original Santa Fe appearance. In order to restore #59L and return it to its former grandeur, we need to cultivate stakeholders in the project nationwide. This is your opportunity to participate in the creation of something that only currently exists in photographs and legend. We are seeking your support through funding of this project and fulfilling needs for certain goods and services. The rail enthusiast community has an opportunity to take an active role in an exciting project that will celebrate the history of this locomotive and inspire future generations.
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Funds to secure the services of our highly experienced welder/steel fabricator for Phase one cab repairs. The approximate cost of this initial work is $50,000. This will make a profound difference in the appearance of the locomotive and demonstrate significant progress toward restoration of the carbody.
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