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- 1 Requirements for the Common Printing Dialog and its API
- 2 General
Requirements for the Common Printing Dialog and its API
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Application and Print Dialog communication shall use DBUS except for PDF content, for which sockets will be used.
Status: Approved
Option Icons
Applications and also printer drivers/PPDs may assign icons to options and choices. Icons from printer drivers/PPDs shall be embedded in the PPD and shall be UU-encoded (base64).
What format and size (in case of raster format) shall the icons be in?
Status: Pending
Applications may send preview of a document page to the dialog. The dialog must accept partial previews and notify the application if it needs additional pages. This will enable the dialog to quickly show a preview, even for large documents.
Status: Approved
Preview Format
Application shall send preview of a document page in PDF format
- Sending preview as PDF is a burden to the dialog. Since previews are scaled down version the actual page a icon graphical format is sufficient
- This should be okay for small previews, applications can choose to send a simplified document (e.g. without large graphics). A PDF preview will also look much better, because there are no problems with scaling.
Status: Pending
DBUS Service Name
The API for the common print dialog shall be accessible on the session bus under org.openprinting.PrintDialog
Status: Pending
Multiple Print Dialogs
The dialog backend must support more than one dialog at the same time. All of those dialogs will be accessible on the session bus, to avoid the overhead of private connections. Furthermore, this will allow us to use dbus service activation, i.e. no daemon is needed.
An application may run more than one printing dialog simultaneously. This will be useful for SDI applications, in which a single process might have many documents opened in different windows. Examples for such applications: gedit, firefox.
Status: Pending
Option Change Notification
The application will be notified whenever any print option changes (not just its own). It shall also have the possibility to fetch the current value of any option.
Status: Pending
Document Size
Applications may send the size of the final document to the dialog before sending the document itself. This allows the dialog to give the user some kind of feedback for the status of the print job transfer.
Status: Pending
Option Hints
There are many ways for a dialog to visualize an option of a specific type. For example, a numeric option might be shown as a slider, a spinbox, or even a combination of the two. Many applications also allow the user to choose the unit in which he specifies the option value (see the gimp for example).
Therefore, it would be nice if the dialog could get some more information about an option. Since this information is purely aesthetic and not compulsory, I propose to allow an application to add any number of Hints to an option.
Some examples:
- "font" - for string options representing a font, in X naming scheme (gedit has font options)
- "color" - for integer options representing RGBA color values
- "existing-file" - for string options, dialog can supply file chooser
- "resolution" - for real values representing a resolution, the dialog might offer different units (dots/inch, dots/cm, ...)
- "length" - a length, a dialog might offer different units (inch, points, cm, mm, ...)
In the PPD file, we could introduce a keyword
*OPOptionHints <optionname>: Hint1, Hint2, ..., HintN
A dialog implementation may choose to ignore those hints.
Status: Pending
Application specific Presets and Tags
An application shall have the ability to add custom presets and tags.
Status: Pending
Option Saving
The dialog may remember printing options for each application and/or document. This should happen completely transparent to the application.
OpenOffice.org saves printing settings (selected print queue and option settings) in its documents. To not require OOo to change the feature with the introduction of the Common Printing Dialog, the dialog should set the remembered options before OpenOffice sets its own options.
There should be some kind of configuration option for the user to turn this feature off.
Handling of "InstallableOptions" group in PPD
The "InstallableOptions" group in the PPD allows to configure which optional accessories are installed on a printer. This way choices in the user options which only make sense if an appropriate accessory is installed can get invalidated by conflict definitions ("*UIConstraints:"). The options in the "InstallableOptions" group are usually only configured by the system administrator or they are configured automatically. A user who simply wants to print does not need to see them, and he also does not need to see choices in the other options which are only useful for an accessory which is not installed.
So all options in the "InstallableOptions" group should never be shown by the dialog and of all the other options should not show any choices which conflict with settings of options in the "InstallableOptions" group. If after that an option reduces to 1 or 0 choices, this option should also not be shown.
Example: The "InstallableOptions" group has the option "DuplexUnit" with the choices "Installed" and "NotInstalled". "NotInstalled" naturally conflicts with "DuplexTumble" and "DuplexNoTumble" but not with "None" of the "Duplex" option. So in the case that a printer has no duplex unit installed the "DuplexUnit" option is set to "NotInstalled" and so "DuplexTumble" and "DuplexNoTumble" do not get shown. As the "Duplex" option then would show only "None", the "Duplex" option will not be shown at all and always the setting "None" be submitted.
The application has to communicate the following things with the dialog:
- User clicks "Print": Application generates PDF from the document and sends it to the dialog, along with the list of application-specific options (all choices, ranges, icons, ...) and their settings, application-specific constraints for the printer or CUPS options, printer option settings and queue selection which were saved with the document, window ID of the application (to inform app when dialog gets killed).
- Dialog loads list of print queues from CUPS, options for the currently selected queue, and shows the PDF in the preview and the quick selection buttons of the current printer. The dialog reports its window ID back to the app.
- If user changes application-specific options, new settings are reported back to the app immediately and app sends new, updated PDF.
- If user changes printer-specific options, CUPS options, or the print queue, nothing is reported back to the app. The preview gets updated.
- If user clicks "Print" in the dialog, the PDF as it is currently is sent off into the print queue, along with a list of the settings for the CUPS options and the printer-specific options. The choice of the queue, the CUPS option settings and the settings of the printer-specific options are reported back to the application, so that the application can save them with the document to be used on the next printout.


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Re: Harbaugh Supports Cam's decision to Pass!!!
Harbaugh is the head coach. He needs to act like one. His job is to make sure we have some sort of balanced attack. The problem is he has too many ties with Cam. Cam gave him his first coaching job. Ozzie or Biscotti need to intervene soon.
Cam is always trying to outsmart his opponents. Well 3 times this year it has backfired. Run the ball to set up the pass please! This passing to set up the run is not the Ravens identity.
Cam will be here till seasons end. Then he will be looking for another job. It is a shame that we have put together this team and can't steer it in the right direction.
Is Harbaugh Andy Reid lite?
Had to watch the game in a sports bar in Portsmouth, NH and had a long drive home to think about our team. Do coordinators learn their style from their HCs. If so, can we expect a team that will consistently make the playoffs but lacks the "killer instinct" and HC acumen to seal the deal and get to and win the Superbowl. I know that we should be very happy that we have gone to the playoffs 3 years in a row and a lot of NFL cities would kill for that record, but when our primary rival has been twice and won one in the same time frame it tends to cloud your judgement.:usa: Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less"--GEN R. E. Lee
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Re: Harbaugh Supports Cam's decision to Pass!!!
There is a constant thread that people expect a HC to verbalize everything so the fans are happy that their feelings are validated. Most of the comments are the last thing that would realistically happen in the real world, and would suggest a lack of a "foxhole" mentality. What is on the surface does mean it is what is real; otherwise "tell-all" books would not be popular.
I am an attorney. If I opened an office I could not cover all of the areas of the law because some are not in my menu. I would hire associates with a focus in those areas. I would not at any time intervene to tell them how to do their line of work. I would control how they deal with clients, the business practices and the costs, but if it came down to a client versus the associate, I would publicly support the latter unless it was an offense that caused termination. I may rip them a new one behind closed doors, but it would not be in front of the staff either. And if how they handled their line of work was questionable, eventually they are gone. Coming out in the public and ripping your people is a recipe for disaster.
I watched the sidelines at the Cardinals game. In the first half, I saw Harbaugh slowly wander near Cameron, then stop and I saw his lips move. Cameron picked his head up suddenly, then put it down and stared at his sheet without moving. Harbaugh just stood there moving his lips, then turned around abruptly and walked up the sideline. He never looked on the field, and was staring toward the endzone. My impression was that he was controlled in what he was saying and how he was saying it. Was he giving any comments without giving any video for discussion? Who knows?
There are some issues under the surface. The team is 6-3 right now. If they go 4-3, then they are 10-6. If they find a way to push past any boiling issue, then it could be better. The challenge to Harbaugh right now is to find a way to pull all of this together and avoid a meltdown. There are a ton of egos bouncing off the walls of all of the rooms in Owings Mills.
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Re: Harbaugh Supports Cam's decision to Pass!!!
John Harbaugh is incapable of PREPARING FOR SUCCESS, and it trickles down (I wonder if he is altogether ignored in some circles in the locker room). I am curious as to your take from a Steeler bent - do you think the talent is there, and it is the leadership that is failing?
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Re: Is Harbaugh Andy Reid lite?
Andy Reid has been to a Superbowl. And they lost by 3 points to the Cheatriots. There is a very good chance that the Eagles were victims of spygate.
Having said that I'd prefer to think of the Ravens as the next group of Colts instead of Eagles lite. How many times in a row did the Colts have 10+ win seasons and make the playoffs before finally reaching and winning a Superbowl? It was like 6.
The problem for Ravens fans isnt even that the Steelers have won it recently. It's that we've got aging players whose windows are closing, Ray and Ed namely. Ravens fans seem to feel like if we don't win it while they are still here its no point. I'd love to see those guys get rings, especially Ed, but I disagree. If we win before they retire thats great but if its after they are gone.... thats great to.
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Re: Harbaugh Supports Cam's decision to Pass!!!
Youre upset over a gatorade bath and claiming that because the players did that, that the coach isnt championship caliber? Id sooner say that the fact that Harbs doesnt have them focused AFTER an emotional win is the telling sign. I dont think the gatorade bath shows anything except that beating the Steelers is important to this team which it is because we have to get through them to get to the championship. Im not sure what the problem with focus is, but that should be your argument not that they celebrate emotional wins. Ive seen every team in the league do that, including your Steelers. I love that Steelers fans seem so quick to point out the Ravens flaws this week while completely ignoring the fact that they lost to them twice and in doing so are pointing out their own flaws. If were that horrible they should have beat us and they couldnt.-JAB
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Re: John Harbaugh - Handed the keys to the car but failed the regular maintenance
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Re: Harbaugh Supports Cam's decision to Pass!!!
First, I am not upset over it. I thought it was revealing of the Ravens mindset. Harbaugh is the one that creates the mindset and atmosphere that leads to that event happening. Second, the wins against the Steelers were big wins. I don't think the Ravens suck, I think they are a darn good football team. Heck, half the time I think my opinion of your team is higher than most of your own fans. That drive by Flacco and company was exactly the kind of thing it takes to win a championship. But those wins are gonna be fairly hollow if your team watches the Steelers advance further in the play-offs again. Maybe I will be dead wrong, maybe the Ravens will win it all this year...it wouldn't shock me...but gatorade baths at mid-season aren't helping them get there.
Re: Harbaugh Supports Cam's decision to Pass!!!
In my opinion you should worry about the Steelers end of season record and how it compares to the Ravens and not worry about a presser for the Ravens. Stir stir stir the pot.

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The trial begins on a dark night in the country of Myanmar. A woman was asleep in her bed when she heard a knocking at the door. She opened it and discovered a man in a bathing suit who was gasping for breath and stumbled in. She gave him shelter and thus committed among the most grievous crimes possible in the state of Myanmar according to the military junta which rules this country. She gave the man a drink of juice and offered him food. There is no question offering food and drink to a stranger in the state of Myanmar is equivalent to seeking to undermine the foundations of the state. After all, it everyone gave food and drink to strangers how would the police know who is loyal to the decree of not offering food and drink to anyone other than members of your family?
Aung San Suu Kyi, who major crime is believing there is such a thing as democracy in her nation, is on trial for committing a crime. Is the crime opening her door at night? Is the crime offering a stranger food and drink? Is the crime speaking to the stranger without asking permission of the government? In reality, her crime has nothing to do with the stranger, but with the love held for her by the people of Burma.
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Discussion in 'February 2014' started by roscoe36, Oct 21, 2013.
His beard was way cooler than Moose's
Josh Smith was 6-6 at the rim and 2-10 everywhere else. 3-9 from the FT line. He really needs to just stay in the paint. Maybe the coach should tell him he's the C so that he plays at least like a PF. Jennings was 1-5 at the rim. 2-9 from the arc. 0-3 from college 3 territory. Abysmal shooting. All of the guards in the game for us were 2-6 at the rim. That is a severe lack of penetration. Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond attempted 19 shots in the paint and 1 outside the paint. That doesn't create much spacing for the guards to penetrate, but at least they are sticking to what they are good at. We had the same number of transition opportunities as Orlando, but they scored about 1.3 points per opportunity and we were at around 0.7. Multiply those by 14 as each team had 14 transition attempts and that's more than an 8 point differential right there. Similar story with the P&R's. We attempted it about the same number of times but had way less success than they did. If Cheeks is going to experiment with something, he should take a stab at doing what every sportswriter and analyst has been saying since before the season started- bring a big off the bench in order to create some spacing and have a prayer at defending the perimeter. It's scary to me that his solution is the yank rookies and bench players at the slightest mistake while he lets the big problems continue to fester. What good is a players coach if he doesn't have the good will to enact a hard decision? And now he's openly bickering with Will Bynum, who abstained from the last mutiny. Two weeks ago, Kyle Singler was stuck at power forward defending guys 50 pounds heavier than him in an insane small ball experiment and now he's our starting SG? That's just schizophrenic coaching.
Nothing's been right in Pistonland since we gave away Billups and Aflollo for AI. Let's just hope 32 wins is enough for a top 5 pick....which means lose to every team below us for the rest of the season.
You have to wonder how long it will take him to figure that the people who have been following the Pistons the longest know more about the Pistons DNA than he does. He is obviously ignoring the local Piston media grunts. Did we ever send him a link to the Pistonsforum..website? It should have been sent to every coaching candidate as required reviewing prior to their interview. Then again maybe Joe has it blocked on everyone's computer in the Palace and every employee of the Pistons.org....
It's just basketball conventional wisdom. If you go with a unique model, you better be able to show its benefits over 50 games. Admit it isn't working at some point.
How many reverse layups did the Pistons give up last night? I feel like every other basket the Magic scored was on a reverse layup. Drummond was bad on D last night. It seems like he's been doing better there, but he took a step back in this game. Josh Smith gets his flaws poured over regularly, but he does some good things also. I heard him tell Drummond a few times to "watch the pump fakes" and in other games imploring him to "dunk it" when he's quasi-close to the rim. He was also the one active player to try and calm Bynum down when he was beefing with Coach Cheecks and got into it with both the Heat and 76'ers when Jennings had his ball incidents with both teams.
Smith's ruuning dunk in the lane was the play of the game. That was nasty.
This was appalling. Josh Smith was the only Pistons player who had a remotely decent game. The Pistons' idea of team basketball is for Jennings, Bynum, Smith, Stuckey, and sometimes Monroe, to each take turns going one on five. That's not even college basketball. Selfishness and careless unforced turnovers, were the reason for this loss. If you look at this team and actually believe that Kyle Singler is the reason for this completely clueless and dysfunctional team's problems, then you are as mentally retarded as Lee. Pistons= 19 assists to 15 turnovers Magic= 29 assists to 11 turnovers That's ball game. Fire Mo Cheeks now.
Josh smith's game was only good due to his activity at point blank range. It was garbage outside the paint. I don't dislike his game, just wish the coach harnessed it.
Please be careful not to directly insult others...........Instead....say then you are as off base as Lee...
Does "clueless" qualify as an insult?
Sure thing. Let's refer to the Special Olympics from now on as the "Off Base Olympics". People who should be participating the event could think that they're playing baseball.
We've got one rule here. It's been the same rule for years. Be nice. No insulting other posters. If you disagree with their post, talk about their ideas. If someone truly drives you up the wall, ignore them. We've had relative peace and harmony here for 3 years. Let's try to keep that standard going.
You're shifting the analogy. By your logic, they should be called the mentally retarded olympics. And what is off base about them anyway?
Come on man, sunk cost fallacy. Better keep Smith playing 32mpg at SF, we have already come this far....
It qualifies as a Movie Title.......
Then we signed Ben Gordon with that money and had to give up a ist round pick to get rid of him.
I agree with @lapiston here...The guard play was what sunk this ship. I know hindsight is 20/20, but what would this team be like had we signed Calderon to a three year deal and draft Burke to come off the bench for 20 minutes a game? Or kept Calderon and still drafted KCP? A true point guard would average 11 assists a game, easy with this team.
Calderon doesn't need to penetrate to be good either. He's deadly on the perimeter and seems to generate assists without so many drive and kicks. But that's kind of a dead end too. It's not like any team is ever going to win a Championship with Jose or Jennings as their starting PG.
I liked Calderon. Defense isn't his specialty, so pairing him with KCP may have worked nicely. Would that have taken us to the promised land? No, but it would be better than the current mess.
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4th and 1 on their own 38. Beginning of the second quarter. Carolina was tied 14-14 with Virginia Tech after a back-and-forth opening period. The Tar Heels seemed a bit out of sync: they'd scored two touchdowns, yes, but eight penalties had cost them 62 yards, and it appeared that a flow hadn't been established. In other words, the game's momentum was up for grabs. Then, it was put in the hands of Giovani Bernard.
4th and 1 on their own 38. What to do? The teams changed ends of the field during the TV timeout between quarters, and a lively discussion was going on on the home sideline. "Coach Fedora, I think he wanted to punt," receiver Erik Highsmith said. "But we were like, 'No, coach! We can get this. No! We're going to go get this!'"
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4th and 1 at their own 38. The result was not only a 62-yard touchdown. It was a signature play early in the Larry Fedora era, and it led to a signature win.Turner Walston is the managing editor of Tar Heel Monthly.
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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by spikydurian, Oct 13, 2012.
lala, why are you so upset?
Kurt Browning is entitled to his opinion.
You are entitled to yours.
If he had meant that, he could have said something like Buttle and Plushenko both showed how to combine amazing jumps with amazing artistry.
I'm not a plushy Uber BTW, I'm just saying how it could have sounded to people reading the tweet.
Well, Plushenko sure didn't act "sportsmanlike" and congratulatory toward Evan on the podium. Plush's behavior in 2010 upon winning Olympic silver and missing out on gold was something you'd never have seen from skaters like Kurt Browning.
Obviously no rehash needed, but at 2010 Olympics, Plush definitely questioned Lysacek's and other male skaters' manhood for not doing quads. That's one reason why quads are just "soooo necessary" these days.
Plush could have been an artistic God but earlier in his career (especially since Mishin has always been more focused on jumps, in a similar way to Coach Z in the U.S.) Plush failed to fully develop the artistic side of his skating. Belatedly he's trying to now, because of what Weir, Lambiel, Buttle, Dai, Chan, Abbott, and a budding Hanyu have brought to the sport.
Once Yags retired, Plush got lazy in the artistic expression department, IMHO. He was winning all the time (and certainly was not being challenged artistically by skaters like Goebel and Joubert), so he relied on his jumps, his charm, and his footwork.
There's no reason in the world that Kurt would have even thought of "dissing" another skater in the way you still seem to be saying he must have "meant." Clearly, in his follow-up tweet, Kurt was both bemused and apologetic to Plush fans who mistook his meaning. And, as another poster here already pointed out, Kurt had inserted a thumbs-up in his original tweet after his reference to Plushenko's jumping (which was not visible to all, depending upon how the tweet was accessed).
In any case, Kurt was praising what Buttle brought to that competition, just like a lot of fans have been doing here on FSU, as well Kurt was praising Plush's jumps, again just like a lot of fans have done on FSU.
Oh, this age old "once Yags retired" argument. Repeating it won't make it more true. Funny that Plushy's more famous programs like Nijunsky all came along when Yags retired. And from the several shows that I attended in the past two years, the audience IS treating Plushy as an artistic God. They were not screaming and clapping their heads off for Quads, which Plushy did not perform during shows. They were clapping for great skating speed, connection with the audience, command of ice, the projection of emotions, and the excitement you get from his skating. That was why show organizers always serve him out as the main dish.
We can argue with words here on messaging board until faces are turning blue, in the real world, people voice their opinions with their money and their feet. Jumping Bean or Artistic God, he is the one and the only Plushenko.
EP: I believe that Lysacek is good but an average athlete. He is not unique....Unique athletes are Chan, Yagudin, Urmanov, Petrenko, Browning, Boitano. But Lysacek ... I think he won because of the judges.
I agree with him. He said what is his opinion, he was brave, and he had army of supporters.
Plunshenko has always been an artistic god in his exhibition and show programs, showing remarkable versatility. That's what has made it so frustrating when his competitive programs have been empty, the same thing that makes it frustrating to watch potentially great programs become watered down to unrecognizable over the course of a season.
You cannot praise one thing of someone without praising every other thing as well? That is just ridiculous.
Plushenko has other great qualities like personalities. How about not putting it in the sentence as well? Does it mean someone's dissing his personalities when the poster praised his jumps without mentioning his great personalities??
You're the one who posted about "the shade" and showed how to mis-interpret the original tweet. I thought those are your opinion.
Plushenko received his first perfect 6.0 mark when he was 16, the youngest ever for a man, and by the time the old system was mothballed after the 2003-04 season, Plushenko had amassed 75 perfect 6.0s, including the last four given out to a male competitor at the Worlds (2004, for free skating presentation).
And if you were intrested in FS before SLC you can remeber, Plush beat Yagudin more than once, look at this, i think it's very unequivocal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbjJufbHXpE&list=FLiq7gYWVwyinmFDs286ioww&index=49&feature=plpp_video with ABC comentar, Plushy charmed them,no doubt.
ISN'T HE ARTISTRY????? Or his Moonlight Sonata, Adagio, Tango and Flamenco, Bolero, Gipsy dance, ETC.?
Don't expect everyone to agree.
It's not "disrespectful" to disagree; no matter who offers their opinion.
Yep, he will forever be the one and the only Plushenko, and that's saying a lot. He gets loads of respect from people, even those who are not necessarily huge fans. He unfortunately lost his perspective and sportsmanlike attitude when Lysacek won gold in 2010. Certainly Lysacek is not a skating God, but Plush's reaction to being beat did not win him any fans (particularly among TPTB in fs and general public). Sure "in the last couple of years," Plush has been working on his carriage over the ice, on his artistic side, and on transitions more than he had been doing circa 2003 - 2006. When Plush came back for 2010 Olympics, he was still relying on jumps, charm and footwork, while his upper body was not doing very much.
Yes, figure skating is a very subjective sport, GoGreen. Yes, take Yags out of the equation too. You're right, Plush did have some kickin' artistic programs (for that era) before and after Yags retired. And in any case, I'm not one of those Yags ubers who believes that Yags was such a King in the area of artistry either. Under TT's tutelage, Yags was just beginning to explore his artistic side at 2002 Olympics. Both Yags and Plush were initially coached by Mishin, so the focus for both of them was more heavily on jumps, IMO. Again, Yags left Mishin and began to expand his focus. I concede that Plush wasn't a total slouch artistically once Yags retired. But Plush did not continue to deeply explore artistic expression because he had no one to challenge him consistently in that area.
Plush's artistry is not nonexistent (it is rather distinctive, instinctive and deriving from his personality). However, landing his jumps with a more upright carriage, paying attention to stretch, grace, fluidity and smooth moves over the ice was never Plush's strong suit. And it wasn't until Johnny Weir came along circa 2004 - 2006 that those qualities began to be more appreciated, sought after, and rewarded in skaters like Buttle and Lambiel. Even Joubert had to struggle with the new way men were being looked at. IOW, Joubert too had to begin working harder on improving his landing carriage, choreo, stretch, spin positions, and transitions (and obviously all of these factors also became more important under the new judging system).
Of course. Plushy was unbeatable, he was a real dominant skater. Those forum members who are fans of other skaters, begun to hate him. And they created some explanations, which belittled him. So the ENVY is the real reason, why is overflowing bad mouth on FSU towards Plushy. I think on FSU the members don't know or don't remember his programs, or don't want to remember...
WOW and again WOW! IF you follow him, you would know he didn't lost the people's respect after Vancouver. On the contrary, for example 2010 on GSA show Torino, the people demonstrated their support and love. Plush couldn't skate because the crowd cheering for him!
delirium for Plushenko 3 minutes!
And that isn't true, Yag more artistry skater like Plush, look at their early years, Plush has a congenital presentation skills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1vHflKsyU0 and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNCw1ZvLRvU listen to D: Button!
Yag's had 3-4 super programs choreographed by Tarasova, no more.
And I do not want to Plushy skates like Lambiel, or Weir. Plushy is the man on ice! I think this is one of the reasons, why the crowd go crazy for him, because he does the figure skating a manly way. Do you remember of his program on ECH 2012? He had a real masculine power.
I have to admit I vaguely remember that one but not by exact words.
But the question and the complete answer is
But nevertheless, he smiled (though probably bitterly) and shook Lysacek's hand on the podium. Same as Dai did (not smiling bitterly part of course) out there.
I'm sure Plush did not "lose the people's respect" in his own country lala, nor the respect of his adoring fans no matter the country.
However, I don't think the TPTB in figure skating were happy with Plush's reaction to not winning the gold in 2010. I'll bet Plush did have to work on regaining favor with TPTB, because even tho' Russian fed was also upset for Plush not winning, Plush's unsportsmanlike comments did not represent very well on the big stage, and definitely were not appreciated by everyone. It's Plush's reputation as a champion that obviously helped him overcome giving the finger to ISU judges at 2010 Olympics. Still, Plush and Russian fed are powers to be reckoned with too so quads became mandatory post-2010, especially when Chan (following Plush's heed) mastered them.
Thanks VarBar for your article link.
Indeed, Plush is right that Lysacek "won because of the judges," and that generally will always be the case (the judges necessarily will have something to do with it ), but a skater winning Olympic gold is also because of hard work, determined effort, athleticism, clean programs when others falter, fed support, and often skating politics.
As to Yags and Plushy and their "artistry," I much prefer the skating and artistry of Urmanov and Abt. I even enjoy Kulik's skating more. Altho' I do admit that Yags and Plushy took men's skating to a different level (especially Yags with the beauty of his jumps and the impact of his great desire and determination at 2002 Olympics).
And now, I'd like to praise Kurt Browning for coming back to skate one of his iconic programs competitively at the age of 46. Now that's amazing!
I personally really respect Plushenko, and I don't think that he has no artistry at all as many other people say. I rather agree with aftershocks that his artistry is more instinctive and coming from his personality. I also agree that he has been quite versatile if we look at his whole skating career, but, from what I have seen (not everything), lately his peresentation/artistry also in exhibition programs hasn't been that versatile - imho. But, admittedly, he's trying to be a bit different in his new LP.
As for "hating" him, it may be true of some people, but you can't say that about all people who don't like Plushenko's skating and/or like other skaters better. Probably they just value different things in skating more, so they don't have to "create explanations". For them, these are the real reasons for liking other skaters better, not something that's just made up. Saying that all of us just "hate'' Plushenko for being unbeatable, is disrespectful towards our opinions. Also, your attitude is disrespectful towards other skaters who actually are no worse than Plushenko, but just haven't had their best qualities rewarded as much by the system as his best quality - jumps - has been rewarded. Of course, I am not talking about Yagudin now, since he was also a great jumper, and was accordingly rewarded for that (and other things). But, the thing is, there are people (including me) who love other skaters more because of their better qualities - skating skills, carriage/lines/grace, or a different kind of artistry than Plushenko's. Saying that we are just "creating" those explanations, is like belittling those skaters and their qualities.
THX! It's enough for me. Of course,matter of taste, who is our favorite, and I respect the other skaters. But we, Plushy's fans are so angry when some people say that he isn't artistry, and say unreal thing about him. You know we have an interview with Maya Plisetskaya, she is the most famous balerina in XX. century. She said about Plushenko-I think she knows what is the beauty and what is the real art.
E.S. - I cannot not ask you about Plushenko.
M.P.- He is our favourite. He is so good that it looks like nobody can beat him. I can't imagine who can be better. He is a master, a great master who does everything beautifully, brilliantly and artistically. Also, he always looks so confident that we, his fans, cannot be not confident. He skates like an artist who knows that he is the best. Other skaters think that they are good too, but they have doubts and get nervous. Plushenko on the contrary always knows that he is much better than others, and he convinces all of us in it. He not just "works" on ice, he dances on ice masterly, and that is a wonderful thing to see.
E.S.- What do you think about his appearance?
M.P.- I think his appearance is fine. He is tall, striking, with a handsome body and long arms. He is not some cute guy from the postcard, thanks god he is not!, but he has the perfect face for the stage. The ice is the stage too.
E.S.- Who does he remind you among ballet dancers?
M.P.- He looks like Godunov, the Russian ballet dancer. The same type- tall, handsome, self-confident, with long waving in the wind and pirouettes blond hair. In ballet he would be perfect at parts performed by Godunov. He has the temperament and virtuosity for that."
Don't you believe her?
ITA with your comments lauravvv!
No, of course Plushy doesn't and should not "skate like" any other skater. Every skater to be truly great must find their own identity on the ice. Part of what makes Dai Takahashi so great IMHO, is that he has been inspired by his peers to improve all aspects of his own skating. Dai constantly seeks to challenge himself to get better. Dai has more stretch and musicality and fluid carriage than he had when he first broke on the scene in 2004 - 2005, but he expresses those qualities through his own personality and uniqueness.
I agree that Plushy indeed has a powerful personality and great will, and that it is the force of his personality which makes him a dynamic and charismatic skater. However, Plush as I said before was not consistently challenged to keep improving, particularly in the area of artistic expression. Even at 2006 Olympics, Johnny Weir's iconic Swan was placed behind Plush in the sp, due to Plush's powerful persona, great jumps, reputation with the judges, will of a champion (and sure "machismo"), but not due to Plush's less than stellar choreography and lack of transitions.
Plush obviously loves figure skating. It has been his life. He wants to make history re winning more than one Olympic gold medal. He wants to transcend the mortal ravages of age. Even should he for some reason be unable to compete at Sochi (highly unlikely since he is obviously trying to pace himself) what Plushenko has thus accomplished in the sport is remarkable and legendary. Fans of Plush may think of him as an artistic God, but IMO, Plush will ultimately be remembered for his jumps, his will, his personality, his championship wins, his rivalry with Yagudin, and for his charisma on the ice, not for his artistry.
And since you bring "masculinity" into the discussion, yes, Plush may well also be most remembered for his fun and self-mocking Sex Bomb than for any of his more artistic programs.
AND AGAIN, shout out to Kurt for his courage, hard work and brilliance! Maybe another thread should be started in Trash Can to discuss Plushenko's qualities, appeal to his fans, etc.
Okay, WOW lala, re your previous post #47, why can't you simply enjoy Plushenko without needing to have everyone else enjoy him and see in him everything that you do? Many people who are not enamored of Plush's skating greatly respect him and his accomplishments. In this thread, I have qualified and clarified and explained my statements re how I view Plushenko in terms of artistry. What more are you seeking here? There will always be debates and disagreements and differing perceptions, etc., among everyone who follows figure skating. Differing opinions, viewpoints and perceptions of Plushenko do not negate yours.
Lala, no reason to convince other people that Plushenko is artistic. In his fans eyes, he is and is the best out there. But in other people's eyes, maybe he is not artistic at all. You will never convince somebody who cannot get it.
To all other people discussing this already OT subject, I think all fans, no matter if they are Plushenko fans or other skaters fans, we could not take insults or ignorant to something untrue. That is to say, if you argue that Plushenko's programs lack of transitions or his spin is not as good as Lambiel, I do not think Plushy fans will feel being offended. But his skating is really not all about jumps, otherwise he could not be so successful over the years. Especially about his artistry, a skater who skated Tribute to Nijinsky beautifully cannot be lacking artistry.
Back to Kurt's article, I do think ISU should get rid of some of the spinning positions, they are just so ugly!!!!!
Yes, indeed, I loved Alexander Godunov -- he was a wonderful actor too in the movie, Witness. How unfortunate his untimely death. Yes, I can see that comparison between Godunov and Plushenko, most definitely. The only difference is that Plushenko doesn't appear to have trained very much in ballet at all. I'm sure if Mishin* had made that an important focus of Plush's off-ice training, we would not even be having this debate. Foregone conclusion that Plush might likely already have two Olympic gold medals, because if he had brought great balletic artistry, stretch, grace and transitions with his jumps (despite his bobbles in his fp) at 2010 Olympics, he would have trumped Evan. Inman would have been unable to send an email to judges pointing out Plush's disregard for and lack of transitions.
* Indeed if Mishin would make ballet training more a focus of Gachinski's training, he too would make an admirable Godunov on ice. Demonstrating balletic attributes doesn't make any male dancer or figure skater less masculine. Plush may similarly have Godunov's handsome self-confidence and dramatic flair, but IMO he has little of Godunov's balletic grace.
This thread was started re Kurt Browning's comments on returning to competition, so please let's take the Plushenko discussion elsewhere!
Thanks yaya, I see you are trying to bring us back on topic.
Hey, dear Plushy fan, Plushy looks endearing in those videos. I happen to have some Yag's videos too. And these are not choreographed by Tarasova. In my humble opinion, more interesting than his amateur programs.
Like some, some other skaters' sour fans to be more precise, say he only has/had jumps, huh?
What Scott Hamilton said here has nothing to do with artistry, but whoa, are you sure you did not overrate Yagudin, Mr Hamilton?
It's like there's no way to beat him. Out jump him? He could jump too. Beat him on artistry? He has a teeny bit of that too. And a great command of his choreography? Sounds scary, he must have been overrated, definitely!
Whenever I read those long-winded analysis of Plushenko on FSU, I often got confused. By comparing each aspect of Plushenko to different skaters across two decades, aren't they trying to pay him the utmost compliment?
I have followed FS long enough to witness all those comparisons unfolding in the past 15 years:
- compare his jumping difficulty with that of Goebel;
- compare his dominance and command of ice with that of Yags;
- compare his lines and extensions with Eldredge then or Weir/Buttle now;
- compare his charisma on ice with Browning or Candoloro;
- compare his skating skills with Chan;
- compare his versatile styles, his artistry, his projection, consistency, posture, air position, landing position, skating speed, speed in and out of jumps, height and distance of jumps, ice coverage, edge quality, etc. with (insert your skater of choice for each category here).......
I prey that one day I will see some analysis on how Nathan Chan or any of the up and coming youngsters is better than Plushenko in terms of this and that. That day will probably cement his stature in figure skating history.
I read this forum a long time ago, and I got bored, how mocked Plushy and praised the rest. And I'm a fighting mode.
I have seen the whole Yagudin's programs, and I remember his presentation marks, when he was young. And I remember Plushy's presentation marks
In my country the commentator said about Yagudin, he is a great jumper but he need to improve the artistic side.
Oh boy, back to Plushy Yags tete a tete, because some people thought Kurt was "dissing" Plushenko, when he was actually praising him.
How about discussing Kurt's return to competition with his classic, Singin' in the Rain program? Anyone?
It seems, you understand the ballet better like Plisetskaya. But you are wrong, Plushenko has so many ballet lessons.
"He had very good ballet training and was asked to be a professional. This is from his interview:
Q: Is it true that you were invited to dance at Mariinski theater?
Evgeni: Yes, it happened when I moved to Leningrad to train with Mishin. I was confused. I said: "You've got to ask my mother." My mom said that I had to decide myself. I chose skating."
Do you think, any Russian skater miss the ballet lessons?
So you don't know any facts about Plush.
I love Kurt's Nyah program . really
Yes I believe you. And later his movements on the ice became more and more stiff, and used lots of frantic arm flailing only. I guess that's because he had to compete against Yagudin, huh? He had to focus on the jumps. I remember Alexei Mishin told Lambiel not to move his body too much, it could affect the execution of technical elements, very smart strategy. Look how stupid Yagudin was, used lots of upper body movement, and put lots of emotion into his programs, and yet the marks were low, what a waste.
I admire Yag! .... You don't say Plushy lack of artistry


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History Fellow, Dr Steven Gunn, is leading a team undertaking a four-year project studying coroners' reports of accidental deaths in Tudor England.
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Two-and-a-half-year old Jane Shaxspere drowned in a millpond whilst picking flowers, not twenty miles from William Shakespeare's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. William would have been five at the time of the incident and it is possible that Jane was his cousin. The parallels between this incident and the death of Ophelia in Hamlet are striking.
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Further, they are too big and too heavy for concealed carry.
Further still, you need to make absolutely sure that you live in a county where concealed-carry permits are actually available. Most CA counties don't issue them.
For home-defense use by yourself, your wife, and, later, your child, I suggest looking at a 20-gauge shotgun with a 18" barrel.
If your wife can handle the weight and recoil, go for a 12-gauge instead.
In any case, I suggest that a pump-action shotgun will be easier to learn to use, and more effective in relatively unskilled hands, than will be any pistol.
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If you insist upon buying a pistol, every seller knows that to ship a handgun into CA, a maximum-10-round magazine has to be supplied.
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