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This is the third installment of the "Canisius Men's Basketball Summer Series", which features a look back at various aspects from the 2012-13 season and eventually a look ahead to the 2013-14 campaign. These features will be posted every Monday throughout the summer until Monday, Aug. 26, the first official day of school for the 2013-14 academic year.
To take a look back at the first two weekly recaps, click Week 1 or Week 2. This week, we look at the top-five plays from the 2012-13 season.
No. 5 – Isaac Sosa's step-back jumper at Niagara – Feb. 10
With Canisius trailing Niagara by two points at 64-62 with less than 3:00 left in regulation time, guard Isaac Sosa hit a step-back jumper from just inside the 3-point line to knot the game at 64-64. From there, the Griffs would outscore the host Purple Eagles 13-6 over the game's final 2:43 to secure a 77-70 win, the program's first road win at Niagara in nine tries, dating back to the 2002-03 season.
No. 4 – Billy Baron's drive to the hoop at Niagara – Feb. 10
Billy Baron showed why he is one of the MAAC's best offensive players off the dribble with 2:14 left in the game at Niagara Feb. 10. With the score tied at 64-64 (thanks to Isaac Sosa's jumper, top-play No. 5) Baron drove through the lane and laid one off the glass while being fouled by Niagara forward Devon White. For White, it was his fourth foul, and it put the Griffs in the double-bonus. It also gave Canisius the lead for good, as Baron's hard-earned hoop put the Blue and Gold up by a pair. Baron finished that day with a career-high 33 points.
No. 3 – Chris Manhertz's tip-in against St. Bonaventure – Nov. 17
With Canisius trailing long-time rival St. Bonaventure by one at 67-66, guard Harold Washington knifed through the Bonnies' defense looking to take the lead, but Washington's shot rimmed out, and forward Chris Manhertz was there to clean up the miss. Manhertz's tip-in with 53 seconds left on the clock put Canisius up for good at 68-67. For Manhertz, he ended the game against St. Bonaventure with eight points and two rebounds, but no bucket or board by the hard-working forward that day was more clutch, as the Griffs moved to 2-0 on the season for the first time since 2000-01.
No. 2 – Billy Baron's deep 3-pointer to tie Youngstown State – March 23
Canisius trailed by 22 points with 18:17 left in regulation time in its second-round CIT game at Youngstown State, but the Blue and Gold battled back and forced overtime before knocking off the host Penguins 84-82 to advance to the CIT quarterfinal round. The shot that forced the extra session was a deep 3-pointer from the top of the key by Billy Baron, who drained one from NBA-range trey to knot the game at 73-73. Canisius would go on to outscore Youngstown State 11-9 in overtime, with Baron accounting for six of the team's 11 points in the extra session.
No. 1 – Jordan Heath's put-back dunk at Niagara – Feb. 10
Jordan Heath led the Griffs with 34 dunks in 2012-13, but his biggest dunk of the season was Feb. 10 at Niagara. With Canisius leading by two at 66-64, Jordan's brother Josiah Heath got his arm in the passing lane and forced a Purple Eagle turnover. Harold Washington picked up the loose ball and raced the length of the floor, but he missed his lay-up attempt. Hustling back to the Griffs' offensive end of the court, Jordan Heath caught the missed lay-up try by Washington and flushed it home with 52 seconds left to play to put the Griffs up 68-64. Jordan Heath finished the day with eight points and 12 rebounds and the Griffs' victory improved the team to 16-9 overall and 9-5 in MAAC play at the time.
Honorable Mention List
Jordan Heath and his break-away, tomahawk dunk at Rider Jan. 25… Reggie Groves' bank-shot 3-pointer from the corner at Temple Dec. 19… Canisius' switch to a zone defense in the closing seconds against St. Bonaventure, which caught the Bonnies off-guard and forced a missed 3-point chance.
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Constructed in 1875, the building has served many functions within the community. It was home to Nutfield Grange, housed the Taylor Library from 1878 to 1930 and served as the East Derry Fire Station from 1934 to 1979. It also served as the town's first jail.
After serving so many uses for the town through the years, the building began to show its age and deteriorate. The hall faced the possibility of demolition when the East Derry Village Improvement Society intervened in 2009 and took over ownership of the property from the town.
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The Russian government continues to be upset at American plans to establish missile bases in the Czech Republic and Poland. Leonid Slutsky, of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee, claimed that American proposals fell far short of "real cooperation" and would not lead Russia to abandon its threat of suspending a key provision of a European arms agreement. The Russian government believes the United States has gone back on its word to work out a true cooperative solution to the problem.
This entire "problem" was created when the Bush administration decided there was need for missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic to guard the world against some unknown entity that wanted to fire missiles in that direction. The only two logical nations who might fall into the category of the "enemy" are North Korea and Iran. North Korea has already reached agreements with the United States about its nuclear and missile programs and Iran doesn't possess the capability of attacking Western Europe. One might also raise the simple question as to whether or not this is a European Union issue, not one concerning the United States. Russia has indicated its willingness to cooperate and even place a missile defense system on its own territory. The failure of the Bush administration to develop this offer is merely another example of its ineptness, and success in making other nations doubt that America seeks peace.


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It's difficult for a student at St Mary's College, which is home to the Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts, and a husband of someone who is an artist to ignore questions about the relationship between the church and the arts (taken broadly to include painting, film, sculpting, dance, etc.). Indeed, even if one has no personal ties in this connection, it's tough to avoid hearing the recurring calls for the church to 'engage' more robustly with the arts. A product of the Third Lausanne Congress, The Cape Town Commitment: A Confession of Faith and a Call to Action (Hendrickson, 2011) urges,
In the world of mission, the arts are an untapped resource. We actively encourage greater Christian involvement in the arts. We long to see the Church in all cultures energetically engaging with the arts as a context for mission by: (1) Bringing the arts back into the life of the faith community as a valid and valuable component of our call to discipleship; (2) Supporting those with artistic gifts, especially sisters and brothers in Christ, so that they may flourish in their work (p. 37).
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After reading much incorporation information from propopents of various incorporation proposals and the commentary of opponents, I realized that all agree that "Contra Costa County's abusive, autonomous power is the problem" in our Alamo region and throughout Contra Costa. This morning's kickoff e-campaign release really focused the need for county reformation to a lean, effective, citizen-led regional government we can create as Contra Costa voters.
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Alamo neighborhood forum participants are engaged is campaigns by neighborhoods throughout Contra Costa County to start county reformation with the replacement of all supervisors. The Alamo Region is specifically cooperating with allied community forums in Brentwood/Byron (Disccovery Bay), Dougherty Valley/Blackhawk, Danville/San Ramon, and Walnut Creek to promote our planned introduction of candidates for District 3 Supervisor.
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Phoenix Swimming Teams Dominate Western Illinois Thursday
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MACOMB, Ill. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay men's and women's swimming and diving teams picked up convincing road wins over Western Illinois Thursday night at Brophy Pool on the WIU campus. The Phoenix women took all 13 events en route to a 168-52 victory, while the men's squad had a winner in 10 events to cruise to a 151-90 decision.
Lauren Caruso (DeForest, Wis.) won a pair of individual events Thursday to lead the Phoenix women. The senior placed first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:25.19 before taking the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.37.
Freshmen Dana Iverson (Kenosha, Wis.) and Amanda Walker (Sun Prairie, Wis.) were also two-time winners on the women's side, as Iverson took the 1000 free (11:12.32) and 100 backstroke (1:02.13), while Walker won the 50 free (25.10) and 100 butterfly (58.44) races.
On the boards, junior Jessica Stolfi (Kenosha, Wis.) and sophomore Carrie Dinelli (Northbrook, Ill.) swept the diving events for the Phoenix women. Stolfi won the 1-meter board with a score of 213.68, while Dinelli took the high board with a total of 238.43.
On the men's side, senior Alex Hallam (Wausau, Wis.) and freshman Matt Hollub (Appleton, Wis.) each picked up two individual wins to lead the Phoenix. Hallam cruised to victory in the 200 IM (2:02.39) and 500 free (4:57.21), while Hollub won the 200 free (1:47.69) and 100 backstroke (53.80).
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The Buffalo Sabres rang out the year the same way as they rang it in last January 1st. The Sabres, who are in danger of falling completely out of the playoff race, lost their Tux & Pucks New Years Eve contest with the Carolina Hurricanes 5-4. Buffalo opened 2001 with a 4-3 loss to the Boston Bruins. Maybe the Sabres can turn the page on the past year and begin a new chapter that will be more successful.
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Hopefully everyone had a great year and made some new memories and learned something about hunting fowl, I sure know I did.
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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by alij, Jun 15, 2013.
Maybe she can give birth in the middle of the FS.
They could do some sort of gender-bender lift where Gwendal, um, dives down there... assuming Rasputin would allow it.
With credit to PrincessLeppard - all Gwendal needs is a cape and they'll be all set.
Russia's greatest love machine......
I just looked it up. Marina will be 38 at the Olympics. Gwendal will be 41. Have any skaters this old competed recently in ice dancing?
For me that happened when I saw Papadakis/Cizeron [unpopular opinion] I can't stand them, especially her. [/unpopular opinion]
But the CoP has protocols, with numbers, and levels, and stuff! All you have to do is look at the protocols and you'll understand why they deserved their spot!
Nozomi Watanabe turned 35 while competing in Toronto. Honestly, age isn't the first issue that comes to mind here.
I'm not crazy about P/C, but C/J started growing on me this past season. If any French ice dancers were to make a come back just for the sake of voidiness, why couldn't it be Loup/Bouquet :
This is just fascinating. Even as a publicity stunt. Even the idea of this as a publicity stunt.
If it was/is, it definitely was/is successful
Wouldn't they have to get the minimum tech score for SD and FD at a qualifying comp first?
Also, last time I saw a pic of Gwendal, he had short hair. How long can be grow it in 8 months? This is VERY important. How on earth will he compete with White otherwise??
I can't say I am not intrigued if they really try for a comeback. But I doubt it will happen.
I'm not going to lie, at first I thought this was utterly ridiculous. But the more I think about it, the more intrigued I am. I think Marina (and hopefully Gwendal as I'm still not sure if he even knows what's going on) may just want to compete in Sochi just to show the audience and possibly the other skaters what old school (My God, the late 90s and early 2000s are old school) ice dance is all about. If they some how qualify for Sochi...well, that just shows the lack of depth of French Ice Dancing or at least...the depths the Federation will go to to make this happen.
I think it'd be quite fun to see now. Many people are complaining that COP has killed the dancing out of ice dancing...let's see if Marina and Gwendal can bring it back from like 20th place.
This should end the speculation that Gwendal might not be aware of what's going on. He just doesn't sound as convinced as his partner that they can make a comeback at all, the article says. Funny that Gailhaguet thought A/P were not ready to compete in Turin or Vancouver but trusts them completely now. lol
I think the required elements make dance creatively harder than it used to be. And I think dance has particularly benefited from the new system. Excepting the SD, which I think is a mess, but that is not because of the system but because of the CD/OD mix, which really doesn't work well. Hopefully that will change.
V/M and D/S immediately come to mind as teams that have pushed the creative envelope. And lower ranked teams have as well - Poirier and Crone's 'Eleanor Ribgy' and the German (I think) Zombie routine for last Worlds, for example.
In the past there have been some creative masterpieces, for sure, but also a lot of empty dance programs and showy dance programs. Now you can't get away with just having a strong presence and putting on a show in ice dance, you have to meet technical requirements.
Creativity isn't something that a system can kill, IMO. Rather, it is something that will always shine through a system - any system - because it a driving force and inspiration for anyone involved in music/dance/performance, all of which are an aspect of figure skating. Some skaters will always find a way to blaze new creative territory and those who succeed in that endeavour will always be in a minority, because it is a difficult thing to do. Especially difficult when you have to do it on skates!
Who is D/S? Delobel/Schoenfelder? Denkova/Stavitsky? Domnina/Shabalin?
Why should it end speculation? This is exactly like the previous reports with Anissina being the only source commenting on a possible comeback - there are no direct quotes from Peizerat, and also nothing from Gailhaguet. And assuming Peizerat is aware, there is no indication that he's even considered the idea seriously.
Even with Peizerat currently unavailable, I am surprised that nobody at least contacted Gailhaguet to get a reaction.
V/M are not the team that would immediately come to my mind as pushing the creative envelope. Trying to do a sexy Carmen is hardly groundbreaking.
DelSchoes, P/B and the Kerrs, on the other hand, are good examples - but on the whole I disagree with the argument that the IJS has been good for ice dance. It may have made it more of an objective sport, but the actual dance part has suffered, IMO. Contorted lifts aren't something that I find particularly appealing, and the twizzles have been overemphasized, as far as I'm concerned.
There's a TBA at TEB, and I'm sure it would have their name on it if they go ahead with it. Carron/Jones already have two (USA and CHN) from coming in 12th at Worlds, and Papadakis/Cizeron have Rostelecom Cup the week afterwards. Maybe Anissina didn't contact Gailhauguet in time for GP selection and that's why the French Fed put one spot back into the pool and kept only two for TEB. If Gailhauguet knew this was in the works, and the conjecture is true that countries can only have one TBA, it's curious that he didn't assign P/C to TEB right away, and leave the TBA open, and, if need be, toss it back into the pool later.
CoP has protocols, with numbers and levels that will make it transparent if they don't deserve their spot.
I read this statement differently: to me, "Marina called Didier Gailhaguet who thought that the comeback was a wonderful idea.He reminded her that he tried to make them come back in 2006 and 2010 but they were not ready at the time." means he approached them, and their answer was that they weren't ready then." This time, Anissina is approaching him, presumably because she thinks she can be ready, and, surely a former World and Olympic champion might look at Carron/Jones and think, "Yup, we can be more ready than they are."
So in first interview - Marina said the French Fed approached her about the comeback. Now, she is the one with the idea.
I dont know what to think of this.
I was a huge fan of this team, but even I think this is a hoax. Or some bad medication.
I'll grant you that V/M are far from being the first and only dance team to do a sexy program, BUT putting a program on ice that utilized true modern dance movement, phrasing/syntax, and vocabulary IS creative and groundbreaking.
Creativity in ice dance is not defined by theme alone, as so many are prone to doing.
The first couple I remember who actually used modern dance movements were actually Marina and Gwendal in their Olympic free dance and I know because I had a dance teacher who had been a student of the choreographer who choreographed that free dance and he used similar movements in the choreographies we did in class. However, I have never seen any of the Duchesneys free dances, so I only know they are said to have been very modern. I'd deduce from that, they're likely to have used modern dance elements already!
On a different note, there's no real definition for contemporary/modern dance anyway, (which is why it's called contemporary/modern) so I have my doubts V/M were the first to do that one way or the other.
Well, let's remedy that. Start with this one.
As others have already noted, they weren't innovators in that regard, either. I'll grant that it was a departure from their previous programs, and they certainly deserve great credit for challenging themselves as they did.
What's the big deal? I think it would be cool for them to return. The goal is merely to compete, not medal! i would actually be VERY interested in seeing this if it comes to pass. Do I think that it will? NO. Would i love to see it? YES! Their performance should they return could be a highlight of the event and NOT because it is bad but quite the opposite.
I think that the thing that rubs people the wrong way is that if they are named to the team, some other team who has most likely been training for the past 4+ years will not be able to go. That is indeed unfair but so are most things in sport and life in general.
I don't get how A&P intend to do this though... I agree that the CoP has killed a lot of the creativity in ice dance. Even when it comes to the teams I like, I wonder if I wouldn't enjoy them a lot more under 6.0. Is Marina's hypothesis that today's teams are not creative, and that she can come up with programs that meet the highest levels and standards that will still be wonderfully dancy? Or are A&P just going to show an artistic and creative program with level 1 elements, or perhaps that won't even be credited as elements because they don't meet the basic standard? How will they even manage to meet the tech minimum score then?
The other thing is that I hate how A&P's skating is being ripped apart, when I want to remember it as it was (Marina has brought this on herself). I also don't think it would be fair for their appearance in Sochi (on the off chance it actually happened) to become some kind of referendum on the merits of 6.0 and CoP dance, showing how the great 6.0 dancers are incapable of competing under the new system... at the ages of 38 and 41. If they were young and fit and had actually been skating in shows, it would be a different thing.
Besides, IMO, D&V in Torino already basically showed that retired 6.0 dancers have a better understanding of music and program composition than most CoP dancers.... their programs were lovely. They even got me to like Phantom. They actually told the story. Some of the other teams, like DenSta, who grew up under 6.0, had way better CoP programs than most of today's teams, so I feel like this point has already been made much better than A&P could.
I would much rather see Marina display this vision as a coach or choreographer with some young and talented skaters. Her Jesus program was my favorite Johnny Weir Program. I adored the Petit Prince program Gwendal did for Stannick Jeannette (pre-CoP). I don't remember any other CoP era choreography from either Marina or Gwendal. I would love to see her work with V&M, but I suppose her pro-European bias will not allow it.... I&K or P&B would be great.
The concept behind the free dance of the German team is strikingly similar to a couple of routines I saw in So You Think You Can Dance a few years back - 2009 or 2010. So either great minds think alike or Averbukh watched SYTYCD and got massive inspiration from there. If my second assumption is correct and if stealing other people's ideas is creativeness, perhaps more ice dance choreographers should watch shows like SYTYCD? Averbukh first used the zombie theme for a dance on the floor he choreographed for Yagudin & partner in his Ice Age project - same music as the one Z/G performed their FD to.
Maybe I am naïve enough as to regard Marina as a reliable source. But if Marina has never checked with Gwendal on the matter since last winter when she started seriously thinking of a comeback and also started looking for sponsors, if her conversation with Didier never took place and everything has been going on strictly in her head, how would all this reflect on her? Mythomania is a medical condition, isn't it? lol
Well, ä word for word translation of that part in the article would be "I called Didier Gailhaguet (...), he told me he found the idea magnificent. He reminded me he had already wanted us to return for the Turin Games (2006) and the Vancouver Games (2010) but he thought we were not ready."
Exactly!!! I'm pretty sure Shen & Zhao also did a similar zombie routine to the same song, also inspired by SYTYCD.
I don't consider DelSchoes or the Kerrs to be bastions of creativity either... what is so creative about skating to Muse season after season, or using music from a boy band, or skating in a kilt when you're Scottish and it's already been done by Candeloro? As for DelSchoes, IMO using gloves and masks, sign language, and voiceovers in three different languages is just camp, not creativity. Creativity in skating has to do with movement, and when you strip away that stuff, their actual programs, skating, and elements all look the same to me. If that is what passes for creativity under this system, then I have to agree with Marina that the system sucks. (I'd pick P&B, V&M, and DenSta as the best examples of creativity under this system, but three teams is not nearly enough! And all 3 teams had some boring programs too D&L were somewhat creative like in 2004 and 2005)
Candeloro skated a folk OD?
I think creativity in skating can take more than one form - it can be creativity of movement, of elements (e.g. lifts), of concepts, of presentation, in terms of music chosen and interpreted, and more. Obviously not all fans will value each of these forms of creativity equally - in my case, for instance, I really don't care what sort of pretzel-like position a skater can get herself into during a lift. I am shallow and just want lifts that look pretty.
The Kerrs skated to Muse twice, with different concepts each time. I can't recall anyone skating to Muse in competition before them; correct me if I'm wrong. They skated to Linkin Park, they had that Aliens program, The Last of the Mohicans, and The Matrix when it was still fairly original to skate to it. They managed to work around limitations including the lack of height difference and the fact that as siblings, anything romantic/passionate was not going to work for them; successfully dealing with such constraints requires some degree of creativity for sure (if one wants to argue that the Duschenays maybe did that better, that's fine). Skating a folk OD identified with one's own culture is not original, but since there aren't that many Scottish teams, it did seem different - certainly in a season in which half the teams skated what was meant to pass for Eastern European/Russian ODs.
DelSchoes too used various concepts and had some cool ideas. I didn't really pay attention to them until near the end of their career, so I can't comment further.
I don't think she is intentionally misrepresenting things, but I do feel she may view this plan as more of a done deal than it truly is.
I'm loving Zhulin's reaction: "If she's returning to big competition, I better start practicing too."
Contemporary and modern are, in fact, two different styles of dance that are not interchangeable or synonymous with each other. There are definitons for both. Modern dance was developed in the early half of the 20th century (~1900-1950). The development of contemporary dance started in the mid 20th century (~1950). Although there are different styles within modern, Modern dance has it's own vocabulary and technique (movement initiated from the torso instead of the feet (as it is in ballet); specific movements of the head, torso, arms, hands, and feet; specific use of body weight; specific character of movement, etc.). Also, while ballet strives to create an illusion of freedom of gravity, modern dance takes it into account. So, yes, modern dance has it's own set of techniques and dance vocabulary. As an important side note, modern was developed in part as a protest/rebellion to ballet (and vaudeville). Contemporary dance does not have it's own vocabulary/techinques. Instead, it borrows from multiple styles, including (but not limited to) ballet, jazz, and modern. Contemporary isn't technique; it's a choreography thing that fuses multiple dance styles together.
Yes, there have been teams in the past who have worked with modern dance choreographers and whose programs were termed modern. BUT, and this is perhaps where I should have gone into more detail earlier, at best, these dances did not utilize true modern dance movement in anything close to its entirety. They used the head and limb movements, but those movements did not derive from the torso nor did they employ things like fall/recovery, contract/release, lower center of gravity (dropping carriage of weight down lower in the body, which is characteristic of modern dance but at direct odds to ballet and skating, in which the center of gravity is up higher in the body). Unlike the teams of the past (The Duchesneys, U/Z, A/P) who have used head and limb movements borrowed from modern, V/M actually used their torsos to drive their movement, dropped their weight, etc. That's where they broke ground. It wasn't simply modern dance styling; it was real modern dance in how their movement was derived...all while on skates. There's a great article on ice-dance.com from back in the winter that gets into the difficulties and nitty gritty of what V/M did that no one else really has before: http://www.ice-dance.com/main/news/general-articles/1566-working-to-highlight-the-modern-dance-in-ice-dance
The whole article is fascinating, but I feel this is particularly worth quoting to drive home the point about the innovation in V/M's Carmen:
Thanks for the explanation of why you consider V/M's Carmen groundbreaking. I can't say most of this came across to me while viewing it, but this is hardly my area of expertise so I'll withhold judgment.
Anyway, I still consider Pina the best and most interesting dance program of the past few years
The minimum TES scores for dance at the Olympics are 18 (SD) and 28 (FD), the same as for Euros and 4C's.
The Yankee Polka and the Finnstep had the same base values last season (Communication 1739). If there's no change, a combination of 1FS1 and 2FS1 with N's for all key points, but at base, A/P would earn 6 points, or 1/3 of the TES minimum. While among all the other things they'd need to do to compete, they'd have to learn a new and difficult CD pattern, they surely have the skills to match the 29th team in the SD, at 2013 Worlds, Agafanova/Ucar, who earned base their 1YP1-NNN, and it's more likely they'd earn over half the necessary SD TES from the Finnstep segments alone, since base is 10 points for L2's, or hitting one of the key points in each sequence. Every couple in the Top 23 except Riazanova/Tkachenko did this, and they got one L3 and one L1 for a total base of 10 in the pattern dance portion.
There were three other required elements in 2012-13: a defined type of step sequence (L1=3.5 base), twizzles (2.5), and a lift (1.5 for most), which is another 7.5 points. (I don't know if this will change for 2013-14.) The total base in the SD without any +GOE or levels higher than 1 is 13.5, or 75% of the minimum.
For the FD in 2013-14, there were four lifts at full value (6 pts at the minimum base) plus .2 for the CH lift (6.2 total), twizzles at 2.5, two step sequences at 7 (2 x 3.5), and a dance spin at 2. At a total base of 17.7, they'd need more overall to meet the minimums, but unless they wipe out on an element or two, it's really hard to imagine A/P couldn't match what the Reeds, who finished 20th/last in the FD in London, exceeded by 9.01 points, or what Coomes/Buckland, who had a spin discounted completely, exceeded in base by 4.7 points. I can't bear A/P's skating and view the comeback as a distraction, but I give them that much credit.
I'm with you.
I don't get what the angst is over re-using material. One of the strengths of the dance world is that except for improv, almost any piece can be performed by different companies, different casts, even different genders, and half the fun is comparing them. (They get paid royalties when pieces are revived, and they can even send someone who is also paid to teach the works without showing up at all.)
Thank you for the translation.
You'd think, though, if Gailhauguet approached them before Turin and decided they weren't ready that he'd have asked them for Vancouver in time for them to be ready, or at least as soon as he knew Delobel was pregnant, which was sooner before Vancouver than Sochi is now.


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Ride Berzerker 2012
Rider: Ippy inutil. Lazy, fat, happy on a charge, loves pop, enjoys pow, parkphobic.
Board: 2012 Ride Berzerker 158. All mountain hybrid camber, narrow ass waist, 3 part directional sidecut (9.8, 7.3, 8.3), mellow camber from tail contact to inserts then a very mellow rocker on the nose. Directional, 90A Slimewalls, sintered, carbon array 3, 3/4 inch setback, and a ride flex of 7.
Time on the board: 2 days so far.
Bindings: My trusty peeling apart, ratchet hell 2009/10 green forces.
Conditions: Day 1 (kagura) overcast, pow, slightly packing, but still japow. Day 2 (gala yuzawa/kogen/ishiuchi): sunny, heavier pow and at ishiuchi, full blown crud.
Other: Day 1: Rode bindings fully set back for pow. Day 2: switched up to a centered (though in built setback) stance.
Tech preconceptions: A hard charging board but with a little extra kick for pow. Might be a bit squirly in icier conditions but i can live with that. Probably wont be too playful though...
The Review:
Strapped in and the first thing i did was had a wee test of the flex. This board is NOT STIFF. I mean, it might just be that i'm fairly used to boards that give you a hernia when you try and press them, but this board presses EFFORTLESSLY (comparatively speaking of course -its not a horrorscope). I'd dare say this was even easier to press than my airobic. Well there goes preconception number 1. I bet it rides crap in switch though... blam! no. Rides switch fine thanks. Bindings set back or not, it just feels like riding switch.
Right, it butters. If i was giving it a flex rating id put it at a classic medium flex. Maybe even slightly softer than a medium flex. That's surprise number one then: It is mellow camber with a mellow rocker nose after all... its kinda buttery... i guess that means its going to suck on a carve.
So i put it on edge and got hit with revelation number 2. First, getting on edge was super smoooooooth. You lock into a carve right away and you KNOW you're on your edge. The second thing though is that this board has a gas pedal!
You know in movies when someone hits the turbo button and they get knocked back into their seat... its like that. I swear to god! you get on your edge and there's none of this slow build up, you are now going immediately faster. It was kinda funny. There was no pop on it, i didn't bounce into this edge, just rolled onto it and boom! acceleration. And it locks. If you blind tested this board, you wouldn't know this had any rocker at all. Its edge hold is solid. The word "wash" didn't even enter my thoughts until i was on the train home thinking "holy shit, the idea of this board washing never even crossed my mind once this weekend!"
Naturally then the rocker is not affecting the carve so it must be sooooo mellow that its barely going to affect the pow either... its probably just like riding a broken in camber ride, right?
Wrong again ipps.
Kagura gets deep. The board killed it. No nose diving issues to report. I took it into the areas the riot really got spanked on (the trees up near the top lift which gets both deep and can be flat in places), and this board rode it like i was on my charlie. Naturally no taper and 6cms smaller than the slasher means the charlie still has its role, but for anything but the deepest terrain this board is going to kill it. With the bindings set back i had no problems at all. It eats up slackcountry japow. [I should add though on day 2 when i centered the bindings i did have a couple of moments when it tried to nose dive, so its not a pow board in that regard]. But when you have a pow day, knock the bindings back and blam! semi-pow stick.
So Day 1 conclusions:
This board is a mechanical marvel. Someone is going to be ecstatic about this board. If i did have to pick apart one thing on it, it did seem kinda lifeless... it was missing a little oomph to it that i want in a board (and that i definitely get on both the quiver killer/NAS and the riot). It handles it all, but its just lacking that little aggressive tweak that makes me want to bounce off everything and throw it everwhere. It does it, but in a kind of "thats nice, but dont you want to go play in the trees?" type of way. Its like an old faithful board. Maybe even a slackcountry quiver killer. Its buttery fun with an amazing consistent ride and fantastic float. Pretty much ticks almost all the boxes youd want. Just not all the boxes i maybe want.
Day 2:
I decided this opinion was massively influenced by both the lines i rode (pow lines and chopped up steeps - the mainstay of kagura) and my binding positioning. I needed to test this out and see the difference it made so i centered the bindings and looked forward to getting a bit of oomph out of it.
Well, as luck would have it, the first run i clipped in on (the top run at gala yuzawa) was your classic intermediate groomed steep.
And here i learned two new things about this board.
1. The board is FAAAAAAAAAST!!!
2. The board does not care one way or the other whether you want to ride an entire line with one edge change. Preconception number.... lets say ten... smashed. This board isnt just about tight sharp turns. I mean it turns super quick as youd expect, but as you might not expect, (but only later come to realise as to why), it also runs long straight lines without hooking you round. And then you suddenly remember the mellow rocker and the extremely wide angle in the sidecut at the nose...
So on a carve its quick, its got super easy turn initiation, it doesn't hook (i should also mention this for landings as well though i personally wont be testing that one for you), it locks like youd expect camber to lock, it can do super quick transitions thanks in part to its narrow width and sidecut and also holds long arcs with no real problems. The carbon array is awesome for distributing pressure, so this board is LOCKED in. If this was a carving board, youd be pretty happy with it.
In the pow it floats, doesnt nose dive, stomps and slashes, it feels really meaty and you wont feel like youre skidding out. It kills it. So preconception number 1 delivered! its an aggressive board with a powder lean. Yay!
But its not.
It's also seriously playful.
Day 2 i spent shooting up walls, playing in the baby park getting baby air, 50/50ing boxes and rails, hitting every side hit and bouncing every bit of crud and chop you could find. I mention this in part to humiliate myself by reminding you that im no park rat, but also because it was the change in the feel of this board that actually had me wanting to do all this. If this board was just the board from my preconception above i would have spent the day kinda chilling and burning down the groomers... Its just not though, its super playful. But in a buttery playful way, kinda like the indoor survival type of playful as opposed the riots type of playful. It has pop, and decent pop at that, it wants to ride walls and it wants to just pop, spin and butter about. Its just really fun on top of everything else.
So let me take a brief moment to point out some of these contrasts...
1. Its both super playful when you want it, and super aggressive when you want that.
2. It floats like an untapered s-rocker but loses nothing in its carve or stability to deliver that.
3. It excels at sharp explosive turns, and yet doesnt hook on long turns.
4. Its poppy yet buttery.
I cant think of anything its missing to be honest...
I guess the last thing i should mention is the dampening. Ive never ridden a board specifically with dampening built into it so im not exactly the best person to ask... but even in serious crud i didnt come out of it with jelly knees. I never felt like i was being bounced around so i hope that helps you out.
What the hell else am i going to say except this board is genuinely the best board ive ever ridden. I mean ive ridden less boards in my life than someone like the angrysnowboarder rides in a weekend test so this statement should carry zero weight. But I cant help but think somethings actually clicked in this deck.
Its rather batshit insane if im honest. I keep mentally digging through this check list of things a board needs to do (and do above average), to be considered that perfect kill it all deck... and it keeps ticking the damn boxes. I want to say something negative about it, i want to say "but yeah... you still want to ride your riot though!" but thats more out of masochism and the sheer mischief that board carries. This deck on the other hand is pure functional elegance. Everything works and it works to perfection. Its not simply good at everything; its very good at everything AND even exceptional in some of those areas (its carving, its speed, and its turning just for three things).
Ive spent the past two years stating categorically that theres always a trade off... and im trying desperately to think of it... but bugger me, i dont honestly know what it is. I cant think of a bad thing to say about this board. I guess i could say its pop is still a little flat... maybe... but only a little and only because my last two go-to boards (well one of them is my current), are the riot and the quiver killer - two boards built for pop.
I dunno what to say dudes... this is annoyingly positive. I want to criticise it. I want to find fault in it and have that "aha! i've GOT YOU NOW!!!" moment, but if you want a board thats going to kill it all no matter what and not sacrifice anything in doing it, then shtooking hell... this might actually be that board. Its far and away the most versatile board ive ridden and until they design the magical board that exists in my head, chances are it will hold that distinction for quite a few years yet. Im quite gobsmacked by it to be honest.
Got another two days on it this weekend (the review was from two weekends ago), and i have to say the board just feels even more playful and even more fun to just throw about. Seriously deep this weekend at kagura and yeah, its not a full blown pow board, and kagura can get flat in spots, so you might have to watch your line a bit and maybe work a bit for it (its not a pow stick), but it still killed it. No nose diving and only the occasional bit of thigh burn in the deepest, flattest areas. Im running out of plaudits in truth. The board blows my mind top be honest. :)
Have you ridden a DH2 or Arcade to compare? I would think those might be just a bit more all mountain oriented.
Fraid not, im almost exclusively a bataleon/capita kid. As i say, im not really an authority on a) boards; b) snowboarding; c) editing. Im a bog standard intermediate rider so naturally keep the qualifier in place and a small packet of salt nearby if you make it through the review :)
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I think the big question would be what else youd actually want out of it for it to be 'more all mountain'?
I do spend a lot of time riding in the trees in the sidecountry areas of resorts and the board seems pretty much on point. Its super responsive, it floats rather effortlessly (and im not exactly in peak fighting 158 condition anymore), and when you head out to the groomers itself, even on chop it doesnt get bounced off its line. It carves beautifully, bombs the mountain when you want a bit of speed, and then when it hits the flats it burns through while everyone else is hopping about and unclipping. Its buttery, spins comfortably, lightweight, it turns on a sixpence, but doesnt hook so you can draw out loooong lines, it pops decent (though as i say, not like my riot pops), it holds a super stable press, has a massive sweet spot so its almost pre pressed... which i guess it kinda is :) It rides in switch just like youd want and expect it too.
As i said, its going to take someone with a hell of a lot more experience to find the chinks in teh armor here. I wish i could do it, but the board genuinely has me googly eyed in love with it. :)
That being said, maybe its just ticking all my boxes by pure chance... and maybe they arent someone elses "all mountain" boxes.
Any idea if they've changed anything from this year's Berzerker?
Good to hear, I recently picked up a 12 highlife and it is hands down the best board i've ever rode. Too much fun...
I really was considering picking up a 158 berzerker. Just for those days when I want to be a bit more playful around the mountain.
Hard to consider when they are so similar though
Theres a dude from here/EL (i forget who), who wrote the amazing review of this board that helped convince me to buy it. On his blog he does a comparison between the two boards back to back. I wish i could remember who and where it is for you, but i have a memory like a goldfish. Im hoping posting this might have him pop into the thread and comment for ya! :p
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Statelessness will Persist until Governments Abolish Sex Discriminatory Citizenship Laws
London, England - As UN member states gather in Geneva today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, international human rights organisation Equality Now calls on governments to eliminate citizenship laws that discriminate against women. These inequitable laws are a major contributor to statelessness, as emphasised repeatedly by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). "The right to a nationality is contained in many human rights instruments. That so many governments continue to deny women equal rights to confer citizenship on their husbands and children is unacceptable and leads to untold suffering of countless women and their families," says Jacqui Hunt, London Director of Equality Now.
According to the UNCHR1 at least 33 countries around the world deny women equal rights to men to pass nationality onto their children, with many more countries discriminating against women with regard to gaining or keeping nationality or being able to pass nationality on to their spouses. Such is the reality of Hiam Abd El Samad, whose case Equality Now has highlighted. Born and living in Lebanon, El Samad married an Egyptian man with whom she had three daughters. Because the nationality law of Lebanon does not allow its women to confer Lebanese nationality upon non-national spouses and their resulting children, her family is unable to access the educational, health and other social benefits that Lebanese citizens are guaranteed. Though the Lebanese constitution states that all of its citizens are equal before the law, this contradictory law effectively disallows Lebanese women from enjoying equal civil and political rights.
Affecting upwards of 12 million people worldwide -- particularly in South East and Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East -- the consequences of statelessness are severe. "Because stateless people are technically not citizens of any country, they are often denied basic rights and access to employment, housing, education, and health care," states UNHCR External Relations Associate Laura Padoan. "They may not be able to own property, open a bank account, get married legally, or register the birth of a child. Some face long periods of detention, because they cannot prove who they are or where they come from."2 Furthermore, Equality Now has found that where women are unable to pass on citizenship to their children there is also the risk of early and unwanted marriage. Faced as adults with little or no right to live and work, even in the country of their birth, children might be married off early in the hopes of avoiding destitution.
Changes are moving in the right direction, most recently signalled in a decree by the President of the United Arab Emirates promoting citizenship rights for children of Emirati women born to non-nationals, as well as in amendments to Lebanese labour law easing regulations for work permits for non-national husbands of Lebanese women and for their children. Equality Now calls on all countries to revoke or amend all nationality laws that discriminate on the basis of sex. "We welcome news that some member states have already submitted pledges in this commemoration year to amend their sex discriminatory nationality laws. However, we urge them both to fulfil this pledge quickly and comprehensively and to encourage others to follow suit as one very concrete step in the elimination of statelessness and the consequent suffering of millions," further states Jacqui Hunt.
Learn more about the case of Hiam Abd El Samad.
1. http://www.unhcr.org/4a8d0f1b9.html
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I go to sleep...
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We started out doing 3 hr watches, and we still do while around busy shipping areas (windward passage, panama canal, gulf stream). We were becalmed with a dead motor of the Pacific coast of Guatemala and El Salvador. After a few nights with the few ships we encountered spotting us and us being out of their lanes we just both decided to sleep in the cockpit. We didn't use radar or AIS.
In reality the closest encounters we have had are with whales; one surfaced 20 ft in front of us one evening just a dusk. Not much you can do about whales and stray containers in the dark. So our policy now is if we are well offshore we just go to sleep, or sit inside and read or watch shows during the day.
We keep good lights on, even our anchor light. Fish boats outside of north America are plenty and don't have AIS. After many many nights of being on a watch schedule and not getting responses from frieghters, or really ever being very close to them we chose to sleep. After 4 or 5 days at sea, a good sleep makes life much better. If we are in busy shipping lanes we keep a more vigilant watch, but so do the ships.
We have friends who were boarded by the USCG in the Caribbean, they were asleep (in the cockpit) and woke up to a lot of lights shining on them. I think the USCG is more worried about drugs, guns, and people trafficking than sailboats without a proper watch.
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thanks KS- good advice and great to hear only one near miss with your extensive experience. Gives comfort to newbies to the life like me. Hope you heal well,fast and fully
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We only use AIS, have a transceiver which I very much recommend over just a receiver. We have seen freighters on a collision course alter their course 10 miles away and then go back to previous course after passing. We pretty much rely on eyeballs. The closest we have come to a collision was at noon on a bright sunny day off coast of Ecuador. The crew of a very large container ship obviously was not looking at radar, AIS, or outside. Call on the VHF got his attention pretty quick.
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paulo- problem is it normally takes 90 to 120 minute to enter stage R ( REM) sleep. Also with even partial sleep deprivation when sleep occurs the rebound sleep is initially predominanted by stage 3 sleep ( slow wave sleep-hard to wake) and then stage R sleep. Continuous fragmented sleep destroys normal sleep archecture.The restorative physical and mental properties of sleep are markly decreased. No amount of training will curcumvent this basic neurobiology. The fragmented sleep and tolerance may vary a bit in different individuals but will cause a marked decline in cognitive functioning in all. There are deterilousl effects on mood,immune and metabolic function as well. There is a huge body of research of the effects of sleep deprivation given it's marked effect on performace ( military,medical personnel as well as jobs requiring alertness ( air traffic controller, nuclear plant commercial drivers etc.) I forget who it was who after a race around the clock decided to keep going leading to his demise. I would wonder if chronic fragmented sleep entered in to his decision. I believe many of these folks "micro sleep" while in the cockpit. REM pressure may lead to brief dreams intruding into wake. I further believe this activity may have long term implications to their health if done repetitively.
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In Canada, the Charter of Rights , which overrides all other laws, gives us freedom of association, which means crews can't be forced on us.
Dont AIS have an alarm which will go off, if a vessel enters a pre set exclusion zone?
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Caution here--I defend commercial vessels for a living, including in collisions where lookout is an issue (meaning at least half of them).
No one wants to "outlaw" singlehand passagemaking, it's something we value both in the accomplisments those sailors have made, and the dream many have to "go it alone" with the elements.
But I do have a problem with the idea that the poor, poor singlehander, after being struck or grazed while below decks by a ship who failed to detect them, has a lesser duty of lookout than the bulker or containership who didn't notice their dim lights at night, or their wood hull end-on in the low sun and reflecting off the water, with a lousy radar reflector that didn't show on radar, and no AIS transmitter nor even a radar alarm.
I've had one incident where the sailor knew a ship was approaching from far astern with the sun directly ahead, yet went below and simply expected the ship to see and avoid him ("he has radar") and his lousy radar reflector. He and his lawyer contended the ship was solely at fault, in spite of the Granholm case clearly saying otherwise. "I'm David, you're Goliath" was the attitude.
So no, I don't think singlehanders who have to sleep should get a break under the rules for doing so, any more than the ship whose mate fails to see a small vessel without any collision-avoiding electronics (or even with).
Solo sailing is easy, having the train to sleep intermittently (and checking on the intervals) is not. Professional sailors train with the help of physiologists their sleeping rhythm long before each race. That does not mean that they are infallible neither that the lockout on fishing-boats or ships is.
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KS- thank you for your thoughtful and knowledgeable posts. ? Do you to have redundancies on board? e.g AIS, radar, radar detector etc. all running at once always? Agree with the speed and lack of manuverability of the larger container ships and VLCCs don't want to get anywhere close but do you have the radar scanning all the time ( bit of a juice pig)?
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...Now you will call me hypocritical, but I DO believe that all commercial vessels should maintain a watch. I do hold them to a higher standard (or the legal standard) just as I hold myself. They are a business venture and safety of their crew and cargo should be accounted for no matter what. If they have to hire more crew to fulfill those requirements,..Brian
How much are Sudenese watchkeepers cost these days? 2k USD a year?
PTL for AIS.
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What sort of schedule do you keep? Four hours? Twelve? Casually, as the situation warrants?
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Does the solo still use the 1911 barrel link or is it like so many others now that the barrel is pushed down during recoil?
If it has the link make sure the slide stop pin actually went THRU it and not behind it.
Okay I just looked up the solo breakdown and it uses a cammed slot in the barrel not a link so Im not sure what you could have done??


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|May 8th, 2007, 08:38 AM
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I have to agree with both Jim and Pat on this. I don't think users should be denied the right to speak if they have a position or statement on one of the topics presented that night or any other night. But I don't think the Advisory Board want to hear 20 prople saying the same thing. Having different view points and different angles to the subject might just hit a nerve with someone in the DNR. But make no mistake. Anything done to benefit us will HAVE to be initiated by the DNR. The Advisory Board is just that, Advisory. Their a sounding board for the User community M/C and ATV, (Full size has yet to ever be seated due to the DNR believing full size vehicles have all the forest roads to recreate on.) Law enforcement, Environmental issues, Industry, and DNR. While their terms, AB Board members that is, are subject to controversy that topic alone might be a good 'Public Comment' to make, i.e. When are nominations being accepted for expiring terms on the board?
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|May 8th, 2007, 12:00 PM
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I'd like EVERYONE to show and sign the registration sheet as a 4x4 user.
Numbers on the attendance list show user group concern.
I just don't think we (the users, AB attendees, and/or GLFWDA) should comment on the same night the video is revealed to the "public" for the first time. Comments should be well laid out before submission to the Department. . . and that's IF the Department is even looking for a response from the 4x4 community.
If we have 20 people show and act like OMB (sorry OMB, but you are acting like a perfect example at the moment), we might as well pack up and go home, we'd never see anything form the Dept. again. THANK GOD everyone here seems logical and genuinely interested in learning how to make a positive impact on the situation!
Having been ordered by the Legislature that 25% more ORV paths are to be designated, and having the Forest Certification inspectors tell them that they ALMOST didn't get the certification because of illegal ORV use - at the same time - is really putting the pressure on the Department to start addressing the system's inadequacies. Even Steve Kubisiak has expressed an interest in sitting down with the GLFWDA Land Use Committee to see where we can work together for the improvement of our sport in Michigan.
I think we're already seeing this change in attitude by the Department. Without it I don't think we'd have had the Rock Crawl grants approved for St. Hellens or the Mounds - and BOTH grants were approved this year.
We need to support, collaborate with, and be nice to every, and any, agency who has anything to do with land management. We need to keep in mind that we just might be able to get quite a bit accomplished by working together. Those issues which we can't agree upon are no problem at all . . . we simply agree that we disagree, and let a Judge decide who's right. That's a Judge's job.
There's never any need to be anything but nice.
It's kind of like in "Roadhouse", only when it's time to "not be nice" in the movie, it's time for us to "continue to be nice and ask a Judge for the Court's opinion".
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|May 8th, 2007, 02:51 PM
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Whenever I respond to things, I feel much like an outsider looking in. Which is not always a bad thing.
I think what Trail Fanatic is trying to avoid by having GLFWDA give a consolidated, somewhat rehearsed and unified response from the full sized offroad community is an "OMB "Please leave these procedings"" type of reaction from the DNR. I like to think of it as a court trial. Although I'm the guy that's accused of murder, and I KNOW that I didn't do it, I'm still letting the lawyer talk, make the objections, and handle procedure because I'll probably do something that the prosecuters can twist and manipulate against me. I suppose a representative from the club that the 'offenders' belong to, or the individuals themselves to speak would be a plus as well. It would show that we do hold ourselves accountable and this was NOT an intentional breaking of the law.
1. This is NOT a habitual activity by the offroad community. Especially those in organized clubs, or individuals that belong to GLFWDA.
2. The underlying reason for this incident (and if you investigate the DNR citations written in the last... say... millenium I'm sure you'll find they're similar) is a lack of knowledge of what the laws truly SAY. (notice the word "say") Education of the public with an emphasis on owners of SUV, ORV vehicles is a serious downfall of the DNR. People simply don't know when they are breaking the law. Now one of the big stipulations of 'laws' is that ignorance is not a defense. A recommendation is to send a task force to the most popular ORV sites in Michigan and have an information booth set up. Much like the state police do at the county fairs or normal summertime community events for recruiting.
3. Lastly the 'laws' themselves leave a great deal of interpretation to the 'law' to the officer on the scene; and inconsitency between officers' interpretations is confusing us in the offroad community. For example, a DNR officer in the U.P. may not cite a person for erosive activities where as a person in Eaton County has a "pet-peave" about it; so when a 'yooper' comes down to slum with us 'trolls', he doesn't understand why he's receiving a citation for something he's done all his life. A recommendation for corrective action would be either more extensive training for the DNR officers concerning matters of offroad trail use to ensure equal enforcement of all laws accross the board.
Again my opinion; but its not very helpful to just bitch about something in order to have people listen to you. To be constructive you'll need to format things much like we do here at the Urban Warfare Training Center. You need an Observation (what is wrong), Impact (How is this affecting the offroad community) and a Recommendation (how to fix it).
I have to get back to work. Thanks for reading.
|May 8th, 2007, 04:02 PM
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Don't get me wrong, I agree with everything said in the last 2 posts. But, just like we are observing here, one thought leads to another. I have been at meetings where I had no plan to speak. Then someone says something that sparks a comment from me.
I don't want everyone standing up and saying the same rehearsed phrases over and over. But, I also don't expect people to attend and feel pushed down because someone else is going to do the talking.
Looking like we have hidden behind closed doors to strategize and have our "attorney" speak is not always a good thing either.
By the way, I won't be there so I don't care.
|May 8th, 2007, 06:22 PM
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The quote above sounds a lot like:
If you don't have a solution to offer,
You don't have a problem to present.
I try to use this philosophy in my dealings with public agencies.
1) Hopefully they're not looking for any return comment at all. Hey, maybe they want to show us what they want the next trail system addition to look like. Seriously though, it would be my hope that those attending would care enough to join GLFWDA. Anyone who had a thought sparked would write it down and ask themselves "Would this thought better serve the 4wd community as a comment now, or as an integral part of a cohesive, well laid out, response by the State level 4WD Association?". If they answer 'as a comment, now' then, by all means, stand and issue the comment.
2) I wouldn't want that either! I'm just hoping that people will think before they speak, or give their comments to GLFWDA after the meeting.
3) I agree that closed doors may appear inappropriate at times, but I believe a well thought out strategy is always good. I would only want the door closed to the Department while we debated the issue amongst ourselves, not wheelers.
4) Have fun on your trip! Wish I could join you.
I'm sorry! I think I'm failing to differentiate between comments made by "John Doe/ Wheeler at Large (or member of Blank 4wd Club)" from the "Official GLFWDA" response. I'd like to see GLFWDA make one, well laid out, response.
I'm hoping the 'public' will consider assisting GLFWDA by writing their ideas down and adding it to the GLFWDA response as an option/alternative to speaking at the meeting.
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|May 8th, 2007, 07:19 PM
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I may piss some ladies off with this, but think of when you wife is asking you to do the impossible... like give her great sex AND stay awake afterward. Yet she won't let you watch TV during/after. She's giving you a problem, without any possible solution.
|May 8th, 2007, 09:54 PM
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From the DNR website before they got rid of the simple matrix that was previously used for obvious reasons:
Dick Ranney/ ORV Users/ 3 years/ 12/31/2005
Glenn Moll/ ORV Users/ 2 years/ 12/31/2004
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|May 9th, 2007, 11:30 AM
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I had seen these discrepancies on the DNR website and shot an email to the webmaster hoping it was an error on the page or that the website just hadn't been updated in a VERY long time. Thus far, no response. I haven't contacted Mr. Kubisiak to ask WTF(?) yet, but if these people are still sitting in chairs that they should have been out of long ago, I'd like to know WHY they're still there. Is there a lack of viable candidates able to fulfill the qualifications necessary to hold the position? Or is this an abuse of power as so gently hinted at by OMB?
I do not know what is going on. I'm very far away. I'm just trying to ensure I'm properly informed by collecting documentation and not making assumptions or taking someone's word for it.
|May 9th, 2007, 12:22 PM
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These term extensions were never announced over this long period of time.
Repeated requests for any kind of explanation over that time period (and obviously well before; as the public sat waiting for their chance to aplly) have simply been ignored by not only those in control...but every single member of the Michigan orv community who had this blatant abuse of power literally thrown in their face on a daily basis.
Throw in the fact that there is now a 6 million dollar budget balance; 750 miles of trail to be laid down and not to mention tens of millions in fee increases to be divided up that could spike to hundreds of millions if the last unchanged fee period holds true...and you can see why I'm the bastard for pointing any of this out while continually being THREATENED to boot. http://www.greatlakes4x4.com/showthread.php?t=36508
If you all want me to just quietly fade into the sunset here from my obvious lack of simple 'stand up like a man' support; so be it.
Yet if I receive anything but from even one of you after being the only one to 'dare' question any of this......
|May 9th, 2007, 03:12 PM
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So to answer your doubt Nick in Cali, the public is made aware of it, just not OMB. If you were to read his ramblings you will realize that he is not someone who could sit on such a board, hence him not knowing about seat assignments or seat openings, that boy is just not right!
|May 9th, 2007, 03:52 PM
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Moving all "procedural" and "conspiracy theories" to this thread that TF was kind enough to start in order to keep the current thread on track.
|May 10th, 2007, 12:11 AM
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I'm just home from the AB meeting.
The Dept. showed the video as an example of why they were hammered by the Forest Certification Inspectors. The trail has flowing water that drains into the near-by river, wetland vegitation, and places where it's 3 lanes wide from people trying to go around the mud holes. They say the trail is closed by signs and berms at both ends and that the video is still "under investigation".
If I were someone with a license plate shown in that vid, I think I'd be preparing to talk to a C.O.!
No comment was expected from any of the enthusiasts or GLFWDA on the subject. There was some banter, but nothing substantial except what I mentioned above.
|May 10th, 2007, 07:14 AM
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I'm not worried about a C.O as the trail was open when i ran it. I guess all they could get me for is the 2wd forest road rule. In that case i will talk to the guys i know at the timber company who told me it was legal to drive. The trail only has one "end" so i don't see how its bermed at both ends. It isn't state owned land so the states third party forest cert inspectors couldn't have hammered them about it.
Edit: the truly sad part is if that is the state of offroading in Michigan then as soon as i graduate i will move out of state, to someplace with available jobs, and wheeling that is legal. Our laws regarding wheeling are worse than the almighty Nazi California. And if Michigan doesn't want to make it legal then i will go someplace where it is and pay that state my taxes.
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|May 10th, 2007, 07:34 AM
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This vid, right?
It was the one shown at the meeting:
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|May 10th, 2007, 11:41 AM
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What I see in this thread, is numerous people who were just informed its illegal to do this kind of stuff.
I think this is good for the sport.
And about you thinking the DNR reads this forum, I know they do. There are numerous CO's here, because they used their DNR email address to register. They also login almost daily.
|May 10th, 2007, 11:47 AM
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You're right about the people just learning that it's illegal to do this stuff. I imagine, that ANY video of offroading in Michigan that isn't at an ORV Park is potentially illegal. Thanks for resizing my britches.
And if you can see where I'm logging on from... you know I'm bored today just don't tell the boss.
|May 13th, 2007, 09:39 PM
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very good read here. im glad we dont have the kind of restrictions up here as you have there but they are coming im sure.we have several groups that are fighting these kinds of rules and closers here but it takes time and money to fight them.
it just another reason to be a member of a club-more names on a piece of paper hold more weight than individuals when it comes to law makers.
im going to link this thread to our local board to show them how bad it can be and how it is well worth the time and money to help fight these kinds of laws and closers.
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I will have this report posted to our web site(http://www.msdeltaducks.com) also but here is the first report for this season. Thanks - William Wixon
With the opening of duck season only a few weeks away, we wanted to get the 2012 - 2013 Edition of the MS Delta Ducks Migration and Harvest Report up and running. In this fourth season of the affordable season hunt program, the blinds are the best built by the staff to date. Each season, we have added infrastructure to the blinds and sought input from our hunters on items that they would like to see improved on the prototype. We are quite proud of the 2012 - 2013 version and feel that the hunters will be equally pleased. The millet program remained in place this summer and should reap even greater dividends as the cumulative effect is to bring ducks back to food-rich, managed holes in subsequent seasons. The brakes and wetland areas have very good water levels with the exception of a few holes in the Bayou Basin. Our staff has seen more big ducks (mallards and gadwall) in the Mississippi Delta at this point of November than in the prior three years. They are joined by a number of northern shovelers, teal and blue bills. The wintering goose population is also larger at this stage than in the preceding years. As is traditional in the early season, the waterfowl present are concentrated in the habitat complex areas where the largest sheets of water can be found. The outlying brakes and flooded grain fields will begin holding ducks as the winter sets in. At this point, there should still be some good hunts in the outer areas as groups of gadwall suddenly descend on the brakes after sunrise. In those cases the shooting will be fast and furious. To sum up the current duck presence, the early or local ducks are more significant than in the last three seasons, and we anticipate a solid opening weekend with more mallards in the mix than in recent history. There are still a limited number of slots available in the season hunt program. We invite you to come hunt with us.


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