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[cekoni]

I dont know if I should post this news here. On 18 Oct, a 15-​year old Canadian teen, James Hubley committed suicide due to bullying. James was a championship figure skater for years.
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It reminds me of Evgeni's childhood. Kids are sometimes cruel. They are like wild animals Of course, bullying is always occurring all around the world, in Russia, Canada, Japan, everywhere. And, we can say it's a miniaturized version of adult society. However, bullies should be judged by law

Poor child ... just imagine how is to the children in less "civilized" countries....

... but violence is everywhere overwhelmed - country toward country, people toward people...

[cekoni]

Background of PChan's twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/PChiddy

"QUAD": https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_b ... lowres.jpg

[lala630312]

I hope that everything will be good with Mao's mom

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http://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... prix-final

Asada withdraws from Grand Prix Final

According to IceNetwork's Lynn Rutherford, two-time World champion Mao Asada has withdrawn from this week's Grand Prix Final a day prior to the start of the ladies' competition because her mother is "critically ill." Skate Canada, host of the Grand Prix Final this week, confirmed the news via Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/SkateCanada/stat ... 6994051072 ...

http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news ... 74843.html
The news says that Mao and Mai Asada's mother died early in this moning.

[cekoni]

So young! .... RIP
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https://twitter.com/#!/europeonice
A bit more detail on Mao's mother - her condition had worsened over the summer and she had been in & out of hospital quite a few times.


http://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... prix-final

UPDATE (12/9, 10:05 a.m. ET): IceNetwork's Lynn Rutherford posts via Twitter that Mao Asada's mother passed away at the age of 48, as reported by Japanese news sources.

UPDATE (12/9, 10:32 a.m. ET): Kyodo News reports that Mao Asada's mother has been suffering from liver cirrhosis and passed away early this morning before Asada landed in Japan.

[cekoni]

http://www.sports.ru/others/figure-skat ... 85300.html

Асада пропустит финал Гран-при из-за смерти мамы

Двукратная чемпионка мира Мао Асада не выступит в финале Гран-при, который пройдет в канадском Квебеке в эти выходные.

Асада готовилась к турниру, но была вынуждена отправиться домой в Японию после того, как узнала об ухудшении состояния мамы, сообщает AP со ссылкой на Федерацию фигурного катания Японии.

Позже стало известно, что ее мама Масако умерла сегодня утром в больнице из-за цирроза печени. Ей было всего 48 лет, сообщает Nikkansports.

[cekoni]

23.02.2012
Sonia Bianchetti being blackballed from World Figure Skating Hall of Fame? You judge!:
http://www.blazingblades.com/759310479/ ... you-judge/


09.03.2012
Dick Button to boycott his vote for World Figure Skating Hall of Fame 2012 nominees: Open Letter Challenges HOF leadership on lack of transparency and integrity:
http://kwantifiable.xanga.com/759751532 ... l-of-fame/

[Holly]

voilà Carolina Kostner as a designer!

she worked with "t-shirt t-shops" for a capsule collection of t-shirts for children

here you have some pictures of the window at Rinascente in Milan!












oops I'm sorry, the glass reflects the Duomo!!! my teacher of photography would say that "the city enters the photo"...

[cekoni]

Ирина Слуцкая: «Главное - не разводиться»

Наслаждалась выступлением Евгения Плющенко на чемпионате Европы и думала: вот бы Ирочка Слуцкая вернулась в большой спорт! Она не собирается? М. Владимирова, Нижний Новгород

- Женечка молодец, я тоже за него болела, но я, скорее всего, не вернусь в большой спорт. Когда просят «ну выступи разочек», не совсем понимают: чтобы разочек выйти, нужно полгодика пожить на льду. Поэтому, хоть я и осталась одной из немногих, кто не потерял статус любителя, то есть имеет возможность выступать на чемпионатах Европы и мира, нужно понимать: сегодня у меня другие цели, приоритеты.
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more: http://www.aif-nn.ru/tv-guide/article/48701

[cekoni]

saturday http://www.facebook.com/StephaneLambiel ... 5578345169

Stéphane Lambiel:

I am sorry to announce that I will miss this year's edition of Art on Ice Shanghai. I underwent a series of medical tests this week which led to the identification of a minor vascular problem in an eye. With a few weeks of rest, I should be able to keep the rest of my schedule unchanged. I sincerely apologize to the audience of the shows in Shanghai, and hope to meet them again next year. Thank you all for your support.

[cekoni]

2012 ISU Congress Proposes More of the Same
by George Rossano

(28 May 2012) When the ISU Congress meets in Kuala Lumpur starting June 8th, two issues will be taken up that will affect the future of the ISU for years to come. The first of these is a proposal to delay the election of officers, currently set for 2014, to 2016. The second involves various proposals to change the format of congresses in non-Olympic years, and there is also a proposal from France to add a conference between congresses in odd numbered years.....


... more: http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/ ... ngress.htm