Recently, after receiving a speeding ticket in a Chicago suburb, I was required to complete an eight-hour traffic safety course that used the Princess Diana crash in Paris as a touchstone. It included physics, safety, traffic, and other experts especially vis-à-vis safety restraints...
I was...
There is a new memoir discussing American and pairs figure skating culture by Keri Blakinger, an early partner of Mark Ladwig, in addtion to later developments in her life and work . Here is a review (this is a gift article so everyone everywhere should be able to access it)...
The aftermath is that Gailhaguet continues to hang on. He has refused requests that he resign from his (unpaid) seat the French Olympic Committee where he is slated to serve until 2021. According to board president Denis Masseglia, "There is nothing in the statutes (by-laws) that oblige him to...
Multiple news sources have announced that Péchalat has been elected president of the FFSG : https://www.lequipe.fr/Patinage-artistique/Actualites/Nathalie-pechalat-elue-presidente-de-la-federation-francaise-des-sports-de-glace/1119731 with 504 votes ¨for¨ and 154 blank ballots with the...
According to the Le Monde article, which is locked for subscribers after the first couple paragraphs, it is Ms. Le Gougne herself who informed the newspaper of her candidacy. Le Gougne insists that Ms. Pechelet's candidacy is receiving strong support from Gailhaguet's most loyal supporters...
Here is an article I read about this the other day: http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/patinage-a-mulhouse-un-benevole-etait-condamne-pour-pedopornographie-06-02-2020-8254587.php . Changing one's name and volunteering to work with children, having a partner who works with children...An anonymous...
Does this have a future : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/business/glice-fake-ice-skating-.html ? I skated (and I am NOT a skater:( ) on a different synthetic ice more than a decade ago when my son was young. I found it odd and difficult. My son loved it. (He is not a skater either.)
Apologies if someone has already noted this: Morgan and Cipres will not be defending France´s title in Graz the 2020 European championships.
https://ffsg.org/europe2020-la-selection-francaise-en-route-pour-graz/...
Not actually...Maybe because I learned it as a 2nd language I find it logical and easier than English.
There is some American bashing going on in the LÉquipe comment section. On the other hand, the statement does not articulate that a child is involved, a big information gap
French legal processes are quite different than American/Anglo-Saxon processes (and procedures and code). One of those differences is that the identity of the accused is somewhat protected until a trial and its outcome. I don't think that France or Italy are more accepting of sexual abuse than...
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