#Wichita Nation

[in-the-toeloop]

OH MY GOD ITS MY DREAM PODIUM😭 I AM GENUINELY CRYING I LOVE FIGURE SKATING

[travelella]

Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, USA.

[goalhofer]

2023 World Baseball Classic Venezuela Roster

Pitchers

#3 Elieser Hernández (New York Mets/Ocumare Del Tuy)

#5 Max Castillo (Kansas City Royals/Santiago De León De Caracas)

#8 Alex Rivero (Leones De Ponce/Maracay)

#18 Anthony Vizcaya (Navegantes Del Magallanes/Barquisimeto)

#35 Erick Leal (Navegantes Del Magallanes/Carabobo)

#37 Enmanuel De Jesús (Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp/Valencia)

#38 Norwith Gudiño (Worcester Red Sox/Puerto Cabello)

#43 Carlos Hernández (Kansas City Royals/Ciudad Guayana)

#44 Jesús Luzardo (Miami Marlins/Parkland, Florida)

#45 Jhoulys Chacín (Leones Del Caracas/Maracaibo)

#46 José Alvarado (Philadelphia Phillies/Maracaibo)

#47 Edwin Escobar (Yokohama DeNA BeiShutsuen-Sha/Ciudad La Sabana)

#49 Pablo López (Minnesota Twins/Cabimas)

#54 Martín Pérez (Texas Rangers/Guanare)

#55 Ranger Suárez (Philadelphia Phillies/Pies De Cuesta)

#56 Silvino Bracho (Louisville Bats/Maracaibo)

#57 Eduardo Rodríguez (Detroit Tigers/Valencia)

#58 Endrys Briceño (Amarillo Sod Poodles/Maracay)

#59 Andrés Machado (Washington Nationals/Valencia)

#60 Darwinzon Hernández (Norfolk Tides/Ciudad Bolívar)

#65 José Quijada (Los Angeles Angels/Caripito)

#66 José Ruiz (Chicago White Sox/Guacara)

#77 Luis García (Houston Astros/Ciudad Bolívar)

Catchers

#13 Salvador Pérez (Kansas City Royals/Valencia)

#16 Omar Narváez (New York Mets/Maracay)

#28 Robinson Chirinos (free agent/Punto Fijo)

Infielders

#0 Andrés Giménez (Cleveland Guardians/Barquisimeto)

#1 Luis Rengifo (Los Angeles Angels/Ciudad Naguanagua)

#2 Luis Arráez (Miami Marlins/San Felipe)

#7 Eugenio Suárez (Seattle Mariners/Ciudad Guayana)

#10 Eduardo Escobar (New York Mets/Palo Negro)

#14 Gleyber Torres (New York Yankees/Santiago De León De Caracas)

#15 Hernán Pérez (Cardenales De Lara/San Francisco De Asís)

#24 José Cabrera (Detroit Tigers/Maracay)

#27 José Altuve (Houston Astros/Maracay)

Outfielders

#6 Senger Peralta (Los Angeles Dodgers/Valencia)

#25 Anthony Santander (Baltimore Orioles/Ciudad Agua Blanca)

#42 Ronald Acuña; Jr. (Atlanta Braves/Ciudad La Guaira)

Coaches

Manager Omar López (Corpus Christi Hooks/Valencia)

Bench coach Carlos Mendoza (New York Yankees/Barquisimeto)

Hitting coach Rodolfo Hernández (Minnesota Twins/Maracay)

Assistant hitting coach Wilfredo Romero (Beisbol Venezolano/Maracay)

Pitching coach Iván Arteaga (Beisbol Venezolano/Puerto Cabello)

Bullpen coach Luis Ramírez (Beisbol Venezolano/Valencia)

1B coach Rouglas Odor (Akron RubberDucks/Maracaibo)

3B coach Ramón Borrego (Wichita Wind Surge/Maracay)

[harocat]

Skaters, coaches, and family killed in the Washington Plane Crash over the Potomac River:

These skaters were returning from the post-Nationals Development Camp for young skaters in Wichita, KS. This is an event for up and coming athletes that gives them the opportunity to be seen by USFS officials and train with top coaches. All of these skaters were extremely young. Please correct me if I made an error, but I don't believe any of them were older than sixteen.

Unfathomable tragedy. Skating is such a small community. Everyone is going to feel the resonance of this. It's reminiscent of the 1961 Team USA figure skating plane crash. My heart goes out to everyone affected.

Spencer Lane (athlete at Skating Club of Boston) and his mother, Christine Lane

Jinna Han (athlete at Skating Club of Boston) and her mother, Jin Han

Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shiskova (coaches, 1994 world pairs champions, two time Olympians, and parents of US skater Maxim Naumov- Skating Club of Boston)

Eddie Zhou (athlete, Skating Club of Northern Virginia) and parents, Kaiyan and Joe

Everly and Alydia Livingston (sisters and athletes at the Washington Figure Skating Club) and parents, Donna and Peter

Franco Aparico (athlete, Washington Figure Skating Club) and father Luciano

Inna Volyanskaya (coach, former pairs champion- Washington Figure Skating Club)

Angela Yang and Sean Kay (athletes, ice dancer partners- University of Delaware Figure Skating Club) and mothers, Lily and Julia

Brielle Beyer (athlete, Skating Club of Northern Virginia) and her mother, Justyna Magdalena

Cory Haynos (athlete, Skating Club of Northern Virginia) and parents, Stephanie and Roger

Alexandr Kirsanov (coach, former elite ice dancer- Skating Club of Delaware)

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Olivia Eve Ter (athlete, Skating Club of Northern Virginia) and her mother, Olesya

[saywhat-politics]

A regional jet collided in midair with a helicopter while on approach to Reagan Washington National Airport around 9 p.m., the FAA said Wednesday evening in a preliminary update.

What we know

An American Airlines regional jet collided midair with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

One or both of the aircraft may be in the Potomac River, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

A search-and-rescue operation is underway on the river, officials said.

A source told NBC News that the plane, which was coming from Wichita, Kansas, was carrying 60 passengers and four crewmembers.

[thedialoguedilemma]

An American Airlines commercial plane heading to Washington DC from Wichita Kansas collided with a military Blackhawk helicopter causing the plane to crash into the Potomac

Just last week, President Trump FIRED the heads of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Coast Guard, and disbanded the Aviation Security Advisory Committee.

Trump also froze the hiring of Air Traffic Controllers. All flights heading to Reagan National Airport have been diverted and all planes are grounded effective immediately

Devastating.

[goodobservationshirley]

From Gabi's instagram post (x)

Last week, @splashmadison and I were both in Wichita for U.S. Nationals. She as a coach, and I as a commentator. Amidst our busy schedules, we carved out a little time on Wednesday morning for a practice session and asked our friend Jordan to capture the moment for us. Sharing a work in progress always feels vulnerable. When I first watched this video, my instinct was to focus on the details—to see what could be refined, what we’ve already evolved beyond. That drive for precision is part of me and always will be. But stepping beyond competition has also shifted my perspective. I’m learning to see movement not just as something to perfect, but as something to experience—to create for its own sake. The joy is in the doing, the freedom in the expression. Hope you see it too Music : Not loud enough, @marius.bear

[cryptid-quest]

Cryptid of the Day: Boar Man

Description: For an unspecified amount of time, people in and around the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge claimed to have seen a strange creature called the Boar Man. He’s described as an 8ft man who wears pig-skin, carries boar tusks, and could transform into a massive boar. 

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IT'S NICE TO BE WANTED: A SAN JOSE SHARKS PROMPT MEME FOR '24-'25 SEASON

Landed at the bottom of the Mariana Trench for Macklin and there’s nowhere to go from here but up. Sharkies, assemble: the Sharkuda prompt meme is back and it’s open ALL SEASON.

🦈 Schedule 🦈 Prompts open: Now ✨ Posting opens: November 10 Soft Deadline #1: February 12 Soft Deadline #2: Western Conference Final end 2025 Collection closes: June 30

🦈 How this works 🦈 This year we’re keeping the prompt meme open all season long. Prompting opens the day of the Sharks' Home Opener on October 10 and the collection closes on June 30. The collection opens for posting on November 10, but this is not a hard deadline! There are instead two soft deadlines for you to work for: 4 Nations Cup 2025 and the conclusion of the Western Conference Finals 2025. There is a hard deadline of June 30, at which point, the collection will close for posting and prompting.

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All fills welcomed - fic, art, podfic, poetry, fanmixes, creative nonfiction, whatever you can think of! Fic must be a minimum of 100 words and all other works must be equivalent effort. Fills must include at least one member of the Sharks, Barracuda, or Thunder organizations at any time in franchise history.

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Viewing information for US Nationals is now available on our website.

[in-the-toeloop]

I love Alysa liu. Thats all I wanted to say.

[boymanmaletheshequel]

Reports are coming in of a midair collision over Reagan national airport in Washington DC between a D60 Pavehawk military helicopter and an American Airlines flight inbound from wichita. Both aircraft have crashed into the Potomac river. It is being said that the American flight was carrying 64 passengers and crew, and that the D60 was carrying 3 service members. As of now, all are believed deceased. This is just days after Donald trump fired the heads of staff at TSA, and disbanded the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, or ASAC. It is because of the defunding of critical government services like this by trump that more accidents like this will continue to happen. My heart is with the families of all who are likely dead, and I am both mournful and fascinated to see what the subsequent investigation reveals.

[koalastick]

I am going to [remembers suicide jokes are harmful to myself and my seven nation army] wichita.

[eptodaytommorowforever]

Events In The History And Of The Life Of Elvis Presley Today On The 12th Of November In 1972

Elvis Presley Tour And Show Comes To San Bernardino CA.

A look back at Elvis Presley's 1972 outstanding concert at swing auditorium in San Bernardino CA

Sunday night, Nov. 12, 1972. The Santa Ana winds were howling, so typical of San Bernardino in November. And it was cold. But a sold-out crowd stood patiently to have an audience with The Legend . Elvis Presley was in the Swing Auditorium.

The Swing was the place east of L.A.'s Fabulous Forum to see virtually every top name act in the rock world, circa 1964 through 1981. Located on E Street, the auditorium was built in 1949 on the grounds of the National Orange Show and was named for Senator Ralph E. Swing, a San Bernardino legislator. What a glorious barn it was and what history played out on that stage. The Rolling Stones did their first American concert there in June 1964. The place rocked until a small plane crashed into it on Sept. 11, 1981 and the auditorium had to be demolished. One of the last shows played there featured Iron Maiden.

In between, rock royalty were regulars. Fleetwood Mac played more than five times. The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cream, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Black Sabbath, Ramones (as opening act), Chicago, Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper, the Grateful Dead (multiple times), Faces with Rod Stewart (also multiple times), Santana, the Kinks, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, the Beach Boys, and more. Look up how many of these acts are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Just about everybody but the Beatles made it to the Swing.

Prior to the modern rock era, Bob Hope was almost an annual fixture at the Swing during the National Orange Show Fair. Other notables who performed there in the '50s and '60s included Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny, Judy Garland, Jerry Lewis, and George Burns. But never had a King played there before that night.

Yet, it wasn't as if Elvis Presley had never been to the IE. He did own a house for several of the Priscilla years in Palm Springs and was known to do some boating in Big Bear Lake. Many scenes of the totally forgettable remake movie 'Kid Galahad' were shot in Idyllwild. And, some of the outdoor footage in 1964's 'Kissin' Cousins' was shot in the San Bernardino Mountains. Still, this was different.

Elvis Presley's nationwide tour began at Madison Square Garden in New York, a city he had never before performed live in. The four concerts there were sold out and got rave reviews. At 37, he was 'lean, tanned and greasily handsome, his coal-black hair glistening with an oily 1950s sheen', as the New York Times' Grace Lichtenstein put it. At a press conference before the Madison Square Garden appearance, he was asked about the secret of his longevity on the pop music scene. 'I take Vitamin E', he told reporters.

From New York, the tour moved west, passing through cities like Milwaukee, Chicago, Wichita and Tulsa before continuing on to Las Vegas. Elvis stayed there for most of October before continuing the tour, which took him to Texas, Arizona, and into California. He hit Oakland, then San Bernardino, where he performed two sold-out shows - one on Nov. 12 and another on Nov. 13. rom there, he headed to the Long Beach Arena for two shows, the last stop before catching a plane for Honolulu where the tour would wrap up. Originally, the Honolulu show was planned to be broadcast worldwide by satellite, but the broadcast date was changed to early 1973 so it wouldn't conflict with the release of MGM's musical documentary Elvis on Tour. No matter. The show (actually four of them) went on. And in Honolulu, as well as in other cities on the tour, fans of all ages crowded concert venues to get a live view of the King.

So it was in San Bernardino. The Swing could hold about 10,000 people with a concert take of around $60,000. On that cold November night, fans crammed into the sold-out auditorium. With reserved seating, there was none of the festival seating chaos that marked the Swing rock shows - kids pushing and shoving and fighting to get to the stage area. This crowd was real diferent. I was way too young at 21. For the usual Swing rock show, most of the concertgoers were my age or younger. The guys had long hair, wore boots, Levis and denim work shirts (think the cover of a Creedence album.) The girls went braless, wore tight jeans or peasant dresses. There were always more guys than girls.

For Elvis Presley though, these fans had jobs, mortgages, and kids. The women clearly outnumbered the guys. They wore bright yellow or orange dresses, lots of makeup. Hairspray was huge. And, there were more than a few suicide blondes with hot pants and go-go boots. (I would never have sat on anything in the Swing in hot pants.) Jean Naté was locked in mortal combat with Charlie in a fragrance war. My Sin perfume held its own. Smoke from the bathrooms came from real Marlboro men (and women.)

My seat was in the cheap section - off to the side and high up, close to the glued-on tinsel that was a prominent feature of the Swing. The place always had a peculiar smell. Close to show time, greedy Colonel Tom's minions were at the stage hawking T-shirts, photos, and other assorted gee-gaws. I wonder just how much of that cash Elvis Presley received.

Finally, the lights lowered. The band started playing the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Then, there he was - The King. He was resplendent in a black and red concert suit.

Though his show was typical of his Vegas show that he performed at the International Hotel (later known as the Las Vegas Hilton and now called the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino), it didn't matter to his loyal subjects. He was live in San Berdoo! Old ladies screamed. It was hard to tell from my cheap seat, but I believe there were a few panties thrown at him.

His voice and physique were in A-plus form. He ripped through concert standards such as 'Polk Salad Annie', crooned to crowd favorite 'Can't Help Falling In Love', and did a couple of religious numbers with the gospel group J.D. Sumner and The Stamps.

No Elvis Presley show would be complete without the hits 'Hound Dog', 'All Shook Up', 'Jailhouse Rock', and 'American Trilogy'.

His band and entourage - the Sweet Inspirations, legendary guitar hero James Burton - provided a full sound that could not be duplicated by the typical four-man rock act. It was a show truly becoming of a King. The crowd responded as if seeing him for the first time. Bedlam broke out among the thousands of fans.

After about 90 minutes, despite fans calling for more, Elvis Presley left the auditorium for the San Bernardino Hilton, about $60,000 richer. I was a poor college kid. I went to Del Taco. What a Sunday night! rare candid photo's one captured of elvis presley leaving Oakland CA captured here by a female ep fan boarding is executive chartered jet heading to San Bernardino CA and performing here at this show wearing the white pinwheel jumpsuit and the white cape and the lions head belt captured by a fan audience member who was at this show concert.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Oliver Willis at Daily Kos:

President Donald Trump scrapped an aviation safety committee that had been in place for more than three decades, just a few days before a deadly airplane crash at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. Officials have said they believe all passengers onboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter over the Potomac River were killed. D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly told reporters, “We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.” Among the passengers on the jet were a group of figure skaters and their coaches on their way home from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas. On Jan. 21, his second day in office, Trump sent a memo to members of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee telling them that their membership had been eliminated. The committee made recommendations to the FAA on issues relating to travel safety. The Trump memo said the gutting of the committee was being done as part of a process of “eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that [Department of Homeland Security] activities prioritize our national security.” The committee was formed by Congress after the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people in 1988. Kara Weipz, president of Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, criticized the announcement in a statement. “Today’s action by the Trump Administration will undermine aviation security in the United States and across the globe.” As part of an ongoing effort to upend civil rights gains, Trump also issued an executive order ending diversity recruitment programs at the FAA. The order went out even though the FAA has experienced a shortage of critical air traffic controllers for years.

If you want the real reason for assigning the blame for Wednesday night’s Potomac River mid-air plane collision, Trump and Musk’s dangerous anti-DEI witch hunt that led to the scuppering of an aviation safety committee which had been set in place for more than three decades.

See Also:

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Olga Lautman: How Trump Hijacked a Tragedy and Turned a Plane Crash into Propaganda

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