#finlandia 2022

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22-23 season costume appreciation

Conrad Orzel (CAN) - Carmina Burana: O Fortuna by Carl Orff

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Amber Glenn competing in the short program of the 2021 Finlandia Trophy. She skated to Circles by Greta Svabo Bech (based on Einaudi's Experience).

(Source: Antti Lehto)

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LA FINLANDIA STA AZZERANDO I SENZATETTO

Negli ultimi anni migliaia di persone in Finlandia hanno abbandonato le strade in cui vivevano. Mentre in gran parte del mondo il numero dei senzatetto è in aumento, la Finlandia è l’unico Stato dell’Unione Europea ad aver eliminato quasi completamente questo problema.

La Finlandia ha adottato un nuovo approccio chiamato Housing First, affidare cioè un appartamento a persone che non hanno nemmeno un posto dove dormire. Si tratta di abitazioni collocate all’interno di condomini sociali in cui lavorano team composti da assistenti sociali, infermieri, terapisti del lavoro, psicologi e medici che forniscono assistenza 24 ore su 24 ai numerosi residenti. Da decenni la Finlandia investe nella costruzione, manutenzione e acquisto di alloggi sociali e sono stati creati più di 8.000 appartamenti per i senzatetto; un obiettivo condiviso da tutti i governi, sia di sinistra che di destra. Nella sola capitale, dal 2019 al 2022, il numero di persone che vivono senza tetto è diminuito del 40%.

Nel 2007 fu un ministro ad avere l’idea di mettere a disposizione un appartamento per tutti i senzatetto. Oggi questo modello è studiato in tutto il mondo. Di recente, il ministro tedesco per l’edilizia abitativa ha visitato il Paese per avere una visione diretta della politica di welfare finlandese. Dall’inizio del programma, Housing First ha trovato un appartamento per il 60% dei senzatetto finlandesi con l’obiettivo di arrivare al 100% e dal 2012, lo Stato ha calcolato di aver risparmiato quasi 32 milioni di euro all’anno, di cui la maggior parte nel settore sanitario.

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Thank you so so much for the ask @fern-foxx, I would love nothing more than to info dump <3.

PREPARE FOR 6130 WORDS THAT WILL MAKE YOU REGRET EVER ASKING ME TO DO THIS!

First things first, I have spent the last 4 hours formatting a response to your ask, only for tumblr to turn around and shit itself, and not let me post it. So I am restarting and trying it in the form of a proper post.

I think I had too many photos and links. So have put all my links in a linktree for your and tumblr's convenience (otherwise this post couldn't happen). Will just do a number coding system.

I have only gotten into figure skating recently. It started when some friends got me to watch Yuri on Ice and it's all been downhill since then.

The competition series I've been watching is the Grand Prix. This is on from October to December and is an elite level competition.

There are 2 programs that each skater competes, and I will go more in-depth later. But basically, there is the short program which is first - this is 2:40 +/- 10sec and the free program which is 4:00 +/- 10sec.

There are 6 qualifying events across the world, and skaters will be assigned either 1 or 2 competitions depending on how well they did at World's in March as well as some other criteria.

The competitions and when/where they were held this year:

Skate America - Oct 18-20 (Allen, TX)

Skate Canada - Oct 25-27 (Halifax, NS)

Grand Prix de France - Nov 1-3 (Angers)

NHK Trophy - Nov 8 -10 (Tokyo)

Finlandia Trophy - Nov 15-17 (Helsinki)

Cup of China - Nov 22-24 (Chonqing)

These are held in the same country every year (in 2022 Finlandia replaced the Rostelecom Cup in Russia for obvious reasons). The Junior Grand Prix has 7 qualifying competitions held between August and October and the locations of these change every year.

And then there’s the final:

Grand Prix Final - Dec 5th-8th (Grenoble, France)

The final is held in a different location each year and hosts both the seniors and juniors.

There are 12 skaters in each competition, and they'll get points based of how they place. At the end of the 6 competitions, the top 6 with the most points will go to the final.

The points:

1st - 15pts   2nd - 13pts   3rd - 11pts and so on... until 7th which is 4pts and 8th - 3pts.

There are various tie brakers in place, the first 2 are highest placement and if that ties -> highest total score (the list really keeps on going there are so many in the event all the tie brakers are tied).

Okay, now you understand how the Grand Prix works, we can go a little more in depth.

The Assignments

I said that these are based off of their placements in World's of the last season. The top 12 are guaranteed 2 assignments, the top 6 of these are called "seeded skaters." These are carefully assigned so that #1, #2, and #3 don't face each other at an assignment, and #4, #5, and #6 don't face each other. You can imagine that it would be unfair to have all the top skaters at 1 competition.

I made this helpful table to show who the top 6 at World's were in the men’s category:

The first number was their total score, second their short program, 3rd their free program, and then it has their 2 assignments. Shoma Uno placed 4th but retired that season so it bumped everyone up and the free spot went to Deniss Vasilijev. I won't share my women's table cause it is a total mess with several dropping out last minute.

The top 24 on the ISU (International Skating Union) world standings and season's best list also get 1 spot. Once all of those spots are filled, there is this sketchy ‘Host Pick’ rule. The host country of a competition gets to pick 3 of its own skaters to be at its competition. This could be giving someone with 1 slot an extra assignment or giving it to a local skater to draw in crowds. But the thing is, host picks don't have to meet the minimum score requirement?!?!? More on that later...

Other things that will put you in the pool for assignment consideration - are if you medal at the junior grand prix and are moving into the senior division. Or if you are a previous seeded skater who didn't participate in the last season due to heath/injury. After that, they look at the top 75 season's best list who meet that minimum score requirement.

The minimum score requirement is different for every division and changes every year. It is calculated by taking ⅗ of top score at the previous World's. In my table you can see that Ilia Malinin won with a total score of 333.76, so the minimum score for men in the 2024 Grand Prix is 200.26. (This year it was 133.77 for women). This minimum score also must have been achieved at an official ISU event (world championships, grand prix series, challenger series).

It is also worth noting that there is a limit of 3 skaters representing the same country at an assignment. Though there can be more than 3 if they make it to the final. See this year's final being 5 Japanese Women + Amber Glenn from the USA.

Now I want to tell you about the program requirements (for single, senior skating).

The Short Program

duration: 2:40 +/- 10 seconds

jump elements: 3

spin sequences: 3

1 step sequence

Both men and women must perform a double or triple axel, and a jump combination with 2 jumps. In addition to this, men must perform any triple or quadruple solo jump, and women any triple. The solo jump has to be different from the ones in combination. Because of their body shape, men can generally make more rotations in jumps than women, barely any senior women do quads after their body changes.

Both men and women must do 1 spin with a flying entry (any position), 1 combination spin with at least 2 different types of spins (camel, sit or layback). For the 3rd spin - spin in one position, men do either a camel or sit spin with 1 change of foot, and women can do any position but no change of foot. The position has to be different from their flying spin. As for rotations, for it to count you need a minimum of 8 rotations if you are not changing your spinning foot, and 6 if you are doing a change of foot.

The step sequence is a showcase of difficult steps and turns across a large surface of the ice, usually lasts at least 30 seconds.

Spins and step sequences get a level between 1 and 4 based off how complex and well executed they are. With 4 being the best and the standard for high level competitors.

The Free Skate

duration: 4:00 +/- 10 seconds

jump elements: 7

spin sequences: 3

1 step sequence

1 choreograph sequence

Both men and women must do 1 axel at any point. There is a maximum of 3 jump combinations allowed, with 4 other solo jumps. Most of them will do a jump sequence, which is when the second or third jump in a combination is an axel. Only 1 combination is allowed to have 3 jumps, the rest can only have 2.

Only 2 triples or quads can be repeated twice, of that, you can only repeat 1 quad (but can repeat 2 triples). This is to stop people from just doing their most high scoring jump over and over, this rule is colloquially known as the Zayaking rule. Elaine Zayak did 4 triple toe loops at World's in 1982 and it was changed after then.

As for spins, for both men and women it's 1 spin combo, 1 spin with flying entry, 1 spin with only one position. Change of foot and flying entry are optional extras for all spins, there are no restrictions like with the short program. 6 rotations must be achieved in the fly spin and spin in one position, and 10 rotations in the combination.

Step sequence same as above.

The choreograph sequence needs at least 2 artistic skating movements such as the spiral, spread eagle, or my personal favourite -  The INA BAUER.

The Ina Bauer

Amber Glenn (USA) Cup of China free skate 2024, my gif

You can see the blades are parallel, the leading foot faces where you're going, and the knee is bent. The other leg is straight out behind you, slightly staggered. Most of your weight is on the front foot, and it requires really good turnout in your hips. It is named after Ina Bauer (b.1941 d.2014) a German skater who invented it. Did you know that this Friday the 13th is the 10 year anniversary of her death? Catch me at the rink doing as many Ina Bauers possible. Anyways, there are 3 different types of Ina Bauer, the easiest being inside Ina Bauer meaning you are on the inside edge of your blade and go in a circle like this:

^ This is my very beginner level Ina Bauer, I don't quite have the strength/balance/flexibility to move up the Ina Bauer food chain yet, but I have only been skating for a few months and will master it one day.

There's also an Ina Bauer on a straight line. Then there’s the hardest which is on the outside edge, this is a very good example:

Cha Jun-hwan (KOR) 2023 ISU World Team Trophy free skate (1)

See his Ina Bauer goes along the outside of an invisible circle, and mine faces inside? And a straight Ina Bauer is just a straight Ina Bauer, like the one Amber Glenn is doing in that first gif. You don't have to do it in a layback position, you can just have a straight back for it to count. It's not about back flexibility but rather hip flexibility. RAAAAGH INA BAUERS, I live for them.

One of my favourite moments from this year's Grand Prix is when Kevin Aymoz of France does an Ina Bauer into a triple axel in his free program!!!! How cool is that?!?!

Kevin Aymoz (FRA) Grand Prix Final 2024 free skate, my gif

Skaters get more points on jumps if they include a difficult entry/exit, so this boosted his grade of execution (more on that later!) It's also a good example of an Ina Bauer with the straight back. Kevin Aymoz is one of my favourite skaters, he's a bit of a gay icon.

Now I will tell you about...

JUMPS

There are 6 types of jumps you'll see in professional skating. Most of them will be triples, except for the women's axels where doubles are more common. Men will do some quad jumps but very few will do the harder ones like the flip, lutz, and axel. Then there's Ilia Malinin of the USA who can do all the quads and make it look effortless. There’s also the occasional double as the second/third jump in combination or as a solo jump if something has gone really wrong. (Solo doubles aren't even allowed in a senior short program)

All jumps look the same in the air, and land on the same foot backwards with an outside edge. What makes them different is the way you take off. There are toe jumps that use the toe picks, and edge jumps which use your edges.

Diagram (2)

You can see that the figure skating blade is not flat but rather curved in a sort of arch shape. If you are leaning inwards, you'll be on your inside edge and outwards on your outside edge. The toe pick be spiky so you can stab it into the ice to launch you far and into the air. Consequently, if you lean too far forward on your skates you can trip over your toe pick and fling forward (I have done this many a time). You are also supposed to land on the bottom part of your toe pick and then place your foot down. But if you land too far forward on your toe pick you also fly forward (I couldn't walk after I fell like this on Saturday lmao).

Most skaters will jump and spin anticlockwise, so the following information applies to them. But for the few that go clockwise, reverse the lefts and rights.

The 6 jumps, separated by type are -

Toe jumps:

Toe Loop (T): Right outside take off. Entered from turn. Left leg extends back, toe pick strikes ice.

Flip (F): Left inside take off. Entered from turn. Right leg extends back, toe pick strikes ice.

Lutz (Lz): Left outside take off. Entered from a long straight 1 foot glide. Right leg extends back, toe pick strikes ice.

Edge jumps:

Salchow (S): Left inside take off. Entered from turn. Legs sweep to form / \ shape.

Loop (Lo): Right outside take off. Left leg crosses over right, X shape.

Axel (A): Left outside take off. Only jump that takes off forward. Entered from back outside edge, left leg steps forward, right legs swings through to launch you.

For counterclockwise jumpers, all jumps land on a back right outside edge. Which means for jump combinations (where your landing edge has to be your take off edge) there are only 2 jumps that can be used as the second/third in combination. These being the toe loop and loop because they take off from that right outside edge.

This is unless a Euler jump is performed. This is a single jump used in combination to connect 2 jumps as it will take you from the right outside edge to the left. Interestingly, from the 2026-27 season onwards, Eulers will no longer be allowed in the short program, only the free. They will also no longer count as a listed jump nor add any base value to jumps (currently worth 0.5).

I've mentioned jump sequences in the free program requirements, but to expand on them. They are when your take off edge is different from your landing edge. I.e a small step is done so long as it doesn't disrupt the flow. Though since the 2018-19 season, only axel jumps are allowed as the second/third in a sequence. Also prior to 2022-23 sequences would only get 80% of the total base value for the jumps, but now it's full value.

It was also only in the 2018-19 season when the number of jump elements in a men's free skate went down from 8 to 7 (women's was already 7), and from 2026-27 onwards both disciplines will be going down to 6. That same season in 2018-19 the men's free skate went down from 4½ minutes to 4.

I should have mentioned this before, but figure skating seasons are from the 1st of July to the 30th of June so they span 2 years (not really, but that’s why I am using '2018-19' etc). The season starts with the Junior Grand Prix qualifiers in August - October, then the senior Grand Prix qualifiers in October - November with the final in December. December to January is when most countries hold their nationals. January is also the European championship. February has the 4 Continents (which is everyone BUT Europe), and March is the World Championships. When the Olympics are on in Februarys the 4 Continents are moved to January.

There's also The Challenger Series which is a step below Grand Prix. These competitions are required to take place between August 1st and December 15th. There are several competitions worldwide, but they don’t have a final. Sometimes Grand Prix skaters will compete in them to boost their rankings as they count towards the season's best list and can be where you get your ISU minimum score requirement that we talked about earlier.

Redirecting this back to jumps, here is a table of base values. You can see them ordered from lowest to highest to give you a sense of what’s easier vs harder.

Speaking of base values, I think it's about time I introduced you to...

The ISU Judging System

Now this can be EXTREMELY confusing at first, but in time it will make sense, and I hope I explain it well enough.

Both the short and free scores are broken into 2 sections. You have your Technical Score (TES) and your Program Component Score (PCS).

Technical Score - every element you perform has a base value (BV) that is added to your score. This is the easy part. Now where it gets complicated is with the Grade of Execution (GOE). Each judge (there's usually 7 - 9 in big comps) assigns a number between -5 and 5 based off how well it is executed.

Now bear with me here...

The highest and lowest GOEs from the judges are discarded, and the rest are averaged. The GOE average is then multiplied by 10% of the BV. This is your final GOE for a skill, this number is then added to the original BV to give a final FINAL score for a skill.

EXAMPLE:

The quad lutz had a base value of 11.5.

The 1 and 3 are discarded. (Highest and lowest)

(2+2+3+2+2+2+2) /7 = 2.14 - the average GOE

11.5 x 0.1 = 1.15 - 10% of the BV

2.14 x 1.15 = 2.46 - total GOE

11.5 + 2.46 = 13.96 - final skill score

Personally, I love how much maths is involved!! It's fun to just calculate these things even if the score sheets give you the final skill score anyways. It is really exciting once you understand how all of this works!! (yes, I am autistic if you haven't guessed already)

I would also like to note, that the current +/- 5 GOE system used to be +/- 3 but was changed in the 2018-19 season to make improper technique and falls have a bigger impact on scores.

Now the program component score (PCS). There are 3 categories: Composition, Presentation, and Skating Skills. A brief definition of all of them: Composition is the connection of your skills, use of the ice, and understanding of how the music relates to your program.

The standout example of this that I have to show you is from Kaori Sakamoto's free skate, I just LOVE how her jump take offs are on beat to the music!

Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Grand Prix Final 2024 free skate

She actually got the highest PCS score out of the women in the Grand Prix Final!! It's easy to see why.

Presentation is engagement and expression with your music, and I guess general prettiness? Skating Skills is "a good range of steps, turns, and movements with blade and body control" tbh, I don't have a good understanding of what these look like, I guess it’s just vibe based. This is like an artistry score. It is just as important to have graceful skating that tells a story, as it is to have good technical abilities. The judging system and jump base values are always changing to try and balance this, and there a few systems in place to make this possible too.

Before 2022-23 there were actually 5 PCS categories, the 2 they got rid of were transitions – “intricate footwork, positions and movements that link all elements”, and interpretation (of the music) which I don’t fully understand, how many categories do you need in order to judge if a skater understands the music lol. This also meant that the factors increased in 2022-23 as they axed 2 categories.

So, for each of the 3 PCS categories, the judges assign a number between 0.25 and 10, and it goes up in increments of 0.25. Just like with the GOE, the highest and lowest numbers are discarded, and the rest are averaged. These averages are then added together and multiplied by a factor.

This factor is different for every discipline, because it is supposed to be as equal to the TES as possible. The women's factor is lower than the men's because they generally have a lower TES. And the short program is lower than the free skate because there are less technical elements.

The factors are as follows:

Mens Short Program: 1.67

Mens Free Program: 3.33

Women's Short Program: 1.33

Women's Free Program: 2.67

(the factors for pairs are the same as women's)

Let's look at Kaori Sakamoto's GPF free skate as an example, specifically her composition score:

The 8 and 9.5 are discarded, and the average is rounded to 2 decimal places equaling 8.93. This process repeats for the other 2 categories. These numbers are then added together (8.93 + 8.82 + 8.86 = 26.61) and multiplied by the factor. In this case, the women's FP is 2.67, so 26.61 x 2.67 = 71.05.

The maximum PCS possible:

Men’s short program: 50.00

Men’s free skate: 100.00

Women’s short program: 40.00

Women’s free skate: 80.00

Hopefully now you have a better understanding of how the judging system works! There is a little more to it, I will go into more into detail now. If you look at the detailed results from a competition you may see various symbols/letters next to skills. I will tell you what they mean and what they do to a score:

q - Jumps landed a quarter rotation short, doesn't affect base value, but will give you a negative GOE. The 'q' was introduced during the 2020-21 season.

< - Jumps landed between ¼-½ rotations short. Results in only getting 80% of the BV.

<< - Jumps landed more than ½ short a rotation. The jump will get downgraded. A 3Lz with a << will only get the BV of a 2LZ.

e - Edge call on a flip or Lutz. Remember how the flip takes off from an inside edge and the lutz an outside edge? Well, if you do it from the wrong edge, you will get an edge call and only 80% of the BV.

! - Edge warning. This means there was an unclear edge take off on a flip or lutz. There is no reduced BV, but the GOE will be less than 0.

V - For a spin that does not meet requirements, like a lack of rotations or variation in position. 75% of BV.

F - A fall. -5 GOE. There is also a -1 deduction for your first and second fall, a -2 for third and fourth, and -3 for 5th fall onwards.

+REP - Used if you do more than the allowed 3 combinations or 2 combinations + 1 sequence in the free program. The first jump will get 70% BV and everything after that doesn't count. It is also used for repeated single jumps; they'll also get 70% of BV.

+COMBO - You will see this in the middle of a combination. It happens when the skater steps out after landing a jump and still takes off for the next jump. Remember the point of a jump combo is to take off from the same edge you land on. This results in the following jump having no value.

* - Invalid element, skater receives 0 points. This is for any element that breaks a rule. Like a single or double solo jump in the SP, an extra jump element done (only 3 in SP and 7 in FS allowed), repeating a certain triple/quad jump in the FS more than twice, if there is no axel done, the last jumping pass will be invalid too. Also used alongside +REP to invalidate extra jumps in combinations. Before 2016-17, an invalid jump in a combination would invalidate the entire combination. And from 2026-27 onwards, the same type of jump can't be included in the FS regardless of rotations (currently more than 3 of the same jump can be included if you do 3 triples and a double for example).

x - This is the only good symbol! It is placed after the last jump element in the SP or the last 3 jump element in the FS (provided they are in the second half of the program). It adds an extra 10% to the BV of your jumps. As the program goes on skaters will get more tired so are rewarded for doing difficult stuff at the end. Consequently, this system was heavily abused until a rule change in the 2018-19 season. It used to be that all jumps in the second half would get the extra 10%. You can then imagine people would just stack their programs to have all the jumps in the second half. This was then changed to better balance program composition.

There are also other deductions besides falls. It's -1 for every second up to 5 that your program goes overtime. -1 for costume parts falling on the ice, -1 for costumes that don't meet requirements, -1 if you take more than 30 seconds to get into your starting position after your name is called, -2 for illegal moves (back flips were recently legalised, if you want to watch programs with back flips, I recommend Adam Siao Him Fa of France).

If you do want to watch figure skating, I will quickly explain what the thing in the top left corner is. It's relatively straight forward

The squares at the top represent the 12 elements that make up the free skate (short program will have 7 squares). The green means they successfully performed an element, the red means they performed it, but it got a negative GOE. Now you also know what it takes to get a negative GOE thanks to the information above ;)! If there is a dark grey, it means it’s under review still (?). This bar will fill up as they go through the program.

It will tell you the most recent element performed, as well as the BV for it, and their GOE. This is the GOE after that multiplying the average by 10% BV nonsense. Under this you'll see the skaters TES go up throughout the program, and underneath it is the leader's TES.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ISU JUDGING SYSTEM, THAT WAS A LOT BUT HOPEFULLY YOU GET IT NOW!

I will also share with you a helpful table I made in preparation for watching the Gran Prix Final. It has the finalists with their assignments, how they placed with qualifying points, and their total score earned in both assignments. As well as their personal bests and age. Interestingly, the men and women have the EXACT same average age of 21⅔. Which is super interesting cause usually the women tend to be younger than the men. Though this year the minimum age for the senior division was upped to 17. Last year it was 16 and before that it was 15 for quite a while. This was to protect minors more because of how intense it got with doping etc. I think it's a great change because I don't want to see tiny children when watching seniors, its also unfair cause the younger women can go hard out and learn quads before their body changes which is dangerous.

Adam Sia Him Fa qualified in 4th but had to drop out because of injury, Mikhail Shaidorov was 7th so he got moved up to replace Adam.

I really love looking up the skater's profiles on the ISU website, because some of them have the most insane listed hobbies. Check out Camden Pulkinen. Emo ass king.

Now I want to tell you about some of my favourite skaters!

Kevin Aymoz - France

Kevin Aymoz (FRA) Grand Prix Final 2024 gala exhibition, my gif

I have talked about him before. I love how dramatic his programs are, they have a lot of flair and camp energy. He was at Skate America and Finlandia Trophy and made it to the final! Unfortunately, he fell a few times and came last. He did get bronze at the 2019 GPF though! Did you know in 2021 he was in a French documentary called Faut qu'on Parle (we need to talk). It's about 6 elite athletes who come out for the first time and share their experiences of being queer. One of his listed hobbies is "catching pokémon" okay icon.

Amber Glenn - USA

Amber Glenn (USA) Grand Prix de France 2024 gala exhibition, gif credit below

LOOK AND HOW GORGEOUS AND HOT SHE IS. First off, SHE WON THE GPF CAUSE SHE'S SO AMAZING. Her assignments were Grand Prix de France, and Cup of China. Amber is a mental health advocate who is also queer and has ADHD, I love her so much. At the end of competitions, they will sometimes hold a gala exhibition. This is a showcase that some of the competition skaters partake in. It's a chance for them to do whatever program they want without the pressure of being judged - it's truly just for fun! Amber’s gala this year was to HOTOGO! Would definitely recommend checking it out. Here are some gif sets of it here on tumblr (3 4 5). Her hobbies are Magic the Gathering, anime, and cosplay. (It's funny cause when a skater lists anime as a hobby, you just knowwww they've seen Yuri on Ice. In this case, Amber worked with the creative team on the movie before it was cancelled). She was also the second American woman to land a triple axel at World's, the first ofc being Tonya Harding. Amber is a little bit of a legend, at age 25 she's kind of come out of nowhere and is starting to skate really well consistently. It was so cute when she found out she won the GPF. There's a camera where they can see the other skaters in the back, and the Japanese women did her FS finishing pose. It was such a sweet moment of amazing sportsmanship between these women. I will put a link to the clip posted on reddit here (6).

Matteo Rizzo – Italy

Matteo Rizzo (ITA) NHK Trophy 2024, my gif

Assigned - NHK, and Cup of China. He's just a silly guy. For starters, his SP music is a song called "Two Men in Love" an extremely gay love song. But then his FS music is.... "Fix You" by Coldplay? It's the contrast that I find so funny. His hobbies are Formula 1 and "airplanes" I too love planes. All of these things combined made him stand out to me as a bit of an icon. He also kind of looks like Christophe Giacometti from YOI, he's got the eyelashes for it. The gif is from the kiss and cry after his skate when he did this super funny gesture that absolutely sent me. What can I say, the man loves cars.

Jason Brown - USA

Jason Brown (USA) NHK Trophy 2024 short program, my gif

Skate Canada and NHK. Did you know that he came out as gay on Dan's birthday in 2021? My friends and I joked that Brown was fitting name cause he was dressed like a shit for his SP in that gif. I call him JJ if he slayed, cause his energy and mannerisms + the way he addresses the audience reminds me JJ from YOI but if he were gay. Also has a super camp gala exhibition, and won the junior GPF in 2011.

I love the galas that have a gimmick. Like Mikhail Shaidorov who did a Kung Fu Panda one in a giant panda suit. He somehow managed to land a triple toe loop in that costume too! Mikhail is a really good jumper. This season he made history by becoming the first skater to land a quad as the second jump in combination with his 3A + 4T!!!

Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) Grand Prix Final 2024 exhibition gala (7)

He also has assistants come out in his gala and for the Grand Prix de France, Amber was one of them!

Amber and Mikhail Grand Prix de France 2024 exhibition gala (8)

Where you can watch the ISU stuff will depend on your country. I can watch it all for free on the ISU Skating youtube channel since I am in New Zealand and no other broadcaster covers it. The youtube videos are geo blocked in countries that have networks with a monopoly over the rights.

If you are also a fan of Yuri on Ice, I have some cosplay content recommendations too (if not, just skip this). I have fallen IN LOVE with these 2 particular cosplayers (Vehn and Svatti - yt channel: Weeb Chapel) who had a YOI skit series, here is the playlist on youtube (9). Svatti who plays Yuri also does a hilarious Chris which you can see in their Kiss Marry Kill in Character (10).

Cosplayer Svatti as Christophe Giacometti in "Yuri!!! on Ice KISS MARRY K-WORD!" youtube link in linktree, my gif

Svatti's Chris is also in the background as a voice in the Viktor and Yuri Google Questions Interview (11). Now I don't usually consume Otayuri content cause I find their age gap weird, but they have a gorgeous Otayuri CMV (cosplay music video) that I keep on watching (12). I have also started just watching all their other cosplay content. YOI is the only anime I've seen, but I really just love Svatti and Vehn (former username Mishkali) so much I'll watch anything with them. They are so attractive, and my gender envy is off the charts with everything they do, and Vehn’s Victor drives me fucking crazy in the best ways possible THE ACCENTTT. If you know of them or watch it and want to chat HIT ME UP!

My favourite CMV however is this one (13) by Rintamasuunta. The production BLOWS MY MIND DUDE. Even if you haven't seen YOI you should still watch it. The sets, costumes, choreography, ah too good. One of them is even an actual skater and you get to see them do parts of the routines in costume! I keep rewatching it time and time again.

One last Yuri on Ice thing - Joel Minas on youtube has recreated some of the programs in full. It is just so impressive to see them bought to life. Here is his playlist (14)

And there we have it folks!! There's a lot more that I could have included, I have so many more thoughts. I'm sure y'all are familiar with the feeling of being in the trenches of a hyper-fixation. You ask for an info dump; you get an info landfill that took a couple days and many MANY hours to assemble (WORTH IT!). I may or may not have taken it a bit too literally when you asked to hear what I've learnt so far WELL HERE IS EVERYTHING. Are you regretting your life choices yet? If you or anyone else has any questions or wants to discuss figure skating, CONTACT ME PLEASE I LOVE TO YAP (evidently)!!! Also, if you have managed to read all of this you are insane, and I love you.

I still spend most of my days thinking about skating. I am at the rink 2-3 times a week and have started lessons. I hope to get really good at it someday. Researching competitive figure skating is so so so fun! I just love learning about the all the rules/the technical side. I have so many pages of notes. Finally, I will link some resources I found helpful if you want to do some further reading.

They’ll be in the linktree (sorry it had to be like this, tumblr just couldn’t take it) https://linktr.ee/pissterdaniel

Resources

15 Brilliant youtube video that breaks down the 6 jumps with examples to help you identify them

16 The soyouwanttowatchfs website has a lot of guides for people getting into figure skating

17 ISU Technical Panel Handbook 2024-25

18 ISU Technical Rule Book 2024 (160 pages of goodness)

19 Table of base values (a couple of seasons old as still has 5 PCS categories listed, but should (?) still be valid, it has +/- 5 GOE so is after 2018 but before 2022. I feel like one of those people who works out the date a globe is from, which honestly, I’d be into because I love geography (it’s the darn autism again isn’t it)).

20 Extremely detailed table of base values 2024

21 Short program outline

22 Free skate outline

23 The ISU website in general, good for detailed scores and skater profiles

Lmk if there are any issues with the links OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I’LL SAY IT AGAIN PLEASE CONTACT ME

Okay that is it, I just want to get this out there now, getting this from my word document to a successful tumblr post has taken 7 hours dear lord.

Hope this is a sufficient info dump @fern-foxx, it’s 6130 words. Thank you for your ask xxx

[allekha]

Fun With Jump Arm Variations

When jumping, different skaters put their arms in different places, but generally they are pressed flat against the torso, especially on higher-revolution jumps. This compressed shape increases the skater’s rotational speed, which is important for attempting triples and quads.

But as anyone who has watched much skating has seen, you can jump with your arms in different positions, too. There are two main arm variations you will see in modern skating programs:

One arm above the head - these are nicknamed ‘tanos’ after Brian Boitano, who did not invent but did popularize the variation. Ones where the arm is bent a lot may be derisively nicknamed ‘helicopter tanos’, as some fans don’t like how they look. (Brian Boitano 1988 Olympics SP, Brian Orser 1988 Olympics SP, Petra Burka 1965 FS, Wendy Burge 1976 Olympics FS, Ekaterina Kurakova 2022 Euros FS)

Two arms above the head - these are nicknamed ‘rippons’ after Adam Rippon, who also did not invent them but popularized them when he started doing it on his lutz. (He did tanos on it for a while, but then started using both arms when he trained with Brian Orser, because he felt bad doing ‘tanos’ in front of Orser, who famously took silver behind Boitano at the Olympics.) (Adam Rippon 2016 GP France FS, Midori Ito 1988 Olympics SP, Ting Cui 2018 JGP Ostrava  SP, Sihyeong Lee 2021 Nebelhorn FS)

However, there are also other arm variations. These are all rare nowadays, although if you watch older programs, you are more likely to spot a variation that’s not a tano or rippon. Ones I’ve seen include:

Hands on hips - these used to be much more popular back in the day but have fallen out of fashion. I would guess it’s because they slow down rotational speed too much, as every one I have seen is a double except this one by Michael Chack, but I don’t know for sure. (Jill Trenary 1990 Worlds FS, Michael Chack 1992 USNats FS, Rory Flack 1988 USNats SP, Tonia Kwiatkowski 1988 USNats SP, Midori Ito 1987 Worlds SP, Anna Kondrashova 1988 Olympics SP, Yuzuru Hanyu 2010 JPNats FS)

Helicopter arms - this one has been used as a warm-up by Yuzuru Hanyu, and I’ve spotted it in competitions a couple of times with single and double jumps (Rory Flack 1994 US Open Artistic Program, Yuzuru Hanyu 2012 Finlandia Trophy SP warmup)

Arms behind back - I’ve only seen this one performed by Jason Brown in his Riverdance program, where depending on the event he placed either one or both arms behind his back during the second jump of this combo (2013 SA FS, 2014 Nats FS)

Arm switching midair - I’ve only seen this one in this lovely axel variation by John Curry (1976 Olympic SP)

Hands by the head - I believe I may have seen this used by at least one other skater, but the only example I have at hand is this one by Nancy Kerrigan (1990 Goodwill Games SP)

Beginning in 2009, ‘varied position in the air’ became a positive GOE bullet point for jumps. This was because they are supposed to add to the difficulty of a jump, although I’ve seen arguments back and forth from skaters about how true that is for some arm positions (and even if which arm is raised makes a difference for tanos). Years later, they exploded in popularity, particularly in the women’s competition. The trend had its beginning around 2014 or so; the previous season, junior World medalists Evgenia Medvedeva and Serafima Sakhanovich were given programs constructed to include raised arms on a couple of jumps, which wasn’t too unusual, but in 2014, their programs contained many more of them. Medvedeva would go on to dominate the senior circuit for several years and notably used raised arms on most of her jumps during that time, which started the trend in earnest among other skaters.

This GOE bullet point was removed for the 2018-2019 season. But if arm variations no longer get that bit of GOE, why do we still see them so often? There are probably a few reasons:

Skaters who trained them for GOE a few years ago got used to doing them that way and don’t want to mess with their muscle memory

They can add to a program aesthetically

Skaters and their teams may still hope to impress the judges by using them

Skaters have said that rippons help straighten their jump axis

I’ve also seen speculation that rippons can be used to help muscle jumps using the upper body in some cases

I would also like to shout out arm variations on jump exits that aren’t the standard check-out position. These aren’t as common as mid-air variations nowadays and rarely get talked about as their own thing - probably in part because they were never a GOE bullet - but they can add difficulty to the exit as well as give a nice choreographic touch to a program. You can see a few in the above gifs, but here’s a few more:

(Petra Burka 1965 Worlds FS, Yuzuru Hanyu 2021 “White Nights” EX, Anett Pötzsch 1976 Olympics FS, Hana Mašková 1968 Worlds FS, Claudia Kristofics-Binder 1976 Olympics FS, Brian Boitano 1988 Olympics SP, Vladimir Kovalyov 1976 Olympics SP)

[sistemabibliotecariomilano]

Primavera di libri

Torniamo a suggerirvi nuove letture e film “raccomandati” dai vostri bibliotecari di fiducia.

Un autentico caso letterario l’inedito di Gabriel García Márquez Ci vediamo in agosto, che, come narra la leggenda a proposito dell’Eneide di Virgilio, l’autore avrebbe voluto distruggere: “un omaggio alla femminilità, una storia di libertà e di desiderio che non si sopisce con l’età e nemmeno con l’amore coniugale”. I figli hanno consentito la pubblicazione di questo breve romanzo, che esce in contemporanea in tutti i paesi e ci delizia come una sorpresa inaspettata, nonostante la volontà del suo artefice, forse troppo esigente con sé stesso.

Tutt’altro che deprimente, Piccoli suicidi tra amici di Arto Paasilinna è ormai diventato un classico. Scritto con stile quasi cronachistico, la sua apparente freddezza (che peraltro ben si addice alle gelide lande della Finlandia da cui provengono i personaggi del libro) non fa che accrescere l’ironia, magari un po’ macabra, di cui è pervaso. “… ogni giorno è per ciascuno sempre il primo della vita che gli resta da vivere, anche se siamo troppo occupati per rendercene conto” è la sintesi filosofica di un romanzo divertente, originale, che si risolve in un inno non banale alla vita, alla solidarietà, all’amicizia. Un vero toccasana “per tempi agitati”, citando Mauro Bonazzi, come sono quelli in cui ci troviamo a vivere. Dalla postfazione di Diego Marani: “Una delle cose più belle dei romanzi di Paasilinna è che dopo il tumulto, il fragore e le spericolate rincorse tutto si risolve delicatamente, come una risata di cui resta solo il gioioso ricordo, nell’acqua increspata d’un lago, nel vento della sera, nell’odore di foraggio appena tagliato. … In questo libro la grande beffata è la morte”.

Ambientato a Bologna durante le festività natalizie tra la fine del 1953 e l’inizio del ’54, Intrigo italiano di Carlo Lucarelli ci ripropone la compagnia del commissario De Luca, sempre ombroso, inappetente e drogato di caffeina. Lo accompagna un giovane poliziotto che lo introduce negli ambienti musicali degli amanti del jazz, di cui era appassionato un noto professore morto in circostanze non chiare. Ma il mistero si infittisce quando anche la vedova viene trovata uccisa e De Luca stesso è controllato dai Servizi Segreti. Non siamo più in tempo di guerra mondiale, ma di guerra fredda e anche i migliori si devono aggiornare. Un giallo di classe, con una ricostruzione storica sempre molto accurata. È del 2022 il ritorno del commissario Marino, segretamente ma attivamente antifascista, in Bell’abissina, dopo l’esordio del 1993 con Indagine non autorizzata, quando era ancora soltanto ispettore. Si tratta di un cold case soltanto apparente, perché la serie di delitti, legati da somiglianze via via sempre più chiare, si protrae dal passato al presente pericolosamente minacciato dall’imminente scontro bellico. Marino ha un temperamento diverso da quello di De Luca e si getta anima e corpo in questa indagine che coinvolge corrotti fiancheggiatori del regime. Un incontro, come dice l’autore stesso nei Ringraziamenti, tra la storia, con la s minuscola, frutto di fantasia, e la Storia, quella del secondo conflitto mondiale che Lucarelli conosce molto bene e che ha trattato anche in diverse trasmissioni televisive.

Irresistibile la doppietta di Simenon che vi proponiamo. Gli altri, inedito in Italia fino alla pubblicazione di Adelphi del 2023, è scritto in forma di diario-confessione e ci guida con il suo ritmo irresistibile tra i meandri di un suggestivo castello francese, che racchiude, ça va sans dire, una morte misteriosa, una giovane e affascinante castellana, nonché un burbero e attempato maggiordomo, sospettosamente depositario di ogni segreto… Come sempre, con pochi abili tratti l’autore descrive una serie di personaggi che non potrebbero essere fra loro più diversi, anche se appartenenti alla stessa famiglia: la sua penna riesce a far sembrare del tutto naturali e accettabili legami apparentemente inconciliabili e al limite della moralità. Il finale è riservato all’apertura del testamento: a chi andrà la cospicua eredità del vecchio Antoine Huet? Ma soprattutto: in che modo la ricchezza influirà sulla vita e le abitudini dei protagonisti? A voi il piacere di scoprirlo. Il romanzo La prigione inizia ex abrupto con un misterioso omicidio, su cui la polizia indaga. Ma duplice è la ricerca intrapresa dall’autore: da una parte il movente del delitto, dall’altra la psicologia del protagonista, costretto a scavare nella sua vita per scoprire su sé stesso e sulle persone che gli erano più intimamente vicine segreti che ignorava o che, più probabilmente, cercava di rimuovere per superficialità, paura o inadeguatezza. Così la prigione diventa una metafora per descrivere una vita fasulla che implode in un solo istante di un giorno d’autunno. Al di là del caso limite rappresentato dal fatto di sangue e delle inevitabili differenze di carattere, è talmente accurata l’analisi psicologica che ogni lettore potrebbe ritrovare qualcosa di sé nell’indole del protagonista e comprendere i suoi atti apparentemente privi di logica. Simenon, come sempre, con ritmo inesorabile e accanito vaglio introspettivo ci conduce all’unica soluzione possibile.

Furio Scarpelli e Agenore Incrocci hanno firmato, sotto la nota sigla di Age&Scarpelli, “le più memorabili sceneggiature dell’epoca d’oro del cinema italiano”, da Totò le Mokò di Bragaglia, a La banda degli onesti di Mastrocinque, C’eravamo tanto amati di Scola, I soliti ignoti, L’armata Brancaleone e La Grande guerra di Monicelli, per citarne solo una minima parte. Tra gli inediti di Scarpelli che Sellerio sta ripubblicando (è del 2019 Amori nel fragore della metropoli) vi consigliamo Si ricorda di me, signor tenente?, romanzo che introduce i protagonisti alternando, con la tecnica del flash back, la narrazione contemporanea al memoriale di guerra. Lo scavo nel complesso passato del personaggio principale porterà alla luce gravi traumi, profondi e rimossi sensi di colpa. Ma chi è lo sgangherato seccatore che apostrofa con la domanda del titolo il vecchio Giulio, tranquillo pensionato che passeggia per le vie della Milano del 1999? Un truffatore, un commilitone o un rigurgito della sua coscienza addormentata? Si legge piacevolmente tutto d’un fiato.

Per una lettura diversa dal solito vi proponiamo Nightmare Alley, La fiera delle illusioni di William Lindsay Gresham, “una tipica storia noir”, da cui sono stati tratti ben due film: un classico con il fascinoso Tyrone Power in una veste per lui inedita e il recentissimo remake di Guillermo Del Toro con Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe. Diviso in due parti (con un finale ad anello): da un lato il fantastico, bizzarro, grottesco mondo del circo, con i suoi misteri e le sue crudeltà; dall’altra quello dell’alta borghesia, non meno pericoloso. In sintesi, il libro e i due film sono “Tre facce della stessa storia che presentano tutte letture degne di essere lette e viste per una storia che potrebbe benissimo svolgersi anche al giorno d’oggi. I prestigiatori, che siano o meno appassionati di mentalismo/spiritismo, vi troveranno molti spunti interessanti.”

Un prezioso suggerimento dal passato: se vi fosse sfuggito, potete rimediare cogliendo dai nostri scaffali Il peso falso di Joseph Roth. Un autentico gioiello che mischia allo stile formulare dei poemi omerici, un’autentica passione d’amore e una finissima riflessione sull’essere umano, dominato dai suoi difetti, quasi deterministicamente volto verso il male, incapace di sfuggire alla tentazione del peccato, anche quando è mosso dalle migliori intenzioni. I temi sono quelli consueti della poetica di Roth, e spesso tornano anche gli stessi personaggi, che inevitabilmente cadono nella colpa: il tutto senza pessimismo né amarezza, anzi forse con una leggera sfumatura di fatalistica ironia.

Come una diabolica matrioska le vicende biografiche dell’autore, Herbert Clyde Lewis, giornalista e scrittore americano, nato a New York da ebrei russi emigrati, si ripercuotono sul protagonista del romanzo per poi accanirsi inspiegabilmente sulle vicissitudini editoriali dell’opera che vi vogliamo consigliare, Gentiluomo in mare. Sì, perché come l’autore ebbe una vita difficile, nonostante gli incessanti sforzi profusi per affermarsi e l’indubbio talento, così il protagonista di questo delizioso romanzo breve è vittima di “una sorte bizzarra e cattiva”, per citare la splendida canzone di Lauzi-Conte, e infine la novella fu ingiustamente ignorata alla sua prima pubblicazione nel 1937 per essere poi “ripescata” (è proprio il caso di dirlo) dall’abisso dei libri dimenticati per la prima volta in Argentina nel 2010: da quel momento il successo, più che meritato anche se postumo, divenne planetario. Davvero “una perlita”, come fu definito nella recensione argentina.

[toscanoirriverente]

La norma sull'utilizzo delle fonti rinnovabili stabilisce standard non raggiungibili, creando solo frustrazione, mancanza di credibilità e costi elevati. Ecco perché sarebbe meglio un approccio più pragmatico e meno ideologico

Azzeccare previsioni è relativamente semplice, purché non riguardino il futuro. Questa volta però una previsione la facciamo: non vi è alcuna possibilità che gli obiettivi fissati nell’aggiornamento della Direttiva europea (RED III) per quanto riguarda le fonti rinnovabili possano essere raggiunti. Almeno in Italia, ma gli altri stati europei non stanno meglio. L’obiettivo fissato è che al 2030 siano rinnovabili il 42,5% dei consumi finali di energia più un obiettivo non vincolante (ma che significa?) del 45%. Attenzione, questo obiettivo non riguarda la sola energia elettrica, se fosse così già quasi ci saremmo, ma il 42,5 di tutta l’energia. Quindi dobbiamo nello stesso tempo aumentare la quota di energia elettrica prodotta con le rinnovabili e aumentare la quota di elettricità sul totale di energia consumata. E la differenza è enorme. L’elettricità infatti è oggi solo il 21,5 per cento del totale dell’energia consumata.

Per capire di che cosa stiamo parlando è meglio cominciare dai consuntivi, che al contrario delle previsioni presentano numeri certi. Nel 2022, secondo i dati del MASE, solo il 19% dei nostri consumi finali erano da rinnovabili. Sole, vento, idro, geo, ma anche rinnovabili termiche, compresa la legna da ardere, e un po’ di biometano. Nel 2014 era al 17,1. In 8 anni siamo quindi cresciuti di 2 punti. Nei prossimi 7 dovremmo crescere di 23, 5 punti, 12 volte in più del tasso di crescita registrato fin qui. Anche se facessimo oggi tutta l’elettricità con le rinnovabili, cosa impossibile, ci fermeremmo al 31,8, più di 10 punti sotto l’obiettivo. In Europa le cose vanno appena meglio. Siamo al 21% medio, appena due punti sopra l’Italia, grazie soprattutto ad alcuni paesi del Nord Europa, come Svezia e Finlandia, ricchi di idroelettrico e legname.

Da noi la discussione è tutta centrata sulle rinnovabili elettriche, ma occorre capire che in realtà si tratta di perseguire, come detto, un doppio obiettivo. Non solo aumentare la produzione da rinnovabili, ma contemporaneamente aumentare di molto la quota di consumi energetici soddisfatti dall’elettricità. Dal 21,5 % di oggi al 29% nel 2030.  Sembrano pochi  8 punti. Ma il combinato disposto fra le due cose, più rinnovabili e più elettricità nei consumi finali in un tempo così breve, comporta obiettivi irrealizzabili. Stessa cosa per le altre rinnovabili termiche.

Diversi studi, TERNA, Confindustria, Università di Padova, hanno fatto i conti e indicato cosa occorrerebbe fare.  Bisognerebbe da oggi al 2030  installare 700.000 pompe di calore all’anno. Immatricolare 1 milione di auto elettriche all’anno. Nel 2022 sono state 50.000. Installare 120 GW di nuove rinnovabili al ritmo di quasi 20 all’anno contro i 3 dell’anno scorso e almeno 120 GWh di sistemi d accumulo. Aumentare di 15 volte la produzione di biometano. Naturalmente il mix può cambiare, ma siccome nessuno di questi obiettivi singolarmente ha serie possibilità di essere raggiunto le cose non cambiano. Non credo ci sia un solo esperto di problemi energetici che possa ritenere questi obbiettivi realizzabili. Rimane da capire perché l’Europa si ostini ad alzare l’asticella di obiettivi chiaramente non raggiungibili, creando solo frustrazione, mancanza di credibilità e costi elevati. E perché l’Italia che pure ha fatto molti compiti a casa non faccia presente che forse un po’ di  realismo servirebbe. Negli stessi giorni dell’approvazione della Direttiva la Presidenza spagnola ha predisposto un documento dai toni più che allarmistici sulla carenza di una serie di materiali necessari per soddisfare tutte le esigenze. Con il rischio che i costi vadano alle stelle e la dipendenza dalla Cina, dice il documento,  raggiunga lo stesso livello di quella precedente dalla Russia. Suona quindi surreale il commento del relatore tedesco Markus Pieper del Ppe secondo il quale “questa direttiva dimostra che Bruxelles può essere poco burocratica e molto pragmatica”. Il punto è che la Ue si è incastrata da sola ponendosi un obiettivo, quello delle zero emissioni al 2050, che la costringe a stabilire  tappe intermedie altrettanto velleitarie. L’unico risultato per il momento è la perdita di competitività dell’industria europea, la creazione di mercati, auto elettriche e rinnovabili, per i produttori cinesi, l’aumento dei costi per imprese e famiglie. Nel frattempo il contributo delle emissioni europee al totale mondiale continua a scendere. Soprattutto perché crescono quelle degli altri.

[pillimehukas]

muistaaks jättis jäätelön ja varsinki siin punases mansikka maus? yritin ettii mut ei varmaa enää myydä

Jättislempparini ovat olleet vanilja, lakritsi, kaktus (2013) ja sour (2014). Vanhat hyvät jättikset ovat ilmeisesti poistuneet myynnistä 😔.

Marraskuussa 2024 makuina ovat: kinuski, vanilja, bestis classic, bestis suolainen kinuski, bestis salmiakki ja kuningatar. Lisäksi minituutteja on saataville 6 tuutin pakkauksissa mauissa bestis classic ja bestis salmiakki. Bestiksen ero tavalliseen jättikseen on että se sisältää ilmeisesti jotakin rouskuvaa, kuten muroja.

"6. huhtikuuta 1979 tuotantoon otettu vanilja-Jättis oli Suomen ensimmäinen jättituutti. Nummelan maatalousmessuvieraat olivat ensimmäisiä, jotka pääsivät maistelemaan suurta jäätelöuutuutta, ja kaikki jäätelöt myytiin messuilla päivässä loppuun. Iso tuutti ja pursotettu muoto toivat jotain täysin uutta pienempiin ja tasaisiin tuutteihin tottuneille suomalaisille. Tuolloin Jättis-tuutit pakattiin vielä muovipusseihin ja teipattiin kiinni. Moni asia on muuttunut tästä, mutta jäätelöä valmistetaan edelleen Suomessa suomalaiseen makuun.

Jättis-makuja on vuosien varrella karttunut moneen lähtöön, mm. toffee, appelsiini, lakritsi, päärynä, vadelma, minttu-suklaa, salmiakki, kinuski, sitruuna-lakritsi, nougat ja kaktus. Kaikki maut on kehitetty erityisesti suomalaisten makumieltymysten mukaisesti kuten esimerkiksi Salmiakki-Jättis, jolle myönnettiin Suomen Salmiakkiyhdistys ry:n Salmiakki Finlandia -palkinto vuonna 2006."

Teksti täältä.

Yllä olevan mainoksen ajankohta tuntematon.

Yllä oleva mainos: 2022.

Yllä olevassa videossa testataan Jättis Vanhanajan mansikkaa. Video vuodelta 2013.

[austerlitzborodinoleipzig]

This is the first time since the start of her senior career that Rion Sumiyoshi finished off the podium at a GP event

Grand Prix de France 2022 - 🥉

NHK Trophy 2022 - 🥉

Grand Prix de France 2023 - 🥉

Finlandia Trophy - 🥈

Grand Prix de France 2024 - 🥉

[yuzu-all-the-way]

Since Yuzu gave the green light to talk about members-only videos (with spoilers, but no reposting of parts/full video), I want to share some thoughts about pro Notre-Dame de Paris.

Firstly, NDP was a program that Yuzu himself said to not have fully understood back in 2012-13, so he was basically doing the choreo and trying to express emotions that he couldn't quite grasp. Finally, at FaOI 2022, as a mature young man, understanding the emotions from NDP, he expressed them very beautifully in his encore at the last show in Shizuoka.

Back in 2022 we could all see how much he had improved since 2012-13, side by side: his speed across the ice, the speed of his spins, the emotions so clearly conveyed through body language and facial expression... it was a rollercoaster and a goddamn good one. I hoped that we'd see at some point the full 27yo NDP version. That did not happen. BUT 28yo Yuzu did it.

It's true, in the manner Yuzu films himself, the facial expressions aren't clear at all except in a couple of moments, but his body language speaks very loudly. What can be appreciated to the fullest is his skating. Just like at FaOI 2022, his speed was incredible, both across the ice and in spins. But what really got to me... is how simple the choreography looks now.

Pro athelete Yuzuru Hanyu skates Notre-Dame de Paris like it's child's play while 17yo Yuzu, at Finlandia Trophy 2012 (the best NDP performance until two days ago), was so exhausted that he sprawled belly down on the ice right after the music ended. This time, he ended the program with a perfect T-stop right in front of a camera set down on the ice.

Several highlights of the YT video for me are: the 4S, the step sequence, 3Lz+2T+2T, and the choreo sequence. Everything just looked so effortless and I missed Yuzu's Lutz so much and to see it done in a very easy combination (for him) as well as on its own, it was so gratifying.

[oscar-piastri]

Conrad ORZEL SP - Finlandia Trophy 2022

[figureskatingcostumes]

Sara Hurtado and Kirill Khaliavin's free dance costumes at the 2021 Finlandia Trophy and 2021 Rostelecom Cup. They skated to Since I've Been Loving You and Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin.

(Sources: 1, 2, 3 and 4)

[yuriplisetsky-rp]

Guang-hong de la Iglesia Wins First Grand Prix Final

Altin’s second loss of the season

December 10, 2023

SHANGHAI, CHINA – Guang-hong de la Iglesia of China became the first Chinese man to win the Grand Prix Final, defeating three-time World Champion Otabek Altin of Kazakhstan, and delivering him his second loss of the season. The 24-year-old is coming off an undefeated season so far, winning his season opener at the Finlandia Trophy and both Grand Prix events – Skate Canada and the Cup of China. “I can’t even think straight right now,” said the three-time World medalist. “I’ve been working so hard, and I knew I could win here, but to actually do it feels incredible.” He was third after the short with 105.47 and won the free with a score of 214.24 for an overall score of 319.71

Otabek Altin of Kazakhstan had his second second-place finish in a row. He won his season opener at the Nepela Memorial and won Skate America. However, he lost the Grand Prix of Espoo to Jean-Jacques Leroy, his first loss since the 2022 Olympics. “While, yes, it is a second loss, and of course, I wanted to win, I said at Worlds last season that it would be difficult,” said the 26-year-old. “I’m happy with how I did, and I look forward to the rest of the season.” Altin and de la Iglesia will meet two more times this season, at Four Continents and Worlds. He scored 107.91 for the short, 209.96 for the free and 317.64 overall.

Winning bronze was 2022 World Champion Seung-gil Lee of South Korea, his second straight at this event. Fourth after the short program with a score of 104.25, he was third in the free with a score of 207.07 and ended up with an overall score of 311.32. “I did well today. I have improvements to make,” said the 27-year-old. “My plan is to be on the podium again at Worlds, and I am working well towards that goal.” Lee was second at Skate America and won the Grand Prix de France.

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RECORD DI RICICLO IN EUROPA: L’ITALIA SECONDA

Nell’ultimo anno l’11,8% dei materiali utilizzati nell’UE è stato originato da materiali riciclati, il livello più alto registrato da quando si è iniziato a raccogliere dati nel 2004.

Questo indicatore è noto come “tasso di utilizzo circolare dei materiali” o “tasso di circolarità” e misura il contributo dei materiali riciclati all’uso complessivo dei materiali. Rispetto all’anno precedente, il tasso di circolarità è aumentato di 0,3 punti percentuali, diventando la quota più alta finora registrata. I dati sul tasso di utilizzo dei materiali circolari rilevati da Eurostat presentano un tasso di circolarità del 2023 più elevato per i minerali metallici con il 24,7% (+2,2% rispetto al 2022), seguito dai minerali non metallici con il 13,6% (+0,3%), dalla biomassa con il 10,1% (+0,7%) e dai materiali/vettori di energia fossile con il 3,4% (+0,6%). I Paesi che hanno rilevato i risultati più virtuosi sono i Paesi Bassi (30,6%), seguiti da Italia (20,8%) e Malta (19,8%). I tassi più bassi sono stati registrati in Romania (1,3%), Irlanda (2,3%) e Finlandia (2,4%).

L’aumento del tasso di riciclo favorisce il minor consumo di materie prime e la riduzione di produzione di rifiuti, abbassando gli sprechi. L’economia circolare che ne deriva prevede di migliorare la capacità di condividere, noleggiare, riutilizzare, riparare, rinnovare e riciclare materiali e prodotti esistenti il più a lungo possibile per aumentarne la vita utile. Il piano d’azione per l’economia circolare del 2020 mira a raddoppiare il tasso di utilizzo circolare dei materiali nell’UE entro il 2030, raggiungendo il 23,2%.

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So can you please explain your me what is going on with Sara Hurtado and IAM, or Olivia Smart, or is it MF? Talk to me please.

i can't lol i don't know that there's anything going on there related to the current situation, either 🤷🏻‍♀️😅

but i was looking at how the one Olympic spot for Spanish ice dance was decided for Beijing 2022, and it was total scores!! 💀

Olivia/Adrian went head to head against Sara/Kirill at Finlandia, Spanish Nationals and Europeans in 2021/22 to decide who got to go to the Olympics, and it was not TES only, it was the total score for the 3 events. so what happened between then and now, and who decided to change the criteria?

Val/Kazimof are a promising young team, but they're nearly as new as Olivia and Tim - they've been together since 2022. this rule change favors them for sure. if it was total scores, they would barely be in the conversation, let alone winning the spots

but Sara/Adrian were an OG Gadbois team from 2011 til they split in 2015 - they were the Spanish team that Patch was with in Sochi when he supported VM because Marina wasn't there for them

so i've always wondered why Adrian stayed with MFP and Sara left

i don't know why the Spanish Fed made the rules this way, if they knew they were tipping the scales for V/K and for Hurtado/Khaliavin's Spain-based school. but Olivia/Tim made mistakes, unfortunately 😢

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La otra cara de la moneda

Los países miembros de la Eurozona pueden acuñar hasta dos monedas conmemorativas o de celebración al año, siendo las de 2 euros las destinadas a esta causa, cuyas tiradas, limitadas, son de curso legal. Finlandia le dedicó una a Tove Jansson en 2014, Francia a Simone Veil en 2018, Italia a Maria Montessori en 2020 o la Ciudad del Vaticano a Madre Teresa de Calcuta en 2022. Este año Grecia dedicará una a Maria Callas por el centenario de su nacimiento e Italia a Raffaella Carrá coincidiendo con el segundo aniversario de su muerte. España bien podría dedicar una a, por ejemplo, Lola Flores, ya que comparte con la soprano de ascendencia griega la celebración del que sería su centésimo cumpleaños. Pero no. Nuestros referentes femeninos se reservan a una serie de coleccionista que emite la Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre con motivo del 8M.

Artículo de Elena González (@lacalandria) para eldiario.es / canariasahora. #Womenhistorymonth #numismática #monedasconmemorativas #monedasdecoleccionista #americanwomenquarters #referentesfemeninos