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Paying Attention: Spring officially arrives on 20 March 2014. Which means that there are 13 days left of winter and winter skiing and then the spring skiing season starts (always a favorite). Just in case you haven’t taken your Official Ski Trip yet, here’s a little something to get you in the mood: a video …
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“Creativity is intelligence at play.”
The Hunt for New Music: Caro Emerald (real name, Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw) is something of a wild card on the international music scene. She’s a Dutch pop and jazz singer whose musical influences range from Sarah Vaughn to Prez Prado. Her music definitely has sonic references to 20/30s American jazz and although not …
Paying Attention:The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics were not even a week complete when the dreary, scary, frustrating, demoralizing reality of international geopolitics reared its’ ugly head again, as Russia decided that–games over, competitors gone, happy closing finished–it was time to set the record straight about who controls what in the Ukraine and the Crimean …
Paying Attention: One of the greatest sports car ever designed was an American race car designed specifically to compete against the world-beating Ferrari 250 GTO. The car was the Shelby Daytona Cobra, and it was designed by a young Californian of impeccable design sense and terrific technical ability, Peter Brock. Brock is a type of “car …
Press Clippings: The Olympic Medalists in Speed Skating: Men’s 500 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Michel Mulder; Silver: Netherlands, Jan Smeekens; Bronze: Netherlands, Ronald Mulder. Men’s 1000 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Stefan Groothuis; Silver: Canada, Denny Morrison; Bronze: Netherlands, Michel Mulder. Men’s 1500 Meters: Gold: Poland, Zbigniew Brodka; Silver: Netherlands, Koen Verweij; Bronze: Canada, Denny Morrison. Men’s 5,000 Meters: …
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Men’s Parallel Slalom: Gold: Russia, Vic Wild; Silver: Slovakia, Zan Kosir; Bronze: Benjamin Karl. Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom: Gold: Russia, Vic Wild; Silver: Switzerland, Nevin Galmarini; Bronze: Slovakia, Zan Kosir. Men’s Halfpipe: Gold: Switzerland, Iouri Podladtchikov; Silver: Japan, Ayumu Hirano; Bronze: Japan, Taku Hiraoka. Men’s Slopestyle: Gold: United States, Sage Kotsenburg; Silver: Norway, Sandbech Staale; Bronze: …
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Men’s Individual Normal Hill: Gold: Poland, Kamil Stoch; Silver: Slovakia, Peter Prevc; Bronze: Norway, Anders Bardal. Men’s Individual Large Hill: Gold: Poland, Kamil Stoch; Silver: Japan, Noriaki Kasai; Bronze: Slovakia, Peter Prevc. Men’s Team Large Hill: Gold: Germany; Silver: Austria; Bronze: Japan. Women’s Individual Normal Hill: Gold: Germany, Carina Vogt; Silver: Austria, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz; Bronze: …
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Men’s Skeleton: Gold: Russia, Aleksandr Tretiyakov; Silver: Latvia, Martins Dukurs; Bronze: USA, Matt Antoine. Women’s Skeleton: Gold: Great Britain, Lizzy Yarnold; Silver: USA, Noelle Pikus-Pace; Bronze: Russia, Elena Nikitina.
Men’s 500 meters: Gold: Netherlands, Michel Mulder; Silver: Netherlands, Jan Smeekens; Bronze: Netherlands, Ronald Mulder. Men’s 1000 meters: Gold: Russia, Viktor Ahn; Silver: Russia, Vladimir Grigorev; Bronze: Netherlands, Sjinkie Knegt. Men’s 1500 meters: Gold: Canada, Charles Hamelin; Silver: China, Tianyu Han; Bronze: Russia, Viktor Ahn. Men’s 5000 meter relay: Gold: Russia; Silver: USA; Bronze: China. …
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