Re: No IRC-cast from Pyongyang GP Event :(

"Terry Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Chuckie Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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   I AM *NOT* CHUCKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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> >
> >    Anonymous Demonic Media regrets to inform skating fans that there will
> > be NO IRC-cast of the Kim Il-Sung trophy, which is the third stop on the
> > Grand Prix circuit this year.
> >    We will be covering that event, and will post the results to our E-zine
> > and to this newsgroups. However, we will not be doing live commentary from
> > Pyongyang.
> >    This is partly because the North Koreans are so paranoid that the
> > Internet is so tightly controlled that we would not be able to get onto our
> > usual chat rooms to "IRC-cast" the event.
> 
> Not to mention the fact that there's nothing to cover.


    The third Grand Prix Event, the Kim Il-Sung Trophy WILL be in Pyongyang
from 5th to 9th November.


Her is the remaining schedule of events we will be covering this season:


Grand Prix Events:

Skate Canada              28 October-2 November         Mississuauga, Canada
Kim Il-Sung Trophy        5-9 November                  Pyongyang, North Korea
Trophee Lalique           10-15 November                Paris, France
Cup of Russia             19-23 November                Archangelsk, Russia
Hatchet Job Invitational  25-30 November                Surfers Paradise, Australia
Grand Prix Final          10-13 December                Colorado Springs, Colorado


Other Events:



USFSA Winter Challenge    4-5 December                  Pontiac, Michigan
2004 North Americans      4-11 January                  Montego Bay, Jamaica
Four Continents           19-25 January                 Hamilton, Canada
Europeans                 2-8 February                  Budapest, Hungary
Worlds                    21-28 March                   Dortmund, Germany


Got it now? Good

> 
> 
> >    Also, the methood we use, by using NetStumbler to find unsecured
> > wireless networks close to the arena to use, is not possible, because
> > there are no wireless networks in North Korea.
> >    One thing to note, is there will be NO Americans at the third GP event,
> > in Pyongyang.
> 
> Or anybody else, either. That's because there is no event.


See skating calendar above, there IS
> 
> 
> >    Now as a USA/Australia dual national, I can get by this using my Aussie
> > passport, but I have to keep my US passport hidden well enough so that
> > Customs in Pyongyang wont find it. I have heard that if duals between the
> > US and other countries are discovered to have gotten into North Korea they
> > face immediate deportation. If hold any dual nationality with the USA, and
> > travel on your other passport to Pyongyang for the Kim Il-Sung trophy, you
> > are WELL ADVISED to be VERY careful. Keep your US passport well-hidden in
> > your baggage, or better yet, see if a US embassy or counsulate will hold
> > your passport for safe keeping while you travel to North Korea.
> 
> 
> Or even better still, don't go at all. There's nothing happening!!!
> 
> North Korea is a Fourth World dictatorship with a wrecked economy where half
> the population is starving. Plus the fact you could get chucked in jail if
> you accidentally say or do something the authorities don't like (although
> that might not be a bad thing as far as Chuckie is concerned). There are much
> better places to take a holiday than a dump like North Korea.
> 
> Of course, there is one area where skating does resemble North Korea - both
> are badly managed corrupt dictatorships where people get severely punished
> for daring to criticize the establishment.

   Also, the USFSA wants to get into people's bedrooms now. There was one
ooach we was banned for life, for having a love relationship with one of her
students was was LEGAL. Both are adults, and both over the age-of-consent
in Michigan.
   If you are a USFSA member, they USFSA now has decided they have the right
to tell you what you can do IN YOUR OWN HOME. Personally, I am of the opinion
that coach should see the USFSA for everything they have. The way I see it,
her rights were violated.
> 
> 
> >    It is rather dissapointing that we will not be able to do a live
> > IRC-cast from Pyongyang, becuase, if you have seen the latest edition of
> > Hatchet Job, you will know that two skaters from the Storm Bay FSC will
> > be competing in Pyongyang.
> 
> Trust me, it won't be missed.


   There will be two skaters from Storm Bay representing Australia at the
third GP event. Amber Corwynne, whose fourth place finish was her highest
ever at a GP event, will be at the third GP event. Corwynne finished fourth
at Skate America. Also representing the Great Southern Land will be, of
course, the Aussie-born Canadian, Jen Robinson. She will be at the third
GP event, respresenting Australia.
   The only other Australian lady to finish higher than Amber, at a GP event
is Sara Hughes, who stunned the skating world by winning Skate Canada in
2001. Hughes also won the gold medal for Australia at the 2002 Olympics.
   Speaking of Aussie-born Canadians, one ice dance group, with a Australian
born partner will be breaking up after the end of the year. Bourne and
Kraatz will call it quits after the end of the year.
   Bourne and Kraatz have won 8 Canadian national titles in ice dancing(1996-2003).
No other Canadian ice dancing team even comes close.
   Shae-Lynne is from Tasaania. She is one of three Australian-born skaters
to have represented Canada in recent years. In addition to her, and Jen
Robinson, Elvas Stojko is another Australian-born skater to have represented
Canada. Stojko holds 5 Canadian mens titles, no other Canadian man even
comes close.
   Shae-Lynne was born in Oakwood, Tasmania on 23rd October 1974 and became Canadian
in 1993. Shae and Vic are also the FIRST EVER Canadian couple to win a medal
in ice dancing. NO Canadian ice dance team had ever won world or Olympic
medals prior to Shae and Vic. Canada has been generally weak in ice dancing.
It will be a LONG time before Canada ever wins another medal in ice dance.
All the other Canadian ice dancing teams are a JOKE.
   Elvas Stojko is from Parkes, New South Wales, which is how he got his
first name. There are more Elvas Presley fans in Parkes, than almost anywhere
else in the world, other than Presley's hometown of Memphis, Tenn. He was
named after the singer, of course. 
   Shae and Vic have trained at Storm Bay FSC for their entire career. They
will be long remembered for being the greatest Canadian ice dance team in
history. NO OTHER CANDIAN COUPLE has won 8 national ice dance titles.