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1989 Soviet Union Izvestia Trophy Alexander Gusev Jersey
July by the Numbers continues with jersey #2, a 1989 Soviet Union jersey worn during the annual Izvestia Trophy tournament, which was originally sponsored by the Izvestia daily newspaper.
The Izvestia Snowman, the traditional tournament mascot
The tournament began in 1967 in Moscow and has traditionally been played in December each year with few exceptions between the top national teams of Europe. In the 1970's and 80's it was referred to as "The Little World Championship" or a winter rehearsal for the World Championships held each spring.
The first tournament held in 1967 carried the heavy-handed title of "Tournament for the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution", which probably hampered merchandise sales to no end!
The pendulum swung back way too far in the other direction for 1968 when the competition was entitled the overly generic "International Tournament". The Izvestia sponsorship arrived on the scene in 1969 and lasted through 1996, giving the tournament both increased exposure and it's identity.
Since the end of the Izvestia sponsorship, the tournament has been through a series of name changes, first being known as the Baltica Brewery Cup from 1997 to 2002, the Moscow International Tournament in 2003, the Rosno Cup in 2004 and 2005 and is currently known as the Channel One Cup since 2006.
The tournament has consisted mainly of national teams from Finland, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, the Soviet Union/Russia and Sweden with other countires fielding a teams on occasion.
Over it's history, the Soviet Union/Russia has won the tournament 31 times, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic seven, Sweden and Finland two each and Canada once.
The Soviet team captain hoists the Snowman trophy
Other countries to have participated include Poland in 1967, East Germany in 1969, the Winnipeg Jets in 1976, and the Quebec Nordiques in 1977, both of the WHA representing Canada, and West Germany on a few occasions prior to reunification. There were later Canadian teams on occasion as well as two teams from the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia in the early days as well.
Currently, the tournament is a part of a larger competition known as the Euro Hockey Tour, which consists of the Channel One Cup in Russia, the Czech Hockey Games, the Karjala Tournament in Finland and the LG Hockey Games in Sweden. Once all four of these competitions are completed, the teams are seeded based on combined points for all four tournaments to determine the overall winner, with additional playoff games having been added from 2004 to 2007 to determine the medal placings.
Most teams currently use the tournament as an opportunity to give younger players a chance to gain international experience in advance of World Championships or Olympics.
Today's featured jersey is a 1989 Soviet Union Izvestia Trophy Alexander Gusev jersey, which has the unusual color combination of red and yellow, opposed to the Soviet National Team's traditional red and white.
It has the unusual crest of a hockey playing snowman, which depicts the "Wooden Snowman" trophy awarded to the winner of the tournament during this era.
With the word on the chest of the snowman reading "veteran", we suspect this jersey may have been part of an old-timers game in conjunction with the main tournament rather than an actual Soviet National Team jersey.
We are also unsure of the exact year, but conclude that the mesh material and heavy screen printing of the yellow colors is consistent with that of a very late 1980's or early to mid 1990's Russian jersey, but the use of "CCCP" on the crest suggests it's prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. It could possibly be from later with the "CCCP" indicating Gusev was a veteran of the Soviet era, but we currently have no way of knowing for certain.
Here is action from the 1986 tournament, only the second time Finland had ever defeated the Soviet Union in international competition.
Labels: Izvestia Trophy, Soviet Union
2001-02 Providence Bruins Andrew Raycroft Jersey
With the lack of significant historical events in hockey history in the month of July it's time to reprise a different approach to the heart of summer. For the third year in a row, every day in July we are going to feature a jersey with a number on the back matches the current date, from 1 to 31.
So, for July 1st, we kick things off with a jersey that carries the #1, and you just knew it was going to be a goaltender, didn't you?
After the Providence Reds left town after 51 years of play, the city would have to wait 15 years for the arrival of it's next club, the Providence Bruins, who were previously known as the Maine Mariners from 1987 to 1992.
The Bruins won their division during their first season in Providence in 1992-93 with a 46-32-2 record and were led in scoring by future Boston Bruin Tim Sweeney, whose 41 goals and 96 points placed him 8th in the AHL scoring race.
It would take until 1998-99 for Providence to win another division championship, which they did in style with a league best 56-16-4 mark (after winning only 19 games the previous season!) and were led in scoring by Randy Robitaille's 102 points, only two shy of the league leader. John Grahame (37-9-1) and Jim Carey (17-8-3) split the goaltending duties and the Bruins cruised through the playoffs with a 15-4 record to win the Calder Cup as AHL champions.
While Providence has had four deep playoff runs to the third round since then, they have yet to repeat as league champions. By far their second best season was in 2007-08 when the Bruins again finished with the best regular season record, earning 117 points with a 55-18-3-4 mark and were led in goal by future Boston Bruin Tukka Rask with 27 wins.
Throughout the history of the franchise, Sweeney's 41 goals and Robitaille's 74 assists and 102 points still stand as team records. In goal, Tim Thomas holds the marks for both Goals Against Average of 1.84 and Save Percentage at .941 set in 2003-04.
Andy Hilbert's three strong seasons, which included leading the team in scoring twice, place him first overall in career scoring with the Bruins in goals (101), assists (109) and points (210) while Grahame hold the career mark for wins by a goaltender with 67.
Notable players over the history of the club include goaltenders Grahame, Rask and Thomas and skaters Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, Glen Murray, Josef Stumpel and the late Sergei Zholtok, who ranks second in Providence career scoring with83 goals and 186 points.
Today's featured jersey is a 2001-02 Providence Bruins Andrew Raycroft jersey. This jersey is emblematic of the Providence Bruins tradition of duplicating their parent club's jerseys with the "spoked B" replaced by a "spoked P" logo. With the change to the Reebok Edge jerseys, Providence no longer matches the style of Boston jerseys as closely, but there is no mistaking the connection between the clubs.
Today's video segment is highlights of the Providence Bruins winning the Calder Cup in 1999.
Labels: AHL, Providence Bruins
1993-94 New York Islanders Jamie McLennan Jersey
No other path through a hockey career can match that of goaltender Jamie McLennan, born on this date in 1971, who made stops in Canada, the United States, England, Russia and Japan with a stop at death's door for good measure!
His journey though the world of hockey began in 1988-89 with first the Spokane Chiefs followed by a move to the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL. He returned to Lethbridge the following season and posted a stellar 20-4-2 record. He became the #1 goaltender for the Hurricanes in 1990-91, going 32-18-4 which led to his being taken 48th overall by the New York Islanders at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, the second goaltender selected in the draft.
He began his climb to the NHL with the Richmond Renegades of the East Coast Hockey League in 1991-92 before a promotion to to the Capital District Islanders of the American Hockey League. After spending a second season with Capital District in eastern New York in 1992-93, McLennan trekked west to compete for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the International Hockey League before making his NHL debut with a 6-2 win over the Calgary Flames on January 7, 1994. By playing in the NHL, McLennan had now competed in five different leagues in four seasons.
McLennan spent the next season divided between the Islanders and their top AHL affiliate, which was the Denver Grizzlies in 1994-95. In 1995-96, he tended goal for a trio of clubs, the Islanders of the NHL for 13 games, the Grizzlies, who had relocated to Salt Lake City and were now known as the Utah Grizzlies for 14 games as well as playing the majority of his season with the Worcester Ice Cats of the AHL in 22 games, making in three different leagues in one season for the hockey vagabond.
McLennan had the misfortune of having to wear
the "fisherman" jersey while on Long Island
At the conclusion of the season, McLennan drove from Salt Lake City to Lethbridge, Alberta on his way home to Edmonton. While in Lethbridge visiting relatives, he became ill with what he believed was the flu. After feeling ill for some time and his symptoms becoming worse, he went to a hospital now believing he was suffering from food poisoning after a night of fever and vomiting.
Once at the hospital he was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and went into a coma, but not until a doctor noticed the black spots on his arms and legs and declared "We better call your parents. You might not make it." Luckily enough, he had arrived at the hospital early enough to receive proper treatment, but not before spending the next five days in a delirious state due to the inflammation of the membrane around his brain and spinal cord.
He still required three weeks in intensive care, ended up losing 30 pounds and needed to learn how to walk again following the ordeal.
Due to his medical setback, McLennan spent the entire 1996-97 season with the Ice Cats returning to form as a professional hockey player after signing a contract with the St. Louis Blues organization.
McLennan returned to the NHL with the Blues for the 1997-98 season, playing in 30 games and finishing with a 16-8-2 mark.
His brush with death and subsequent return to the NHL earned McLennan the 1998 Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication to hockey.
He played two more seasons with St. Louis, but saw his number of games decline from 30 and 33 down to 19 which made him available in the 2000 Expansion Draft where he was selected by the new Minnesota Wild, where he saw plenty of ice time, but dreadful goal support whenever he started, far less than teammate Manny Fernandez, doomed him to a 5-23-9 record despite a 2.64 goals against average.
After the Wild signed Dwayne Roloson for 2001-02, McLennan was relegated to the Houston Aeros of the AHL for the entire season.
At the following NHL Draft, McLennan was dealt to the Calgary Flames as a backup to Roman Turek for 2002-03 and found himself a part of a crowded crease in 2003-04 with the arrival of Miikka Kiprusoff before being dealt late in the season to the New York Rangers with whom he played just four games during the final month of the season.
During the summer of 2004, McLennan was signed by the Florida Panthers as a free agent, but remained mostly inactive during the NHL lockout of 2004-05, he signed with the Guildford Flames of the British second division for three regular season games and seven playoff contests.
With the labor issues now settled, he made his Panthers debut during the 2005-06 season, but was limited to just 17 games behind workhorse Roberto Luongo.
With his contract now expired, McLennan returned to Calgary for the 2006-07 season to again back up Kiprusoff, now himself an entrenched #1 as well as another workhorse, which saw McLennan limited to a mere nine games. He did make one infamous playoff appearance, during which he came into the game in relief of Kiprusoff, and lasted a mere 18 seconds before slashing Detroit forward Johan Franzen, which earned him a game misconduct and a match penalty and a later five game suspension.
To start the 2007-08 season, McLennan played five weeks for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Superleague.
McLennan while with Metallurg Magnitogorsk - note the Calgary Flames mask
McLennan later signed in late November with the Japanese Nippon Paper Cranes of the Asia Hockey League, his seventh different league as a professional, after he and former Blues teammate Tyson Nash were recruited by a friend already on the roster, giving them a unique opportunity to continue playing hockey and experiencing the Japanese culture for an extended period of time. To read more about McLennan's experiences in Japan, check out his blog at The Hockey News here.
Jamie McLennan and Tyson Nash experiencing Japan
It was to be his final season as a professional, as he announced his retirement following the season, bringing to an end a career which saw him play in 254 NHL games and finishing with a record of 80-109-36 along with a career goals against average of 2.68.
Today's featured jersey is a 1993-94 New York Islanders Jamie McLennan jersey worn during McLennan's rookie season. While the basic basic blue Islanders jersey underwent some detail changes since it's introduction in 1972 up until it was first discontinued in 1995 in favor of the controversial "Fisherman" style, the fans demanded it's return, which came in an updated version of the original in 1998 which used a considerably darker shade of blue.
With the introduction of the Reebok Edge jerseys in 2007, the Islanders began to stray too far from the originals once more, which resulted in a new lighter blue alternate jersey being introduced in 2008 which replicated their 1973 jersey as much as possible with the Reebok Edge cut. It was so well received that it became the primary home jersey just two years later and a new white version was created to complete the set.
Bonus Jersey: Today's bonus jersey is a 2002-03 Calgary Flames Jamie McLennan jersey. This alternate debuted in 1998 and featured a flaming horse head logo in honor of the famous Calgary Stampede rodeo. After two seasons of use this style was promoted to being the Flames primary road jersey.
Unusually, when the NHL declared that dark jerseys would now be the primary home jerseys beginning in 2003, the Flames introduced a new red primary home red, yet the black jersey survived by once again returning to alternate status for three additional seasons. There has never been another instance of an alternate jersey being promoted to primary status and then returned to duty as an alternate once again, as they are generally retired when replaced by a brand new style.
For a looking into the wacky personality of the man called "Noodles", check out this funny video poking fun at his lack of playing time while backing up Luongo while with the Panthers.
Here is McLennan is interviewed in two parts, which includes him talking about his battle with meningitis.
Labels: McLennan Jamie, New York Islanders
A Tribute to Mike Sillinger and His Many Jerseys
Mike Sillinger, born on this date in 1971, played for a record 12 teams during his 17 seasons, scoring 240 goals and 308 assists for 548 points in 1,049 games.
There must be a future for Sillinger as a relator after what must have been a nearly full-time job buying and selling homes with all the relocating he had to do throughout his career.
We can only hope that he was able to keep his jerseys from the record 12 teams he was on. The clubs he played for, with the number of seasons in parenthesis, were the Detroit Red Wings (4), Mighty Ducks of Anahiem (2), Vancouver Canucks (3), Philadelphia Flyers (2), Tampa Bay Lightning (2), Florida Panthers (2), Ottawa Senators (1), Columbus Blue Jackets (2), Phoenix Coyotes (1), St. Louis Blues (2), Nashville Predators (1) and New York Islanders (3). During eight of his 17 seasons Sillinger would play for more than one NHL franchise, 13 seasons if you factor in junior and minor league hockey clubs. Only five times after reaching the NHL did he finish a season where he started, something that certainly must have been difficult for his family.
Here is what Mike's closet would look like had he just one of each jersey style he wore, 40 in all, spanning the classic era of 1990-91, the crazy alternates of the mid to late 90's, a return to the throwbacks in the early 2000's to the change to the Reebok Edge jerseys in the mid 2000's. They include 14 different home jerseys, 14 road styles, 9 alternates and 3 throwbacks. I'm uncertain if any player has ever worn as many different jerseys in his NHL career, so until we're shown to be wrong, we are going to declare Mike Sillinger's career total of 40 different jerseys in a career The Official World Record as recognized by Third String Goalie until proven otherwise.
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The 2011 NHL Draft Project
We at Third String Goalie were in attendance at this weekend's 2011 NHL Entry Draft at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. While there, we attempted to document jerseys from every different team we could possibly find, eventually numbering 47 different teams ranging from 29 different NHL Clubs, including a few defunct ones, as well as teams from the AHL, Canadian Juniors, Russia, national teams, Finland, the WCHA, WHA and, as always, the enduring movie Slap Shot.
It was a fun and fantastic project as we got to meet dozens of people from all over the country, everyone united in their love of hockey and spirit of fun. A big thanks to all of you who took the time to pose and chat!
Aside from the draft itself, there were other events over the course of the two days to keep the fans entertained, starting with Friday's NHL Fan Fest, which provided interactive games, such as the puck shooting accuracy area, and autograph opportunities at three different locations, each with a different focus.
The NHL Alumni booth had a lineup of former Minnesota North Stars throughout the day including Gordie Roberts, J. P. Parise, Tim Young and Steve Payne among others, while the Minnesota Wild booth with Brad Staubitz, Clayton Stoner and fan favorite Cal Clutterbuck as well as last year's #1 pick Mikael Granlund of Finland. The USA Hockey/Minnesota Hockey featured a lineup which included Minnesota natives Phil Housley, David Backes and 1980 Olympians John Harrington and Rob McClanahan.
There were also six roundtable discussions in two sessions, the first of which included "Minnesota Wild Year 3 - The Road to the Western Conference Finals" with Wes Walz, Darby Hendrickson, Brad Brown and Antti Laaksonen, "Coaching Legends" with Scotty Bowman and Minnesota legends Doug Woog and Willard Ikola, and the one we chose to attend, "The State of the NHL" with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, which was a fun, informative and entertaining hour hosted by the NHL Network's E. J. Hradek.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman
The second sessions to choose from were "The Houston Aeros - The Road to the Calder Cup Finals" with Colton Gilles, Marco Scandella and Jared Spurgeon, "WCHA Greats" with Mark Parrish, Shjon Podein, Reed Larson and Ryan Carter, while the third one, and the one we were in attendance for, "The Class of '67 - Minnesota's First NHL Team" with Lou Nanne, Jack Carlson, Tim Young, Brad Maxwell and J. P. Parise, all veterans of the Minnesota North Stars.
There were also other booths from the US Hockey Hall of Fame, Fox Sports, where you could do your own sportscast, the Hobey Baker Award, a silent auction for signed NHL jerseys and a live broadcast from KFAN radio among the others with displays.
Jerseys available for bidding in the Fan Fest auction
Additionally, there was also a theater set up in of the hotel's other conference rooms, which screened the film "Pond Hockey" and later "The Code - The Unwritten Rules of Fighting and Retaliation in the NHL", which we would have like to have seen, only the films conflicted with the discussion panels in an unfortunate scheduling choice.
Following the Fan Fest, it was time to make our way to the Xcel Energy Center in anticipation of the draft itself. With roughly two hours to go before the first pick, we took in the exhibits inside "The X", which consisted of a sports card and memorabilia show sponsored by Panini and Upper Deck. While the opportunity to have your own trading card created by Upper Deck was good fun and worth the time.
Being immortalized on cardboard courtesy of Upper Deck
The rest of the show paled terribly in comparison to the Fan Fest put on back in 2004 in conjunction with the NHL All-Star Game. If you are a card collector, there were some chances to purchase packs of cards and receive special six card sets commemorating past drafts, but the number of dealers was quite small and all local, selling the same limited selection we've seen many times over. It's a shame no dealers from Chicago, Detroit or even Toronto could have been attracted to attend, as we would have loved an opportunity to complete a set of 1974-75 Topps hockey cards we began in our youth.
Panini was there promoting their NHL hockey sticker collection and Adrenaline hockey card game products with free samples, which is never a bad thing.
The highlight of the pre-draft activities was the availability of the Stanley Cup, and while the wait was making us skittish about remaining seats would be available for the draft with our general admission ticket, it was worth the wait to have our picture taken with the cup and have a few moments to introduce ourselves to the Keeper of the Cup, Phil Pritchard.
Posing with the Stanley Cup
Having our picture taken with Phil Pritchard, Keeper of the Cup
Despite reports that there were no more tickets available for Friday's first round draft session, seating was not an issue in either the upper or lower bowl of the arena after the first sections of seating set aside for the players and their families. We began our evening in the first row of the upper deck.
The setting for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft
Following the seventh pick when Winnipeg made their low-key announcement of the choice of the name "Jets" and the subsequent joyous celebration, we made our way down to the lower bowl for the remainder of the evening, which included not only the host Wild's first pick, but their big trade announcement later in the evening, as they acquired Devin Setoguchi from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Minnesota fan favorite Brent Burns, which added some spark to the latter half of the night.
Winnipeg's draft table gave no clue to the return of the name "Jets"
One of the most memorable moments was when the classy New York Rangers had Aaron Boogaard, brother of the late Derek Boogaard, formerly of the Minnesota Wild, read the name of the first Rangers pick of the draft following an extended standing ovation in memory of Derek.
The remainder of the evening was spent spotting hockey dignitaries on the draft floor, being amused by everyone who made the drive down from Winnipeg and booing every move by Colorado. And Calgary. And Edmonton. And Anaheim.
And especially Vancouver.
Day Two consisted of rounds 2 through 7 and moved very quickly.
The NHL Draft Day 2
The bulk of our day was spent adding to our jersey photography project, cheering the Wild's trade which allowed them to select the first Minnesotan taken in the draft in the form of Mario Lucia, son of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers coach Don Lucia, cheering any subsequent Minnesotans selected, getting our business card for Third String Goalie into the hands of as many people as possible and again booing every move by Vancouver, who seemed to take it all in good fun by taking the time to thank us all for our hospitality prior to the next to last pick in the entire draft, which was greeted by a round of applause, along with some more boos by those who apparently felt patronized.
It was great fun to have Winnipeg back in the NHL thanks to their legions of enthusiastic, well lubricated fans and we were surprised to see a number of Canucks fans who not only made bail, but were allowed to cross the border into the United States.
In conclusion, we had a great time at the draft, even if we had hardly heard of any of the players taken outside of the top 10 of the first round, and loved the relatively low-key nature of the event which gave us the chance to either have a genuine conversation with, or at least give a business card to no less than E. J. Hradek (who could not have been nicer to us over the course of the weekend), Pierre McGwire and Bob McKenzie (who were both very sincere and gracious with their time after a very long day on the set), Craig Button, Phil Housley, Steve Payne, Joe Nieuwendyk, Bill Guerin, Tim Young, Scotty Bowman, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and hockey God Steve Yzerman (whose birthday marks the yearly anniversary of this very website), who certainly had better things to do with his time in the middle of the draft than chat briefly with us but did so anyway, for which we will be forever grateful. And thrilled.
Today's video segment begins with the Edmonton Oilers selecting Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with the first overall pick in the 2011 NHL draft.
Our next video is Aaron Boogaard announcing the first choice of the New York Rangers in a very classy move by New York.
Next is pick #7, the first official announcement of the choice of the name Winnipeg Jets.
The host Minnesota Wild pick Jonas Brodin with the #10 pick in this next clip.
Click below for a selection of Official Draft Day Caps given to all draft picks at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft!
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David S. Cade Announced as Speaker at the Virtual National Health Equity Summit
AHLA's Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, David S. Cade, has been announced as a speaker at the Virtual National Health Equity Summit.
The Summit features a faculty of over 200 national experts and is intended to explore solutions to racial inequities, as well as racial and ethnic discrimination and disparities, in both health and health care. The goal of the Summit will be to define the issues; provide sophisticated historical, social, epidemiological and demographic context; set forth specific challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic; feature practical and actionable approaches to addressing and improving access and equity; and help to foster a community of researchers and change agents committed to redressing health inequities.
"I am grateful to have the opportunity to contribute to this critical Summit and engage our community on health equity, a topic that is so important to AHLA," comments David S. Cade, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of AHLA, "I look forward to sharing lessons learned from the Summit with AHLA members on our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Health Care Hub."
The Summit will be held June 7-June 10, 2021 and hosted by Global Health Care LLC. Registration is free thanks to grants from the Commonwealth Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the California Blue Shield Foundation, the California Health Care Foundation, the John A. Hartford Foundation, the SCAN Foundation and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and a variety of other organizations and individuals.
About Global Health Care, LLC:
Global Health Care, LLC was founded in 1997. It has developed, organized and administered conferences, audioconferences, trade shows, courses, customized learning and education and internet-based programming, alone, or in joint venture with or on behalf of sponsoring organizations for over 20 years. It seeks to illuminate complex issues of health care practice and policy by bringing together leading-edge doers and thinkers – from operations to academia, from clinical practice to corporate management, from Main Street to Wall Street and from patient to politician. For more information, please visit http://www.globalhealthcarellc.com/.

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Turkey's Tourism Revival Under Threat From Coup Attempt and Response
Deena Kamel Yousef, Bloomberg
- Jul 18, 2016 8:05 am
It's essential to project and then deliver on a promise of safety and security. If you do, people will return. But we are not certain the current government is capable of this.
Amira Gharib booked a three-week family trip to Turkey months ago, excited about seeing Ottoman mosques and the lush green landscapes of Bursa. Then she saw the images of Turkish soldiers trying to wrestle power from the government.
"It's like they're saying 'don't come'," Gharib, a seasoned traveler from Dubai, said by phone. "I didn't see this coming. I heard about the bombs but the coup was a surprise."
The unsuccessful uprising within Turkey's military over the weekend dashed hopes of reviving travel bookings for what remains of the peak mid-year travel season, following a 10 percent decline in visitors to the country in the first quarter of this year. The number of international visitors to Turkey is expected to decline 5.2 percent this year to 32.9 million, according to Euromonitor International.
Tourism is an essential source of foreign currency to finance Turkey's current-account deficit and employs 8 percent of the nation's workforce. The industry had looked for an improvement in bookings from efforts to mend relations with Russia and Israel, but those were sabotaged by a series of terrorist bombings from Ankara to Istanbul and then the insurrection over the weekend that left more than 200 people dead before the government regained control.
"The main impact of the coup attempt, taken together with the last attacks, means Turkey's efforts to revitalize tourism will become largely ineffective," Ali Sokmen, a London-based associate analyst for the European Union and Turkey at consultancy Control Risks, said by phone. "We are in the middle of the tourism season. The expected pick-up in tourism is from last-minute bookings and that's highly sensitive to such events. The expectation for improvement from last-minute bookings is largely over."
Turkish Airlines, also known as Turk Hava Yollari, dropped 6 percent at 10:43 a.m. in Istanbul, bringing the decline for the year to 24 percent. Tour operator Thomas Cook Group Plc and TUI AG fell 2.8 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has blocked U.S. airlines from flying to or from Istanbul or Ankara since the coup attempt began and prohibited all carriers, including foreign ones, from flying into the U.S. from Turkey either directly or through another country. The State Department on Sunday said it expects that stance will be re-evaluated in the next few days.
The U.S. earlier urged citizens to avoid travel to southeastern Turkey and urged them to reconsider travel there after the July 15 events, according to the State Department. The U.K.'s Foreign Office advised citizens against all but essential travel to certain areas in Turkey and said the threat from terrorism remains high in the country, according to its website.
The attempted coup's impact on Turkey's travel companies extended beyond bookings. Airbus Group SE postponed delivery of a A320neo plane to Istanbul-based Pegasus Airlines, as the manufacturer and the leisure carrier agreed to seek a "better moment" for the ceremony, which was slated for July 19.
With recent terror attacks in Turkey already spooking travelers, further concerns about safety "could continue mid- to long-term if adequate security measures are not taken by the Turkish government," Diana Jarmalaite, research analyst at Euromonitor, said by e-mail.
Travel by families is expected to decline the most as safety is their biggest priority, said Peter Goddard, managing director of Dubai-based TRI Consulting. Business travel will be the least impacted, though executives will be mindful of the locations and durations of their stays.
Travelers may look at alternative destinations with a similar Mediterranean experience such as Spain, Portugal or Greece. Gharib, the traveler from Dubai scared off by the coup attempt, said she switched to the more expensive option of exploring Roman ruins in Italy.
International airlines including Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways and Eurowings resumed flights to Turkey Sunday after most services to Ataturk and Sabiha Gokcen airports were canceled during the coup attempt. Turks living abroad will still want to visit family and friends back home, Sokmen said.
"Those on a flight to Turkey now probably want to make the best use of it and just say 'let's go have apple tea and shawarma'," said Mark Martin, founder of aviation advisory Martin Consulting. "If we see another coup in a few months, it will be a warning about flying to Turkey. It's something that's definitely worrying."
–With assistance from Richard Weiss
This article was written by Deena Kamel Yousef from Bloomberg and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.
Tags: tourism, turkey, unrest
Photo Credit: Tourists outside the Ayasofia in Istanbul's tourist district in September 2015. Turkey's last 10 months have seen a rapid decline in tourism numbers. Skift
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"If you've used a Motorola Android device over the past year or so, you've very likely experienced Motorola's own "webtop" mode, this allowing your smartphone a desktop-like interface when plugged into an HDMI-capable display.
The tip comes from Staska of Unwired View who notes that information he's gathered leads to the idea that Android 5.0 will have a desktop mode which activates whenever the device is plugged into a larger display. Could this have anything to do with Google's recent near-complete deal in which they're acquiring Motorola Mobility? It certainly would allow them to avoid patent suits should they actually make a desktop mode!
The next version of Android is almost certainly going to be called Jelly Bean simply because of the naming conventions that Google has adopted for Android. Treats at every level, starting with Donut, going to Eclair, FroYo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, and now Ice Cream Sandwich - so named because it combines the smartphone and tablet versions together in one.
Now the next treat will be Jellybean - because what else could it be? And the next generation will be version 5.0. If it'll be coming out soon, that's a different question altogether."
"We've seen numerous Siri clones arrive on Android Market both legit and utterly fake, but most of us are still waiting on Google to churn out a true competitor to Apple's Siri. Unfortunately, that may not happen until the end of the year, as Google "Assistant" (or Majel) could be a part of Android 5.0 "Jelly Bean" when it's reportedly unleashed before the end of 2012."


If you have students who don't celebrate Halloween, there are plenty of free alternatives to Halloween games, worksheets, and music on my site. Today's Throwback Thursday will feature some Autumn themed educational piano activities your students will enjoy while they review important music theory concepts.
I'm also including some music, both free one-page sheets as well as recital pieces in my store. It's no secret that one of the reasons students like Halloween music so much is because of the minor sounds. So I'm including some music that have a minor sound students love to play.
Thanks for this cute Halloween card! I am going to insert glow sticks (instead of pencils) that students can use when they go trick or treating.
Leslie, they will love it!


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Are America's teachers really underpaid
In the spring of 2018, thousands of public school teachers walked out of their classrooms in a half-dozen states, protesting low salaries, rising class sizes and cuts to school budgets that have prompted most teachers to buy their own classroom supplies.
Additional strikes followed in 2019 in Los Angeles, Denver and Oakland.
While these walkouts, which enjoyed much public support, were about more than teacher pay, stagnant teacher salaries were central issues.
And political leaders have taken notice. For example, presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, has made boosting teacher salaries a part of her campaign. Her plan would allocate US$315 billion in federal funding over the next decade to increase pay for public school teachers and reward state and local governments for raising pay even higher, with the goal of eventually boosting teacher pay by an average of $13,500 per person. The proposal, which has been hailed as the largest investment in teachers in American history and criticized as a pitch for teacher union endorsements, would be paid for by as-yet unspecified increases in the estate tax.
From my standpoint as an expert on educational leadership and policy and as former assistant state superintendent for research and policy in the Michigan Department of Education, I see teachers as the most important resource in schools. Teachers impact on students persists into adulthood. Recruiting and retaining high-quality teachers in the nations public schools requires good working conditions, including competent and supportive leadership and a collegial environment. But pay matters.
Teacher salaries decline over time
Classroom teaching has never been a path to riches and, perhaps more than other professionals, teachers view their work more as a calling than as a way to make a good living. Still, teaching must compete with other occupations for talent. So how does teacher pay compare with the pay of other professions that require a similar education? By this comparison, teacher pay has been eroding for decades.
According to an Economic Policy Institute study, the teacher wage penalty how much less teachers make than comparable workers grew from 5.5% in 1979 to a record 18.7% in 2017.
Teacher wage gaps vary widely from state to state, but in no state does teacher pay equal or exceed pay for other college graduates. And its no coincidence that the four states with the largest gaps Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Colorado saw teacher protests in 2018.
In some states, teacher salaries have been so low that teachers have qualified for public assistance.
Fair comparisons?
How can teachers earnings be compared to those of non-teachers when teachers get summers off? The answer: Compare weekly wages. For example, a public school teacher in the U.S. with a bachelors degree earned an average of $980 per week between 2013 and 2017, while a comparable non-teaching college graduate averaged $1,326.
Some may argue that teachers, on average, work fewer hours per week than other college graduates. However, a leading teachers union says that teachers often work longer than their contracted work day.
What about teacher benefits? Instead of pay raises, are school districts giving their teachers generous benefit packages? No. While teacher benefits have accounted for a rising share of their total compensation as salaries have stalled and constitute a bigger share as compared with other professionals, this benefit advantage only partially offsets the teacher wage penalty.
Even teacher pension plans, often criticized as overly generous and costly to taxpayers, are now found to be inadequate in many states. In Massachusetts, for instance, teacher contributions to pensions plans will actually exceed their benefits no matter how long they stay in teaching.
In 39 states, the average teacher salary declined 2010 and 2016 when you take inflation into account. And these declines were not the result of teacher turnover, with retiring and relatively well-paid baby boomers being replaced by entry-level millennials. A 2018 Brookings study found that teachers were more qualified in 2016 than in 2007. Teachers were older and more educated, with greater proportions holding masters and doctoral degrees, the Brookings study found.
The pay gap gives rise to teacher shortages. These shortages do not show up as actual vacancies or empty classrooms. Rather, they appear as underqualified teachers that is, more positions filled by teachers lacking full credentials and holding only temporary or emergency licenses. Shortages in math and science have been a chronic problem for public schools, as non-teaching options have been much more lucrative for candidates in these fields.
Solving the teacher shortage problem, which afflicts every state to varying degrees, will require more than boosting teacher pay across the board. It will also take improving teachers working conditions, giving them more manageable class sizes and adding more support staff, such as psychologists, social workers, nurses and librarians. It will also take safe, well-maintained facilities and skilled principals who create the kind of school environments that make teachers want to stay.
Author: Michael Addonizio | The Conversation
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Les Jeux mondiaux de 1993 constituent la quatrième édition des Jeux mondiaux, organisée à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas, du 22 juillet au 2 août 1993.

Épreuves

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Gorgeous photos by Sue Stickle from the Markel Young and Developing Horse National Championships, the GAIG/USDF Region 3 Championships, and US Dressage Finals!
Click on the thumbnail and then click again on the small photo that loads to see them full size!
I also recently learned that Faro SQF and Fifi MLW swept the Open High Score Hanoverian Awards at US Dressage Finals! Faro SQF was High Score Hanoverian for the FEI Levels with his winning ride in the Open Prix St. Georges Championship and Fifi MLW was High Score Hanoverian for the National Levels with her Open Fourth Level Reserve Champion ride. Good ponies!
"We are home from a fabulous 2017 US Dressage Finals and back to work today! It's a beautifully run show in an absolutely gorgeous setting.
We wrapped up the national competition with a particularly great finish in the Open Prix St. Georges Championship in which I rode three horses. Faro SQF (Owned by Andrea Whitcomb and myself and bred in the USA by Jill Peterson [9yo Fidertanz/Rotspon/World Cup]) took home the Championship title, Fifi MLW (Also bred in the USA by Mary Lou Pitz Winn [8yo Fidertanz/Wolkentanz/Rohdiamant]) took home Reserve Champion honors, and River House Hanoverians homebred, Micanopy RH (8yo Maronjo/Matcho X/Argentan) finished in 8th among a very talented field.
Faro SQF and Fifi MLW took home two of the six perpetual trophies from US Dressage Finals. Faro SQF earned the Miki Christophersen Perpetual Trophy for being the Prix St. Georges Open Champion. Fifi MLW earned the Lloyd Landkamer Perpetual Trophy for being the Highest Scoring FEI Mare. These two horses are such talents – it's a privilege to ride them and an honor to have our names on these awards.
Fifi MLW also took home the Reserve Champion title in the Open Fourth Level Championship, just missing out on Champion by a few tenths of a point.
My little Bahai (13yo by Baroncelli out of SPS Rose (Rotspon/World Cup) who was imported by River House Hanoverians/Verne Batchelder and is also the dam of Faro SQF) had far from her best test in the Open Grand Prix Championship, but still managed to pull out a fourth place finish. She and I were much more on the same page in the Open Grand Prix Freestyle Championship and earned another close fourth place finish.
Micanopy RH had a busy weekend with three Finals classes. In addition to her 8th place Open PSG Championship finish, she also finished in 11th place out of 28 horses in the Open Intermediare I Championship and finished 5th in the Open Intermediare I Freestyle Championship. She really held her own among stiff competition.
"We had a great show at the GAIG Region 3 Championships! It started out very wet and ended up very hot, but the horses were fantastic!
Fifi MLW was a star – winning the Open Fourth Level Championship with a 75.056%! She added a whole new collection of fans to her fan club with her victory lap trot <3.
Bahai was also a winner – taking home the Open Grand Prix Freestyle Championship for the second time in three years! Good girl! Bahai also took 3rd in the Open Grand Prix Championship. She received two gorgeous trays of rainbow carrots and apples presented by Diamante Farms, which she thoroughly enjoyed!
Andrea's Faro SQF proved once again that he can best his little sister, Fifi MLW . They both did very well in the Open Prix St. Georges Championships, taking home fourth and fifth out of about 40 horses with a 72+% and a 71+%.
Micanopy RH was in that same large and competitive PSG Championship and she put in a great effort to finish 11th with a 68+%. Micanopy also danced her way to a 3rd place finish in the Intermediare Freestyle Championship with a 70.8% and a 7th place finish in the Open Intermediare I Championship.
I was very happy with all four horses and they all earned places at US Dressage Finals in Kentucky!!!
Kasey rode Dolly very well – finishing 3rd in the Amateur Fourth Level Championship and 6th in the Fourth Level Freestyle – they're headed to Nationals in Kentucky too! WooHoo!
"We drove through the night and we're back home safely from the Markel Young & Developing Horse Championships at Lamplight near Chicago.
Andrea's and my handsome, talented Faro SQF (Fidertanz/Rotspon/World Cup) was a very good boy! He placed 5th in the Prix St. Georges and 4th in the Developing PSG to finish 5th overall in a very talented National Championship field. He has come so far in a short amount of time and his future looks very bright!
Powerhouse mare, Fifi MLW (Fidertanz/Wolkentanz/Rohdiamont), started the competition out strong with a 2nd place finish in the Prix St. Georges, but we had a very costly mistake in the Developing PSG, which landed her in 7th place overall in the National Championship. The quality of the work on our schooling days and in the warm-up was amazing and encouraging for her future.
Fran's lovely 6 year old, Grapjas (Zizi Top/Kennedy), had great learning experiences in the busy championship atmosphere far from home. He was gorgeous and very grown up at the jog and awards ceremony and he nailed every single one of his flying changes.
It was a privilege to qualify and compete all three of these quality horses with bright careers ahead of them.
River House Home-Bred, Micanopy RH, Wins With 74.750%!
Bahai and Micanopy RH Shine! Bahai Earns 78+% in Grand Prix Freestyle!
Nora took two mares she's trained all the way up to the Greater Atlanta Dressage Society competition in Conyers, GA April 7th-10th, 2016 and enjoyed great success!
Bahai (Baroncelli/Rotspon) had an amazing weekend – scoring two personal bests in the Grand Prix and the Freestyle. She scored a 70.9% in the Open Grand Prix for the win. On Sunday she capped off the weekend with a stellar 78.375% win in the Grand Prix Freestyle!
Micanopy RH, a coming 7 year old mare (Maronjo/SPS Mijou), debuted at Fourth Level and Prix St Georges in her fourth show ever. She rocked her Fourth Level Test 3 – scoring 71.222% and took home the blue‼ The 71.222% was also good enough for High Point Fourth Level of the show. Micanopy RH also earned a 68.325% in her Developing Horse Prix St. Georges National Qualifier, not bad for her first weekend in tails!
Much FEI Success for River House at Canterbury Holiday Dressage!
A very successful show for River House Hanoverians at Canterbury Holiday Dressage, November 2015!
Farleight (13 yo Hanoverian gelding from the Florestan line) and Nora were 2nd in the Open Grand Prix with a 67+% on Saturday, collecting six 8′s along the way, and then FIRST in the Open Grand Prix on Sunday with a 68+%, again receiving half a dozen 8s along the way! Good Boy Flumpy.
Jeanie, and her Wilde Card/Wilber (Weltmeyer/Akut), were 3rd in a good sized PSG class with almost a 67% and several 8′s on Saturday! And on Sunday, this pair were the winners in the Open Intermediare with almost a 66%. Two qualifying scores in as many classes – Go Jeanie!!!
Our beloved Bretone/Tony the Stalliony (Elite Hanoverian stallion – Brentano II/Salut) has seamlessly made the transition from Nora's Grand Prix Champion to an AMAZING schoolmaster! Tony helped Lee earn two blue ribbons in the Amateur Grand Prix over the weekend AND finish her USDF Gold Medal! CONGRATULATIONS LEE!
Nora and Jeanie's loot from the weekend!
70%s at the Grand Prix level, qualifying scores, and High Point honors for Bahai, Bramble RH, and Micanopy RH in Georgia!
Some crazy person (aka Nora) signed up for back-to-back shows in Georgia over the last two weekends, but the horses were fabulous, so it's all good!
Nora's beautiful Bahai (Baroncelli/Rotspon) went to Chatt Hills this weekend and was a total star – taking home the Blue in the Grand Prix Freestyle with a 71%. They rocked a slightly silly pop freestyle with music from Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, and Avicii ;-D. They got lots of comments from the crowd on how much they enjoyed watching and dancing to it – which was very nice to hear!
Micanopy RH, a 6 year old home-bred by Maronjo out of SPS Mijou (Matcho/Argentan), went to both shows (enduring two six hour drives to the Atlanta area!) and totally killed it! These were her first shows EVER and she qualified for Regionals in just two rides, winning the Third Level Three at Chatt Hills with a 69.5% and earning Reserve Champion High Score of the show! She also put in two solid FEI 6 yo tests, over the two weekends. Very proud of her and her nice, clean flying changes!
Bramble RH, a 4 year old Bretone/Gleucksfee stallion, went to the competition at Poplar Place and earned his final qualifying score for First Level Three and took home the Blue. He also put in another solid 76.6% USEF 4 yo test. Good boy Baby Bramble!
It's been fun for Nora to compete three horses that she's have had since they were little, tiny foals!
Our New Covered Arena is Up and Awesome!
River House finally got it's covered arena! After missing our indoor arena in New Hampshire for two years, we've put up an over-sized covered arena at our Williston, Fl location! The building and super sand/rubber/fiber mix footing are complete and we are enjoying riding in it, rain or shine. This building will be a huge asset come sunny Florida summer. We just have three pieces left to complete before our new covered is 100% finished: a wall of mirrors across the far end, a watering system to keep the riding surface in tip-top shape, and two viewing areas to either side of the entrance. We also put in a lot of new fencing with the arena project. The farm is looking good and becoming an ever better facility for training grand prix horses. Take a look at the pictures from the various stages of the arena project in the gallery below.
Erection of the building begins!
We're riding in it already!
River House welcomes Ballencia RH!
Ballencia was born at four in the morning on 25 February 2014. Her mother is States Premium Mijou, an overall "8″ Matcho/Argentan mare who scored two "9s" on rideability in her German under saddle test, has produced the approved stallion, Delacroix RH. International dressage horses have come from this mother line. The sire is our lovely, elite Grand Prix stallion, Bretone (Brentano II/Salut). The name "Ballencia" means strong and brave – fitting for a filly who decided to go for a gallop around the farm at just a few hours old! The name originates from the ancient Spanish city of Valencia, which purportedly smells strongly of citrus due to all of its orange groves – again, a fitting name for a chestnut filly born when the Florida oranges are in full bloom, to a mare who has never had a chestnut in a dozen foals! Ballencia is pretty and leggy and we hope for great things in her future!
Mijou keeps a careful eye on her lovely Ballencia RH.
Ballencia RH having a snack.
Orange blossoms in the back yard at River House Hanoverians.
River House welcomes Behati RH!
SPS Weltfee II (Weltmeyer/Lord Udo) delivered a tall, strong filly in the early morning hours on March 21, 2014. We have decided to name her Behati after the Namibian Supermodel. This filly is one of the many Bretone/Weltfee II foals that we have had and we love them all! Her full siblings are Betty Davis, Barcelona (AKA Banana), Banderas, Baaron Miller, Bogart, Bacardi, and Bellatrix. Barcelona qualified in the top 15 four year olds in the country for the Markel National Young Horse Championships in 2011 and we are loving riding Banderas, Baaron Miller, and Bogart – all talented, super rideable horses. Behati is very outgoing and already shows great balance and gaits. She's going to be one to watch in the future!
Behati RH – so pretty!
Behati RH – cute blaze!
Behati RH loves her Mummy!
2013 has been a great year, and a well-traveled year, for Bahai and Nora. The good news started with a training grant from the New England Dressage Association to pursue High Performance Grand Prix. Bahai and Nora's show ring success for the year started with multiple wins in Wellington and north Florida in the Developing Horse Prix St Georges, as well as a promising Intermediare I debut.. Their undefeated run in the Developing Horse Prix St Georges qualifiers earned them an invitation to the Markel Developing Horse National Championships in Lamplight, IL. They also received an invitation to the Developing Dressage Training Session with Debbie MacDonald at Hassler Dressage. This training session was a wonderful opportunity to learn from one of our nation's very best trainers and competitors. After the training session in Maryland it was back down to Florida for a few weeks and then up to Illinois. Nora was thrilled to get to work with Debbie several more times at the Developing Horse National Championships and delighted when Bahai finished sixth overall. Their performance at these championships as well as in the training session with Debbie McDonald lead to a Developing Dressage Training Grant from the USEF High Performance Committee to pursue Developing and CDI Grand Prix. From Illinois, it was back to Florida to regroup before heading to Georgia for the USDF Great American Insurance Group Region 3 Championships held at the sight of the 1996 Olympic Games. Bahai and Nora had a stellar ride in the Open Prix St. Georges, taking home the Championship with a 71.908% and earning the highest PSG qualifying score in the nation for the inaugural US Dressage Finals. They had a good enough Intermediare I Championship ride, just Bahai's third time at the level, to earn a Wild Card spot for the Finals. So, it was back to Florida for a few more weeks and then onto Kentucky for the US Dressage Finals. Although the Finals was not Bahai's best show, being part of the inaugural competition and competing in the spectacular Alltech Arena was well worth the trip. Now, In December, Nora and Bahai have been using some of their grant money to prepare for the Developing Grand Prix for next year. They've been shipping down to White Fences to work with Shelly Francis and get a leg-up for next year! Check out the journey in the photos below!
Scholarships, Training Sessions, and Medals … Oh My!
Lots of good stuff happening for River House riders lately!
Nora was thrilled to receive a generous training scholarship from the New England Dressage Association. She will be using the funds to train with long time High Performance competitor and trainer Shelly Francis in White Fences. Nora will take both Farleight and Bahai down for several training sessions this fall – work towards High Performance grand prix.
Nora and Bahai received more good news when they were recently invited to the Developing Dressage Training Session with Debbie McDonald at Hassler Dressage. They will be heading up to Maryland at the end of July to participate. Farleight will also be going to work with Scott Hassler.
Gilberto Gonzalez, River House's Working Student/Barn Manager Extraordinaire, also received good news this month. He earned his USDF Silver Medal! Riding the special Grand Prix schoolmaster, Weide, Gilberto earned his fourth level scores during the winter show season and made his Prix St. Georges debut this spring – earning the full Silver Medal in just six months! Great job Gilberto and Weide!


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