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The Science Behind Sound.
01 Oct 2019/By Tim Hull, UK
Music influences the products we buy and the way we perceive brands.
The power of music as part of a sales strategy is often overlooked, despite a strong evidence base for its value. But it isn't just down to the feel good effect of a banging tune. Read on to discover some key findings which show why clever curation should be fundamental to your branding, and the subliminal power it yields.
The Science Behind Sound
Music speaks volumes, and you can say so much when your playlist accurately represents your brand. Research has shown that music is more persuasive when it is congruent with its context (1). For example, people spend more money in a florist when romantic music is being played (2). In a wine shop, when French music is played people tend to buy French wine, and when German music is played they tend to buy German wine, without acknowledging that what they can hear is influencing their decisions (3). If your company prides itself on its green credentials, maybe something acoustic would optimise your brand. When your products are tailored to a more refined market playing chart hits with a broad appeal might make your authenticity seem questionable.
People spend more money in a florist when romantic music is being played.
Trials have found that playing classical music can give the impression of enhanced quality and value. Researchers played either classical music or chart hits in a wine shop, and found a clear trend for more expensive wines to be purchased to the sound of classical music (4). Another study found the same effect when investigating the perceived prices of items. Where luxury products were being offered to the sound of either classical or country music, they were valued more highly to classical music. Conversely, the estimated prices of practical items rose in predicted value when country music was being played. This indicates that the key factor in value perception is the congruence between the music being played and the product on offer (5). Paired with the wrong music, your product line could drop in value.
It seems the psychological impact of music goes even further than authenticating a brand and influencing buying choices. Music activates areas of the brain associated with recall, and can help commit your sales messages to memory, connecting your brand information with existing schema within the brain (5). If you need to convey something important to your customers, specialist music curation might be a vital aspect of your strategy.
In a wine shop, when French music is played people tend to buy French wine, and when German music is played they tend to buy German wine.
Rather than taking the simplistic view that music should be selected to entertain, the evidence indicates that more complex processes are occurring when we associate music with a brand. Music activates our memories and our judgements, and these are projected onto our buying choices - but only if they seem authentic, and that matching requires knowledge, skill and flair.
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Jacob, Gueguen, Boulbry and Sami (2009). 'Love is in the air': congruence between background music and goods in a florist. The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research 19:1, 75-79.
North, Hargreaves and McKendrick (1999). The Influence of In-Store Music on Wine Selections. Journal of Applied Psychology 84:2, 271-276.
Areni and Kim (1993). The Influence of Background Music on Shopping Behaviour: Classical Versus Top-Forty Music in a Wine Store. Advances in Consumer Research 20, 336-340.
North, Sheridan and Areni (2016). Music Congruity Effects on Product Memory, Perception, and Choice. Journal of Retailing 92:1, 83-95.
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Medscape: USPSTF Stays Neutral on Global ABI Testing in Asymptomatic PAD
There is still not enough evidence to recommend for or against using the ankle-brachial index (ABI) test to screen for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in adults without symptoms, such as claudication in the lower leg, a US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) report concludes.
In a statement and evidence summary published July 10 in JAMA, the USPSTF arrived at the same conclusion as in their 2013 report — insufficient evidence.
"In asymptomatic folks we did not find evidence that the benefits of screening [with ABI] outweighed any potential harms," task force member C. Seth Landefeld, MD, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, summarized to theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology.
"It doesn't mean that [such screening isn't warranted]; it's just that we didn't find compelling evidence" for it.
Instead, clinicians should "focus on evaluating cardiovascular risk with well-established tools such as the Pooled Cohort Equations," he said, "and then implement previously recommended interventions, such as blood pressure control, smoking cessation, or preventive statins or aspirin. These things do have very definite benefits."
"I want to emphasize that this is not a recommendation against screening for PAD; it's a recommendation that there's insufficient evidence for across-the-board screening," echoed Mary M. McDermott, MD, from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, who cowrote an editorial about the statement.
"Screening specifically applies to people who don't have leg symptoms," she stressed in an interview with theheart.org | Medscape Cardiology. But "most people with PAD have leg symptoms if you look carefully."
"PAD is common and it's often unrecognized, undiagnosed, and undertreated," she said. "But a lot of that has to do with the fact that we don't ask patients carefully enough about leg symptoms that may indicate PAD."
Patients who have leg symptoms "should all be tested with ABI," she noted.
Five New Studies, No Strong Evidence
PAD, which is a manifestation of systemic atherosclerotic disease, not only can impair walking ability but also lead to infection and amputation in severe cases, USPSTF chair Susan J. Curry, PhD, from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and colleagues note.
Because a low ABI is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, screening asymptomatic adults for PAD with the ABI might reduce morbidity or mortality from PAD or CVD.
To update its 2013 report, the task force identified five studies published between 2012 and 2017 that screened for PAD in a total of 5864 asymptomatic participants with no known cardiovascular disease.
One study, which compared the diagnostic accuracy of ABI vs the gold standard, MRI, found that ABI had low sensitivity (7% to 34%) and high specificity (96% to 100%).
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2020 Lamborghini Huracán Evo RWD Review: Is the Least Expensive Lambo Any Good?
We spent a few days behind the wheel to find out.
Chris WaltonWordsJade NelsonPhotos
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Had this been a typical Lamborghini press drive, I'd be writing this 2020 Lamborghini Huracán Evo RWD review after blasting around a far-flung race track like now-head of editorial Ed Loh did when he drove the standard all-wheel drive (AWD) Evo last year, and as I did in this car's rear-wheel drive (RWD) spiritual predecessor, the 2016 Huracán LP-580-2. Like that car, the new Evo RWD model's front tires are tasked only with braking and steering, not propelling the otherwise AWD Huracán.
Similarly, the Evo RWD's naturally aspirated 5.2L V-10 is detuned from the AWD model's 630 horsepower and 443 lb-ft of torque to "just" 602 horsepower and 413 lb-ft. Be that as it may, the approximate 100-pound weight difference between an AWD and lighter RWD Huracán Evo makes the pounds-per-horsepower calculation nearly identical at 5.5 lb/hp. It's a wash.
All this considered, does this entry-level Lambo live up to the Huracán's rowdy reputation? To find out, we took ours to where it will likely find a future home: down the infamous Pacific Coast Highway to the posh neighborhoods of Newport Beach and Corona del Mar.
Lamborghini Lore
A quick aside: There's a common industry tale that roughly 20 years ago, as he first toured the Lamborghini factory in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, recently hired Belgian automotive designer Luc Donckerwolke was asked who he was. His answer? "I'm the new designer." A factory worker is reported to have replied, "So, you will be designing the engine cover?" "No, the entire car," said Donckerwolke (who left the VW Group and worked for Hyundai from 2015 to 2020). "Ah, you see, sir, a Lamborghini is the engine, the rest is the cover," retorted the worker. True or not, this anecdote illustrates the long-held Lamborghini ethos: Make it fast and loud. Thankfully, under the auspices of its current owner, Audi, the performance envelope of the venerated brand has expanded manyfold for the better.
Huracán Evo RWD: Subtle, It Ain't
Having just missed out on the Diablo, the first Lamborghini I drove was a Murciélago, Donckerwolke's engine cover. From that day to this, one thing has remained true about a modern Lamborghini: There's no way of ignoring one in a parking lot or on the road. It's meant to be visually, aurally, and tangibly visceral and belligerent. Like the golden bull on its badge, there's nothing subtle about a Lamborghini. And that's the reason so many people love them. The low and wide chiseled body with a vibe like stealth fighter makes the Huracán Evo stands out. This car went a step further with $16,500 matte blue paint, $4,750 orange sport seats with contrasting stitching, and the car's name embroidered on the seatback. And name another car that displays the engine's firing order on the exterior for all to see. And like the more subtle Ferrari F8 Tributo, I'm certain that in the time I was driving either one, I landed in other people's social media. #Lambo!
Huracán Evo RWD: A Rush of Blood to the Head
Some days at the office are better than others, and tooling down the coastline at sunset in a Lamborghini ranks highly. I switched the car into Sport mode, and the V-10's exhaust awoke, growing from a melodious hum to an angry rumble. Whacking the throttle pedal to the floor triggers an absolute eruption of sound, acceleration, and emotions. To be sure, it's absolutely furious—some might say "mental"—yet mechanically melodic, satisfying, and truly addictive. There are few cars that match this quintessentially Lamborghini quality. One's got a horse on its frunk badge, another has a swoosh, and the last has four rings: the Audi R8 with which this car shares a powertrain. If you were to use the Huracán Evo RWD's launch control from a standstill, you'd arrive at 60 mph in about 3.0 seconds, or about a half second behind the AWD version. Top speed is just over 200 mph. These are impressive, though not record-breaking figures, because the whole point of the Evo RWD is to be an engrossing driving experience.
Lamborghini's Better Driver's Car
Besides the clarity and improved steering feel a RWD Huracán offers, our car was optioned with the Dynamic Power Steering option ($2,200) with variable ratios, delivering a heightened sense of connection and dexterity to the car. By activating the "loud" button in either Sport or Corsa mode, the driveline, transmission, optional magnetorheological dampers, and the steering all intensify noticeably, and the Huracán Evo RWD practically transforms into another car. In either of these modes, the car's stability and traction control programs allow a tangible, meaningful playfulness at the rear of the Evo, so long as you're "doing it right" with the pedals and steering. Even the instrument panel changes among the modes to emphasize these modal differences. On any road that isn't too bumpy or choppy, I drove this car in Sport mode. All. The. Time.
Huracán Evo Interior
Inside the car, the fighter jet theme continues with rows of hearty toggle switches and a red safety-covered start/stop button. I know that's a little corny, but it certainly makes the sense of occasion memorable. The multi-configurable digital instrument panel is crisp and displays a host of vitals as well. The iPad-sized infotainment touchscreen is responsive and reasonably intuitive; however, being mounted so low does require a driver's attention for even the simplest tasks. It washes out with glare on occasion, as well. And with so many functions built into the steering wheel, you'd think they'd find a little real estate for a volume controller. Nope, that's on the touchscreen. The forged carbon-composite components are a thankful option to the current vogue of piano black that always ends up looking oily and smudged.
One thing made me laugh, however: The central fore/aft seat release has the word SGANCIO prominently forged into it. Expecting some exotic Italian supplier or brand, a quick search revealed it simply means "release." The six-way manually adjustable sport seats offer plenty of lateral support and are otherwise exceptionally comfortable even for a long haul.
Lamborghini Huracán Evo RWD Conclusion
So does the latest, least expensive, and least powerful Lamborghini fulfill its manifest destiny? Assolutamente, and perhaps even more so. The Huracán Evo RWD challenges the motoring public visually, aurally. It could get you into trouble quickly, and it's a fabulous driver's car. It epitomizes the brand in all the right ways and does so with very few demerits. It draws attention like a one-man band in the park. It's a driving machine that celebrates driving for driving's sake, like the mythical 600-hp Miata. In a kismet-filled moment, I pulled alongside another Huracán in the heart of Newport Beach, of course. Would I want to drive it every day? No, probably not. I don't particularly enjoy this much attention. But for those looking for this sort of social-media-populating attention and wanting what is perhaps the purest form of the Huracán to date, then your multicar china shop needs this bull.
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Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir extend break from ice dance competition
By Nick ZaccardiMay 7, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT
Two-time Olympic ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will extend their indefinite break from competition through the fall Grand Prix season, an agent for the Canadians confirmed.
Virtue and Moir, who last competed in PyeongChang and haven't said whether they will return at all, are headlining a Canadian tour of skating shows for the second straight autumn.
They've been asked often since the Olympics whether they are retiring. Their refrain: They don't know.
"It definitely feels like [this is our last Olympics]," Moir said on TODAY in PyeongChang, hours after their ice dance gold. "If it is, this is a great way for us to go out. … It feels right. It feels like a good end."
Italian Carolina Kostner, the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist and 2012 World champion, is also being promoted as part of the Canadian tour. A representative for Kostner said a decision on whether she will compete in the fall has not been made.
Virtue and Moir took two years off after the 2014 Sochi Olympics before announcing their comeback in February 2016. They won all but one of their competitions in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, becoming the first skaters to earn five Olympic medals (boosted by team-event silver and gold in 2014 and 2018).
In their absence, French Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron improved on their PyeongChang silver medal to earn their third and fourth world championships the last two years.
U.S. Olympic ice dance bronze medalists Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani took the 2018-19 season off and haven't said whether they will return at some point.
Canada's other top skaters from the PyeongChang Olympics — Patrick Chan, bronze medalist Kaetlyn Osmond and pairs' bronze medalists Meaghan Duhamel and Eric Radford — have announced retirements.
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Nathan Chen, Alina Zagitova among the top takeaways for the figure skating season
By Philip HershApr 18, 2019, 7:53 AM EDT
A baker's dozen takeaways, with some looks to the future, from the 2018-19 figure skating season, which ended Saturday in Japan with the United States winning the World Team Trophy.
1. It's time to give Russia's Alina Zagitova full – and massive – credit for what she has done the past two seasons.
Zagitova and her coaching team were unfairly criticized in some quarters for what turned out to be a brilliant strategy of doing all seven jumping passes in the second half bonus area of the 2018 Olympic free skate. Not only was that an impressive feat of stamina, the bonus points Zagitova got for those jumps were the difference between her winning gold and getting silver.
When a Zagitova worn down by a post-Olympic whirl of appearances flopped to fifth in the 2018 World Championships, staggered to fifth at this season's Russian Championships and was beaten at Europeans, there were suggestions she might be a one-hit wonder. Then, as she later said in an interview on the Russian Skating Federation website, Zagitova became so unsettled by the pressure and the thought of failure at worlds her jumps deserted her in practice, and she had thoughts of quitting.
Some of her struggles were not unexpected. She had grown some three inches since the Olympics. Her body proportions were changing from those of a girl to those of a young woman. New rules minimized one of her strengths by limited skaters to just three jumping passes in the bonus area.
And Zagitova overcame all that, the psychological and the physical issues and the scoring changes, to win the 2019 worlds with two clean programs, a dazzling short and a strong, commanding free. At 16, she had added a world title to her Olympic title. That is worthy of unqualified acclaim.
2. Nathan Chen had a remarkable season, even if judged only by what he did on the ice.
When one puts his undefeated record in the context of having done it while simultaneously being a full-time freshman student at Yale University whose coach was 3,000 miles away, Chen's was a season for the ages.
Chen was lights out in winning a third straight U.S. title. Then, he was even better in winning a second straight world title, this one more significant because two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan was in the field.
Chen has not yet decided – or perhaps just not yet announced – whether he will be a full-time student again next season, although there doesn't seem any reason to mess with success given there are two more seasons before the next Olympics.
If Yale allows him three straight semesters off – and the University already has been very accommodating of his travel schedule and his need for ice time on the Yale rink – it would make more sense for him to take an academic leave beginning with the second half of the 2020-21 season and academic year and going through the 2022 Winter Games.
3. Vincent Zhou of the U.S. no longer is just that guy who goes from jump to jump (while collecting under-rotation marks.)
Zhou's improvement in the last two months of the season was tremendous. He went on from a bronze medal at worlds to do two terrific skates at the World Team Trophy, his free skate a seamless, compelling performance and an athletic tour de force. The under-rotation calls were disappearing.
Doing three quads at World Team Trophy instead of his usual four seemed to give Zhou the time to breathe and create an entertaining impression. Maybe he should keep thinking less is more.
4. The changes in the scoring system had a small mathematical effect on their goal of rebalancing athletic (TES) and artistic (loosely, PCS) scores in singles free skates, especially among the men.
This is tricky to calculate, because the drops in value of the highest scoring jumps were offset by the possibility of higher (and lower) Grades of Execution when the range was expanded from +3/-3 to +5/-5. And the limiting of free skate bonus area jumping passes lowered potential TES scores.
At the 2017 worlds, each of the top four men in the free (Hanyu and Shoma Uno of Japan, Boyang Jin of China, and Chen) had significantly higher TES scores, with none getting more than 44 percent of the total from PCS.
At the 2019 worlds, the top four men in the free did get a higher percentage of their total from PCS, even if the difference was insignificant for winner Chen (43.8 to 43.9). The others: Hanyu, 46.5; Vincent Zhou, 46.7; Uno, 49.8 (Uno's TES scores were dramatically affected by two downgraded quads).
The women's scores shifted in the opposite way. At the 2017 worlds and 2018 Olympics, six of the top eight in the free had higher TES. This season, it was seven of the top eight (only fifth-place Kaori Sakamato of Japan had a higher PCS, and it was a minimal difference of less than one percent). Japan's Rika Kihira, second in the free, had a TES score nearly 12 points higher than her PCS, accounting for 54 percent of her total, even though she fell on a triple Axel.
Given the concurrent rise of PCS scores, almost across the board, it would have seemed the change in score percentages might have been more dramatic.
5. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron could take the next two seasons off and return to waltz to the 2022 Olympic gold.
The French ice dancers have a greater gap on their competition than any team in the 15-season history of the IJS. They won the 2019 world title by 10.89 points, a margin topped only by their 10.96 of a year ago, when reigning Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada skipped worlds.
In the 13 previous seasons, no team had won by more than 5.95 (Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov of Russia in 2005).
Ice dance had been blessed with compelling rivalries from 2010 through 2018: Virtue/Moir vs. Papadakis/Cizeron, Virtue/Moir vs. Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the U.S. Now the French are unrivalled, competing only against themselves and abstract ideas of brilliance. So far, they haven't been slowed down by having to play a solo game of "Can you top this?"
6. The most anticipated figure skating event in the United States next season is the Aug. 28-31 Junior Grand Prix stop in Lake Placid, N.Y.
That is where reigning U.S. senior champion Alysa Liu, 13 (until Aug. 8) and ineligible for senior international competition until the 2021-22 season, will likely debut in a consequential junior international junior event. (She could be in a lesser event before that.) Liu, who hit three triple Axels at nationals, may have added a quad by Lake Placid. She tried two unsuccessfully in last season's U.S. Regionals.
7. The quad wave is about to sweep into senior women's competition.
Russians Anna Shcherbakova (quad Lutz) and Alexandra Trusova (quad Lutz, quad toe, quad Salchow) who finished 1-2 in seniors at this season's Russian Championships and 2-1 at the World Junior Championships, are the headliners. They join Kazakh Elizabet Tursynbaeva, whose quad Salchow at worlds made her the first woman to land a quad in a senior event.
8. Ting Cui, 16, looks ready to take one of the two U.S. singles spots at next year's senior worlds.
Cui, 2019 junior world bronze medalist and fifth at senior nationals (third in the free skate), has a good chance to bump either Mariah Bell or Bradie Tennell, more likely the former. Bell has finished an unremarkable ninth, 12th, and 12th in the last three worlds. After underwhelming performances much of this season, 2018 U.S. champion Tennell (seventh and sixth) in the last two worlds, ended with the best free skate of her career at the World Team Trophy.
9. Rika Kihira rose and fell (literally) on the success of her triple Axel.
The jump carried her past Zagitova to win the Grand Prix title. Then it cost her a chance at the world title after Kihira popped (singled) the jump in the short program.
Kihira's season triple Axel tally, in ISU or national championship events: 13 clean in 23 attempts (56.5 percent), with five falls, three pops, one downgrade and one double.
10. Yevgenia Medvedeva showed she deserved her spot at worlds. So did Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, who did not get one.
Sofia Samodurova's surprising win at the European Championships and the illness that sidelined Tuktamysheva at her nationals left the Russian federation in a quandary.
They couldn't keep the European champion off the team. And they wanted to include Medvedeva, no matter that she had struggled – but slowly improved – all season after leaving Russia to train in Canada with Brian Orser. And hadn't Tuktamysheva been an also-ran for the three seasons after her 2015 world title, no matter that she won two Grand Prix events and a bronze at the Grand Prix Final this season?
Medvedeva skated well enough at worlds to win a bronze medal when Kihira and Sakamoto made big mistakes.
Tuktamysheva went to the World Team Trophy and was outstanding in winning the free skate and finishing second in the short program. She did a massive, effortless triple Axel in each program, having regained full command of a jump she added to her arsenal in 2015 but could not land cleanly the next three seasons.
Beyond that, Tuktamysheva at age 22 became a presence: she developed a funny, outgoing persona on social media, pushed the limits with a sexy "striptease" in her exhibition program – and accepted her worlds snub with grace.
11. It's great that French pair Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres have decided to keep competing.
They began 2018-19 uncertain about their future beyond the season, then reached heights they never imagined possible a few years ago, coming into worlds as the undefeated European and Grand Prix Final champions. That worlds was their one poor competition of the season, leaving them fifth, undoubtedly was a motivation to continue.
James and Cipres finished with a stunning free skate at World Team Trophy, showing flawless unison on their big tricks.
It would be a real treat to see what the judges do if they and the sparkling Chinese world champions, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, both skate cleanly in the same competition next season.
12. Canada went without a world medal for the first time since 2004**.
Its best finish at the 2019 worlds was fifth in dance.
Its top woman's singles finish, 11th by Gabrielle Daleman, was the lowest since Alaine Chartrand was 11th in 2015. And, according to Skate Canada, its top men's finish, 15th by Keegan Messing, was its lowest ever (the previous low was 13th by Kevin Pockar in 1979.)
So why the asterisks**?
The gold and bronze medalists in ice dance, from France and the USA, are coached by Canadians Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon in Montreal.
Montreal is also the site of the 2020 worlds, but Canada's medal chances don't look much better even on home ice. It earned just one 2020 worlds spot in men's singles and barely got two in women's singles.
13. Yuzuru Hanyu's desire to push the technical envelope, admirable as it is, may shorten one of the greatest careers in the history of skating.
The Japanese superstar was out of competition for three months in both the last two seasons, missing two Grand Prix Finals and Japanese Championships, after injuring his right ankle while attempting quad Lutz (November 2017) and quad loop jumps (November 2018).
He has done just one quad Lutz in a competition. Although he has had 10 clean quad loops in 18 attempts, according to skatingscores.com, Hanyu won the 2018 Olympics without that difficult edge jump.
After he finished second at the 2019 worlds, the Japanese Skating Federation announced Hanyu would need two to three months of treatment on the long-term ligament damage in his ankle. Getting the ligaments to heal completely will not be easy, especially should Hanyu choose to try to reach his stated goal of landing a quad Axel.
Hanyu means too much to the sport for him to risk his future on jumps he likely can still win without if the rest of his skating is flawless.
Philip Hersh, who has covered figure skating at the last 11 Winter Olympics, is a special contributor to NBCSports.com/figure-skating.
MORE: Takeaways and top moments from the World Figure Skating Championships
As a reminder, you can watch the events from the 2018-19 figure skating season live and on-demand with the 'Figure Skating Pass' on NBC Sports Gold. Go to NBCsports.com/gold/figure-skating to sign up for access to every ISU Grand Prix and championship event, as well as domestic U.S. Figure Skating events throughout the season. NBC Sports Gold gives subscribers an unprecedented level of access on more platforms and devices than ever before.
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Takeaways and top moments from the World Figure Skating Championships
By Rachel LutzMar 29, 2019, 10:27 AM EDT
The 2019 World Figure Skating Championships are in the books with all of their highs and lows, triumphs and heartbreaks. The Japan-hosted event was lauded as well-organized by the skaters and was said to have featured sold-out crowds.
For the Americans, these championships seem to be a net positive, while other countries, like Japan, may still be reeling from their results on home ice.
Let's take a look at the takeaways from the World Championships and the top moments.
Nathan Chen's incredible title defense over home favorite Yuzuru Hanyu
NBCSports.com/figure-skating contributor Phil Hersh described Chen's performance in Saitama, Japan during the student-athlete's spring break from Yale University as transcendent, unblemished, and artistically compelling.
We're running out of adjectives.
Chen stepped on the ice to warm up as the sweepers cleared a shower of Winnie the Pooh stuffed animals off the ice, thrown for hometown favorite, two-time Olympic champion and two-time world champion Yuzuru Hanyu. The pressure could not have been higher for Chen, nor the environment more tense.
His floaty quad Lutz to open his free skate set the tone for the rest of the program, which was unparalleled in its marriage of artistic and technical content. Combined with his lead from the short program, Chen defeated Hanyu in their first head-to-head since the PyeongChang Olympics by more than 20 points to win his second straight world title.
Neither Hanyu (who has a lingering ankle injury but didn't skate like it on Saturday) nor his teammate in the crowded field, reigning Olympic silver medalist Shoma Uno, got the results they were hoping for. Uno finished fourth.
"I lost, that is about it. To tell the truth, it is like death to me," Hanyu told media after the free skate. "I really want to win. I think I did my best, but the problem is that in figure skating, competition consists of two days, and I am losing in both. It means that I simply do not have enough strength to win."
"If I recall, there are more competitions that I got disappointed over joyful ones in this season," Uno said after his performance. "I really admire Yuzuru Hanyu who always seeks high scores and good results, which made me realize I am still immature. Overall, I am still disappointed in myself. I need to become much stronger mentally. I want to skate better next year so that when I look back this Worlds in the future, this would be a good lesson for my skating career."
Another top moment: Chen's American teammate Vincent Zhou rose from fourth after the short program to claim the bronze – his second major international medal in as many months. It marks the first time the U.S. put two men on a World podium since 1996, when Todd Eldredge (gold) and Rudy Galindo (bronze) stood on the podium in Edmonton, Alberta.
What does this mean for U.S. men?
Chen, Zhou and Jason Brown show no signs of slowing down. They're solidly the triumvirate of the U.S. field, though newly-crowned junior world champion Tomoki Hiwatashi was hot on their heels in fourth at the national championships in January.
MORE: Who else is on their way up behind Chen, Zhou and Brown? More names to know as U.S. men's skating is on the upswell.
Redemption for the Russians; Americans miss the mark
Olympic champion Alina Zagitova floundered this season looking to find her footing. A bad skate in a weak field helped her earn a silver medal at Europeans in January behind Sofia Samodurova, who also joined her in Saitama. She won her first world title in the country that gave her a dog named Masaru ("Victory") after her Olympic win.
Redemption of a different sort came for the third Russian in the field, Olympic silver medalist Yevgenia Medvedeva. While it might not track that the top two ladies from the Olympics even needed to redeem themselves this year, Medvedeva struggled in her own way this season. She split from her longtime Moscow-based coach, Eteri Tutberidze, where she trained with Zagitova, and moved to around the world to Toronto to train with Brian Orser. She ditched her short program halfway through the season, wasn't named to the European team, and was in danger of missing the World team, too. At one point, Orser said they were on "stand-by" for the spot.
But the two-time world champion has an impressive resume for a reason. She skated lights-out at Worlds, sitting fourth after the short and winning what – believe it or not – is the first major international bronze medal of her career.
MORE: A deep dive into Yevgenia Medvedeva's move to Toronto
Moment to learn from: Japanese women placed fourth, fifth and six at a home World Championships. Grand Prix Final medalist Rika Kihira, largely seen as a favorite coming in, was a long shot for a medal after she sat seventh in the short program due to a popped triple Axel attempt. She typically is able to make up some ground in the free skate by the virtue of her two triple Axel attempts, but when she missed one on Friday, her medal hopes were dashed.
Kaori Sakamoto, sixth in PyeongChang and the reigning Japanese national champion, skated well but it wasn't enough.
And Satoko Miyahara owns two World medals but was dinged by under-rotation calls in 2019, which seem to follow her from competition to competition.
MORE: Rika Kihira wants to be more than Miss New Triple Axel
Bradie Tennell and Mariah Bell were the two ladies in the field for the U.S., looking to earn back a third quota spot for the 2020 World Championships. It would have taken a combined finish of 13th or lower, such as sixth and seventh place finishes.
In Saitama, Tennell finished seventh and Bell finished ninth. Tennell notched new best short program and total scores, while Bell improved on two consecutive years of 12th-place finishes at Worlds.
While this has no bearing (yet) on the spots at the 2022 Winter Olympics, their inability to get the job done this year puts the U.S. ladies' growth on the world stage in a holding pattern. That's probably frustrating, especially for active skaters other than Tennell and Bell who want the experience of a major international championship. For example, Hanna Harrell (fourth at nationals in January, then seventh at Junior Worlds) and Ting Cui (fifth at Nationals, then 11th at Four Continents and bronze medalist at World Juniors). Plus, there's U.S. champion Alysa Liu to consider; she won't be age-eligible for a senior World Championships until 2022 – after the next Olympic Winter Games.
MORE: How consistent is Bradie Tennell, really?
One more moment: Yelizabet Tursynbayeva of Kazakhstan landed the first-ever clean quadruple jump in senior ladies' international competition, a Salchow. She moved from Toronto to Moscow this season (going from Orser to Tutberidze) and had never finished better than ninth at Worlds. In 2019, she earned silver. (Creating the opposite of the U.S. problem – Kazakhstan now has three ladies' spots for next year's worlds and, as of right now, not enough skaters to fill them.)
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Sui and Han take back the title in shortened season
China's 2017 world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong had an abbreviated season this year due to Sui's longstanding ankle and foot injuries. The 2018 Olympic silver medalists came into the World Championships as question marks; they won February's Four Continents Championships but were not clean in either the short or the free there.
But at Worlds, they were at their best, rising from second after the short to top the Russians, Yevgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, by 6.37 points for their second World gold. Of course, Sui and Han are eyeing a home Olympics in Beijing in 2022.
The Russians now have three World medals but have never stood on the top spot. Pairs from Russia or the Soviet Union have won 33 World titles since 1965, but only one in the last 14 years.
Heartbreak for James and Cipres: Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres of France came to Worlds undefeated and first-time European and Grand Prix Final champions this season. They were widely expected to vie for the title, possibly even take it, but they buckled under what must've been enormous and unfamiliar pressure. A seventh-place finish in the short program combined with a just-not-enough free skate left them in fifth overall.
"I already knew during the short program that getting a medal was almost impossible, but I think we did our job today and we are never giving up," Cipres said. "We won't give up until we get the world title."
American pair's success: Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc had said all season it would be the job of the U.S. pair named to the World Championships team to win back two pair quota spots for the U.S. for the following year, requiring a top-10 finish. They wanted to be the team to do it.
Then, in December, the team's plans were nearly derailed as Cain and LeDuc had a bad fall at a small competition in Croatia in December, resulting in a concussion for Cain. But they rallied stronger than ever to win their first national title in January, finished fourth at Four Continents in February and placed ninth at the World Championships. The U.S. will have two pair spots to fill at the 2020 World Championships.
MORE: Cain, LeDuc discuss foundation of their partnership and pressure on them for Worlds
Not just the status quo in ice dance
Sure, the French couple of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won their fourth world title.
But Russians Viktoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov won the country's first medal since 2013, a silver. A second Russian team, Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin, were fourth. Russia missed the ice dance medals in PyeongChang – it was the first time in Olympic history that a team from Russia or the Soviet Union did not stand on the podium.
American dance still strong: An American team got on the podium for the 13th time in the past 15 years: Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue won bronze. The two-time and reigning U.S. champions won their second world medal in as many years after finishing fourth in PyeongChang.
Two U.S. teams moved to Montreal to train at the same school as Hubbell and Donohue ahead of this season, Madison Chock and Evan Bates, and Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker.
Chock and Bates, the 2015 U.S. champions and two-time world medalists, finished sixth in Saitama and have said repeatedly they're refreshed and re-invigorated headed into their third Olympic cycle as a team. It shows in their programs this season. The couple also just won their first-ever major international gold medals at February's Four Continents Championships.
Hawayek and Baker also had their best season ever. They won their first-ever Grand Prix series gold medal and qualified for the Grand Prix Final for the first time. They reached a new high at nationals, claiming bronze. They placed fifth at Four Continents and went onto finish ninth at Worlds, improving from 10th in 2018.
They're especially looking forward to next season, when the required rhythm dance will be Broadway/operettas for teams. They shine in character-driven programs, and Baker told NBCSports.com/figure-skating he sees the team being able to flourish in that style while training in Montreal.
Oh, Canada: Canadian ice dance may forever be synonymous with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history, but the country's other teams are impressive, too. Two-time Olympians Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje have finished inside the top five at Worlds each year for the past nine years, including fifth place this year and three World medals. Fan favorites Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have finished a handful of times at sixth and eighth place at Worlds, and were seventh in Saitama.
Canada has three spots in dance at their home World Championships in Montreal in 2020, though only one men's spot (Keegan Messing finished 15th in Saitama and teammate Nam Nguyen finished 16th), two ladies' spots (Gabrielle Daleman finished 11th, while Alaine Chartrand finished 23rd and Aurora Cotop didn't qualify for the free skate), and two pair spots (Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marino finished seventh).
U.S. spots for Worlds in 2020
The U.S. will be able to send two ladies, three men, two pairs and three ice dance teams to the 2020 World Championships in Montreal, Canada. The 2019 team will grow from 13 to 15 athletes with the addition of the pair spot.
MORE: World medalists Nathan Chen, Vincent Zhou, Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue headed back to Japan for World Team Trophy
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Before 1908, a Dr. Haskins operated a four-bed hospital in a two-story frame house in the 200 block of West B Avenue in Kingman, Kansas.
In 1908, a Mrs. Pence opened the doors to Pence Hospital to accommodate the growing healthcare needs of the community. Located in the 400 block of North Lincoln Street, Pence Hospital boasted 12 rooms and a nurses training program - one of the few in this area. An interesting highlight of the period of Pence Hospital is that the nurses maintained a garden and canned all the produce for the hospital's dietary service. Four years later, the hospital sold to Dr. Harry Haskins and Dr. William Callahan.
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National Data | Why Immigrants In Los Angeles (AND THEIR U.S.-BORN CHILDREN) Can't Read
Edwin S. Rubenstein
If you were told that more than half of the adult inhabitants of the 17th largest economy in the world couldn't read, you would probably think it was a less developed country like Pakistan or Nigeria.
Well, think again. The place is in the good old US of A.: Los Angeles.
A new study by the United Way of Los Angeles finds that 53 percent of the city's adult population—3.8 million people—are functionally illiterate. [United Way, Literacy@Work: The L.A. Workforce Literacy Project, September 2004.]
The percentage soars to 84 percent in heavily Hispanic south L.A., dropping to 44 percent in the greater San Fernando Valley. [Table 1.]
When we last checked, only 41 percent of Los Angeles' population was foreign-born. (See U.S. Census Bureau, The Foreign Born Population: 2000, December 2003).
Thus the illiteracy problem in that city is not limited to immigrants. Many of their U.S.-born children must also be functionally illiterate.
But the ultimate cause of LA illiteracy is mass immigration. Directly, it constantly resupplies the illiterate pool. Indirectly, it overwhelms the assimilative mechanism. The quality of English instruction for native non-Hispanic Angelenos must also suffer when resources are diverted to classes full of immigrants (Not that anyone seems to care).
Here are figures for 2000:
Limited English Fluency: L.A. County: 31 percent; U.S.: 8 percent
Adults w/o HS diploma: L.A. County 30 percent; U.S.: 20 percent
High School Dropout Rate: L.A. County: 38 percent; U.S.: 32 percent
Recent immigrants: L.A. County: 13 percent; U.S. 5 percent.
There are numerous opportunities for adult non-English speakers to acquire the requisite skills—many funded by non-profits like United Way.
But—confirming a point often made by VDARE.COM's Joe Guzzardi, who teaches English as a Second Language—only about 15 percent of L.A. County's low-literacy adult population is enrolled in literacy programs. Dropout rates for these remedial programs approach 50 percent after the first three weeks.
Very few working-age adults in Los Angeles are completely illiterate—nearly all can write their name or read a simple paragraph. But most lack the skills required for job related tasks. They are classified as "low-literate," meaning they are unable to read a bus schedule, write a note explaining a billing error, follow instructions on a medicine bottle, or complete a job application.
The distortion of the L.A. economy is sobering. Employers complain that they can't find workers for high-skilled jobs, but the low wage, low-skill economy is booming. The county employment forecast shows that 282,000 new jobs in the $16,000 to $26,000 pay range will be created by 2008. These jobs include cashiers, dishwashers, security guards, and other occupations requiring only brief on-the-job-training and limited language skills.
Wages for all of these unskilled positions have declined in L.A. County for the past 15 years—exactly what you would expect in a workforce inundated by functionally illiterate immigrants.
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The Northern Ireland Department of Health has announced that Northern Ireland (NI) patients will have the same access to new cancer medicines as patients in England.
The announcement will offer new hope to the 30 NI patients every month who are currently denied access to the innovative cancer medicines they would receive if they lived in England.
"This is a great day for Northern Ireland cancer patients, bringing an end to a serious health inequality that has developed over recent years.
The plans will also mean that clinicians wishing to use medicines available only through an Individual Funding Request (IFR) route will no longer have to demonstrate that their patients meet almost impossible standards of 'exceptionality' to access these treatments.
As well as the benefits to patients and their families, these measures mean that Northern Ireland's world leading cancer researchers and academic clinicians will now once again be able to attract the same levels of clinical trials as colleagues in England, Scotland and Wales, boosting the region's economic life sciences potential.
The ABPI has worked with members, patient organisations, clinicians, researchers, civil servants and politicians in Northern Ireland over several years to bring about this change.
This is a great day for Northern Ireland cancer patients, bringing an end to a serious health inequality that has developed over recent years.
We are pleased that the new measures are to be brought in immediately. Now we can focus efforts on working collaboratively to restore Northern Ireland's position as a leader in the global challenge to improve outcomes for people with cancer.
The plans mean that medicines approved by NICE for use through the Cancer Drug Fund in England will now be considered in line with existing arrangements for NI endorsement of NICE recommendations.
Read the full announcement and Q&A here.


Conveniently located in central Christchurch, Apollo Power Yoga's Central City Studio is a welcoming space for all who practice there.
We have beautiful changing rooms and showers for you to use after your class.
We also have towels for hire.
Mats can be hired for $2.00.
If you cycle to the studio mat hire is FREE!
We have a Kangen Water machine that ionises and filters water turning it into a powerful antioxidant.
Fill up your drink bottle in the room behind the reception desk.
The Casino carpark on Peterborough Street has the first hour free and $3 per hour after that. There is plenty of free one hour parking in Conference and Beveridge Streets, one and two blocks to the north of the studio respectively.
If you're prepared to walk 3-5 minutes from a car-park to the studio, there is quite a bit of free on-street parking between the studio and Hagley Park, and in the "Playground Parking" in Hagley Park.
There are various other off-street car-parking options available – see the map on the Christchurch City Council website.
If you have problems getting a car-park, tell the City Council. The Council's strategy and planning has created the shortage of car-parks and they need to hear your feedback.


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Wildlife TV - the Risks and Rewards
Join BBC TV Executive Producer Fiona Pitcher to discover the risks and rewards of making such programmes as Big Cat Diary and Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie.
Wildlife television can bring us stories of animals from across the globe, or from our own countryside. Join BBC TV Executive Producer Fiona Pitcher to discover the risks and rewards of making such programmes as Big Cat Diary and Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie.
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A.	The preliminary scoping statement must be filed no less than 90 days before the date on which the applicant files its application for an Article 10 certificate. In addition, at least three days before the preliminary scoping statement is filed, the applicant must publish a public notice and summary of the preliminary scoping statement in local newspapers in the affected area and serve a copy of the notice and summary upon public officials and all persons who requested to receive such notices.
A.	Provided they file with the Siting Board a notice of intent to be a party, within 45 days after the date given in the published notice as the date for the filing of the application, the following parties have a right to be a party to an Article 10 proceeding merely by giving the required notice: (a) the affected municipality; (b) any individual resident of an affected municipality; (c) any non-profit corporation or association, formed in whole or in part to promote conservation or natural beauty, to protect the environment, personal health or other biological values, to preserve historical sites, to promote consumer interests, to represent commercial and industrial groups or to promote the orderly development of any area in which the facility is to be located; and (d) any other municipality or resident of such municipality located within a five mile radius of such proposed facility (their notice of intent must include an explanation of the potential environmental effects on such municipality or person). In addition, the presiding officer may for good cause shown permit a municipality or other person to become a party and to participate in all subsequent stages of the proceeding.
A.	The presiding examiner will award funds on an equitable basis to municipal and local parties who will use them to contribute to a complete record leading to an informed decision as to the appropriateness of the site and the facility and will facilitate broad participation in the proceeding.
A.	The hearings will be conducted by a presiding examiner designated by the Department of Public Service. An associate examiner shall be designated by the Department of Environmental Conservation. The associate examiner will assist the presiding examiner in inquiring into and calling for testimony concerning relevant and material matters, and the conclusions and recommendations of the associate examiner will be incorporated in the recommended decision of the presiding examiner.


Our manufacturer has offered us an incredible deal on the Ragnarok zero clearance fireplace door and we're passing the savings along to you! Receive special contractor level pricing with this product - no other discounts apply.
I have a 'Straight-On' firebox.
I have an 'Angled' firebox.
Allow your factory built application to resurface anew with the Ragnarok replacement fireplace door! A bold and budget friendly enclosure, the aluminum frame is sturdy and well built to stand the test of time. It exudes sophistication with it's luxurious anodized black finish. Trackless bi-fold doors open a full 180° for a lavish view of the dancing flames. For the times when your fireplace is not in use, clear tempered safety glass offers a clean look while warding off cold drafts from the chimney. This inside fit enclosure can be made to the fireplace opening measurements you submit. The Ragnarok does not include spark protection. Allow us to share a savings with you! Thanks to our manufacturer's generosity on creating this zero clearance fireplace door, we are extending their kindness by locking it in at contractor pricing!
PLEASE NOTE: Mesh protection is not included with this product. We will manufacture the enclosure (less the cooling air intakes) based on the fireplace opening dimensions you provide.
Mesh screen protection is not included.
This product is guaranteed to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 5 years from the ultimate sale.
Tempered glass carries a lifetime warranty that applies to the original owner only. Commercial applications are excluded.
The warranty is void if damage is due to improper installation or operation, misuse, abuse, or alteration.
Just bought a home recently and now we have a fireplace.
This company is awesome, got a quick response back.


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Board Recognizes Yorktown Grad Killed in Iraq
ARLnow.com July 14, 2010 at 12:26pm
A moment of silence was observed in the Arlington County board room yesterday in recognition of a fallen native son.
Capt. Michael Cassidy, a married father of two young girls, died last month in Mosul, Iraq. Cassidy, 41, was on his second tour of duty. He served the Army as a medic and a physician's assistant.
"By all accounts he was a sweet and sensitive soul who demonstrated unbelievable and serious determination in his quest to serve his fellow veterans," Board Chairman Jay Fisette said.
Cassidy was born in Wheaton but attended Yorktown High School, where he played in the both the band and the orchestra. He was the co-valedictorian of his graduating class of 1986, according to the Washington Post.
His parents, Henry and Susan, still live in Arlington.
Cassidy, who was assigned to Fort Stewart in Georgia, died in a non-combat related incident, according to the Department of Defense.
Photo via WSPA-TV.
Army veteran Yorktown High School
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China, Japan, Vietnam and Korea all celebrate the Double Ninth Festival on varying dates in September or October each year. In 2014, the Chinese festivities will be in full swing on October 2nd. The Chrysanthemum is a huge part of the celebrations where people drink tea or wine made from the flower. Loose leaf Chrysanthemum tea is available throughout the UK and online so why not toast the celebrations with a cup of floral delights? If you're feeling really creative, you can always make your own Chrysanthemum tea by following this handy DIY from Benetton Blogs.
In Japan, the Chrysanthemum is one of the most influential flowers representing both the Emperor and the Imperial family. The pattern of the flower is found in many different shrines and, as it's also the seasonal flower of September, now is the perfect time to learn from the Japanese and get inspired by the bloom.
With so much cultural importance in East Asia, the flower has plenty to offer flower fans in the UK too. There really are plenty of ways to make the most of this flower of happiness in your own home. Whether you opt to display a vase of Chrysanthemums in the centre of a room to replicate the grandure of the Japanese celebrations, or to add a few touches of the floral print to your decor, there's no reason not to be inspired by this flower!