controversial figure skating dance

[crazycanuck]

Interesting article in today's Independent on Sunday

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/o...w-1876411.html

In regards to people asking me about Canada..I get all sorts of odd questions..." How do you manage when it's -40C??" umm..dress warmly & don't stick your tongue on anything metal

Another classic...Which do you prefer -40C or +40C...there's not much of a difference really..they're both extremes & I stay inside if it's that hot/cold

Anywho...
What annoys me is overseas tourist's to Australia lack of interest in other places beyond Sydney, Uluru, Gold Coast & the Reef.....

What won't change after the ollies is the general understanding of the conditions most Aboriginal Canadians live in....Sad that we turn a blind eye to East Hastings Street .

Nothing has really changed for the Aboriginal folks in Redfern(part of sydney) nor in regional Australia since the 2000 olympics. I know this isn't the place to bring this stuff up..

[shootingstar]

Another classic...Which do you prefer -40C or +40C...there's not much of a difference really..they're both extremes & I stay inside if it's that hot/cold
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Nothing has really changed for the Aboriginal folks in Redfern(part of sydney) nor in regional Australia since the 2000 olympics. I know this isn't the place to bring this stuff up..

-40 or +40 : what a choice. They are both tough choices.

As for other topics not to discuss here: why not? We'll never learn otherwise. And sometimes there is ...a sport connection after all.

ie. Maybe it was because I was sitting on the floor in lst row watching the dancers. But for the lst time, I realized how physically demanding some of the dances were and....how similar the lowered body stance with bent knees (nearly crouching)..for balance and launching off into another movement, was similar to..some Asian exercise movements and body positioning..of martial arts and yoga. (ie. the simple warrior I and warrior II movements).