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Clearly I am not advocating for any unproven, untested vaccine to be distributed and promoted. There are vaccines being tested right now - for safety first, then efficacy. I know it is highly unlikely and a reasonable timeframe for an effective vaccine is a couple of years, if lucky. But, you never know. I can hope. (And while I would be beyond disappointed if the season is cancelled, there are more real life, right now, concerns I have with the spread of this virus and how it has impacted people I know and am related to. But, as I am not a practicing microbiologist or epidemiologist, hoping is my best approach.)

There is almost nothing I want more than to be able to see Yuzu skate in the fall - or the winter - so I am holding out (big) hope that all the brilliant scientists working around the world will find a therapeutic (and eventual vaccine) SOON. There are many vaccines that have already been in development for viruses and coronaviruses - and it is possible, though, realistically not probable - one of those can be tweaked and we will have relief much sooner than anticipated. I believe in science and my hopes are based in science. Gotta hang on to hope and the thought of the entire season being cancelled just smashes all my fanyu dreams.

It occurred to me that I didn't say Happy Anniversary to the Planet Finding this and knowing such a gracious and generous group of people share the same admiration for this one, singular brilliant skater has made this geek fan feel like she belongs. And I have met some truly lovely and fun people who I hope to see again (sooner rather than later). I don't even know if there are other fan groups out there, for anything or anyone because I haven't looked, and I don't care. I found my home here. Thanks.

I didn't think you meant edible...and Ghana is good chocolate - there are a number of "flavors" but it's their milk chocolate that is the #1 variety. If you like milk chocolate, it's great. I prefer super dark chocolate - like a dark Belgian chocolate.

Which cream? And was it really good? (And anything Ghana - CHOCOLATE!!!!)

They are available in medium and large, too - you can pre-order them. Not inexpensive, especially when it's only one of the four I really want.

Who wouldn't?

I only want the one! I'd order several Pooh faces - but I suppose the other faces could be used for going to the grocery store. I wonder what they mean by "small" - like for a child?

I think the biggest lesson I learned at ACI is that I shouldn't even think about recording performances because there will always be a better recording broadcast - but I really, really love his practices (and his practice gear) and that's what I most want to capture and save. A really high quality camera able to capture a clean, clear frame of Yuzu is absolutely necessary to get anything but blur. He is SO fast. My only clean pics are when he's posed just prior to starting a program. Even though there are plenty of beautiful photos of him available, having ones I took myself allow me to remember that I was there and he was there and that it was real.

I recorded him skating this, too, but somehow the quality of my I-Phone 6 video doesn't quite compare.

It's oddly disconcerting. But I think the most striking thing to me is that in reverse, he seems to be skating forward most of the time (which looks sort of normal), so, in realty, he spend a lot of his skate skating backwards.

Well done!!!! Congratulations !!!

Chopin for me, too. Not disappointed. I love the program, I love the music, I enjoy Chopin in general, and I'm happy to be associated with a world record.

Thanks for posting the link - I only caught a tiny bit of this live.

YES!

I don't care what he pays in taxes and to which country (though it would be Japan..) or how much money me makes or what he does with it. I'm not sure a student Visa would be appropriate since he isn't studying at a Canadian institution. I wonder if he actually does spend more than half of all days in a year in Canada. It's not a six month stint at any given time. He goes to Japan for the holidays and Nationals. If it was me trying to live in Canada, I'd have to come and set foot in the states just prior to the six month mark. If on a student Visa, I'd still have to do that but could return immediately. I have a friend who went to Uni in Edmonton, then taught in Halifax - and now she's a Canadian! (It was a long fight to become one for her.) And, incidentally, she pays taxes here and there.

Why would you think Yuzu would not be paying taxes in Japan? He is a Japanese citizen. And a quiet one, so he's not going to be commenting on Japanese public funding of anything. His choice of university would have been both a practical and sensible one, with consideration for his future and the importance of a good education.

We KNOW he is home with his family. He and his mother left Toronto when TCC closed. It is settled fact. What sort of "incontrovertible evidence" do you require? Yuzu is NOT going to put out a photo of himself in front of his family's home with a copy of todays newspaper showing the date. Trust that he is safe and in Japan.

Trudeau is a breath of fresh air compared to what we have in the states - dangerous idiot.

The translation I read didn't seem to imply anything about whether he is on the ice or not. I felt it was really a message of support for the all front line workers and for people having to observe difficult restrictions.

I believe the rink is only closed to the public right now. Hopefully, super strict lockdown rules won't hit Sendai. And, of course, I personally think that the zamboni driver at that rink is an "essential worker" if he's resurfacing the ice for Yuzu.

I couldn't choreo anything, ever, but this actually might be a suitable choice for him - he certainly is familiar with it.

It was publicly known that he would be skating new programs for next season before Worlds was going to happen. He'd have been practicing his programs for Worlds then, but likely spoke with Shae-Lynn and/or Jeff during that time about ideas for next season. The rink is Sendai is currently showing that it is open, though that might change. I am pretty sure that one of his FAOI programs from last year was something that Shae-Lynn sent him via internet and he picked it up in a day. I imagine that he's been in contact with her about next season. All he really needs now is a framework. He can polish is up on his own and then finalize it when he gets back to Toronto (hoping that Canada is open after June...).

I don't think the young and little Russian quad girls will ever have the time or opportunity to develop into complete skaters.

And was a back-to-back Olympic champion. She was at the top of her game for 5 years (?) or more. Of course, that was also in the days of compulsory figures, which alone would discourage someone from going into the sport.