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10/19/09
On that note, I call shenanigans on the Chinese and Romanian girls in the middle. Old habits die hard, methinks. #artisticgymnasticsworldchampionships...
10/19/09
It's pretty awesome. #artisticgymnasticsworldchampionships...
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And don't forget Svetlana Boginskaya competed in her third Olympics at 23/24 (1996). #artisticgymnasticsworldchampionships...
10/19/09
I am more surpised - well, I guess disappointment more so than surprise - at the IOC and gymnastic officials' reaction of "well, if the Chinese government says it's true, it must be true." even if there were contradictory records from other events. this is the same IOC that stripped Andreea Raducan of her gold medal because she took a substance that isn't even banned in international gymnastics (they were happy to consider those circumstances in reinstating that Canadian snowboarder's medal when he tested positive for THC in 1998)
Overall the IOC is hardly a model of applying its rules in an equitable and consistent manner. I have no hope for any improvement in 2012. #artisticgymnasticsworldchampionships...
10/19/09
[sportsillustrated.cnn.com]
Also, cleared by the IOC? All they did was take the Chinese government at their word. That's some great investigation there, Lou. #artisticgymnasticsworldchampionships...
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Some are staffed with insensitive douchebags that turn everything into a PR nightmare (holla, IAAF!) but aren't outright harming their sport, and some are just totally rife with corruption - skating and gymnastics are the first that come to mind, sadly. Come to think of it, I don't really trust FIFA either because of all the organized crime elements involved in sports gambling.
For these not-so-hot organizations, the IOC should be a final recourse for athletes when their individual federation fails to enforce its rules properly. But all the IOC seems to do is either turn a blind eye or outright deny there is any wrongdoing. Like all international organizations, the IOC is also political, and in the case of the gymnastics controversy, IOC officials obviously felt that kowtowing to the Chinese government took precedence over making sure that rules were being followed and consistently enforced. But for them, it is better to have the goodwill of Chinese officials than even to create the illusion of fairness in the sport. Which is why, come the London games, and the Chinese show up with their new troupe of 13 year olds, I am confident that the IOC's reaction will be the same as it was this time around.
Pathetic - and yet, as long as there are suckers like us around the world who are tuning in to watch it, why should the IOC feel motivated to change its ways? #artisticgymnasticsworldchampionships...
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As for watching the games, I've become so disillusioned with some of the last few games that I haven't watched as much as I have in the past. #artisticgymnasticsworldchampionships...
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Before I was born, my parents spent 6 years trying to conceive. This was just about the time that IVF was invented, but it wasn't being used outside of research labs yet. They were just about ready to cut my mom open so they could root around for a problem when my old Irish granny (who hadn't even graduated high school) mentioned to my mom maybe it could have something to do with the pills my dad took. My mom scoffed, if that were possible, the doctors would have asked! But she asked anyway and found out my dad's high blood pressure medicine caused temporary infertility. No one had ever asked anything about my dad's medical history and his doctor had never mentioned that side effect. My dad went off the pills and I was born less than a year later, despite my mom's advanced maternal age of 36.
I don't think all that much has changed since then. If anyone is having fertility problems, they should get their partner into a fertility specialist.
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This Jezegay is thinking that for me it's more like two and a half years.
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That duck isn't the only one! (There's a whole slideshow in the Telegraph.)
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As for the actual story. That sucks. I mean, really, really sucks. Those drugs can really mess with one's mind.
08/12/09
Dr. David had valid points, though this is one place where I don't see sexism (which is shocking, because I see it everywhere). I do think docs resort to IVF a bit too quickly because the results are so much better (generally speaking) than other methods, like IUI or ZIFT and GIFT (I don't know if those two are even used any more).
08/12/09
First off, no one would help because he's white, and techically a 'domestic' duck, unlike a mallard, which is wild. And domestic ducks don't belong at the lake.
But Delano the Disabled Duck (I named him after FDR) has been slowly improving. He couldn't walk for a while, so I brought him food. Now he can amble about -- slowly -- and swim. There are always a couple other ducks -- the same ones -- with him. Delano's posse.
All of the ducks are ruled by a giant mallard with a majestic white chest. His name is BaQuack Obama.
Yes, I need more human friends.
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But Delano has been slowly improving since mid-winter. He's going to be okay, in my non-educated view.
I am also friends with Moe the Mallard. He has a band of white around his neck. He's cool, although I'm afraid he's mentally retarded.
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