If the leaves are changing color, it means all things pigskin hog the spotlight, with the main focus on the football field as gridiron gladiators go to battle. But shift the attention to the sidelines to the cheerleading squad, and you’ll find similar athleticism and the same kinds of debates over safety concerns as those currently at the center of football. It’s a reminder of a question that would appear simple on the surface but is in fact bedeviling the world of athletics: Is cheerleading a sport?The argument in favor sees an activity that requires a great deal of athleticism to perform a host of daredevil maneuvers that include flips, twists, and tosses, not to mention equal measures of control, balance, flexibility, and precision. Competitions for national high-school cheerleading championships are as demanding and heated as the win-or-go-home March Madness in the college Division I basketball tournament. Or, as Adams State College cheerleading coach Valerie Hagedorn put it in The New York Times last year: “We don’t throw balls, we throw people. And we catch them.” It certainly sounds like a sport.Continue Reading… … Read More
Internet freedom: Why we must throw off our online shackles
Every country and culture is different, but all share a common societal and government trait: the control and filtering of … Read More
Boy’s death ignites rare anti-Hamas protests in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – At least 500 protesters in the Gaza Strip have called for the overthrow of the ruling Islamist Hamas group in a rare demonstration triggered by the death of a three-year-old boy in a fire during a power outage.
‘Potato firearm’: Spud gun lands German chef in hot water at Swiss border
A 29-year-old German chef was forced to pay a 300-euro fine for trying to bring his self-made potato cannon into Germany without a firearm permit. The cook, currently residing in Switzerland, was forced to leave his…Read Full Article at RT.com … Read More
US farmers turn food waste into fertiliser
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Facebook Party Invite Leads To Riot in Dutch Town
Around 34 people were arrested after partiers descended on a small dutch town when a simple Facebook invite turned viral. It all began with a Facebook invite that a girl sent out for her 16th birthday. The problem? She didn’t set the event to private and it quickly turned viral with some 30,000 people receiving the invite to attend the party in Haren, a town of only 19,000, according to the BBC.
As the invite began circulating, the event was dubbed “Project X Haren,” in a clear reference to a movie about a party that gets out of control, and people began promoting the party with websites and T-shirts, according to the AFP. Officials were ready and around 600 riot police were on the scene when around 3,000 people showed up, reports Reuters.
Eywitnesses said it was all calm at first and everyone seemed to be having a good time, but as the night progressed a small group of (apparently drunk) people began throwing bottles at police, reports Dutch News. At least one car was set on fire and police used tear gas to disperse the crowd that vandalized and looted stores. At least 30 people were taken to the hospital. … Read More
Keiser Report: Happy Hacking! (ft. Richard Stallman) (E344)
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