Discussing Our Bodies in Mixed Company

image via kaputniqYesterday I came across a series of delightfully entertaining illustrations by kaputniq, modeled after a Victorian instruction manual for lady cyclists. "Women Wheelers! Don't say 'Feel my muscle,'" warns one. "Don't ask 'Do you like my bloomers?'" admonishes another. While things have changed since Victorian times, in some ways maybe not so much. When I...

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The Climate Fix Now Available in Paperback

The Climate Fix is out in paperback.  Don't be the last person to understand why climate policy is in collapse ... run, don't walk, to your local bookstore or online retailer and get your copy today ...

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The Importance of Being Virtuous & Tim Tebow

Here is a note and some parental feedback from one of the Coaches in our Association, Tommy Hagey, from Nashville TN. Tommy will be one of our speakers at our Character Builds Coaches and Captains Clinic February 24-25 in Cincinnati.Also included is a related article about Tim Tebow that two coaches emailed me (Thanks John and Jeff)....Attached is a picture of me and a painting...

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WALES TEAM TO PLAY AUSTRALIA

Shane Williams was the first name on the team sheet today - as promised by Wales head coach Warren Gatland - when the side was announced to take on Australia in the Dove Men Challenge match at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 2.30pm). Williams is one of nine players retained in the starting line-up from the third-place Rugby World Cup play-off defeat to the...

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Cardiff Devils v Nottingham Panthers - TONIGHT (Wed)

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A place for this blog and its EIC

Slate's weekly sports podcast "Hang Up and Listen" leads off this week with a discussion of the end of the NBA lockout. One of the points of discussion is the failure of the sports media to fully grasp and accurately cover the bargaining process. Not being experienced in how labor and litigation negotiations work, reporters fall for dramatic, tragic, and pessimistic narratives because, to their eyes, the process appears to be failing. They specifically note Bill Simmons' calls for both David Stern and Billy Hunter to be fired for their mismanagement...

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Time for Transformative Change in Intercollegiate Athletics

Well, I've spent the better part of the fall semester thinking and talking about change in intercollegiate athletics. I figured it was time to put my ideas and arguments down on paper and, as such, wrote a brief article, summing up my thoughts and, more importantly, making some recommendations.The essay was just posted on Huffington Post here.In sum, I argue that we need to address three key areas: 1) Academics & Integrity, 2) The Interests and Experiences of Student-athletes; and 3) Accountability.Let me know what you think...and help me...

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Moser 2.0 - a Vintage Racing Bike with Modern Components

I have been riding my "new" Francesco Moser for a couple of weeks now and wanted to share my impressions. This is the same frame that I rode last year as a fixed gear conversion, then sold, then bought back and rebuilt as a geared roabike with modern components. Since the summer, I have been vigorously shopping around for a road/racing bike for 2012. The Moser resurrection...

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Coming up on tonight's Tuesday Night Sports Show - 29th November 2011

We’re here on 98.7FM in Cardiff and online at www.radiocardiff.org with award-winning sporting discussion and debate.- Coming up tonight we pay tribute to Wales manager, Gary Speed, who passed away on Sunday. We reflect on his league and international career and assess his contribution to Welsh football.- Simon Williams is at the Cardiff City Stadium tonight as the Bluebirds...

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Q & A

Q: Is computer programming a blue collar profession?A: Yes, it is.Author Matthew Crawford made this connection in Shop Class as Soulcraft. Working with code is not unlike working on a motorcycle or building a cabinet. It requires technical skill, and you get the same sort of satisfaction and feedback as you would getting some motor to run or fixing a leaking pipe. Of course, you don't scrape a knuckle or get covered in dirt and grime with programming. You just eat bad food, work on vitamin D deficiency from lack of sunlight, and feel an excruciating...

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NBA TV Interview: Remaining Steps

I joined David Aldridge, Reggie Miller, Dennis Scott and Matt Winer tonight on NBA TV to talk about remaining steps for there to be NBA basketball on December 25.&nb...

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[SOC]

I'm sitting here after a trip from Walmart. I bought some groceries and some new work pants. I'm listening to music. I'm tired from working. I feel a need for some coffee.Resolutions are just around the corner. I only made one resolution for this year, and it was to find inner peace. I realize that the turmoil that I feel comes from my relationships with other people. My only response to this reality is to create an oasis of calm for myself by living alone.I had a dream where the chick who stole my car was crying and suffering for all the things...

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New Sports Illustrated Inside Report Interview: Legal Fallout of Bernie Fine Scandal

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Temperature Regulation and Underlayers

From a reader's email, quoted with permission:...not sure how to put this delicately, but when I ride my bike in the cold I inevitably end up with a sweaty bra. Even if I am not exerting myself, the bra is soaking wet by the time I get to work and The Girls are not happy spending an entire morning waiting for it to dry. I've taken to stuffing paper towels in there, but was...

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Light LC

LC 2x20kg: 5, 71(/10min), 5LC 2x24kg: 5LC 2x28kg: 5Push-ups: 3x 10 repsFelt the strain in the hand from last jerk session with 28s, so I did some 20kg lifting. Would this picture work on a dating site?Here is a long cycle competition in England in february (LINK).I also think that the Irish EGSA-section will have a long cycle competition in March 20...

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WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO WALES V AUSTRALIA THIS SATURDAY!

This is your chance to WIN a PAIR of PREMIER TICKETS to WALES v AUSTRALIA at the MILLENNIUM STADIUM this Saturday, KO 2:30pm in association with Dove Men+ Care.Listen in to the Tuesday Night Sports Show from 7pm on 29th November, answer a simple question and you could be watching our World Cup heroes back on home soil against the mighty Australians!Dove Men+Care™ offers a...

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A New US Hurricane Record

On December 4, 2011 it will have been 2,232 days since Hurricane Wilma made landfall along the Gulf coast as a category 3 storm back in 2005. That number of days will break the existing record of days between major US hurricane landfalls, which previously was between 8 Sept 1900 (the great Galveston Hurricane) and 19 Oct 1906. Since there won't be any intense hurricanes before...

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International Sports Law Review Pandektis

The most recent issue of the International Sports Law Review Pandektis, an IASL-sponsored journal, has been published. A number of articles caught my eye that Sports Law Blog readers may be interested in. Of particular note is the article published by Stephen Argeris pertaining to the MLB draft, which was presented earlier this year at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference...

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SUNDAY

1. I think it is good to lead off with the obligatory ass picture.2. DISCOVERY: If you eat nothing but beans, you will shit mud. I won't share the details at how I arrived at that discovery.3. Steve Jobs is thoroughly dead, but they can't stop talking about the guy. I doubt the same will happen when Steve Ballmer bites the dust.4. Christian Bale has played Batman for the last...

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Quotable Quotes

Forgotten is forgiven.F. SCOTT FITZGERALDA man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.OSCAR WILDEA life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.GEORGE BERNARD SHAWI have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.BRENDAN BEHANI went through life like an idiot for a great deal of the time, saying there's nothing I would change. That was a very arrogant thing to say. There's a lot I would change. There are people I would have steered clear...

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Gary Speed MBE - 1969-2011

Following the tragic news of the untimely death of Wales manager, Gary Speed, the Tuesday Night Sports Show is inviting you to send in your thoughts and tributes to be included as part of our own tribute on the show this coming Tuesday at 7pm.Welsh and British sport has lost a model professional who was at the very top of his game and leading a new era in Welsh football.Tune...

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Iva Jean Rain Cape: Ethereal, Wearable

When asked to review the Iva Jean Rain Cape, I immediately recalled the remarkably successful photos of this item I had seen in the lookbook several months earlier. I'd been mesmerised by the stunning model and bicycle, by the perfect combination of my favourite colours, by the foggy, milky, electric feel of the whole thing. But a staged photoshoot is one thing;...

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Wales Rugby League Statement - Gary Speed

Everyone at Wales Rugby League would like to send their sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of the Wales' national football team manager, Gary Speed MBE.The Football Association of Wales have announced that Gary sadly died today aged just 42.A number of us at Wales Rugby League knew Gary either through media work, coaching or socially. He was a well loved...

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WRU Statement - Gary Speed

The Welsh Rugby Union offers its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family, friends and associates of the late Wales soccer manager Gary Speed following his tragic death. The thoughts of everyone involved in rugby are with you all at this sad time. Wales has lost a great sportsman, a true gentleman and a man who was working extremely hard and succeeding to deliver...

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[U.] U-Man's Baadasssss Song

the sirens ringing in them ears. u-man comes to banish those fears. u don't need to hate. u-man will set it STRAIGHT. k-missile incoming. this mushroom cloud laying motherfucker is in the HIZZY. give up the love for the U-DADDY!!illuminati k-bomb for ya. watch and LEARN:obama goes after ALEX JONES. NWO power move to make alex a bitch:when will the O-man come for the U-man?...

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Brennan goes to a Ribbon Day

Today Brennan, Karen and I trundled down to Solway for a dressage ribbon day. Brennan was entered in tests 1.5 and 2.2 (his first time doing either test and first time doing 2nd level). The weather was absolutely stunning - too hot really but lets not complain, we have had some pretty bad weather lately so this made a lovely change.Brennan handled the step up to level 2 quite...

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