Random links
- National service for footballers
- Once upon a time Niels Bohr played professional football. He does seem to fit the absent-minded professor stereotype though: "one of the Germans launched a long shot and the physicist leaning against the post did not react, missing an easy save. After the game he admitted to his team-mates his thoughts had been on a mathematical problem that was of more interest to him than the game."
- Editorial Claims Houston Prosecutors Are Pushing Through Nearly 1,000 Sex Trafficking Indictments Every Day
- That's about three times the combined total of ALL felony and misdemeanour cases of ALL types in the Houston region and 150,000 times the actual number of prostitution-related cases there (two).
- Women should try cheerleading and ballet, says sports minister
- Her words: "It's having a good spread on offer. For example some girls may well not like doing very traditional hockey, tennis or athletics, others might, so for those who don't want to, how about considering maybe gym, ballet, cheerleading? It's not just schools, it's clubs, it's being innovative. Actually looking at our women and our girls and asking, what do they want?" I find it interesting in how trying to elevate women's sports those that women have often done seem to be deemed inferior.
- Loyola Drops 'Master's Degree in Activism,' Draws Student Protests
- "students who say they've been blindsided by the decision are using tactics learned in class to protest the change."