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Cheerleader in Chief

… George Bush finished high school at Phillips Academy, a boarding school (then all-male) in Andover, Massachusetts, where he played baseball and during his senior year was the head cheerleader.

Bush attended Yale University from 1964 to 1968, graduating with an A.B. in history. During this time, he was a cheerleader …

Wikipedia

Steve Butcher new MTC President

Fantastic. 🙂

Thanks to Adrian Stoica for his many years of service. But I, for one, am very pleased to see Steve take over. Great guy. Great communicator.

related – USA Gymnastics chairman Peter Vidmar elected to Executive Committee.

Bruno Grandi – 4 more years

The best choice of the three.

slackline between speeding trucks

In a nail-biting stunt, world record-holding highliner Faith Dickey walks on a rope between two speeding trucks on a highway in a … viral video produced for Volvo….

ABC

Click PLAY or watch it on LiveLeak.

http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=0ac4912b5b2d

Thanks George.

crappy Reisport grips?

Luke Wiwatowski:

I’m having some trouble with Reisport guards of late. The leather seems to be breaking more often and wearing out quicker. I’ve heard that the leather at the moment is going through a bad batch. In any case I’m on the hunt for a new brand

Reisport Guards and Bad Leather

I like expensive Reisport grips best for guys, inexpensive Grips Etc for girls.

But Reisport quality often suffers. I recall older gymnasts ripping them in half first turn on the apparatus. 😦

Leave a comment on Luke’s blog if you have advice.

robot walks tightrope

… Pretty darn amazing, especially considering that just a few short years ago many of the hobby level humanoid robot builders were lucky to keep their robots balanced and upright while walking for an extended period or boxing in the ROBO-ONE ring. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Robot Dreams)

That link has a video of a robot riding bicycle, as well.