"I learned a woman is never an old woman."
Head Up!!
This past weekend, an Auburn football player, Zac Etheridge, was involved in a serious injury during the Auburn-Ole Miss football game. While attempting to tackle Ole Miss running back Rodney Scott, Etheridge and teammate Antonio Coleman met head on in the above picture. It is never a good idea to attempt and tackle someone with your head down (neck flexion), because it lines up all the vertebrae in the neck and if the force is great enough, a domino effect will occur, fracturing the vertebrae and possibly leading to paralysis. After watching the video in class, one of my students pointed out that Etheridge likely wasn't trying to hit Scott with his head, but Coleman came into the play after he left his feet, and by then he couldn't change direction. After this collison, Etheridge lay motionless on the turf on top of Scott, and the Auburn medical staff did a great job stabilizing his cervical spine and placing him on the spineboard. As an athletic trainer, you always suspect a player has a spine injury when they get hit in the head. The most remarkable part of the play was Scott, who did not move until Etheridge was stabilized and moved off of him. The actions of Scott may have saved Etheridge from permanent paralysis, because any type of movement before he was stabilized could have caused a serious spinal cord injury. I am happy to report that Etheridge did not sustain any permanent damage, he has sprained ligaments in his neck and did fracture cervical vertebrae five. He will have to wear a neck brace for 3-4 months and is expected to make a full recovery. If you would like to see the video, click on the link below. It occurs around the 26 mintue mark of the video.
Zac Etheridge injury
Are you kidding me?
Watch this clip. BYU-New Mexico Soccer Fight
Today in motor development, we were discussing gender typing in sports. We were discussing how soccer is now viewed as both a male and female sport, and one of the students asked me if I saw the fight during the BYU-New Mexico match last night. I had not seen it, so recognizing a great opportunity for discussion, we viewed the video in class. You have to watch this for yourself. I don't know how one person could
1) do all these things to other players and 2) get away with it. You would think by the fifth incident one of the officials would have noticed. I'm not sure which was worse, pulling the girl down by her hair, kicking the ball into another player's face, or punching a player in the face. Just an unbelievable demonstration of how NOT to play the game.
Today in motor development, we were discussing gender typing in sports. We were discussing how soccer is now viewed as both a male and female sport, and one of the students asked me if I saw the fight during the BYU-New Mexico match last night. I had not seen it, so recognizing a great opportunity for discussion, we viewed the video in class. You have to watch this for yourself. I don't know how one person could
1) do all these things to other players and 2) get away with it. You would think by the fifth incident one of the officials would have noticed. I'm not sure which was worse, pulling the girl down by her hair, kicking the ball into another player's face, or punching a player in the face. Just an unbelievable demonstration of how NOT to play the game.
Film Scene I Love - A Room With a View
The entire picnic scene from A Room With a View featuring one of the best screen kisses of all time (in my humble opinion). I couldn't find a video of just the kiss, so if you want to watch the scene as I wanted to post it, skip ahead to 4:35 and watch only until 6:08. This is one of my favorite films of all time.
YES YES YES!!!
Unfortunately, this isn't embeddable, so just click on the link and go watch the HD trailer for Nine. Looks freaking amazing!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_5_lzags3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_5_lzags3I
Happy 49th Birthday Tilda Swinton!
"The other day, I was going through the airport security and I was searched by a male security guard. I'm very often referred to as "Sir" in elevators and such. I think it has to do with being this tall and not wearing much lipstick. I think people just can't imagine I'd be a woman if I look like this."
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