The Cotton Bowl 2011 kicks off at 8:00 p.m. EST tonight, and is one of the most highly anticipated non-BCS bowl games of the year. The 10-2 LSU Tigers take on the 9-3 Aggies of Texas A&M, in the first matchup between these schools since 1995. With a pair of top 20 teams clashing in this one, anything can (and with Les Miles, will) happen.

Keys for Texas A&M (according to ESPN):
Don’t kick it to Patrick Peterson. Just don’t. LSU’s return man ranks fourth nationally with over 16 yards per punt return, and has taken a pair of punts back for touchdowns already this year. He also ranks eighth nationally in kick return yardage, averaging just under 30 yards a return. I

Don’t force the ball to Jeff Fuller. Perhaps we’re a little Peterson-centric here, but throwing the ball up to Jeff Fuller and hoping the 6-foot-4, 215-pounder comes down with it works quite a bit against the majority of Big 12 corners. The offensive line has to give Ryan Tannehill time to get the ball underneath to Ryan Swope and Uzoma Nwachukwu.

Don’t forget Ryan Tannehill has legs. Tannehill has played receiver for most of the past two seasons, and he can get out and run if he gets a chance. Against a stingy defense, if there’s space, Tannehill should tuck it and run.

Check out the top 10 plays of Derrick Rose for the 2010 calendar year. He is is currently playing for the Chicago Bulls of the NBA. Rose started his rookie year strong, becoming the first Bulls draftee to score 10 points or more in his first 10 games since Michael Jordan, and earned Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month honors for November and December.

During the All-Star Weekend, Rose played in the Rookie Challenge, and won the Skills Challenge, where he beat out several All-Stars to become the first rookie to claim the trophy.

All I can say ’bout Venus Williams French Open outfit is shame on her! Call it fashion trend or whatever but I don’t think many online readers will go gaga over this new style. I mean for the love of God put something nice and decent hahaha and not that ho-ho lacy black-and-red outfit.

Anyway, Venus Williams gets an easy victory on her opening game at the French Open as she beats Patty Schnyder with consecutive 6-3 victories. Unfortunately, it was not her performance that drew the most attention.

In case you spent your childhood years with any kind of yard with your house, its possible you have had backyard swings. They are typical fixtures for a lot of houses with kids, and they are usually a thing that many children remember fondly. It’s comforting to know that safety has been the primary focus of many makers of backyard swings so fear shouldn’t stop you from getting one for your children if you want to.

Children fall down all the time, remember that. But they usually get back up again, and that is a part of growing up. As long as you take some simple precautions, your swings should be as safe as it should be.

Now, I’m amazed to see some innovations are made to improve our backyard swings experience. Here are some really cools swings as well as other really great designs that you may want to have at your home.

The Curl Playground Swing

The construction is more unique with idea to attract children along with colours. I have put metal bars instead of chains because they will make movement more stable. Seats are more comfortable. The mechanical system will additionally increase safety and durability of playground swing. – Milos Todorovic, creator.

Backyard Swings for Adults

Kids aren’t the only ones who love to feel the wind against their skin as they swing back and forth in their backyard. Swings for adults are also getting more and more popular. Outdoor furniture design company Viteo had adults in mind when they created the Swing for the Home Collection

Lily Swing

The magical swings create a wonderland atmosphere and provide a tranquil and relaxing place to ‘hang-out’ in the garden.The couple, Fletcher & Myburg, designs and produces the swings mostly from recycled copper, which is durable for years of outdoor use and will patina beautifully with age. The fun “Bubble Swing” is made from stainless steel circles.

Glowing Swing

It was created by artist and designer Alexander Lervik and comes equipped with fiber optic sensors that glow in the dark. The best part is that it only lights up when you’re actually swinging on it, and not when badgers cross its path like some annoying, hyper-sensitive outdoor lights do. It also creates an amazing laser light show.

The introduction of Brazilian martial arts virtually revolutionized the fighting styles in the recent years. Gone are the days where traditional martial arts like karate, judo, aikido and taekwondo are cool. There are actually 2 dominant fighting techniques that this Latin American country introduced to the world.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

The most popular one is known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). This is the core fighting style in most mixed martial arts competition these days and touted as the most dangerous form of martial arts today. As a Jeet Kune Do practitioner and I guess other students of different martial arts will disagree with this idea .

This is basically the modified version of Judo and Japanese Jujutsu. BJJ dominated the first large modern mixed martial arts competitions, causing the emerging field to adopt many of its practices. The stand-up techniques in Gracie Jiu Jitsu are largely from Japanese Jujutsu (knife defence, gun defence, throws, blocking, striking etc.

Here are some really cool videos of this Brazilian martial arts.

Capoeira

This is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, music, and dance. It was created in Brazil by slaves from Africa, especially from Angola, Mozambique and Congo sometime after the sixteenth century. The sparring is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, takedowns, and with extensive use of leg sweeps, kicks, and headbutts.

Less frequently used techniques include elbow strikes, slaps, punches, and body throws. Its origins and purpose are a matter of debate, with theories ranging from views of Capoeira as a uniquely Brazilian folk dance with improvised fighting movements to claims that it is a battle-ready fighting form directly descended from ancient African techniques.

I hope you find this collection of Brazilian martial arts video very interesting and helpful.

Japanese DJ duo Hifana altered Nike’s brand-new flexible Free Run running sneakers into musical instruments just for this japanese promotional video. The video clip displays the duo configuring the boots or shoes to work as sound triggers in order that when flexed, the shoes produce a pre-determined audio.

The shoes have been outfitted with audio plugs and connected to a sampler. after working out the sounds and rehearsing, hifana is all set for a final piece. in this final performance the duo basically play the shoes, twisting and turning all of them to produce a totally developed tune. This video displays the group’s sound and the versatility of nike’s new sneakers. the project was developed by wieden kennedy, tokyo.

The Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon is the third-largest first-time marathon in the U.S. that welcomes athletes of all running abilities and perhaps a race where anyone can find personal reward. The event started today at 6:30 am and here are the winners:

Toyota 10K Winners

Males:
1 Fernando Ceccopieri, 52, of Loveland, 37:19
2 Mark Harrell, 39, of Raleigh, N.C., 37:44
3 Robert Horn, 34, of Red Bank, New Jersey, 38:45

Females:
1 Shari Klarfeld, 29, of Plainview, New York, 44:00
2 Schoenfeld of Westwood, 23, 44:01
3 Stephanie Moses, 32, of New York, 46:10

Fleet Feet 5K Winners

Males:
1 George Moran,22, of Maineville, 16:40
2 Michael Dehring, of Sycamore Township, 16:42
3 Antony Parnigone,16, of Newtown, 17:36

Females:
1 Meghan Ward, 27, of Cincinnati, 20:10
2 Hannah Helmers, 14, of Cincinnati, 20:38
3 Skyler Green, 14, of Dixie Heights, KY, 21:02

Here’s an advertising campaign for Decathlon from April 4 to April 28 created by ad agency Young & Rubicam Paris. France. The photo above has a tagline “Nothing stops a runner”.

Tagline: “Explore new worlds”. Decathlon ad from April 19 to May 3 Bike Promo

Tagline: Make room for hiking. Decathlon ad from April 30 to May 17

Ironically, even its destruction still gain some huge buzz online as many people on site filmed the implosion and posted them on YouTube. Here’s just one of the amazing videos of this memorable feat. What’s really amazing this whole even it that a food company is sponsored the destruction of an iconic stadium.

According to ESPN, Texas Stadium was blown up Sunday morning, and Kraft Foods paid $75,000 to sponsor the event in order to introduce its “Cheddar Explosion” macaroni and cheese. Odd as all this seems, we must admit we are intrigued by the image of the grand old structure being covered in macaroni and cheese. We don’t think that’s what they mean, though.

An 11-year-old boy won a Kraft essay contest and the right to trigger the dynamite implosion. Presumably, his essay was not titled “Why I Love To Blow Up Things.”

According to The Dallar Morning News, The demolition plan cost just under $6 million. To be prepared for the implosion, the stadium was stripped down to concrete and steel and the lower bowl filled with dirt. It imploded in a domino fashion starting in the southwest end zone, falling simultaneously along both sidelines to finish in the northeast end zone. The roof with its famous hole fell in over the stadium’s footprint.

The Cowboys won all five of their Super Bowl titles while playing in Texas Stadium. They moved to the new $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium in Arlington last year.

Located in the city of Stockholm, Hunt is a hunting store that speaks to the urban hunter in an urban way. Hunt position itself as a brand that brings an urban mindset to the forest.

Brief: Create attention and interest for Hunt (Stockholm based Hunting Store) and their Hunting Certification Exam.

Solution: The whole forest is a huge take away full of game – and if you take a hunting certification exam it’s always open.

Advertising Agency: Jung von Matt, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Director: Jacob von Corswant
Copywriter: Petter Dixelius
Photographer:Sven Prim
Designer: Calle Cassel
Published: February 2010