Procrastination at it's finest

thedailywhat:

Instantly Iconic Photo of the Day: 84-year-old former school teacher Dorli Rainey is helped away from the scene of an Occupy Seattle protest at Westlake Park after being doused with pepper spray.

Rainey was among dozens of protesters hit with the “less-than-lethal agent” after refusing to move from the intersection of 5th Avenue and Pine Street following a march of solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.

Rainey, a longtime presence in local politics, wrote The Stranger an email afterward, saying she stopped by the protest on her way to a public meeting on a transportation issue.

“Knowing that the problems of New York would certainly precipitate action by Occupy Seattle, I thought I better check it out,” she wrote, “especially since only yesterday the City Government made a grandiose gesture to protect free speech.”

Her email continues:

Well free speech does have its limits as I found out as the cops shoved their bicycles into the crowd and simultaneously pepper sprayed the so captured protesters.

She credits an Iraq vet with saving her from being trampled. “In the women’s movement,” she concludes, “there were signs which said: ‘Screw us and we multiply.”

Video of the incident below:

[seattlepi / slog.]

thedailywhat:

Badass Bridge of the Day: The Moses Bridge, as its name suggests, is pedestrian bridge that creates the illusion of walking through water — in this case, the West-Brabant waterline near Fort de Roovere in the Netherlands.

Designed by RO & AD Architects, the bridge was built using Accoya wood, a type of modified wood that offers the enhanced durability necessary to sustain a sunken bridge.

[accoya / inhabitat / mmm.]

siphotos:

China goalie Gao Hong yeilds the game-winning penalty kick to America’s Kristine Lilly during the 1999 World Cup Final. (Peter Read Miller/SI)

SI VAULT: 36-year-old Kristine Lilly is out to win her third World Cup title (9.10.07)

(via onetreehillaccess)

iamatigress:

A lot of lost kids found their way to something better in this park. In a confusing world, at a confusing time in their lives, they found something that made sense here. And they became better people because of it.

(via onetreehillaccess)

thedailywhat:

Another Follow Up of the Day: Thousands of Penn State students took to the streets of downtown State College last night to protest the termination of legendary Nittany Lions coach Joe “JoePa” Paterno.

What began as a relatively calm outpouring of support outside Old Main quickly descended into a full-scale riot as students became “increasingly belligerent” and began throwing rocks and tearing down street signs.

Tensions reached a boiling point after a lamppost and a local news van were toppled (see below / more footage here).

Police in riot gear moved in, and the school urged students via text alert to disperse. The Daily Collegian reported that the area was finally cleared after police “sprayed a substance on the campus side of College Avenue.”

The police eventually shut down College Ave, and the last of the lingerers left the scene around 1 AM.

In a press conference this morning, Paterno’s replacement Tom Bradley would not address the Sandusky allegations, but said “we’re obviously in a very unprecedented situation; we’ve got to find a way to restore the confidence.”

[centredaily / ap / @tdc / photo: @jon_wertheim.]

thedailyfeed:

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno announced that he will retire at the end of the season. 

With the university engulfed by the child sex abuse charges against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, the 84-year-old Paterno reportedly plans to coach through the end of the season, which would include three regular season games plus a bowl game.

 However, there has still been no contact between Paterno and the university’s board of trustees on his coaching status, according to the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

(via fuckyeahwomensprosoccer)