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...break a sweat. John Taylor, a PE teacher in Ohio, says he now integrates cup-stacking into more than half his classes, often as an incentive to get kids to participate in more-rigorous activities. "We have a relay where students will run 10 yards, then stack a pyramid," he says. "It makes exercise more fun for them." Can an Olympic debut be far behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stacktacular: The Speedy World of Sport Stacking | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...legs on the side straps. The unicycle duo (strong Yuri Shavro, supple Diana Aleschenko) perform an apache while wheeling around the stage; then she doughnuts herself around his head. Zhang Gongli stacks four, six, eight chairs, one balanced on another, and does a handstand on the top of the pyramid. Anthony Gatto, a showman with a plethora of panache, tosses and catches seven balls, seven hoops, an alley's worth of bowling pins; he's simply the best juggler ever. And in an act already used to sensational effect in Ka, Jimmy Ibarra and Carlos Marin Loaiza run inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cirque du Soleil's Clowning Kooza | 4/25/2009 | See Source »

...kept Harvard from reaching the finals, the Crimson got another shot to show what it could do in the “challenger’s cup.” Demonstrating its newfound perspective, Harvard nailed its routine the second time around, scoring 9.8 out of 11 in the pyramid section...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield | Title: Cheerleaders Compete at Nationals for the First Time | 4/20/2009 | See Source »

...forest, connected by stone causeways (the Maya were the world's first highway builders). The expanse of the site is breathtaking: thousands of ruins lie over an area of 23 square miles (38 sq km). Towering 236 ft. (72 m) over it all is the Danta pyramid, of greater volume than the Egyptian pyramid of Cheops and affording sweeping views of the lush green canopy. No trip to El Mirador is complete without a climb to this aerie of the gods - nor a wry contemplation from its summit of the long slog back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jungle Gym: Maya Ruins in Guatemala | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...younger gang that has muscled in on established gangs' turf in Sydney. "This new gang doesn't have the traditional rules of engagement that the bikies share among themselves," he says. "The war has broadened from the issue of a simple battle over the issue of the drug pyramid. It has now spilled into the long-term affiliations between clubs and has allowed old conflicts to surface." Veno says the gangs had been trying to broker a peace to head off the plans for new laws banning their existence. "[Notorious] have made an outrageous move of hitting people coming from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outbreak of Biker Violence Leaves Australia on Edge | 3/29/2009 | See Source »

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