Life Of Strange

In the sensible world of soccer there is nothing quite like scoring a goal. English football is almost unique in the world of sport in that its currency, the goal, has such a high value. With so many games decided by just a single goal it comes as no surprise that to score comes as such a relief and is met with such enthusiasm. Many players celebrate wildly after scoring, and some even plan their celebrations in advance. Many of these goal celebrations have entered the national psyche and become embedded in the culture of our national game. In this article I will look at some of the most memorable goal celebrations in football.

There will always be the standard celebrations, such as the airplane or running to the corner flag and knee sliding, but what really stick out are the celebrations made famous by a particular player. In the 90s German striker Jurgen Klinsmann joined Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. Klinsmann was known internationally for his success with the German national team and for being a top goalscorer and notorious diver. When he scored on his debut the forward mocked those who had called him a diver by performing his own unique celebration and diving to the turf, sliding along the grass on his stomach. The celebration quickly caught on and can be seen copied everywhere, from grass roots right up to the highest level. A good one to try if the ground is especially wet.

Another classic that will always stick in the memory, even if has not been mimicked, is the celebration by Marco Tardelli in the 1982 World Cup final. After scoring from for Italy from the edge of the box he ran to the touchline completely overwhelmed in the moment. Ecstatic and screaming his own name this celebration shows just how much the World Cup means to these players and has since become an iconic image for the competition.

Another celebration that gained notoriety in the Premiership was brought in by a foreign player. When Fabrizio Ravanelli signed for Middlesbrough the footballing world was left somewhat surprised. What wasn’t surprising, however, was that he would go on to score many goals for the club during his stay. His goals would always be celebrated with him pulling his shirt over his head and running with his arms outstretched. The celebration reached legendary status and was copied worldwide after Ravanelli started using it.

Of course, not every celebration must be wild and over the top. One of the greatest England strikers of all time, Alan Shearer, had his own more restrained celebration. He would run to the corner with his right arm raised and palm open. It became a signature celebration and one that the world of football would see many times over an illustrious career.

Goal celebrations can sometimes be entertaining as the game itself and supporters are keen to attach themselves to a move associated with their top goalscorer. There are bound to be many crazy goal celebrations to come and long may it continue, just make sure the goal is worth it before doing seven backflips afterwards.



By: Patrick Omari

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A celebrity endorsement of a diet is not a good enough reason to begin following that diet. Although many of us want to believe that our favorite actors, athletes, and musicians would never attach their names to diets or products that are unhealthy or that just don’t work. However the reality is that celebrities often endorse unhealthy products in order to make a buck, and this happens more often than you might suspect.

Celebrities are under an extraordinary amount of pressure to keep themselves in the limelight or risk being forgotten, with work and the money to fund their lifestyles no longer at their disposal. This does not mean that everyone who endorses a diet is only doing it for the sake of publicity and the opportunity to keep themselves in the spotlight. But some do find that attaching themselves to diets is lucrative for publicity and added income. Not to mention the extravagant gift incentives that diet and weight-loss companies thrust in front of celebrities to entice endorsements out of them. If we were in their shoes, we might find it hard to pass up some of these incentives, as well.

The real problem occurs when, just like the rest of us, the endorser does not understand the differences between a healthy diet is and an unhealthy diet. It is a fact that most Americans do not truly understand how to make healthy food choices and how to eat healthy on a regular basis. If we did, obesity might not be as rampant as it is in this country.

The diet and weight-loss industry relies on our ignorance to continue fueling the market for even more questionable diet plans to be made available to the unwary consumer. They also recognize the marketing potential and influence celebrities carry because of our fascination with them. Using paid actors/models/athletes/musicinas to make scripted testimonials about diets and weight-loss products has netted record-breaking sales and profits for the companies behind them.

Despite the long list of diet plans and weight-loss products sold every year, we keep getting fatter as a society, and our health continues to get worse. And unfortunately this keeps happening because we continute to listen to the hype and endorsements made by our favorite stars.

As a nation we still fail miserably when it come to nurishing our bodies with healthy foods. We cannot, however, lay all of the blame at the feet of the celebrity who endorses a certain diet or weight-loss product. Nor can we look to the diet and weight-loss industry to provide us with useful information about what a healthy diet consists of. They don’t want us to eat healthy because that would destroy their very lucrative sales.

The fact is, we have to take responsibility for our own health and the choices we make that can seriously affect it. We need to stop being blind followers and instead become informed decision-makers.

There are reputable resources where you can find information about healthy eating and ways to lose weight safely without putting your health at risk. Armed with this information, you will be able to spot and avoid diets that offer questionable advice and suggest using questionable products. You will find that the real science behind losing weight and keeping it off is more about eating foods that have a high density of nutrients and exercising, rather than controlling food portions, counting calories and fat, or even eliminating certain foods from your diet.

Eating high density organic foods does more than help you to slim down to a healthy weight and keep from gaining it back. Foods consisting of high density nutrients keeps the body supplied with the nutrients it needs to fuel its systems and to keep you at your healthiest

Diet plans that advocate eating nutrient rich organic foods and that do not support the severe restricting of calories, or suggest other unhealthy activities are fine to follow. That is given that you are choosing to do so as an informed consumer and not because you hear a paid celebrity say they do and you should too.



By: Scott White

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