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Thursday, August 7, 2014
The Importance of Contraception to Women's Equality
Cornerstone: Contraception: A Prescription for Women's Equality, by Kara Loewentheil:
One of the few mercies of the Supreme Court's opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Inc. last month was its acceptance of the Government's argument that access to contraception is indeed a compelling governmental interest (see pages 39-40 of the majority opinion). Justice Kennedy's concurrence (see pages 2-3), in particular, stressed that this vote for the majority's holding hinged on his belief that the government could achieve its compelling interest in a different manner without burdening the rights of the women whose contraceptive access would be affected. But we should not be too sanguine about this aspect of the holding, because it too is under attack. . . .
August 7, 2014 in Contraception, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Justice Ginsburg Frustrated by Court's Failure To Advance Women's Rights
The New York Times: Justices' Rulings Advance Gays; Women Less So, by Adam Liptak:
When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflects on the Supreme Court's recent rulings, she sees an inconsistency.
In its gay rights rulings, she told a law school audience last week, the court uses the soaring language of "equal dignity" and has endorsed the fundamental values of "liberty and equality." Indeed, a court that just three decades ago allowed criminal prosecutions for gay sex now speaks with sympathy for gay families and seems on the cusp of embracing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
But in cases involving gender, she said, the court has never fully embraced "the ability of women to decide for themselves what their destiny will be." She said the court's five-justice conservative majority, all men, did not understand the challenges women face in achieving authentic equality. . . .
August 5, 2014 in Supreme Court, Women, General | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Does Hobby Lobby Open Door To Renewed Conscience-Based Claims for Exemptions from Abortion Restrictions?
MSNBC: Satanists Aren't the Only Ones Following Hobby Lobby's Lead, by Irin Carmon:
On Monday, the Satanic Temple drew headlines for declaring that, in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, it was "asserting a religious exemption from the burden of state mandated 'informational' abortion materials for those who share their deeply held beliefs."
In other words, they wanted a conscience clause from laws intended to dissuade women from having abortions by mandating an ultrasound or that a doctor impart biased or medically-inaccurate information about abortion. . . .
But the Satanists are hardly the first to use religion to make an affirmative argument for reproductive rights. For decades, pro-choice activists have been trying to make a religious claim for their view – and generally failing. . . .
But now that the Supreme Court has opened the door to more robust religious exemptions under RFRA, there might be a new opportunity for supporters of abortion rights to try their luck. . . .
July 31, 2014 in Abortion, Religion, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
New York City Restriction on Abortion Protest, Mentioned by Supreme Court, Appears Largely Ineffective
The New York Times: New York's Abortion Protest Law Is Praised by Justices, but Few Others, by Benjamin Mueller:
A crowd of abortion opponents converged on Zena Khan outside of the Choices Women's Medical Center in Jamaica, Queens, on a recent Saturday. As a blurred mustard sun broke through the morning haze, Ms. Khan sped past posters depicting dismembered fetuses, flip cameras trained on her face and protesters demanding that she get back in her car and leave. . . .
"Should I call the cops?" she asked the escorts, her hands flying like agitated birds around her head. "I'm not even pregnant." . . .
To the unfamiliar observer, the scene, repeated almost every Saturday morning at Choices and other clinics that perform abortions in New York City, would appear to be nothing so much as unbridled chaos. But it is also seen as one model for how abortion protests in the United States should be managed. . . .
July 30, 2014 in Anti-Choice Movement, State and Local News, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on Hobby Lobby Decision
July 16, 2014 in Contraception, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court, Television | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Supreme Court Will Review Pregnancy Discrimination Case
Bloomberg BNA: Justices Will Review Accommodation Issue Arising Under Pregnancy Discrimination Act, by Kevin P. McGowan:
Granting a United Parcel Service Inc. driver's petition, the U.S. Supreme Court July 1 agreed to review whether the Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires an employer to accommodate the work restrictions of pregnant employees when it does so for some non-pregnant employees with temporary impairments.
On the final day of its term, the court granted Peggy Young's request to review a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decision that the PDA didn't require UPS to accommodate Young's pregnancy-related lifting restriction even though the company offered light duty to workers injured on the job, those disabled within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act and drivers who temporarily lost their federal certification (707 F.3d 737, 116 FEP Cases 1569 (4th Cir. 2013). . . .
July 9, 2014 in Pregnancy & Childbirth, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, July 4, 2014
Court Issues Order on Contraception Mandate that Reinforces Female Justices' Concerns About Hobby Lobby Ruling's Scope
The New York Times: Birth Control Order Deepens Divide Among Justices, by Adam Liptak:
In a decision that drew an unusually fierce dissent from the three female justices, the Supreme Court sided Thursday with religiously affiliated nonprofit groups in a clash between religious freedom and women's rights.
The decision temporarily exempts a Christian college from part of the regulations that provide contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. . . .
The reason this order is so frustrating is that Justice Alito's opinion in Hobby Lobby emphasized that its ruling was justified in large measure because the accommodation already provided to certain non-profits could simply be extended to closely held for-profits. In relying on the existing accommodation, the Court implied that the accommodation was constitutionally acceptable. Indeed, the Court dismissed Justice Ginsburg's concerns about the opinion's scope, referring to the existing accommodation for non-profits and saying, "[O]ur holding is very specific." Justice Kennedy in concurrence even felt obliged to issue a separate reassurance: "[I]t should be said that the Court's opinion does not have the breadth and sweep ascribed to it by the respectful and powerful dissent." Justice Kennedy pointed out that "there is an existing, recognized, workable, and already-implemented framework to provide coverage" and "[t]hat accommodation equally furthers the Government's interest but does not impinge on the plaintiffs' religious beliefs" (emphasis added). The majority itself assured that the goverment's accommodation "does not impinge on the plaintiffs' religious belief that providing insurance coverage for the contraceptives at issue here violates their religion."
There was a clue, however, in the majority's opinion, that left Justice Ginsburg and others concerned as to whether the Court was sincere in suggesting it would ultimately find the existing accommodation adequate. The Court noted, "We do not decide today whether an approach of this type complies with RFRA for purposes of all religious claims," referring to Little Sisters of the Poor, a case in which the Court issued a previous order addressing the accommodation as applied to a non-profit entity. This caveat, buried in an opinion full of reassurances about the decision's narrow scope, coupled with today's order supports Justice Ginsburg's concern that the true implications of Hobby Lobby are broad and as yet unclear.
July 4, 2014 in Contraception, Religion, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, June 30, 2014
Hobby Lobby Majority, in Contrast to Justice Ginsburg, Largely Ignores Women and Their Well-Being
The Washington Post - WonkBlog: The 49-page Supreme Court Hobby Lobby ruling mentioned women just 13 times, by Emily Badger:
. . . Th[e] idea — that women's reproductive well-being is vital to both their personal prospects and the country's fortunes — runs throughout Ginsburg's dissent. It is notably absent from Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion. . . .
June 30, 2014 in Contraception, Supreme Court, Women, General | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Concurring Opinions Offers a Round-Up of Comments on McCullen
Concurring Opinions: Nine Comments on McCullen, the Abortion Buffer Zone Case, by Ronald K.L. Collins:
I thought it might be interesting to share excerpts from some of the commentary on McCullen v. Coakley. Here are 9 views on the case. . . .
June 30, 2014 in Abortion, Anti-Choice Movement, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Q&A on Hobby Lobby
Here is the link to UltraViolet's Twitter Q&A on Hobby Lobby, which I participated in this morning.
The effects of Hobby Lobby decision are already being felt in the non-profit context, with the 11th Circuit enjoining the government, pending appeal, from enforcing the contraception rule against Eternal Word Television Network, a tax-exempt non-profit organization, "[i]n light of the Supreme Court's decision today" in Hobby Lobby. Also, via Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog: "Over the dissents of two Justices, the Supreme Court on Monday evening temporarily barred enforcement of the birth-control mandate against Wheaton College, a non-profit religious institution in Illinois."
June 30, 2014 in Contraception, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Hobby Lobby
Justice Alito wrote the opinion. There are qualifications to the Court's ruling. It appears to be limited to closely held corporations and to contraception, for example. SCOTUSblog is live blogging the decision here. The opinion is available here. I will be participating in a Twitter chat hosted by UltraViolet to answer questions about the opinion.
June 30, 2014 in Contraception, Religion, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Supreme Court Reverses First Circuit in McCullen v. Coakley
Massachusetts buffer zone is invalid. SCOTUSblog is live-blogging the decision here. The opinion is available here.
June 26, 2014 in Abortion, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
The Supreme Court Will Decide Hobby Lobby, but the Public Favors the Contraception Rule
The Washington Post: Awaiting Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling, public favors contraception mandate, by Cathy Lynn Grossman:
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to finally issue its ruling this week in the highly anticipated case of the craft companies vs. Obamacare. . . .
But to the general public, this is seen as a showdown between employers — the evangelical Green family behind Hobby Lobby and the Mennonite Hahn family that owns the Conestoga cabinet company — and the employees' personal reproductive choices under their insurance. . . .
June 24, 2014 in Contraception, Public Opinion, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, June 23, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Review Preliminary Injunction of Wisconsin Admitting Privileges Law
The Huffington Post/Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Wisconsin Abortion Case, by Lawrence Hurley:
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in the legal fight over a new Wisconsin law that requires any doctor performing an abortion to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital.
The justices turned away the state's appeal of a December 2013 ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld a federal judge's decision to block the law temporarily. . . .
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
NPR Answers Questions About the Federal Contraception Rule
NPR: 6 Questions About Contraception Coverage And The Supreme Court, by Julie Rovner:
One of the most watched issues before the Supreme Court this term may turn on the question of religious freedom. But it will also likely determine how women will be able to access a key provision of the Affordable Care Act – one seeking to guarantee no-cost prescription contraception in most health insurance plans.
The justices' ruling on Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp v. Sebelius, two cases that are being considered together, is expected by the end of this month. The court will decide whether those companies, and potentially all other for-profit companies, must abide by the so-called contraceptive mandate. It's a complicated legal thicket, so here is some background. . . .
June 17, 2014 in Contraception, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
49 Years After Griswold, Access to Contraception Still Under Attack
RH Reality Check: 49 Years After Griswold: A Splintering Legacy,
This month marks the 49th anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, the landmark Supreme Court decision that ruled states could not criminalize contraception use between married couples.
In a Washington Post article published this March, Walter Dellinger noted that the oral arguments in the 1965 case suggested that, by 21st-century standards, the justices were "either uninformed about contraceptive methods or uncomfortable discussing them." . . .
Fast forward nearly 50 years and the Supreme Court is once again considering the question of birth control, this time in the Hobby Lobby case . . . .
June 10, 2014 in Contraception, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, March 28, 2014
Commentary on Hobby Lobby
Balkinization: Religious Accommodations Cost More than Money, by Kara Loewentheil:
March 28, 2014 in Contraception, Religion, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Round-Up on Today's Oral Arguments in Hobby Lobby
SCOTUSblog: Birth Control, Business, and Religious Beliefs: In Plain English, by Amy Howe:
Almost two years ago to the day, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a challenge to the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, which requires virtually everyone in the United States to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. This morning, it heard a new and different challenge arising out of the Affordable Care Act: can a business be required to provide its female employees with health insurance that includes access to free birth control, even if doing so would violate the strong religious beliefs of the family that owns the business? After the oral argument today, it looked like the Court's answer may well be no, although the decision may not prove as sweeping as some of the challengers might prefer. And as is so often the case, it looks like Justice Anthony Kennedy may hold the key vote in the case. Let's talk about the proceedings at the Court today in Plain English. . . .
Balkinization: Today's Oral Arguments in Hobby Lobby, by Nelson Tebbe:
The oral argument in Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood, which I attended today, provided some slight cause for optimism for those of us who have been arguing that accommodating the companies would raise serious concerns because it would mean shifting the cost of that accommodation onto third parties (the affected women employees). Not only did Solicitor General Verrilli open and close with the argument, but Justice Kennedy arguably displayed some sympathy for the point. First, Justice Kennedy asked Paul Clement (who was arguing for the companies) whether there are rules of statutory construction that should guide the Court in this case, such as the canon of constitutional avoidance. Later, Justice Kennedy asked directly what should happen when granting an accommodation for the companies would shift costs onto employees. Justice Kennedy asked whether the employer's interests should simply trump in such situations. . . .
NPR: Justices Divide By Gender In Hobby Lobby Contraception Case, by Nina Totenberg:
There was a clear difference of opinion between male and female justices at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The issue was whether for-profit corporations, citing religious objections, may refuse to include contraception coverage in the basic health plan now mandated under the Affordable Care Act.
The female justices were clearly supportive of the contraception mandate, while a majority of the male justices were more skeptical. . . .
March 25, 2014 in Contraception, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, March 24, 2014
Important but Little-Discussed Fact -- How Plan B Actually Works -- Undermines Hobby Lobby's Claims
The Wall Street Journal - Law Blog: In Contraceptives Case, Court May Run Into Plan B, by Joe Palazzolo:
As the Supreme Court weighs whether for-profit companies have the religious right to refuse to provide contraceptives, it may also run into another question: Whether the Plan B drug is a contraceptive or a form of abortion. . . .
When the Food and Drug Administration approved a drug known as Plan B One-Step in 1999, it wasn't entirely clear how the drug worked. So the agency required that the label mention the possibility that the drug affected implantation. . . .
Abortion-rights advocates and medical groups, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, say heaps of research since the late 1990s has produced no scientific evidence showing that Plan B inhibits implantation. There are fewer studies on ella, because it is a newer drug, but they have reached the same conclusion, they say.
"FDA labeling has not caught up with the recent research," said Caitlin E. Borgmann a law professor at City University of New York Law School and former lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union's Reproductive Freedom Project. . . .
See also Caroline Corbin's article on this issue.
March 24, 2014 in Contraception, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Opinion on Hobby Lobby
The Washington Post - op-ed: Contraception as a test of equality, by Walter Dellinger:
Walter Dellinger is an attorney in Washington. He co-authored, with Dawn Johnsen of the Indiana Maurer School of Law, a brief for the Guttmacher Institute and professor Sara Rosenbaum of George Washington University supporting contraception coverage.
Forty-nine years ago this week , the nine men on the Supreme Court heard arguments that would profoundly affect women's access to birth control. By 21st-century standards, the oral arguments in the 1965 case Griswold v. Connecticut suggest that most of the justices were either uninformed about contraceptive methods or uncomfortable discussing them. When the court returns to the subject of birth control this week, it is critical that the justices understand the complexity of contraception and its role in women's lives. . . .
The New York Times editorial: Crying Wolf on Religious Liberty:
This week, the owners of two secular, for-profit corporations will ask the Supreme Court to take a radical turn and allow them to impose their religious views on their employees — by refusing to permit them contraceptive coverage as required under the Affordable Care Act.
The Supreme Court has consistently resisted claims for religious exemptions from laws that are neutral and apply broadly when the exemptions would significantly harm other people, as this one would. To approve it would flout the First Amendment, which forbids government from favoring one religion over another — or over nonbelievers. . . .
Balkinization: Whose Faith Does RFRA Protect? Everyone's, No One's, or Not Mine?, by Priscilla Smith:
One outcome of tomorrow's Hobby Lobby case that this reproductive rights supporter might be able to get behind involves granting the Hobby Lobby Executives an accommodation from the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage requirements under an expansive view of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). I've written about this possibility in a forthcoming article here. Under this view, it is the RFRA claimant, not the court, who decides if something is a "substantial burden" on "religious exercise" under RFRA. Counsel for the University of Notre Dame promoted this view of RFRA in a recent Seventh Circuit oral argument in a related case, stating "[i]t is up to the believer to draw the line." As Marty Lederman's excellent posts here revealing the lack of burden on Hobby Lobby Executives religious exercise should establish, in order to find for Hobby Lobby the Court needs to adopt this broad view of RFRA's protections. . . .
March 24, 2014 in Contraception, Religion and Reproductive Rights, Supreme Court | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)


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Introduction to MS Word 2010 Part IIAdult, Computer
Have you ever wondered what 'this' button means? If you have mastered the basics of MS Word, come and discover some more features of this powerful word processor. MOUSE SKILL is required. A Burlington County Library System full-service library card or PC Access card is required to attend.
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Are you turned on by mystery, murder, and mayhem, hardboiled p.i's criminal minds, serial killers, locked room puzzles, police procedurals, all fictionalized, of course?
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March 8th, 2012
Four-Star Series presents Vera Bradley
The Vera Bradley company, a leader in fashionable quilted handbags, luggage and accessories, will be featured at the Four-Star Series at SMWC. Jill Nichols, executive vice president for Vera Bradley, will deliver and engaging presentation on the Vera Bradley story on March 21, 2012. The event is free and open to the public.
March 7th, 2012
New technology transforms students from beginners to Beethovens
SMWC received a $7000 grant from the Westerman Foundation to upgrade the equipment in the College's music technology lab.
March 6th, 2012
Future Teachers of America share love of reading
Making a difference in the lives of children is what teachers do across the country every day. Future Teachers of America, a student organization at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC), shared their love of reading with West Vigo Elementary School by reading "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss.
March 2nd, 2012
Students earn scholarships by exploring computers at an Indiana conference
Inspired by their passion for discovery and technology, ten students from SMWC uncovered a gold mine of information at the Indiana Celebration of Women in Computing (InWIC) conference in Spencer, Ind., on Feb. 10-11, 2012.
March 2nd, 2012
Gresham named Outstanding Career Development Professional
Leader. Innovator. Educator. These three words are repeatedly used to describe Susan Gresham, recently named the Outstanding Career Development Professional by Indiana INTERNnet, the statewide resource for internship opportunities from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
March 1st, 2012
SMWC ranked 7th in the nation for Facebook engagement
SMWC has the seventh most engaging college Facebook page in the nation, according to a study by BlueFuego, an Indianapolis-based higher education marketing firm.
February 28th, 2012
SMWC equine career fair helps students prepare for the workforce
The Mane Event career fair at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) helps equine students prepare for careers in the horse industry. SMWC will host the third annual event on Wed., Feb. 29, 2012, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
February 27th, 2012
Kniola signs letter of intent with Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Longtime defensive standout Katy Kniola from Michigan City, Indiana, signed a letter of intent to accept a soccer scholarship at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.
February 16th, 2012
Nationally renowned bee expert makes his mark on the Wabash Valley as a new SMWC professor
Robert Jean, Ph.D., a nationally renowned bee expert, is the newest addition to SMWC's Department of Sciences and Mathematics.
February 16th, 2012
SMWC presents "The Sound of Music"
This spring, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College comes alive with the sound of music as the Department of Music and Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical, "The Sound of Music", March 1-4, 2012.
February 13th, 2012
SMWC's Computer Information Systems major prepares leaders for uncharted careers
SMWC's computer information systems (CIS) program, previously offered only to Woods Online students, will now offer campus students opportunities to develop their skills and talents in the dynamic world of computers.
February 10th, 2012
Rebecca Latta signs letter of intent with SMWC
Terre Haute South High School senior outfielder Rebecca Latta signed a letter of intent to play softball at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College on Saturday, February 4, 2012.


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6 tablespoons
1 cup
all-purpose flour
3 1/2 tablespoons
light cream
1 cup
sifted confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon
butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon
vanilla extract
1 drop
food coloring
1 tablespoon
light cream
1/3 cup
granulated sugar for decoration
This recipe has been passed down in my husband's family since the mid-sixties! If they aren't made at Easter and Christmas, there is going to be trouble!
i made last year for a party and everyone loved these cookies.
3 Ratings
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Pastel Wafers
Serving Size: 1/12 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 12
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 171
Calories from Fat: 71
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Types of Potential Partners
Partnering agencies and organizations can be found in all six sectors; examples of potential partners within the six sectors is shared below. It is important to note, however, that many potential partners do not fit neatly into one sector; some work across multiple sectors to accomplish their missions and serve their constituents. Collaboration both within and across sectors is encouraged to establish and sustain strong partnerships for boosting physical activity among adults with arthritis.
Community and Public Health
National, state, and local public health agencies; aging services; schools of public health; volunteer and non-profit organizations that work with communities and constituencies on arthritis and other issues of aging; faith-based institutions; and governmental and non-governmental organizations who could promote physical activity among their constituencies in a way that is safe and effective.
- Arthritis Foundation
- CDC funded state arthritis programs
- Physical Activity Coordinators in State Health Departments
- Fall prevention coalitions
- Aging networks (e.g., state and area agencies on aging, senior housing agencies, networks of congregate dining sites)
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- Diabetes education, healthy heart, and other chronic disease programs sponsored by public health agencies
- YMCA of the USA
- Educational agencies (e.g., area health education centers, university extension services, community college continuing education services, schools of public health)
- Schools for opportunities with joint-use agreements for program delivery.
- Veterans' organizations
- Organizations representing ethnic, cultural or other underserved or priority populations (e.g., State Black Nurses Association, Hispanic Health agencies, rural agencies, tribes, promotoras, community health workers)
- Faith-based/ religious organizations (e.g., statewide councils of churches, synagogues, mosques, parish nurses)
- State agencies with grassroots delivery units (e.g., women's, retired adults or senior groups)
- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
Health Care
Licensed health care professionals working with or serving adults in a variety of settings as providers; public and private insurers; and health care administrators and managers.
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Academy of Physician Assistants
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- American Physical Therapy Association
- American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) chapters and sections in each state
- National Society of Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health
- Health care systems and provider networks (e.g., hospital and rehabilitation center systems, primary care associations, Federally Funded Health Center networks, community health center networks, state visiting nurses associations, rural health agencies, promotoras, community health workers, certified health education specialists)
- Health care payers (e.g., managed care organizations, employer–sponsored health plans)
Transportation, Land Use, and Community Design
National, state, and local organizations, agencies, boards, and governing bodies that address transportation, development patterns, built environment, public spaces, public works, and community design and planning issues.
- Regional metropolitan planning organizations
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
- National Association of Regional Councils
Business and Industry
Public and private employers, large and small, as well as worksite wellness programs, including those that provide access to fitness facilities and activities.
- Businesses with multiple work sites
- Chambers of Commerce
- Better Business Bureau
- National Business Coalition on Health
Park, Recreation, Fitness, and Sport
Public and private organizations invested in promoting, supporting, and providing recreation and fitness opportunities for children and adults.
- America Walks
- American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
- American Council on Exercise
- American Hiking Society
- International Council on Active Aging
- National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) affiliates in every state
- YMCA of the USA
- Health club systems and fitness professional organizations (e.g., regional and large metropolitan Ys, other fitness and wellness center networks)
Mass Media and Communication
Organizations that develop health communications or engage in public and private marketing of messages on the importance of physical activity for adults and available evidence-based interventions.
National Organizations
Several national organizations helped sponsor the Report underlying this guide—Environmental and Policy Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Adults With Arthritis. Consider connecting with them to learn about what they are doing and if they have local entities or chapters in your state or community.
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Chronic Pain Association
- American College of Physicians Foundation
- American College of Sports Medicine
- American Council on Exercise
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
- American Occupational Therapy Association
- American Physical Therapy Association
- American Society for Nutrition
- Hospital for Special Surgery
- International Council on Active Aging
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
- National Athletic Trainers' Association
- National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
- National Recreation and Parks Association
- Shape Up America!
- Society for Women's Health Research
- YMCA of the USA
Academic Partners
- Center for Enhancing Activity and Participation Among Persons with Arthritis (ENACT) at Boston University
- Center for Research on Health and Aging at University of Illinois at Chicago
- Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Rheumatology at Northwestern University
- Thurston Arthritis Research Center at the University of North Carolina
- United States Bone and Joint Initiative
Others Relevant National Organizations Include:
- Athletic Trainers Chronic Pain Association
- Occupational Therapy and Sports Medicine Professionals
- Physical Therapy Associations
- Health Educator Associations
- Other chronic disease non-profits (American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, American Cancer Society, etc.)
- Diabetes Educator Associations
- Everybody Walks
- National Conference of State Legislators


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15 Tricks and Tips for Getting the Most Out of College
15. Everything you know about the social stratosphere is wrong…
College is nothing like high school. You understand this in theory, but have never experienced the kind of social freedom you will in college. There are no cliques. There is no lunch table. Welcome to the world of being an adult. For the first couple of weeks you'll attend pre-arranged mixers, usually orientation events or annoying team building activities your RA spent all summer training to lead. These awkward moments are helpful for one reason: Discovering who has a car. As a freshman, be aware that the parties you crash at frat houses aren't for making friends, they're for getting drunk and hooking up. You've been warned.
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Does Facebook Need a Satire Tag?
Here's how it works: If a friend posts an Onion link to his or her Facebook feed, click on it for a laugh. Once you're done at The Onion and come back to your desktop or laptop browser, Facebook will have generated three related articles in a box directly below whatever you'd clicked on. In the case of an Onion link, that box will usually contain at least one article from the same site, only that article's headline will begin with the word "satire" in brackets. As of press time, we were able to duplicate this result on three different computers from different accounts, one of which is shown above.
We can only assume this was implemented as a reaction to users believing that Onion links are nonfiction reports (you can lose hours flipping through Literally Unbelievable, a site that catalogs such boneheaded moments), but we're not sure what compelled Facebook to go so far as to assert editorial control. Maybe the company still feels bad about how users reacted to its intentional News Feed manipulation from 2012.
We've probably all been suckered on occasion by a good satire. One of the best is Duffel Blog, which took me in for days the first time I came across one of their stories. But that's the part of what makes great satire great.
There are three levels of satire. The first is simple sarcasm, which is saying something outrageous that you don't believe, in such an obvious manner, that everybody knows you're kidding. The next higher level of satire is to say something outrageous you don't mean, in a serious enough manner, that people think you might actually believe it. But the highest level of satire, and the most difficult one to produce, is to say something outrageous, in such a clever way, that people nod their heads in agreement with the outrageous thing.
Discovering you've been taken in by great satire produces a momentary but unique emotion — equal parts embarrassment and delight, which even the Germans probably don't have a word for. Facebook would take away that moment.
image illustration via shutterstock / Brent Hofacker
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The 10 Best 'Ice Bucket Challenge' Videos
By now you've probably seen 1,000 ice bucket challenge videos auto-play on your Facebook newsfeed by now. Everyone is doing it — kids, pets, celebrities, politicians, you name it. Yesterday I heard my neighbor do it on our front porch, but as I heard him explain, they didn't have a bucket, so he used a "very cold" can of Coke instead. I've seen a few outtake lists, where instead of people having a bucket of water poured over them, the person pouring instead had the entire bucket full of water dropped onto their heads — it was painful to watch, I can't imagine how painful it was to experience. The challenge has some haters, namely people annoyed at how many of those taking the challenge aren't donating, and are instead wasting water. This meme popped up in my newsfeed this morning:
To which I say: Lighten up. The ice bucket challenge has gone viral like no other charitable cause I've ever seen, and has netted millions of dollars for ALS charities, over $15 million at last count (compared with less than $50,000 during the same period last year). I have no dog in this argument: I haven't done the ice bucket challenge personally (please don't nominate me, I'm poor and really dislike cold water), but I really applaud those participating and donating.
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Robin Williams' 10 Best Performances
The world mourns the passing of one of the truest talents of all time – Robin Williams. The Juilliard-trained comedian and actor won an Oscar, two Emmys, five Grammys, and — dearest to me — became a Disney Legend in 2009. Williams made his struggles with depression and addiction public, yet he was unable to overcome them. But here at PJ Lifestyle, we're going to celebrate his life. Here are Robin Williams' ten best performances. I hope you'll take as much comfort in these wonderful moments as I have.
10. The Crazy Ones (2013-2014)
One of the most underrated television series of the past season paired Williams with Sarah Michelle Gellar as father-and-daughter partners in an advertising agency. The Crazy Ones featured a terrific ensemble, sharp writing, and plenty of space for Williams to let loose. Williams had his best moments on the show when he had the chance to blend his trademark humor with sweet sentiment (as in the clip above). He couldn't have a much better alter ego than the character of Simon Roberts — he and the writers even made recovery from addiction a huge part of the character. The Crazy Ones showed such promise, and it's such a shame that CBS didn't see fit to give it a second chance.
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The 10 Most Important Life Lessons I Learned from Mork from Ork
As a Gen-X/millennial crossover, I was fortunate enough to first meet Robin Williams as Mork from Ork on the sitcom Mork and Mindy. A comedic powerhouse, Mork's colorful wardrobe and loud laugh were the first things I imitated as a child. As I grew up, I would look back and realize the many character lessons I learned at home were reinforced by a supremely acted alien outsider with a predilection for sitting on his head. In virtually every role he played, Robin Williams taught his audience a life lesson. As a young kid there was no one more fun to hang around with and learn from on TV than Mork from Ork.
10. Old people rule.
Mork marvels at the way the elderly are ignored and maligned on earth. On Ork, old folks are revered as the wise, experienced ones to learn from. "The Elder" is called on to remind Mork of his Orkishness. His was an early lesson in the importance of respect and reverence for the elders in your life and how very important all people are, no matter and, perhaps, especially because of their age.
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5 Art Images That Capture the Fun and Silly Wit of Boomer Humor
Dear Bruce,
It was so wonderful having the opportunity to reconnect last month. I enjoyed getting to know you better and coming to understand more of the parallels in our political and spiritual journeys. I look forward to many more deep discussions in the future.
I also really appreciate the book recommendations. These titles on the harmony between religion and science by Gerald Schroeder I put on hold at the library right after getting back from our lunch:
I look forward to exploring these subjects in pieces more soon and think we should continue brainstorming together; let's definitely plan on collaborating more in the future on ways to explore these concepts in articles, perhaps with some of your delightful artistic illustrations?
I want to congratulate you for your invention of the Bamusers, as showcased in your new collection of sketches that straddle the line between art and humor.
We've already talked about a few directions you might want to consider exploring using the Bamusers style of quick, simple illustrations accompanied by short titles. Today, I wanted to encourage you to consider another that could have some potential, both as a way to make perceptive cultural commentary and connect with new audiences: generational theory. Here are two books I'll throw back your direction:
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Dirty Bird Fried Chicken's 'Completely Inappropriate' New Logo
So this is a thing happening in Britain:
Dirty Bird, a mainstay at music festivals and events across Wales, ruffled feathers with its new logo design, which appalled locals described as "completely inappropriate."
"I was queueing up with my two young sons when I looked at the logo and realised what it represents," unhappy Abigail Griffiths told Wales Online. "It is not the sort of thing that should be on display around children."
"The food was finger-licking good, but when I saw the logo I was a bit shocked," added Denise Leyshon, yet another unsatisfied customer. "It's not really what you want to think about when you're tucking into your meal."
Dirty Bird's boss Neil Young has defended the design, saying he won't bow to public pressure to alter it. He also claimed he didn't see any resemblance to the male anatomy.
Sounds to me like the company's critics are just being crotchety.
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Jeff Koons' Pop Art Retrospective Is Guaranteed to Make You Smile
Jeff Koons, whose pop art retrospective runs at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan through October 19, is controversial in a way different from most self-consciously "transgressive" artists. For one, he's very popular among collectors, which is in certain circles unforgivable. Left-wing art critics (but I repeat myself) accuse him of vulgar capitalism and make hay off his history as a (gasp!) commodities trader. The Village Voice called Koons' career "the triumph of stupidity," and if that's not a recommendation I don't know what is. (How critics can denigrate Koons but exalt Andy Warhol, another artist who made a vast fortune by playing with America's cultural iconography, is a deeper mystery.)
Blissfully ignorant of the current art scene, I found the camera-friendly exhibition, generously stocked with over 120 pieces, at the least amusing and occasionally amazing, with a couple of smiles guaranteed. I dare say it would be a great visit for children, though given that a Koons' piece once sold for $58 million (making him the most expensive living artist) perhaps don't let them get too close.
Even Koons' most contemptuous critics are disarmed by his 10-foot tall Play-Doh sculpture on the 4th floor (that floor houses the newest, brightest, most childlike stuff). Who knew the world wanted to see tons of aluminum painstakingly crafted to look like the result of a toddler's random play-date? An adjoining gallery is stocked with masses of stainless steel, painstakingly worried over for years by teams of artists to make it look identical to the inflatable floats available for $7.99 at Wal-Mart. "Art" or not, the technical achievement on display is undeniable.
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The 10 Most Hilarious Epic Rap Battles of History
Note: Some of the videos on this list are not safe for work.
Fresh off the conclusion of its third "season," the ongoing YouTube production of Epic Rap Battles of History has established itself as an online phenomenon. What began as a clever collaboration between two musically inclined friends has ballooned into a prime example of how to produce viral videos. YouTubers Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd have created an interactive platform which has attracted the participation of fellow YouTube celebrities and even some mainstream stars. It's been so successful that they were tapped to market the latest Assassin's Creed video game and promote hit AMC television shows. They even got to meet with the president.
If you haven't come across Epic Rap Battles of History before, here's your chance to check them out. Personalities from pop culture, politics, and history collide in rhythmic battles to boast and belittle. The results are often hilarious. Here's the Top 10 Epic Rap Battles of History.
#10. Moses vs Santa Claus
This had to be a big moment for Nice Peter and Epic Lloyd. Having Snoop Dogg (or Lion, or whatever he's calling himself these days) featured in an epic rap battle lends a legitimacy which could not be acquired in any other way. He steps naturally into familiar territory. It would have been easy to let his presence overwhelm the project, but this back and forth between Moses and Santa Claus delivers enough laughs from each to succeed on its own merit.
Verdict: Moses
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Beetles Kill Beatles Tree
Some stories are so weird you just can't make them up. Take, for instance, the saga of a pine tree planted in honor or late Beatles member George Harrison near the famed Griffith Observatory in 2004.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the tree died as a result of an insect infestation. The culprit? Bark beetles and ladybug beetles that infested the tree, which had grown to more than 10 feet tall as of last year.
The tree was quietly planted a decade ago following Harrison's death in 2001 as a tribute to the guitarist/singer spending his final days in Los Angeles and Harrison's love of gardening.
I had no idea he loved to garden — or what else to do with this strange little story.
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12 Signs You've Sought Redemption Through the Religion of Pop
Pop culture has become as much of a religious powerhouse as Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism or any other faith. Don't believe me? Sit in a college classroom. Better yet, attend a fan convention or simply rent the film Trekkies. Films, shows, bands, comic books and their like have become, for some, sources of spiritual nourishment. Do you feel the power?
12. What was once DVR-able is now weekly appointment television.
"Appointment TV" doesn't begin to describe your weekly ritual. All pressing engagements are pushed aside, phones are silenced, and ritual food is laid out on the coffee table to be partaken in as the ceremony commences. You still DVR the show for good measure, being sure to re-watch at least once, if not multiple times in deep study so that you may discuss the meanings of both text and subtext with fellow fans.
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'Weird Al' Yankovic's 10 Best Music Videos
"Weird Al" Yankovic, America's favorite musical parodist, has a new album out. It's titled Mandatory Fun and it features such songs as "Tacky," which is a parody of Pharrell Williams's "Happy," and "Word Crimes," a send-up of both Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" and poor grammar.
But, if you're a fan of "Weird Al," you don't only like the songs. You like the videos, too. So, in honor of all that, here are the top ten "Weird Al" music videos.
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The 10 Funniest Episodes Of Seinfeld
Twenty-five years ago this month, a sitcom pilot entitled The Seinfeld Chronicles debuted on NBC. A year later, the network gave the show, retitled Seinfeld, a try. Unlike today, NBC nurtured the series and let it build a following. Today many critics and fans see Seinfeld as a high water mark in television comedy, and in honor of its 25th anniversary, here are the ten funniest episodes.
10. "The Puffy Shirt"
By its fifth season, Seinfeld was at a bit of a crossroad. The fourth season had raised the bar creatively (one of the show's writers referred to it as "our Sgt. Pepper year"), and the show was more popular than ever. Could they top themselves? After an uneven debut, the season's second outing, "The Puffy Shirt," showed that the team had plenty of creativity left in them.
In this episode, Jerry politely agrees with Kramer's "low-talking" fashion designer girlfriend, not hearing what she said. Next thing he knows, he's stuck wearing one of her creations on the Today show – a ridiculous pirate-inspired puffy shirt.
Naturally, Jerry embarrasses himself on national television, and the design goes nowhere. But in between are some memorable moments – Jerry whining, "But I don't want to be a pirate," Bryant Gumbel's incredulous reaction to Jerry's shirt, and two homeless men in the final scene wearing the shirts that have been donated to charity. "The Puffy Shirt" proved that the series still had plenty of life in it.
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10 Romantic Comedy Myths About Women
10. We're so fiercely independent that the only thing we need to be happy… is a man.
Post-second wave feminist romantic comedies rely on the Sheryl Sandberg boilerplate: upper-middle class, successful career woman with an impossibly huge apartment in big city stuffed with everything she could ever want. (See: Reese Witherspoon in Just Like Heaven.) The genre gives the image one slight twist: our heroine is secretly one step away from cultivating her very own cat collection. (See: Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail.) True to Hollywood fashion, who better than the big, strong male superhero to fly in to save the day?
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The Top 10 Tips for Surviving Summer Airline Travel
Vacations can be wonderful experiences, but all too often they start out at an airport, which can be one of the most frustrating, uncomfortable, and stressful places on earth. Here's the top ten ways to make your airline travel a good experience. Or at least not a nightmare.
10. Pack a small refreshment bag for the end of the flight.
Purchase the wisp toothbrushes that come with toothpaste already installed. Buy a packet of facial wipes. Take a last visit to the bathroom before landing to wash up, brush your teeth, comb your hair and prepare for your day. No matter how tired you are or how long the flight, the refreshment of a small amount of grooming helps energize you and get you ready to face your journey's destination. Just avoid changing clothes. It never turns out well unless you're David Spade in Tommy Boy…
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The 10 Most Underrated TV Comedies of All Time
10. Sullivan and Son
This working class comedy executive-produced by Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley is fraught with all the non-PC ethnic and sexual humor you'd hear in a working class, Irish-Korean, middle-American bar like the one in the show. Created by Korean American actor/comedian Steve Byrne and Cheers writer Rob Long, the TBS sitcom reminds you that some jokes are still OK to crack. The stellar cast features Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) and comic genius Brian Doyle-Murray, along with Christine Ebersole and Owen Benjamin, who portray the drop-dead hysterical mother-son dependent duo Carol and Owen Walsh.
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5 Items of Lingerie That I Don't Understand
It's wedding season, which means my roommate and I have been shopping for gifts to give our female friends at their bachelorette parties. It's a fine line to walk — you want to give her something racy that everyone can giggle at (and that she might realistically wear), but not SO outrageous that it makes her and everyone around uncomfortable. We're not prudes, but we're not getting anyone a ball gag, either.
Fortunately it's also the season of the lingerie sale (probably not coincidentally) so we've had ample browsing opportunities. A few items, though, just made me scratch my head. How do you put it on, or get it off? How is that remotely comfortable, or sexy? What does it mean?! I invite you, dear readers, to investigate each case with me. Can you explain this lingerie to me?
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10 Things Hannah's Pants Did Without Her
Hi lovely readers! I'm so happy, I wanted to share the news with all of you: I've just entered freelance life. Yes, I actually chose this — worked quite hard, in fact, to earn this freedom. My mom has been sharing with me the lessons she's learned over several decades of freelance work: don't undersell yourself; create a schedule for your day; put your clothes and makeup on every morning to make yourself feel focused and ready to work.
So no, I haven't been living the pants-optional life. Okay, I'm wearing shorts most days. Sometimes yoga leggings. This has raised the question among some of my brilliant colleagues here on the blog: what do Hannah's business pants do without her?
Rather than leave their curiosity unsatisfied, I present the world with the following list. Think of it as a day in the life of Hannah's pants.
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Clickhole, the Onion's New Parody Site, is Hilarious.
Go visit Clickhole to see ten chairs that think they're people and to find out whether you'd share some french fries.
That the Onion decided to launch this site shows how much the Internet has changed – and whether that change is good or bad has yet to be determined. Still, it's a good thing that it's getting satirized — especially since the "content" style of blogging can generate some, well, amusing posts, such as when this writer discovered the existence of genre conventions.
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The 10 Most Cringe-Worthy TV Flops
We've all heard of the horrors of Cop Rock and Manimal, but after receiving a reader tip on one of their worst TV shows of all time, I did some digging and uncovered these utterly classic samples of bad television that would make great material for Joel McHale or the cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
10. Bucky and Pepito (1959)
Produced by Sam Singer, "The Ed Wood of Animation," Bucky and Pepito was a typical story of an "ambitious" white cowboy and his "lazy" (literally, they sing about it in the theme song) Mexican buddy trolling the old west on a zero budget. According to Toonopedia, "Cartoon historian Harry McCracken once said the pair 'set a standard for awfulness that no contemporary TV cartoon has managed to surpass. They were great at what they did, which was being bad.'" Thanks to Bucky and Pepito, cartoonists have debated creating a Sam Singer Award for truly bad animation.
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Jane the Virgin: The CW's Take on 'Immaculate' Conception
The CW is planning to add Jane the Virgin to its fall lineup. Based on a Venezuelan telenovela of the same name, Jane the Virgin is about an intentionally virginal girl who is "accidentally artificially inseminated" by her OB-GYN:
Jane stars Gina Rodriguez (Filly Brown) as a hard-working, devout Latina who is kind of hoping her boyfriend proposes — though she's a little worried he'll get down on one knee so she'll finally agree to do the deed. When a mix-up at the OB-GYN leads to that artificial insemination plot line, Jane must choose whether to keep the baby — and whether to let the handsome father into her life.
Aside from containing a number of Spanish stereotypes, including the paranoid grandmother putting the fear of God into her pre-teen daughter ("Once you lose your virginity, you can never go back!") to a cast of overtly sexualized Latinas, the show appears to be a platform for some long overdue, serious conversation regarding abortion. However, the show sounds eerily like one of the most famously influential and revered plot lines in the West's repertoire, leaving one to wonder how a primarily Protestant audience might handle a story that's been a hit in a Catholic country.
When it comes to the primarily pathetic representation of Latinas on television (does Sofia Vergara have to do it all?) at least Jane the Virgin appears to lack the typical trashiness of Devious Maids.
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Senior Yearbook Quote Nearly Gets Girl Banned From Graduation
The senior quote. You only get one chance to encapsulate your high school career in a few words. Do you go with something profound? Or funny? Do you make the Oscar speech you'll never otherwise get to make? Do you quote a famous movie character or historical figure? Do you go with something clever and awesome, or do you just express your desire to party?
The biggest problem with the senior quote is that it's forever. If you say something dumb, it's right there in the yearbook for the school to remember forever. (For some reason, the yearbook staff inadvertently left mine out. I had gone all literary with a quote from Laurel Lee's Godspeed*.)
Then there's Paris Gray. The senior at Mundy's Mill High School in Clayton County, just south of Atlanta, went with a little "nerd humor" for her quote, which wound up getting her in trouble.
Her quote? "When the going gets tough, just remember to Barium Carbon Potassium Thorium Astatine Arsenic Sulfur Uranium Phosphorus." For those of you who aren't up on your periodic table, the symbol for those elements translate to:
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The Ultimate TV Geek
CNN reports on Eretz Nehederet, Marcus's first creation.
Omri Marcus is the #1 TV Geek you've never heard of. An Israeli journalist-turned-hit TV comedy writer, Marcus made it big thanks to his scientific understanding of comedy, a theory he delves into in a recent interview with Tablet magazine. The dialogue provides a fascinating look at Israeli television, an industry still cutting its teeth thanks to decades of gross nationalization. Until the introduction of foreign channels, the country lived off of one government-run station that began broadcasting in 1968. Color transmissions, a topic of great bureaucratic battles, didn't begin until 1983. Hitting the industry on the cusp of change, Marcus, 34, helped launch the nation's greatest comedy hit Eretz Nehederet (This Wonderful Country – think: SNL meets The Daily Show) from a hall closet next to a ladies' bathroom. Now he's sought out by TV execs around the globe.
Not ironically (he is a comedian, after all) Marcus made a funny observation about the one thing all TV writers' rooms have in common:
"One of the best things about my work is that I've been to so many writer's rooms all around the world and they're basically the same anywhere," Marcus said. "They are all dominated by a group of neurotic Jews. You know, my dream is to create the world's largest Jewish writers' room: German Jews and British Jews and American Jews and Israelis, all sitting together and writing jokes about how they're not getting laid."
So, do Jews run TV? Not quite:
"The fact that the world is this global village allows you to reduce the risks in making TV," Marcus said. "You learn a lot from other countries, and we are all, after all, just storytellers. The stories we tell may differ in details, but they should all be appealing, with well-crafted characters, leaving viewers feeling as if they've spent their time wisely watching your show. By learning from each other, we're able to create great, longer-lasting, and more meaningful content."
Along with developing a rather scientific dating game involving Google glasses, the Huff-Po contributor maintains BizarreTV, a Facebook page where he chronicles the strangest television shows he's encountered around the globe. My personal favorite is While You Were Sleeping:
How would you feel if you woke up in the middle of the night and discovered that you're in the middle of a TV game show? 'While You Were Sleeping' is the first game show that gives you money while you're fast asleep! In each episode one couple plays for a chance to win a cash prize. The twist – only one partner knows what's going on! To stay in the game they must answer the trivia questions correctly, or risk performing a crazy and hilarious challenge – without waking up their partner!
Other shows featured include The Shower, in which contestants sing in the shower before a live studio audience, Guys in Disguise, a dating show that requires a woman to choose from 2 secret admirers dressed in bizarre costumes and I Wanna Marry "Harry" a new FOX dating game featuring a Prince Harry lookalike.
Currently working under an exclusive, multi-year deal with European media conglomerate ProSieben, chances are Marcus's shows will be hitting American shores for decades to come.
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Alan and Emma are married! Here are a few shots from her bridal session.
Remember Kim and Cooper? We had so much fun at Shelley's session, Kim wanted to book us for her senior pictures. Luckily, her boyfriend, Kelly, joined us making this a double senior session.
You remember them, right?
Me! Yep, my journey at TSU has lasted a little longer than I had anticipated but, God is faithful and has a plan of His own. I am SO thankful for my extended education at Tarleton. Without it, I would have missed out on: making some of the best friends I will ever have, being placed with the most amazing mentor teacher EVER, experiences that strengthened my faith and changed the way I live life…
What I learned from this experience: God's plan for me far exceeds my plan for myself. I am thankful that He leads me.
When I asked Rachel's mom (and one of my TSU professors) to describe her daughter to me, she mentioned: her beautiful eyes, her mastery of the messy bun, and a fedora. After hearing this description, I knew this was going to be a fun session.
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Named for "The Angel of the Mining Camp" and Arizona's oldest club for women, Nellie Cashman's Monday Club Café offers casual dining for breakfast, lunch and dinner. With an emphasis on locally-grown produce, the inventive menu is inspired by the culinary trends made popular during early Arizona's mining heyday. Examples include a Dutch-oven daily special, a selection of stir-fry dishes that pay homage to the Chinese cooks who worked in mining camps and various savory barbecue dishes featuring pulled pork, ribs and beef brisket. Floor-to-ceiling windows create a bright indoor setting and seating is also available outdoors in the adjacent Dreamweaver's Canyon courtyard, which provides views of the Kierland Golf Course and McDowell Mountains.
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I'm hesitant to get into political discussion, but the turmoil back in Washington hopefully could soften by the time this column is published.
However, during the political standoff I have heard a few comments that I feel "hit the nail on the head."
One individual commented that it's time for our Senate and Congress to begin representing the wishes of people and what's best for our nation instead of what's best for the Republican and Democrat party. Prior to the government shutdown and government debt ceiling, another political writer stated, "Congress and Senate will again push the 'reset button' on debt ceiling and move on for a few more months and push 'reset' still again"
If you think this current political battle is something new, I happened to come across a campaign publication prior to the 1952 election of Eisenhower vs. Stevenson. In fact, the pre-election political issues apparently haven't changed much in the past 61 years.
Excerpts from the 1952 publication warn of economic storms ahead: "Many economists say our so-called prosperity is based on the quicksands of war, preparation for greater wars, government handouts, grants, loans, subsidies and wasteful spending. Government debt has to be paid sometime. Unemployment in February 1950 was 4,684,000 – the highest since August, 1941 and unemployment in 1952 creates more hardships than unemployment in 1932."
And finally the last comment: "We owe the change back there on Capitol Hill to our children and our grandchildren, who in the final analysis will be the sufferers through the loss of the kind of America our grandfathers and fathers handed down to us."That's enough of politics.
***The 87th annual Neiman Marcus Christmas Book and its fantasy gifts were unveiled this past week in Dallas. There are 500 suggested gifts in the 175-page catalog and 40 percent of the items are priced under $250. Of course that leaves 60 percent of the items above $250 . . . and some of those are WELL ABOVE!
I've never ordered any gifts from the catalog and hopefully the betterhalf never sees one of those catalogs. I don't want to disappoint her this Christmas, but I must warn her she will not receive one of the 10 specially made Aston Martin autos selling for $344,250 each. The betterhalf will also not find a $1.85 million 25-carat diamond along with the trip for a private viewing of the Crown Jewels and dinner in the Tower of London.
But, please don't feel too sorry for my betterhalf. She still has a chance for the catalog's monogrammed mug that costs $12. But, I wonder if that includes shipping?
RL Furse is publisher emeritus of the News-Register
Collectors, hobbyists and sportsmen draw lots of criticism for the amount of money they spend fulfilling their passions. Whether that passion is for classic automobiles, coins, sports equipment or antique furniture, critics marvel at the high dollars an enthusiast is willing to spend.
The car action that drew more than 10,000 spectators to Pierce, Neb., was a fine example of those deep-pocket buyers. A 1958 Chevrolet pickup with 1.3 original miles sold for $140,000 and even had the New Hampshire buyer wondering why he spent that much money. If he's wondering can you imagine what his wife might say? I would guess he could soften her criticism if he would point out a Mercedes-Benz pedigree race car sold at auction a year earlier for $29.6 million.
Around the conservative Midwest here, few local car enthusiasts go above the five-figure mark when buying a collector car. That dollar limit saves a lot of explaining to their better halves and keeps the homefronts fairly peaceful.
Guns, golf clubs and fishing gear comprise the items that seem to suck that extra money out of Midwest pockets. Those easy-spend items are ones that draw little trouble at home, particularly if your better half also plays golf, hunts or fishes. That must be the reason why I made the effort to interest my better half in fishing.
The only drawback to our joint fishing effort is the fact if I purchase gear it's ditto for her, too. It also doesn't mean doubling the fishing expenses necessarily doubles the fun, or the catch. On the plus side, it was an easy sell several years ago to convince the better half we needed to trade the old fishing boat with bench seats for a newer boat with cushioned seats and a windshield. In later years it was easier to buy an electronic fish finder, an electric trolling motor and a newer boat lift. My easiest expenditure to explain to her was the need for an electric fillet knife guaranteeing I would clean all fish if she would cook 'em.
I always had trouble understanding why a golfer needed a couple of sets of golf clubs and a golf cart if he was playing the sport for exercise. A golfer cleared up my puzzlement by asking the simple question: "Why do you need three or four fishing poles and a boat when you can use only one pole at a time and could fish from a river bank?"
Priorities change too when you become a collector, hobbyist or sportsman. I recall visiting with a Minnesota bait shop owner who had been in business for at least four decades. I had forgotten and gone to her shop without my money clip and had only a credit card and a check. She told me she would not accept credit cards but would take my check even though it was an out-of-state check. As I made out the check I was puzzled and asked: "Why would you accept my out-of-state check instead of the credit card?"
She said she had received only three bad checks in 40 years in business and found credit card company fees too expensive. Then she continued by saying, "You know people who fish will want to have good credit with me even though they might proceed to bounce a check when paying their rent or making a car payment."
That statement tells us something of the power of a hobby.
We read where that a couple of monkeys were kidnapped from Doniphan and since have been returned. That reminded me of a recent monkey tale (tail?)
There had been an atomic war and all human beings and animal life were dead, except one monkey in one cave. He began searching for a companion. He traveled for days and finally he found a lady monkey who was very lonesome and glad to see him.
As a sign of her welcome she offered him an apple. But he said, "No, No. Let's not start that all over again."* * *Remember when geographical regions were plainly described? The areas were simply East, West, North and South. First, we added Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest, etc. Now when weather reports refer to Midwest, mountain states, plain states, coastal states, upper Midwest, panhandle, south central, etc., I have trouble deciding which area I live in. Gosh! A guy lives in simple Nebraska and still has to decipher where he lives after watching the weather report.* * *I attended the Plainsman Museum "Day on the Farm" fundraiser this past Sunday. Now I must admit, even though I married a farmer's daughter, I am not familiar with all the farm techniques and equipment. However, when touring the museum it's not difficult to realize, even as a novice, I was getting older when I recalled much of the farm equipment displayed I actually had witnessed in use on farms many years ago. And in reference to those farmer's daughters, the one I married taught me a lot about farm life and many other things, too.
Now don't get alarmed. The farmer's daughter I married maintains after 54 years of marriage what many farm wives do today. She serves at least one meal a day that must consist of plenty of meat, potatoes, veggies and dessert. That meal also must have enough on the table for one more serving because an unexpected guest might stop by.* * * The other day a youngster asked his mother this question: "If the Lord gives us our daily bread ... and Santa Claus brings us the Christmas presents ... and the stork brings the babies, then what's the use of having dad around?"* * * It's been said men may take up the law, but women lay it down!
I'm a little late on this subject that should have been published prior to Grandparents Day, but all us grandpas keep our grandkids in mind every day, no matter how old they are ... or how old we are.
Everyone, including grandmas too, also give grandkids strong priority. That's why I enjoyed this comment from a grandpa whose grandson was visiting him.
The grandson asked, "Grandpa, do you know how you and God are alike?"
Grandpa mentally polished his halo and then asked the grandson, "No. How are we alike?" The grandson replied, "You're both old."
While on the grandparent subject, here are some other grandchildren thoughts we picked up:
What a bargain grandchildren are. I give them my loose change and they give me a million dollars worth of pleasure.
Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because grandpas have only so many horsey rides to give them.
Grandmas never run out of cookies or treats.
My grandsons believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. After two or three hours with them, I believe it too!
Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old.
It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you become one.
Grandmas hold those tiny hands for just a little while, but grandchildren remain in our hearts forever."***
It's been a tough couple of weeks for the Husker faithful and I must admit the betterhalf kept her loyalty to Big Red. Her loyalty never waned even when I complained the Husker team and fans both were both wearing black for that @%# UCLA game. I told her all that black was a bad omen signifying we were dressing for a funeral. Little did we know the next few days a game loss was only just a part of the headline makin's.
I found it interesting as soon as Dr. Tom Osborne strongly backed Coach Pelini and said he was aware a year ago of his controversial private comments, the controversy mellowed; the bulk of criticism fell; and Husker Nation still remained as one of the best in football. Ah, Dr. Tom, you are still an influential and respected figure!
It's been quite common among law enforcement people to hear unbelievable excuses for speeding and other minor traffic violations. In fact, I've heard some excuses were so unbelievable that an officer said no one could make up such an excuse unless it was true, and then issued only a warning.
Prior to a recent Nebraska football game, we heard such type of a story not involving a traffic violation but, from a California hitchhiker who was talking with an attendant in the Nebraska Press parking lot.
The Californian had asked if there was any way to get a bottle of water. The attendant went into the office and brought him two -- compliments of house. The attendant then related the "rest of the story" to me.
That morning the man had arrived in Lincoln after hitchhiking all the way from California. He had left on the previous Wednesday and thumbed rides to Lincoln arriving the day of the game to watch his son play for the Cornhuskers. Unfortunately, he had exited his ride at the Ninth Street exit on I-80 and misunderstood the stadium was at the east edge of Lincoln. He walked nearly 30 blocks before realizing his mistake and eventually arrived back near the stadium via a patron who leases space in the parking lot.
We do not know if he visited his son prior to game time, but we do know the hiker came back to the parking lot near the end of the game and asked the attendant if he could use the office restroom and change his shirt that was in his knapsack. The Californian then continued by telling the attendant a Nebraska gentleman was buying him a bus ticket to Grand Island while another generous Nebraskan had arranged to get him an airline ticket from G.I. back to the West Coast.
Now the real question comes whether this is just a tall tale or has credence. I would hope the Californian was telling the truth. We do know there are many Nebraskan who would be willing to help a stranger in such a situation. However, it makes me have a guilty feeling when the question of "truth or tale" enters my mind. On the other hand, it would have taken a lot of imagination to make up a story such as this and maybe the Californian should be writing novels.Thank goodness my children are grown and the tooth fairy has long abandoned them. I just read where the tooth fairy now is delivering under the pillows nearly $4 per trip. That's a 23 percent jump in just a year and a 42 percent spike from 2011. Take heart, that near $4 is the national average. In the Midwest, kids average $3.30 per tooth. It's been a good year for growing tomatoes. One Auroran reported to a friend he grew a tomato with a diameter of 13-inches. The friend was not able to verify the tomato's span because he didn't see it. Tomato fans may want to keep an eye out for the grower at the next farmer's market.


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