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Institute of Medicine: Gym Class Tests Like “Sit-And-Reach” Not Worth It
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Sarah Kliff from Wonkblog reports:
They find, in a 230-page report out Thursday, that as many a middle school student may have long suspected, there’s barely any evidence that most of these tests predict better health outcomes later in life.
“The committee’s review of the scientific literature revealed that studies on fitness measures for youth often were not designed to answer questions related to understanding the relationships between fitness measures and health across all ages, genders, and racial/ethnic populations.”
The committee came out especially strong against flexibility tests, things like attempting to touch one’s toes while sitting — the dreaded “sit and reach,” that has vexed many inflexible eighth graders. Due to a “lack of evidence for an association between flexibility tests and health outcomes,” it recommends against “including such tests” in any national guidelines for physical fitness testing.
Sit-ups, a measure of “musculoskeletal fitness,” also don’t fit the criteria for actually measuring that form of muscular fitness properly, the Institute reports.
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All I remember is that Middle School Gym Class was fucking terrible. And that, by High School, they stopped caring and let us play Badminton all day.
Cornell Gangnam Style Flash Mob Dance Party
Clantily Scad Comment of the Year Award 2012
Clantily Scad’s Comment of the Year Award, which I just made up even though the year isn’t over, goes to RM for his or her comment on my post “Pugs are Ugly Motherfuckers.”
RM:
I had to google “pugs are fucking ugly” just to see how many people shared my sentiments. Dishearteningly and unfathomably, it seems that people mostly refer to pugs as “cute”, or at worst “cute in an ugly way”.
I’m not sure whether the people are near blind, semi retarded or a combination of the two… But I am sure that pugs are the ugliest, nastiest, most grotesque and vile little balls of shit in the entire animal kingdom… And this is coming from a vegetarian who wouldn’t even hurt a fly. In fact, I have an easier time encompassing cockroaches into my circle of compassion than even attempting to scrape together an iota of love, or even tolerance for the horrific monstrosity that is the pug.
Now I’m not a completely cynical bastard, so I’ll try to end on a positive note. For a very, very brief time when pugs are puppies, there is the tiniest (and I mean tiniest) hint of cuteness in their faces. But as I said, this is only for an extremely brief time. The moment they age beyond 3 weeks, they start going downhill… Fast. It’s not long at all before they look like a cross between Gollum and a wart infested anus. Complete with a pair of absolutely terrifying, arse ugly, yet comically hilarious “googly eyeballs”.
Finally, as if their ghastly appearance wasn’t enough… Their habits are putrid. 99% of their wretched lives consist of making obnoxious, stomach turning slurping, grunting and snorting sounds.
Down with pugs. Foul beasts.
I need to go Youtube some Welsh Corgi videos to get those images of Pugs out of my head.
Congrats, RM! You win absolutely nothing except a nod of approval.
Mike from Breaking Bad in 1974 Educational Menstruation Video
Jonathan Banks, better known as Mike the Hitman from Breaking Bad, plays an awkward teenage boy in this sometimes creepy and sometimes sexist period PSA from almost 40 years ago.
^screenshot creepy doctor, not Mike.
“I got my first period today.”
“So what’s the big deal?”
“It means that blood is flowing out of my uterus!”
“Oh.” Mike looks confused and disgusted.
Later, when swimming plans go awry do to a thunderstorm, Johnny (Mike) asks his girlfriend with all earnestness (10:16), “Do you think your period could be causing the rain?”
Hilarious video. Ah, high school in the 70s. Ah, Mike from Breaking Bad.
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Fun fact: Aaron Paul, otherwise known as Jesse Pinkman, was cast as that rebellious punk kid in 90s cereal commercials.
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IPhone watercolor case
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3. George Takei – I really hope I’m as hip as George Takei when I’m 75.
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Original concept: Comedian Keith Lowell Jensen, Sacramento CA
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Police Shut Down Trojan Vibrations Free Vibrator Carts in Manhattan
Line for the Trojan cart minutes before it was shut down by the police. -photo by Flagrant Bagel.
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Free Vibrator Day turned out to be a bust, with Trojan apparently failing to get the proper permits. The Gothamist has more:
Free Vibrator Giveaway Cock-Blocked By Mayor’s Office
Samantha Kahn: will you add an extra one tomorrow to make up for the shut down of the 4-6 in the flatiron
Francis Botero: Looks like you got people waiting at 14th street.
Lory Moralesz: ya should come to BROOKLYN! 😀
Candice Hall: Po po shut them down around Flatiron. Should have started a chant–“2, 4, 6, 8. We have the right to masturbate!”
Elvis Camilo Teran: A guy passed by and said it was canceled. He was driving the truck, he wouldn’t give them out. He said he had a full truck. Gotta wait until tomorrow I guess.
Laura Stewart: 250 people left left waiting…no orgasms in sight. Thanks a lot Trojan. Next time we’ll use Lelo. Spread the word.
Francis Botero: You guys have a lot of sexually frustrated people down in the meatpacking district
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God Hates Figs
Matthew 21:18-19
New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree
18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.
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Guys, I think that using the NIV’s interpretation of the script we can put this Westboro Baptist shit to rest now. They just misread their own book. Honest mistake.
Any reasonable person would protest a soldier’s funeral or burn down a fig farm.
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