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aerobics (W3)

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I Am Poseidon! God of the Sea! I Also Teach Water Aerobics On Saturdays.

"arm aerobics", "wrist aerobics" (masturbation)

Old English Aerobics
Old English Aerobics is an anthology of Old English texts and a collection of on-line exercises, all keyed to Peter S. Baker, Introduction to Old English (Oxford: Blackwell, 2003). This site is under construction: usable, but please excuse the dust.

• New, in progress: The Old English Aerobics Workbook
• The Old English Aerobics Anthology
• The Old English Aerobics Glossary
• The Workout Room (obsolete)

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History
Both the term and the specific exercise method were developed by Dr. Kenneth Cooper, M.D., an exercise physiologist, and Col. Pauline Potts, a physical therapist, both of the United States Air Force. Dr. Cooper, an avowed exercise enthusiast, was personally and professionally puzzled about why some people with excellent muscular strength were still prone to poor performance at tasks such as long-distance running, swimming, and bicycling. He began measuring systematic human performance using a bicycle ergometer, and began measuring sustained performance in terms of a person's ability to use oxygen. His groundbreaking book, "Aerobics", was published in 1968, and included scientific exercise programs using running, walking, swimming and bicycling. The book came at a fortuitous historical moment, when increasing weakness and inactivity in the general population was causing a perceived need for increased exercise. It became a bestseller. Cooper's data provided the scientific baseline for almost all modern aerobics programs, most of which are based on oxygen-consumption equivalency.
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griech. "aerobios", "aerobi-" = engl. "living in air", "aerobic", "aerobics", "aerobiology", "anaerobic"

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cadillac trot (W3)

centralhome - The History of Dance
Tanz-Lexikon

A brief history of ballroom, breakdance, country, fad, flamenco, jazz and Latin dance, salsa, swing, tango and western.

• Argentine Tango - history of Argentine Tango and Milonga.
• Argentine Tango History - Milonga and Argentine Tango history by Mike Higgins
• Breakdance - traces the origins of break dance.
• Cha Cha - history of cha cha.
• Disco - history of disco dancing.
• Flamenco and the Spanish Gypsy - History of Flamenco Dance & Music.
• Foxtrot - history of foxtrot.
• Jazz - history of jazz dancing.
• Mambo - history of mambo.
• Merengue - history of merengue dancing.
• Peabody - history of peabody.
• Polka - history of polka.
• Rumba - history of rumba dancing.
• Salsa - history of salsa dancing.
• Samba - history of samba.
• Swing - history of swing dance and Lindy Hop.
• Tango - history of tango dancing.
• Twist - history of the twist.
• Waltz - history of waltz dance.
• Western - history of country western dancing - two step, cowboy waltz, western swing and polka.

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The figurative use was popularized during the Gulf War by General H. Norman Schwartzkopf, who compared a flanking maneuver to the football play in a 1991 press briefing.

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Dance History Archives

• Actors / Actresses / Celebrities: (Many celebrities were very accomplished dancers and well some were not. This section has some singled out. Someday I will get around to updating it. Most however are in the dancers section below as well as these listed here.)
• Balls / Spectacles: (This section deals with Balls, Grand Balls, Presidential Balls and Spectacles. It s not complete but has many listed).
• Ballrooms / Night Clubs: (This section deals with some info and pictures when available of a Ballroom or Night Club that hosted dancing).
• Bulletin Board / Forum (New): (If you are looking for some information that isn't available here, try posting it in our Bulletin Boards History section on our Forum. Looking to buy something or have something to sell that is related to dance history there is a section for that as well). Due to spamming you will have to register (its free and no tracking of you).
• Burlesque: (Our Burlesquesection has many Burlesque dancers and some subsequent info, Videos, Bios, Etcetera. No nudity but does have some Risque' photos like the one shown).
• Costume Books and others for $ale: (This is not a historical section. But we put it here as many people are looking historically for costume ideas. So we thought it couldn't hurt and by the amount of people who click here, We think you agree).
• Dance Contests: (Harvest Moon Ball has it's own section below. This section deals with dance contests that we have info on). If you have some to share please do.)
• Dance and Related Facts: (This section is only one or two pages and is text only. Deals with stuff like when the Automobile, Saxophone, Piano, Microphone etcetera was invented).
• Dance Marathons: (This Section deals with Dance Marathon Information as well as Dancers, Locations, Photo's etcetera).
• Dance Movies List: (Ahhh, dance Movies are a source of great information on dances gone by, dancers past and present, Costumes, designs, Choreography and so much more. Most are available for purchase). For Swing Dance Films click here: Swing Films.
• Dance Posters etc.: (I love collecting dance posters when affordable. Plus they are a great historical source of information. Some are available thru All-Posters and others so if I have found them to be available I have supplied a link).
• Dance Styles: (This section deals with all types and styles of Dances. There are Hundreds of dances listed with any information I have on those dances.)
• Dance Terms: (This section deals with historic dance terms as many have changed today and some are the same. Some are Greek and French as well as English. Many dance treatise mention these terms and sometimes we need to look them up to see what they meant when describing a dance movement).
• Dancers / Performers: (The Dancers section has thousands of dancers listed, mainly before 1960 as the newer dancers will come later. Some of these dancers go back to B.C.)
• Harvest Moon Ball Contests: (The Harvest Moon Ball is listed by each year where I have gathered information. If you have any corrections or printed facts [like a program page, actual person, family member etc] on who won/placed/danced please pass it along for others).
• Hellzapoppin': (This Page lists Information on the Play rather than the movie, but it has some info on the movie as well).
• Plays / Musicals: (Well, this is what it says. This section deals with Broadway type plays and Musicals).
• Quotes on Dance: (We run across these from time to time with information on its origin, so we thought we would write em down).
• Religious Verses and Mythology: (Has many Religious verses and Mythology (think Greek) information on dances and dancers, both real and mythical).
• Savoy Battles Savoy Battle of Bands: (Has a little information on this subject, I have been focusing on other parts in this Site for the time being)
• Sheet Music: (If it wasn't for sheet music some of the dances might be myths. These are dance realted covers only, and not the printed music notations but we have added 'Sheet Music Plus' if your looking for the musical notation as well).
• Timelines - Dances: (This is one long page. Takes about 12 pages to print. These dances are listed by date as well as a few historical timelines inserted to give an idea of the time period. These dates are subject to change as I come across updated information. Dates may not be exact, but pretty close on most).
• Troupes / Dance Groups: (This Section is one page but links to many others. These are any dance group of three or more. Some are also in the dancers section so try there first).

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Dickson, Paul (Autor)
The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary

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Baseball is an etymologist's delight. The game coins words and phrases faster than Mark McGwire hits home runs ("a.k.a. dingers", "taters", "round-trippers", "four-baggers"), and much of what begins as baseball-specific verbiage seeps into common usage. But why exactly is a high, lazy fly ball called "a can of corn", a pop-up that falls between the infield and the outfield a "Texas leaguer", a vicious curveball "Uncle Charlie", a poke that bounces off the plate a "Baltimore chop", and the minor leagues "the bushes"? Paul Dickson explains them - and about 7.000 more terms and expressions, names and events - in a wide-ranging work that's as much fun to browse through as it is specifically useful. Like its 1989 predecessor (which only sent 5.000 entries to the plate), the Dickson Baseball Dictionary arranges everything alphabetically, supplies definitions, offers examples, provides cross-references, and, most fascinating of all, traces word and phrase origins. As references go, it brings out the "lumber", looks "yard", and pretty much "touches 'em all".
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