Red State Update
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Red State Update Nashville Waistlines to Grace A Small Screen Near You
Posted by Jonathan Meador on Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Nashville's efforts to combat obesity will be featured in an upcoming HBO documentary highlighting nationwide efforts to battle our collective bulge.
From the press release:
Three years in the making, the series spotlights the causes of America's obesity epidemic — showing how obesity affects the health of the nation and cripples the health care system, and shedding light on solutions to restore our individual and collective health.
The efforts of Mayor Dean to address the obesity epidemic in Nashville, including his highly-successful "Walk 100 Miles with the Mayor" campaign, are featured in Part 4 of the film series. In addition, Nashville was the only city to be the subject of one of the 12 bonus short films produced for the series.Bringing together the nation's leading research institutions, THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION is a presentation of HBO Documentary Films and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente. The film series comprises four documentary films that will premiere on HBO on May 14 and 15, a three part "The Weight Of The Nation For Kids series" including one airing May 16, 12 bonus shorts, a social media campaign, a book published by St. Martin's Press and a nationwide community based outreach campaign to support the initiative.
TCAP will host a Nashville premiere for a screening of the Nashville portion of the series, as well as a Music City-centric short film titled “Nashville Takes Action: A City Battles Obesity," on April 16. Attendees will also get a chance to speak with the Nashvillians depicted in the documentary after the screening.
The documentary arrives on the heels of a 2012 Gallup-Healthways poll that reveals Tennessee's well-being index remains in the bottom 10 in the nation. According to the most recent data from the Center for Disease Control, the vast majority of Tennessee counties (Davidson included) maxed out on an age adjusted scale for percentage of obese adults.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Red State Update George Zimmerman's Other 911 Calls
Posted by Jim Ridley on Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:06 AM
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Red State Update Rush Limbaugh Sings 'I Am Woman' to Sandra Fluke
Posted by Jim Ridley on Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 7:00 AM
Oh. My. God. And while we're on the subject ... no, no, I just can't.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Red State Update Tennessee: Where Evolution Is Optional
Posted by Jonathan Meador on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:01 PM
While it might be something of a misnomer to say that Tennesseans have opted out of the evolutionary process altogether (maybe), it's far more accurate to say that, as far as school learnin' goes, Tennesseans don't take kindly to the idea that human beings are descended from our extinct simian cousins.
In fact, we don't really take to it at all because it's not mandatory to learn in the first place in the state's school system.
Indeed, that evolution is only taught in high school biology classes as an elective is just one factor contributing to Tennessee's recent "D" grade from the obviously liberal and elitist Thomas B. Fordham Institute, whose "State of State Science Standards 2012" report found all manner of flaws with the dissemination of scientific methodology and information in the Volunteer State's classrooms.
American science performance is lagging as the economy becomes increasingly high tech, but our current science standards are doing little to solve the problem. Reviewers evaluated science standards for every state for this report and their findings were deeply troubling: The majority of states earned Ds or Fs for their standards in this crucial subject, with only six jurisdictions receiving As....
The Tennessee science standards are clearly written—but their linguistic clarity too often is undermined by statements that are so broad they starve the passages of meaning. To make matters more confusing, Tennessee offers a bewildering array of high school courses. Taken together, these drawbacks make it impossible to infer what a student in the Volunteer State will know (or at least be expected to know) upon graduation.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Red State Update Mitt Romney Hates Old People, Wins Florida Anyway
Posted by Jim Ridley on Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:19 PM
"Newt Gingrich looks like a Hardee's Breakfast golem breathed to life by a black-magic Martha White."
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Red State Update A Report on the South Carolina Debate, from Red State Update's Kitchen
Posted by Jim Ridley on Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:45 PM
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Red State Update Santorum Loves Made-Up Gay Son
Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Thursday, January 5, 2012
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