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I had some online CPE courses to do the other day. As a lawyer, it’s mandatory that we take continuing professional education. Online CPE courses are excellent, because I usually get do attend on my own schedule. There are some courses which are available live only, almost the same as a normal class taken at a college except conducted over the internet, taking advantage of that medium’s exponentially greater reach but little else.

But these are quite the exception, and typically only available this way as a result of copyright concerns. I usually avoid these kinds of continuing professional education courses unless the lecturer happens to be some hot-shot lawyer or the material is especially interesting to me.

To me, the main benefit of online CPE courses is how it’s possible to go at one’s personal pace. And as a third-year associate at one of the largest corporate law firms in the world, believe me when I say how much I appreciate that convenience! I work sixty to seventy-hour weeks, including weekends of course, and that’s not even considering all the years of studying I’ve already gone through: by now I have twenty-some-odd years of schooling – considerably much more than two whole thirds of my life!

So anything that lets me take it easy a little is most desired, and being able to pursue continuing professional education over the worldwide web makes a bad situation a little better.

I mean, I really do not want to do it – but it is a requirement for periodic relicensing as an attorney, and i am not ready to quit the profession just yet, if ever – so being able to at least take my time with it takes some of the onerousness out of it all. Plus, sometimes it’s free if it’s a pilot course, an experimental course for which I receive free CPE credits in exchange for providing some feedback, making things even less onerous!

New York is one tough town. And it prides itself on its cut-throat lifestyle, even when the number of charities blossom as nowhere else. The serial success story that is Zalman Silber is an example of the businessman-turned-philanthropist. But isn’t it ironic that a place which worships material success gained by one’s teeth and nails, as it were, should find itself so concerned about appearing charitable, too? As if the rich are secretly embarrassed by their fortunes – as if Balzac was right, that “behind every great fortune lies a great crime,” or as if Jesus was correct, that “it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle….”

As if, to be frank about it, the rich give in order to assuage their guilt.

What is it about this world that should so often find the elevated so close to the base? One can observe dichotomies existing side-by-side, many times in peace and, even, complete ignorance of one another, even in New York, even in the 21st Century.

And one wonders if such philanthropy, targeted towards one’s own community, set up to benefit one’s own interests, are perfectly true acts of charity or just another way in which the ego manages to further inflate itself.

Such issues, of course, likely do not concern those like Zalman Silber, who give freely as they please and couldn’t care less about such quibbles. Indeed, it is safe to say that for those who do have the funds to give, giving is a pleasure in itself – akin to any other form of spending money.

Now that’s not as cynical as it may sound at first. For spending money is a form of experiencing one’s own power, one’s own ability to produce satisfaction and pleasure. It may well lead to egotism, and it often does, to be sure – but at its root is a simple human joy at being able to affect one’s surroundings, one’s world. It is the same joy that accompanies a child who can crawl, then walk, then run, then ride a bicycle, then drive a car, then pilot a boat or helicopter or airplane. The proper spending of money can be life-enhancing in a very deep way, far more so than the mere accumulation of creature comforts. The proper spending of money – as in charitable donations – allows one to give of oneself, in a sense, a very important sense. For money is power, and in cases of honest work to give money is to have given of one’s time and one’s very life – the time spent earning the money, the life devoted to productive work.

And such is, as the humanist Erich Fromm had noted in his many works on human psychology and human society, the most demeaning aspect of poverty, that one cannot give of oneself. For it is not he who has much, but he who gives much, that is rich – and yet, to give requires one to first have! And it is the misfortune of the poor that they can scarcely provide for themselves, never mind share with others – though, strangely enough, survey after survey has found that the less money one has, the greater a percentage of one’s income tends to be given away in charity. It is as if the poor know something which escapes the rich. It is as if the New York of lights and smiles is unaware of something so basic that it can only be known to those whose lives involve the basics and no luxuries.

Surgical masks are most often worn by health professionals, but in several Asian countries they are worn simply as a way of protecting oneself from the smog, a common problem in that part of the world. Asians also wear surgical masks when sick in order to not infect anybody else. Interestingly, such a basic everyday thing is involved in one of the most uncanny of popular legends in Japan.

Kuchisake Onna, or “slit-mouthed woman” in Japanese, was originally a really beautiful woman whose jealous husband cut her mouth from ear to ear, taunting, “Who will think you’re beautiful now!” Ever since then, on foggy nights, she can be seen roaming around in a surgical mask. When she encounters someone, usually youth, she will shyly inquire whether the individual thinks she is beautiful.

If the answer is yes, Onna will take off her surgical mask and ask, “How about now?” Different versions of the legend give various outcomes if the answer remains affirmative, all bad: she will either cut the individual from ear to ear to resemble herself or kill the person – or both – or, inexplicably, give a large blood-soaked ruby and walk away.

Different versions of this tale offer for the same general set of options even if the original answer had been negative – mutilation or murder. Basically, meeting Kuchisake Onna is bad luck. However, more modern versions these days advise that responding “You’re average” or “So-so” or even asking her what she thinks of one’s own beauty will turn the tables on her and confuse her, providing an opportunity to escape.

And, in one of those only-in-Japan kind of things, there’s even the tactic of simply informing her that you must be on your way, so as to embarrass her for forgetting her manners and making her excuse herself from your presence!

Virtual reality tours have come a long way since something like the New York Skyride of serial entrepreneur Zalman Silber, which is an IMAX-like cinematic experience located at the city’s famous Empire State Building. Contrast that with the United States Army’s Virtual Army Experience, or VAE, which is an interactive multimedia virtual tour of what it’s like to be an American soldier in the 21st Century.

The VAE was developed to capitalize on the appetite of today’s American youth for electronic entertainment. As opposed to continuing to run television commercials as was done before, it was decided to support standard forms of outreach with one that more right away and forcefully resonated with today’s young males. A thing like the aforementioned Skyride by Zalman Silber is family entertainment and totally innocuous, G-rated to seat as numerous as feasible. It is mildly educational although the VAE is meant to showcase the most positive aspects of modern soldiering to action-oriented youths. The VAE presents a life-sized networked environment for guests to obtain a small taste of soldiering and battle. With a complicated setup that involves computers, video, motion sensors, and full surround sound, the VAE is an engaging method to both entertain and educate, not to mention recruit. Through the use of conventional storytelling alongside familiar videogaming conventions, the VAE has been hailed for its innovative use of cutting-edge technology to inform in addition to to sell.

Guests gather inside the “Assembly Area,” whereupon uniformed VAE staff shepherd guests on for the “Joint Operations Center.” There they meet former soldiers, now employees of Army partner Ignited Minds, a marketing firm, who serve as “team leaders.” An intelligence briefing ensues, which covers the upcoming virtual mission. Time is also taken to introduce Army rules of engagement and also correct use of simulator equipment and appropriate deployment of Army tactical doctrine. Then it’s on towards the mission itself, which takes place inside “Mission Simulator” right. The objective is to evacuate civilians, an unassailably righteous scenario that critics contend mask the a lot more likely and less innocuous duties of Army life and death in a time of war.

Upon completion in the mission participants are debriefed in an “After Action Area” where Army values are introduced within the context in the mission, values for example duty, honor, respect, and camaraderie. At specific venues, an actual war hero is on-hand to speak with participants, lending an inspirational air of authenticity that has several VAE visitors applauding.

It’s all very beguiling, specifically for young men still trying to prove themselves to themselves.

If you’re typing in something like “loans for bad credit franchise” you should read this article. It will speak about just that, a loan for those with bad credit histories to be able to open up their dream franchise. Going into business for yourself is among the proudest occasions in anyone’s life. And going the franchise route really raises your chances of success. All things considered, everything’s already figured out for you! You just need to put in the hard work – and cold cash.

What is there for the majority of businesses these days? Well, let me tell you…Small business loans and financing. Starting out business will definitely not be so difficult, but maintaining a franchise or business is sometimes impressively challenging. Oftentimes a tad too impressive but ideally it won’t be for the most part. But it happens even to the very best sometimes and when the loose link finally breaks the chain, franchise loans plunge to the rescue, based on the scenario.

But you know this, of course. That’s why you were Googling the web for “franchise loans bad credit” in the first place! You’re probably just a typical everyday person who’s tired of working so hard for someone else, making them prosperous and putting their kids through school. It’s your turn now for a piece of the real action, financially speaking!

But, speaking of finances, you’ve got none and your credit is shot – like most typical everyday folk in these recessionary times. That’s why you will need that franchise loans bad credit so much! It’s your only chance. But guess what – even if you had great or even perfect credit, the bank ain’t planning to just give you a few hundred thousand dollars to jumpstart your dreams. You’re still going to have to have lots and lots (and lots and lots and lots) of your own money to do its stuff.

For one thing, lenders feel that with more of your own at stake, you’re more likely to try your dog-darned hardest to be successful. That’s understandable enough. For another thing, people, even banks, just don’t want to commit so much to an unknown. Now the fact that it becomes a franchise makes things less of an unidentified, but there are still all the common unknowns that attend any enterprise, specifically startups.

So the very first thing is, you’ll still need to have your own money (lots and lots and lots and…) to put in – upfront. But after that, and normally with many months’ worth of credit card receipts to prove your sales, your new venture will be able to attract some financial help eventually, in spite of your bad credit, by means of a cash advance. That’s where cash is advanced to you in opposition to your anticipated monthly credit card sales, with a previously agreed upon percentage deducted for repayment reasons. This arrangement in effect lets you pay pack at your own pace, with no fixed costs to meet no matter your income!

Greek vases are among the most well-known museum replicas anywhere, and no wonder. The pottery of ancient Greece are not only stunning objects of art but bear witness to one of the most intellectually important civilizations of humankind. Acquiring a museum replica of Greek vases oneself is a way of connecting to a glorious golden age and lends a “blue-blooded” kind of elegance to any setting.

After all, it could be argued that the Greek vase has set the aesthetic standard for the Western Civilization for hundreds if not thousands of years. Having one on your desk, mantle, or shelf can produce the ideal atmosphere for yourself to be inspired! There’s something to be said about having a faithful reproduction of a museum masterpiece in your own home or office. Imagine the feeling on your next trip to the museum as you walk through a collection, identifying those which you own a personal copy of!

Museum replicas let us all to play the part of a refined collector of antiques – not “antiques” in the now commonly debased sense of someone’s grandmother’s grandmother’s quilt abandoned at a yard sale, but treasures of the ancients now owns to enjoy thanks to the painstaking skills of replica sculptors who work in the traditional methods with traditional materials.

Nearly always handmade, such replicas of vases can be so faithfully reproduced as to fool even professional appraisers! Available in a wide variety of styles, these fine works are truly no less art objects in themselves, so exquisitely crafted as to warrant being their own museum pieces!

They also tend to be very affordable, as well, allowing true connoisseurs the opportunity to own more than one. Finally, they make fantastic gifts, too: thoughtful, and a little out of the ordinary, after all its not everyday you get a Greek vase as a present.

Investing in Washington, D.C. can raise many challenges particular to that locale. Industry veterans like Isaac Toussie recognize that, first of all, the property markets of our nation’s capital consists of some very interesting characteristics. Even though the city’s real estate environment continues to be tough due to still-disappearing gains, gains made during pre-2008 boom-times, new developments are taking place that may indicate a turn-around.

Not everyone knows that home sales have fallen as credit’s dried up the way a pro like Isaac Toussie does, creating ripple effects like job insecurity and worse. In fact, suburban D.C. has even been through price drops of up to one hundred thousand dollars! But as is frequently the case in the world of business, there may be a silver lining in even this catastrophe. That’s because one man’s tragedy is another’s opportunity, to put it candidly. And thus the glut of foreclosed properties has come to tripped off a buying spree in many places, particularly among the many first-time home buyers of Prince William County who finally found prices within their reach. It should also be mentioned that so-called “vulture investors” have swooped in as well to snap up distressed properties, which is generally considered to be a good reflection of the wider economic situation, as it is a strong sign of a certain confidence in the market, that market fundamentals remain solid. In fact, these two groups of buyers play a role not unlike that of canaries in a mine, signaling trends and shifts.

The second matter that has occupied many a thoughtful observer of late concerns the rate of mortgage delinquency, which has actually declined a little, according to a recent industry survey just completed. The rate at which mortgage payments have fallen behind has decreased slightly during the fourth quarter of 2009, which is surprising indeed considering that delinquency rates often rise during the last three months of the year, as a result of all heating expenses for winter and the holiday shopping season.

Surprised though market analysts may be, very few are puzzled because most take this development for nothing more than a statistical outlier, a coincidence. Most economists and other experts continue to believe that the situation continues to be extremely dangerous, as there are still record numbers of homeowners in financial straits, with the biggest problem of all unresolved: that way too many have missed at least three payments, and these people are just the ones least helped by any relief program whatsoever, historically speaking; these are the very souls who will be going into foreclosure rather soon.

One more thing to realize about D.C. property markets: the city was the nation’s murder capital throughout the 1990s, and still suffers from the effects of municipal mismanagement to this day. Of course, tony nabes like Georgetown exist, but for the most part D.C. is a place where real estate investors need to exercise due diligence when looking into opportunities. The city has been slowly recovering, with gentrification helping pull some pockets of poverty and despair up and out into the modern 21st Century economy, but it’s not a sure bet that current commitment levels are sustainable.

Within today’s noisy world of constant distraction, very few people stop to consider the means through which they understand all of this audible stimuli: the ears; and much less still take the proper safeguards to shield their ears when they should, even using so basic as ear protection plugs. Needless to say ear plugs sound like a ridiculous, not entirely necessary precaution in most conditions – and in a lot of instances, they aren’t necessary – but understanding the significance of your ears is key to protecting them.

Ears are obviously used for hearing and interpreting sound. Sound – which are waves of pressure traveling through a medium, whether it be air, water, or something else – is first “heard” when it is trapped by the external ear (which is the seen part on either side of our head, and what we first think when we think of “ears”). These pressure waves, or sound, are then filtered through the outer sections of the ear until eventually they interact with the ear drum and inner ear (those parts of the organ found inside of your skull), where they stimulate hair cells, transmitting nervous signals to the brain. These signals are then construed as sound. Yes protective supplies come in numerous forms.

Because of to the physically miniscule and sensitive nature of the ear, it is very susceptible to physically trauma, which can even be caused by the aggressive vibrations caused by excessive noise levels. Visualize a speaker system or a subwoofer: the way the speaker cones vibrate as they emit sound is related to the way the small bones and tissues of the inner ear vibrate as they are stimulated by sound. And same as a subwoofer or speaker can break under the stress of these vibrations at high volume, so too can the components of the human ear. Sounds experienced at places like construction zones or rock concerts are very easily able to damage the ear over long intervals of exposure. By simply blocking such sounds from entering the ear, ear plugs can prevent this.

Except for protecting your actual capacity to hear, the protection provided by ear plugs also maintains another critical function of the ears that is significantly less obvious: one’s sense of balance. In fact, balance is one of the two main reasons that mammals generally have two ears (the other is that two ears permit us to locate the source of sounds by localizing them, similar to the way two working eyeballs allow depth perception). Deep inside the interior ear are the organs responsible for determining one’s orientation to gravity, and a sense of balance.

Small fluid packed sacks send nerve signals to the brain which interprets these signals to create a sense of physical orientation against the background environment. Since the fluid inside these sacks is subject to the identical laws of gravity as the rest of the body, the brain can interpret their orientation the same way you could possibly if you saw a soda bottle half filled. Regardless of the angle you look at it, you can decide a sense of up and down by seeing in which direction gravity pulls the leftover fluid inside the bottle.

In the popular culture, horse racing tips have traditionally been akin to great Florida real estate deals or fantastic bridge sales in Brooklyn. But the web has allowed for the proliferation of computerized horse racing systems, not simple programs that ran your input through a set of magical algorithms but dedicated servers that could be contacted in real-time for near instantaneous updates right from the track.

Best of all, modern racing systems like these enable you to bet anytime, anywhere – even at work (or church!), as long as an internet connection is available. Evidently working on somewhat similar models that has been successfully utilized by the hobbyist day trader, you can now bet and seriously handicap your game thanks to the power of 21st Century “cloud computing.”

Precise details are understandably vague, as no one likes to divulge trade secrets, but what is claimed are numerous benefits: real year-long staking records, consistent profits, and better than three-fourths strike rates. Such near-miraculous outcomes come from a close analysis of numerous factors, such as the ages of the runners, the classes involved, and the overall number of competitors in the field. The main difference, besides any improved methodologies, seems to be an ongoing maintenance that ever fine-tunes performance and results.

Also unlike the old handicapping programs of old models, it is no longer a easy matter of paying for software once. This kind of a powerful service can only be feasible under a subscription model, as ongoing improvements need to be made. Essentially, it is like hiring a money manager for one’s portfolio of stocks and bonds and other holdings – only we’re talking horse racing here! Finally, in the spirit of our times, try-before-you-buy trials are available. It’s now possible to easily see for yourself whether the horse racing system actually works!

A detox diet is a nutritional plan which claims to rid the body of impurities. Many such eating plans involve limiting consumption to only water or juice or outright fasting on a regular basis. Another kind of detox diet recommends the complete elimination of a certain kind of food for example all fats or all carbohydrates. Proponents of these methods of eating believe that trapped toxins are released somehow, passing through the skin, sweat, or breath and out of the body.

All detox diet plans are based on really ancient Egyptian and Greek notions about the body. Besides what we eat, other modalities are employed to detoxify the body, including physical treatments such as colon cleansing. Several herbs and allegedly herbal supplements are sold to supposedly speed up or otherwise aid the detoxification procedure. These kinds of products are frequently marketed as targeting specific organs.

Bodily dextoxification is a area of so-called alternative medicine, which means that there is no scientific evidence for its claims. However, many swear by its placebo effects, though some of the more outrageous practices prevalent in the field appear to be potentially dangerous.

The entire affair may be more psychological than physical, in the final analysis. For one thing, there are basically those who derive a certain sense of pleasure from being contrarian, people for whom eccentricity is fashionable. Then there are people who are mentally disturbed conspiracy theorist-types and think that the medical establishment wants to keep folks sick. Whatever the private motivations of such individuals, the final effect is to perpetuate new generations of detox theory adherents who seem to argue against anything scientific.

Of course, not all detox diets are shams – several are quite sensical plans that seem to be simply affixing the “detox” label onto themselves becuase it is a hot-selling buzzword at the moment. Insofar as people are more conscious of what they are eating, these dietary schemes are, in the main, harmless.

State tax forms are required to file state taxes – but exactly where is our tax money going? Taxes are utilized to support the government, but in a democracy the government is supposed to be “for the people,” as a popular rumor has it. All the state tax forms filed year in, year out seem to have no effect on our local governments, which across the country are more likely than not operating at a deficit. How is this possible with all of the money pouring into government coffers?

Most folks merely file their state tax forms and leave it at that, too busy with their lives and some even hoping not to attract any government attention. But a growing number of our fellow citizens and residents are greatly concerned over where “their money” is going. Nearly everyone agrees with paying for firefighters, sanitation workers, and other civil servants, but even then there can be a lot of controversy over the details.

Take teachers for example. Again, nearly everybody agrees that educators are necessary. But how to compensate them with our tax dollars, exactly? Currently, numerous folks across the country are up in arms over teacher perks and salaries.

It is felt that teachers have things much too comfortable, and there are individuals who would like to make the profession of teaching a job like any other, which in the United States means “hire and fire at will.”

These individuals want to, they say, hold teachers more “accountable” for student performance, which is often proposed to be measured by standardized test scores. But the other side of the argument believes that teaching isn’t just a job like any other, that the training of minds and the inspiration of hearts is not something which can be neatly measured on a quarterly or yearly schedule like some corporate earnings report.

Arsène Lupin III is a formidable thief capable of cracking all the safes in the world. A fictional character introduced by the mangaka (Japanese for “comicbook artist”) Kazuhiko Kato, better recognized as Monkey Punch, in the 10 August 1967 issue of Weekly Manga Action, Lupin is supposed to be the grandson of another fictional character, Arsène Lupin, a French gentleman thief and detective created by Maurice Leblanc, the best-selling early Twentieth Century pulp fiction author. As the world’s number one thief, in addition to safes Lupin is also a master at disarming traps and alarms. His travels have proved him quite a talented driver and pilot as well, and he is an expert shot – with a pistol, no less.

For all his skills, however, Lupin has a doltish, even idiotic look. Yet they belie his ferocious reasoning abilities and social charms; Lupin is able to get past folks with about the same ease as when negotiating safes, particularly booby-trapped ones.

When not practicing his art – he seems to steal much more for the challenge than for any personal gain, frequently discarding treasures or not caring if he should lose them after first conquering the quest of acquiring them – Lupin enjoys fishing, gambling, and dating lovely women – not necessarily in that order!

Giving rigor to the dubious proverb about honor amongst thieves, Lupin will frequently foil other criminals who are engaged in activities of a violent, murderous nature. Actually, most of his adventures involve not only the police, epitomized by his nemesis Inspector Zenigata, but truly sinister characters of deep malice.

Immensely popular and voted among the Ten Most Iconic Anime Heroes, Arsène Lupin III has been ubiquitous in three television series, five feature films, almost two dozen television specials, and a number of original video animations and videogames.

It is hard buying educational toys because, well, how would you really measure whether something is educational, especially when it involves very young children even toddlers? In reality, many child psychologists believe that just about anything is “educational” for a child, especially at really young ages when practically by definition anything they come into contact with teaches them something about the world, about which they know virtually nothing!

When you do not know much to begin with, everything is educational, isn’t it? And so the world is full of educational toys as a result, as any object can be played with and, in the very playing with, help to develop the motor skills and cognitive abilities which toymakers claim their products foster in a child.

And yet clearly there are toys that do seem to somehow provide much more than entertainment value, for instance programmable robot kits. So perhaps a better way to think about educational toys is to not regard them as being completely educational or not, in which case it’s arguable that a plaything could be made of nearly anything and that play itself is an inherently educational activity.

The misunderstandings, as ever (according to most semanticists, anyway), concerns semantics, or meaning. If we mean by the term not merely something that could be played with such that skillsets of some kind are fostered, but instead those toys which are obviously more capable of fostering a skillset, particularly one which is not readily developed otherwise, then shopping becomes substantially easier!

Thus, it will turn out that puzzles like a Rubik’s Cube are very educational while alphabet blocks are significantly less so. And as parents, we want to encourage our kids to not only explore but push their intellectual envelope, so while good old-fashioned dolls and the like may stimulate the imagination, a lot more ingenious toys can also stimulate such higher-order faculties as pattern recognition and problem solving.

By no means go hiking without a camping tent – I learned that the almost-hard way. I say “almost” because considering that I’m not just alive to tell the tale but suffered no injuries, either, it probably wasn’t as hard as it could have been had I not been so lucky.

I and my friends did not have a camping tent among us since it was just supposed to have been an easy day-hike over (and up) easy terrain. A thousand-foot mountain affords nice enough landscapes, to be sure, such that the curvature of the earth could be faintly seen, but it is not considered a big deal by any who hike or climb real mountains.

So, obviously, we didn’t bring a camping tent. And sure enough we get lost, and with only another two hours of sunlight left most of us choose to backtrack downhill – except for me and another companion. And although we do eventually summit, as novices we make the mistake of mistiming our descent, such that it is already twilight by the time we decide to head back.

You see, being so inexperienced we mistook the fact that there was still light in the sky for having enough time to get back down. But of course we were at the summit, where we had a great view of our surroundings – this was Mount Buck, the highest point in the whole Lake George area of New York.

And though the sun was low on the horizon it appeared wonderfully bright all around. Golds mixed with blues turned pink and white – it was a swirl of colors matching the happy dance of emotions within that we’ve finally reached the top.

Lost in our reveries, we did not recognize that not only does the sun set in seconds, but that in a forest the canopy of foliage will make even mid-afternoon seem much, much later to the human eye….

As famous as the team is, it’s an open question whether Dallas Cowboys merchandise would’ve been as popular as they are without the equally famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. These ladies are not just any ol’ football cheerleading squad members, but make up a veritable franchise in themselves.

No less than two made-for-TV movies have appeared about them, not to mention any number of Dallas Cowboys merchandise bearing their likeness somewhere on the product! For when you think of Texas football, you think the Cowboys – and when you think Cowboys, you think of their cheerleaders.

For sure the die-hard fan might prefer his Dallas Cowboys flag “straight-up” but many others who are not so hard-core would most likely welcome a shot of the cheerleaders illustrating their fan merchandise! No other collection of young ladies so epitomize the American woman: young, fun, and fit; spirited; glamorous; intelligent.

Yes, despite the voyeurism involved these beauties know how to comport themselves and market themselves. Team try-outs obviously concentrate on athleticism and physical beauty but as spokesmodels for the team a great amount of social savvy and hence intelligence is necessary, too.

The only other set of females that have left such a deep impression on popular culture worldwide would have to be Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Bunnies. Interestingly, the Cowboys’ cheerleading squad really started out mixed, with both males and females, as was high school and collegiate football tradition.

And indeed, it was local high school students that really made up the squad back in the 1960s. In 1969, however a deliberate attempt was made to improve in-game attendance by offering only female cheerleaders whose routines were unlike those prevalent at school games. By 1972, all cheerleaders were over the age of eighteen as their moves became increasingly a lot more like sexy dance routines.