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PALAESTRA Departments

Accessible Golf

APAC Action

Bits & Pieces

Calendar of Events

Editor's Corner

Go Anywhere, Do Anything

Humans, Horses and Health

Issues

Legislative Update

Letters

National Scene

Publication Reviews

Research Application

Sport Nutrition

USP Forum

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Accessible Golf

Accessible Golf is edited by Bob Burns, one of 200 PGA Master Professionals and one of Golf Range Magazine's Top 50 Teachers for the past four consecutive years. He currently holds the 2007 PGA Wisconsin section Teacher of the Year Award and has worked at private, public, and resort facilities for over 40 years, giving thousands of individual and group lessons. Bob is the current Accessible Golf Department Editor.

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APAC Action

APAC Action offers the Adapted Physical Activity Council (a council of the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation [AAPAR] - one of six associations of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance [AAHPERD]) - an opportunity to disseminate timely information about its programs to both APAC members and PALAESTRA readers. April Tripp, Towson University, Department of Kinesiology, Towson, MD 21204; atripp@towson.edu; is the current Department Editor.

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Bits & Pieces

The Bits & Pieces section is a regular department of PALAESTRA. Timely news information relating to physical education, recreation, and sport for individuals with disabilities is requested. Send information to Department Editor, Elizabeth Evans, 85 Inverness Lane, Longmeadow, MA 01106; evans85@comcast.net.

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Calendar of Events

The Calendar is a service PALAESTRA offers to all organizations and institutions interested in sport, physical education, and recreation for persons with disabilities. Items of interest to athletes, coaches, and professionals in the field are listed without charge. Please submit items at least four months in advance to Kathleen Ellis, Kinesiology Department, University of Rhode Island, 131 Tootell Center, Kingston, RI 02881; katellis@uri.edu.

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Editor's Corner

The Editor's Corner allows the Editor-in Chief, or at times a guest editor, to deal with current topics of interest in the area of adapted physical activity - sometimes controversial, always thought-provoking. David P. Beaver, Challenge Publications, Ltd., PO Box 508, Macomb, IL 61455; challpub@macomb.com; is Editor-in-Chief.

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Go Anywhere, Do Anything

Go Anywhere, Do Anything is a resource for travelers with disabilities full of ideas for accessible travel. Andrea Jehn Kennedy is the Editor of this Department. She is the Director of Operations for Access Anything and is co-author of two guidebooks on traveling with a disability. She can be reached through AccessAnything.net.

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Humans, Horses and Health

Humans, Horses, and Health addresses materials related to equine assisted activities. Marci Bender is a NARHA Advanced Level Certified Instructor and a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. She can be reached at marci@littlebit.org. Steve McKenzie has a Master of Science in Physical Therapy and is a NARHA Registered Level Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor. Steve can be reached at steve@littlebit.org. Marci and Steve are Department Co-editors.

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Issues

Issues presents timely, thought-provoking topics related to sport, physical education, or recreation that should be of interest and concern to readers of PALAESTRA. Claudine Sherrill, Professor-Emeritus, Texas Woman's University at Denton, is the Department Editor. Dr. Sherrill may be reached at Csherrill1@earthlink.net.

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Legislative Update

Legislative Update is a regular feature of PALAESTRA, providing the reader with updates and analyses of current federal and state legislative activities relative to public policy development of interest to professionals in adapted physical activity. David A. Auxter, Legislative Chairperson of the National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities, 35 E. St. NW, Apt 607, Washington, DC 20001-1518; dauxter@bellatlantic.net; and Robert W. Arnhold, Coordinator, Adapted Physical Activity Program & Center on Disability and Health, Room 15 Stoner Educational Complex, Dept of Exercise and Rehabilitative Sciences, Slippery Rock State University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057; robert.arnhold@sru.edu; are Department Editors.

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Letters

Letters Department gives PALAESTRA readers opportunities to agree/disagree or offer additional information regarding editorial content found in current or prior issues. Letters should be sent to PALAESTRA, PO Box 508, Macomb, IL 61455-0508 or e-mailed to challpub@macomb.com. PALAESTRA welcomes the opinions and views of readers!

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National Scene

National Scene offers each Disability Sports Organization an opportunity to disseminate timely information about its programs to PALAESTRA's readers. Information must be received on or before the first of the following months: November, February, May, and August. Send all materials to Fred Schack, Health, Fitness & Recreation Resource Dept. 4E5, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110-2203; fschack@gmu.edu.

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Publication Reviews

Publication Reviews department gives book publishers and video production companies opportunities to have new products related to sport, physical education, and recreation reviewed and/or bibliographically listed in each issue of PALAESTRA. Firms interested in this service should send review copies to Julian U. Stein, 283 Mahoney Road, Oliver Springs, TN 37840-1826; justein@webtv.net.

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Research Application

The Research Application section appears as a regular department of PALAESTRA. Emphasis is placed upon results of studies and their implications for teaching and/or coaching. Studies are indexed in SPORTSearch, Physical Education Index, Current Index to Journals in Education, Health Index, Information Access Company's Health Periodicals on-Line Database, and University Microfilms, Inc. Authors interested in contributing to this section should contact Peter Aufsesser, Department of Physical Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-0171; paufsess@mail.sdsu.edu.

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Sport Nutrition

Sport Nutrition is a regular department of PALAESTRA which addresses issues and answers questions sport-active people of all ages and abilities ask about high energy, healthful eating, and offers a scientific approach to eating for top performances, as well as a practical how-to approach which includes specific food suggestions. Nancy Clark, Director of Nutrition Services for SportsMedicine Brookline, Brookline, MA, and author of Nancy Clark's Sport Nutrition Guidebook is the Department Editor. Contact her through her website: www.nancyclarkrd.com.

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USP Forum

USP Forum is a regular feature of PALAESTRA which keeps readers informed as to happenings of United States Paralympics (USP), a division of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). Charles Huebner, Chief Executive Officer, U.S.Paralympics, One Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO 80909; charlie.huebner@usoc.org; is the Department Editor. Beth Bourgeois; Beth.Bourgeois@usoc.org; also contributes to this Department, along with Marvin Olberding.

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