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8 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Networks reveal finale dates and sneak peeks of 'Breaking Amish' and 'Newlyweds'

" Breaking Amish : Brave New World" and " Newlyweds : The First Year" are currently airing on TLC and Bravo.

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Related Topix: Religion, Breaking Amish, Entertainment, Television, Sarasota, FL

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Green Bay Press-Gazette

County officials struggle with horse manure issue

Wood County officials are hoping they can reach an understanding with Amish residents living in central Wood County.

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Related Topix: Wood County, WI, Religion, Vesper, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Port Edwards, WI, Marshfield, WI

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WebProNews

"Breaking Amish" Gets An All New Cast

The first season of the show saw five young Amish people move to New York to test their luck outside the lives they've always known; this time around, the cast members will be moving to L.A. "'Breaking Amish' is about the challenges and opportunities anyone faces when at a crossroads in life -- deciding which path to take and finding your road to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Religion, Pennsylvania

Artdiamondblog.com

Amish Factory Uses Pneumatics in Place of Electricity

The Amish also make a distinction between technology they have at work and technology they have at home.

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Related Topix: Religion, Lancaster, PA

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Xenia Daily Gazette

The Amish Cook

I attended a picnic yesterday in Wayne County, Indiana. The picnic was notable because it was just an eclectic neat mix of people: Old Order Amish, German Baptists, Plain Protestant, and just regular ol' non-Plain people like me.

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Related Topix: Religion, Wayne County, IN

Fri Jun 14, 2013

People

Breaking Amish: New Cast to Face Modern Life in Los Angeles

Goodbye milking cows, hello Hollywood. Breaking Amish is back, and an all-new cast is leaving behind their old-fashioned communities to test out modern life in Los Angeles - and decide whether to remain part of the "English," or return to their Amish and Mennonite roots.

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Related Topix: Religion, Entertainment, Breaking Amish, Television

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Bangor Daily News

YMCA Adventure Seekers Hits the Road for Pennsylvania

Early in the morning of May 16th, six cyclists from the Bangor YMCA Adventure Seeker's Program met at 17 Second Street In Bangor.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Recreational Vehicle, Security, Religion, Lancaster County, PA

TMNews.com

Our Opinion: Cautious Country Cruising

Two Amish teenagers were injured Tuesday night when the buggy they were piloting on a rural road near Orleans was rammed from behind by a speeding vehicle - it's driver ... Need this information? You may purchase access to it by subscribing for one month to TMNews.com at a cost of $6.95 .

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Related Topix: Religion, Opinion

Wed Jun 12, 2013

WBIW-AM Bedford

Two Injured After Car Collides With Amish Buggy

Police say Johnny Miller suffered serious injuries. No update was available on their conditions.

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Related Topix: Religion, Orange County, IN

Christian Science Monitor

In Amish country, trading fracking rights for a pittance

Workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation at a gas well outside Rifle, in western Colorado.

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Related Topix: Religion, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy

Westminster College

Professor Attends Amish Conference

Dr. Kristin Park , Westminster College professor of sociology and chair of the department, attended the conference "Amish America: Plain Technology in a Cyber World" June 5-8 at Elizabethtown College.

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Related Topix: Religion, Elizabethtown College, Agriculture, Science, Bergholz, OH, Colgate University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Boing Boing

How the Amish are getting fracked

In The New Republic , Molly Redden writes about how energy companies are exploiting the fact that the Amish religion and culture rely on a strict interpretation of the Christian bible to prohibit the use of the courts in settling disputes.

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Related Topix: Religion

Tri-cityherald.com

Letter: Reader has trouble following letter writer's logic

This concerns the letter by Aaron Shefchek . His opening sentence claims that I must have heard disparaging remarks regarding technology "at least 20 million times."

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Related Topix: Religion

Mon Jun 10, 2013

South Bend Tribune

A comprehensive look at the Amish

The horse-drawn carriages, the unadorned clothing and the one-room schoolhouses drive the public's belief that the Amish are all alike.

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Related Topix: Religion, Goshen College, SUNY College at Potsdam

Xenia Daily Gazette

The Amish Cook

Several stories of interest about the Amish are running on the newswires today, so I thought I'd give you a quick sampler: FRACKING: As an oil boom takes shape in Ohio's rural eastern counties many Amish are Continue reading The post Sunday Sam... Read More Earlier this year the Amish Cook column included a recipe for "upside down pizza."

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Related Topix: Religion, Recipes, Home Gardening, Home, Richmond, IN

Xenia Daily Gazette

The Amish Cook

The Swiss Amish: I want to thank Jodi Click for sharing some scenes that definitely put me in a nostalgic mood.

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Related Topix: Religion, Berne, IN, Adams County, IN, Recipes, Home Gardening, Home, Richmond, IN

Sun Jun 09, 2013

The Post-Standard

Car strikes Amish horse and buggy in town of Richland; two hospitalized

Two riders of an Amish horse and buggy were hospitalized Sunday after a car struck their buggy from behind, troopers said.

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Related Topix: Richland, NY, Religion, Syracuse, NY

Poor Mojo Newswire

Amish romance novels are a thing now for people who don't want to read about sex

Or electricity I'm guessing? I'm not sure why these are Amish. According to that "Devil's Playground" movie about rumsprina , the Amish go nuts before they officially sign on to the lifestyle and man get their bone on.

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Related Topix: Religion

PennLive.com

Amish Conference at Elizabethtown College draws crowd of plain people and enthusiasts

The Amish, the ex-Amish and the Amish scholars gathered together for the Elizabethtown College Amish Conference on June 6-8 to discuss various aspects of Amish life, from religion to technology to healthcare.

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Related Topix: Religion, Elizabethtown College, Harrisonburg, VA, Mennonites, Entertainment

Sat Jun 08, 2013

Ohio.com

Fracking companies in Ohio taking advantage of Amish beliefs

Energy companies are taking advantage of Amish religious beliefs in the Utica and Marcellus shale regions of Ohio, reports Molly Redden at the New Republic.

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Related Topix: Religion, Ohio