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The 2008-2009 NHL season is well underway. There have been many great hits, goals, fights and amazing plays so far this NHL season! We here at Sports Poster Warehouse are celebrating the great start to the season with some brand new player posters, some of which are the players' first poster. So without further delay, here they are:
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Konami have reworked the classic Japanese Castlevania: Rondo of Blood for PSP. In addition to this critically acclaimed title, two more staples of the franchise are available as unlockable games, all on one UMD.
Dracula X Chronicles retains all of the classic side-scrolling elements that have made the Castlevania series so popular, but uses the PSP system's capabilities to add 3D elements, fantastic animated sequences and widescreen to the game.
As Richter Belmont you progress through a series of sprawling stages in a battle with the Prince of Darkness and his minions. Wielding the legendary Vampire Hunter whip and aided by your loyal friend Maria, you strive to rescue Richter's beloved Annette from the bloodsucker's fortress.
A cracking good time
It seems like the Belmont family and Dracula have been going at it for centuries now with the whole vampire hunting/eternal resurrection thing (respectively). Yet it's provided players with many years of great Castlevania titles, where finely tuned classic platforming and baddie dispatching action are the orders of the day. Now it's Richter Belmont's turn to take up the whip and teach ol' Drac a lesson or two after the vampire hunter's girlfriend, Annette, is kidnapped.
Blood in your eyes
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles is actually a PSP remake of 1990s cult fan favourite, Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, brought into the 21st century and given a large dose of spit and polish. Although previously unreleased in Europe, Rondo of Blood still picked up a strong following through its solid gameplay, anime styling and multiple routes to completion, as well as influencing many of the Castlevania titles that followed.
The Dracula X Chronicles takes all of these elements and wraps them in a comforting contemporary package, taking full advantage of PSP's powerful hardware. The visuals have been enhanced with fully 3D cut-scenes and improved graphics in the main game, lending a superbly animated and richly coloured third-dimensional slant to the 2D side-scrolling gameplay.
New dialogue has also been added to compliment the wonderfully rearranged and remastered rock-orchestral soundtrack, along with the ability to tackle four of the game's bosses in succession through the Boss Rush mode, which can be played co-operatively with a second player using the Ad-Hoc Wireless connection.
Lashings of challenge
Richter represents the old school mechanics resting within the core of Dracula X Chronicles' gameplay. Blessed with only a special back flip and a small selection of weapons (including the ability to use certain items in a room clearing smart bomb fashion), his journey through Dracula's castle is a tough one. The game requires you to master all the hunter's abilities - especially his evasion techniques - to fully progress through the nine initial stages and secret levels.
However, if there's any series which demands repeated plays, it's Castlevania - and this inclusion is no exception. The game rewards persistence and perseverance through the vigorous trials of its retro mechanics. It's stern, but fair.
There are also ways to make the game easier through the use of its second character, Maria, who can be unlocked with careful playing. Maria's range of abilities, which include using a multitude of animals to attack for her, offer a slightly more lenient path, as well as opening up new areas out of Richter's reach, meaning most of the levels can be replayed in a different fashion to before.
Unfinished Symphony
With all that taken into account, it should be no surprise that The Dracula X Chronicles is an unbeatably high value purchase. There are different endings, new characters and multiple routes, and the chance to discover a pixel perfect version of the original Rondo of Blood to indulge in a little nostalgia.
Further to that, the masterful PlayStation classic, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, is also there to be unlocked, meaning one of the best chapters in the whole series is at your fingertips in its entirety, at no extra cost. Between Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night it's a Castlevania fan's dream.
From its dynamic opening where you battle on horseback with Death, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles demands your attention and refuses to let go until you've fully explored its riches. It packs a meaty challenge and there's no denying that beneath the sweat, tears and - naturally - blood, remains timeless gameplay encased in a beautifully modern exterior.
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5 Coffee Movers, Shakers, and Trends to Watch in 2014
As a new year dawns, we've got our eye on a few exciting players and trends we're expecting big and bigger things of in the coffee world in 2014.
Counter Culture Coffee
Venerated Durham, NC-based roaster Counter Culture Coffeehas staked a longtime claim in the specialty coffee landscape for nearly 20 years, famous both in the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic region as well as up and down the East Coast and nationally. (Once upon a time only a few years ago, all the finest cafes in New York City only served Counter Culture beans.) The company's still known for roasting high quality, fairly sourced beans while keeping end costs surprisingly low, but in the last year they've taken great strides forward in the industry.
From opening a swanky, Modbar-equipped New York City training lab in Soho that doubles as a public showroom (the company has never had, and has no plans to open, a retail cafe) last year to this year's plans to launch a San Francisco-based roasting facility and training lab, it would seem that this third-wave roaster is ready to catapult past its playing field.
The company boasts a roster of super-talented professionals, too, from roaster Tim Hill to former United States Barista Champion Katie Carguilo to reigning United States Brewer's Cup champion Erin McCarthy. Beyond their own successes, though, they've built strength on giving back to the coffee community: their latest achievement, an updated version of the Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel, a commonly used teaching tool for evaluating and discovering how to taste coffees, was released this year free of charge to the coffee-tasting public. What's next for these guys? We're all ears...and, well...tongues.
Ben Kaminsky
For anyone who's paid attention to changing espresso ideas in the last year or two, Ben Kaminsky's name shouldn't be new. This San Francisco based coffee thinker, formerly of Barismo, Ritual, and repeatedly winning the World Cup Taster's Championship, has been on a series of speaking tours in the last year to discuss his surprising-to-some ideas about the potential of espresso and the lengthened shot as an expanded, subtler, more elegant beverage than those tight, packed face-punches we've become used to in the modern era.
In this talk from last year's Nordic Barista Cup symposium on the challenges of espresso tasting and preparation, and how to improve coffee quality throughout. Known well in circles of coffee analysis, Kaminsky's full-court press on idea development in how to revolutionize espresso has already had an impact on the way it's being served internationally, and is upending the notion that espresso needs to be a challenging, inconsistent, acquired taste.
The Fetco Brewer
First you're thinking: what is a Fetco? And second, you're thinking, how is an automated, large-quantity coffee brewer going to move or shake anything? Isn't this a step away from the importance we've placed on the slow-motion, hand-brewed, personally crafted world of artisan coffee that signifies quality and taste?
Yes, it is—and isn't that a relief? Cafes from casual to high-falutin' have re-embraced this so-called "batch brewing" method as part of a well-rounded cafe program for its ease of use and balanced result in the cup. It isn't poured one-at-a-time, special-ordered, in a $150 Japanese kettle, but the outcome is consistent and worthy of today's finer coffees.
You'll see more and more specialty single origin coffees offered on Fetco for those who want a good coffee to go, and you'll also see more versatility with the brewer—iced coffee, concentrated and hot-brewed in Fetco machines over top of ice cubes, was a growing trend last summer in coffee shops who eschewed the flatter, less dynamic taste of overnight cold-brewing. Welcome back, automated brewer!
Cafe Grumpy
Sure, you've heard of neighborhood-grown New York City coffee chain Cafe Grumpy off and on for years, and seen it as a regular backdrop in Girls. But what the quietly growing coffee chain has done beyond—and including—breaking into prime time is an important example in the continually redifined specialty cafe landscape. Rather than growing quickly or taking on hefty outside investment, as have many national specialty roasters, Grumpy has kept about expanding its own business with little interest in fanfare, and a continued focus on sourcing, roasting and preparing great coffees. They also do their own baking.
This year will see the five-shop chain expand to a larger roasting facility behind their Greenpoint 'Girls' store, and add a sixth cafe in Grand Central Station—taking over where a Starbucks currently resides. If this isn't a little guy success story of slow and steady coming out on top, I don't know what is. Their increased roasting capacity will allow even more people to taste the fruits of their labor.
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It's truly surprising that this has taken such a long time to gain traction in such a digital new world, but the intricacies of sourcing and distributing great, fresh coffees can be complex. Thanks to the ever-widening landscape of subscription coffee services, thoughtfully sourced and roasted coffees are now available to people all over the United States and beyond, whether there are great roasters and cafes in their town or not.
The growing list ranges from roasters that themselves operate as subscription-only, roast-to-order shops like Tonx, to subscription-sampler companies like Misto Box, Craft Coffee, Twice Coffee, Go Coffee Go, Hamptons Lane and more, who offer a selected variety of coffees each month either tailored to your tastes or to the spirit of exploration. No matter how easy great coffee is to come by where you live, there's something thrilling about getting something new on a regular basis—and in weather like this season's—something even more thrilling about not having to leave your house to get it.
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On assignment documenting Guantánamo Bay for this week's issue of TIME, photographer Eugene Richards spent several days at the infamous detention facility. Here, Richards writes for LightBox about how he approached the assignment and the distinct challenges he faced working under the tight restrictions imposed on the media by the U.S. military.
When TIME asked me to go to Guantánamo, I immediately thought back to 9/11 — to the smoke and ruin of that fatal day, to Bush's declaration of the war on terror, then to the first images from the prison: of men in orange jumpsuits shackled, blindfolded, handcuffed, sensory-deprived. These men, often viewed in silhouette and on their knees in prayer, were often picked up on the battlefield in Afghanistan by military units, although some were captured after bounties of as much as $5000 per head were paid. My first thoughts were to 9/11, of interrogations, secrecy, torture and military might.
And then there was the series of military-issued disclaimers I would have to agree to. I wouldn't be permitted to photograph, or even see, the detainees. I couldn't show the guards' faces, and I would only be able to photograph the pre-ordained locations within the camp. And finally, I had to agree to having my work edited — to turn over my cards so that images could be deleted or cropped as per the opinion of the public information staff accompanying me the entire assignment. 'Can you make pictures out of nothing?' I asked myself, then prepared for the trip.
It took two plane flights to get down to Guantánamo and a ferry ride across to the prison camp proper. I made photographs on the boat, but because they were of soldiers, they would become the first pictures deleted by the military. Once off the ferry, Guantánamo became small town America, replete with miles of brand-new looking green-lawned suburban houses. There was a McDonald's along the road, a Subway sandwich shop, bar-and-grills and a dry landscape of thorny bushes and cactus. Iguanas, looking absurdly out of place, lay often in pairs at the edges of roadways running to and from the prison, munching on the low vegetation. Because they are a protected species, all traffic would come to a stop as they took their time swish-swashing from place to place.
I was put up in a condo of sorts, then had dinner with my minder, Sgt. Brian Godette. The next morning, he asked me what I wanted to see. My assignment from TIME was just to see what I could see, so Brian, out of sympathy, brought me out to the one place that I could visit at will: the now infamous Camp X-Ray.
This is the place, he explained, where the first detainees were brought in 2002 — close to 300 of them, he said. So I followed this young, affable soldier through the gate and up a dirt road, to aisles upon aisles of what could only be regarded as animal cages — six-foot-by-eight-foot concrete-floored cells enclosed on all sides and on top with chain link. They were all glaring light and shadows at this time of the morning, offering no protection from the sun so broiling hot, even though this was only springtime. Vines wound up through the see-through ceilings, grass cracked the concrete and the wind was blowing. Plump hutias, also known as banana rats, nested along the metal supports. Still, it wasn't hard to imagine the place at night, when the air would be filled with mosquitoes, when the rain would blow in unobstructed. I was also shown the summer-camp-cabin looking interrogation building where, according to some reports, torture took place. Camp X-Ray, Brian went on to tell me, was closed later that year, the detainees transferred to other areas in the military prison.
The first "editing session" happened later that day, when the previous day's images from the ferry were deleted by Brian. What I remember next was the 4 a.m. wake-up.
Along with a two-man TV crew, I was led in the near dark through four or five electronic doors onto the hallway of Camp V for pre-dawn prayers. No prisoners could be seen. No faces, no hands. All there was to see were the openings in steel doors as the guards wearing protective face shields (since detainees, we were told, spit and throw waste at them) walked up and down the block. As if in cadence, they stopped occasionally at individual cells to peer in, to whisper, to hand over medicines to inmates said to be fasting. After twenty minutes, the prayers finally seemed to drift away and the food carts were ushered in, then ushered out. Because there were few, if any, takers, we were led out of the prison.
At one point earlier in the day, the faces of detainees did appear in the elongated windows above an entryway. Dark-skinned, long-bearded men looked down at us. A TV cameraman pointed his camera in that direction, only to be cautioned that his footage would later be erased.
I returned at 5 a.m. the following morning and was ushered through the gates onto a different cell block, all too aware that some of the photographs I'd taken the previous morning had been deleted. I also wanted to hear the prayers again.
And so I went on what could only be called a media tour. The most surreal moment came during our exposure to the force-feeding apparatus. After all, that's why the media was here — the hunger strike that had been going on since February loomed large in the debate about the camp. Surrounded by three or four media personnel and an equal number of medical personnel, we were ushered past the crash beds in the detainee hospital into a large, empty room. Dead center, beneath a single fluorescent panel, was the restraining chair. A display of the force-feeding apparatus included a bottle of the liquid nutrient Ensure and two sizes of tubing that could be put up the noses of detainees who refused to eat. As the TV camera rolled, medical personnel explained, without a hint of doubt, that the force-feeding process is not at all unpleasant (olive oil, you see, is employed as a lubricant as the tube is snaked up through the detainee's nose and down his throat) and that, despite what others in the medical field might say, the long-term consumption of Ensure does no lasting damage.
And just like that, when I was feeling that my week was just beginning, it was over. I was upset that it was over. Before boarding the flight back to the U.S., there was one more pre-planned stop on the tour: the visit to a Gitmo gift shop, for t-shirts and figurines of Fidel Castro. But then even after the lift-off, I couldn't rid myself of the feeling — and still can't get rid of it now — that even though I put some time in, and that I now have some pictures that say I've been to Gitmo, the truth is that I have never really been there.
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Across the Nation, Protests Call for End to Gay Blood Ban
On July 12, gay men in 52 cities throughout the nation held a protest in an attempt to change the Food and Drug Administration's ban on gay men donating blood. By gathering at local blood donation centers, getting testing and attempting to donate blood, they hope to draw awareness of the amount of blood the gay community could contribute to the blood supply, should they change their current policy.
"Today, across the country in 52 cities, gay men are going to get tested and attempt to donate blood," said Anthony Mercurio, via a LiveStream video. "The gay blood ban has been in effect since 1984, based on some updated information that's not really scientific anymore. Today we're going to count up and see how many gay men attempt to donate blood and share stories, and see if we can change the FDA's regulations."
In Boston, Ian Placido said that the event was a success, noting that, "Twenty-one people turned out to get tested (all negative) and attempted to donate blood, and were then turned away. The Red Cross was aware of the day's event and was very supportive."
Placido said that although the City of Boston refused to grant them a permit to park a mobile testing unit on the street, the Courtyard Marriott was gracious enough to donate its boardroom in which to do testing.
In New York City, the Gay Men's Health Crisis provided free, confidential HIV testing in front of the New York Blood Center in partnership with the National Gay Blood Drive.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently bans any man who had sex with another man (MSM), even once, since 1977 from being allowed to donate blood. For several years, GMHC has been leading advocacy and public education efforts requesting that the FDA lift the ban and screen all potential donors equally for high-risk behavior, regardless of sexual orientation.
Currently, the FDA refuses to screen the blood of self-identified MSM. They automatically defer it as unsuitable, despite that the policy is scientifically outdated. The ban perpetuates negative stereotypes and stigma. Whether intentional or not, it is discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and the FDA needs to revise its policy so that it focuses on sexual behavior instead, said GMHC.
"In June, the American Medical Association joined the American Association of Blood Banks, America's Blood Centers and the Red Cross in calling the lifetime MSM blood ban discriminatory and unnecessary," said Jason Cianciotto, Director of Public Policy at GMHC.
"Under the current policy, a heterosexual man who has sex with someone who is known to be HIV-positive is subject to a one-year deferral, while a gay or bisexual man who is HIV-negative and always practices safer sex is banned from donating blood for life," said Cianciotto. "GMHC continues to urge the FDA to follow the lead of nations including France, Spain and Italy that have adopted deferral policies based on comprehensive assessments, screening all prospective donors, regardless of sexual orientation, for high-risk practices."
In the LiveStream video below, gay men spoke about their hopes that the policy would be changed, remarking on the rapid HIV testing that allows for quick screening, and the hypocrisy in allowing sexually promiscuous heterosexuals from donating, while monogamous gay men were prohibited.
"There is still a lot of ignorance out there. You can live a full life with HIV, which a lot of people don't know," said Azariah Southworth. "A lot of education needs to take place. HIV is a livable disease; I would compare it to diabetes, with the exception that you can contract if from having sex with someone. The FDAs ban is completely unnecessary. It's irrelevant, and the fact that they are still stalling to lift this ban since 1999, speaks to the blatant discrimination that it really is."
Another man compared the policy to cutting off ones nose to spite his face, saying that the ill-advised policy was costing lives all over the nation from lack of blood donations.
"Every two seconds, a blood transfusion is needed," said a man named Ed. "How many million gay men are prevented from donating, and saving these lives?"
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"Dude, what is up with your fans?!?"
That was from a friend in Boston, the first email in my inbox after I go back home from the Vancouver Stanley Cup riot.
Here was the second email, from another friend a few thousand kilometers away, watching Lotusland burn on live on TV.
"In Arab nations we see images of violent riots by angry citizens demanding democracy.... in Vancouver we see violent riots by angry fans demanding ?????"
Let's face it Vancouver, we look silly.
The good citizens of Vancouver keep telling themselves it's not so -- it was just a few hooligans, a cabal of crazy anarchists that turned downtown Vancouver into a scene from Clockwork Orange Wednesday night. Unasked, thousands of them showed up the day after with good will and brooms, joining city workers in cleaning up the ash, glass and other detritus of our riot.
But that won't get much airtime on Fox, CNN, the BBC, RAI or any of the other networks that covered our Stanley Cup imbroglio. When Rome burns, no matter how small the fire, that's where the camera's gaze always goes. And in a space of few hours, Vancouver's glorious Olympic afterglow was snuffed out.
Before Game 7 of the Vancouver Canucks vs. the Boston Bruins, we were remembered as a great, mid-size city that in 2010 hosted the best Olympic Games ever. We also held the best ever hockey game ever played at an Olympics, taking home the gold from the Americans. We were the new, confident face of Canada.
Now TV screens around the world -- and these images really are being shown everywhere -- are re-casting Vancouver as a city that has a weird predilection for rioting when it loses hockey games, which we did spectacularly in Game Seven against the Boston Bruins.
Our one bad night, when we had to seal off Battleground Vancouver by closing all the bridges into the downtown, has done serious damage to the image we spent billions of dollars buffing when we held the Olympics.
The Vancouver Sun zeroed in on this damage. Bob Whitelaw, the man who analyzed the first Stanley Cup riot in 1994, when the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the New York Rangers, told the paper the property damage might be $1 million from Wednesday night's riot. But the image damage will take $1 billion to repair.
"That's not just going to take months to heal, that's going to take another five years plus to recover," Whitelaw told the Sun, adding he's not buying into blaming hooligans and anarchists for the riot. "They talk about hooligans, but hooligans generally cover their faces with balaclavas or the like... but some of these people were wide open about letting their faces be seen on camera."
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International TV will soon move onto other scenes of burning cars, riot squads and crowds lighting their city in flames. Riots -- far bigger ones -- can be picked from today's turbulent world, where young people are legitimately fighting for human rights, food, democracy or maybe an end to their local tyrant.
Vancouver's riot won't be remembered with such gravitas. Our rioters [or should we just call them sore losers] chose to immolate Vancouver's international image over a game, to get pictures for their Facebook pages, maybe break into the Bay for some free underwear or storm the drug store to get chocolate bars, toothpaste or a new computer.
As riots go, it really was a sad, laughable and small-minded affair. Yup, Vancouver looks silly. World-class silly.


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The Professional Learning Network: A popular and increasingly accessible, the Professional Learning Network (PLN) offers instant access to everything from new lesson plans to information about cutting edge technological resources and supportive advice from sage educators.
A PLN is a group of like-minded educators that come together to discuss all types of educational issues and share resources. The group has the option of meeting in person, or online. Many online PLNs consist of educators from across the country who have never met in person, but collaborate virtually on a regular basis.
3 Nondigital Ways to Become a Connected Educator: If you are not ready to go digital to connect with a PLN, this article from the International Society of Technology Educators offers options for reaching out to colleagues without staring at a computer screen.
Resources Provided by States
Additional resources are available on a state-by-state basis, and some states have done a tremendous job in making resources and tools available for teachers, administrators and parents.
EngageNY: New York State teachers are privy to a wealth of resources via this Web site including modules for teaching and sample curriculums.
Kansas State Department of Education: Groups of teachers and librarians have been working with the Kansas State Department of Education to provide access to educational materials including blogs, wikis, and forums on education. Also included are videos of teachers giving testimonials about the Common Core in their classrooms.
Ohio Library Council: This Web site contains resources for public librarians so they may help students, parents, teachers, school librarians and community members navigate the changes in Ohio's PreK-12 education system.
Resources for Publishers
Publishers Confront Challenges of Crafting Common-Core Materials: This is a timely article from the Education Week blog.
Impact of CCSS on Educational Publishers: This site contains eight tips and words of wisdom for publishers provided by nSight, a content development and communications services firm.
Social Media
One example of a thriving PLN, which relies on social media to facilitate conversations involving educators across the country, is the Twitter stream that uses the hash tags "edchat" for all educators and "tlchat" for teacher- librarians.
Other useful documents and postings can be located by following the hash tags of "commoncore" "cc" or "ccss." Having access to a digital network that provides instant feedback and updates can be life-changing for many teachers, especially those that are the sole teachers of a subject in their school or district and for teachers working in isolated rural areas.
On Twitter follow the hash tags: #edchat, #tlchat, #ccss, #commoncore, #ccchat
Additionally, librarians and educators not on Twitter can still participate in the conversation by accessing some of the TL resources available online from the comfort of a home computer:
TL Virtual Cafe - View webinars, access resources and participate in chats all for free. Stop by and make some new friends. TLCafe "meets" on the first Monday of each month.
TL Chat Live! - Ask questions from teacher-librarian experts working in the field! TLChat Live meets on the second Monday of each month.
TL News Night - This is a live show presented in news show format featuring a wrap-up of "This Month in School Libraries" and deeper discussion of topical school library issues with special guest experts. TL News Night goes live on the third Monday of each month.
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Since many district budget allocations for conference attendance and travel expenses are dwindling, teachers are exploring options that allow them to remain close to home while gaining valuable expertise. One of the easiest ways to achieve this is to participate in online webinars given by experts in the field.
Check out Ed Web, a social network and professional learning community that makes it easy for teachers and all educators to connect and collaborate with peers, share information and best practices, and spread innovative ideas to improve teaching and learning.
Below is a sampling of upcoming free Ed Web Webinars on the Common Core:
Reading Informational Text: Focus on Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 4 PM Eastern Time
Using the Big6/Super3: More on Putting the Common Core to Work
Tuesday, November 12, 2013- 4 PM Eastern Time
Share My Lesson's Common Core Confident Series
Register for one or all of these free webinars on the Common Core, provided by Share My Lesson, which was developed by the American Federation of Teachers and TES Connect, the largest network of teachers in the world.
Below is a sampling of upcoming free Share My Lesson Webinars on the Common Core:
Working with the Next Generation Science Standards
Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 8 PM Eastern Time
Common Core Math Practices, Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 8 PM Eastern Time
SimpleK12 - A Teacher Learning Community that offers a simple way to get professional development by learning to integrate technology in the classroom through online tutorials. The first step is to become a member. This then allows you to share resources and have access to the forum. There is a subscription fee for full content to webinars; however there are also a limited amount of webinars you can view for free such as the ones mentioned on their "IHeartEdTech" blog that offer greats tips on the Common Core.
Teaching Channel - is a video showcase—on the Internet and TV—of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America's schools. Check out the Let's Chat Core Series of videos for insights on the Common Core.
Edmodo – Celebrate Connected Educator Month with Edmodo. Visit the Edmodo blog, join the Connected Educator group and watch for details on how you can enter to win a free trip to the Florida Educational Technology Conference, along with information on free upcoming webinars and other valuable teaching resources.
Achieve the Core -This Web site is full of free content designed to help educators understand and implement the Common Core State Standards. The site includes professional development modules complete with PowerPoint Presentations and speaker notes, along with videos and tutorials.
Advocacy and Outreach
October is also National Information Literacy Awareness Month. Librarians: Do not forget to promote the role you play in the library and in developing information literacy skills for your students, staff and patrons. This type of advocacy can be ongoing and does not need to be limited to the month of October. For an easy way to get started share this proclamation from President Obama with your community members, fellow educators and administrators to highlight the important ways librarians are able to help meet the Common Core standards.
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Full name Jacob Westerduin
Born March 19, 1963, Johannesburg
Current age 57 years 227 days
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Jake White coached South Africa to the Rugby World Cup title in 2007, joining an elite group in ascending to the top of the sport. White's driven, commanding style in one of the most challenging jobs in world rugby brought admiration and trouble throughout his reign, with the tricky subjects of racial quotas and meddling from above never far from the eye.
Nevertheless, he moulded a successful side over several years under the microscope, beginning his tenure with a Tri-Nations victory in 2004 as the recriminations from the Springboks' exit from the 2003 World Cup and Kamp Staaldrad still stung. He had already taken South Africa's Under 21 side to the World Championship in 2002 and was named as IRB International Coach of the Year for the first time in 2004, an accolade he would win again in 2007.
Lean years in 2005 and 2006 were followed by rigorous preparations for the 2007 World Cup in France. His side vanquished England 36-0 in a stunning game at the Stade de France and returned to the scene for the final, where Percy Montgomery and Francois Steyn kicked the points that defeated the same opponents.
He stood down following a loss to the Barbarians at Twickenham, believing that a new face was needed at South Africa's top table. His autobiography became a bestseller following his departure and he remained involved in the game on a consultancy basis, coaching the Barbarians against Australia in 2008. In 2010 he became one of a number of vocal critics of incumbent Springbok coach Peter De Villiers - offering to coach the team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
White initially indicated his interest in the newly created role of elite performance director role with England. However his interest in the role waned and he was appointed as head coach of the Brumbies in April 2011.
Following the resignation of England manager Martin Johnson after the 2011 Rugby World Cup, White was again linked to a role with the Rugby Football Union. And in March 2012, the Brumbies confirmed they had been contacted by the RFU with the intention of speaking to White about England's vacant head coach position.
But White, a day later, confirmed that he wanted to stay at the Brumbies via his Twitter account.
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Ole Magga, Norwegian politician
On this blog I regularly get questions about the Sami (Lapp*). That's because I often talk about Finnish genetics, have readers such as Clark who are of part-Sami origin, and, the provenance and character of the Sami speak to broader questions about the emergence of the modern European gene pool. More precisely questions about the Sami are relevant to the broader nature of the Finnic presence in Europe, and their relationship to other Baltic and northern populations. Are these people "indigenous" to Europe, or relatively newcomers (prehistoric Magyar or Turks).? These questions are prompted by the peculiarity of their languages (as well as the physical appearance of some of the Sami). With Basque they are the only living non-Indo-European European languages whose origins are prehistoric (Magyar and Turkish were arrivals within the last 1,000 years).**
Because of affinities to other Uralic languages which are found in Central Siberia it has often been conjectured that the Finns, Sami, and Estonians are relative newcomers to Norden from that region. This has some equivocal support from Y chromosomal lineages. On the other hand, there are those who argue that the Finnic peoples were present in the north of Europe before the arrival of Indo-European speakers (often these are Finnish nationalists). This has some support from maternal lineages. Naturally, some have been tempted to synthesize these two genetic lines of evidence, and the linguistic affinities, to argue that Finns are a hybrid population of Asiatic men and Paleolithic European women! But we need to go further than uniparental markers, the direct male and female ancestral lines. We need to look across the broader swath of the genome. It just happens that a new paper was published in The European Journal of Human Genetics on autosomal Sami affinities to other populations, A genome-wide analysis of population structure in the Finnish Saami with implications for genetic association studies:
The understanding of patterns of genetic variation within and among human populations is a prerequisite for successful genetic association mapping studies of complex diseases and traits. Some populations are more favorable for association mapping studies than others. The Saami from northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula represent a population isolate that, among European populations, has been less extensively sampled, despite some early interest for association mapping studies. In this paper, we report the results of a first genome-wide SNP-based study of genetic population structure in the Finnish Saami. Using data from the HapMap and the human genome diversity project (HGDP-CEPH) and recently developed statistical methods, we studied individual genetic ancestry. We quantified genetic differentiation between the Saami population and the HGDP-CEPH populations by calculating pair-wise FST statistics and by characterizing identity-by-state sharing for pair-wise population comparisons. This study affirms an east Asian contribution to the predominantly European-derived Saami gene pool. Using model-based individual ancestry analysis, the median estimated percentage of the genome with east Asian ancestry was 6% (first and third quartiles: 5 and 8%, respectively). We found that genetic similarity between population pairs roughly correlated with geographic distance. Among the European HGDP-CEPH populations, FST was smallest for the comparison with the Russians (FST=0.0098), and estimates for the other population comparisons ranged from 0.0129 to 0.0263. Our analysis also revealed fine-scale substructure within the Finnish Saami and warns against the confounding effects of both hidden population structure and undocumented relatedness in genetic association studies of isolated populations.
They had 352 Sami samples, and looked at ~38,000 SNPs. For the questions they're focusing on 38 K SNPs seems fine. That's enough to smoke out inter-population variation. In their paper they compared the Sami to the HGDP populations using standard techniques. Assuming 7 ancestral populations in the data set, this what ADMIXTURE popped out:
There is a definite "eastern" affinity among the Sami. Interestingly, it is broken down into a major and minor component. The major one is what is found among the Han, while the minor one resembles Native Americans. The natural interpretation for this is that what one is seeing is the shadow of the circumpolar northern Eurasian populations which spanned eastern Europe to Siberia. In comparison with other European populations the Sami affinity with Russians is clear, though interestingly they lack the "blue" component which peaks in northwest South Asian populations, which the Russians have, and Sardinians and French Basque lack.
To the left you see a PCA which breaks out the top two components of genetic variation for the data set. The two axes seem to be roughly west-east, north-south. Whatever ancient affinities the Sami may have with Southern Europeans via mtDNA haplogroup U5, it is not evident in the total genome content. The position of the Sami between Russians and Orcadians (from north of Scotland) is probably attributable to the fact that the Sami share much genetically with other Scandinavians, who are closer to British populations than the Russians are.
I'm not sure these analyses really shed any light on the on the questions I mentioned earlier. The authors themselves note that the "eastern" component of the ancestry in the Sami is probably very old, so they may be an ancient stabilized hybrid population, mostly indigenous with a non-trivial exogenous element. That does not tell us whether Finnic languages are indigenous to Europe, or whether they are indigenous to Central Siberia (indigenous here is in reference to the Indo-European languages). Additionally, there is the matter that for such fine-grained questions the HGDP sample is suboptimal as reference populations. Dienekes Pontikos points this out:
It is unfortunate that they included Native American HGDP populations, but did not include the most relevant published data on Siberians that I first used to study population structure across north Eurasia here and here and here.
Hence, they discover a "Native American"-like component in Saami, which in all likelihood can be further resolved into Siberian-specific components utilizing the Rasmussen et al. dataset.
The "closest approximation" to the East Eurasian component in Saami in the HGDP panel are the Yakuts, but finer-scale analysis (see my previous posts) reveals that the Yakuts are made up almost entirely of an Altaic-specific component tying them to Turkic, Mongol, and Tungusic populations, while the eastern component in European Finns, Vologda Russians and Chuvashs has relationships with Central Siberians such as Kets, Selkups, and Nganasans, all of which are missing in this paper.
Below is a re-edited ADMIXTURE plot from Dienekes:
Note: There are many ways to spell Sami. They used two a's, but I find that confusing, so I just used one in my text.
Citation: Maki-Torkko, Elina, Aikio, Pekka, Sorri, Martti, Huentelman, Matthew J, & Camp, Guy Van (2010). A genome-wide analysis of population structure in the Finnish Saami with implications for genetic association studies European Journal of Human Genetics : 10.1038/ejhg.2010.179
* Apparently "Lapp" is considered derogatory among Norwegians, though Finnish Sami refer to themselves as lappalainen. I will use Sami to avoid irritating Norwegian terminology police.
** I am implicitly excluding much of European Russia west of the Urals, but so be it.


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As an unusual storm hit the southern U.S. with ice and snow, many motorists were stranded — at school, in buses, at stores and along highways. For one expectant mom and dad, however, the chaos had a happy ending, as they welcomed their new baby girl while stranded in their car.
Highway baby
Georgia was just one of the southern states to be seriously impacted by this recent winter storm, but Atlanta has made many of the headlines because of its sheer size, and what happened when everyone tried to go home at once. For example, twenty-minute commutes took hours, and the major highways were backed up in a snowy gridlock which made them completely impassible. This scenario was repeated in many other southern cities as well, which led to a complete nightmare for many.
However, Nick and Amy Anderson, who live in the Atlanta area, decided to brave the roads as she went into labor. Little did they know that traffic, which was at a standstill, would put an end to their journey well before they reached the hospital.
It's time!
Funny enough, once they saw that they could go no further, the mom-to-be said that she knew that it was time. She said her contractions amped up and there was no going back. As her other two children sat in the backseat, she labored away with the support of her husband by her side.
Fortunately, a police officer happened to check on them and was undoubtedly surprised when he was told that they were having a baby — right there. A 911 operator talked Nick through the delivery and soon after an ambulance arrived to whisk mom and her new baby girl, who they named Grace, away to the hospital, where they are reported to be in good condition.
It's nice to hear a happy story that resulted from all of the chaos that shut down southern cities and stranded folks everywhere.
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There has been a rapid development of technologies and techniques to reduce emissions of air pollutants in a wide range of sectors - energy, traffic, agriculture, industry and domestic - since the adoption of the Convention in 1979. But, while these new techniques and also non-technical measures, such as energy conservation and traffic management, have played an important role in decreasing pollution, industrial production, transport activity and energy demand have increased significantly. However, the emission ratio or unit emission per activity has been considerably lowered. Information gathered about the technical issues has played an important role and contributed substantively to the success of the Convention and its Protocols. Emission abatement requires technologies and techniques. This means applying process changes and installations of new abatement technologies.
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Recent products of the Task Force include the Guidance document on control techniques for emissions of sulphur, NOx, VOC, and particulate matter from stationary sources and the Guidance document for emission control techniques for mobile sources under the Gothenburg Protocol.
The Task Force was established by the Executive Body in 2001 as Expert Group and upgraded to a Task Force by Executive Body decision 2014/2. Work on POPs and heavy metals, which was previously covered by the respective task forces, is now being addressed under the Task Force on Techno-economic issues. The revised mandate of the Task Force can be found in EB decision 2018/7.
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This statue takes up permanent residence at New York City's Madame Tussauds. Rihanna has eight sculptures of herself at the wax museum.


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Chapman University is pleased to announce Glenn M. Pfeiffer, Ph.D as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs starting January 4, 2017. Before accepting the Provost position, Dr. Pfeiffer served as interim Provost starting September 1, 2016. Dr. Pfeiffer, is the Warren and Doris Uehlinger Endowed Professor of Business, and was previously Chapman's Vice-Chancellor for Academic Administration.
Dr. Pfeiffer is not only an excellent administrator, but he well represents the best values of Chapman University. After holding faculty appointments at the University of Washington, the University of Chicago, the University of Arizona and San Diego State University, Dr. Pfeiffer joined our community in 1995. A highly respected member of the faculty, Dr. Pfeiffer was elected President of the Faculty Senate for the academic year 2007-08 and as Associate Dean in the Argyros School from 2012 to 2014, before joining the Provost Office in 2014.
Dr. Pfeiffer is an accomplished teacher and scholar, whose research focuses on accounting disclosures and capital markets. He has investigated issues relating to financial reporting of leases, inventories and earnings per share, fair value disclosures, executive compensation, corporate reorganization and technology investments. He has published peer reviewed research articles in several accounting, finance, economics and management academic journals. In addition, he has published three accounting textbooks, an accounting casebook and numerous case studies in financial accounting and reporting. He teaches financial accounting and financial analysis to undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA and Law students. He has won several teaching awards and was the recipient of the 2007 Valerie Scudder Award.


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Zuckerberg Gives $120 Million to Bay Area Schools
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan said they would make another large donation targeted at education, pledging to spend $120 million on San Francisco-area schools.
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U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled on Tuesday that agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. was in a strong position to claim that an Indiana farmer violated its patent for a type of soybean.
In a case closely watched by the biotechnology industry, the court is considering whether Vernon Bowman, 75, had performed an end-run around the law when he bought soybean grain typically used for animal feed but planted it instead.
The soybean crop turned out to contain Monsanto's patented genetics. Bowman said because the grain he used as seed was "second-generation" and not the first-generation sold by seed dealers, it was not covered by the patent.
The bulk of the argument focused on whether patent protections extended to multiple generations of a self-replicating product such as seeds, with several justices indicating that patent law should protect companies like Monsanto in such situations.
A ruling is expected by the end of June.
Justice Stephen Breyer told Bowman's lawyer, Mark Walters, that Bowman, who was in the courtroom for oral arguments, could use the seed he had purchased for other purposes but could not harvest the crop from the next generation of seed.
"You know there are certain things that the law prohibits," he said. "What it prohibits here is making a copy of the patented invention. And that is what he did."
Likewise, Justice Elena Kagan clashed with Walters over his assertion that Monsanto could protect its patent rights by having contracts with farmers.
"All that has to happen is that one seed escapes the web of these contracts," she said.
That single seed, "because it can self replicate in the way that it can, essentially makes all the contracts worthless," Kagan added.
Several justices appeared concerned that a ruling for Bowman would stifle innovation.
"Why in the world would anybody spend any money to try to improve the seed if as soon as they sold the first one, anybody could grow more and have as many of those seeds as they want?" said Chief Justice John Roberts.
Both sides sparred over to what extent Monsanto can exercise control over how farmers use later generations of its seeds.
Without the existing patent protections, "Monsanto could not have commercialized its invention," Monsanto lawyer Seth Waxman said.
Walters countered that the court should be wary of "choosing patent rights over private property rights" when deciding what farmers can do with seeds they have purchased.
The Obama administration intervened in the case in support of the federal appeals court ruling in Monsanto's favor.
Justice Department lawyer Melissa Sherry said a victory for Bowman would "eviscerate patent protections."
The case arose when, in 1999, Bowman sought to save money by buying commodity grain from a grain elevator.
The seed was not identified as featuring Monsanto's Roundup Ready technology, which protects seeds from herbicides. Bowman kept the seed generated from the successful crop and used it the following year. He repeated the pattern until 2007.
Monsanto objected, saying that Bowman was growing soybeans that were resistant to Roundup herbicide, meaning he was infringing on its patents.
The legal question was when Monsanto's patent protections were, in legal terminology, "exhausted."
Bowman said Monsanto's rights were exhausted because the seeds he bought from the elevator were already second-generation. The agreements farmers sign with Monsanto when they buy seeds allows them to sell commodity grain generated by the crop. This is normally used for feed rather than planting.
Once he purchased the seeds, Monsanto could not impose any limits on what could be done with the seeds, he said.
Monsanto argued that its rights were not exhausted because the agreements signed by the farmers also said that seeds could not be sold for planting.
A lower court found in favor of Monsanto and ordered Bowman to pay the company $84,456.
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Intel is about to sample non-volatile phase-change random access memory (PCM or PRAM) as a drop-in replacement for NOR flash memory, the type used in mobile phones. PRAM has the potential because of its size and access speeds to replace some DRAM applications as well as the longer-lasting but slower NAND flash memory used in digital cameras and beginning to appear in hybrid disk drives.
Most random access memory suppliers are investigating PRAM. Intel says that it has built a 128Mbit PRAM device, using 90nm technology, which demonstrated 100 million read-write cycles. Flash memory chips have a far lower read-write cycle maximum and some fail after just 10,000 cycles. Intel's chip has a claimed 10-year or greater data retention period, is smaller than equivalent capacity flash memory, and uses the same power. The company didn't reveal its PRAM access time but Hitachi has demonstrated a 20ns latency. This is much quicker than flash memory's 50-90ns latency but significantly slower than DDR2 RAM which is around 3ns.
Intel intends to identify and fix any problems with PRAM in the NOR flash area and then move the technology up the memory hierarchy to NAND flash. If it can get the access speed down even lower then DRAM applications could also move to PRAM. An attraction would be that PRAM doesn't need the power-hungry constant refreshing needed by DRAM. Intel is talking of PRAM as a kind of memory nirvana.
Other potential PRAM applications include much faster and capacious USB thumb drives and solid-state disk drives. Hybrid disk drives and the Intel Robson motherboard with flash cache, could also have larger and significantly faster cache memory leading to better performance.
Elpida, IBM, Intel, Macronix, Qimonda and Samsung are all licensing PRAM technology from Ovonyx which owns the core intellectual property. Intel Capital invested in Ovonyx in 2000 and made an additional investment in 2005. Intel is not saying what capacity devices it will sample but Samsung already has 90nm 256Mbit and 512Mbit sample parts available. Intel expects Moore's law to apply to PRAM technology development in terms of cell size and speed.


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Touring Canoes
The best touring canoes, reviewed and curated by the Trailspace community. Stores' prices and availability are updated daily.
In order to show you the most useful information, we have omitted some unreviewed products. View the complete product list »
Recent Touring Canoe Reviews
Wenonah Escapade
A very nice tandem/solo fast canoe. I have the Escapade in a kevlar/flex core layup. The canoe weighs 51 lb in this configuration. It is also available in kevlar and also in Tuf-Weave. It is a shorter touring canoe in a performance hull. This means it holds a bit less gear for touring than the longer ones. Since I am a backpacker I have the lightweight gear that suits this canoe very well. I was surprised at the stability with the two young grandkids; I was expecting the worst but was pleasantly… Full review
Wenonah Spirit II
Great handling and stability loaded for two weeks on flatwater; light enough for 60-year-old to portage. We've owned our Kevlar ultralight Spirit II with the clear skincoat (yellow kevlar color) since 1997. Named the "B-Attitude" after Bea and Barb of Wilderness Paddlers up in Ely, Minnesota, we bought her as a "blem" from the factory on the way back to Michigan from Ely. The Spirit II is a little shorter than some of the other touring/tripping models by Wenonah and has a slight bit of rocker. Full review
Wenonah Prospector 15
Responsive and ultra stable, the Prospector is a very good down river canoe. If you have dogs or often go fishing, this is a good option for you. It's not fast, and it has some design issues, but overall, it's a good value. Wenonah's Prospector 15 is a fun boat for river trips. It's rock-solid stable and can turn on a dime. It's a great choice for beginner paddlers, dog owners, and fisherpeople. It's not the fastest boat out there, so you won't win any races. Keeping it going in a straight line… Full review
Wenonah Escapade
The We-no-nah Escapade is a 16.6 tandem performance touring canoe available only in "tuff weave"material. Produced mainly for lakes and gentle rivers, this boat is sleek and agile with great response to the paddlers commands. I got in my new We-no-nah Escapade late last week and have taken her out every day since. The Escapade is a 16.6 canoe and it just so happens that 16.6 is the perfect length for a solo canoe. This canoe is only available in Tuff Weave material. I do like the feel and weight… Full review
Wenonah Spirit II
My friend and I describe ourselves as middle-aged "fat-packers"-- but my best friend and hiking buddy got injured--really messed up her ankle, so hiking was out of the question for the summer. She grew up doing lots of canoeing, so it seemed like a good solution. Bottom line is she really had no idea where to jump in with selecting a boat. I helped her out by watching and watching Craigslist. Then this Wenona showed up. I read every bit of literature I could get my hands on...so she made her choice. Full review
Bell Canoe Northstar
I've owned a Northstar for about 3 years now and the more I paddle it the more I like it. I put a kneeling thwart in for solo paddling and raised the back seat. It handles very nice with a heavy load and is very stable. I do a lot of paddling up in New York in the Saranac lakes region, it seems to be in its element there with the portages and paddling lake to lake. I bought this canoe used from an outfitter in Saranac Lake. The first time I got into it I almost fell out the other side. I wasn't… Full review
Wenonah Minnesota 3
Spent a week in Boundary Waters Canoe Area with this. Most uncomfortable seating in a canoe I've ever been in. Rented this, would never buy one. Spent a day of this week in a Bell Canoe, what a difference a little seat height makes. Full review
Wenonah Itasca Ultra-Light Kevlar Canoe
Great tripping canoe for long distance paddling! Holds lots of gear. Loved this boat on big open water of Lake Superior. Full review
Bell Canoe Northwind
Bell has stopped making the Northwind, but it is a very satisfying boat to paddle and a good compromise between tracking and turning ability. It is light enough to portage in Royalex but able to handle both rocky rivers and the flats equally well. The Norhtwind is a capable boat that can handle a variety of paddling situations. The Royalex version is 16 1/2 feet with good secondary stablility and decent glide. It handles large lake waves and rapids pretty well, but not as well as the big trippers. Full review


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DALLAS (AP) The Dallas Mavericks have signed veteran guard Mike James to a 10-day contract.
The deal announced Tuesday gives James a chance to play for his 11th NBA team in 11 seasons. He played 11 games for the Chicago Bulls last season and helped fill in for injured point guard Derrick Rose.
The 37-year-old James has career averages of 10.4 points and 3.6 assists per game. His best season was with Toronto in 2005-06, when he averaged 20.3 points and 5.8 assists in 79 starts. He's also played for Miami, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, Houston, Minnesota, New Orleans and Washington.
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WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Dec. 13, 2012 — We watch the Olympic Games with awe and marvel at the athletes' power and grace.
But are Olympic athletes really any healthier than the rest of us? Do they live longer? And if they do, what does it mean for the rest of us mere mortals?
These are some of the questions that two new studies in the BMJ set out to answer.
The first study showed Olympic medalists do live close to three years longer than the rest of us, regardless of their country, medal won, or type of sport played.
A second study involving Olympic athletes, however, found that athletes who participated in high- or moderate-intensity sports don't live any longer than athletes who excel in low-intensity sports such as golf. But boxers and rugby and ice hockey players are at greater risk of dying due to the physical contact associated with their sports.
In the first study, researchers compared life expectancy among 15,174 Olympic athletes who won medals between 1896 and 2010 to that of people in the general population. Winners lived about of 2.8 years longer than non-Olympic medalists in eight of the nine country groups studied. It didn't matter if they took home the gold, silver, or bronze, either.
"We were a little surprised that survival advantage among Olympians was so pervasive," says researcher Philip M. Clarke. He is a professor of health economics at the University of Melbourne in Australia. "It can be observed across almost all countries, sports, and medal type. Olympians are much more like each other when they are compared with the general population."
The study wasn't designed to figure out why Olympic athletes live longer, but the researchers do have some theories.
"There are a range of explanations including genetic factors, physical activity, healthy lifestyle, and the wealth and status that comes from international sporting glory," Clarke says. "While it is hard to disentangle these effects, what we do show is winning a gold medal does not confer any additional survival advantage. So maybe any wealth and fame that can flow from winning is playing less of a role, but we really need another study to examine this issue in detail."
You don't have to be a Gabby Douglas to reap these benefits. "For those of us who are unable to win an Olympic medal, the one thing we can do to improve our life expectancy is to engage in regular exercise, which has been shown to protect against major diseases like type 2 diabetes," he says.
Intensity of Sport Doesn't Matter
In the second study, researchers tracked almost 10,000 athletes with a known age at death who took part in at least one Olympics between 1896 and 1936.
Athletes from high-intensity sports such as cycling and rowing, or moderate-intensity sports such as gymnastics and tennis, had similar death rates compared with athletes from low-intensity sports such as golf or cricket.
However, the researchers did find an 11% increased risk of death among athletes in sports with high risk of body collision, including boxing, rugby, and ice hockey, compared to athletes involved in other sports.
"Golf is just as good as rowing, cycling, or running a marathon for your survival. However, in the general population, not everyone is just as fit as Olympic athletes," says researcher Frouke Engelaer, a PhD candidate at Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing in Leiden, Netherlands.
"Exercise is medicine," says Jordan Metzl, MD. He is a sports medicine doctor at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. "Daily exercise of moderate intensity for 30 minutes to an hour is almost equivalent to the intense stuff. You have to do something that you love, but you don't have to do an Ironman to be healthy."
Robert Glatter, MD, agrees. He is an emergency medicine doctor at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City."Some aerobic exercise should be part of your daily routine, but you don't need to win a gold medal to live a long and healthy life."


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