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		<title>Punk Rope in Tanzania</title>
		<description><![CDATA[14th Street Y Punk Ropers Cheryl Cohen and Sarah Sattin left New York City approximately a year ago to travel throughout Africa. Although their suitcases were already overloaded they kindly agreed to bring some jump ropes with them. In Tanzania they put the ropes to great use as you can see in the above photo. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punk Rope Hops Into Haverhill, MA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haverhill is a classic, old, New England mill town, which once upon a time served as home to a thriving shoe and hat industry. Founded in 1640, the town of roughly 60,000 is perhaps best known as one of the main inspirations for the comic Archie. The comic&#8217;s creator, Bob Montana, attended Haverhill High from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://punkrope.com/home/2010/08/18/punk-rope-hops-into-haverhill-ma/</link>
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		<title>New Obesity Stats Shameful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Results from the 2007–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) indicate that an estimated 34.2% of U.S. adults aged 20 years and over are overweight, 33.8% are obese, and 5.7% are extremely obese&#8221; write Cynthia L. Ogden, Ph.D., and Margaret D. Carroll, M.S.P.H., from the Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. To put [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://punkrope.com/home/2010/08/05/new-obesity-stats-shameful/</link>
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		<title>How Sweet It Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We like to think of Punk Rope as a pretty sweet activity, but toss in some free, gourmet chocolate and now you&#8217;re really talking. Punk Rope and chocolate came together in spades on July 12 &#38; 14 courtesy of Vosges in New York City. We thought French-style chocolate would be a great giveaway for our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://punkrope.com/home/2010/07/21/how-sweet-it-is/</link>
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		<title>Punk Rope Makes the Grade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 10, we presented highlights of our Hopping for Health program to 33 New York City physical education teachers. It&#8217;s always nice to get feedback from your audience so you can make adjustments for the future. After all, no presentation is ever perfect. However, on June 10 we apparently came close. 31 of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://punkrope.com/home/2010/07/02/punk-rope-makes-the-grade/</link>
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		<title>New &#8220;Games&#8221; Workshop To Debut 8/15/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On August 15 we&#8217;ll debut our Punk Rope Playtime workshop at the Haverhill YMCA in Haverhill, MA. The 3-hour workshop will focus on approximately 20 of our favorite fitness games and cooperative activities including Circle Ball, Not In My Backyard, TAPS, and Long Rope Baseball. Punk Rope games are safe, fun, effective, easy to explain, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://punkrope.com/home/2010/06/29/new-games-workshop-nearly-ready/</link>
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		<title>Anybody Can Jump!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Punk Rope staffed a booth at the PS 63 Flea Market in Manhattan&#8217;s East Village. The market, which runs every Saturday through July 31, serves as a benefit to the elementary school. Despite temperatures climbing into the high 80s, visitors were in a hopping mood including Mary, a 73-year old grandma (photo below), Melissa, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://punkrope.com/home/2010/06/20/anybody-can-jump/</link>
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		<title>Punk Rope Presents to NYC PE Teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 10, Joe, Shana, and Tim presented highlights of Punk Rope&#8217;s Hopping for Health program to approximately 40 New York City physical education teachers at Lehman High School in the Bronx. The 90-minute presentation kicked off a full day of workshops sponsored by the New York City Department of Education&#8217;s Office of Fitness. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://punkrope.com/home/2010/06/13/punk-rope-presents-to-nyc-pe-teachers/</link>
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		<title>Camila 4Ever Wins 2nd Annual Punk Rope Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coached by a dachsund and sponsored by an artist, Camila 4Ever captured the 2nd Annual Punk Rope Games in Brooklyn&#8217;s McCarren Park with 18 points in a strong showing of team balance. Captain Howard Wu and team members Erin Ronder, Adam Neves, and Maureen Walsh, came out of the gate strong and never let up. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://punkrope.com/home/2010/05/23/camila-4ever-wins-2nd-annual-punk-rope-games/</link>
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		<title>Punk Rope Games Preview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The only place to be this Saturday (5/22) is Williamsburg&#8217;s McCarren Park (softball field #1 to be precise) in Brooklyn, NY.
At 10:15am, the 2nd annual Punk Rope Games will commence with the procession of &#8220;nations&#8221; and the competition will get underway at 1030am.
9 teams, each consisting of 4 persons, will compete in 9 events ranging [...]]]></description>
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