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Most experienced players agree that there is not enough to distinguish between different Artifact weapons in the game. A few are very useful, the others are rarely worth bothering to lug around. Many people have posted YANIs to RGRN on how to improve them. Here is a summary of some of the ideas posted.
Some past threads in RGRN (via Google Groups)::
Existing patchesEdit
Some of these ideas have already been implemented in Nephi's enhanced artifacts patch. They are marked below.
L has also produced a few artifact patches for:
There is also the owned artifacts patch by Topi Linkala. If you wish for an artifact there is a chance that the owner of that artifact arrives with the artifact and starts to fight with you.
Derek Ray's Sporkhack contains various artifact fixes, indicated below.
General ideasEdit
- Too many of the artifacts are longswords. More diversity would be good.
- Too many of the artifacts are weapons. More diversity would be good. For example, items/tools/armor or even food.
- We need an artifact spear, spears are cool!
Bane weaponsEdit
- All banes warn you of targeted monsters, like Sting does for orcs. (Nephi's patch)
- All banes give you +d8 to hit and +d20 to damage, rather than +d5 to hit and double damage. This makes them more useful without having to spend skill slots and enchant weapon scrolls. (Nephi's patch)
- Demonbane prevents demons' gating ability, but not the magical power of summon nasties. (Nephi's patch)
- Demonbane is a silver mace which does double damage against demons, provides warning against demons, and, when wielded, prevents demons from summoning in your presence. (Sporkhack)
- Dragonbane grants reflection. (Nephi's patch)
- Dragonbane is an unbreakable silver lance (better for Knights).
- Dragonbane is now a normal spear that provides fire, cold, poison, shock, sleep, acid, and disintegration resistance when wielded. It does double damage against dragons, kills dragons instantly 50% of the time on a successful hit, and provides warning against dragons. (Sporkhack)
- On a critical hit, (a "natural 20"), Giantslayer will kill up to seven giants adjacent to you ("Seven at one blow!"). (Nephi's patch)
- Giantslayer as a dwarvish mattock, able to destroy boulders thrown at you.
- Giantslayer is now a sling which provides warning against giants. Giantslayer kills giants on _any_ successful hit with a rock fired from this sling. Rocks fired from Giantslayer do +d8 damage. Giantslayer provides strength 18/** when wielded OR in your alternate weapon slot. (Sporkhack)
- Ogresmasher gives ogre (18/**) strength -- great for Elven Priests!
- Ogresmasher provides CON 25 when wielded, does double damage against all ogres, kills ogres instantly 50% of the time on a successful hit, and provides warning against ogres. (Sporkhack)
- Orcrist does +d4 damage against everything, double damage against orcs, and warns of orcs. (Sporkhack)
- Trollsbane gives hungerless regeneration. (Nephi's patch)
- Trolls killed by Trollsbane will not revive. (Nephi's patch) Especially useful for Barbarian quest.
- Trollsbane does double damage against trolls, kills trolls instantly 50% of the time on a successful hit, and dying trolls do not leave a corpse when Trollsbane is wielded. Trollsbane provides hungerless regeneration when wielded. (Sporkhack)
- Werebane is already useful as a silver sabre
- Werebane could grant unchanging and protection from shapechangers.
- Werebane provides polymorph control when wielded. (Sporkhack)
Brand weaponsEdit
Fire BrandEdit
Frost BrandEdit
Early-game weaponsEdit
- Grimtooth is now a (permanantly) poisoned weapon. This makes it somewhat useful in the early game (instead of worthless like it is now), but not so much in the late game, where most of the tougher monsters are poison resistant. (Nephi's patch)
- Grimtooth has +d5 to hit. (Sporkhack)
It is generally agreed that Sting should remain as-is.
- Sting does +d3 damage against everything, double damage against spiders, and warns of spiders. (Sporkhack)
Other weaponsEdit
- GreyKnight's patch transfers some of Excalibur's powers to a new artifact Clarent (see below)
- Double damage only against undead/demons/chaotics -- overpowered as it is!
The Longbow of DianaEdit
- Make the arrows never stop flying until they hit a target or an obstacle, regardless of your Strength.
- Would be nice to have a 5%+ chance of instakilling enemies (arrows piercing the heart of <monster>).
The Sceptre of MightEdit
- The Sceptre sets Strength to 25 (L's Patch)
- Snickersnee should do 1d12 extra damage, not 1d8, and get +1d5 to hit. This is because it's harder to get than Excalibur, yet generally less powerful. Since it has none of Excalibur's beneficial side effects (nor any of its drawbacks, granted), it should be a more effective weapon.
The Staff of AesculapiusEdit
- Sunsword has a 1 in 3 chance of blinding opponents. (Nephi's patch)
- Sunsword has a light radius of 3 instead of 2. This gives players more of an incentive to wield it when they don't have a lamp. (Nephi's patch)
- Sunsword insta-kills gremlins. (L's patch)
- Sunsword turns trolls to stone. (L's patch)
- Sunsword is now a silver long sword. (Sporkhack)
The Tsurugi of MuramasaEdit
- The Tsurugi of Muramasa now does double damage instead of +d8. This puts it in the running for the most powerful weapon in the game, which is where it should be. The fact that it is a two-handed weapon balances it somewhat. (Nephi's patch)
- Invoking the Tsurugi raises its enchantment to +1/0/-1 if blessed/uncursed/cursed (L's patch)
Vorpal BladeEdit
- Vorpal Blade now does +d8 to damage, instead of the ridiculously low +1. (Nephi's patch)
Non-weapon artifactsEdit
The Orb of DetectionEdit
- Replaced by Itlachiayaque (below) in L's patch
The Heart of AhrimanEdit
- The Heart of Ahriman confers displacement instead of stealth. (L's patch)
- The Heart of Ahriman gives energy regeneration (L's patch)
The Magic Mirror of MerlinEdit
The Eyes of the OverworldEdit
The Mitre of HolinessEdit
The Master Key of ThieveryEdit
The Platinum Yendorian Express CardEdit
The Orb of FateEdit
The Eye of the AethiopicaEdit
New Artifact ideasEdit
Philosopher's StoneEdit
Part of Malcolm Ryan's planned Alchemist patch. The philosopher's stone is a grey stone which can absorb the essence of a potion and then be used to make other potions.
L's Itlachiayaque patch replaces the Archeologist's quest artifact, the Orb of Detection, with Itlachiayaque, a shield of reflection that in legend was wielded by the Mesoamerican deity Tezcatlipoca.
- Is a shield of reflection (thus, automatically confers 2 AC and reflection).
- Confers ESP, half spell damage and fire resistance when carried.
- When invoked, it creates a stinking cloud that the player can place unless Itlachiayaque is cursed or the player is not an Archeologist.
GreyKnight's Clarent patch complements Excalibur with Clarent the _other_ sword from Arthurian Legend (the sword in the stone). Clarent is an intelligent lawful short sword which can be dual-wielded with Excalibur. See the link above for a list of other powers.
Not part of any patch yet, the Spear of Destiny would nonetheless be an interesting addition to the game. [[4]] is the lance that was thrust into the side of Jesus Christ during the Crucifixion (or, rather, the soldier who thrust the lance; the lance itself is known as the Spear of Destiny or the Holy Lance, though it often gets called Longinus anyways). Its effects should be:
Intelligent lawful lance Does 1d6 bonus damage on a hit and has +d4 to hit; this gets elevated to +3d6 damage and +3d4 to hit against a demon or when jousting, and +5d6 damage and +5d4 to hit when jousting against a demon Will blast chaotic characters Is the first sacrifice gift for Knights


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Steering 2 Wander
Steering behavior is a great way to make your game characters move in a lifelike manner. After reading a great set of tutorials by Fernando Bevilacqua here, I thought I'd implement what he did using Wade.
This post will cover his third article (Wander). I suggest you give the article a quick read because I'm just going to jump right into how to do this in Wade.
A few notes before I get started
- This demo uses Wade 3.8.1
- I use Wade as a framework and write the javascript code myself (i.e. I'm not using the online editor)
- The ant and fish art assets are the intellectual property of Robert Brooks
- The background tile art assets are the intellectual property of kenney
Wander Random Final Results preview
Watch the fish swim around.
In the first wander example, a random invisible target is moved around and the fish swims to it. This uses the seek function from the previous steering demo. Whereas the mouse was the seek target before, now it is a randomly generated point. Using some trial and error, I came up with moving the target every second and performing the fish ai every 200 ms. That seems to give a decent wander illusion. However, as pointed out in the original tutorial, the overall effect is one of travelling from point A to B to C, rather than meandering around.
Wander force Final Results preview
Click the ant button at the lower left to start/restart the demo (you may have to click twice to get focus). You can use the mouse wheel to zoom in/out.
When the demo starts, a bunch of ants are created, all with the same velocity vector. Using the wander function, a force at a randomized angle is applied to each ant's velocity vector. This, "wander force", is then added to the velocity vector, shifting the ant's direction. The result look like…well a bunch of ants wandering around.
Here is the function:
Steering.prototype.wanderSO = function(source,wanderForce,minRad,maxRad) { var wanderAngle = minRad + Math.random()*(maxRad - minRad); var wanderVector = wade.vec2.normalizeIfPossible(source.getVelocity()); wade.vec2.rotateInPlace(wanderVector,wanderAngle); wade.vec2.scaleInPlace(wanderVector,wanderForce); return wanderVector; }; // end wanderSO
The function accepts a source (scene object), a wanderForce (scalar), a minRad (minimum radians) and a maxRad (maximum radians). The wander angle is randomized between minRad and maxRad. In this case, I am using Math.PI/4 (45 degrees). This is the maximum angle (negative or positive) the wander force can be applied in a given step. Then, get the current velocity, normalize it and rotate it by the above calculated angle. Finally, scale the wander vector by the wanderForce passed in. A larger force proportional to the current velocity will give bigger shifts in direction. The wander vector is then returned to the caller, where it is added to the currenct velocity vector.
If you read the aforementioned tutorial, it should be clear. If not, just think of a sailboat in a light versus a strong wind.
I don't account for mass in the wander vector. I'm not sure if that is correct or not. If you want to add that, just look at the final line before the return in "seekSO" to see how to compensate for the scene object's mass.
At the boundaries, simply flip one of the velocity components to direct the ant back into the demo. Sometimes you may see an ant getting stuck. For a demo that's ok.
Download and extract the zip file, run steering2-1WanderRandom.html to see what's in the first iframe, run steering2-2WanderForce.html to see what's in the second iframe.
The code contains a lot of comments, so I hope it is easy to follow. Feel free to play around and use the code however you want.
A final note, if you looked at the previous steering post, you may have noticed that the functions in Steering.js have changed a bit. This was done in anticipation of a future post where I will implement a steering manager.
cheers – Shri

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after the response i got on my first "baby needs" post, i thought i would go a little deeper into bigger stuff {gear} that we really liked using/use with our bee and what we plan to use with our next little one!
*again, these are all based on our own personal experience and use and do not reflect anyone else's opinions, so take it like it is. :) i am sharing with you what worked best for us and what we liked using the most. if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! i want to be as informative as possible. :)
- bumbo seat {as soon as your little one fits} - i know these have been given an ugly rep lately, but they have gone through an update/makeover phase and are a hot item, again! aside from that... it's awesome. it's super lightweight foam and holds baby just right for the trickier not-quite-sitting-up stage. we used my SIL's for bee and loved it so much we got one of our own, to be used with all our babies to come. :) we took/take it anywhere/everywhere and never had any issues! it is really a staple for us!.
- swaddle me wrap {from day 1 to until they can bust out of it} - now this item varies with every kid, depending on if they like to be swaddled or not. bee did and this cozy little wrap worked great until she was strong enough to bust out! it fulfills the "no loose blankets" argument and keeps baby snuggly warm! it comes in jersey, fleece and flannel and every color and print you can think of {and can be found at tj maxx/marshall's/ross fr less than $8}!
- small fan {from day 1 and counting} - the perfect white noise producer, that can also be used as a fan. ;) it helps baby sleep and keeps that stuffy room circulated!
- bum genius all-in-one's {day 1 to potty trained} - the best and simplest diapering system {to us personally} you can get for your buck. go here to check see my initial review!
- phil and ted's vibe double stroller {if you need/want a double} - now i have yet to use this with two babies, but have been using it with bee and she loves it! oh, and we love it, too. it's so easy to maneuver, lightweight and has lots of features that make it a practical and useful stroller. i'll get back to you on another review once baby #2 has tried it out, too! -side note: if you buy one second hand like us, {aka w/o a manual} they have really awesome videos online demonstrating and explaining every little bit of the stroller
- life factory bottles {anytime you need a great bottle} - this is the best bottle out there. it's made of bpa-free glass and comes in a shatterproof silicone grip sleeve. compared to others i have tried, they get the cleanest and are the most durable. and we never had to take off the grip! just stick them in your dishwasher and they're good to go!
- baby bjorn travel crib {day 1 to until baby is too big} - after dealing with/hauling around the classic pak-n-play, i did a little research and found the perfect alternative! it's as easy as a pop-up tent to assemble and weighs hardly anything! it's so nice to have this when a bed-on-the-go is needed.
- ergo carrier {7lbs-45lbs!!} - our first carrier was the bjorn, but after doing a little research i really liked the ergo. and then after finding a great deal we decided to try it out! although bee is at the max weight {ok, more like 30 lbs} it's not too practical for her size, but we can't wait to try it on our next one! again, i'll get back to you on another review once baby #2 has tried it out, too!
okay, so there are some of our faves. pretty simple. but if you have any questions or suggestions/options of your own, let me know!!
*fyi, your best option is to shop around beforehand and find a great deal! and don't forget about ebay, consignment and craigslist{most of mine are from one of those three or were a gift}!
good luck! :)
- headed to va. see you next week!!
*fyi, your best option is to shop around beforehand and find a great deal! and don't forget about ebay, consignment and craigslist{most of mine are from one of those three or were a gift}!
good luck! :)
- headed to va. see you next week!!


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Windermere with a View - guided family cycle ride - 30 July
Date: 30 July 2017
Price: Adult £25 Child £16
Start: 10.15am
Your adventure starts by sailing on the unique bike boat from Brockhole to Windermere's western shore. Our trained volunteer cycle leaders will guide and support you along delightful traffic-free trails and a very quiet minor road to Claife Viewing Station. Here there'll be time to explore, learn about its history and for refreshments before heading back to Brockhole.
Start Brockhole on Windermere, Windermere, LA23 1LJ. Please meet promptly at 10.15am at Brockhole's lake shore bike hire cabin. Expected return 3.30pm.
Length 5 miles, 5 – 5.5 hrs
Price Adult, £25, Child, £16 (includes bike hire and boat tickets). Under 5's must travel in our approved cycle trailer or seat. All under 16's must be accompanied by an adult. Parking is available at Brockhole (charges apply).
Grade Easy-going pace, partly traffic-free, partly quiet minor road.
Booking essential contact Dan on 07919 881 622
What to bring
- Warm and waterproof items of clothing, gloves and flat shoes (trainers or cycling shoes)
- A bite to eat and drink
- Sun screen
- Small rucksack or panniers to carry your equipment
- Helmets are included with bike hire and must be worn by under 16's and are recommended for adults
Thank you for choosing an activity with us. Our guided walks, guided bike rides and navigation sessions are delivered by dedicated and committed volunteers who are passionate about the Lake District National Park.
All money raised goes directly towards training and supporting our passionate volunteer guides to help more people discover this spectacular landscape.


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Own It April 03, 2007
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 76 Minutes
In the near future, society's thirst for reality TV has pushed the envelope to the edge, creating a sadistic kind of entertainment…SURVIVAL ISLAND 2020. The concept is simple...Stay Alive! Ten contestants are divided into five teams on a remote desert island. They must reach the other side of the island in three days, where for the winner, a boat and the $50 million cash prize awaits. While scavenging for food, supplies, and weapons, the players realize that they are not alone on the island. They are being hunted by an army unit of cold-blooded zombies. The demented super soldiers were left behind on the island, when it once housed a military base conducting secret, but failed, human experiments. Each team must find their strengths, gather their wits and try to outsmart the savage death squad that stalks them. If not, they are all DOOMED!
Directed By
Michael Su
Drew Russel, Kara Schaaf, Ward Roberts, Sarah Diaz and Steven Cryen
About the Crew
- Somewhere between "LOST" and "AMAZING RACE" this thriller will capture your attention and drop you off in the Middle of a game for the fight of your life!
- Reality TV with a New TWIST! You're SOUL is the PRIZE!
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Posted by: Elaine Luther
Margot McMahon came by her art materials naturally, as a child growing up on Chicago area's northern shores of Lake Michigan, she would spy driftwood from a distance and see an image in the wood, but as she got closer, the image would disappear. While some children might think, "hmm, that's interesting," and leave it at that, Margot took the wood back to her house to carve it until that dog or cat, or fish, or whatever she saw, came back into view, so that everyone could see it.
How did she begin sculpting with clay? She dug it up from the cliff areas near the family home when she discovered veins of clay. "I would try and get the stones out and then add more water and then I starting modeling the clay." By junior high school age, her family had given her a side porch to use as her own studio, and by high school, she was given the larger back porch, which had a view of the lake.
As the seventh of nine children, she says she had plenty of time to herself.
She sculpts in clay, carves in wood and even welds steel but she says, "everything is drawing," even if she's making those lines with a chainsaw in a dead tree, at the behest of the park district.
Asked, "do you want to change the world with your art?" She responds with a resolute "Absolutely!"
It's not surprising that she has this belief once you realize that her father held it too. He started out as a cartoonist during World War II, in which he served in combat in Europe. Upon his return, he immersed himself into art making as a way to recover from war time horrors.
He later became a court illustrator, covering the Emmitt Till murder trial for Life Magazine.
McMahon writes on a family history blog, "Though the perpetrators were acquitted by an all-white, all-male jury, the public response and northern press coverage of the trial became a catalyst for change. Dad recognized that "art could effectuate social change." The Life magazine Emmett Till trial article changed a cartoonist father into an Artist Reporter."
She says of her father, "most of his work was about justice through painting."
McMahon says, "My heroes in middle school were Jane Goodall and Rachel Carson — they way that they could write so beautifully and describe these horrors of the world" and affect change, had a profound effect.
"So my sculpture is environmental statements — human, plant, animal."
As part of this, she attended an environmental art conference which is a group of people trying to use music, visual art, more, to show the beauty and variety of the world, and to convince people to take better care of the world.
McMahon says passionately that we must listen to the birds, the Meadowlarks and Bobolinks, and it turns out that when we listen to them and do what's best for the birds, it's also good for us.
Just as when she was a child, she continues to come by some of her materials naturally. There are wooden birds in her studio are carved out of a 300 year old maple tree that was knocked down in a big storm in 2011 — the same storm that damaged 60% of the 103 year old glass roof of the Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago's jewel of a conservatory with a fern room designed by famed landscape designer Jens Jensen.
The fact that this tree survived all the storms for 300 years but not this one tells us something, it tells us that the climate has changed. "It is proof that our climate is more extreme and if the winds is pulling a tree out of the ground that's 300 years old, what is happening to the hollow bones of birds?" And where will those birds go, when the tree is gone? she asks.
That's why she sculpted the birds out of that particular piece of wood. That grouping of birds was displayed on an iron grid that she welded, at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. The steel grid is meant to evoke butterflies, as pinned down in a collection box.
Chicagoans may be familiar with the "art trees" that are popping up all over, including the lake front, but also at parks all over the city. The Chicago Park District wanted a way to educate people about the role that dead trees have in the ecosystem. The first trees in the Tree Project were simply painted all over with a single color, with a sign explaining all the uses various birds and insects have for a dead tree.
McMahon points out that a stump may look dead to us, but not truly be dead, because it's extensive root system is connected to other trees, the network will keep those roots alive for up to 100 years.
She's working on an instructional book this year about how to care for parkway trees — those are those trees in between the sidewalk and the street in a strip of grass, that at least in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, belongs to the city or village. The book will be illustrated with images of not only her own Chicago Tree Project trees, but all of them from the five seasons so far of the project.
"The Chicago Tree Project has been a wonderful experience for all the artists," and wherever they go in the city, in every neighborhood, people are excited.
Once, while on a scaffolding, carving a tree with a chain saw, she cut a line in her three dimensional drawing, and suddenly, people came pouring out of their apartments, down to the street, to look up at her work. She doesn't know what she did with that one cut, but it allowed everyone, who had apparently been watching from their windows, to see what she had been creating all along.
Just Plain Hardworking
Three years after graduating from Yale University with a Masters in Fine Arts, McMahon created a show at the Chicago Historical Society (now called the Chicago History Museum) of ten Chicagoans who made the city, 5 men and 5 women, called "ten Chicagoans: Just Plain Hardworking." The project was about unsung heroes, she sculpted them, another artist photographed them and each person's neighborhood was featured in a painting by her father, Franklin McMahon.
In a move that would become a signature of how she works on each project, she formed a committee to determine who these 10 Chicagoans would be.
"How else could I do it?" she asked, "that's how I was raised."
The person she had to fight for the hardest to have included was Hildur Lindquist of the Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago, because others on the committee saw her as "just a housewife." During the depression, Mrs. Lindquist, whose husband was a housepainter, would feed anyone who was hungry. And when she swept her sidewalk, she would sweep, then keep going all the way around the block and back to her house.
The idea was "what I do in this home extends to the community."
The other nine Chicagoans featured in the project were Delois Barrett Campbell, Frank Drehobl, Maria Enriquez de Allen, Monsignor John Egan, Frank Lumpkin, Ruth Rothstein, Walter Piotrowski, Florence Scala and G.H. Wong.
McMahon's sculpture of gospel singer Delois Barrett Campbell was purchased by the National Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Funding for the exhibition came from the Retirement Research Foundation as well as the Chicago Historical Society.
The group of ten sculptures, each cast in Fondu Ciment, at a size of slightly larger than life, moved from the Chicago History Center to DePaul University in Chicago, where they were on display for 25 years.
Fondu Ciment is McMahon's signature material, it's lighter weight and more affordable than casting in bronze. Using this material instead of bronze made the show possible.
Her most recent project, of the past two years, has been sculpting Gwendolyn Brooks, the Pulitzer Prizing winning poet who was also poet laureate of Illinois from 1968 until her death in 2000. Her bronze interpretive portrait, as she calls it, will be installed in Brooks Park in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood in June 2018.
Of the recent confederate statues that have been removed, she muses that she'd love to melt some of those down and cast them into sculptures of Ida B. Wells, Lorraine Hansberry, Richard Wright, Margaret Burrow and Margaret Walker.
There will always be more stories to tell through sculpting and McMahon is eager to tell them.
Interview, conducted March 22, 2018
Exhibition Catalog, Just Plain Hardworking, 1987
McMahon family history blog
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400hr Certified | 60hr continued education
As a swimmer, rock wall climber, weightlifter, acro yogi, yogi and water polo player, Carlos enjoys staying active. A good friend of Carlos introduced him to yoga when he learned about her trauma informed yoga classes, specifically for sexual...
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Carolyn Ninh
Carolyn (you can call her "Caro" for short!) started yoga out of her curiosity to "try something new". What was her first class like? It was challenging. It was invigorating. Most of all – it was fun. She soon realized...
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Cassie McCoy
200HR TT | Sculpt-Strength Certified | Currently studying the Yoga Sutras
Hi! I'm Cassie. I was first introduced to yoga asana in a treatment facility at about seventeen years old. It wasn't until a few years after where I won a free month of yoga in a raffle, for a local studio, where I really grew a...
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Cassie Sinderhoff
200-hour certified | 40 hours continued education
Cassie has always been an intellectual and spiritual seeker. At a very early age she began asking deep questions about the nature of the universe and the purpose of life. Cassie was unable to find literature or community that aligned with her...
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Chelsea Armstrong
RYT 200 | 500 hour Pilates | 15 hour Yin Yoga
Yoga has greatly improved my quality of life, which is why I share it as a teacher. Aside from the physical strength and flexibility that yoga develops, it is my experience that the practice of routinely tuning into the body and connecting movement...
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Chelsea Reeves
Chelsea's love for serving others was first ignited at 19 years old when she began her career working in the wellness community at different mental health and addiction treatment providers. Chelsea quickly found that her true purpose was to share...
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Chelsey Lowe
200-hour certified | 180 hours continued education
Chelsey grew up in Yorba Linda, California competing in all types of sports with an emphasis on volleyball. She continued to play competitive volleyball throughout college at UC Santa Barbara. While at UCSB majoring in Global and International...
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Chris Henry
200 ERYT CERTIFIED | 500 hours continued education
Chris Henry is a certified yoga instructor and health-fitness coach seeks natural relief from the stress and pain related issues that come with being human. After years of experience in athletics, injuries and rehabilitation, he sought ways to...
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Chris McClellan
Christine McClellan is an American communications expert and can best be described as a "Modern Medicine Woman." In her twenty-five years of client work, she balances a variety of practices that includes Angelic healing, psychic...
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Christine Rolfe
200hr Certified
Christine started to meditate when she was just 6 years old by staring at a Holly Hobby picture on the wall to settle her mind at night. Only decades later did she learn she was practicing Trataka, the meditative practice of gazing at an external...
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Chrisy Salvati
200HR Certified | 300+ hours of continued education
Chrisy has been practicing Kundalini Yoga since 2013 and was certified by KRI. Her passion and love for the science and technology of Kundalini, meditation, and sound is what guided her to becoming an instructor. Through her devotion to Sadhana (...
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Cindy Dupuie
I've always been fascinated by how the human body works. I see the body as a whole entity that needs to be teased and touched on every sensory level to keep the mind, body, and spirit integrated and healthy which is why I eventually found my way to...
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Colleen Hieber
500-hour certified | 375 hours continued education
Colleen first started taking yoga as a way to heal her body and mind from the rigors of a professional dance career. She was introduced to Anusara yoga through fellow dancers and fell in love with the elegant system of alignment and the philosophy...
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Courtnie Hamel
200-hour certified
Courtnie began her yoga journey eight years ago as a way to heal from a devastating injury to her Achilles tendon which ended her run in competitive cheerleading and tumbling. What started as a way to recover and regain flexibility turned into a...
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Cristina Martinez
Cristina is an ex-athlete and has always strived to be mindful of her physical health and proper nutrition. Her yoga journey began over 9 years ago as a power vinyasa student. The healthy, physical yoga lifestyle has and continues to be in perfect...
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Cynthea Morris
500 HOUR CERTIFIED | 1000+ hours continuing education
Cynthea Morris • C.R.Y.T. and Energy HealerCynthea has a background in art, design and holistic health.After suffering physical injuries, 2 total knee replacements, surviving cancer and the roller coaster of life, always coming back to yoga, '...
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Darren Obong
200 Hour Certified | 60 Hour Advanced Vinyasa & Hot Yoga | 11 Hour Yin, Restorative, & Meditation
From a very young age I have been guided into a more 'spiritual' way of living. At the age of 15 I started to suffer from acute migraines, aching joints, and a weak immune system. Constantly being in and out of the hospital and being...
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David Miller
E-RYT 200 | 240 hours continued education
I started my yoga practice with a Rodney Yee VHS tape I bought at Target back in '99. Sobriety brought me to studio practice years later in 2006. Yoga helped me navigate some of the emotions and physical sensations I was dealing with in those...
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Denise Stanek
200-hour certified | 60 hours continued education
Denise started taking Bikram yoga 15+ years ago and loved the heat, strength and discipline of the practice. She continued to do various yoga classes over the years, getting back to yoga seriously in 2010 during some difficult transitions in life....
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Destiny Yard
Destiny, has been in the fitness and wellness industry for the past 10 years. Certified personal trainer, former Ballerina with a love and passion for Yoga and movement. A master of her craft with an inventive mind in her sequences. Destiny strongly...
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Doreen McGill
Bikram Certified - 750 hours
Doreen has always been an athlete and has done numerous marathons and triathlons. She found Bikram Yoga after tearing her ACL ( knee injury) in a skiing accident 13 years ago . She was instantly hooked by the physical challenge of the practice and...
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Eileen Skold
Eileen started practicing yoga in 2005. Naturally, she experienced the emotional and mental benefits yoga provided. Life circumstances and starting a family took her away for a few years. After an injury she restarted her practice and became serious...
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Elizabeth Clark
Elizabeth has been practicing yoga for half her life now. Having starting in High School as a compliment to her competitive swimming, yoga quickly became the focus as she build a connection between her body and her mind. Elizabeth has been lucky...
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Elizabeth Light
300 HOUR CERTIFIED | 800 HOUR Apprenticeship |500+ HOURS Yin Continuing Education
Elizabeth recently moved back to California from Brooklyn, NY where she taught at Shambhala Yoga Dance, Jewel City yoga, Jivamukti Manhattan and Jivamukti Jersey City. Her training is mostly Jivamukti (800+ hours) with juicy side dish of Yin, pepper...
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Emily Jacobs
200HR CERTIFIED | Yoga Sculpt Certified | 155 HRS CONTINUING EDUCATION
Emily began practicing yoga in 2009 & loved that it was a form of movement she could practice for the rest of her life. She completed a 200 hour Vinyasa certification & a 50 Hour Yoga Sculpt certification through CorePower Yoga and has...
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Erin Kociela
RYT 200 | Level 2 Mind and Meditation | 500+ hours teaching experience
Erin Kociela, or Yogi Erin as she's known to her friends (Spiritual name Siri Bani Kaur), is a KRI-certified Kundalini yoga teacher, Yoga Alliance RYT200 and a member of the International Association of Sound Therapists. Erin began her studies...
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Eve Del Rosario
After reading articles about yoga for a couple of years in Yoga Journal, Eve realized it would probably benefit her more if she practiced. She bought a yoga mat and took her newfound epiphany to a yoga class. From that first class on she became...
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Francesca Saputo
RYT 200 | 85 hour Pre-natal certified
I went to my first Bikram yoga class nine years ago and have been hooked since then. After practicing for seven years I decided to completed my 200 hour teacher training with Cloud Nine Yoga, followed by my 85 hour Prenatal Yoga with Jennifer More....
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Hallee Caron
200-hour certified
Hallee went to her first Bikram yoga class as a junior in high school and has been hooked ever since. After practicing yoga for over a decade, she completed a 200-hour teacher training through Corepower Yoga, and has been teaching since 2011 in...
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Hazel Gonzales
200 HOUR CERTIFIED | 100 HOUR Dynamic Arts Certified
Hazel views yoga as a true journey of discovering self - one that constantly teaches her the meaning of humility and strength and allows her to discover new possibilities. A hardcore learner, Hazel is always trying new things and has a vivacious...
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Heather Ohlig
Heather grew up in Laguna Hills, California and had a love group fitness her whole life. Over the years there is probably not a style of classes that she has not tired. And after graduating from the Marshall School of Business at USC she decided to...
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Heather Williams
Heather fell in love with dance and yoga at an early age and has always loved the practice of linking movement to music and breath. She believes yoga is an energy shifting, life enhancing, healing practice and she loves to share the benefits with...
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Huma Gruaz
Huma obtained her RYT 500 and YTRX 500-C certification studying with leading medical doctors, yoga therapists and visionary pioneers in the yoga world at Loyola Marymount University's Advanced Clinical Yoga Therapy Program (level 1, 2 and 3). This...
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Huy Cao
Coming from a very competitive background consisting of playing basketball/volleyball all four years in high school. 12 years later, Huy is still playing both sports in competitive leagues. One thing he loves about yoga is that he finally found an...
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Irishia Hubbard
Irishia Hubbard is a Lancaster, South Carolina native who began dancing at the age of three. Throughout her adolescence, she performed and competed in various nation-wide youth dance competitions receiving multiple awards. After receiving her B.A....
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Isaac Stock
200 HOUR CERTIFIED | Nutritional Therapist | 100 HOUR Dynamic Arts certified | 15 HOUR Yin continuing education
Isaac was born and raised in the heart of the Bible Belt, Memphis, TN. Getting a Whole Foods 6 years ago was a huge moral victory there. The concept of Yoga is still slowly coming along. After an arthroscopic knee surgery in college at the...
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Jackie Jorland
200-hour certified | 220 hours continued education
Jackie began her journey as a teacher when she completed training in Ashtanga yoga in 2009, and Hot Style yoga in 2010. She continued her yoga education by completing the Balance Yoga Teacher Training Program at KC Fitness Link, a 200 hour teacher...
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James Ackley
James grew up on the coast of Down East Maine and Northern Connecticut, so nature and the elements are where he derives his energy. Music is his life blood. These essentials guide his life path and his yoga practice. During his time at Loyola...
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Jamie Ali
200 HOUR CERTIFIED| yogalates, yoga strength, aerial yoga, yin yoga certified
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Jamie McGee
E-RYT 200 | 500 hour certified | SUP certified
Jamie fell in love with yoga after her first class in 2013. She couldn't get enough of the physical and emotional high she would feel each time in Savasana. In 2014, she decided to take it a step further and become a certified teacher through...
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Jane Oh
200HR certified | 100HR continued Education
My yoga journey began four years ago after a bad car accident that left me with serious back problems. Doctors advised I stop my intense workout regimen, no more running, and discontinue any physical activity that would flare up my back pain. I...
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Jasmine Gallardo
200-hour certified
Jasmine's classes are grounded in the first-hand knowledge of what has made her own body and mind feel better and stronger, and she tries to give that same feeling to her students. She has been teaching for 2 and 1/2 years in styles including gentle...
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Jeff Cope
200-hour RYT, 100-hour Yin YT, 50-hour continuing education in Power Yoga, Heated Vinyasa, & Yoga w/ Weights.
Jeff is native to Huntington Beach, and was introduced to yoga after getting injured in a car accident in 2004. Although the original intention for practicing yoga was to heal his physical body, he quickly realized the opportunity to heal and grow...
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Jen Irene Gonzalez
200HR certified | Pilates certified
Influenced by my teachers, peers, environment, experience, and my travels, I aim to bring a unique sense of empowerment to each of my classes. Through intention, meditation, pranayama, and asana, my goal is to have each student leave my class...
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Jenna Morris
Jenna began her yoga teaching and fitness career in 2008 after transitioning out of a career in advertising. She did her first training in Chicago followed by one in Thailand shortly after. Since embarking on her teaching career, she has taught at...
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Jennifer Gattenby
200 Hour Certified, Hot Ra Certified
I started my yoga journey with a DVD in my living room almost twenty years ago. I have taken breaks through the years to embark on other adventures, including becoming certified as a massage therapist. A stressful career, parenting and life's...
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Jenny Vande Hei-Secor
E-RYT 500 | RPYT | YACEP | Reiki level 2 | Budokon Sensei |
Jenny first began practicing yoga in 2000-- it wasn't until her second knee surgery in 2004 that she got serious about her practice. She found an amazing teacher who poured her heart into her teaching and made yoga more than just stretching....
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Jeremy Shaw
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Jess Greene
200-hour certified | 110 hour continued education
I am very competitive and love to be challenged. I thrive off of people saying you can't do something and then proving everyone wrong. I grew up playing soccer even through college and got the opportunity to play semi-pro out in Arizona. After...
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Jessi Moon
200-hour certified | 1030 hours continued education
Jessi is a teacher for The Self Awareness Institute, an organization dedicated to bringing about an Enlightened Global Society. She began her journey into yoga 13 years ago, has an 8 year old son, loves to surf and has a lot of real life experience...
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Jill Cobb
Jill's journey began at a very young age. She found inspiration through the art of ballet dancing during her childhood and adolescent years. She performed in many school functions, and special events and found that, through ballet, she was...
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Jocelyn Arnett
Jocelyn began her yoga journey after jumping into a hot yoga-pilates class in 2009. She remembers thinking, "My shins are sweating! I didn't even know they could sweat." After that, she was hooked.Vinyasa yoga spoke to her with fluid sequences,...
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Jodi Shaw
My yoga journey started in 2002 when I was pregnant with my first child. I watched this pre-natal video and was hooked. I loved the breathing, I loved the way it made me feel like I could just be in the moment. After my daughter was born, I started...
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Joey Omara
200-hour certified
Joey completed his 200 hour YTT from CorePower Yoga in 2010. When he's not teaching his high-energy, pumped up classes, you can find him riding his bike across the county, dueling it out in intergalactic star fights and traveling the world searching...
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Johanna Angodung
200-hour certified | 500 hours continued education
Johanna has been blessed with the spiritual name of Gian Shakti Kaur which means the princess/lioness who is the perfect embodiment of the divine wisdom and creativity of God in the world. Shakti is a KRI certified Kundalini yoga instructor, a Gong...
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Johnny Newnes
E-RYT 200 |150 Hours Continued Education | Yin Yoga
Like many, Johnny originally came to his mat for the work out, and came back time and again for the bliss! Recognizing the positive changes that yoga brought to his body, mind, and spirit, Johnny became a regular practitioner of yoga. In 2013, after...
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Juliet Pham
200 HR | Certified in: Yogalates, Vinyasa + Yin/Restorative yoga
Juliet started her yoga practice in 2013 after coming in for a free week trial. It initially served as a challenging physical workout, and quickly became a lifestyle. Her yoga practice has helped her to become more confident, strong, focused,...
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Justen Caron
Certified Massage Therapist and Health Educator| RYT200 | 40 hour Ashtanga Yoga TT
Justen is passionate about yoga, and has been practicing for a decade. He brings anatomical knowledge (from his massage therapy background) and compassion (from years of caring for individuals with physical and cognitive impairments) to every class...
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Justina Young
200 HOUR CERTIFIED | 15 HOUR YIN | 115 Continuing Education
Justina was first exposed to yoga in 2014 when her friend was practicing to teach yoga. Already stressed from work and looking to find a new workout, how could she say no? She fell in love, and signed up for a membership almost immediately.Through...
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Kaitlin Honeycutt
200-hour certified | 50 hours continued education
Kaitlin began practicing yoga in college at Ohio University 5 years ago, having had a sports background her whole life. After moving to California, she continued to venture down her new found yoga path practicing on and off, doing the free-week yoga...
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Karen Shideler
200-hour certified | Yoga Therapy certified | Yogalates training |150 hours continued education
Karen is passionate about helping people learn to connect with their breath and create healthy relationships with their bodies. In college, she chose to major in Sociology to better understand the world around her, but it was many years as a student...
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Karen Vandinten
500 HOUR CERTIFIED | 80+ hours continuing education
My yoga practice began 2 weeks after moving to California from the east coast. I went in to a Bikram studio , not knowing what it was all about but searching for something that I could keep in my life and participate in without injury. I found it! I...
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Karli Wells
It was in 2015, after she made a commitment to practice Self-Love, that Karli "found herself" in a regular hot yoga practice. With a deep desire to better understand Yoga's rich history, Karli completed a Power Vinyasa Yoga Training. She's a...
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Katherine Cheng
200HR Power Yoga certified | Sculpt certified
Kat is a Yoga Alliance certified Registered Yoga Teacher based in Orange County, California. Yoga has helped her find freedom through connection. She is passionate about yoga and continues to share this practice with others in every way, shape and...
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Katrina Nelson
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Khary Hornsby
200hr Certified
Khary is a 200-hour certified budokon yoga instructor with a background in global legal education and is a certified trainer in both cultural and emotional intelligence. He's conducted workshops and presentations in over 35 countries on...
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Kiki Haga
200hr Certified | Mat Pilates & Reformer Pilates certified
Kiki received her 200 hr yoga certification in 2011 and shortly after began a private 6-month apprenticeship training for mat & reformer Pilates. She currently teaches publicly and privately in Newport Beach full time and specializes in...
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Kim Guse
RYT 500 | 16 hours continued education
After being told for years that she was a yogi who just hadn't found her practice yet (and not even knowing what that even meant), Kim finally decided to supplement her gym-rat lifestyle with a trial membership at Ra Yoga. Day one, she felt...
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Kirsten Allevi
200-hour certified
Kirsten grew up in Ojai, where she took her very first yoga class with her Mom upon graduating high school. It was not until graduate school where she became an avid yogi- she loved how at ease she felt on her mat and the stress relieving benefits...
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Kris Wick
200HR CERTIFIED | 20HR Ra strength | 20HR Yoga Tune Up Roll Model | Hot 26 sequence continued education
Kris brings her energetic passion into each yoga class. As a former long-distance runner, the Breathe-Mind-Body Connection is so similar in Yoga-Mediation so her 2013 200 RYT was natural transition.Hot Bikyasa, Hot Ra, Hot Sculpt Strength are her...
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Kristen McCarthy
I walked into my first yoga class when I was pregnant with my daughter, with no ideaof how the practice would, ultimately, influence my life. That was back in 1997 and, no matter where life has taken me, it always brought me back to my mat.Fast-...
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Kristin Osbon
Kristin has been teaching yoga, Pilates, and group fitness for over ten years. Her career in teaching began as a dance instructor. Almost immediately, she knew that teaching people about health and fitness was what she was destined to do with her...
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Lauren Davidson Davidson
Born and raised in Redondo Beach, CA, Lauren was always interested in practicing yoga, and tried a class here and there, but wasn't exactly hooked right off the bat. It wasn't until after she had her first son, that she was encouraged by...
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Lauren Spalter
200-hour certified
I first truly discovered yoga in 2008 when I attended college up in San Francisco. I took the free yoga classes on campus a few times a week. Several years after I connected with yoga I decided to explore different styles and attended a Sivananda...
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Laurie Cirel
RYT 500 | E-RYT 200 | 110 hours continued education
Yoga has been huge a part of Laurie's life since 2010. Her practice has helped her grow stronger, more flexible, fearless and confident, both on and off the mat.After receiving a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and Master's in Public Health from...
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Lindsey Zack
RYT 200 | Certified Strength and Yogalates teacher
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Liz Baer
500 HOUR CERTIFIED | Reiki Master |Certified Y12SR Leader
Liz' life adventure has taken her from her birth country Hungary to Germany and Canada until she found her home in the US. She has been in the health and wellness industry for over ten years teaching group fitness classes. She began her yoga...
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Lola Jontiff
Having lived in Miami Beach, New Orleans, New York City and, now, Orange County, Lola's exposure to yoga, on and off the mat, is quite expansive. She's been blessed with the opportunity to learn completely different yoga styles and equally various...
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Madison Canary
RYT 500 | E-RYT 300 | 50 hours continued education
Madison came to yoga after 10 years as a ballerina left her body injured and unable to move. It was yoga that brought her body and spirit back to life! It was out of a deep appreciation and love for the practice that she started teacher training;...
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Magaly Torres
Magaly is a 200HR certified instructor from Ra Yoga and holds a 15hr training in Yin. She is also currently finishing her 300HR certification through Be the Change Yoga focusing on a foundation in yoga therapy.In 2013, yoga arrived and has never...
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Maggie Ann Hsu
200 HOUR CERTIFIED | Hot +Power Yoga Certified |850 HOURS Continuing Education in Yoga Therapy
Maggie is trained in Power Vinyasa, Hot Yoga, Trauma-Informed Yoga, and is currently completing her 850 hour Yoga Therapist training at Be The Change Yoga.Maggie was first introduced to Yoga philosophy and its history while studying at USC and has...
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Maria Palugod
Maria developed a relationship with yoga in her mid-twenties when she went through some hardships in life that caused her to become very depressed and overweight. She found a yoga class in a local community college and that is when she immediately...
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Marizol Ortiz
200 HOUR CERTIFIED |Pilates/YogaSculpt/Barre Certified | Reiki II
Marizol has been practicing yoga with meditation and incorporating spiritual philosophy into her life since 2001. After a fatal car accident in 2009 she wanted to heal her body physically to continue her professional belly dance career and function...
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Maryanne Mancini
200 HR certified | 15 HR Yogalates Certified | 50 HR continued education | 95 HR kids yoga certification | Reiki Level 2
Maryanne has been an athlete her whole life. A Yoga practitioner since 1989 in the Hatha Yoga Tradition, the Bikram Yoga Series since 2007, and most recently incorporating Vinyasa Power Yoga, since 2013.Maryanne became Certified in the 300 hour...
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Matt Aquino
My path to yoga was so out of the blue, I had no idea what was going on! I happened to find yoga because of a family member and that was the very first day of my new journey. Little did I know my entire life was going to change! My very first class...
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Matthew Benavidez
200HR Certified
Matt was born and raised in Orange County and lives an active lifestyle. He enjoys running, biking, hiking, surfing, and most team sports. He began taking yoga classes as a way to gain more balance and flexibility and quickly realized its benefits...
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Maureen Eckhardt
E-RYT 200 | RYT 500 | 200-hour Kundalini Research Institute Level 1
Maureen (spiritual name Avtar Tej Kaur) is a KRI certified Kundalini teacher and registered with Yoga Alliance at the RYT-500 level.She is passionate about the technology of Kundalini yoga and incorporates the sound of the sacred gong in her classes...
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Melissa Broulette
Melissa was born and raised in the midwest before relocating to Southern California with her husband in 2011. She started practicing yoga for the physical workout but quickly realized that all the benefits were so much deeper and greater than just...
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Melissa Christensen
500-hour certified | 90 hours continued education
Yoga quickly became a way of life for Melissa when she noticed that the most significant impact of her practice was happening off the mat. With a strong desire to find a deeper meaning and more balanced way of life, she delved into the...
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Micha Shaw
I grew up in Alaska, Washington, South Africa and England. I moved to California to swim for Golden West College and UC Berkeley. After college, I swam professionally and trained for the 2008 and briefly for the 2012 Olympics, I didn't make it...
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Michaela Miller
200-hour certified
I found yoga about 6 years when my best friend dragged me to her class kicking and screaming! I had this notion that yoga was not a "workout" or would not be for me. But man was I wrong. After looking like a complete fool and having no idea what I...
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Mike Ruffino
200HR CERTIFIED |50HRS in Sculpt Yoga| YACEP, NASM Certified Trainer with non-certified training in Hatha, Budokon, Osho Meditation, and Kundalini
"Yoga with weights": this was the Google search that changed Mike's life. In 2013, he was honored to represent the United States in a 4-day international dogsled race—Fjall Raven Polar—that covered over 300 miles of frozen...
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Miranda Marie Collins
400-hour certified | 100 hours continued education
"Born a Texas girl grew up Boston Strong, but a Cali girl at heart <3I have a bachelors degree from UMass Amherst in Communications (whichjust may help in my already natural people skills :)). I was acompetitive cheerleader for half of my life...
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MJ Travers
400-hour certified | 200 hours continued education
MJ is from Australia and has had such an amazing life already. Having worked in many different fields including Genetics, Music Management, Tour Management and as a busy Personal Assistant, MJ's heart now lies in the amazing field of Yoga. The...
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Molly Thompson
200-hour certified
Molly's yoga journey began in 2007 after reading BKS Iyengar's Light on Yoga. What began as a simple home practice to tame her chronic anxiety and depression blossomed into a holistic and devotional lifestyle. She has completed multiple teacher...
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Mona Van
500-hour certified | 400 hours continued education
Mona's yogic journey began in 2004 and over the years, it gradually became her way of life. In 2013, she did her first teacher training in Vinyasa and then continued her education in Yoga Therapy (specializing in mental & emotional wellbeing),...
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Monique Jamie
RYT 200 | Certified in: chair yoga, aqua yoga, restorative, mat Pilates, reformer, comprehensive and barre
Monique Jaime has always enjoyed the beautiful movement of the body and has danced for most of her life. She is still currently taking ballet and jazz classes at OCC. During the 90's she was getting bored of step aerobics and stumbled into a...
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Nancy Pensamiento
E-RYT 500 | Certified Ashtanga Yoga Teacher | 200-hour Hot Power Fusion Certification
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Nate Awdykowyz
200hr Certified
As Nate was training for a half marathon he began to practice yoga at the gym purely to further train his body, but in practicing he found the benefits of yoga reached far beyond improved running times. Since walking into his first class in 2010,...
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Nicole Ross
500-hour certified
Nicole became interested in bettering her health, fitness and wellbeing in 2013, which led her to her first yoga class at Gold's Gym. It wasn't until the stress of college finals hit that she realized she needed to find the balance and peace...
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Nika Vrai
From a young age, Nika has been interested in natural and energetic healing. While in massage therapy school, she attended her first Bikram class in 2001 but didn't step into another group class until several years later. Instead, she would practice...
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Nina Raab
RYT-200 - Atmananda Yoga Sequence - NYC - 2009
"Yoga allows me to be in the present. To be grateful because here, now, usually, nothing is going wrong."Over 15 years ago I first experienced the subtle, yet challenging power of yoga's transformational essence. After one particular class in...
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Noelle Robinson
After dancing professionally for many years and performing with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, Noelle needed an avenue where she could heal her mind and body. She was quickly drawn to yoga because she was able to move, stretch and workout in a non-...
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Pantea Mohajer
200-hour certified | 30 hours continued education | Reiki Level 2
Pantea began her yoga practice as a way to de-stress while she was getting her bachelor's at UCLA. Her practice inspired her to write a thesis on the effects of yoga on creativity - a study the UCLA theater department put to use as a part of their...
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Paul Da Silva
500 HOUR CERTIFIED |25 Year continuous practice with 16 Years of teaching experience.
Paul DaSilva, 500 RYT, is a seasoned practitioner and instructor with a continuous 25 year practice and 16 years of teaching experience. He offers fluid and graceful movement with teaching emphasis on alignment and subtle asana refinement. It is a...
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Rachel Hirsch
E-RYT 500 | 80 hours continued education
Rachel fell in love with yoga during university in Austin, Texas and has been exploring her practice ever since. Her classes are vibrant and thoughtful, and combine creative sequencing with attention to alignment. Rachel's classes are built around...
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Ramona Soriano
KRI 200HR TT | Level 2 Kundalini Yoga Conscious Communication certified | Holographic Sound and Reiki Healer
Ramona (Jiwan Dev) utilizes Kundalini Yoga and sound healing to raise the frequency of consciousness for the beginning and advanced meditator alike. Classically trained in piano, her understanding of music theory gives way to a unique sound...
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Raquel Perry
200-hour certified
Raquel has been involved in the fitness and wellness industry for over 30 years. She has been a practitioner of yoga for 20, and a teacher of yoga for over 12 years. Her energy and spirit combine to make each student feel aware of their bodies in...
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Rasa Zubkute
200 HOUR CERTIFIED | BIKRAM CERTIFIED | Indoor Cycling CERTIFIED| Integrative Institute of Nutrition CERTIFIED
Rasa is originally from Lithuania and has been in the US close to two decades now. She went to her first hot yoga class in 2007 in New York City along with a friend and loved it immediately. She attended the intense nine-week-long Bikram training...
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Rebekah Ressler
RYT 200-HR | 14 hr trauma informed
Rebekah started practicing yoga in 2012 at time in her life where she was struggling with anxiety and depression, and seriously lacked direction. Her practice initially started as simply something to keep herself busy. Through consistent practice,...
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Reika Shucart
500 HOUR CERTIFIED| Trauma Informed| Accessible Yoga Ambassador
Reika is a global citizen. Born in Nepal, grew up in Japan/USA, she has a master's degree in Sociology from the University of Cape Town, in South Africa, and that is where she first developed her love for Yoga. Since then she has practiced yoga all...
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Rocky Russo
MS- Kinesiology, BS- Nutrition, NASM- CPT, CES, PES, "Blissology"- RYT 400 Hr
Rocky is a yoga instructor, life coach, and personal trainer. He dedicates himself to the elevated teachings of love and light through the shared practices of yoga, mindfulness, and nutrition. Rocky's life mission is "to be an infinite flow of light...
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Sabrina Cordell
200HR Certified | Yoga Sculpt Certified | 85HRS Continued Education
The first time Sabrina stepped onto a yoga mat was at Ra Yoga during her college years. Her two biggest aspirations and goals when she was in undergrad was to not only work in the medical field and help people physically and externally, but also...
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Samantha Parks
250HR Power Vinyasa TT | Yoga Sculpt certified | Yin/Restore certified
A creative first, Samantha moved to California from the Midwest in 2008 to chase her aspirations as a musician and performance artist. She discovered her passion for yoga in 2010, and has always turned to movement as an outlet for feeling liberated...
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Sarah Tagge
200-hour certified
Sarah believes that yoga is about tapping into your body's wisdom and taking care of yourself. She earned her yoga certification through Corepower Yoga; although, she credits the shaping of her practice to a variety of teachers and classes she...
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Shaina Williams
200-hour certified | 40 hours continued education | 15 hour Yin training
After starting her nursing program in 2011, Shaina was introduced to yoga as a way to deal with the challenges of school and work/life balance. Daily practice became a favorite and in 2013, Shaina completed her 200 hour training with CorePower Yoga...
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Shametrice Davis
Certified in: Strength, Yogalates, Yin + Trauma-informed yoga | 45 hrs CE
I have lived in multiple states as an adult – Colorado, Maryland, Washington, Vermont, Oregon, and Hawaii to name a few – and I also enjoy international travel. While I am very appreciative of the school and work opportunities that have...
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Shanique Flynn
RYT-200 power yoga instructor | Certified in restorative yoga | PNF stretching techniques
Shanique is a RYT 200hr power yoga instructor with additional certification in restorative yoga, and PNF stretching techniques. In the years she's been teaching in Orange County, she has continued her education through training, workshops, lectures...
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Simon Ballard
200-hour Hatha | Over 600 hours continued education
Simon Ballard is a guide in Yoga, Meditation, Sound, and Ceremony,as well as a leader and Co Facilitator in Teacher Trainings, Workshops, Retreats, and Festivals across the globe since 1999.His studies and influences include that of Tantrika,...
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Stephanie Rafferty
200-hour certified
I grew up in the Orange County area and have raised my 2 adult children here. Most of my extended family still lives in the area. In 2004 I completed a 90 minute hot series training, and shortly after, a 200-hour certification. I am managing a...
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Stephanie Serrano
500HR CERTIFIED | 750 HOURS CONTINUED EDUCATION | 250 HOUR YOGA THERAPY LEVEL 1 | MASTER's OF ARTS DEGREE IN YOGA STUDIES
Stephanie has been instructing yoga since 2013 in a variety of class formats that serve students at all levels. She recently began her graduate coursework at Loyola Marymount University to receive a master's degree in yoga studies and is on the path...
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Stephen Aldaco
E-RYT 200 | Certified in: Yin, Sculpt + Hot yoga
Stephen started his movement career when he studied dance in college with prominent dance teachers such as Marie Del La Palme, Raul Cruz, Miriam & Leonardo to name a few. He found himself in his first yoga class for the mobility yoga offered and...
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Susan Eden
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Sydni Wilt
2x 200 HOUR CERTIFIED
After leaving my first studio yoga class in 2012, I knew immediately that I would one day become an instructor. I spent my entire life beforehand practicing and coaching gymnastics and cheerleading, so with this background, the physical aspect of...
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TaNesha Dodson
RYT 500 | E-RYT 200 | Trauma Informed Yoga Certified | 100 hours continued education
TaNesha's relationship with yoga turned next level in 2007. After completing her 200 hour certification in 2011 and teaching at Ra Yoga, she has been blessed with opportunities to teach at studios all over California. TaNesha teaches a variety of...
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Tatiana Generakos
200 HOUR CERTIFIED|50 HOUR YIN CERTIFIED|100 HOUR SCULPT CERTIFIED|Jill Miller "Yoga Tune Up" Module
After graduating from Cal State Long Beach in 2010, Tatiana found herself floating through life, and needed a change—something positive, meaningful and above else something grounding. She completed her 200 hour RYT Yoga Alliance Certification...
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Taylor Lockard
400-hour certified
Taylor completed her first 200-hour training at Corepower Yoga andcontinued to complete a second 200-hour training at Rise Yoga HB. She iscertified in power yoga and vinyasa, and is always looking to expand herknowledge and growth in all other areas...
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Taylor Ulrich
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Tess Cao
RYT 200 Yoga Alliance | Yoga Sculpt Certified
Tess grew up with an active lifestyle-- She earned her black belt in Tae Kwon Do at a young age, did competitive swimming, and played water polo all 4 years of high school. Always enthusiastic about moving, she enjoys rollerblading, biking, and...
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Tiffany Blackham
Movement has been a part of Tiffany's life since she was 3, but it wasn't until her first yoga class that she realized just how much yoga offered. Yoga captivated Tiffany in the way it revealed peace, empowerment and freedom all in one...
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Traci Torres
Traci is a transplant from Massillon, Ohio and moved to Southern California in the summer of 2008. She began practicing yoga in the summer of 2010 after her friend encouraged her to try the practice of hot yoga. She quickly discovered a passion for...
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Tracy Bauer
500-hour certified | 400 hours continued education
After years of involvement in sports and athletics and a burning need to know how the body functions during such activity, Tracy pursued a BS with focus in Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics. Natural athleticism combined with her ability to coach...
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Ursula Williams
200HR Certified | Trauma-Informed Certified | Continued Education in Sculpt, Yin, and Barre
After years of running in circles to climb political & social ladders, Ursula crashed and began to rely on outside elements for stress-relief and self-medication. Reaching a breaking point, and realizing the need for something different -...
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Wei Forbus
Wei has been practicing yoga since 2002, and it was first introduced to her by her best friend in Denver. She started with Bikram style, but shortly after she was totally hooked in the dynamic and creative style of Vinyasa Flow. People started...
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Yami Burns
200 HOUR CERTIFIED | Certified in Yogalates and Strength
I took the leap to into teacher training because I felt the burning need to share this with as many people as possible. I want everyone to feel as good as I do after practicing yoga.
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The 125 S was the very first official racing sports car built by Enzo Ferrari and his team in 1947. It made its début on May 11 at the Piacenza racing circuit. With its bold red exterior and elegant silhouette, this model has become a true icon.
The 195 S Touring berlinetta is a racing sports car, and was introduced in 1950 at the Giro di Sicilia. It was driven by Giannino Marzotto, who was famous for taking the wheel in his signature double-breasted suit.
Owned by Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli, the striking 166 MM Touring barchetta (chassis° 0064 M) was introduced in 1950 and represents the evolution of the 125 S, Ferrari's first car.
The elegant 195 Inter Touring coupé model was developed from the 166 Inter and was one of the first Ferrari Grand Tourers. It cuts a striking figure, and is finished in understated grey and gold, with chic beige and camel interiors.
This was a spectacular early competition Ferrari, a 340 America barchetta with coachwork by Touring. Its first owner was the Parisian Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, a WWII war hero who was a keen racing driver and sportsman. He entered his Ferrari into the 1951 and 1952 24 Hours of Le Mans races.
The 212 Inter Vignale cabriolet (1951) is admired for its sheer beauty and flair. Indeed it was awarded second place in the Ferrari Grand Touring class at Pebble Beach in 2014.
This 212 Inter Vignale coupé was one of only 34 to have been built by designer Alfredo Vignale (1952). With its ivory exterior and taupe livery, it is a truly striking car.
The Ferrari 340 MM Spider Vignale (1953) set a new speed record for the race, clocking up an average of more than 142 km/h. It is the last car in this series ever built, with its striking blue colour and white racing livery.
The 1953 Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina spider, was powered by a V12 engine based on that of the F1 single-seater. It features bold mono-chrome colour scheme and sleek interiors.
With its gleaming metallic brown colour and sleek lines, the gorgeous 250 Europa coupé by Vignale (1953) was one of the original Ferrari Grand Tourers and the successor of the 212 Inter.


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The Seattle Reign FC continued their dominance of the Houston Dash Saturday afternoon with a 2-0 win at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, in front of a crowd of 5,312. Houston is 9-0-0 all-time vs. the Dash. It's the first road win of the season for Seattle.
The Reign got on the board first after forward Megan Rapinoe's shot took a lucky bounce off Dash defender Cari Roccaro for an own goal in the 30th minute.
Forward Katie Johnson doubled the score in the 64th minute. Johnson entered the match in the 24th minute after Beverly Yanez left with a cut on her knee that needed stitches.
At the end of the game, Dash forward Rachel Daly had to be treated for heat illness, the team said. Her condition improved and she was taken to a local hospital. She was released later that evening, the Dash said.
Daly later tweeted an update saying she was "doing better" and that it was a "frightening experience." She thanked her teammates, staff and the Seattle Reign for their help after she fell ill.
Thank you to everyone pic.twitter.com/nWDbt4qRIP
— Rachel Daly (@RachelDaly3) May 28, 2017
Temperatures at kickoff in Houston were above 90 degrees with over 50% humidity. Following the game, the NWSL issued the following statement.
"First and foremost, we want to wish Rachel Daly a quick recovery, as well as other players who may have been impacted by the heat during today's match between the Houston Dash and Seattle Reign. The safety of our players is always our top priority and due to the high temperature today in Houston, we implemented water breaks to provide additional opportunities to help the players stay hydrated. Prior to the season, we also worked with the Dash on scheduling any nationally televised afternoon games earlier in the year in an attempt to avoid the summer heat that unfortunately we experienced today. We will immediately review these measures to prevent this situation from occurring in the future."


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About LPEF's Support-A-School Program
To apply online for a Support-A-School project, click here.
Support-A-School is an online donation platform – hosted by the La Crosse Public Education Foundation – open to use by public schools, Parent Teacher Organizations and individual staff members in the School District of La Crosse.
Support-A-School provides educators with an alternative way to raise funds for important classroom projects through a low-cost, locally operated "crowdfunding" site. Proposed projects go through a quick and simple application process – with appropriate approvals by the School District of La Crosse.
This program is separate from the regular LPEF program of grants to support innovation and proven practices. School staff will continue to have the opportunity to apply twice a year for outright grants in support of creative projects. Those grants total more than $50,000 a year.
Any public school, PTO or individual staff member in the School District of La Crosse may submit a project for funding through the Support-a-School Program.
- Use the online form to submit a proposal.
- Proposals must explain how the project will enhance learning opportunities for students in a particular District classroom or school.
- The minimum project request is $100. There is no maximum.
- Fundraising for each project is limited to a 60-day period, but projects may be repeated.
- Applications are submitted for review by appropriate District personnel (principals, curriculum supervisors, and/or director of Technology Services). Once approved, fundraising can begin.
Upon completion, money is disbursed to the School District of La Crosse – for use by the specific school(s) listed in the project description using normal District purchasing procedures.
- If fundraising falls short of the goal, money will be used to fulfill as much of the project as feasible.
- If fundraising exceeds the goal, the project will be expanded or money will go to a similar purpose at the same school.
All donations to LPEF are tax-deductible.
- Donors will receive an email confirming completion of credit card processing.
- In addition, donors will receive a tax acknowledgement letter from LPEF.
- A list of donors, mailing address and email address (if consent is given) will be shared with the project applicant, although donation amounts will remain confidential. Donors also may request to remain anonymous.
- The minimum donation for any project is $10.00.
LPEF adds a 10% surcharge to the project fundraising goal and will retain a similar percentage of all funds raised to offset credit card processing fees and related expenses.
This surcharge is significantly less than the fees charged by DonorsChoose.org.
While the LPEF rate is slightly more than what is charged by GoFundMe.com, most donations to GoFundMe.com, as they explain on their site, are considered 'personal gifts' and may only be claimed as a tax deduction if made to a legally registered nonprofit organization.
Donations to LPEF are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
If you have any questions about Support-a-School, please contact:
LPEF Executive Director David Stoeffler
Office: (608) 787-0226
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|Aluminium 700c sports hybrid specific frame. Integrated top/seat/stay tubes. Internal e-cable routing. Mudguard/pannier bosses.
|High tensile steel. Straight blades. Mudguard/pannier bosses.
|Shimano 7 Speed rapid-fire STI shifters. Shimano FDM310 7 speed rear derailleur.
|Shimano alloy FCM300 triple chainset with 170mm alloy cranks. 7 speed 14/34T Mega range freewheel. Sealed cassette cartridge bottom bracket. KMC Z51 116 link silver chain.
|700c double wall alloy black 36 hole rims with alloy front hub and 13g rustless spokes.
|Tyres and Tubes
|700 x 35c black wall city tyres.
|Front and rear Promax alloy V type brakes. Promax alloy 3 finger brake levers. Levers have reach adjust facility.
|Bars and Stem
|Zoom alloy 660mm lo-rise handlebars with a Zoom adjustable alloy A-Head 4 bolt front loading stem.
|Saddle and Seat Post
|Lectro sports comfort saddle with 350mm black alloy micro adjust 27.2mm seat post.
|9/16 resin platform.
|36V-10.4Ah Lithium ion battery.
|Rear 250W brushless geared hub centred motor.
|Handlebar Display
|5 mode controller to adjust the level of assist. 6km/h walking mode. Quick connect cabling.
|Charging Time
|Alloy kickstand. Intelligent mains charger. CE approved.
|Frame Size
|27 Kg
|Frame Colour
|Matt Black
|Fork Colour
|Matt Black
|Cycle Condition
|Brand new sealed in box. This Bike comes 90% built. Inflation of tyres, adjustment to gears/brakes may also be required prior to use.
Urban Race Gents
The Lectro Urban Race provides an assisted range of up to 45km from its powerful 36 Volt 10.4Ah battery. Rather than having a throttle, the motor helps you along when you start to pedal. With a 21 speed Shimano drivetrain you can still choose a comfortable gear and select the level of motor assistance you require depending on the terrain. Assisted E-bikes are limited to about 15 mph (25kph) and do not require any form of insurance, should you wish the Urban Race can be ridden without the battery as a regular bike.
The Lectro Urban Race is the perfect choice for eating up mile after mile on the black stuff. Its large 700c wheels, lightweight aluminium sports hybrid frame and rigid, straight blade forks are ideal for longer distances but still well suited to venture off-road onto paths and tracks. Fitted with a super slick Shimano 21 speed transmission system with easy to use push button gear selectors, the Urban Race has all the gear ratios you will need. The adjustable angle stem and lo-rise handlebar creates a relaxed riding position which you can fine tune to suit rider requirements.
The Urban Race is supplied "naked" but there's clearance for mudguards if you want to equip it for the wet. And, when you need that extra push, the 250 watt brushless motor can be engaged to help you power up those gradients. The large capacity compact lithium ion power pack is mounted low down on the frame to help lower the centre of gravity. The handlebar module lets you select the level of assistance required and displays the battery condition, a 4-5 hour charge will give you around 45km of assisted riding.
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Items are delivered Monday to Friday between 9am and 6pm by our couriers, a signature is required upon receipt of goods.
When your order is despatched our system will automatically send you an email. We only use premium next day delivery services, so you can expect your order the following day.
Delivery on all bikes is free of charge.
Further Details
We can deliver to an alternative address of your choosing, you have the opportunity to provide this as the "ship to address" when completing your order.
If you require a change to the shipping address after the item ships you will be liable for a charge.
Should you be unavailable to sign for an item it will be returned to the couriers local depot and a card will be left for you to re-arrange delivery.
For legal reasons couriers cannot leave packages unsigned for and any requests for items to be left in the porch/shed/garden, will be disregarded.
Please note any issues relating to damage of goods during transit must be reported immediately and signed for accordingly, for us to proceed with a claim.
All cycles including those "fully assembled" are shipped with pedals removed and handlebars rotated to side for safety reasons.
Unwanted goods
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If product is found to be faulty within 30 days, you're entitled to ask for a full refund of the faulty product. If a fault occurs after the initial 30 days, we're entitled to repair and/or replace that item. If it can't be repaired or replaced, then you may be entitled to a refund. Advice about your legal rights is available from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office.
If the purchase is unwanted you will need to cover the cost of postage. However, if the item you're returning is faulty we'll refund the postage once we've received the item and checked the fault.


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Charter Announces Offering, Amendment
Charter Communications Inc. made two financial announcements Wednesday.
The MSO said its indirect subsidiaries -- Charter Communications Operating LLC and Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. -- will offer senior second lien notes due 2014 for estimated proceeds of approximately $1.5 billion in a private transaction.
Charter Operating will use net proceeds from this proposed offering -- together with anticipated new borrowings under its proposed amended bank-credit facilities -- to refinance the bank debt of its subsidiaries: CC VI Operating Co. LLC, Falcon Cable Communications LLC and CC VIII Operating LLC.
Charter Communications also announced that Charter Operating will amend its existing $5.1 billion credit facilities to, among other things, expand the capacity of those facilities to approximately $6.5 billion.


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Since I was a little girl I wanted to be with horses. I spent my entire childhood around them. My parents could not be convinced to buy a horse so I rode the horses of the riding schools and later horses of people who did not have enough time for them. During that time I was exposed to the conventional style of riding. I did not think about training horses, more about learning how to ride myself. I then went to university and after that started working and I continued riding whenever I had the opportunity but was not actively involved in any horse training nor did I read or discuss with others about it.
A couple of years ago I changed job and home and decided that I can now make my childhood wish come true and went to buy my first own horse. I knew how to handle horses but I had not owned one before so I needed to learn that. During the first year my horse and I got to know each other and I started reading about horse training to update my knowledge. My initial goal was to go out hacking in the beautiful environment that I now lived in but I always enjoyed doing dressage. So I started searching for a dressage instructor. I found a classical dressage instructor who came to our barn occasionally and I started taking lessons with her.
At the same time I read many books on horse training and I heard about clicker training but initially it did not catch my attention. But there was one article in a horse magazine that did. The author described the scientific basis of clicker training and how Karen Pryor used Clicker training with dolphins. Now that caught my attention as this explanation was different from the other stuff that I read about, it made complete sense to me. I am a scientist and I was immediately attracted by this logic. Other training approaches always refer to long experience of a particular trainer but it is hardly ever substantiated by evidence. So I went to investigate further and found Alexandra Kurland's work and got her books.
Then came the day that changed everything. I had a dressage lesson with my instructor. It was a very cold evening. My horse was on the nervous side, chilly temperature, snow falling off the roof. You get the picture. My instructor told me to send my horse forward, thinking that this will keep him busy and prevent spooking. So I did and I asked him to trot around the tiny arena far too fast. He couldn't cope and bucked. At the third one, I fell on his neck, held on to it but at some point I had to let go. I landed on the frozen ground and broke my scapula.
So I was unable to ride for a month but my horse needed something to do. That was the ideal opportunity to start clicker training. I started charging the clicker, quickly continued to targeting and the foundation lessons. I did all foundation exercises in his stall which was big enough to allow that. And it was so much fun. My horse started thinking and became creative and started playing with stuff. Even my barn manager noticed the difference. So we decided that we like clicker training.
I got Alexandra's DVDs and worked through the material systematically. I assumed that my horse doesn't know anything and retrained him using the marker signal and positive reinforcement.
The changes he made were astounding. He changed both physically and emotionally. When I got him he had practically no muscles, two deep holes at the base of his neck and behind the withers. Over time with Alex's exercises he build up muscles. Emotionally he changed from being a reactive horse to a very sweet and sincere partner. When I got him, he would often try to bite whenever I was too close around his head and neck. When grooming him, I always needed to check where his head was.
So I taught him to lower his head during grooming. With the head down he could not bite. That worked wonders and the biting stopped. But at the same time I also reinforced stroking his neck. I would very frequently briefly stroke his neck, click and treat. Later, I asked him to target his neck to the brush, click and treat. Over time he got loads of reinforcement when I was around his head and neck and now he is the softest horse enjoying a cuddle and kisses on his nose. It takes time! But his emotions changed. It was not simply about training an incompatible behaviour to stop the biting. We built trust! He learnt that I am not doing anything harmful when I am around him, actually, good things happen. I did not actively suppress biting but his emotions changed. He no longer needs this behaviour, he no longer needs to defend himself. He is safe!
Since I was so intrigued by clicker training I wanted to learn more. I went to workshops and seminars and read books from other trainers and members of Karen Pryor's Clicker Expo Faculty: Susan Friedman, Kay Laurence, Theresa McKeon, Ken Ramirez, Jesus Rosales-Ruiz, Kathy Sdao, and Laura Monaco Torelli. And all what I learnt from them fitted perfectly with what I learnt from Alexandra.
Being a scientist, I value the confirmation from other respected trainers and scientists. The work of all of them is peer-reviewed. It is also dynamic and improves over time. Just as good science does.
But none of these other trainers primarily works with horses. So I continued my research within the horse world. I read tons of books about horse training, dressage,
biomechanics and so on. I particularly liked Anja Beran's work and luckily her stable is pretty close to my parent's home town. So I went to see her. And what a delight! Her riding and that of her students is just wonderful. She can heal horses with her riding. I learnt a lot from just watching her and her students.
Then suddenly all these bits and pieces that I learnt during the last couple of years fell in place and it made complete sense to me. Alexandra's work prepared me for understanding what Anja does. Alex's work taught me about balance in small steps, you hardly realise how much you are learning until you suddenly get it. Working through the foundation lessons, then WWYLM, 3Flip3 and Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder gave me the basics to understand why and how Anja uses lateral work to put horses in balance. Not only did I understand it. I was able to teach it to my horse.
My horse was ridden Western before I got him. He had not learnt to use his back and never chewed on the bit (hence the big holes in front and behind his shoulders). With Alex's exercises he started using his back and how to find his balance. Then I took him to Anja Beran for one month. We took lessons and Anja taught me which exercises he needs (and that I am able to ride). Since then he improved immensely. Now when I sit on him and pick up the reins he starts chewing and is very soft. We still have along way to go and he still gets stiff when I ask for more difficult things but I can always get him to relax again by going back to walk and lateral work.
I am now training the exercises that were "prescribed" by Anja and I am able to do that on my own thanks to what Alexandra taught me. I have learnt to be a good horse trainer although I am not the best rider. But I now know how to teach my horse and I know what to teach. I am still open to learning from others but I take an informed decision on what I accept or reject.
But the most important thing for me is that my horse and I enjoy the time we have together. I feel responsible for his wellbeing both mentally and physically. That is why I need to know what is good for him. And more importantly, I need to listen to him if he also thinks it is good for him. Alexandra has taught me to listen to him, and I believe, he thinks it is good!
At the moment Graya's training blog is external.
Please click this link to access it.


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Tagged: The Lagoon Company
Black Lagoon 3 (Pachislot) byNANASHOW
Today, we will be introducing a third machine of a "Black Lagoon", a popular pachislot machine series that was originally a TV animation.
Manufacturer of this series have been changed to NANASHOW Corporation from this third machine, but by collaborating with prior manufacturer, NANASHOW was able to keep the same gaming feature as the prior machines.
Beginning with a female protagonist called Revy, also known as "Two-Hands" and other characters such as Roberta known for being a former terrorist and now a maid, and twin assassins called Hansel and Gretel, these radical characters unique to crime action genre battle against each other fiercely.
It is expected to make its debut in December 2017.
Don't miss it!!
Black Lagoon 2 (Pachinko) by TAIYO ELEC
The pachinko we will discuss today is the crime action game "Black Lagoon."
Attached to the chassis are a skull, two guns, and a lighter designed to get the player pumped up!
When you get a jackpot, the exciting "bounty battle" takes place afterwards.
You can choose between Revy, the scariest gunman of the heroine and main character, and Roberta, the wickedest made nicknamed the Bloodhound of Florencia,
and the stronger the enemy the higher the rewards!
The machine with the biggest jackpot payout, Black Lagoon, is set for release in July.


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Declaration of Election Results
English Separate - Official Final Results
Official Results - French Separate
Information about 2018 Elections
Voting Methods:
Telephone - View the Instructional Video
Internet - View the Instructional Video
Paper Ballots
Voting Period:
The voting period, being the advance vote and including voting day, will be for a term of 8 (eight) full days commencing Monday, October 15, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. (EST) and will terminate on Monday, October 22, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. (EST). Paper Ballots will be available on Monday, October 22, 2018, 10:00 a.m. and 8 p.m only.
Confirm you're on the list to vote in the 2018 municipal and school board elections this fall.
Call 1-866-296-6722 to learn more or check online through link below.
Voter look up link: Voterlookup.ca
Merrickville-Wolford Council Composition:
The Council of the Village of Merrickville-Wolford will now consist of 5 members:
1 Mayor - elected by all voters
2 Councillors from Merrickville Ward
2 Councillors from Wolford Ward
2018 Candidate Contact Information:
|Name of Candidate
|Anne Barr
|Yves Grandmaitre
|Councillor - Wolford Ward
|Don Halpenny
|Councillor - Wolford Ward
|Tony Iannazzo
|Councillor - Merrickville Ward
|Victor Suthren
|Councillor - Merrickville Ward
|Timothy Molloy
|Councillor - Merrickville Ward
|Bob Foster
|Councillor - Merrickville Ward
|Doug Struthers
|Chuck MacInnis
|Michael Cameron
|Councillor - Wolford Ward
|Mark Scullino
|Councillor - Wolford Ward
|David Nash
English Catholic School Board Candidates, click here.
French Catholic School Board Candidates, click here.
English Public School Board Candidates, click here.
Election Information:
Joint Municipal Election Poster
2018 Candidates Guide for Ontario Municipal Council and School Board Elections
2018 Voters Guide for Ontario Municipal Council and School Board Elections
Notice of Registration - Third Party - Form7
2018 M-W Nomination Information Letter
2018 Municipal Election Procedure Manual
Official List of Candidates - July 27, 2018
Notice of Nomination for Office
Elections Sign Policy Merrickville-Wolford
Electronic Voting Frequently Asked Questions
Municipal Election 2018 - Municipal Council Candidate Campaign Finance
UCLG Candidates Guide - April 24 2014
Official List of Registered Third Parties
Financial Statement - Auditor's Report, Candidate - Form 4
Candidate Information Session - Video
Important Links:
Municipal Conflict of Interest Act
|OESC Making A Difference For Kids
|OESC Making a Difference for Kids (French)
|OESC Poster
|OESC Poster (French)


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Go to a British music festival and you are in for a truly awe-inspiring experience. The sunshine (with any luck!), the positive energy from the crowds, the fantastic music and some seriously stunning settings too. They're not all what you'd expect either: apart from the music talent, you'll encounter everything from elaborate costumes to magnificent on-site architecture, pools and watersports, forest stages and more.
This is why you'll fall in love with Britain's music festivals
That feeling of a summer's day in the park with great live music as soundtrack.
That feeling of boating across a lake to reach a recreation of the Emerald City from Wizard of Oz. Yeah THAT feeling.
That feeling of wandering through an enchanted village to relax by a pool, or stroll along a stunning beach on the Welsh coast.
That feeling of hopping on a traditional Cambridge river punt to take a little adventure, perhaps to another stage hidden in the woods.
That feeling when the stage show looks like this!
That feeling of suddenly being involved in a human chess game in the magical setting of Portmeirion, Wales.
That feeling of seeing this much colour all at once on a brilliant sunny day, all with a musical accompaniment.
That feeling of blowing giant bubbles!
That feeling when THESE guys show up out of nowhere...
That feeling when you find your mates again and they're all at this really cool forest stage!
Find out more about Britain's festivals like Secret Garden Party, Festival Number 6 or Bestival.