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By the time her sixteenth birthday comes around, Belle feels more convinced than ever that she is being called by the wrong name. Unlike her older sisters Celeste and April, whose names suit them perfectly, Belle knows that she is not beautiful. She begs to be called by her given name, Annabelle—or even Anna for short—but to no avail. Her solace is her wood-carving hobby, and she longs to find the Heartwood tree: Legend has it that, when carved by the right hands, it can reveal the face of one's true love.
One day, during a fierce storm, Belle's father stumbles upon the fabled tree—only to become ensnarled by it and come face-to-face with a terrifying and lonely Beast, who will set him free on one condition: that Belle carves the Heartwood. Belle agrees, never dreaming that she and the Beast have the same wish: to be seen not with the eyes of the mind, but of the heart.
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Arkansas Elementary Education Certification and Exam Requirements
Note: WGU students who want to become certified in Arkansas need to first license in Utah after completing their teacher preparation program; a student can then apply for a reciprocal license in Arkansas after receiving their Utah license. Refer to the following for specific state requirements: general Utah teacher certification requirements and general Arkansas teacher certification requirements.
In Arkansas, this program leads to a certification in Elementary Education (K-6).*
*Because you are applying in Arkansas with a Utah K-8 Elementary Education license, the Arkansas Department of Education may also issue 4-8 licensure in the areas of English, Social Studies, Math, and Science
1) Content Exam for Initial Utah Certification: Praxis 5001, Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (OR Praxis 5031 if passed prior to 7/1/2015 OR Praxis II 0014 if pass prior to 9/1/2012).
2) Pedagogy Exam: NES Foundations of Reading
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Another successful year for A-Level students!
News - Thursday, 14th August, 2014
Preston's College has today announced another year of consistently high achievement across the board, with exceptional A Level and AS exam results.
With a pass rate of 99% per cent, the college has maintained the same level of high achievement seen in previous years. The results will enable the majority of students to achieve their dreams of continuing to higher education study either at the College or at University or stepping up onto the career ladder.
As in previous years, many students have exceeded predictions made on the basis of their GCSE results when they first enrolled at the College, with the majority achieving A to C grades.
This year, outstanding achievement has been seen in several subjects that have achieved 100% A*-C grades including Art & Design and Photography.
Other notable results were 87% A*-C in Law and Media and a 100% pass rate on most courses.
Welcoming over 12,000 students each year and offering a full range of Apprenticeships and vocational courses alongside its A-Level provision, the College continues to build on its reputation as a leading provider of education in the area.
This success follows on from the College's best ever results in 2013 and precedes some major changes with over £18m being invested in both a new enterprising learning 'In-Zone', opening in September and a £13 STEM centre due in 2015.
The college is also reinventing the way it provides education with a clear focus on making students 'the most employable', this will mean that many courses, including A-Levels, will feature real life working environments, live project briefs and work experience supported by theoretical study.
Commenting on this year's results, Lis Smith, principal of Preston's College, said: "We are once again extremely proud to be celebrating the success of our A-Level students who have shown great enthusiasm, dedication and hard work in their studies.
"We are particularly pleased that many of our students have achieved this success alongside gaining further qualifications that will really help them on their chosen path, whether that is university or a route into employment.
"We are looking forward to many changes in teaching and learning at the College, all of which will benefit our students greatly. Changes to the provision we provide will provide more vocational elements to our A-Level programme including work experience to really prepare our learners for their future careers and help them on their journey towards success."
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Hi Emily –
If you cannot attend then you may wish to access the College Extranet. Visit Preston's College website at http://www.preston.ac.uk and click 'Extranet' along the top of the screen. Click on the GO button for students.
Log in using your student e-mail address, for example firstname.lastname@example.com
Enter your password and click 'Log in'.
Select 'Track Portal' from the web bookmarks available.
Next, you will need to click on the 'examinations' icon, which will display a list of registrations, entries and results as recorded by the Examinations Office.


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I've been struggling to oscript my cups routine. Every script I write doesn't feel unique to me. How did you script your cups and balls routine? Did you write the script and then put moves to it, or the other way around?
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I use scripts that are fun or interesting to me, on the assumption it would be fun and/or interesting to someone else just due to my showing interest.
I'm working on a new routine based around perception and how magicians manipulate how the audience is perceiving what's going on. That way I can kind of let them peek behind the curtain without actually revealing any secrets.
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For all of my effect descriptions I have shifted to describing FOUR Scripts:
ACTION - what the audience sees
STORY - what the audience hears, assumes or expects
INVENTORY - materials, moves, sleights, stratagems
SECRET - all the sneaky stuff both physical and psychological liked to Actions and Story
once these our outlines, the details fall into place -- and you can start with any of them
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1) I read all kinds of routines
2) I pick what I like
3) I make selection
4) add ideas
5) make routine
6) try out and see where the problems are
7) rewrite and try out
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EllisJames52 wrote: I've been struggling to script my cups routine. Every script I write doesn't feel unique to me. How did you script your cups and balls routine? Did you write the script and then put moves to it, or the other way around?
Whatever you do, PLEASE don't start off by saying "This is the oldest magic trick in the world." I grind my teeth whenever I hear it, and I hear it far too often and from people who ought to know better! In the first place, nobody cares how old the trick is. Nobody cares if it was performed in ancient Egypt because there are supposedly pictures of it in the Pyramids. Nobody [except other magicians] cares if the trick is a "classic of magic." They just want to see the darn trick already.
I suggest that you work out a routine first, arranging things for good pacing that will build to a maximum effect. Don't put every possible move in your routine, just the ones that make sense and move things along briskly to the final loads. Use moves that you can do reliably and accurately. The Vernon Wand Spin is a beautiful move, but if you can't do it gracefully and convincingly, leave it out, no one will be any the wiser. Nobody [except other magicians] cares if your sleights are easy or difficult, as long as they are clean and work well. A simple FP and a good false transfer are all you really need for starters.
I present the Cups & Balls as a mystery. While the cups themselves seem to be solid, at times they aren't, which permits the little balls to penetrate the cups and/or jump from cup to cup! Amazing! You also need some logical or illogical/funny reason for the final loads besides a "see what I snuck under the cups when you weren't looking" approach. And don't limit yourself to the usual fruit loads, either --- use your imagination to do something unusual, creative and different.
When I demonstrated and sold the C & B using the small Royal Magic/Fun Inc. plastic cups, I used a "D" size alkaline battery as a final load. Before producing the battery, I would announce that a ball would penetrate two cups at once -- to the bottom cup of a stack of three cups. After pretending to fail (and loading the battery in the process), I'd stop to think for a moment and then say "I know why it didn't work -- the battery's dead!" and then skip a beat and reveal the battery. It made no sense at all, was funny, and yet there was the battery, which usually produced a few gasps and laughs from the specs. You don't have to use live chicks, stacks of poker chips, liquids or other difficult loads to get a good finish. The battery was easy to handle, easy to palm, easy to load, cheap and instantly recognizable by the audience. It also made a very effective and convincing "thump" when I picked it after producing it and dropped it on the table. That proved it was solid and real without my saying a word.
Bear in mind, too, that many people think the C & B is just another form of the Three Shell Game, so that it's just a guessing game as to where the balls will be. That mindset changes the effect from a entertaining mystery to a frustrating puzzle or worse yet, a challenge. Unless you can handle that sort of situation, I wouldn't suggest going there.
Whatever you do, have a good time with the effect and your audience will, too. SETH
"Watch the Professor!!" -- Al Flosso (1895-1976)
"The better you are, the closer they watch" -- Darwin Ortiz, STRONG MAGIC
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I had messed around with starting with saying "this trick was found on a hieroglyphic in the tomb of Beni Hassan in ancient Egypt. On the hieroglyphic to the left is where you can find the patter that every magician uses. The next tomb over is where we get our jokes. "
I'll probably use it if I perform for magicians, but it doesn't work as well for laymen
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Some of the "jokes" and patter I've heard in C & B routines probably were old enough to come from Egyptian tombs! <grin> You're on the right track, work up some new and interesting stuff. Just because Professor Hoffman used something, doesn't mean that you have to, so be discriminating.
BTW, I meant to mention that the battery load is not original to me. Magic dealer Al Cohen used it for a kicker finish when doing his Coin Cup routine (sort of a small Chop Cup that uses half dollars). Whether it was original to him or not, or where he got it from, I don't know.
But when I was playing around with the Royal Magic cups and trying to figure out a impressive final load for such small cups, I remembered the battery gag and decided to incorporate it into the routine. It also meant I only needed one final load instead of three, which not only reduced the chances of getting caught out, but also still provided for a good bang-up finish. Just a reminder that "we all stand on the shoulders of giants," as the saying goes. SETH
"Watch the Professor!!" -- Al Flosso (1895-1976)
"The better you are, the closer they watch" -- Darwin Ortiz, STRONG MAGIC
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If you want to learn more about scripting, I highly recommend Pete McCabe's books, Scripting Magic and Scripting Magic 2. They're full of exercises and examples that will help you improve your magic.
So, with a bit of fear and trepidation, here's my script for Brian Watson's Anytime, Anywhere Cups and Balls. This shows how I've taken Brian's basic idea and created a presentation that fits me. The scripting strategy is to use a story to frame the magic. Because the story is largely true, it's easier for me to tell it with conviction. The middle section is expository, but I've tried to strip it back to the minimum number of words required to make the procedure clear. The ending re-connects the routine with the story, providing a satisfying coda to the magic.
Note that scripts are written from a third person point of view. Scripts are supposed to represent what you'd see and hear if you watched a magician perform. There are stage directions, but the secret moves are left invisible.
This is an actual performing script. Unless you grew up in Casper, Wyoming and knew Chet personally, please don't use it. Find a way to connect the trick with your own life and passions.
A Presentation for Brian Watson's
Anytime Anywhere Cups and Balls
(Barry takes out a clothespin bag and starts to open it.)
Barry: People sometimes ask me, "How did you become a magician?" The short answer: 793.8 (pause) -- but instead of telling you, let me show you.
(Barry sets the bag on the table.)
Barry: When I was growing up, I used to watch The Magic Land of Allakazam, Mark Wilson's Saturday morning show. Pretty soon, I got a magic set for my birthday, but I didn't like the cheesy plastic tricks. That's when I visited the most magical place that I knew back then: a store called Chet's Toy Box. Chet was the first adult who let me call him by his first name. I asked him, "How do you become a magician?" He smiled, and brought out a stack of cups like these. I'll never forget what he did.
(Barry opens the bag and removes the stack of cups. He puts the bag behind him.)
Barry: He said, "Copper cups, and a little bit of magic."
(Barry stacks the cups mouth down and pauses a moment. He waves his hand over the stack of cups.)
Barry: "Watch! A ball."
(Barry lifts the top two cups. A single ball is resting on the overturned cup. Then, he re-nests the cups.)
Barry: I wasn't that impressed, but he waved his hand again. "Two balls!"
(Barry lifts the top two cups and now two balls are resting on the cup. He re-nests the cups.)
Barry: And he did it once more. This time, there were three balls!
(Barry pauses, and lifts the two cups. Three balls are resting on the cup, and the audience applauds. He un-nests the cups and places them in a row, with one ball on top of each cup.)
Barry: I'm going to break the rules of magic and tell you what's going to happen. I'm going to place one ball under each cup. Then, they're going to gather together under one cup, by magic.
(As Barry does so, he continues to speak.)
Barry: No nonsense, no fancy moves; just magic.
(Barry pauses dramatically. He then picks up the two side cups at the same time. The balls are gone! He then dramatically picks up the center cup, and all three balls are there. The audience applauds.)
Barry: I'll do it again, but I want you to be convinced that there's only one ball under each cup.
(Barry sets the three balls in a row and sets each cup on the table so that one edge is on top of the ball and the other edge is on the table.)
Barry: Is that fair?
(Barry slides the two side cups forward so they cover their balls. He then slides the center cup over its ball and pushes the center cup forward.)
Barry: Pay attention to the center cup. I'm going to put away the balls on the sides, and they're going to magically return. But the third time, all the balls will gather under the center cup...
(Barry lifts the stage right cup, removes the ball, and sets the cup back down.)
Barry: ...so watch it like a hawk. Before I put it away, I want you to see that everything's fair.
(Barry cleanly shows the ball in his right hand. He picks up the cup with his left hand and shows the inside to everyone. A single ball rests on the table, where the center cup was sitting.)
Barry: Take a mental picture of this moment.
(Barry cleanly sets the center cup back over its ball, and puts
the stage right ball away. He then lifts the stage left cup, removes the ball and sets the cup back down.)
Barry: Let's put this one away too.
(Barry repeats the same display that he did with the stage right ball and the center cup.)
Barry: And everything's still fair. OK?
(Barry again sets the center cup back over its ball, and puts the stage left ball away.)
Barry: But look; this one's returned.
(Barry lifts the stage right cup, and its ball has returned. He starts to put it away with his left hand and his right hand lifts the center cup.)
Barry: Still just one.
(Barry sets down the center cup and picks up the stage left cup. Its ball has returned.)
Barry: Another one returns!
(Barry puts this ball away.)
Barry: Remember what I said about the third time? It's already happened.
(Barry lifts the center cup, and all three balls are there. The audience applauds. Barry moves the cups so that they're back in a row. He places one ball on top of each cup.)
Barry: I'll never, ever forget what happened next--and NEITHER WILL YOU. When I put all three balls away at the same time, you won't believe what happens.
(Barry dramatically puts the three balls away. He lifts the center cup. A tennis ball! A pause. He lifts the two side cups. Two more tennis balls! Another pause. He lifts the center cup. A fourth tennis ball! The audience applauds. Barry waits for them to calm down.)
Barry: And then, Chet did exactly the right thing; he DIDN'T tell me how it was done! Instead, he just smiled, wrote a number on a piece of paper, and gave it to me. (Pauses) 793.8--the Dewey Decimal Classification number for the public library section devoted to Magic, Juggling and Card Tricks, my roadmap to the land of dreams. I became a magician, and I'll never forget Chet's kindness.
Finally, here's a video of Brian performing his wonderful version of the Cups and Balls.
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-Leonard Bernstein
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A druid's determination…A witch's stormy rite of passage…
Katerina eats, sleeps, and breathes cultural anthropology. The only stain on her success is her worry she'll go mad just like a few other women in her family. That fear rockets to the fore when she's on a lecture tour in the Scottish Highlands and hallucinations grab her, visions rife with horrors straight out of medieval folklore.
Arlen, Arch Druid for all of Great Britain, hasn't called on his magic much in the past hundred years. No need for it in the midst of the twenty-first century. While attending a lecture, he detects fell forces. A closer look reveals the impossible. He'd thought the Roskelly witches long dead. Brutal, feral, violent, they were the force behind Scotland's bloodiest clan wars. Risen from their crypts, they're intent on Katerina. What he can't figure out is why.
Finally! A challenge for his long-neglected powers. Far from being grateful, though, Katerina doesn't trust him. Why should she? A headlong dash to escape his unwanted attention lands her three hundred years in the past with no way out.


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Goal hero Juninho last night reflected on his point-saving Boro comeback by insisting: "I'm OK to start against Newcastle if the manager wants me to."
The diminutive Brazilian whose 74th-minute equaliser against Everton extended Boro's unbeaten run to three games, can't wait to get fully back into the fray and Wednesday's clash against the Magpies comes at the right time.
Juninho said: "I have waited a long time and only those players who are injured know what it is like not to be playing.
"I was happy to come on against Everton. Every game is exciting for me.
"Its always special to score although the goal was 80pc Massimo Maccarone and 20pc me.
"I just had to put my foot out. It was important for the team that we did not lose the game.
"Now I want to keep playing. I will get better with every game and after a few games I will be the same as everybody else."
After prodding home his equaliser, Juninho raced over to the Boro bench where he was engulfed by his team-mates.
He said: "I ran over to celebrate with our physio Bob Ward. He knew what it was like for me when I was out.
"That game on Saturday was just three days short of six months since my operation.
"But I felt better at the end than I did after the reserve match on Tuesday and everything is OK with the recovery."
Juninho sprinted virtually the whole length of the pitch to convert Maccarone's cross which shows that the 30-year-old still has plenty of fuel in his engines.
However, other than the goal, he did not make too much of a impact although Boro struggled as a team to make an impression against a well organised Champions League chasing Everton.
Manager Steve McClaren opted for three centre backs in the first half but the wingbacks did not get forward and Boro made it easy for the visitors to keep them out.
When Steve Watson fired Everton ahead in 23 minutes the opening goal promised to be enough to take all three points. Watson, who was born in North Shields and always seems to do well back in the North-East, said: "We've just got a draw against a good side on their own patch but it seems like a defeat.
"We dominated the first half and even though Boro came at us a bit more in the second half we still felt that we were good enough to hold them."
McClaren brought on all three subs at half-time with Juninho and Maccarone bolstering his attack, while he reverted to a flat back four.
Boro did not make much more impression in the second period, making only two goal attempts, though one of them produced the leveller. Maccarone replaced Malcolm Christie who had a quiet first half but picked up a knock, while McClaren handed Michael Ricketts the full 90 minutes on his home debut and the former Bolton man struggled to make an impression.
At the same time Boro needed more penetration from their midfield but didn't get it.
George Boeteng was strong in the centre of the park but much of his passing was sideways.
The team needs to be more incisive when facing Newcastle in the Riverside derby though this promises to be a far more open game than the Everton bore draw.
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He's one of football's biggest mysteries.
Say the name Florian Thauvin to Premier League fans and you will largely be met with looks of bemusement.
When you tell them he's the clown who once wore a tuxedo to a match they'll suddenly know who you're talking about.
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It's his smartly-dressed antics for which his stint in England is best remembered for.
It should have been so different.
The world of football was astonished to see the former wonderkid rock-up at Newcastle in 2015.
He was part of the French revolution at St James' Park and they managed to snap up the Marseille man for a cool £15million.
How much would he be worth now?
Thauvin's move to Newcastle caused a seismic shock at the time. His form in Ligue 1 had attracted interest from Europe's big boys.
The Frenchman was quickly becoming football's most-coveted wonderkid, with Arsenal and Man United particularly keen on the attacking midfielder.
It was Steve McClaren who sealed the deal ahead of Arsene Wenger and Louis van Gaal. Iconic stuff.
His spell in England's top flight was far from a memorable one.
Just 22-years-old at the time, Thauvin looked unable to cope with the demands of Premier League football.
The tuxedo-wearing joker made just 13 appearances in the league, failing to ever play a full 90 minutes.
Thauvin didn't register a single Premier League goal or assist during his spell with Newcastle and was consequently shipped back to Marseille in 2016 on loan.
The higher-powers at St James' made the questionable decision to give the French club the option to buy him back for just £10million. Regrets.
15 goals and nine assists in 38 Ligue 1 games were more than enough to convince Marseille to make the move permanent.
Thauvin continued his road to redemption the following season.
The Frenchman's stats improved further, racking up 22 goals and 12 assists in 35 league games. He's fully exorcising his Newcastle demons.
The 25-year-old was rewarded with a call-up to France's World Cup squad where he made just one appearance in Didier Deschamps tournament winning side.
Thauvin's stellar-form doesn't look like slowing down anytime soon.
He's already scored seven goals and provided three assists in ten Ligue 1 games and is subsequently attracting interest.
Bayern Munich could well be his next destination, with rumours of a £70million move to the Bundesliga rife.
The German champions are said to have identified Thauvin as the long-term successor to Franck Ribery.
The interest from Bayern makes his Premier League plight even more baffling.
How can you fail to dislodge Gabriel Obertan and then go onto replace Ribery?
The jury is still out on how he would cope away from Ligue 1, however, his form in the past few seasons has been remarkable.
Thauvin fully deserves another chance of reaching the top and, as such, pile further regret on Newcastle.
Thanks for the memories, Florian…
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By FINN M. BULLERS
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Big news on the Kansas managed care front could reshape the health care landscape and growing national debate on the merits of privatized, for-profit care.
In a Dec. 13 letter from the National Council on Disability, several significant and non-binding recommendations to improve the state's for-profit Medicaid plan — also known as KanCare — were made to the President and Congress.
"It's clear to NCD that many unresolved issues remain for people with disabilities" in Kansas, the report said. "The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should conduct an oversight review of the current administration of KanCare." Continue reading
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The maker of Budweiser and Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC, is facing $92,400 in fines for two repeat and eight serious safety violations following an inspection of its Columbus, OH, brewery's ammonia refrigeration system, said officials at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
The violations were under OSHA's Process Safety Management Standards, which contain specific requirements for managing highly hazardous chemicals in work processes. One such chemical is anhydrous ammonia, used as a refrigerant in industrial facilities, including breweries. Ammonia can be a health hazard because it is corrosive to the skin, eyes and lungs. It is a flammable vapor.
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"Anheuser Busch has a responsibility to ensure the safe operation of its refrigeration systems by implementing an engineering process for the detection and control of potential ammonia systems releases," said Deborah Zubaty, OSHA's area director in Columbus. "Exposure to ammonia can have serious health consequences. Failure of these systems, such as overpressurization, can result in explosion and fire. Workers should not be put at risk because this company failed to implement the required protections."
The Feb. 4 inspection found the Anheuser-Busch plant failed to develop procedures for normal and emergency shutdown and restarting refrigeration systems. The company's process hazard analysis failed to address the dangers of overpressurization and ammonia release completely, and failed to address engineering controls and their potential failure. In addition, the company did not install ammonia detection systems or a continuous emergency ventilation system.
An OSHA violation is serious if death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard an employer knew or should have known exists.
The company also received two repeat citations for failing to document properly the ammonia refrigeration system and the building ventilation design for use in emergencies. The company failed to document the design for a suction header pressure relief system adequately. The company faced similar violations in 2010 at a brewery in Cartersville, GA.
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How Shelby Holly-Page is reclaiming self-love through practicing yoga and why she's not apologizing.
The first time I met Shelby Holly-Page, she was fully nude. Yeah, you read right—zero clothes. You see, this isn't such a rare sighting when it comes to the bald-headed, ultra-bendy, Instafamous yogi queen we know as Chocolate Yoga (@chocolate_yoga). For her, confidence is not lacking.
And behind all that confidence, there's yoga.
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While attending school in Fairfield, Iowa, where yoga and meditation were incorporated into the classroom, Holly-Page realized that these practices could be useful tools for relaxation.
"I was really interested in getting started, but I couldn't afford yoga classes," she says.
Despite not even having a mat at the time, she was determined to learn.
She did what likely many of us have done: turn on YouTube and prop up the computer in her living room. After following along for about an hour a day, "I eventually got the flow to where I could do it by myself without (videos)."
But something big was missing from these resources.
"Even when I typed in, 'black women doing yoga,' it all turned to white women," she explains." (I felt) like, 'ok, I don't really have anyone that looks like me to look up to.'"
It was out of this frustration that gave rise to her Instagram account.
"I wanted to be that person."
From 200 followers to 36,000, Holly-Page has been vocal about topics surrounding race, gender and sexuality—her platform serving as a space for more than just stretching her physical limits.
A Celebration of Self
"I started practicing around the same time I shaved my head—which at the time, was this weird power for me and I think the clothes just came with it," Holly-Page explains. "I started to love myself and appreciate my body and skin complexion so much more (because of it)."
However, she admits that it has not been all love from the social media world. "I remember thinking, 'do I be myself?' Because people were telling me, 'you have to be more cautious about what you say when you have a platform.'
"But then I thought, 'No!—I'm going to let people decide if they like who I really am.'"
Particularly, she says that, in a society that teaches us that nudity is sexual and therefore wrong, she wanted to take back the idea that nakedness is natural and beautiful—especially for women, and even more so black women, who she perceives as being shamed the most.
"I've always been a huge advocate for encouraging other women to love their bodies, so I wanted to incorporate that message that I'm always preaching (into my Instagram)."
Her advice to folks who are unsure if they can empower themselves through yoga: "Do it anyway. If you have a body, you have a yoga body."


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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – The Huntingdon women's lacrosse team took a five-goal lead in the first 15 minutes and beat North Carolina Wesleyan 14-7 on Saturday.
The Lady Hawks used three goals from Savannah Ryan, two goals from Shelby Blair and one goal from Kaylee Andrews to build a 6-1 lead midway through the first half. Huntingdon carried a 9-4 lead into halftime and led by at least five goals for the entire second half.
Andrews finished with four goals, two assists, two draw controls and three ground balls. Blair added three goals and Ryan had three goals, an assist, seven ground balls and two draw controls.
Shelby Martin totaled one goal, one assist and four draw controls and Vanessa Maldonado, Anita Rhodes and Keirstin Cramer each scored one goal. Sam Blount had four ground balls and Peyton Dean had three ground balls.
Goalie Morgan Coppini had 15 saves and seven goals allowed in 60 minutes.
Records: Huntingdon (2-9, 1-4 USA South); North Carolina Wesleyan (0-10, 0-4 USA South)
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Thanks so much to everyone who's made 2017 so amazing for the sport of axe throwing and NATF community. What-a-Year!!!! We've hosted our first NATC (congrats to your champion Stefan Herda!), ran our first Regional and Wild Card competitions, offered our first prize purses, welcomed 9 new members and grown to 38 cities. None of it would be possible without our 3000 incredible league members who compete each week as we build a sport together. Here's to you!
Happy Holidays from the NATF!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at the NATF! Thanks to everyone for making the axe throwing community such an incredible extended family. You make the whole year festive … now go spend time with your loved ones. See you in January!
A huge shout out to all of our amazing sponsors for helping to make this year's National Axe Throwing Championship possible. We wouldn't have an All-Star Weekend without your support, thank you! To Rob and the entire team Beau's, you've come through as title sponsor for 2 years' running, and we can't say enough about how awesome you've been for us.
Here's also to the most delicious smoked meat in Toronto from Cherry St BBQ, finely crafted beverages from Sailor Jerry and Woodhouse Brewing Co., the great times with good friends at The Dock Ellis, and the crew at Fresh Ink Apparel for giving our final-round competitors the best fitting t-shirts any axe thrower could ever want. For anyone looking for legal, accounting or financial advice our friends at FirePower Captial, MNP and Gardiner Roberts are the best people you can possibly speak with. Thanks for your support!
Get Ready for the NATC Round 1
Are you ready!?
The National Axe Throwing Championship (NATC) Round 1 will take place on Sunday 7 January at NATF member venues to determine the league throwers that qualify for the NATC finals during All-Star Weekend presented by Beaus.
The preliminary round is a competition within each NATF member organization to determine which players will represent them in the final stage of the tournament. To learn more click here.
Doors will open an hour before competition begins at all venues to allow for practice time. In the preliminary round, players will be randomly split into groups of four. Players will take to their assigned lane, then throw the equivalent of 3 matches (a total of 45 throws) and 9 Big Axes. To learn more click here.
Welcome our 17th member Bullseye Axe Throwing to the National Axe Throwing Federation (NATF). Bullseye Axe Throwing has been running leagues in Newmarket Ontario since 2015, and recently expanded to the neighboring city of Barrie with their 2nd location.
We can't wait to have you competing at Winter Skillz in February 2018!
Urban Axes was recently featured in Baltimore Magazine. The NATF member is expanding to Highlandtown, Baltimore in the new year!
The articles states that "aside from bringing a new social concept to the Baltimore community, the co-owners are enthusiastic about their role in making axe-throwing more mainstream. Their hope is to launch seven more U.S. locations by the end of 2018."
Congratulations Urban Axes on your recent expansion!
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Wild Card Tournament Announced
Are you still looking to qualify for the National Axe Throwing Championship? On December 19 compete in the end-of-year Wild Card Tournament! The tournament is open to any thrower who has competed in at least one league season in 2017 and has not yet qualified for the NATC.
Register at your local NATF member and visit this link to learn more!
The National Axe Throwing Federation and NATF Member, True North Axe Throwing were recently featured in Deseret News Utah.
The article believes that axe throwing has launched a new recreation wave for Canadians and Americans to enjoy themselves in a different way.
To demonstrate the success of axe throwing, the standard rules of play by the NATF and the success of True North Axe Throwing as an organisation were highlighted.
True North Axe Throwing has been an NATF member since 2017 with two locations in Lethbridge, Alberta and Lehi, Utah.
The 2018 All-Star Weekend will kick off in Toronto on February 18 with the National Axe Throwing Championship! NATC Registration and practice start at 9 am, the tournament starts at 10 am. Winter Skillz registration and practice starts at 5 pm, followed by the tournament from 6 pm - 10:30 pm.
Join us on February 19 at Palais Royal in Toronto to celebrate the weekend with Axe Prom and the Awards Ceremony! Doors at 6 PM. Dinner at 7. Party all night.
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Russian and foreign businessmen, politicians and experts came together at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) to discuss the future of Russia's economy, the ongoing crisis and the role of the government in jump-starting economic growth.
From left: German Gref, the head of Sberbank; Igor Shuvalov, Russia's deputy prime minister; and Alexey Kudrin, ex-finance minister, at the 2015 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Photo: RIA Novosti
On June 18, Russian and foreign businessmen, experts and officials met on the first day of the 2015 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to discuss the most pressing challenges facing Russia's economy.
This year the forum brought together foreign participants from more than 100 countries, even more than last year, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko. The list of participants includes former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Lim Siong Guan, the current Group President of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
One of the major questions discussed at the forum was whether the Kremlin has a roadmap and a long-term strategy to bring about sustainable economic growth in the country. This is especially important, given the economic crisis driven by both Western sanctions and the headlong oil prices drop.
Russia needs to think long-term about the economy
Almost all the speakers who took the floor at the panel titled "Economics: Frank Answers to Pressing Questions" admitted that Russia has only a short-term plan of how to steer the country out of recession.
Alexey Kudrin, the former Finance Minster and the dean of St. Petersburg State University 's Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, points to the fact that the Kremlin has only a three-year plan (lasting until 2017), which is hardly likely to be reliable, given the current financial and economic volatility.
According to Kudrin, this doesn't resolve the problem, especially, a series of legislative and political initiatives that seem to contradict the very idea of economic growth.
"Economically, we are in the middle of the storm," said Kudrin, "We are in a situation, when one hand does one thing, while the other does the opposite."
He also added that the first quarter of 2015 has been dangerously soothing and drove the government to forget about consequential and challenging issues. The second quarter will show that the economic crisis is far from over, Kudrin believes, with the rest of 2015 (third and fourth quarters) going to be much more unpredictable and volatile.
"There is a high level of uncertainty," he said, pointing to the deleterious effect of sanctions and the situation in the world's energy market. However, the most serious challenge is the lack of understanding of how institutions in Russia will work and how Russia is going to talk with the West during a period of geopolitical tensions. Moreover, he expresses concerns with a series of political initiatives from officials and parliamentarians of diminishing ties with the West in favor of the East.
Meanwhile, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov claims that strategically, Russia shouldn't turn its back on Europe to come closer to the East. The Kremlin is just working out the terms of limited trade and economic ties with the West, he said, arguing that Russia's steps to establish closer ties with the Eastern countries has been misinterpreted.
"The topic of 'the Greater Europe — From Lisbon to Vladivostok' is still not out off the agenda," he said. "The fact is that [Russian] political leaders don't want to raise this issue, until the situation in Ukraine is settled down."
Anti-crisis measures need to be updated for changing market conditions
At the same time, Shuvalov pointed out that Russia showed a better economic record than initially expected.
"The [economic] situation is very difficult, but it is not as difficult as we initially expected last October," he said.
However, such logic creates a sort of cognitive dissonance, according to German Gref, a prominent Russian economist and the head of Sberbank, the country's largest state bank.
"We thought that it [economic decline] would be minus seven, but it turned out to have been minus three. So is this good or bad?" he asked, and then answered that it could be both. He explained that the very anti-crisis program, which was useful and probably effective last year, would not be relevant today, because the economic situation is changing very fast.
"We are discussing what was yesterday, but don't think about the future," he concluded pointing out the "terrific outflow of human capital." According to him, this should puzzle us first and foremost.
When asked what is to be done to resolve the problem, Gref said that the government just "should do banal things" by improving the investment climate and, particularly, creating a system that encourages private business.
At the same time, Gref argues that the current crisis — the lack of capital and tight budgets — is hardly likely to be a stimulus for Russia's economy. Russia usually changes when it is "caught up against the wall" and "faced with a standoff," but success means permanent changes, not the ones driven by a crisis, he clarifies.
Will the economic crisis really change anything?
Kudrin disagrees in his assessment of the impact of the crisis on Russia's economy. In most cases, he argues, "the crisis improves productivity," because it drives ineffective economic players out of the game and favors the strongest, most prepared and efficient.
However, Kudrin warns against mistaking the crisis as a result of sanctions, because the latter doesn't increase efficiency, but deprives the economy of additional opportunities of getting financial and technological support from abroad. Without such support, Russia won't be able to tackle the crisis.
Likewise, Shuvalov believes that the crisis reveals the most pressing and hidden problems in the economy and allows ordinary people to talk about them. According to him, the crisis can encourage people to resolve big problems because it can unite people.
However, Gref doesn't think so, insisting that any crisis is "the result of bad management." According to him, effective management means looking forward, not backward. And this is the key.
"We are trapped in the present and don't look to the future," he said, adding that Russia has all the resources to be successful. And the most important and challenging thing is the capability to use this potential.
The role of the Russian government in fixing the economy
"The only thing that differs a successful government from an unsuccessful one is the quality of government management," Gref said at another panel named "Crisis Mitigation Policies: The Need For Government Reform."
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who took the floor at this panel, agrees. He argues, the challenge for the government is "how to get things done" and it requires changes in the system as well as in the mentality of personnel to encourage officials to be more "innovative," "creative" and ready to change in a fast-moving world.
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair at the 2015 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Photo: RIA Novosti
In addition, he and other participants of the panel agree that a "smaller," "more strategic," transparent government, led by a consistent leader and based on the principles of key performance measurement, could be a good and very promising approach.
Differing outlooks for Russia's economy in 2015
Meanwhile, some experts interviewed by Russia Direct, for example, Christopher Hartwell, the president of the Center for Social and Economic Research in Warsaw (CASE), argue that the Russian economy is not resilient, and it would have gone into a recession even without the war in Ukraine.
"The invasion just makes things worse. Sanctions haven't had a direct impact, but they continue to contribute to the perception that Russia is a mono-state, built on oil and ready to fall apart at any time," he said. "And Russia's reaction to sanctions has just made things worse. Doing business in Russia I would say is now nearly impossible for a foreigner."
Hartwell argues that the crisis is not over, but it "has abated somewhat, especially in currency markets, but the underlying structural defects are still there."
"Russia is a terrible hybrid of an economy – it's a petro-state that is tied closely to commodity prices, meaning that it has uneven development but is not resilient to shocks," he said.
In contrast, Stanislav Tkachenko, an associate professor at St. Petersburg State University, believes that the economic crisis in Russia has significantly abated and reached its low. He is more optimistic about economic growth at the end of the year, because, according to him, "cautious reforms have been started," the possibility of new sanctions is close to zero, the results of import substitutions are showing their first results and oil prices seem to have stabilized.


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England v Italy
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After seeing off the Dutch last week, England are going for back-to-back wins as they host Italy at Wembley tonight for the second friendly of the international break.
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Netherlands vs England
Happening on 23/03/2018 [Expired]
We're entering the final stretch ahead of the World Cup 2018 with preparations continuing this evening as the Lions travel to Amsterdam for a friendly against the Netherlands.
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Julie Windsor, UK Managing Director.
"We thought that it was important to provide the visitors with a site they can easily access from their desktop, tablet or smartphone, and provide them with an immediate understanding of our company along with a clear vision of our financial and HR performance management solutions available globally and in different local markets. Though globally sharing the same financial and HR business challenges, different countries have different needs and it is important to address them with the most appropriate answers."
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Branches, Bark, and Buds! Winter Tree Identification
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About: Do conifers confuse you? Do all deciduous trees look alike once the leaves fall? This class is for you, whether you simply need a refresher on tree identification or want to improve your existing skills. The class will begin at the Center for Urban Horticulture, with a review of basic tree identification techniques, use of taxonomic keys, and discussion of common landscape tree species and varieties found in the Pacific Northwest. This will be followed by an outdoor field session where you will practice what you have learned as we identify trees on the main campus of the University of Washington. More information
Location: Center for Urban Horticulture, Douglas Classroom, and UW Seattle Campus
Cost: $95
Instructors: Bess Bronstein and Christina Pfeiffer
Professional Credits: APLD (pending), ASCA (pending), ASLA (pending), CPH (pending), ecoPRO (pending), ISA (pending), NALP/WALP (6)
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Dollar Falls Against Major Currencies
The dollar posted steep losses against most of its major rivals on Wednesday, hitting its weakest point against the euro in two weeks as investors once again dumped the dollar in search of better yields abroad.
Many strategists attributed part of the dollar's dismal performance to an overall lack of faith in a U.S. recovery after a rally didn't materialize from the end of military action in Iraq.
"When you look at the overall economic picture, Europe is bleak but that's largely priced in, whereas in the U.S. people expected a postwar recovery, but the data continues to be mixed," says Rebecca Patterson, global currency strategist at J.P. Morgan in New York.
"Until there is more convincing evidence that the economy is turning around, people will be reluctant to put a lot of money in U.S. stocks, bonds and the dollar," she said.
Following a pattern established in the last several trading sessions, positive economic reports were unable to stem the dollar's fall. The euro broke through a key resistance level of $1.090 even as U.S. housing starts indicated that building activity rose in March by the largest amount in six months.
A weak performance by U.S. equities sealed the dollar's fate, analysts noted. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 1.7 percent, with the S&P 500 index falling 1.2 percent.
With developments in Iraq no longer a dominant force in markets, attention has shifted to economic fundamentals. Currency positions based on a swift war have been unwound and investors are again examining other factors, such as interest-rate differentials, to determine investments.
Under this scenario, low-interest rate nations holding monetary policy steady or easing interest rates are being shunned in favor of countries that have been busy raising interest rates such as Canada and Australia.
In late New York trading, the euro was quoted at $1.0912, up from $1.0815 late Tuesday.
In late New York trading, the dollar was quoted at 119.46 yen, down from 120.14 yen late Tuesday.
The dollar was quoted at 1.3731 Swiss francs, down from 1.3900, and 1.4559 Canadian dollars, up from 1.4478. The British pound rose to $1.5803 from $1.5716.


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ViaSat has moved a satellite from Falcon Heavy to Ariane 5 as a result of delays in launching SpaceX's heavy-lift booster. Arianespace plans to launch the ViaSat-2 spacecraft during the first quarter of 2017.
The decision was a result of the shift in the Falcon Heavy demonstration launch from April to possibly September. The Boeing-built communications satellite had been scheduled for the third Falcon Heavy launch at the end of the year.
"We're extraordinarily sensitive" to service introduction delays for ViaSat-2, [ViaSat CEO Mark D.] Dankberg said, saying the satellite ultimately would generate around $45 million per month of revenue, or 10 times the level of ViaSat-1….
ViaSat is maintaining its Falcon Heavy launch contract, which will now be used to launch one of the ViaSat-3 satellites around 2020, and has booked a reservation for a future Falcon Heavy, also for ViaSat-3, which is not yet a contract.
Ariane 5 is generally more expensive than SpaceX's Falcon, but [ViaSat COO Richard A.] Baldridge said Evry, France-based Arianespace met the company partway to secure the business.
"We think we got a good price," Baldridge said, adding that because early Falcon Heavy launches will carry higher insurance costs – the Ariane 5 now has 70 consecutive successes – the net difference in cost was negligible and keeps the ViaSat-2 program to within its total estimated cost of around $650 million.
ViaSat officials said the company plans to keep its Falcon Heavy launch contract for its ViaSat-3 line of satellites, which will debut around 2020. The company also has reserved another Falcon Heavy launch for a ViaSat-3 satellite but has not signed a contract yet.
SpaceX has experienced repeated delays in launching the Falcon Heavy, which will have three Falcon 9 cores with 27 Merlin 1-D engines as its first stage. The company had originally set a launch date for early 2013.
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Today we had a very wonderful district meeting! Our district leader, Elder Hebert, shared a scripture that I really liked!
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So far, at least 21 police officers are now in hot water after authorities discovered that they submitted fake documents during their recruitment into police service.
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When movies meet real life in this case Jaws…
The worst thing ever for a teenage boy… Jose Ernestor da Silva had his penis ripped off by a shark as he swam in the sea in Brazil.
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Miley Cyrus may not have married Liam Hemsworth yet, but she did wear white during one of the engaged couple's recent day dates.
As previously reported, the two lovebirds, who met in 2012 on the set of the Nicholas Sparks film "The Last Song," ventured off to his birthplace of Australia over the holidays. While there, they indulged in some fun time at the beach in Byron Bay, New South Wales.
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For the outing, Miley sported a skimpy, white Tee Ink two-piece bathing suit, and kept her hair pulled back into a spunky updo.
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If you click to the right, a second photo shows the two stars swimming beside each other in the crystal clear, blue waters. Miley sweetly gazes over at Liam, and shows off her dazzling smile, while making her way toward the shore.
It's clear that Miley and Liam's romance is still sizzling, despite recent confirmation by Liam's older brother, Chris Hemsworth, that they didn't get hitched during the trip Down Under.
While, on their vacation, a report in Australian publication "New Weekly Magazine" claimed the two got married in secret. But, on Jan. 16, Chris told SiriusXM Radio's "Sway in the Morning," "No, they are not officially married."
Miley and Liam did, however, wear their "promise rings," while on vacation, as a sign of their commitment to one another, according to "People." Miley also spent some quality time with Liam's side of the family. She even celebrated her man's 28th birthday with an adorable post on social media.
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"Happiest birthday to my very best friend on the entire planet! I ❤ u!" The 25-year-old former Disney star wrote on Jan. 12, alongside three photographs featuring different memories of the couple's unforgettable moments.
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