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‘Pole dancing gave me my body confidence back after baby number three’

I am a bad dancer. This fact has been a part of my DNA since I abandoned ballet at five years old. I know everyone abandons ballet — except for the obvious few — but the retired child ballerinas usually take up something eventually: hockey, GAA. But my being bad at ballet led me neatly… Read More: ‘Pole dancing gave me my body confidence back after baby… »

Sorry, Santa Claus: HHS nixes vaccine-for-promos deal, sidelining North Pole influencers

Santa Claus isn’t coming to town this year. Not in the new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) pandemic ad campaign, anyway. Santa stand-ins had been set to appear in the federally funded advertising campaign in exchange for early access to a vaccine, The Wall Street Journal reported. But the agency’s deal with actors… Read More: Sorry, Santa Claus: HHS nixes vaccine-for-promos deal, sidelining North Pole… »

Pole Vaulter Anicka Newell Talks About Olympics, Fitness & Diet

Anicka Newell is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the pole vault. Anicka cleared 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) at Texas State University San Marcos in June 2017 which is the second highest athlete all-time in Athletics Canada behind Alysha Newman. In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada’s Olympic team. Newell… Read More: Pole Vaulter Anicka Newell Talks About Olympics, Fitness & Diet »