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☆ Tai Chi Is a Workout for the Brain and Body
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Cindy Kuzma | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rather, they’re the deceptively complex movements of tai chi. With around 250 million practitioners around the globe, tai chi is often cited as one of the world’s most popular physical activities. Unlike karate or taekwondo, tai chi focuses on quiet strength rather than combat, which makes it more accessible to older adults or those who have been injured. The former financial professional, who was born in New York and spent her childhood in Taiwan, also found tai chi beneficial in managing stress and conflict. After about two years, she began teaching, and eventually took over Aiping Tai Chi, the Connecticut school where she had trained.

Persons: Horse’s, Rather, Shirley Chock, Tai Chi Locations: China, New York, Taiwan, Tai, Connecticut

☆ I'm a female firefighter who had to work twice as hard for the same opportunities given more readily to men
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Melissa Petro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Even though I work hard to keep my physical fitness a priority, I'm a smaller person. But in the beginning, I pushed myself and worked especially hard for the same opportunities more readily given to men. As a volunteer, the job responsibilities are the same as a paid deputy fire chief. Being a firefighter takes a lot of hard work and hard hoursBut all of that effort you put in makes it that much more rewarding. He's been a volunteer firefighter for 23 years, and he got hired to a full-time career position almost 18 years ago (so he is a paid firefighter as a day job and a volunteer firefighter on his days off).

Persons: Justine Mabey, —, I've, I'm, isn't, it's, We've, He's Organizations: Service Locations: Nova Scotia, Canada

☆ Remember that jiu-jitsu tournament Mark Zuckerberg won? He was also choked out during the match.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Zuckerberg has taken to improving his physique as he gets more interested in jiu-jitsu. In May, Zuckerberg participated in his first tournament and was choked unconscious, NYT reports. The road to Mark Zuckerberg's gold and sliver medals at a recent jiu-jitsu tournament apparently came with a few bumps, according to a new report. Zuckerberg didn't respond to a request for comment from the Times, and Meta, where Zuckerberg is CEO, didn't respond to a request from Insider. "I really like watching UFC because I also like doing the sport," Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg's, José Lucas Costa da Silva, he'd, Costa da Silva, Khai Wu, Conor McGregor, —, Joe Rogan Organizations: Meta, New York Times, Facebook, Times, UFC Locations: Brazilian, Meta, Brazil, Thai

☆ Alexei Navalny is amusing himself by demanding a kangaroo, nunchucks, and a bottle of moonshine from his penal colony wardens
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Kelly Mclaughlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Alexey Navalny said he's amusing himself in prison by making demands to his penal colony wardens. Navalny said he has asked for moonshine, a kangaroo, a megaphone, and more. Navalny, who is serving 11-and-a-half years in a penal colony in Russia, said all of his requests have been denied so far. As for knowing the service dogs' names, Navalny said penal colony staff told him that if he learned their names, he could befriend them and "use that for an escape." As for his request for a kangaroo, Navalny said officials told him double-crested marsupials are "prohibited by the SHIZO."

Persons: Alexey Navalny, Navalny, Vladimir Putin, — Organizations: Service Locations: Russia

"When you are in a punishment cell and don't have much entertainment, you can always amuse yourself by corresponding with the prison administration," Navalny said. The letters showed that Navalny asked for an eclectic range of items, including, variously, a bottle of moonshine, a balalaika, a staff, two pouches of cheap tobacco, a kimono and a black belt. "The question of awarding eastern martial arts qualifications is not handled by the administration," the prison wrote back on April 28. In response to Navalny's request for a permit to keep a kangaroo, the prison wrote: "The animal identified in your request relates to the double crested-marsupial... The prison wrote coldly that massage chairs were not provided.

Persons: Alexei Navalny, Navalny, Nikolai Gogol, Guy Faulconbridge, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: IK, Karate, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Melekhovo, Moscow

CNN —Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according to human rights groups who say the rise reflects an effort by Tehran to “instill fear” among anti-regime protesters. It was the highest number of executions in the Islamic republic since 2015, according to a report released Thursday by the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and the France-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) groups. The vast majority of the executions – at least 544 – were of people accused of murder and drug-related offenses, said the report. “Iran’s authorities demonstrated how crucial the death penalty is to instill societal fear in order to hold onto power,” the report said. The human rights report said they were charged with “corruption on Earth.”Dozens of other protesters have received death sentences in recent months.

☆ Overnight protests rock Tehran, other Iranian cities, videos show
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Videos on Friday showed demonstrations in several neighbourhoods in Tehran as well as in the cities of Karaj, Isfahan, Qazvin, Rasht, Arak, Mashhad, Sanandaj, Qorveh, and Izeh in Khuzestan province. Reuters was able to confirm three of the videos on the protests in Zahedan and one of those in Tehran. Other videos showed large protests on Friday in Zahedan, capital of southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province, home to Iran's Baluchi minority. [1/5] People take part in a protest in Zahedan, Iran in this screen grab taken from a social media video released February 17, 2023 and obtained by Reuters. In recent weeks Iranian media have reported closures of several businesses, restaurants and cafes for failure to observe the hijab rules.

☆ 'No Straight Lines' unearths the hidden history of queer comic books
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Dan Avery | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Independent Lens“No Straight Lines” also profiles Mary Wings, who is credited with publishing the first known queer comic book, “Come Out Comics,” in 1973. San Francisco, where Wings now lives, was home to many of the earliest LGBTQ comic books and strips — most of which were made by queer women. “Stuck Rubber Baby” was one of the first queer comics to get mainstream critical acclaim. His generosity of spirit and intellect brought this community together.”Cruse died of cancer in 2019, while “No Straight Lines” was still in development. “It’s very exciting.”“No Straight Lines” premieres on PBS’ “Independent Lens” Monday at 10 p.m.

☆ Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

ATHENS, Greece — Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, who won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country’s volatile politics in the 1960s as king and spent decades in exile, has died. Prince Constantine on his sailboat at the Olympics in 1960. With minimal nostalgia for the monarchy in Greece, Constantine became a relatively uncontroversial figure. Crown Prince Constantine, left, arrives at the Raiding Forces' Headquarters on July 5, 1956. Prince Charles and King Constantine II of Greece attend Sunday service at the Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham estate in King's Lynn, England, on Dec. 9, 2007.

☆ Analysis: Iran executions quash protests, push dissent underground
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Parisa Hafezi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

They argue the resort to deadly state violence is merely pushing dissent underground, while deepening anger felt by ordinary Iranians about the clerical establishment that has ruled them for four decades. Executive Director at the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Hadi Ghaemi said the establishment's main focus was to intimidate the population into submission by any means. People are either in prison or they have gone underground because they are determined to find a way to keep fighting," he said. Defying public fury and international criticism, Iran has handed down dozens of death sentences to intimidate Iranians enraged by the death of Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, 22. Ghaemi said the main officials pushing for the executions today were deeply involved in the 1980s killings of prisoners.

☆ Iran sentences three more protesters to death amid international criticism
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Parisa Hafezi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

DUBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary has sentenced three more anti-government protesters to death on charges of "waging war on God", its Mizan news agency reported on Monday, defying growing international criticism over its fierce crackdown on demonstrators. Pope Francis on Monday condemned Iran for using the death penalty on demonstrators demanding greater respect for women. Under Iran's Islamic law, treason is punishable by death. Amnesty International said last month that Iranian authorities are seeking the death penalty for at least 26 others in what it called "sham trials designed to intimidate protesters". The European Union, the United States and other Western countries have condemned Iran for using the death penalty against demonstrators.

☆ Clarence Gilyard, ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ star, dead at 66
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Clarence Gilyard, the actor best known for playing computer hacker Theo in “Die Hard” and naval flight officer Marcus “Sundown” Williams in “Top Gun,” has died at the age of 66. His death was announced on Monday in a statement from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where he had been working as an associate professor at the College of Fine Arts. Gilyard played Theo, the heist crew's hacker, in "Die Hard." According to UNLV, Gilyard ventured into acting after studying Theatre Arts at California State University. Despite his accomplished acting career, Gilyard stepped away from acting in 2006 to start teaching at UNLV and directing productions at the university’s Nevada Conservatory Theatre.

☆ Eric Fleishman, celebrity fitness trainer, dead at 53
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Celebrity personal trainer Eric Fleishman has died at the age of 53. The fitness personality, known as “Eric the Trainer,” died suddenly at his home in Glendale, California on Thanksgiving, his family announced Sunday in a post shared on his verified Instagram page. “We are heartbroken to share that Eric Phillip Fleishman passed away unexpectedly on the morning of November 24, 2022. Fleishman made a name for himself by training a slew of celebrity clients. Eric made such an impact on my life and I don’t think he even knew it.

☆ Jason David Frank, 'Power Rangers' star, dies at 49
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Becca Wood | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Former “Power Rangers” star Jason David Frank has died, his manager confirmed. Frank was best known for his role as Tommy Oliver in the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” television series, which ran for three seasons from 1993 to 1996. Though he began as the popular Green Ranger, Frank’s character transformed into the White Ranger, Red Zeo, and Red Turbo Ranger before returning as the Black Dino Thunder Ranger in 2004. The actor has also starred in both “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Movie” in 1995 and “Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie” in 1997. Walter Emanuel Jones, the original Black Ranger, took to Instagram to remember his former co-star, sharing a picture of the “Power Rangers” squad on the red carpet.

☆ How small-town Maine embraced a family that fled the Taliban
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Elyse Lightman Samuels | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine — Last November, at about midnight, Omid was lying in bed in his new home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine — exhausted, but unable to sleep. On this night, and on many nights during Omid's first few months in Maine, Nasir was soon at his door. Omid's family arrived in Maine just before Halloween in 2021 and recently celebrated one year in Maine. Catholic Charities, the local refugee-resettlement organization in Maine, was working with Omid's family to help them resettle. After Omid's family escaped Kabul, members of his extended family came by to collect some of their more precious items, and gave other things away.

☆ A former bodyguard for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt shares what his job was like and the biggest misconceptions about protecting celebrities
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Mark "Billy" Billingham was a bodyguard for years for stars like Angelina Jolie and Russell Crowe. Billingham's biggest job, he said, was an 18-month position working full time for Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their family. "I was literally working 18 hours a day, every day, and I stayed with them," he said. Decoys and detours are great ways to test new security detailsIn his role as the head of security, Billingham had to coordinate the entire security team, including what's often a huge army of drivers. The ruse for new chauffeurs began with telling them about the next day's route for Pitt and Jolie in advance.

☆ Steffan Nero: The record-breaking Australian blind cricketer who has found a 'family' in the sport
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

There’s goalball, there’s tennis, there’s soccer, there’s cricket, AFL, golf. Nero remembers being introduced to sport when he played cricket with his dad at the park. Cricket Australia‘Flourishing’Playing cricket was purely about enjoyment at the beginning for Nero, though adjusting to a completely new sport is tough. Nero remembers one training session where one of the more established players, Lindsay Heaven, took him under his wing. Having reached 309 not out – surpassing the previous Australian record of 222 held by Eugene Negruk – Nero remembers the fatigue he felt afterwards.

☆ 'This is not our national team' - why some Iranians want their own country banned from World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Peter Hall | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Last week, in conjunction with a Spanish law firm, they sent a letter to world soccer's governing body FIFA demanding their own country be withdrawn from next month's World Cup. "Iran is different to any other country," former wrestling world junior champion and national team coach Sardar Pashaei told Reuters. They should be banned until we have a democratic country like any other country in the world." "One of the important reasons for banning this football team by FIFA is everybody across the world will ask, 'What happened to Iran?'" "Russia attacked Ukraine, killed people, so it was the right decision they got banned - the same should happen to Iran.

By using a zero-sum budget and planning my work strategically, I earned more than I had in 2019. Homeschooling my son in 2020 and 2021 was one of the best decisions I could have made for my family. The solution involved me working from home and homeschooling our son, which not only worked well for our family but also our finances. One of my favorite methods is zero-sum budgeting because it helps you give each dollar a specific job. Zero-sum budgeting also helped me make sure we were putting any extra income to good use to not only stay afloat financially but get ahead.

☆ A Russian woman nicknamed 'Simba' who defected and fought for Ukraine buried in a military funeral
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A funeral was held in Kyiv on Friday for a native-Russian woman who joined the Ukrainian army. Olga Simonova, 34, previously fought in the war in the Donbas for Russia before switching sides. AP reports that an honor guard fired a three-gun salute to honor Olga Simonova, 34, who was killed in combat. Simonova said she never hid her Russian origin from the people she fought alongside. Friends and colleagues told AP that Simonova was redeployed to the Kherson region after Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

☆ Ferdinand Omanyala: Africa's fastest man races to make Kenya a 'sprinting nation'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Jackie Prager | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya: The 36-year-old marathoner is considered among the " The 36-year-old marathoner is considered among the " greatest of all time ," and Kipchoge showed it once again at the Tokyo Olympics, winning gold in the men's marathon. That's back-to-back wins for the Kenyan superstar, making him only the third man ever to defend his gold medal in this event. Hide Caption 5 of 11Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Faith Kipyegon, Kenya: Kenya celebrated more record-breaking success on the track when Kipyegon defended her gold medal in the women's 1,500m, setting a new Olympic record in the process. Hide Caption 6 of 11Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Uche Eke, Nigeria: The young athlete became the The young athlete became the first gymnast to qualify and compete for Nigeria at the Olympics. Hide Caption 8 of 11Photos: These African athletes made history at Tokyo 2020 Selemon Barega, Ethiopia: Crossing the finish line ahead of Ugandans Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo, Barega captured the gold medal in the men's 10,000 meters.

The series continues the story that originated in 1986's "The Karate Kid," offering an entertaining blend of action, drama, comedy, and '80s nostalgia. Check out the trailer for 'Cobra Kai' season 5Xolo Maridueña, Mary Mouser, Tanner Buchanan, Peyton List, Jacob Bertrand, Courtney Henggeler, Martin Kove, and Thomas Ian Griffith also star. "Cobra Kai" season one premiered on YouTube Premium in 2018, and a second season followed in 2019. How to watch 'Cobra Kai'"Cobra Kai" season five is now available to watch exclusively on Netflix. How to watch 'The Karate Kid' moviesIf you're interested in catching up on the story of Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence before streaming "Cobra Kai," you can watch the first three "Karate Kid" movies on Paramount Plus or Showtime.

☆ 'Cobra Kai' Season 5 review: The 'Karate Kid' series sequel hasn't lost its kicks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-09 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

(CNN) Crossing the streams with its sequels, the fifth season of "Cobra Kai" features heavy dollops of the second and third "The Karate Kid" movies while continue to carve out its own next-generation melodrama, all in extraordinarily nimble fashion. While it's not the best series on TV (OK, Netflix), there should be some kind of prize for the best revival culled from limited source material. Still, in order to battle the bad guy from "Karate Kid III," Daniel (Ralph Macchio) has enlisted the heavy from "II," Chozen (Yuji Okumoto), in an unlikely but utterly hysterical alliance. (A little fuzzy on his English, when Daniel suggests they need to cut off the head of the snake, the literal-minded Chozen pulls out a knife and is ready to go.) The kids, in fact, have as many shifting allegiances as the elder generation, whose AARP-eligible karate masters continue to prove remarkably spry.

☆ The Winter Olympics don’t really represent the world: Costs, climate and quotas keep the majority off the podium
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-21 | by ( Amy Woodyatt Cnn Graphics Carlotta Dotto Marco Chacon | Amy Woodyatt | Marco Chacon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +25 min

That’s five times more than the number of teams represented in the first Winter Games in Chamonix, France in 1924. “They want to keep the girls pretty, in a special way,” Bonaly told CNN Sport as she reflected on her career. India has never won a medal at the Winter Games and does not have a prominent winter sports federation, Keshavan told CNN Sport. Shiva Keshavan of India reacts following run 3 during the Luge Men's Singles on day two of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Hopefully, it just encourages more and more Black athletes to come out to winter sports and not just Black athletes, winter sports for everybody.

☆ VIDEO: Marina Tauber a fost surprinsă cu bijuterii ce valorează peste 18 mii de euro
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-10 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Facebook/Marina TauberVIDEO: Marina Tauber a fost surprinsă cu bijuterii ce valorează peste 18 mii de euroMarina Tauber a publicat recent o fotografie, în care se vede clar că femeia are bijuterii de zeci de mii de euro. În declarația de avere pentru anul trecut, deputatul Partidului Șor Marina Tauber a indicat că are multe bunuri, dar nu atât de scumpe. Marina Tauber a postat fotografia pe facebook la șase zile după ce și-a sărbătorit ziua de naștere. Deputatul a inclus aceste bunuri în declarația de avere din 2020, dar a subliniat că valoarea estimată este de șase mii de euro. Cu aceiași bani se vând și cerceii, iar în total bijuteriile ar costa 18 mii 700 de euro, nu 6000, cum a indicat Marina Tauber.

Persons: Marina Tauber, Șor, Deputatul, Marina Organizations: Facebook, Tauber, Marina Tauber, Partidului, Marina, Marinei, Volkswagen Locations: Tauber, Franța, Marinei Tauber

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