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The problem is that taking the high road only works if politics is a sport played mainly by people who act like grown-ups, which it is not. Enter: Weird. Over the past two weeks, as “Brat” and coconut memes have taken over the internet and Kamala Harris inches closer to Donald Trump in the polls, the Democrats have finally gone low, deploying a bit of verbal jujitsu so delightfully petty it might just work. Asking “Is Donald Trump OK?,” the Harris campaign detailed a list of takeaways from the interview. Among them: “Trump is old and quite weird?”
Persons: MAGA, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, , “ Trump Organizations: Fox News
CNN —Five wins to open his UFC career had Tom Aspinall on course for a title shot. A kick from Aspinall connected with Blaydes’ leg and the British fighter dropped to the canvas, clutching his knee in pain, with the fight ending prematurely. The UFC is seen as the pinnacle of MMA and therefore comes with increased attention, but Aspinall was unfazed. Aspinall says it will be "great" co-headlining UFC 304, an event featuring British fighters competing in each bout. Aspinall says that he feels like "the best in the world" despite holding the interim heavyweight title.
Persons: Tom Aspinall, Curtis Blaydes, Aspinall, Blaydes, , ” Aspinall, Julian Finney, I’ve, I’m, Curtis, Tom, Chris Unger, it’s, ” ’, , , you’ll, he’s, , ’ ” Aspinall, Marcin Tybura, Jon Jones, Stipe Miocic, Jones, Sergei Pavlovich, Pavlovich, Henry Cejudo, Georges, Pierre, ” Cejudo, “ What’s, doesn’t, Cooper Neill, Aspinall’s, Leon Edward’s, Belal Muhammad, It’s, You’re Organizations: CNN —, UFC, O2, CNN Sport, , Manchester, British, YouTube, ” CNN Locations: London, British, New York’s, Manchester
Tu Lam, a former Special Forces soldier, rates the fighting techniques Keanu Reeves uses in the "John Wick" movies. He talks about judo and jujitsu, sniper techniques, and the ways public missions are handled in "John Wick" (2014), with Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, and John Leguizamo. He explains how suppressors work, the best ways to handle a knife, and how to turn anything in a room into a weapon, as seen in "John Wick: Chapter 2" (2017), with Common, Ruby Rose, and Laurence Fishburne. He compares his own experiences with urban shootouts, working with military dogs, and fighting on a motorcycle to "John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum" (2019), with Halle Berry, Ian McShane, and Anjelica Huston. Finally, he breaks down defensive driving, clearing a room, and fighting on stairs in "John Wick: Chapter 4" (2023), with Bill Skarsgård and Donnie Yen.
Persons: Lam, Keanu Reeves, John Wick, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, John Leguizamo, Ruby Rose, Laurence Fishburne, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Anjelica Huston, Bill Skarsgård, Donnie Yen Organizations: Special Forces, Business
"It's great, but it takes an effort," Samtur told Business Insider. That means that right now, Gen Z and baby boomers, in particular, might be experiencing a strange juxtaposition: They're happy and lonely at the same time. "So people feel maybe a little less happy with their lives in midlife, but it doesn't mean you're also feeling lonely." "Overall, people tended to be more lonely, just persistently lonely, if they had less education, had lower income, and poor health," Graham said. Some Gen Zers pay for social connections through activities like fitness memberships.
Persons: Harry Samtur, Samtur, doesn't, Gen, Eileen Graham, Graham, Donna Basztura, Basztura, , she's, we've, Batszura, Zers, didn't, Preeti Malani, Joan Hendrix, couldn't, I've, Hendrix Organizations: Service, Business, Northwestern University, Gallup, Harvard Graduate School of Education, University of Michigan Locations: Minnesota, Germany, Australia, midlife, Florida
He recently took a government job that paid more than another role where he would have been able to work remotely four days a week. While he likes the job, he has a long commute, so some days he's not sure he made the right decision. And I really like the work I'm doing now in this new job. What if we matched the salary and gave you one day working from home?" You can't be like, "Oh, I'm happy to work from home," and then do absolutely nothing because it's so obvious.
Persons: Erik Bernard, Bernard, , he's, Erik Bernard Plus, I've, we've, It's, Erik Bernard I, I'm, you'll, aren't Organizations: Service Locations: Brisbane, Australia, America
Twelve years on, the fighter from London will make his UFC debut against Kevin Holland on March 9 at UFC 299. “But the fighting style, I’d say that comes from, it’s part of my personality. I love to dance, love to smile, just loud, a bit more like outgoing.”Page is hoping a UFC welterweight title fight against Leon Edwards could happen in the future. While some of his family members gave up competitive fighting as the years went by, Page stuck with it. And I don’t think it’s happened before, two UK fighters fighting for a UFC title,” said Page.
Persons: Michael Page, Anderson Silva, Kevin Holland, , it’s, ” Page, There’s, Leon Edwards, Chris Unger, Lau, Page, London Shootfighters, Shootfighters, , , Logan Storley, Zac Goodwin, Dwayne ‘, ’ Johnson, Evangelista Santos, Michael ‘ Venom, Williams Paul, , he’s, he’ll, Holland, what’s, Briton Leon Edwards, Michael ‘ Venom ’, Vera Organizations: CNN, YouTube, UFC, CNN Sport, London, Press Association, WWE, , Holland, TNT Sports, Turner Sports, Warner Bros, Discovery, Warner Bros . Locations: London, Caribbean, Miami
This one was from the heart of a 20-year-old jujitsu fighter who was last seen at the gym and was found dead in his bed two days later. The blood vessel tissue on the slide looked abnormal. Dr. Burns turned to the examiner: “I think this was likely one of mine.”Dr. Burns is an expert in a rare childhood illness called Kawasaki disease, which is the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children worldwide. It is also one of pediatric medicine’s greatest mysteries: No one knows what causes it. And Dr. Burns, who leads the investigations at the University of California San Diego’s Kawasaki Disease Research Center, has devoted her life to solving that mystery.
Persons: Dr, Jane Burns, Burns Organizations: CSI, University of California San, Kawasaki Disease Research Locations: San Diego County
The AP Top 25 had another week of upheaval, with teams bouncing around like kernels in a popcorn maker. North Carolina (15-3) has won eight straight, including all seven of its Atlantic Coast Conference games, to lead the conference by two games over North Carolina State. CONFERENCE WATCHThe Big 12 still leads the nation with seven ranked teams despite Kansas State dropping out. The Big East, Southeastern, Big Ten and Mountain West conferences all had three ranked teams. The Atlantic Coast and American Athletic conferences had two ranked teams, and one each for the Pac-12 and Atlantic-10.
Persons: Creighton, David Clingan's, Dan Hurley, Alex Karaban, “ You’ve, , Zach Edey, “ It’s, Fran McCaffery, , Dayton, ___ Organizations: Reigning, Connecticut, Associated Press, Purdue, Houston, Jayhawks, UConn, Huskies, Villanova, Thai, UFC, Boilermakers, Iowa, Indiana, Heels, Louisville, Boston, Atlantic Coast Conference, North Carolina State, South, Tulane, Baylor, Kansas State, Pittsburgh, Blue Devils, Saint Louis, Auburn, Texas Tech, Colorado State, Air Force, UNLV, Utah State and Air Force, TCU, Iowa State, LSU, CONFERENCE, Big, American Athletic Locations: Kansas, Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Indiana, ” Iowa, North Carolina, ., Memphis, South Florida, Kansas State and Texas, Rhode, Mexico, Cincinnati . Mississippi, Southeastern, Coast
We’ve reached a searing milestone: In just five weeks of war, half of 1 percent of Gaza’s population has been killed. The second myth is that Palestinians can be put off indefinitely, strung along by Israel, the United States and other countries. I’m all for surgical strikes against Hamas and I would be delighted if Israel managed to end extremism in Gaza. It also means renouncing what Netanyahu called “mighty vengeance” that transforms entire neighborhoods of Gaza into rubble, with bodies buried underneath. If you weep only for Israeli children, or only for Palestinian children, you have a problem that goes beyond your tear ducts.
Persons: , We’ve, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Isaac Herzog, Israel, Roy Grow, Mohammed Alshannat, , Netanyahu, don’t Organizations: Hamas, Health Ministry, United Nations, Bank, Carleton College Locations: Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Israel, United States, Palestinian, Palestine, Saudi Arabia
Ashley Hindson and her husband moved to Midland, Texas, in 2021 in search of new jobs. She said they might not live in Midland forever, but plan to as long as the kids are in school. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ashley Hindson, 29, about moving to Midland, Texas. Children playing at Centennial Park in Midland, Texas. AdvertisementAdvertisementI think when the kids are grown and out of the house, we might consider living somewhere else.
Persons: Ashley Hindson, Hindson, , I've, we've, Alcynna Lloyd, I'm, it's, We're, there's Organizations: Service, Midland, Homeowners Association, Centennial Locations: Midland , Texas, Midland, Colorado, jujitsu
In search of connection, young people are spending on gym memberships, social clubs, and art classes. Most said they spend more on social activities than pre-pandemic. All but three said they're spending more money now than they were before the pandemic on social activities such as art classes and gym memberships to make friends. The software engineer said he's increased his investment in social activities after struggling to make friends at work. Other Gen Zers told Insider they made connections through free gallery events, volunteering, and joining book clubs.
Persons: Zers, Lynette Ban, she's, Ban, Vivek Murthy, Richard Weissbourd, Weissbourd, Murthy, Rachael, Matt Schulz, William Cabell, Cabell, he's, Cabell isn't, Kazerouni, Kelly Lohr, , Barley Vogel, there's, Rebecca Schweiger, Schweiger, Noureen Shallwani, Shallwani, Gen Zers, Zers don't, Lillian Lema, Bumble BFF, Lillian Lema Lema, BFF, She's, Margaux Duvall, Duvall, Alexandra York Organizations: Service, Soho House, Harvard Graduate School of Education, IRL, SEC, Studio Arts Dallas, Studio, The, Facebook Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Austin, Italy, Richmond , Virginia, Soho, Soho House's New York, Philadelphia, Maine, Portland , Maine, Ohio, Denver, nsheidlower@insider.com
When Erik Milosevich attended his first Brazilian jujitsu class, he hoped it would spark a mutual interest to share with his teenage daughter. Brazilian jujitsu offers an enticing proposition: that a smaller, weaker person can defeat a larger, stronger opponent in a fight. The sport’s popularity has surged in recent years, spurred by its effectiveness in professional mixed martial arts and frequent promotion by the likes of Joe Rogan, the podcaster and Ultimate Fighting Championship analyst. Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, started Brazilian jujitsu as a hobby during the coronavirus pandemic and recently competed in his first tournament. Brazilian jujitsu is often billed by those who practice it as accessible, effective for self-defense, technically challenging, physically rewarding and relatively safe compared with other combat sports.
Persons: Erik Milosevich, Jujitsu, Joe Rogan, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk Organizations: Brazilian jujitsu, Fighting
After being placed on a PIP, he 'quiet quit' for 3 months before leaving in January. Within a couple of weeks I was assigned another project, which turned out to be the worst project I've ever worked on. I started warning leadership and my peers that it wasn't going to get doneI told them we needed way more resources if we were going to do it right. That harmed me as a director — I essentially became a really expensive business analyst who wasn't making any money for the firm. After being placed on my PIP, I realized this wasn't the job for me, but I needed to ride it out to make ends meet.
Persons: John Garvens, I've, , Michael Phelps, — I'd, I'd, I'm Organizations: Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, Freeport , Illinois, Revenue,
The strange, improbable rise of Mark Zuckerberg 3.0
  + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +27 min
In early July, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the latest and perhaps most consequential product in Meta's history: a new model of Mark Zuckerberg. Silicon Valley Zuck was a husband and father with a legacy to build and protect at all costs. Silicon Valley Zuck was suddenly faced with something he'd never dealt with before, shrinking revenue. Still clinging to his persona as Silicon Valley Zuck, Zuckerberg engaged in an all-out media blitz to hawk his vision for the metaverse. They were the sort of people Harvard Zuck would have scoffed at and Silicon Valley Zuck would have gently ignored.
Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Zuckerberg, Clark Kent, TikTok, Sheryl Sandberg, Mike Schroepfer, Wall, McKinsey Zuck, Rogan, Meta, Harvard Zuck, , Priscilla Chan, Ray's, pullover, Harvard Zuck —, Dianna, Mick, McDougall, Paul Sakuma, Zuckerberg's, Apple, Facebook, he'd, That's, Frances Haugen, Chris Cox, Zuck, Zach Gibson, Meta's, Sandberg, Marne Levine, who'd, Javier Olivan, he's, bode, Bain, Maher Saba, Lori Goler, He's, He'd, Katie Harbath, it's, Andrew Bosworth, Bosworth, Mark Zuckerberg McKinsey Zuck, Mark Shmulik, Bernstein, Augustus, Julius Caesar, Kali Hays Organizations: Meta, Menlo, Harvard, Apple, McKinsey, Business, Facebook, Cambridge, Capitol, Labs, Menlo Park, Q, Bain & Company, Reality Labs, Wall, Mark Zuckerberg McKinsey, Phillips Exeter Academy, Tech, Twitter Locations: California, Hawaii, United States, Davos, Silicon, contrition, Meta, verbiage, Harvard, Rome
Mr. Zuckerberg has sought out martial arts experts, including Dave Camarillo, James Terry and Khai Wu. In May, he competed in his first public martial arts tournament in Redwood City, Calif., which he attended undercover — up until the moment he took off his hat and sunglasses to fight. to bring mixed martial arts fights to Horizon Worlds, its virtual reality app. Mr. White said Mr. Zuckerberg was truly dedicated to the sport. This month, he said he had trained in “judo, Kyokushin (full contact)” — two Japanese martial arts — and “no rules streetfighting.”
Persons: Zuckerberg, Dave Camarillo, James Terry, Khai Wu, Meta, White, I’ve, , Mr Organizations: Meta Locations: Redwood City, Calif
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is really into MMA-style fighting these days. On Friday morning, word came from the New York Times that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was recently knocked out in a jiu-jitsu match. Shredded Zuck and his coach say he was not, in fact, snoring after a choke hold left him passed out. UPDATE: After publishing our story, I heard from both Mark Zuckerberg and his Brazilian jujitsu coach. Mark Zuckerberg went on to win gold and silver medals at his first public jiu-jitsu competition after a losing match was recast as a draw.
Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, It's, he's, Joe Bernstein, Zuckerberg, xicWVdSfke — Joe Bernstein, Bernstein, xeKzED1pv2 Organizations: New York Times, Times, Brazilian Locations: Brazilian
The Sulacks weighed their options: Have a transplant with a match that was less than ideal – far less – or wait for gene therapy to become available. The news release didn’t say anything else about the SCID gene therapy. Or was the company abandoning its plans for SCID gene therapy altogether? In February, 2021, the parents of more than 20 children who were waiting for the gene therapy treatment, including the Sulacks, wrote a letter to Gaspar. Insurance companies have sometimes balked at paying for gene therapy, which is typically given in one treatment.
Los Angeles CNN —Closing arguments are expected Wednesday in the Los Angeles sexual assault trial against former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who faces two counts of forcible rape and five counts of sexual assault involving four women – a model, a dancer, a massage therapist and a producer. Those alleged incidents are not being charged as part of this case because they happened outside of Los Angeles County. Siebel Newsom described an hours-long “cat-and-mouse period” that preceded her assault. “What you’re doing today is exactly what he did to me,” Siebel Newsom said, accusing defense lawyer Mark Werksman of “mental jujitsu” and verbal manipulation. Midway through the trial, four of the original 11 charges against Weinstein tied to a fifth Jane Doe were dropped without explanation.
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