MILAN, Italy — Hayley Scamurra scored twice, and the United States opened the Milan Cortina Games women’s hockey tournament with a 5-1 win over Czechia on Thursday.
(Jimmy Kimmel Live) "Curling"? Silly Italian Olympics; Trump on NBC...
Alex Carpenter had a goal and assist, while captain Hilary Knight and Joy Dunne also scored for the Americans, who improved to 8-0 over the Czechs in international play.
Stranded hiker 'death gripping' cliff in Southern California rescued | FOX 11 LA
(FOX 11 Los Angeles) April 15, 2025: Dramatic video shared by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office Aviation Division shows a daring rescue that unfolded over the weekend on the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern California as a well-equipped hiker slipped off the trail under very sunny conditions and into a small crevasse or fold, where she became trapped and terrified, clinging on for dear life.
Look, if we have to die, let's at least not talk about it, not now while we're still alive.
I.R. = insulin resistance. It's part of the metabolic syndrome our bodies spin into, with weight, diabetes, blood pressure, sugar, addiction, exhaustion...this disease kills more people than cancer, and no one seems to know he or she has it. Get onto YouTube and watch this presentation. It's well worth it.
3X deadlier than cancer and most people don't know they have it
(Dr. Sten Ekberg) May 22, 2020: Over 70% of people have this health issue. Many people need to reverse:
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The Olympics are a nasty business, even back in ancient Greek days. The Greeks came up with the gymnasium, from gymnos or "nude," a nasium (training facility) for nudity, where older married men went to:
ogle younger single men,
form gay relationships with them involving pederasty,
stand around naked in front of each other while oiling their bodies,
training or socializing, pursuing intellectual and physical hobbies,
getting rub downs, showing off wealth and status, and what not.
We really just watch to see cute athletes in leotards and form fitting bikinis, tights, and swimsuits jumping around, trying to make their country proud. China was No. 1 in Paris, but no American could say so. Patriotism depends on blind devotion. And the Chinese may have been cheating by juicing with steroids, rumor has it.
The original Olympics Games were, it is said, played in birthday suits -- naked, nude, without clothes. No females got to play, and they probably weren't allowed in the audience either. One is reminded of the gay hit song It was a Greek gay fest.
What went wrong?
Does no one think it ironic that he has a wrap-around snake tattoo on his bicep?
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(Page Six) French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati speaks out after his "bulge" (schwanz, wang chung, full monty, johnson, package) cost him an Olympic medal. Losing due to his clumsy knee and slo-mo "boing" has gotten him an offer from an adult website.
If you don't reign it in, that snake will ruin you.
Aug. 6, 2024 (12:05 pm) "When one door closes, another one opens," it is said. Ammirati was left disappointed after his “big” slug, shlomo, shank, pocket pool stick cost him an Olympic medal.
The French pole vaulter went viral losing over the weekend after failing to clear the bar because his knees and crotch got in the way — eliminating him from competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Take the money and run [all the way to Bhutan]?
However, the unfortunate circumstance may have opened up other opportunities for Mr. A. as he was offered a quarter of a million dollars ($250K) to show off his manhood for 60 minutes.
The hardworking gymnasts of Team USA, Paris Olympics 2024 (msn.com)
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Simone Biles Owens is in danger of draining world gold supplies to make her more medals as she takes gold again today in overall performance. What must MyKayla Skinner be thinking? Biles Owens is not the only one making a spectacular showing at the Paris Olympics, but she is the most decorated gymnast ever. At 27, she is about to retire and seems to be ensuring that no one will surpass her anytime soon.
Team USA raises the American flag after winning gold with Simone Biles Owens in the center
Back, long ago, before Paris, Team USA succeeded. And now Simone Biles wins gold (CNN).
Team USA's Jade Carey (left), Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, and Simone Biles celebrate after winning gold during the gymnastics team final at Bercy Arena on Tuesday in Paris (Wally Skalij/LA Times).
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Look, Everybody, I can fly! Gymnast Biles in air
(LA Times) Fans at Bercy Arena wore white T-shirts with the Olympic rings printed across the front. Each ring featured a photo of a U.S. gymnast inside. Underneath, there was a single word: “Redemption.”
This felt like more. It was relief. It was a release.
It was gold.
The four members of the Olympic team who remembered their Tokyo disappointments rewrote their narratives by leading the United States of America back to gold with a dominant wire-to-wire performance in the team final on Tuesday.
Finishing with an untouchable 171.296 score, the north Americans ran across the floor after Simone Biles clinched the victory on floor, raising the U.S. flag to all sides of the arena and posing for photos.
Three years after withdrawing in the Olympic final because of "mental health" concerns, Biles blew a kiss to the crowd as she saluted the judges after her floor routine. More:
Her name is Simone [Aryan] Biles OWENS? And no one has noticed the similarity to that other great Olympian, Jesse Owens? He humiliated Hitler, Nazi officials, and white supremacists everywhere as a Black American beating the "master" race and others while Adolf and colleagues sat in the stands having to explain it to themselves. That was the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Blacks are better at sports? Diverse Americans are better than monochromatic Germans?
Ha, ha, Hitler! Eat this flag. This one's for Jesse Owens, furor! Go, Team USA, go!
Every Friday closest to the full moon (once a month): Meet at 7:00 pm in the Eaton Wash Nature Center for a guided walk in docent-led groups of up to 15 each with as many groups as are needed (five to seven groups is usual for this popular adventure ($2.00).
Saturday Morning Programs Docent-Led Family Nature Walk at 9:00 am: Meet in front of the Eaton Wash Nature Center next to the parking lot. No dogs please.
Animal Ambassadors: 10:00am and Noon Outdoor Patio
Nature Tails Story Hour: 10:30 am Outdoor Patio
Stories and activities for children.
Nature Discovery Tables: 10:30 am and 12:30 pm
Outdoor Patio Meetings
Stay on the trail, with others, and guided
CALIFORNIA
NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY: San Gabriel Mountains Chapter
Meetings are held the fourth Thursday of the month (except for November and December) at 7:30 pm in the Eaton Canyon Nature Center Auditorium. Website: cnps-sgm.org
PASADENA GROUP
SIERRA CLUB Monthly program meetings are held on most first Wednesdays of each month at 7:30 pm in the Eaton Canyon Nature Center auditorium. Website: sierraclub.org/angeles/pasadena
PASADENA AUDUBON SOCIETY Monthly meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm in the Eaton Canyon Nature Center Auditorium. Website: pasadenaaudubon.org
ADDRESS: 1750 North Altadena Drive, Pasadena, California 91107
Wait, what is the Dharma again? It is the Buddha's Teaching about what is real and unreal and how to become enlightened to see all things as they truly are, to awaken to the utmost reality. The dharma refers to timeless Truths that govern our lives if we fail to pay attention or remain distracted until it's too late to make any progress in calm or insight.
Impossible moments in sports history
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What did the ancients know that we have forgotten? They, too, had bodies like this, only they used them. They moved them. They kept them moving, particularly in patterned, synchronized ways with others.
and someone saw me and joined in.
Social dancing, or even isolated moving around, seems to get the mind going rather than stagnating, ruminating, and falling into an abysmal emotional state. Release. Move. Reach catharsis. And most of all, have fun.
This just in: scientific discovery made by eggheads in a lab wearing white coats and very stiffly avoiding physical contact: New study says dancing is the best exercise to combat depression.*
It's not just for the kids, Agnes! - Oh, you're right, Herbert. I feel better already! Ha ha ha!
Wait, White Man only now figuring out it's joyful to move to drumbeat and feel elation?
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Kathleen and Bree use yoga, dance, breath, sound
At Yogini Bree's Process Class, we always have a component of freeform dancing, just jumping around with some Huhs!. Guess she was onto something even without a science degree and university lab.
Even Johann Hari saw that there was something wrong in the way our civilization -- motivated by capitalist Big Pharma corporations to keep us sick and dependent on symptom alleviation -- was approaching the darkest emotionally fraught mental illness from which we suffer.
Why You're Depressed: How...
The corporations were never going to solve, never going to let a "cure" get out their and ruin their business plans.
There's a cure for diabetes, too, but one never hears about it. It's nutritional, getting enough natural chromium GTF (not fake picolinate) grown on nutritional yeast. Yeast overgrowth a problem?
There are cures for candida and other gut issues. Reforming the diet to leave out all the depression-inducing (after a little false pick-me-up from) processed sugars and starches like white flour and all gluten.
Are We Addicted to Feeling Bad?
These things are available from criticalhealthnews.com, which came up with a product it calls "Sweet Ease" particularly for diabetics and prediabetics.
But who the Hades would want that if allopathic sorcery medicine promises us that we can just pop overpriced synthetic chemical in pill form to overwork our livers instead?
What does the latest scientific study reveal and say about exercise?
New study says dancing is best exercise to combat depression
What can dancing possibly offer a human?
(The Independent) A new study indicates that dancing is one of the best forms of treatment for depression.
Australian researchers have published a study that shows that the best form of exercise to treat depression is dancing, beating out several exercises including yoga, walking, jogging, tai chi, and strength training among others.
The meta study aimed to identify what kind of exercise would be best for treating major depressive disorder, either in tandem with another treatment or compared to the [commonplace and failed] prescription of psychotherapy and antidepressants.
Through 218 different studies with 14,170 participants, the researchers found that moderate reductions were made across the board with exercise, more so than simply prescribing participants with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). More
Psychedelics psilocybin (magic mushrooms), DMT, ketamine (Special K) also help (MAPS).
Hiking the Gabrielino Trail from JPL to the dam in the riparian environment | drone footage
It's easy, right? - This is so beautiful!
(Diggin SoCal Outdoor Adventures) The hike begins in the JPL parking lot, above the reservoir and dam visible from the 210 Freeway.
Up the Gabrielino Trail, established by the "Gabrielino Indians" (the Indigenous Kizh or Tongva of Los Angeles, once known as Tovaangar), beyond Gould Mesa Trail Camp and Paul Little Picnic Area, ending up at the dam (about 3.5 miles in one direction).
This is beautiful hike is leisurely with easy trails (and dangerous rattlesnakes warming themselves in the dappled light and mulch of fallen leaves).
However, it does involve crisscrossing the water numerous times. A river runs down and sinks beneath JPL to come up again at Devil's Gate Dam. This is usually easy but could pose a problem when it rains and the water level rises and becomes a whitewater chute.
Good hiking shoes and plenty of water are always smart choices, particularly as the weather warms. There is also poison oak (the reddish green leaves with a waxy coating in the brush next to the trail). Along the trail there was one snake no one would want to step on or have a dog bark at.
Also, it's beloved by mountain bikers, who race by with hardly a warning. #dronefootage#hiking#hikingadventures
Ever want to make it to the top? It starts with this trek to the camp at the base of the world's largest mountain (which some books say is really K2 in Pakistan).
Tour itinerary and day breakup, physical fitness, preparation, food and medical preparation, packaging, cost and budgeting, culture orientation -- we'll cover it all.
Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
You wouldn't believe what was in my mouth. - This smile! (Choose to be happy for no reason).
(Veritasium) Nov. 15, 2023: How to lead a happier, healthier, and longer life. Bliss and longevity? Add meaning (purpose, passion, a point), and we're in!
Special thanks to Prof. Julianne Holt-Lunstad for her expert advice on the importance of social connections and the detrimental effects of loneliness and social isolation.
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Waldinger, R., & Schulz, M. (2023). The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. Simon and Schuster.
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Nocon et al. (2008). Association of physical activity with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. ve42.co/Nocon2008
Blondell et al. (2014). Does physical activity prevent cognitive decline and dementia?: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. BMC public health. ve42.co/Blondell2014
Office of the Surgeon General. (2023). Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The US Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community. ve42.co/LonelinessEpidemic
Holt-Lunstad et al. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: a meta-analytic review. PLoS medicine. ve42.co/Holt-Lunstad2010
Valtorta et al. (2016). Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for coronary heart disease and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal observational studies. Heart. ve42.co/Valtorta2016
Shovestul et al. (2020). Risk factors for loneliness: The high relative importance of age versus other factors. PloS one. ve42.co/Shovestul2020
Donovan et al. (2017). Loneliness, depression and cognitive function in older US adults. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. ve42.co/Donovan2017
Lara et al. (2019). Does loneliness contribute to mild cognitive impairment and dementia? A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Ageing research reviews. ve42.co/Lara2019
Holt-Lunstad et al. (2015). Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for mortality: a meta-analytic review. Perspectives on psychological science. ve42.co/Holt-Lunstad2015
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I plan to downward dog it all the way to Down Town Los Angeles then rollerskate back home.
'Arroyo Fest' draws thousands to South Pasadena
(KCAL News) Oct. 29, 2023: Thousands of people are strolling, scootering, or cycling on the freeway [that becomes Arroyo Parkway into Pasadena] as part of "Arroyo Fest" in South Pasadena. Tina Patel reports.
The inaugural Arroyo Fest on Arroyo Seco Parkway held in 2003 (Joan Dooley/Charles Lee)
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Next time, inspired by South Park, the buttbike
REVIEW: It was amazing, running onto a freeway I had driven all my life and had almost died on once in an almost-crash (when I was about to let go of the wheel, give up, and cover my face for the impact) but then things inexplicably went back to normal. Thanks, Kwan Yin, Mary, Mother Goddess! So imagine running onto it -- as thousands are walking, riding, and strolling across lanes.
It's much smaller than it looks at 55 MPH and faster. The concrete and asphalt thoroughfare is the oldest in the West, perhaps the oldest in the country, maybe even the world. It's the first "freeway." Well, there are those Maya roadways under jungle cover in Belize, recently discovered using LiDAR, as we reported. There were families, pro joggers, EVs, bicyclists in too tight shorts and cleats, guys aboard loud contraptions like the makeshift Bike Band Flotilla (who are sure to be playing the 2023 Doo Dah Parade), lots of dogs, and plenty of roller skates. Where was the host of Off-Ramp or Ira Glass? This American Life would have had a field day with interviews.
We yoga stretched along the median separating speeding bicyclists from those out to savor the day, trying not to photobomb all the cellphone cameras, over the river (the Aroyo Seco or "Dry Gulch" into and out of Pasadena) toward the distant DTLA. It feels like LA is mostly flat, but we're in the hills and canyons, ravines and the second valley of this megalopolis. Then the fuzz put the kibosh on our fun and cleared the roadway, along with very nice civilian ambassadors, so that by noon, it was all a dream on a strange day in LA when the beaches are warmer than the inland cities. It's always the other way around, with traffic choked into Santa Monica for the ocean breeze. It was so clear that from the right vantage point, the Pacific was visible, as it is on clear days.
Pasadena is gearing up for a historic and festive event on Sunday, Oct. 29th, when the Arroyo Seco Parkway, also known as the 110 Freeway, will close to vehicle traffic and open to people walking, biking, or any form of active transportation, for six hours.
The fun event, called ArroyoFest 2023, marks the 20th anniversary of the first time that the parkway was transformed into a car-free zone for biking, walking, and exploring.
If one is into running, sign up and arrive early for the “Run the 110” event, a chip-timed 10K point-to-point run. It starts promptly at 7:00 am at the north end of the route in South Pasadena. Runners need to arrive at the starting line by 6:30 or 6:45 am.
ArroyoFest is not just a street festival, but a community movement that aims to reconnect people with the natural and urban landscapes of the Arroyo Seco corridor.
The event was first held in 2003, seven years before the popular cicLAvia series began in Los Angeles.
Prof. Robert Gottlieb, founder of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at (Obama's local alma mater) Occidental College and the Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies, relates how ArroyoFest was inspired by multiple factors.
One was the interest in re-envisioning the LA River and the Arroyo Seco Stream as natural and cultural assets, the LA County Bike Coalition’s bike ride along the LA River program, Dennis Crowley’s idea to bike on the Pasadena freeway, and the desire to promote biking and walking as part of a transportation and livability agenda.
“So that led to some discussions with a number of groups about maybe really expanding this agenda of biking and building out ways to put biking and walking in front of the transportation agenda and livability agenda,” Prof. Gottlieb said.
“That led to this idea of doing the bike ride on the freeway and a walk on the freeway. We approached Occidental, and when Caltrans and the Highway Patrol and some of the other agencies that would need to sign off on such an event were approached, they initially really dismissed it as implausible.
“They thought it was almost a joke.”
The transportation agencies were worried about how car owners would oppose closing down the freeway for something like a bike ride, Prof. Gottlieb said. But eventually, with Occidental College stepping in, the skepticism was at least modestly reduced.
Prof. Gottlieb said the planning for the first Arroyo Fest took a challenging two years. He said that they used an inside and outside strategy, involving community groups, elected officials, and leading figures from Los Angeles, South Pasadena, and Pasadena, to persuade them to approve the event.
Prof. Gottlieb’s group also developed a traffic plan, got insurance, and expanded the agenda to include the history and vision of the Arroyo Seco corridor. Finally, the agencies gave the event the go-signal. More
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