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Eight Brazilians sentenced for plotting jihadist attacks ahead of Rio 2016 Olympics
A Brazil judge has sentenced eight men to up to 15 years for plotting a jihadist attack on the 2016 Rio Olympics. Authorities described the group as an “amateur” and downplayed any ties to the so-called “Islamic State.”
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Yoga For Swimmers – Yoga With Adriene
Yoga For Swimmers is a an excellent practice for the shoulders, the chest, the spine, the legs and your core. Perfect for anyone gearing up for summer! Connect mind and body so you can stay injury free, aligned and balanced.
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Best Wild Swims on Skye | Wild Swimming in Scotland
Many people say the Isle of Skye is the most beautiful part of Scotland, and it’s also a wild swimmer’s wet dream! Here’s Calum’s top spots for Wild Swimming
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Glass Swimming Pool 1000 Feet in the Sky – Casey Neistat
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3 Synchronized Swimmers Get Trained for “O” by Cirque du Soleil
From exercises to makeup techniques and costume fittings, find out how these “O” by Cirque du Soleil artists gets into character.
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Coffee With: Debbie Phelps
Linh has Coffee With the executive director of The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools (and mother of Michael Phelps), Debbie Phelps.
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Michael Phelps Opens Up About ADHD Struggles: A Teacher Told Me ‘I’d Never Amount to Anything’
He’s the most decorated Olympian of all time, but don’t think for a second that growing up as Michael Phelps was easy.
The 31-year-old swimming superstar —and new father — opened up about his struggles with ADHD in a new video for the Child Mind Institute‘s Speak Up for Kids campaign, explaining that a teacher once predicted that the Baltimore native would never succeed.
“I [saw] kids who, we were all in the same class, and the teachers treated them differently than they would treat me,†he says. “I had a teacher tell me that I would never amount to anything and I would never be successful.â€
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FINA 2017 to cost Hungarian taxpayers at least HUF 130 billion (USD 454 million)
Everything is on track seventy-three days ahead of the biggest sporting event ever hosted in Hungary, Minister of National Development Miklós Seszták said Tuesday during a press conference hosted by the 2017 FINA organizing committee, despite projected costs exceeding five times original estimates.
According to Napi.hu, Seszták said that while the cost of organizing the FINA world swimming championships is only HUF 32.9 billion, additional fees, licenses and other costs bring expenditures up to HUF 38.6 billion. Such added costs include lodging for officials, athletes, and VIP guests, but also include the operating costs of the venues, dope testing, ticketing, and the opening and closing ceremonies.
Seszták said the total cost of the preparatory and infrastructural work for the event comes out to some HUF 92 billion (USD 321 million), and claimed that the overwhelming majority of these funds (HUF 85 billion) would have been spent even if Hungary had not hosted the swimming championships. These costs include reconstruction of the Pest-side riverbank and Margit Island, renovations at the Dagály beach, and reconstruction of the Hajós and Széchy, and Császár-Komjádi swimming pools.
But the single most costly project related to the championships has been the Duna Aréna swimming center, which cost taxpayers some HUF 41.6 billion, and was described by one journalist as looking like a “depressing parking structure.â€
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