#royal rumble is on Jan. 28

[mhalachai]

word of the week: Kayfabe

Back to the main purpose of this series, which is to share new words I learned this week, and this one is fascinating. I came across it in a post about DND (re the relationship between the GM and the players), but it’s originally a professional wrestling term, which immediately sparked my interest.

Word of the week: Kayfabe

Definition: Kayfabe is a term that involves acknowledging the staged and scripted nature of professional wrestling, instead of presenting it as an competitive sport*. Used by those in the business (primarily talent or event staff), the concept of kayfabe refers to how, traditionally, professional wrestlers stayed in character both in and out of the ring, and that the match-ups and interactions are scripted, and not real.

Historically, wrestlers were in on the act at all times, to keep up the pretense that the outcome of in-ring matches was not pre-determined.

*Look I know, what is a sport, anyway? Professional wrestling is entertainment, but that doesn’t diminish from the fact that it’s a punishingly physical way to earn a living. I know people who were on the amateur circuit after doing MMA, and they say it’s harder mentally and physically to take part in professional wrestling, because you can’t just fall back on your instincts to finish the match. It’s theatre, it’s stunt acting, it’s dangerous, and while the storylines can be a little silly, it’s fun entertainment.  

Use: In addition to referencing the “stay in character” nature of the work, it can also be used as a warning that someone who isn’t in on the act is in the area, so wrestlers would know not to break character.

Does this look like a man surprised to be surrounded by sudden flames?

Origin: It’s wrestling, baby – there is no truth. Wikipedia has some out-there theories, but there’s a likely contender:

Another theory suggests that the term derives from the expression "keep cavey", from the Latin verb caveo, which means "look out for"; this phrase was used throughout Britain and by Jews living in East London between World Wars I and II. According to that theory, many US promoters and wrestlers at that time were of Eastern European origin and many had heavy accents, leading to the term being transformed into "kayfabe"

Or the dictionary suggestion:

 It is often theorized that it originated in carnival jargon as a disguised slang variation of the word fake or the phrase be fake - or a variant of pig Latin that went from be fake to kayfabe.

The Wikipedia article also has a lot more info on kayfabe in WWE and beyond, and if you’re into professional wrestling, it’s an interesting read.

So that's this week's word. Next week when I'll be digging into some Canadian vernacular that might be new to everyone who didn't grow up on the Prairies. Until then,

[galaxygeeksunite]

Asuka at the Royal Rumble - Jan 28 2023

[lorecatchup]

2016: Cody Rhodes WWE and independent appearances, episode dates and time stamps:

[matches with 》 in front of them just means I wasn't able to find them on youtube, WWE PPVs are included just to help me with the timeline]

RAW January 4: 26:20

Main Event January 5: 6:10

Jan 5: https://youtu.be/ZlYbP0z6QjY?si=VZsg5xy5I4bl-DgV

https://youtu.be/oCc4VaFfs90?si=zZ-8QS8i6So7CZuh

RAW January 11: 32:05

Main Event January 12: 7:19

RAW January 18: 1:51:37

Smackdown January 21: 1:00:21

Royal Rumble: #14

Superstars January 29: 1:06

Main Event February 2: 2:47

Superstars February 5: 34:21 February 8:

https://youtu.be/jelqUeTI-hw?si=30yqJTPUPpSOdapK

Smackdown February 11: 52:50

Superstars February 12: 19:51

Feb 13, 2016: https://youtu.be/ZUCLMrG-fwM?si=gd7dprVzaUaBEkdA

RAW February 15: 11:03

Main Event February 17: 2:37

Superstars February 26: 20:37/24:0

Main Event March 2: 24:36

RAW March 14: 13:16

Roadblock: Sami & Cody

Edge & Christian Show Episode 4:

Main Event March 16: 13:17/25:23

RAW March 21: 1:23:25

Main Event March 22: 1:58

Smackdown March 24: 49:24

RAW March 28: 1:44:19/2:07:28

Wrestlemania: 9:09

RAW April 25: 1:13:12

Smackdown April 28: 59:16

RAW May 2: 1:32:14

Main Event May 4: 7:11/28:42

Main Event May 10: 9:41

May 11: wwe in Iowa

Superstars May 13: 36:47

Superstars May 20: 33:10 last wwe match

Extreme Rules May 22: Seth returns

YEAR TEN

August 1: wwe in Atlanta

August 19: EVOLVE 66: Cody vs Zack Sabre Jr: https://youtu.be/dDGzmWeVixA?si=Ga2_ZoMJrzVXCGTG

https://youtu.be/meq1awy8K8A?si=Tu3zZYkW3yGMkEwZ

August 20: EVOLVE 67: Cody vs Chris Hero: https://youtu.be/QiRQJtFWsTg?si=OOR_N12AEP9Rx-rx

SummerSlam:

BTE #13 August 23, 2016: https://youtu.be/7XOnqlCphc8?si=mcHVjAMhsYI8Q1Ej

》August 25: NEW Rumble in Rockland 2016: Cody vs Brian Anthony:

》August 26: NEW Wrestling Under the Stars Tour 5: Cody vs Michael Bennett:

August 27: NEW Wrestling Under the Stars Tour 5: Cody vs Kurt Angle: https://youtu.be/guXmRKw4s3Q?si=edwk3ytvVowYzHUl

August 28: NEW Thunder: Cody vs Sami Callahan: https://youtu.be/ztHw6GBrsSY?si=WPiuEkINX0d0O8CK

September 3: PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2016: Cody vs Sami Callahan: https://youtu.be/iFLA04VTJ7U?si=-AHyu0SjlPyISpi2

BTE #14 September 6: https://youtu.be/xKmTKuGQgM8?si=xCZPwk1pdUhjNv0R

September 4: PWG Battle pf Los Angeles 2016: Cody vs Marty Scrull: https://youtu.be/6L1-yTh-kAM?si=2FyVkztA6aROLhb8

》September 8: VIP Rhode to Setting the Bar: Cody vs Chris Hero:

September 9: CW A Night of Grand Slams: Cody vs Brian Fury: https://youtu.be/cFl7IkEvc5w?si=B7u-VpoOb1sFqhzK

September 10: WrestlePro: Cody vs Pat Buck: https://youtu.be/NNmtISu2TOI?si=FsdwK9ucBT8z18AU

September 11: EVOLVE 69: Cody & Johnny Gargano vs Chris Hero & Drew Galloway: https://youtu.be/W4O64Uvw31w?si=MzG0-YYh9TsuegXM

BTE #15 September 18: https://youtu.be/Zi-iOR2yUKE?si=foNiE8Ydxj-Wa08z

》September 18: XWA Cross Rhodes: Cody vs Tommaso Ciampa:

September 20, 2016: https://youtu.be/xoih8X95dBQ?si=eOp93ekXXuiwO2La

》September 24: BTW: Rock n Roll Express & Cody vs Harlem Bravado, John Skylar & Trevor Lee:

BTE #16 September 26: https://youtu.be/Bmmf0KArTF4?si=5OyZTcsUMX8umQir

Clash of Champions:

BTE #17 September 28: https://youtu.be/3ihqO-6ILFg?si=EKU1FQqWZmRJ5MEx

》October 1: DREAMWAVE Hardcore Halloween: Cody vs AR Fox:

BTE #18 October 2: https://youtu.be/zr7uNa_fszU?si=8TE9K8qPuVQKod_c

October 3: IMPACT Wrestling #639: Cody vs Mike Bennett:

https://youtu.be/EzLQUfRZdkM?si=kgei9MYdYzbwhkTu https://youtu.be/5DjTHWWv6_8?si=4UvFY4u1DuFpst2h

October 4: IMPACT Wrestling #640: Cody vs Eddie Edwards:

October 4: IMPACT Wrestling #641: Cody & Brandi vs Maria & Mike Bennett:

https://youtu.be/Rni_W5g_QAc?si=hYAyNAhpcSVfRJ09 https://youtu.be/jqch5ZFOBTM?si=9A0kdOyX7UaCBWq7

October 6: WPCW Refuse to Lose: Cody vs Doug Williams: https://youtu.be/cmwA0UhoKyk?si=82uPnTaebpcavufc

https://youtu.be/LaFLsjJhQ-k?si=4rpR4ILnWQwmFqmz

October 7: WCPW Loaded #14: Cody vs Joseph Conners: https://youtu.be/V_XHOYL8xww?si=gRgmtryf4DgJWIu6

October 8: WCPW True Legacy: Cody vs Kurt Angle: https://youtu.be/irUYPrJistg?si=XBRWFQbZTrDVG63f

https://youtu.be/HFz7ot0oTSE?si=xPx56PA3nN10oATZ

BTE #19 October 11: https://youtu.be/IEPgxktmsI0?si=vvHhUylzH8Lqz5yp

October 16: NGW Cross Rhodes: Cody vs Matt Cross: https://youtu.be/lmfnrcHa9Ik?si=LbrUikN25Us3nwMP

https://youtu.be/7VCe5aK4WOY?si=p7oDBxNJHsvKGYhs

BTE #20 October 17: https://youtu.be/PCJ1Xm7CX68?si=APruElnO-NklNpk5

October 21: HOG Unbreakable: Cody vs Matt Riddle: https://youtu.be/jQu9afPyKyk?si=gpnBU3zFkXqVlw2p

》October 22: FSW Wrestling Dust and Bone: Cody vs Funny Bone:

》October 23: Smash the Legacy of Smash: Cody vs Tyson Dux

BTE #21 October 24: https://youtu.be/bYtdlrW6RKM?si=hXO0pAjt3ru9bw-3

October 28: SWA Live in Paisley: Cody vs Joe Coffey: https://youtu.be/lJhPqTkgTnE?si=HVJGHRP28YIcMCrr

October 29: SWE 6th Anniversary Show: Cody vs Pete Dunne: https://youtu.be/0IdINN5Gb_k?si=CkL4i2aUHvNGKUop

BTE #22 October 29: https://youtu.be/1s_GyFxU7x8?si=FOKgy7knR6hN2vg6

Hell in a Cell:

November 4: RCW: Cody vs Hernandez: https://youtu.be/MaESrLvCVIc?si=8GZRFl1k9c2stx5C

》November 5: NEW AutumnAmbush 2016: Cody vs Flip Gordon:

November 6: Xcite in the Cross Rhodes: Cody vs AR Fox vs Sean Carr: https://youtu.be/f0WMlrcAG9Q?si=-b7nkjOLVDFqErLr

BTE #23 November 6: https://youtu.be/LdvBPH-hZN0?si=XSYnj2sMiDojGdfr

BTE #24 November 9: https://youtu.be/74ss2RNtZKI?si=ZdHQj7TuErVeXZQ9

》November 10: WC Dick vs Cody: Cody vs Dick Durning:

November 11: APW 11:11: Cody vs Joey Ryan: https://youtu.be/Gh1it935UgQ?si=159CkuYvjEQ3rM8T

November 12: HOW PACKed House: Cody vs Colt Cabana: https://youtu.be/uLo2cW9mNPc?si=nZJCAn32sfMn2Ilz

BTE #25 November 13: https://youtu.be/lmjtXTkl12A?si=d-RtC5LetRIvd2L9

November 14: https://youtu.be/x51nWqP4Fig?si=BtXweXZCT4iUu4Qy

BTE #26 November 17: https://youtu.be/VmtnZ-E1hUw?si=pFTlsHKk-rJH6-5R

Survivor Series

BTE #27 November 22: https://youtu.be/roaIx5in8Kg?si=JOYjf3ecy7GFqj98

November 25: 2nd Annual Showcase of Champions: Cody vs Sonjay Dutt: https://youtu.be/agZeeZmoWO8?si=2fQdbCYARjtGQqOv

https://youtu.be/XjzOl9sr5XQ?si=TUzcptL4nlQBPymF

https://youtu.be/knLqnhQR-Vc?si=JO7s5I6iHLR7N-iE

https://youtu.be/yuL8cLbfYiY?si=GmRPoMMmUtUJXu-b

November 26: PWA Christmas Slam: Cody vs Michael Richard Blais: https://youtu.be/0obd1kxUInU?si=7somtkEeM1Z1_4kz

November 30: WCPW Delete WPCW: Cody vs El Ligero: https://youtu.be/DcaqgYpABJ0?si=yhBQdU9s2F9RU6YF

December 2: ROH Final Battle: Cody vs Jay Lethal: https://youtu.be/B8J49K6IjzQ?si=m5A56JySO8s_7Gvi

https://youtu.be/wRqSRpps518?si=m2MdiA0M3q-SOrfM

https://youtu.be/8hOvtXn8UW8?si=ahWYSZN-dxpuLqPk

BTE #28 December 3: https://youtu.be/u9hY5y5sgIA?si=bRy4Ndunu_v7YFDo

》December 4: ROH Wrestling #278: Cody vs Steve Corino:

》December 10: EVOLVE 74: Cody vs Ethan Page:

December 11: PWM Kingdom Come: Cody vs JT Dunn: https://youtu.be/J34F4Cw6GWc?si=6YJC_Q4Zf4lqzfL3

BTE #29 December 12: https://youtu.be/h-gwsON4skA?si=aZ4ssuYZOpQyjJlm

December 15: SWE Uprising: Cody vs LJT: https://youtu.be/dK9xxpHAm8g?si=BQcH0JGMlSZY3OZO

》December 16: EWE A Christmas Grapple: Cody vs Doug Williams:

》December 17: PCW Feed Me More Tour: Cody vs Bubblegum:

December 18: IPW:UK Supershow 5: Cody vs Will Osprey: https://youtu.be/Ry_xwNyi6Wo?si=QrNWtNIbCOpBnZgL

Roadblock: End of the Road

BTE #30 December 25: https://youtu.be/RzZ9IdMowDk?si=57la48xpic_lo2Ud

[usasportsworld]

Liv Morgan Announces Her Entry For The 2023 Royal Rumble

Liv Morgan Announces Her Entry For The 2023 Royal Rumble

Liv Morgan has officially become the first woman to declare herself for the 2023 Royal Rumble Match. The event takes place on Jan. 28. The winner will go on to face a champion at WrestleMania. In a backstage promo on the Jan. 6 episode of SmackDown, Morgan stated she will be entering the Rumble and intends on defeating 29 other women. Furthermore if she had it her way she would enter the match…

[newstfionline]

Monday, January 25, 2021

Americans remain sorely divided as Biden’s quest for unity begins (Washington Post) The other day, Stu Ross, a retired elementary school teacher, threw his neighbor out of his townhouse in Harrisburg, Pa. The guy had said he saw nothing wrong with the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The two haven’t spoken since. So when Ross heard President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day appeal for a lowered temperature, for unity, he wasn’t seeing a realistic path to that goal. Ross called the new president’s first speech “soothing and calm.” But unity? Normalcy? A return to how things used to be, to Biden’s idea that “politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire?” Come on. At the dawn of an administration that seeks to return to a less fractious, even boring, politics, many Americans grant that Biden’s quest for a quieter culture is a nice enough goal, but, from the left and right, many say the country’s divisions remain too deep to allow for such a shift. In Topeka, Kan., Ed Myers has no patience for the debate over whether to hold Donald Trump to account for his role in inciting the attempted insurrection at the Capitol. A retired farm equipment factory worker, Myers says he was suspended by Twitter after he wrote that Biden is “an illegitimate president.” The way Myers sees it: That puts him in the same boat as Trump, whose Twitter account was banned for “incitement of violence,” which Myers views as a move to stifle free speech. So no, Myers sees no reason to unify, no cause to rally around the new president to combat the virus and revive the economy.

Barred From U.S. Under Trump, Muslims Exult in Biden’s Open Door (NYT) As the results of the American presidential election rolled in on Nov. 4, a young Sudanese couple sat up through the night in their small town south of Khartoum, eyes glued to the television as state tallies were declared, watching anxiously. They had a lot riding on the outcome. A year earlier, Monzir Hashim had won the State Department’s annual lottery to obtain a green card for the United States only to learn that President Trump, in his latest iteration of the “Muslim ban,” had barred Sudanese citizens from immigrating to the United States. The election seemed to offer a second chance, and when Mr. Trump was eventually declared to have lost the vote, Mr. Hashim and his wife, Alaa Jamal, hugged with joy. Few foreigners welcomed Mr. Biden’s election victory as enthusiastically as the tens of thousands of Muslims who have been locked out of the United States for the past four years as a result of the Trump-era immigration restrictions popularly known as the “Muslim ban.” By one count, 42,000 people were prevented from entering the United States from 2017 to 2019, mostly from Muslim-majority nations like Iran, Somalia, Yemen and Syria. But the human cost of Mr. Trump’s measures, stitched into the fabric of disrupted lives stained with tears and even blood, can hardly be counted—families separated for years; weddings and funerals missed; careers and study plans upended; lifesaving operations that did not take place.

A Digital Dragnet Is Coming For The U.S. Capitol Insurrectionists (HuffPost) The insurrectionists might have been able to leave without being arrested. Their friends and family members may not have turned them in. But slowly but surely, the digital surveillance net is tightening on the supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Most of the cases being unveiled by federal authorities are still originating with tips from the public, and there are hundreds of future defendants who have yet to be identified and charged. But a few of the criminal charges appear to be built on wider-spanning search warrants to social media companies that appear to have given federal authorities investigative leads they’ve used to identify lawbreakers. The cellphones that the Capitol insurrectionists carried with them when they tried to overturn the results of the presidential election through force were feeding information to a variety of tech companies that now hold incriminating information about their users’ violations of the law. “We’re all carrying tiny tracking devices with us all the time, and people aren’t necessarily conscious of the extent to which that information is obtainable from a variety of sources,” said Julian Sanchez, a senior fellow at Cato and an expert on technology, privacy and civil liberties.

Mexican president Lopez Obrador tests positive for COVID-19 (AP) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19, amid an intense second wave of the coronavirus pandemic that has pushed the health system of the country’s vast capital city close to saturation. The 67-year-old president said in a tweet that his symptoms were light and he was receiving medical treatment. Lopez Obrador has maintained a busy public schedule during the pandemic and has said he enjoys good health, after suffering a serious heart attack at the age of 60 in 2013.

Spain’s virus surge hits mental health of front-line workers (AP) The unrelenting increase in COVID-19 infections in Spain following the holiday season is again straining hospitals, threatening the mental health of doctors and nurses who have been at the forefront of the pandemic for nearly a year. A study released this month by Hospital del Mar looking at the impact of the spring’s COVID-19 surge on more than 9,000 health workers across Spain found that at least 28% suffered major depression. That is six times higher than the rate in the general population before the pandemic, said Dr. Jordi Alonso, one of the chief researchers. In addition, the study found that nearly half of participants had a high risk of anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks or substance- and alcohol-abuse problems. Spanish health care workers are far from the only ones to have suffered psychologically from the pandemic. In China, the levels of mental disorders among doctors and nurses were even higher, with 50% reporting depression, 45% reporting anxiety and 34% reporting insomnia, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.K., a survey released last week by the Royal College of Physicians found that 64% of doctors reported feeling tired or exhausted. One in four sought out mental health support. “It is pretty awful at the moment in the world of medicine,” Dr. Andrew Goddard, president of the Royal College of Physicians, said in a statement accompanying the study. “Hospital admissions are at the highest-ever level, staff are exhausted, and although there is light at the end of the tunnel, that light seems a long way away.”

French Roosters Now Crow With the Law Behind Them (NYT) The crow of a rooster and the ringing of a church bell at dawn. The rumble of a tractor and the smell of manure wafting from a nearby stable. The deafening song of cicadas or the discordant croaking of frogs. Quacking ducks, bleating sheep and braying donkeys. Perennial rural sounds and smells such as these were given protection by French law last week, when lawmakers passed a bill to preserve “the sensory heritage of the countryside,” after a series of widely publicized neighborhood spats in France’s rural corners, many of them involving noisy animals. The disputes symbolized tensions between urban newcomers and longtime country dwellers, frictions that have only grown as the coronavirus pandemic and a string of lockdowns draw new residents to the countryside. Perhaps the most prominent of these noisy animals was Maurice, a rooster in Saint-Pierre-d’Oléron, a town on an island off France’s western coast. His owner had been sued by neighbors—regular vacationers in the area—because he crowed too loudly. Politicians and thousands of petitioners rushed to the Gallic rooster’s defense, and a court eventually ruled in 2019 that Maurice, who died last summer at the age of six, was well within his rights. It is too late for Maurice. But his successor, Maurice II, can now crow with the full-throated confidence of someone who has the law on their side.

Davos ski resort eerily quiet without economic talkfest this year (Reuters) Student protesters who urged world leaders at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos to “Stop (f)lying to us” must be pleased this year, at least as far as the flying is concerned. The streets of the little Alpine town that welcomed around 3,000 business chiefs, political thinkers and state leaders for last year’s annual meeting lie deserted. Discussions have moved online, starting Monday, and COVID-19 restrictions are also keeping regular tourists away. “Look around, it’s empty. Normally, all hotels would be fully booked at this time,” Reto Branschi, head of Davos Klosters tourism, told Reuters in an interview this week. There are no helicopters patrolling the skies, no protesters trying to outwit security forces sealing off the Alpine resort. But not everybody is sad about the lack of buzz. “Complete peace and quiet,” a local woman wearing a mask said. “I don’t miss it at all.”

Trapped for 2 weeks, 11 workers rescued from China gold mine (AP) Eleven workers trapped for two weeks inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday, a landmark achievement for an industry long-blighted by disasters and high death tolls. Hundreds of rescue workers and officials stood at attention and applauded as the workers were brought up from the mine in Qixia, a jurisdiction under Yantai in the eastern coastal province of Shandong. The cause of the accident is under investigation but the explosion was large enough to release 70 tons of debris that blocked the shaft, disabling elevators and trapping workers underground. Such protracted and expensive rescue efforts are relatively new in China’s mining industry, which used to average 5,000 deaths per year. Increased supervision has improved safety, although demand for coal and precious metals continues to prompt corner-cutting. A new crackdown was ordered after two accidents in mountainous southwestern Chongqing last year killed 39 miners.

U.S. carrier group enters South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions (Reuters) A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote “freedom of the seas”, the U.S. military said on Sunday, at a time when tensions between China and Taiwan have raised concern in Washington. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement the strike group entered the South China Sea on Saturday, the same day Taiwan reported a large incursion of Chinese bombers and fighter jets into its air defence identification zone in the vicinity of the Pratas Islands. The U.S. military said the carrier strike group was in the South China Sea, a large part of which is claimed by China, to conduct routine operations “to ensure freedom of the seas, build partnerships that foster maritime security”. China has repeatedly complained about U.S. Navy ships getting close to Chinese-occupied islands in the South China Sea, where Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei and Taiwan all have competing claims.

Israel targets flights, religious scofflaws, as virus rages (AP) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel will be closing its international airport to nearly all flights, while Israeli police clashed with ultra-Orthodox protesters in several major cities and the government raced to bring a raging coronavirus outbreak under control. The entry of highly contagious variants of the virus, coupled with poor enforcement of safety rules in ultra-Orthodox communities, has contributed to one of the world’s highest rates of infections. Experts say that a lack of compliance with safety regulations in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox sector has been a major factor in the spread of the virus. Throughout the pandemic, many major ultra-Orthodox sects have flouted safety regulations, continuing to open schools, pray in synagogues and hold mass weddings and funerals despite broader lockdown orders. This has contributed to a disproportionate infection rate: The ultra-Orthodox community accounts for over one-third of Israel’s coronavirus cases, despite making up just over 10% of the population.

Arab Spring exiles look back 10 years after Egypt uprising (AP) The Egyptians who took to the streets on Jan. 25, 2011, knew what they were doing. They knew they risked arrest and worse. But as their numbers swelled in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, they tasted success. Police forces backed off, and within days, former President Hosni Mubarak agreed to demands to step down. But events didn’t turn out the way many of the protesters envisioned. A decade later, thousands are estimated to have fled abroad to escape the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi that is considered even more oppressive. The significant loss of academics, artists, journalists and other intellectuals has, along with a climate of fear, hobbled any political opposition. Human Rights Watch estimated in 2019 that there were 60,000 political prisoners in Egypt. The Committee to Protect Journalists ranks Egypt third, behind China and Turkey, in detaining journalists. El-Sissi maintains Egypt has no political prisoners. The arrest of a journalist or a rights worker makes news roughly every month. Many people have been imprisoned on terrorism charges, for breaking a ban on protests or for disseminating false news. Others remain in indefinite pretrial detentions.

Severe winds wreck homes, displace thousands in Mozambique (Reuters) Severe winds and heavy rains wrecked thousands of buildings, ruined crops and displaced almost 7,000 people in Mozambique over the weekend, officials said in their first detailed report on the disaster. Tropical cyclone Eloise hit Mozambique’s Sofala coastal province on Saturday morning before weakening and heading inland to dump rain on Zimbabwe, eSwatini—formerly known as Swaziland—and South Africa. The region’s Buzi district had been particularly hard hit with wind speeds of up to 150 kph.

Raising kids bilingual can make them more attentive and efficient as adults (CNBC) Adults who grew up speaking two different languages can shift their attention between different tasks quicker than those who pick up a second language later in life, according to a new study. This is just one of many cognitive benefits of being bilingual. Research has shown that bilingual kids are constantly switching between two languages in their brain, which increases “cognitive flexibility,” the ability to switch between thinking about different concepts or multiple concepts at once, and “selective attention abilities,” the mental process of focusing on one task or object at a time. Other studies have shown that bilingual children can complete mental puzzles quicker and more efficiently than those who only speak one language. The reason? Speaking two languages requires “executive functioning,” which are higher-level cognitive skills like planning, decision making, problem solving and organization. Basically, this task is a workout for the brain. The mental benefits of starting a new language early appear to last even as children grow into adulthood.

[m-00kie]

Nikki & Brie Bella Make Epic Return To WWE’s Royal Rumble — Watch

Nikki and Brie Bella stepped into the WWE ring to compete against 28 other female talents and get an opportunity to move on to main-event Wrestlemania 38 at the 2022 Royal Rumble on Jan. 29. source https://hollywoodlife.com/2022/01/30/nikki-brie-bella-return-wwe-royal-rumble/

[jonmoxleys]

SMACKDOWN OCT. 10, 2017 → ROYAL RUMBLE JAN. 28, 2023

[wrathofasukacity]

WWE Raw results, Dec. 18, 2017: First all-female Royal Rumble Match in history announced In a groundbreaking move, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon revealed that female Superstars will compete in the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble Match on Sunday, Jan. 28, streaming live on WWE Network. Who will earn a championship opportunity at WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans?

[hoodgrind]

Edge ready to fight for Royal Rumble dreams: WWE Now, Jan. 28, 2021

https://hoodgrind.com/edge-ready-to-fight-for-royal-rumble-dreams-wwe-now-jan-28-2021/

Edge ready to fight for Royal Rumble dreams: WWE Now, Jan. 28, 2021

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[spoilerfreewrestling-blog]

Jan 27/28 is Fucked

Four wrestling shows taking place in a span of 48 hours. - Tanahashi vs Suzuki - NXT TakeOver - Omega vs White - Royal Rumble

[sheet-music-for-teachers-school]

Saturn's moon Titan not only has lakes, may also have 'salt flats' - Globalnews.ca - #flats' #Saturn's #may #aePiot | via http://allGraph.ro

Saturn's moon Titan not only has lakes, may also have 'salt flats' - Globalnews.ca

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7 estrelas do WWE que continuam trincadas mesmo após os 50

Aquele ditado já diz tudo “a idade é apenas um número”. E isso é um fato.

Pois você, fã ou não de WWE, vai se impressionar ao ver como algumas estrelas de muitos, muitos mesmo, anos atrás, ainda continuam fortes e assustadoras!

Um exemplo de quem está por vir é o carismático e sinistro Hulk Hogan, que além do WWE, apareceu em filmes como Rocky Balboa.

Ele e aquele seu tradicional bigode botam qualquer um para correr, sem brincadeira!

Quer ver como eles estão gigantes?

Bora lá:

7 estrelas do WWE que continuam trincadas mesmo após os 50

1. Hulk Hogan

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                        Uma publicação compartilhada por Hulk Hogan (@hulkhogan) em 14 de Jul, 2018 às 11:59 PDT

  Falamos de Hulk Hogan, então vamos começar por ele. Na verdade, para quem não sabe, seu nome mesmo é Terry Gene Bollea.

Ele já fez de tudo quanto é coisa. Além de lutador de luta livre, já foi ator, apresentador de televisão, e é empresário e músico americano.

Ele está com 67 anos, mas ainda gosta de levar uma vida fitness. Afinal, quem ama jamais para, não importa a idade.

Hulk Hogan foi nada menos que 12 vezes campeão mundial. Ele detém dois recordes de maiores reinados da história!

Foi também o primeiro a vencer, por duas vezes consecutivas, o Royal Rumble do WWE.

2. Dave Bautista

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                        Uma publicação compartilhada por David Bautista (@davebautista) em 20 de Abr, 2018 às 12:49 PDT

  Ah, quem não conhece Dave Bautista?! O cara é o carismático e insano Drax, O Destruidor, de Guardiões da Galáxia!

Inclusive, fizemos um post sobre o treino que o deixou num shape insano para o filme.

Dave Bautista afirma que o bodybuilding salvou a sua vida, pois até então, vivia uma vida desregrada e arranjava muitas confusões.

Depois, veio o wrestling, e no WWE ele fez história, reinando por anos como campeão dos pesados no evento.

3. Steve “Stone Cold” Austin

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                        Uma publicação compartilhada por Steve Austin (@steveaustinbsr) em 20 de Fev, 2019 às 4:08 PST

  O cara só é considerado, por muitos, como uma das maiores lendas do universo da luta livre. Atualmente, está com 54 anos.

Ele é tão monstro, que já até arrumou confusão com ninguém menos que o dono do WWE, Vince McMahon.

E mesmo assim ele ainda trabalha pelo WWE, como uma verdadeira lenda.

Além do WWE, ele já apareceu em diversos filmes do ator Adam Sandler. Como Golpe Baixo e Gente Grande 2. Mas também participou de Os Mercenários.

Além do wrestling, Steve pratica CrossFit e musculação!

4. Kevin Nash

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                        Uma publicação compartilhada por Kevin Nash (@realkevinnash) em 19 de Mar, 2019 às 8:23 PDT

  Kevin Nash vai completar 60 anos este ano, uma vida repleta de títulos. O gigante de mais de 2 m de altura conquistou nada menos que 21 títulos na luta livre.

É coisa pra caramba. Atualmente, ele tem um programa sobre lendas no WWE. Justo, para um cara que tanto fez pelo evento.

Assim como muitos, é ator, e participou de filmes com Adam Sandler, também. Aliás, você vai perceber que Adam Sandler é muito amigo da galera do WWE.

Kevin Nash esteve, também, em Golpe Baixo, mas também participou do filme Magic Mike, como o stripper Tarzan.

5. Goldberg

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                        Uma publicação compartilhada por GOLDBERG (@goldberg95) em 23 de Jan, 2019 às 12:28 PST

  Era considerado um cara ‘invencível’ no WWE até enfrentar ninguém menos que Kevin Nash, que você conheceu acima.

Entretanto, apesar da derrota e fim da sequência de 173 vitórias, Goldberg já havia deixado sua marca no WWE.

Ele era a grande atração, e uma derrota não mudaria isso. Um dos seus maiores rivais é o ex-campeão do UFC, Brock Lesnar.

Também atuou no filme Golpe Baixo, com Adam Sandler, Kevin Nash e Steve Austin.

Para quem não sabe, Golpe Baixo, resumidamente, é um filme que conta a história de uma partida de Futebol Americano entre presidiários e os guardas da pris��o.

Goldberg vai fazer 53 anos em 2019.

6. Undertaker

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                        Uma publicação compartilhada por Undertaker (@undertaker) em 29 de Jun, 2018 às 9:31 PDT

  É o lutador, sob contrato, mais antigo da história do WWE. Muito pela sua fama, pelo personagem, por todo o contexto que envolve o nome Undertaker.

Foi oito vezes campeão mundial, além de ser dono do recorde de vitórias no WrestleMania, principal pay-per-view da WWE.

São 24 vitórias e apenas 2 derrotas, sendo que ele ficou invicto por 21 lutas!

Mark Calaway, o Undertaker, vai fazer 55 anos em 2019.

Imagina fazer um wrestling com esses caras? A chinela ia cantar!

7. Booker T

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                        Uma publicação compartilhada por Booker T. Huffman (@bookertfivex) em 10 de Out, 2018 às 10:57 PDT

  Booker Tio Huffman, ou apenas Booker T, é o último, mas não menos importante da lista.

Ele ganhou nada menos que 35 títulos importantes juntando WWE e outras competições de luta livre.

Além disso, é o único afro-americano a conquistar o título dos pesos-pesados do WW. Histórico.

Mas nem sempre sua vida foi tão alegre. Em 1987, foi preso e ficou 19 meses na prisão por assalto à mão armada.

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WWE Monday Night RAW - 15th January 2018 The Empress of Tomorrow takes on The Irresistible Force? 

--- After Nia Jax brutally ambushed her this past Monday night, Asuka will have a chance at redemption against the juggernaut, live on Raw. Can The Empress of Tomorrow keep her undefeated streak alive going into the first-ever 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match? --- Nia Jax is ready for Asuka --- After Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss tried to spark rumors of Asuka talking trash behind Nia Jax’s back, Jax lashed out at The Empress of Tomorrow, sending a message to all of the Superstars competing in the historic first-ever 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match on Sunday, Jan. 28. Per Raw General Manager Kurt Angle, Asuka will take on The Irresistible Force one-on-one. These Superstars crossed paths in NXT over the NXT Women’s Championship, but as history and a championship opportunity hang in the balance, this will be their most hard-hitting encounter yet.