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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
San Francisco Carnaval parade highlights rich culture of historic Mission District
SAN FRANCISCO - It's Carnaval weekend, and those who celebrate took to the streets in the historic Mission District Sunday morning for the annual San Francisco Carnaval Parade. Aztec dancers blessed the start of San Francisco's 46th annual Carnaval Parade, where attendees had their cultures on display, loud and proud. "Vestimenta, this is from Bolivia. And this is celebrating highlight spinners, spinning thread in the altiplano," said Carnaval dancer, Holly Flores. Flores is half Bolivian, and she says staying connected to her community is a huge part of Carnaval. "It's very healing, it's very special, we're a strong community. I learned that around the 50s and 60s, there were 400 Bolivian families that immigrated to Northern California, and this group is the descendants of those families. We're still connected," Flores told KTVU. Carnaval is meant to honor the diverse Latin American, Caribbean, and African diasporic roots of the Mission District. San Francisco's Carnaval celebrations started back in 1979. Since then, hundreds of thousands of attendees have poured into the city streets at the festival each year. Some folks see it as a prime opportunity to shine a light on their countries and cultures. Gaynor Ann Siatchea has been attending the Carnaval celebrations in San Francisco since its inception in 1979. "It's culture and continuing to feel that. This is ours, and we belong. And as a native San Franciscan, it's important," Siatchea said. Among the dozens of floats in the parade was a sea of classic lowriders from several car clubs across California."It means a lot because we grew up here in this district," Francisco Jesus Antolin, president of Justlowriders Bay Area Car Club, told KTVU. Antolin grew up in the Mission District, and he says his lowrider is more than just a truck; it's a connection to his culture and his community. It also carries the memory of someone near and dear to his heart. A portrait of his late mother is painted over the engine of his truck. "It's been five years since she's been gone…" Antolin said. "I feel grateful…Because wherever I go, she's with me."
Time of India
5 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
How to eat chia seeds the right way? Smart ways to get weight loss benefits from this superfood
Once upon a time someone dropped a spoonful of chia seeds into a mason jar of almond milk, forgot about it, and returned to discover pudding magic. Fast forward, and we're now living in a world where chia seeds have gone from ancient Aztec fuel to global wellness royalty. They've infiltrated our breakfast bowls, our Pinterest boards, our smoothies, and yes even our water bottles. You've likely seen chia puddings layered like parfaits, glistening under honey drizzles and artfully topped with strawberries. From fitness influencers in LA to Delhi, everyone seems to be sprinkling, soaking, and slurping these seeds like their life depends on it. But why? Why are we collectively losing our health-conscious minds over something that looks suspiciously small? The answer lies in what chia seeds actually are: small but mighty nutritional powerhouses that are just as good for your gut as they are for your Instagram aesthetic. So, let's get into the juicy pulp of this story: what makes chia seeds a legit superfood, why the world is going absolutely bonkers over them, and how you can eat them the right way to squeeze out every last drop of benefit. Where do these tiny seeds come from? Chia seeds, in case you missed the trend train, come from the Salvia hispanica plant, a species in the mint family native to Mexico and Guatemala. These little dynamos were once a staple in the diets of ancient civilizations like the Aztecs and Mayans, who considered them essential for stamina and strength. Fast forward a few centuries, and science is starting to agree. A 2015 study published in the Journal of Food Science and Technology revealed that chia seeds are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, fiber, high-quality protein, and a slew of essential minerals like calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Mendaftar Undo So, yes, chia seeds deserve the hype. For starters, they contain more omega-3s per gram than salmon, more calcium than milk, and more fiber than most cereals. One tablespoon delivers nearly 5 grams of fiber, which is why people who add chia to their daily diet often report better digestion and longer satiety between meals. They're also rich in antioxidants that fight off inflammation and oxidative stress—a fancy way of saying they help you glow from the inside out. How you eat chia seeds matter Dry chia on toast or dumped raw into a smoothie won't give you the magic you're looking for. These seeds need to be soaked, think of it as their personal glow-up moment. When chia seeds absorb liquid, they swell up to 10–12 times their original size, creating a gel-like casing that does wonders for your digestive system and helps regulate blood sugar spikes. That's why you'll often find chia in puddings, overnight oats, or 'chia fresca'—a hydrating drink made by mixing them with water and a splash of citrus. If you want to actually get the benefits (like staying full longer, digesting like a champ, and maybe even shrinking that waistline), you must eat them the right way. Step one: Soak them. Chia seeds are basically sponges in disguise. When you soak them in water, milk, or juice, they absorb the liquid and form a gel-like texture. This not only makes them easier to digest but also boosts their ability to make you feel full. And fullness = less snacking. Try mixing 1 tablespoon of chia seeds with ½ cup of water or almond milk. Let it sit for at least 30 minutes (or overnight if you're fancy). Boom—chia gel, aka the good stuff. Step two: Make chia pudding your bestie. Chia pudding is the go-to for a reason. It's easy, filling, and tastes like dessert if you do it right. Mix 2–3 tablespoons of chia seeds with 1 cup of plant milk, add a splash of vanilla, cinnamon, or cocoa powder, and refrigerate it overnight. Top it with fruit or nuts and thank yourself later. Step three: Chia water. If you're trying to lose weight, drinking chia water is a sneaky-smart trick. Add 1 tablespoon of chia seeds to a glass of water with lemon or lime juice. Wait 15 minutes and stir. It'll keep you hydrated and help curb hunger between meals. Some people swear it keeps them from reaching for snacks all afternoon. Step four: Add to literally everything. Once you're soaking them properly, chia can go in smoothies, oatmeal, yogurt, soups, or even baked goods. You won't taste them much, but your body will definitely feel the benefits—like more fiber and protein. Obsessed much? Oh yes, we are. Chia seeds have become the darlings of health culture because they're versatile, easy to prepare, and fit perfectly into virtually every diet: vegan, keto, paleo, gluten-free—you name it. They're the neutral party of the nutrition world, blending into whatever lifestyle you're rocking this month. A study in Diabetes Care even found that regular chia consumption reduced blood pressure and inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes. Another research review suggested that chia can help manage cholesterol levels and may even promote weight loss, thanks to their impressive fiber content and satiating effects. The obsession isn't just about health, though—it's about lifestyle. Chia puddings are Instagrammable. They're customizable. They let you play mad scientist with your fridge. One day it's matcha chia pudding with coconut yogurt; the next, it's chocolate-peanut butter with banana slices. Eating healthy has never felt so indulgent—or so photogenic. At the end of the day, chia seeds are proof that big things come in tiny, jelly-like packages. So, the next time someone offers you a spoonful of gooey, glistening chia pudding, don't wrinkle your nose. Grab it, stir it, soak it, and eat it like your gut will thank you. Because in the world of superfoods, chia is not just a phase—it's a full-on revolution in a teaspoon. One step to a healthier you—join Times Health+ Yoga and feel the change
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Time of India
Health, habits and humour
Rahul Phondke has been a prolific writer of humour columns since his childhood days which ended sometime last year. People are still wondering how this happened. He turned to writing humour at an early age in an effort to find some meaning to the angst of life, which he found almost immediately after his first two cans of beer. Based in Singapore, he is extremely sought after by the locals ...unfortunately most of whom happen to be the police. He is an active member on Facebook and can be easily he happens to owe you money. LESS ... MORE Every year, after my medical screening, during which my 50-year-old health habits are interrogated in an embarrassing fashion ('So Mr Phondke do you get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom?'), I resolve to change my eating habits. The plan is the same, to have a super healthy, nutritious diet which would make me so healthy, that most of my body organs would be featured on magazine covers. I tell my inner conscience: 'This year, we shall be healthy.' My inner self which is hoping someone rescues it from my body smiles wearily, for we both know we've been down this winding road before. Healthy habits, like a car's advertised mileage, are easier to read than experience. Let's begin with the simplest of them all. Early rising. The ancients said, 'Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.' In my 50s, the 'Early to bed' part is as easy as a Friday evening beer (alcohol free of course). The 'Early to rise' part is a bit of sport, wrestling with an overconfident alarm clock and lifting my eyelids with the tectonic slowness of a weightlifter trying to set a new record. The 'healthy, wealthy and wise' part remains the stuff of dreams. Dreams, which I can only experience if I sleep longer. Let's move to dieting, the other great wellness mountain to climb. Apparently, to be healthy, one must eat things that taste like damp cardboard (but minus the taste) i.e. Kale, quinoa, chia seeds. If you say these three names fast enough, it sounds like a curse from an obscure Aztec tongue. I once tried a 'green smoothie.' It was enthusiastically recommended by a friend who glows so brightly that we routinely use him in dim light to make better selfies. 'It detoxifies you,' he said with that all knowing confidence. It did. It also assaulted my will to live and made me look longingly at my unwashed socks as a nutritional substitute. The trouble with dietary recommendations is that keep twisting and turning more frequently than a Rubik's cube. There was a time when food was just food. You ate a banana because it was a banana, not because it had a 'low glycaemic index' or it came with the moral superiority of a superfood. But today, thanks to modern nutrition science, eating has become an exam in biochemistry. Yesterday, eggs were bad. Then they were good. Then only the whites were good. Then the yolks staged a comeback tour, armed with HDL cholesterol and a 'I-told-you-so' smirk. Bread was once the staff of life. Now it's the weapon of mass accretion unless it's organic, gluten-free and hand-kneaded in the Arctic by a Zen monk from Japan. You read news like 'Scientists say eating tomatoes good for immune system'. No sooner after you have downed 100 tomato juice breakfasts, you read 'High corelation found between tomato juice and formation of anal polyps which are impressive enough to be displayed at the Louvre'. Milk, meanwhile, has had an identity crisis. First, it was a symbol of strong bones and commercials featuring smiling mothers with cheerful kids who look like they ace their school exams and get beaten up by the rest of the class during recess. Now, it's been dethroned by a rotating cast of nut impostors; almond, oat, soy and cashew. And then comes hydration. 'Drink 8 glasses of water a day,' the health gurus chant, like the ancient Vedic sages chanting mantras. Unfortunately, they don't tell you where to store it. After three glasses, your 50-year-old bladder operatically sings 'Stop you fool' in the highest octave. After five, you start doing the dance. So, like a security commando scanning the horizon for lurking assassins, you need to be on the lookout for the nearest 'Restroom' (Basically a toilet but which identifies itself as royalty). Let's not forget the eleventh commandment: 'Thou shalt walk 10,000 steps a day.' 10,000! Excuse me, that's not walking. Fugitives from law clock less steps. The only way to clock ten thousand steps is wave your business card at an insurance salesman and then try to stay out of his arm's reach. Let us not even speak of sleep hygiene. The modern rule is, no screens 1 hour before bed, no caffeine after 2 p.m., no blue light, and absolutely no thinking about emails from your boss. That's lovely in theory. In practice, it results in me lying in bed, wide-eyed fearing tomorrow's InBox and counting sheep till I feel sheepish. Despite all this, we soldier on. We download fitness apps that solemnly tell us, 'Today you were 12% more active than yesterday.' You feel chuffed until you realize that yesterday you attended a birthday party where you had enough cake to shut up Marie Antoinnette and today you just walked to the neighbourhood pub. And yet, amidst all the comic tragedy, there is something noble. Something absurdly optimistic about our human need to be better. We fumble through protein bars and Pilates, squinting at nutritional labels like a forensic detective. We hope it will be different this time. It often isn't. But sometimes it is. Not all the time, not every day, but in small, unnoticeable victories: saying no to that third samosa, playing Badminton on Sundays (ignore the idlis afterwards) and not meeting your two best friends, Ben and Jerry. Habits once formed, sink their roots in quickly and it takes a lot of swinging, sweating and swearing to get rid of them. Important is to have a have a sense of humour about it. Perhaps, that's the healthiest habit of all. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
USA Today
20-05-2025
- General
- USA Today
Brooklyn Bridge updates: Mexico mourns, seeks answers after ship's deadly crash
Brooklyn Bridge updates: Mexico mourns, seeks answers after ship's deadly crash Show Caption Hide Caption No 'significant structural damage' to Brooklyn Bridge The National Transportation Safety Board says they found no "significant structural damage" to the Brooklyn Bridge after being struck by a ship. Two people aboard the training vessel were killed in the collision, and about two dozen others were injured. The ship's planned route was southward, away from the bridge and toward New York Harbor, bound for Iceland. The ship cleared the dock but moved in reverse toward the bridge, authorities say. Mexicans mourned the deaths of two sailors while authorities in Mexico and New York worked to unravel the mystery of the tragic crash of the Cuauhtémoc Training Ship into the Brooklyn Bridge. In Mexico, the bodies of Cadet América Yamilet Sánchez and Seaman Adal Jair Marco arrived in Veracruz on May 19, two days after the crash. Family members, escorted by Mexican Navy personnel, joined a procession to the Heroic Military Naval School for the memorial ceremony, El Universal reported. Rodolfo Hernández, Sánchez's uncle, told the Mexico News Daily that his niece had sent photos of herself in Central Park the day before the crash. 'When news of her death came, we broke down," Hernández said. "We didn't have the strength to bear it." NTSB begins 'long process' of assessing why Mexican ship crashed into Brooklyn Bridge A total of 277 people were aboard the Cuauhtémoc, named after the last Aztec emperor. The tall ship, also known as 'The Knight of the Seas," set sail April 6 from Acapulco on a 254-day mission to 'exalt the seafaring spirit, strengthen naval education and carry the Mexican people's message of peace and goodwill." Mexican media have stressed that the ship's captain had a local harbor pilot, familiar with the waters, on board to help guide it into open water. The ship was docked in New York for five days as part of a goodwill tour. It was leaving from Lower Manhattan shortly after sunset, the glowing bulbs strung from its mast providing a shimmering light show on the East River. The planned route was southward, away from the bridge and bound for Iceland. Mexican ship headed the wrong way before fatal Brooklyn Bridge crash, reports say The ship cleared the dock but moved in reverse toward the bridge, authorities say. Scores of New Yorkers and tourists watched in horror as the masts slammed into the bridge and crumbled onto the boat. Members of the ship's crew could be seen dangling from the ship's crossbeams. The 142-year-old bridge suffered no serious damage. While videos of the crash quickly swept across social media, more than two dozen people were taken off the boat for medical treatment. The commander of the Mexican Navy, Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, said the uninjured cadets would continue training and that the investigation would be carried out 'with total transparency and responsibility.' The National Transportation Safety Board investigator Brian Young said the probe could center on the ship's engine. The role of a tugboat that aided the Cuauhtémoc in backing out of its pier was also being reviewed, Young said. "We will look at the status of the engine, we will look for any failures, we will look for engine inspections and we'll talk to the crew on what may have possibly happened with the engine," Young said at a NTSB briefing May 19. (This story has been updated to add new information.) Contributing: Reuters
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
2 sailors killed after Mexican Navy tall ship smashes into Brooklyn Bridge
This story was updated to add a map of collision area in New York. A Mexican Navy tall ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17, killing two sailors and injuring 19 others on board the craft as the tops of its masts were sheared off, authorities said. "We are praying for everyone on board and their families and are grateful to our first responders who quickly jumped into action, ensuring this accident wasn't much worse," New York Mayor Eric Adams said on X. Authorities said the Mexican Navy tall ship Cuauhtémoc, used for sail training and goodwill tours to other nations, lost power just before crashing into the bridge at about 8:20 p.m. ET. Of the 277 on board, two were killed and 19 suffered injuries, Adams said. Two of the injured were in critical condition. On X, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Mexican Embassy, Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma Barragán and Mexican consulate officials in New York are attending to the situation to help cadets aboard the Cuauhtémoc. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the @SEMAR_mx training ship Cuauhtémoc incident at the Brooklyn Bridge, the U.S. Ambassador in Mexico said in a post on X. "We are monitoring closely and are in touch with the Government of Mexico via @SRE_mx to provide support as necessary. You have our full support." Videos online showed the ship sailing underneath the bridge, which connects the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, when the masts collided with it. A car can be seen driving across the bridge at the moment of impact. The masts were shining bright with decorative lights at the time of the crash. When FDNY marine units arrived, 'We knew immediately that we had a serious incident with a boat striking the bridge, so we had reports of people in the water,' Michael Meyers, FDNY's chief of training, said in a statement posted on X. EMS workers went to the boat to treat more seriously injured people still on board, Meyers said. They were then taken to Pier 16, below the Brooklyn Bridge in lower Manhattan, where officials had a casualty collection point and an EMS staging area to assess victims. Those with the most serious injuries were immediately sent to the hospital, Meyers said. In videos, many people dressed in what appeared to be white sailor uniforms could be seen dangling from the ship's crossbeams. At the base of the bridge, near New York City's South Street Seaport, bystanders could be seen running away from the approaching ship. Cuauhtémoc is a 300-foot long, steel-hulled three-masted barque launched in 1982, according to a recent fact sheet from the ship's handlers. The ship, named after the last Aztec emperor, is the Mexican Navy's instructional tall ship for fourth-year cadets at the Heroic Naval Military School. She and crew are a diplomatic symbol of Mexico abroad, according to the fact sheet. The Mexican Consulate in New York posted several days earlier that the training ship would be arriving in New York at Pier 17 and people were welcome to visit for free from May 13 to 17. CNN reported that Mexican Navy spokesman Capt. Juan Caballero said the ship was on an annual training cruise. The suspension bridge, a popular tourist attraction and a main conduit between Manhattan and Brooklyn, was completed in 1883. Reuters contributed. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2 killed after Mexican Navy tall ship smashes into Brooklyn Bridge
