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People detained in Myanmar after release from scam hubs attempt escape
2025-05-13 08:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Men and women rescued from scam compounds in Myanmar sit inside a camp belonging to the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army in Kyaukhat, Myanmar on April 13, 2025, after their escape attempt to discuss their options for getting home. (AP Photo)BANGKOK They walked out of the compound in Myanmar not knowing where they would go. Though they were aiming for the river that separated them from Thailand and freedom, they didnt know if they would make it across.A group of more than 270 some men and women, who were rescued from forced labor in scam compounds two months ago but remain in detention in Myanmar, attempted a mass escape Sunday out of fear that they may end up being sent back to prison-like compounds where they face beatings, torture and potentially even death.Article continues after this advertisementWe will kill ourselves instead of going back to them, said one woman, who has been waiting to go home to Ethiopia for more than two months. She came to Myanmar for what she thought was...
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2025-05-12 21:45:02| Spiritual Career Counseling
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2025-05-12 19:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
It was in early 2018 when Elizabeth Jacobson started noticing her decline in mobility after she injured her ankle during vacation. Simple tasks like walking across her home or balancing on one foot had become increasingly difficult, and she feared falling with each step. Her foot ached so intensely that standing for even a few minutes became nearly impossible.Jacobson was in her 70s and sure her bones were not as strong as they had been when she was 25, but as someone who had been practicing Pilates for over 25 years, the decline she experienced felt drastic. By the time I got back [from vacation], it was really damaged, she says. I had an X-ray and they said, You've really got to do exercises to strengthen it up.Instead of heading to a physical trainer, Jacobson called her daughter, Susan, a ballerina and ballet teacher with decades of experience. For the next two years, Susan instructed her to do pliés and sautés and other ballet exercises. Slowly, her mothers feetand her whole...
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