River Towne Country Club

This week, the Chinese and Russian militaries began the first joint naval exercises the two sides have ever conducted.

The exercise, occurring near Qingdao on the Yellow Sea, will involve 16 Chinese surface combatants and two submarines, including five missile destroyers, five missile frigates, and four missile boats, as well as a resupply ship and one of China’s new hospital ships. These are most likely drawn from the Chinese Northern Fleet, which is headquartered in Qingdao.

The Russian contingent is comprised of four surface combatants, including the Slava-class cruiser Varyag and three Udaloy-class anti-submarine destroyers, as well as several supply vessels. The exercises,...

In Northeast Asia, Chinese and Russian ships left the Chinese port of Qingdao on Thursday to initiate exercises in the Yellow Sea, where Chinas first aircraft carrier is already drawing attention. The exercises are occurring as relations between China and Japan relations suffer again from a dispute over the islands called Senkaku by the Japanese and Diaoyu by the Chinese.

Exercise is important for everyone but when you have arthritis, it’s essential. That’s easier said than done when your joints and muscles feel as if they’re filled with broken glass. One exercise that is virtually pain-free is swimming…and with the variety of water exercises, swimming means more than just doing laps!

When asked about ones backside, it was overwhelming the response. Everyone wants to have a better butt. More lifted, toned, tighter, curvier, smoother… what can one do? As a trainer and exercise teacher for many years, I have worked on butt exercises for as long as I can remember. Some are good, and some are really good. The key is doing them and doing them consistently. The exercises that I am putting in this little mini butt workout plan, no pun intended on the mini comment, are all great. You will feel them. You will get results in due time.

Here is what you need:

1. A sturdy wall
2. A deck of playing cards
3. A mat
4. An exercise ball

There...